Chapter Seventy-Two: Lan Yu's Negotiation with He Xi

He Xi said: "Fifty thousand taels? ”

Lan Yu was a little painful and said, "Five hundred thousand taels." ”

He Xi gasped.

He really underestimated the strength of these nobles. Lan Yu is certainly one of the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty. But 500,000 taels is also an astronomical amount. He Xi has a lot of family property, but it is absolutely impossible for him to take out 500,000 taels.

In fact, this is already owned by Lanyu at sea.

After all, Lan Yu's influence can't reach the sea. However, Lan Yu is Lan Yu after all, and he is the head of Chang Yuchun's family, and he still has face. He threw about 100,000 taels at sea. With the help of the east wind of the open sea, within a few years, the shelves were enriched to 500,000 taels.

This is also the source of many noble wealth.

In the matter of opening the sea, the imperial court's tariffs were actually a drop in the bucket. The tariff is levied at a maximum of fifteen. Not to mention, the taxation is not too strict. There are some loopholes that can be drilled. Of course, the imperial court has hundreds of thousands, or even nearly a million, of tariffs every year. It's still a lot less than the nobles who have gotten it.

The economic base determines the superstructure. This sentence can be interpreted in many ways. But nowhere is this more evident than in politics today. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his pen and let everyone make a lot of money. Huaixi Xungui suddenly became Zhu Yuanzhang's good brother and old brother.

What kind of violation of discipline and law, no one dares to do it. Once done, they will be disqualified from doing business at sea. That's a big loss. There are even some declining nobles. For example, sincerity. That is, Liu Bowen and Liu family, Liu Bowen and his son died. The heir was unwilling to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court and kept the land of his hometown, and did not touch the sea, of course, there was also the reason why Fang Guozhen's Fang family rose again and had influence on the sea.

Because Liu Bowen and Fang Guozhen have a mortal enmity.

But the Liu family gave up the quota that only felt that he ran to the sea to the merchants. Immediately there are thousands of taels of filial piety every year.

In such a situation, let the nobles obey the law. Zhu Yuanzhang can do it with a holy decree. Even feel that who is not pleasing to the eye, deprived of some power. Most of the nobles are honest even if they complain. There are no small actions in private.

After all, in fact, most of the nobles knew that their methods were not as ruthless as their emperor. It's just that a lot of times it's just unwilling. Now that I'm full, I'm naturally going to drink and be a beauty. Why bother with your old boss?

Lan Yu has so much money.

Many people think, isn't it a loss for Lanyu to make so much money? No loss. No loss at all.

First of all, the merit of destroying the country. Even if half of it is in hand, the blue jade is enough to seal the country. Secondly, He Xi beat half of Goryeo, and He Xi is an honest man. After 500 years of accumulation in Goryeo, there is almost no stretch of hands. It's just for military supplies.

But this is not the case with other nobles.

The Mongols stipulated the siege of the city in this way. As long as the city can be captured, the children in the city will be rewarded with money. And the Ming army was not so excessive. But in general. After the city was conquered, the spoils of war were all on their knees. Even some looting, as long as it is not too excessive, will not be taken care of.

And the people, who had just become captives, did not dare to complain.

can only suffer a dumb loss.

Half of Goryeo, Lan Yu didn't believe that he couldn't get hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of taels. It's just an investment, and it's not a loss at all.

He Xi smiled indifferently and said: "Yongchang Hou, but I underestimate him, what is the use of such things?" ”

It's not He Xi Qinggao. It's that the money at this moment is just a number for He Xi. More, not much. Less, less, less. And political power is the most important. Fools do things for money.

Lan Yu said, "Then Brother He, please speak." ”

He Xi said: "I don't really care. It's just that his subordinates want to be appeased, and they can't let their family fight with them, and they won't get anything. ”

Lan Yu said, "Please rest assured about this. Ye Wang, I will protect him as an earl. If it doesn't cost me to repay him as an earl, I will appease Lan Chixin myself. What do you think? ”

Lan Yu said this, not nonsense.

Ye Wang, an earl, is no problem.

After all, Ye Wang's qualifications are old enough. Even if you don't count the credit for beating Goryeo this time. No problem with a single earl. It's just that no one mentioned it above him, and naturally no one said it. When Ye Wang was a thousand households, Lan Yu was still a little child. Not qualified enough to fight.

Not to mention that this time there is a lot of credit.

As for the credit for not spending the spurs, there are some deficiencies. But who made Harbour not to come from a good background.

The Mu Huali family, in addition to the gold family in the Yuan Dynasty, was the first family. The influence is too great. Zhu Yuanzhang made a marquis of Naha in order to divide the Yuan Dynasty. It will not be searched on the reward of the Harbour no flowers. This makes a lot of political sense.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that no matter what the people are, as long as they sincerely surrender to the court. The imperial court regarded it as one. Hart does not spend is typical. Very valuable for unification.

In addition, Harbour does not have military merits, and it is okay to put a little water.

He Xi said: "Second, that is the people of Goryeo. I checked the household registration in Pyongyang, and there were 5 million people in Goryeo, which was less, much less. I am short of people in Liaodong. Within a year this year, you promised to transport a million people to Liaodong. Within three years, three million people will be transported. Don't delay. ”

Lan Yu frowned and said, "This ------"

He Xi slowly poured the mutton into another plate and said; "How can you not do it?"

Lan Yu shook his head and said, "It's not that it can't be done?" It's just that in this way, Goryeo will be in chaos. ”

There are only 5 million people in Goryeo. Even if there are a lot of hermits. That's not 10 million, and 3 million in three years is equal to 3 out of 10 people. And Lan Yu knows very well how the Ming immigrants are rough. The origin of the word "unraveling" illustrates this point. Legend has it that the government of the Ming Dynasty moved the people, and a long rope helped many people.

This is true for the people at home, but what about the people abroad? It's no wonder if there's no chaos.

He Xi said; "If you don't do this, won't Goryeo be messy?"

When Lan Yu heard this, he knew that He Xi had something to say, and immediately said, "Please also ask Brother He for advice." ”

He Xi sighed and said: "I only figured it out in the past few days, Goryeo is simply a powder keg, even if there is no battle, it will definitely be chaotic." I'll just say one person. Chung Do-chuan is the mastermind of Lee Sung-gye. He used to be a Tanhualang of Goryeo. But I inquired. More than ten years ago, he defected to Li Chenggui and even persuaded Li Chenggui to rebel. Before the death of the king of Goryeo. Within Goryeo, there were several forces that wanted to support the new lord, and some were linked to the Yuan Dynasty. There is a way to figure it out. In short, there are too many to count. ”

"I didn't understand why. Now I know. The Goryeo clan has something called Honguan, which is like a county in the Wei and Jin dynasties, in short, the whole of Goryeo, a small place. There are dozens of wealthy families. Other than that, almost all of them are slaves. Homesteaders are almost none? ”

"A hundred years ago, the Yuan Dynasty invaded. The peasants rebelled, but the king of Goryeo had a good hand and borrowed the peasant army to fight the Yuan army, but in the end he failed, and he surrendered immediately. It's like killing two birds with one stone. In the past hundred years, the situation has been difficult to return, from the lowest level of the people want to rebel, they want to live, the upper class of scholars want to rebel, they want to climb up, but also because the blood of the Goryeo royal family is thin, and the top families also want to rebel and want to replace them. ”

"In this case, we have increased the invasion of us, which is what they call Mingkou. In short, the situation in Goryeo today. Just like this hot pot, tofu, cabbage, mutton, radish, all kinds of spices, it's really a pot of porridge. Below is the fire of land annexation that is difficult to return, and it is strange not to roll. ”

This is the conclusion reached by He Xi's formation research in the past few days.

Li Chenggui established the dynasty-Xian, and it was the times that created heroes. It has come to this point inside and outside Goryeo. No change. If it doesn't change, it's a big mess.

And now He Xi is so easy to get in, and he takes advantage of this.

Otherwise, the internal system of the Goryeo Dynasty was intact and there was no civil strife. With an army of 40,000 troops, there may be no problem in crossing the Yalu River, where it is so easy to fight, the Goryeo people can't fight in the field, but it's still okay to defend the city. One city after another held on. Even if it is consumed, He Xi can't afford it.