Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 365 This is Yang Conspiracy
"I'm afraid Jiannu will be in big trouble this time."

Chongzhen said with a smile: "Even if we can win in the end, we probably have to peel off the skin."

Zhu Cijiong said thoughtfully: "Father, so Chuangni's subordinates are not all idiots. Apart from Li Yan who can fight, there are actually some people who know how to use benefits to win over the Mongolian tribes."

"Zuo Maodi said that this person's name is Gu Jun'en." Chongzhen said solemnly, "He is the most discerning mastermind under Li Zicheng's command, and his foresight is even higher than that of Li Yan. Prime Minister Shun came from Niu Jinxing, but from this person's planning, Niu Jinxing was only greedy for this person's achievements."

Zhu Cijiong said again: "Father, we can't take it lightly."

"That's natural." Chongzhen smiled and said again, "That's why my father tried his best to promote the trade between Daming and Puppet Shun. This is not only for making money, but also for the good life of the Mongolian tribes in the Western Regions. .”

Zhu Cijiong said with a smile: "Then one day I will cut off the supply of goods, and the Mongolian tribes in the Western Regions will cut off the source of luxury goods, and they will pour out their resentment and even anger on the hypocrite."

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "But that's in the future."

"Huh, that's not right." Zhu Cijiong said suddenly, "Father, I, Daming, can use tea, silk, porcelain and other luxuries to control the Mongolian tribes in the Western Regions. Could it be that Gu Junen can't see it? If Gu Junen can see it, then he Why don't you tell Chuang Ni the advantages and disadvantages?"

Chongzhen said: "How do you know that Gu Jun'en didn't tell Chuang Ni?"

Zhu Cijiong said: "If Chuangni knows the pros and cons, how can he promote the trade of luxury goods?"

"Silly son, this is the general trend, or Yangmou!" Chongzhen laughed, "Chuangni and Gu Junen know that promoting the luxury trade is a glass of poisonous wine, but they still have to drink it obediently, because the silk produced by our Daming, Tea and even porcelain are irreplaceable, and there is no other place in the world.”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen suddenly remembered another important event.

At that moment Chongzhen turned his head and ordered Gao Qiqian to say: "Gao Banban, please go and invite Xia Yunyi."

"The old slave leads the order." Gao Qiqian responded, and hurriedly invited Xia Yunyi over.

Xia Yunyi came to Chongzhen, paid respects to Chongzhen as usual, and then paid homage to King Ding.

"Pingshen." Chong Zhen raised his hand, and asked again, "Xia Yunyi, I remember that you are from Huating, Songjiang, and you are from the same hometown as Xu Jie and Xu Ge, right?"

"Returning to the Holy One, the minister is from Songjiang Huating."

Xia Yunyi said: "We are old friends with Xu Ge's great-grandson Xu Fuyuan."

Chongzhen said again: "Songjiang is a good place. Not only are there many celebrities, but cotton cloth is also produced."

Xia Yunyi was a little confused when he heard this, and thought to himself, what does the Holy Spirit mean by this?You came to chat with me during the march?Why did it suddenly involve Songjiang cotton cloth?

However, Xia Yunyi responded: "Yes, Songjiang cotton cloth is the best in the world, not only my Ming Dynasty, but also Dongying and Xiyi can't weave such good cotton cloth, so businessmen from Xiyi and Dongying often come to our Songjiang When buying cotton cloth, at most, you will buy millions of cotton cloths at a time.”

Chongzhen said again: "There should be a lot of cotton cloth produced in Songjiang, right?"

Xia Yunyi said: "We have done statistics in the Wanli period. There are more than [-] household textile machines in the Songjiang prefecture, which can weave more than [-] million pieces of Songjiang cotton cloth every year! In a good year, it can even reach [-] million pieces!"

Zhu Cijiong next to him was dumbfounded. How many cotton cloths are there?
Chongzhen said again: "What I'm more curious about is why can't cotton cloth of the same quality be woven in other places?"

Xia Yunyi said: "One is because the local cotton in Songjiang is good, and the other is because Songjiang weavers have good technology, so there are few cotton cloths in other prefectures that can match Songjiang cotton cloth."

Chongzhen said: "There are not a few unique skills like Songjiang cotton cloth in our Ming Dynasty."

Xia Yunyi said: "Yes, in addition to our Songjiang cotton cloth, there are also silk from Jiangnan and Sichuan, porcelain from Jingdezhen, and tea from Huguang, Fujian and Zhejiang, all of which are unique and rare treasures in the world."

Chongzhen said again: "These rare treasures are bestowed on us by our ancestors, we must keep them."

Hearing this, Xia Yunyi finally tasted something, is this why the Holy Majesty called him here?
Chongzhen didn't pretend to be sophisticated to play dumb riddles with Xia Yunyi, but directly pointed out: "Xia Yunyi, I plan to set up a city ship department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be responsible for the management of the Ming Dynasty's trade with overseas."

"The Department of Shipbuilding has two main responsibilities. One is to collect customs duties, and the other is to strictly investigate smuggling."

"Our Ming Dynasty can relax the sea ban and welcome all overseas businessmen to come to trade, but no matter whether you sell foreign goods to our Ming Dynasty or buy goods from our Ming Dynasty, you must pay customs duties."

"As for the tariff standard, you can discuss it with the chamber of commerce and then report it to me."

Having said this, Chongzhen went on to say: "The point I want to tell you today is the second, smuggling, not only must strictly investigate foreign businessmen and Chinese businessmen who evade customs duties, but also strictly investigate those who try to steal silkworm cocoons and tea seedlings. Once the merchants who bring out the Ming Dynasty are discovered, they will be killed without mercy regardless of the reason."

It was already too late to ban silkworm cocoons.

Because the technology of sericulture and silk reeling has already spread to Central Asia and Europe.

But tea was transplanted to India by the British during the Qing Dynasty.

Having said this, Chongzhen said again: "There are also technologies related to silk reeling, weaving, embroidery and firing porcelain. They are also not allowed to be leaked to Western merchants, and foreign merchants are also prohibited from visiting workshops."

The traditional craftsmanship handed down by the ancestors must be kept highly confidential.

Xia Yunyi said solemnly: "I understand, I will go back to Beijing to set up the Municipal Bureau."

"You go back now." Chongzhen said again, "Don't wait, let Xia Wanchun come over and lead the army for you."

The total of 270 Huating soldiers in Huating was recruited by Xia Yunyi when he returned to his hometown. Now that Xia Yunyi is leaving, naturally they have to be led by a scholar from Huating, King Qin, and Xia Wanchun is none other than Xia Wanchun.

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At the same time, it was far away in Prince Rui's Mansion in Beijing.

Dorgon is discussing matters with Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo.

When it comes to fighting, naturally you have to rely on the nobles of the Eight Banners, but when it comes to using your brains, those nobles from the Eight Banners are not enough to look at. Just a few dozen people tied together are not as good as Hong Chengchou and the three of them.

Among the other Han people, there are many people with strategies, but Dorgon can't believe it.

Dorgon trusted Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wanwo the most, especially Hong Chengchou, who had his trust the most. Every time he encountered a difficult problem, he would call Hong Chengchou's staff.

For example, this time, Dorgon encountered difficulties again.

Dorgon said: "Three gentlemen, the Qing Dynasty is going to be in trouble."

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wanwo looked at each other, and asked, "Dare to ask master, what's the trouble?"

Dorgon said: "Not long ago, we sent back news from our scattered agencies in the grasslands, saying that in the name of Sanggar, Pseudo-Shun was secretly cooperating with the Khalkha tribes and the Chahar tribes, preparing to form an anti-Qing army. Alliance! Not only that, but even the tribes of Junggar are in frequent contact with Pseudo-Shun, and maybe they will join forces."

Fan Wencheng said: "Master, there's no need to worry about this matter, you can't form an alliance with hypocrisy."

Ning Wan and I also smiled and said: "When the late emperor was there, Lin Dan Khan formed an alliance, but in the end it was a pot of loose sand, and was easily defeated by the late emperor with thousands of fine horses."

"But this time it's different." Dorgon said solemnly, "This time, in order to please the Mongolian tribes, the pseudo-shun opened the horse market. The Mongolian tribes can exchange cattle, sheep and horses for the tea, salt, ironware, and silk they urgently need. Even porcelain, and there is no limit, you can have as much as you want! So all the Mongolian tribes are a little bit around the corner."

"Is there such a thing?" Hong Chengchou and the other three couldn't help being stunned when they heard this.

If this is the case, things will be difficult to handle. How dare Xu Shun have such courage?
For a long time, the Central Plains Dynasty would impose a strict blockade on the nomadic peoples in the north, and also set up a horse market, but strictly limited the total amount of trade, and only tribes that were obedient to the Central Plains Dynasty were eligible to come to the horse market for trade.

But this time, the pseudo-shun actually let go of the restrictions and allowed the Mongolian tribes to exchange urgently needed supplies?
After a long while, Hong Chengchou said: "Master, such words should not be underestimated."

Dorgon said: "Today, I asked the three gentlemen to ask if you have any good countermeasures?"

Hong Chengchou said: "The most effective countermeasure is that our Qing Dynasty also provided materials such as tea, silk, salt, and porcelain to the Mongolian tribes. It's a pity that we can't get the most precious tea and silk."

Hearing this, Dorgon's face collapsed, because the Ming Dynasty completely cut off the trade between the two countries.

As long as it is found out that it is a merchant from the Qing court or a Shanxi merchant, not only will they not be able to buy the goods, but they will also be beheaded.

So now, the Qing court and Shanxi merchants have a lot of silver in their hands, but they can't buy a piece of silk, a piece of tea brick, or a piece of porcelain produced in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, smuggling still exists.

But the amount of smuggling was too small, and the price was ridiculously high, so buying silk, tea and porcelain from the black market and then trading them with the Mongols was obviously not possible.

Fan Wencheng said: "Nanming is obviously targeting our Qing Dynasty."

"That's not it." Ning Wan and I also said with a wry smile, "Xiaoshun can buy anything from Nanming, but only our merchants in the Qing Dynasty can't buy it. This is to help Pseudoshun win over the Mongolian tribes."

Hong Chengchou sighed and said, "Master, there is no solution to this matter."

This is a conspiracy, and it is upright. Daming is trying to block you economically.

Dorgon said: "In this way, we can only use force to disintegrate the alliance between Pseudo-Shun and the Mongolian tribes."

"I'm afraid that's the case." Hong Chengchou said, "but fortunately, the strength of the Mongolian tribes is extremely limited, even if they are colluding with the puppet Shungao Yigong Ministry and Li Yan's Ministry, they are not to be feared."

Fan Wencheng said: "If my warriors of the Eight Banners can defeat Mongolia once, we can defeat them twice."

Dorgon said: "Since we have decided to send troops, it should be sooner rather than later, and we will fight in the spring!"

(End of this chapter)