The Goryeo Kingdom, the Mangsu Mountains, the crusade army camp.
"????,?????????,???????????????????????????????????????????????? , the student is back, and he has brought you good news)..." Dismounting and going up to the city, Li Chengxuan climbed to the watchtower where Cui Mingji, the leader of the crusade army, was at the fastest speed, and behind him, there was a hug The imperial camp sergeant was panting while running with the wooden box in his hand. It was all filled with silver. Chiyang gave Cui Mingji thirty ingots of water-marked silver neatly arranged in a neat row!
“??????????????????,??????????????????????????? ?? (What good news? Did the Japanese pirates agree to our request?)" Cui Mingji was drinking tea alone at the moment, bored. When he saw his most capable aide, Li Chengxuan stumbled up to the watchtower, still talking. Shouting good news or something, he was so excited that he didn't even bother to drink the tea. He pressed the low table in front of him and stood up with a "crack" sound. He didn't care about the teapot on the low table at all, and the teacup clattered down. One place.
“?????????,???????????????,??????????,????????????? ?????????180??,????1500?????????????,???????????????? ??????,???????????????50???????????????????????????? ????,????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????,???????????????,????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????,???? ????????????????????????,??????????????????????????? ??????????????????,??,??????????????????????????? ?,????150???????????????. (Fortunately, after some efforts by the students, the other side finally agreed to our conditions, and not only successfully reduced the compensation to We gave them three thousand shi of food and one thousand five hundred taels of silver. We also asked them to rent the island for fifty taels of silver coins per year. The most important thing is that they have agreed to cooperate with us. After receiving the compensation, they will Immediately return our captured cabins, boats and personnel, and promise to evacuate from Goryeo territory as soon as possible. In addition, when it comes to doing business in their own country, they are also willing to spend one thousand taels of silver for Lord Judge to operate. Well, this is the student The deposit brought back is a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver)..."
Seeing his benefactor Cui Banshu standing up to greet him regardless of official decency, Li Chengxuan knew that he didn't really care about him, but about whether he could fight with those powerful gangs who looked more like regular soldiers than pirates. It's strange that after the Japanese pirates completed the blending, they still felt a warm current welling up in their hearts! It seems that Lord Judgment still sees his action of going to danger personally regardless of the risk. With this merit and blessing, I will definitely surpass Nan Minzheng, who is stupid at reading, and become the first staff member of Cao Banshu! Mr. Nanhu Li Chengxuan was so excited that he could not help himself when he thought that he might be able to join the ranks of officials and be respectfully called "sir" by others! So, the guy immediately sorted out his thoughts and started pouring beans into the bamboo tube of Cui Mingji, Cui Banshu, his boss.
“????,???????????????,????????????????1500?????????? ?????????????????????,??????,????????????????????? ??????????????????,1000??????????????????????,????,?? ???????????????????????????,???????????????,?????? ????????????????????????(Very good, you did a very good job, but isn’t the compensation of 1,500 taels of silver too much? , and to help them manage all parties and operate trade, one thousand taels of silver is too little! After all, our country followed the Ming Dynasty and implemented a maritime ban, so trade may be a bit difficult)..."
Seeing Li Chengxuan open the wooden box with his own hands, revealing five taels of small ingots inside, Cui Mingji's breathing quickened a lot. It was not that he had never seen silver taels before, but it was rare to see such well-made ones. It seemed to be different from his own. The warring "Japanese pirates" are not barbarians who don't understand anything. They also know how to bribe themselves with money! But when I thought about the greedy faces of my colleagues, Lord Senshu couldn't be happy anymore. The Uijeongbu fortified the money, Liu Cao fortified the money, the Bibian Secretary fortified the money, and even the humble Yamen had to fortify the money. Otherwise, this would Those bastards who don't help enough but are more than capable of ruining things will mess everything up! Therefore, this guy turned around and became a shorter queen again, and raised new questions to his staff.
“????,1,500??????????????????????.????????????????????? ??????????????????.??????????????????????????????? ??????.??????,????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????.?????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????,???????????????????????????, ?????????????????????????????????,???????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??,?????????????????????,???????????????????????? ????????????????????? (Dong Weng, one thousand five hundred taels of silver is actually not much. This is the result that the student worked hard for a long time to achieve. If it were less, They must be unhappy. Besides, they didn’t stipulate that the compensation must be paid in silver. I once heard that they needed a lot of manpower to develop the island, so I asked them a lot, can the population be used to offset the compensation? Guess what, they actually agreed, they can even return the captured ships and personnel to us for free, on the condition that we have to get them an equal number of young and middle-aged people)..."
Faced with the opposing attitudes of his family, Li Chengxuan did not give up lobbying the former! After all, I already have fifty taels of heavy water-textured silver in my pocket, so even for this, I have to do my best to facilitate this! Don’t you Cui Mingji and Cui Jingshu think that the compensation is too much? Cheng, let me think of another way for you. Isn’t it enough to exchange people for captured ships, sergeants, and the fixed compensation? Just use less or even no money. , your old man’s troubles will be solved!
“??,??????,????,????,????,????,????,????,????????? ???????????????,????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????,??????????????????????,???? ??,???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?.???????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????. (No, no, no, we can exchange civilians for captured ships and personnel. If the supervising officials find out about this, they will definitely go to the court to check my copy. ! We have already been in trouble after losing the war. If we continue to traffic in people and are discovered, even returning home to retire may become a luxury. By then, it will be a blessing if we are not caught and beheaded by the officials of the Yijin Prefecture. Blessed)!”
However, his advice did not have the desired effect! Because Cui Mingji reacted very cautiously to the possible risks. He had previously led his army to fight the Japanese pirates and was already defeated. Now he was asked to take the risk of being impeached by the imperial censor to exchange the people for captured ships and personnel. He doesn't want to!
“????,???????????????????????????,?????????????????? ???????????????,?????????????,??????????jianghua,jinpu?????? ??????????????????????????????,????????????????????? ?????????????????????,???????????????,??????????????? ????(Dong Weng, what if we use untouchables in exchange? After all, the Japanese pirates only want young men and women, but there is no regulation. Our people must be exchanged for the captured ships and personnel. We use Jianghua and Jinpu. If the untouchables go to change, even if the supervisory officials find out, they probably won’t have anything to say, right)?”
When his plan failed, Li Chengxuan thought for a while and came up with another plan! Since it is not possible to use common people to exchange for captured ships and personnel, why not use the lowest status class in the country - untouchables in exchange. Anyway, what Chiyang wants is only young men and women, and there is no requirement to use Korean common people, so he asked his family Dong Weng proposed a strategy of exchanging untouchables for captured ships and personnel, and the latter couldn't help but nod in agreement after hearing this! Arresting a large number of local people to make deals with the enemy may result in dismissal from office or even imprisonment, but this problem does not exist with untouchables. After all, the status of these people is too low. If they do not take the miscellaneous examination (technical officials, who cannot participate in politics), they will not be able to become free citizens in their lifetime, and the censors in the kingdom who are responsible for supervising all officials do not pay much attention to this class. Therefore, recruiting a large number of untouchables and using them to trade with Japanese pirates has become a good business with minimal risks but huge benefits!
"????,Jianhua,jinpu????????????,?????????????,????????????? ???,???????????????????????????,?????????,????,?????? ????????????????????????,??????????????????,????3?? ???????????????????????????????????????(Well, there are thousands of untouchables in Ganghwa and Gimpo People, let's select hundreds of the stronger ones and send them to the enemy camp in exchange for the captured ships. It would be a good thing for the sergeant. Mr. Li, I will leave this matter to you. Inform the Jinpu County Sheriff that I will be in San Within days, enough untouchables appear in the camp!" After thinking about it again and again, Cui Mingji finally couldn't match the desire for military glory in his heart, and nodded and agreed to his staff's plan. So, as his order was conveyed, officials, officers, and sergeants from Jianghua and Jinpu quickly rushed into the untouchable villages one after another, began to arrest people from house to house, and then sent them to the Mangsu camp where Cui Mingji was located!
