Upon hearing Yin Reng's request, the pock-marked man, also known as Boss Huang, the leader of the Green Gang, exchanged glances with the scrawny leader of the Green Gang, known as Mr. Du. Then the two faces sank at the same time, showing a troubled expression.
"Jin Longtou, this matter is a bit difficult to handle!"
"It is indeed difficult. You are Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty! This Emperor of the Qing Dynasty borrowed money from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to fight the war. You said this..."
Yinreng sighed after hearing this. This thing sounds a bit ridiculous!
Ming and Qing are incompatible!
Today's Ming Dynasty Grand Duke and Emperor did not send troops to the Western Regions to take the head of Yin Reng, the Qing Tongzhi Emperor. It was already merciful enough, but he still expected him to lend money to Yin Reng to fight the war? How can this be?
Just when Yinreng felt that things were about to get ugly, Zhang Tingyu suddenly interjected: "Isn't this to fight against the Yuan Dynasty? Isn't it more reasonable for the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to borrow money from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Yuan Dynasty? This Yuan Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, Enemies of the Qing Dynasty!"
Boss Huang nodded and laughed: "Heng Chen is indeed a great talent! The Yuan Dynasty is indeed going to oppose it."
Yinreng quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, Dayuan is the mortal enemy of our Qing Dynasty and your Ming Dynasty. If we let Dayuan Dynasty destroy our Qing Dynasty, then there will no longer be peace in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty!"
Boss Du also smiled and said: "There is a reason to borrow money, but can the Qing Dynasty repay the money? How much income does the Qing Dynasty have in a year now? If it wants to go to war with Dayuan, this money will not be enough The sea of flowers has gone? Gold faucet, how do you plan to replace it with this silver?"
"Yes, you have to pay back what you borrow, and it's not difficult to borrow again!" Boss Huang said, "Although this money does not need to be paid back immediately, but Jin Longtou, you should have a way to pay back the money, right? This will be good for me and Lao Du Report it to the higher ups! Otherwise, the higher ups won’t approve it if you borrow it and haven’t repaid it!”
Why pay it back?
As soon as Yinreng heard that he had to pay back the money he borrowed from Zhu's father, his face immediately twisted and he almost said "poor".
Before he could start crying, Zhang Tingyu spoke for him first: "Boss Huang, Boss Du, how much do you think the stability of the northwest of the Ming Dynasty is worth? If Kangxi Khan really swallowed up the Qing Dynasty, what would happen to the northwest? There is no such thing as the good situation now where there are only caravans coming and going but no soldiers and horses! Although the Ming Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, if there is really a war in the barren northwest, the money will be spent... This account must be The Grand Duke and the Emperor also know how to calculate!"
These days, there are no railways or trains rumbling to transport troops and food to the northwest. Even the Silk Road is gone. All that is left in northwest Central Asia is poverty. If the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia really wanted to make a big move in northwest and central Asia, it would cost hundreds of millions and hundreds of millions of money, and they would have to burn both companies into bankruptcy.
Therefore, for the Ming Dynasty, maintaining a Western Qing Dynasty that was hostile to the Great Mongolia was indeed the most advantageous option... It could not only split the Great Mongolia and avoid the emergence of a Great India in the future, but also allow the Central Asian culture and Religion appeared "diversified" and allowed the Ming Dynasty to achieve "soft colonization" of the Western Qing Dynasty through economy and culture!
In fact, the Western Qing Dynasty itself was a colonial country. If the Ming Dynasty was subjected to "soft colonization", it would be a colonized country.
But to achieve the goal of "soft colonization", it is not enough to rely on unpaid "military loans". Yinreng must also sell the sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty!
In fact, long before the three leaders of the Qing Gang, Huang, Du, and Zhang, left Nanjing to join the "mixed society" in the Western Qing Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Da gave them face-to-face instructions in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and also gave each of them a book written by himself. colonial pamphlet "Rebuilding the Silk Road, Coexistence and Shared Wealth".
In this booklet, Emperor Zhu clearly listed the terms of the Western Qing sovereignty that Yinreng needed to sell.
"What Hengchen said makes sense," Mr. Du nodded pretendingly, and then pretended to discuss with Boss Huang, "Huang Longtou, do you think you can apply for a repayable loan for Jin Longtou?"
Hearing the words "borrow without repaying", Yinreng's ears perked up... This is the borrowing model that all borrowers dream of!
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"This, this... is not easy to handle, right?" Mr. Du looked very embarrassed, "I can't explain whether I borrowed something or not repaid it!"
"That's right," Boss Huang unfolded the paper fan, shook it and said, "How about we take out a long-term loan and pay it back in thirty to fifty years... By then everyone will be gone, no?" Does that mean you don’t have to pay it back?”
Mr. Du narrowed his triangular eyes and pondered for a while, then nodded: "Let's just make it a little longer and get a hundred-year loan! How about... after a hundred years?"
What else?
You are just trying to trick your grandson and great-grandson!
Yinreng thought about it again: "If I agree, then my grandson and great-grandson will probably become emperors of the Qing Dynasty who are hiding from debts... I will probably be a 'loan sect' or 'debt sect' 'The name of the temple. But if I don't agree, then I won't have grandchildren or great-grandchildren!"
"Okay!" Yinreng nodded, "Then let's make a century-old loan and let my grandson and great-grandson repay the debt throughout their lives!"
This is such a good grandpa and great master!
"This could have been repaid in a hundred years, but the interest has to be repaid every year, right?" Mr. Du suddenly raised the issue of interest again, "And the interest cannot be too low!"
When Yinreng heard this, he became anxious again. He couldn't pay back the interest!
"Du Longtou," Zhang Tingyu shook his head and said, "You are embarrassing the Qing Dynasty... It's not like you don't understand the current situation of the Qing Dynasty. It is really poor! If Kangxi Khan cuts off the annual tribute, we The Qing Dynasty loses one million a year. If it wants to go to war with Mongolia again, the losses will be even greater, and it won’t even be enough to earn money!” He paused, then lowered his tone, “Two leaders, I don’t believe that the Qing Dynasty will lose even more. Tomorrow the emperor will force our Qing Dynasty to fall for a few small coins!"
Boss Huang just sneered: "Hengchen, don't even think about threatening the Ming Dynasty with this matter... The cost of using troops in the northwest is a bit high, but the Ming Dynasty is not completely out of options. The emperor only needs to let King Yin Li If they send troops, even if they can't wipe out the northwest in one fell swoop, they can still maintain the situation."
Zhang Tingyu turned green and wanted to continue reasoning with Boss Huang, but Mr. Du spoke first: "Heng Chen, you are a scholar and have never done anything like lending money and collecting debts. You don't know that you have to pretend to be a grandson when you borrow money and pay back the money." The time is right! If the emperor is satisfied now, will this money be in your hands? If the money is not in your hands, everything will be empty.
Besides, it's the Account Department's fault if you can't even get back the interest on the money you lent. Raising military pay for thousands of miles of troops sent to the northwest is the work of the Ministry of Revenue... You, Zhang Hengchen, don't know how to do business, and you don't know how to be an official? "
Yinreng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Mr. Du said yes... In Mr. Du's opinion, how much interest should we give?"
Mr. Du shook his paper fan and pretended to think for a while: "You may pay for any amount... The Minister of Accounts and the left and right prime ministers are probably not willing to allocate money from the imperial budget to lend it to you." . How about this, this interest... why not use some of the special trade rights of the Western Qing Dynasty to pay for it!"
"What are special trade rights?" Zhang Tingyu felt that something was wrong and quickly asked.
Mr. Du shook his paper fan and said: "There are just a few rules. First, merchants from the Ming Dynasty can freely conduct business in the Western Qing Dynasty, prospect for mines, and buy property at will. The officials of the Western Qing Dynasty cannot stop them and must provide protection; second, merchants from the Ming Dynasty can In the Western Qing Dynasty, you must enjoy the treatment of bannermen. If you violate the king's law, you must be adjudicated by the consul of the Ming Dynasty and the officials of the Western Qing Dynasty. Third, our Qinggang will come forward to establish a liaison between the Ming Dynasty - Rakshasa and the Ming Dynasty - in the Western Qing Dynasty. Persia’s trade routes, and to enclose land in suitable places along the way, and establish commercial markets. The Qinggang will be responsible for the management of all the commercial markets established. Fourthly, our military attachés from the Ming Dynasty will help the Western Qing Dynasty train troops, and at the same time, our Ming Dynasty will exclusively provide the Western Qing Dynasty with military training. Provide imported armaments; fifth, our disciples of the Qing Gang must enter Confucianism and serve as elders. Two of the five elders of Confucianism must be designated by the Qing Gang! Sixth, our disciples of the Qing Gang must participate in the import and export checkpoint management of the Western Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty For imported goods, you can charge an import tax of up to 5% of the value.”
Mr. Du proposed six privileges in one breath!
If the Western Qing Dynasty agreed, then the sovereignty and independence of the Western Qing Dynasty would be gone. Even though it was an independent country in name, it was actually colonized by the Ming Dynasty!
However, Yinreng and Zhang Tingyu felt that the conditions proposed by Huang and Du were acceptable.
After all, only by borrowing money can the Qing Dynasty have a way to survive, otherwise everything will be lost.
So Yinreng and Zhang Tingyu discussed it and said to Boss Huang and Mr. Du: "We can accept this...but the loan we need is a bit large, at least five million silver dollars!"
Zhang Tingyu added: "The golden dragon head means that we need silk, cloth, sugar, garlic medicine, perfume and guns worth five million silver dollars!"
He is still smarter than Yinreng, and it is difficult to spend five million silver dollars in the Western Regions... There are no specialties in the Western Regions except cattle and sheep, and five million cattle and sheep cannot be eaten! And it’s more expensive if you buy more.
So instead of asking for money, it is better to hide and get something. It is best to sell "hard goods" to the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Ottoman Kingdom to the west, such as silk, sugar, garlic medicine, perfume, etc. If you are shredding The Ye Mansion collects 3 million worth of silk, sugar, garlic medicine, and perfume, and then traffics them to the Ottoman Empire, which can be exchanged for at least 10 million worth of gold, silver, commodities, and female slaves in the Ming Dynasty!
"Okay! Then we'll report it to the boss!" Boss Huang said with a smile, "But there is a distance of thousands of miles from Kaitianfu in Beijing to Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty. The things you want will not be shipped within two years... So now it's still This is not the time to fall out with Kangxi Khan."
Yinreng gritted his teeth and said with a look of hatred on his face: "Forget it, I will tolerate him for another two years!"
In fact, Yinreng didn't know how to defeat Kangxi Khan at all?
Although he could mobilize an army of more than 100,000 people, Kangxi Khan could mobilize an army of 200,000 people in Afghanistan and the Transoxiana region!
Moreover, Kangxi's level of military use was not comparable to that of Yinreng. If there was a fight now, Yinreng would not have much chance of winning. For Yinreng, the best strategy is to try every means to delay time, as long as it delays Kangxi Khan's death. Then he will definitely win!
But how to delay this time?
Mr. Du suddenly thought of something at this time, so he smiled and said to Yinreng: "Jin Longtou, I heard that Queen Sofia is going to the Rakshasa Kingdom. Will she have to pass through Xiqing?"
"It's true," Yinreng said, "It's just that we in the Western Qing Kingdom have few people, and many places are deserted and inhabited, so we can come and go at will. Moreover, Queen Sofia is also protected by Cossack cavalry and Turghut cavalry, so it is not easy to capture her. easy."
Of course Yinreng didn't want to kill Sofia, the "demon queen"... wouldn't Kang Mazi be extremely happy if he killed her? Moreover, Yin? was not favored because of Sofia. With or without this fat mother, Yin? was Kangxi's pet peeve! In addition, Sofia also had her dearest brother Peter. If he really wanted to kill her, Rakshasa would definitely send troops to help Kangxi.
So by killing Sofia, the situation facing Yinreng will only get worse!
"We are not trying to capture her," Mr. Du said, "We just want to ask Jin Longtou for a favor and ask him to send Philippe de Polo and his entourage to Queen Sofia!"
Yinreng thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll take care of this matter!" He paused, "I'd also like the two leaders to contact the Ming Dynasty court quickly...Rescuing troops is like putting out a fire! If it’s too late, it’s too late!”
Yinreng actually still had time. He took the crisis too urgently. In fact, his unfilial father Kangxi Khan had no intention of using thunderous means to take down his rebellious son - Yinreng, the rebellious son, had an army of 100,000, nor did he Maybe it was taken away with thunderous means.
Kangxi's intention was actually to slowly clean up Yin Reng, first enfeoffing the disciples, then using economic sanctions, and then buying off Yin Reng's men. When the time was right, he would issue a favor order to let the Kong family and a group of people around Yin Reng love the new. Jueluo divided up Xiqing...
So after sending two brothers, Yinzhen and Yinzhen, to serve as banner masters and left-behind ministers, Kangxi temporarily put Yinzhen aside and started to set up rules for the Ming Dynasty!
To establish rules for the Ming Dynasty, the first step is to negotiate a "Great Mongolia-Frank Secret Agreement" with the French Foreign Minister Leonard and the Holy See Foreign Minister de la Magala.
Although Kangxi was also wary of the Frank Empire, he also needed the European market and European naval technology, so he had to cooperate with the Europeans... While cooperating with the Europeans, Kangxi also had to find a way to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty. Collusion!
Because he also wants a copy of the "Great Mongolia - Ming Dynasty Secret Agreement"!
Since Emperor Zhu could support the Qing Dynasty in its rebellion against the Yuan Dynasty, why couldn't Kang Mazi's Great Mongolia (Dayuan Dynasty) sign a secret treaty with the Ming Dynasty to carve up the Eastern world? Now the probability of Ming Dynasty and Westerners fighting across Mongolia is not high. What is really dangerous is that Ming Dynasty and Mongolia start fighting in the Indian Ocean!
Fortunately, there are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal benefits!
In order to promote this "Great Mongolia-Ming Dynasty Secret Agreement", Kangxi also found two of his good senior brothers, Galdan who was exiled to India and Sanji Gyatso who was still in power on the snowy plateau... ..
