Where does this dawn appear? In the palace.
During the mutiny in Ningxia, Prince Qing's Mansion was defeated. Prince Qing (the old Prince Qing had died, and this was the heir apparent but had not yet taken the title) was hidden in the cellar by his mother and concubine because of his young age. However, Prince Qing's Mansion was in Ningxia. The belongings of the fields, products, gold, silver, and soft goods were looted by the Kuai worshipers.
This money was originally intended to be used as capital for Kuaibai's party to recruit troops, but later because Pinglu City could not be conquered for a long time, Kuaibai and others were worried about losing their way out, so they spent a lot of money to persuade Boshu Ketu to act as their stronghold. aid. For this reason, Kuai Bai not only promised the Huamachi to Boshu Ketu, but also packed up the gold and silver he received from Prince Qing's Mansion and gave it to him. Only the land and property were left in his hands.
Gao Pragmatic had heard this news a little bit before, but it was not very conclusive, and it was not clear how much property Qing Prince's Mansion had been deprived of by Kuaibai, but now Yilduzi told him the answer.
Although the status of the Qingwang Mansion’s property left in the hands of Kuaibai and others is unknown, the total value of the gold and silver obtained by Boshu Ketu alone is as high as 1.47 million taels, which does not include Boshuo. Ketu didn't understand those antiques and toys at all, Boshu Ketu only knew that these antiques and antiques had "a total of nineteen pieces".
This news really shocked Gao Pragmatic. A famously wealthy person like Jinghua might not be able to come up with nearly 1.5 million taels of cash anytime and anywhere in the northwest. In fact, he has more wealth. It is reflected in all kinds of real estate, commodities and goods, and it is really shocking that a mere Prince Qing's Mansion can collect so much cash.
But if Gao Pragmatic thinks about it carefully, he seems to be able to understand it. The King of Qing is not a "rising star". The first King of Qing was named Zhu Zhu, and some are also recorded as Zhu Yu. He was the 16th prince of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and his names were Ningzhen and Ningzhenzi.
He was born in Yingtian Mansion on Wuwu, the first month of the eleventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. He died of illness on the third day of Yimao in August of the third year of Zhengtong at the age of sixty-one. After his death, he was buried in the Tomb of King Ming of Weizhou in Tongxin County, Ningxia today. After Zhu Zhuan's death, he was given the posthumous title "Jing" by Emperor Yingzong - this was a posthumous title, which probably meant that he had made great contributions to the country's vassal.
In the 26th year of his reign, King Qing of the first generation came to dominate Ningxia. As the salary was not enough, he was stationed in the ancient Weizhou city in the north of Qingyang, and rented taxes from Yan'an, Sui and Ning. In the 28th year, the king was ordered to manage the military affairs of Qingyang, Ningxia, Yan'an and Suide. The residence was built thirty years ago.
According to the official records of the imperial court, "The king was fond of learning and literary, and was loyal and filial by nature. He was kind to his ancestors, and he went to Weizhou to spend the summer on the first day of the year. At the beginning of Xuande, he said that Ningxia was humid and humid, with bad water and springs, and beggars still lived in Wei. It was not allowed to go back and forth on the first day of the year. It's like the time of Chengzu. In the early days of Zhengtong, Ningxia's chief military officer Shi Zhao reported to Wang Ju's border affairs, occupied the Lingzhou grassland to raise livestock, and sent envoys back and forth from Suide grassland to incite the native people. Before the chapter was written, he may have told the king to conduct a military parade and build weapons. Purchasing astronomical documents, Zhu Zhuan doubted all about it. Three years ago, he wrote a letter asking him to move to the country to avoid Zhao. The Yingzong could not do it, so he wrote a letter of condolence. He died in his old age."
The main meaning of the entire paragraph is that King Qing didn't like Ningxia and wanted to move inland to Weizhou, but he never got approval. Later, he was reported by the Ningxia General Soldier, saying that he was occupying grassland, conducting military parades, making weapons, and buying astronomical documents - which meant that he was suspected of rebellion.
So in order to avoid this general soldier and to prove his innocence, King Qing asked Shangshu to move inward. At this time, it was already the Yingzong Dynasty, and the court's suppression of the vassal kings had been much relaxed than during the Chengzu period, so Yingzong did not agree, so the Qingwang family remained in Ningxia.
Whether the first King Qing ever thought about rebellion is irrelevant now, but there is a clue worth noting here, that is, as early as the period of the first King Qing, the Qing Palace had the behavior of "occupying grassland".
The grassland itself is not valuable, but in the early Ming Dynasty, the grassland was used to raise horses. King Qing certainly did not occupy the grassland to appreciate the natural scenery of the prairie. It was either to raise cattle, sheep, or horses, but no matter what he raised, because This person actually showed no signs of rebellion, so he must have occupied the pasture just to make money - in other words, the first generation of King Qing had already started business activities.
Eight generations of Prince Qing's line have passed by now. The current generation of "Prince Qing" who is about to take over the throne is the ninth generation. Prince Qing's palace has been rolling in money for two hundred years. Even if he stays in Ningxia, which is not rich, it is indeed not rich at all. strangeness.
According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, the property of the vassal king must of course be specially protected. Since Gao Pragmatic defeated Boshu Ketu and even arrested his people, of course the money in Boshu Ketu's hands should be used as The "dirty silver" should be recovered and returned intact to Prince Qing's Mansion.
However, Gao Pragmatic obviously does not intend to follow this convention - what should he do for Prince Qing's Mansion? The imperial court's ban on vassalage did not harm the interests of the princes. Returning the money to Prince Qing would be nothing more than continuing to raise pigs. Instead of that, why not do something more meaningful with it?
As for the future livelihood of Prince Qing's Mansion, there is actually no need to worry about that, because Gao Pragmatic can only take away this floating wealth that he can get from Boshu Ketu. The fields and properties of Prince Qing's Mansion will definitely be settled after the pacification of Kuaibai. You still have to give it back to him, it's impossible for people to starve to death in Prince Qing's Mansion.
However, you can’t just take this floating wealth and be done with it. There are many possible troubles that may arise, and it’s best to be prepared to deal with them in advance. For example, after the war in the future, if King Qing Shangshu wants the court to return the money to him, he will have to have an explanation, and he will have to let the court have an explanation, otherwise he will be very passive.
There are two simplest ways. One is to directly declare that you don’t know the money or where the money went; the other is to express openly that I have collected the money and will spend it on the three sides of Shaanxi. In military affairs.
The first method, if nothing happens, is of course excellent, and you can spend whatever you want, but the trouble is that it is unlikely that nothing will happen. Prince Qing lost nearly 1.5 million taels of silver. Can he remain silent? Not to mention the virtues of these princes, even if it were him who was highly pragmatic, he wouldn't be able to bear it. Such a large sum of money was lost for no reason, how could he not make a fuss?
And as long as there is a fuss, this matter will definitely not be hidden, because there are too many people who know about it. Now a lot of people in Boshu Ketu's department know about it, and Ilduqi also knows about it. In the future, once Gao Pragmatic is confiscated, there will be more There are more Ming soldiers who know. Even if this money is to be spent in the future, it is impossible not to explain where the money came from. That is a situation that everyone knows, how can it be hidden? There is no way to hide it.
So this path doesn’t work, so we have to look at the second option.
The dirty silver was confiscated openly and used for military affairs on the three sides of Shaanxi Province. In theory, it seemed to be justice, but in fact things were not that simple.
This is the Ming Dynasty, not the Red Dynasty. It is impossible for Gao Pragmatic to persuade people with the principle that "the people are above all else", and few people will listen. Although it is said that "water can carry a boat and capsize it," the amount of money cannot rise to this level because it is considered the private property of Prince Qing's Mansion - the Ming Dynasty may not have a saying that "private property is sacred and inviolable," but that does not mean that there is no such thing. This kind of thinking, especially if the owner of the property is still a prince, is even less likely to invade and occupy it at will.
Looking at Zhu Yijun's performance, we know that in a world governed by filial piety, the "kinship" relationship is a clan-based relationship that even the emperor dare not ignore. Therefore, although the royal family can suppress the military and political power of the clan, it does not dare to act easily. Their property - what's the matter, you, the emperor, can't even bear to give your fellow clan members a bite of food?
No one who becomes the emperor can bear this sentence. Otherwise, when the vassal ban is lifted pragmatically, why would a lot of space be spent on solving the survival problem of sects and vassals? Didn't he dare to challenge this kind of sectarian principle, and he didn't dare to let the emperor take such a big blame?
For this reason, it is not easy to collect it directly, and you have to find another way.
After coming back to his senses, Gao Pragmatic praised Yilduzi, but found that Yilduzi didn't seem very happy. He rolled his eyes and understood the reason.
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said: "General Ilduzi is disappointed because he failed to show his military power in this battle?"
Yilduzi sighed unhappily and said: "Yes, I thought I could fight a battle and make some achievements, so that I could explain to Abu...er, to my father when I went back. Who knew that Boshu Ketu was taken away? I was frightened by what Uncle Tuo said... Sigh."
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "General, you have made great achievements in this battle." Pythagorean Library
"What does this mean?" Yilduzi shook his head and said: "The scepter doesn't know. This merit may count in the Ming Dynasty, but it does not count in the eyes of us Mongolians. For Mongolians to count their military merits, they must have The only thing that counts is actually winning the battle. The general will take this military achievement back and tell Abu, maybe Abu can drive me out."
Gao Pingshi laughed and said very considerately: "I see, I understand. However, General, it is actually very easy for you to achieve military exploits, but..."
"Just what?" Yilduzi asked quickly.
Gao pragmatic sighed: "I'm just afraid that the general won't want to..."
Yilduzi was not a fool after all. He was moved in his heart and asked tentatively: "What do you mean by the Privy Council... to let the last general go to Ningxia?"
Gao pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly and asked: "Ningxia? Well... what does the general think?"
Yilduzi opened his mouth slightly, but stopped talking.
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "General, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it clearly. Although once the headquarters announces a military order, it is indeed non-negotiable, but this is not the case in normal times. Everything can be discussed."
Yilduzi smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I want to discuss anything, but the 20,000 warriors under my command are all cavalry. I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack Ningxia... There are both the Great Wall and the Great Wall around Ningxia. There are two inner and outer cities and forty-seven forts. Don't be afraid to say something offensive. If the general's department had this ability, Ningxia City should have been owned by the Ordos Department at least decades ago."
Oh, that's true. If the Mongols could really capture these fortified cities and forts, they should have captured them long ago when Anda Khan dominated the northern part of the Great Wall. Why do they need to wait until today?
Gao Pingshi smiled when he heard this, and did not care about his "violation", but nodded and said: "What the general said is reasonable, but the headquarters does not intend to let the general fight against Ningxia Jiancheng."
"Oh?" Yilduzi was a little surprised, but he couldn't help but think about it when he thought of being pragmatic and skilled in military strategy. He asked with some surprise: "The general has heard for a long time that Shutai is the smartest person in the world. Is it possible?" Is there any way to lure Kuai Bai out of the city to fight in the wild?"
Gao Pragmatic didn't know when he became "the smartest person in the world". It was probably that the Mongolians misunderstood the meaning of "number one scholar", but this was not the key. He just shook his head slightly: "The main department is not available for the time being. Such consideration is not a question of whether it can be done, but that the battle in Ningxia should not be fought like this."
This is a new thing. Is there any difference in how to fight? Ilduzi even forgot about his own affairs and said in surprise: "Why? Oh, the general said...how to fight?"
Gao Pingshi said calmly: "Don't use tricks, just fight hard."
Yilduzi looked stunned, and finally couldn't help but asked: "Why is this?"
Gao pragmatic chuckled softly, with a hint of coldness in his indifference: "Because I want some people to see that no matter how strong the city is, the soldiers of heaven can conquer it."
Yilduzi felt a shiver in his heart, thinking that Gao Pragmatic meant to warn himself or other Mongolian leaders, but then he thought about it and felt something was wrong.
What Gao Pangshi just said was "no matter what kind of fortress", but there is a damn fortress in Mongolia? Even if Han Naji's naturalized city or Daban is promoted, it is obviously far from being a strong city and giant fortress compared with the Ming Dynasty's city. So the person Gao Pragmatic is referring to in these words is obviously not a Mongolian. .
But if not the Mongols, who else could it be? There is Myanmar in the south, which is said to have been very lively in the past few years, but it was taken care of by the Ming Dynasty last year; there are also Jurchens in the east, but the situation of the Jurchens and the Mongols is not much different, although some villages are also known as "cities" , but that thing is nothing in front of Daming? Obviously there is no "strong city and giant fortress".
It seems that only the Ming Dynasty can talk about strong cities and giant fortresses. What's going on?
In fact, Yilduzi's guess was correct. The object Gao Pragmatic was referring to was actually in the Ming Dynasty, but he did not explicitly refer to it - any vassal king who might rebel or cause commotion during the process of opening the vassal ban. They are all the targets that Gao pragmatism wants to warn through the battle of Ningxia.
Yilduzi thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, but since it couldn't be referring to the Mongols, he didn't bother to think about it all the time. He turned around and mentioned his own incident: "Since the battle in Ningxia does not require the help of the general, I don't know what the outcome will be. Where else can I find such military exploits?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said, "Of course I'll go to brothers Huo Luochi and Zhulitu to find them."
Yilduzi suddenly understood and immediately asked: "Where are they two now?"
Gao pragmatic pointed to a pair of military reports on his desk and said: "The news I just received today is that they sent troops ten days ago and have forced Nianbo's defenders to withdraw eastward. They are now attacking the territory under Zhuanglangwei's jurisdiction. West Chase River Fort.”
As a member of the Tao Department, Yilduzi is no stranger to the situation near Zhuang Langwei. If Nianbo has been lost and Huo Luochi is attacking the West Datong River Fort, it means that the Ming Dynasty's "corridor" leading to the Western Regions It is already in danger - the width of this passage is not even a hundred miles, and it may break at any time.
This is indeed a good place to make meritorious deeds!
"The last general is willing to go!" However, Yilduzi still has a big question that must be asked clearly: "But if the last general goes to Zhuang Langwei, the command authority..."
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