Win the Ding 1617

Because Yan Meier and Li Muhua, who was released from the cold palace, set off back to Hue to deal with the many affairs of the palace's relocation, the inner house in Guangzhou was presided over by Ao Lei Yilan.

Li Peiting and the Seventh Madam are naturally acquaintances, if he hadn't gone to Heilongjiang to carry out trading activities, Aolei Yilan's family would probably still be hunting wild animals desperately for an iron pot in the mountains at this moment.How can there be today's scenery and wealth?

However, at this time and at that time, it is difficult to mention the things of that year now, after all, everyone's identities are there now.One is the favorite concubine who gave birth to a strong son for the lord, and the other is a minister. Li Peiting is still very clear about the proportions.

"I've seen Mrs. Seven!"

The two brothers followed the rules and gave Aolei Yilan a big gift.

"You two brothers, I'm so sorry. I came here to welcome you. If it weren't for you, my parents and clan members would still be detained by the Liao thief Dorgon!"

When Li Huayu negotiated peace with Huang Taiji, the first thing he proposed was to release all the Saurons captured by him in the Heilongjiang River Basin. Among them were Aolei Yilan's father Xier Qiyin, mother Anda Jin and several brothers and sisters.

These thousands of Saurons were of no use in Huang Taiji's hands, they could only be wasted money and food, so he was happy to do favors, and sent these thousands of people to Shizikou, and then transported them to Dengzhou.

Inside, there are members of Aolei Yilan's family.

Young Master Li knew that there were his own in-laws among the Sauron people, so he would not be negligent, and immediately ordered people to send Ao Lei Yilan's parents and brothers to Guangzhou by fast boat to reunite with Seventh Aunt Niang.Naturally, he would not be polite to the remaining thousands of Saurons, and selected the young and strong among them, and organized them into his own cavalry team according to the composition of Hara and Mokun.

The so-called Hara and Mokun are social organizations unique to the Saurons.Until the beginning of the 20th century, there were still remnants of the clan organization among the Daur people.They are divided into Aolei, Onen, Mengerdeng, Guobeile, Nadi, Wore, Wuran, Ulis, Dedule, Sodor, Jin Qili, Sudur, Aldan, Huerla Si, He Yin, Bi Liyang, Tao Mu, He Sier, Erte, Bu Ketu.A total of 20 hala.Ao Lei ranked first.Each Hara is divided into several Mokuns, and the Mokuns have a common family tree. Every few years, the adult men of all Mokuns gather to repair the family tree.They elected Mokunda as the most respected person of the year.To manage Mokun affairs, major internal events need to be resolved by the Mokun meeting.Mokun has public lands such as Yulin Mountain, wicker forest, and pasture.Every spring and autumn, people gather to worship Obo, praying for good weather, good harvests, and prosperous livestock, and hold horse racing, archery, wrestling, hockey and other sports activities.

These more than a thousand Sauron Dingzhuang are naturally galloping back and forth in the mountains and forests.Of course, Li Huayu couldn't let go of the hero who shoots and hunts wild animals.After they were equipped with armor, knives and guns according to their habits and according to the weapon system of Liao thieves, these people immediately became an elite cavalry in Li Huayu's hands.

As for Ao Lei Yilan's parents and brothers, they are naturally treated like honored guests by Li Shouhan.Enjoying the treatment like heaven, it's just that Li Shouhan's cheap father-in-law and mother-in-law are not very comfortable with the climate in Guangzhou, and they want to go back to the north, or at least go back to Shandong to be with the tribe.

It is understandable when you think about it, you let a couple of old people who are used to living in the mountains and forests of Heilongjiang go to Guangzhou to live.It is difficult to adapt to modern conditions in a short period of time, let alone the Chongzhen period more than 300 years ago?

However, these matters were Li Shouhan's domestic affairs, and it was not good for Li Peilin and his brother to interfere too much.The purpose of their coming today is not just to celebrate the full moon for the two newly born children.

"Brother, do you still remember the scene when we first arrived in He Tinh?"

After Aolei Yilan ordered people to offer tea, tea and fruit snacks, he pleaded guilty, got up and left.Although she and Li Peiting are also acquaintances, she is also aware of each other's identities at the moment. The boundary between them is invisible and intangible, but it exists like a gap.

Seeing Ao Lei Yilan leave.Li Peiting was quite moved, looked at the surrounding environment, and suddenly asked Li Peilin such a question.

How can this be forgotten? !That was an important juncture for the two brothers of the Li family to be reborn as human beings!

However, what was Li Shouhan's state back then?What is the state now?

It can be said.The help of the two brothers, who have worked so hard and devoted all their energy, has now begun to take shape.

"Back then, the lord's territory was only a thousand miles away, and the people under his rule were only hundreds of thousands of people, so he already had a mind of the world. Now, with a territory of thousands of miles, and a powerful army at home and abroad. The people under his rule have enough food and clothing, the treasury is full, and the soldiers Excellent, when we persuade the lord Jin to make an early decision!"

There are also many factions in the Southern Guangdong Army, and there are many mountains.There are many factions such as the so-called Conglong faction, Barbarian faction, and Mainland faction.The Li brothers are representatives of the inland faction.However, these factions undoubtedly hope that Li Shouhan can gain more power and have more space.In this regard, Li Peiting is the best representative of persuasion, which is implicitly acknowledged by all factions.They all hope that Li Shouhan can ascend to that position as soon as possible!

The difference between the various factions is where the Southern Guangdong Army will put its main force after Li Shouhan ascends to the throne, where will the focus of power and most of its resources be placed!

A group of people headed by Li Huayu, the eldest son of Li, advocated based on Nanzhong and expanded land in Shizhou, Fusang and other places. As for the Central Plains, it is a source of labor and a market for various products.In the opinion of this group of people, it is best for the mainland to continue fighting like this for decades, so that the Southern Guangdong Army has enough time to turn Shizhou, Nanzhong, Fusang and other places into their own backyard before proceeding. Solve the problem of the Central Plains.

However, the Li family brothers and the inland faction behind them didn't think so.They believed that they should go north to the Central Plains as soon as possible, and establish a righteous name early, so that Li Shouhan can no longer order the Quartet as a rather embarrassing Ming Dynasty courtier, the bastard Liang Guogong!

Moreover, after the Central Plains were pacified, a large number of people resumed production and recuperated everywhere, and they would also find a good place for all kinds of production in Nanzhong. With such a huge population base, why worry about things not being sold?

"If the Central Plains were really like the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the end of the Tang Dynasty, they were slaughtered and hacked for decades, and it would be sparsely populated. It's like what Cao Mengde said in his poem, the bones are exposed in the wild and there are no chickens. In any case, it is also a scene that the Lord does not want to see."

Before coming, Li Peilin and his good brother Li Peiting analyzed Li Shouhan's inner thoughts, and prepared to put himself in Li Shouhan's perspective to find a reason that could persuade him to send his troops to the north as soon as possible.

There is a saying that the arrow cannot break the arrow shaft.Although the Southern Guangdong Army is strong and strong.The food and salary are plentiful, but if you can't get the approval of Li Shouhan, the head of the family, then.Any kind of view or attitude towards the mainland can only be like a flower in a mirror.

However, it is Li Peilin who is familiar with people's hearts and government affairs, understands the filth of officialdom, and the morals of the world.Li Peiting was no longer the playboy he was back then, but the two brothers still couldn't figure out what Li Shouhan, who had been with him for more than [-] years, had in mind for the Ming court.

If it was said that Li Shouhan was not a loyal minister of the Ming court, even the Donglin Party, which had the most hatred for Li Shouhan in the court, would not believe it.They can only explain Li Shouhan's many actions with words such as traitorous like loyalty.

Several times, when the court was in crisis, he traveled thousands of miles to prepare his own food and pay for the king, and every time he was beaten by Jiannu until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. The court, which had seriously lost points in politics, had a good record, so that the Ming court could save some face.

For the sake of the Ming court, not only did Li Shouhan send troops and money himself, but he also tried every means to plan military pay for the court, serve the military rations, and open up a source of pay.Several cabinet chiefs also sighed in their spare time.If all the generals in the imperial court are like Li Jueshuai, why worry about the Ming Dynasty not being able to rejuvenate?

Since the ninth year of Chongzhen, Li Shouhan has paid hundreds of thousands of food and salaries to the inner court every year, and handed over the customs duties of Guangzhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and other places to the imperial court in full, which made the original worry about the increasingly difficult finances The Chongzhen Emperor had a lot of money around his waist.It is even more caring for Zhu Youjian's daily life, diet and life.Right now, almost half of the inner court's daily expenses for food and clothing are borne by Duke Liang's government!

Li Shouhan's actions fully met the standard of a foolish and loyal person!

Regarding this, the Li family brothers could only shake their heads secretly and sigh.However, the members of the Donglin party evaluated Li Shouhan's loyalty and respect in a different tone: "Duke Zhou is afraid of rumor days. When Wang Mang was a corporal. If he died first at that time, who would know who will be loyal and traitorous through the ages?" To judge Li Shouhan's various deeds by means of poisoning and first judging Li Shouhan's original sin.

No wonder.Looking at Li Shouhan's words from another angle, it is completely different.

In order to win Guangdong and Guangxi, he did not hesitate to collude with local officials in Guangdong and Guangxi first.A large amount of cheap grain, rice, sugar and iron utensils were imported, and those farmers in Guangdong and Guangxi and those who relied on sugar extraction and iron smelting for a living went bankrupt.In order to survive, he had no choice but to leave his hometown and take risks, turning Guangdong and Guangxi into a turbulent place.

As a result, Nanzhong, which originally lacked labor force.Immediately obtained a continuous source of labor!It is also by going north to Guangdong and Guangxi to calm the chaos, and to bring Guangdong and Guangxi into its own system!

As for exchanging armor, knives, guns, food and cloth with various thieves running around the Central Plains in private, it is not surprising.Because of this kind of business, the Southern Guangdong Army is not only doing business with the thieves, but also with the officers and soldiers from all over the country.

On one side is the crumbling pillar of the building of the Ming Dynasty, but on the other hand, it keeps waving the shovel and pick and desperately digs the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.This is the rather contradictory image of Li Shouhan in the eyes of the two Li Peilin brothers!

"Perhaps, our lord wants to be Li Yuan, right? It's just that the time is not ripe right now, and we dare not reveal our banner."

The two brothers talked to themselves half to comfort and half to make fun of themselves.

Aolei Yilan arranged extremely rich full moon wine for the two sons of Dawa Yangzong and Yangjin Zhuoma.However, brothers Li Shouhan and Li Peilin both had something on their minds, even if the flat peaches of the Queen Mother and the liver and gall of the Third Prince of the East China Sea were placed in front of them, they were like chewing wax.

After finishing the full moon wine with great difficulty, Li Shouhan invited the two elder brothers to the flower hall in the water pavilion for a chat.Hearing this, Brother Li Peilin immediately lifted his spirits!

They all know very well that the flower hall in the water pavilion is a pavilion built in the water, removing a few wooden boards on the promenade is to isolate it from the land, and there is a dark river passing under the flower hall, the water is deep and the current is fast. , What is said in the flower hall, even if you are holding a small boat under the flower hall, you will not hear anything!It is the most suitable place to discuss important matters in secret!

"Brother Zong, just now at the banquet, I saw that the two of you were unwilling to eat. Presumably there must be something on your mind, today there are only you and me here. If you have anything to say, just like when you were in Hejing, you can speak freely!"

Several entourages arranged seats for the three of them.Boiling water with a small red clay stove, he listed some new melon and fruit snacks, and was dismissed by Li Shouhan with a wave of his hand.

The meat is here!The two brothers exchanged glances with each other, and they were both pleased with Li Shouhan's straightforward attitude, which showed.In the mind of our lord, we are still the same as when we were in Hejing!

"My lord, what do you think of the current situation in the Central Plains?" Li Peilin asked his own question.

"The situation in the Central Plains?" Li Shouhan smiled wryly. He spared no expense in management and assistance, and even personally raised troops to go north to fight Liaodong.But what is the exchange?Except that the Saurons supported by Li Peiting shot and wounded the Qing emperor during the crusade against Huang Taiji, which finally led to his sudden death, there is almost nothing to say.

Liaodong is like this, and the Central Plains is even more corrupt.

"The day before yesterday, I received an urgent report from Hua Yu's order. Sun Dushi and Sun Baigu's [-] people actually collapsed and disappeared overnight in the mountainous area of ​​western Henan. The mountainous piles of luggage and armor were all cheap for Li Zicheng, who he painstakingly recruited and trained. The soldiers and horses in Shaanxi also surrendered to Li Chuang's command! This is like adding wings to a tiger!"

"Exactly! Elder Sun also bought a lot of weapons and armor on credit from me that day! If it wasn't for the master's plan to expand the army in Nanzhong, the number of large and small cannons is not enough, I'm afraid he would have to buy hundreds of cannons on credit! Now Thinking about it, it was a fluke! If I had given it to him that day, it would have been a waste of money today, Li Zicheng!"

"Sun Chuanting's defeat was not due to bandits, but to officials and gentry, to the court. To the emperor!" Li Shouhan put the teacup in his hand heavily on the tea table, and the water in the cup splashed a few drops on the ground. Marble tabletop inlaid with rosewood.

"He himself wrote several times to the imperial court, asking for a delay in leaving Tongguan. The reason is that soldiers and horses have not been trained. But, what about the imperial court? From the emperor to the cabinet leaders, to the officials, gentry and clan in Shaanxi, there are repeated requests. He quickly dispatched troops to rescue Chengtian! Damn it! Zuo Liangyu's servants will never come, and they will turn a blind eye if they don't listen to their orders. Sun Chuanting is loyal to the country, and begged for the time being not to rush out of the customs in order to preserve this family of Daming. But look at how this group of people behave? They are really bullying honest people!"

Li Shouhan was also filled with anger and suppressed it for a long time.Muttering angrily in his mouth.Li Peilin had already expected his performance.Li Peiting had already received Li Shouhan's instructions to tell him that the Longsheng system in the capital must be managed up and down to ensure that Sun Chuanting would not suffer any grievances in the sky prison.Therefore, almost all the prisoners in the sky jail enjoyed the night visit of the people from the Longshengxing firm, and they were treated with heavy money and sharp knives in front of them. "Take these silver dollars, so that you can serve Dushi Sun, otherwise, this knife will kill your entire family!"

Which of those prison guards would dare to take such a risk?Putting a lot of money and not taking it, but taking the lives of the whole family to gamble on whether the wealthy and powerful Long Shengxing will be real?When Sun Chuanting was taken to Beijing and sent to the sky prison, these people served Sun Chuanting more carefully and meticulously than their father. Not only did they not dare to ask for any regular rewards, they were quite afraid in their words and expressions.I'm afraid that my words will offend this Master Sun and bring me a catastrophe.

"Sun Baigu's defeat lies in the foundation. The so-called weak foundation shakes the mountain. He has offended those officials, gentry, generals and clans long ago when he enforced the New Deal in Shaanxi. So they have good reason to attack the New Deal!"

"My lord's words are very true! However," Li Peiting suddenly remembered something, and cold sweat broke out on his face and forehead!

"What's the matter?" Li Shouhan and Li Peilin both noticed the change in Li Peiting's expression, and immediately asked with concern.

"My lord, just now you talked about Sun Baigu's deeds in Shaanxi, and you gave a comment that was not firmly established. However, my subordinates remembered Huayu's deeds in Shandong and other places. All kinds of things in it, now I think about it. Sun Chuanting has many similarities."

According to the traditional practice of the Southern Guangdong Army, after occupying a new area, a large number of work teams will go to the countryside, then implement the policy of reducing rent and interest, promulgate a unified progressive tax collection system for money and food, and then appoint village and town chiefs .After such a combination of punches, even the magistrate appointed by the imperial court in the county seat, but it is already difficult for the government to leave the city gate!

However, Li Huayu is keen on building a large farm in Shandong.A large number of uncultivated and abandoned lands were purchased all at once, and then refugees were recruited for reclamation and planted with wheat, cotton and other things.Over the past few years, although wheat has been piled up in warehouses, and cotton has been transported to Nanzhong one by one, there are very few grassroots officials and village and town government construction.

The Confucian and Mencius families who lived with him in Shandong, as well as the officials and clans from all over the place, gritted their teeth and endured his policy of reducing rent and interest, returning fire consumption to the public, and officials and gentry working together to pay food for errands. The income of cotton is good, and they are promoting planting in their respective farms one after another.

"My lord, I'm afraid something will happen to you if you do this, Eldest Young Master!" Li Peilin also frowned after listening to his younger brother's speech. (~^~)