I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 151 This dead eunuch wants to make trouble
Chapter 150

Any plan can never keep up with changes.

Cheng Shijie wanted to try this case publicly to lay the foundation for the construction of the rule of law in southern Liaoning.But the problem was that an unexpected accident disrupted Cheng Shijie's deployment.

This change was actually not military information brought by Jin Yiwei Qin Buhui, but a deal from Fan Yongdou.

During the autumn harvest, Fan Yongdou saw the abundant harvest and Cheng Shijie's delivery ability. Now the grain in southern Liaoning is piled up like a mountain, and there are hundreds of granaries alone. Any one of these granaries is enough to store [-] shi above grain.

At this time, Fan Yongdou accelerated the transaction process, sent people to Liao Zhongwei, informed the guys who had already been stored in Liao Zhongwei, and drove the cattle, sheep and horses that had been prepared to the south of Liao.

Cheng Shijie planned to cheat Fan Yongdou from the very beginning, why didn't he want his money?
Because silver is too easy to hide and transport, there are many channels for silver to flow into southern Liaoning, and it can be transported by water or land.A two-wheeled carriage can pull seven to eight hundred catties at the last time. If the road surface is good like southern Liaoning, a two-wheeled carriage can pull [-] catties.

Even if it is 30 taels of silver, the total weight is only 750 Mingjin, and a dozen horse-drawn carriages can be pulled away at one time, so the convoy is too common in southern Liaoning.

But livestock is different. The goal of livestock is too big. Five thousand horses and five to six thousand cows need at least a thousand people to take care of them. The goal is very big and it is easy to manipulate.

As long as it is not in the territory of southern Liaoning, Cheng Shijie can send someone to grab it in advance.

In addition to the normal trade of [-] iron-shoeed horses, [-] Hequ horses, including [-] to [-] Liaodong horses, plus those cattle, this is a huge team.

After Fan Yongdou sent his own messenger to order the camel caravans that looked after the cattle and horses to trade in southern Liaoning, Fan Yongdou's men left Jinzhou City, and were followed by scouts from Ning Haijun.

Although the messenger sent by Fan Yongdou was very vigilant, the problem was that Su Wannayan under Hu Erqi was proficient in hunting. In the words of later generations, he was a self-taught expert in trace science.

This thing sounds a bit mysterious, but in fact it is not difficult to guess, thousands of horses, and more than 8000 cows must rely on freshwater lakes or rivers.

As a result, Hu Erqi finally found the cattle and horses stored in Liaozhongwei. There were 8000 high-quality war horses, more than [-] cattle, and tens of thousands of sheep.

In fact, these were all transferred from Jiannu from various ministries, and Fan Yongdou was only Huang Taiji's white glove, responsible for this transaction.Hu Erqi was overjoyed. There were more than [-] men in charge of guarding these cattle and horses in a surprise attack, and they were also captured by Hu Erqi in one fell swoop.

Now Fan Yongdou has no cattle or horses to trade. What will he use to buy Cheng Shijie's grain?

Without money, Cheng Shijie would not give Fan Yongdou a grain of food.

After Hu Erqi's troops attacked Fan Yongdou's men, they sent Su Wannayan to lead his troops to take charge of the rear. Because the movement speed of cattle and sheep was too slow, most of the Jurchens under Hu Erqi's troops were proficient in domesticating cattle and sheep, but the problem was But cattle and sheep cannot move as fast as war horses.

However, Su Wannayan discovered that hundreds of cavalrymen from Jiannu were chasing them, and they charged back and repelled them. During the pursuit, they wiped out more than a dozen tribes around Liaozhongwei, and snatched tens of thousands of cavalry. Cattle and sheep, thousands of horses.

Su Wannayan was also a ruthless character. Seeing the northwest wind, he sent people to set fire near Fushunwei in the middle reaches of the Hun River. The fire soared into the sky and was out of control.From the banks of the Hun River, the fire burned for one or two hundred miles, and the fire effectively stopped Jiannu's pursuers.
As for the forage they burned, it is impossible to estimate.

The current Hu Erqi can be said to have returned with a full reward. Not only did he successfully bring back Fan Yongdou's cattle and horses, but he also made a lot of money by beating rabbits.While reporting to Cheng Shijie, he slowly returned to Haizhou with the horses, cattle, and tens of thousands of sheep captured by Fan Yongdou.

Cheng Shijie received information from Hu Erqi on the night of the fourth day of September, and at the same time received information from Jin Yiwei, Qin Buhui. He could conclude that under this circumstance, Huang Taiji must not be able to sit still.

If he could sit still, the nobles of the Eight Banners would not sit still. This time, Hu Erqi was too ruthless. Taking advantage of the howling northwest wind, he burned down a grassland of one or two hundred miles, which meant that, In addition to the snow disaster last year, Jiannu will encounter a serious shortage of grass this year.

Cheng Shijie was worried that Jiannu would send troops to stop Hu Erqi's troops, so he quickly ordered the entire Ning Navy army to enter a state of first-level combat readiness.

Because of this sudden situation, Cheng Shijie could only temporarily give up the public trial of this major case, and to avoid the double persecution of Mrs. Zhang Chen by public opinion and Zhang Daqiang, he ordered the management committee to start formulating the "Law on the Protection of Military and Martyrs of the Ninghai Navy" by legal means. To protect the interests of the military and martyrs of Ning Haijun from being violated by their clan or external forces.

Considering that Jiannu is ready to act now, Cheng Shijie can go to the capital with peace of mind. It won't be long before he receives news of Jiannu's change, and Cheng Shijie can return to southern Liaoning smoothly.

"Cheng Jinglue is going to the capital to report on his work?"

"Of course I'm going. I've been very busy these days, and the autumn harvest is finally over. Cheng heard that His Majesty is suffering!"

Cheng Shijie's current acting skills are definitely at the actor's level, tears flow as soon as he says it.

Gao Qiqian also admired Cheng Shijie very much, as far as this tearful look is concerned, if Cheng Shijie really lacks two ounces of meat, he may also be able to make a splash in the palace.

"Master Cheng, hurry up and get ready!"

"Good talk!"

Cheng Shijie's preparations really shocked Gao Qiqian's jaw. Sixty top-quality horses, two hundred sheep, four thousand catties of fish and shrimp, two million catties of sweet potatoes, two million catties of potatoes, and 200 catties A catty of corn, ten thousand shi each for soybeans, wheat, rice, and sorghum.

Seeing this scene, Gao Qiqian said to his godson beside him: "It's still General Cheng who will be an official. Other generals cry poorly when they see the Lord Long Live. He is the first general with generous gifts!"

Wang Muzhi opened his mouth.

In fact, like Gao Qiqian, he has already seen the momentum of the Liaonan Fanzhen.It is political logic for any central court to suppress the feudal town when its power has not yet taken shape.

But the problem is, Gao Qiqian is unwilling to say.

Because during this year, Cheng Shijie directly or indirectly gave Gao Qiqian more property than he got in the past ten years.

These numbers sound like a lot. If converted into tons, 200 million catties of sweet potatoes is only one thousand tons, and all the grains added up are only six to seven thousand tons. These things are less than one percent of the autumn harvest in southern Liaoning.

However, these sweet potatoes and potatoes are all carefully selected, and they are very large. The sweet potatoes are more than two catties, and the potatoes are also large and more than one catty.

A total of 62 transport ships, fully loaded with these materials, are ready to go to the capital.In addition to generous gifts for the emperor, there are also gifts for Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi.

Cheng Shijie couldn't help but reach out and not hit the smiling face.

On the night before leaving, Yang Yunniang and Feng Sanniang came to Cheng Shijie's study together to ask for an interview.

"Meet Master Cheng!"

"Free gift!"

The moment Cheng Shijie saw Feng Sanniang, he guessed that she must have come for Hao Wuniang. After all, the Liaonan case had too much influence, and Zhang Chen's wealth, in the eyes of ordinary people, Zhang Chen's money was not glorious. Otherwise, who can change from abject poverty to wealth in just one year?
Under the mentality of hating the rich, the majority of people sympathized with Zhang Daqiang, Zhang Dongyuan and others.

Cheng Shijie was very clear about this situation.

Some things, many people's buttocks are already crooked.

"This matter, I will definitely handle it fairly!"

Feng Sanniang felt very uncomfortable when she heard this.If she hadn't brought Hao Wuniang to Liaonan, Hao Wuniang would not have become Zhang Chen's guard, and if she hadn't become Zhang Chen's guard, Hao Wuniang would not have caused such a catastrophe.

Feng Sanniang's legs softened, and she knelt down in front of Cheng Shijie and said, "Please forgive me, Commander!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "I already know about this matter, and I will let Judge Zhang handle it properly!"

"But……"

Yang Yunniang quickly winked at Feng Sanniang.

When Feng Sanniang really left Cheng Shijie's backyard, she asked in confusion, "Why didn't you intercede for Hao Wuniang?"

"Because there is no need to ask!"

"No need to ask? She killed eight people!"

"It's okay to kill eighteen people!"

Yang Yunniang sneered and said, "The commander-in-chief can clearly distinguish who is our own and who is the enemy."

Before heading to the capital, Cheng Shijie finally sold the secret recipe for processing sweet potatoes and potatoes to all customers who bought sweet potatoes and potatoes, including Fan Yongdou naturally, at a price of 150 taels of silver.

These secret recipes are illustrated and illustrated, with equipment graphics and text descriptions. As long as you follow Cheng Shijie's secret recipe, you can process sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes, or sweet potato vermicelli, and of course, sweet potato powder.

After sending out the delivery information, Fan Yongdou had actually packed his things and was about to leave Liaonan. After entering the study, he spread out the paper calmly, picked up a pen and dipped in ink, and wrote to Huang Taiji who was far away in Shenyang. Start writing.

Fan Yongdou reported his recent events to Huang Taiji in a conclusive way: "From the perspective of Yongdou, although the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy has been established for many years, his wisdom is not as good as that of the middle man. There is no such thing as the ambition to enter the court. The people are mediocre and inferior..."

"Dong dong..."

There was a knock on the door outside.

At this time, Fan Yongdou did not open the door immediately, but quickly finished writing the letter with a few strokes, dried the ink, put it in an envelope, and then opened the door.

"Fan Jian!"

"master!"

A tall, hulking man came over.

Fan Yongdou handed the letter to him: "Take this letter, set off for Shenyang at night, arrive in Shenyang within five days, and hand it over to Fan Xueshi's residence. It doesn't matter if you have a bag outside, and the letter inside must be handed over to Fan Xueshi for personal opening." , the matter is very important, you must be careful, if something goes wrong, you don't want to come back..."

"Yes!"

Fan Jian turned and left.

A scribe with a baby face walked into the study slowly. This person was Fan Yongdou's adviser, surnamed Cao Mingxu, surnamed Dongsheng, from Jiexiu.His fate is similar to that of Song Xiance.The Ming Dynasty was an era of looking at appearances, but the first thing to pass for officials or academic qualifications above the Juren level was appearance.

Without good looks, education is impossible.Although Cao Xu is not a dwarf, he has a baby face, which also cut off his career path.

"Dongsheng is here!"

Fan Yongdou invited Cao Xu into the room.

Cao Xu looked at Fan Jian's back and said, "Proprietor, have you written to Shenyang?"

"That's right, Fan Jian has already sent it over."

"The proprietor is in a hurry!"

Cao Xu sighed and said, "Things went wrong!"

"Worse?"

"From Zhang Hong down, 16 people, all fell!"

Fan Yongdou was able to get along like a fish in water in Xuanfu and Datong because his money cleared the way and he could buy soldiers and civil and military officials from various towns.

Official salaries in Ming Dynasty are low, and the cost of corruption is low. Therefore, Fan Yongdou has friends everywhere in Datong and Xuanfu, and walks through any pass as if walking on flat ground.

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou broke out in a cold sweat: "Is it all planted?"

"The students originally wanted to make some friends in southern Liaoning, but they never thought that when they went to give gifts, they would be reported."

Cao Xu said with lingering fear: "It's also fortunate that I didn't use our people this time!"

It was Zhang Hong who was in charge of buying Lalong civil and military officials in southern Liao. On the surface, Zhang Hong was a broker and his ancestral home was Yangzhou.On the surface, it has nothing to do with Cao Xu, nor does it have anything to do with Fan Yongdou.

These people were all cannon fodder used to test Cheng Shijie, even if he couldn't survive the torture, he still couldn't find them. He played the trick of embedding flowers and trees more smoothly.

Fan Yongdou looked at Cao Xu and asked, "Dong Sheng, what do you think of Cheng Shijie?"

Cao Xu's face turned serious.Think for a while.Just then slowly said: "It's hard to say..."

"Hard to say?"

"Yes, it's not easy to say!"

"This man is handsome and tall, but he is full of philistines. He doesn't look like a hero. He speaks and acts informally, and he has no scruples about servants like Gao Qiqian and officials like Sun Yuanhua. It seems that he doesn't know the imperial court at all. The depth of the water is shallow."

Cao Xu sighed and said: "However, the generals under his command are really good, and they stand there with a bloody look. Although I don't know soldiers, I can feel the killing spirit of these people. There are no real swords and guns. Those who have been on the battlefield never have such a temperament. I dare to say that in the whole world, I am afraid that there will be no soldiers like this. These soldiers obey Cheng Shijie's orders, as if they can go through fire and water with just a wink... You don't need verbal orders at all, you are a real master of tigers and wolves..."

Fan Yongdou nodded and said, "This person rose very quickly!"

Cao Xu said: "It is absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to manage Liaodong by an unknown mediocre man in one year. If this person is not a puppet pushed by someone, Even if you conceal your own family background, there may be some secrets behind it!"

Fan Yongdou said: "Dongsheng, what you mean is..."

"Humble job doesn't mean anything, it's just a possible inside story!"

Fan Yongdou smiled and said: "Dongsheng and I are on the same level in name, but in fact we are no different from family members. If you have something to say, you don't have to hesitate, but it's okay to say it!"

Cao Xu said: "Sir, please think carefully. If this Cheng Shijie came from a family of warriors and was skilled in the military since he was a child, but his family has fallen and he has become a merchant, then what is his family background? When did he fall? Even if he fell Now, since he is a general in the camp, with his uncle's ability and skill, it shouldn't be difficult for him to stand out, right?"

"It is rumored that he is the son of Cheng Yongxing, the guardian of thousands of households on Phoenix Mountain..."

Cao Xu shook his head and said, "It's fine to listen to this. Cheng's surname is not a small surname. At that time, Cheng Shao, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, was named Gongye. With Cheng Shichang, looking at his name, wouldn't he be more like his brothers?"

Fan Yongdou frowned and said, "Go ahead!"

Cao Xu said: "It can only be said that he has difficulties, and these difficulties are not enough for outsiders. Otherwise, he will be killed..."

Fan Yongdou's eyes lit up, and he said slowly, "He is 36 years old."

Cao Xu nodded with a smile and said, "According to his age, he was just 43 years old in the 17rd year of Wanli!"

"In the 43rd year of Wanli, the court attack case...has a lot of implications." Fan Yongdou was very puzzled: "But why is he now..."

"My lord, what does this have to do with us?"

Cao Xu said: "No matter what Cheng Shijie's background is, generals who can manage soldiers are not uncommon, but generals who can manage banks are rare. At least the family may have access to the affairs of the bank. This kind of secret is not easy to come into contact with! "

It is not uncommon for Cheng Shijie to be able to do business and make money. It is not uncommon to take any of these skills alone, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie can do these things.

"The proprietor just wants to make money, why bother with Huang Taiji's affairs? From a lowly position, Huang Taiji is a mean person, and he is usually the most unreasonable person. If he refuses to help him, he is his enemy." Not to mention a wealthy businessman like the proprietor, even the nobles of the Eight Banners, brothers and sisters have suffered enough from his temper!"

Fan Yongdou said with a faint smile: "So, accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. In the past three or four years, I have never dared to go to Shenyang!"

"I think it doesn't make much sense!"

"Not big?"

"Yes, Jianu now seems to be overwhelming Daming everywhere. There are quite a few people who have surrendered to Shenyang, and they don't care whether the proprietor surrenders to him. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent Bao Cheng over here first. This is clearly not trusting the proprietor. !"

Cao Xu continued: "From Huang Taiji's point of view, the proprietor is just a merchant who can be used. Could it be that the proprietor has not discovered that General Cheng's ambition is not here?"

Cao Xu found that Cheng Shijie created a system different from the three provinces and six ministries since the Han and Tang Dynasties, and also different from the cabinet system of Ming Dynasty, but adopted a system that he had never seen or heard of.

The Liaodong Management Committee governs the Executive Committee, the Executive Committee governs the Work Committee, and there is no abnormality in itself. Compared with the current Daming Prefecture system, this management system has more power. Decentralization, if a director of a working committee wants to control a working committee, he must obtain the support of more than half of the committee members.

However, there is no distinction between high and low among committee members. In this case, the distance between committee members is actually a hilltop.

More importantly, southern Liaoning does not discriminate against businessmen. People from Fan Yongdou's background, such as Gu Shizhang, have now become members of the Golden State Executive Committee. For a rising star like Gu Shizhang, his property or Influence is far inferior to that of Fan Yongdou.

If Fan Yongdou seeks refuge with Cheng Shijie, he will definitely get more than Jiannu.

Fan Yongdou sighed and said: "Actually, it is not true. If I rely on Cheng Shijie, I can obtain cheap salt, grain, steel and other materials from southern Liaoning in the short term. The profit is certain, but in the long run, the risk is too great."

After all, Huang Taiji has raised the flag to rebel, but Cheng Shijie has not. Although Fan Yongdou can see that Cheng Shijie has created a country within a country in southern Liaoning, there is still great uncertainty about how this southern Liaoning will develop.

……

Leaving southern Liaoning and stepping onto the border of Dengzhou, this place is already another world.Just like last year, this spring has been terribly dry, with so little rainfall that the land has cracked open.The grain harvest in autumn is not complete, but the production has been severely reduced.

Sun Yuanhua was unable to complete the tax collection in autumn, and there was a vague rumor from the court that Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, would be replaced. If Xu Guangqi hadn't spoken for him in the court, Sun Yuanhua would have packed up and left by this time.

For Sun Yuanhua, the only advantage is that a large number of refugees can go to southern Liaoning, and it is impossible to form a rebel army in Shandong. After a short stay in Dengzhou, Cheng Shijie unloaded some gifts and the fleet went all the way north.

On the tenth day of September, Cheng Shijie's fleet docked at Tianjin Port. Although Tianjin is Tianjin, it is different from the Tianjin of later generations.

At this time, Tianjin was very desolate, far less prosperous than Dengzhou. If this matter was told, no one would believe that Tianjin was not as good as Dengzhou.

The current Tianjin is actually Tianjin Wei, and Tianjin Zuowei and Tianjin Youwei were added later.This is a purely military city with no civil administration.

When Cheng Shijie arrived in Tianjin Acropolis, he found that this place seemed familiar, almost the same as the original Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households. This is a city that is almost deserted. All the military households are ragged and lifeless.

There are three guards in Tianjin, and the three guards are stationed in the same city. Each has a commander and envoy, and there is no jurisdiction over each other.When Cheng Shijie arrived in Tianjin with his own soldiers, only Tianjin Zuowei Commander Zhu Sheng led more than [-] people under his command to greet him at the pier.

Cheng Shijie didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but Gao Qiqian's face couldn't hold back anymore. He looked at more than 100 soldiers sparsely, and said with displeasure: "Hmph, Commander of Tianjin Guard... What a big air!"

Cheng Shijie frowned, thinking to himself: "This damn eunuch wants to make trouble!"

In fact, Cheng Shijie's guess was right, Gao Qiqian wanted to make trouble.

Gao Qiqian really wanted to make trouble, and someone immediately handed him the ladder.

Zhu Sheng said with a smile: "Lord Cheng Jinglue, Eunuch Gao, the commanders of Tianjin Wei and Tianjin Youwei are busy rectifying military affairs, and they really can't leave..."

"Our family is going to see how Tianjin rectifies military affairs!"

(End of this chapter)