Chapter 123: Just be a mandarin duck, not an immortal
In fact, Tie Mo also thought about whether to give money to the court for a long time. At the beginning, Tie Mo was the same as Qiao Liuyun and others, he did not want to give even a penny to the court.
Qiao Liuyun and others did not donate to the court because they were angry because of their relationship with the court. But Tie Mo knew that the court under Zhu Youjian was hopeless, so how much money should he give to the court?
, it’s all in vain.
But last night, a conversation with Hai Lanzhu made Tie Mo change his mind.
After asking this question at that time, Hai Lanzhu smiled faintly and said: "If you don't give me money, why are you in charge of the Hanhai Prairie?"
It was these words that completely awakened Tie Mo.
Although we now hold the Sunit and Naiman tribes, and most of the Hanhai Prairie is actually in our hands. But so far, there is already a big problem, that is, the name is not justified.
Neither Naiman's Golden Sword Prince Consort nor Zhang Bei's Guards could allow him to legitimately become the true master of the Hanhai Grassland.
To put it bluntly, except for the area in northern Shanxi, the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Later Jin Dynasty, who knows where Tie Mo is?
The best way is to let the Sunit tribe and the Naiman tribe nominally surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and then let the court grant them a legitimate official position. In this way, not only can they rule the Hanhai Grassland openly, but they can also become famous all over the world.
In any era, fame is needed.
It's a pity that he, Tie Mo, was a martial artist with a humble background. Under normal circumstances, Chongzhen and the people in the court would not take a soldier with mud-legged background seriously.
But now is an opportunity. Chongzhen is short of money, so he will come up with a sum of money to let Chongzhen see his loyalty.
As long as Chongzhen is allowed to think of himself, then the matter of taking charge of the Hanhai Grassland will be easy to discuss.
I can take this opportunity to have a good talk with Empress Zhang. I believe that with more than one million taels of silver as a bargaining chip, Empress Zhang will definitely put in a good word for me.
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"Everyone, I know that we have been repeatedly suppressed by the imperial court, and I can't bear to swallow this bad breath. But if you think about it differently, this might not be an opportunity for us to repair our relationship with the imperial court."
As soon as Tie Mo opened his mouth, Chang Minyue frowned, "Your idea is good, but our new emperor may not think highly of us. In his eyes, we are just a bunch of eunuch vassals."
"That's true, but it depends on how we talk about it." Tie Mo said with a faint smile, "Now we have most of the Hanhai Prairie in our hands, and we have been thinking about how to completely take over Xinghe, Chongli, and Tucheng.
In hand."
"But for what reason do we have jurisdiction over these three cities? Don't forget, so far, Tie Mou has only been a small garrison in Zhangbei. It is no longer in compliance with the rules to expand the army. Now if he is directly stationed in the three cities of Xinghe, the imperial court will
What do you think?"
"If the imperial court thinks that we are rebelling, and sends the Xuanfu and Datongfu to jointly destroy us, everyone should ask themselves, can we stop it? What's more, most of our business is in the mainland. If we are really labeled as a rebel, our business will also be
It plummeted."
"So, after thinking about it, Tie Mou thinks this is a good opportunity. Regardless of whether we can repair the relationship with the court, at least we can use this money to solve the troubles we are currently encountering."
After listening to Tie Mo's explanation, Chang Minyue and others also fell into deep thought.
Although the Hanhai Grassland is now actually in our hands, the three few grassland towns of Xinghe, Tucheng, and Chongli are also within our grasp.
Kexing and Sancheng are located in the north of Zhangjiakou and face the same problems as Zhangbei.
These three cities, like Zhangbei before them, belong to the Ming Dynasty in name, but in fact they became the back garden of the Mongols decades ago. The Mongols can move in at will, because the Mongols do not need to consider the attitude of the Ming court.
Now that Tie Mo has conquered Hanhai Grassland, although he actually controls the three cities, he does so without the permission of the imperial court.
The Ming court could not control the Mongols, but it could control the iron defense.
You Iron Guard laid down the Hanhai Grassland and directly took the three cities of Xinghe as your own. The imperial court will not allow such a thing to exist. If you do this, most of Shaanxi will now be the territory of rogue bandits and rebel parties. If someone regains Shaanxi,
Does Shaanxi belong to that person?
The jurisdiction in your hands must be approved by the court, unless you want to rebel.
But at present, Tie Mo is not qualified to rebel. He does not want to rebel, but he just wants to take over the three cities of Xinghe.
At this time, you have to think of something wrong.
Whether Tie Mo can control the three cities of Xinghe is also directly related to the interests of the Chang family, Cao family, and Qiao family. Today, this interest group depends entirely on Tie Mo. It is almost Tie Mo's foot.
Wherever the interests of Shanxi merchants can be expanded.
After a long discussion, Cao Shengyu nodded seriously.
"If the imperial court takes the money and doesn't agree to our conditions, wouldn't we suffer a huge loss?"
Tie Mo shrugged and said with a bad smile: "So, everyone must cooperate well to make Queen Zhang realize that only I, Tie, can control the Hanhai Grassland, and only I, Tie, can persuade everyone to contribute money and efforts."
Cao Shengyu's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but give Tie Mo an admiring look.
Regarding how to cooperate, a strict and detailed plan is needed.
This discussion took three hours to disperse.
Cao Shengyu and others were busy making preparations and left in a hurry. Tie Mo also lay down a little tired, relaxing.
Chang Minyue was sitting next to her, with no intention of getting up. She had beautiful eyes, hesitated for a while, and whispered coldly: "What is going on with that woman in your courtyard? Who is she?"
"Who else could it be? The beauty snatched from the Sunit Department!"
"Is it that simple? If she were an ordinary woman, would you risk being chopped down by Aqige and keep her in the courtyard?"
Tie Mo tilted his head and curled his lips with a complicated expression, "Are you thinking too much, huh? Aqige didn't even rush to come back and kill me, so why are you worrying so much?"
"I... this lady can't see..."
"It's inexplicable. What's so strange about this? Isn't it normal for a man to love a woman? Confucius also said that food, sex, and sex..."
"Elmhead, I won't talk to you anymore." Chang Minyue's pretty face turned cold, she raised her hand and slapped the account book on Tie Mo's shoulder, and left the room angrily.
Looking at the swinging door, Tie Mo had a question mark on his forehead, why is this woman so angry? Is she attracted to me? Is she jealous?
...
At night, Tie Mo pushed the door open uncontrollably.
Love? Like? Tie Mo doesn't want to be so pretentious. At least for now, there is only one reason why he can't live without Hai Lanzhu.
That's why she is so greedy for her flawless body.
Such a woman will become addicted once she is exposed to it.
In front of the tan desk, a woman like Ru Shui frowned and held a pen in her hand, but she was not in a hurry to write. She seemed to be worrying about what to write.
A painting, a peach blossom, a woman, with ink on the blank space and a poem written on it.
"Third miles of peach blossoms lead to three lives, and a ray of breeze intoxicates the world."
There was only the first half of the poem. Hai Lanzhu frowned in thought and didn't realize that there was an extra person beside him.
Suddenly, a sudden sound came to my mind.
"In the dream of clear water, mist, waves and clouds, I only act as a mandarin duck, not an immortal!"
Hailanzhu was slightly stunned and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Third miles of peach blossoms lead to three lives, and a ray of breeze intoxicates the world."
"In the dream of clear water, mist, waves and clouds, I only act as a mandarin duck, not an immortal!"
After hesitating for a long time, Hai Lanzhu filled in the second half of the sentence with a smile on his brows.
But after putting down her pen, she turned around and said something annoying.