Chapter 263
There are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends, only long-term interests.
In Cheng Shijie's view, this was because the development of Liaodong had aroused Emperor Chongzhen's vigilance, so he tested Cheng Shijie by changing the title of the King of Liao and Zhang Yan accepting Cheng Jiayue as his adopted daughter.
"Cheng Shuai, what do you mean..."
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "I am tired. If Your Majesty thinks that you can manage the affairs of Liao Mansion well, then I might as well not do it as governor!"
Gao Qiqian wanted to see Cheng Shijie's anger, unwillingness, dissatisfaction and other emotions on Cheng Shijie's face, but the problem was that there was only a faint smile on Cheng Shijie's face, no hysteria, no gnashing of teeth, and no anger.
Not only did this not make Gao Qiqian breathe a sigh of relief, it actually made him feel anxious and uneasy. As the supervisor of Ning Haijun, even though Gao Qiqian is not usually in Liaodong, in fact, he has always watched the development of Liaodong.
Now Liaodong has built two cement roads in the east and west. These hard cement roads can ignore rainy weather and can carry carriages weighing several thousand kilograms. He has also witnessed many miracles created by Liaodong's technology. Four-wheeled carriages, precision bearings and gears, machine tools driven by water flow, pesticides that scare many pests, screw pumps that can pump water to a height of several feet... These are all related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and none of them can faze the people of Ming Dynasty. Benefit for generations?
There are also agriculture and engineering, mathematics, geometry, chemistry, and... Which subject cultivates talents that are not the cornerstone of a strong country? Now he just hates that there are so few people who understand this, so that all this can only be spread in the small circle of Liaodong in a short period of time, and cannot be extended to the entire country.
The current situation in Liaodong is not due to Cheng Shijie alone, but to the concerted efforts of more than eight million Liaodong people who worked hard from dawn to dusk to run the business. Watching Liaodong become rich rapidly, everyone feels a sense of accomplishment.
Of course, in the process of developing Liaodong, Liaodong also produced solid supporters. These supporters were led by Navy General Ning. The military merit reward policy launched by Cheng Shijie was simply more radical than the twenty-rank military nobility of the Qin Dynasty. Although this There are no special privileges attached to military merit, but the land reward is very large.
Today, there are at least tens of thousands more landlords in Liaodong. These landowners are different from the landlords in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. These landowners are not like the landlords in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. These landowners rely on studying the Four Books and Five Classics. Once they win the election, they will rise to the top immediately.
Almost all the landowners in Liaodong are powerful soldiers and generals of the Ning Navy. They are also die-hard supporters of Cheng Shijie. If the court wants to touch the cheese of Liaodong, they will definitely not agree.
The second group is businessmen, or bold people, who have also made a lot of money from the development of Liaodong. The most critical thing is the officials of the Liaodong Management Committee.
Liaodong has had a lot of financial surplus in the past two years, and bonuses were also given to them during the Chinese New Year. These are legal incomes. Although it is not as exaggerated as three years of clearing the prefecture and one hundred thousand snowflakes, it is very easy to maintain a decent life. They enjoy the sense of accomplishment of living a prosperous life while enjoying the sincere support of the people.
Now that Liaodong has become rich, some people are jealous and start to poke their knives and forks over. They will also object, and it is estimated that they will also use Liaodong thinking to solve the problem.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand the thinking of the people in Liaodong, but Gao Qiqian knew that Liaodong was very tough now, and when he could do something, he would never make a fuss.
Seeing Cheng Shijie's silent look, he was unmoved at all, and Gao Qiqian vaguely understood something. As a human being who follows the emperor, Gao Qiqian has a clear understanding of human nature.
Once you reach Cheng Shijie's level, loyalty is mutual. The emperor gives enough face to the ministers, and the ministers give enough face to the emperor. If there is a problem in one link between the two parties, the results will be fatal.
Cheng Shijie ignored Gao Qiqian and directly served tea to see the guests off.
Gao Qiqian was very helpless: "Cheng Shuai, please be patient. Our family will return to the capital immediately to find out what is going on!"
Gao Qiqian didn't want to lose Cheng Shijie, a political ally, because Cheng Shijie gave him too much. It was absolutely impossible for another person to give Gao Qiqian so much, especially those who followed Gao Qiqian. If you invest or set up a factory in Liaodong, you can make a lot of money as long as you abide by the regulations of Liaodong and pay taxes on time.
"knew"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly.
Gao Qiqian said angrily: "Cheng Shuai, there is a villain in the court! Cheng Shuai has worked hard to govern Liaodong. Our family can see it. How can they open their eyes and tell lies! No, our family will not Once I enter the capital, I will tell the Lord the truth about Liaodong no matter what, so that everyone can be innocent!"
Cheng Shijie sneered: "It's useless, Eunuch Gao, it's useless even if you make ten trips! What will happen if the Holy One knows the truth? So many people are fascinated by the oil and water in Liaodong. They want to destroy Liaodong without telling the Holy One." so easy!"
Gao Qiqian said unwillingly: "Then what should we do? Just watch them destroy our hard work!"
"When the butt determines the head, they can do the most ridiculous things."
Cheng Shijie clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, stop crying and be happy! Big things are not as important as me spending time with my daughter. It's going to rain, or my mother wants to get married, just let him be!"
Although Cheng Shijie didn't want to break up with the court and build slaves at a low price. Once he had a falling out with the court, those in the court would definitely win over Jian Nu in order to deal with Cheng Shijie. Since then, Cheng Shijie had to deploy heavy troops along the Taizi River and even abandon the area north of the Taizi River.
This is what Cheng Shijie doesn't want to see. It's not easy for him to go on an expedition against Jiannu. There is no doubt that Jiannu can't defeat Ning Haijun. But the problem is that Jiannu can run away and their belongings are on horseback. Once dressed, you can run towards Horqin and the Mobei grassland.
Ning Haijun's maneuverability is simply difficult to catch up with Jiannu. Just like when Huang Taiji dealt with Lin Dan Khan, Lin Dan Khan had 40,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people under his command. Huang Taiji led the elite Eight Banners to chase for ten months. Lin Dan Khan ran to Qinghai, and Huang Taiji only captured more than 10,000 troops.
For Lin Danhan, the loss is still within the acceptable range. The problem now is the same. As long as Cheng Shijie shows his intention to go north to attack Shenyang, if Huang Taiji does not run away, Cheng Shijie will dare to knock his eyes out.
Although he couldn't break up with the Ming Dynasty, a Liao king couldn't even think about shitting on Cheng Shijie's head. At least if Cheng Shijie didn't want to, the Liao king would never have the possibility to set foot in Liaodong.
Zhu Yuanzhang could make King Xiao Ming fall into the water and die, and Cheng Shijie was strong enough to make King Liao fall into the water and disappear.
The sea is now ruled by Ning Haijun.
Cheng Shijie was actually very pathetic. At the Xingyang Conference, at this conference, Li Zicheng, a general under Gao Yingxiang, used his outstanding military talents to propose a strategic policy of joint operations and dividing troops to meet the enemy, which was to divide the peasant uprising army into east, west, south, and south. On the North Fourth Road, attack and fight the enemy, placing the main force of the rebel army on the east side where the enemy's strength is weak.
Li Zicheng's foresight was recognized and agreed by everyone, and they unanimously decided to use this strategic guideline to guide operations. Subsequently, the main force of the rebel army marched eastward to fight against the enemy, winning every step of the way and becoming invincible.
Although Zhang Xianzhong has not really captured Fengyang yet, he is very close to Fengyang. It can be said that the fire is imminent. Those guys don't think about how to put out the fire. Instead, they are trying their best to squeeze some oil and water out of Liaodong.
Cheng Shijie didn't know what to say. He could only explain that the dynasty was really a dynasty with a spirit of seeking death. If the dynasty is not destroyed, it will never stop seeking death!
If you don't want to die, you won't die. If you want to die, I will definitely kill you. If you want to play, I will play big with you!
In fact, what Cheng Shijie didn't know was that this matter was not led by Emperor Chongzhen, but by the people below who were trying to pull out the tiger's teeth and extract chestnuts from the fire.
In fact, this was a spontaneous act by King Zhu Shuya of Liao. To be precise, it should be because of one person.
This person is Gu Junen, Zhu Shuya's counselor. Historically, he was Li Zicheng's counselor. He was originally Chen Qiyu's counselor. Just like Sun Chengzong's aide Mao Yuanyi, Chen Qiyu could mobilize generals to attack various bandits in the seventh year of Chongzhen. Li Zicheng was almost trapped to death.
However, at the most critical moment, Chen Qiyu failed and did not follow Gu Junen's plan. As a result, the bandits reappeared and Chen Qiyu was sent to the army. Gu Junen ran back to his hometown in Hubei. At this time, King Zhu Shuya of Liao asked Emperor Chongzhen to use the wasteland of Shatou Town as his hunting ground.
This is an old trick of the vassals of the Ming Dynasty. These guys are interested in fertile fields. If the owners of those fields are dignitaries or gentry with background, that's it. If they are a group of ordinary people, they will immediately report to the court and will This piece of fertile land was said to be wasteland and begged from the court, but the court who did not know the truth often did as they wished and gave them large tracts of fertile land as wasteland.
As for the original owner of that piece of fertile land... If you know what you know, get out of here. If you don't know what you know, you will immediately know what it means to "sit at home behind closed doors while the pot comes from the sky"! Some poor farmers not only lost the fields that their ancestors had relied on for generations, but also became tenant farmers of the feudal king inexplicably.
The feudal king only needed to spend a small amount of money to bribe local officials and slightly change their household registrations. Shatou Town is not actually fertile land, but it is an important waterway. With Cheng Shijie defeating Zheng Zhilong and controlling Wusongkou, the entire Ming Dynasty's maritime ban has ceased to exist in name only.
As long as you pay the money, you can let the ship go to sea, and you don't have to worry about the Navy's smuggling.
With this change, the commercial development in Huguang and the areas along the river advanced rapidly. When Gu Junen returned to his hometown, he found that his home was gone, and even hundreds of acres of Susukino farmland had been seized by the king of Liao. Gu Junen fell in love with Zhu Shuya, the king of Liao, so he changed his name to Wu Zhongxian and took refuge with the king of Liao.
After showing their outstanding abilities, Gu Junen and Wu Zhongxian became Zhu Shuya's confidants. At this time, he offered Zhu Shuya a plan to change his fiefdom. Gu Junen's real purpose was to borrow Cheng Shijie's hand to kill Zhu Shuya. In the Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings had a gold medal to avoid death. As long as they did not rebel, they could do whatever they wanted.
But after offending a powerful person like Cheng Shijie, even if Zhu Shuya didn't rebel, it would be impossible to get good results from Cheng Shijie.
In Gu Junen's explanation to Zhu Shuya, Guangning, Liaodong, has now become the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, especially with a huge coastal area where salt can be dried. There are a large number of virgin forests. If these trees are placed elsewhere, they will be used for cutting firewood, but in Liaodong, these trees can make a lot of money.
You must know that there are four shipyards in Liaodong, three of which build warships and one of which builds merchant ships. The wood consumed every day is a huge number. Once he has the fiefdom of Guangning, the King of Liao can count the money in bed.
After being fooled by Gu Junen, King Zhu Shuya of Liao was moved, so he tried to write a petition to Emperor Chongzhen, and also roped in Jingxiang officials to jointly build momentum for him.
Of course, none of this matters to Cheng Shijie, he only cares about the results.
After Gao Qi sneaked away, Zhu Weiti came to Cheng Shijie: "Consort, calm down!"
"I'm not angry!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Zhu Weiti and said, "Please help take care of Jiayue these days while I go out!"
"Ms. sir, you can't enter the capital. I'm afraid of what might happen..."
Zhu Weiti was a princess after all. When Zhang Yan was about to accept Cheng Jiayue as her daughter, she felt something was wrong, especially now that she also received a secret letter from Concubine Li Kang to Zhu Weiti. Half a month ago, Chongzhen had a private meeting with Zhang Yan.
You must know that Emperor Chongzhen always respected Empress Zhang. Although he often paid greetings to Empress Zhang, he always brought Empress Zhou with him to avoid suspicion. But in the private meeting half a month ago, Queen Zhou was not present, and the two of them talked for half an hour.
Zhu Weiti said: "My lord, although my wife is not allowed to interfere in politics, I still want to say that you'd better be prepared. If the court wants to punish my lord for unfounded crimes, my lord must not imitate Yue Fei!"
"Then who should I learn from? Like Cao Cao?"
"You can be Huo Guang!"
Zhu Weiti said: "The prince is young now, so my husband can..."
"Don't worry about this, I know how to do it!"
Cheng Shijie also thinks that what Zhu Weiti said makes sense.
Cheng Shijie asked someone to call Song Xiance and Lin Xuzong over.
Not long after, Song Xiance and Lin Xuzong came to Cheng Shijie's study. At this time, Cheng Shijie was writing on the paper, not knowing what he was doing.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Sit down!"
"Lord!"
Lin Xuzong said with a smile on his face: "Just stand up!"
Song Xiance was just about to sit down, but immediately stood up. He suddenly realized that he had been a little drifting recently.
"I don't know what my lord ordered!"
Cheng Shijie put down his pen, stood up straight, looked at the two men, and was silent for a long time: "You have been following me for four years, right?"
Song Xiance said: "Returning to my lord, it has been four years!"
Cheng Shijie said helplessly: "I am not very good at employing people, and my arrangements for you are often unreasonable. I have wronged you."
Although Song Xiance and Lin Xuzong are the directors of the Management Committee, in fact, the powers of the directors of the Management Committee are very limited. The committee members below are each responsible for their own affairs, and they cannot get involved. Even if it is an order, everyone performs his or her duties.
They are like the cabinet elders of the Ming Dynasty, but what is different from the cabinet elders is that the cabinet elders also have ministries in charge of them. For example, Xu Guangqi is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Wu Zongda is the minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of the Zhongji Palace, and the prince's young master.
But Song Xiance and Lin Xuzong do not have part-time jobs. Even if they want to propose any policy, they still need a show of hands by the members of the management committee.
"My lord, please don't say that. If it weren't for my lord's support, I don't know if Kangnian would be alive until now!"
"Being able to become the deputy director of the Liaodong Management Committee is a sign of the virtues accumulated by our ancestors..."
Song Xiance asked in horror: "Master, why do you say that? Are you trying to drive us away?"
"What are you thinking! Although I am not very good at employing people, I can see that you are all talented people with a lot of wisdom and resourcefulness. How could I possibly drive you away!"
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "But people always have to go to higher places!"
"I am willing to swear allegiance to my lord to the death!"
Cheng Shijie calmly told the two of them about the King of Liao's request to the court for a change of title.
When the two heard this, they realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Lord, what do you want to do?"
Cheng Shijie said: "I want you to select some of your right-hand men to leave Ning Haijun, gather refugees in Nanyang, form an army, and capture the Jingxiang area for me!"
Lin Xuzong looked horrified: "My lord, you are planning to rebel!"
"almost!"
Cheng Shijie said calmly: "It's almost like rebellion, but I won this large area not to overthrow the country, but to save the country! You also know that when Liaodong becomes rich, many people are jealous, and they will do whatever it takes. Take Liaodong away from our hands, and with our strength, we simply cannot compete with them! If we lose the more than eight million people in Liaodong who have worked so hard to settle down in Liaodong, we will have no way to survive!"
Lin Xuzong looked embarrassed.
Song Xiance's face showed a strange light: "Master, I need equipment!"
"I'll give you as much as you want!"
Cheng Shijie asked Song Xiance to go outside for two reasons. First, Song Xiance had been serving as the Liaodong Management Committee for a long time, and he could not hold this position for a long time.
Secondly, Song Xiance is rebellious by nature and hates the gentry class. If he comes forward, he will be like a herbicide, purging the gentry on a large scale. If Song Xiance, a rebel army, can get a place in the world, it will also be a good thing for Cheng Shijie in the future. a good thing.
Even if Cheng Shijie did not arrange this, once the King of Liao arrived in southern Liaoning, he would definitely win over Song Xiance and ask Lin Xuzong first.
After Song Xiance, Cheng Shijie, and Lin Xuzong discussed in the study room for several hours, Song Xiance and Lin Xuzong left the Ning Haijun General Military Mansion.
That night, a rumor appeared in Liaodong. It was said that Song Xiance felt sick in his stomach while on duty and asked for leave to go home.
As a result, they bumped into Lin Xunzong and Song Xiance's wife Wang. They had a drink and had a good talk with Lin Xunzong. Although the two did not have sex on the bed, it might be because they were in a hurry and didn't have time.
Song Xiance was furious at that time and drew his sword to fight with Lin Xuzong. But the problem was that Lin Xuzong was tall and tall, while Song Xiance was less than half a foot tall. Instead of beating Lin Xuzong, he was humiliated by Lin Xuzong.
Song Xiance was furious, so he and his nephew Jiang Wubing gathered more than 60 servants, armed with weapons and fire oil, to attack Lin Xunzong's mansion with great momentum.
Lin Xuzong's mansion suddenly burst into flames, and almost half of Jinzhou City could smell the stench of barbecue. When Cheng Shijie learned the news, he hurriedly ordered Ning Haijun to capture Song Xiance. In a fierce fight, Song Xiance's nephew Jiang Wubing killed Cheng Shijie's adopted son Cheng Hu.
Before Ning Haijun had time to react, Song Xiance escaped from Jinzhou City. Song Xiance left the time difference and went to sea openly aboard the warship Xi'an in the West Port District of Jinzhou.
This news caused a huge shock in Liaodong. Cheng Shijie even became ill and bedridden for a time. In fact, this was a drama. Lin Xuzong, his sons Lin Lingchao, Lin Lingzheng, Jiang Wubing, Song Xiance, and Cheng Hu The executor of this plan.
Cheng Shijie had no choice but to order Sun Zhidan to act as director of the Liaodong Management Committee, and Yang Yunniang to serve as deputy director and bank president.
After arranging matters in Liaodong, Cheng Shijie took the opportunity of pretending to be ill to leave the Ming Dynasty and return to later generations.
Cheng Shijie returned to the old house on the third floor and found that everything in the house had been restored to its original state, that is, Cheng Shijie had not moved. Cheng Jiayue's clothes and toys had been moved back to the old house by Xiang Hui.
Cheng Shijie wanted to ask Xiang Hui what was going on, so he drove to Longyue Company.
"Hello, Mr. Cheng!"
The old guard at Longyue Company is Duan Mingyu's father and a related household. Although Cheng Shijie didn't worry about Longyue Group's affairs, Xiang Hui still offered Cheng Shijie the position of general manager of Longyue Group.
Longyue Group is a mom-and-pop shop. The couple jointly hold shares, with Cheng Shijie only holding 5% and Xiang Hui 95%. As for the Five Golden Flowers, the shares are held by the branches below.
It looks like it's still the same.
Before Cheng Shijie came in, Old Duan said, "Mr. Cheng asked you to make this trip in vain, and now Mr. Xiang is not in the company!"
"She's not in the company, so do you know where she went?"
"I'm not sure about the details. They all went to the city hall for a meeting!"
Cheng Shijie thought that it was okay anyway, so he might as well go to Cheng Jialong and do an experiment with Cheng Jialong. When he came back from the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie could bring some Mongolian sweat medicine. The main component of this Mongolian sweat medicine was actually ether. He just wanted to find out whether it could Bring Cheng Jialong to the Ming Dynasty.
Because Xiang Hui needed to take care of Cheng Jiayue, Cheng Jialong went to the boarding Tiancheng Bilingual School when he was older. Cheng Shijie called Cheng Jialong's teacher: "Teacher Zhang, I am Cheng Jialong's father. There is something going on at home. I want to take Cheng Jialong home! Yes, yes, yes, just wait for me at the school gate. I will be there in half an hour. !”
When Cheng Jialong appeared at the school gate, Cheng Jialong said: "Dad, why do you have time to pick me up today?"
As soon as Cheng Jialong got in the car, Cheng Shijie used ether to stun Cheng Jialong.
Looking at the sleepy Cheng Jialong, Cheng Shijie murmured: "Son, I'm sorry, dad needs you for experiments!"
(End of chapter)
