Money is not everything, but no money is certainly everything.

The reason why the trilateral governors are still candidates of the Shixue school and the temporary governors of the northwest military affairs are also highly pragmatic is that the two of them are more convenient to "turn into a relationship".

Power corresponds to responsibility, and the northwest and even most of the nine-border regions are the "spheres of influence" of the Shixue school, so they are also responsible for the stability of these regions, and restoring stability by means of war is also a means.

The war costs money, but the imperial court has no money, and Zhu Yijun's internal money can support part of it, but the internal money is not a cornucopia, and it is impossible to provide unlimited money and food. Therefore, whether it is Wei Xuezeng or Gao Pragmatic, after he takes office, he has a job that does not need to be explicitly stated, that is, to find a local yamen to ask for money.

The financial system of the Ming Dynasty is placed here, except for a small part of the "central tax" paid by the local yamen, most of the tax is withheld in situ, which is roughly equivalent to the local tax under the tax system of the Red Dynasty, but this distribution ratio is too magical, and the local government takes too much.

However, what is even more amazing is that after the local governments took the lion's share, they did not produce much "production efficiency", and their main role was only to "maintain stability", as for the development in "maintaining stability and promoting development...... Sorry, the vast majority of officials in this era do not have this kind of thinking.

However, what is ridiculous and lamentable, under this mindset, when there is such a big turmoil in the northwest, it is much more convenient for Gao Pragmatic to ask them for money, and even it becomes easier to ask for money from the neighboring three towns of Xuanda.

Of course, this is also understandable, after all, our jurisdiction is adjacent to each other, and it is related to Mongolia, if the chaos on the three sides of Shaanxi is not well controlled, it is not impossible for the war to spread to Shanxi. Rather than making amends, it is better to take precautions, and everyone still has this wisdom.

It's just that wisdom is wisdom, if the person who comes is not highly pragmatic and sends an official with a different heart, then an official like Gu Yangqian, even if it is just to show that he is different from the person who came, may not give it, but wholeheartedly strengthen his own defense - why did many places in the last years of the Ming Dynasty in history go their own way? This is one of the important reasons.

Political strife is everywhere.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic knows that this is not a good phenomenon, but as the so-called "there is no party outside the party, imperial thought; There are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things", officialdom is a wrestling ground for political factions, how can there be no fighting? Where there is politics, there must be factions, both ancient and modern. No matter what country or any dynasty, for the sake of power and interests, there is always a tangible or invisible contest between various factions.

If you can't change, you can only win, and only by winning and gaining comprehensive control can you control this internal friction to a minimum.

So when he came, he also asked the local magistrate for money as Zhu Yijun wished.

However, Gu Yangqian's understanding of what he just said was wrong. Gu Yangqian thought that Gao Pragmatism was saying that the military salary of 100,000 taels of silver was enough to settle Bo Shuoketu, so he had some doubts in his words just now.

After all, the headquarters of Mongolian Jinong is not weak, especially they are cavalry, if the other party is unwilling to work hard, if they have to go around in circles with high pragmatism, let alone 100,000 taels, 200,000 taels can't be stopped.

But as soon as Gao Pragmatic opened his mouth, he was stunned, because Gao Pragmatic shook his head lightly and said, "This money is used for business." ”

"Doing business?" Gu Yangqian's eyes widened: "Are you still thinking about doing business at this time?" ”

"It's at this time that you have to think about doing a special business." Gao pragmatically said: "Senior Brother Yiqing, although he is dying now, he is not dead after all, why is there no reaction when Bo Shuoketu pokes such a big disaster?" ”

Gu Yangqian was obviously a little surprised: "Do you doubt everything?" ”

Gao Shishi shook his head: "No, I don't doubt it, this person is a Mongol - especially a rare sane person in the Ordos Department, if he is healthy, Bo Shuoketu will not make such a fuss." ”

"And what do you mean by that?" Gu Yangqian asked again.

Gao pragmatic said: "Che is really terminally ill as much as possible, but Che Duan is not without a son, and his eldest son and second son have accompanied him on many expeditions, and his military achievements are not weaker than others." In that case, even if he himself could not see things, as long as he commanded him, could not his sons play some role? ”

Gu Yangqian groaned a little after hearing this, and said, "Maybe although they can fight, they don't have the full prestige - you know, restricting Bo Shuoketu is also a crime for them. The reason why he dared to do it was because he was Boshoketu's cousin, and secondly, he had a special identity in the Mosa, and he had acted as the spokesperson of the Mobu in the Altan Khan's court since a long time ago, and later became one of the five consuls of Mongolia, plus Boshoketu himself was supported by him, so this kind of prestige was naturally beyond the reach of ordinary people. ”

Gao pragmatic nodded: "This is reasonable, but I still tend to another possibility, that is, after Che Du is seriously ill, not only will Ordos be divided into two factions as a whole, but even his own son will have doubts about his position - I mean that Che Du's eldest son, Ulzheyi Ilduqi, is not as firmly on the side of my Ming as he is to Che Du. ”

Gu Yangqian's brows furrowed: "Ilduqi also plans to turn against the water?" ”

"It's not the water." Gao pragmatic shook his head and said lightly: "But he may want to wait for the price and sell." ”

Gu Yangqian knew the meaning of the song when he heard the strings, squinted his eyes slightly, and thought, "Hehe, but I don't know what he wants?" Can the world brother be conclusive? ”

Gao pragmatic said: "I can't talk about the conclusion, but it's roughly just two things." ”

"Which two?"

"Wealth and power." Gao Shishi smiled slightly: "I don't know if the senior brother has studied this person?" ”

Gu Yangqian said: "I only know a little, but I don't know the details." ”

Gao pragmatic said: "During the Longqing period, I answered the tribute, and our court awarded a total of 115 leaders of the Mongolian right-wing departments to governors, commanders, thousands of households and other official positions of different grades, and among them, there are several characteristics. ”

Gu Yangqian hadn't studied this carefully, but he was quite interested when he heard it, and said, "I'd like to hear it in detail." ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Let's compare the tribute of Alta with the conferral of the three kings of Warat, the king of Hening, and the three guards of Wuliangha in the Yongle period in the past, and we will find the following points.

One is that the official positions conferred are generally low, and the number is much less than that of the Yongle Dynasty. In the past, there were many leaders and envoys of Warat and Arutai who were awarded the governor, and there were many commanders who were awarded the capital, and the three guards also had governors and commanders, and there were even more who were promoted later.

Among the sixty-five subordinates of the king of Shunyi, there are only two governors, only one commander, sixty commanders, and two people in one hundred households, none of whom are all commanders. Later, there were fifty people in Jineng's department, and Jineng himself was appointed as the governor, and the remaining forty-nine people were commanders and thousands of households, which were much lower in terms of specifications.

In comparison? In the past, when Chengzu Feng and King Ning, there were as many as 2,962 leaders of the Arutai Department who were awarded official positions by the imperial court, compared with only 115 people from the right-wing departments during the period when I was awarded tribute, the difference is simply a world of difference. ”

Gu Yangqian was also a little surprised when he heard this, and nodded and said, "You seem to be a little different from each other in such a comparison. ”

Gao pragmatic continued: "In addition, during the Longqing period, a new form of tribute appeared, that is, the names of various generals, which is unprecedented. General Longhu, General Mingwei, General Zhaoyong, etc., are all tricks made up at this time. And almost all of the people who received the title were the people who had a greater influence on the tribute, such as Hannaji in the first place.

However, this type of conferral is mainly the sons and nephews of Alta, and there are very few people who have been awarded the title in the Ordos Ministry......"

Gu Yangqian made an apologetic gesture, interrupted slightly, and asked, "Have you ever been sealed at that time?" ”

Gao Shishi smiled: "This is exactly what I want to say next: Che Duan made great contributions to the matter of Feng Gong at that time, especially Ji Neng's Feng Feng, and he was helping him throughout the whole process, but when he was doing so, he only got a command." ”

Gu Yangqian's face changed slightly: "Wouldn't that be bad?" Did you hold a grudge at that time? ”

"No, at least from his performance, no." Gao pragmatic spread his hands and said: "He restrained his subordinates as always, and assisted Ji Neng and Daming in the exchange of markets, so in May of the sixth year of Longqing, Wang Jianchuan, the governor of Xuanda, asked the imperial court to be promoted.

So, my third Bo Gao Wenzheng sent someone to investigate in detail, only to know that at this time, Ji Neng was old and sick and could not control the public, and he was already the strongest person in the set except for Jinong, and this person was indeed able to control the public without offending my side, so he was promoted to the commander of the Tongzhi. ”

Gu Yangqian said with a smile: "The teacher is so cautious, it seems that he is doing his best, in fact, it is not an exaggeration for me to give a governor." ”

Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "What you think may be exactly what the sons of your knees think." ”

Gu Yangqian's smile stiffened when he heard this, and he slowly frowned: "You mean that Yile Duqi is unwilling to just be a commander and a fellow acquaintance?" ”

Gao Shishi sighed: "The information I have shows that there are about 38,000 elite cavalry in the Cutting Division—I mean his headquarters. He paused slightly, shook his head and said: "Nearly 40,000 fine horses in hand, if it is in my Ming Mainland, what kind of official should I be?" ”

Gu Yangqian said embarrassedly: "This is not easy to compare...... If it is in the Guannai, of course, it is to be a general soldier, and as for the title, it is also possible for the governor or the governor to know the same thing. ”

Nonsense, of course you can, the headquarters of the people is roughly equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Jiading, if the Ming army generals have nearly 40,000 elite cavalry troops, it is Li Chengliang's second, Ning Yuanbo has given it, not to mention a governor? Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang is the governor of the left, even if he is less than 2,000 people, it's okay to hang a right governor, right?

However, in fact, let alone the governor, he didn't even get mixed with the commander, or even the commander, so he could only honestly do his command and know.

Ah......h It's too hard. Maybe Che Duan himself is a man of great wisdom and doesn't care about this, but his sons may not be as open as he is, right?

Gu Yangqian saw that Gao Pragmatic just smiled and didn't say anything, coughed lightly, and said, "Then what are you going to do?" What does this have to do with the 100,000 taels of silver? ”

Gao Shishi snorted lightly and said, "Ilduqi wants money, I can give him money; Ilduqi is powerful, and I can give him an official position. ”

Gu Yangqian knew that he must have something to do, so he pursed his lips slightly and asked, "Then what?" ”

Gao pragmatic narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "Business, one hand to pay the money and the other hand to deliver, if you want me to give money to the official, you can do it, but he also has to show his ability for me to take a look - for example, to force back Bo Shuoketu." ”

Gu Yangqian laughed: "Sure enough." ”

Gao pragmatic also smiled.

Gu Yangqian laughed for a while, and then asked, "In that case, how are you going to give this money?" Shall it be rewarded? ”

"Of course not." Gao pragmatic stretched out his hands: "The imperial treasury is already so nervous, but I don't blink an eye to take 100,000 taels of silver to 'trap', this must not be scolded to death by the official?" ”

Gu Yangqian smiled again, and then said, "So how are you going to give it?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Naturally, it is to do business - buy horses, buy cattle and sheep, anyway, I buy what they have, but the price is more generous than usual." ”

Gu Yangqian was slightly stunned: "Then this ...... We don't have much to lose, right? In other words, Ilduzi doesn't make much, will he be willing? ”

Gao pragmatic said lightly: "Why does he refuse?" He listened to my instructions, so he had this deal to do, not only to make money, but also to be promoted. If he refuses to listen to my orders, Tumut's 100,000 iron horsemen have already sharpened their knives on Fengzhou Beach, and once he goes south, who will have good fruit to eat, regardless of whether he is Boshoketu or Ilduqi? It's you, how to choose? ”

Gu Yangqian nodded suddenly, but immediately hesitated: "But Tumut's 100,000 army may not dare to go south to the Hetao, and his own family is still threatened by the Tumen." ”

Gao Shishi smiled and said, "Then it is good that Ilduqi has the courage to gamble - I will convince him that Tumut will dare to go south." ”

"Oh?" Gu Yangqian was a little surprised: "How can you make him believe?" ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled mysteriously and said, "I am the Third Ming King, I must be on the side of Tumut, right?" ”

Gu Yangqian said inexplicably: "I know this, but so what?" The court was originally on the side of King Shunyi. ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "It's different, what I'm talking about is that 'I' must be on Tumut's side." ”

"You?" Gu Yangqian was a little confused, is there any difference between the imperial court and you? You were originally the Seven Towns of the Imperial Court, and now you are also supervising the military affairs of the Northwest, and the Imperial Court is on the side of Tumut, of course you can only stand on the side of Tumut?

But Gao Pragmatic smiled and said softly: "I am naturally a member of the imperial court, but I am also the owner of Jinghua." ”

Gu Yangqian's eyes widened suddenly, and he suddenly realized: "Oh! I understand, you mean that Ilduqi will believe that you can use the power of Jinghua to contain the Tumen in Jiliao and other places, and you can't act rashly, so if the Tumut army wants to go south, it will definitely be able to go south! ”

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