Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 496 Surprised by Numbers in a Day (Second Change)
The name of King Gao Chuang was quickly spread in Jinmen.

Even the matter of distributing money and food at the Dazhigu Wharf was all on his head.

After all, He Jinchao's action this time was to reflect the prestige of the leader of the rebel army, Wang himself.

Under the guise of his name, he mocked Chongzhen face to face, so as to reduce He Jinzhao's sense of existence in Shanxi.

Without him, it all depends on the counterparts.

It will take time for He Jinzhao to run the Shanxi base, but Wang Ziyong and others can go further south to hang out.

Taunting Laman will attract the imperial army away, buy him more time, and at the same time disturb the entire south of Ming Dynasty.

All the things have not been publicized by the hammer bandits under his command, and He Jinzhao is here.

Now He Jinzhao and Gao Yingxiang are researching Chaoguan River West Affairs.

Hexiwu is the gateway to Beijing, and it is also an important pass for Ming Dynasty!
The opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will connect China's five major water systems: the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, and the Qiantang River.

Collude with the three major economic regions of North China, Huanghuai, and Jiangnan.

Coupled with the connection of the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, its entire waterway transportation network can cover the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the southwest and southeast coastal areas.

It can be said that before the development of modern transportation, the canal was the most important waterway transportation channel in Chinese history, and it was also an extremely important commercial route.

It connected the transportation and economic network of the whole of China, especially the communication between the north and the south, and the Ming Dynasty was no exception.

The setting of the Chaoguan firmly controlled the commercial routes and commodity circulation channels in the Ming Dynasty.

All commodity trade that needs to be peddled through the canal must go to various customs along the coast to collect commodities and pay customs duties to the Ming government.

This made the bank gates and the cities where they were located an important commodity distribution center for the domestic commodity trade of the Ming Dynasty.

Since it is the big pass where all the currency gates are located, all incoming and outgoing goods must pass through it before they can be trafficked to other places, and it has also become a hub for economic exchanges between various regions.

In Daming, a national commodity market has gradually formed.

Goods from Yanzhao, Qinjin, Qiliang, and Jianghuai are sold to the south day and night.

Goods from Manhai, Minguang, Yuzhang, Chuxiang, Zhuyue, and Xin'an are sold day and night to the north.

Cars and horses in southern Yunnan run through Liaoyang, eunuchs from Lingnan travel across Jibei, and merchants trade a wide variety of commodities.

A huge commodity trade network has been formed, so the status and role of this kind of commodity trade gathering and distributing center in various banks are becoming more and more obvious.

Because of the need to increase Liao's salary, all the customs in Chongzhen's three years have increased, but Chongwenmen and Hexi Wu have not increased.

It's not that Chongzhen wants to be considerate of these two places, what kind of emperor wants to treat them favorably!

He won't ask for a single cent less of the money he should ask for.

In fact, since the reign of Apocalypse, the north has continued to use troops and famines for years, and because of the fall of Liaodong, the threat of later gold.

The re-blocking of the canal from Shandong to Tianjin led to the truncation of Liao merchants, the migration of merchants, and the zero adjustment of northern commerce, resulting in insufficient collection of various tariffs year after year.

Only the people below are full, and the rest is the emperor's tax money!

Otherwise, how can ships that come and go only pay such a small amount of tax money?
Since then, the tax amount of various customs in the north has almost completely stagnated, or even decreased significantly.

On the other hand, the southern Chaoguan was growing continuously, and it seemed that it was not affected by the war at that time.

Since Wanli, China's economic center of gravity has shifted to the south.

Gao Yingxiang told He Jinchao all the news about Hexi affairs from the Tianjin governor's subordinates, and analyzed the hardships of the local people in Jinmen.

"Brother Gao, I have figured out all the information about He Xiwu.

The soldiers there have little resistance. I heard that someone is transferring money, so I should send troops quickly. "

"Okay, it's time to bring back those silver coins and reward them to our brothers. We always send money to other people, so it's time to send some big silver coins to our confidantes."

He Jinzhao didn't refuse either.

The military situation in Tianjin is becoming more and more urgent day by day.

First came the Dazhigu Wharf, followed by Tianjinwei, and then Dingzigu also had an uprising.

Both Yangcun and Hexiwu were looted by the coerced rebels, and the momentum was terrifying.

The front guard of Yingzhou in Xianghe was frightened by several sentry cavalry and closed the city gate, putting the whole city on alert.

In the two counties of Baodi and Xianghe, the soldiers of the Houtunwei Station in Xingzhou shivered and prayed in their hearts that King Gao Chuang could go to Beijing. They didn't have much money.

The guards along the waterway along the South Canal all hoped that King Gao Chuang would not come.

Many people who heard that King Gao Chuang gave out money and food, hoped that King Gao Chuang would come and bring them a fortune together.

Because of He Jinzhao's intensive scouting by sentry cavalry, the county towns along the way were shocked every day.

This made people in the capital panic, shouting that King Gao Chuang would come to Beijing to be the emperor, and Chongzhen was so angry that he broke the memorial again.

Tongzhou Shenwuwei and Dingbianwei watched the soldiers guarding the imperial mausoleum pass by outside the city and asked them to provide food and prepare ships. The county magistrate quickly agreed, and the guards were not dissatisfied.

There is always someone to stand in front of them, as long as it is not yourself.

The year before last they had been wreaked havoc by the Houjin Tartars, and today even the rebel King Gao Chuang from Shanxi has come, it is really terrifying.

The only thing that made them feel lucky was that He Jinzhao, the leader of the Hammer Bandit who repeatedly beheaded the Ming general in Shanxi, did not come.

Otherwise, their fate will be even worse!

In particular, Yang He's political opponents blatantly publicized his self-respect for supporting bandits, so that the hammer bandit He Jinzhao became bigger, and now he has become He Jinzhao's guest.

Hammer bandit leader He Jinzhao stepped on the heads of Yang He, Hong Chengchou, Shanxi Chief and Deputy Chief Soldier, Yansui Chief and Deputy Chief Soldier, and King Jin to become famous.

His reputation has long been spread in the mouths of some businessmen.

Huo County is less than a hundred miles away from the capital, and according to You Shiwei, it is less than thirty miles away.

He had received news from bandits, and the Sentinels had already been fighting each other for a while.

He didn't accept it at night, and two of them died, but unfortunately he only brought back half a broken arrow.

You Shiwei looked at the half arrow, which obviously had the characteristics of a Shaanxi craftsman. Listening to his description, it looked more like the habit of the Yansui Town frontier army.

He was originally from Yulinwei, Yansui Town.

The three of their elder brothers are also brave men, and they can also manage Shangguan, so they made a way to become the chief soldier.

"It seems that this gang of thieves really came here. I heard that Wu Zimian stole and sold military horses and soldiers. They are all Yansui cavalry."

Of these soldiers, You Shiwei recognized their combat strength, otherwise he would not have supported him all the way to become the general soldier.

It's a pity that after many years of fighting, there are not many old Yansui cavalry left, and he doesn't have many elites.

"Board the ship tonight and head towards Dazhigu Wharf with all our strength."

There were many torches, and the soldiers boarded the boat, went down the river, and went straight to Tianjin.

When He Jinzhao got the news when he was in the dark, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The assembled insurgents had brought the old and the young, and a large amount of food, grass, raw silk, salt, etc. two days ago, and acted as trackers and pulled the boat to Shandong.

A flagpole was held in front, and shopkeeper Lin's head hung on the pole.

The imperial court's counter-insurgency army, long overdue, finally arrived.

He Jinchao sent someone to Tianjin Wei to inform Brother Gao to withdraw, and after joining forces, he marched in the direction of Wuqing, Lugou Bridge, and Wanping, just in time to miss the imperial reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)