Although the market reward system of the Ming Dynasty included three parts: mutual market, tribute rewards, and annual gifts, it was actually dominated by the tribute reward system, with mutual markets and annual gifts accounting for a relatively small proportion.
Although this approach is fundamentally different from the humiliating Sui coins of the Song Dynasty, in the final analysis it is still spending money to buy peace.
Facts have proved that peace cannot be bought. Instead of spending money and food to buy temporary peace, why not use it to build a strong army?
China has a large population, and as long as it dares to fight one after another, it is fully capable of frightening, subduing, and forcing the grassland peoples to flee and cause harm to Europe!
Think about it, wasn’t this the ending of the Huns back then?
Some time ago, Huang Yi and Geng Zhanghua literally lived and ate together, and of course they chatted freely.
Huang Yi's thoughts deeply influenced Geng Zhanghua.
Today, he is full of ambitions and longs to become a national hero like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.
Seeing that Li Weida was a little distracted, Geng Zhanghua comforted him and said:
"Don't worry, Huang Yi's analysis is clear. Jiannu has just launched a war. At this time, he still has to rack his brains to deal with Governor Sun, and will have no time to look elsewhere for a year or two.
The Karaqin Tartars suffered a big loss this time. They were originally a scattered bunch, with no slave organization or war supervision. They only wanted to protect themselves, so how could they dare to retaliate? "
Sun Chengzong was the teacher of Emperor Tianqi. He had unparalleled character, official reputation, and high prestige. Li Weida admired this old man very much.
He said with hope: "Well! The Karaqin Tartars were not that good to begin with, and now that they have lost nearly half of their strength, it is even less worrying.
I just don’t know if the situation in Liaodong can be reversed after Governor Sun goes to Liaodong. "
Geng Zhanghua shook his head and said: "Don't expect to turn defeat into victory. Huang Yi has analyzed it. With the attitude of the Ming Dynasty's civilian officials and military generals towards their soldiers, the war situation will only get worse.
Even Governor Sun was determined to kill the thief but was unable to save him! "
"If that's the case, what should we do?"
"So we have to find ways to get money and food to support the army. In the future, the court will have to rely on the Xuan army in our hands."
"I understand, please relax, I will definitely try my best to sell these heads for the highest price!"
"Then please!"
"That's how it should be, general, don't be polite!"
On the afternoon of the fourth day, Geng Zhanghua and his entourage, who were tired of their travels, entered the Xuan Mansion and rushed to the residence of Governor Xuan Da.
Several hundred people had just come down from the battlefield, all full of murderous intent. Although the officials along the way felt strange, no one came forward to question them.
No one dared to stop and check what was on the carriage.
To be honest, I was on pins and needles during this period!
Because Geng Zhangguang came back, Geng Zhanghua and his five hundred armored servants were missing. When I asked, I found out that the boy actually made the decision without permission to start a war with the Karaqin Tatars together with Huang Yi and his fellows.
After further questioning, it turned out that the enemy not only had thousands of Karaqin cavalry but also hundreds of Jurchens.
Geng Ruqi was not only worried about the safety of his son and prospective son-in-law.
He was also worried that he would be impeached by the patrol censor for causing casualties in the border provocations.
The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. If you win the battle, provocation is not a problem. If you are defeated and someone dies, it becomes a big problem.
If you have nothing to do, you still have to look for trouble, and the censor who likes trouble the most is the big one.
Lao Geng has been so confused these days that he is on pins and needles.
So the guests at the banquet had no intention of celebrating the eldest son's success in the imperial examination, and the invitation message has not yet been sent out.
However, the surprise came very quickly. Geng Dale came to report that the third son, General Geng Zhanghua, had returned. He had lost less than a hundred men and horses and captured dozens of carts.
Even though Geng Ruqi was already very good at nourishing qi, he couldn't help but get excited and asked quickly:
"What? The third child is back? Where is he?"
"The general asked you to go and see the harvest, and also ordered you to keep quiet."
Geng Ruqi walked towards the gate of the camp and said, "Shouldn't we make a big show of boasting about our achievements? What's going on?"
Geng Da chuckled and said: "The credit this time is really huge!"
"What?" Geng Ruqi couldn't help but stop and asked in confusion: "What kind of magic? Lao San only brought five hundred men and horses, so Huang Yi was able to gather a thousand capable cavalry to stand up to the sky.
Could their gains be greater than level 1,500? "
"I don't know the exact number, but I'm sure it's much more than 1,500!"
Ask around and ask what you are doing, and it will become clear if you go and see.
Geng Ruqi walked quickly, and soon he saw the armored servants forming a large circle.
They all have armor and stomach, so there is no need to kneel down, the servants only need to clasp their fists.
Geng Zhanghua stepped forward quickly and said, "Dad! Long time no see. I miss you so much."
After he blurted it out, he felt something was wrong. This, this, this was Huang Yi's tone again. I was led astray by him.
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Unexpectedly, Geng Ruqi didn't mind at all, and actually smiled very happily and said: "My son is really good-tempered! I have been thinking about it day and night, and I am worried that something will happen to you!"
"Thank you, Daddy, for caring!"
"How is Huang Yi? He's not injured, right?"
"It's good! It's just that there are thousands more people, and the food supply is unsustainable. I'm worried to death."
"The population has increased by thousands or tens of thousands? How could there be so many?"
"Continuous battles and victories, captures and seizures add up."
"It's also very difficult for us to declare a university. There are too many hungry people waiting for food. How can we spend so much food? Can't he send some of those people away?"
"Most of them are Han people who were taken outside the customs last year. The weather is freezing today. Regardless of their food and accommodation, if they are left to fend for themselves, I'm afraid not even one out of ten will survive."
"It's so urgent! It seems that we need to urgently transfer some food. But Xuanda can only provide emergency relief for a short time, and it cannot last for many years."
"Xuanda can help as much as it can from the official side. You can think of the rest in private!"
"Privately? What do you mean!"
"We have gained a lot this time!"
"How rich it is!"
"Look at those cars, they are all filled with heads. There are a total of 178 real slaves and more than 3,700 young and middle-aged Tatars!"
"So much? This credit is indeed immense."
Geng Zhanghua also took out a memorial and presented it with both hands, saying:
"What a huge contribution! Uzhumuqin's Hedanbaat'er tribe, which had a population of over 10,000 and 2,000 troops, resisted Hou Jin's intimidation and solicitation many times.
Because I am grateful to Governor Xuanda for sending troops to support the army in fighting against the Jin army, I swear allegiance to our Ming Dynasty. "
Geng Ruqi has been an official for decades, so he is certainly familiar with deceiving his superiors and deceiving his subordinates, deceiving others and lying about his achievements.
He didn't think it happened that such a large tribe came to pledge allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, and asked doubtfully: "Is this true?"
Geng Zhanghua affirmed: "There really is the Hedanbaat'er tribe. In the past few years, this tribe suffered heavy losses in fierce battles with the Jiannu, and had no choice but to move to the southwest.
Today, the ministry's grazing land is about three to four hundred miles away from the Zhangjiakou border wall of Xuanda.
Huang Yi and I jointly sent troops to rescue the unit! "
