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Chapter 504 It's time for the Royal Association Army to expand its capacity

A minister asked what should the Mongolian tribes outside the central and western sections of the wall do?Beyond the long side walls in the central and western sections, there is no Imperial Association Army. The current Imperial Association Army was set up to defend against the possible detours of the Eastern captives. Therefore, Man Gui and Zhao Ledjiao are only activities. Outside the eastern section of the side wall, Xifengkou is usually the center of activities. If the border market is banned because of merchants and captives, and only an opening is opened for the Imperial Association Army, then, outside the middle and west section of the side wall The Mongolian tribes, they can't buy many things from the Central Plains, and they can't live on, but they just want to make trouble and fight.

"Oh, what do you think, Master Sun?" Yang Reformed and asked Sun Chengzong.

"Returning to Your Majesty, our court did have such an agreement with Mrs. Zhongshun before, and because Mrs. Zhongshun was there before, and the border was relatively peaceful. Mrs. Zhongshun did play an important role, and my court did indeed take care of Mrs. Zhongshun's descendants and the rest. However, the current situation is very different..." Sun Chengzong began to explain the whole story.

"...Ms. Zhongshun belongs to the Tetumed tribe, and the Tumed tribe is one of the Mongolian right-wing tribes, and because some Mongolian right-wing tribes are involved in the struggle between our dynasty, Lin Danhan, and Donglu, so this matter It became more complicated, and because Lin Dan Khan suddenly killed most of the Mongolian right wing the year before last, causing the Mongolian right wing to collapse, and the barrier of our dynasty was also lost. The purpose of the alliance army was to gather the defeated Mongolian tribes and rebuild the barrier... Mrs. Zhongshun's descendants and remnants also died in these turbulences, scattered, and even took refuge in the Eastern Captives. The situation cannot be generalized What's more, Guihua City built by Mrs. Zhongshun was already under the control of Lin Danhan at this time, and now we have an important cooperative relationship with Lin Danhan, which is related to the plan to besiege the Eastern Captives. Therefore, the minister I think it is indeed possible to take proper care of my dynasty, but I should put my Ming Dynasty's state affairs first, and there must be no more defeats outside the customs. Therefore, the descendants of Mrs. Zhongshun and the rest are willing to continue to be loyal to our dynasty and guard the border for our dynasty. They should be included as emperors Xiejun, my dynasty should remember the old love and take care of it, otherwise, it is the enemy of our dynasty, favors belong to favors, but things are related to our dynasty's life and death, and we should not ignore the overall situation of the court because of favors..." Sun Chengzong immediately said Tell the ins and outs to those present. [Mrs. Zhongshun is the third lady mentioned in the history textbook, and Guihua City is Hohhot today. 】

Sun Chengzong's words were explained to the ministers present. Yang Reform has known the ins and outs of this matter for a long time. However, the situation at home and abroad has changed a lot, and the policy needs to be adjusted. Therefore, , here, one sings one voice to do science popularization for the ministers, and prepares to adjust the policy.

After hearing Sun Chengzong's words, some of the ministers understood, while others were at a loss. In their minds, this department and that department were just a bunch of barbarians. As for where, they couldn't tell the difference. Qing, also don't want to understand, in their eyes, there are places where savages haunt.

"Well, that's right. Right now, our dynasty is fighting against the Eastern Captives outside the pass, and the Eastern Captives trapped outside the Pass are also at a critical juncture. Everything should focus on state affairs, and we must not let the businessmen and captives happen again. On the one hand, what should be banned in the border market must be banned, otherwise, if the outside of the customs is corrupted again, we are all sinners of Ming Dynasty and China... Although I have heard good stories about Mrs. Zhongshun, but now, it is only Don't care so much, if the rest of the descendants of Mrs. Zhongshun are willing to belong to our dynasty and be reorganized into the Imperial Association Army, I can take extra care of it. It can be regarded as a favor, but if you don't want to submit to our dynasty, then it can only be me The enemy of the DPRK is now, and now the war outside the customs has consumed millions of taels of silver, and it is even more related to Guozuo, and a little favor should not spoil the big event." Yang Reform said lightly.In the face of national interests, such favors and incense are really nothing.

All the ministers looked at the emperor, and they all knew that the imperial association army was about to expand!There are also some ministers who want to come out and talk about it, to show their existence, but after thinking about it, this is definitely not a suitable time to come out and talk about it. Now the war outside the customs is really at a critical juncture. If you still talk to the emperor about the war, it will waste the state If the people are miserable, it is estimated that other ministers will immediately spit it out, and they will fight, and they will prevent the emperor from doing anything.

"Does the Qing family have anything else to say? About the border market." After Yang Reform finished speaking, he looked around and asked again.

The ministers looked at the emperor again, and at each other. Many people were confused about the situation inside.It seems that many people are looking at Sun Chengzong. Maybe this person will have something to say. Although everyone does not understand the many situations outside the pass, they can all see that today, it is the emperor who is going to sing the double reed. Well, the emperor sang a passage, and Sun Chengzong should come out.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know if it should be said or not!" Sure enough, Sun Chengzong spoke, and the ministers looked like this, although they were very confused about how to deal with state affairs and international relations, but, For matters above the court, for the emperor's every move, the sense of smell is indeed extraordinarily sensitive.

"Master Sun, please tell me." Yang Reformed.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that banning border markets is certainly appropriate, but some of them are not suitable." Sun Chengzong said.

"Oh, where?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, although Lin Dan Khan killed most of the Mongolian Right Wing, the main ones were Harasan and Tumed, and the strength of the Ordos Department has not been lost. Today, the Mongolian Right Wing and Lin Dan Khan are still fighting, and the other The main force is the Ordos Department. If the border market in Shaanxi is closed, I am afraid that there will be problems. Don't move..." Sun Chengzong said.

"Well, it also makes sense, then according to what Master Sun said, the border market is forbidden to focus on the Xuanji section, and the Shaanxi border will not be moved for the time being. For details, please ask Master Xu to draw up a report to me. Now outside the customs The war is urgent, and it needs to be implemented as soon as possible..." After Yang Reform said a few words, he settled the matter.The matter of banning the border market is related to the expansion of the Imperial Association Army and the expansion of the scope of activities of the Imperial Association Army. Today, the Imperial Association Army is mostly active outside the border wall of the Jiliao section centered on Xifengkou. Out of the consideration of strength, and out of the consideration of not having a big conflict with Lin Danhan, the scope of activities of the Royal Association Army last year was all in this section.While accumulating strength, it is also to wait for the situation to change.

The current situation has changed. The Ming Dynasty won a battle last year and slapped Donglu severely, while Lin Danhan was slapped severely by Donglu again. It's different, and the heart is different. It's far from the situation that the Ming Dynasty asked Lin Danhan last year. Besides, Man Gui and Zhao Ledjiao have now gathered a large number of imperial association troops, and their strength has greatly increased. Therefore, Now it is possible to expand the scope of activities of the Imperial Association Army and incorporate more Imperial Association Army. Even if there is some conflict with Lin Danhan's actual control of the territory, it does not matter. First, the strength of the Ming Dynasty has soared; There has been an agreement long ago, and I am not afraid that Lin Danhan will not make concessions.

"The minister leads the decree!" Sun Chengzong took advantage of the situation and complied.This incident, which was expected, is now a formality in the court.

After deciding on the strategy of Guanwai City, Yang Reform seemed to remember something again.

"Uh! By the way, I almost forgot. Today I summoned you all to talk about the Shanxi Merchants' case. The Three Laws Division will play to inquire about the imperial court's strategy for handling the Shanxi Merchants' case." Yang Reform asked as if he almost forgot road.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, the faces of the ministers changed again, and they were all unsightly.The Tribunal tried the case and even asked the emperor for a strategy, which was a disgrace to the civil servants. Many ministers muttered, how come these people have no backbone at all, and are so afraid of trouble.

In fact, this can't be blamed on those people from the Sanfa Division. They originally went to try the case, and they really wanted to make a big splash, make a name for themselves, and make a name for themselves. However, before they got to the ground, Jin The business case broke out, it doesn’t matter if it broke out, then the emperor involved the salt merchant, and the emperor moved his knife against the salt merchant again, and within a short period of time, the salt merchant was uprooted, which was frightening These people, the salt merchant case started because of the Shanxi Merchants Tonglu case. If the Shanxi merchant case is seriously questioned, it will inevitably involve the salt merchant case. The turmoil of the case was stirred up, and I don’t know how many people in the court hated them. This turmoil was finally calmed down. An emperor was forced to do so, and he had to take a lot of people under the knife. I don’t know how many people were unlucky. Therefore, the people in the Sanfa Division thought about it, but they just felt scared, knowing that they had fallen into the trap set by the emperor. I didn't dare to ask, and I didn't dare not to ask. It would be troublesome to ask more seriously. After thinking about it, I felt that it would be safer to hand over the initiative to the emperor. Otherwise, I haven't asked yet. As a result, there will be a bunch of impeachments by the imperial court, which is really not worth it.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, you should punish him severely, so as to serve as an example to others." Someone said loudly at that moment.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we should be severely punished. These national thieves have caused me to corrupt so far outside the customs. If we don't strictly investigate and deal with them, how can we show that the laws of the country are strict?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that you should be severely punished..."

Yang Reform nodded. He really should be strictly dealt with, and he himself meant the same thing. Now the two big wave of merchants involved in the Tonglu case, the Shanxi merchants and the salt merchants, the salt merchants themselves have lightly let them go. If they let the Shanxi merchants go , that would be difficult to explain, now the imperial court and the people of the world agree that the many major defeats outside the pass were caused by these merchants who cooperated with captives.

All the ministers discussed it for a while, and agreed that severe punishment should be imposed. If this is not severe punishment, this shame-covering cloth can no longer be held. These years, the imperial court has repeatedly failed outside the customs, and its face can be said to be discredited. Now it is very difficult to have a scapegoat, something to cover up , How could he let it go, so, the court agreed that the Shanxi merchant case should be severely punished.

"Well, I also think that we should be severely punished. Does the Qing family have a different opinion?" Yang Reform finished the discussion and asked.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say. I don't know if I should say it or not." Han Yu stood up and said.

"Han Qing's family just talks." Yang Reformed.

"My Majesty, I believe that severe punishment should indeed be imposed, but it should not be too implicated. Otherwise, those Shanxi merchants see that there is no hope of survival, so it is not a random pursuit. All the merchants of my Ming Dynasty were implicated, Your Majesty, this poisonous plan to disturb my Ming Dynasty must be guarded against! Therefore, I think that in addition to severe punishment in the case of Shanxi merchants, we should also strictly prevent Shanxi merchants from indiscriminately climbing up." What people want to say but dare not say is said.

"Hehe, that's right. It's true that we shouldn't get involved too much. The scope of the Shanxi business case should be limited to a certain range. Let's limit it to Shanxi and expand it appropriately. Don't involve too much. In Shanxi, we will be severely punished, severely punished." Yang Reform quickly set a tone, narrowing the scope of the Shanxi business case to Shanxi.

"Your Majesty is wise!" All the ministers breathed a sigh of relief. The Shanxi merchant case should indeed be limited to Shanxi. If the Shanxi merchant case is involved in the salt merchant's desk, there will be serious problems.

Looking at the relieved ministers, Yang Reform felt amused. You can relax, but you have your own plans. If you are relieved, your goal must be achieved.

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The platform is scattered.

Yang Reform left Sun Chengzong again, and there are still things to discuss.

"Big companion, is Xiao Shunzi here?" Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, I have been waiting outside the palace for a long time." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Well, let Xiao Shunzi come in." Yang Reform said, talking to these ministers about these things is just a formality, it's a matter of saving face. In fact, the core is the discussion with Sun Chengzong and Xiao Shunzi. What is real is what is actually executed.

Zhu Shun is Xiao Shunzi, a well-known eunuch in the capital, like Eunuch Xi, in addition to controlling the mint of the Baoquan Bureau, he is also in charge of the tax supervisor. The tax supervisor was ridiculed by everyone before. But now, who dares to laugh at the tax supervisor?

"My servant kowtows to see my emperor, long live, long live." Xiao Shunzi kowtowed as soon as he entered the platform. Even though he was the emperor's confidant, it was not easy to meet the emperor once. When he saw the emperor, he immediately kowtowed excitedly.

"Get up." Yang Reform said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Only then did Zhu Shun cheer up.

"I called you here today, do you know why?" Yang Reform asked Zhu Shun.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the servant does not know, but according to His Majesty's order, the servant will definitely do it to His Majesty." Zhu Shun said immediately.

"Okay, I called you here today because I need you to do something. This matter has something to do with the border affairs. You should listen to this matter first. After listening, I will tell you what to do. The tax inspector in the south Now it is developing quite rapidly, you, the tax supervisor in the north, have to work hard!" Yang Reformed.

"Your servant understands." Xiao Shunzi immediately replied respectfully. Whenever the emperor mentioned the south, he felt a lot of pressure. Now Erxizi has made a big name in the south and collected tens of millions of wealth for the emperor. It can be said that he has worked hard, and looking at his north side, he was able to surpass the south side by the advantage of Liuli Zhai before, but now, even if he flatters him, he can't catch up with the south side. The tens of millions of salt merchants' wealth are all thanks to the north and south what!Thinking of this, Zhu Shun felt a little depressed. If he knew that Nanfang could be so promising, he would have taken the initiative to choose Nanfang.

After Yang Reform gave Xiao Shunzi instructions, he began to talk to Sun Chengzong about the matter that was mentioned in the court today. The specific details of this matter had to be discussed with his confidants. It was impossible to decide what to do by relying on the ministers in the court to argue.

(End of this chapter)