The worst plan that Burihatu made was that he would not be able to defeat the Ming army and could only escape. Therefore, he prepared a back-up plan in advance and left some goods for Cao Yun in Yehexi City.
This "good" didn't secretly plant gunpowder in the city. Burihatu would not regard Cao Yun as a thorn in his side and must eradicate him at all costs - if it was Gao Pragmatic himself who came this time, Bu Rihatu would
Rihatu may have this idea, but it's just Cao Yun who's here, so there's no need to do this.
The Ming army entered the city very smoothly. The hundreds of defenders in the city walked quickly and hurriedly. As soon as they left the west gate, the people of Yehe tribe took the initiative to open the east gate to let the Ming army go.
After entering, some people even suggested to Cao Yu to pursue the Mongolian army.
Cao Yu obviously did not have this idea. When Ma Chengxun left, Bu Zhai and Nalin Bulu also followed. Now the Ming army has almost no cavalry and it is impossible to catch up with this Mongolian group.
Marshal Cao just randomly arranged for Pu Yuanyi and Cao Jian to guard the city gate separately, and then went to the "Baylor Mansion" in Buzhai. The Baylor Mansion in the West City was not damaged. According to the people of Yehe in the city, the Tumen Massacre occurred some time ago.
Khan lives in it.
But something big happened when Cao Yun went there. When his soldiers were cleaning Baylor Mansion, they found several letters in Yubuzhai's bedroom. Two of them were signed by Tong Weixun, and the other one was signed by Nurhaci.
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Nurhaci's letter appeared in Bu Zhai Mansion, which is not very strange in theory, but after checking it, Cao Yan discovered that the matter was not as he imagined. It was a connection between the Jurchen leaders. This letter from Nurhaci was not at all.
Written to Yehenalabu Village, the real addressee of this letter is "His Royal Highness Brihatu Huangtaiji, the ruler of the Great Mongolia, who is as noble as gold."
The letter was written in Mongolian. Cao Yu did not understand Mongolian, so he hired his trusted interpreter. Upon hearing this, Cao Yu immediately knew that something was wrong, and he immediately asked the interpreter to read it to him alone.
In the letter, Nurhaci first complimented Tumen and Burihatu, and then asked, "If Mongolia marches eastward and I march northward, we can certainly defeat Yehe. However, the Ming court will inevitably intervene. At that time, Mongolia can hope to fight the Ming army in the north."
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He also said, "My troops are coming here, but I am afraid that they will be blocked by Meng Gebulu and others. Although these people are incompetent, Hada is a powerful country after all. It may take some time to win. I hope His Highness Huang Taiji will know" and so on.
Good guy, what is this letter? It’s evidence that Nurhachi colluded with the Mongols!
Cao Yu immediately wanted to capture Shuerhaqi who came with the army for questioning, but he remembered that he only had less than 600 people with him anyway, and it would be very easy to capture him, so he was not in a hurry, so he might as well take a look first
Two other letters.
The other two letters were not written in Mongolian, but in Chinese characters. Cao Yu did not need to translate them this time, he just took them and read them himself.
The headers of the two letters were still "Burihatu Huangtaiji", but there were no unnecessary compliments, but the content of the letters still surprised Cao Yan so much that his eyes nearly popped out.
In the first letter, the guy signed "Tong Weixun" said that the three thousand kilograms of gunpowder sold to Burihatu last time had made it difficult for the "master" to handle, and this time Burihatu proposed to buy another five thousand kilograms.
, the master can’t deal with it at the moment, so this matter will be “discussed later”.
The second letter was more like a list, or commodity price list. In it, "Tong Weixun" listed a total of seventeen kinds of goods including pig iron, wrought iron, coarse cloth, fine cloth, tussah, cotton, salt, etc. and attached
On the price list, there are even categories here. Wrought iron, farm tools and salt produced in Jinghua are listed separately, which is different from ordinary wrought iron, farm tools and salt, and the price is also 20% higher.
In addition to the supply list, Tong Weixun also submitted a receipt list, specifying that he required the purchase of "high-quality uncastrated horses, fifty males and three hundred females", "any number" of gelded war horses, and "substitute horses".
Six hundred, a thousand strong oxen, and any number of sheep.”
In addition to the list, Tong Weixun even made a threat, as if he had something to say: "Since he bartered with me, he should know that the court has strict orders and it is difficult for me to do so. The price cannot be changed."
Since you want to do business with me, you should know that it is strictly prohibited by the imperial court and it is not very easy for me to do business, so the above prices cannot be changed.
What is a trade power? This probably doesn't matter.
Of course, this is not what Cao Yan cares about. He has known that the Ming Dynasty is a trading power since he was sensible. Mongolians, Jurchens, and even Koreans did not negotiate much when doing business with the Ming Dynasty.
Yes, basically it is as much as Da Ming says. Whether you like to buy it or not, you can produce it yourself if you have the ability.
It is impossible to give birth by yourself. If you can give birth by yourself, do you still need to ask grandpa to tell grandma to buy things from Daming?
What Cao Yan really cares about is who is this "Tong Weixun" who dares to supply the Mongols in such a large amount despite the strict orders of the imperial court. Even his "master" actually sold three thousand kilograms of gunpowder to the cloth before.
Rihatu!
Three thousand kilograms of gunpowder may not be too much for the Ming Dynasty. Probably hundreds of No. 3 cannons would be consumed in a few salvos. But selling this amount to the Mongols is an exaggeration. It is completely a fool's errand.
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Moreover, how many people can be found in Liaodong who can sell three thousand kilograms of gunpowder at once?
From the perspective of sufficient supply, the number one gunpowder manufacturer in the world must be Jinghua, and Gao Jingshi is the number one holder of gunpowder supplies. But Cao Yu naturally would not doubt that Gao Jingshi sells gunpowder to the Chahar Ministry. Gao Jingshi
It's too late to control it, how can it be possible to sell gunpowder.
Next, there are only the top military and political leaders in Liaodong. We can first exclude Zitai here. Although Zhou Zitai worked in Liaodong for a lot of time, he rarely came to Liaodong since he was promoted to governor of Jiliao, and he did not often take care of Liaodong's affairs.
Futai? It's possible. Cao Yu still knew Li Song somewhat. It wasn't because Cao Yu got to know Li Song after Li Song was promoted to Liao Fu, but because Li Song had been working in the army in Ningqian for nearly ten years before.
Over such a long period of time, news would naturally come out about his style of dealing with people. Cao Yu was already the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong at that time, how could he not hear about it?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Song is regarded as mature and prudent by the outside world, which is also the main reason why he has been appointed to Ning Qianbing for a long time. However, as far as Cao Yun knows, the biggest characteristic of this person is that he is tied to Li Chengliang
Together, he was responsible for helping Li Chengliang expand his industry in the area under the jurisdiction of Ningqian Military Preparation Road in Liaoxi. Li Chengliang ensured that every time Ningqian or even Liaoxi had military exploits, a portion of the profits would be given to him.
Since the interests of the two people are consistent, the relationship is naturally close. It is probably not wrong to say that he is Li Chengliang's ally. And since Shen Shixing took over as the first assistant, both of them have accepted the wooing of the Xin School out of various considerations.
If you join in it, you will become even more comrades and brothers.
What's more, the governor of the Ming Dynasty was not only in charge of government affairs, but also in charge of military affairs. If Li Song wanted to sell gunpowder, it would only cost three thousand kilograms, so it would not be difficult to do so.
However, Cao Yan felt that compared to Li Song, Li Chengliang was more likely to be the "master" mentioned in Tong Weixun's letter.
Li Chengliang wanted to sell gunpowder, and his motivation was even more serious than Li Song's because he was much short of money than Li Song.
There are so many servants and elite cavalry to support, and they cannot rely solely on the military pay from the court. Even though the military pay provided by the court to servants is much higher than that of ordinary guardsmen, in fact the root cause is that the pay for guardsmen is too low, and the pay of servants is too low.
The amount is enough to feed a family of four to five people, so there is no need to think about anything else.
If you want to live a better life, for example, you can buy some clothes for your family during the holidays, show some filial piety to your parents, get some jewelry for your wife, etc., then you have to have other income. Basically, you can only count on the reward from the head of the family for this income.
, that is, the money Li Chengliang gave them.
This amount of money is not considered a "stable income" as a stable income. The reason why it is not counted is because there is no hard and fast rule. Li Chengliang will pay it if he is willing to pay it. The reason why it can be counted is because Li Chengliang will basically pay it on time.
It's like having a "routine" that will not be missed unless absolutely necessary, and will rarely even be delayed.
With so many people counting on Li Chengliang to make money, of course Li Chengliang was also under pressure, so he kept making money over the years and tried all kinds of methods. For example, Cao Yun also knew about secretly manipulating the private market.
Not only did Cao Yu know that, in fact, before Gao Jingshi came to Liaodong and became the governor of Liaodong, especially before he placed General Ma in Kaiyuan, the private trade in Liaodong had always been "developed", and many generals were involved in it——
Including Cao Yu himself also participated.
As for why the situation changed after Gao Jingshi arrived, Cao Yun didn't know the underlying reasons, but he knew that Gao Jingshi had always had his own principles in this regard, and he didn't simply force things to happen.
A highly pragmatic approach is to crack down on the private market but expand transactions in the formal horse market, not only removing many of the previously restricted categories, but also not limiting them very much.
On the other hand, Gao Pragmatic directly allows generals to participate in regular horse market trade. Generals can also participate in the goods that other merchants are allowed to buy and sell. As long as you do not sell restricted goods in violation of regulations, such as guns and artillery, you can sell cloth.
Rice and other things, high pragmatism doesn't matter.
Cao Yan himself was very satisfied with this. As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Originally, the imperial court did not allow Liaodong officials and generals to privately participate in the horse market trade. The result was that these officials and generals tacitly concealed the existence of the private market.
Why do you do this? Of course it is to make money in the private market. After all, Liaodong is a magical place that has been under military control for more than two hundred years. No matter where you are in the private market, don't expect that the military and political circles in Liaodong really don't know your existence. Since they
Knowing but not eliminating it is of course because I have interests in it.
In this case, as a private market, how dare you not take care of these people? Protective umbrellas have always been around, and they are not a new thing.
Some of them took the initiative to manage the situation, and some lower-status generals even took the initiative to ask for bribes, or forced the private market to share the profits with them. That was another matter. Of course, the nature of the situation was not very different.
A highly pragmatic approach is actually to give people a beating and give them sweet dates, which not only gives people a way to continue to make profits, but also cuts off their previous illegal income.
However, it should be noted here that not all private markets are illegal. In fact, the vast majority of private markets themselves are legal, because the so-called private markets are civilian markets, that is, private markets other than the official horse market. Only such as arms
Things like buying and selling are illegal.
Jinghua has many private markets in northern Xinjiang and even Yunnan, Guangxi and other places, varying in size. As long as they have been reported to the government and clearly approved, they are all legal private markets.
The difference is that Jinghua's private market is relatively clean. It does not do or need to do illegal business, while some private markets are not. For example, many private markets controlled by Li Chengliang, because no one would dare to investigate anyway, many violated the imperial ban.
They dared to do any business, but Li Chengliang didn't care about them.
Because of this, many imperial bans in Liaodong were actually superficial, and some even acquiesced.
For example, although the government's horse market is still strictly managed by the court, every time the market opens, the local government will send officials to the market to supervise the market, and send officers and soldiers to strengthen protection. It is strictly prohibited to bring weapons into the market, and it is strictly prohibited to enter the market without goods.
After that, he was ordered to leave the country.
However, there are many types of goods that enter the horse market for trading, and they have begun to include goods that were prohibited from trading in the early years. According to the "Quan Liao Chronicle" records, the goods entering the market from the Mongolian and Jurchen tribes include various livestock horses, mules, donkeys, and cattle.
, all kinds of sheep. In terms of skins, there are mink skins, tiger skins, leopard skins, bear skins, deer skins, sheep skins, fox skins, otter skins, etc. In terms of mountain products, there are ginseng, fungus, pine nuts, honey, etc.
The goods entering the market in Liaodong are mainly textiles such as satin, silk, cloth, ironware such as pots, grains, etc. According to a "horse market draw book" from July 11th to March 12th, Wanli
Records show that during these eight months, the Haixi Jurchens had a total of 26 transactions in Kaiyuan Horse Market, selling 581 kilograms of ginseng, 337.5 kilograms of mushrooms, and 1,460 kilograms of honey.
Ten kilograms, eighty-eight measures of pine sticks, one hundred and seventy-nine horses, twenty-three beads, and seven hundred and eighty-three wooden shovels.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And they bought 87 pieces of silk and satin, 656 coats, 215 pairs of water boots, and 200 iron pots.
Fifty-two mouths, five hundred and forty-six cattle, and four thousand eight hundred and forty-eight pieces of iron.
It is not difficult to see from this the large scale of horse market trading and the relaxation of certain restrictions: iron farm tools are obviously allowed to be traded, and cattle are also allowed to be traded.
Since iron farm tools are allowed, the door for steel exports has been opened. Although farm tools have their added value, especially the farm tools produced by Jinghua, they have always been "more expensive", but if you look at it from another way: Farm tools are not expensive no matter how expensive they are.
It might be more expensive than weapons. Can't we just remelt farm tools and make them into weapons?
But Tong Weixun's list is even more powerful. He or his master not only sells farm tools, but also directly sells wrought iron and even gunpowder.
If Li Song had to find a way to make false accounts if he sold gunpowder, and after being pragmatic in his early years and having the Ministry of Accounts send personnel to help patrol and check the accounts with the censor, it has become increasingly difficult to make false accounts, then?
In comparison, it was much easier for Li Chengliang to sell gunpowder.
He said something about battlefield consumption. Can you check it clearly?
Even if you haven't fought for a while, if he says training consumption, can you check it clearly?
Don't forget, his subordinates are all his "own people".
Cao Yan's hand holding the letter tightened unconsciously, and his palms began to sweat.
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PS: Good guy, I wrote a whole battle to elicit these three letters... If my memory was bad, I would have to forget them all.