Gao Yimin was originally a little surprised when he was visited by Narimbulu and Buzhai, but when he learned of their intentions, he was even more stunned.

Although judging from the background of his wife, the lord should not be a person who attaches great importance to the family, but although the lady is from a family of servants and Tusi, but checking her family tree, her ancestor was a general who accompanied Di Qing to the south in the Song Dynasty.

Although his descendants intermarried with servants for hundreds of years after entering Gui, in terms of the habit of asking only about the paternal line of Han blood, in fact, Huang Zhiting still belongs to the Han people.

Menggu Zhezhe is obviously different, and now the ancestors of this Yehe leader migrated all the way eastward from the Tumut region, "Ming Xuande moved to the Yeheli River in the second year to build a city, so it is called Yehe country." There are fifteen tribes, and there are many brave and good horsemen. ”

Both from the ancestral origin and from its characteristics, it is extremely likely that this Yehezu was Mongol. Of course, in the years after they occupied Beiguan, through continuous marriages with the local Jurchens, the complexity of the bloodline was already very high, and it probably belonged to the situation of "ethnic integration", and they must have regarded themselves as Jurchens in their own terms.

But whether it is a Mongol or a Jurchen, in the eyes of the Ming people, they are all barbarians, even if Meng Gu Zhezhe is a noble character in Yehe, but in the Ming Dynasty, this identity is basically meaningless.

In other words, in Gao Yimin's eyes, Meng Gu Zhezhe is obviously not comparable to his own master in terms of the family, and the identity of the master and Meng Gu Zhezhe can be said to be a judgment of cloud and mud, and there is no comparison.

But......

Gao Yimin groaned slightly, and felt that this point didn't seem to be important, because even if Meng Gu Zhezhe was accepted by the master, he was just a concubine, and the Han people had high requirements for the identity of the wife, but they didn't care about the concubine.

After all, marrying a wife and virtue is a concubine. Since it's just Nase, the others don't matter.

The problem is that the lord doesn't seem to be very interested in women, and in Gao Yimin's opinion, no matter how beautiful Meng Gu Zhezhe is, the lord probably won't be tempted by this.

But at the same time, the lord is a person who cares about the strength of the Jurchen tribes, although Gao Yimin doesn't know why the lord attaches so much importance to these barbarians, but it can be seen from the various arrangements of the lord in Liaodong that he attaches great importance to it. Not to mention anything else, Jinghua's deliberate construction of iron factories and other industries near Liaoyang is very revealing.

So far, Jinghua has only built three steel production bases, the core of which is of course always in Kaiping, and in addition to Kaiping, can be called a larger scale, only Annan Hejing and Liaodong Liaoyang two places - Taipingfu (later Ma'anshan) in the upper reaches of Nanjing also has a plan to build a large iron plant, but for well-known reasons, it has not been fully negotiated until now, so it is still a paper plan.

In addition to the iron and steel and military industries, the expansion of the Liaonan Plan into the large-scale development plan of the Liaodong Plan is also a clear manifestation of the high pragmatism and importance attached to Liaodong. What is the silk industry, the salt field in southern Liaoning, the cotton base, and the corn planting; What Liaohe River Transport, Liaodong Shipping, Yingkou New Port, Lushun New Port; What is the Annam rice trade, the Guangxi sugar trade, the Jingshi soap trade, the Mongolian good horse trade......

In short, industry, agriculture, and commerce are all-encompassing, and each has its own emphasis. If it weren't for the huge construction plan of Dingnan City in southern Xinjiang, Gao Pragmatic's overall attention to Liaodong would not be even higher than that of southern Xinjiang.

As for the use of talents cultivated by the craftsman school, Gao Pragmatic also has an obvious focus on Liaodong, and the simplest example of this is Gao Yimin himself. Originally, he thought that he should be sent to southern Xinjiang after completing his studies, after all, he was "connected by sea and land", but he was sent to Liaodong, and Gao Pragmatic also met him in person and taught him face-to-face.

Therefore, Gao Yimin felt that the lord was very concerned about every move in Liaodong and the surrounding areas, and in this case, if accepting Meng Gu Zhezhe was beneficial to controlling the Jurchen or balancing the Jurchen power, the lord might really agree.

In this case, it is difficult for Gao Yimin to refuse directly. But after all, this matter is the master's "private matter", and as a family member, he has not been authorized in this regard in advance, and he must not be able to decide anything, which is a little difficult to do.

After thinking about it, Gao Yimin had no choice but to say that he would report the matter to the master, but he couldn't guarantee how the master would reply.

Narin Bulu and Buzhai were relieved when they heard this. There is a way that the king of Hades is easy to hide, and the little ghost is difficult to deal with, and they are afraid that Gao Yimin will interfere with it, and now that Gao Yimin has promised to convey it, the chances of success in this matter will be greatly increased.

However, Nalin Bulu and Buzhai also planned to make further efforts, saying that it was really difficult for the Yinshu to let Gao Taishi know that his Meng Guge was good, so "I am willing to send an envoy to Beijing to pay tribute on the grounds of thanking the Heavenly Dynasty for reinforcements, and the sister will also go to see Taishi." ”

It's understandable to want to get married, but it's a bit wrong to think so urgently. Gao Yimin immediately understood that these two Yehebeile may have figured out that behind Cao Yan's dispatch of troops must be his own master behind the scenes, and they were in a hurry to recover Xicheng, so much so that they did not hesitate to take their sister as a thank you gift.

But Gao Yimin's level is much higher than that of the two Yehebel who don't read, and he immediately thought of their deep meaning.

Maybe it's not just for the urgent need of this troop dispatch, they are afraid that they also have more far-reaching considerations, other aspects such as the changes in the government and politics for the time being, just talking about trade, if Gao Shishi is willing, Ye He's strength may expand rapidly in a short period of time.

As mentioned earlier, in the early years, the Haixi Jurchen Hada Department and the Yehe Department built villages outside Guangshun Pass and Zhenbei Pass respectively, specializing in the intermediate trade of residence and stop in Kaiyuan Horse Market, marking the formation of the two passes in the north and south.

It is recorded: "...... and the benefits of the mink horsetail, all produced by Dongyi. There are people from Dongyi who come from the same river, and there are people who come from Heilongjiang, or more than a thousand miles, or two or three thousand miles. If there is no near-Yi as the master of the residence, how can it be retranslated. Wang Zhong, the chief of Guanyi in the south of the country, built a village outside the Jing'an Pass to take advantage of his residence. Beiguan is effective, and it is also built here, and it is dedicated to its benefits. ”

The advantage of stopping is to act as a trade intermediary and engage in resale trade. This kind of resale trade means that the southern and northern customs will receive tributary rewards from the Ming Dynasty and the cloth, handicraft products, and agricultural tools of the Kaiyuan horse market trade to the deep Jurchens in exchange for a large number of leather goods and mountain goods.

At the same time, guide the deep Jurchen tribes to come to Kaiyuan Horse Market for trade activities. The prosperity of the Kaiyuan horse market, especially the mink trade, eventually formed a pattern of interests shared by the powerful chieftains of the Haixi Jurchens in the north and south and the Kaiyuan generals and powerful families. "Kaiyuan, Fushun sub-garrison and other officials, and powerful families, mostly with Haixi, Jianzhou Hu people, become relatives, and answer the fame."

The trade of the Kaiyuan horse market was monopolized by the Jurchen strong chieftains, Kaiyuan generals, and powerful families, and the two sides even formed relatives to share huge trade benefits.

In fact, Ye He's desire to marry Gao Pragmatic is also based on this basis, and it is not a whim. It's just that this step is relatively big, and he is no longer satisfied with the level of "border general", but wants to marry Gao Pragmatic, a court minister who is very influential in Liaodong.

As for the Ming court's control of the horse trade, it was to use the edict to promulgate and tie up trade privileges to control the frontier. Nanguan controlled the trade of Kaiyuan Horse Market, the foundation of which was laid by Wang Zhong. When Wang Zhong was at his peak, he learned that the Ming Dynasty had awarded all the edicts to the Jurchens.

"All Jianzhou, Haixi, Mao Lian and other 182 guards, 25 institutes, and 56 stations were afraid of their military might, so they learned that Dongyi was given 1,498 edicts at the beginning of the country." At that time, the edicts he controlled not only included all of the Haixi Jurchens, but also included some of the edicts of the Jianzhou Jurchen Ministry.

As for the special purpose of the struggle for the edict, it was to gain the power of tributary and mutual markets, as well as to gain the authority and legitimacy of the rule.

"I heard that all the Yi attacked each other, and they all took the edict of this dynasty as a strange commodity. The death of Nanguan, the killing of Beiguan, and the Xiyu are not angry with the chieftain, and they are not right. ”

This has also been mentioned before, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong frontier formed the practice of having tribute and having a city, and the competition for the edict among the Jurchen tribes was quite fierce. The edict was not only a symbol of the Jurchen's internal status and power, but also a way to obtain the right to trade in the horse market. Therefore, the essence of the edict is a trade license, that is, the privilege of obtaining trade in the horse market.

The frontier guards, especially the local officials of Kaiyuan, controlled the tribute and trade power of the Jurchen tribes, and the foundation for the union of the Kaiyuan border generals and the Jurchen tribal leaders was laid.

The prosperity of the mink trade in Kaiyuan's horse market, the collapse of the guards and the rise of the Nanbeiguan formed a frontier system centered on the Kaiyuan and the Nanbeiguan trade alliance in Liaodong: the Ming Dynasty formed an inland Asian economic circle with the Kaiyuan, Shanzhai Yi (Nanbeiguan), Jiangyi, Savage Jurchen, Ezo and Qiliemi tribes progressively and interdependently by supporting the Jurchen strong chieftains of the Nanbei Pass, so as to maintain the frontier order of Liaodong.

At this time, the real core of the Liaodong frontier system was also centered on Kaiyuan rather than Liaoyang, and its basis was the trade alliance between Kaiyuan and the North and South Passes.

At this time, Kaiyuan has become the intersection of the three economic forms of farming, nomadism and forestry. If the Kaiyuan horse market is cut off, it will be difficult for the Mongols and Jurchens to sell their cattle, horses, and mink products, and they will not be able to obtain cloth, handicrafts, and agricultural tools, which will naturally affect their lives and production activities, or even make it difficult to sustain.

"I don't know that although the dogs and sheep are numerous, they are their own departments, not unified, and they are all beneficial to our city, and our city is easy. If I don't get along with the retreat, I will use the cloth, pots, mouths, and field utensils for my daily needs, and how can I get them. His cattle, horses, sheep, ginseng, mink, hazelnut and other goods, what are they sold? From this point of view, the projectile opened the original, and the real captives made a living, not only should the original be opened lightly and absolutely, even the captives did not dare to take it lightly and open the plains. This is also an opportunity. ”

Therefore, it was on the basis of this tripartite convergence of interests of the Liaodong, Jurchen, and Eastern Mongol tribes that Kaiyuan became the economic center of the Liaodong Frontier. The trade of the Kaiyuan horse market is not a one-way dependence of Mongolia and Jurchen on Liaodong, but a relationship of economic interests between the three parties that are interdependent and share prosperity and loss.

Why did Gao Pragmatic take Kaiyuan, Li Chengliang's hometown (Tieling is under Kaiyuan's management) in his hands for such a short period of time, and let Ma Chengen and Ma Chengxun serve as Kaiyuan's generals successively? The reason lies in the importance of Kaiyuan.

Winning the post of Kaiyuan staff general, although it does not mean that Li Chengliang's forces will be driven away - after all, the foundation of the family is in Tieling, but it is enough to represent Gao Pragmatic to obtain the power of Kaiyuan trade, so that Jinghua has the ability to suppress the forces inside and outside Liaodong in commerce.

Now Yehe and Baylor may also see this, but this time they saw it more deeply. They knew that when Gao Pragmatic was involved, it was not enough for them to win over General Kaiyuan or Liaoyang's deputy commander-in-chief, not enough to ensure Ye He's position in this trade system, and only by obtaining Gao Pragmatic's recognition could Ye He's position be stable and his strength could be restored.

Of course, being recognized by Gao Pragmatic also means that Nurhachi will no longer dare to covet Yehe easily - unless he dares to challenge Gao Pragmatic.

Nurhachi now dares to challenge Gao Pragmatism? Not to mention that Yehe and the two Baylors would not believe it, even Gao Yimin felt that it was impossible: Nurha's total of no more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, and the economic foundation was almost entirely based on the ginseng trade, in this situation, where did he have the courage to challenge Gao Pragmatism?

Gao pragmatic strength, even if he doesn't talk about the huge energy he has in the imperial court, even if he only talks about his arrangement in Liaodong, Nurhachi can't overturn it at all.

Jinghua has a large number of industries in eastern Liaoning, such as Yingkou Salt Factory, Liaoyang Iron Factory, Liaoyang Coal Mine, Liaoyang Musket Factory, Gaizhou Quilt Factory, Haizhou Feed Factory (producing corn horse concentrate feed) and so on.

Among them, the Yingkou Salt Works, Liaoyang Iron Works, Liaoyang Coal Mine, and Liaoyang Musket Factory are the largest in scale, with a total of nearly 30,000 people. The 30,000 men are not very busy in normal production (but they still do), and their main tasks are training and patrolling, and even cooperating with the local garrison to suppress bandits.

The Yingkou Salt Farm is even more vigorous, they not only have a factory protection team, but also an anti-smuggling fleet - Jinghua's various inland river vessels equipped with artillery in Liaodong and some coastal armed transport ships are all organized in this anti-smuggling fleet.

You have to ask, why can private enterprises actually "crack down on smuggling"? Because nearly half of the shares of Yingkou Salt Works are the emperor's dry shares.

The salt works were originally military property, and the military property was actually the imperial property, which was allocated to them by the emperor. After Gao Pragmatic solved the original problem of "buying out" the salt of the military households, the emperor was equivalent to using the salt field to buy shares, and this land was very large - in the past, the military production was large, and Zhu Yijun did not know how to make money by speculating on land, so he generously packed a land equivalent to the size of two inland counties and gave it to Gao Pragmatic.

Although the emperor didn't care about the specific operation of the salt farm, he definitely couldn't tolerate someone smuggling salt to rob him of business, so he directly issued a holy decree to give the Yingkou salt farm the right to seize smuggling on its own.

Thanks to the particularity of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty (the nature of military management), no one in the court cares about this, if it is placed in modern times, the court must be a fryer.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatic can pull out 30,000 semi-full-time professional troops in Liaodong anytime and anywhere, have an armed fleet sufficient to completely control the navigable rivers of Liaodong, and can be completely self-sufficient in food, clothing, fodder, and weapons, and have horses supplied by Tumut, and armor provided or exchanged by Wang's arsenal (Jinghua iron and steel products are the main raw materials of his family......

This is a large army that crushes Jianzhou with strength, and can be pulled out to fight when it is said to be fought, why should Nurhachi resist?

Not to mention that a large number of generals east of the Liao River are highly pragmatic cronies, how could Nurhachi make a mistake? Therefore, as long as Ye He gets the favor of Gao Pragmatism, he will transform into the second Khan in minutes.

After sorting out these, Gao Yimin laughed. He knew that Gao Pragmatic had not been too worried about Ye He, and the time of the "face-to-face teaching", Gao Pragmatic asked him to pay attention to Nurhachi.

It can be seen that what the master is really guarding against is Nurhachi, and anyone who can suppress Nurhachi's power probably belongs to the one that should be co-opted. In this case, it is not impossible to be a Chinese person.

"It's rare that the two Baylors are so well aware of righteousness and kindness, and since they want to pay tribute, I think this matter is unavoidable. However, the two of them also know that they can't take the initiative to enter Beijing without a reply from the imperial court, so I have to go and talk to Cao Zongrong first, and ask him to ask for a passage for the two of them, I don't know what the two of them think? ”

Of course, Narimbulu and Buzhai were full of promises, and they were very excited.

Gao Yimin then got up and planned to send off the guests, but Nalin Bulu and Buzhai also quickly stood up. Walking to the door, Bu Zhai couldn't help it, coughed lightly, and asked a little twistedly: "Since this matter has been decided, I don't know...... I don't know if Mr. Gao can persuade Cao Dashuai, Xicheng is still being ravaged by the Tumen at the moment, and it's really hard for me to explain to the following......"

Gao Yimin had already guessed that he would not be able to help but talk about this, smiled, and said, "Buzhai Belle don't worry, I will mention this matter to General Rong." ”

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