Chapter 155
Cheng Shijie chatted with Emperor Chongzhen a lot about the issues of establishing slaves, with Mongolia being the focus. Cheng Shijie did not hide anything, and told Emperor Chongzhen frankly and truthfully that the Ming Dynasty had missed many opportunities, especially the strategy of economic containment. This strategy was When Sun Chengzong was serving as the Liaodong manager and the Ming Dynasty still had hundreds of thousands of capable soldiers, there was still a certain chance.
Now the Ming Dynasty can no longer stop it. Regardless of the situation in western Liaoning, there are too many places in Datong, Xuanfu, and the three sides where slaves can be smuggled. The best way for the imperial court is not to restrict trade with slaves, but to encourage and use it. The machine collects heavy taxes from merchants. With money, everything will be easier.
"The Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy is now in name only."
Emperor Chongzhen glared at Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie said: "Your Majesty, don't stare. It is also true to stare. Nowadays, Dengzhou Navy, Ning Navy Navy and Funing Navy, including the Fujian Navy and Guangdong Navy in the south, these naval ships Taken together, it is not as good as a fraction of Zheng Zhilong's fleet, and its combat effectiveness is also very weak. We expect the navy to close the sea, but we can't help it. Rather than being unable to control it, it is better to fully liberalize it. The imperial court can preside over sea trade, and it can refer to the Kaizhong Law in the early period of the Republic of China. , the imperial court issues sea trade licenses, and each license is sold for one hundred thousand taels of silver, which can be sold for at least several million taels of silver!"
Emperor Chongzhen's eyes widened: "Will there be so many?"
"But what?"
"The cabinet will never approve this!"
"How can this be?"
"There is no need to go through the cabinet. Eunuch Gao is responsible for coming forward for this matter. I can take the lead and introduce some merchants and let them go to sea to do business. With a few million taels of silver in the account, Your Majesty will have money. Whether it is to build a new army or to provide relief to the victims, If you have money, it will be easier to do things. As for the problem of food, I can think of a way to plant more fields in southern Liaoning next year, so that food will be available!"
Gao Qiqian secretly gave Cheng Shijie a thumbs up.
Emperor Chongzhen was a poor emperor. As Cheng Shijie said, he really had no money, but he didn't know how much money he could get from looting Fan Yongdou's house. However, Cheng Shijie wanted to open the sea ban, which also put Emperor Chongzhen in trouble.
The only way is for the chamberlain to take action. The servant will definitely be impeached. This is inevitable. As long as Chongzhen ignores it or delays the tactics, the first dividend will come.
In fact, Jiangnan Maritime Group's collusion has aroused the jealousy of countless wealthy businessmen. Now that someone is leading them to do it, they will definitely unite and fight against Jiangnan Maritime Group.
Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Will this make the tail too big to fall off?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, there are no rebels that Ning Haijun cannot destroy!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Your Majesty has given me the right to act expediently in battle. As long as you trust me, no matter whether there is news in the future that I have surrendered to the enemy or become a slave, as long as you don't believe these rumors, I can rebuild the country within three years." Slave, within five years, I promise to capture Huang Taiji or bring his body to the capital!"
Emperor Chongzhen was very excited: "Seriously?"
"If I say anything false, five thunders will strike from heaven!"
Emperor Chongzhen reached out and grabbed Cheng Shijie's hand and said, "What other help does Cheng Qing need?"
"I want two million yuan of salt!"
"Ten outlines, I'm sure!"
"My lord, we need two more people."
Emperor Chongzhen was slightly startled: "Who?"
"Master Sun Chengzong, former great scholar of Zhongji Palace, Master Yuan Keli, former governor of Denglai!"
Emperor Chongzhen muttered: "They..."
"I have just entered the officialdom. It can be said that I know nothing about it. I confess that I am worried that I will not be able to defeat them, so I asked two old men to sit in the south of Liaoning to protect me from the wind and rain!"
Cheng Shijie is definitely not telling the truth. First of all, there is no one available for him now. Xu Guangqi’s Western French Party originally only had two or three kittens, and most of them are not qualified to be officials. As academic researchers, these people are not bad, but they have no plans to become officials. The ability and strength of the political party.
However, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli are different. They both have countless disciples and former officials. As long as they can be invited to come out, there will be a large group of people behind them.
As for the issue of people's hearts, the Western French Party, Sun Chengzong's Northern Zhili, and Yuan Keli's Guide Prefecture's Henan Department talents will come forward one after another. The three pillars are the most stable situation.
In the future, when the talents of Cheng Shijie's Liaonan department grow up, the talents of Sun and Yuan's second department will slowly take a back seat.
Gao Qiqian felt that Cheng Shijie's words were too modest. Sun Yuanhua was his immediate boss, and Jin Yousheng, the commander of the Dengzhou Guard. These two people who were Cheng Shijie's immediate bosses absolutely disagreed with what Cheng Shijie said.
What does it mean that Cheng Shijie can't be an official?
If he couldn't be an official, 90% of the people in Ming Dynasty wouldn't be able to be officials.
Faced with the Dengzhou mutiny, how many people would resist claiming kingship and hegemony instead of settling the matter?
Only Cheng Shijie, a man who knows how to advance and retreat, and who knows how to lose, can stabilize Sun Yuanhua and force Sun Yuanhua to compromise.
Gao Qiqian admitted that he was not an easy person to get along with. However, he had never hated Cheng Shijie.
Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said: "I will think about this again..."
What I mean by thinking about it is that there is no more to follow.
Cheng Shijie said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, if I don't have the help of these two elders, I'm afraid I will be impeached by the ministers..."
"If I invite them to come out, where will they be placed?"
"How about I come forward and ask Mr. Sun Chengzong to come out and come to Liaonan as my mentor..."
Emperor Chongzhen did not directly express his position on this point.
In law, there is a saying that whatever is not forbidden by law is possible.
In the officialdom, the leader has not expressed his position, but in fact he has already expressed his position. You can just do this. If you get into trouble, it has nothing to do with me. If you get credit, it means that your boss has led well.
"It's getting late, please leave!"
"Um!"
Emperor Chongzhen said: "Gao Banban, send Cheng Qing off for me!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
When leaving the Meridian Gate, Gao Qiqian said: "General Cheng, oh, you should be called Prince Consort Cheng in advance. This matter will be put on the agenda soon. Our family congratulates Prince Consort Cheng in advance!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Father, you're welcome!"
Gao Qiqian lowered his voice and said: "Prince-in-law, we are our own people. Tell the truth. Does Fan Yongdou have tens of millions of wealth?"
"If you act quickly, he won't have time to hide his assets. Tens of millions of dollars is nothing. If he hears about it, he won't even be able to touch millions, let alone tens of millions of dollars!"
Cheng Shijie turned around and looked at the Forbidden City and said: "The Forbidden City can't hide secrets. Maybe what we said today will be reported to the outer court!"
"Definitely not, our family didn't give it to us for nothing!"
Gao Qiqian said with a smile: "With the words of the Prince Consort, our family is confident!"
"See you later, I'll leave for Gaoyang County tonight!"
"Don't worry yet!"
"What other orders do you have, father-in-law?"
"Zhang Jin, that man has offended the Prince Consort. Let's ask for mercy on behalf of Uncle Taikang. He must be spared and spared."
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "Since Eunuch Gao said so, Cheng will definitely give you this face. Fifty thousand taels of silver, half of it for each of us!"
"Fifty thousand taels?"
Gao Qiqian's face was uncertain.
"Why is it too much?"
"Is it too little?"
Gao Qiqian said: "How come Taikang Bo's only son is worth fifty thousand taels of silver?"
"Then one hundred thousand taels of silver, each of us gets fifty thousand taels of silver!"
Gao Qiqian muttered: "I'm afraid Taikang Bo doesn't have one hundred thousand taels of silver!"
"Does he have a house? Cheng is in the capital and doesn't have a house yet..."
"Including the house, it's one hundred thousand taels of silver. Uncle Taikang will definitely be able to get it!"
"I want the house, the money..."
“Happy to work with!”
“Happy to work with!”
Coming out of Beijing, Cheng Shijie walked like the wind and gave Emperor Chongzhen a gift worth 30,000 taels of silver. He turned around and took 50,000 taels of silver from Taikang Bo. Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen did not mention a word about it. It was simply unnecessary. So delicious.
"Meet the Marshal!"
"Prepare the car and set off for Gaoyang immediately!"
Wu Sheng was a little confused: "Shall we go to Gaoyang?"
"That's right, go to Gaoyang immediately!"
"good!"
Wu Sheng also had no problem with why Cheng Shijie wanted to go to Gaoyang.
Soon Cheng Shijie prepared the four-wheeled carriage and the troops began to break camp.
In just a quarter of an hour, the military camp outside the city was empty.
In addition to wanting to use Sun Chengzong's disciples and former officials, Cheng Shijie also had another reason, that is, Sun Chengzong was one of the few pillars of the Ming Dynasty, an upright person, and a good person. But in this era, there is no way to change their character. An upright person will never be able to defeat those villains who talk sweetly and use swords.
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen in history, the Qing army once again entered the pass and went south to attack Gaoyang County. This was a county with neither economic nor strategic value.
The purpose of the Qing army was actually to take revenge. Under Sun Chengzong's fortress strategy, Jiannu fell into a food crisis, and in order to make money, Shanxi merchants sold food for eight taels of silver a dou. In this case, they starved to death. a lot of people.
Therefore, Sun Chengzong led his whole family to resist the invasion of the Qing army. After eleven days of bloody fighting, the city of Gaoyang was destroyed, and Sun Chengzong's entire family was loyal...
In this time and space, Cheng Shijie will never let this tragedy happen again.
…
Jinzhou City is located near the West City Gate. It is said that this is the area where Jinzhou City was expanded for the third time. It is full of castle-style buildings.
A large amount of new materials such as steel and cement were used, so it could be completed in such a short period of time. There are more than forty rooms in the entire castle. Although the scale is not large, it is distinguished by its exquisite structure and unique shape.
"These more than 40 houses cost more than 10,000 taels of silver?"
Fan Yongdou smiled faintly and said: "Mr. Bao doesn't know something. The price of more than ten thousand taels of silver was three months ago. Now, a house like this can cost this amount..."
Fan Yongdou stretched out his hand.
"Fifty thousand taels?"
"It's fifty-five thousand taels of silver!"
Fan Yongdou pointed to a house opposite and said: "The transaction for the house opposite has just been completed. This is the annex of the Lian family in Guide Mansion, Henan!"
"Lian Jia? Shaanxi governor Lian Jia Jia?"
"Otherwise? Who in the ordinary family can afford fifty-five thousand taels of cash?"
“I really don’t know what these people are planning!”
"It's all about safety!"
Fan Yongdou pointed to the pavilion in the small courtyard and said: "Can you try to hit it with a hammer? The courtyard wall of such a house is one foot and six feet high, and there are iron caltrops on it. Little thieves can't even think about coming in. It's useless to bombard it with a big cannon." It’s useless, isn’t it worth fifty-five thousand taels of silver?”
"The army is surrounding..."
"There is a well in this courtyard, and the granary can store the family's food for three to five years. It is no problem to burn this pile of coal for three to five years."
Fan Yongdou said: "Who has the food and grass to surround us for three to five years?"
"this……"
Bao Chengxian asked: "When can the food be shipped?"
"It's coming soon. There will be a bumper harvest of grain in southern Liaoning. Let alone 400,000 shi, they can get it even if it's 4 million shi. As soon as my cattle and horses arrive, the Commercial Affairs Department of the Administrative Committee will deliver the goods!"
Fan Yongdou said with a relaxed look: "Depart from Jinzhou Port, and you will pick up the goods in Donghu Town, northeast of Meituo Lake!"
While he was talking, a strong man in green shirt unexpectedly barged in with his clothes disheveled. He rolled and knelt down in front of Fan Yongdouji and screamed repeatedly: "Master... Master, it's not good... then... ...The surname Niu Ma...is gone..."
A stench emanated from his body, and Bao Chengxian's eyes couldn't help but focus on his lower lapel, where he saw the strong man's lower lapel was wet.
Fan Yongdou immediately covered his nose and scolded: "You are such a talented killer, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with your cattle and horses?"
The person who came was none other than one of Fan Yongdou's chief stewards, Chen Qian, who was responsible for taking care of the cattle and horses in Liao Zhongwei.
Chen Gan was startled for a moment, and then he realized that Bao Chengxian was also present. He suddenly shrank his neck and started to hesitate: "Master... Master!"
Chen Qian's eyes glanced at Bao Chengxian from time to time.
When Bao Cheng first heard that the cows and horses were gone, he was shocked, but his face remained calm, as if he was not listening: "Master Fan, please do your work first, Bao will leave first!"
"Please tell me in detail!"
"More than twenty days ago, I was taking care of the cattle and horses. As soon as I received the order from the big shopkeeper, I would drive the cattle and horses to Jinzhou. However, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared and attacked the ranch. They not only injured our people , and even took away the cattle and horses!”
Fan Yongdou was angry and anxious when he heard this: "Who are they?"
"Jiannu!"
Chen Qian swore emphatically: "Looking at their humble position, they dress like slaves, and what they say is the true words of slave women. Their weapons and weapons are all the equipment of slaves..."
"How could they..."
Fan Yongdou found Bao Chengxian and said angrily: "You guys don't keep your word!"
"What?"
Fan Yongdou said: "The cattle and horses I put in the territory of Liao Zhongwei were all robbed. It was Jian Nu who did it!"
"this……"
Bao Chengxian really didn't dare to vouch for it, because he was currently in a high position in the Jin Kingdom and enjoyed the rank of deputy general. Compared with the Eight Banners of Jiannu, he was equivalent to the deputy capital commander, that is, the rank of deputy flag master.
Ordinarily, his level is high enough, right? But the problem is that Jiannu will never treat people like them who were descended from the Ming Dynasty as human beings. The daughter-in-law he bought for Bao Jing last year, Duduo slept as soon as he said she was going to sleep, and she was cooked into a pot of meat before she slept.
He didn't even have room to reason about this matter.
What if he is like this, let alone someone whose rank and status are far inferior to him? This was a common occurrence among Jiannu. If any of the Eight Banners nobles saw Fan Yongdou's thousands of horses and cattle, they would definitely see Cai with evil intentions.
If you grab it, grab it.
Bao Chengxian hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Fan. If they really did it, whoever dares to do it, King Khan will definitely make the decision for you."
"Come here, use our people to get the food back!"
"Shopkeeper Fan, don't worry!"
"Don't be so impatient. If the needle doesn't prick your flesh, you won't feel bad!"
Fan Yongdou said: "This is not tens of thousands of taels of silver, this is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"
Fan Yongdou is rich, but the problem is that no matter how rich he is, he can't treat hundreds of thousands of taels of silver as nothing.
Bao Chengxian hurriedly wrote a letter and used a hawk to inform the Shenyang authorities. Of course, this matter would not be found out so quickly.
When Huang Taiji received the news, he did not jump to conclusions.
After all, he knew very well what the Eight Banners nobles were. In the eyes of these nobles, was Fan Yongdou nothing?
Therefore, Huang Taiji hurriedly summoned the banner leaders of the Eight Banners to ask who had done this. No matter it was Daishan, Yuetuo, Azige, Mang Gurtai, Hauge and others, they did not dare to promise that this matter had nothing to do with him. .
They can only suppress one level at a time and rob thousands of horses and cattle. This is too small. For the Eight Banners, there are too many people who can do it. Just any Niu Lu Ezhen has this strength.
In fact, although the Niulu of the Eight Banners is composed of 300 people, there are countless people outside the staff. Just like the Dengzhou Guard Zuo Qianhu Office, nominally, according to the Ministry of War's catalogue, Zuo Qianhu has a thousand One hundred and twenty people. But in fact, there are more than 14,000 people in one thousand households in Weizuo, Dengzhou.
Each Niu Lu has a staff of three hundred officers, but in addition to the officers, there are fathers and sons, brothers, coated slaves, armored war slaves and other people of the flag officers. Once all are mobilized, one or two thousand people are considered normal operations.
In a short period of time, the city of Shenyang was in turmoil. Due to the different distribution of the headquarters and pastures of the Eight Banners, investigating this matter was not an easy task.
…
While Jiannu was in a state of panic, Hu Erqi also returned to Haizhou smoothly. It wasn't until they entered Haizhou that they breathed a sigh of relief.
Due to Su Wannayan's greed, he grabbed tens of thousands of sheep, thousands of horses and thousands of cattle in one go. As for the forage they burned, it is impossible to estimate.
At this time, Su Wannayan had poked a hornet's nest. They brought a large number of cattle, horses and sheep, and they couldn't even think of going fast. On the third day, many scouts appeared around them. They did not attack, but just Wandering around the powerful warning curtain, it seems that they are looking for the weaknesses of Hu Erqi and others' hunting cavalry.
The scouts sent by Hu Erqi tried to expel them, but these slave-building scouts did not intend to engage in a fierce scout fight. When they saw the hunter-cavalry scouts rushing towards them, they immediately retreated far away and waited until the hunter-cavalry scouts came. He stopped chasing and was immediately hoisted up again. This feeling of being followed like a ghost and being hit but unable to hit is really maddening.
Of course, if the hunting cavalry becomes fierce and pursues them desperately, they can still catch up with these damn slave scouts and beat them up severely, but Hu Erqi does not intend to do this. He does not want to see himself The troops were led by a small group of scouts and rushed all the way into the ambush circle. When the horses were running out of breath, the tragedy of ambush occurred.
Therefore, he commanded the army to drive the herds and retreat calmly and orderly. As long as the slave scouts did not take the initiative to attack them, he would ignore them. You can follow if you like.
If the Jiannu scouts take the initiative to attack... He said he would like to see it, so just a few scouts attack the hunting cavalry with more than 2,000 men?
He really couldn't find any other words to describe this behavior except seeking death.
Fortunately, Hu Erqi entered Haizhou without any danger. At this time, the Ning Navy reconnaissance cavalry, which had been covering Hu Erqi's troops, began to actively surround and launch a surprise attack.
In other words, none of the Jiannu cavalry scouts following Hu Erqi's tribe escaped...
It is almost four hundred miles from Gaoyang County to Beijing. For other armies, it would only take seven or eight days or even half a month to arrive.
However, Ning Haijun was different.
The Ning Navy is a force that has partially implemented mules and horses. Each post has a cart, and the soldiers sit in the carts, so they can march like mules and horses.
Although the carts are not pulled by war horses but by mules, they can still move at a speed of twenty to thirty miles per hour. With rest time, they can easily run more than one hundred, sixty or seventy miles in a day. If forced to march, the highest record is 500 kilometers.
For a distance of four hundred miles, Cheng Shijie spent eighteen hours and arrived at Gaoyang City at midnight the next day. Because Gaoyang City had been locked, the city gates were closed.
Cheng Shijie and his soldiers were stationed in the north direction of Gaoyang City.
Since they were traveling by car, Cheng Shijie's soldiers were not particularly hard-working and could persevere. They were used to this kind of long-distance training.
Ning Haijun's training method is actually cyclical and progressive. The new recruits have just begun to join the army. Most of the recruits have poor physical fitness, so they start to supplement their nutrition. During the nutrition supplement time, they conduct military discipline and internal affairs training. These trainings do not consume much physical energy.
Therefore, when new recruits join the army, it is the happiest time for Ning Haijun soldiers. As time goes by, the soldiers' physical fitness recovers very quickly, and their training volume begins to gradually increase. After the training of the three major footwork and four-sided turning method is completed, the training of armed marching will begin.
Instead, combat skills are the final training subject.
The appearance of a troop under Gaoyang City shocked the soldiers and civilians of Gaoyang County. Fortunately, Ning Haijun had strict military discipline and directly identified himself.
However, the frightened soldiers and civilians of Gaoyang County did not agree to Ning Haijun's collective entry into Gaoyang County, even if Cheng Shijie revealed his identity.
In desperation, Cheng Shijie entered Gaoyang County carrying gifts for Sun Chengzong, three large vehicles, and more than a dozen soldiers.
Sun Mansion is naturally a famous building complex in Gaoyang County, covering an area of forty or fifty acres. This belongs to a wealthy family in Gaoyang County.
Cheng Shijie handed over the famous assassin and successfully met Sun Chengzong.
"Greetings to Mr. Sun!"
"I wonder what General Cheng has to do when he meets with me?"
"Cheng wants to invite Mr. Sun to go to Liaonan!"
Sun Chengzong smiled: "Cheng Shijie, I have heard of you. I am old... General Cheng, when will I set off?"
This book has been put on the shelves since 2,400, and so far, it has received 9,500, with orders exceeding 1,000, and the highest order being 1,900. Thank you very much for your support. Updates have been slow during this period because Lao Cheng has a physical problem. He has been taking medicine recently. The medicine contains sleeping pills and he doesn't get enough sleep every day. When his health is better, Lao Cheng will work hard to do more.
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