Xunguiquan's voice for his inheritance of Ning Yuanbo is just a solidarity for Wanli's decision!

The premise is to get Wanli's decree canonized, otherwise it will be difficult for them to support themselves!

As for the dividends in heaven and earth, even if you don't ask for honors, you will take out this profit and share it with them.

It's very simple, with Li Xianzhong's background in the capital, it is impossible to eat this dividend.

Most of the Qinglou in the capital are government-run, and by doing so, they are blatantly robbing their income, and if they don't have enough backstage, they won't be able to open at all.

Li Xianzhong's own background is not enough, the little Ning Yuanbo does not have such a great influence in the capital, not to mention that he has not yet become a person.

And if you want to make money from the nobles, you naturally have to pull up several weather vanes in the honorable circle.

British Gong Zhang Weixian's reputation is good, and he should not be as greedy as his big brother Zhu.

This time, I was able to catch Zhang Zhiji and have one more backer.

I believe that with heaven and earth, my intelligence system in the capital will be completely rolled out, and of course, the harem needs to be cautious.

In case Wanli finds himself in the harem with a special eyeliner, it is likely that the gains outweigh the losses.

In the Qianqing Palace, Chang Yun, the eunuch in the hall, said: "Emperor Qiqi, Li Xianzhong, the chief of Kaiyuan, asked to see him outside the palace, saying that he wanted to thank His Majesty for the marriage. ”

Li Xianzhong's Tieling wedding was also in a uproar in the capital.

Many Donglin Party members have already written to impeach him for being extravagant and corrupt.

Li Xianzhong was married by Wanli, and these fools impeaching Li Xianzhong are obviously slapping Wanli in the face.

After so many years, these civil officials are still so unscrupulous, saying that they will slap their faces.

Wanli asked: "Li Xianzhong came to see me at this time, I'm afraid that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink!" It's for the position of Ning Yuanbo, right? ”

The fact that Li Xianzhong is Li Rusong's illegitimate son is not surprising to Wanli.

As early as the first time he saw him, Wanli had already guessed that after all, he was quite similar to his love back then.

The so-called love house and Wu, the reason why Wanli is so fond of Li Xianzhong is that on the one hand, he is indeed likable, to a large extent, to make up for his debt to Li Rusong at the beginning.

When he heard that Li Xianzhong was intercepted by 40,000 Mongolian cavalry in the Mongolian steppe and robbed his relatives, Wanli was also taken aback, this scene was too familiar.

It is almost the same as when Li Rusong was killed.

So he hesitated about whether to let Li Xianzhong inherit Ning Yuanbo.

From the perspective of etiquette, this is completely out of line, although he can decree that Li Xianzhong will inherit Ning Yuanbo of the Li family.

But in this way, I am afraid that he will be put on the fire, and he will become a thorn in the side of many people, and he will be a thorn in the flesh.

This is the real reason for my hesitation.

Otherwise, with his temper, he would definitely fight against those ministers.

What they don't let you do, I just want to do.

Wanli asked, "What I asked you to investigate, how did you find out?" ”

Chang Yun said: "The attack on Li Xianzhong should have nothing to do with the ministers of the court, it is completely a ghost behind Jianzhou's back." ”

"General Li should have resolved this crisis, and now the Third Department of the Left Wing of Horqin has openly drawn a clear line with Jianzhou and married General Li Zongbing."

"General Li's Tieling wedding was indeed very grand, but he publicly ordered not to accept congratulatory gifts from officials below the fifth grade in Liaodong, and the congratulatory gifts for officials above the fifth grade were also limited to 100 taels of silver. Therefore, it did not cause a burden to the people of Liaodong, and his impeachment was purely imaginary. ”

Wanli pondered for a moment and said, "You go and tell Li Xianzhong that he has received the performance of his thanksgiving, and tell him to go back." ”

At this time, seeing Li Xianzhong's timing was too sensitive, he still decided not to see him.

Chang Yun said: "Report to the emperor, Mr. Li asked the slave to present this thing. ”

Soon a little eunuch opened a package and displayed the ore in front of Wanli.

I saw a little golden light shining in a green stone!

Emperor Wanli, who had never seen an ore before, felt very curious and asked, "Is this a gold mine?" ”

Chang Yun said: "According to Mr. Li, this is the copper mine he discovered, and the slave and maid don't know the details. ”

Hearing that it was not a gold mine, Wanli's face was slightly disappointed, but he still couldn't hide his excited eyes.

Because the Ming Dynasty is so short of copper, whether it is to cast cannons or copper coins, a large amount of copper ore is required.

But today, the largest copper mine in Daming is far away in Yunnan on the southwest border, which is far away and the cost of transportation is very high; Although there are also copper mines near Nanzhili (in the area of Tongling, Anhui Province), the scale of the copper mines is not large, and the output is not high.

If copper ore is found in eastern Liaoning, the transportation distance is much closer than that of Yunnan, and its economic value is much larger.

Wanli said to Chang Yun: "You bring Li Xianzhong in!" ”

When he saw that Chang Yun had delayed for some time before coming out, Li Xianzhong knew that Wanli still couldn't resist the temptation of the copper mine after all.

Soon he stuffed a bag containing Dongzhu into Chang Yun's hand, and said with a smile: "There is Lao Chang's father-in-law!" ”

After Chang Yun accepted the things, he just said lightly: "Our family has thanked Mr. Li!" ”

Soon Li Xianzhong was taken to the Qianqing Palace.

It's been three or four months since I last saw Wanli, and although His Majesty's posture is still a little bloated, his complexion seems to be better, and it seems that the medicinal bath he offered still has some effect.

After Li Xianzhong bowed, there was another rainbow fart, which made Wanli's heart bloom.

Especially Li Xianzhong's "monarch father", he really made himself feel a little sorry for the kid in front of him.

Now that Chang Xun is not by his side, and the prince has no appetite for himself, this kid can surprise himself every time.

Ministers keep calling the emperor "monarch father", but how many ministers can respect themselves as fathers?

I'm afraid that even if you slap your face a few times, you will already give yourself face.

Wanli said: "Did you really discover a large copper mine in Liaodong? ”

Mr. Li Xian immediately said solemnly: "The last general always wants to be able to share the worries of his father, so he has led the mine exploration many times and went deep into the mountains of Jianzhou. ”

"Finally, a copper mine was discovered in the mountainous area at the junction of Jianzhou and Yehe, and the last general specially found the most experienced prospectors, and they all confirmed that this is a large copper mine!"

Originally, Wanli was still very excited, but when he heard that he was going deep into Jianzhou, his face sank.

He said angrily: "I've been working on this copper mine for a long time on the ground in Jianzhou, don't you make me happy?" ”

Li Xianzhong said seriously: "There is a way to raise soldiers for a thousand days, and it is used for a while. Since the last general dares to bring the copper mine to His Majesty, he is naturally sure to take the copper mine, how dare he use this matter to bully the king? ”

Wanli pondered for a moment and said, "This year's Liao salary has not yet been collected, and it is impossible to support you in attacking Jianzhou on a large scale. ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty, please relax, this area is a barren land, and Jianzhou has not built a city here at all. There is no need for the imperial court to allocate a huge amount of money to make a big move, and the final general can use the soldiers and horses of the two roads to take it. ”

"At that time, we will only need to build a fort here and send troops to guard it."

Wanli's eyes lit up, this is feasible, and it costs tens of thousands of taels of silver to build a fort, but it takes more time.

So he said: "I will let the governor of Liaodong transfer silver and two people to you, and you must make sure that the copper is mined for me within half a year." ”

Li Xianzhong said: "The last general thinks so, if the last general builds a city here in the name of the imperial court, then the output of the copper mine may not be able to enter His Majesty's internal funds." ”

"Even if Your Majesty can get a share, I'm afraid you will have to fight with the household department to break the blood."

Wanli looked at Li Xianzhong with some incredulity, and asked, "Aiqing has a way to make the copper mine directly enter my internal funds?" ”

At the beginning, he sent the eunuch Gao Huai to Liaodong to collect mining taxes, which made the people of Liaodong miserable, and many people even took refuge in Jianzhou directly, and almost caused a mutiny.

In this way, he didn't raise much silver taels for him.

Of course, another purpose he sent Gao Huai was to cause chaos for Li Chengliang and break the situation that the Li family was covering the sky in Liaodong, from this point of view, Gao Huai did a good job.

He wanted to hear what Li Xianzhong had to make this copper mine directly into his pockets.

Li Xianzhong said: "This is located at the junction of Jianzhou and Yehe, and the last general can let the head of the Yehe tribe dedicate the output of this copper mine to His Majesty himself in the name of thanking His Majesty for his marriage." ”

"At that time, Your Majesty can issue an order that the last general will send troops to build a city and protect the copper mines."

"In this way, the copper mine belongs to Ye He, and they will dedicate the copper produced to His Majesty, and the copper mine will not be easy to say if it enters the household!"

Wanli almost jumped up excitedly at this time, Li Xianzhong, this kid is really not simple, he can actually think of this hand.

This copper mine belongs to Ye He, who thanked him for his marriage and specially donated the copper.

In this way, what else can they say about their own income?

He said: "Then I still bother Aiqing to quickly send troops to build the city, this copper mine can be mined as soon as possible, and it can also provide financial support for my Ming Dynasty as soon as possible!" ”

Although Li Xianzhong did not mention the title of Earl Ning Yuan from beginning to end, Wanli knew very well what he had in mind.

Originally, he couldn't find a suitable reason for Li Xianzhong to succeed him.

But now that Ye Hebu has actually offered copper to himself, he canonized a wife to Hazia, and by the way, let Li Xianzhong, the kid, inherit Ning Yuanbo, but there is no problem.

Li Xianzhong said at this time: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the last general will return to Kaiyuan to prepare for the war in the near future, and strive to take the copper mine within two months and complete the construction of the city." ”

Wanli said: "I know that Li Aiqing wants to share the worries of the monarch's father, but it is too child's play to build a city in two months, right?" ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, Liaodong can buy something called cement, this thing was built quickly, and Xiong Jingluo was able to quickly repair the side wall of Liaodong by purchasing cement before. ”

Wanli was in a good mood and said, "If you can really complete the construction of the city in two months and be able to mine copper mines, I will decree that you will inherit the position of Ning Yuanbo." ”

Li Xianzhong hurriedly thanked Wanli for his kindness!

Li Xianzhong temporarily left Mao Yuanyi in the capital to continue to preside over the decoration of heaven and earth and the training of relevant personnel.

Due to the vigorous publicity of Zhu Chunchen, Zheng Yangxing, Zhang Zhiji and others, before the opening of the heavens and earth, many powerful people have begun to buy membership cards.

Silver members are 100 taels of silver, while gold members are 1000 taels of silver.

Of course, this silver is equivalent to pre-deposit, which can be used on the membership card.

In just a few days, 11 gold membership cards and 34 silver membership cards were sold.

Mao Yuanyi even said that if this development continues, they will not need Li Xianzhong to allocate money, and they will be able to complete the decoration of heaven and earth and the start-up capital of the business by themselves.

At the behest of Li Xianzhong, Yehe Bel Bulyangu wrote a letter of thanks, and said that in order to thank Wanli for his marriage, he was willing to hand over a copper mine in Yehe to Li Xianzhong to operate on his behalf, and dedicated all the copper mines produced to Wanli himself.

This immediately caused an uproar in the court.

If it is in the people, this is the father-in-law who handed over a copper mine to his son-in-law to take care of, and gave the output of this copper mine to the son-in-law's boss.

But this has caused a problem for the imperial court, and the Ministry of Rites has never encountered anyone who has donated minerals, and it is so complicated.

Copper ore is a large amount of income for the imperial court, but this income does not seem to have anything to do with the household department.

Soon they sensed that something was wrong, Xiong Tingbi had done Liaodong Jing, and he found that this place called Hongtou Mountain was in Jianzhou at all, although it was not far from Ye He, but it was not Ye He's turn to sacrifice the mine, which was a complete scam.

So this bear barbarian immediately wrote to impeach Li Xianzhong for colluding with Ye He for cheating.

However, Li Xianzhong did not give Xiong Tingbi a chance at all, and as early as before Buyangu's Xie Enbiao arrived in Beijing, he ordered Li Sanshun to lead out of Guangshun Pass and occupy some territories of the original Hada Department.

Attacked two small iron mines there, and rescued more than 1,000 miners.

The news made Nurhachi nervous.

Huang Taiji said: "Qi Qi Great Khan, yesterday Li Xianzhong's Liaodong Iron Cavalry suddenly came out of Guangshun Pass and attacked our walled city near Hongtou Mountain, the hometown of Hada, and the iron mine. ”

"Not only the Ming army, it seems that Ye He also participated in this attack, and our army only has a small number of sentinels there, and they are simply powerless to stop the Ming army."

This news made the whole of Jianzhou very nervous, because now He Shixian in Fushun Pass was ready to move, and from time to time he sent people out of the customs to the vicinity of the Boundary Domain City, and often engaged in skirmishes with the Eight Banners.

In the vicinity of Kuandian Fort in the south, the elite of the Wan Ming army even restrained a lot of Houjin's energy.

Nurhachi said: "It seems that after a few months of stopping, Li Xianzhong still can't live after all!" ”

Dai Shan said: "It took us several months and lost a lot of men and horses to lure the main force of the Ming army to the vicinity of Kuandian Fort. Outside Guangshun Pass are just a few barren hills, anyway, there is no shortage of iron ore in Jianzhou, Li Xianzhong is nothing more than sending troops to harass, he can't occupy there for a long time, we can't lose big because of a small thing. ”

Huang Taiji said: "What Da Beile said is very true, but Li Xianzhong still has to guard against it, and the garrison of the Boundary Domain City must be strengthened to prevent him from going south to relieve the siege for the Ming army!" ”

Soon, the blue banner of Zilharang was stationed in the Boundary Domain City not far from Fushun Pass, which could prevent He Shixian from going east and Li Xianzhong from going south at the same time, which could be said to be the gateway to the north of Hetuala.

In addition, the Gule Village, which was destroyed by Li Xianzhan a few months ago, has also been rebuilt at this time, and Du Du's inlaid white flag has also been stationed here as a second line of defense.

Li Xianzhong took the initiative to attack the territory of Jianzhou for the first time, and he was originally worried that he would be strongly counterattacked by the Eight Banners, but this time he concentrated seven or eight thousand men.

The main forces of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the Assault Battalion and the Pingyu Guard were all drawn out, and there were even 2,000 Yehe cavalry to help in the battle.

But I didn't expect to keep a loneliness.

Kong Youde said: "According to the information of the Intelligence Department, the cavalry of Jianzhou is gathering near Kuandian Fort on the southern front at the moment, and I am afraid that a big battle will break out. ”

Jianzhou's tactic of using a small force to lure the Ming army to increase troops will also be fooled by a half-guy like Yuan Yingtai.

However, at present, he also has tens of thousands of horses on the southern front, including many elite troops such as the white pole soldiers and the Qi family army, and it is difficult for Jianzhou to eat him in one bite.

It's okay for them to confront each other like this, and they can just build a defense system near Hongtou Mountain.

Originally, he just wanted to build a mountain castle in Hongtou Mountain and use it as a stronghold to occupy this territory.

However, a small city cannot fully guarantee the safe transportation of copper ore.

Therefore, Li Xianzhong decided to build a gate first, and then build a side wall on the basis of the mountain, so as to forcibly isolate this copper mine from the territory of Jianzhou.

Although Pingyubao has mobilized all the personnel to produce cement day and night, it will not be possible to complete the construction of the side wall in a few months.

However, all he promised Wanli was to finish the city and start mining copper.

Two months is more than enough.

At this time, the copper mine has been taken, and Li Xianzhong is naturally the person who wrote Wanli to allocate silver.

The report of the governor of Liaodong was also handed over, and copper mines had indeed been discovered in the Hongtoushan area, and they were under the control of the Ming army.

Xiong Tingbi was reprimanded by Wanli, and soon Yan Mingtai, the governor of Liaodong, allocated 40,000 taels of silver, and requisitioned more than 10,000 people to start building the city.

Li Xianzhong was naturally not stupid enough to wait for the silver and people of the imperial court to arrive before starting the construction, he had already used cement to pave a road in advance, so that the efficiency of transporting materials would be much faster.

In addition, it is impossible to build a city with all cement, and some stones mixed with cement have already been dug for the foundation of the city.

It has only been seven or eight days, and the outline of a city has already been revealed.

Nurhachi didn't expect the Ming army to build a city here, and he was originally going to send troops to stop it, but July is the rainy season, and it will rain heavily from time to time.

It is impossible to build a city in this kind of weather, and the Ming army has a lot of sentry horses, so they don't care too much about the situation of Hongtou Mountain.

At this time, the controversy in the court did not stop, although the copper was given to Wanli by Ye He, but the silver for building the city and roads was from the Yamen, the governor of Liaodong, and the household department strongly demanded a piece of the pie.

However, at this time, Li Xianzhong's recital came up again, and he proposed to transport copper directly from the Liao River to the mouth of Yaozhou by water, and then take the sea to Tianjin Wei by sea.

This is much more efficient than transporting copper by land, and it can also save a lot of transportation costs, provided that a new port is built, of course.

Then Yan Mingtai, the governor of Liaodong, also sent a report, saying that the vicinity of Yingkou Town, near Yaozhou, was suitable for building a port.

But the problem came, the money for the construction of the port had to come out of the yamen of the governor of Liaodong.

In order to transport copper, Liaodong built a city, built roads, and built a port, but in the end there was no profit at all.

Although Wanli belongs to the type of iron rooster that does not pull out a hair, this time he also understands that it is not okay not to give any benefits.

In the end, they reached a compromise, and the income from the copper produced by the Hongtoushan Copper Mine was 1 percent used for the operation of the mine and the construction of copper smelting workshops, 1 percent belonged to the Yamen of the Liaodong Governor, 2 percent belonged to the household department, and 6 percent was included in Wanli's personal internal funds.

The governor of Liaodong, Yamen, once again allocated 50,000 taels of silver for the expansion of Yingkou Wharf.

The imperial court sent ships and sailors to be responsible for the transportation of the Liao River and the shipping to Tianjin.

At this time, the original inconspicuous Yaozhou has become fragrant and sweet, as long as the port is completed, Liaodong will have an additional window for foreign trade.

Although the imperial court has forbidden private merchants to trade in the sea since the fifteenth year of Wanli, the smuggling trade of the Ming Dynasty has never stopped.

Li Xianzhong spared such a large circle by offering copper, and the core purpose was actually to build Yingkou Port by a regular means.

As a man of later generations, he naturally understood the significance of the Age of Discovery.

Although he controlled the three passes of Kaiyuan and mastered the land trade routes to Mongolia; But this is far from enough, only by controlling the maritime trade, the entire Liaodong will be completely revitalized.

Of course, in terms of port conditions, Yingkou Port is far inferior to Lushun Port in Jinzhouwei, but having a commercial port will greatly improve the turnover of goods in Liaodong.

Yaozhouwei, which turned out to be inconspicuous, has become a very critical place.

After all, Li Xianzhong's territory is in Kaiyuan, and if he uses these generals under his command to transfer to Yaozhou, his purpose will be too obvious.

So he could only wait and continue to ask his second uncle Li Rubai for help.

It is hoped that the Li family can elect a suitable candidate to serve as the garrison of Yaozhou, so that it will be convenient for them to control Yingkou Port.

Soon after, Li Rubai sent several candidates for Li Xianzhong to choose.

His gaze soon stayed on the three words "Zu Dashou".

Li Xianzhong secretly regretted that he had forgotten about this stubble.

Zu Dashou's father, Zu Chengxun, was the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, and was the confidant general of the Li family, although he was forced to lose his military power because of the exclusion of the Li family by the imperial court, Zu Dashou must be a member of the Li family!

I almost missed such a general.

Zu Dashou was a guerrilla attack by Ning Yuanzhongyou at this time, and Li Xianzhong soon transferred Zu Dashou to Yaozhou through Yan Mingtai's relationship.

Due to the new Yingkou Port, it is normal to adjust the defenders of Yaozhou, so that Yingkou will fall into their own hands.

Although it is not known for the time being who controls the sailors stationed in Yingkou, but in the Ming officialdom, as long as there is silver, is there anything that can't be done?

Just when Li Xianzhong was complacent, Mao Yuanyi came with news from Beijing that Wanli had sent a mine supervisor to the Hongtoushan mine.

This father-in-law is none other than the father-in-law Liu of the Imperial Horse Supervisor who was in the Drunken Immortal Building and walked away to himself.

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