Wu Ping and Wu An saw that Mrs. Jianxiu was furious, and knew that land reclamation was a big deal, so they hurriedly sent the guards away, and only the two of them were guarding at the door. At this time, I heard the voice of sword embroidery coming from the hall, "Wu Sinan, Wu Sinan, what good things have you done, don't you know?" Say! When I married you, did you sell the "Mountain Quiet Day Picture" that accompanied the marriage? ”

Jian Xiu was born in the dust, and there were a lot of people who admired it at that time, don't look at it as only selling art and not selling yourself, and also made a lot of silver. She has always liked calligraphy and painting, and once, by chance, she met someone selling a famous painting, which was this "Mountain Quiet Day Long Picture", and she paid a lot of money to buy it. This painting was Tang Yin's handwriting, and the value at that time was very expensive, and the sword embroidery was very fond of it, and it has always been regarded as the root of life. Later, in order to take revenge, Wu Sinan decided to marry Wu Sinan, this "Mountain Quiet Day Long Picture" is not only a dowry, but also a token of love between the two.

This painting is hung in Wu Sinan's study every day, today the sword embroidery suddenly whim, go to the study to watch, but go in to see, the painting is gone. Some time ago, Wu Sinan moved all the paintings at home, and Jianxiu heard a little wind, but he would never have thought that Jianxiu could sell this painting. Asked the maid who cleaned up the study, and it was really taken away, which is called how to not be angry. There are two theories about how much this painting is worth, but it represents the relationship between two people.

In fact, Wu Sinan didn't want to bet on this painting at the beginning, but among all the paintings, this painting is the most valuable, so if you don't bet on it, how can it be enough. What's more, it's not a sale, isn't it a temporary mortgage? bit it, and let the brother-in-law take it together.

"Madam......" Wu Sinan smiled. Awkwardly, he said, "You...... Misunderstood...... How could I have sold this painting...... It's just that...... It's just a temporary mortgage...... It won't be long before ...... Definitely, definitely getting you back......"

"Mortgage, okay, it turned out that you were asked to take it! Say! What do you want money for? Do you want to go to the Qinglou and redeem which girl again? "Jianxiu knows Wu Sinan too well. Knowing that his father-in-law is not good, he just likes that little bit of romance, and it is impossible to do anything else if he asks for money, he must have spent it on it. Because the sword embroidery itself is from the dust, so I won't interfere too much with my husband's hobby, but use my own paintings. went to redeem other girls, but Jian Xiu couldn't accept it.

"No, not became...... How could I possibly take our token of love as a token of our love...... I just got the bank mortgage ......" Wu Sinan said cautiously, but before he could finish speaking, he saw Jian Xiu stomp his foot heavily. Exclaimed, "That's not the same! ”

"It's different, it's different...... to the bank to mortgage ...... The interest rate is relatively low...... Wu Sinan hurriedly shook his head, "Also, the silver mortgaged is not what you think, I will never take it to ransom any girl." But...... It's for business......"

"Doing business? If you don't do it with a good governor, you have nothing to do with business? Lord Yue sent a letter a few days ago, asking you to beware of other realms and strictly prevent Tartar dogs from jumping off the wall. Raiding at the gates. As the governor, he was a feudal official of the imperial court. Erpin, you are all day long. I don't want to think about business, I am busy with business, I am not afraid that if the Tartars enter the customs, the whole family will lose their lives...... followed by a nearly 1,000-word preaching, and finally he stomped his feet and said sadly: "I really saw the wrong person......"

"Madam, you really misunderstood me, didn't I do this in response to Lord Yue's call. Lord Yue encouraged me to go to sea to do business, but as a subordinate, why couldn't I cooperate, so I asked Jiang Xuantang to handle some goods and go to sea to go around. I did this, but it was all in response to Lord Yue, and I didn't have any selfishness. Wu Sinan is also sharp-toothed, smiling and defending himself. Besides, when did I shirk and prevaricate about the official business assigned by Lord Yue, and after the letter came down, didn't I ask someone to go to Xuanfu and Datong to inspect the various places. ”

"Husband......

Jian Xiu is also a tiger girl, not only knows martial arts, but also proficient in poetry and songs, her brain is naturally not ordinary smart, how can she not hear that her husband is sophistry. However, she did not expose it, but walked to the lower hand and sat down, and said earnestly: "Since it is in response to Lord Yue's call to go to sea to do some business, it is not impossible, but you are a feudal official after all, once it is rumored to go out, it will always be said that it is not good, and it will even be regarded as using power for personal gain, this kind of thing, it is better to do less in the future." Also, you are an honest official, and the reason why I married you is also because I like this. I don't have much money at home, but when you need money, why don't you tell me, I still have some private houses, so I can't let a governor take the calligraphy and paintings of the family and pawn them outside......"

"It's not a pawn, it's a loan......"

"Don't say it yet, listen to me continue......" Jian Xiu interrupted Wu Sinan's words, and continued to say softly: "You are a dignified governor, when you need money, you have to take out the calligraphy and paintings at home to mortgage, and even take out the love token of you and me. I still have some gold, silver, and jewelry in my room, which should be enough to redeem those calligraphy and paintings, and when you come to my room to get them, I will ask someone to redeem them. I know that you are a man who stands up to the sky and the earth, and you don't want to open your mouth to women, but after all, we are husband and wife, and mine is not yours. ”

Seeing that Jian Xiu was so considerate, Wu Sinan couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth, and said movingly: "What Madame preached is that she is confused for her husband. ”

"You're not just confused about this, there's something else." Jian Xiu said softly again.

"Please also ask Madame to teach." Wu Sinan knew that this lady was not only both civil and military, but also had the courage and insight to enter the hall and kitchen. Although he himself sees things very thoroughly, he has a great problem, that is, laziness. Many things, lazy to think, lazy to do, unless they have to do. Now the well-informed wife is willing to take the initiative to instruct, which just saves her brain.

"Lord Yue said in the letter that the Tartars are likely to be forced to jump over the wall in a hurry and send troops to forcibly enter the customs. At present, the nine sides are basically forbidden to enter and exit. Strict defense, only Xuanfu's Zhangjiakou and Laiyuanbao are still trading with Mongolia, and pedestrians flow endlessly every day. Although only Han people are allowed to enter and exit, there are loopholes after all. I've heard people say that before. When Nurhachi first attacked the city, he sent people disguised as caravans, infiltrated the city, and then joined forces with the outside. Moreover, when the Liukou first attacked the city, they also used this trick for a long time, and they tried it repeatedly. On the Tartar side, there are not only Jurchens. There are still a lot of Han people who have surrendered, although we prohibit foreigners from entering the customs, but once the Tartars let those Han people who surrendered to fight in the front, what can we do? This must be guarded against. Jian Xiu said earnestly.

"Madame is very right. I don't know how to soldier, I really didn't expect this layer. However, if the Tartars really let those Han people pretend to be caravans to enter the customs, we will not be able to recognize them. The imperial court has not forbidden trade with the Mongols now, so I can't close the pass without permission. Wu Sinan said.

"That's the question. I also thought that if the only pass for trade with the Mongols was sealed, it is estimated that those Mongolian tribes who are close to my Ming Dynasty will not be able to live. So. The imperial court will not allow the closure of the pass unless it is absolutely necessary. Unless you actually get the evidence. Jian Xiu said softly.

"Madame is right, that is Madame's meaning. What should I do now? Wu Sinan said sincerely.

"The concubine means, otherwise, I will secretly take some people to Zhangjiakou and Laiyuanbao, and check carefully to see if I can find the spy sent by the Tartars. If it can be found, the husband can use this as an excuse to ask the emperor to close the pass, and if he can't find it, he can also check the armaments on both sides by the way. Jian Xiu said.

"This ......" Wu Sinan's face showed embarrassment, such a thing, you can't let your wife do it. However, it seems that there are really few subordinates who are enough to see, unlike Lord Yue's hidden dragon and crouching tiger, and his own subordinates, Wu Ping and Wu An are okay.

"Husband, you also know the concubine's ability, there is absolutely no problem. My father is determined to serve the country, and his unfulfilled last wish will naturally be done by me, who is a daughter. Please also ask the husband to fulfill it. Jian Xiu said in a firm tone.

"That'...... Okay, I'll transfer Wu Ping and Wu An to you, bring another hundred people with you, and give you another arrow, and at the critical moment, you can transfer soldiers and horses from all over the Xuanfu. Wu Sinan said.

"Thank you, Mr. Thanks."

As mentioned above, Yue Su is now concerned about three major matters, one is to carry out banking business, appoint Yang Sichang as vice president, and make every effort to supervise it. The second thing is to open another port, and this matter has also been settled, and Wang Qiaonian is the governor of Songjiang and presides over the opening of the port. Not only that, but there is one thing that Wu Sinan really guessed correctly, that is, the naval warships on the Rizhao side are also limited, and Yue Su plans to implement the system of renting weapons to merchants there, and also wrote a letter to Wu Rumeng, the governor of Shandong, asking him to take charge of this matter, but he will not start the trial until the Chamber of Commerce is almost formed.

The third thing is Liaodong. He and Jiang Jie had already expected that the Tartar was likely to jump over the wall in a hurry and desperately enter the customs, so they wrote a letter to Wu Sinan and asked him to be on guard. not only wrote a letter to Wu Sinan, but also wrote a letter to the governor of the three sides and the governor of Jiliao, asking them to be careful and not to open and close. The Great Wall pass in Yulin, Shaanxi, don't look far away from the Tartars, but if the Tartars are in a hurry, they don't necessarily don't go.

Writing letters was one thing, and Yue Su also sent people to the nine sides to secretly investigate. The people sent out were not one, but two, first sending people from six doors, and then sending people from the Changfeng Dart Bureau, so as to do it without the slightest omission.

Xuanfu and Jizhen were the closest to Beijing, and the two groups of people sent sent soon sent back the news. On the other side of Jizhen, no one dares to switch it on and off anymore, and the merchants don't dare to steal it from there. On the Xuanfu side, there are only Zhangjiakou and Laiyuanbao, and there are still open doors to trade with the Mongols.

When Yue Su received the arrival report, he immediately found Jiang Jie, handed the arrival report to him, and asked him to read it again, and then said: "Mr. Jiang, our people have already inspected the entrances of Jizhen and Xuanfu, and Zhangjiakou and Laiyuanbao are really a gap, so I am worried that the Tartars will think about it again and enter the customs from there." ”

"Your Excellency, you are right, there is indeed a problem there. If I were a Tartar, I would also find a way to make a fuss there. Now for the imperial court, the safest way is naturally to retreat, and wait until the Jurchens are destroyed, and then switch it off. But that's it. There is also a hidden danger, that is, the Mongolian tribes that were originally friendly with our Ming Dynasty will also be hit, and it is very likely to stand on the side of the Jurchens. Join them in the attack on my Daming. Moreover, when we send troops to Liaodong in a big way, it is also possible that they will stand on the side of the Jurchens and fight us in a decisive battle. Jiang Jie said.

"Heh......" Hearing this, Yue Su couldn't help but sneer and said, "Are there any Mongolian tribes that are friendly with our Ming Dynasty?" That is, Chahar, who was conquered by the Tartars, had a relationship with our Ming Dynasty. It's not bad, as for the rest, forget it, when the Tartars entered the customs from Datong. I guess all the troops have been dispatched. Those Mongols are also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and whoever has a fast knife will be afraid of whomever they are. You don't retreat when the imperial court stays until the Jurchens break through the pass. They won't send troops to help the Jurchens? I can guarantee that as long as that Emperor Taiji ascends to the top now, all the Mongolian tribes will bow down to his orders. Don't think about those, conquer those enemies. Let them not dare to face me Daming, it is true. ”

"What the adults preach. It's just that in the current situation, the imperial court is not suitable for making too many enemies. Jiang Jie said.

"You really can't make too many enemies. Compared to the Jurchens, the Mongols were easier to deal with. After all, those Mongols have no foundation, they are a tent everywhere, they eat wherever they go, and they are not unified internally, that is, they are eliminated, and it is just troublesome. The Jurchens now have a foundation, internal unity, strong cavalry, and a great drain on us when they move their subordinates. But it doesn't matter, I've figured out how to destroy them all. Yue Su said proudly.

"Oh? The way of the adults to destroy the Jurchens, the subordinates know, but what is the way to destroy the Mongols? Jiang Jie asked.

"I don't remember anyone saying that if you want to destroy a nation, you must first destroy its culture. When the Mongols entered our Central Plains and destroyed our rivers and mountains, they used this method to destroy a lot of Chinese culture. If we want to destroy the Mongols, we can also use this method to destroy their culture. Yue Su said with a smile.

"My lord, my subordinates don't understand, and the Mongols don't have much culture, where are they going to destroy it?" Jiang Jie asked puzzled.

"The culture of the Mongols, to put it bluntly, is that of a people on horseback who are mounted archery and nomads. It is because of their culture that their combat power has endured, declining and rising again. When it falls, at most, it will flee farther away, and the culture will still be inherited, and sooner or later it will rise again. Therefore, if we want to exterminate the Mongols, we must first exterminate their culture, because the Mongols are not terrible, what is terrible is their barbaric culture. Yue Su said.

"Yes, what my lord said is that the Mongols are not terrible, but their barbaric culture is terrible. It's just that if you want to wipe out their culture, it's not easy to say, the Mongols just want to live as a nomad, and if they don't leave their horses, they won't be able to survive. Jiang Jie said.

"As the gentleman said, they really can't survive without the horse. But we can help them survive. Sir think about it, why the invincible Mongol cavalry became vulnerable after only a few decades of enslavement in China after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty. It's not because they enjoy it and forget about the culture on horseback for a while. Since they can forget their culture for the first time because of their greed for pleasure, they will naturally have a second time. My plan is this, when we destroy the Jurchens and trade with the Mongols again, we can sell everything except weapons, and the price is not too expensive, so that they can afford it. Especially the grain, we also sell it to them, so that they can slowly learn to farm, learn to do business, learn to work, gradually forget the culture on horseback, learn the culture of our Han people, and even let them know that the culture of the Han people will make their lives better. As long as the Mongol culture is extinguished, will there be any more Mongols? Yue Su said what he thought.

Jiang Jie knew that Yue Su could climb to this position, it must not be simple, there were certain means, but he didn't expect that he could come up with such a ruthless strategy. Although this strategy cannot be said to destroy the Mongols immediately, it is certain that it will not take a few decades to assimilate at least half of the Mongols. That's amazing.

But Jiang Jie didn't know that Lord Yue's method was called peaceful evolution in later generations.

"This method is not used for the time being, so we have to wait until the Jurchens are destroyed." Yue Su continued: "If you help the Mongols now, you will definitely make the Jurchens stand on the cheap. Sir, do you think there is any way to reconcile the relationship between the Mongols and the Jurchens? ”

"This ......" Jiang Jie groaned, thought about it for a while, and then came up with a way, "My subordinates think of a way, maybe it will work." ”

"Sir, please." Yue Su said immediately.

"Since we have expected that under the harassment of Mao Wenlong, there will be internal contradictions in the Tartars, and they will definitely send troops to forcibly break through the customs, and the place they chose is likely to be Zhangjiakou and Laiyuanbao, which are still trading, and they are more likely to let people mix into the city in advance, and the inside and outside should be combined, so we might as well give them a plan." Jiang Jie said in a heartfelt manner: "Your Excellency can send two teams of men and horses to enter Zhangjiakou and Laiyuan Fort respectively and explain to the local guards, but not to make a noise. When the Tartars suddenly invade the border, the men and horses we sent will pretend to be the Tartars and make trouble in the city, if there are Tartars who have mixed into the city, they will definitely think that they are their own people, and they will come out immediately to respond, and at that time, they will be wiped out. If there are no Tartars who have mixed in, then they can just shout, and then pretend to be subdued by the officers and soldiers in the city, and insist that they are spies sent by the Tartars, and use this as an excuse to block the pass and prohibit trade. Then, the court can tell the Mongols that the reason why the Ming Dynasty did not trade was because of the Jurchens, and if they were willing to stand on the side of the court to attack the Jurchens, then when the Jurchens perished, the big guys could continue to do business, and the court would give them more benefits. In this case, my subordinates believe that there should be Mongolian troops on my side of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"That's a good idea, just do what Mr. wants. I don't think I need to notify any of the generals guarding the pass, so as not to make any mistakes at that time. These two places are too important, and the current guards can be replaced. In this way, I will let Jin Chan be the deputy general of Zhangjiakou tomorrow, and let Tong Zhou be the general of Yuanbao, won't it be okay. Hmph......" Speaking of this, Yue Su snorted and said, "I expected that Tartar, since I knew that I was about to change generals, he would still fight hard. If they don't come, that's even better. ”

"Your Excellency is clever." Jiang Jie sincerely obeyed.

The next day, Yue Su went directly to the book, transferred Liao Fei, the deputy general of Zhangjiakou, to Songjiang Mansion as a deputy general, and Xiao Yiguo, a staff general who came to Yuanbao, went to Songjiang Mansion as a general, and sent Jin Chan to take over Zhangjiakou and Tong Zhou to take over from Yuanbao.

This kind of personnel transfer is basically a sentence from Lord Yue, and the celebrant seals it, and the military department immediately complies with it. Subsequently, the words of the soldiers and horses were sent to Zhangjiakou and Laiyuanbao as soon as possible, and Jin Chan and Tong Zhou also went to take office the next day.

As soon as the decree arrived in Zhangjiakou, after Liao Fei received the decree, he almost died of joy. Zhangjiakou is a place where the danger factor is too damn high, although there is some oil and water, but how can it be compared to Songjiang Mansion, which is about to open a port. When you get there, you can get a random shop, do some business, and go to the ocean trade, which is more than here. Spread the risk here, and go over there, which is to enjoy prosperity and wealth. No wonder the magpies have been calling in the past two days, it turns out that there is a happy event coming to the door.

When Rizhao opened the port, many people became rich, and fools knew that when they went to Songjiang, they would make a lot of money. Other colleagues, who were envious, didn't know how the imperial court chose the people, why they didn't choose themselves.

Jin Chan and Tong Zhou went to Zhangjiakou and Laiyuanbao to take office, and they had to go to see Sima Qiaoyu, Sima Zongbing didn't know the origin of these two, where did they dare to pose as superiors. And Sima Qiaoyu also knew that when they came this time, there must be something, and what they had to do was to cooperate as much as possible.

Jin Chan and Tong Xuan didn't come by themselves, they were the two of them on the surface, and there were Yin Zhu and Li Haoquan secretly, each of them brought a thousand soldiers, disguised as a caravan, and swaggered into Zhangjiakou and Laiyuan Fort. I chartered a few inns, stayed there, and sent a few people every day to wander around the north gate to inquire about the situation.

There are two groups of people, one bright and one dark, and this one on the bright side, to say something unpleasant, everyone knows what they are for, that is, to guard against the Tartars. Don't even be afraid to tell the Tartars that you'll come if there's a kind. (To be continued......)