Chapter 218: The Discussion of the Border City

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"Beiyu continues to violate the border, do you have a good plan?" Zhu Houxi has been upset by this incident recently, and he can't even sleep at night, always dreaming about it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past few days, Zhu Houxi summoned Xia Yan into the palace several times, just to discuss this matter, but in the end he still had no clue. In desperation, he put on the yellow robe and went to the court again, ready to take the matter to the court to say.

Now Zhu Houxi is really aware of the seriousness of this matter, he doesn't want to be so passive all the time, he wants to solve the problem for a long time, but the last time he ordered Zhai Peng to completely solve the border chaos, it also made Zhu Houxi have a shadow in his heart: It seems that the northwest chaos is really not so easy to solve. Therefore, his current attitude is extremely entangled and contradictory: he wants to completely solve the turmoil brought about by Alta, but he is also afraid of the huge losses brought about by this process and the serious consequences after defeat.

Many border generals also understand Zhu Houxi's thoughts, so in this situation, there can still be good news from the northwest from time to time, saying that they have repelled the northern captives and won countless ...

Peng Yue felt funny when he thought of this, and said that it would be okay to repel the northern captives, but he would inevitably deceive himself if he won countless battles. It's not the things that the Tartars robbed the common people, and besides, they ran away after grabbing, how many can they kill? Now Peng Yue began to doubt the possibility of repelling the northern captives, it is estimated that those Tartars ran away after grabbing them, otherwise they suffered a big loss, how could they repeatedly commit border crimes?

"Your Majesty. The minister believed that there was a solution to the matter and that the border could remain peaceful for a long time. ”。 Peng Yue finally decided to tell his long-brewing plan.

"Oh? What is Aiqing's good plan? Hearing Peng Yue say this. Zhu Houxi seemed to see a bright light, and he became full of anticipation, because this Peng Yue really had a lot of good ideas.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that the horse market be restored in Datong and the border market trade with Beiyu should be opened." , Peng Yue said firmly.

"This must not happen!" , the speaker is the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, Lang Lei Li.

When Peng Yue heard his objection, he was angry, originally he was promoted by Xia Yan. But after Yan Song gained power, he threw himself into Yan Song, and now that Xia Yan has returned to the court, he wants to try his best to curry favor with Xia Yan, which can really be said to be a complete wall-to-wall grass.

"Your Majesty, it's not that there is no horse market in this dynasty, many horse markets such as the Liaodong horse market are being opened, but this Xuanda horse market must not be opened." , Lei Li said impassionedly.

"Lord Lei's words are wrong. Since this Liaodong horse market and many other horse markets can be opened, why can't this Xuanda Malaysia market be opened? Peng Yue couldn't help but be a little amused when he heard his objection.

"Lord Peng, have you forgotten the changes in Tumu Fort?" , Lei Li sneered. Look at Peng Yue, "In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the tile spur excused the matter of the horse market. Large-scale southern offenses, to Shi Yingzong North Hunting. Such a shameful hatred. Why don't you report it? They must be taught a lesson. ”

Only then did Peng Yue remember that Yingzong was captured during the Tumubao Mutiny, and the court was in turmoil at that time. Therefore, the Datong horse market was interrupted because of this, and the imperial court has been haunted by this matter.

"However, the Quang Ninh Horse Market and the Kaiyuan Horse Market were also closed due to the invasion of the Beiyu, but they are still open, and they have received very good results. How can we keep holding on to the civil fort? ”

Peng Yue took his gaze away from Lei Li and then focused on Zhu Houxi, "Your Majesty, the reason why the northern captives have repeatedly violated the border is because they are in a bitter cold place, and their production is extremely underdeveloped, and now the weather in the north is even colder, and they are extremely short of some necessary daily necessities, so they can only go to the border to rob." But if we open the border market trade, we can solve this problem, and they will not come to my Ming to rob. ”

"Then Lord Peng means to think about the Beiyu and solve their difficulties?" Kang Lang, the director of the Criminal Department, said, "Your Majesty, the Northern Captives are cruel by nature, they killed the people of the Ming Dynasty, if we don't teach them a lesson, but give them the right to trade in the border market, I'm afraid they will be even more arrogant in the future." ”

Kang Lang was originally a direct minister, Peng Yue has always admired him, but he didn't expect him to oppose his own opinions, it seems that his measure is indeed very controversial, and there is a lot of resistance to implementation.

"Your Majesty, now our main purpose is not revenge, not a tooth for a tooth, but to rescue the people on the border of the Ming Dynasty who may be looted and killed by the northern captives. The opening of border trade was not limited to the horse market, but also developed into a private market, allowing the people to trade with the northern captives. In this way, everyone will take what they need, and the northern captives will not risk their lives to rob. And livestock and other items are not valuable to the Beiyu, if the trade is opened, I will exchange the cheap daily necessities of my Ming Dynasty for horses and livestock, not only the court can make a big profit, but the people can also make a profit. Peng Yue's words were sincere, he didn't understand why so many people didn't agree to such a good thing.

"Master Peng, although your measures are feasible, how can you ensure that we can stop the war by opening the border market for trade? It is important to know that the change of the civil fort occurred under the condition of the opening of the horse market. ", Chen Chuxiu, the superintendent of the imperial history, stepped forward and said.

Peng Yue also felt that Chen Chuxiu's worries were not unreasonable, he knew that Chen Chuxiu was also a loyal minister, and it was impossible for him to harbor evil intentions.

"Lord Chen's words are wrong." , Cao Bangfu, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, stepped forward and said.

Peng Yue couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, and finally had someone willing to help.

"It must be known that the change of the civil fort was not caused by the opening of the horse market, as far as I know, the opening of the horse market in Liaodong and other places has been very good, and there has been basically no war. Why can't we try it, now the border chaos is still frequent, if the opening of the border market trade has an effect, it is excellent. If there is no effect, we have nothing to lose, right? Cao Bangfu's words suddenly reached Peng Yue's heart.

"The northern captives have long harbored different aspirations, if a large number of our Korean goods flow into the north, I am afraid that it will enhance their strength, if they want to invade the south again, won't we suffer even more?" , Lei Liji asked.

"Lord Lei is serious." Peng Yue glanced at Lei Li coldly, "The border market trade only gives them some food and clothes, and will not sell them anything else. Moreover, in general, the border market trade is still beneficial to my Daming. My dynasty has always lacked horses, and the north is rich in strong horses, and they are the ones who suffer if they exchange them for them. ”

In this way, Peng Yue argued endlessly about this matter in the court, and nearly half an hour passed. There are many people who support the opening of the horse market, and there are also many people who oppose the opening of the horse market. Zhu Houxi didn't say a word in the process.

Peng Yue lamented the mistake in his heart, he thought that this matter would be of great benefit and would not be opposed so much, so he did not discuss it with Zhu Houxi and Xia Yan in advance, and now he found that it was not easy to make such a decision.

He now regrets very much in his heart that he did not convince Zhu Houxi in advance and obtain Zhu Houxi's consent. He was well aware of Zhu Houxi's policy of dealing with ministers, and the last time the opening of maritime trade was successfully implemented because of Zhu Houxi's strong support.

His other reforms that were attacked, such as the Ordnance Institute and the Textile Institute, were all implemented by Zhu Houxi despite public opinion. After many years of imperial career, Zhu Houyu already knows how to deal with ministers, since the Great Rites Discussion incident, he has grown rapidly, he knows how to use the emperor's authority to implement his will, whether many things can be implemented, in fact, is only a matter of Zhu Houxi's words.

Of course, the fact that maritime trade can be implemented is also because the reasons for the opposition of the ministers are insufficient, and the rest of the people who oppose it are actually to abide by the ancestral system.

However, when they took out some Western objects such as glass that they had begged from outside the capital, and some high-yielding crops that had not yet reached China, they were dumbfounded. and brought up the matter of the Franc machine themselves, and they had nothing to say, because many officials had seen the power of the Franc machine.

Moreover, Zhu Houyu was bent on implementing the new policy at that time, and the words of abiding by the ancestral system could only arouse his disgust, and he told Zhu Houyu in advance about the huge benefits in the meantime, so Zhu Houyu made a decision as soon as he made a decision.

But now is different from the past, Zhu Houxi is no longer the ambitious emperor, and he is no longer the monarch who wants to do a great career. As he became more and more obsessed with monasticism, he became more and more lazy to pay attention to the affairs of the court, let alone the reforms that would provoke opposition from his courtiers.

He began to just want to indulge in his little life, only thinking about how to live a few more days, how to live forever, these are things that Peng Yue couldn't stop if he wanted to. Not only Peng Yue wanted to stop it, but the ministers who were a little more upright wanted to stop it, but no one had any choice but to let it go.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to argue about this matter, whether to open border market trade or not, we will discuss it later. The top priority is to solve the border chaos! Zhu Houxi's words were slightly angry.

Many people saw Zhu Houxi's attitude, and began to say that they would refuse it with all their might and would never compromise or something. Peng Yue secretly complained in his heart: It seems that the matter of opening border market trade is about to come to naught...

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