Ming politicians

The mutual market between the border town and Mongolia has a long history, and both sides get what they need. However, this kind of mutual market has a great relationship with the policy of the imperial court. Since the Wanli period, because Nurhachi raised troops against the Ming Dynasty, this kind of mutual market has basically stopped. , especially after Nurhachi sent troops to conquer the tribes of Mongolia, he basically couldn't hear the court talking about the mutual market.

The primary survival condition of the mutual market is that the two parties can conduct fair transactions in a fixed place. Without this foundation, it is not a transaction. Because of the strength of the Houjin Tartars, over the years, the tribes of Mongolia have followed the Houjin army , went deep into the mainland of Ming Dynasty to plunder, and obtained wealth easily, so there is no need for mutual trading.

The production technology of Hou Jin and Mongolia is very backward. No matter it is food output or smelting technology, they cannot compare with Ming Dynasty, so they lack a lot of things, such as food, iron tools and even weapons. The mainland, including Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty, admired the Ming Dynasty very much, and admitted in their hearts that the Ming Dynasty was prosperous and progressive, and it represented the direction of prosperity.

Judging from this situation, it seems that there is no need for a mutual market, but it is not necessarily true. The disparity between the rich and the poor among the tribes in Mongolia is even greater. The tribal leaders have a lot of wealth, but the ordinary herdsmen below, unless they join the army, otherwise It is also the clanging of the poor. They are not in the eyes of the rich and powerful, and few people notice them. Farmers and herdsmen at this level need to conduct mutual markets and exchange horses for food. Therefore, private mutual markets still exist of.

The risk of this kind of mutual market is very high, there is no guarantee, maybe in the process of trading, there will be robbery or even murder, people will die for money, and birds will die for food, even though there are many unstable situations.But the exchange market still survived tenaciously, because someone needed it.

The profit of the mutual market is very huge. For example, the price of each Mongolian horse in various places in Ming Dynasty.At least 50 taels of silver, a good horse, even more than a hundred taels of silver, calculated according to grain, 50 taels of silver can buy more than [-] taels of grain, the price of grain in Shaanxi is high, rice and wheat are five cents a stone, but In the process of exchange in the mutual market, about thirty shi of grain.You can get a horse instead.

The price of ironware is higher. The farmers and herdsmen of the Mongolian tribe do not know smelting technology at all and rely entirely on buying these things from Daming. Beef and mutton.Because of the invasion of Ming culture, farmers and herdsmen families with good conditions.Iron pots have been used for a long time, which must have affected many families, so the demand for ironware is huge.

There are also weapons, which are forbidden to trade, but privately.God knows.

With these huge profits, there are transactions, and the court cannot prohibit them, and the garrisoned frontier troops even participate in the transactions.Let's share a piece together.

Su Tiancheng has already understood these situations, and in less than a month, the intelligence collected through dark lines fully demonstrated the mutual market situation in Shaanxi border towns, in which King Qin, King Rui, and King Han had a share.

Generally speaking, the exchange market is generally under the control of the frontier army, but because of the weakness of the frontier army, it is impossible to effectively protect the common people of Ming Dynasty. As a result, there are endless vicious incidents in the exchange market, and some small merchants who joined it, Even if you die because of this, your frontier army of the Ming Dynasty can find the business opportunities in it, and the leaders of the Mongolian tribes are not stupid, so they can still find out the secrets. The army is not the opponent of the Mongolian Eight Banners at all, and it is the common people who will suffer in the end.

This situation has now undergone a subtle change.

Without him, Jiang Ningying came to Shaanxi.

The prestige of the Jiangning Camp has already spread to Mongolia. The [-] troops led by Azig entered the interior of Daming, collided with the Jiangning Camp, and suffered an unprecedented defeat. Even Huang Taiji began to pay attention to the Jiangning Camp. As soon as the Jiangning battalion entered Shaanxi, it immediately wiped out [-] bandits, which further prompted the attention of the Mongolian tribes.

Of course, the key point here is the order issued by Huang Taiji. The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia, without receiving the order, are not allowed to enter the customs easily, so as not to encounter the Jiangning camp and cause heavy losses.

But such a change is not very obvious. After all, the tribes of Mongolia fully feel the convenience of looting. As long as they send troops into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, they can rob everywhere. The frontier army of the Ming Dynasty is just a display.

The Spring Festival is approaching, and everyone is going to celebrate the New Year. At this time, it is also the best time to rob.

When Su Tiancheng was still thinking about how to develop the mutual market, he received an emergency from the frontier army.

It turned out that seeing the Spring Festival approaching, the time for the annual looting was ripe. The leader of the Mongolian tribe organized an army and began to enter the places where the left, middle, right and Yulin guards were stationed in Ningxia, looting property and capturing people.

The memorials of the frontier army and the intelligence of the secret lines were all placed on the desk. Su Tiancheng had read them many times. He was always thinking about whether to send troops to deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the Mongolian tribes.

The intelligence of the dark line is very detailed. The people who came to the border to harass this time are the Xibe and Daur tribes in Mongolia. These two tribes have a great reputation in history. During the Shunzhi and Kangxi years, the Xibe tribe formed The Xibo camp was formed, and the Daur tribe formed the Sauron camp. The two battalions were the most capable battalions in the Qing Dynasty. Their combat effectiveness surpassed the Eight Banners of Manchuria and became the pride of the Qing soldiers.

It's just that these two clans haven't formed a strong fighting force yet, and they don't have such a great reputation.

The tribes of Mongolia were basically recovered by Huang Taiji, and they have become places under the jurisdiction of Huang Taiji. The tribes in Mongolia that can fight are mainly concentrated in the Hetao area. They used to belong to the Aoerdusi. Today, they have already become the Ming Dynasty. The biggest threat to the frontier army, the Xibe and Daur ethnic groups, are concentrated here.

Mongolian farmers and herdsmen have lived on horseback since they were young. Their riding skills are superb. The cavalry has strong combat effectiveness and moves quickly. When the Ming army faced the Mongolian cavalry, they did not have any advantage. However, the Mongolian cavalry, like the Houjin army, has a fatal weakness, that is, they cannot attack the city. Therefore, after they entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, most of them were active around the town. This may be the reason. The army's entry into the territory of Ming Dynasty did not cause much influence, nor did it attract the attention of the imperial court.

The frontier army of the Ming Dynasty built a lot of castles. These small barriers are called fire roads. Su Tiancheng once saw them in Beizhili. Stopping the frontier army, to put it bluntly, Huoludun only protected the safety of the frontier army, and could not protect the people at all.

When the Tartars invaded the interior, what could cause the imperial court to be shocked was that the city was breached, or a large number of Huodun were attacked or even destroyed. What the heck.

After Hong Chengchou came in, Su Tiancheng pointed to the memorial and information on the table and motioned Hong Chengchou to take a look.

After half an hour, Hong Chengchou spoke.

"My lord, do you want to attack the Mongolian army?"

"I'm still thinking about it. It's not easy to attack the Mongolian army. The time is different now, and it will be the Spring Festival soon. Sending out a large army at this time may cause some panic."

"My lord is right. It always needs some reason to attack the Mongolian army. I don't know why my lord wants to send troops. It is said that the Mongolian army is harassing the place where the Ningxia and Yulin guards are stationed. It has not affected the rest of Shaanxi for the time being. place."

A smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

"Master Hong, I'm afraid you haven't noticed that the profits of the mutual market are too great, and the expenses of the Jiangning camp are increasing day by day. A stable source of income is needed. If you can directly control the mutual market, you will have a huge income, just for this The reason is to teach the Mongolian army a good lesson, and besides, I heard that the Xibe and Daur tribes are very brave, so let's see how hard their necks are."

Su Tiancheng casually took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou looked at the letter quickly, and the expression on his face gradually changed.

"My lord, I really didn't expect that the profit of the mutual market is so huge, but the imperial court strictly prohibits the mutual market."

"At one time and another, in the past, the imperial court did not allow trade, because they were worried that the Mongolian tribes would grow stronger, including the Houjin, which also prohibited trade. But the situation is different now. We just do not allow trade. The troops of the Mongolian tribes, It’s not like going deep into the territory of Ming Dynasty to plunder. To put an end to this situation, there are only two ways. One is to severely attack the troops of various Mongolian tribes to scare them, or even go deep into the Hetao area and steal their lairs. They are afraid of the Jiangning camp, so they will be honest. The second is to carry out the mutual market. After all, the farmers and herdsmen of the Mongolian tribes also have to live. They lack the necessary daily necessities. They cannot survive. The Mongolian farmers and herdsmen have a large number of horses, cattle and sheep. , as well as gold and silver treasures, the main shortage is food, ironware, etc. As for silk and other supplies, they are considered luxuries, why don't we seize this opportunity and accumulate wealth."

Hong Chengchou's eyes are bright, the mutual market is a matter of the future, and there is no need to think about it at the moment. It can attack the Mongolian tribe's army, or even go deep into the Hetao area, and attack the old nest of the Mongolian tribe. What a spectacular thing this is. Think about the Han and Tang dynasties At that time, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Jing, these well-known generals, all went deep into the Hetao area, or even further afield, and dealt a severe blow to the foreign invaders. Therefore, they became famous through the ages and became objects of worship for later generations.

Now that the opportunity came, Hong Chengchou didn't want to miss it. (To be continued..)