Chapter XXIII: Blackmail
When Yuan Keli received Emperor Chongzhen's reply, he had a bottom in his heart, so he sent people to the Mongolian side and asked them to send envoys to Ningyuan to discuss the transaction, and this side instructed He Kegang to sort out some grain and prepare it for sale. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After the Mongols received Yuan Keli's invitation, they immediately sent a delegation of envoys, and even brought 3 good horses and a thousand taels of silver as a meeting gift, and when everything was ready, they went to the city of Ningyuan non-stop, only to see that the city was full of flags, and the soldiers were all in good spirits, performing their duties, especially the artillery on the city was even more conspicuous, Yuan Keli had already seen the Mongolian envoy group in the city, so he commanded loudly: "Salute!" ”
"Boom!" The envoy group below was taken aback, I didn't expect this Governor Yuan to welcome us so much, it seems that there must be no problem with this transaction! The heart was happy, so everyone raised the spirit of ten children, sorted out their clothes, and dismounted together, the other party treated us so politely, and we Mongolians were not rude, so everyone stood quietly and prepared to enter the city, Yuan Keli did not return that there was no Jiannu and Mongol troops within a radius of a few miles at night, Yuan Keli nodded, and ordered the city to open the city gate to welcome the Mongolian mission, and the Mongolian representatives were also very happy to see Governor Yuan personally welcome, When they met, they also expressed their friendship with the highest etiquette of the Mongols towards their friends, and the Mongolian representative of Karaqin also smiled and said: "This is the meeting gift that our Mongols gave to Governor Yuan, a small gift, not a tribute!" I hope to laugh at it! The other delegates also smiled and nodded!
Yuan Keli looked at the three good war horses, as well as the silver taels, so he nodded and said: "I didn't expect the Mongolian friends to be so enthusiastic, if this governor refuses your kindness, he can't say it, so Yuan will be disrespectful!" The Mongolians were stunned, originally they thought that you would pretend to excuse yourself and then we would cooperate with you to accept it, why now。。。。。。。 But don't worry, if you accept the gift, the transaction should go more smoothly, everyone thought.
"Come on! Dear Mongolian friends! Inside please! As he spoke, he led everyone into the hall, and after serving tea and snacks, everyone sat down in turn, Yuan Keli looked at everyone with a smile and cleared his throat and said: "This governor doesn't say other polite words, just talk about today's theme!" ”
"That's great!" The Mongolian side nodded
"When the governor received your request, he understood that the situation was urgent, so he immediately wrote a memora and sent it to the capital with an expedited five hundred miles, after all, if this is one more day of delay, then many Mongolian people will be cold and hungry, and the governor can't bear it!" said and made a compassionate look.
When the Mongolian people heard this, whether they were sincerely moved or pretended, they all hugged their fists and said: "Governor Yuan Rende, we are very grateful!" ”
Yuan Keli waved his hand and said, "This is what this governor should do!" But you also know that many ministers in the court today don't have a good impression of you! ”
"We know that!" Everyone nodded in understanding.
"That's why the Governor has used a lot of connections to help unblock this relationship!" Yuan Keli continued.
"We know that, too!" As for the party strife and corruption in the Ming court, they also knew that it was easy to do things with money. "It's hard work Governor Yuan! We can't thank you enough! And they said respectfully.
Yuan Keli nodded and continued: "After the best efforts of the governor and his friends in the court, the most important thing is that my great son is wise and martial, and he understands the righteousness, and finally supports his Mongolian friends through this order!" ”
When all the representatives of Mongolia heard this, they finally passed it, and immediately said with great joy: "Your Majesty Emperor Ming Shengming, Governor Yuan is well aware of the righteousness, and we Mongolians are grateful for it from generation to generation!" Daming will always be our best friend! ”
Yuan Keli waved his hand and continued: "Although Your Majesty has decreed that you can buy grain, but this is bought and sold by head, you have to go back and count the population of your tribes, of course, the governor will also send someone to verify, and then according to the population count, the governor will sell the grain to you!" ”
"This 。。。。。。" Everyone suddenly fell into the abyss of loss from the top of the excitement just now, especially the Karaqin Mongols, they were ready to buy more grain and then sell it to Houjin to obtain the greatest profit, but now that the Ming Court is so engaged in his own people, he can just eat enough, where is there any surplus grain to sell, so he said to Yuan Keli: "Governor Yuan, can't you sell a little more?" Today's weather conditions we can't graze at all, this has survived this winter, next spring I don't know if we can eat, sell a little more we have a little bit of grain storage, this heart is also a little more steady! ”
When the other people heard this, they couldn't help but echo in unison, Yuan Keli smiled and said, "Don't worry, when the time comes, this governor will apply to our Holy Son again, it should be no problem!" ”
"This 。。。。。。。" Everyone was still a little unwilling.
"This time the governor has done his best, and you should be considerate!" Yuan Ke was immediately embarrassed.
"That's all there is to it! Governor Yuan worked hard! "Everyone.
Yuan Keli said with a smile: "Although the governor has not applied for excess grain, he has won the greatest discount for you in terms of grain prices!" ”
"Oh?!" The crowd rejoiced, "How do you say this?" "I can't buy more food, but it's still nice to pay less money! The hearts of the people.
"You also know that although I am very rich and rich, this grain is also scarce, especially in this year's closing period, the price of this grain must rise, this must be clear to you!" Yuan Keli took a sip of tea.
Everyone nodded, so Yuan Keli continued: "In addition, you are urgent, so Your Majesty urgently purchased some grain from the Jiangnan and Huguang areas to be transported to Liaodong, because it is an urgent purchase, so the merchant must have raised the price again, and then closed the road in the heavy snow last year, and the people and sergeants are nested at home for the New Year, and no one is very willing to transport grain, so the court spent a lot of money to let people transport this grain to Liaodong, and the governor is the first time to receive and sort out!" ”
After hearing this, everyone already had a bad premonition, but in the end, when they heard Yuan Keli working so hard, they were still a little moved in their hearts, and they all said: "Governor Yuan's kindness, keep it in mind!" Dare to ask what the price of food is now? ”
Yuan Keli's face was not red, and his heart was not beating: "The price of this grain we purchased is 30 taels per stone!" ”
The crowd almost jumped out of their chairs after hearing this offer! I said in my heart: "Damn old man, 30 taels!" Why don't you grab it! ”
"Governor Yuan! The price is too high! We can't afford it! The crowd shouted.
"Then what is the price that Governor Yuan helped us fight for?" The envoy of the Karaqin Mongols asked, and there was a calm man.
The others also quieted down, ready to listen, Yuan Keli nodded with a smile and said: "After the efforts of this governor and the friendship of our Shengming Son of Heaven in the spirit of Mingmeng, we have decreed that the price of grain can be reduced to 24 taels. ”
Everyone fell into deep thought, when a voice said, "This is still too high!" We are trading sincerely, and if you offer this price is not obviously blackmailing us, you are not afraid that we will cooperate with Houjin to attack your Ming Kingdom! ”
Everyone looked at this Mongolian envoy and was speechless, is this stupid X? Now it's just a matter of price, this can still be talked about depending on the meaning of Governor Yuan, this stupid X annoyed Governor Yuan and Emperor Ming, don't sell grain, how can we survive this winter!
"Shut up!" Everyone said in unison, "Governor Yuan, forgive me!" This man is reckless! Can't speak! You have a lot, don't forgive him, we Mongolians are the best friends of the Ming Dynasty! I will never cooperate with Houjin! And never harass your country! ”
Yuan Keli waved his hand and said with a smile: "If Huang Taiji can give you food, you can go, the governor of Bendu knows that Huang Taiji is also short of food now, and they can't eat enough, will they still give you food, and there is also the governor of Bendu here, and the governor of Bendu still doesn't believe that you can break through this Ningjin defense line!" ”
The man was reprimanded by everyone, and Yuan Keli said this, so he sat there helplessly in a daze, everyone looked at it, or the envoy of the Karaqin Mongols spoke: "Governor Yuan, this price is too high, we can't pay it, you see that both of us are sincere cooperation, see if you can fight for us more, we Mongolians are grateful!" After speaking, he bowed deeply to Yuan Keli! The rest of the people are also in the baggage!
"No! Not so! Alas! All right! The old man will apply to the imperial court again to see if he can lower the price of this grain even more! Yuan Keli looked like he had worked hard for them, and all the Mongolian people thanked them when they saw it, and then said: "Then I'll go back and wait for the good news of Governor Yuan!" ”
"Okay! Ben Governor does his best! So saying, he sent the messengers out of the city.
When they returned to their camp, they were frying the pot one after another, and there was a humane old man Yuan who clearly wanted to blackmail us, why didn't he just rob us of such a high price of grain, and someone else said, isn't he already robbing us? Everyone was also speechless for a while, but if you go to Houjin, the situation over there is the same as what Yuan Keli said, Huang Taiji's dead fat man is not a good thing, we are not good in the past and it is possible to kill our war horses as food, in comparison, it is still more stable for Yuan Keli, everyone discussed for a long time and did not discuss a result, and they went back to their respective yurts.
The representative of the Karaqin Mongols secretly sent someone to send a letter to Huang Taiji, explaining today's situation, and after Huang Taiji read it, he threw the letter on the ground and shouted: "Ben Khan said it! This Yuan Keli is not easy to deal with, and it is clear that it is robbery and blackmail! What do you all say? ”
It was Zilharang who said first: "If this is the case, then let the Karaqin Mongols give us half of the grain, and we can kill a little more cattle and sheep, we can still get through, and we can send an army into North Korea, although we robbed some last year, they should still have some surplus grain!" ”
Huang Taiji nodded, at this time, Mang Gurtai took the initiative to ask for battle, and Huang Taiji also agreed, and asked him to prepare to prepare, and when he received this batch of grain and was sent to North Korea, he turned his head to look at Fan Wencheng, wanting to hear his opinion.
Seeing Huang Taiji looking at him, Fan Wencheng was very happy, knelt down and said, "Great Khan!" The minions felt that they could also step up their efforts to send people to contact the people on the Datong side, so that they could hurry up the time to transport grain, and they should also increase the efforts to buy the ministers of the imperial court and oust Yuan Keli as soon as possible! ”
Huang Taiji nodded with satisfaction, and seeing that the other Baylors did not add, he said: "Then it will be implemented, and the silver taels that were defrauded by Old Man Yuan will be snatched back a hundred times, and a thousand times!" Hum! So he told the Karaqin Mongols about the decision and asked them to try to lower the price more!