Han ride

Chapter 302 Conquering the Seven Great Families
Li Xin's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he took a deep look at Chen Xinjia. He didn't expect that such a radical guy in history would have such a view.

"What. Master Hou, do you have other opinions?" Although Chen Xinjia didn't know why Li Xin asked himself this question, he said in displeasure: "Master Hou is a famous general in the world, you should see that I am facing internal and external troubles, and internal troubles. Can't solve it, how can we solve foreign troubles? Although Jiannu is very powerful in a short period of time, the territory is small and the stamina is insufficient. If we solve the internal problems, we will have enough strength to solve Jiannu. How many soldiers and horses are there for Jiannu? Adding up and down, there are only a few hundred thousand people, but our Central Plains has a vast land and abundant resources, and the population is dozens of times more than that of slaves. With such a foundation, why should we be afraid of slaves?"

"Master Chen is both civil and military, and this Marquis admires it very much." Li Xin's face was full of admiration, but he shook his head in his heart. The Chen Xinjia in front of him left a dirty reputation in history, and it may not be his fault. , but for Emperor Chongzhen.The Liaodong War at the beginning was conducive to long-term confrontation, which cut off the food and grass for Jiannu. Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen did not see this, or even if he saw this, the Ming Dynasty no longer had the economic basis to deal with Jiannu. No, it can only be forced to fight quickly.It's just that Chongzhen said it through the mouth of Chen Xinjia, the minister of the Ministry of war. Later, when the incident happened, he used Chen Xinjia as a scapegoat.Chen Xinjia originally thought that Chongzhen would pardon him after he was sent to prison, but unfortunately, Chongzhen, like his ancestors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, turned his back on his relatives and ignored Chen Xinjia's plea.

"I'll stop myself from building a slave. I don't know who in the court did it?" Li Xin sighed. Chen Xinjia was also tragic. Emperor Chongzhen could write a letter at this time. For a literati like Chen Xinjia, it was better than him. It would be useful to be promoted, but if it was Chen Xinjia, he would have kowtowed long ago.Unfortunately, he is Li Xin, not Chen Xinjia.In this era, he doesn't trust anyone, let alone Emperor Chongzhen who destroyed the Great Wall himself.However, Jianu would have to face him sooner or later, so he simply accepted this task.

"Master Hou!" Chen Xinjia obviously didn't expect that Li Xin still didn't say that in this situation, and he was very disappointed in his heart.

"Most of my subordinates are foreigners. These people are all obedient to the strong. How can they accept a piece of imperial decree?" Li Xin patted Chen Xinjia on the shoulder and said: "I, Li Xin, am a Han and will always be a Han. You are also a Han." A good official, and a rare and talented official in the imperial court. It's a pity."

Chen Xinjia was confused, and didn't understand what Li Xin meant when he said this. However, he was quite happy with Li Xin's evaluation of him.

"Master Hou, now that Lin Dan Khan's army is invading, Horqin and Chahar are also coming here with all their strength. I don't know how Lord Hou will deal with it?" Chen Xinjia asked suddenly.

"What advice does Mr. Chen have?" Li Xin wanted to try Chen Xinjia, who left a little reputation in history.

"Master Hou, I think that although the three armies attack together, they can be treated differently." Seeing Li Xin's question, Chen Xinjia suddenly felt a bit of showing off, and said, "Master Hou, look at the three armies. It went up to obey Lin Danhan's order, but in fact, they were different. Horqin was on the left, and it had the most soldiers and horses, but in fact, it also had the most thoughts. Abandoned by Jiannu, not to mention whether he was really abandoned, but it is almost impossible to make it work for Lin Danhan, so the officials thought that this journey was to wait and see, Hou Ye won, he would retreat, Lin Danhan If he wins, he will also get a piece of the pie; the Chahar tribe is probably Lin Dan Khan's hard-core loyal figure, but his soldiers and horses are mostly composed of herdsmen, so it has little influence on Lord Hou. A part of the soldiers and horses are enough Resist; the only thing to worry about is Lin Danhan's soldiers and horses, this route is strong and strong, but without the other two routes, the momentum will be much smaller, if Lord Hou attacks this route, he will surely win."

"You shouldn't be a governor." After hearing what Chen Xinjia said, Li Xin had a complex look in his eyes.The Central Plains is not only vast and abundant, but also has too many talented people.At least in the Ming Dynasty, there were quite a few civil servants who knew how to fight, such as the existing Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Chun and others, and now there is Chen Xinjia.It is a pity that in the Ming Dynasty, civil officials looked down on military generals, and military generals simply gave up on themselves, and they were rebellious if they had soldiers and horses in their hands. How could they win if they could not be in the same heart?What's more, most of the officials in the center are incompetent, and there is no effective way to provide sufficient support for these civil servants who can fight. Opportunity.

"Ah!" Chen Xinjia obviously didn't expect Li Xin to say such words, and looked at Li Xin for a moment, not knowing what to do.There was only a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"Hehe, you may not be able to charge into the battle, but it is still possible to make suggestions. You should go to the Ministry of War, or the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies." Li Xin said with a smile: "If you can't get along in the Central Plains, you can come to my grassland , I, Yanhuang, welcome you to come!"

"Master Hou was joking." Chen Xinjia looked a little embarrassed, and said with his head down.

"Okay, this Marquis is leaving too. It's a reward to know you when I come to Xuanfu this time." Li Xin said with a smile: "It's a pity that I can't stay in Xuanfu for a long time. Lin Danhan, I will tell you again."

"The next official will be sweeping the couch in Xuanfu." Chen Xinjia said hastily.

"Forget it! Benhou will go back now. Although the Xuan Mansion is good, the enemy has already reached the door. If you don't go back, you will become a bereaved dog." Li Xin said with a smile.

"Master Hou is joking." Chen Xinjia was taken aback, and then said with a smile: "The door of Daming is always open to Lord Hou. With the imperial court as the backing of Lord Hou, what is there to be afraid of, Lord Hou?"

Li Xin nodded indifferently, but secretly smiled in his heart. If it really came to that point, would Emperor Chongzhen really not know how to deal with himself?The civil and military ministers in the court all wanted to kill themselves. In the late Ming Dynasty, the real uncle was the one with soldiers in his hands.Of course, Li Xin wouldn't say these words, there must be some rules for people to mess around in the world.Even if it is a well-known thing, it can only be kept in the heart.

"Have the people from the Seven Great Families come?" In the military camp outside the city, it is said to be a military camp, but in fact it is just a huge tent. Fresh cooked food from here, or feeding war horses on the side,

"My lord, Fan Yongdou and the others are here." Song Xiance said softly from the side.Although he had been with Li Xin for some time, he didn't know much about Li Xin's strength.He also traveled around the world and knew a lot about Shanxi merchants. In the entire north of the Ming Dynasty, that was the world of Shanxi merchants. At the beginning of Jin merchants' wealth, their families were rich.In particular, these seven great families are outstanding representatives of Shanxi merchants. What I didn't expect was that the Shanxi merchants who used to be far away in the sky were by my side at this moment, and I didn't even expect that these Shanxi merchants had a relationship with Li Xin. such a big relationship.Thinking about the scene just now, Song Xiance seemed to be living in a dream.

"They still know each other." Li Xin snorted coldly, and walked into the tent.

"See Lord Hou." As soon as he entered the big tent, he saw Fan Yongdou and others respectfully waiting for his arrival.

"Everyone, this is not the first time we have met, let's all sit down and talk!" Although Li Xin didn't like these fools, he also knew that he still needed these guys at this time, and his face was full of smiles.

"Thank you, Lord Hou." Fan Yongdou and others saw a smile on Li Xin's face, and they were all full of smiles, especially Fan Yongdou, only to hear him say: "The Lord Hou swept across Liaodong, and actually dug up the tomb of the old slave chieftain." , snatched the imperial concubine Jiannu, Lord Hou is really my Huo Qubing of Daming!"

"Yes, yes, Champion!" Tian Shenglan also laughed.

"I don't dare to do it. These are all dependent on the emperor's prestige, and the soldiers use their lives." Li Xin also bowed his hands to the east in a rare way, sat down first, and said to Fan Yongdou and others: "It's been almost a year since the Marquis left for naturalization. , Benhou has heard from Mr. Yuanzhi that these days, your seven great families have solved a lot of troubles for him, and you have recruited millions of refugees from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong. This has greatly increased the strength of the Han people in our grasslands, and this Marquis has thanked you all here."

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it." Everyone quickly pushed out the credit. It is true that recruiting refugees requires a lot of money, but these guys have also made a lot of money from the grassland.

"When you get rich, I, Li Xin, get benefits, so that everyone can develop better and achieve a win-win situation." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "Although I, Li Xin, am also a scholar, unlike those Confucian scholars in the Central Plains, business is cheap. Industry, hum, no agriculture is unstable, no business is not rich. Without you, how can I, Li Xin, have tax revenue, how can I obtain grain, grass, and ironware from the Central Plains? Merchants are also very important. Although the future is uncertain, But now, as long as I, Li Xin, are here, as long as you keep your duties, I, Li Xin, guarantee that you will earn more and more money in the future. If your nephew is not willing to do business, but wants to study? Want to be a general? , as long as you pass the assessment, you can join my Yanhuang Tribe. I, Li Xin, welcome you!"

"Ah!" Fan Yongdou and others looked at each other in the same way when they heard this. Not to mention the win-win situation Li Xin mentioned, it was just improving the status of businessmen, which is enough to make people's hearts move.Although Fan Yongdou and others have a lot of money, they are just businessmen after all, and they are not valued in society at all.As for taking refuge in building slaves, apart from making money, it is also a kind of political investment. Later, Fan Yongdou and others became imperial merchants, just like officials.This shows that what Fan Yongdou and others are asking for.In the Ming Dynasty, merchants were always merchants. You must know that in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor who was born as a cowherd boy, always hated merchants, and even did not allow merchants to wear silk, although as time went on, At this point, it is already much weaker, but it is even more difficult for the son of a merchant to become an official.No matter how rich a businessman is, unless he is extremely capable, there are county magistrates who ruined their homes, and Ling Yinzhi who killed their families said that no matter how rich a businessman is, if he does not have the ability to protect himself, he will always be a fat sheep , the object slaughtered by the rulers.Fan Yongdou and others do not want to live this kind of life.

"What Master Hou said is true?" Fan Yongdou said seriously.

"The so-called private property is sacred and inviolable." Li Xin said solemnly: "In other places, I, Li Xin, dare not say it, but in the Yanhuang Tribe, as long as you do not break the law, I, Li Xin, will protect your income." In order to appease these people, some money To let them continue to serve him, Li Xin did not hesitate to pirate the phrase "private property is sacred and inviolable".This sentence is quite shocking at this time.It just hit the weakness of Fan Yongdou and others.

"Hou Ye is wise." Now Fan Yongdou and the others smiled from their hearts.Regardless of whether Li Xin will do what he said in the future, as long as he says it, it is enough to prove that Li Xin is better than others.

"Of course, there are prerequisites for this. In Benhou's territory, you have to pay taxes. Of course, as long as I, Li Xin, won't ask for a lot of money, one tax for twenty is not too much. Outside Zhangjiakou, You will only be charged once, and you should not evade taxes, or you will be punished severely if caught.”

"This is natural, this is natural." Fan Yongdou and others nodded repeatedly, and everyone could accept a little tax.

"Secondly, you are not allowed to spy on the military information of our Yanhuang Tribe. Whether it is the court or our Yanhuang Tribe, the information must not be leaked, especially if it is sold to Jiannu. Once you find out, don't blame me for being ruthless. At that time, the Seven Great Aristocratic Families must not become the Six Great Aristocratic Families." Li Xin looked gloomy and glanced at everyone.

"Don't dare, dare not." Fan Yongdou felt the murderous intent in Li Xin's words, and a trace of cold sweat subconsciously broke out on his forehead.These people have seen Li Xin's methods. Li Xin has not never done things like ransacking his family and exterminating his family.

"Of course, this Marquis encourages you to give me information about the enemy, mainly Jiannu, hehe, as long as the information is correct, there will be a great reward." With a smile on his face, he said with a smile: "Of course, as you travel the world, you have a wide range of knowledge. You can find all the mountains and rivers in the world, dangerous roads, and even remote paths. This Marquis is relatively young. , some places have never been to, you can draw it as a map, and give it to me when you come back, Li Xin, I, Li Xin, also want to know some customs of Daming! What do you think?"

Everyone hesitated, looking at Fan Yongdou, these guys are stupid, how can they not understand the meaning of Li Xin's words, Li Xin wants everyone to spy on the Ming Dynasty's intelligence!Although Li Xin had asked for it before, most of the people were just shirking, but now Li Xin raised it again in person. Perhaps that's what he thought in his heart, so there is no room for everyone to shirk.

"Master Hou, this matter?" Fan Yongdou hesitated a little, the nature of a businessman is like this, he forgets the profit when he sees it.Once there is a possibility of danger, these guys plan to escape in advance.

"My lord, the masters, the students are a little shallow." Song Xiance spoke at this time.

"What's your opinion, Mister?" Li Xin casually glanced at everyone, and then landed on Song Xiance.

"My lord, I think it's inconvenient for you masters to be such people. My lord, why don't you set up a separate department to deal with this matter. Just let you cooperate with each other." Song Xiance said.

"I'm willing to cooperate." Fan Yongdou and others said quickly after hearing this.Although this requires some risk, it is much less risky than doing it alone, and it is just a matter of cooperation.

After Li Xin heard this, a trace of thought appeared on his face.Although he knows the importance of intelligence, he once asked Shi Yuanzhi to form an intelligence department on the grassland. When he arrived in the Central Plains, Xiao Yu also had an intelligence department in his hands. , he has three sources of information in his hands.Although there are many channels, it is easy to cause confusion, which not only affects the efficiency of intelligence collection, but also makes it easy for people to make wrong judgments.

"What Mr. Song said is very true. We will make a decision on this matter after Lin Danhan is eliminated." Li Xin said to everyone: "Right now, Lin Danhan's army is gathering in the grassland, and the final decisive battle between Ben Hou and Lin Danhan is coming. This battle Afterwards, Lin Dan Khan will definitely perish. Now the remaining question is how much victory can I, Li Xin, win in this war?"

"Lord Hou, Lin Danhan is powerful, do you know what I can provide?" Fan Yongdou and the others looked at each other and said cautiously.These guys actually didn't say that they needed any help, but were worried about whether Li Xin could defeat Lin Danhan.

Li Xin also knew what everyone was thinking, and lowered his head and said: "You say, no matter how powerful Lin Dan Khan is, can he surpass the joint attack of Benhou and Jiannu? To tell you the truth, Jiannu Huang Taiji has been damaged by me. Face, he wants to get it back from Lin Danhan. So he will definitely send troops to Baicheng. This is why I said that Lin Danhan will lose in this war. Now it depends on how much benefit we can get in this war So I need your help."

Only then did Fan Yongdou and others understand why Li Xin was so sure, he was not the only one who dealt with Lin Danhan emotionally.Immediately the mood was uplifted, and he said without hesitation: "But according to Lord Hou's order."

(End of this chapter)