Chapter 131: Mortgage
Sadotu has been fed up with the bird's spirit of the sailor in the past two days, and these people are like Xiaoqiang who can't be killed, and they have lost a lot of people and horses, so they hurriedly asked Ao Bai to fight.
"General, give me another 500 men, and the last general will guarantee to help the Royal Forest Army defeat the Sailors!"
Ao Bai's heart ached, and it was a little difficult to choose.
Lin Fatzi sneered on the side and said: "General Sadotu, forget it, your Qing army is now only more than 800 people, I think General Aobai is already scared, and he doesn't dare to send a large army out of the city." ”
Ao Baiben was hesitating, but when he heard this, he immediately exploded, and said angrily: "What kind of bullshit are you putting on!" My Eight Banners Army is invincible in the world, will I be afraid of these bed bugs? Sadotu, you take all the general's 800 men out of the city, and you must defeat the rebels in one fell swoop, otherwise you will come to see you! ”
Sadotu was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed to go.
Yang Xin admired it in his heart, this Lin Fat Man's yin and yang strange words, few people could stand this kind of provocation, Ao Bai Mangfu one, and he fell into Lin Fatzi's radical method at once, and couldn't help but cast an approving glance at Lin Fatzi, anyway, it was the Qing soldiers who died, and he didn't care if he was all dead.
The two armies outside the city were fighting fiercely, as soon as Sadotu's Eight Banner Army came out, it was really like a bamboo, the rebels were immediately in chaos, and soon began to rout, the coalition army won a great victory, beheading more than 4,000, Li Chengxiu led more than 10,000 people to flee in a hurry and ran back to Ping'an Road.
Although Sadotu won a great victory, when he returned, there were nearly 100 fewer elites, and the number of Qing troops dropped to more than 700.
On the contrary, Xue Laosan, who was captured before the Daxing Army, exchanged hostages yesterday and released them, and more than 100 people came back, but the number increased to more than 1,800, far superior to the Qing army, and he worshipped in front of Yang Xin, and there was no longer the arrogance of the past.
Yang Xin continued to stay in Longren Mansion with Xue Laosan, and even Ao Bai was placed in Longren Mansion by him, and returned to Wang Jing with a hundred personal soldiers and Jin Shengnan's Imperial Forest Army.
Along the way, Kim Seung-nam won a big victory, but he couldn't be happy, the spies sent to various parts of Goryeo came back, Pyongan Province, Hamgyong Province, Hwanghae-do Province and Gangwon Province in the north of Goryeo have all raised troops to King Qin, announcing their support for Li Chengxiu's anti-Qing Dynasty, these northern provinces have been plundered by the Qing army many times, and they hate the Qing army to the core, Li Chengxiu raised his arms and responded one after another, while the south is much better, Li Jong has more supporters in the south, these places have not been harmed by the Qing army, and there is not much hatred for the Qing army.
Li Zong held a banquet in the royal palace to celebrate the victory of the Imperial Forest Army.
Still don't dare to slack off, the throne is given to Yang Xin to sit, and even Yang Xin is accompanied by wine, he is sending his own concubine Jin Guifei, and he takes his ministers to accompany him on the left hand, after a celebration, Li Zong is full of sadness, and said to Yang Xin: "King Xing, although he defeated Li Chengxiu in Longren Mansion, but now Li Chengxiu supports more and more people, how can this be good?" ”
Yang Xin smiled and said: "Li Chengxiu is your Li family, and now he has betrayed you, I wonder if Brother Li has any way to use the power of the Li family to persuade him to surrender?" ”
In my heart, I am quite disdainful, your internal affairs in Goryeo, what does it matter to me, come and ask Lao Tzu about everything, what a soft bone who has no idea.
Li Zong smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it's impossible to persuade him to surrender now, and the Li family is not monolithic, and there are many clansmen who support him." ”
Yang Xin said without hesitation: "That is the case, Brother Li can only choose a famous general to lead the army and send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, so as not to get out of control." ”
Li Zong sighed and said: "This king is also worried about this matter, now the treasury is empty, there is no shortage of soldiers, but there is a lack of food and weapons to go to the battle, I don't know how long this battle will last, brother, I am really afraid that I will not be able to hold on." ”
Yang Xin already had a plan, and said: "Brother Li, don't worry, this king has a way, now you are tight, this king can have a lot of money, the silver is lying in the treasury is going to be moldy, you and my brother will naturally not sit idly by, this king is willing to lend Brother Li eight million taels of silver, and only collect five cents of annual interest to help Brother Li quell the rebellion!" ”
There is too much silver, Yang Xin is also worried, the more than 10 million private deposits of silver in Daxing Qianzhuang have to pay interest every year, and the silver cannot be left lying there in vain without playing a role.
When the ministers of Goryeo heard this, they immediately gasped, this King Xing is really rich, I am obedient, my mouth is eight million, and the tax income of the entire Goryeo is now less than one million taels a year, and eight million is simply an astronomical amount for Li Zong.
Li Zong was overjoyed, and almost cried with gratitude, and said: "King Xing is so helpful, this king really doesn't know how to be grateful." ”
Jin Shengnan on the side was much more sober than Li Zong, where in the world is there a free lunch, so he hurriedly said: "Xingwang is righteous, my Goryeo monarchs and ministers are all grateful, but there is so much silver, and my Goryeo annual tax is only more than one million, and there are various expenses every year, there is almost no surplus, but how can I repay it?" ”
Yang Xin thought for a while and said: "This is a problem, this king has a plan, Goryeo faces the sea on three sides, if Brother Li learns from this king to open sea trade and collect commercial taxes, the annual income must be a lot, especially in the sea area close to the Wa Kingdom, there are a large number of Nanming merchant ships, Xiyi merchant ships, and Japanese maritime merchants every year, collecting their commercial taxes, it must be a big income." ”
Li Zong was overjoyed, he was the same as Chongzhen, why didn't he want to do this, the reason why he couldn't do it was similar to Chongzhen, not to mention that he was afraid of the Japanese country, and now with the support of the Qing Dynasty and Daxing, naturally no one is worthy.
However, this matter has to be made clear in advance, so as not to knock on the bamboo again, so he said: "What King Xing said is very true, but this country has always been fierce, and this king is afraid that if he does this, it will make them unhappy and cause trouble." ”
Yang Xin said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't worry, there is this king, you don't have to worry about the Wa Kingdom, this king will lead a large army to attack them sooner or later, you just do it, this king will order General Jiao to bring 5,000 Daxing elite soldiers to garrison Wangjing, and if there are rats who dare to resist taxes, this king will definitely not be spared." ”
The hearts of the Goryeo ministers sank suddenly, they wanted to oppose it, because they themselves had many people engaged in business, similar to the Ming Dynasty, they did not have to pay taxes, and now there was a Daxing garrison to support Li Zong, and they did not dare to object.
Li Zong suddenly had confidence, and he used to suffer a lot of bird gas in front of the ministers, but now he has the support of King Xing, and he gives money and sends troops, not to mention that there is an invincible Qing Dynasty behind him, who is he afraid of in Goryeo?
He was not stupid, and hurriedly said: "King Xing is so loving, my brother has nothing to reciprocate, I am willing to send the king's favorite Jin Guifei to King Xing, and form an eternal alliance with Daxing in the future, and advance and retreat together." ”
Yang Xin was stunned for a moment, and this operation, there are all those who send their wives!
After thinking about it, I immediately understood that this Jin Guifei's father was the first powerful minister in Goryeo, and Jin Guifei followed King Xing, which was equivalent to binding Jin Shengnan's Jin family to Li Zong's chariot and forcing him to unify the line with himself.
And Jin Guifei, who was waiting on the side, was overjoyed, King Xing was not only younger and more handsome than Li Zong, but also more courageous, and Daxingguo far surpassed Goryeo in terms of force and financial resources, and following Yang Xin was naturally a hundred times stronger than following an incompetent bad old man.
Yang Xin thought for a moment and said: "Okay, you and my brother will not be polite, but the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon, explained when he came, hoping to marry a Goryeo princess as a side blessing, and asked Brother Li to prepare." ”
Li Zong was overjoyed and said: "This is no problem, this king will choose a beautiful and sensible princess when he turns around, and when the time comes, he will also ask King Xing to take it to the capital and send it to the regent." ”
At this moment, a young general hurriedly ran outside the hall and walked up to Li Zong.
"Report to the king, urgent military situation, the commander of the Southern Army of the Qing Dynasty defeated Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty in Huai'an, and the Ming army has retreated to Nanjing!"
The monarchs and ministers of Goryeo are all overjoyed, the Qing army defeated Li Zicheng in Wuguan, and defeated Chongzhen in Huai'an.
And Yang Xin was shocked, he didn't expect that the strengthened version of Chongzhen still couldn't beat the Qing army, and now he has got the Goryeo ships, and the Ming army is in trouble again, it's time to ask Chongzhen for the princess, so he quickly stood up and said: "Brother Li, the domestic situation has changed, this king will not stay in Goryeo again, and he is ready to leave for Daxing early the day after tomorrow, and after returning to Daxing, he will send a large army to bring silver, and we will sign the covenant between Daxing and Goryeo tomorrow!" ”
Li Zong also didn't want Yang Xin to stay in Goryeo all the time, with him, he had to obey orders in everything, so he hurriedly ordered Jin Shengnan to prepare a covenant, the content was also very simple, Daxing and Goryeo announced an alliance, Goryeo took the commercial tax and sea tax as collateral, borrowed eight million taels of silver from Daxing, and the interest was five percent, the two countries reached a comprehensive trade and military cooperation, Daxing did business in Goryeo tax-free, of course, it was unilateral, Goryeo went to Daxing, and he must pay two layers of taxes according to the rules of Daxing, and the silver money circulated freely, and Daxing garrisoned 5,000 troops in Wangjing, Military salaries, grain and grass were supplied by Goryeo.
Yang Xin naturally would not be polite to Li Zong, such an alliance completely refers to the unequal treaty signed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Eight-Nation Alliance in the later generations, and it is almost a land reparation, and Yang Xin believes that the land reparation is not the most important, and this unilateral tax exemption is more fatal.
Sooner or later, the land will have to be taken back, so far away when any country is strong, the money is also a one-time loss, the big deal is to take a few years of income, and soon be able to return to blood, unilateral tax exemption is equivalent to the one-sided most-favored-nation treatment signed between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the foreign powers in later generations, which can completely destroy the economic order of the other party, so that the later Qing Dynasty can not even make matches, the Chinese people humiliatingly call it a foreign fire for more than a hundred years, and everything must be preceded by a foreign word, this is the desperate plan of the descendants of the disaster, perhaps many people do not know the horror of the one-sided most-favored-nation treatment, from the most cunning of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the United States does not want land, does not want to pay reparations, and wants this one-sided most-favored-nation treatment, you can understand how terrifying it is.
After the banquet, Yang Xin took Jin Guifei back to the temporary residence of the palace, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he ordered his soldiers to summon Jiao Xuewen.
"Sit, before this king leaves, I'll explain something to you!"
Yang Xin sat at the table and beckoned Jiao Xuewen to take a seat.
Jiao Xuewen hurriedly thanked him and asked, "King Xing, I want to lead the army to stay in Goryeo, what about Zheng Chenggong, when will we fight him?" ”
Yang Xin nodded and said: "Don't worry, you stay in Goryeo, you have a great responsibility, first, you have to be optimistic about the Goryeo court's tax collection, we have made a bloody investment, I will send a civil official to cooperate with you when I go back, Goryeo's commercial taxes should be controlled in our hands, understand?" ”
Jiao Xuewen nodded as if he didn't understand.
Yang Xin was helpless, this person was still too honest, so he said: "You can call your brother Lin Fatzi responsible for this matter, he is doing this a little bit, your second important task is to control the Goryeo sailors on the grounds of collecting sea taxes, we robbed Zheng Chenggong's Goryeo market, he will definitely not give up, sooner or later send someone over, you have to be ready, with the support of the entire Goryeo sailor, plus I am Daxing, no matter how many people Zheng Chenggong sends, they will be eliminated by this king!" ”
Jiao Xuewen suddenly realized and said: "The last general understands, King Xing is waiting for work and waiting for Zheng Chenggong to come over?" ”
Yang Xin nodded, although this person was honest, he was very smart, and continued: "Third, this king will also send a caravan to Goryeo to do business, and your army has to protect their interests in Goryeo and cooperate with them in business, understand?" ”
Jiao Xuewen nodded, this is not too complicated, and there are no questions to ask.
Yang Xin continued: "Fourth, you have to remember that your mission in Goryeo is to safeguard the interests of Daxing, anyone who obstructs the interests of Daxing, no matter who it is, should not be polite to him, and do not intervene in the civil war in Goryeo, you can protect Li Zong from danger to his life at a critical moment, but you must not use him as a gun to quell the rebellion, you can even assist the caravan to secretly sell weapons to the rebels, as long as you can make money, don't care about the life or death of the Goryeo, understand?" ”
Jiao Xuewen's jaw was about to fall when he heard it, and he thought to himself, this King Xing is even more insidious than his brother Lin Fatzi, and he has such a poisonous idea.
As soon as Yang Xin saw his appearance, he knew that he didn't fully comprehend, but it didn't matter, he passed by Longren Mansion on the way back and would explain to Lin Fatzi, he believed that Lin Fatzi would satisfy him.
Yang Xin finally said: "Okay, from today onwards, this king will promote you to be a three-share national, your brothers Lin Fatzi and Xue Laosan will also be promoted to a second-share national, and all the hundreds of sailors will be promoted to a national, in the future, in Goryeo, you will be bigger than Li Zong, you are the king behind the scenes of Goryeo, if you lack troops, this king will give you a supplement, understand?" ”
Jiao Xuewen was overjoyed, he said it so clearly, he still didn't understand, he hurriedly knelt on the ground excitedly, and said: "The last general Xie Xingwang trusts him, and he will live up to his mission!" ”
Yang Xin said with a smile: "Okay, that's all, Gao Li is far overseas, you can directly decide the small matters in the future, just write an excerpt and send it to this king afterwards, this king will give you the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, so as not to delay the fighter." ”
After sending Jiao Xuewen away, Jin Guifei walked in with a variety of styles, with spring in the corners of her mouth, walked to Yang Xin's table, poured him a cup of tea, and sat in Yang Xin's arms, and said: "Lord Wang, I have been on a series of expeditions recently, and I am tired, why don't I sleep early?" ”
Today, she is wearing a red long dress, the shawl is a translucent white silk, and she is dressed very hooked, after all, she is a person who has come over, she is not as shy as a girl, and her shots are extremely intimate actions.
Where can Yang Xin withstand such a means, he suddenly felt big, but this woman is an important chess piece in Goryeo, he can't be too cold, and he can only be perfunctory for the time being, and said: "I'm going to return to China soon, everything is cumbersome, why don't you ask your father to send a caravan to Daxing, now Daxing is thriving, and it can be said that the business opportunities are unlimited." ”
He had to use the right thing to perfunctory and divert Jin Guifei's attention.
Sure enough, the magic of money is unlimited, although Jin Guifei is hungry and thirsty, but this matter is related to the future of his Jin family, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and quickly stood up and said, "That cheap concubine won't accompany the prince tonight, I'll go back to my parents' house to arrange it." ”
She is also a master of palace fighting, so she naturally knows that with Yang Xin's status, she will definitely be more than one woman in the future, beauty alone is not enough, and the strength of her mother's family is the capital of the harem battle.
Yang Xin nodded, glanced at the maidservant Jin Shanxi next to him, and said, "You take Jin Shanxi with you, and ask your father to arrange an official position for her younger brother in Goryeo." ”
Kim Sun-hee was overjoyed, kneeling on the ground to thank him, and having the official position recommended by the first assistant of Goryeo, it was simply a one-step rhythm.
Yang Xin said to Wei Wu on the side: "You send a team of personal soldiers to protect Mrs. ”
In this way, he shows that he attaches great importance to Jin Lianmei.
Jin Huanmei left with joy, Yang Xin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking to himself, with Jin Huanmei's beauty and enchantment, he would not be able to control it sooner or later, but he didn't want to have another woman before getting the princess, so he could only endure it at this time.
The next day, Yang Xin was also very busy, busy taking Jiao Xuewen to meet with various Goryeo ministers, establishing friendly relations with them, and suggesting that they send people to Daxing to do business and strengthen economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.
On the third day, everything was finally arranged, Yang Xin took a hundred personal soldiers, as well as Kim Huanmei, Kim Sun-hee, and already a niece of Li Zong, the princess of Goryeo, to Yongin.
When he arrived in Longren, he explained that Lin Fatzi had left to assist Jiao Xuewen in Goryeo, so he took Xue Laosan and more than 800 sailors, as well as the Qing army of Aobai, to the fishing village.
When it received the ships of the Goryeo Busa Naval Division, it was shocked, the turtle ship with the strongest combat power of the Goryeo Busa Naval Division, no sail is only suitable for offshore combat, and it cannot be taken away at all, so it has to take more than 20 sea ships back to Weihai, these Goryeo sea ships are far less good than the Daming Fu ship, not only is it much smaller, but the cannon is also a very low-level Franky gun, not only the range is short, but also the power is not the same as the 12-pounder gun that he bought from Macao, it is really laughing and crying, it can also be said that the harvest is not big, the amount is expensive, and it is not a loss.
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Laiyang, Fan Mansion.
Fan Yuxuan waited for a few days, but did not receive any news from the sunspot, and sent a housekeeper to urge, but got a reply, and has not been found for the time being, and is pursuing it with all his might.
Fan Yuxuan was not stupid, she suddenly realized that something was wrong, in Daxing's territory, the guards of the Daxing Royal Mansion personally sent people to track down some craftsmen, but there were no clues for several days, and she didn't believe it.
Fan Yuxuan had to strengthen her defense, forbidding craftsmen to discuss the matter, and even forbidding craftsmen from contacting the outside world, looking at craftsmen like prisoners, which also led to a significant increase in management costs.
Fan Yuxuan was so miserable that she had to send the Fan family guards to go out to investigate in person, and this investigation was shocking, and it was found out in two days that Guo Tianzhuang and other craftsmen had actually taken refuge in the Daxing business, set up a Daxing musket workshop in Weihaiwei, and became the shopkeeper.
Fan Yuxuan was furious, even if she just ran away, she actually helped Daxing Merchant to open a musket workshop to rob her of business, which was unbearable, so she hurriedly took her family to Xingwangfu Xingshi to ask for the guilt.
When Heizi heard that Fan Yuxuan came to find him angrily, he estimated that he couldn't hide the matter anymore, so he couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to bite the bullet to meet him.