Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 286: The King of Vietnam descends and the city is destroyed in the starry night!The birth of
Chapter 286: The King of Vietnam descends and the city is destroyed in the starry night!The birth of the bank
Come out of the palace.
Luo Qi and Cheng Xin discussed in low voices.
"The King of Joseon is not easy to fool. We must urge him to go south as soon as possible."
Luo Qi calculated the time and found that Wang Yue had been stationed in Yizhou for more than four months. It was a huge expense to eat horse chews and support the cavalry.
Although the emperor had money, he couldn't spend it like this on Wang Yue.
I would rather train a Ming cavalry than feed the Tatar soldiers.
Even the central government has objections to the money needed to immigrate from North Korea. This money is enough to support another cavalry team of [-] people, but it is spent on ineffective immigration.
North Korea and Annan are different.
Annan had ambitions of self-reliance, but North Korea did not. However, North Korea was more completely sinicized. When the Ming Dynasty took over North Korea, the people of North Korea naturally indulged themselves in catering to the king.
However, the emperor insisted on immigrating to Liaohetao to enrich the population of Liaoning and Rehe.
It's just a waste of money, and there's nowhere to spend the money.
Besides, the Jurchens have caused so much harm to North Korea, and the Ming Dynasty went to pick up this piece of rotten land and manage it. Isn't it nice to keep the money to manage North Korea?Why do you care about the life and death of those assholes?
"When Wang Yue goes down, Li Manzhu will definitely flee north and will not confront Wang Yue head-on. When the pressure is gone, will North Korea still be attracted to the Ming Dynasty?"
Cheng Xin's eyes were sinister: "Your Majesty sent us as envoys to North Korea to cause trouble to North Korea, not to rescue North Korea."
"Brother Luo, do you still want to join the center?"
Cheng Xin asked this question.
Luo Qi was slightly startled, of course she thought about it, but is it still possible?
"Then show your political achievements."
"Neither you nor I are sycophants, neither of us are idiots."
"Although we are in different camps, you and I both have real talents and knowledge."
"If you don't rely on flattery, but rely on true talent and practical learning, you can still enter the center again!" Cheng Xin said seriously.
Why doesn't Luo Qi want to enter the center again?
The problem is that the emperor kicked them to a remote place in the countryside and made it clear that he did not want to see them. Without the Sacred Heart, no matter how hard he works, what's the use?
"Brother Luo, although you and I have been reprimanded."
"But your son Luo Fu, my sons Cheng Minzheng and Cheng Minde are also important."
"Your Majesty does not discriminate."
Cheng Xin said seriously: "It shows that although His Majesty hates my character, he still values our abilities."
"With our ability, we will definitely be able to return to the center again!"
"Furthermore, the pacification of Korea was a great achievement and will surely go down in history. I heard that the Holy One built the Wenwu Temple, and we accepted Korea into the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this the merit of entering the temple?"
"Brother Luo, even if we don't think about ourselves, we should still earn a future for our children!"
Luo Qi paused and remained silent.
His son Luo Fu was quite talented, but failed several times. The emperor included him as a guard in the palace, and he was good at re-employing him.
And Cheng Xin's two sons are even more remarkable.
Cheng Minzheng and Cheng Minde were both good at reading. Both of them were favored by the emperor to study in the Imperial College. They were often announced to the palace to test their knowledge and urged them to study hard.
Others thought that the emperor was kind to his father, but they did not know that his fathers Luo Qi and Cheng Xin were demoted by the central government because of the emperor's disgust.
Even his family believed that Luo Qi and Cheng Xin had made great achievements in North Korea, and their sons were given special importance by the emperor.
But they know very well that they have been in North Korea for more than a year, but they have not made any achievements.
Everything is divine grace.
"How does Yanshi plan to repay the emperor's favor?" Luo Qi is older than Cheng Xin.
Luo Qi was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Xuande, but Cheng Xin was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Zhengtong. Luo Qi was the senior.
"Trouble North Korea and help Your Majesty recover North Korea!"
As he spoke, he had already arrived at the temporary accommodation, closed the door, and asked the attendants to retreat ten feet away. Cheng Xin then lowered his voice and said:
"Although the King of Joseon was ambitious, he had no long-term vision and his intelligence was mediocre."
"Moreover, when it comes to hiring people, they rely heavily on the so-called heroes of Jingnan. They only focus on one faction and don't know how to balance."
"It led to an imbalance in the court and dissatisfaction among officials from other factions."
"But the Jingnan faction dominates the whole family, forming a power monster that is difficult to contain."
"In the past, the situation in the DPRK was stable, but it was not fully revealed."
"But the Jurchen soldiers broke through Pyongyang, and the king took control of Seoul and tried to do nothing. This created a powder keg."
"As long as we make good use of it and let this powder keg explode like a bomb, we will be done with it."
Cheng Xin knows the situation in North Korea well.
Li Yao seems to be a wise king, but in fact he lacks courage, does things in a clumsy way, has no broad mind, no big ambitions, and no ability to achieve great things.
In order to consolidate power, he continued to increase bargaining chips for officials of the Jingnan line, forming a unicorn of power.
Without external pressure, the internal struggle for power in the Jingnan Group is naturally fierce.
The members of the Jingnan family are jealous of each other, and the power struggle is like a raging fire cooking oil. Even Li Yao can hardly hold it down.
Luo Qi understood what Cheng Xin meant.
Support Li Hongwei's restoration, kill all Li Yao's family, and then take advantage of the chaos to kill Li Hongwei to cause chaos in Korea.
Li Hongwei launched a restoration in his seventh year in Jingtai. Cheng Sanwen and other six ministers supported Li Hongwei's restoration, but he was suppressed.
However, the second restoration that was supposed to occur in June of the eighth year of Jingtai changed the course of history because of the Jurchen invasion.
Cheng Xin and Luo Qi were planning Li Hongwei's second restoration.
After a restoration, Li Hongwei was trapped in Li Yao's palace and was guarded by Li Yao's confidants.
"Boost?"
Recently, the emperor sent a messenger to deliver Han Guilan's personal letter to Han Que.
Han Que has always been interested in the Ming Dynasty, and Luo Qi lured him with a high position. He has already been tempted, and he has been attracted to the North Korean dignitaries in the Ming Dynasty.
But it is quite difficult for them to plan a coup for Li Hongwei.
"Wang Yue should be heading south soon. We must complete our mission before Wang Yue's soldiers arrive in Seoul!"
Cheng Xin said seriously: "We don't have much time left."
Restoration is a very dangerous thing.
After all, Luo Qi and Cheng Xin were foreign ministers and had difficulty getting in touch with Li Hongwei.
But there was one person who could get in touch with Li Hongwei, and that was Quan Bo.
In the ranking of the heroes of Jingnan, Quan Bo ranked fourth, but in Li Yao's heart, Quan Bo was the person he trusted the most.
Han Minghui was Quan Bo's best friend. He introduced him to Li Yao and became Li Yao's Zhang Liang.
The soldiers guarding Li Hongwei are inextricably linked to Quan Zhu. As long as they win over Quan Zhu, their chances of winning will increase by [-]%.
Cheng Xin considered it and said: "The power is very greedy. Although it is useful to lure him with money, it still seems to be rebellion, so it is not safe."
"He has eight daughters, but only one son!"
"If we get hold of his son Quan Jian, Quan Jian will definitely be used by us."
Cheng Xin was surprisingly excited.
In the Ming Dynasty, he did not plan the coup, but now in North Korea, he has to personally plan a coup.
"Quan Zhu helps us, but we also need the help of soldiers to achieve success." Luo Qi was also very excited and planned the coup herself.
There is no chance in Ming Dynasty, why not have fun in North Korea?
"Jin Xiaocheng, as long as we convince him, we can make it happen."
Jin Xiaocheng was also a hero of Jingnan. He was Li Yao's confidant military attaché.
This person is also recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He was the commander-in-chief of the Korean Army in Chenghua Liting.
However, Luo Qi felt that Jin Xiaocheng was a die-hard loyalist to Li Yao and had no reason to betray Li Yao. It was extremely difficult to convince him.
"Not necessarily. Jin Xiaocheng was repeatedly defeated in the war against the Jurchens and was demoted by the King of Joseon. He may not have no resentment in his heart."
Cheng Xin believes that he can find opportunities to win over.
Luo Qi shook her head: "There is no need to take such a risk, too much is not enough."
"Yanshi, do you know that Nan Yi, Quan Zhu's son-in-law, was outstanding in the war against the Jurchens and was highly valued by Li Yao."
"It's better to let Quan Zhu instigate rebellion against him. We will only contact Quan Zhu alone to avoid necessary trouble."
"If the situation goes wrong, we will immediately withdraw from Seoul, hide among the people, look for opportunities, and return to the Ming Dynasty."
The most important thing in planning is rigor.
At the same time, you must also arrange a way out for yourself.
If you contact Jin Xiaocheng, what if Jin Xiaocheng turns around and sells them?
How about not talking about your own safety?
How should the emperor explain?
By then, will Wang Yue go south?Or should we sit back and watch North Korea be destroyed?
After all, we must consider the problem from an overall perspective.
Planning for restoration is the icing on the cake, not the final word.
"Brother Luo's words are very true, as long as you control the power and use it."
Cheng Xin nodded: "If the restoration fails, we will kill two people, one is Han Minghui and the other is Zheng Linzhi."
"Zheng Linzhi is disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty can kill him with an imperial edict. However, Han Minghui is deeply hidden. He is the wise man of the King of Joseon and must be eliminated!"
Luo Qi agrees.
The two were in Seoul, planning the Korean crisis.
Wang Yue, who was stationed in Yizhou, was training his troops, forcing his soldiers to learn Chinese and practicing tactics every day.
Regarding immigration, follow the rules and don't need to worry about him.
After collecting a large number of Tatar prisoners, the number of Liaoning cavalry reached 10, including 8 Hu cavalry.
Li Xian kept splitting them up and throwing them on the battlefield for consumption.
Fortunately, the Tatars had little resistance to serving the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty provided good food and drink, the soldiers were well paid, and the captured soldiers belonged to themselves.
This resulted in the Tatar soldiers fighting indiscriminately, grabbing property whenever they encountered it, and not paying attention to military regulations.
Li Xian, the governor of a hundred thousand cavalry, was walking on thin ice and did not dare to take care of it at all. He was worried that the Tatar soldiers would rebel and wipe out Liaoning.
Of course, he also intended to use his wealth to weaken the Tatar soldiers' fighting will, and intentionally threw them on the battlefield to be consumed.
The Tatar soldiers were recruited for a full year.
Liaoning had 6 cavalry, but the number dropped to 4, and [-] became fertilizer in the land.
The remaining 6 people were divided many times, giving Wang Yue 7000 people and Mao Zhong [-] people.
Li Jin, Mao Sheng, and Yu Mian took away another 2 people.
Zhao Fu, Cao Yi, Shi Ju, and Jiao Li, who were responsible for harassing the Ulliangha tribe, took away another 1 people.
Li Xiancai slept peacefully.
After the remaining elite Tatar soldiers are assimilated, the Ming Dynasty will have [-] cavalry belonging to the Ming Dynasty. As for how many of those taken away will come back alive, it has nothing to do with Li Xian.
This year, he did two things in Liaoning. One was to accept a large number of people from the pass and resettle them; the other was to build a city on a large scale.
Liaoning took over the Liaohe Tao and built cities, immigrated and educated people on the Liaohe Tao.
Siping City has risen from the ground.
The Confucius family moved from Gaizhou to the new city, and the Confucius Temple is still under construction. It is a perfect replica of the Confucius Temple in Qufu and is being expanded greatly.
With a wave of the emperor's hand, Siping City was expanded four times on its original basis, with the Confucius Temple in the center and people's residences built around it.
And built the Wenxuan Palace, not caring how much it cost.
The number of workers employed alone exceeds one million.
Money was being spent every day, and Li Xian felt distressed when he saw it.
As soon as Siping City was built, a bank was opened to exchange silver coins.
Banks are a new thing this year.
Nowadays, every government in every province in the world has opened a bank, which is subordinate to the Finance Department under the Ministry of Household Affairs and is called Daming Bank.
It was merged with the original bill number business and renamed a bank, adding a business of exchanging silver coins.
Li Xian is no stranger to silver coins.
After the issuance of silver coins, the salary he received was silver coins. He began to fall in love with silver coins, but after seeing them too much, he felt that they were ordinary.
However, the people of Liaoning have never seen it.
Although the exchange ratio is extremely high, transportation costs, exchange costs, labor costs, etc. all have to be added to the exchange ratio.
But there was a long queue outside the bank. Countless country gentry wanted to exchange a few silver coins to open their eyes.
The silver coins rolled in red paper made a crisp sound when they were opened, which made the landowner Lao Cai's heart tremble.
At the beginning, there were still profiteers hoarding money.
However, it was discovered that a large number of fleets came from Beijing, escorting shiploads of silver coins, causing the profiteers to completely lose money.
The counterfeiting of silver coins among the people also suddenly emerged.
It turned out that those who minted silver privately turned into counterfeit banknote dealers, but found that the silver coins they counterfeited had serious flaws.
The counterfeit ones are hammered out by hand, while the silver coins are forged by machines.
There is no way to make one exactly the same, and it will take time and technical accumulation to crack it.
Therefore, they began to create rumors in the market, saying that silver coins should not be spent like this, causing people to panic.
The central government sent factory guards to patrol the area, caught a group of private money dealers, and wiped out all nine tribes.
Although rumors are rife in the market, which discourages some ordinary people, they still cannot stop people's curiosity, and silver coins are still in short supply.
Li Xian would take a detour to the bank every day when he was off duty.
Silver notes and coins all come from banks.
A bank is a bank, which can deposit and withdraw money, deposit and take deeds, and everything is done according to the contract.
But there is another difference, that is, the bank provides loan business with fair interest rates. Scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants can borrow money and just take collateral.
In addition, the central government no longer pays cash to officials when paying salaries, but invoices.
Officials can just go to the bank to withdraw money with the check.
Soldiers were paid with bills. If there was no cash, they could go to the bank and withdraw money with the bills.
This year, the central government issued a coal subsidy, and all it issued was a check. People can use the check to withdraw money from the bank. If they don't want cash, they can deduct it from the tax they pay next year.
There is also a tree planting subsidy, which is given to the people all over the world. According to the household division, each household is given four trees, including fruit trees, mulberry trees, poplar trees, etc. There is no limit.
There are also ticket sellers who forge tickets, and there are definitely those who take advantage of troubled waters, but as long as they are caught, it will be a serious crime against the Nine Clan.
There was nothing going on at the government office today, so Li Xian came to the bank wearing regular clothes.
He was very curious about this new thing.
Li Xian frowned slightly when he saw an old farmer applying for a loan at the stall. He was very dissatisfied with the bank loan and advised His Majesty several times to terminate the loan business.
Loans are harmful to the people!
The emperor wrote back to him, saying that if the court did not do it, the loan would only be monopolized by local wealthy families, forcing the people to sell their sons and daughters, and in the end they would lose even the land to make a living.
Therefore, I want to ban loans from all over the world. Only the central government will lend money. Private lending is not allowed. Private lending is punishable by death. The borrower does not have to pay back the money.
Li Xian saw the emperor's determination, so he stopped persuading him. Instead, he wrote down many suggestions, restricted loans, and asked the emperor to adopt them.
The results were beyond Li Xian's expectations, and the emperor adopted them all.
Loans must be reviewed by bank staff one by one and only if they meet the regulations. There are three regulations: first, the borrower urgently needs the money; second, whether the money is used for serious purposes; third, the loan funds are not allowed to be used for prostitution, gambling, etc. Yes, otherwise he will be punished for loan fraud.
And it must be verified why the borrower borrowed the money. If it is due to disaster years, living difficulties, etc., the Chief Secretary should be notified and requested to make proper arrangements.
Li Xian set up a layer-by-layer framework for loans, hoping to change loans that harmed the people into ones that benefit the people.
At the same time, he asked the emperor to lower the loan interest. The emperor could not compete with the people for profits. People's borrowers were already very poor and could not put more pressure on the people to borrow money.
The emperor adopted them one by one, and the loan interest was used to balance the bank's balance of payments.
Zhu Qiyu knows very well that everything is good when it first comes out, but when the benefits become greater, people can no longer restrain their ambitions, and it will eventually become harmful to the people.
So, he let it slide.
Just sitting back and watching bank loans go from benefiting and providing convenience to a financial behemoth that harms and fools the people. When the time comes, he, Li Xian, may transform from a dragon slayer into an evil dragon.
"Sir."
When Li Xian saw the old farmer coming out with his money bag, he stood up, bowed, and asked, "Excuse me, old gentleman, what did you do to lend the money?"
The old farmer was a little embarrassed, thinking that Li Xian was stealing money.
Sure enough, five or six farmers came in outside the door and surrounded the old farmer. They all looked at Li Xian nervously, for fear that Li Xian would steal his money.
These few are also cowards, carefully looking at Li Xian's clothes, worried that Li Xian is a noble person and will deal with them.
"Old sir, please don't misunderstand me. I just want to apply for a loan. Please consult me and ask the old gentleman to tell me."
Li Xian winked at his followers and asked them to exit.
The old farmer breathed a sigh of relief and bowed: "If you don't dare to be called Mr., just call me Old Man Li."
"To be honest, sir, Governor Li is a living Bodhisattva. He allotted us more wasteland and gave us a hoe. He is really the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva."
"But these wastelands can't grow much wheat, so the old man wants to bring water in, turn the wasteland into rice fields, and try to grow rice."
"So be bold and take out a mortgage on your land."
When he heard that it was serious business, Li Xian became interested: "Old sir, this is not the place to talk. There is a tea stall outside. Let's talk while drinking tea."
"But..." The old man was worried that it was not safe to carry the money with him.
"Haha."
Li Xian took out his money bag and said with a smile: "You borrowed five taels of silver. I have three taels of silver here. I will leave it with you for the time being. When the conversation is over, I will send a carriage to take you back. When you get home, you will take the old man back with you." How about returning the purse to the old man?"
With that said, he took off the money bag and handed it to the old man.
The old man shook his head repeatedly: "This can't be done. It's still early. These are the old man's sons and nephews. They are not afraid of going to the countryside. There are no bandits on the road now, and they are not afraid of being robbed when they go back at night."
Li Xian also used bandits to train his troops, and Liaoning also had immigration tasks. Officials from various governments were arresting people and throwing them into Rehe.
If a bandit is discovered, everyone will celebrate and take credit.
Compared with other political achievements, catching thieves is easier, so officials at all levels flock to it.
Li Xian led them to sit down and asked the boss to serve a pot of tea.
Those farmers had never drank tea at the tea stall, and their mouths watered just looking at the tea.
The weather was so hot that they had to walk back to the city. They brought a gourd of water with them and drank it all long ago.
They never thought that they would go so far and that selling tea in the city would be so expensive.
"Thank you, sir." Li Xian poured a bowl of tea one by one. The old man took the tea with both hands and saluted respectfully.
A big bowl of herbal tea, not very tasty, but filling.
"Sir, you said you want to plant rice, but as far as I know, this rice is not very productive in Liaoning. You might as well plant more wheat and corn."
When the old man saw Li Xian wearing a scholar's official robe, he smiled and said, "These crops are divided into different types."
"If someone takes good care of it, they will get more food."
"If you don't care, no matter how good the land is, you won't be able to grow good food."
Listening to this tone, the old farmer is very confident.
"Our family has a large population, and all of them are strong men. Especially these boys, they have endless strength."
It can be seen that this old farmer has an exclusive secret recipe.
It is indeed possible to grow rice in southern Liaoning, but it is difficult in northern Liaoning because rice is not cold-tolerant.
"Now that the Holy Emperor is in court, life is much easier."
The old man drank all the tea in the cup: "Several boys in my family have been working in Siping this year and have made a lot of money." "It's better for me to persuade them to go home and help the old man reclaim wasteland."
Li Xian looked at a young man and asked him: "Have you ever had your wages deducted when you work in Siping?"
"Sir, the salary is given by the Holy Emperor. How dare any official to deduct it?"
One young man was timid, and another helped him: "When we first went to work, the father-in-law in the palace told us how much money we could earn in a day. If we didn't receive it in a day, we were asked to go to the Chief Secretary to redress our grievances. One of those in charge Everyone’s face is turning green.”
He danced with joy as he spoke.
The Central Committee issued a stern order to punish those who deducted wages from the nine tribes. The superiors protected them and did not investigate, so they were killed by themselves and the whole family was exiled.
Every time work started, eunuchs announced that this was the wages given by the Holy Emperor, so that the people would be grateful to the Holy Emperor.
Because the central government assigns responsibility to every governor, Li Xian also has to investigate in detail every month, and deal with it immediately once discovered.
Li Xian is still confident about this.
Of course, there are many places where those in charge want to embezzle, such as material loss, material expenses, using workers to do private work, etc.
On the contrary, wages are the lowest item of corruption and the highest cost of crime.
The center turns a blind eye to other things, but pays strict attention to wages.
We must ensure that every copper is distributed to the people.
"This year our money will be issued in checks. We can just go to the bank to withdraw the money. I also withdrew my own money just now."
The young man took out his money and showed it off.
The old man slapped him on the forehead: "Wealth does not reveal wealth, don't you understand this principle?"
Li Xian chuckled: "Old sir, what farm tools did your family get?"
"A hoe."
The center used scrap iron to build a large number of farm tools and distributed them to the people.
However, due to the rapid development in the past two years, the Bingzhan Bureau is short of iron, so several families can only share one set of farming tools.
"The Holy Emperor is truly a wise king!"
The old farmer bared his yellow teeth and said: "Hoes were distributed this year, and I heard they will be distributed next year. In a few years, my family will have a complete set of farm tools."
"In addition to distributing farm tools, Liaoning has been tax-free for ten years. Has anyone come to your home to ask for taxes this year?" Li Xian asked.
"It did happen in the middle of the year, but I heard that Governor Li killed many grain chiefs, and that stopped the trend."
"My family didn't pay it, but it saved a lot of food."
"We have all seen the Holy Emperor's decree."
"The Holy Emperor is a wise king who makes decisions for our people!"
Last year, Liaoning was ravaged by Tatar soldiers, and countless people died.
At the beginning of this year, the central government issued a decree that Liaoning would be tax-free for ten years and distribute farm tools to every household.
They also rescued the orphans after the war and transported them all to the capital, with internal funds allocated for management.
Li Xian nodded slightly.
He is quite satisfied with the administrative attitude below.
After chatting for a while, he sent someone to take the old farmer and his family home.
He returned to the mansion.
"As long as the Uliangha and Jurchens are defeated, Liaoning will be close to great rule."
All this is due to Li Xian.
The land of Liaoning is full of swamps and forests, so he wants to level the land, cut down forests, and repair roads.
We must also reclaim wasteland and turn it into fertile farmland.
It takes a lot of time.
It was getting late, and a tired Xu Jue entered the mansion.
Xu Jui stayed at Li Xian's house.
In the past, the two of them had held candlelight conversations at night about poetry and the political situation.
Now if we sleep on the same bed again, it will feel awkward.
Everything has changed.
"Xuanyu, can corn be grown on Liaohe Tao?"
Xu Jue became a eunuch, but his mind became calm.
The emperor ordered him to cultivate the three treasures of corn, and he worked diligently. Today, the corn experimental field covers up to one hundred acres.
"Of course it can. There is no guarantee of the yield per mu."
The servant brought tea and helped Xu Jue wash up. Then Xu Jue sat on a chair and the maid fanned him, while he drank tea and said to Li Xian: "What is missing now is seeds."
"Can all the fruits this year, used as seeds, be enough to plant in southern Liaoning?"
"not enough!"
Xu Jue asked the maid to loosen his muscles and bones: "Your Majesty sent an envoy to Siam. I hope to buy more seeds from Siam."
The emperor built the first Agricultural Academy in the Ming Dynasty in Shenyang. Xu Jue served as the priest and sent several new scholars to study in the academy.
Xu Jue not only cultivates himself, but also teaches others.
When he was a minister before, he dreamed of preaching, receiving karma and solving doubts, and becoming a teacher, but he never had the chance.
As a result, he became an eunuch and was reused by the emperor.
Even his son Xu Shiliang was included in the Military Aircraft Department by the emperor and held an important position. Now he is sent out to serve as an official in the Flood Control Department.
The only thing that made Xu Jue mentally balanced was that the emperor sent Zheng He to the Martial Arts Temple, which meant that Xu Jue also had the opportunity to enter the Wenwu Temple.
As long as he has merit in cultivating and promoting the Three Treasures of Corn, his merit will be enough to enter the temple.
Guo Shoujing has also entered the temple. Where is he, Xu Jue?
After talking to Li Xian for a while, he felt tired and went to sleep.
Li Xian looked at Xu Jue's back and sighed. Xu Jue, who was good at fighting for power and gain, was alive again!
And in Yiju.
The weather in August became increasingly muggy, and Wang Yue decided to organize his troops and march south.
There are three reasons. First, the people north of Anju in North Korea have basically been removed. Most of the remaining people are die-hards, so there is no need to care about them.
Secondly, the Tatar soldiers in his hands already understood the flag language and could speak simple Chinese. The key was that the Tatar soldiers were generous and had no money to spend. They asked for orders to fight several times, and Wang Yue could no longer hold them back.
Third, Mao Zhong sent a message that the three guards of Jianzhou had been plowed down and there was no one left.
Mao Zhonghui marched into North Korea from the west.
So it was time for Wang Yue to attack.
Wang Yue brought three months of grain and grass from Liaoning.
And starting from Yizhou, we quickly crossed and entered Dingzhou.
The people of Dingzhou paid no attention to the Ming army passing by.
Not only the Korean people ignored them, but also the Jurchen soldiers having fun in Dingzhou City pretended not to see them.
Wang Yue was speechless.
The Jurchen soldiers knew that the cavalry could not attack the city, so they closed the city gate and continued to have fun.
The Jurchens are a fishing and hunting people, not a riding and shooting people.
So Jurchen soldiers are not natural cavalry!
They are infantry!
Wang Yue passed through Dingzhou and Qinchuan and was stationed in Anzhou.
Anju is quite close to Pyongyang and not far from Uiju, but there are several cities in between. Wang Yue went deep alone and had no way out.
The same was true in Anzhou. The Jurchens closed the city and ignored the Ming army outside the city.
The Jurchen soldiers drove the Koreans out of the city. They occupied the city and slowly absorbed the Koreans and merged with the Jurchens.
The people from the court who were absorbed all had their hair shaved off and tied into a dog's tail.
Stationed in Anzhou was Fancha.
Fancha is the son of Mengge Timur.
Meng brother Timur also has a name, Aixinjueluo Mentemu, and is honored as the ancestor of Qingzhao.
Li Manzhu is Fancha's father-in-law.
Fancha was an ambitious man. He was not satisfied with being Li Manzhu's lackey. He secretly expanded his power. However, because he only had a few thousand Jurchens in his hands, he slowly absorbed the Chao people and merged with the Jurchens.
Today, he has 7000 troops.
Occasionally plunder nearby cities and build ordnance, and his ambitions burst out.
Therefore, when Wang Yue arrived in Anzhou, he closed the city gate and observed Wang Yue's every move on the city wall, fearing that Wang Yue would not leave when he stopped in Anzhou.
He sent envoys to show his official status as the commander of Qianshi appointed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and offered gold and silver treasures to bribe Wang Yue.
Wang Yue found this Fancha interesting.
In the seventh year of Zhengtong's reign, Fanchajiu and Dong Shan had a heated dispute over the seal. Later, the imperial court split the right guard from Jianzhou's left guard.Dong Shan is in charge of the left guard, and Fancha is in charge of the right guard.
But Dong Shan and Fancha are both rebels.
Fan Cha secretly expands his strength and recruits Korean warriors.
Dong Shan did even more ruthlessly. He was unscrupulous in western Korea, forcing the people to shave their heads and change their clothes, and forcibly recruited warriors to join the Jurchens. He had as many as [-] troops.
Wang Yue accepted the goods and wrote a letter to Fancha.
He told them that he was only working for the imperial court, which wanted to save the Korean people and kill the bandit leader Li Manzhu, but had no intention of annihilating the Jurchens.
The two sides reached a tacit agreement.
Wang Yue established a shelter outside the city and transported Korean people north.
The city continues to expand its strength, and both sides have a tacit understanding.
The Tatar surrender general Zheng Guta walked into the military tent and said: "My lord, the army is very dissatisfied. They are dissatisfied that you do not fight but care about the people."
Tatars speak straightforwardly.
Zheng Guta conferred the title of Le'an Bo. He already spoke Chinese very fluently and considered himself a Ming Dynasty man.
This time the central government specially transferred him to take control of the Tatar army.
Wang Yue did not feel dissatisfied and said with a smile: "Does Uncle Le'an know that he is building a plank road in secret to visit Chencang?"
"Ah?" Zheng Guta didn't know much about idioms, nor could he read such profound ancient books.
"We marched southward, but failed to defeat a single city."
"There are nails all over the back, there is no way out."
"When we win, we can still keep our retreat, but what if we lose?"
Wang Yue said seriously: "If you want to attack Anzhou, you must remove the four nails of Dingzhou, Qinchuan, Yanzhou, and Guicheng before you can continue to advance south."
Then why don't you attack each city one by one?
Why are you in such a hurry to come to Anzhou?
Zheng Guta was stunned: "What you mean is that we pretended to take in the people, but actually let our people pretend to be people and steal these four cities."
Wang Yue laughed.
It's just part of his plan.
He still wants to take the opportunity to capture Pyongyang, otherwise wouldn't he be able to attack each city one by one?Why did he have to cross into Anzhou?
This is the reason why he made a big move, gave up his retreat, and entered Anzhou.
Anju is very close to Pyongyang. There is no tough battle to fight on the way to Pyongyang. The only difficult battle is Anju City.
Fancha from Anzhou City obviously had no intention of helping Li Manzhu.
He had written and tested it.
Fancha wants to stand on his own feet, but has no intention of helping his father-in-law Li Manzhu escape.
"How do you want me, Old Zheng, to fight?" Zheng Guta had long wanted to make meritorious deeds.
As a general, it was not easy for him to gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty. He had to rely on his ability and fight battle after battle to make the emperor reuse him.
"Sneak attack on Pyongyang!"
Wang Yue said that he would not stop until he died.
He had no intention of slowing down in North Korea, but to attack quickly, destroying Li Manzhu first, and then deal with Fancha and Dongshan.
As for the Jurchens’ disaster in Korea, what does it have to do with the Ming Dynasty?
even!
He wants the Jurchen soldiers to wreak havoc on North Korea, and let the North Korean people know that the Jurchens are bad, so that they can know how good the Ming Dynasty is!
Only then would they be willing to merge into the Ming Dynasty!
After he settled in Pyongyang, he had no intention of returning Pyongyang to North Korea.
Everything is within his grasp.
He not only controls the situation on the battlefield, but also controls the situation outside the battlefield. The hearts of the Korean scholars are the foundation for who becomes king in Korea.
He has been calculating.
the next day.
The Ming army immigrated step by step.
Fancha, who was looking at the top of the city, saw in his eyes that he almost confirmed that the Ming general had no ambition to attack him. After all, he was fighting in a foreign country. Everyone could make some money and not be at odds with each other, and everyone would be happy.
Similarly, the Jurchen generals from the four cities of Dingzhou, Qinchuan, Yanzhou, and Turtle City also sent envoys to trade with Wang Yue, and formed a tacit understanding with each other.
They don't care about Ming Dynasty immigration.
Ming Dynasty did not care about their harm to North Korea.
Only North Korea is unlucky.
North Korea in August is even hotter than the capital.
Wang Yue was covered in sweat. He received a letter of urging from King Li Yao of North Korea. This was the No. 18 letter he had received.
North Korea formed a death squad and sent warriors to bypass the layers of blockade and deliver the royal decree to Wang Yue.
Wang Yue sneered and threw aside the reminder letter No. 18.
"If you have this determination, can you still not regain the lost ground?"
Wang Yue ridiculed the king of Korea.
It is the sorrow of Korean ministers to serve such a king.
"Will it rain in the next few days?"
Wang Yue has been waiting for the opportunity.
Not waiting for rain, but not waiting for rain!
The roads in North Korea are muddy and difficult to walk on. Once it rains, the army will be trapped on the road and it will be difficult to complete his strategic concept.
In this battle, he fought very quickly.
The Korean people are not very willing to leave their homeland, but the Tatar army is fierce and will kill them when they need to, without mercy.
The Tatar soldiers vented their dissatisfaction with Wang Yue on the Korean people.
The Jurchen soldiers killed them all and drove the people out of the city.
The Tatar soldiers killed them again, forced them to board the ship, and immigrated to Liaohetao, killing all the disobedient ones.
The water of several rivers was dyed red.
late August.
The refugees transported this time were different. When they passed through various cities, there was no overwhelming cry, but it was very quiet.
It was night, and the Jurchen soldiers on duty in Qinchuan could not hear the cries, but could not sleep peacefully.
But in the last few batches of ships, the people inside have been very quiet. I guess they are used to it. Those who cried were all killed?
The Jurchen soldiers on guard at night were also wondering, does the Ming Dynasty lack these women?
Shiploads of girls are being transported to Liaoning!
So fucking horny.
suddenly.
They heard a noise, which seemed to come from the city wall. Maybe some Korean girl couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide by jumping off the city wall?
It is true that there are no Korean men in the city, but there are many Korean women.
These Jurchen soldiers' legs feel weak every day.
Life is comfortable.
"Who?"
Suddenly, the night guard shouted in alarm, and as soon as he opened the door, a sharp knife slit his throat.
Four men in night clothes killed the night watch officers and soldiers, went down along the city wall, and opened the city gate.
Suddenly, the entire Qinchuan City fell into chaos.
The Jurchen guards didn't know what happened, but the city was broken, and then the city was in chaos. People were crying for their fathers and mothers, and there was fire everywhere.
It’s not just Qin Chuan.
Dingzhou, Guicheng, and Yanzhou were all attacked by the Ming army at the same moment.
The city was seized by the Ming army.
The Jurchen soldiers fled and suffered countless casualties.
Wang Yue did not issue orders to the armies and did not let them drive out the Jurchen soldiers.
Because there is no need to ask for trouble, the Tatar soldiers will not listen at all.
They entered the city, drove away the Jurchens, and began to rob women and property. They even fought each other for women.
These Korean ladies serve the Jurchens in the first half of the night and the Tatars in the second half of the night.
Finally found an honest man to marry...
August 29.
The four cities of Dingzhou, Yanzhou, Guicheng and Qinchuan were captured at the same time.
The passage from Anju back to Uiju has been completely opened.
However, Zheng Guta led two thousand Tatar soldiers, hiding day and night, and appeared in Pyongyang City.
Li Manzhu lives in Pyongyang city.
He was actually preparing to become king and call himself King of Han.
Pyongyang is the most famous fortified city in North Korea. If it is attacked by force, it will not be opened within three to five years.
Li Manzhu opened Pyongyang and relied on spies to open the city gates.
Similarly, Zheng Guta had to rely on spies to open Pyongyang City.
If Li Manzhu regards this as the administrative center, there will definitely be a power struggle. Some people will gain power and others will lose power.
Wang Yue gathered a large number of Korean refugees and found many nobles among them.
Through them, Wang Yue established communication channels with Pyongyang City.
After all, this is the northern capital of North Korea.
Li Yao was planning to move the capital to Pyongyang, so Pyongyang City was built after Seoul, and there were still a group of officials in the city who had not had time to escape.
There are still some of them who are loyal to the king.
Seeing that the Ming Dynasty soldiers are rescuing North Korea, they are naturally willing to open the gates of Pyongyang, expel the bandits, and act as a hero who endures hardships even though he suffers hardships.
boom!
The huge gate of Pyongyang City was opened from the inside.
Zheng Guta commanded his troops to enter.
A scholar wearing a Korean official robe knelt down to Master Wang, but Zheng Guta smiled ghostly at him.
Wang Yue also gave him another task!
Kill all the North Korean ministers in Pyongyang City!
Not one left!
I really can’t believe the encyclopedia. I looked it up on the encyclopedia and found that the capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. But today I saw on other encyclopedias that it’s Seoul. After another check, it finally turned out to be Seoul... But it’s all written before, and the map will be uploaded soon.
(End of this chapter)
Come out of the palace.
Luo Qi and Cheng Xin discussed in low voices.
"The King of Joseon is not easy to fool. We must urge him to go south as soon as possible."
Luo Qi calculated the time and found that Wang Yue had been stationed in Yizhou for more than four months. It was a huge expense to eat horse chews and support the cavalry.
Although the emperor had money, he couldn't spend it like this on Wang Yue.
I would rather train a Ming cavalry than feed the Tatar soldiers.
Even the central government has objections to the money needed to immigrate from North Korea. This money is enough to support another cavalry team of [-] people, but it is spent on ineffective immigration.
North Korea and Annan are different.
Annan had ambitions of self-reliance, but North Korea did not. However, North Korea was more completely sinicized. When the Ming Dynasty took over North Korea, the people of North Korea naturally indulged themselves in catering to the king.
However, the emperor insisted on immigrating to Liaohetao to enrich the population of Liaoning and Rehe.
It's just a waste of money, and there's nowhere to spend the money.
Besides, the Jurchens have caused so much harm to North Korea, and the Ming Dynasty went to pick up this piece of rotten land and manage it. Isn't it nice to keep the money to manage North Korea?Why do you care about the life and death of those assholes?
"When Wang Yue goes down, Li Manzhu will definitely flee north and will not confront Wang Yue head-on. When the pressure is gone, will North Korea still be attracted to the Ming Dynasty?"
Cheng Xin's eyes were sinister: "Your Majesty sent us as envoys to North Korea to cause trouble to North Korea, not to rescue North Korea."
"Brother Luo, do you still want to join the center?"
Cheng Xin asked this question.
Luo Qi was slightly startled, of course she thought about it, but is it still possible?
"Then show your political achievements."
"Neither you nor I are sycophants, neither of us are idiots."
"Although we are in different camps, you and I both have real talents and knowledge."
"If you don't rely on flattery, but rely on true talent and practical learning, you can still enter the center again!" Cheng Xin said seriously.
Why doesn't Luo Qi want to enter the center again?
The problem is that the emperor kicked them to a remote place in the countryside and made it clear that he did not want to see them. Without the Sacred Heart, no matter how hard he works, what's the use?
"Brother Luo, although you and I have been reprimanded."
"But your son Luo Fu, my sons Cheng Minzheng and Cheng Minde are also important."
"Your Majesty does not discriminate."
Cheng Xin said seriously: "It shows that although His Majesty hates my character, he still values our abilities."
"With our ability, we will definitely be able to return to the center again!"
"Furthermore, the pacification of Korea was a great achievement and will surely go down in history. I heard that the Holy One built the Wenwu Temple, and we accepted Korea into the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this the merit of entering the temple?"
"Brother Luo, even if we don't think about ourselves, we should still earn a future for our children!"
Luo Qi paused and remained silent.
His son Luo Fu was quite talented, but failed several times. The emperor included him as a guard in the palace, and he was good at re-employing him.
And Cheng Xin's two sons are even more remarkable.
Cheng Minzheng and Cheng Minde were both good at reading. Both of them were favored by the emperor to study in the Imperial College. They were often announced to the palace to test their knowledge and urged them to study hard.
Others thought that the emperor was kind to his father, but they did not know that his fathers Luo Qi and Cheng Xin were demoted by the central government because of the emperor's disgust.
Even his family believed that Luo Qi and Cheng Xin had made great achievements in North Korea, and their sons were given special importance by the emperor.
But they know very well that they have been in North Korea for more than a year, but they have not made any achievements.
Everything is divine grace.
"How does Yanshi plan to repay the emperor's favor?" Luo Qi is older than Cheng Xin.
Luo Qi was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Xuande, but Cheng Xin was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Zhengtong. Luo Qi was the senior.
"Trouble North Korea and help Your Majesty recover North Korea!"
As he spoke, he had already arrived at the temporary accommodation, closed the door, and asked the attendants to retreat ten feet away. Cheng Xin then lowered his voice and said:
"Although the King of Joseon was ambitious, he had no long-term vision and his intelligence was mediocre."
"Moreover, when it comes to hiring people, they rely heavily on the so-called heroes of Jingnan. They only focus on one faction and don't know how to balance."
"It led to an imbalance in the court and dissatisfaction among officials from other factions."
"But the Jingnan faction dominates the whole family, forming a power monster that is difficult to contain."
"In the past, the situation in the DPRK was stable, but it was not fully revealed."
"But the Jurchen soldiers broke through Pyongyang, and the king took control of Seoul and tried to do nothing. This created a powder keg."
"As long as we make good use of it and let this powder keg explode like a bomb, we will be done with it."
Cheng Xin knows the situation in North Korea well.
Li Yao seems to be a wise king, but in fact he lacks courage, does things in a clumsy way, has no broad mind, no big ambitions, and no ability to achieve great things.
In order to consolidate power, he continued to increase bargaining chips for officials of the Jingnan line, forming a unicorn of power.
Without external pressure, the internal struggle for power in the Jingnan Group is naturally fierce.
The members of the Jingnan family are jealous of each other, and the power struggle is like a raging fire cooking oil. Even Li Yao can hardly hold it down.
Luo Qi understood what Cheng Xin meant.
Support Li Hongwei's restoration, kill all Li Yao's family, and then take advantage of the chaos to kill Li Hongwei to cause chaos in Korea.
Li Hongwei launched a restoration in his seventh year in Jingtai. Cheng Sanwen and other six ministers supported Li Hongwei's restoration, but he was suppressed.
However, the second restoration that was supposed to occur in June of the eighth year of Jingtai changed the course of history because of the Jurchen invasion.
Cheng Xin and Luo Qi were planning Li Hongwei's second restoration.
After a restoration, Li Hongwei was trapped in Li Yao's palace and was guarded by Li Yao's confidants.
"Boost?"
Recently, the emperor sent a messenger to deliver Han Guilan's personal letter to Han Que.
Han Que has always been interested in the Ming Dynasty, and Luo Qi lured him with a high position. He has already been tempted, and he has been attracted to the North Korean dignitaries in the Ming Dynasty.
But it is quite difficult for them to plan a coup for Li Hongwei.
"Wang Yue should be heading south soon. We must complete our mission before Wang Yue's soldiers arrive in Seoul!"
Cheng Xin said seriously: "We don't have much time left."
Restoration is a very dangerous thing.
After all, Luo Qi and Cheng Xin were foreign ministers and had difficulty getting in touch with Li Hongwei.
But there was one person who could get in touch with Li Hongwei, and that was Quan Bo.
In the ranking of the heroes of Jingnan, Quan Bo ranked fourth, but in Li Yao's heart, Quan Bo was the person he trusted the most.
Han Minghui was Quan Bo's best friend. He introduced him to Li Yao and became Li Yao's Zhang Liang.
The soldiers guarding Li Hongwei are inextricably linked to Quan Zhu. As long as they win over Quan Zhu, their chances of winning will increase by [-]%.
Cheng Xin considered it and said: "The power is very greedy. Although it is useful to lure him with money, it still seems to be rebellion, so it is not safe."
"He has eight daughters, but only one son!"
"If we get hold of his son Quan Jian, Quan Jian will definitely be used by us."
Cheng Xin was surprisingly excited.
In the Ming Dynasty, he did not plan the coup, but now in North Korea, he has to personally plan a coup.
"Quan Zhu helps us, but we also need the help of soldiers to achieve success." Luo Qi was also very excited and planned the coup herself.
There is no chance in Ming Dynasty, why not have fun in North Korea?
"Jin Xiaocheng, as long as we convince him, we can make it happen."
Jin Xiaocheng was also a hero of Jingnan. He was Li Yao's confidant military attaché.
This person is also recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He was the commander-in-chief of the Korean Army in Chenghua Liting.
However, Luo Qi felt that Jin Xiaocheng was a die-hard loyalist to Li Yao and had no reason to betray Li Yao. It was extremely difficult to convince him.
"Not necessarily. Jin Xiaocheng was repeatedly defeated in the war against the Jurchens and was demoted by the King of Joseon. He may not have no resentment in his heart."
Cheng Xin believes that he can find opportunities to win over.
Luo Qi shook her head: "There is no need to take such a risk, too much is not enough."
"Yanshi, do you know that Nan Yi, Quan Zhu's son-in-law, was outstanding in the war against the Jurchens and was highly valued by Li Yao."
"It's better to let Quan Zhu instigate rebellion against him. We will only contact Quan Zhu alone to avoid necessary trouble."
"If the situation goes wrong, we will immediately withdraw from Seoul, hide among the people, look for opportunities, and return to the Ming Dynasty."
The most important thing in planning is rigor.
At the same time, you must also arrange a way out for yourself.
If you contact Jin Xiaocheng, what if Jin Xiaocheng turns around and sells them?
How about not talking about your own safety?
How should the emperor explain?
By then, will Wang Yue go south?Or should we sit back and watch North Korea be destroyed?
After all, we must consider the problem from an overall perspective.
Planning for restoration is the icing on the cake, not the final word.
"Brother Luo's words are very true, as long as you control the power and use it."
Cheng Xin nodded: "If the restoration fails, we will kill two people, one is Han Minghui and the other is Zheng Linzhi."
"Zheng Linzhi is disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty can kill him with an imperial edict. However, Han Minghui is deeply hidden. He is the wise man of the King of Joseon and must be eliminated!"
Luo Qi agrees.
The two were in Seoul, planning the Korean crisis.
Wang Yue, who was stationed in Yizhou, was training his troops, forcing his soldiers to learn Chinese and practicing tactics every day.
Regarding immigration, follow the rules and don't need to worry about him.
After collecting a large number of Tatar prisoners, the number of Liaoning cavalry reached 10, including 8 Hu cavalry.
Li Xian kept splitting them up and throwing them on the battlefield for consumption.
Fortunately, the Tatars had little resistance to serving the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty provided good food and drink, the soldiers were well paid, and the captured soldiers belonged to themselves.
This resulted in the Tatar soldiers fighting indiscriminately, grabbing property whenever they encountered it, and not paying attention to military regulations.
Li Xian, the governor of a hundred thousand cavalry, was walking on thin ice and did not dare to take care of it at all. He was worried that the Tatar soldiers would rebel and wipe out Liaoning.
Of course, he also intended to use his wealth to weaken the Tatar soldiers' fighting will, and intentionally threw them on the battlefield to be consumed.
The Tatar soldiers were recruited for a full year.
Liaoning had 6 cavalry, but the number dropped to 4, and [-] became fertilizer in the land.
The remaining 6 people were divided many times, giving Wang Yue 7000 people and Mao Zhong [-] people.
Li Jin, Mao Sheng, and Yu Mian took away another 2 people.
Zhao Fu, Cao Yi, Shi Ju, and Jiao Li, who were responsible for harassing the Ulliangha tribe, took away another 1 people.
Li Xiancai slept peacefully.
After the remaining elite Tatar soldiers are assimilated, the Ming Dynasty will have [-] cavalry belonging to the Ming Dynasty. As for how many of those taken away will come back alive, it has nothing to do with Li Xian.
This year, he did two things in Liaoning. One was to accept a large number of people from the pass and resettle them; the other was to build a city on a large scale.
Liaoning took over the Liaohe Tao and built cities, immigrated and educated people on the Liaohe Tao.
Siping City has risen from the ground.
The Confucius family moved from Gaizhou to the new city, and the Confucius Temple is still under construction. It is a perfect replica of the Confucius Temple in Qufu and is being expanded greatly.
With a wave of the emperor's hand, Siping City was expanded four times on its original basis, with the Confucius Temple in the center and people's residences built around it.
And built the Wenxuan Palace, not caring how much it cost.
The number of workers employed alone exceeds one million.
Money was being spent every day, and Li Xian felt distressed when he saw it.
As soon as Siping City was built, a bank was opened to exchange silver coins.
Banks are a new thing this year.
Nowadays, every government in every province in the world has opened a bank, which is subordinate to the Finance Department under the Ministry of Household Affairs and is called Daming Bank.
It was merged with the original bill number business and renamed a bank, adding a business of exchanging silver coins.
Li Xian is no stranger to silver coins.
After the issuance of silver coins, the salary he received was silver coins. He began to fall in love with silver coins, but after seeing them too much, he felt that they were ordinary.
However, the people of Liaoning have never seen it.
Although the exchange ratio is extremely high, transportation costs, exchange costs, labor costs, etc. all have to be added to the exchange ratio.
But there was a long queue outside the bank. Countless country gentry wanted to exchange a few silver coins to open their eyes.
The silver coins rolled in red paper made a crisp sound when they were opened, which made the landowner Lao Cai's heart tremble.
At the beginning, there were still profiteers hoarding money.
However, it was discovered that a large number of fleets came from Beijing, escorting shiploads of silver coins, causing the profiteers to completely lose money.
The counterfeiting of silver coins among the people also suddenly emerged.
It turned out that those who minted silver privately turned into counterfeit banknote dealers, but found that the silver coins they counterfeited had serious flaws.
The counterfeit ones are hammered out by hand, while the silver coins are forged by machines.
There is no way to make one exactly the same, and it will take time and technical accumulation to crack it.
Therefore, they began to create rumors in the market, saying that silver coins should not be spent like this, causing people to panic.
The central government sent factory guards to patrol the area, caught a group of private money dealers, and wiped out all nine tribes.
Although rumors are rife in the market, which discourages some ordinary people, they still cannot stop people's curiosity, and silver coins are still in short supply.
Li Xian would take a detour to the bank every day when he was off duty.
Silver notes and coins all come from banks.
A bank is a bank, which can deposit and withdraw money, deposit and take deeds, and everything is done according to the contract.
But there is another difference, that is, the bank provides loan business with fair interest rates. Scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants can borrow money and just take collateral.
In addition, the central government no longer pays cash to officials when paying salaries, but invoices.
Officials can just go to the bank to withdraw money with the check.
Soldiers were paid with bills. If there was no cash, they could go to the bank and withdraw money with the bills.
This year, the central government issued a coal subsidy, and all it issued was a check. People can use the check to withdraw money from the bank. If they don't want cash, they can deduct it from the tax they pay next year.
There is also a tree planting subsidy, which is given to the people all over the world. According to the household division, each household is given four trees, including fruit trees, mulberry trees, poplar trees, etc. There is no limit.
There are also ticket sellers who forge tickets, and there are definitely those who take advantage of troubled waters, but as long as they are caught, it will be a serious crime against the Nine Clan.
There was nothing going on at the government office today, so Li Xian came to the bank wearing regular clothes.
He was very curious about this new thing.
Li Xian frowned slightly when he saw an old farmer applying for a loan at the stall. He was very dissatisfied with the bank loan and advised His Majesty several times to terminate the loan business.
Loans are harmful to the people!
The emperor wrote back to him, saying that if the court did not do it, the loan would only be monopolized by local wealthy families, forcing the people to sell their sons and daughters, and in the end they would lose even the land to make a living.
Therefore, I want to ban loans from all over the world. Only the central government will lend money. Private lending is not allowed. Private lending is punishable by death. The borrower does not have to pay back the money.
Li Xian saw the emperor's determination, so he stopped persuading him. Instead, he wrote down many suggestions, restricted loans, and asked the emperor to adopt them.
The results were beyond Li Xian's expectations, and the emperor adopted them all.
Loans must be reviewed by bank staff one by one and only if they meet the regulations. There are three regulations: first, the borrower urgently needs the money; second, whether the money is used for serious purposes; third, the loan funds are not allowed to be used for prostitution, gambling, etc. Yes, otherwise he will be punished for loan fraud.
And it must be verified why the borrower borrowed the money. If it is due to disaster years, living difficulties, etc., the Chief Secretary should be notified and requested to make proper arrangements.
Li Xian set up a layer-by-layer framework for loans, hoping to change loans that harmed the people into ones that benefit the people.
At the same time, he asked the emperor to lower the loan interest. The emperor could not compete with the people for profits. People's borrowers were already very poor and could not put more pressure on the people to borrow money.
The emperor adopted them one by one, and the loan interest was used to balance the bank's balance of payments.
Zhu Qiyu knows very well that everything is good when it first comes out, but when the benefits become greater, people can no longer restrain their ambitions, and it will eventually become harmful to the people.
So, he let it slide.
Just sitting back and watching bank loans go from benefiting and providing convenience to a financial behemoth that harms and fools the people. When the time comes, he, Li Xian, may transform from a dragon slayer into an evil dragon.
"Sir."
When Li Xian saw the old farmer coming out with his money bag, he stood up, bowed, and asked, "Excuse me, old gentleman, what did you do to lend the money?"
The old farmer was a little embarrassed, thinking that Li Xian was stealing money.
Sure enough, five or six farmers came in outside the door and surrounded the old farmer. They all looked at Li Xian nervously, for fear that Li Xian would steal his money.
These few are also cowards, carefully looking at Li Xian's clothes, worried that Li Xian is a noble person and will deal with them.
"Old sir, please don't misunderstand me. I just want to apply for a loan. Please consult me and ask the old gentleman to tell me."
Li Xian winked at his followers and asked them to exit.
The old farmer breathed a sigh of relief and bowed: "If you don't dare to be called Mr., just call me Old Man Li."
"To be honest, sir, Governor Li is a living Bodhisattva. He allotted us more wasteland and gave us a hoe. He is really the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva."
"But these wastelands can't grow much wheat, so the old man wants to bring water in, turn the wasteland into rice fields, and try to grow rice."
"So be bold and take out a mortgage on your land."
When he heard that it was serious business, Li Xian became interested: "Old sir, this is not the place to talk. There is a tea stall outside. Let's talk while drinking tea."
"But..." The old man was worried that it was not safe to carry the money with him.
"Haha."
Li Xian took out his money bag and said with a smile: "You borrowed five taels of silver. I have three taels of silver here. I will leave it with you for the time being. When the conversation is over, I will send a carriage to take you back. When you get home, you will take the old man back with you." How about returning the purse to the old man?"
With that said, he took off the money bag and handed it to the old man.
The old man shook his head repeatedly: "This can't be done. It's still early. These are the old man's sons and nephews. They are not afraid of going to the countryside. There are no bandits on the road now, and they are not afraid of being robbed when they go back at night."
Li Xian also used bandits to train his troops, and Liaoning also had immigration tasks. Officials from various governments were arresting people and throwing them into Rehe.
If a bandit is discovered, everyone will celebrate and take credit.
Compared with other political achievements, catching thieves is easier, so officials at all levels flock to it.
Li Xian led them to sit down and asked the boss to serve a pot of tea.
Those farmers had never drank tea at the tea stall, and their mouths watered just looking at the tea.
The weather was so hot that they had to walk back to the city. They brought a gourd of water with them and drank it all long ago.
They never thought that they would go so far and that selling tea in the city would be so expensive.
"Thank you, sir." Li Xian poured a bowl of tea one by one. The old man took the tea with both hands and saluted respectfully.
A big bowl of herbal tea, not very tasty, but filling.
"Sir, you said you want to plant rice, but as far as I know, this rice is not very productive in Liaoning. You might as well plant more wheat and corn."
When the old man saw Li Xian wearing a scholar's official robe, he smiled and said, "These crops are divided into different types."
"If someone takes good care of it, they will get more food."
"If you don't care, no matter how good the land is, you won't be able to grow good food."
Listening to this tone, the old farmer is very confident.
"Our family has a large population, and all of them are strong men. Especially these boys, they have endless strength."
It can be seen that this old farmer has an exclusive secret recipe.
It is indeed possible to grow rice in southern Liaoning, but it is difficult in northern Liaoning because rice is not cold-tolerant.
"Now that the Holy Emperor is in court, life is much easier."
The old man drank all the tea in the cup: "Several boys in my family have been working in Siping this year and have made a lot of money." "It's better for me to persuade them to go home and help the old man reclaim wasteland."
Li Xian looked at a young man and asked him: "Have you ever had your wages deducted when you work in Siping?"
"Sir, the salary is given by the Holy Emperor. How dare any official to deduct it?"
One young man was timid, and another helped him: "When we first went to work, the father-in-law in the palace told us how much money we could earn in a day. If we didn't receive it in a day, we were asked to go to the Chief Secretary to redress our grievances. One of those in charge Everyone’s face is turning green.”
He danced with joy as he spoke.
The Central Committee issued a stern order to punish those who deducted wages from the nine tribes. The superiors protected them and did not investigate, so they were killed by themselves and the whole family was exiled.
Every time work started, eunuchs announced that this was the wages given by the Holy Emperor, so that the people would be grateful to the Holy Emperor.
Because the central government assigns responsibility to every governor, Li Xian also has to investigate in detail every month, and deal with it immediately once discovered.
Li Xian is still confident about this.
Of course, there are many places where those in charge want to embezzle, such as material loss, material expenses, using workers to do private work, etc.
On the contrary, wages are the lowest item of corruption and the highest cost of crime.
The center turns a blind eye to other things, but pays strict attention to wages.
We must ensure that every copper is distributed to the people.
"This year our money will be issued in checks. We can just go to the bank to withdraw the money. I also withdrew my own money just now."
The young man took out his money and showed it off.
The old man slapped him on the forehead: "Wealth does not reveal wealth, don't you understand this principle?"
Li Xian chuckled: "Old sir, what farm tools did your family get?"
"A hoe."
The center used scrap iron to build a large number of farm tools and distributed them to the people.
However, due to the rapid development in the past two years, the Bingzhan Bureau is short of iron, so several families can only share one set of farming tools.
"The Holy Emperor is truly a wise king!"
The old farmer bared his yellow teeth and said: "Hoes were distributed this year, and I heard they will be distributed next year. In a few years, my family will have a complete set of farm tools."
"In addition to distributing farm tools, Liaoning has been tax-free for ten years. Has anyone come to your home to ask for taxes this year?" Li Xian asked.
"It did happen in the middle of the year, but I heard that Governor Li killed many grain chiefs, and that stopped the trend."
"My family didn't pay it, but it saved a lot of food."
"We have all seen the Holy Emperor's decree."
"The Holy Emperor is a wise king who makes decisions for our people!"
Last year, Liaoning was ravaged by Tatar soldiers, and countless people died.
At the beginning of this year, the central government issued a decree that Liaoning would be tax-free for ten years and distribute farm tools to every household.
They also rescued the orphans after the war and transported them all to the capital, with internal funds allocated for management.
Li Xian nodded slightly.
He is quite satisfied with the administrative attitude below.
After chatting for a while, he sent someone to take the old farmer and his family home.
He returned to the mansion.
"As long as the Uliangha and Jurchens are defeated, Liaoning will be close to great rule."
All this is due to Li Xian.
The land of Liaoning is full of swamps and forests, so he wants to level the land, cut down forests, and repair roads.
We must also reclaim wasteland and turn it into fertile farmland.
It takes a lot of time.
It was getting late, and a tired Xu Jue entered the mansion.
Xu Jui stayed at Li Xian's house.
In the past, the two of them had held candlelight conversations at night about poetry and the political situation.
Now if we sleep on the same bed again, it will feel awkward.
Everything has changed.
"Xuanyu, can corn be grown on Liaohe Tao?"
Xu Jue became a eunuch, but his mind became calm.
The emperor ordered him to cultivate the three treasures of corn, and he worked diligently. Today, the corn experimental field covers up to one hundred acres.
"Of course it can. There is no guarantee of the yield per mu."
The servant brought tea and helped Xu Jue wash up. Then Xu Jue sat on a chair and the maid fanned him, while he drank tea and said to Li Xian: "What is missing now is seeds."
"Can all the fruits this year, used as seeds, be enough to plant in southern Liaoning?"
"not enough!"
Xu Jue asked the maid to loosen his muscles and bones: "Your Majesty sent an envoy to Siam. I hope to buy more seeds from Siam."
The emperor built the first Agricultural Academy in the Ming Dynasty in Shenyang. Xu Jue served as the priest and sent several new scholars to study in the academy.
Xu Jue not only cultivates himself, but also teaches others.
When he was a minister before, he dreamed of preaching, receiving karma and solving doubts, and becoming a teacher, but he never had the chance.
As a result, he became an eunuch and was reused by the emperor.
Even his son Xu Shiliang was included in the Military Aircraft Department by the emperor and held an important position. Now he is sent out to serve as an official in the Flood Control Department.
The only thing that made Xu Jue mentally balanced was that the emperor sent Zheng He to the Martial Arts Temple, which meant that Xu Jue also had the opportunity to enter the Wenwu Temple.
As long as he has merit in cultivating and promoting the Three Treasures of Corn, his merit will be enough to enter the temple.
Guo Shoujing has also entered the temple. Where is he, Xu Jue?
After talking to Li Xian for a while, he felt tired and went to sleep.
Li Xian looked at Xu Jue's back and sighed. Xu Jue, who was good at fighting for power and gain, was alive again!
And in Yiju.
The weather in August became increasingly muggy, and Wang Yue decided to organize his troops and march south.
There are three reasons. First, the people north of Anju in North Korea have basically been removed. Most of the remaining people are die-hards, so there is no need to care about them.
Secondly, the Tatar soldiers in his hands already understood the flag language and could speak simple Chinese. The key was that the Tatar soldiers were generous and had no money to spend. They asked for orders to fight several times, and Wang Yue could no longer hold them back.
Third, Mao Zhong sent a message that the three guards of Jianzhou had been plowed down and there was no one left.
Mao Zhonghui marched into North Korea from the west.
So it was time for Wang Yue to attack.
Wang Yue brought three months of grain and grass from Liaoning.
And starting from Yizhou, we quickly crossed and entered Dingzhou.
The people of Dingzhou paid no attention to the Ming army passing by.
Not only the Korean people ignored them, but also the Jurchen soldiers having fun in Dingzhou City pretended not to see them.
Wang Yue was speechless.
The Jurchen soldiers knew that the cavalry could not attack the city, so they closed the city gate and continued to have fun.
The Jurchens are a fishing and hunting people, not a riding and shooting people.
So Jurchen soldiers are not natural cavalry!
They are infantry!
Wang Yue passed through Dingzhou and Qinchuan and was stationed in Anzhou.
Anju is quite close to Pyongyang and not far from Uiju, but there are several cities in between. Wang Yue went deep alone and had no way out.
The same was true in Anzhou. The Jurchens closed the city and ignored the Ming army outside the city.
The Jurchen soldiers drove the Koreans out of the city. They occupied the city and slowly absorbed the Koreans and merged with the Jurchens.
The people from the court who were absorbed all had their hair shaved off and tied into a dog's tail.
Stationed in Anzhou was Fancha.
Fancha is the son of Mengge Timur.
Meng brother Timur also has a name, Aixinjueluo Mentemu, and is honored as the ancestor of Qingzhao.
Li Manzhu is Fancha's father-in-law.
Fancha was an ambitious man. He was not satisfied with being Li Manzhu's lackey. He secretly expanded his power. However, because he only had a few thousand Jurchens in his hands, he slowly absorbed the Chao people and merged with the Jurchens.
Today, he has 7000 troops.
Occasionally plunder nearby cities and build ordnance, and his ambitions burst out.
Therefore, when Wang Yue arrived in Anzhou, he closed the city gate and observed Wang Yue's every move on the city wall, fearing that Wang Yue would not leave when he stopped in Anzhou.
He sent envoys to show his official status as the commander of Qianshi appointed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and offered gold and silver treasures to bribe Wang Yue.
Wang Yue found this Fancha interesting.
In the seventh year of Zhengtong's reign, Fanchajiu and Dong Shan had a heated dispute over the seal. Later, the imperial court split the right guard from Jianzhou's left guard.Dong Shan is in charge of the left guard, and Fancha is in charge of the right guard.
But Dong Shan and Fancha are both rebels.
Fan Cha secretly expands his strength and recruits Korean warriors.
Dong Shan did even more ruthlessly. He was unscrupulous in western Korea, forcing the people to shave their heads and change their clothes, and forcibly recruited warriors to join the Jurchens. He had as many as [-] troops.
Wang Yue accepted the goods and wrote a letter to Fancha.
He told them that he was only working for the imperial court, which wanted to save the Korean people and kill the bandit leader Li Manzhu, but had no intention of annihilating the Jurchens.
The two sides reached a tacit agreement.
Wang Yue established a shelter outside the city and transported Korean people north.
The city continues to expand its strength, and both sides have a tacit understanding.
The Tatar surrender general Zheng Guta walked into the military tent and said: "My lord, the army is very dissatisfied. They are dissatisfied that you do not fight but care about the people."
Tatars speak straightforwardly.
Zheng Guta conferred the title of Le'an Bo. He already spoke Chinese very fluently and considered himself a Ming Dynasty man.
This time the central government specially transferred him to take control of the Tatar army.
Wang Yue did not feel dissatisfied and said with a smile: "Does Uncle Le'an know that he is building a plank road in secret to visit Chencang?"
"Ah?" Zheng Guta didn't know much about idioms, nor could he read such profound ancient books.
"We marched southward, but failed to defeat a single city."
"There are nails all over the back, there is no way out."
"When we win, we can still keep our retreat, but what if we lose?"
Wang Yue said seriously: "If you want to attack Anzhou, you must remove the four nails of Dingzhou, Qinchuan, Yanzhou, and Guicheng before you can continue to advance south."
Then why don't you attack each city one by one?
Why are you in such a hurry to come to Anzhou?
Zheng Guta was stunned: "What you mean is that we pretended to take in the people, but actually let our people pretend to be people and steal these four cities."
Wang Yue laughed.
It's just part of his plan.
He still wants to take the opportunity to capture Pyongyang, otherwise wouldn't he be able to attack each city one by one?Why did he have to cross into Anzhou?
This is the reason why he made a big move, gave up his retreat, and entered Anzhou.
Anju is very close to Pyongyang. There is no tough battle to fight on the way to Pyongyang. The only difficult battle is Anju City.
Fancha from Anzhou City obviously had no intention of helping Li Manzhu.
He had written and tested it.
Fancha wants to stand on his own feet, but has no intention of helping his father-in-law Li Manzhu escape.
"How do you want me, Old Zheng, to fight?" Zheng Guta had long wanted to make meritorious deeds.
As a general, it was not easy for him to gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty. He had to rely on his ability and fight battle after battle to make the emperor reuse him.
"Sneak attack on Pyongyang!"
Wang Yue said that he would not stop until he died.
He had no intention of slowing down in North Korea, but to attack quickly, destroying Li Manzhu first, and then deal with Fancha and Dongshan.
As for the Jurchens’ disaster in Korea, what does it have to do with the Ming Dynasty?
even!
He wants the Jurchen soldiers to wreak havoc on North Korea, and let the North Korean people know that the Jurchens are bad, so that they can know how good the Ming Dynasty is!
Only then would they be willing to merge into the Ming Dynasty!
After he settled in Pyongyang, he had no intention of returning Pyongyang to North Korea.
Everything is within his grasp.
He not only controls the situation on the battlefield, but also controls the situation outside the battlefield. The hearts of the Korean scholars are the foundation for who becomes king in Korea.
He has been calculating.
the next day.
The Ming army immigrated step by step.
Fancha, who was looking at the top of the city, saw in his eyes that he almost confirmed that the Ming general had no ambition to attack him. After all, he was fighting in a foreign country. Everyone could make some money and not be at odds with each other, and everyone would be happy.
Similarly, the Jurchen generals from the four cities of Dingzhou, Qinchuan, Yanzhou, and Turtle City also sent envoys to trade with Wang Yue, and formed a tacit understanding with each other.
They don't care about Ming Dynasty immigration.
Ming Dynasty did not care about their harm to North Korea.
Only North Korea is unlucky.
North Korea in August is even hotter than the capital.
Wang Yue was covered in sweat. He received a letter of urging from King Li Yao of North Korea. This was the No. 18 letter he had received.
North Korea formed a death squad and sent warriors to bypass the layers of blockade and deliver the royal decree to Wang Yue.
Wang Yue sneered and threw aside the reminder letter No. 18.
"If you have this determination, can you still not regain the lost ground?"
Wang Yue ridiculed the king of Korea.
It is the sorrow of Korean ministers to serve such a king.
"Will it rain in the next few days?"
Wang Yue has been waiting for the opportunity.
Not waiting for rain, but not waiting for rain!
The roads in North Korea are muddy and difficult to walk on. Once it rains, the army will be trapped on the road and it will be difficult to complete his strategic concept.
In this battle, he fought very quickly.
The Korean people are not very willing to leave their homeland, but the Tatar army is fierce and will kill them when they need to, without mercy.
The Tatar soldiers vented their dissatisfaction with Wang Yue on the Korean people.
The Jurchen soldiers killed them all and drove the people out of the city.
The Tatar soldiers killed them again, forced them to board the ship, and immigrated to Liaohetao, killing all the disobedient ones.
The water of several rivers was dyed red.
late August.
The refugees transported this time were different. When they passed through various cities, there was no overwhelming cry, but it was very quiet.
It was night, and the Jurchen soldiers on duty in Qinchuan could not hear the cries, but could not sleep peacefully.
But in the last few batches of ships, the people inside have been very quiet. I guess they are used to it. Those who cried were all killed?
The Jurchen soldiers on guard at night were also wondering, does the Ming Dynasty lack these women?
Shiploads of girls are being transported to Liaoning!
So fucking horny.
suddenly.
They heard a noise, which seemed to come from the city wall. Maybe some Korean girl couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide by jumping off the city wall?
It is true that there are no Korean men in the city, but there are many Korean women.
These Jurchen soldiers' legs feel weak every day.
Life is comfortable.
"Who?"
Suddenly, the night guard shouted in alarm, and as soon as he opened the door, a sharp knife slit his throat.
Four men in night clothes killed the night watch officers and soldiers, went down along the city wall, and opened the city gate.
Suddenly, the entire Qinchuan City fell into chaos.
The Jurchen guards didn't know what happened, but the city was broken, and then the city was in chaos. People were crying for their fathers and mothers, and there was fire everywhere.
It’s not just Qin Chuan.
Dingzhou, Guicheng, and Yanzhou were all attacked by the Ming army at the same moment.
The city was seized by the Ming army.
The Jurchen soldiers fled and suffered countless casualties.
Wang Yue did not issue orders to the armies and did not let them drive out the Jurchen soldiers.
Because there is no need to ask for trouble, the Tatar soldiers will not listen at all.
They entered the city, drove away the Jurchens, and began to rob women and property. They even fought each other for women.
These Korean ladies serve the Jurchens in the first half of the night and the Tatars in the second half of the night.
Finally found an honest man to marry...
August 29.
The four cities of Dingzhou, Yanzhou, Guicheng and Qinchuan were captured at the same time.
The passage from Anju back to Uiju has been completely opened.
However, Zheng Guta led two thousand Tatar soldiers, hiding day and night, and appeared in Pyongyang City.
Li Manzhu lives in Pyongyang city.
He was actually preparing to become king and call himself King of Han.
Pyongyang is the most famous fortified city in North Korea. If it is attacked by force, it will not be opened within three to five years.
Li Manzhu opened Pyongyang and relied on spies to open the city gates.
Similarly, Zheng Guta had to rely on spies to open Pyongyang City.
If Li Manzhu regards this as the administrative center, there will definitely be a power struggle. Some people will gain power and others will lose power.
Wang Yue gathered a large number of Korean refugees and found many nobles among them.
Through them, Wang Yue established communication channels with Pyongyang City.
After all, this is the northern capital of North Korea.
Li Yao was planning to move the capital to Pyongyang, so Pyongyang City was built after Seoul, and there were still a group of officials in the city who had not had time to escape.
There are still some of them who are loyal to the king.
Seeing that the Ming Dynasty soldiers are rescuing North Korea, they are naturally willing to open the gates of Pyongyang, expel the bandits, and act as a hero who endures hardships even though he suffers hardships.
boom!
The huge gate of Pyongyang City was opened from the inside.
Zheng Guta commanded his troops to enter.
A scholar wearing a Korean official robe knelt down to Master Wang, but Zheng Guta smiled ghostly at him.
Wang Yue also gave him another task!
Kill all the North Korean ministers in Pyongyang City!
Not one left!
I really can’t believe the encyclopedia. I looked it up on the encyclopedia and found that the capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. But today I saw on other encyclopedias that it’s Seoul. After another check, it finally turned out to be Seoul... But it’s all written before, and the map will be uploaded soon.
(End of this chapter)
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