Yang Chengying is in the Liaodong Peninsula, not to mention Jizhen, and he can't even cross Liaoxi and make contact with Mongolia.

But he still used his own means to know a little about the situation in Mongolia.

That's buying a horse.

Horses were bought from the Mongols through Jizhen and transported by ship to Jinzhou Town.

The quantity bought is not much, on the one hand, it is not to attract the attention of the Ming Court, and on the other hand, the cost is a bit high.

Li Dynasty's horses, the number is not much, it is cheaper.

Through the trivial matter of buying a horse, Yang Chengying has already noticed the defense situation and the soldier situation in Jizhen Town.

Four words to describe it, a mess.

As the chief soldier of Jinzhou Town, it is enough to kindly remind him, but if he talks too much, it will arouse suspicion.

Because he discussed the details with Yuan Chonghuan for a long time, Yang Chengying did not leave Jinzhou until a moment in time.

Originally, Yuan Chonghuan left him overnight and left at dawn tomorrow, but he was not at ease, so he returned to Gaizhou by boat under the pretext that there were many affairs under his rule.

Yuan Chonghuan was not easy to keep, so he sent them to the dock.

When the ship went out to sea, Yan Mingtai, who had not spoken, suddenly asked about something.

"Sir, so you want to know where my money comes from?"

Yang Chengying smiled and looked at Yan Mingtai with a playful look.

"I was purely curious."

Yan Mingtai, who had been the governor of Jiliao, knew that it was not easy to ask for money, and said with emotion: "Yang Shuai doesn't know, I racked my brains in order to ask the household department for money. ”

"The Ming Dynasty was rich all over the world, but it couldn't even pay the soldiers' salaries."

Yang Chengying said: "The first is that the method of collecting is wrong, and the second is that the person who collects is wrong. ”

"I want to hear about it."

"The land tax should be collected, and the tax should also be collected, but the imperial court does not collect the meritorious people, resulting in many local tyrants and inferior gentry letting the clan middle school students take the exam desperately, and even buy a meritorious name, can this money be collected?"

"It makes sense, and then?"

"The royal family ate so much, but how much was given to the treasury? Also, how can Yanyin give so much to the vassal king, if the land and Yanyin are recovered, how much can I get! ”

"I see."

Yan Mingtai suddenly realized.

In Jinzhou Town, taxes are collected according to land, how much silver is collected per acre of land, and how to collect taxes have detailed regulations.

The one-time collection of local tax can not only reduce the situation of enriching one's own pocket due to excessive tax collection, but also avoid financial chaos.

More importantly, it allows the people to have money and food to buy things, which promotes the development of the market.

Another major item is the salt tax, and the two major salt farms are firmly in the hands of Yang Chengying. The salt produced is of good quality and the price is fair, which fundamentally cracks down on the sale of illegal salt.

The third major item is the commercial tax, which includes the collection of tolls from smuggled ships, the money from large government-run factories, and the grain and cloth stores.

Large government-run factories such as textile factories and soap factories have made a lot of money.

With this money, Yang Chengying's tone was very big, and he gave 1.5 million taels as soon as he opened his mouth.

"When you go to Liaoxi this time, in addition to meeting with Inspector Yuan, I'm afraid you also have the intention of marrying the generals of Liaoxi."

Yan Mingtai was cunning in the end, and slowly saw through Yang Chengying's thoughts.

"Shall I have a knot? I didn't say a word to them. ”

Yang Chengying was still pretending to be stupid.

Yan Mingtai laughed hehehe: "But when you left, the generals of Liaoxi looked at you with the wrong eyes, and they looked at you with admiration. ”

"It's all about your head pinned to your belt, who doesn't want to get what they deserve."

Yang Chengying said helplessly.

If you want the horses to run, and you want the horses not to eat grass, there is only one thing that can be done at the end of a dynasty.

Yan Mingtai saw that Yang Chengying didn't admit it, so he didn't say anything anymore.

Back in Jinzhou Town, it was late September.

After arriving, Yang Chengying immediately asked Shang Xueli, who was in charge of taxation, to take out 1.5 million taels of silver and transport it to Liaoxi.

Yuan Chonghuan received the silver on October 12.

"It's hard to believe that the difference between the pony and the rumored one is so great."

Facing boxes of white silver, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but feel emotional.

thought that Yang Chengying would use the excuse of delay, or ship it in batches, but he never expected it to be shipped so much at one time.

"With this silver, we can buy horses and weapons."

He Kegang said excitedly: "The brothers from Chuanhu don't have to worry about starvation. ”

"yes." Yuan Chonghuan suddenly remembered something and reminded: "Tell Ning Jin's brothers quickly, don't spread this matter." ”

"Why?" He Kegang was puzzled.

"First, it will make the court lose face; second, it will bring danger to Yang Yuma; Three, next time I borrow it, I can open this opening. ”

"Oh, okay, my subordinates will go and talk about it."

He Kegang hurried down and reminded the generals who attended the meeting that day.

As he was talking, Liu Zeqing, who had sent an envoy to the Wulianghai tribe, came back.

"How's it going?" Yuan Chonghuan asked hurriedly.

"Back to the overseer, the situation is not good."

Liu Zeqing frowned and said: "Mongolia has been hit by a white plague, and countless cattle and sheep have frozen to death. The chieftain, Subudi, euphemistically hoped that the commander would provide them with some food to survive the white plague. ”

White disasters generally refer to snow disasters, which are caused by large-scale snowfall over a long period of time and even snow accumulation.

The Inner Khalkha of Mongolia has dissipated, and the Ao Han and Naiman tribes of Chahar have also been annexed to the Houjin.

Under the pressure of Lin Dan Khan, Karaqin was in danger of taking refuge in Houjin.

It was imperative to win over, so Yuan Chonghuan put pen to Chongzhen.

Minister Yuan Chonghuan played: Hudun Rabbit Khan Lin Dan first swallowed fried flowers, and then swallowed the lost rabbit, and the arch rabbit was also destroyed by Jianyu. The situation outside the Daming Dynasty has changed greatly, and there are no more vassals. Although Chen and Yang Chengying were able to resist Jianyu in the east, if Huang Taiji took advantage of the situation to absorb Duoyanwei and the remnants of other Shunyi kings, and took advantage of Duoyanwei and even the remnants of Bu Lost Rabbit to penetrate the Jiliao front to the west, Jianyu was likely to commit a border in Jizhen, Xuanfu and Datong.

Most of the rewards for Karaqin and Wulianghai in those years were in Karaqin. Now the leaders of the Karaqin tribes have moved north and no longer live outside Jizhen. And those who remained outside the fortress were only the leaders of the Wulianghai tribes. They were rewarded in the era of Qi Shaobao, and the silver taels were only a few hundred taels, and the cost was not large.

Among the Wulianghai tribes, they can only reward the most powerful Subu, so that they can do great things with the least amount of money. I beg Your Majesty to restore the reward for Subudi, and at the same time open the mutual market to subsidize the rice grain of Duoyanwei. Otherwise, Duo Yanwei will fall to Jianyu, and Jizhen will be in danger!

This letter was sent to Jingshi, but it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no echo.

Chongzhen, who is determined to prosper the Ming Dynasty and is diligent in government, will not fail to see it.

The reason why he didn't react was because at this time a benevolent brother proposed: "Lin Dan Khan expressed his willingness to crusade against Jianyu with the Ming Dynasty." ”

Who is this man?

Of course, it is our old friend - Wang Xiangqian, the former governor of Jiliao and the current governor of Xuanda.

The governor of Xuanda, who relied on money to spread the prestige of "Mighty Nine Sides", negotiated peace with Lin Dan Khan under the instruction of Chongzhen, and agreed to reward 81,000 taels of silver for the year and 320,000 taels of silver for the city's horses.

Chongzhen did not agree, and was only willing to give a reward of 81,000 taels of silver.

Pulling like this, Chongzhen didn't have the energy to care about the affairs of the east. In addition, Lin Dan Khan's promise made Chongzhen not care too much about Yuan Chonghuan's performance.

This made Yuan Chonghuan anxious.

In order to find out the situation, in mid-November, he personally went to Gaotai Fort to summon the various tribes of Wulianghai.