Chapter 444: Crooked Monk Yang Ho
Liaodong, Jinzhou, Xiaoling River estuary, a big ship anchored on the coast, Liu Wenju and a group of people got off the big boat to change the boat, to take the Xiaoling River straight to Jinzhou.
If it is a normal situation, it is not once or twice to trade with the Jurchens, and there is no need for Liu Wenju to come forward with the ship in person, this time in order to complete the task assigned by Wang Xuan, Liu Wenju specially came to Liaodong.
Moreover, he did not go with the fleet, but set off by fast boat first, and arrived in Jinzhou as soon as possible to meet Yang Hao, after all, buying and selling human beings needs to bring people together, and the time is not short, if he doesn't want to delay too long in Liaodong, he must come early.
All the way to Jinzhou, Liu Wenju was tired, and after handing over the post to Yang Hao, he rested early, after all, he was old, and he was still a little tired when he saw Yang Hao the next day.
"Grass man Liu Wenju has seen adults." With the five hundred taels of silver with the pattern of the worship post, it is naturally not difficult to see Yang Hao.
"Mr. Liu doesn't have to be like this, please take a seat." Yang Hao laughed and hurriedly held his hands weakly, just for the sake of five hundred taels of silver, Yang Hao would not slack off Li Wenju who was so generous, it was real money.
Although Yang Hao is a strategic envoy of Liaodong, there are too many people who can eat on this line in Liaodong, and there is only a total of military expenses and salaries, and he does not share much profit every year.
"Master Xie."
"I don't know what Mr. Liu is looking for me?"
"I'm here to share the worries of adults." Liu Wenju smiled confidently and continued: "I have been walking the sea line all year round, and I have to walk on this Liaodong several times a year, and I also know that the situation here has always been tense, but this time there is a way, which can make it difficult for the Jurchens to commit border crimes every year, and make the Liaodong defense line more stable." ”
"Oh!" Yang Hao frowned, he didn't expect that a businessman would say this, originally thought that the other party was looking for him to do business in the Liaodong Army, looked Liu Wenju up and down, and saw that the other party looked calm and confident, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Liu, let's listen to it." ”
"I remember that back then, when Li Chengliang was there, there was a move, that is, to move all the residents of Liaodong who were unexpectedly on the defense line to the defense line, so as to fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, so that the Jurchens could not grab food, and when they committed the border every year, they were also worried about transporting grain and grass, I don't know if the adults remember."
Yang Hao frowned, of course he knew about this, he also participated in Li Chengliang's loss of the land back then, and he should be beheaded according to the law, "I naturally know about this matter, but the land of the Ming Dynasty cannot be lost, this matter is absolutely impossible!" ”
In fact, there are not too many ways to deal with the Jurchens, it's just that the people in the court contain each other, and there are so many people who don't know anything about military affairs.
Before he could see any results, he would be taken down on various charges, so in the end, he simply didn't do well, and no one dared to do anything.
"In this way, the adults also think that this method has some effect." Liu Wenju didn't seem to see Yang Hao frowning, and continued to laugh.
"What the hell do you mean?" There was a bit of anger in Yang Hao's tone, he was one of the most fierce opponents back then, and he felt that Liu Wenju was provoking him.
"If the people are really withdrawn, it is indeed the loss of the land, which will inevitably cause the government and the opposition to shake, but if the people do not withdraw to the Guannai, then there will naturally be nothing wrong!"
Don't you want to withdraw to the people?
Yang Hao frowned and looked at Liu Wenju, what do you mean by this? It's a complete contradiction!
"You understand!"
"If the people are withdrawn, they will naturally be impeached, but the adults can completely hand over the people to the subordinates, and then they will transport all the people to the south by big ships, so that it can be said that the people have been suffering for a long time, and they have all fled without looking at the harassment, so naturally they have nothing to do with the adults, and they can achieve the effect of clearing the wilderness."
"You mean to send people from the army to capture the people and give them to you?" Yang Hao shook his head directly, "How is this possible, if you do this, you will inevitably be sued by the people in the army to the Son of Heaven, how easy is this with the slaughter of the people." ”
"There is a way to do this." Liu Wenju smiled and stretched out five fingers, "Each person has five taels of silver, regardless of men, women, old and young, but to ensure that the family is complete, and the green form cannot be left." ”
"What!" Yang Hao was shocked when he heard this, and immediately sat up straight, five taels of silver per person, regardless of the old and young women, I dare not say that outside the Daling River defense line, there are still more than 10,000 households, this is 50,000 or 60,000 people, wouldn't it cost more than 300,000 taels of silver!
At this time, Liaoxiang is less than 400W taels a year, of course, this is all imaginary numbers, from the salary to the army is all virtual, once the local escort into Beijing is not enough, from the household department, the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of War layer by layer exploitation, to Liaodong can have one-third left.
Liaodong officials and generals, big and small, divide this one-third, most of them are food, weapons, clothing and other items, there is not much money that can really share the profits, including him Yang Hao, and he can't get much silver a year.
Therefore, when he heard Liu Wen cite five taels of silver for one person, how could he not be surprised, besides, there was no inscription on the heads of the people, indicating whether they were outside the defense line or inside the defense line, as long as they could get someone, they could sell it, this is a big business!
Standing up from his seat, Yang Hao strode in front of Liu Wenju, "What you said is true!" ”
"How dare you deceive Lord Yang, what you say is naturally true!"
"Hahaha, okay, Mr. Liu is dedicated to the people, moving the heavens and the earth, then the official will discuss with the generals in the army, and will definitely do his best to save the people and the fire and water!" Yang Ho looked up to the sky and laughed, looking excited.
"Then I'll wait for the good news from the adults!"
Liu Wenju was also very happy to be able to directly convince Yang Hao, this was the first time Wang Xuan had given him a task, so he naturally had to do his best.
It's just that what he didn't expect was ......
"Bang!" A delicate teacup fell to the ground, and then Liu Wenju was still angry, and knocked down the table, and a set of official kiln tea sets that came to the door crackled and shattered.
"Yang Hao, I'll your grandma!!" Liu Wenju's face was full of hideousness, waving his arms and howling.
When he scolded a stick of incense in the room, his mouth was full of foam, and Liu Wenju gradually calmed down.
At this time, it has been half a month since he finished talking with Yang Hao, and the large fleet has arrived, and the goods brought this time are not much different from the past, but the ship is fully doubled, full of food and materials, and the purpose is to load a large number of people to return south, but he never expected that Yang Hao, the SB, could mess things up!
Speaking of which, this Yang Hao is too greedy, and he doesn't put the ordinary people in his heart, in the feeling, a person is five taels of silver, and he doesn't care about men, women, old and young, this is simply a sky-high price, you know, outside the Daling River defense line alone, the population is no less than 50,000 or 60,000 people, if it is counted within the defense line, it is more than 500,000 soldiers and civilians.
Such a large amount, how much is this!
He thinks this price is expensive, a green three taels of silver is good, and if the old and weak women and children are concerned, one or two silver is enough, so this Yang Hao also said so when he was consulting with the generals under his command.
After all, these people still have to pay taxes every year for farming, and the difference between inside and outside is not big, so there are not many soldiers who do it, and the price of the old and weak women and children is too low, which also makes these people not so cherished.
In the morning, a group of about 400 Liaodong soldiers rushed directly into the village, broke down the gate from house to house and began to arrest people.
For a while, the shouting was incessant.
"What are you doing, you guys, what are you doing!" A strong man rushed to the door, and when he saw a group of soldiers with knives and guns rushing in, he immediately shouted loudly.
"What are you doing, your whole family has been recruited, hurry up!"
The soldiers rushed in like a fierce spirit, and even the old people and children in the house did not let go, and drove them out directly with knives and guns.
These people living in the land of white mountains and black waters outside the Guan, the folk customs are very strong, and some families will inevitably have some conflicts, but there are many soldiers in Liaodong, and it is inevitable that there will be deaths and injuries for a while, especially women, and there are many people who are ****, when people are sent to Liu Wenju's hands, they are all very angry, and the number is much less than expected, how can Liu Wenju not be angry.
He knows that after these people go back, they will be used as people, one by one houses are burned, finances are robbed, wives and daughters are ****, and family members are killed, how to eliminate this grudge!
This is equivalent to that what Wang Xuan deliberately explained was smashed by him!
When he inquired about what happened, he was naturally mad by Yang Hao's approach!
In any case, he didn't expect that the dignified Liaodong Economic Strategy Envoy and the Sanpin Master would be so greedy that he was crazy!
Looking at the more than 1,000 people in the camp, Liu Wenju was also a little blind, what should I do!?
If he brought it back like this, he didn't let Wang Xuan completely deceive him, so he had no choice but to try his best to remedy it, and now he explained to everyone that this time the original intention was to rescue everyone, after all, living in a war zone is equivalent to being in danger at all times, and it is with a benevolent heart.
A speech full of emotion had no effect, just looking at the hateful eyes of the people, obviously no one believed it.
Liu Wenju began to guarantee again that this time he went to Fujian in the south, and all the consumption was covered by him Liu Wenju, and there would naturally be work arranged for them to ensure that the whole family was rich and healthy.
In the end, Liu Wenju also gave up, and his empty mouth and white teeth were like erasing the revenge of the ***** daughter and her relatives being killed?
Exercise!
Just kidding that!
In the end, it was time to return, helpless, Liu Wenju could only pay out of his own pocket, how much financial loss of the people this time, he Liu Wenju said, his wife and daughter were insulted, he paid ten taels of silver, and if a loved one died, he paid ten taels of silver.
It wasn't until the silver of Baihuahua was sent that the people believed Liu Wenju's words, after all, words can deceive people, but this silver of Baihuahua will definitely not deceive people.
I think they have all been arrested one by one, life and death are not up to them, where is there any value that can be deceived, not to mention anything else, it is not that there are no people who sell their children and daughters, but it is only two taels of silver, and ten taels of silver must be a beautiful girl like flowers and jade.
Death of a person with ten taels of silver, this is definitely a high price, in this troubled world, everything has a price, and a life of ordinary people is definitely not worth ten taels of silver.
It can be seen that what this Liu Dashan said is true, he is indeed ready to help them, and he is doing good deeds, but he ran into a monk with a crooked mouth, and a good act of kindness was ruined by these people!
After spending money, it was much easier for Liu Wenju to speak again, and everyone realized that things were all bad on the corrupt official Yang Hao, and everyone kept scolding, as for revenge, no one thought about it, that kind of high-ranking official, they have no hope of revenge in this life.
But Liu Wenju hated it in his heart, not only ruined his business, but also made him lose so much, not to mention making money before and after, he accompanied him for thousands of taels of silver.
Damn, Yang Hao, you wait for Lao Tzu, I have to jump Wang Xuan to trouble you.