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Chapter 588 Major Events

Du Shisheng still didn't know the news about the follow-up of the battle in Liangxiang, so he was naturally very anxious.But he did not lose his dignity in front of outsiders, and immediately replied: "It may not be an instant defeat, maybe we can win this battle?"

Zhao Gongzuo just thought he was stubborn, and laughed: "I heard that after Jin Zhi voted for Guo Ning, he was very popular. In Zhongdu City, you can see the prime minister and marshal now. Such an identity is out of date with us old people. The people who live here are very different...so you should expect Guo Xuanshi to be safe, it is only natural. Haha, come in, let's go into the house and talk."

Du Shisheng cursed in his heart, followed behind Zhao Gongzuo, and said in his mouth: "I am ashamed to say that, old man. Didn't I entrust the favors of you all for the food I ate in Zhongdu?"

There were two to thirty people gathered in the house.The room is not big, but there are many people, making the room very hot.Most of these people are powerful guild leaders, workshop owners, and powerful people who actually control the Wenxiu Department, the Taiping Department, and even the Qu Envoy, Salt Envoy, and other important official offices. There are even a few ruffian leaders sitting in the corner.

Daxing Mansion, the central capital, is a large city with a population of 10 and nearly a million in its heyday. Although the imperial court has many institutions with overlapping beds and houses to control it, its governance is rough and used to it. The so-called control is often just on the water. set.

Under the surface of the water, which the imperial court can't see, there is its own operating system.These people are the powerful figures who dominate the system.In the past two years, it was this group of people who worked closely with Du Shisheng, not only maintaining the sea trade route, but also earning a lot of money for themselves and the people behind them.

Now when they heard Du Shisheng lift everyone up very high, some stood up and thanked, some sneered slightly, thinking that Du Shisheng was about to fall because of the backing behind him, that's why he was so sweet.

Someone also shouted: "Stop saying polite words!"

Du Shisheng ignored it and sat down at home.

The person who yelled was Tan Du, a powerful businessman in Central China, whose main business was tea and medicinal materials.He said impatiently: "Hurry up and get down to business! The situation is critical now, and we must have a regulation to deal with it, right?"

Others smiled wryly: "We people usually run around under the door of the nobles to earn some money. But besides money, what else do we have? Now the city is full of marshals and prisons talking, and the warriors are like wolves and tigers. We can't mess with them." Started! Where did the charter come from!"

Zhao Gongzuo shook his head: "That's not the case. I can't offend the nobles, but it doesn't mean I'm going to die in the city. If I don't prepare in advance, do I have to wait for the city to be broken and everyone to die?"

Hearing what he said, there was a sudden silence in the room.

After a while, someone lowered his voice: "Old man, can't we hold on to the capital?"

"What do you say?"

"Zhongdu City is not so easy to fight!" Someone shouted.

The house continued to be quiet.

It has been almost a month since Shuhu Gao Qi led an army of tens of thousands in the central capital, but hid inside the city walls as a turtle.After Wan Yan Chenghui went to Tongzhou, at first he heard that he had fought a few battles along the Lushui River to collect grain and grass, but now he also cut off contact with Zhongdu.The reinforcements in Hebei and Shandong were defeated, and the Mongolian contingents who had been scattered all over Zhongdu Road were able to withdraw their forces and attack the city on a large scale.

In other words, it is not the Mongols that will be faced in the future, but the confluence of the Mongols and the attached army.The attached army is enough to make up for the weakness of the Mongols' lack of troops and unfamiliarity with siege methods. The generals of the attached army will be extraordinarily fierce in order to perform in front of the Mongols, and they don't mind filling the trenches with the lives of soldiers.

Such a fierce enemy, can Shuhu Gao Qi stand up to it?
Someone sighed and said, "Marshal Shuhu Gaoqi is not incompetent, but if he is able to defend Zhongdu now, why did he lose Jinshan and Juyongguan back then and return to Zhongdu all the way?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone sighed at the same time.

Simultaneously with the sighing sound, there was a crisp rattling sound. It turned out that a merchant wanted to put the teacup in his hand back on the cup holder, but his wrist shook so uncontrollably that the porcelain collided with each other.Thinking of the cruel and cruel methods used by the Mongols after they broke the city, they completely panicked.

Someone in the corner of the back row had a sad face: "When there was a war earlier, you should flee immediately. It's better than waiting to die in the city."

It's not that everyone can't see the situation clearly. The key is that when the Mongolian army first appeared in Zhongdu, the prices of various materials in the city skyrocketed, especially the price of rice increased by more than [-] times. The Shandong fleet went to Tongzhou once and transported The food can make everyone present earn a lot of money... At that time, everyone's eyes were red, I really don't want to part with it!
Who would have thought that soon after, the reinforcements from Hebei and Shandong would collapse in front of the Tartar Khan?

These two are usually known as elite soldiers and powerful generals.

Servant Anzhen was rebuilding the Meng'an Mouke Army in Hebei. In half a year, he did not know how many people were killed, and how many interests of the nobles in Zhongdu were violated. fall out.Not to mention Guo Ning, he used the gold and silver he earned from it to train troops and prepare for war all day long. In the past year, from Liaodong to Shandong, he made waves everywhere and never stopped.

As a result, their battle ended like this.

Both of them lost, who else can Zhongdu City rely on?
Do you expect Marshal Shuhu Gao Qi to suddenly become full of supernatural power, or do you expect His Majesty the Emperor to become a blockbuster without making a sound for three years?
Everyone lamented.

But since they were sitting in their current positions, they must all be treacherous and cunning, and while they lamented, they wanted to understand one thing at the same time.

"So..." Someone murmured: "The old man called today, could it be that he has a good plan to escape?"

Under everyone's eager eyes, Zhao Gongzuo nodded.

"To tell you the truth, I have secretly informed a Dutong who is in charge of military power. He is willing to raise his hand and secretly open a certain city gate to let us out of the city."

"Oh?" More than a dozen people in the room stood up eagerly, and some of them moved too much, and brought down the table with the teacup and fruit plate beside them, making a chaotic noise.

The next instant, everyone was shouting, everyone was asking, everyone was trying to overwhelm the others: "Is there such a thing as this?"

"Can the old man really do this? If he can do this, this kindness is like being recreated!"

"Ahem, I have a family of over forty, can I leave?"

"Opening the city gate privately has a lot to do with it. Old man, is the person you contacted reliable?"

"Everyone, everyone! After leaving the city, you might bump into Mongolian cavalrymen, which is even more dangerous! We have to discuss it again! Discuss it again!"

After a full hour, the sun began to shift towards the west before Du Shisheng came out of the wine shop and returned to his courtyard in a carriage.

Zhang Rou and Miao Daorun greeted her together: "How do you say it?"

"The dignitaries in the court still insisted on keeping their composure, but the people below were shaken so badly. Zhao Gongzuo, the minister of the Commercial and Taxation Department, urgently bribed a governor, and will hold a secret meeting in Xuzheng tonight, so that the wealthy merchants in the city can flee to the city. Xishan."

"Will it become a door?" Zhang Rou and Miao Daorun looked at each other.

Du Shisheng nodded: "There is only one official who leads the troops stationed at Huichengmen, and has the power and courage to open the city gate privately to trade with others. He Shou. This one has a little friendship with me."

Miao Daorun cursed.

In the past two years, with the connivance of the emperor, many Jurchen officers have continuously encroached on his power in the Wuwei Army.In the end, it was this gentleman who actually controlled half of the Wuwei Army and forced Miao Daorun into a short commander.

As if Du Shisheng hadn't seen him, he continued: "Earlier, both of you said that you wanted to leave Zhongdu as soon as possible. Then, please hurry back to your house to pack up. The two of you will bring your relatives and luggage with you, and you will arrive at exactly the right time It will become a gate, and when the city gate is opened privately, it will rush out."

"And then?" Miao Daorun asked.

"Then? After leaving Zhongdu, from now on, the sky will be as high as the birds, and the sea will be as wide as the fish. With the talents of the two of you, why should you ask me where you can't go?"

"Hey!" Miao Daorun was choked speechless.

"We want to ask, and then, what does Shinzhi-san want to do?"

Zhang Rou chuckled twice: "When the soldiers were fighting fiercely and the war was in danger, envoy Guo Xuan kept Mr. Jinzhi in Zhongdu, so it wasn't necessarily just for the benefit of the grain business? Before the battle with the Mongolian army, Master Huifeng Such a fierce general does not serve in the front of the army, but he comes to Zhongdu, so it doesn’t mean that he just fled to abandon the city at a critical moment?”

Du Shisheng said seriously: "Of course we have our own business to do, but it has nothing to do with you two. If you two leave safely, I have fulfilled my friendship as a friend. The rest of the matter is beyond your knowledge."

Miao Daorun only felt that he was underestimated, and his face flushed immediately.

Zhang Rou pondered for a moment, then shook her head.He put his hands on his knees, leaned forward, and stared at Du Shisheng: "If it really doesn't matter, why did Master Hui Feng come out to meet you the day before yesterday?"

When Du Shisheng's expression became serious, Zhang Rou continued: "Mr. Jinzhi, I think that envoy Guo Xuan must be able to get us. You have important things to do! This big thing starts with meeting Chengmen." Yes, right or wrong? Don’t entertain the two of us any more, don’t talk about running away or anything... just talk about the business!”

(End of this chapter)