My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 98 Sun Chengzong governs the Liao Dynasty

"The two thieves Gao Huai and Li Chengliang destroyed Liaodong."

"Within ten or eight years, Liaodong may not be stable."

With the white-pole soldiers, a group of people walked on the street. Seeing the fear in the eyes of passers-by, Sun Chengzong sighed in his heart.

However, he expressed dissatisfaction with Xiong Tingbi's accusations against the Liao people in his memorial.

Who said Xiong Tingbi was a pig-headed man? In order to coax guest troops from Wanli, this guy went too far in belittling the Liao people.

"The Kuang Liao people are steeped in Hu customs and have similar temperaments and habits. The thieves kill them, their parents and their wives without resentment, but when the government has servants, they complain endlessly. The thieves are sent as spies, and they sacrifice their lives, while the government sends envoys to guard them. The city, although the ministers cried to feel it, did not move."

Although, this is a fact, but you can't tell lies with your eyes open and blame all the problems on the Liao people.

The current situation in Liaodong was forced out by Gao Huai and Li Chengliang who had worked tirelessly for more than [-] years.

From the 27th year of Wanli, when Gaohuai entered the Liao Dynasty, to the battle of Saarhu in the 46th year of Wanli, Li Rubai wiped out the last remaining members of the Li family.

During this period, the people of Liaodong were living in dire straits.

To a certain extent, Nurhachi was in Liaodong just to punish the people.

In these days, when inspecting the city, Sun Chengzong often heard folk songs such as "Liao people have no brains, and they all cut them out in the Huai River; Liao people have no marrow, and they all drain them in the Huai River."

"My boss, this is an urgent letter sent from eight hundred miles away from the capital."

Just after inspecting the granary, Sun Chengzong's master came to him to report.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong was shocked.

Something important has to be sent eight hundred miles away urgently.

"The five guards were abolished and a government was established. Yang Hao was appointed as the military envoy of Dingliao. He was in charge of writing, and Yang Hao was in charge of the army. The two of them jointly presided over the separation of military and political affairs."

After quickly reading the letter in his hand, Sun Chengzong frowned. This was a letter from the emperor.

Sun Chengzong frowned a little at the emperor's arrangement.

Yang Hao, you can say that he is talented, he has sent a wave of talents.

You might say he has no talent, but he has won quite a lot of foreign wars he presided over.

"Yang Hao."

Looking at the name on the letter, Sun Chengzong's eyes flickered, and he finally nodded.

Abolition of the ward and establishment of a government office, and presiding over the restructuring of the ward, is obviously an offending job.

If he were to preside over it, to be honest, Sun Chengzong was really not sure that he could suppress the Liaodong generals.

But it is possible to let Yang Hao come. After all, Yang Hao has been in Liaodong for many years. Although he lost the battle and lost a lot of people, he still has some prestige among the Liaodong generals.

Putting the letter into his sleeve, Sun Chengzong led the people back to the governor's office.

After sitting in front of the desk for a long time, Sun Chengzong took out a map of Liaodong and combined the contents of the letter to outline the boundaries of each prefecture.

The emperor only designated four prefectures, but the county boundaries below needed to be drawn by him, the governor.

The selection of the county magistrate, the county seat, and the accompanying officials were handed over directly to him with a stroke of his pen.

Although he was very touched by the emperor's trust in him, Sun Chengzong felt that he was going to let down the emperor.

It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

How long has he been in Liaodong? Where can he find suitable candidates to arrange for him?

After writing down the names of several useful minor officials I had observed these days, Sun Chengzong had no candidates.

"I have to contact some old friends. Old Liaodong can help me."

Reaching out and hammering his waist, Sun Chengzong thought in his mind.

I don’t know if those people are willing to come to Liaodong.

After writing until late at night, Sun Chengzong put on his clothes and fell asleep.

These days, he is very busy.

Early the next morning, after washing, Sun Chengzong led a hundred white-armed soldiers out of the city to inspect the territory.

Then, he met a caravan who was burying pots to make rice.Giving the big black horse he was riding to his entourage, Sun Chengzong walked into the caravan's camp.

Before the team leader arrived, Sun Chengzong pricked up his ears and listened to the chatter of the team members.

To his surprise, he heard the familiar Datong dialect: "Cisa".

Raising his eyebrows, Sun Chengzong was a little surprised that this person from Datong, Shanxi Province came to Liaodong to do business.

Noticing that there were hundreds of soldiers outside the camp, Fan Jincai, the leader of the caravan, quickly got out of the carriage and walked towards Sun Chengzong, who was obviously here to negotiate.

"What are you doing in Liaoyang?"

Seeing the brocade robe on the visitor, Sun Chengzong knew that this person was a leader and asked.

"When we return to the official, we will collect some mountain products and transport them to the capital to sell."

"What kind of mountain goods can be harvested in Liaodong?"

Not long after arriving in Liaodong, Sun Chengzong asked curiously as he still didn't know much about the local specialties.

"That's a lot."

I don’t know why Sun Chengzong brought the troops here, the leader said with a smile.

"Liaodong's wild ginseng, leather goods, and horses are in high demand in the capital."

With that said, Fan Jincai took out a small purse from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into Sun Chengzong's hand.

"Sir, I know that the investigation of spies in Liaodong is very tight now, but we are not spies. We know that Shenyang is short of food, so we collected some grain from Tianjin and shipped it. We wanted to sell it in Liaodong and collect some mountain goods on the way. I hope it’s convenient for us to go there.”

"Dang bang bang bang."

He reached out to take the purse handed over by Fan Jincai, shook it a few times, and estimated that there were more than ten taels of broken silver. A smile appeared on Sun Chengzong's face.

"Since you are transporting food, let's go there."

Throwing the purse back into Fan Jincai's hand, Sun Chengzong waved his hand.

"I was just passing by. I came to take a look out of curiosity. You don't have to be nervous."

"You want to collect some mountain goods and go back, but now you have to make a living. Anyway, you have a lot of time. Just tell me what is the most profitable."

As Sun Chengzong spoke, he asked the shopkeeper to introduce him to Liaodong in Fan Jincai's eyes.

At the same time, in a corner of the camp, a group of businessmen who were transporting grain to Liaodong and planning to "trade horses" were sitting on grain bags and looking at Fan Jincai who was chatting with Sun Chengzong.

"Shopkeeper, what's happening? Are the Sichuan troops trying to rob?"

From the shapes of the weapons in the hands of the soldiers outside, I recognized the identities of these soldiers. A groom who looked like he was a capable man looked at the boss and asked.

"Does not look like."

Lu Chuan shook his head while biting into the baked and dry pancake.

"It is said that the Sichuan Army has very strict military discipline, and Xiong Jinglue is strict in running the army. I think this kind of thing will not happen."

"It's impossible to say."

Hearing this, the man shook his head.

"We saw it on the way here. Liaodong is in chaos now. The local soldiers and horses in Liaodong live by robbing."

"Um..."

Hearing this, Lu Chuan fell into silence for a while.

"Let brothers be careful and prepare everyone. If necessary, kill the generals out."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the capable man handed over his hands and went to deliver the order.

They are not businessmen, they are Jin Yiwei who come with disguised identities.

Originally, according to the plan, they were to break up in Guangning, but on the way Lu Chuan discovered that the identity of this group of people was wrong, so he followed them stubbornly on the pretext that food could be sold at a higher price in Liaoyang.

If someone robbed him here, even though he could get the place back afterwards, Lu Chuan would be completely disgraced.

(End of this chapter)