please make me king

Chapter 1120 Strategies
The root of any political problem is an economic problem, and economic problems that cannot be solved are also political problems in all likelihood.

Coincidentally, the problems in Gan Town in the west and Han City in the east are surprisingly consistent, all because of economic problems.

In fact, after reporting the official documents normally, Gansu governor Zhang Yingchen attached a private letter to Zhang Shun.

The content of the private letter is just as guessed by Zhang Shun, Hong Chengchou, Lu Weiqi, and Qian Shoulian. These chieftain rebellions are really related to the tea and horse trade.

It turns out that at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the north was dilapidated and all industries were in decline, so tea was expensive and horses were cheap.

"Forty catties of tea are given to every mounted horse, thirty catties for a middle horse, and twenty catties for a dismounted horse."

In the [-]nd year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always been "stingy", had to order: "The tea and horse department is still the same, and the price is allowed."

"A top horse and [-] catties of tea, a medium horse [-] catties, and a colt horse [-] catties."

Then, over time, the higher the price of horses, the lower the price of tea.

The fundamental reason is that the living environment of herdsmen is poor, and both population and livestock are slow to reproduce, which is not as fast as the development speed of the interior.

With the stabilization of Sichuan, Huguang and other places, a large amount of tea was produced, but the consumption market of herdsmen in Fandi did not expand significantly, and the raising of horses did not increase significantly, so tea was cheap and horses were expensive, and the "official law" of the court was not worth the loss.

After the "official law" of official promotion and official sales was corrupted, Yang Yiqing, a famous minister, happened to be the governor of the three sides, and tried to adopt the "investment in tea" method.

The method is to attract merchants to transport tea, and for every thousand catties of tea transported to the Tea Horse Department, fifty taels of silver will be given.

Among them, there are twenty-five taels of tea money, and twenty-five taels of processing and shipping costs. The merchants are profitable, and the court is also profitable.

If it sounds like this to a layman, it must be inexplicable.

Merchants are profitable and can still say that the court's pricing is reasonable, so how can the court be profitable as the party that pays the money?

It turned out that the price of a horse at this time was about ten taels of silver, and if the tea was exchanged for the horse, it would be about sixty-seven catties.

If it is priced in silver, in fact, sixty-seven catties of tea leaves are worth three, two, three, five cents, which is only about one-third of the purchase price in silver.

The fundamental reason is that Ming Dynasty monopolized tea, which led to inflated tea prices, which was also one of the fundamental reasons for the rampant tea smuggling trade in the later period.

And this kind of smuggling trade is mainly based on the barter of bulk commodities. If there is no collusion between insiders and outsiders, it will definitely not work.

These internal and external colluders are chieftains of Dongqi and Dongli in Xining, and chieftains of Lu family in Zhuanglang.

While relying on the Ming court, they dug up the foundation of the Ming court and grabbed a lot of benefits from it.At the same time, they also overestimated their abilities.

After the Three Sides and Four Towns in Shaanxi were smashed by the rebels, they suddenly discovered that they were nothing without Daming.

The tea and horse department stopped, no one was chasing smuggled tea, and the tea-horse trade market, which was better than nothing, disappeared, and everything looked very good.

However, the transactions between tea merchants and Fanren naturally did not require brokers to pick up another layer. As a result, "famous families" such as Dongqi, Dongli, and Lu's were all "unemployed".

Regardless of the thousands of households of natives and Fanmins under their command, the rebel army did not attack them.

If things go on like this, without court protection in politics and "extra money" in economy, these chieftains will soon decline, so this is why they have to fight hard while they still have strength.

"It seems that the right way to manage the green sweets is to combine civil and military skills!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but sigh after reading the letter.

"Who do you think can replace this king and preside over this matter?"

When everyone heard that Zhang Shun no longer insisted on the westward expedition, they couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly recommended: "Except for King Shun, who else is the general of She Zhenxi?"

Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard that, General Zhenxi was his righteous brother Chen Changlan.

Chen Changzhu is a Jianghu figure who was born in a bodyguard division. Apart from fighting and killing, the most important thing is communication.

Gansu Town is located in the northwest corner of Shaanxi, bordering Hetao and Songshan in the north, the Western Regions in the west, and Wusi Tibet in the south.

It is necessary to use both kindness and power to stabilize the situation and free up the rebel army to fight eastward with all their strength.

And these just need a person with prestige, status, and means to go.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun nodded and said: "Gansu Town only has Ge Lin's battalion and He Jin's [-] cavalry, there is indeed a risk of insufficient manpower."

"Now that Yulin and Ningxia are safe, the pressure in Guyuan is much smaller!"

"How about this, let Chen Jindou go to Guyuan to serve as a military adviser, and take charge of Guyuan's daily affairs for the time being."

"Let Chen Changzhu set off first, and after Wei Congyi's firearms cavalry training is completed, he will also be transferred to support."

"Try to use two to three years to stabilize Gansu Town!"

It turned out that when Li Jiyu led Wang Sheng, Zhang Ding, and Shen Jingbang to Xi'an this time, Chen Jindou, who was sent by Zhang Shun to monitor Li Jiyu, also returned to Xi'an.

Don't look at Zhang Shun's many talented people, there are only a few people who are actually trusted by him.

And among these people must include Chen Jindou and others who Zhang Shun took the initiative to seek refuge with at the beginning of his fortune.

Therefore, when Chen Jindou who "completed the task" came over, Zhang Shun not only gave him a house, but also entertained him many times in private to show that he was different from others.

Now Guyuan Town has been mobilized several times to fight against the rebels, so the loss of soldiers is serious and the number of troops is seriously insufficient.

However, its unique geographical location still has a great influence on the other three towns, so Zhang Shun put him in the hands of the most reassuring people, so he can really be at ease.

Hong Chengchou, chief of staff, and Lu Weiqi, chief of Qin Palace, are so shrewd, knowing that Zhang Shun has been planning this matter for a long time, how can they have any opinion?
After everyone agreed on the regulations, Zhang Shun said to Qian Shoulian with a smile: "Mr. Qian, there are many deficiencies in the initial creation of the rebel army, but they cannot be resolved in a short time."

"As a result, you can't say what you know, and you can't do what you say. In this case, why don't you preside over the tea ceremony for me, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything and making the best use of people!"

"This..." In order to monitor the officials everywhere, Qian Shoulian, the censor, often traveled all over the world, so he could be regarded as a well-informed person.

Hearing the words, he hesitated for a moment and said: "Since that is the case, then I would rather obey orders than be respectful!"

"It's just about the source of tea. I have to go to Hanzhong and Sichuan for a while, thinking that the tea law is the beginning."

Tea method, tea method, how can there be tea method without tea?
"Haha, Mr. Qian don't need to worry too much!" Zhang Shun said with a smile, "I have a person under my command, and it will be Li Jingu, because he has held the position of Baihu before, so you can call him Li Baihu."

"Whether it's Hanzhong tea source or Jingyang workshop, they can build bridges for you one by one. You just have to do your best."

　Because the work is too busy on the eve of the Spring Festival, which affects the update, please forgive me.The author will last a few more days, and after a while of busy work, he will be able to relax, more and more

　　
　
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