Ming politicians

Years of business career have given Song Sijun an unusually keen mind. It is true that shopping malls are like battlefields. During transactions, Song Sijun needs to pay attention to all aspects of the situation at all times. It's the boss, after so many years, everyone knows that behind Song Sijun is Jiang Ningying, and Su Tiancheng, so after so many years, no one dares to offend Song Sijun, unless they don't want to do business in Fort Anning and Jingbian.

The older Sun Yuankun stayed in Fort Anning, with two thousand soldiers from the Jiangning battalion, to maintain order on both sides. Under normal circumstances, Sun Yuankun was in the barracks in Fort Anning, and he would visit Jingbian when he had time. The traffic between the land is very convenient. The merchants who do business have long thought of ways to repair the roads. However, as he grows older, Sun Yuankun also feels powerless. His family members are all in Anningbao, and the family is happy and harmonious. Gradually, Sun Yuankun thought about whether to let the eldest son enter the Jiangning camp. The eldest son was not good at studying, and the scholar did not pass the exam. He yearned for life in the military camp since he was a child.

Under such circumstances, Sun Yuankun slowly put the heavy burden on Song Sijun. Sun Yuankun also knew the relationship between Song Sijun and Su Tiancheng, and Song Sijun was very flexible in handling things, earning money for the Jiangning camp to the maximum. Sun Yuankun also admired it of.

Sun Yuankun is not just doing business in Anning Fort. At the beginning, Su Tiancheng arranged three personnel in Anning Fort and Jingbian. Among them, Bi Maokang and Sun Yuankun directly represented the Jiangning Camp to maintain the order in Anning Fort and Jingbian. Song Sijun was the representative. Jiang Ning Ying was doing business in the mutual market. Yue Gaofeng and Liu Ji were representing the government and Jiang Ning Ying to collect a lot of taxes. As time went by, Bi Maokang had left Anning Fort long ago.After going to Dengzhou, Yue Gaofeng and Liu Ji shifted their focus to intelligence gathering, especially Liu Ji, who joined the Jiangning Camp.He is very familiar with the situation of the Xibe and Daur ethnic groups, and is able to gather information like a fish in water. Song Sijun is basically directly responsible for business matters.

As Sun Yuankun put the burden on Song Sijun, Yue Gaofeng and Liu Ji gradually began to obey Song Sijun's leadership. Of course, there is a premise in this, and it is only after Su Tiancheng agrees to such an approach that Yue Gaofeng and Liu Ji will implement it. Recently, .Song Sijun brought news that Yue Gaofeng might leave Anning Fort and go to Dengzhou, because Weihaiwei Wharf needs a lot of people, and the shipping department is already busy. As a talent familiar with management, Yue Gaofeng must be To be adjusted, Anning Fort, Jingbian and Weihaiwei Wharf.Keeping pace with each other, it has become the main source of Jiangningying's military salary.In terms of income and development prospects, the power of the terminal undoubtedly exceeds that of the mutual market.

The trading markets in Anningbao and Jingbian are very different from those a few years ago. The market is gradually expanding, and more and more Mongolian tribes come to trade. With the growth of the Xibe and Daur tribes.More and more Mongolian tribes surrendered to them, and these tribes were also allowed to enter Anningbao and Jingbian to conduct transactions directly. Especially in the past few years, the Mongolian tribes have encountered many disasters.Especially in wind and snow disasters, there is almost no food, and they rely entirely on trading in the mutual market to obtain a large amount of food to maintain the survival of the tribe and avoid disasters.

In the process of this transaction, Song Sijun was the biggest winner, but the jewels, gold and silver he earned were nothing to him, and they were divided into two parts. Over the years of development, the annual silver earned from the mutual market has been roughly maintained at around 500 million to 800 million taels of silver, of which 200 million taels were handed over to the imperial court, and the rest was the military salary of the Jiangning camp.

With the frequent transactions, Song Sijun has more and more information.

The Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, after several years of transactions, obtained weapons such as flintlock guns and artillery from Song Sijun, and obtained a large amount of food. The tribe began to grow rapidly. In the Hetao area, no one Those who dare to challenge the tribe, with the growth of the tribe, the leaders of the Xibe and Daur tribes are not satisfied with their current status, they think of conquering the grassland.

The largest tribe in the grassland is the Horqin tribe. As a strong supporter and alliance of the post-Gold Tartars, the leadership of the Horqin tribe has been recognized by many tribes in the grassland. Moreover, the Horqin tribe has a large number of people and great power. Tribal challenge, but always defeated by Horqin tribe.

The Xibe and Daur tribes thought of defeating the Horqin tribe.

Purely from the perspective of defeating the Horqin tribe, Song Sijun fully agrees. The Horqin tribe is the main force in the Mongolian Eight Banners. The Horqin tribe represents Houjin and commands the Meng Eight Banners. The Eight Banners is a heavy blow to the Hou Jin Tartars, and it has no harm to the Ming Dynasty, but the timing must be grasped.

Song Sijun is aware of the situation in Liaodong, Dengzhou, Fuzhou, Xuanzhou and other places. It can be said that Ming Dynasty is now troubled. , the Mongolian grasslands remain calm, and the Xibe and Daur tribes guarding the border for Daming is the most important task, and there can be no changes for the time being.

Therefore, according to Su Tiancheng's request, Song Sijun tried his best to stabilize the leaders of the Xibe and Daur tribes, let them calm down, continue to develop their own strength, and wait for the right time.

The Hou Jin Tartars also had quite a few merchants in Fort Anning and Jingbian. Su Tiancheng and Song Sijun were aware of this situation.

On this point, Song Sijun admired Su Tiancheng, who separated business from politics. At the beginning, some people thought that the mutual market should not allow the post-gold tartars to participate, and the post-gold tartars must be completely trapped to death, but Su Tiancheng was not From this point of view, when merchants do business, what they value is profit. If someone is willing to pay a high price, even if you limit it, the effect may not be very good. Daming and Houjin confronted each other. In Liaodong, there are also merchants who do business on both sides. It is completely prohibited. From this point of view, it is not necessary or possible to completely prohibit the post-gold Tatars from going to Anningbao and Jingbian to do business.

After so many years, everyone is living in peace and doing their own business. Of course, there are still problems. The merchants of Houjin purchased some firearms through some secret channels, although they did not buy them directly from Song Sijun. , but people can think of ways to get it from other channels.

In the past two years, a new situation has emerged, which has caused Song Sijun the most headache. The gradually growing Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe have conflicts. Both tribes want to have the leadership of the Hetao area. This is not a good phenomenon.

It was Liu Ji who got the news.

Liu Ji has great flexibility in doing things. Sometimes, he even went to the Hetao area with the caravan to grasp a lot of situations. Through his observation, he found that there were conflicts between the Xibo tribe and the Daur tribe. , and Liu Ji was still in the two tribes, and found many merchants from the later Jin Dynasty.

After the information was fed back, Sun Yuankun, Song Sijun, Yue Gaofeng, Liu Ji and others discussed together. They believed that the conflict between the two tribes had a lot to do with the instigation of the Houjin Tartars. Inevitable factors, when they develop and grow stronger, they must show their own strength and seek hegemony.

This is a very dangerous signal, and it is not easy to reconcile.

Once the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe have a fight, it will be a situation where the relatives will be bitter and the enemy will soon be. The security of Ningxia, Yulin and other borders will be greatly threatened. When two tigers fight, one will be injured. , maybe the two tribes will decline and give the Horqin tribe the best chance. At that time, Daming may have to send troops to maintain the stability of the Hetao area.

To resolve this contradiction, the best way is to divert attention, that is, according to the previous arrangement, let the Xibe and Daur tribes start conquests on the grasslands, so that they will have no time and energy to fight among themselves. , they need close cooperation to defeat many huge tribes on the grassland.

The opinion discussed by everyone was quickly sent to Dengzhou.

Song Sijun personally went to the Hetao area once, met the leaders of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, and warned them not to kill each other, and save their energy to deal with the big tribes in the grassland, so that they can really dominate the grassland.

These words have temporarily stabilized the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, but this is not a long-term solution. Sun Yuankun, Song Sijun, Yue Gaofeng, Liu Ji and others are very worried. They don’t know about this deployment. It's not that Su Tiancheng's consent will be obtained. If the preparation time is too long, causing the two tribes to be unable to hold back and conflict with each other, the problem will be serious.

Song Sijun, as the actual person in charge of Anning Fort and Jingbian, needs to think about these things, and he can't be negligent in the slightest. When he has a headache, he even thinks about expelling the post-gold merchants in Anning Fort and Jingbian, and don't want them here It's a pity to think about it this way, and it's impossible to really do it.

Time passed slowly. In order to prevent conflicts between the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, Liu Ji was stationed in the Hetao area. The post-gold merchants in the tribe.

Finally, it was time for Yue Gaofeng to leave Anning Fort. Song Sijun specifically asked Yue Gaofeng to report in detail about the Xibe and Daur tribes after seeing Mr. Su, and implored Mr. Su to make a decision early. (To be continued..)