Chapter Forty-Eight: Intimate Purse

The Tatars and Warat fought bloodily for decades, and the four giants who rose, Oirat, Ismain, Huosi, and Yibra, were all called Taishi in their respective tribes. This is a noble title in the Mongol impression that is second only to the Great Khan.

The little prince with the blood of the Golden Family, nominally inherited the title of Mongol Khan. After several years of fighting, dividing, and pulling the cage, we finally formed an alliance with the four giants last year, and everyone agreed to go south together, break the nine sides, and go to the flower world of the Southern Dynasty to make a good profit.

But who would have thought that a fortune action that was originally full of confidence would hit a bloody head. What's even more outrageous is that in just a few months, the two Taishi have fallen into the hands of the Southern Dynasty!

This kind of blow, for the new alliance leader, is simply roasting him on the fire.

At first, he was still a little excited when he was caught. This means that the Hetao, which has been operated by the fire sieve for decades, is leaderless, and as long as he uses the banner of the Golden Family and enters the Hetao in the name of the Great Khan, he can easily take this power into his pocket.

Even in order to avoid infighting caused by the unfair distribution of spoils, he deliberately sent Yibra, who had a poor relationship with him, far away. The excuse was to let him ambush a few small tribes, but in fact, he didn't want this guy to get involved in the old city of Dongshengwei.

But, who can tell him why Yibra, who was in the middle of the 30,000 army, was beaten as soon as he met the Ming army? Three to one, and it will collapse at the touch of a button? Are you muddy?

If it is said that Yibra is feigning defeat to seek greater benefits, but he even got into it himself, and this blood capital is too thick!

When the news of Yibra's defeat and capture came, Oirat and Ismayin, who were originally happily accompanying the little prince and sharing the dividends of Dongshengwei, suddenly became delicate.

It was an accident that the fire sieve was planted, after all, he was going to attack the city, and it was reasonable to use his own shortcomings to fight the strengths of the Ming army, and it was reasonable to be defeated by others.

But now, Ibra has also been planted! Or in the Loop, on the steppe!

It is inevitable that these two people will begin to ponder the hidden truth behind it, who is Yibra? That's also a hero who started from the vast grassland! There have been more than a dozen times when he led the team south to fight the grass valley alone, which time was not a full load, Dafa Li City!? Why did you just form an alliance with the new Great Khan now, and somehow lost your hand on your own territory?

You say it was an accident, but the Tatar steppe is the territory of the fire sieve and the Ibra. They have worked hard for decades, and now they are getting bigger and bigger, and even the Hetao has been occupied. Then the Great Khan you came, and they happened to be planted one after another? You're going to pull us to divide up their territory?

Let's not talk about whether this land of water and grass is tempting, we just want to know, can we go back to Warat?!

These two didn't distinguish the battle process, and they couldn't bear it at all, so they directly took their soldiers and horses under their accounts, crossed the Yellow River in the east, made a detour to the north, and went directly back to their base camp.

The little prince of Dayan Khan really jumped into the Yellow River this time and couldn't wash it away, but the fire sieve and the Wabra army were captured one after another, and there was no one in charge of the Tatar steppe, and he was reluctant to let go even if he wanted to. can only swallow it hard, as for what the two masters of Warat think, they really can't care about it at the moment.

In a state of pain and happiness, the little prince gathered the defeated army, subdued the herdsmen, and took advantage of the absence of two Tatar tribes to annex them on a large scale, intending to completely annex the territory of Huosieve and Yibra before the beginning of spring.

At the same time, the news that another Tatar Taishi was captured alive by Qin Hong, and the news that the Jingshi was sent to face the saint and sacrifice the prisoner shocked the government and the opposition again.

Qin Shuai is simply old and spicy, and he can be called the holy hand of mending the sky!

In comparison, the Governor of Xuanda is simply a lump of mud! also sighed at how heroic he was, sacrificing more than a thousand soldiers and horses to repel the little prince. Look at Qin Laoshuai, don't talk about it! Those who listened were ashamed.

Emperor Hongji was in a good mood, and this New Year's gift was simply too pleasant. As a result, the theories mentioned in Qin Hong's chapter on tax reduction and exemption for immigrants and the opening of trade routes to the heart of herdsmen in Anhetao were all approved.

Even Emperor Hongzhi once wanted to hand over the two towns of Xuanda to Qin Hong to take care of. However, the three cabinet elders collectively objected, believing that this move would lead to too much authority of the border generals, and it was inevitable that the tail would not be lost.

Xuanda is one step away from Beijing, and the morning is coming, but once there is something unbearable, how to deal with it?

Emperor Hongzhi was convinced, because he knew very well in his heart that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp were all like goods!

Hongzhi's ability to soothe the border of Qin Hong was raised again, and he foiled the Tartar attacks one after another. The key point is that after a short period of one year, the three sides, which were almost deserted, have now been reborn, not only so that the original military and civilians will no longer flee, but also a large number of mainland refugees are still being recruited. Even in terms of the expenditure of money and grain, the expenditure of the state treasury has been greatly reduced.

This kind of ability, for Hongji, is far more important than capturing two Tatar masters alive!

As for the precautions repeatedly told by several elders, Hongzhi scoffed at them.

Through the report handed to the emperor by the crown prince, Sun Zheng completely put every step of the development of the entire Guyuan in front of Hongzhi.

The set described in it covers everything from the initial setting of goals, to the overall plan conception, to the problems encountered in implementation, and how to deal with them afterwards.

The most critical core is the arsenal that Sun Zheng reported with a secret fold alone. In addition to trying to reproduce the various techniques used by the Qiang Qin to dominate the world, we are also working to develop new varieties. While equipping the border army to improve its combat effectiveness, it is also trying to make money from civilian projects. It's a no-brainer.

The most convincing is the Beijing Sihai Branch, which has built a royal casting workshop with a daily output of 5,000 silver dollars. In the first month of completion, he first sent 100,000 silver dollars to the palace.

With this windfall, Hongji's waist pole stiffened a lot. This is not a one-shot deal, Sun Zheng told Hongzhi that without affecting the operation of the Four Seas system, he can send 100,000 silver dollars to the palace every month.

That's 1,200,000 silver dollars a year!

The annual income of the state treasury is only five or six million taels!

The part that was pulled into the emperor's inner pocket was only tens of thousands of taels.

After Hongzhi came to power, he also cut off a lot of weaving, worship and the like, and in the past few years, he was overstretched and miserable. But as an aspiring emperor, he was deceived into doing good governance, and no matter how bitter he was, he couldn't change it.

With this extra income, there is no need to exploit the people at all. If you want it, just buy it! Being rich is so capricious.

The rich Emperor Hongzhi calmed down and suddenly thought of a question. Sun Zheng settled the retired palace people, and in a few years, not only did he no longer have to spend money to fill the holes, but he made it bigger and bigger, and turned it upside down to make offerings to the palace. So the question is, how much money can he make? He got so many palace people under his hands, will there be a problem?

As an emperor, this suspicion is almost instinctive. So, Emperor Hongzhi tentatively sent a few cronies and eunuchs to check the accounts in the four seas, but his original intention was just to touch the income and expenditure. After all, Sihai was nominally done by Sun Zheng himself, he just gave a piece of land and pulled out 5,000 taels of silver. Feel the income situation, and it is good to have a spectrum in your heart.

Then several eunuchs brought back a piece of news that made him happy and ashamed, it turned out that everyone in the entire Four Seas thought that the Four Seas Industry was founded by the emperor and asked the prince to take the lead in placing the retirement palace talents, and Sun Xiaoye was just responsible for taking care of it.

All the accounts of the four seas are clear, and at any time, the palace needs to check the accounts or dispatch money, just come and pass a message.

Ooh! When Hongji got the news, he was even happier than picking 1.2 million silver dollars for nothing every year. As far as the current situation is concerned, Sihai Industry is a cash cow, and this cash cow is the prince's! With such a big backing, the crown prince will inherit the throne in the future, and he will no longer have to suffer the kind of suffering I had back then.

Hongji was full of joy and wanted to reveal some news to the prince, so that his son could worship his knowledge. As a result, as soon as he mentioned it in the East Palace, Zhu Houzhao talked endlessly about the reasons for Brother Zheng's various arrangements, what industrial layout, what overall planning, not to mention the account books, and even the personnel distribution of industries in various places, and the East Palace has a backup. There are even many people in important positions, that is, people who are directly selected from the East Palace.

Hongzhi is not light, you bear child. You don't even mention such an important matter to me? I almost suspected Sun Qing.

The little prince doesn't care, what Brother Zheng said, it's mediocre not to be envied. If a border minister, the emperor is not suspicious, how incompetent is that?!

Hongji is furious, you are so looking forward to your father being a faint king?

Zhu Houzhao smiled and told his father that if he wanted to wear the crown, he had to bear the weight. It is only the emperor's job to be able to use him in the right place while being suspicious of his courtiers!

Hongji felt that his son was right and was very inspired, so he arranged two more courses for the prince. So smart, what a waste not to read some books?!

Sun Zheng, this kid, is really capable! This faithfulness is even more rare!

I really didn't look at the wrong person, sending him to study art under Hong Daban back then was simply the most correct thing in my life!

With this concept in front, those officials impeached Sun Zheng for killing prisoners without permission, and treated the prisoners as mining slaves, mining and farming everywhere as livestock, etc., Hongzhi only treated them as farts.

It's really a rotten nerd, those Tartars are inhumane, if you don't kill a few, how can you be obedient? Without captives as coolies, where can you make so much money? You fooled me to stop the mine supervisor, stop the Huangzhuang, stop the Jiangnan weaving, stop the Nanjing Yunjin, all say that it is good governance, but I want to wear new clothes!

Sun Zheng, who incarnated Hongzhi's intimate small purse, also had a comfortable New Year. The two major wars of the new army have verified the reliability of the new equipment, and have also tested the superiority of the new tactics.

With this understanding, Qin Hong threw out a large order, 10,000 flintlock muskets and supporting equipment. He wanted to expand the scale of the musketeers, build up their combat strength as soon as possible, and strive to level the Hetao and completely remove the trilateral threat in the 15 th year of Hongzhi.

A large order means a big income, and even the two departments of Breaking Fire Screen and Yibula have captured nearly 50,000 young and strong prisoners. Sun Zheng was allocated 20,000, and the remaining 30,000 were in Qin Hong's hands. Because of this order, the production of 30,000 captives in the next two years will become Sun Zheng's profits.

But Qin Hong and Cheng Minzheng are not distressed, anyway, these two-legged animals are all selected, and in two years, a musket regiment of 10,000 people will wake up with a smile in their dreams.

As for the suspicion of internal officials, it is completely useless in Sun Zheng.

After a series of battles, the 6,000 new troops in Xiaohewan, which had already shown their grandeur, were waved by Sun Zheng and directly thrown to Qin Hong's command!

Such a strong army, if you say don't want it, he won't want it! In Qin Hong's eyes, this is the selfless bearing in his heart!

Sun Zheng's attention has fully shifted to the people's livelihood economy!

Compared with the little kill value earned in the war, the luck value is more fragrant!