Volume IV Chapter 15 What If
"On the Resumption of the Hetao" was only transmitted to the cabinet, and Xia Yan couldn't wait to invite Yan Song to come to discuss, preparing to urge Yan Maoqing, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, to desperately increase the issuance of salt to provide enough food and wages, so that Zeng Mo could gather an army of 180,000 and recover the Hetao in one fell swoop.
He also thought that Jiajing had retreated into the background, and this Ming Dynasty was really up to him!
For such a major matter, who dares to call the shots except the emperor?
The crown prince Zhu Zaili was shocked when he saw the folds, you people, how can you fat four, either remove the six Shangshu or organize the army to fight against the Tartars!
Have you ever considered how Hongu feels, is Hongu still just a child?
As soon as you came to the prison country, you were like taking the wrong medicine, fooling around, who can withstand this?
He said that he couldn't stand it at all!
Therefore, he simply ordered someone to pass the folds to the Qianqing Palace and asked his father, Emperor Jiajing, to be the master.
How do you say this?
Jiajing had heard about it a long time ago, but when he really saw the twists and turns, he still frowned and pondered for a long time.
He is not like Xia Yan, he is easy to get hot-headed, although he is not as old as Xia Yan, he is much calmer than Xia Yan.
This is an army of 180,000, how much is the salary, and how long will it take?
Xia Yan wrote on the draft ticket that he ordered the Nanjing Hubu Shangshu to increase the salt introduction to ensure the food and salary of the army in the northwest, the question, you don't know how much the food and salary, and I don't know how long it will take, so I know that it is a bit too hasty to order someone to increase the salt introduction?
If this was changed to the plan of the Jiajing Dynasty in history, Zeng Milling, it would be impossible for Jiajing to agree, because at that time, the southern and northern captives were very noisy, and both sides needed to organize troops to resist, and both sides needed money, how could he put aside all the grain and salary that could be exchanged for salt introduction.
However, at this time, the pirates and pirates had been almost cleaned up by Yang Cong, and the southeast coast was basically too peaceful, and it was not impossible to press all the grain and salary that could be exchanged for salt to the northwest.
After thinking about it for a while, he still agreed to Zeng Miao's plan and approved the plan.
After all, he also wants to be a Ming Jun, he also wants to live for a hundred years, if Zeng Mizhen cleans up the Tartars, then Ming Zhongxing will be just around the corner, and when the time comes, he will become the master of Zhongxing.
When the news reached the border gates, it was really gratifying.
Zeng Milling saw that Jiajing had approved the performance, and Xia Yan also expressed his full support for him to clean up the tartars, so naturally he hurriedly recruited troops and horses, and reorganized the army for war, Xuanfu, Datong, and Taiyuan The three towns suddenly gathered elite soldiers, and the momentum was like a rainbow, which frightened Altan Khan, who was in the Hetao!
This guy, Da Ming looks like he's going to come this time, but it's really a big trouble.
He hurriedly organized the heads of the major tribes to discuss and prepare to resist the attack of the Ming army.
The situation in the northwest suddenly became extremely tense, and a major war seemed to be on the verge of breaking out.
At this time, Zeng Mill can be described as full of ambition and high spirits, as if he had recovered the Hetao and cleaned up the tartars.
Question, can he really recover the Hetao and clean up the Tartars?
If Xia Yan can really give him enough support as he boasted, he will give him whatever he wants;
If Yan Song could really urge Yan Maoqing, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, to desperately increase the salt supply and provide him with enough food and salary, as promised to Xia Yan;
If Xianning Hou Qiuluan can be as active as him, desperately recruit troops and horses, and fully cooperate with his actions.
He, it's really possible to succeed.
It's a pity that there aren't so many ifs in this world!
Many times, if you want to succeed on others, then you better be prepared to fail.
In this matter, Xia Yan is too "naïve", Zeng Mo is too idealistic, the food and salary of the 180,000 army, even if Yan Maoqing, the secretary of the Nanjing household department, tries his best, and really tries his best to allocate it, he may not be able to transfer it over, and it is said that Yan Maoqing has no intention of desperately allocating it to him.
This was originally Yan Song's serial plan, how could he really get enough food and grass.
He hadn't been hot for long, and Yan Maoqing poured a basin of cold water on him.
On his side, he is recruiting troops and horses, and he is reorganizing the army, and he is in full swing, but the grain promised by the imperial court has not been delivered to the three towns of Shanxi on time, not to mention the food and salary of the newly recruited 60,000 troops, and even the food and salary of the original 30,000 army have not been delivered on time!
What's going on here?
Yan Maoqing's reply was that Yang Ming was secretly playing tricks, and all the salt merchants who were originally engaged in salt trading were taken away, and he was trying his best to contact the new salt merchants, and it was estimated that he would have to wait another month or two for the grain, after all, it would take time to contact the new salt merchants.
This is not completely deceitful, all the salt merchants who originally did the salt introduction business were indeed all taken away by Yang Cong, but what will wait for a month or two to have a salary, it is completely deceitful, because Yan Maoqing is preparing to use the salt introduction share to make a big profit, but he made money to honor Yan Song or put it in his own pocket, and he didn't think about the food and salary of the Northwest Frontier Army at all!
So, Zeng Mian waited stupidly for a month or two, not waiting for a tael of silver, nor waiting for a grain of grain, waiting for a bunch of useless salt!
Well, if you want to say that this salt introduction is useless, then it is not true, this salt introduction is still useful, as long as they are willing to endorse and receive the corresponding salary, this salt introduction can be used in the major salt farms in exchange for real salt.
The problem is that they haven't received any food at all, how can they endorse people!
This salt is enough, the problem is that there must be a salt merchant with silver and grain to exchange!
What should I do with this pile of salt?
What else could he do, he could only keep urging the Nanjing household department to quickly ask the salt merchants to send grain and wages.
If, according to the previous rules, this salt attracted a share of the salt, or made a promise to the Nanjing household department, the corresponding grain or materials would be sent to the border town, and the Nanjing household department would send it to the corresponding border town.
In other words, if the salt is brought in according to the previous rules, the grain will naturally arrive, but it will only take a certain amount of time, after all, it will take time for the salt merchants to raise and deliver the grain.
Zeng Milling thought that when this salt was introduced, there would be no need to worry about the grain, and it was only a matter of time before he received the grain, so he was not in a hurry to go to the court and report to Yan Maoqing, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, after all, the people had just taken office, and Yangming had withdrawn all the salt merchants, and it would take time for him to reorganize the salt merchants to deliver grain and wages to the border towns.
It's a pity that this is another if, and this if, directly killed him.
How did he know that Yan Maoqing had not negotiated with the salt merchants at all, nor did he let the salt merchants make any promises, so he brought the salt to Shanxi.
In other words, it is not certain that there will be salt merchants who exchange grain and salaries for these salt introductions!
This trick was really beyond his expectations, he never thought that Yan Maoqing, who was also a "Xia Yan party", would cheat him like this.
Of course, he is not an idiot, if there is no salt merchant to send food and wages, he will definitely find out that something is wrong, problem, after these salts are triggered, there are really salt merchants who have sent food and wages one after another, but the amount of food sent by others is not enough.
These salt merchants can't help it, because Yan Maoqing is too dark, and they want more filial piety than Zhang Shiche used to be the official secretary of the household department in Nanjing, and most of their money is used to buy this salt quote, where is there enough money to exchange grain from the border town for salt citation.
If Zeng Mo could react at this time and quickly find Xia Yan to discuss countermeasures, perhaps, he would still be saved.
It's a pity that this is another if, in this world, there are so many ifs.
If there are too many ifs, it will kill people!
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