Chapter 145 Zhao Min: The Yuan Dynasty will end sooner or later...
Regarding the fact that Empress Dowager Dayuanqi is pregnant again and is about to give birth to a child, even if Kong Kejian and others say that they are going to break the sky, Zhu Han will not believe in the telepathy between heaven and man. He has already known the truth through the spies planted in Dadu.
It was nothing more than Wang Baobaohe colluding with Empress Dowager Qi, and then orchestrating this life.
"Your Majesty, it's really ridiculous that the Mongolian people believe in some kind of telepathy from heaven and man." After listening to Zhu Han's explanation, Liu Sanniang, the concubine of the British King, was also surprised by the Mongolian strange thing about the Empress Dowager's pregnancy.
Endless.
After following Zhu Han for such a long time, Liu Sanniang's cultural level can be said to have skyrocketed. Now she is almost at the level of a middle-level intellectual. According to the current Ming Dynasty's new imperial examination, she can almost get a similar scholar.
So Liu Sanniang has also heard some traditional Confucian theories, such as this telepathy between heaven and man.
"The Mongols have really learned well. They have not been fooling around in the Central Plains for so many years. They all follow the original habits of the Mongols. They don't pay attention to the defense of men and women at all. Even if they produce some children, it is nothing.
There is no need to use so many methods to cover up strange things like now." Zhu Han's words can be said to be a mockery of Mongolian customs.
At this time, the expression on the face of a female official next to Liu Sanniang, the concubine of the British King, suddenly changed, and she was obviously very uncomfortable.
"Zhao Shanggong, are you feeling unwell?" Seeing this, Liu Sanniang quickly asked the female officer next to her.
"Your Majesty, I misunderstood. I'm not feeling uncomfortable, I'm just a little tired." Zhao Min whispered from the side.
As a member of Yingtianfu Women's Imperial College, Zhao Min's identity is really special. Her household registration is a refugee in Henan, but her grades are very good. She has been favored by Empress Ma Xiuying of the Ming Dynasty, and she has been recruited into the palace many times.
During this period, he taught the imperial concubines new lessons.
After that, he was specially appointed as a minister and sent to the Royal Palace of England as a female official in the palace.
Zhao Shanggong's identity is his latest identity in the Prince's Palace. This does not belong to the rank of princess and concubine, but to the rank of a standard Ming official, but it belongs to a female official.
But after getting along with him for such a long time, Zhao Min has become more and more aware of Zhu Han's importance to the people of the world.
Especially after a series of studies at Yingtianfu Women's Imperial College, Zhao Min became more and more aware of how the Mongolian rule in the Central Plains was against God's will.
The numerous atrocities committed by the Mongols recorded in those books made Zhao Min feel ashamed, and at the same time, his obsession with revenge could not help but fade away.
After arriving at Prince Ying's Mansion, faced with the guards around Zhu Han and his own inner shame, he gradually gave up on these thoughts of assassination.
Now I heard the news brought by Zhu Han.
The majestic Empress Dowager of the Yuan Dynasty actually conspired with her ministers and became pregnant with a bastard.
This really made Zhao Min feel a sense of sadness and despair towards Dayuan.
"Sooner or later, the Yuan Dynasty will end!" Zhao Min thought as he resigned and left the house.
Although the Ming army was tough on the enemy on the battlefield, as long as the Mongols or Semu people surrendered, they would generally receive good preferential treatment. Moreover, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were all smart and capable kings, and the lives of the people of the world were in their hands.
The better the better.
Moreover, Zhao Min knew that the Yuan Dynasty was facing internal and external difficulties. Just killing Zhu Han would not be enough for the Yuan Dynasty to restore its rule in the Central Plains. The Mongols must be made truly powerful to resist the Ming Dynasty army.
attack.
Therefore, Zhao Min has been looking for opportunities recently, hoping to restore contact with Wang Baobao in Dadu and transmit the information about the Ming army to his brother Wang Baobao.
It's just that the Royal Palace is heavily guarded. If she, a female official, wants to convey news to the outside world, she must go through other people.
Therefore, Zhao Min has been looking for suitable helpers recently to become his key chess piece in helping the Yuan Dynasty counterattack the Central Plains.
Zhu Han didn't know that the Zhao Shanggong sent by his sister-in-law Ma Xiuying was actually a Mongolian and the princess of Meng Yuan.
Zhu Han only felt that this was an inexplicable fate. After all, he and Zhao Min had met several times before, and he recommended her to enter the Women's Imperial College. Now she was assigned to his own palace as the Shang Palace Professor.
The British princess learned new knowledge.
So Zhu Han has been paying close attention to Zhao Shanggong recently.
I want to find a suitable opportunity to bring this strange woman into my harem.
Of course, this is not a suitable opportunity in Shandong. Now that my concubine Liu Sanniang is pregnant, it is not the time to be jealous, so it is better to let her raise the baby safely.
The news that Empress Dowager Meng Yuanqi brought up that "her husband has been dead for three years and will give birth to a fat boy" is just a joke to Zhu Han. His main focus is now on Shandong Province.
of rest and recuperation.
It has to be said that because the timing of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition was right, farmland farming in Shandong Province has not been affected. July is about to enter. After July, it will be the autumn harvest season. At that time, Shandong's
Grain and grass reserves will inevitably increase greatly.
"Your Highness, the states in Shandong this year have reported that the autumn harvest situation in various places is very optimistic. I wonder what percentage your Highness plans to set the tax in Shandong this year?"
In order to discuss the tax situation of Shandong Province this year, Liu Bowen personally came to Zhu Han's residence.
This mansion is just a temporary mansion set up in Jinan City. It is not large in scale, but it is full of pavilions, pavilions, gardens and so on.
Zhu Han sat comfortably on a wicker chair, sipping a cup of green tea from Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.
"I don't plan to collect taxes from Shandong Province this year. All taxes will be given to all people tax-free."
Zhu Han's words shocked Liu Bowen!
Today's Ming Dynasty is also fully considerate of the hard work of the people all over the world, and has adopted measures to collect taxes at a discount in various places. For example, if the situation in some provinces is relatively worse, a 30% tax will be implemented, which means that the original tax will be reduced.
Taxes are charged at a rate of 30%.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If the harvest situation is relatively optimistic, it will only increase to about 80%.
Of course, if the situation in a certain place suffers a serious disaster, it will still be exempted from tax if it should be exempted.
However, the harvest situation in Shandong Province this year is very optimistic. According to normal circumstances, it is reasonable to charge 80% of the tax. Unexpectedly, Zhu Han came up and wanted to exempt Shandong Province from taxes.
"Your Highness, the grain and grass tax in Shandong is related to the Northern Expedition. If the tax is not collected, where will next year's grain and grass reserves come from?" Liu Bowen looked confused.
"This matter is very simple. The people in Shandong are living too hard. If taxes are levied again, every household will be very poor, and there will be no spare money to buy various commodities. If taxes are not levied now,
We can just use various commercial taxes and commodities to exchange grain from them!"
Liu Bowen was greatly inspired by Zhu Han's words.
"I understand, Your Highness is planning to hide wealth from the people!"
For a smart man like Liu Bowen, Zhu Han only needs to speak softly.
He could fully understand Zhu Han's intention without having to explain it thoroughly.
Because Shandong Province has not suffered too many wars, the population loss is not large. However, because the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty imposed a lot of taxes here before, every household is very poor. Although this year's bumper harvest has made this situation
However, if Zhu Han collects all the taxes, these people will fall into a very poor situation. This is a bad move for the Shandong people who actively participated in the rebellion.
If the tax is collected too much, the people will be unstable. If the tax is collected less, it will basically be a toothache with no effect. Therefore, Zhu Han directly exempted Shandong Province from the tax and used commodities and
Commercial taxes were used to exchange these grains into the hands of the government.
"Of course, this tax is not exempted in vain. After this year's autumn harvest, we immediately ordered all prefectures and counties to urge people to cultivate the latest wheat seeds."
Zhu Han received a large number of disease-resistant and pest-resistant wheat varieties as a reward for his previous sign-in.
Just right for planting overwintering wheat after the autumn harvest.
Even without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the yield of this batch of improved wheat varieties can easily reach three to four hundred kilograms per mu, which is more than double the current wheat yield.
The autumn wind is strong, and it is the time when the horses are fat and strong on the grassland. If the previous situation were to be followed, the various tribes in the grassland today should gather together and then explore the Central Plains together to thresh grass and valleys to rob the population of food.
However, since the establishment of Mongolia, various tribes on the grasslands have not robbed grain and grass from the Central Plains for decades.
After all, the dynasty established by the Mongols ruled the Central Plains. All you had to do was swear allegiance to the Mongol Khan in the capital, and you could get ample rewards, including not only a large amount of grain and grass, but also silk, cloth, beauties, gold and silver, etc.
However, these generous rewards have indeed become less and less in recent years, so that this year there are simply none.
After all, the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties only have most of the capital left in the Central Plains, Liaodong, Hebei, Shanxi and a few other corner areas. They don't have enough money and food to supply their own military officials. How can there be any surplus food to reward the leaders of the various tribes on the grassland?
king.
Therefore, the leaders of various tribes on the grassland were already very dissatisfied with the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty. After all, materials on the grassland were expensive and scarce. Without rewards from the court, their lives would be very miserable.
Especially when news came from Dadu that shocked them greatly, that is, Queen Mother Qi, who had been widowed for two years, was actually pregnant. Although Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian and others put forward the theory of divine induction and made it clear that this was Daxing
The blood of the emperor, but such nonsense cannot deceive these straightforward men on the grassland.
Using this excuse, the Beligutai tribe joined forces with the host vassal kings to raise troops, intending to lead their tribes southward and enter Dadu to clear the way for the Mongol Empire.
Sa Renbuhua, the leader of the Farewell Gutai tribe, rode a tall and majestic white horse, standing in front of tens of thousands of Mongolian warriors.
"The Immortal God is above. This time we will go south to Dadu to seek justice for us."
"We have guarded the grassland for generations, but we have not received the rewards we deserve. There must be some treacherous officials in the court who have deceived the emperor. This time we will go to Dadu to seek justice!"
Saren Buhua stood in front of the soldiers of various Mongolian tribes and shouted, and he immediately received a response from tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers.
Tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry were like a tide, marching along the grasslands towards Dadu in the south.
The news that the Mongolian tribes led by the Beligutai tribe had raised troops quickly spread to the capital city.
All the civil and military officials in the capital suddenly fell into panic and came to the house of Taibao Wang Baobao one after another.
The Mongolian tribes on the grassland are different from the civil and military officials in the capital. Although they are all the same Mongols, the tribes on the grassland have retained their original barbaric habits. For the civil and military officials in the capital, as long as they let
If these tribes invade Dadu, it will definitely be a bloody storm.
However, in the face of this sudden emergency, Wang Baobao, the prince and grand master of the Yuan Dynasty, did not panic at all.
"Don't panic, everyone. I will handle everything today. You just need to listen to my instructions!"
Wang Baobao said loudly to a group of civil and military officials in his mansion.
Everyone was extremely wary of the tribal lords on the grassland. Now that they heard that the Crown Prince and Grand Master Wang Baobao had a way to deal with those terrifying host lords, they all respectfully expressed their willingness to obey Wang Baobao's orders.
"Immediately order that martial law will be enforced inside and outside the capital city, and no one is allowed to come or go at will!"
"Every civil and military official in the capital must send a son to go with the army. I will lead you to defeat these rebels!"
For these rebellious prairie lords, Wang Baobao directly chose to deal with them with force, without any thought of appeasing them.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for the reason, it is naturally because the Yuan Dynasty will all move north to the grassland soon.
At that time, strong prestige is needed to intimidate the various tribes on the grassland.
If we adopt the method of appeasement at this time, even to appease the rebellious feudal kings, then when the Yuan Dynasty retreats to the grassland, what confidence will it have to order the various tribes?
To deal with these rebellious prairie lords, Wang Baobao decided to use quick, accurate and ruthless methods.
He immediately mobilized all the soldiers and horses in the capital, and sent people to Liaoyang to mobilize more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under Alu Timur, and marched toward the northern grasslands in a mighty manner.
Aru Timur's Liaoyang army and Wang Baobao met in Huangzhou Mansion.
Wang Baobao received information at this time that the strength of the grassland rebels led by the Ali Gutai tribe had reached as many as 40,000 to 50,000.
After learning about this situation, Aru Timur immediately expressed his concerns.
"Brother, their military strength in Alibaba Gutai is twice that of ours. Are they going to wait and work here in Huangzhou until they come on their own?"
Alu Timur's suggestion is actually very consistent with general marching and fighting, because the nomadic armies such as the Alu Gutai tribe in Mobei must win under Huangzhou City if they want to obtain supplies, and then enter and use the grain, grass, and baggage inside.
Complete supplies as preparation for attacking Dadu. Otherwise, these nomadic armies who came all the way from Mobei will not have the follow-up strength to attack Dadu.
Moreover, if Huangzhou City, an important military fortress, is kept at its back, once the defenders attack, the tribes such as Beligutai will fall into a dangerous situation of being attacked from both front and rear.
Therefore, Huangzhou City was a city that the ancient Bieli tribe must conquer.
Aru Timur's suggestion was precisely because he had identified the weaknesses of Beligutai and other tribes, and wanted to defeat them here while waiting for work.
However, Aru Timur's seemingly reasonable suggestion was rejected by Wang Baobao without hesitation.
"No, these people in Bieligutai are a group of bandits. They don't need much food and grass for marching and fighting. They have many horses and can graze on the grasslands outside Huangzhou City. As long as they can graze, they won't do it at all.
If there is any danger of insufficient food and grass, even if they cannot capture Huangzhou City, they can divide their forces into two groups to contain us all the way in Huangzhou, and continue south to Dadu. Therefore, if they want to defeat the people like Beiligutai, they must take the initiative to attack. They cannot
Let them step into the Monan grassland."
When Wang Baobao said this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad, because the tribes like Beligutai and the Central Plains Mongols like Alu Timur had only lived apart for a hundred years, and they already didn't understand each other's living habits.
Aru Timur even forgot about the nomadic lifestyle of the steppe tribes.
I thought they relied heavily on food, grass and baggage just like the Han army.
"Moreover, the Ming army is now eyeing the south. Shandong, which is as close as Chichi, is only five or six days away. If we delay on the grassland for too long, not to mention that Beili Gutai and other tribes may flee back at any time.
Just the attack of the Ming army can easily put most of the people in danger, we must defeat Beligutai quickly!"
Wang Baobao decided quickly.
The strategy of taking the initiative to fight against the rebels of Beligutai and other tribes on the Monan grassland.
He only left a small number of troops to garrison Huangzhou City to prevent the rebels from detouring and attacking the rear. Then he led a main force of 15,000 people and marched rapidly towards the northern grasslands to win over Beli Gutai and other tribes who had just crossed the Gobi Desert.
When Tan came to the Monan Grassland, he took advantage of the enemy's fatigue to fight them.
The news that the imperial army led by Wang Baobao was marching to the north was soon detected by the scouting horses of the Beligutai rebels. These scouting horses immediately reported Wang Baobao's movements to the tribe Khan Sarenbuhua of Beligutai.
At this time, Sarenbuhua had been elected as the leader of the alliance by various tribes, and his title was Grand Master of the Great Mongolia.
After receiving the news that Wang Baobao had only led more than 10,000 people to intercept him, the Great Mongolian Grand Master Sarenbuhua immediately let out a mocking laugh.
"Hahaha, Wang Baobao, a boy with no hair at all, seems like he really doesn't know what it's like to die."
"Now we have more than 40,000 warriors under our command. One of Wang Baobao's soldiers will fight four Mongolian warriors. If they don't kill them, they will leave nothing behind. I will rip off my own head and use it as a wine flask for Wang Baobao."
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The confident words of the Great Mongolian Grand Master Saren Buhua immediately won the unanimous approval of all the tribal leaders and generals.
You must know that life on the grasslands has not been easy in the past two years. Just like the Central Plains, disasters are also frequent. If it were not for the rewards from the Yuan Dynasty in the past few years, their life would have been difficult.
But since last year, the Yuan Dynasty court has no more food left to reward the tribes on the grasslands, so the lives of these nomadic tribes are getting harder day by day.
Now I finally got an opportunity to go south to clear grass in the valley in an open and honest manner.
All tribes heard the news and took action, and they all tried their best to help.
Saren Buhua's army had already expanded before entering the Monan Grassland, doubling to more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, with more than 200,000 accompanying horses.
Commanding such a large-scale army, Sarenbuhua's heart is already full of pride. You must know that when Genghis Khan campaigned on the grassland, his troops and horses were only ten or twenty thousand. Now the soldiers and horses under Sarenbuhua belong to Genghis Khan.
More than twice as much. Even if he was only half as powerful as Genghis Khan, he could easily defeat Wang Baobao and invade Dadu.
Wang Baobao's 15,000 soldiers and horses and Sa Renbuhua's more than 40,000 nomadic troops soon met on the grasslands north of Huangzhou.
Both sides refused to back down. One wanted to defeat the enemy quickly and then return to Dadu to protect the safety of the court.
The other side wanted to quickly invade the Central Plains to plunder grain, grass and baggage and replenish the tribe's winter material reserves.
"Grand Master, this boy Wang Baobao has put up a strange formation. It seems he is preparing to be beaten."
The rebel generals who were conducting reconnaissance at the front quickly brought news that Wang Baobao's troops were in a defensive formation.
"Hahaha, this Wang Baobao is really an inexperienced kid."
The Great Mongol Grand Master Saren Buhua was overjoyed and immediately commanded his troops to form a three-sided attack formation.
