East Factory Governor

Chapter 711

Before going out, he also made a lot of preparations.

For example, he gave a memorial a month before, explaining in detail to Chongzhen the necessity of the current expedition to Yarkand.However, at this time, Chongzhen only wanted to implement the New Deal safely, and was cautious about the expedition, so he never gave a clear reply.

Including Sun Chengzong, they all believed that this is a good time for the Ming Dynasty to cultivate and rest, and the use of foreign troops can be postponed for a year or two in order to create a peaceful New Deal environment for the country.

Another important reason why Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong were unwilling to allow Qin Shuhuai to go on an expedition was because the New Deal was completely dominated by Qin Shuhuai. If he went on an expedition, the promotion of the New Deal would inevitably slow down—you must know that there are still more than half of the country that has not Implement the New Deal.

However, Qin Shuhuai insisted on the expedition again and again, and within a month he sent eleven memorials to Chongzhen, arguing with reason, a bit paranoid.

The reason why he must send troops is for no other reason than that if he sends troops now, the Demon Cult will probably follow suit, so that the two sides will join hands to defeat Yaerqiang easily.

But he couldn't say that the Demon Society would help at that time, otherwise, if the Demon Society really didn't send troops, how would it end after he boasted?After all, he is now the Duke of the country, and he will never draw a conclusion if he is not 100% sure.

Under Qin Shuhuai's frantic challenge, Chongzhen had no choice but to convene the cabinet to discuss the matter again.

As a result, Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou agreed unanimously.

Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou saw very clearly that the countries in the Western Regions are now being annexed continuously, and the two major groups of Yarkand and Junggar have been formed.If they are not calmed down now, when they grow bigger in the future, they will pay a higher price if they want to be calmed down again.

Of course, the most important reason was that they had no doubts about Qin Shuhuai's ability.From their point of view, Qin Shuhuai's repeated requests for an expedition to Yarkand must be fully assured, and even leaving aside the private relationship, it is necessary to support him at this time.

Seeing this, Chongzhen no longer hesitated, and immediately approved Qin Shuhuai's expedition plan.

Having said that, how could Chongzhen not have the heart to submit to the Western Regions?Since three people in the cabinet agreed, and Sun Chengzong only raised doubts and did not directly deny the matter, why didn't he agree?
After agreeing, Chongzhen's attitude immediately changed drastically, and with an extremely positive attitude, he ordered the start of preparations for the expedition.

He is very clear that this battle must be won if it is not fought or if it is fought!
Because winning or losing will have a profound impact on the future structure of the Western Regions!
According to Qin Shuhuai's estimate, only 5 people are enough for this expedition, but the time span may be relatively long, at least half a year.Therefore, it is estimated that about 17 shi (the current 2700 million catties) of grain will be needed, which is not counted as food for war horses.

In addition to food, some weapons and armor need to be added, as well as soldiers' departure fees (equivalent to settlement expenses, the practice of the Ming Dynasty). This is another big sum of money.

Overall, an expedition needs at least 60 taels of silver.

Without further ado, Chongzhen allocated 60 taels of silver to Qin Shuhuai from the tax money collected in May.

After Qin Shuhuai received the money, he immediately asked the Jianghe gang to send the [-] shi of military rations purchased in the past six months to Lanzhou - he had already started preparations.

As for the remaining military rations, he planned to ask those feudal lords to ask for them—these people have been eating and drinking for nothing because of their royal status, so they have to do their best for the court, right?

In this way, he can somewhat "corrupt" the 60 taels of silver.However, the embezzled money could not go into his own pocket. Instead, he wanted to pay another 10 taels to reward the martial arts coalition forces.

It has been a year since the formation of the Wulin coalition army, from 11 to the current 3000 (many wounded soldiers returned to the team after recovering, and now there are about [-] people), and all sects have suffered heavy losses.Although the imperial court has rewarded them in various ways, when it came to the most realistic money, they didn't give much because of their lack of money.

So Qin Shuhuai planned to reward the whole army with 80 taels of silver before setting off, so that the soldiers could set off with peace of mind.

In addition, he is also promoting the normalization of the salary of the Wulin coalition army, that is to say, let the imperial court pay the coalition army according to the standard of the regular army.

This is an important step.

In the future, the martial arts coalition forces will wear the same standard uniforms as the imperial army and receive the same military pay. This is the first step towards naturalization.

The naturalization of the coalition forces will certainly promote the mutual reconciliation between the imperial court and the martial arts, at least it will not be as hostile as before.

Of course, this is more out of long-term considerations.

Because the current Wulin has a good relationship with the imperial court!
On the one hand, in a series of battles to suppress bandits, demon sects, and destroy Tartars, the martial arts coalition forces and the official army fought side by side, and it can be said that they have experienced life and death together.

In this process, the two sides completely put aside all kinds of prejudices in the past.

Many officials in the army and the imperial court no longer think that martial arts people are a group of mobs, but admire them for their blood, responsibility, and fear of death.

And martial arts people no longer think that the people in the court are duplicitous and sinister. Instead, they admire them for their knowledge, understanding of tactics, and cooperation, and there are also good men who are as tough as them.

The most obvious thing is that in the past, the factory guards and martial arts people were mortal enemies. Since the establishment of the factory guards, there have been countless times of fierce conflicts between the two sides, and it is difficult to count the casualties.

When the two sides met in the past, the general style of painting was that the people in the martial arts called the factory guards eagle dogs and lackeys, while the factory guards called the martial arts people traitors.

But now, how good is the relationship between the two parties?It's not uncommon to see Dongchang fanzi and martial arts people drinking shoulder to shoulder at a wine table.

Can the friendship that came out of the dead together be bad?

The harmonious coexistence between the martial arts coalition and the official army soon extended to the entire relationship between the martial arts and the imperial court. Now the two sides have established a high degree of mutual trust, and at the same time have a unified goal - to reopen the prosperous world.

Under such circumstances, the relationship between Wulin and the imperial court is naturally better than ever before.

On the other hand, the imperial court implemented a new policy in the past six months, exempting all agricultural taxes, and the social economy is booming, which benefits Wulin a lot.

As I said before, when the world prospers, the martial arts prospers.

It can be said that Qin Shuhuai's promise to the Wulin to reopen the prosperous world is now advancing at a speed visible to the naked eye. How could the Wulin not support the imperial court at this time?
Everything is developing in a good direction.

The sixth day of June in the fourth year of Chongzhen was a good day.

Qin Shuhuai set off from the capital in a low-key manner with Zhang Xiao, Chen Jing, Meng Wei, Meng Hu, and Lai San'er.

They drove lightly, and headed south all the way to Luoyang.

The first thing Qin Shuhuai wanted to do was to meet the legendary King of Fortune, Zhu Changxun.

Zhu Changxun may be the most famous prince in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and he has been controversial since his birth.

He was born to Concubine Zheng, the favorite of Emperor Wanli, and ranked third.At that time, Emperor Wanli loved Wu and Wu, and wanted to make Zhu Changxun the crown prince.However, the civil official group firmly believes that the inheritance of the throne should be orderly, and the crown prince should belong to the eldest prince Zhu Changluo, who was later Ming Guangzong.

Emperor Wanli was a very twisted person. He hated these civil officials pointing fingers at his "family affairs", and insisted on making Zhu Changxun the prince.It just so happened that the civil servants at the end of the Ming Dynasty were also very twisted. No matter how angry the emperor was, he just refused to let go. He must follow the ancestral system and make the eldest son the prince.

The two sides twisted and twisted for a full 15 years.

This is the famous "country-based dispute". It is said that at least three or four hundred civil servants were either dismissed, dispatched, or exiled by Emperor Wanli for this reason.This also includes the four chief ministers.

But in the end, Emperor Wanli still couldn't handle these civil officials, so he had to make Zhu Changluo the prince.

Emperor Wanli failed to let Zhu Changxun take over his class, perhaps out of guilt. When King Fu went to Luoyang to become a vassal, he rewarded him with 200 hectares ([-] million mu) of land and a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry.

Zhu Changxun was also not polite, and began to levy violently on the way to the feudal domain, which caused complaints from the people along the way.

After arriving in the Luoyang fiefdom, things got even worse.

200 million mu of fertile land is not enough near Luoyang City, so the whole of Henan came to collect it—unfortunately, the whole of Henan couldn't get it together.

How to do?
So I had to circle the fertile land in Shandong and Huguang to him!

In short, Fu Wang is very rich.

How rich is it?

There is a folk saying that the first emperor spent the wealth of the world to enrich the king, and Luoyang was rich in the palace.

Because of his special status and high status in the clan, when Chongzhen was still the king of Xin, he had to salute if he saw him.

Even now, Chongzhen dare not provoke him easily.

What Qin Shuhuai wanted to see was such a rich and arrogant prince.

Well, this kind of person is his favorite.

The main thing is to have money, and if you have money, there will be oil and water.

As for arrogance or something, that's okay.

After traveling fast for ten days, Qin Shuhuai, who couldn't wait, finally arrived in Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)