Volume 2 Chapter 213 There are many insects and ants in the chain of interests
"Why?" Wei Zheng smiled, laughing a little apprehensively, "You only saw the battle of the Ming Dynasty and shocked the world!" Who ever wondered how they did all this?
In the hinterland of Sun Moon Mountain, there is a large shed, called the canteen.
Everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty from top to bottom dined in the canteen, and you know that even if it is yellowed old grain, they don't dare to waste a single grain!
Even His Royal Highness the King of Ming, who doesn't know the etiquette in your mouth, eats that old grain to satisfy your hunger!
It's not that the old grain can't be eaten, but the Ming royal court only has the old grain to eat......
And in the Ming Dynasty, except for those children in the school, even if there is only one hand left! Who doesn't sleep in three watches and get up in five watches? Don't you just want to live like a person?
By the way, there is a mountain in the court of the Ming Dynasty, called Yong Mountain.
The mountain is not high, but there are many inscriptions, and after each inscription, there is a fresh life!
King Ming once said that it was they who laid the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!
You haven't seen it, you haven't seen how poor the Ming royal court is, they lack everything!
Lack of food, lack of tools, lack of technology, even the most basic food they don't have!
They can go all the way to today, the old man should call it a miracle!
You only see that the king and his relatives have messed up the etiquette in your hearts, but you don't see a young man who uses himself as a bargaining chip in order to feed his people! ”
Speaking of this, Wei Zheng burst into tears, "Who would have thought that a young man in his teens, in order to sell himself quickly and at a good price, would tell the old man, an old guy who had buried half of the loess, that he missed a woman!"
From the beginning to the end, His Highness never asked me what the woman's surname was, how old she was, and whether she had both ability and integrity...... No, His Highness didn't ask, he just urged the old minister to hurry up!
Take a look and see what the dowry your Highness wants! Look at what your disrespectful Highness is doing! ”
As he spoke, Wei Zheng smashed the list compiled by Li Chengqian from his arms on Wang Shilang's chest, and everyone was speechless.
Wei Zheng's words were not shocking, but they made them have mixed tastes.
Li Er also had old tears on his face, and he was silent for a long time.
"Gao Ming has grown up!" This is the conclusion that Li Er, who has been silent for a long time, finally came to a conclusion.
After the others reacted, they swarmed and took the list prepared by Li Chengqian from Wang Shilang's hand.
Only Wang Shilang was left alone in the wind.
What's going on? He couldn't figure it out......
As for the others, when they saw the things on the list, they also shook their heads helplessly.
Indeed, the list is densely packed, but none of them are intended to satisfy a person's selfish desires.
This made everyone not know what to say for a while.
Against?
From the point of view of etiquette, it should indeed be opposed.
But why, is this objection unspeakable?
Xiao Yu's face was blank, his personality was the most upright and strict, it stands to reason that he should stand up and raise his arms for this kind of thing, but he can't take that step.
"God bless the Tang Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so generous and benevolent, it must be a blessing for the Tang Dynasty!"
At this moment, Lu Zhengqing stood up and said.
This surprised everyone, when he was in the Taiji Palace, he was the first to challenge Li Chengqian.
However, what he said was the reason why everyone didn't speak for a long time.
They need a prince who is so generous and merciful!
The future court, even if they are gone, their heirs are still there.
Wang Shilang was stunned, what is the situation?
Why did Lu Zhengqing jump out?
Their five surnames and seven hopes are one.
Without waiting for him to speak, Fang Xuanling also stood up and said: "Since it is a diplomatic relationship between the two countries, there is nothing to do, but peace is a big deal after all, and the Ming Dynasty should send envoys to the Tang Dynasty." ”
Regarding Li Chengqian's actions, Fang Xuanling still approves.
Anyway, this is indeed a good phenomenon, so he immediately stood up and set the tone for the matter of harmony.
Moreover, for Datang, this is actually not a loss.
Li Chengqian is going to get married after all, this is inevitable, but in a different way.
Besides, Li Chengqian is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, even if everything is given to him, so what? It's just a left-handed right-handed right.
In the future, His Royal Highness will return to the court, and Datang will have an extra piece of territory for nothing.
In this way, there is actually no loss to Datang.
"His Royal Highness the King of Ming has a handwritten letter for the old minister to forward to His Majesty, His Royal Highness said that at the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there was really not enough manpower to envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." As he spoke, Wei Zheng took out a handwritten letter from Li Chengqian from his arms.
Li Er asked people to take the letter and read it very seriously.
It can be seen that Li Er is really emotional.
Of course, what he thinks in his heart, it is estimated that Li Er himself knows.
After reading Li Chengqian's letter, Li Er solemnly folded the letter and put it into his arms.
The meaning is obvious, don't make up your mind.
However, from this point of view, there is still a gap between Li Er and Li Chengqian, when Li Chengqian got Li Er's handwritten national letter, it was called impatience.
With Wei Zheng's tongue fighting against Confucianism, Fang Xuanling set the tone of harmony, and this matter was a foregone conclusion.
In fact, everyone understands that Li Shimin can only pinch his nose and admit it.
It is inevitable that Li Chengqian will get married after all.
And they don't want Li Chengqian to marry a woman of different races, so they don't have many choices.
Besides, Li Chengqian's various performances have already shown his talents, and he is so generous and benevolent, isn't this the prince in everyone's hearts?
Even Wang Shilang and Cui Yushi, the representatives of the five surnames and seven hopes, they have to admit this.
As for their opposition, that is inevitable.
From their standpoint, they have to oppose it, and sometimes, opposition for the sake of opposition is real.
And at the same time, Sun Moon Mountain.
Li Chengqian gathered everyone to convene the first foreign war conference of the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention, everyone is quite excited.
Before the meeting, Li Chengqian said: "This king has signed a tripartite non-aggression pact with Datang and Tuyuhun this time......
After briefly introducing this matter to everyone, Li Chengqian said, "That is to say, in the future, in Chishuiyuan, it is just a competition between us and Murong Shun, and in the future, Chishuiyuan will either leave us or him Murong Shun, and there is no third choice." ”
"It's still a bit tricky for us." Yi Yuanxi said, "Not to mention that Murong Shun's command can gather tens of thousands of elite soldiers at any time, even the population of hundreds of thousands of people in Chishuiyuan is not something we can match." ”
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Master Yi is mistaken, if Murong Shun is only tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, then this king will definitely avoid his edge, even if we have achieved the final victory in the previous defense of Sun Moon Mountain, but this king will not blindly think that the Ming royal court has enough ability to match Murong Shun." ”
Everyone nodded, it was indeed the truth.
How they won the battle to defend Sun Moon Mountain, everyone actually knows it in their hearts.
This is not reproducible.
In the past, they were worried that after Li Chengqian's first battle, his confidence would be extremely inflated, which would make the entire Ming court fall into a catastrophe.
"There are still hundreds of thousands of herders in Chishuiyuan, and that's our hope." Li Chengqian said, "Do you think these hundreds of thousands of herdsmen will be our enemies? ”
"What does Your Highness mean?" Ihara was a little puzzled.
Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Everyone has the right to pursue a better life, remember, everyone is like this. To deal with these hundreds of thousands of herdsmen, what we have to do is not to pick up knives and guns to snatch their cattle and sheep, but to let them see with their own eyes how prosperous our people of the Ming Dynasty are.
Let them find the gaps themselves, and at that point, they will make the right choice. ”
After he finished speaking, everyone was still a little puzzled.
Li Chengqian didn't say much, there is no way to explain this, what he wants to do is to assimilate, so that everyone agrees with the Ming Dynasty, of course, this is a long way to go.
But for the current Li Chengqian, he is not short of time.
"You'll understand later." Li Chengqian raised his hand and said, "Bring me the map." ”
The Tang Dynasty said that it was a map, but Li Chengqian said that he was not used to it.
Liu San immediately threw a map on the table, Li Chengqian pointed to the Sun Moon Mountain out of the mountain all the way to the east and Taoyuan border, and said to Qibi He Li: "General, you lead 5,000 troops to the west, and you may take this piece within three days?" ”
"This piece of land, the grasslands are scarce, what's the point of taking them?" He Li was a little puzzled.
Li Chengqian said: "This time the king has discussed with the Tang Dynasty to open a field on the border between Taoyuan and the Ming Dynasty, so this piece must be firmly in his hands."
For us, it is not only the exchange of things with Datang, but also the cornerstone of the commercial development of the Ming Dynasty! ”
"In the end, within one day, I will definitely take this piece!" When Qi Bi He Li heard this, he immediately said.
He knew too well what this meant to the Ming court.
In the final analysis, the Ming court is simply not capable of self-sufficiency, and it is difficult to feed so many people.
As for taking this piece of land, he was not too worried, during this time, he also sent a lot of scouts to operate on the grassland, and this piece carved out by Li Chengqian, except for a few small tribes, there was no strength to compete with them at all.
As for Murong Shun's Ning Wang Army, it is still stationed outside Chishui City.
After listening to what Qi He Li said, Li Chengqian continued: "Chief Yi, you also have to prepare, the construction team will have a lot of work in the future!" This king will also draw up a detailed construction plan and hand it over to you, when the time comes, the wheel will rotate for twelve hours a day, and try to complete it in the fastest time. ”
Yi Yuanxi nodded, he has experience in this area, but it is not a big deal.
Whether it is a field or a city on the grassland, the future construction team will be busy.
"General Yi, you have no military mission recently, the first task is to practice, remember, what this king wants is a strong army, a strong army that can really be used as ten!" For Yi Yuanfeng and them, Li Chengqian has no arrangements for the time being.
After the previous war, it's really time for the resentful army to trim up.
Then, Li Chengqian explained the tasks one by one, except for Qi Bi He Li, Wang Jin and Wang Xuance who were left behind, the rest of them were also busy.
"This is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has gone out of Sun Moon Mountain, does the general know what this means to the Ming Dynasty?" Li Chengqian asked.
Qi Bi He Li was not stupid, nodded, and said, "You can only win, not lose." ”
The first time the soldiers went out of Sun Moon Mountain, they suffered a defeat, which was too demoralizing for everyone.
Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "The general is half right, victory is inevitable, this king firmly believes that Murong Shun's character is indecisive, he does not dare to easily send troops to the Ming court, at this time, if Murong Fuyun did not inform him, it is estimated that he is still waiting for Murong Fuyun to send troops."
Even if Murong Fuyun informed him, he would first ponder whether he wanted to be an enemy of this king.
So, now is the best time for us. ”
Regarding Murong Shun, Li Chengqian admitted that he was blind, but even if he was blind, his understanding of this person was still very different.
From the beginning when Murong Shun picked up Dayan Mang Jiebo to sit in Sun Moon Mountain, he could see that Murong Shun was unwilling to make enemies with the Tang Dynasty, and this was his opportunity.
"The general's troops out of Sun Moon Mountain this time, there is one thing to remember.
When you should be ruthless, you must be ruthless, but when you should be gentle, you must be gentle.
You can't kill them all at once. Li Chengqian said, "As for when to be ruthless and when to be gentle, can the general know?" ”
Qi Bi He Li is also a good person, as soon as he heard this, he immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Your Highness has a good look, but the last general will have to ask His Highness for someone." ”
"Who?" Li Chengqian said with a smile.
"Brother Xuance." Qi Bi He said, "I'm good at killing people, but how to make those guys return to their hearts, I have to let Brother Xuan Ce come, he is good at this." ”
He is a very well-behaved person, and he also knows how to be measured, and he can't do things that invite people to buy people's hearts, so he asked Wang Xuance by name.
This is also the reason why Li Chengqian left Wang Xuance, and immediately smiled: "It's okay, Xuance, this time the general goes out, you will go together, or Wang Jin will take someone to protect you, how to do it, it's all here, you go back and see for yourself." ”
As he spoke, Li Chengqian took out an envelope.
Inside the envelope, there are his specific arrangements for Wang Xuance and Wang Jin.
Wang Xuance nodded immediately and took the envelope.
As for Wang Jin, he didn't say a word.
He doesn't need to express his position, he will do whatever Li Chengqian explains.
Soon, he gathered his army and set off.
In fact, as Qi He Li said, it was just one day, and Qi He Li took the area from Sun Moon Mountain to Taoyuan.
The next day, Ihara also set off with the engineering team.
His current engineering team is almost all composed of prisoners of the day, and in order to prevent the prisoners from rioting, Qibi He Li even sent a battalion of soldiers back.
In the temporary camp, Qi Bi He Li gathered the generals of each battalion and Wang Xuance, and they were also discussing, this territory was taken, but the question was how to defend it.
Although Murong Shun hasn't reacted yet, you have to be on guard.
After everyone discussed it with a lot of gossip, Qi Qi He Li clapped his hand and said: "After taking this piece, the distance from Sun Moon Mountain to Taoyuan is one hundred and twenty miles, then we simply build a camp every forty miles, station a battalion, and leave one battalion as a maneuver, so that if there is really an enemy attack, we can also take care of each other." ”
The grassland is like this, there is no danger to defend, a 120-mile defense line, 5,000 people to defend it, it is really a bit difficult.
He also knew that it was not good to disperse his forces, but if he did not disperse, the defense line of one hundred and twenty miles would be like a sieve......
"You don't need four camps." Wang Xuance said, "The Tang army is stationed on the other side of the field, and we don't need to send too many people there. ”
When he heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "That's better, with the mobility of two thousand people, even if a battalion is attacked, it can rush to support faster."
By the way, didn't Your Highness send the chief of Yi with the engineering team, what are they mainly doing? ”
"I don't know the specifics, but there are all kinds of camps, maybe it's a fortification." Wang Xuance shook his head, he didn't know this very well.
The actions of the Ming Dynasty were very fast, so fast that everyone could not expect it.
In Chang'an City, Li Er and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu just pinched their noses and recognized Li Chengqian's friendly move, and one after another came again.
You don't need to open it to see it, just from the three names of Cheng Biting Jin, Niu Jinda, and Cui Mingyuan, everyone knows that there is a chance that Li Chengqian is making trouble again.
Fortunately, today is the Chang Dynasty, and there are not many people involved.
"This bastard boy, can't you stop a little?" Li Er was really speechless.
It's so good at doing things!
"Your Majesty, I don't know what Su Guogong said in their recital?" Fang Xuanling asked.
Li Er waved his hand and directly asked people to take the chapter to them.
After reading the recital, everyone was speechless.
"Your Majesty, this ......" Fang Xuanling didn't know what to say.
Li Chengqian has gone too far.
In particular, the tripartite non-aggression pact sent back by Cheng Yanjin.
Such a treaty is by no means something that Li Chengqian can decide.
Even if he is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he can't do this.
In Datang, Li Er is a must-have to make this kind of decision!
"These three parties have not violated each other, Gao Ming asked me in secret letters before, and I have agreed." Li Er said helplessly.
No way, he has to take care of this matter for Li Chengqian, if he doesn't do it, Li Chengqian will be in trouble just by doing this.
And hearing Li Er say this, everyone stopped talking, whether it was or not, this was already the best result.
"Your Majesty, I don't know if that repeater is really as it says in the recital?" Li Jing asked again.
Li Er nodded and said, "I've tried, it's indeed as the song said, ten rounds in a row, one thing to say, even if the other party is not smart, you can do it." ”
For this, he is probably the most satisfied.
Although the range of the repeater is limited, there is room for improvement, and when the time comes, it will be handed over to the general.
Besides, this in itself is to support his own son, what is there to say?
"It's not important, what matters is Cui Mingyuan's ......," Fang Xuanling said, "Datang has never opened a field, and if it sets this precedent, I'm afraid it will attract the opposition of many people." ”
It's this piece that is the most troublesome.
Li Chengqian took it for granted.
He thought that the opening of the field would enable the two countries to communicate with each other, and it would be a good thing in any case.
But he forgot that the appearance of the field really harmed the interests of the scholars.
Do you really think that without the field, there would be no trade between Datang and those Fanbangs?
Not to mention Chang'an West City, as far as those scholars in the Tang Dynasty, who doesn't have a caravan to run this line?
As soon as the field opens, will their caravan still need to run?
The previous private enterprises were directly state-owned, and this is still a fart!
The point is, this is not a matter of opening a field in Taoyuan, this is a precedent!
"Let's get the word out and see how it reacts." Li Er is also very helpless, this is day by day.
Fang Xuanling nodded, there was no better way.
In fact, he also knows that if the field is really done, it will actually be a good thing for Datang, not to mention anything else, the tax will always increase, in the past, those caravans ran this line, and the court did not receive a penny of tax.
No way, it's called smuggling......
Sure enough, as the Chang Dynasty dispersed, the news came out.
Chang'an City exploded!
It's going to be a fart!
The Jingzhaowei family and the scholars gathered together, and Wang Shilang immediately said: "With the first, there will be the second!" Let's think about it, whether this field can be opened! ”
"It's not a matter of a few." Someone said, "This is a competition with the people, and if you do this, where will the people still have a way to live!" ”
"Yes, competing with the people for profit, how can this be the case?" Immediately, someone started picking up their stinky feet.
Cui Yushi said: "Let's go to the fold, such a bad government must not be implemented." ”
This time, everyone was extraordinarily united.
Without him, this is their core interest.
In fact, what Li Chengqian did before was not very harmful to their interests.
But this time, the opening of the field has moved their interests.
As far as the Lu family is concerned, because of their trade with Goguryeo every year, they support nearly 20% of the Lu family's net profits.
Most of the other families do the same.
Everyone has a caravan to go away to Fanbang.
If it weren't for them secretly selling grain, Tuyuhun would have died in the snow disaster over the years!
Therefore, this field cannot be opened.
However, in the afternoon, Li Er's desk was already full of memorabilia, and without exception, all of them were against the opening of the workshop.
After reading two copies casually, Li Er shook his head and didn't bother to read it.
It's almost all cookie-cutter nonsense.
Competing with the people?
He laughed.
Whose cake was moved, doesn't he know?
He knew, but he wasn't going to be able to do it.
The main thing is that there are too many people in this chain of interests......
Some headaches.
"Send someone to deliver the message quickly and tell Gao Ming that he won't think about the matter of the field." Shaking his head, Li Er said.
He thought about it, and he couldn't fall out with those scholars now for the sake of a court.
As an emperor, he doesn't make a decision easily when his brain is hot.
Weighing the pros and cons is what he has to do.
Doesn't he know the benefits of the field?
Know, but know how.
There are too many people in this chain of interests.
The opposition is too loud.
This was just a little bit of a rumor, and his desk was full of opposing movements, and if this was really carried out, the consequences could be imagined.
Emperor, where is it so good......