"Your Majesty, Honglu Temple Qing Jia Bin asks to see you!" Xiao Jing walked in.

Yan Chengjin looked at the palace gate, and Honglu Temple was the guest house of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, what news did Jia Bin get and wanted to report to Emperor Hongzhi?

After a while, Jia Bin knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the real Timur and Baiya are tributes, for the price of horses in the Tea and Horse Yi City, and I ask the court to raise the price of horses back to twenty-five taels." ”

The real Timur was the prince of the Eastern Chagatai Khan, that is, the prince of Tibet.

This man has the potential of an old coin, fornicating with Hami's ministers, murdering Hami's king, but unfortunately letting Hami's king escape.

His father, Ahei Ma Khan, is a real old coin.

Baiya was the son of Shaanba, the king of Hami's loyalty, and a few years later, the king of Zhongshun.

This man is brave and good at fighting, and Shaanba intends to cultivate him as an heir.

Yan Chengjin was a little surprised, Tubo and Hami sent two people to come, and they attached great importance to this tribute.

Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and others knew it in their hearts.

Emperor Hongzhi put the sparse music on the imperial case, and his face was puzzled: "Raise the price of the horse?" ”

"The number of war horses in Shaanxi Yuanma Temple is gradually rising, and Yang Yiqing reduced the price of war horses to fifteen taels and one horses.

Tubo and Hami make a living by exchanging war horses with Daming, and now the price of war horses ......," Jia Bin said.

The main trading partner of the tea horse market is the imperial court.

The price of the war horse was originally twenty-five taels and one horses.

This is due to the decline of the horse government in the past few years, and the war horses in the northwest mainly rely on the supply of ethnic minorities.

But after the implementation of the strongest law, there were more war horses in the northwest.

Li Dongyang said: "Yang Yiqing has done a good job, and now, the war horse is self-sufficient." ”

"Tomorrow morning, let them face the saint." Emperor Hongzhi said.

In the early dynasties, Han Yuan and the officials of various ministries were there, and if the two raised the price of horses, they might attract criticism from the public.

The next value is up,

Yan Chengjin sat in a sedan chair and returned to the house.

How can he say flatteringly: "Young master, it cost a penny to learn arrows today, and I need to ...... with you."

"Go to the account office and register, and then get the money."

There is no one in the treasury, and it is all on consciousness.

Yan Chengjin said again: "Shoot an arrow to Young Master Ben to see, if you can't shoot, you will deduct your salary today." ”

He Neng was apprehensive, spit foam into his hand, and picked up a one-stone bow.

Yan Chengjin didn't bother, but silently remembered the bow.

I saw that He Neng bit his lip and shot the arrow with great effort.

Whoosh.

The arrow grazed the edge and hit the wood on the edge of the target.

Yan Chengjin looked at He Neng's posture intently, a person who had never used a bow and arrow could shoot a target thirty meters away in one day.

It's a rapid progress.

"Young Master Ben asked you to inquire, have you inquired?"

He Neng smiled and said: "I heard it, the scholar's name is Han Wen, and he is a prisoner of the country, but he lives in a broken courtyard in Dongcheng, and he has an old mother at home."

I heard that his father was a senior official in the previous dynasty. ”

It is not uncommon for the family to fall in the middle of the road.

Yan Chengjin was surprised that this scholar could enter the country as a tribute student, and the bow horse was not bad.

is either talented and intelligent, or like Zhu Houzhao, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child.

"Continue to study tomorrow, when you defeat Young Master Ben, you don't have to learn."

Defeat the young master, that's impossible.

The implication of the young master's words is to learn from this scholar.

How can he shout loudly, and Xizizi went to the treasury to get the silver.

East Side, a dilapidated courtyard.

In the house, Hangul cooked large white rice and Dongpo pork and brought them to the old woman.

The old woman reached out and touched it, apparently out of sight.

But from a distance, the old woman smelled the aroma and could recognize it, but she said angrily: "Boiled meat? You rebel, what are you doing to cook meat for me to eat, you should use this money to buy books! ”

Han Wen said guiltily: "Mother don't worry, someone comes to me every day to practice swords, and gives the child a penny of silver every day." ”

The second child in the inn is about three coins of silver in January.

Can you get a penny? The old woman was faintly excited, "You want to gain fame and fame, and go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to redress your father's grievances!"

No matter how much silver there is, your father will not be able to look down on him when he is underground. ”

Han Wen nodded, and his heart should be weak.

Fortunately, my mother is blind, I don't know if I am doing poorly in my studies, bah~, how can you say such wolf-hearted words.

Han Wen gritted his teeth and secretly hated himself for being useless.

The head cantilever is pierced, and I can't read, and I am afraid that it is hopeless to be admitted to the Jinshi in this life.

……

morning

The hundred officials stood quietly on both sides, and the real Timur and Baiya strode into the main hall.

The officials who were napping instantly became energetic, and they were all like fighting cocks.

Yan Chengjin felt that the atmosphere around him was wrong, and the news in the palace spread extremely quickly.

The official has heard that Tubo and Hami entered Beijing together to protest against the depressed price of horses.

In this world, in terms of lip service, the kingdom that can defeat the Great Ming Speaker should not have been born yet.

"The real Timur meets the Ming Emperor!"

"To worship the tooth is to meet the Ming Emperor!"

The ethnic minorities in the northwest live on horseback all the year round, and their stature is more burly and strong than ordinary people.

Emperor Hongzhi held his old face and said casually: "Come to see me, is it for the price of horses in the northwest?" ”

Zhen Timur said: "The Ming Dynasty opened the Silk Road, and Tubo wanted to exchange silk with the Ming Dynasty, but the price of the horse fell to fifteen taels."

It takes two horses to exchange for one silk.

I implore the Ming Emperor to raise the price of horses for the sake of the tributes of Tubo and Hami. ”

The price of silk rises when it leaves the capital, and the farther away from the capital, the higher it rises.

The price of horses in the northwest is subject to the price set by the imperial court.

Even if they wanted to sell to merchants, the merchants were only willing to pay the same price as the imperial court.

Hubu Yanguan said: "In the third year of Chenghua, the imperial court opened a new tea and horse market in the northwest, and the price of horses at that time was only twenty-one horses.

In the seventh year of Chenghua, the Tatars invaded the Hetao, and you deceived the Ming Dynasty for not enough horses, and forcibly raised the price of horses to thirty-five taels.

Now, how can you have the face to ask the court. ”

Hami and Tibet were able to make war fortunes by relying on horses.

If the price of horses is depressed, it is like being restricted by the economy.

Bai Ya was not angry: "At the beginning, the Tatars also bought horses from us, but we sold them to the Ming Dynasty, so can't we show our loyalty!" ”

"How did the old man hear that you sold forty taels to Tatar?" Wang Yue's voice sounded.

As if enraged, the officials were indignant.

In the main hall, there was a lot of noise.

Emperor Hongzhi sat on a high platform and did not persuade him.

Xie Qian was still immersed in the grief of Xie Pi's departure from Beijing, and he didn't have much heart to debate.

On the contrary, the officials were beaten like chicken blood, knowing that the opportunity was not easy to come by, and hurriedly stood out of the team and spat fragrantly.

The real Timur and Baiya were a little angry, and the Ming officials were so unreasonable.

"Respected Emperor Ming, what do you think?"

Let me raise the price and buy your stuff on my own?

Isn't this a fool......

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the real Timur and Baiya with the eyes of Zhu Houzhao, and for some reason, the children and grandchildren of the royal family were always not as smart as the children of other people's families.

Li Dongyang chuckled, if it was His Majesty Chenghua, he might have agreed.

But this is His Majesty Hongji!

Even the household department doesn't know how much silver His Majesty's inner money has.

Since the marriage of the crown prince, His Majesty has never opened an internal fund......

The crusades of the officials came wave after wave.

The real Timur said coldly: "What's the use of being strong, it is rumored that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are all good at the six arts, I don't know if they dare to compare!" ”

"Why don't you dare?" Qin Hong looked at the two yellow-haired boys and smiled.

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand: "The military department will personally fight against the two boys, what kind of system will it become, choose from Hanyuan." ”

If His Majesty wants to save face, if it spreads, tributary countries such as North Korea and Annam may laugh at the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty Daming, if I wait for the riding and shooting and win you, please adjust the price of the horse to thirty taels."