On the banks of the Songhua River, in Huining City, there is the Yamen of the Heilongjiang Protectorate.
In the study of Heilongjiang Protector Guan Obai, there were two people staring at each other and sighing together. Today, a rare visitor came to Huining City. It was Jin Yuele, the governor of Anton, who came from Jianzhou City on the edge of Xingkai Lake. Jin Lele came quietly in plain clothes. When he arrived at Huining City, he went directly into Obai's Protector's Mansion without disturbing anyone.
The room was quiet except for the faint sound of paper shaking.
What Obai and Yue Le were holding were "chicken-feather letters" sent from the Imperial Palace of Heilongjiang Governor's Palace and the Imperial Academy of Anton's Governor's Palace - of course there were quite a few of them from the two Imperial Palaces. After they learned that the real purpose of the "Fake Shunzhi Incident" was to attack their master, they immediately sent a clipper out to sea (they were afraid of being intercepted by land) and took the waterway to Vladivostok.
Because the content in the letter was so scary that characters like Obai and Yue Le were so frightened that they could only tremble!
After shaking until the end, the elderly Ao Bai sighed deeply, threw the letter on the table, and covered his face with a pair of hands full of age spots, "The imperial court is going to cut down the vassal... The prince is going to do it again..." To achieve meritorious service and establish prestige, if these two things are put together, they will have to find weak persimmons among the vassals... They dare not trouble Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu. The three vassals of Lao Zhu's family (Anbei, Beiting, Xiyang) and the three vassals of the Wu family and the Zheng family are their own, so they are embarrassed to take action. Daning, Beiping, Shuofang, Liangchuan, and Xining have always been submissive, and Shizhou, Guizhou is even less worth mentioning. The only ones left are the two of us...
But couldn't the old Zhu family imitate the old Zhao family and release their military power over a glass of wine? "
Hearing Obai's lamenting tone, Yue Le felt so sad that he almost shed tears. However, he knew why he and Obai could not be released from military power by a glass of wine, so he sighed and said: "Old Protector, what have we done all these years, how come you have forgotten it? Release of military power by a glass of wine... ....Do you dare to hand over your military power?
In recent years, in order to compete for the Horqin Grassland and the Xing'an Mountains, we have often had conflicts with the Chahar Khanate and the Daning Army. In order to attack the Chahar Khanate, we also colluded with the Rakshasa Kingdom, pretended to be Rakshasa soldiers, and even hired many white Cossacks and red hats to pretend to be Rakshasa Kingdom... In recent years, Chahar, Half of the bad battles between the two Tumut khanates and the Rakshasa people were fought by us on behalf of the Rakshasa people, and the remaining half were caused by the Rakshasa people taking the blame for us and being avenged by Chahar and Tumute!
In addition, weren’t the remnants of the Mongolian Khalkha Tribe and the Horqin Tribe who caused trouble on the Horqin Grassland also created by us? They burned, killed, and looted over the years, which made Huang Chuangzi angry. I don't know how many tricks we reported to the court! "
Ao Bai slapped his forehead. He was really stupid. He really thought of himself as a harmless and innocent warlord... He was simply a bastard who had connections with foreign countries, killed people and set fires, amassed private soldiers, and did all kinds of evil. Warlord!
Of course, Obai and Yue Le did not do so many bad things for no reason. Although their nature is bad, they will not do bad things that are not profitable.
However, in recent years, the local capitalism in Daming Province has developed so vigorously that it has affected the powerful vassals in the northern border...
As capitalism flourishes in the south, the rich will be filled with pits and valleys! Furs, Dongzhu, and ginseng are all in short supply.
A large number of large-scale farms appeared in the Central Plains and Liaoyang, all of which required mules and horses for plowing and transportation. Although these farms can also raise their own horses and mules, the cost is ultimately not as high as that of mules and horses produced in the northern grasslands.
In addition, the wealthy people in the Central Plains, Liaoyang, and Southeast began to consume large amounts of beef, mutton, cowhide, and sheepskin, which further stimulated the animal husbandry of Horqin Grassland.
The Horqin grassland is so fertile that cattle, sheep, mules and horses can be raised without any cost. The Horqin tribe that originally occupied the place was driven away again. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a large area of fertile grassland lying there?
As for the fur and ginseng produced in the Xing'anling mountains, they are even more valuable!
Money and silk are so attractive, how can there not be competition for them?
Therefore, the Shanxi merchant consortium, which colluded with the third prince Zhu, approached Huang Degong of the Chahar Khanate and the Daning Army, and asked them to come forward to compete for the interests of the Xing'an Mountains and the Horqin Grassland.
What competed with Prince Zhu and his group of Shanxi merchants was the merchant gang headed by Jabs. This group of people has a close relationship with Heilongjiang and Andong towns. Under their temptation, Ao Bai and Yue Le fell into the water and became bad guys - of course, they were quite bad to begin with, and there were also a bunch of Manchu nephews who wanted to eat, drink and spend their time...
In short, Obai and Yue Le have brought a group of nephews and hired many wandering Mongols, Rakshasa, and Cossacks over the years, and they have had a great time fighting against the Chahar, Tumote, and Daning armies.
Of course, neither side can quarrel with each other. If they quarrel with each other, it will be a civil war!
Therefore, Obai and Yue Le began to communicate with foreign countries, colluded with the Rakshasa people in Nerchinsk City and Yakutsk, and also collected the remains of the Khalkha Tribe and the Horqin Tribe. Let the Rakshasa, the Khalkha Tribe and the Horqin Tribe take the blame and charge into battle...
Ao Bai patted his forehead, suddenly remembered something, and said to Yue Le: "The Deputy Protector (Yue Le is not the official Protector, the official Protector is Ajige's son Zhu Hehuan, but Zhu Hehuan is still responding) Tianshu, so the power is in the hands of Yue Le), we have made a lot of offerings to Concubine Ning, and we have given no less than one hundred thousand taels of silver every year...Can't she say a few words for us? "
"What are you talking about?" Yue Le breathed out, "She is just a mud bodhisattva. She can't even protect herself... I asked the messenger who entered the memorial hall. As soon as the fake Shunzhi appeared, Concubine Ning fell out of favor. It is said that he has been placed under house arrest and is waiting to be deposed.”
Of course Concubine Ning Ajige will be implicated in the fake Shunzhi incident! And because of her son Zhu Henuan, she has always had a close relationship with the towns of Anton and Heilongjiang. She also has a temperament that dares to take money and speak out. Over the years, she has taken money from Anton and Heilongjiang towns (her son is the lord of Andong, and it is not illegal to take money from the accounts of Anton Town). Speak for Ao Bai and Yue Le. Now that Zhu Cihong is going to take action against Ao Bai and Yue Le, of course she will be implicated.
So the day after she identified the fake Shunzhi, she was put under house arrest in Yanshan Palace (Zhu Cixi's palace). Concubine Ning's title was about to be lost, so she was waiting for Zhu Anu (Fan Anu) to get married. Later, he went to take over as a slave.
Of course, Oboi and Yue Le didn't know about the "deep love between master and slave", and they were not that well-informed.
"What?" Ao Bai took a breath, "Can't even protect Concubine Ning? What can we do? If we hand over our military power and go to Yingtian Mansion, wouldn't it be..."
Yue Le made a beheading gesture, "Sooner or later, my head will be lost!"
"What, what should I do?" Aobai was getting old and was used to living a wealthy life. He had long lost the spirit of his youth and had lost all attention.
Yue Le was much more promising than him. He gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and said coldly: "The Thirty-six Stratagems are best... We can go!"
"Go?" Obai was stunned, "Where are you going?"
Yue Le gritted his teeth and said, "Go and join the Rakshasa Kingdom!"
"Design to the Rakshasa Kingdom?" Obai frowned and thought for a long time, "Can't we fight the Ming army here in Heilongjiang?"
Yue Le shook his head: "According to the report from Jinzouyuan, the two of us are the only ones implicated in the counter-case... Moreover, Emperor Zhu has already sent the prince north to supervise the army!"
Yue Le paused and then said: "This is to use official titles to buy our children! The prince is the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He wants to recruit warriors from Heilongjiang and Anton. How many people will follow us? We If you want to stick to Heilongjiang and Anton, I'm afraid you don't know when this head will move..."
