Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 235 Opening Border Trade (Unedited)
Nahachu from Beiyuan has been a little uncomfortable recently.

Although it has been suppressed and beaten by the Ming Dynasty before, Naha is still the overlord on the grassland.

It's just that every time he fights against the Great Ming Liao King.All ended in failure. After the last battle, those heroes on the grassland.They all laughed at Naha for being defeated by Liao King Zhu Qi,

And Naha Chu was also very annoyed, how did they know how powerful this Liao king Zhu Qi was.

If they were replaced to play against Liao King Zhu Qi, they might not be able to perform better than themselves.

It's just that even if this is said, it will only increase the laughing stock. The people on the grassland don't believe in these things. If they can beat them, they can beat them.

It has been more than half a year since Yi Naiji was defeated by Liao King Zhu Qi. At this time, many tribes in the Northern Yuan Dynasty have retreated to their territories, so what should they do?

Naturally, Naha also returned to the grassland to take care of things in his own territory.

It's just that Aza Shili was anxious after gaining a firm foothold in Yi Naiji. The tribal leaders who hadn't joined him before joined him now.

His power has grown stronger and stronger, and he continues to attack his side. Naha can't beat Liao King Zhu Qi, and you, Aza, can't you?

He played back and forth, and overall, he was already at a disadvantage.

After all, there is Daming's support behind Aza's loss, and someone has money, soldiers and food, so it's better than Naha's going out.

However, Naha came out, and relied on his outstanding military talents to sustain everything for the time being.

It didn't benefit Aza Shili too much, but if it continues like this, it's only a matter of time before his territory is occupied by Aza Shili.

I can only wait for Bei Yuan to give me enough support, but I don't know if it is because of the defeat in the last battle.

Prime Minister Wang Baobao has recently sent less and less aid to Naha.

The official ostensible reason is that Beiyuan's finances are not as well-off as before. After all, they cannot be robbed, and there is no Central Plains to suck blood. Beiyuan occupies only the poor land of grassland.

The current grassland is completely different from the grasslands of later generations. It doesn’t mean that you have millions of property if you have dozens or hundreds of cows. Now these things are really worthless.

The grassland economy has not been developed at all, let alone tourism, which is something that does not exist at all.

And if you want to get those materials, it is naturally not an easy task.

Daming's current ban on trade is very strict, and coupled with the hostile relationship between the two countries, it is impossible to buy from the merchants of Ming Dynasty except for robbery.

Recently, Nahachu also relied on the merchants on the grassland to smuggle some important supplies, including ironware and so on.

Just going to rob the common people is definitely not enough to rob the iron weapons needed by the warriors on the grassland.

Originally, this was a relatively stable trade chain, but Naha said that recently, he encountered a big problem, that is, those merchants stopped accepting silver and gold, and instead asked for some banknotes called Ming Yuan.

Naha is so stupid, where did he get this banknote called Ming Yuan, this is the first time he has heard of it.

However, the businessmen who cooperated with him were very enthusiastic, and soon said that there was an organization called a bank in the government of the Ming Dynasty. As long as there were enough silver and gold, they could go there to exchange a large amount of banknotes.

Although exchanging gold and silver for such a paper-like thing is a bit difficult for Naha to accept.

But the other party wanted banknotes, and he had no choice but to ask someone to bring a large amount of gold and silver to Daming to exchange for banknotes.

Ever since, Naha sent a large amount of gold and silver to the bank in exchange for a large amount of Ming Yuan.

Finally bought some necessary supplies from the merchant.

However, these materials did not include those metals, etc., which also made Naha Chu quite annoyed.

According to those businessmen, these metal parts have been inspected very strictly by the customs department recently, and there is no way to take them out easily, and it doesn't make sense to bring out a small amount of metal.

Naha didn't feel that he was being played, but that was all he could do.

After all, it is already very good to change to some daily necessities. For things like tea, only these merchants are willing to sell them to themselves, and other merchants can't even bring out tea.

But what Naha didn't know was that he had just finished business with those merchants on his front feet, and those merchants on his back feet were invited to drink tea by the Jin Yiwei.

In the dark Jinyiwei official yamen in Liaoyang, those Jinyiwei looked at the trembling businessmen in front of them, holding tea in their hands, putting the tea in front of them, with warm smiles on their faces.

If it weren't for the bloody instruments of torture and the gloomy atmosphere of Jinyiwei's mansion, those businessmen would have thought they were negotiating business with their business partners.

However, no matter how bright the smiles of the guards in front of them were, they didn't dare to go up, they nodded and bowed one by one, very well-behaved.

And those Jin Yiwei didn't talk too much nonsense. After sitting down, they knocked on the table and asked them:
"The business is doing well this time. At least your family's lives are saved, but whether you can keep your heads depends on how you behave in the future."

When the businessmen heard this, their noses ran out of emotion, and they cried and said:
"Don't worry adults, we will definitely work hard for Daming!"

As soon as they finished speaking, Jin Yiwei slapped the table.

"What is meritorious service? You call it meritorious deeds."

That's right, the business they did with those Beiyuan people on the grassland in the past was all smuggling.

Smuggle those important iron ore, rock iron, etc. to the grassland to make a lot of profits.

For Daming, these resources are also strategic materials that are in short supply, and if they are given to Bei Yuan without his permission, he will be beheaded.

It's just that His Royal Highness King Liao is very kind. Even if the guards in Jinyi had the criminal evidence of these businessmen, they didn't catch them all at once.

Instead, let them continue to do business with Beiyuan, Naha over there.

It's just a prerequisite, that they will not be able to accept silver and gold in the future.

A banknote called Ming Yuan must be collected, and this Ming Yuan can only be exchanged at the bank.

Nor can they exchange their own gold.

As for why they can't be right, does it need to be said?

All their property was confiscated, where did the money and silver come from?

In this way, the bank continuously received all kinds of gold and silver from the grassland.

And these gold and silver were all brought back by Yuan when he retreated to the grassland.

Naha was born as the king of the Liao land, but he often seized the gold and silver.

But now they are all returned in this way, and Daming only needs to hand over tea, porcelain and a small amount of kitchen utensils to Beiyuan as trade goods.

As for the follow-up, wait until the banknotes gain a firm foothold on the grassland.

Daming didn't even need to directly trade gold and silver with Beiyuan. He only needed to take banknotes and go to the grasslands to buy a lot of things like cattle, sheep and horse hides.

You must know that war horses are also very expensive strategic resources these days, no less than iron and metal.

No matter how much metal is given to Beiyuan, it will be the era of firearms in the later period.

It's useless for them to ask for those armors, but war horses are different. Even in the age of firearms, war horses are very useful.

At least until things like bicycles or motorcycles are manufactured, there is no way that there will be anything that can replace war horses as a strategic material.

Naha didn't know yet, he had fallen into the economic trap set by King Liao for him.

He was still thinking happily that he would be able to obtain all kinds of trade goods from Daming in a stable manner in the future. contact with.

But he didn't know that with the increasing frequency of business contacts.

Ming Yuan appears more and more frequently on the grassland, and what awaits him is the result of the economic lifeline being directly controlled by Daming.

On the other hand, in order to speed up this process, Zhu Qi has many suggestions, one of which is to open border trade.

Border trade has been going on since the core of the Han Dynasty and the Huns.

Several times, when Emperor Wu of the Han hammered the Xiongnu, the border trade was only temporarily stopped, and it flourished again during the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Let alone the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was a very open dynasty.

Even if it was a life-and-death fight with the Turks, it still did not cut off the trade,

And the Tang Dynasty was for commerce.It is also very open and supportive. It was also from the Tang Dynasty that the Silk Road shined brilliantly.

Not to mention the Song Dynasty, although the Song Dynasty did not want to use the iron and metal in its own country.These things are sold to the barbarians in the north,

But for the Song Dynasty, he has no way to refuse at all,

No matter who it is, they can fight better than him, and there are very few who can bully, and they don't have any right to speak at all.

It's not up to him whether to sell things or not.

If he dares not to sell, he will be beaten in minutes. Do you think the Song Dynasty dared to control its own border?

But the Ming Dynasty in history is different. The Ming Dynasty has been very domineering and rigid since Zhu Yuanzhang.

I have always started fighting with you without saying a word. Whether I can fight or not is another matter, but I must fight. As for talking about peaceful trade with you, don't be kidding.

This kind of backbone is naturally needless to say. The backbone of the Han people can be said to have the style of Qin and Han in the Ming Dynasty.

So the ministers in the court are very proud of it.

It's just that after Liao King Zhu Qi put forward his opinions on border trade, he was immediately surrounded and beaten by the ministers who didn't deal with him.

What are you talking about? This is the advantage of bowing to the enemy and finally gaining an advantage. How can there be any reason to take the initiative to open border trade and restore blood to them, etc.?

These are of course very good reasons, but in terms of Zhu Qi's grand strategy, it is not impossible to give them some things like metal.

After all, Zhu Qi's ultimate goal is to make the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty the official currency of the Northern Yuan.

He didn't want the kind that wouldn't work even if banknotes were circulated in the country.

At that time, it will not be the time for Bei Yuan to be the master. Daming can empty out their supplies from him just by printing money.

Of course, in order to achieve this step, the opening of border trade must be carried out.

Just relying on Naha to smuggle, and want to let Mingyuan's banknotes circulate in Beiyuan, but it is too slow.

We can only learn from the precedents of trade between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Let the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty occupy the official status of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. You must know that in history, although the Song Dynasty was beaten by the Liao Kingdom, it also signed an alliance under the city, which brought about a hundred years of peace.

It is precisely because of the frequent trade between the two countries in the Hundred Years of Peace that the banknotes and silver dollars of the Song Dynasty became the official currency in the Liao Kingdom.

However, this goal cannot be directly stated to those ministers in the court.

Who knows if these news will reach Beiyuan, so that Wang Baobao can prepare for it in advance.

He can only speak up when it's a done deal, so Zhu Qi didn't say anything, just stood with his eyes closed and didn't speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew Zhu Qi's strategy a long time ago, and at this time, he did not shake his mind at all because of the impeachment of those ministers.

Although he was very stubborn before and didn't want to have any business dealings with Beiyuan, but after listening to Zhu Qi's answer and explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that if the official currency of the Yuan Dynasty became the Ming currency, it would be difficult for the situation. importance.

This kind of thing that can jam the opponent's throat without a single soldier is naturally needless to say.

The more the better, Zhu Yuanzhang is not dead-brained, and he knows the wonderfulness of this method after a little thought.

It can be said that it is a peerless conspiracy like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Tweeting Order.

So Zhu Yuanzhang, like Zhu Qi, kept his eyes open with his hands behind his back, watching the various impeachments on the table, and the chattering of the ministers in the court every day.

But I never made a statement, and still let Liao Wang Zhu Qi preside over various things related to banks and border trade.

There was a tendency to sullenly let Zhu Qi go on, and the ministers couldn't help but stomp their feet and cry bitterly, saying that it would be over if it went on like this.

Whether it should be finished or not is definitely not up to them.

And Zhu Qi soon began to plan the border trade, and it happened that the planning of the customs department had been completely completed, and several customs departments were set up in the north.

Relying on the framework of these customs departments, it is also very convenient to establish border trade on this basis, and this news will naturally be communicated to Beiyuan.

As for how to ventilate, it is also very particular. Naturally, you can't ask the other party to open border trade in a low voice, but you should negotiate with the other party with the victorious attitude of the king's teacher.

Who to send to be responsible has become a very important issue, and Zhu Yuanzhang quickly thought of a suitable candidate.

King of Liao, Zhu Qi!
(End of this chapter)