Chapter 707: A Plague That Isn't a Plague?
Regarding Zhu Chunchen's worries, Emperor Chongzhen was a little unimpressed.
Except for the Mongolian country whose navy did not know where in later generations, the remaining Mongolian brothers did not regard themselves as Chinese?
It's a little straighter, and I can drink a little, so what's left? People don't talk about building a country or anything all day long.
It's not that they don't know the tricks they played in later generations, as long as they don't treat them as foreigners anymore, they won't be happy to completely integrate into the Ming Dynasty.
The simplest and most direct examples are Zhuoliktu Khan and Bu Lost Rabbit Khan, these two old guys are now relying on the capital of Daming, and they have no intention of going back at all except eating, drinking, and having fun every day.
Honglu Temple has already inquired about the wind a few times, and people don't care about the land there at all, and the next step is to think about whether to change the land and return to the stream.
That is to say, as long as the Ming Dynasty sends down the money on time every month, people will be happy to eat, drink and have fun, as for the pasture or something, whatever the court disposes of, it is better to read more of the Analects at that time when the heart of the pasture is concerned.
For the riotous operation of these two old guys, the entire court was convinced, and no one expected that the Tatar barbarians who opened the film without saying a word would now become more well-behaved than cats.
But Emperor Chongzhen didn't feel the slightest surprise.
On the one hand, it is good to eat and drink, and on the other hand, the Manchus have built a Beijing view, and anyone with an IQ on the average line knows how to choose.
Besides, how many tribes are there in the entire desert south and north combined? How many people are there? The wool policy and the smoking policy that has been implemented for a long time, can they still mess up?
After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen simply ordered: "Spread the word that Batel came to see me." ”
After receiving the summons of Emperor Chongzhen, Battle changed his armor for the first time, and hurriedly entered the palace with the angel, and the first thing he said after seeing Emperor Chongzhen salute was to ask directly: "Your Majesty, where do you want to use troops?" ”
Battle has been feeling bored lately, as the most loyal and brave eagle dog under the seat of the Son of Heaven, the time when he can't use a knife to cut people is boring and meaningless, and the most important thing he should do is to straddle the horse and carry a scimitar to sweep away all the garbage that does not submit to the Son of Heaven, and spread the prestige of the Son of Heaven to all directions.
However, looking at the whole world, where is there any place for itself? Unless the Son of Heaven decides to kill the Mughals and Ottomans and those white slaves now, he can only sigh with his sword or train his cavalry with his life.
Battle, believing that he was not the one who had been sighing all day, had to devote all his energy to training, training the cavalry of his own clan to the death, so that they could master the ability to survive on the battlefield.
Now that Emperor Chongzhen has finally arrived, it is estimated that he will use troops on where, which makes Battle a little overjoyed.
However, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen spoke, he directly made Battle feel a little confused: "Come on, go get another piece of clothing, and let Battle Aiqing try it." ”
Battle touched the cashmere sweater in his hand, still a little confused: "Your Majesty, this is?" ”
Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "Aiqing, do you remember what I said when I took you to the north with the British Gongbei? ”
Without waiting for Battle to answer, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I once said at that time that I want to let the people of the south and north of the desert also have enough to eat, and let the people of the south and north of the desert be included in the Ming Dynasty from now on, and the people of my Ming Dynasty will be one from now on, and there will be no separation from each other?" ”
Battle was even more confused.
Emperor Chongzhen did say these words, when he cut down Lin Dan Khan's Ba Zai, when his ten thousand horsemen held a bonfire party with those killers of the Beijing camp and the new army, Emperor Chongzhen did say these words.
But what does this have to do with the shirt you are touching in your hand?
Also, His Majesty summoned himself not to cut people?
Seeing Battle's puzzled face, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "This is a shirt woven from cashmere from sheep, soft and close to the touch, and it will definitely be popular in the future."
In the future, in addition to farming, the people of the desert can also herd sheep, get cashmere from sheep, or weave their own, or sell, and finally they can get silver and buy other things. ”
Battle nodded and said, "Yes, as Your Majesty said, no matter whether it is in the south or in the north, as long as there is food to eat, salt and tea can be bought, and cloth can be bought, the people will be stable, and no one will think about making trouble again." ”
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "So, I plan to send you back." Bring some cashmere shirts, and some craftsmen, and go back to the Tumut Department, as well as the north and south of the desert, and tell the people there to graze well, and through these cashmere, everyone can sell silver, and then they can buy salt, tea, iron pots, spices, and everything they want to buy. ”
Battle was startled, and his hand that was rubbing his cashmere shirt also stopped, and he said in amazement: "Your Majesty, things like knives, guns, bows and arrows, absolutely not!"
The grassland is bitterly cold, the herdsmen fight with wolves, fight with the wind and snow, and fight with people, so most of them are unruly and undisciplined. ”
Battle really knows his own people too well, and it is not common to use a knife to cut people if he doesn't agree with a word, but it is as many as a cow's hair on the grassland, just as simple as eating and drinking water for the people of the Central Plains.
The reason is also very simple.
The grassland is too big, and it is not impossible to set up government management, but for herdsmen, if they cut people here today, they can go to another pasture to graze their cattle when they turn around, and who will take the law seriously?
If weapons such as swords and bows and arrows are controlled, it is better to say that even if these bastards move their fists, they will only have a bruised nose and swollen face or broken muscles and bones, and the possibility of death is not too great.
But once the regulations are deregulated, it's hard to say what these lawless bastards can do.
Battle didn't dare to gamble.
If you win the bet, it's okay to say, once the bet is lost, someone really has the courage to break the law and rebel, what should I do then?
If you put down the chaos, you will kill the same clan, and if you don't calm the chaos, can you, and those cavalrymen, still be trusted by Your Majesty?
Emperor Chongzhen nodded with a smile and said: "Similar to the weapons and armor in the army, there are some heavy bows and crossbows, which are naturally impossible to let go, but other swords and some small bows and arrows can also allow the herdsmen to prepare for self-defense."
I know that no matter how much the imperial court prohibits these things, the herdsmen will still have them in their hands, after all, they still have to guard against the wild wolves and bears and leopards on the grassland, and they can't do without bows and arrows.
After you go back, one tribe after another, you must let everyone know, remember to find the government if there is a dispute, and you must not use force to fight at will, otherwise it will not only affect the tribe, but even their relatives who are soldiers in Beijing will be affected.
I believe that they will not joke with the future of their loved ones in the military. ”
Battle had no choice but to respond, but he made up his mind in his heart, he must find a few blind ones to teach him a good lesson, so as to save himself from causing trouble in the future.
In fact, similar to the situation expected by Emperor Chongzhen, cashmere sweaters became popular in the capital very quickly.
As the saying goes, if the top is good, the bottom will be effective, or the king of Chu is so slim waist, and the palace is starving to death, the people in the capital accept cashmere sweaters very quickly, especially when it is rumored that the nobles in the palace also like this thing.
After all, what life is like in the palace, the big guys are just hearsay, and they all understand that it is impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to really carry a golden hoe to farm, and it is impossible for the queen mother to make scallion pancakes every day.
Then wear a dress that the nobles in the palace like, just like the star chasers of later generations always like the same style of idols - the difference is that celebrity endorsements and advertisements are for money, and Emperor Chongzhen made cashmere sweaters out for land and population.
On the other hand, the reason why cashmere sweaters are popular is that they are expensive, one or two pieces of silver, love to buy, don't buy and roll, Shaofu opened a few shops in the city are so domineering, and they will not be used to anyone's problems.
God is pitiful, now a fat chicken of several catties is only four cents of silver, and then mixed with potatoes or something, can stew out a big pot of vegetables, so that the family can have a beautiful meal, a torn cashmere sweater dare to sell for a tael of silver?
Ordinary people said that they couldn't afford it, and those ready-to-wear shops named Jinba didn't even dare to go in and take a look, so only scholars and gentry could buy it.
So the readers and the gentry bought it - the old man is not bad for money, the bad is the style, the taste, is different, if this cashmere sweater sells for ten cents a piece, the mud legs are all worn, the lord I won't buy it!
It's best to let those mud legs only wear wool for the rest of their lives, and don't be like the old men who can get up cashmere!
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For the high-end cashmere sweaters and low-end woolen sweaters that are popular in Beijing, the newly appointed governor of Beijing, Qian Zuozheng, is not interested in knowing, after all, this thing is also a thing to wear, and it is not worth spending more thought.
It's the people who are really a headache.
At the beginning, some people in the capital began to experience symptoms such as dizziness, head swelling, headache, chest tightness, fatigue, nausea, and loss of appetite.
When this situation was first reported, Qian Zuozheng almost scared his pants - if there was a plague in the capital, how should he explain to the emperor!
However, fortunately, there was no plague in the capital, and thanks to the good health environment and public security in the capital, although some people had symptoms of discomfort, there was no spread at all.
This also made Qian Zuozheng breathe a sigh of relief.
It's just that the more he checked, the more confused Qian Zuozheng became, and in the end, in desperation, he simply found Tian Ergeng of Jinyiwei and asked Jinyiwei to help check together.
Jin Yiwei's efficiency is indeed high, and not long after Jin Yiwei intervened, Qian Zuozheng found the source of the disease that he had been doubting but not sure about.
The problem lies with the construction site of the Ministry of Transportation.
There are a lot of bad things in the Ming Dynasty now, and the busiest and most lively is not the household department that is busy with disaster relief, nor the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which is busy cutting people, but the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Communications.
The Ministry of Railways is busy digging pits and repairing railways in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ministry of Communications is actually not far behind, busy building roads in various places - most of them are Chengzhong Road and roads connecting railway stations outside the city.
The capital is also undergoing a major road repair, and most of the people who have problems are due to these people.
After a headache for a long time, Qian Zuozheng turned his gaze to the Jinyi Wei Qianhu opposite: "Lin Qianhu, these people just built a road, and they became like this?" ”
Lin Huanyu nodded and said: "Judging from the information collected so far, all the sick people are all people who have participated in road repair, and among the people who are building roads, many people have begun to feel dizzy.
To put it bluntly, if the people who have changed it are not replaced, there may be more people in the future. ”
Qian Zuozheng smiled bitterly: "If the people are replaced, will Zhang Butang tear up the official?" ”
Lin Huanyu said with a smile: "Whether Zhang Butang will tear you up alive, the lower officials don't know, but if you don't report the news again, it is estimated that Your Majesty will tear you apart, and it will be torn into one by one, and you can't put it together." ”
Looking at Lin Huanyu with a smile on his face, Qian Zuozheng dared to swear with his experience of studying hard in the cold window, if it weren't for his sister being a concubine, if it wasn't for this guy being a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, he would definitely beat him with peach blossoms on his face!
After resisting the urge to beat people, Qian Zuozheng continued: "I don't know if there are other situations?" ”
Lin Huanyu nodded and said, "Yes." Jin Yiwei visited the people who built the road twelve years ago and found that there were no problems with them, only the people who participated in the road construction after the thirteenth year of Chongzhen would have these conditions, and not everyone had them. ”
Qian Zuozheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's the problem?" ”
Lin Huanyu shook his head and said, "Xia Guan doesn't know very well, at first glance, it may have something to do with the kind of black oil stone used to pave the road." ”
Qian Zuozheng frowned and said, "Black Oil Stone? ”
Lin Huanyu nodded and said, "That's it." Chongzhen did not appear this kind of thing thirteen years ago, and none of the people who built the road had ever seen such a thing.
And after May of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, this thing was tossed out by the Royal Academy to build roads, and slowly there were problems among the people, but it was not obvious.
Now it seems that all the reasons may be due to this thing. ”
After Qian Zuo thanked Lin Huanyu, he went to the cabinet with all the information.
This problem is too big, and it must be carried by the bigwigs of the cabinet, and the only consequence of transferring all the people back without authorization is that they are torn apart by Zhang Butang.
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