In September of the sixteenth year of Zhengde, the left was promoted to the right attendant of the household department, and was responsible for the governor's warehouse.

Immediately, Zhu Houzhao drove the expedition in person and led 3,000 battalions out of the customs to Liaodong.

When the courtiers learned that the emperor had run away again, they were accustomed to it, and only urged Wang Yuan to hurry up and chase after him. Even, Yang Tinghe did this, knowing that Wang Yuan was likely to make another war exploit, but he still hoped to keep the emperor safe.

If the emperor died, it would be of no benefit to Yang Tinghe.

Because there is now a prince, after Zhu Houzhao's death, the prince will naturally succeed to the throne. At that time, there will be two queen mothers, one is the Empress Dowager Xia (Empress Xia) and the other is the Empress Dowager Gu (imperial concubine). Empress Dowager Xia's sense of existence is too low, and she is not Zhu Zaiyun's biological mother, and most of them will be controlled by Empress Dowager Gu.

Empress Dowager Gu (Imperial Concubine) has a close relationship with Wang Yuan, and with the cooperation of internal and external affairs, it is easy to overturn Zhang Yong and Yang Tinghe.

Zhang Yong, Yang Tinghe, and the two hope that the emperor will live a long life, at least not die before bringing down Wang Yuan.

Similarly, Wang Yuan did not want to see the emperor die early. Because his own qualifications are too shallow, he is too young to convince the public, and many things cannot be done in a short time.

Everyone is looking forward to it, Wang Er is out of Beijing!

Zhang Mu, who is very good at doing things, has come to the capital to listen to it. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Mu was responsible for taking care of the adopted daughter and new crops into Beijing.

Wang Yuan went to Liaodong this time, in addition to Zhang Mu accompanying him, he also brought a few disciples.

Zhu Houzhao ran very fast, after all, the whole cavalry team. After walking a few days late, Wang Yuan rushed all the way to Guangning, and the emperor was still in front, and he was afraid that he would have to go to Haizhou (that is, Anshan Haicheng) to catch up.

In later generations, Panshan County is now just a post station, and its name is Panshan Station.

However, because it is located on a major transportation route, the population is gradually increasing, and it can also be called Panshan Town.

Wang Yuan did not go to the official post station, but came to the only inn in the town. Instructed Zhang Mu to feed the horses and brush the bristles, and he and his disciples began to eat to fill their stomachs, while eavesdropping on the conversations of other diners.

A merchant said, "Alas, this business in Liaodong is getting worse and worse. ”

Another merchant drank and complained: "Isn't it the opening of the sea in the south to make trouble?" Nowadays, the goods in the Northeast can be loaded in Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou, and the land business may not be able to continue. Brother Cao has a way to the sea? ”

The merchant said, "If I have a sea to go, why should I drink with you here?" ”

Another merchant said: "Gaizhou turned over last year, and he had to pay compensation for the seeds, and he was made unable to live by the eunuchs. I heard that not only did the sergeants flee, but the commanders and thousands of households ran away! The imperial court will definitely immigrate to enrich Gaizhou, you and I can do business in partnership, and try our luck in Gaizhou. Didn't Brother Cao have Li Qianhu's doorway? Li Qianhu is close to Gaizhou, so maybe he will be transferred there. ”

"Let's go to Gaizhou and have a look!" The merchant was overjoyed before.

There used to be sea smuggling in the Northeast, but on a very small scale. Since Wang Yuan opened the sea, maritime merchants have become bold, and they actually started the idea of the northeast. Jinzhou Zhongwei Zuoqianhu (Lushunkou) has almost become a smuggling base in the Northeast Sea.

Moreover, there is also a shipyard there (Lushunkou), and more than 800 large ships were built during the Yongle period - there are even sailors, and the original purpose of the establishment of Jinzhouwei is to guard against Japanese pirates at sea.

Now, the commander of Jin Zhouwei, together with thousands of households under his command, is busy with the great cause of smuggling all day long. They quietly expanded their shipyards to make it easier for smuggled merchant ships to dock and repair, and to trade with these fleets by the way.

As for the Gaizhou earthquake, as the businessman said, the situation is already very serious.

The commander and the military attache below 1,000 households threw away the seal letter and fled. Even the officials couldn't survive, let alone ordinary soldiers, and several guards escaped cleanly.

Good deeds done by eunuchs!

In the Ming Dynasty, part of the military tun was kept for its own use, part of it was handed over to the guard, and part of it was handed over to the state treasury.

The part that is handed over is called "Tuntian seeds", and the "compensation system" is implemented. That is, in the event of floods, droughts, locusts, and poor grain harvests, the imperial court asked the officers to pay compensation, and the officers asked the soldiers to pay compensation, and if they couldn't afford it, they could only choose to flee.

Gaizhou is estimated to have been hit by eunuchs for a long time, and last year there was a major earthquake, followed by snow and drought. The eunuch also ordered Bao to pay compensation, but the soldiers couldn't bear it and ran first, and the officers couldn't bear it and ran away.

The dignified commander of the state guard, the military attache of the third grade, couldn't pay the grain tax and fled. Can you believe it? Can you believe it?

Well, it may also be that the non-commissioned officers ran out, and the commander was afraid of taking responsibility and lost his head, so he simply dropped the general seal and left.

Wang Yuan walked to the adjacent table, hugged his fists and said: "In Xia Wang Meng, a member of Shuntian Mansion, I travel with all my classmates to study in various places, and this time I plan to go to Liaodong to enjoy the mountains and rivers in the northeast." Can I talk about it together? ”

"Prime Minister Wang, please take a seat." The two businessmen were very welcoming.

Asked the shop guys to put the tables together, Wang Yuan added two more dishes and a pot of wine, and took the initiative to help pour the wine and said, "Dare to ask the two respects?" ”

"Don't dare to be," said one of the merchants, "under the surname Liu, Liu Jingcheng." This is Brother Cao, Cao Gui. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "It turned out to be Brother Liu and Brother Cao, I heard about Gaizhou just now, and the sergeants there really ran away?" ”

"It's not," Liu Jingcheng said with emotion, "who can bear the disaster for several years in a row." What's even more unfortunate is that the eunuchs in Liaodong have a personal vendetta with the commander of the Nagai Prefecture Guard. It was a grudge formed by the elders, and this time it was reported together, but it was a pity that the entire Gaizhou sergeant suffered. ”

"I see," Wang Yuan asked again, "what kind of business do you two do?" ”

Cao Gui said: "Transporting some furs and medicinal herbs into the customs, small business, is not worth mentioning. ”

Liu Jingcheng said: "I got hundreds of acres of land in Liaodong, specializing in growing grain, and by the way, I also dumped some goods. ”

"Big business." Wang Yuan said.

"Small business, small business." Liu Jingcheng said modestly.

After the decline of the military tun system, a large number of tuntian fields were abandoned, so the imperial court invited investment to reclaim the famine, as long as enough grain was planted and sold to the imperial court, the corresponding amount of salt could be obtained.

This practice is very advanced, but it is also corrupted in the north, but it can still make money by growing grain in Shangtun in the northeast.

The land of Liaodong is really fertile, and during the Yongle Dynasty, Liaodong did not need central funding at all. It is more than enough to supply grain and grass by himself, not only to hand over to the central government, but also to be responsible for supporting the grain and grass of the slave Gandu Division. There are also three major iron factories here, which can make guns and cannons by themselves, and can build ships and produce salt by themselves, which can be described as a blessed land!

In the original words of a minister of the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong "the people of the fields are rich in the valley, the people of Ze are rich in freshness, the mountain people are rich in materials, the people of the sea are rich in goods, their gains are easy, their prices are cheap, and the people are convenient." ”

The way it is now is purely caused by the system.

The whole of Liaodong was under military control, and most of the Han people were soldiers (or soldiers' families). Up to now, soldiers have almost become serfs, preferring to flee into the mountains to be savages rather than farming for the imperial court for generations.

The corruption of Liaodong is even worse than that of other border towns!

Because the land in other border towns is relatively barren and facing Mongol pressure, no matter how corrupt the eunuchs and military attaches are, they dare not go too far. As for Liaodong, you only need to face Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchen, these enemies are weak chickens that do not have a climate. Coupled with the fertile land and abundant goods, the eunuchs and military attachés were simply greedy to death.

The Manchu Qing can be bigger, don't complain about Xiaoice, don't complain about the Donglin Party, in the final analysis, the core problem lies in the military attaché!

Since Chenghua Plough Court, the military attache of Liaodong has "died" in Anle. Because there is no external pressure, the frenzied exploitation of the subordinate soldiers, the area of the military cantonment is increasing year by year, and there are records of "a certain sergeant in a certain service" everywhere in the history books.

What is a sergeant? It is to call the soldiers as slaves, and in other places, there are dozens or hundreds of servants, and Liaodong is often thousands or even thousands!

This is only the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the eunuchs and military attaches in Liaodong dare to turn thousands of soldiers into serfs!

The Ming Dynasty finally exploded in Liaodong, and there were many and deep-seated reasons.