Chapter 173 To deal with the barbarians, we must use a method they can understand
Li Chengliang or the Ming Dynasty warriors have actually been looking forward to having an emperor who treats them as human beings. If they win, they will be rewarded, and if they lose, they will be beheaded. , even if they are given half a salary, they can repel or eliminate all enemies who dare to offend the Ming Dynasty.
When the imperial court settled the unpaid wages, Li Chengliang thought it was an accident. When the emperor bestowed the title of Earl of Ningyuan, Li Chengliang thought it was His Majesty’s kindness. At that time, Li Chengliang thought it was the court trying to appease the martial artist.
When Li Chengliang got the second-class merit medal, Li Chengliang finally confirmed that the power of the Ming Dynasty was changing, and the reason for this change was actually a civil servant, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, who was under the emperor's ear Bian kept murmuring that the warriors fought regardless of life and death and got meritorious services, but they were usurped by civil servants. The world will not be better. This is not a belief in rewards and punishments. This is a loss of the majesty of the imperial court.
So Li Chengliang’s first reaction was to give Buyan a good beating, or take off one of Buyan’s arms. If he didn’t obey, he would beat him until he obeyed.
"Is Li Shuai a little radical?" Zhu Yijun asked after careful consideration.
"Isn't that what your Majesty means? I am stupid." Li Chengliang asked with a puzzled look.
Zhu Yijun thought again, nodded and said: "That's what I mean. Buyan is a little impractical. He needs to be made to recognize the reality. A beating is indeed a good way to recognize the reality."
“To deal with barbarians, we must use a method they can understand.”
Why Buyan still refuses to bow his head is because Tuman Khan believes that instead of trading with the imperial court, he can also trade with Liaodong In the mutual market, Li Chengliang's beating Buyan was just a statement that Liaodong was still the court's Liaodong, and Liaodong would keep pace with the court.
Li Chengliang smiled, as brightly as His Majesty's smile. The little emperor spoke so straightforwardly. Once everyone understood what he said, there wouldn't be so many problems.
"I will go there soon. I have brought some good things from the northeast, and I would like to ask your Majesty to see them." Li Chengliang did not come to Beijing empty-handed. He brought a lot of gifts. To express one's submissiveness, secondly, it also shows the wealth of Liaodong and requests the court's policy tendency. Thirdly, it is a policy test, asking the court's specific thoughts on the matter in Liaodong, whether to continue fighting or to make peace.
Li Chengliang stood aside, and Tishuai Zhao Mengyou came in carrying five leather shelves. A total of five deer skins appeared in the main hall.
"Red deer, reindeer, moose, sika deer and elk, the five deer are auspicious, with a hundred antler." Li Chengliang pointed to the fur of the five deer. All five deer were snow white, not dyed. It comes out, but it is born like this.
White swallows, white doves, and white deer are all auspicious. These five deer are actually accumulated by Liaodong for many years. Li Chengliang spent a lot of effort to obtain each one. Some were hunted by hunters by chance, and some were hunted by hunters. The Haixi Jurchens, Jiannu, and Tuman Northern Barbarians gave them to Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang arranged these furs as a gift to His Majesty.
"Li Shuai is interested." Zhu Yijun looked at the leather goods and then at the woolen cloak on his body, and said with great satisfaction. He is the emperor, so he may not have any use for these things, but what Li Chengliang sent was his heart.
Li Chengliang donated more than thirty furs in total. Among them, there was also a tiger skin and a bear skin that Li Chengliang personally hunted. There is a legend among Jiannu that every Jiannu became a Ding. At that time, he had to hunt a tiger alone as a coming-of-age ceremony. Li Chengliang knew clearly that it was a lie. If he wanted to hunt tigers and bears, he would need at least a dozen or twenty people to go out together.
For an adult to hunt tigers alone, he does not take his own life seriously.
Wild tigers are masters of hunting.
"This is a box of soil." Li Chengliang asked someone to bring up a box of black soil. He was helpless. He didn't know how to explain the value of this soil to a born noble man. There was soil everywhere. What was there? Is it worth presenting a treasure in the Wenhua Palace?
But Li Chengliang thought it was worth it. This was not disrespectful. He was not using the soil to fool the emperor, but the soil was really worth it. Li Chengliang believes that the Ming Dynasty did not understand the value of the Northeast at all, so it did not develop the Northeast.
Zhu Yijun really understands soil. He stood up and came to the box of soil. He reached out and grabbed a handful, rubbed it in his hands, and said with a smile: "Black soil with excellent fertility, Li Shuai came to Beijing well prepared this time."
"Your Majesty, do you know what this is?" Li Chengliang's eyes widened and he said in horror. He thought he would be criticized for taking a box. The earth fooled the emperor. People who understand can understand the value of this box of earth. People who don't understand will only think that Li Chengliang is humiliating the emperor.
After Zhu Yijun washed his hands, he said with a smile: "Li Shuai, I farm, has Li Shuai composted it? It's just a layer of manure and a layer of straw, sprinkle it in, and then insert it into the compost. , in more than ten days, the temperature can reach up to more than 70 degrees. If it is higher, water needs to be added. The compost is the same as what Li Shuai presented. Xu Zhenming, a bachelor, told me that this is called humus retting. "
If an apple is buried in the soil, it is called organic matter. After a period of decay and humification, the soil will have a large amount of stable humus, which is compost. This process is called retting by old farmers.
"Your Majesty is really farming." Li Chengliang said in amazement. He never thought that a born noble could farm. This was a very outrageous thing. It was said that the emperor could farm. Li Chengliang didn't believe it, but Now he believes it, His Majesty seems to really understand the soil.
Zhu Yijun really understood. He said in detail: "Baoqisi is specially used for farming. Xu Zhenming discovered that there are obvious faults in the land, and the color, texture, and structure of each layer are different. , the top layer is floating soil, the bottom is black-red humus, and below it is the core soil layer. Near some rivers, there are interlayers of silt and soil, and below that are stones.”
< br>"Based on the color, we divide the land into red, yellow, brown, gray, white, purple, etc. For example, in Guangdong and Guangxi, red soil is the main color, in the Jianghuai area, yellow soil is the main color, and in Sichuan, purple soil is the main color. , and grassland is mainly brown soil. "
"Normally, the more humus in the soil, the stronger the ability to store water. Planting can be done when the soil moisture content exceeds 12%. Most crops, with less than 8% soil, need to be fertilized multiple times to increase humus in the soil. This is very difficult, and in fact it is difficult to achieve.”
Zhu Yijun talked eloquently and calmly. He explained the land knowledge he knew, which was obtained from practical experiments. Crops will not grow if the moisture content is less than 8%.
Li Chengliang was silent for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty, after leaving the customs, go more than a hundred miles north to near Jilin. There is a large amount of black soil as far as the eye can see. There are at least one million hectares of fertile land and about three feet of black soil."
Jilin is a place name that is both familiar and unfamiliar to the Ming Dynasty. This name often appeared in the early Ming Dynasty, but in the middle Ming Dynasty, there was no record of it. Li Chengliang was not sure whether the young emperor knew where Jilin was.
"How many?" Zhu Yijun looked at Li Chengliang and asked: "How many hectares of such black soil, one ounce of soil and two ounces of oil, are there?"
"Millions of hectares." Li Chengliang Said quite firmly.
The Ming Dynasty currently only has more than 4.5 million hectares registered, but in the 26th year of Hongwu, it was more than 8 million hectares. When Li Chengliang opened his mouth, it was one million hectares.
Land is still the most important means of production at the moment, and these million hectares of fertile land suitable for cultivation, even if it is harvested once a year, is enough to alleviate the widespread food shortage problem in the north.
"I understand what Li Shuai said." Zhu Yijun nodded solemnly.
The atmosphere in the side hall of Wenhua Hall has almost solidified. Zhang Juzheng looked thoughtful, while Wang Guoguang was breathing rapidly, staring at Li Chengliang like a hungry wolf. That kind of look is called greed, the Ministry of War Shangshu Tan Lun was already eager to give it a try, and Wang Chonggu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, was thinking about how much it would cost.
These million hectares of land are 100 million acres of land suitable for farming.
Li Chengliang’s idea is correct. The Ming Dynasty is not very clear about the value of Liaodong and the north of Liaodong. Li Chengliang has no idea what he is doing. Once these millions of fertile fields are confirmed to really exist, the Ming Dynasty will It will be completely transformed into a war machine.
The Ming Dynasty or the Central Plains Dynasty was extremely enthusiastic about cultivable land.
Once this obsession is unleashed, wars will ensue, and the entire Ming Dynasty will become the most fanatical warmongers, because land is living space and land is everything.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty has conquered all the places within sight that can be cultivated, and even the places that are not suitable for farming have been transformed into places that can be cultivated.
The history of the Central Plains Dynasty is complex, but it can be summed up in one sentence: the history of the expansion of arable land.
The core driving force for expansion is to cultivate land.
It is generally believed that after leaving the customs, farming cannot be done due to cold weather. Severe cold weather will shorten the frost-free period. The frost-free period is too short and cannot even be harvested in one season. For the Ming Dynasty, such land It is a completely negative equity, and I have no interest in claiming it.
But the formation of the humus layer represents the frost-free period north of Liaodong, which can be cultivated. As long as the frost-free period is more than a hundred days, it is worth occupying. If there is sufficient rain, more than one foot or two inches, then It must be occupied.
If there is no cultivation in the dark land, that is not a sin!
Li Chengliang noticed something was wrong, something very wrong, Wan Shi, the Minister of Rites, and the biggest dove faction, all became ferocious.
“Your Majesty, when I was in Daningwei, I heard Qi Shuai say that there is such a black land in Quaningwei, right at the pass of Daxianbei Mountain. If we can capture Quanningwei, we can win it. You can try farming." Tan Lun mentioned what he had seen in Daning Guard. When he left Qinglong Fort and advanced on Quanning Guard and asked the five Khalkha troops to withdraw, Li Rusong saw the black grass growing and the birds flying. The land was told to Tan Lun as an anecdote.
The black color of the land is mainly due to humus.
Tuman Khan has another reason to die.
"The third gift is Tie Hun Armor, made of ginseng iron!" Li Chengliang's third gift was to present a Tie Hun Armor.
Tan Lun walked up to Tie Hun Armor and knocked on it. He was quite sure that it was made of ginseng iron. The impurities in the iron material will change the properties of the iron. Removing the impurities is a long and long process. Difficult craftsmanship, thousands of times of hard work, but what actually gets rid of are impurities.
The one with fewer impurities is called ginseng iron, which is extremely rare. Tan Lun is sure that this thing is ginseng iron.
Li Chengliang bowed his head and said: "This is the ginseng iron from Dongning Guard. It can be mined in the opencast in Nanfen Mountain. It is close to Jianzhou Guard. It has been in chaos for a long time and has been attacked continuously."
Li Chengliang Offering treasures also has its purpose. The original fur goods were to display animal resources, while the land resources displayed by black soil, and now the ginseng iron, are mineral resources. All displayed are the natural endowments of Liaodong. Li Chengliang's purpose was to stir up war.
The leather goods are in the Daxianbei Mountains, and the only way is occupied by Tuman Khan, and the black land is in Jilin.
During the Hongwu period, the Ming army marched to Jilin, and during the Yongle period, the Jilin Shipyard was built in Jilin, and the Nuergandusi was established. However, as time passed, the general trend of promoting civilization and military affairs, Nuergandusi, Eventually abandoned.
The name of Jilin itself is Jilin. Zhuangde, the commander during the Hongwu period, passed by this place and saw a lot of golden pheasants in the woods, so it was named. Later it was renamed Jilin.
Jilin Shipyard built ships during the Yongle period to transport grain. Emperor Chengzu died and Renzong closed the Jilin Shipyard. During the Xuande period, thousands of craftsmen were hired to build the Jilin Shipyard. Xuanzong collapsed. During the Zhengtong period, the Jilin Shipyard was completely abandoned and no one mentioned it again.
Even Dongningwei Ginseng Iron, which belongs to the Ming Dynasty, is not very stable, because it is opposite the Jianzhou gang of Jiannu slaves. This is an open-air ginseng iron mine. If you occupy the iron mine, there will be Without ordnance, how could the slaves not harass and plunder.
Li Chengliang is clamoring for war. If the emperor wants to get these, he needs to launch continuous attacks to get them.
Zhu Yijun understood what Li Chengliang was talking about and said with a smile: "Li Shuai has a respectful heart, and sooner or later he will belong to the Ming Dynasty. I will give you a banquet today. Li Shuai will spend the New Year in the capital and then go back. "
"I obey." Li Chengliang was very sure that the emperor understood his questions and temptations. His biggest feeling after entering the capital was that this little emperor was really hard to fool. After Li Chengliang left, Zhu Yijun did not let Zhang Juzheng leave. Instead, he communicated with Zhang Juzheng about the ban on gathering disciples to give lectures and Nanya's debt collection.
"After the news of Qi Shuai's great victory in Liaodong reached Nanya, the issue of debt collection made great progress. According to the amount of land held, the number of acres was in seven The wealthy households with more than one hundred hectares will share the debt equally. "
Seven hundred hectares is equivalent to 70,000 acres of land. This is the most powerful among the powerful.
The cost of tax audit is extremely high. If you ask the people to criticize you, you will not receive a few cents of tax at all. The manpower and material resources to collect the reminders require money, and Nanya, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places owed a total of 2.34 million taels of silver in taxes. Excluding tax audit costs, 1.93 million taels would arrive in the capital.
With this money, 780,000 taels of silver will be used to dredge and consolidate the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.
As Wan Shihe said, grain is no longer transported by river but by sea. This does not mean that the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the main artery of the Ming Dynasty, has stopped beating. On the contrary, it will become more prosperous.
The transportation of grain into Beijing will greatly delay the transport capacity of the river. The grain passage and the passage of merchant ships must be avoided twice a year. This seriously affects the production and life on both sides of the Daming Canal.
Sea transport was an attempt by the Ming Dynasty. This time it was Zhang Juzheng's country. Even if the ship capsized, he would continue to improve the ship and carry on.
As for the matter of gathering disciples to give lectures, Zhang Juzheng believed that in the name of the so-called smooth speech and great rule of the world, he allowed those who gossiped and cunning people to slander the imperial court wantonly without adding any Restraint will eventually bring about its own consequences.
The sages use the classics to teach, and the country uses the classics to educate people.
There is no need to give lectures in the official style of the imperial court, gather disciples, and call out people who are wandering around and having no business. This will definitely lead to the path of asking for help, and the disadvantages of appeasement will inevitably become a common practice. Scholarship officials from all over the country , they must listen to the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate's inspections and deposes; the inspectors and censors in various places must also impeach and report; the tourists and other scholars gather together to give lectures, and they are allowed to fuss and press the yamen to visit and get their salary.
This is already a very strict policy. Zhang Juzheng is very serious about rectifying academic affairs.
"The gold and silver coins, sir, said they should be made before the end of the year. It's almost the end of the year now. Have they been made?" Zhu Yijun asked about the production of gold and silver coins.
With the blessing of the royal gold and silver craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty, Baoyuan Bureau's imperial silver coins are in full swing improving the craftsmanship.
The royal craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty can pull gold wire to an accuracy of one centimeter (0.314 mm), and it is exactly the same. The gold-wire Yishan crown worn by Zhu Yijun is this craft. The craftsmanship of the imperial palace is rolling and drawing. , and Baoyuan Bureau's craft is casting, and the silver coins cast have too many holes and cannot meet the coin needs of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Chengliang went to court and appeared at Huitongguanyi the next day and began negotiations with Buyan on behalf of Liaodong.
The Tuman Khan still has an illusion, that is, the Li Chengliang tribe in Liaodong has the same attributes as their Tumans. They are both mountain kings and can communicate with each other. They can be the same as those in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. The Jin Party and Ada Khan are colluding, while Liaodong and the Tuman snakes and rats are in a den. They all talk and discuss, and work together to steal money from the court.
This is also the view of the imperial court. The imperial court was very cautious in handling the situation in Liaodong.
Both the Tuman and the imperial court believed that Li Chengliang had the foundation for becoming a vassal town, but they never asked Li Chengliang what he thought, or what the soldiers and people in Liaodong thought. Liaodong was the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, and it was in December of the third year of Wanli. At that time, it was a fact that Li Chengliang was just a Ming general recognized by everyone as being able to lead Liaodong troops to win the war and protect the cultivated land of Liaodong people.
Li Chengliang was a general of the Ming Dynasty. As long as there was a way, Li Chengliang would never rebel, even to support the bandits. In the Ming Dynasty, rebellion by military generals was too abstract and unrealistic.
Bu Yan saw Li Chengliang who had come to negotiate with a smile. Li Chengliang swung his right elbow back and hurriedly walked forward without even saying hello. He shifted his body weight slightly downwards and punched his elbows, shoulders and waist together. He moved and hit Buyan directly in the face with a cannon punch.
“Bang!”
The punch was powerful and heavy. If Li Chengliang hadn’t been fifty years old now, Buyan would have been killed with just one punch. He was a big man with a round waist. Military general.
The smile on Buyan's face did not disappear, he became stunned, and then fell straight to the ground. He lay on the ground, his head was buzzing and screaming, and everything in front of him was dark, and the darkness immediately turned into a Buyan, who was lying on the ground in this ethereal intersection of white and gold, never expected that he would be punched. What was the reason?
Two soldiers picked up a long stool, and the legs of the stool caught Buyan's neck and one leg. The two soldiers held down the only movable foot and said loudly: "Commander, please take a seat."
Li Chengliang sat down on the bench with a golden sword and stepped on Buyan's hand.
Buyan's Qixue guard suddenly pulled out the scimitar in his hand and looked at Li Chengliang with lack of confidence, while Li Chengliang's personal soldier pulled out his waist knife. The atmosphere between the two sides suddenly became tense. If they don't agree, they will fight.
Li Chengliang resolutely carried out His Majesty's orders. He would be beaten if His Majesty said he wanted to.
“I heard that your father is going to make an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to form an uncle-nephew kingdom?” Li Chengliang looked at Buyan, his tone was particularly sinister, he took out a dagger and slashed Buyan’s face , put it on Buyan's neck and said: "Speak."
Buyan did not dare to move at all!
When his vision returned to clarity, he saw a beast on his body. The cold feeling of the knife gave him goosebumps. Buyan knew that as long as he answered incorrectly, Li Chengliang would Will definitely kill him.
Li Chengliang has the courage.
"No, the Daning Guards were defeated. Otherwise, Su Baohai would have killed him at the Golden Summit. That's why I can only say this, absolutely not." Buyan looked at Li Chengliang. The face replied with horror.
Buyan is telling the truth. Tuman Khan said this for the sake of internal stability and to return the country of his uncle and nephew. Anda Khan showed off his power and fought with the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and finally got a king. It's so satisfying to return to the country of uncle and nephew. Doesn't the Tuman Khan know how many soldiers and horses he has?
As Tan Lun guessed, the conflicts between Tuman Khan's tribes were much more intense than the conflicts between the Ming Dynasty court and the localities. If Tuman Khan didn't say so, the Tuman tribes would fall apart. Sooner or later.
"Remember one sentence, if you humiliate your ministers to death, and you humiliate the emperor, you are humiliating the entire Ming Dynasty. If you speak harshly and make trouble against your majesty in the future, I will personally lead the troops and destroy your lair." Li Chengliang is not afraid of speaking harshly. I understand, but if he talks about the emperor again, Li Chengliang will definitely not end with a beating.
The Ming Dynasty has not had an emperor who respected martial arts for more than fifty years. The last emperor who respected martial arts more was Emperor Wuzong.
Although it has a lot to do with Zhang Juzheng’s education, His Majesty’s respect for martial arts warriors is not necessarily Zhang Juzheng’s education. For example, Tishuai Zhu Xixiao and Qi Shuai taught the emperor martial arts. salute; and His Majesty eats a hard cake every day; the Yongding Woolen Factory's wool is given priority to the military, etc. This kind of respect made Li Chengliang a little confused.
The emperor ate the cake, and Li Chengliang felt that he had never seen the world before. He really had never seen this scene before.
So, if you say harsh words to the emperor, you can't blame him for being rude to Li Chengliang.
"I know, I know!" Buyan nodded hurriedly and replied. Li Chengliang was not like this before. Although he was not polite to the envoy of Tuman Khan, he was still polite.
But now when they met, they started fighting without even saying a word.
Li Chengliang then stood up and said disdainfully: "Tell you, without your majesty's order, Liaodong will not traffic goods to the Tuman Khan, and not a hair can get out of the Great Wall. I, Li Chengliang, said so!"
"If you want to talk, just talk to the court. If you don't want to talk, we will fight on the battlefield. I can't beat you again and again. I am very tough and talkative like the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty."
Buyan was lying on the ground, doubting life. He was a grassland man, not a man of letters. He was spouting nonsense.
Li Chengliang really beat Buyan. This was a political statement. He gave the emperor so many gifts, mainly to ask, Emperor, we Lao Li fought against the Tubarbarians and Jian slaves in Liaodong. Are we going to live or die, or are we just pretending to be a good person? Your emperor, please give me an accurate answer.
The emperor made it very clear that the imperial court wanted the land, the imperial court wanted the iron ore, and the imperial court wanted the fur, they wanted them all.
“Can Ming Dynasty withdraw from Daning Guard?” Buyan asked tentatively.
Li Chengliang raised his fist again and said with a sneer: "If I were a Tuman Khan and I had to cross the pass of the Daxianbei Mountains right now, I would rather fight An Da Khan than become an enemy of Qi Jiguang. Look who it is.”
“There’s no reason to spit it out after eating it.”
“I finally figured it out. Tuman doesn’t want to talk about it at all. It’s okay. Let’s continue. Just hit them."
Li Chengliang looked around, turned around and left. He was not here for peace talks, he was here to beat people. Beating people was just to show his stance. After the beating, he left without any nostalgia.
That night Li Chengliang received an invitation from Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Juzheng invited Li Chengliang not to Quanchu Guild Hall, but to Yanxing Building, a banquet hotel next to Quanchu Guild Hall. Yanxing Building is Feng Bao takes care of the business of Huangzhuang.
Li Chengliang checked one thousand taels of gold and found that it was not silver. He came to Yanxing Tower and divided the one thousand taels of gold into two boxes.
"Mr. Yuan Fu, who is this?" Li Chengliang looked at the clean-faced and beardless man with some doubts. He looked like someone from the palace.
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Feng Bao's adopted son Xu Jue, he takes care of Yanxing Building."
Li Chengliang breathed a sigh of relief. The one thousand taels of gold he prepared had to be divided between two boxes. Otherwise it is not enough.
"Bring it up, Yuan Fu and Feng Daban, each with a box, to reward Yuan Fu for working for the warrior." Li Chengliang was full of sincerity, and he would get gold as soon as he made a move. If Xu Jue hadn't been there, these thousand taels would have been Zhang Juzheng's.
Li Chengliang believes that Ning Yuanbo and Shi Qian are all Zhang Juzheng’s decisions. Since His Majesty has not personally taken charge of the government, it must be Yuan Fu who makes the decision. Since the title is given to Shi Qian, it cannot be done without any Express it, if you don’t express it, who will speak to Wu Fu in the future?
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "I can't ask for it. Your Lord has won fame through hundreds of battles. If I accept his gold, I will offend Emperor Gao."
What Zhang Juzheng said is to offend Emperor Gao. Instead of the present His Majesty, martial arts knighthood was a rule set by Emperor Taizu Gao. If he accepted Li Chengliang's gold and silver as Yuan Fu, then he would be insulting the rules of martial arts rewards established by Emperor Gao.
"Our family can't have it either." Xu Jue shook his head and said, "If you accept this box, you will be torn apart by the ancestors and the two ancestors when you return to the palace."
Li Chengliang is confused, no one wants the golden gold? How did this world become like this?
Your lord has won fame through hundreds of battles, and for me to accept his gold is to offend Emperor Gao. From "Supplement to the Complete Chronicles of Ming Dynasty". These were Zhang Juzheng's exact words when he refused Li Chengliang's bribe. Zhang Juzheng did not accept any money. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)