During the mutiny in Ningxia, Prince Qing's Mansion was destroyed. Prince Qing (the old Prince Qing had died, and this was the heir apparent but had not yet taken the title) was hidden in the cellar by his mother and concubine because of his young age. However, Prince Qing's Mansion was in Ningxia.
The belongings of the land, products, gold, silver and other valuables were looted by the Kuai worshipers.
This money was originally intended to be used as capital for Kuaibai's party to recruit troops, but later because Pinglu City could not be conquered for a long time, Kuaibai and others were worried about losing their way out, so they spent a lot of money to persuade Boshu Ketu to act as their stronghold.
To this end, Kuaibai not only promised Boshu Ketu the Huamachi, but also packed up the gold and silver he received from Prince Qing's Mansion and gave it to him. Only the land and property were left in his hands.
Gao Pragmatic had heard this news a little bit before, but it was not very conclusive, and it was not clear how much property Qing Prince's Mansion had been deprived of by Kuaibai, but now Yilduzi told him the answer.
Although the status of the Qingwang's property left in the hands of Kuaibai and others is unknown, the total value of the gold and silver obtained by Boshu Ketu alone is as high as 1.47 million taels, and this does not include Boshuo.
Ketu didn't understand those antiques and toys at all, Boshu Ketu only knew that these antiques and toys "had a total of nineteen pieces".
This news really shocked Gao Pragmatic. A famously wealthy person like Jinghua might not be able to spend nearly 1.5 million taels of cash anytime and anywhere in the northwest. In fact, he has more wealth.
It is reflected in all kinds of real estate, commodities, and goods, and it is really astonishing that a mere Prince Qing's Mansion can plunder so much cash.
However, Gao Jingshi thinks carefully and seems to understand. King Qing's lineage is not a "rising star". The first generation of King Qing was called Zhu Zhuan, some also recorded as Zhu. He was the 16th prince of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, named Ningzhen.
Ning Zhenzi.
He was born in Yingtian Mansion on Wuwu, the first month of the eleventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. He died of illness on the third day of Yimao, August 3rd of the third year of Zhengtong, at the age of sixty-one. After his death, he was buried in the Ming Dynasty Mausoleum in Weizhou, Tongxin County, Ningxia today.
After Zhu Zhuan's death, he was given the posthumous title "Jing" by Emperor Yingzong - this was a posthumous title, which probably meant that he had made great contributions to the country's vassal.
In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Qing of the first generation, he established the vassal state of Ningxia. As his salary was not enough, he ordered him to station in the ancient Weizhou city in the north of Qingyang, and rent taxes to Yan'an, Sui, and Ning. In the twenty-eighth year, he issued an imperial edict to manage Qingyang, Ningxia, Yan'an, and Sui.
Dezhuwei military affairs. The residence was built in the 30th year.
According to the official records of the imperial court, "The king was fond of learning and literary, and was loyal and filial by nature. He was kind to his ancestors, and he went to Weizhou to spend the summer on the first day of the year. At the beginning of Xuande, he said that Ningxia was humid and humid, with bad water and springs, and beggars were still living in Wei. It was not allowed to go back and forth on the first day of the year.
For example, during the time of Emperor Chengzu, at the beginning of Zhengtong, Ningxia's chief military officer Shi Zhao reported to Wang Ju's border affairs, occupied Lingzhou grassland for livestock, and sent envoys back and forth from Suide grassland to incite the local people. Before the chapter was published, he may have asked the king to conduct a military parade and build weapons.
I bought the astronomical documents, and Zhu Zhuan had all doubts about them. Three years later, he wrote a letter asking him to move to the country to avoid Zhao. The Yingzong could not do it, so he wrote a letter of condolence. He passed away at that time."
The main meaning of the entire paragraph is that the King of Qing did not like Ningxia and wanted to move inland to Weizhou, but he was never approved. Later, he was reported by the Ningxia General Soldier, saying that he was occupying grassland, conducting military parades, and making weapons.
Buying an astronomical book means there is suspicion of rebellion.
So in order to avoid this general soldier and to prove his innocence, King Qing asked himself to move inland. At this time, it was already the Yingzong Dynasty, and the court's suppression of the vassal kings had been much relaxed than during the Chengzu period, so the Yingzong Dynasty
They didn't agree, so Prince Qing and his family stayed in Ningxia.
Whether the first King Qing ever thought about rebellion is irrelevant now, but there is a clue worth noting here, that is, as early as the period of the first King Qing, the Qing Palace had the behavior of "occupying grassland".
The pasture itself is not valuable, but the pastures of the early Ming army were used to raise horses. The Qingwang certainly did not occupy the pastures to appreciate the natural scenery of the prairie. They either raised cattle, sheep, or horses, but no matter what they raised, because
This person actually showed no signs of rebellion, so he must have occupied the pasture just to make money - in other words, the first generation of King Qing had already started business activities.
Eight generations of Prince Qing's family have passed by now. The current generation of "Prince Qing" who is about to take over the throne is the ninth generation. Prince Qing's palace has been rolling in money for two hundred years. Even if he stays in Ningxia, which is not rich, it is indeed not rich at all.
strangeness.
According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, the property of the vassal king must be specially protected. Since Gao Pingshi defeated Boshu Ketu and even arrested his people, of course the money in Boshu Ketu's hands should be used as
The "dirty silver" should be recovered and returned to Prince Qing's Mansion intact.
However, Gao Pragmatic obviously did not intend to follow this convention - what should he do for Prince Qing's Mansion? The imperial court's ban on vassalage did not harm the interests of the princes. Returning the money to Prince Qing would be nothing more than continuing to raise pigs. Instead of that, why not take it?
How about doing something more meaningful?
As for the future livelihood of Prince Qing's Mansion, there is actually no need to worry about that, because Gao Pragmatic can only take away this floating wealth that he can get from Boshu Ketu, and the properties and properties of Prince Qing's Mansion will be settled after the pacification of Kuaibai.
You still have to return it to him, there is no way that people in Prince Qing's Mansion will starve to death.
However, this floating wealth cannot be taken away easily. There are many possible troubles that it is best to prepare for in advance. For example, after the war in the future, King Qing Shangshu asked the court to return the money to him, and he
There has to be an explanation, and the court has to have an explanation, otherwise it will be very passive.
There are two simplest ways. One is to directly declare that you don’t know the money or where the money went; the other is to express openly that I have collected the money and will spend it on the three sides of Shaanxi.
In military affairs.
The first method, if nothing happens, is of course excellent. You can spend whatever you want, but the trouble is that it is unlikely that nothing will happen. Prince Qing lost nearly 1.5 million taels of silver. How can he remain silent? Don't say anything.
Given the virtues of these princes, even if it were him who was highly pragmatic, he wouldn't be able to bear it. How could such a large sum of money be lost for no reason, and how could there not be a fuss?
And as long as there is a fuss, this matter will definitely not be concealed, because there are too many people who know about it. Now a lot of people in Boshu Ketu's department know about it, and Ilduqi also knows about it. In the future, once Gao Pragmatic is confiscated, there will be more
More Ming troops know about it. Even if they have to spend this money in the future, it is impossible not to explain where the money comes from. That is a situation that everyone knows. How to hide it? There is no way to hide it.
So this path doesn’t work, so we have to look at the second option.
The dirty money was confiscated openly and used for military affairs on the three sides of Shaanxi Province. In theory, it seemed that justice was being done, but in fact things were not that simple.
This is the Ming Dynasty, not the Red Dynasty. It is impossible for Gao Pragmatic to persuade people with the principle that "the people are above all else", and few people will listen. Although "water can carry a boat, it can also overturn it", but this
Money cannot rise to this level because it itself is regarded as the private property of Prince Qing's palace. The Ming Dynasty may not have said "private property is sacred and inviolable", but it does not mean that there is no such thinking, especially if the owner of this property is still a prince of the clan.
It is even less possible to invade and possess it at will.
Looking at Zhu Yijun's performance, we know that in a world governed by filial piety, the "kinship" relationship is a clan-based relationship that even the emperor dare not ignore. Therefore, although the royal family can suppress the military and political power of the clan, it does not dare to act easily.
Their property - what's the matter, you, the emperor, can't even bear to give your fellow clan members a bite to eat?
No one who becomes the emperor can bear this sentence. Otherwise, when Gao Pragmatically relaxes the vassal ban, why would a lot of space be spent on solving the survival problem of sects and vassals? It’s not that they don’t dare to challenge this sectarian principle, nor do they dare to
Let the emperor shoulder such a big blame?
For this reason, it is not easy to collect it directly, and you have to find another way.
After coming back to his senses, Gao Pragmatic praised Yilduzi, but found that Yilduzi didn't seem very happy. He rolled his eyes and understood the reason.
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said: "General Ilduzi is disappointed because he failed to show his military power in this battle?"
Yilduzi sighed unhappily and said: "Yes, I thought I could fight a battle and make some achievements, so that I could go back and explain to Abu... uh, to my father. Who knew that Boshu Ketu was taken away?
I was frightened by what Uncle Tuo said... Sigh."
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "General, you have made great achievements in this battle."
"What does this mean?" Yilduzi shook his head and said, "The lord does not know. This merit may count in the Ming Dynasty, but it does not count in the eyes of us Mongolians. For Mongolians to count their military merits, they must have
The only thing that counts is actually winning the battle. I will take this military achievement back and tell Abu that maybe Abu can drive me out."
Gao Pingshi laughed and said very considerately: "I see, I understand. However, General, it is actually very easy for you to achieve military exploits, but..."
"Just what?" Yilduzi asked quickly.
Gao pragmatic sighed: "I'm just afraid that the general won't want to..."
Yilduzi was not a fool after all. He was moved in his mind and asked tentatively: "What do you mean by the Privy Council... to let the last general go to Ningxia?"
Gao pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly and asked: "Ningxia? Well... what does the general think?"
Yilduzi opened his mouth slightly, but stopped talking.
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "General, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it clearly. Although once the headquarters announces a military order, it is indeed non-negotiable, but this is not the case in normal times. Everything can be discussed."
Yilduzi smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I want to discuss anything, but the 20,000 warriors under my command are all cavalry. I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack Ningxia... There are both the Great Wall and the Great Wall around Ningxia.
There are two inner and outer cities and forty-seven forts. Don’t be afraid to say something offensive. If the general’s department had this ability, Ningxia City should have been owned by the Ordos Department at least decades ago.”
Oh, that's true. If the Mongols could really capture these strong cities and forts, they should have captured them long ago when Anda Khan dominated the northern part of the Great Wall. Why do they need to wait until today?
Gao Pingshi smiled when he heard this, and did not care about his "violation of taboos", but nodded and said: "What the general said is reasonable, but the headquarters does not intend to let the general go to Ningxia Jiancheng."
"Oh?" Yilduzi was a little surprised, but he couldn't help but think about it when he thought of being pragmatic and practical with soldiers. He asked with some surprise: "The general has heard for a long time that Shutai is the smartest person in the world. Is it possible?"
Is there a way for the Privy Council to trick Kuai Bai out of the city to fight in the wild?"
Gao Pragmatic didn't know when he became "the smartest person in the world". He probably understood the meaning of "number one scholar" wrongly among the Mongolians, but this was not the key. He just shook his head slightly and said: "The main department has no information for the time being.
Such consideration is not a matter of whether it is possible, but rather that the battle in Ningxia should not be fought like this."
This is a new thing. Is there any difference in how to fight? Ilduzi even forgot about his own affairs and said in surprise: "Why? Oh, the general said... then how to fight?"
Gao pragmatically said calmly: "Don't use tricks, just fight with force."
Yilduzi looked stunned, and finally couldn't help but asked: "Why is this?"
Gao pragmatic chuckled softly, with a hint of coldness in his indifference: "Because I want some people to see that no matter how strong the city is, the soldiers of tomorrow can conquer it."
Yilduzi felt a shiver in his heart, thinking that Gao Pragmatic meant to warn himself or other Mongolian leaders, but then he thought about it and felt that something was wrong.
What Gao Pangshi just said was "no matter what the fortress is," but what the hell is there in Mongolia? Even if Han Naji's naturalized city or Dabansheng were upgraded, they would still be far behind the Ming Dynasty's cities.
There is no such thing as a fortress, so the person Gao Pragmatic is referring to in his words is obviously not a Mongolian.
But if it’s not the Mongols, who else could it be? There is Myanmar in the south, which is said to have been very lively in the past few years, but it was taken care of by the Ming Dynasty last year. There are also Jurchens in the east, but the situation of the Jurchens and the Mongols is also different.
It's not big. Although some villages are also called "cities", but those things are nothing compared to the Ming Dynasty? Obviously, they can't be called "strong cities and giant fortresses".
It seems that only the Ming Dynasty can talk about strong cities and giant fortresses. What's going on?
In fact, Yilduzi's guess was correct. The object Gao pragmatic was referring to was actually in the Ming Dynasty, but he did not explicitly refer to it - any vassal king who might rebel or cause commotion during the process of opening the vassal ban.
They are all the targets that Gao pragmatism wants to warn through the battle of Ningxia.
Yilduzi thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, but since it couldn't be referring to the Mongols, he didn't bother to think about it all the time. He turned around and mentioned his own incident: "Since the battle in Ningxia does not require the general's assistance, I don't know what the outcome will be.
Where else can I find such military exploits?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "Of course I'll go to Huo Luochi and Brother Zilitu to find it."
Yilduzi suddenly understood and immediately asked: "Where are they two now?"
Gao pragmatic pointed to a pair of military reports on his desk and said: "The news I just received today is that they sent troops ten days ago and have forced Nianbo's defenders to withdraw eastward, and are now attacking the area under Zhuanglangwei's jurisdiction.
West Datong River Fort.”
As a member of the Tao Department, Yilduzi is no stranger to the situation near Zhuang Langwei. If Nianbo has been lost and Huo Luochi is attacking the West Datong River Fort, it means that the Ming Dynasty's "corridor" leading to the Western Regions
It is already in danger - the width of this passage is not even a hundred miles, and it may be broken at any time.
This is indeed a good place to make contributions!
"The last general is willing to go!" However, Yilduzi still has a big question that must be asked clearly: "But if the last general goes to Zhuanglangwei, the command authority..."
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