Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1349 The Nancha Disturbance ([-]) Approaches
Faced with the joint visit of Nalinbulu and Buzhai, Gao Yimin was a little surprised at first, but he was even more astonished when he learned of their purpose.

Although judging from his wife's background, the master should not be a person who pays special attention to his family status, but even though his wife came from a family of children and chieftains, if you check her genealogy, her ancestors were generals who accompanied Di Qing in the Southern Expedition in the Song Dynasty.

Although after entering Guangxi, his descendants and children intermarried for hundreds of years, but in terms of the habit of only asking patrilineal blood of Han people, Huang Zhiting is still Han in fact.

Meng Gu Zhezhe is obviously different. Today, the ancestors of the leader of this branch of Yehe migrated all the way east from the Tumote area. There are fifteen tribes, and many of them are brave and good at riding and shooting."

No matter from the place of ancestral origin or from its characteristics, it is very likely that the ancestors of this branch of Yehe were Mongols.Of course, for so many years after they occupied Beiguan, through continuous marriages with local Jurchens, the complexity of blood has become very high, which is probably a case of "ethnic integration". real person.

But no matter if they are Mongols or Jurchens, they are all barbarians in the eyes of the Ming people. Even though Meng Gu Zhezhe is a noble character in Yehe, in Daming, this status is basically meaningless.

In other words, in Gao Yimin's eyes, Meng Gu Zhezhe's family status is obviously not comparable to his master's. The status of the master's family status and Meng Gu Zhezhe's status can be said to be a cloud of judgment, not even comparable.

but……

Gao Yimin pondered for a while, and felt that this point was not important, because even if Meng Gu Zhezhe was taken over by the master, he was just a concubine.

After all, to marry a wife and virtue is to take concubines and sex.Since it is only Naser, the others are not important.

The problem is, the master doesn't seem to be very interested in female sex. From Gao Yimin's point of view, no matter how beautiful Meng Gu Zhezhe is, the master probably won't be tempted by it.

But at the same time, the master is a person who is very concerned about the ebb and flow of Jurchen's various ministries. Although Gao Yimin doesn't know why the master attaches so much importance to these barbarians, he can be seen from the various arrangements of the master in Liaodong. importance.Among other things, Jinghua's intention to build iron factories and other industries near Liaoyang can explain the problem.

So far, Jinghua has only built three steel production bases. Of course, its core has always been in Kaiping. Apart from Kaiping, it can be said that there are relatively large-scale ones, and there are only two places in Annan Hejing and Liaodong Liaoyang— ——Taiping Mansion (later Ma'anshan) in the upstream area of ​​Nanjing also has a plan to build a large iron factory, but due to well-known reasons, it has not been fully negotiated so far, so it is still a paper plan.

In addition to iron and steel and military industry, the large-scale development plan expanded from the Liaonan plan to the Liaodong plan is also a clear manifestation of the high pragmatic emphasis on Liaodong.What about tussah silk industry, Liaonan saltworks, cotton base, corn planting; what about Liaohe river transportation, Liaodong shipping, Yingkou New Port, Lushun New Port; what about Annan rice trade, Guangxi sugar trade, capital soap trade, Mongolian horse trade...

In short, industry, agriculture, and business are all-encompassing, and each has its own emphasis.If it weren't for the huge construction plan of Dingnan City in Southern Xinjiang, Gao Yushi's overall emphasis on Liaodong might even be higher than that in Southern Xinjiang.

As for the use of talents cultivated by the Craftsman School, Gao Yushi also has a clear emphasis on Liaodong. The simplest example of this is Gao Yimin himself.Originally, he thought that he would be sent to southern Xinjiang after he finished his studies. After all, he "knows both land and sea", but he was sent to Liaodong, and Gao Wushi even met him in person to teach him how to do it face-to-face.

Therefore, Gao Yimin feels that the master is very concerned about every move in Liaodong and its surrounding areas. Under such circumstances, if accepting Meng Gu Zhezhe is beneficial to control the Jurchen or balance the strength of the Jurchen, the master may really agree.

In this case, it would be difficult for Gao Yimin to refuse directly.But after all, this matter is the master's "private matter". As a servant, he has not been authorized in this regard beforehand, so he certainly cannot decide anything, which is a bit difficult.

After thinking about it, Gao Yimin had no choice but to say that he would report the matter to the master, but he could not guarantee how the master would reply.

Nalinbulu and Buzhai heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this.There is a saying that the king of Hades is easy to hide and the little devil is hard to deal with. The two of them are afraid that Gao Yimin will interfere with it. Now that Gao Yimin agrees to pass it on, the chance of success in this matter will be greatly increased.

However, Nalinbulu and Buzhai intend to make further efforts, expressing that it is really difficult for Grand Master Gao to know the goodness of Menggu Gege by sending letters and letters, so "I would like to send envoys to Beijing to pay tribute on the grounds of thanking the heavenly court for reinforcements. Also go to see the Grand Master."

It is understandable to want to marry, but it is a bit wrong to think so urgently.Gao Yimin immediately understood that the two Yehebeiles probably wanted to understand that behind Cao Yu's dispatch of troops, his master must be behind the scenes. They were so eager to regain the West City that they did not hesitate to use their sister as a thank you gift.

But after all, Gao Yimin's level is much higher than the two Yehebeile who don't study, and then he immediately thought of their deep meaning.

Perhaps not only for the urgent need of this dispatch of troops, they may also have further considerations. Other aspects such as political changes will not be mentioned for the time being. Just talk about trade. If Gao is pragmatic and willing, Ye He's strength may be in the Rapid expansion in a short period of time.

As mentioned earlier, in the early years, the Hada and Yehe tribes of Haixi Jurchen built their villages outside Guangshun Pass and Zhenbei Pass respectively, and specialized in the intermediate trade in Kaiyuan Horse City, marking the formation of the North and South Passes.

There is a record saying: "...and the profits of the sable and horsetail are all produced by Dongyi. Some Dongyi come from the Hutong River, and some come from Heilongjiang, or more than a thousand miles, or two or three thousand miles. There is no one. The nearby barbarians are the masters of the residence, so what they rely on depends on re-translation. In the past, the southern Guanyi chief Wang Zhong built a stronghold outside Jing'an Pass to exclusively benefit from his residence. The Northern Pass followed suit and built a stronghold here to fight for his own interests."

The benefit of staying here is to act as a trade middleman and engage in resale trade.This kind of rehandling trade is that the South and North Passes transported the tribute rewards received from the Ming Dynasty and the cloth, handicrafts, and agricultural tools traded in the Kaiyuan Horse Market to the deep Jurchen in exchange for a large amount of leather goods and mountain goods.

At the same time, guide the deep Jurchen tribe to come to Kaiyuan Horse Market for trade activities.The prosperity of the Kaiyuan horse market trade, especially the mink fur trade, finally formed a pattern of interests shared by the Haixi Jurchen chieftains in the north and south, and Kaiyuan generals and powerful families. "Kaiyuan and Fushun are divided into garrison and other officials, combined with powerful families, and most of them are relatives with Hu people in Haixi and Jianzhou, and they are famous and beautiful."

The trade in the Kaiyuan horse market was monopolized by the powerful Jurchen chieftains, Kaiyuan generals, and powerful families. The two parties even became relatives and shared huge trade benefits.

In fact, Ye He's desire to get married with Gao Wushi is based on this, and it's not a whim.It's just that this step is a big jump, and he is no longer satisfied with the level of "frontier general", but "reaches the sky in one step" and wants to marry Gao Yushi, an extremely influential court official in Liaodong.

As for the Ming court's control over the horse market trade, it used the binding of the promulgation of imperial edicts and trade privileges to control the frontier.Nanguan controls Kaiyuan horse market trade, the foundation of which was laid by Wang Zhong.When Wang Zhong was in his prime, he learned that the Ming Dynasty had issued all the edicts to Jurchen.

"All the 180 second guards, 25 institutes, and 56 stations in Jianzhou, Haixi, Mao Lian, etc. were all afraid of their military power, so they learned that Dongyi was bestowed with 490 eight edicts at the beginning of the country." At that time, the imperial edicts he controlled were not only There are all the Haixi Jurchen, and some of the imperial edicts of the Jianzhou Jurchen Ministry.

As for the special purpose of fighting for imperial edicts, it is to gain the power of tribute and trade, as well as the authority and legitimacy of ruling.

"Nang heard that the barbarians attacked each other, and they all regarded the edicts of this dynasty as strange goods. The death of Nanguan, the killing of Beiguan, and the lack of anger at the chieftains of the Western captives are not true."

As mentioned before, after the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong border formed the practice of having a city only after paying tribute, and the Jurchen ministries competed fiercely for the imperial edict.The edict is not only a symbol of Jurchen's internal status and power, but also the right to trade in the horse market.Therefore, the essence of the edict is the trade license, that is, the privilege of obtaining the horse market trade.

Frontier generals, especially Kaiyuan local officials, controlled the Jurchen tribe's tribute and trade power, and the foundation for the combination of Kaiyuan border generals and Jurchen tribe leaders was laid.

The prosperity of the mink fur trade in Kaiyuan Horse City, the disintegration of the Jisi Guards, and the rise of the Nanbeiguan formed a frontier system in Liaodong centered on the trade alliance between Kaiyuan and Nanbeiguan. Tribes such as Kaiyuan, Shanzhaiyi (Nanbeiguan), Jiangyi, Savage Jurchen, Aizu, and Qiliemi are progressive and interdependent in the inland Asian economic circle, so as to maintain the frontier order of Liaodong.

At this time, the real core of the Liaodong frontier system was also centered on Kaiyuan rather than Liaoyang, and its foundation was the trade alliance between Kaiyuan and Nanbeiguan.

At this time, Kaiyuan has become the intersection of the three economic forms of farming, nomadic and forest.If the Kaiyuan horse market is cut off, it will be difficult for Mongolia and Jurchen to sell their cattle, horses, mink and ginseng products, and they will also have no way to obtain cloth, handicrafts and agricultural tools, which will naturally affect their life and production activities, or even unsustainable.

"I don't know that although there are many dogs and sheep, they are their own divisions, they are not united, and they are all beneficial to our market, so we can trade. If I retreat and fail to communicate, my cloth, silk, pots, mouths, field utensils, etc. are all the barbarian's daily needs. Where did you get it? Where did you sell your cattle, horses, sheep, ginseng, sable, hazel, pine, etc. From this point of view, it is true that all the captives earn a living with their capital, and not only should the captives be exterminated, but even the captives should not be taken lightly. Dare to lighten and open up the original. This is also an opportunity."

Therefore, Kaiyuan became the economic center of the frontier of Liaodong on the basis of the intersection of the interests of Liaodong, Jurchen, and eastern Mongolian tribes.The Kaiyuan horse market trade is not a one-way dependence of Mongolia and Jurchen on Liaodong, but a relationship of economic interests in which the three parties depend on each other and share prosperity and loss.

Why did Gao Yushi have to take Kaiyuan, Li Chengliang's hometown (Tieling was under Kaiyuan's management) in such a short period of time as Liaofu, and let Ma Chengen and Ma Chengxun successively serve as generals of Kaiyuan?The reason lies in the importance of Kaiyuan.

Winning the post of general in Kaiyuan, although it does not mean driving away Li Chengliang's influence - after all, his roots are in Tieling, but it is enough to represent Gao Pragmatically gaining the power of Kaiyuan trade, allowing Jinghua to commercially suppress all parties inside and outside Liaodong. ability of power.

Now Ye He and Baylor may also see this, but this time they see it more deeply.They knew that after Gao Yushi participated in it, it was not enough for them to win over Kaiyuan General or Liaoyang Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and it was not enough to ensure Ye He's position in this trading system. Only then can He's position be stabilized and his strength restored.

Of course, being recognized by Gao Shishi also means that Nurhachi will not dare to covet Yehe easily again—unless he dares to challenge Gao Shishi.

Nurhachi now dare to challenge high pragmatism?Not to mention that Ye He and the two Baylors would not believe it even if they were beaten to death, even Gao Yimin thought it was impossible: Nurhachi had no more than [-] troops in total, and his economic foundation was almost entirely based on the ginseng trade. Are you coming to challenge high pragmatism?
High pragmatic strength, even if you don't talk about the huge energy he has in the court, even if you only talk about his arrangements in Liaodong, Nurhachi can't overthrow it at all.

Jinghua has a large number of industries in Liaodong, including Yingkou Salt Works, Liaoyang Iron Works, Liaoyang Coal Mine, Liaoyang Gun Factory, Gaizhou Clothes Factory, and Haizhou Feed Factory (which produces corn feed for horses).

Among them, Yingkou Saltworks, Liaoyang Iron Works, Liaoyang Coal Mine, and Liaoyang Gun Factory have the largest factory and mine protection teams, with a total of nearly 3 mine protection teams.The normal production work of these 3 people is not heavy (but still has), and the main tasks are training and patrolling, even including cooperating with the local garrison to suppress bandits.

The Yingkou Salt Farm is even more impressive. They not only have a factory protection team, but also an anti-smuggling fleet-Jinghua's various inland river vessels equipped with artillery in Liaodong and some offshore armed transport ships are organized in this anti-smuggling fleet.

You have to ask why private companies can "anti-smuggling"?Because nearly half of the shares in Yingkou Salt Field are dry shares of the emperor.

The salt field was originally a military property, but the military property was actually imperial property, assigned to them by the emperor.After Gao Yushi solved the "buyout" problem of the original military household Yanding, the emperor was equivalent to using the land of Yanchang as a stake, and the land was very large-the military industry used to be large, and Zhu Yijun didn't know how to make money by speculating on land. Carelessly packed up land equivalent to the size of two inland counties and gave it to Gao Pragmatism.

Although the emperor didn't care about the specific operation of the salt farm, he definitely couldn't tolerate someone smuggling salt to compete with him for business, so he directly issued an imperial decree to give Yingkou Salt Farm the right to suppress smuggling by itself.

Thanks to the particularity of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty (the nature of military management), no one in the imperial court cared about this. If it were placed in modern times, the imperial court would have to fry the pot.

So after doing the calculations, Gao Wu can pull out [-] and a half full-time professional troops anytime, anywhere in Liaodong, and has an armed fleet that can completely control the navigable rivers in Liaodong. He can be self-sufficient in food, clothing, fodder, and weapons. Special supplies and armor are provided or exchanged by Wang's Arsenal (Jinghua steel products are the main raw materials of his family)...

This is a strong army that crushes Jianzhou, and can be pulled out to fight if it starts to fight. Why should Nurhachi resist?
Not to mention that a large number of generals east of Liaohe are highly pragmatic cronies, how could Nurhachi make a mistake?Therefore, as long as Ye He gets Gao Pragmatic's favor, he will transform into Wan Khan's No. [-] in minutes.

After clarifying these, Gao Yimin laughed.He knew that Gao Wushi didn't worry too much about Ye He. During the "face-to-face instruction", Gao Wushi told him to pay attention to Nurhachi inside and out.

It can be seen from this that the master is really guarding against Nurhachi, and any power that can restrain Nurhachi is probably the one that should be wooed.That being the case, it's okay to be a middle-aged man.

"It's rare for the two Baylors to be so understanding of justice and to repay their kindness. Since the two of you want to pay tribute, I think it's all right. But you also know that you can't take the initiative to enter Beijing without a reply from the court, so I have to ask Go talk to Cao Zongrong first, ask him to go to the Shu to ask for a passage for you, I don't know what you think?"

Of course Nalinbulu and Buzhai agreed and were extremely excited.

Gao Yimin then stood up, intending to see off the guests, Nalin Bulu and Buzhai also stood up quickly.When he reached the door, Bu Zhai couldn't bear it any longer, coughed lightly, and asked a little coyly: "Since this matter has been settled, I don't know... I wonder if Mr. Gao can persuade Marshal Cao. Right now, Xicheng is still under arrest by Tumen. Devastated, as a Baylor, it's really hard for me to explain to the subordinates..."

Gao Yimin had already guessed that he would not be able to resist talking about it, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Buzhaibeile, I will bring this up with Zong Rong."
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