Chapter 243 Thinking too simple
Emperor Jiajing asked about the details of the battle in Linpingshan last year with great interest. He listened with relish. Qian Yuan casually told him, thinking that Hu Zongxian would not change the medicine, and it would be a laxative... Is it a laxative in the future the name of the governor of the laxative in the future?
Well, if you pass the Jinshi, the Hanlin Academy will not want to go to the Censorate. If you go to the Censorate,... the Censor of Laxative Medicine is not very nice.
It is calculated that the Japanese pirates have suffered losses three times, and it may not be a bad thing. In the future, the Japanese pirates have to prepare themselves as chefs when they go ashore, otherwise they may have to fall into the pit.
After a long time, Qian Yuan stopped telling the story. Emperor Jiajing on the couch opened the note again, "Hu Ruzhen brought Tianzhou troops to aid Shaoxing. Now the Wa family chieftain has sent troops twice, totaling more than 5,000 people."
"Tianzhou's soldiers are brave and good at fighting. Mrs. Wa is loyal to serving the country, but the troops are too small, so she can only run around." Qian Yuan guessed in his heart why Emperor Jiajing's summoning this time.
But in fact, Emperor Jiajing really had no special reason. The year is approaching and there is a great victory in Shaoxing. Lu Bing entered the palace and talked about the fun trials of mahjong and Qian Yuan. Then he summoned Qian Yuan to joke... To put it bluntly, that is, Qian Yuan had not yet entered the officialdom, otherwise Tietie would have been the hat of a lucky minister on his head.
"Hu Ruzhen did not continue to summon visitors from Huguang, Shandong, and Jiangbei." Emperor Jiajing took a sip of hot tea with Huang Jin's hand, "But the troops are insufficient, when will it take to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates?"
Qian Yuan licked his lips. He knew Hu Zongxian’s plan. In fact, he discussed it with Hu Zongxian several times in the food garden and the governor’s yamen at the end of last year.
"What do you mean?" Emperor Jiajing smiled and said, "You little juren can't bear it even if you take the blame."
Qian Yuan touched his nose and said seriously: "Tianzhou has few soldiers. The visiting soldiers from all over the country are either unacceptable to the local conditions, or are ineffective, or seek food and pay, and even privately fighting or even looting the local area. The only hope is to recruit soldiers, recruit local soldiers from Zhejiang, and train new troops.
Although the troops on the coast of Zhejiang were unable to fight, the Japanese pirates invaded the local area and the people were trapped in dire straits. The people were wailing, and they were terrible. If you use such people as your army, who can't fight and who dare not fight?"
Emperor Jiajing was also well-read and read the books of poetry and books, and murmured after thinking about it: "It's a bit like the soldiers of the Northern Palace of the Eastern Jin Dynasty."
The Northern Mansion soldiers were the strong army that defeated the dream of Fu Jian of the Former Qin Dynasty to unify the world. In the early stage, the middle and early stages were almost controlled by the Xie family of Chen County. The famous Xie Xuan led the Northern Mansion soldiers in the Battle of Feishui. After the success of the battle, his uncle Xie Sheung-13 was a famous scene in history.
Before the Battle of Feishui, under the oppression of the Former Qin and Northern Yan, a large number of Han people stranded in the north fled to the south. Xie Xuan selected warriors from these bullied Han people to form the Northern Palace soldiers. He was invincible and defeated. He was even regarded as a supporter by Liu Jinu, who established the Liu Song Dynasty.
In fact, in the near future, there would be a similar army in the Ming Dynasty. Yuan Chonghuan advocated "the Liao people defended the Liao territory" and selected warriors among the Liao refugees who lost their land, forming a small number of cavalry but powerful combat power. This is the famous Guanning Iron Cavalry.
Qi Jiguang's Qi family army also has such meanings. Of course, there are big differences among them. The invincible victory of the Qi family army comes from the battle formation, the clever coordination of weapons, long-term hard training, and generous head-level silver rewards.
However, Qian Yuan did not intend to expose this point. He inspires his words and said: "When Hu Ruzhen was the prefect of Hangzhou, he had already started recruiting troops to train troops. Now Yu Dayou, Lu Bin, the son of Lu Tong, and Zhejiang guerrilla general Qi Jiguang and others are all training troops in Yanzhou Prefecture, Jinhua Prefecture and other places. However, they have to wait for them to come in handy, at least after the beginning of spring next year."
"This is also the main reason why Hu Zongxian vigorously promoted the introduction of the organization. Recruiting troops is not as good as the guards. The military equipment, food and silver rewards required are independent. This is a large sum of silver, and it has been over the years."
"So, when will the Japanese pirates be completely wiped out depends on when the new army can come in handy."
Qian Yuan spread his hands the last time, "The students said it was simpler. If you have money, you can be faster. If you don't have money, you can only be slower."
Emperor Jiajing snorted, "Stop looking, I am also a pauper. If you want money, go find Yan Shifan. The money in his warehouse is probably not less than that in the inner transportation warehouse."
Qian Yuan laughed dryly, "The student's head is not that iron..."
Although it was a new word, Emperor Jiajing immediately understood it and said with a smile: "I dare not steal money from the Yan family's warehouse, do you have the courage to encourage me to pay the money?"
"I dare not, I dare not..."
"Don't expect the Ministry of Revenue, they have no money..." Emperor Jiajing sighed, why is this emperor so frustrated? He has almost demolished the east walls and repaired the west walls over the years. Now the Japanese invasion in the southeast has no walls to demolish them.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing suddenly appreciated Hu Zongxian. He was a guy who was brave enough to take responsibility. He knew that since Hu Zongxian took office as the governor of Zhejiang Zhi, he had done two main things. One was to lead troops everywhere to encircle and suppress Japanese pirates, and the other was to vigorously implement the introduction of the composition method in Huguang, Fujian, Shandong, and Jiangbei, and offended countless people.
Qian Yuan gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "There are so many rich people along the coast, but not every household has support. If you confiscate a batch of homes, you probably have enough military expenses on your face!"
"Nonsense!" Emperor Jiajing glared at him with a smile. Not to mention that Hu Zongxian did not dare, even himself, the emperor.
"Why!" Qian Yuan was not convinced and shouted with his neck straight, "Those maritime merchants have made so much money, and they dare not pay for the knife on their necks?
Besides, Your Majesty, you don’t know that you make more money by trading... Once you go back and forth, you will lose three times the profit. Money will get rid of money, profit will get profit, and there will be a sea of gold and silver!"
"Bad idea, bad idea!" Emperor Jiajing waved his hand indifferently, and suddenly turned his head to look, "Do you propose to open a ban on sea ban?"
Finally, when he got to the point, Qian Yuan reviewed it in his mind at a very fast speed, and was sure that he would not cause trouble. Then he said: "This is a major event in the court. How dare students argue... But the benefits of the sea trade are real. I dare not hide it from His Majesty. The students' father and brother were also involved."
Emperor Jiajing nodded relievedly. Lu Bing had already submitted this information. Qian Yuan's father and brother went to Ligang, Zhoushan to conduct trade and died at the hands of Japanese pirates. This is also a major reason why Qian Yuan repeatedly attacked Japanese.
"The coastline stretches for thousands of miles, and there is no way to really ban the sea. You can go out to sea with just a piece of board. Now there is no money in the court and you can't do anything." Qian Yuan said listlessly: "Even Your Majesty... Looking at this hall, you are really wronged."
Emperor Jiajing sighed, stood up on the bed with his hand, and walked a few steps before saying: "The Southern Song Dynasty has lasted for more than a hundred years, and the wealth depends on the sea trade. Who doesn't know that sea trade is profitable, but opening a sea ban on trade is not that simple."
In fact, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a ban on the sea five times. Although Zheng He went to the West seven times, the officers and soldiers accompanied him made great profits, and small countries in the South China Sea came to China repeatedly, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had never really opened up official trade channels so far.
Private maritime trade has been popular since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. The official channels are only for various countries to come to China, and the emperor rewards them, and allow short-term trade. The Maritime Bureau does not actually play a role similar to customs.
The rules that lasted for more than a hundred years were placed on their heads. Even those who were unruly like Emperor Jiajing had many taboos on opening a sea ban on trade.
Chapter completed!