Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 802 Yang Jie?Yang Jie!
The emperor's words caused everyone present to fall into deep thought.

Yes, Tuo Huan can support a puppet Khan, so why can't Daming?
They had never thought of doing this before.

As for the reason, it is not the so-called etiquette and moral restraint. Although people who really achieve high positions are not unscrupulous, they at least have their own principles and will not be bound by pure dogma.

As a subject of Ming Dynasty, the first consideration is the interests of Ming Dynasty, benevolence, justice and morality are applied to the people of Ming Dynasty. As for foreign people... people who are not my race, their hearts must be different. Between countries, they naturally have their own. According to the rules, as long as the goal can be achieved, war can be launched, let alone such a mere means.

The real reason why the emperors and ministers before the Ming Dynasty never considered this matter was that it was too difficult to do so, and it was difficult to achieve their goals.

Tuo Huan is the leader of Wala, and he belongs to the grassland tribe. Therefore, he supported a puppet Khan, with the purpose of gradually eroding the power of the Han court, and then achieving the purpose of replacing it.

However, it is very difficult for Daming to do this.

It's not that it is difficult to raise a puppet. In fact, in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention raising a puppet, it was not impossible to wipe out the tribes on the grassland.

However, this doesn't make much sense.

After all, the grassland is different from Guannei, the geography is vast, and there are countless small tribes scattered on the vast grassland.

The so-called wild fire burns endlessly, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates, which describes the grassland tribes.

This geographical environment naturally provided protection for the grassland tribes, and the Ming Dynasty could certainly support a puppet Khan.

However, it is impossible to stay on the grassland all the time and gradually replace his position like Tuo Huan.

And once the position of the puppet Khan is stable, he will definitely want to get rid of the position of a puppet, which is inevitable.

Wala itself is on the grassland, so it is natural to restrain him, but for Daming, it is really not worthwhile to go on an expedition for this kind of thing.

Therefore, for Daming, interfering in grassland affairs, whether it is military intervention or supporting puppets, is actually a loss-making business.

The few people present are all people who are familiar with side affairs, so they naturally understand the reason.

However, the situation today is different.

The reason lies in the person Agadorji!

As the younger brother of Tutuobuhua, the prince of Tatar, he controls nearly one-third of the military force and has great influence on the five major tribes.

However, he is also a reckless person who is very happy.

At the moment when Oara and Tatar are about to go to war, if you want to support him to become a profuse sweat, then the best way is to encourage him to betray Tutuobuhua.

As a result, the Tatar tribes will inevitably fall apart, even if Agadorji can successfully kill Tuotuobuhua and ascend to the Khan throne.

However, there is bound to be a bloody massacre, not to mention, there is also a tiger watching.

Although the law of the jungle is prey on the grassland, after all, after a century of naturalization in the Great Yuan Dynasty, even if they don't pay attention to names and etiquette like the Ming Dynasty, there are still some orthodox points.

It should be said that everyone has their own ghosts on the grassland today, but due to the glory of the Golden Family, there was no chaos.

However, once Agadorji took action, the reason for killing his brother and ascending to the throne was enough to make many tribes attack him.

In this case, if he wants to secure his position, the only way is to rely on Daming tightly.

Thinking of this, a group of ministers suddenly remembered that the firm attitude of the emperor when he insisted on reopening the stock market, did it also mean that he was preparing for the present?
One must know that after the past year of the mutual market, many Tatar nobles have basically become accustomed to porcelain, tea, jewelry, and silk from Ming Dynasty.

If it is said that Agadorji can continue to maintain a good market after he ascended the throne, then he can at least guarantee that the five major tribes of Tatar will not make trouble.

But at the same time, this kind of surrender to interests must be loose.

The so-called instigator has no descendants?Once some heads start, they may not be able to stop!
At that time, no matter whether there will be another disturbance on the grassland or a seemingly incongruous relationship, it will be a good thing for Daming.

And if Agadorji failed, then it would be even better.

Tuotuobuhua must be unwilling to face this younger brother's betrayal, and the internal division of Tatar is a foregone conclusion.

At the same time, without the help of Agadorji, it is impossible for Tuotuobuhua to have the strength to destroy Yexian.

At that time, the grassland will inevitably fall into a three-party melee situation, and Daming will be able to reap the benefits.

and so……

"Your Majesty is wise, but if we want to do this, there are two difficulties. One is that the grassland tribes live by water and grass, and now there is a war, and many tribes have moved. How to find Agadorji without alarming others , is the primary question.”

After going over the pros and cons in their minds, everyone soon began to consider specific operations.

The most important thing to instigate such a thing is to keep it secret.

However, the biggest problem facing Daming is that it is difficult to meet Agadorji under the condition of secrecy.

It can be said that if this problem is not resolved, this matter cannot be discussed.

However, facing Yang Hong's question, Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

"For this matter, I think Mr. Shen will have a solution."

what?
Shen Shangshu was secretly rejoicing that he had finally escaped a catastrophe and successfully protected the treasury's money, but he did not expect that the emperor suddenly led the conversation to him.

Facing the puzzled and astonished eyes of the other few days, Shen Shangshu blinked his eyes, was confused, and said bitterly.

"Your Majesty, I'm stupid, please show me clearly."

He really didn't want to understand what this matter could have anything to do with him.

So, I saw the Son of Heaven.

"Mr. Shen still remembers that years ago, the Ministry of Household Affairs found out a few businessmen who were stealing salt and tea, and later, dozens of officials were caught. For this matter, Mister even went to the palace in person."

Having said that, Shen Yi remembered.

There is such a thing.

Since the opening of the mutual market, although it has brought a lot of profits to Daming, at the same time, various problems have inevitably followed.

The most serious of these is the case of smuggling.

Although before the opening of the mutual market, the imperial court had already made full preparations for this, prohibiting all private commerce and trade, and only allowing the emperor's imperial shop to carry out the mutual market at a fixed time and a fixed trading place.

However, smuggling is still difficult to put an end to.

You know, in order to win the support of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the tax rate that Huangdian needs to pay in the mutual market is very high.

At this point, the emperor has very strict restrictions on the imperial store.

Under such circumstances, the imperial store had to pay high taxes and at the same time ensure profits, which were handed over to the emperor's inner treasury to win the favor, and the price naturally rose.

Of course, this is also because the Huangdian is in a monopoly position in the mutual market, and has the endorsement of the emperor. Every time the mutual market, there will be specially dispatched frontier troops to protect it. They are not afraid of the other party's upset, so there is such a high price.

However, in this way, private smuggling will be difficult to curb.

Again, the border line is so long, if there are Mongolian tribes who can come to plunder at night, then naturally there will be merchants from Ming Dynasty who can take risks to trade on the grassland.

Although the mutual market is an official trade, after all, there will be a large number of Mongolians coming every time there is a transaction, which also provides convenience for smuggling merchants.

In response to this point, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War jointly sent documents to local governments, ordering them to strictly investigate and deal with smuggling. Almost every time the trade market started, the frontier army would send many troops to strengthen patrols in order to prohibit smuggling.

However, even so, smuggling continued repeatedly.

However, most of them are ordinary materials, such as tea and salt, which need an introduction, and it is difficult for smugglers to obtain them.

However, just before last year, near Xuan Mansion, two smugglers who specialized in reselling salt and tea were seized.

The Ministry of Household Affairs attached great importance to this matter, and sent a doctor to investigate together with Qiandu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Finally, it was discovered that this group of businessmen bribed the officials in charge of the saltworks and tea factories, and forged official quotations. They colluded up and down to resell salt tea.

For this kind of behavior, Shen Shangshu naturally hated it deeply. As soon as he got the news, he went to the palace to meet the emperor himself, and asked the emperor to severely punish the officials and other people involved in the case.

And the emperor, an old man, is also very straightforward.The officials involved in the case should be demoted and exiled, and the rest of the merchants should be exiled as accomplices, and the principal culprits should be handed over to Jin Yiwei.

Shen Shangshu didn't know what happened after that.

However, at this moment when the emperor mentioned it, he suddenly seemed to think of something and asked.

"Your Majesty, could it be that..."

"Those two groups of businessmen are in charge, they are all from Jinyiwei!"

Facing Shen Shangshu's suspicious gaze, Zhu Qiyu smiled and spoke lightly.

Ah this...

Shen Shangshu didn't know what to say.

No wonder, this group of people can easily get official quotations, and the interrogation along the way, and even the officers and soldiers guarding the pass, can be easily dealt with.

But it turns out that there is such a relationship...

So, Shen Shangshu suddenly raised his spirits and opened his mouth to speak.

"In this way, this group of people are also His Majesty's people. Your Majesty, if this is the case, all their business income must have entered His Majesty's internal treasury. This is not possible, Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance has a share of the money!"

Yu Qian: ...

Yang Hong: ...

Fan Guang: ...

Sure enough, Mr. Shen was still the same Mr. Shen, and his mind was full of the court's purse.

Therefore, a group of ministers decided not to talk to this stupid guy, pondered for a moment, and asked Yu Qian.

"Your Majesty means that this group of businessmen can contact Agadorji?"

Zhu Qiyu was also a little dumbfounded by Shen Yi's reaction.

There is no way, he can only ignore the Minister of the Household Department, nodded and said.

"Yes, among the five major Tatar tribes, Agadorji is in charge of the Chahar tribe, and the Chahar tribe has also been the main trading target of these people."

"However, after all, they are just ordinary businessmen, so it is naturally impossible to directly contact Agadorji, but at least they can contact some nobles in Chahar. Through them, it is not difficult to find Agadorji. "

I see……

Hearing this, Yu Qian frowned, thought for a moment, and said.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, this matter may not be easy."

"Since only some of the nobles can be found, it is easy to make changes. How to contact Agadorji without revealing his identity or arousing suspicion is not a simple matter."

"So, if it is really going to be done, the people sent out this time must not only be resourceful, but also be able to change at any time. More importantly, they must be bold and careful. Only in this way can there be any hope of success."

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is very risky and variable.

Therefore, the ability of the person in charge is very important!
Zhu Qiyu nodded, thought for a while, and added.

"Not only that, this person must have sufficient status, otherwise, even if he is in front of Agadorji, it will be difficult to gain his trust."

Although it is said that Agadorji himself has ambitions, he is not a fool. If he is not sure enough about such a big matter, he will definitely not do it.

Therefore, it is impossible for a random person to make such a big bet with an unknown will or document.

Compared with this dead thing, people are more credible!
But, here's the problem...

In the capital city, people with enough status are either not suitable to go out of the capital, or are easy to be recognized. I want to find someone who has both status and status, but is not easy to be recognized. At the same time, he must have courage and resourcefulness. It's not easy.

wrong……

There are still some!

Hearing what the emperor said, Yu Qian frowned and thought for a moment, then a candidate appeared in his mind, and immediately, his eyes fell on Yang Hong who was beside him.

Sensing Yu Qian's gaze, Yang Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then he also thought of something, and his expression became a little complicated.

Because, he also thought of someone...

Yang Jie!

Although Yang Hong has not been in the capital these years, he is very clear about the intrigues in this land.

Being able to survive in such an environment and support the Yang family's facade, Yang Jie's resourcefulness is definitely not just talk.

At the beginning, the Yang family faced such a precarious situation, but Yang Jie was able to firmly believe in finding a way that would not offend the emperor, but also get the Yang family out of the predicament. Courage and conviction are also the best choice.

What's more, his surname is Yang!
He is Yang Hong's son!

This identity is more convincing than any other identity on the border or even on the grassland.

Yang Hong believes that as long as this matter is handed over to Yang Jie, he will be able to do a very good job. The only thing that makes him worry is that Yang Jie's body...

His son was already weak and sick. Yang Hong himself had been at the border for so many years, so how could he not know where it was.

What's more, the prairie is bitterly cold, trekking long distances, exposed to the wind and the sun, if Yang Jie is really allowed to pass by, he really won't be at ease.

but……

As soon as he looked up, Yang Hong was looking at the emperor with meaningful eyes.

So, he sighed in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, I have one candidate, Yang Jie, the Governor of Jinyiwei and the Governor of the Young Army Camp, who is worthy of this position!"

(End of this chapter)