Chapter 164: Life Helpless in Night Talk in the Study
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, with the rise of Houjin and continuous wars, the people in the north were deeply affected by the war. In Shanxi, where Houjin and Daming bordered, some unscrupulous businessmen not only did not suffer losses, but made a fortune and seized more wealth. .
The situation of the war for Daming and Houjin is different. Daming has a large area and the northern border has encountered military fires, but there are still incomes, people and food in other places. However, the Houjin area is small, with many soldiers and backward productivity. The old wild pork skin does not want to do construction. , But his subordinates are good at fighting and hunting, but don't know anything about farming and ironing. To make matters worse, the local natural disasters have continued for years, and food and clothing have become the biggest problem. According to records, since the "Little Ice Age" that began during the Wanli period, CPI has soared. At that time, although there were only 700,000 people in Houjin's ruling area, the people changed their lives. The price of rice was as high as eighty two shi, and the cloth was twenty-two one.
Unscrupulous businessmen fancy this. As Han people, they disregard the hatred of their homeland and country and want to buy enemies!
Using Zhangjiakou as its base, it collects commodities from all over the country, and then goes back and forth inside and outside the customs, engaged in trade activities, and transported large quantities of food, clothing, cooking utensils and other basic living materials for the post-gold regime. Nurhachi did not treat them badly, and exchanged valuables such as ginseng, deer antler, animal skins, etc., which made these profiteers very happy.
Gradually, the two sides have established a very deep relationship of interest. Nurhachi, who values the espionage war, has expanded the content of the two-party trade from food and clothing to intelligence. According to the Records of the Qing Dynasty, there were 16 traders in Fushun, such as Shandong, Shanxi, Hedong, Hexi, Suhang, etc., in the third year of Tianming (1618). It is sent back".
After Jin Chongde three years (1637), Huang Taiji once ordered the Manchu nobles to lead 100 Han merchants in the Mainland to carry goods to the naturalization city for trade. When the Qing troops entered the Pass, military expenditures soared, and finances were very difficult. In this regard, Zu Kefa and Zhang Cunren once said: "Shandong is the way to transport grain, and Shanxi is the way to merchants. It is urgent to recruit and care for two provinces. If the soldiers and the people belong to our territory, the wealth will come out, and the state will not be in short supply.” This shows how much the Post-Jin regime attaches importance to illegal businessmen in Shanxi and Shandong. All the gunpowder, 80% of the grain, and more than 60% of the metal needed by the war machine of Huangtaiji came from Shanxi merchants with "integrity".
For both parties, this is a win-win business. It is through the business that Houjin can turn the looted property, antiques, and gold and silver purchases into food to feed the hundreds of people who have been taken into captivity. The price of rice in Liaodong eventually dropped to one or two to four shi, and the population increased several times, but the price of food fell to a few percent of its peak. The illegal merchant on the other side of the transaction had hoarded tens of millions of silver taels in only 15 years in Chongzhen.
Ugly traitorous face, borrowing a sentence from later generations: "You buy Japanese goods and let the money earned by the Japanese people turn into bullets for hitting the Chinese!"
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There is a small intelligence bureau in Yan Da, and it has collected some crimes against illegal businessmen (not many, after all, the intelligence bureau is not omnipotent, but it is just a certainty), and it is clear.
Yuan Chonghuan was so angry that he was bleeding and sweating, but he was eating in and out. Think about it, the Jurchen robbed Daming’s gold and silver, and then gave it to illegal merchants to buy Daming’s food and ironware. , Gunpowder, fight back to Daming!
How to do?
It’s nothing to do with Yan Changwu, but he knows that Lao Yuan definitely has a headache.
Everyone knows that the money won by lawless merchants will not be monopolized. They will buy local officials, side generals, and finally the ministers of the DPRK and provide them with umbrellas.
They are not wrong, those people are "steady patriots!" They are definitely the best when it comes to patriotism, but they are happy to laugh at the money that has been harvested from the blood of the people of Ming Dynasty!
I want to deal with this chain of interests, what should I do?
rooted them up, but Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan couldn't do it. He might deal with the cabinet, a high-ranking official than the prime minister!
Now, when Yan Changwu knows that life is alive, there is really a lot of helplessness!
How to deal with Jurchen? How to fight in the field? How to deal with the Jurchen detours?
How to deal with Mao Wenlong?
How to deal with those with vested interests who are traitors?
Is Yuan Chonghuan really able to turn the tide?
"I can only say, I tried my best!" With a sense of powerlessness, Yan Changwu said silently.
Don't look at him dominating the southeast sea, but when he gets to the mainland, he is a crocodile going ashore, and lions and leopards kill him in minutes!
"I, after all, I haven't turned the dragon!" Yan Changwu has this realization, we must work hard!
How can the golden scales be things in the pool?
"The situation in the mainland is here, and the situation in the sea will also rise. I will finally be able to rise for nine days!" Yan Changwu silently cheered himself up.
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Yuan Chonghuan was in a bad mood, and Yan Changwu wisely left.
The heart is enlightened, and this is the advantage of "traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books."
In the southeast, everything went according to order. When you go outside, you know that the outside world is very vast!
In fact, he introduced the theory of "peace talks with Jurchen". He wanted to pretend to be an envoy for peace talks, go to Jurchen's site to see the famous historical figures: Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Azig, Dai good…
Of course there is danger. After all, I don’t know who the savages are. There is a huge danger of "end of the play" there.
I have the opportunity to visit this world, how can I not be coquettish?
But, the son of a daughter, can't sit still!
Chen Zhongji, CEO of Southeast House, said unreasonably: "The boss can go crazy, but you can't go crazy!"
This is to the guards, anyway, the boss has something, the guards are guilty!
The guards yelled back in their hearts: "You crazy old boy!"
Small things are small crimes, big things are serious crimes, waiting for the guards to commit all crimes to beheading.
It’s okay to run away, Zhu Lian Jiu Clan!
The country is chasing and cutting, but Russia has an intelligence bureau, and the intelligence bureau has a wet room!
For everyone's safety, Yan Changwu had no choice but not to take risks.
There will be a chance to meet in the future, or they will be in battle, or they will become captives of labor and capital!
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On the second day of the military parade, Yuan Chonghuan invited Yan Changwu to the campus of Chengbei University to observe exercises together.
He talked and laughed happily, as if the heavy topic last night did not affect him.
Yan Changwu borrowed a set of two-grade military generals to attend the parade with Yuan Chonghuan.
Two thousand people were dispatched. Their armor is half old and not new, but they are quite energetic. Yan Changwu is also a leader. He liked them when he saw their eyes.
Only veterans have such a strong spirit!
The team strode in, and the mountain shouted "Da Ming Mighty", murderous, ordinary people, etc., had long been scared to pale.
The senior officials of the Ning Yuan Army looked at the young distinguished guest, not only unmoved, but also a little excited, all nodded secretly, and gave him a high look.
