Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 262 I answer the tribute ([-])
"Do you know that in the past six months, how many horses have been brought from Tumo River for the frontier troops of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi?"

As soon as Zhu Xixiao's words came out, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, not to mention that Emperor Longqing cast his gaze over immediately, even Li Chunfang, the chief assistant of Qingci, recovered from the state of the old monk before, and looked at Zhu Xixiao .

Everyone knows the importance of horses to the army, and they also know that since the collapse of the horse administration in Ming Dynasty, the shortage of horses has become more and more serious.Even on the sixth day of February this year, Gu Cunren, the Minister of the Taipu Temple who was in charge of the horse administration, made a statement, saying that the imperial court should pay attention to the six affairs of the horse administration.

The six items he put forward in the article are: [-]. Excellent shirt stallion.Recently, the stallion's family suffers from the invasion and fishing of officials, and they are afraid of their own foals.In the future, those who are determined to show heavy horses by the folks will be given excellent shirts, and they will still be exempted from collecting silver taels for fodder.Second, instruct the pastor.The general judge is in charge of horse administration.Three, a grand relocation.The horse officer should be in office for a long time.Fourth, strictly supervise the liberation movement.Many prefectures and counties have been taken over to untie the silver and untie the horses, so the ban on leather should be strictly enforced, and those who have not finished the price of the horses in Beijing should be tracked down.Fifth, discuss the faction and change it.Nanzhili is not a place for horse production, and it is far away from the capital, so it is advisable to change all of them to a discounted price.Sixth, carefully store volumes.Most of the cultural relics of this temple have been forgotten. Please use the old warehouse in spare time to convert it into a shelf warehouse and order the officials to guard it.

Gu Cunren's memorial is very famous in history, but none of you here today, except for the high pragmatism, is aware of this.But at least they are very clear that the two most critical points in Gu Cunren's horse policy are actually "Ma households raise horses" and "Buy horses with money".

Let’s not say much about raising horses in horse households. Anyway, horse households in the north were tortured by this policy, and the famous Hebei horse bandits were born. For example, the Bazhou thieves Cao Gan inherited from his father-in-law is a typical example.

Nanzhili in Ming Dynasty is almost the generation of Southern Jiangsu and Southern Anhui. The economy is developed enough, but it obviously does not produce horses. Money, that is, "change the collection of silver".

Gu Cunren's article mainly talks about the problem of not receiving the "deductible money" in place, but in fact, all the ministers in Jiyi Hall today know that even if the money is in place, most of it will be embezzled. use, why?Because there is nowhere to buy horses.

Back when Duoyan Sanwei was still obedient, Daming could still buy some horses from them. Although even Duoyan Sanwei was not willing to sell stallions, the geldings could be used for a few years at least, which was better than nothing.Later, after Duoyan Sanwei was surrendered by the Mongolian left wing who moved south, the channel for buying horses in Daming was basically broken, and the number of local horses was insufficient. As a result, only the horses in Liaodong were sufficient in recent years, and the rest of the region, including Xuan Such an important town can only maintain one or two elite but small numbers of cavalry.

The lack of horses in the Ming Dynasty has already become a headache for the civil servants of the imperial court.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Xixiao said this, the eyes of everyone in the Jiyi Hall were all cast on his face in an instant, as if they could find a lot of horses on his face.

Of course Zhu Xixiao didn't even have a single horse hair on his face, but as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone was overjoyed.Zhu Xixiao stretched out two fingers and said: "In about half a year, Cao Gan, the servant of Gao Shidu, bought a total of 320 seven good horses that can be used for combat from various ministries in Tumochuan."

"Wow!"

"hiss--"

"More than 300 horses?"

"Is this true?"

"Can they all be used in combat?"

……

Zhu Xixiao's elder brother Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong stepped forward, gestured to everyone, and said with a smile: "This matter is indeed not a lie, British Lord, you are in charge of the former military governor's mansion, and you should know that the number of declared war horses has changed. Come here Say it?"

The crowd looked at Zhang Rong again, only to see Zhang Rong nodded: "Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi Towns, the number of horses in the three towns of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi has increased by more than 900 horses in the past six months. Judging from the situation, it should be true that the three towns bought more than 300 additional war horses."

Long Qing clapped his hands suddenly, and said in a loud voice, "Good! Good buy! That Cao Gan has done a good job, and he should be rewarded!" When he said this, he suddenly remembered that Cao Gan was neither a civil servant nor a military commander, but he was highly pragmatic. Jia Ding, even if he is the emperor, it is not easy to go beyond the master to reward him, so he added: "Gao Aiqing, this is because of your meritorious service in training the family Ding, and you should receive this reward."

Gao Wushi breathed a sigh of relief. It is estimated that this matter should be covered up, and the biggest significance of this is not to cover it up for a while, but to use this reason to trade with Mongolia in the future—although I will seal it up in the future. After the tribute was successfully completed and the horse market became normally open, this reason did not seem to be so important.But don’t forget, after the tribute was granted, the Ming Dynasty only opened the horse market with the Tumochuan tribe of Alda’s headquarters and the Wordus and other ministries that it could control. The door to trade with the Mongolian left was still firmly closed.

But Gao Wushi is different after he has the foundation of today's drama. He can use the same reason to get in touch with the Mongolian left wing and start trade.

The reason is still the same, Gao Pragmatism is not worried that these transactions will allow the Mongols to resist disasters, reduce losses, strengthen the economy, etc. to a greater extent.Because history has shown that the harder these nomads live, the more aggressive they become.On the contrary, if their lives become more comfortable, they will be less aggressive - they don't know how to produce agriculture, so if they can't survive, can they just rely on robbing?Do you think they won't die when they fight, do you naturally like to fight?
This is also the root cause of Gao Pragmatism's daring to consider using economic and political means to control Mongolia.

Of course, there is always a premise here, that is, Da Ming can maintain sufficient defensive power. If there is really a leader like a war madman among them who wants to fight, Da Ming must be able to give him a head-on blow.When they realized that working hard to fight wars was not as cost-effective as doing business honestly, even internal forces would prevent them from forming a joint force to invade Daming.And this is the so-called economic influence politics.

The heart is dark, and the heart is dark. The show should be done well. I saw Gao Yushi's expression remained the same. He took a step forward, bowed to Longqing, and said: "The Gao family has been favored by the emperor for generations. I was young and inexperienced, and I also knew that war horses are very important to my Ming Dynasty, so I sent Cao Gan and others to go north to sell horses for the country. Gan and others violated the ban first. I think that it is already a great grace for His Majesty not to punish him, how dare he be rewarded? Please take it back."

(End of this chapter)