Jinyi Night Walk

Ma Guerhun said boldly: "I heard that the master of the department hall has arrived in Liaoyang, so we want to pay a visit. Before we can make the trip, the department hall will arrive at Kaiyuan. My brother is in the military and has never been able to leave the barracks. I just I sent a letter to tell him to come back some time, so that I could introduce Mr. Butang to me. It just so happens that you are here.

This thing grows in the grass that grows on the mountain, it's not a rare thing, it's just a little care, Lord Minister, you must accept it!Otherwise, there would be nowhere to put Maguerhun's old face.Haha, Chu Bingbei, for your hard work, Maguerhun also has a gift, and I will take it with me when I go back! "

Chu Bingbei was overjoyed. Just as he was about to bow his hands to thank him, Xia Xun laughed and said, "I appreciate your kindness. This gift cannot be accepted!"

Chu Bingbei arched his hands. Hearing what Xia Xun said, the arched hands quickly moved up, moved them under the nose, and coughed twice civilizedly with his mouth closed.

Magu Erhun was slightly startled, and forced a smile: "It's just a product of the mountains and fields, just a little thought from the bottom of the table, Mr. Minister..."

Xia Xun smiled and said, "Tell them to go down first. I have a few words that I want to tell you."

Maguer's heart skipped a beat, he quickly waved his hands to ask his nephews to carry the presents down, and said anxiously: "Master, please tell me."

Xia Xun said: "This time when I came to Hada City, the governor did come here for something. The purpose is very simple, to make money! But don't get me wrong, the governor is not here to beat you, but to be with you. Let’s make a fortune together!” He glanced at Chu Bingbei, Shao Yushi and the others again, and said, “I want to let everyone in the entire Liaodong benefit and get rich, so that when they return home, it will be for the Hui people, and for you. I have good fortune!"

Ma Gu Erhun also said that he was not polite, because some other tribal leaders had already given generous gifts to bribe the governor, and wanted to relieve him, the Hada city lord, but Xia Xun said such a thing unexpectedly, and couldn't help being surprised: "My lord's words... I don't quite understand..."

Ama, who has learned Temuer, is a general of Ming Dynasty. Among the Jurchens, their family has the most contacts with Han people. It stands to reason that she does not have much hostility towards Ming people. Invasion, her father resisted desperately, wounded and retreated to Kaiyuan City, while Liaodong Dusi received seven or eight letters asking for help, and saw the beacon fire, but refused to come to help, which aroused great repercussions among the people of Kaiyuan .

Liao Temuer's brother-in-law died in battle, and his pregnant sister was taken away. Li Liao was so angry that he naturally became hostile to the Ming army.However, after Xia Xun killed Shen Yong and sent a large army to suppress the Tatar tribe, these news reached her ears, and the resentment was calmed down.

She is a daughter's family who grew up on the grassland. The environment here is harsh, and the people here understand the truth of survival. She knows that no one can control the Tatars' attack on the border. The key is the attitude of the Ming army. These affiliated tribes are regarded as their own people.The actions of Governor Yang proved that he really cared for the people of Kaiyuan as his own, and that was enough.It's just that the girl's face was nen, and the Analects of Confucius was relatively cold in the past, but today I am embarrassed and suddenly changed my attitude.

She pretended to go out for a while and then came back. When she came back, she saw a few cousins ​​coming out of the house with big and small packages as if they were giving dowry. It is also commonplace, but it is rare to give so many generous gifts at once, so she stopped and asked in a low voice: "Ahun (brother), are these gifts from Amoji to Governor Nayang?"

One of her cousins ​​shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's a gift, but Governor Yang won't accept it! This gift is heavy enough, why does he have such a big appetite?"

After hearing it, he was annoyed: "What, he still thinks such a generous gift is too little? Does he think that our family's property is all obtained for nothing? Why do these Han officials have a bigger appetite than the other! Could it be that they want to take our family's money? Is it enough to move them all to him?"

One of her cousins ​​made fun of him and said, "Come on, didn't you say that you met him in Kaiyuan City? You, otherwise, give you to this Han official, and if you become his Ashan (concubine) if you become a girl, the backing of our Temuer family will be hardened!"

He glanced at him and said angrily, "You're talking nonsense, why don't you ask your sister to send him off?"

The man said with a smile: "My sister is not as beautiful as you. If you give it to others, they will not like it. Otherwise, I would like to let my sister enjoy the happiness."

Ma Gu Erhun's wife sighed: "You still have the heart to joke, he still refuses to accept such a generous gift, this time I don't know how many things will be knocked out of our house, I heard that this Han official belongs to the Ming Emperor Klee (brother-in-law), I can't afford to offend you."

Hearing this, he became even more angry, so he snatched the tea tray from her hand and walked into the room. Magu Erhun's wife was anxious, and hurriedly said, "Okay, what are you doing?"

Without looking back, she said, "Don't worry, Amu (Aunt), I'll go and see how much property the Han official will ask for before he's willing to reconcile! It won't cause trouble!"

A few people in the room were talking, when the door curtain was lifted, they came in with a tea tray, put the freshly brewed tea on the table, but did not leave, just stood aside.A pair of thick black eyebrows raised slightly, and bright eyes looked at Xia Xun hostilely. Xia Xun didn't pay attention to her gaze, and was still talking seriously with Ma Guerhun.

"How about it? This matter is of great benefit to you and has no harm. The Liaodong tribes have all kinds of rare local goods, but there is no way to sell them back. I will provide you with a market. Even if you organize a large number of goods, Traveling long distances to the Central Plains also requires imperial imperial edicts to sell and buy, but the Han people in Liaodong do not have this restriction, so they can transfer through them.

The specific process is as follows: you are responsible for buying all kinds of mountain and local products from various tribes in Liaodong, and gather them in your Hada City. An edict required for transactions within the customs.The Liaodong business group is composed of Han Chinese and military families in Liaodong. The initial capital can be raised by itself, and the governor can also borrow part of it.

Then the Liaodong business group is responsible for transporting the goods to Jinzhou and handing them over to the sea merchants. The sea merchants will ship these products to Beijing, Shandong, further south, and even overseas countries for sale. When they come back, the purchased goods are also in this way. , It’s just that at this point, you have changed from buying back to selling back, and all the commodities needed by the people of various ethnic groups in the vicinity will come to you to buy back.how? "

Xia Xun smiled and looked at Ma Gu Erhun. Ma Gu Erhun had just drank a full two catties of white wine, and his red face had not changed slightly. Hearing Xia Xun's words, his His face changed, it was almost purple-black, and his breathing became heavy.If Xia Xun's plan was told by another person, he would not believe it at all, but these words were spoken by Xia Xun, so there is no need to doubt them.

Thinking of the extent that Xia Xun could achieve according to Xia Xun's idea, Ma Guerhun was completely elated. He couldn't believe that such benefits would fall on him...

Xia Xun was also sure that Ma Gu Erhun would definitely agree. When he did things, he liked to do a full investigation in advance and know what he knew.As for Hada City, he has already investigated it in detail. At present, Hada City is just a very simple barter market. As the management party, the function of the managers of Hada City is also very primitive. They just maintain the order of transactions here. And collecting taxes, once they become a direct operator of a large wholesale market, how much profit will it be?

If these tribes are allowed to do these things by themselves, they don’t have the ability at all now. If they want to enter the customs by themselves to do business, in addition to not having long-distance transportation capabilities, they don’t have the financial resources to repurchase huge supplies, and there are also safety issues. The Tatars are horse bandits and horse thieves, and they cannot be guaranteed security.

If there are several Qushi horse farms set up in Liaodong for transactions, the amount of transactions will be limited, and there is also the issue of imperial edicts, which belong to the Jurchen and Menggu ministries of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court issued imperial edicts. The main content of the imperial edicts It is to warn the affiliated tribes to be loyal to the emperor, stabilize the place, and guard the frontiers. It is just a certificate to recognize that they are tribes belonging to Ming Dynasty. A bunk in a mall.According to the contribution of the subordinate tribes, the Ming Empire will issue different numbers of edicts. The tribes with more edicts will be able to exchange more living materials, and they will become rich and powerful.

Historically, the internal struggles among the Jurchen tribes began with the competition for the imperial edict issued by the Ming Dynasty. Small tribes annexed each other through wars. In the end, the big fish ate the small fish, and the small fish ate shrimp, becoming powerful tribes one after another.Powerful tribes needed to protect their people and property, so they began to build castles. The completion of castles required more population and more living materials, so they continued to annex other tribes and take their population as slaves.

When they began to annex the tribes that also owned castles, in order to be able to occupy this place, they no longer degraded the conquered as slaves, but became the people they ruled, and the slave system began to develop into a feudal system , The tribal system began to develop into a tribal alliance system, and then the embryonic form of the country began to appear. The constant battles and killings also made their force stronger and stronger.Finally, in Shenyang, the prosperous capital, a country emerged, which was called Houjin in history.

The Jurchens are very adaptable. They are not like the Han people who are completely farming Hui people, nor are they like the Meng ancients who are completely nomadic Hui people. They live in the plains, farming and grazing, planting grain and spinning thread; Those who live in the mountains hunt and gather forestry products such as honey, pine nuts, mushrooms and ginseng, and those who live near rivers and oceans fish for pearls.

How poetic, how peaceful and beautiful this kind of life is, and fighting will kill people, Xia Xun can't bear it; let them grow stronger through cannibalism and annexation, so as to obtain more channels for economic development. After more than 200 years, they are still After being so poor, Xia Xun was also reluctant.

The Bodhisattva-hearted Xia Xun is determined to turn them into professional lumberjacks, horse herders, hunters, ginseng breeders, merchants, farmers, and fishermen through his own efforts, so that they can get rich through work, prosper the economy of Liaodong, and do their best to revitalize the Ming Empire. Make your due contribution!

Attachment: The Jurchen tribe's request for the replacement of the expired edict and the memorial for the replacement of the edict.

Haixi Bierzhen stood on the Jurchen and said: "When the grandfather was here, the slaves and maids paid tribute to horses and mink skins every year. So far, there has been no violation. The slaves and maids have removed the imperial edict on the 12th day of the first month of the [-]th year of Yongle. The slaves and maidservants have to exchange new edicts today, sorry to see you, the Holy Emperor knows ("Huayi Translation? Su Shenguan Come"

In the 19th year of Jiajing, the royal servant lost the imperial edict in Kaiyuan, so he petitioned the court for a reissue: "The maidservant was appointed on October 27, the ninth year of Jiajing, and lost the original imperial edict in Kaiyuan on October 19, the 23th year of Jiajing. Sorry. See you now, slaves are willing to give new edicts to manage the people ("Huayi Translation? Sushenguanlai"@.