Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 289 Ambition is built up step by step
Chen Chong didn't feel that He Jinzhao's words were for nothing.

The words He Jinzhao said were worth the goods he gave him, and even far exceeded the value of these goods.

If the Hammer Bandits continue to grow bigger, and then come to deliver things in the future and board other people's boats, it will be too late.

The meaning is different!
In fact, He Jinzhao is also scaremongering!

At least for now, Huang Taiji has no intention of replacing the Ming Dynasty. He has always wanted to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

Because the Ming Dynasty can fail several times, but as long as Huang Taiji fails once when entering the fortress, Houjin will have to wait for a long time.

After all, the geopolitical environment of Houjin led by Huang Taiji was very bad.

His southwest is the number one mortal enemy Daming.

Because Daming wanted to eliminate Houjin and recover the lost land, he did not agree to negotiate a peace at all.

To the east is the Joseon Dynasty, a vassal state of Daming's loyal younger brother. Unfortunately, in the Battle of Saerhu, the Korean army surrendered.

After that, the strategy of flanking Jin Dongxi disappeared, and Mao Wenlong died, so no one would stab him ass.

Although Mao Wenlong is just a shit-stirring stick, this stick is still useful.

In the north of Houjin, from the north of the Songhua River to the Heilongjiang River Basin, are the tribes of the wild Jurchen.

Although they belonged to the Jurchen clan and their language and customs were very similar, they were not conquered by Hou Jin, and the wild Jurchen and Hou Jin had frictions from time to time.

To the west is the most powerful Chahar tribe of Mongolia, and Lin Dan Khan is also a descendant of the golden family of Genghis Khan, so he doesn't like the Houjin who only has [-] Jurchens.

The Mongols and the Jurchens have always lived in the northeast. To the west of the side wall is Mongolia, and to the east is the Jurchens. The two sides have been in contact and intermarried for a long time, and their relationship is very close.

Mongolia has been torn apart and roughly divided into three parts: bounded by the Gobi Desert, Mobei Mongolia Khalkha to the north, Monan Mongolia (where Lin Dan Khan is located) to the south, and Moxi Mongolia to the west.

Although Lin Dan Khan claimed to be the Great Khan of all Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia and Moxi Mongolia did not listen to his orders at all.

Monan Mongolia is not monolithic, and Lin Dan Khan can only control the Chahar tribe.

The Mongolian tribes near the east were all divided and drawn over by Hou Jin.

Mongolia has been standing side by side for many years, and it does not want anyone to unify them and weaken its power.

Lin Danhan is just a talkative king. He almost never won a battle with Houjin. Instead, he wanted to take the opportunity to annex the subordinate Mongolian tribes that were scattered by Houjin.

This move was even more unpopular, and they all left him and fell into Hou Jin's embrace.

So these years, Huang Taiji has been fighting for nothing, and found that the forces around him are all trash.

Then came the idea of ​​wanting to rule the Central Plains and replace the Ming Dynasty.

Regarding He Jinzhao's alarmist talk, Chen Chong was obviously frightened.

Because Huang Taiji detoured Mongolia and entered Gyeonggi to wreak havoc for several months, this group of nobles in the capital was really frightened.

This is all their property, and ordinary people simply cannot afford to buy land near Gyeonggi and so on.

He Jinzhao put away the booklet and thought about it:
"Since Brother Chen insists on sponsoring me, I can't refuse."

Hearing this, Chen Chong finally breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that He Jinzhao would not agree.

He laughed twice:
"Thank you Brother He for your understanding, actually, I expected to be blocked by Hong Chengchou when I go back this time.

Rather than being robbed of the money by him, why not help my good brother. "

"Then Hong Chengchou has acted so boldly?"

He Jinzhao said in his heart that the title of Marquis of Ningyang was not working well, so he could be regarded as a well-known nobleman in the Northwest.

And it can be stable for such a long time, the interests of the tea and horse exchange market are definitely not limited to his family.

"This person doesn't follow the rules, he really read the sage's book." Chen Chong cursed:
"Besides, he has been training his Hong Bing all the time. Word came out from the capital that this person is Jian Zaidi's heart, he is not easy to deal with, and he is very likely to replace Yang He.

Let's befriend him and not antagonize him, lest we be targeted in the future. "

In the future, Hong Chengchou will become the governor of the three sides. If he is in the capital, he will still be tied up, but he will be far away in the sky. Why don't he let him do what he wants?

Now the Shaanxi main suppressing faction is headed by him and has begun to evade Yang He.

"Can't the Marquis of Ningyang find a way to transfer Hong Chengchou away? Now the imperial court is employing people."

"Use it, use the money to get him promoted, and it turned out to be a fucking waste of money.

From the emperor's point of view, Hong Chengchou still needs to practice in the local area for a few years before being transferred back to the capital for appointment.

Like this kind of person who is simple in the emperor's heart, the more you spend money on him, the more status he will have in the emperor's heart. I think this kind of person who does not form a party is a usable person. "

Chen Chong's meaning was very simple, he wanted to spend money to transfer Hong Chengchou away from Shaanxi.

That was just a fool's dream, I tried my best, but the decision was in Chongzhen's hands.

He Jinzhao thought for a while: "Is there anything Brother Chen can do for me to help you with Hong Chengchou?"

Although he controls the mutual market point, once Shanxi merchants want to unite, it will be troublesome.

With the support of Ningyanghou's caravan, walking on two legs is finally safer.

What's more, all the truckloads of goods that I need are here.

"Brother He, help me write a letter to Governor Yang He of the three sides."

Hearing Chen Chong's words, He Jinzhao showed doubts: "Why should I write to Yang He?"

"Tell him that you miss him. Now that you control Hequ, the Yellow River ferry, you want to go back to your hometown and have a look. I hope you can allow it."

"Gone?"

"No need to say anything else, I will deliver the letter myself." Chen Chong smiled lightly.

When he was in Ganquan County, He Huchen thought that Chen Chong was using Ningyanghou's tiger skin.

Chen Chong thought that He Jinzhao used He Huchen's tiger skin.

In the end, it was He Jinzhao who pulled the tiger skins of both sides and did business with them separately.

Now that the situation in Shaanxi has taken a turn for the worse, He Jinzhao has gained a firm foothold in Shanxi, and Chen Chong, a member of the Marquis of Ningyang, now has to rely on He Jinzhao's tiger skin to do things.

Chen Chong no longer thought that He Jinzhao would become the second Liaodong warlord, but a team that could conquer the world.

Especially He Jinzhao's gang of hammer bandits was quite different from the rest of the rebel army.

Those insurgents only knew how to plunder, flying around like locusts, where there was food to go.

Unlike He Jinzhao here, he still has to manage the place and maintain his foundation.

This kind of alien in the rebel army has combat power, so it is necessary to lend a helping hand early, and it is a rare commodity.

He Jinzhao couldn't help laughing out loud: "Can my letter work?"

"No matter what, Yang He is still the governor of the three sides." Chen Chong stood up, walked to the side of the roast sheep, and turned once or twice:
"Only civil servants fight civil servants, and they pinch each other, so we have room to maneuver."

"In that case, I will write a letter for Brother Chen."

He Jinzhao took the knife and began to divide the meat.

The two laughed and ate the roast lamb.

Chen Chong ate the meat in his mouth, and remembered that sentence again, the country is about to perish, and disasters will happen.

In addition, in recent years, the temperature in Daming has dropped sharply.

The Pearl River in the south is snowing heavily, and the Taihu Lake on the Yangtze River is frozen so thick that horses and chariots can walk on it.

There is much rain in the south and drought in the north.

Since the first year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi has experienced a severe drought year after year, with thousands of miles of red land, and gradually spread to the entire Yellow River Basin.

In order to escape the heavy taxes and labors assigned layer upon layer, the victims abandoned the land and fled, becoming refugees. They had no choice but to take risks when they had no way of making a living.

Chen Chong bit the mutton and lost his mind. During the Tianqi period, when Wei Zhongxian was in charge of the government, the Shaanxi frontier army owed a lot of money.

In the first year of Chongzhen, 1308 million taels were still owed.

But the imperial court had no money, and in the second year of Chongzhen, it began to abolish the redundancy of the post station.

The abolished postmen and deserters who owed their wages joined the refugees and hungry people.

Chen Chong glanced at He Jinzhao, who was feasting beside him, that's how he got started.

Now it's getting bigger and bigger, and directly killed the deputy commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town!
For the sake of the future of his family, he had to help He Jinzhao stabilize the exchange point and trade with more Mongolians.

After the two finished eating the roasted lamb, Chen Chong said goodbye, saying he wanted to go around.

He Jinchao sent two local officials to follow him as guides.

"My lord." Qiu Zhitao hurried over:

"The goods have already entered the warehouse in Hequying City, and we still need to raise money to give them to others.

We are finding money for migrant workers these days. I am afraid that we can't eat so much goods, and we have to let the people of Ningyang Hou stay longer. "

"No need." He Jinzhao pushed the booklet on the table to him:
"Brother Chen said he helped us hammer the bandits."

Qiu Zhitao took the brochure dully, he estimated that this batch of goods would be worth a lot of money, so he just gave it away?

The reputation of our hammer bandits is not only powerful in Northwest Shanxi and other places, but even Shaanxi and Gansu have to be given three points!

Qiu Zhitao became more and more delighted as he flipped through the booklet:
"My lord, in this way, our next construction will be smoother."

Building a city is expensive.

In particular, it is necessary to plan the location of the well and dig the moat, so the material cost can be waived.

But the lord asked to hire someone to take care of the money. Although the enthusiasm of the builders was greatly mobilized, it was really throwing money out.

Spending money like running water, Qiu Zhitao looked distressed, but Dang Shousu, who was in charge of money and food, didn't care at all, and almost directly approved the money and food for building the city.

On the other hand, when the imperial court built the city, it was always forced labor, and even dry food had to be brought with it.

The common people are willing to work for He Jinzhao, the only difference is the difference between short-term workers and long-term workers.

Short-term workers are paid once a day, long-term workers are paid once a month, and the treatment is different.

Allow people to do odd jobs.

There are also four urn cities to be built in the East Chamber City.

The only saving of money is that there is no need to open the doors inside the three urns, which saves a lot of trouble and is used to deceive the invading enemy.

"Well, don't be afraid to spend money. Money is useless in our hands. It is our money only when it is spent."

He Jinzhao stood up and did two chest expansion exercises:
"I guess, in three or four months, the war between Da Ming and Hou Jin will come to an end.

Then the Ming court will reach out and mobilize troops to Shanxi or Shaanxi to suppress the rebellion. I don't want to guess who will fight first.

But we are now making more preparations so as not to fall into a passive position in the future. "

Qiu Zhitao bowed slightly and saluted: "My lord's words are reasonable, to be honest, I have never handled so much money and food in my life.

Seeing the copper coins and grain stacks in the treasury disappearing quickly, my heart was really nervous, for fear that the successor would be weak. "

"Staff Qiu, don't be afraid, do it boldly. The rules here are different from Ming Ting's. I won't throw you out as a scapegoat."

He Jinzhao laughed twice, then turned his head and asked, "What happened to that Ren Jirong?"

(End of this chapter)