Can Sheng Yong be satisfied with a tribute of 1,500 horses every year?
Many people will definitely slap their thighs and curse, but it doesn’t matter. Fifteen hundred horses are not just for the beggars. No matter what, you have to get ten thousand horses.
But the reality is that fifteen hundred horses a year was already an extremely high price in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty.
Judging from historical records, during the Yongle period, the three guards of Tatar, Wala and Uliangha who were controlled by Zhu Di all gave tribute horses to the Ming Dynasty. What was the scale of the tribute horses?
Look at a set of data:
In the tenth year of Yongle, Arutai gave 200 tribute horses to the Ming Dynasty.
In the 16th year of Yongle, Arutai gave 70 tribute horses to the Ming Dynasty.
In the fifth year of Xuande's reign, Arutai gave 1,280 horses as tribute to the Ming Dynasty. This number is quite large, but this is because Arutai failed to win the fight and many of them were injured. They took so many horses in exchange for gold sore medicine from Ming Dynasty...
At this critical time, only 1,280 horses were provided. Isn't it enough that Duoyanwei and Fuyuwei usually require 1,500 horses?
No less.
You must know that the strength and sphere of influence of Duoyanwei and Fuyuwei are far inferior to those of the Tatars, and horses can often only give birth to one child a year. Unlike sheep, they can have two, three or even more babies at a time.
Drawing 1,500 horses a year, this amount is already the threshold that Tolu Huchaer can bear.
The most important thing is that they can give me more than half a mare.
Regardless of the annual tribute paid by Tatar and Oara, they also have a lot of small thoughts. The number of mares they pay tribute every time is very small. The reason is very simple. Without mares, the Ming Dynasty cannot use a group of stallions to make ponies. Come on...
Every time a mare is sent to the Ming Dynasty, it is equivalent to sending more than 20 good horses to the Ming Dynasty in the next twenty years. Once the Ming Dynasty has a large number of cavalry, it will not be of any benefit to Mongolia.
Horses yearn for the grassland. What if a certain Ming emperor also yearns for the grassland and happens to have cavalry in hand...
Sheng Yong agreed to Tuolu Huchaer's surrender conditions. In order to prevent Duoyanwei from cheating, Sheng Yong also stipulated details in the surrender document, such as the horse's age and height... Don't even think about killing the old one. , the useless things that can’t grow are just a few.
Tulu Huchaer had no choice but to sign the document with tears in his eyes and left Halawen Mountain under the "escort" of the Ming army.
He Yunzhong was very puzzled and asked Sheng Yong, who was smiling: "Sheng Dusi, why don't we annihilate these 20,000 people in one fell swoop and completely eliminate the main forces of Duoyan Guard and Fuyu Guard?"
Sheng Yong stretched out three fingers and explained the current situation: "First, we are short of manpower, and this is a mountainous area. There is no complete containment from the north to the south. Once Luhuchaer is forced to flee, it will be difficult to catch them all. And The Tuolu Huchaer who escaped will definitely no longer be attached to the Ming Dynasty, and then Daning City will directly face Duoyan and Fuyu."
There seems to be a lot of manpower, but in fact there is no way to mobilize too many.
Sheng Yong was a little better. There weren't many exits from Halawen Mountain. If you blocked a few, you would always run into Tuolu Huchaer. As long as you sent someone to inquire about the information in advance, it would be easy to block the exits.
But it was not that easy for Zhu Jianke. There were many roads into the Halawen Mountain, and the Tulu Huchaers were chased by the Tatars. Who knew they would run out for 300 miles and chase them several times? He didn't even catch up, but finally met the "drug farmer" who contacted him, and then he appeared behind Tuolu Huchaer.
"Secondly, without Duoyanwei and Fuyuwei, will you be able to herd?"
Sheng Yong looked at He Yunzhong.
He Yunzhong shook his head.
Herding seems simple, but in fact, you need to stay on the grassland all day long, either riding a horse or driving sheep. How do you think a strong Mongolian young man can practice it? It is not done day by day.
Han people don’t like grazing;
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What I yearn for is one-third of an acre of land, with my wife and children on the hot bed, with the earth as my bed and the sky as my quilt. Let’s leave it to the Mongols themselves...
Sheng Yong put away the last finger and said solemnly: "The biggest consideration for keeping Duoyan Wei and Fuyu Wei is that we need to set up a buffer zone between Tatar and Daning. Tatar wants to plot against Daning. With Liaodong, we must first deal with Duoyan and Fuyu. Now that they are destroyed, who will help us directly resist the Tatars? "
It is impossible for the Ming army to be like the Tatars and others. A large number of cavalry have been stationed on the grassland for a long time. They cannot eat well and cannot sleep well. If someone steals the camp and robs it, it will probably be completely ruined.
Keep the lives of Tolu Huchaer just because they still have value.
What's more, now that Duoyanwei has completely offended Tatar and Wala, where can he fall if he doesn't fall to the Ming Dynasty?
After hearing this, He Yunzhong nodded repeatedly and asked the last question: "Since we decided to let Tolu Huchaer go, why did we let Haer and Tianlili follow Zhu Jian to the west instead of east and let them go back? "
The corner of Sheng Yong's mouth moved slightly, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said: "This is not because the hatred between Duoyanwei and the Tatars is not deep enough, and we need to help them..."
He Yunzhong shivered, this help would be a bit life-threatening.
Hashiha ran away, Duoyanwei returned, Tatar stopped, and it seemed that everything should come to an end. But in fact, a chaos always needs a full stop to end, and the person who is ready to write the full stop has already arrived...
Capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yunwen had not had a complete sleep for several nights. The military information from Daning and Datong was sent to the capital differently. Many times they arrived in the middle of the night. Because the military information was urgent, no delay was allowed. Even if it was the middle of the night, they had to get up to read the documents. .
In order not to implicate Ma Enhui and others, Zhu Yunwen simply stayed in Wuying Palace. Not long after he lay down, the report from the Security Bureau was delivered.
There are three copies of the document, all from Datong, Shanxi.
Zhu Yunwen examined the documents and took out the first document.
Wuding Marquis Guo Ying reported that Walamahamu had led his troops 300 miles north of Datong and could attack Datong at any time. At the same time, in order to comfort Zhu Yunwen, he also specifically emphasized that the morale of the sergeants in the lower city was high and that the strategy of recruiting new soldiers was very popular. And promised to hold on to the city and never retreat until death.
Zhu Yunwen was very confident in the defense of Datong City. Guo Ying's passionate words seemed to Zhu Yunwen to be a political show. He first exaggerated the enemy's strength, and then shouted a few times to live and die with the city. Finally, the enemy retreated and looked back with a smile: Your Majesty, where is the reward? .
Guo Ying put the document aside and picked up the second document. This was a document signed by multiple people, including Guo Ying's name, Gu Yun's name from Qianhu of Datong Security Bureau, and finally Yang. Pu.
Although the signature rights were given to three people, judging from the content, it seems that only Yang Pu is the main author.
Yang Pu put forward a bold idea, that is, to actively contact Mahamu and instigate his relationship with Hashiha, in order to seek division within Oara and then weaken the power of the entire Oara.
As for the bold plan proposed by Yang Pu, Guo Ying nodded, and Gu Yun had no objection. It was clearly written in the document, but the only thing that made Zhu Yunwen depressed was that these three people had been plotting together for a long time, and unexpectedly Hu Hui was betrayed...
Because the person they chose to execute the plan was Hu Hu.
Guo Ying couldn't contact Mahamu. If someone were to accuse him of collaborating with the enemy, eighteen heads wouldn't be enough to chop him off. Gu Yun didn't want to go either. He needed to keep an eye on the city to ensure safety.
Yang Pu spread his hands, "I am the one who came up with the idea. Have you ever seen who comes up with the idea and who gets it?"
After much deliberation, they chose Hu Hui.
Zhu Yunwen was a little worried, knowing that
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The signing date of this document was seven days ago. Hu Ming must have been deceived by these people. Mahamu is an extremely bold careerist. If Hu Ming is defeated, he will suffer great losses.
There is no point in worrying. The documents I receive are either things that have happened, or things that are about to happen or are happening now. It is useless to send a message back.
Zhu Yunwen could only pray that Hu Xi would not fail in this secret diplomacy...
Picking up the third document, Zhu Yunwen was slightly startled. This was not an urgent military situation, but a joint investigation report between Datong Dusi and Shanxi Dusi.
The cause of this incident was that last year, Liu Changge's brothers, wives and daughters who died in the battle were kicked out of the guardhouse. Displaced, Li Xiaowu was forced to sell himself as a businessman and enter the capital to perform as an entertainer. Liu Changge agreed to allow Shanxi merchants to leave customs three times in exchange for Li Xiaowu's freedom.
At that time, Zhu Yunwen ordered a thorough investigation of all the governors in various places to investigate the embezzlement of pensions and land property of the soldiers who died in the battle since the Battle of Yuerhai. After more than a year, the investigation was finally completed.
"Go and call Xu Huizu and Song Sheng over to me!"
Zhu Yunwen ordered with a cold face.
The servant did not dare to neglect, and even though it was already night, he still went to deliver the order.
Xu Huizu and Song Sheng did not go home, but lived in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion. After hearing the news, they immediately entered the palace.
Zhu Yunwen took out the investigation report of the health institute and asked Xu Huizu: "It started in July last year and ended in July this year. It is already September now. Why is it that only Shanxi has a report and there is no news from other places? Is it because of hope?" Will I forget this matter?"
Xu Huizu quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it is very difficult to investigate this matter. In addition, it has been a long time, so it is not easy to investigate. Although some places have completed the investigation, most of the departments and guards still have no documents sent to them. Capital."
Zhu Yunwen threw the document down and said sternly: "Is it difficult to investigate, or is it that you can't check it yourself? Send documents to all places. If they can't send the documents before the Hajj, the Self-Defense Station will all be dismissed from their posts. If there are any Anyone who deceives, makes lies, fails to report knowledge, or maliciously protects will be severely punished! Tell the commander-in-chief everywhere that if this matter is not handled well, please submit your resignation!"
Xu Huizu quickly agreed and led the documents out of Wuying Hall.
Song Sheng looked at Xu Huizu's face and said: "The emperor hates corruption, we still need to solve this matter. After all, soldiers and sergeants only have a small pension, and if they die, they still need to use this money. This kind of person is really not suitable to stay." In the army.”
Xu Huizu didn't know this and sighed: "You have also seen that in Shanxi alone, more than 500 cases were investigated, affecting thousands or hundreds of households and dozens of people. Even people from the Dusi Yamen were implicated, but After the emperor approves it, I’m afraid many people will be unlucky.”
Song Sheng asked solemnly: "Are you worried about them about government affairs?"
Xu Huizu waved his hand and said helplessly: "What does their misfortune have to do with us? It's just that the matter has been investigated, what will be done next? It doesn't matter if these people are demoted or beheaded, but like Li Xiaowu's family, the court always needs to give Pension, who will pay for the money and food? At present, the household affairs department of the imperial court is in difficulty, and there is war in the north. No one dares to spend extra money at this time."
Song Sheng understood Xu Huizu's worries. He was worried that after all the investigation reports from various health offices were submitted, Zhu Yunwen would ask the court to pay for the comfort of these widows and their children. Shanxi's reporting of 500 households was already conservative.
Taking into account the two capitals and thirteen provinces, there must be thousands or tens of thousands of households. Subsidies and pensions require money. Even if one household is given 30 taels, that is 300,000 taels.
Who will pay for such a huge expenditure?
This year’s finances are about to bottom out. There is also the martial arts examination in October and the Hajj in December. There is no need to spend money...
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