Chapter 72 Negotiations between Lan Yu and He Xi
He Xi said: "Fifty thousand taels?"
Lan Yu felt some pain in her flesh and said, "Five hundred thousand taels."
He Xi took a breath of cold air.
He really underestimated the strength of these nobles. Lan Yu is certainly one of the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty. But five hundred thousand taels is an astronomical figure. Although He Xi has a lot of property, it is absolutely impossible for him to give out 500,000 taels.
In fact, this is already owned by Lanyu in the sea.
After all, Sapphire's influence has not yet reached the sea. However, Lan Yu is Lan Yu after all, and is the leader of Chang Yuchun's family, so he still has face. He invested about one hundred thousand taels in the sea. With the help of the east wind that opened the sea, within a few years, the shelf was enriched to 500,000 taels.
This is also the source of wealth for many nobles.
When it comes to opening up the sea, the tariffs collected by the imperial court are actually a drop in the bucket. The maximum tariff is one per fifteen. Not to mention, taxation is not too harsh. There are some loopholes that can be exploited. Of course, the imperial court collects hundreds of thousands or even nearly one million more tariffs every year. Compared with the nobles, they still received much less.
Upper decision decided by the economic background. This sentence can have many interpretations. But nowhere is it more obvious than in politics today. Zhu Yuanzhang made everyone make a lot of money with a stroke of his pen. Huaixi Xungui suddenly became Zhu Yuanzhang's good brother and old brother.
No one dares to do anything that violates discipline or law. Once you do this, you will be disqualified from doing business at sea. That would be a big loss. There are even some declining nobles. Such as sincerity. That is, the Liu family of Liu Bowen, Liu Bowen and his son died. The successor was unwilling to interfere in court affairs and kept his family's property without risking his escape to the sea. Of course, this was also the reason why Fang Guozhen's Fang family had re-emerged and had influence on the sea.
Because Liu Bowen and Fang Guozhen had a deadly feud.
But the Liu family only thought that the quota for running overseas was given to businessmen. Immediately there are thousands of taels of contributions every year.
Under such circumstances, let honorable men abide by the law. Zhu Yuanzhang can do it with an imperial edict. They may even deprive some of their rights if they think they are displeased. Even if most nobles have complaints, they are honest. There are no small moves in private.
After all, most nobles knew that their methods were not as ruthless as their emperor's. It’s just that most of the time I am unwilling to do so. Now that I'm fed, I can naturally go to the wine and beauty. Why bother with your old boss?
Only Lan Yu has so much money.
Many people think that if Lan Yu pays so much money, won’t he lose money? Not a loss. No loss at all.
First of all, he destroyed the country. Even if you have half of it, the blue jade is enough to make you a Duke. Secondly, He Xi captured half of Korea, and He Xi is an honest person. Goryeo's five hundred years of accumulation have hardly reached out. It's just for military needs.
But other nobles are not like this.
This is how the Mongols regulated the matter of siege. As long as the city can be captured, the children in the city will be rewarded with money and silk. But the Ming army did not go so far. But in general. After the city was captured, all the spoils were handed over to each tribe. Even some robberies, as long as they are not too excessive, will not be ignored.
And the people who had just become prisoners did not dare to complain.
You can only suffer the loss of being dumb.
Half a Goryeo, Lan Yu didn't believe that he couldn't get hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of taels of sweetness. This is just an investment and there is no loss at all.
He Xi smiled calmly and said: "Yongchang Hou, but you underestimate me, He. What's the use of a Duwu for such a thing?"
It’s not that He Xi is arrogant. But money at this moment is just a number to He Xi. A little more but not a lot. Less and more. And political power is the most important. Only fools do things for money.
Lan Yu said: "Brother He, please tell me."
He Xi said: "I actually don't care. I just want to appease my subordinates. I can't let them follow the war and gain nothing."
Lan Yu said: "Don't worry about this. I'll guarantee Ye Wang a count. If Ha Ci doesn't spend any money, I'll reward him a count. I'll appease Lan Chixin myself. How about it?"
What Lan Yu said was not nonsense.
There is no problem for Ye Wang to be a count.
After all, Ye Wang is old enough. Even if you don’t count the credit for attacking Korea this time. There is no problem for a count. It’s just that no one above him mentioned it, so naturally no one said anything about it. When Ye Wang was a member of Qianhu, Lan Yu was still a little kid. Not qualified enough to fight.
Not to mention a lot of credit this time.
As for Ha Ci Buhua's credit, there are some shortcomings. But who told Ha Ci Buhua to have a good background?
The Muhuali family was the first family in the Yuan Dynasty, except for the Jin family. The influence is too great. Zhu Yuanzhang made Naha a marquis in order to divide the Yuan Dynasty. Not to mention searching for rewards on Ha Ci Bu Hua. This is very political.
Zhu Yuanzhang said that no matter what ethnic group the people are, as long as they sincerely surrender to the court. The court regarded it as the same. It is typical to have a thorn without flowers. It is of great value for united warfare.
In addition, Ha Ci Buhua does have military exploits, so it is okay to put some water in it.
He Xi said: "Second, that is the population of Goryeo. I checked the household registration in Pyongyang. There are five million people in Goryeo. It is less, too much less. I am short of people in Liaodong. Within this year, you promise to transport One million people will go to Liaodong. Within three years, three million people will be transported. There can be no delay."
Lan Yu frowned and said: "This------"
He Xi slowly poured the mutton into another plate and said, "Why can't it be done?"
Lan Yu shook her head and said: "It's not that it can't be done? It's just that if this happens, Korea will be in chaos."
Goryeo had only five million people. Even if there are many hidden houses. That's not even 10 million. Three million transported in three years is equal to three out of ten people. And Lan Yu knew very well how rough the Ming immigrants were. The origin of the word "relieve" can illustrate this point. Legend has it that in the Ming dynasty, when the government relocated people, a long rope helped many people. Anyone who wanted convenience could report to the superior to relieve themselves.
This is true for people at home, but what about people abroad? It would be strange if there was no trouble.
He Xi said, "If we don't do this, won't Korea be in chaos?"
When Lan Yu heard this, she knew there was something in He Xi's words and immediately said, "Brother He, please give me some advice."
He Xi sighed and said: "I have only figured out in the past few days that Goryeo is a powder keg. Even without this battle, there will definitely be chaos. Let me just talk about one person. Zheng Daochuan is Li Chenggui's mastermind. He used to be the crown prince of Goryeo. But I asked about it. He defected to Li Chenggui more than ten years ago and even persuaded Li Chenggui to rebel. The King of Goryeo passed away before. There were several forces in Goryeo who wanted to establish a new master. Those who are connected with the Yuan Dynasty have their own solutions. There are countless."
"I didn't understand why before? Now I know. The big family in Goryeo has something called Ben Guan, which is like a county magistrate in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In short, the entire Goryeo is not a big place. There are dozens of wealthy families. Except for Apart from that, they are almost all slaves. Are there almost no peasants?"
"A hundred years ago, the Yuan Dynasty invaded. The peasants rioted. But the King of Goryeo was good at borrowing the peasant army to fight the Yuan army. In the end, it failed. He surrendered immediately. It was killing two birds with one stone. Now, a hundred years later, the situation has been hard to recover from. The people at the lower level want to rebel, they want to live, the scholar-officials at the upper level want to rebel, they want to climb up, especially because the blood of the Goryeo royal family is thin, the top wealthy families also want to rebel and replace them."
"In this case, we are more likely to be invaded by Ming invaders. In short, the current situation in Goryeo. Just like this hot pot, tofu, cabbage, mutton, radish, and various seasonings, it is really a pot of porridge. Below is more The fire that is burning the land and annexing it has accumulated so much that it will never come back. It would be strange if it doesn’t roll back.”
This is the conclusion reached by He Xi after conducting research on the situation in the past few days.
Li Chenggui established North Korea because the times created heroes. The situation inside and outside Korea has reached this point. It won’t do to remain unchanged. If there is no major change, there will be chaos.
Now that He Xi could break in so easily, he even took advantage.
Otherwise, the internal system of the Goryeo Dynasty was completely free of civil strife. A mere 40,000 troops may have no problem crossing the Yalu River. It is so easy to fight. The Koreans cannot fight in the field, but they can still defend the city. One city after another was defended to the death. Even if it was consumed, He Xi couldn't afford it.
