Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 808: The emperor bleeds and becomes rich, and is hunted by the Ming army in the mountains

Civilian participation in the military is not without any advantages.

Relatively speaking, civilians leading troops are more prudent and rarely particularly radical.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were both good supervisors, but they were pressed a little too hard.

After learning from experience and lessons, Zhu Qiyu rarely put pressure on frontline generals.

General Zhu Qiyu handed the report back to Qianxue: "No problem, just send the military report back to the Ministry of War. Is there anything else?"

"Yes, why should we ask the imperial court to transfer another one million stones of military rations to Dongsheng? Shen Yi is crying for poverty and wants our family to provide this batch of rations."

Zhu Qiyu was so angry that he sat up: "Is He Yi crazy? He opened his mouth and asked for one million stones of grain. Doesn't he want all the war horses to eat grain instead?"

Qianxue spread her hands: "Then who knows? He said that Dongsheng is at risk of being besieged by the enemy, so he needs to stock up on enough food and grass."

"Okay, okay, give it to him. Anyway, I've seen through it all. We have to give them all our food."

Even if He Yi is not asked to leave, Wang Yue will come to ask for it, Xu Tong will come to ask for it, and Zhang Ning will come to ask for it.

Send another person to transport 300,000 shi of grain to Tianjin, and ask the Shandong Navy to transport it to Gaizhou. Let's take the initiative and save them from writing letters to ask for it. "

Qianxue asked again: "Why do you still ask you to transfer all Tiance Guards to Dongsheng?"

Zhu Qiyu replied helplessly: "I will give him at most 10,000 Tiance Guards and 20,000 Duoyan Guards. Tell him not to force me anymore. If I mobilize more troops, there will be no one in the capital."

After that, Zhu Qiyu put the quilt over his head and began to sleep.

June 13th, Gaizhou City.

Zhang Ning received another batch of firearms from the capital at Gaizhou Wharf. Mainly crossbows, which are the most practical weapons against the Mongols.

While they were busy, they saw a caravan driving dozens of carriages into the dock.

Zhang Ning actually knew the leader. When everyone approached, Zhang Ning took the initiative to greet them: "Brother Tian, ​​you have such a big battle."

Tian Huiqing returned the gift and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Zhang for your new achievement. I heard that the Mongols suffered another major defeat recently."

Zhang Ning waved his hand: "Ashamed, ashamed, the battle was already over when we arrived. What did Brother Tian acquire?"

Tian Huiqing smiled and said: "Didn't I transport 300,000 taels of military rations to Gaizhou for the imperial court? Governor Cui only gave me 150,000 taels, which was not even enough to cover the cost.

Therefore, I was allowed to purchase rare goods such as wild ginseng in Liaodong, and then sell them in the south. "

"This coming and going, the benefits are not small, right?"

Tian Huiqing became even more happy when he talked about the profits: “When this boat arrived, in addition to food, it also contained tea, porcelain and other items.

After loading up these mountain treasures, I will go to Japan for a tour. "

Zhang Ning heard this and praised: "This business only takes one trip, but you can make a lot of money."

Tian Huiqing said modestly: "It's just a small amount of money and a small profit. Besides, this is just a one-time deal. When the imperial court completely relaxes control over the Eastern trade routes, everyone will be able to sail in the East, and I will have no advantage."

Zhang Ning laughed it off and didn't take it seriously. When he first attacked Japan, Zhang Ning had already dealt with Tian Huiqing and knew clearly that Tian Huiqing was a true imperial merchant.

With the emperor backing us, how could we lose our advantage?

Tian Huiqing smiled again and said: "I heard that the Ministry of Revenue is going to set up an official warehouse in Gaizhou to carry out money exchange. Next time I come to Gaizhou, I only need to bring a money order."

This was the first time Zhang Ning came into contact with the official remittance from the Ministry of Revenue, and he immediately became interested. He pulled Tian Huiqing and chatted in detail for a long time before letting him leave.

When Zhang Ning returned to the city, North Korean governor Han Minghui had already been waiting here. Originally, it was the official rank that suppressed people, but instead Han Minghui was extremely polite.

Because Han Minghui surrendered from North Korea, he always felt inferior when facing officials sent by the imperial court.

After the polite greetings, Zhang Ning asked: "Governor Han, what is the combat strength of your new army?"

As for the new army, its combat power is definitely not that strong. Zhang Ning wanted to know the composition of Han Minghui's new army.

Han Minghui was also very knowledgeable: "I chose four thousand original local people, most of whom were hunters, and some of them were in the army before.

In addition, among the people who moved from the imperial court, 2,000 Han people and 4,000 Miao people were selected.

The Miao people used to live in the mountains and were good at fighting in the mountains.

Because things started in a hurry, I trained for more than two months.

The main thing is to train crossbows. As you know, in the deep mountains and old forests, small groups are all sneak attacks, and face-to-face killing is not that important. "

Zhang Ning nodded: "After Bolai was defeated, his men all fled eastward into the mountains. This man ran all over the mountains and plains, and for a while, it was difficult to gather them together again.

Governor Han should first send the new army to search for the lone Mongolian army in the mountains.

The Holy Father has just issued a decree, beheading a Tatar will reward you with ten taels. If you capture a Tatar alive, you will be rewarded twenty taels.

Capture a war horse and reward five taels. "

When Han Minghui heard this, his eyes lit up. This was a good deal. I have lived in North Korea for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen such a profitable business.

Ming Dynasty has always bullied the weak and feared the strong. In the tribute trade, most of the time, the court suffered a loss.

The value of the property awarded to the vassal state far exceeded the value of the tribute.

North Korea is an exception. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty constantly asked North Korea for various specialties and women.

It's like fighting against the autumn wind, it's all for nothing. And it comes whenever you want, which is very annoying.

Han Minghui sighed in his heart: It's better to live in today's world. Back then, he actually went to North Korea to buy people and take care of them. He was really buying people, and the price he gave was extremely generous.

At that time, when buying people, orphans were the first choice, followed by children from poor families. A few years have passed, and these people who were bought back should have been assigned positions and started serving the royal family.

I don’t know if any Korean women were favored by the emperor and included in the harem. It would be even better if another prince was born.

Han Minghui didn't know the rigor of the emperor's harem, and he still had unrealistic fantasies.

Soon, the 10,000 new troops brought by Han Minghui, as well as the guards of the three princes, all threw themselves into the mountains.

It was a big hunt, except it was for Tatar heads.

Unfortunately, there has been a lot of rain recently, with thunder and lightning and heavy rain falling all the time in the mountains.

The Ming army, consisting of ten men, shuttled quickly through the mountains. The Mongolian troops who were alone were not good at fighting in the mountains and forests, and when they were hit by heavy rain, they lacked food and clothing, and their combat effectiveness dropped rapidly.

Basically, as long as the Ming army finds traces, they will not run away. They will be caught up before they can escape very far, and they will only be slaughtered.

The morale of the Ming army was high, and they were running around in the mountains like a treasure hunt expedition.

The Chinese army that came out of Haraku was stationed fifty miles northwest of Haizhou City. Soon, Hara Kuchu learned the ironic news from the soldiers who luckily escaped. The dignified Mongolian cavalry was actually caught as a roe deer by the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)