Chapter 205: Brother Dong, I'm still young
Brother Dong is a member of the Tupai Jurchen forces, a woman who is as beautiful as a flower, but has become a political bargaining chip.
Liangchen knew very well that at this time, Nurhachi could already be said to have unified most of the Jurchen forces, and among the four Jurchen tribes in Haixi, two were Huifa and Hada, one was annexed by Jianzhou two years ago, and the other was merged into Jianzhou seven years ago.
The remaining two, Ulla and Yehe, are having a hard time now.
There is no way, who let the "Battle of the Nine Divisions" sixteen years ago, they lost too badly. In the past ten years, it has been broken by Jianzhou several times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a long time.
The strength is weak, and if Dong Ge wants to take revenge, he can only focus on the Ming Dynasty.
However, Li Chengliang, the supreme commander of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, was too partial to Jianzhou and treated this dog as a son. If Nurhachi encounters any trouble, Li Chengliang will act decisively, and even directly send troops to intervene.
Then, it is logical for Brother Dong to find Gao Huai, a great man who is calling for wind and rain in Liaodong and can be on an equal footing with Li Chengliang.
Perhaps, this matter may not be the meaning of Dongge alone, but more likely to be the common choice of the Ula and Yeh tribes.
At present, the Ming Dynasty is still very strong, and Ula and Yeheruo do not want to be annexed by the Jianzhou Ju clan, so they can only ask for help from the Ming Dynasty.
Where there are people, there is power, and where there is power, there are factions.
Ming officials in Liaodong apparently also had different opinions on how the Jurchens were treated.
It's just that, surprisingly, Gao Huai has become a lifesaver for Ula and Yehe, rather than other governors.
Liangchen felt that this was likely to be related to Gao Huai's wanton accumulation of wealth in Liaodong.
A person who likes money is obviously very easy to impress.
According to Dongge, after Gao Huai agreed to her request, he used the excuse of rectifying the horse market and the mutual market, and controlled the flow of money and grain to Jianzhou in the name of collecting taxes. And set up tax customs on the main roads adjacent to Jianzhou, which on the surface is to collect taxes from traders, but in fact, it is strictly forbidden to import materials such as salt and iron into Jianzhou.
In addition, it is to secretly support Yehe and Ula, sell them materials at low prices, and buy their goods at high prices, so that they can have the strength to resist Jianzhou.
In addition, Gao Huai instructed his eunuch Zhang Hu to lead the tax soldiers across the border and forcibly buy ginseng, mink, Dongzhu and other goods from Jianzhou, either without giving money or only giving very little money. Many times, it is directly a white note to Jianzhou, saying that he will come over next time to settle the bill together. As a result, the next time I came over, it still didn't end.
The only goods that were bought by the tax soldiers were mainly the only goods that Jianzhou exchanged for money, grain and materials, and they could not trade anything else with the Ming Dynasty except for these Liaodong specialties.
Therefore, this is undoubtedly a means of extinction.
In the past, Jianzhou earned a lot of profits from the Ming Dynasty through the Ming Dynasty's horse market and border trade, and Li Chengliang's partial gang made it rise rapidly and suppressed the Haixi Jurchens.
Gao Huai's coming out like this now undoubtedly cut off the sustainability of Jianzhou's ability to wage war from the root, and even directly affected the people's livelihood in Jianzhou.
If this goes on for a long time, it will definitely be difficult to build a state.
When Jianzhou weakens to a certain extent, the two departments of Ula and Yehe, who have grown strong under the support of Gao Huai on the other side, can seek revenge from Nurhachi.
Liangchen has to admit that Gao Huai's method is still quite good, not only with the shadow of economic warfare in it, but also with the policy of the radish stick, pulling one side to fight the other, and the method is very similar to Li Chengliang's support for Nurhachi.
It's just that, you know, Nurhachi started by looting, and if you give him such a show now, isn't this forcing him to jump off the wall in a hurry?
Anyway, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and if you really take risks and fight hard with you Gao Huai, who can stop him.
He's playing with fire, taking chestnuts from the fire!
Liangchen expressed his doubts, but Dong Ge said: "We are going to build a state and rebel." ”
"Why?" Liangchen was even more puzzled, if Jianzhou was opposed, the first unlucky person would be Gao Huai, because he made these things.
"Only if Nurhachi rebels, Li Chengliang can no longer help him." Brother Dong said hatefully, she really hated Li Chengliang. If it weren't for him, Nurhachi would have been wiped out by the Haixi tribes a long time ago, where would there be today.
Liangchen shook his head: "If I were Nurhachi, I wouldn't be against it. Well, I thought, I'll look for Li Chengliang. ”
Historically, a few years after Li Chengliang's death, Nurhachi rebelled with the "Seven Hatreds", wanting to destroy the feud Ye He first.
This shows that before this, Nurhachi always felt that his strength was not enough to fight against the Ming army. Then, no matter how urgent and fierce Gao Huai's persecution is, Nurhachi will not be stupid enough to raise an anti-flag.
"We also thought of what you said, but we didn't expect that Li Chengliang would not hesitate to instigate a mutiny in order to help Nurhachi's dog!" Because he was too angry, Dong Ge's hand holding the sword was trembling.
Liangchen was silent, Gao Huai and Dongge must have thought that Li Chengliang would make a move before, and they also thought of various countermeasures, but they didn't expect that Li Chengliang would make such a big move. It's so big that they can't parry it at all, and they can't end it.
However, from Li Chengliang's point of view, if he doesn't play so big, it is impossible to let Gao Huai finish. Because, behind him stood the emperor.
Gao Huai is smart and smart, but after all, he is not a person who has really experienced wind and waves like Li Chengliang.
One force will drop ten.
Gao Huai did not have military power, which determined that he could not win.
Liangchen thought of himself from Gao Huai, if he also wanted to deal with Nurhachi, he would probably end up the same as Gao Huai, because he had no military power.
It's good to have soldiers, you can do whatever you want.
Liangchen sighed secretly and said to Brother Dong: "I think, my Uncle Gao probably won't take such a big risk just because of you, right?" ”
"I promised Gao Huai that as long as Jianzhou is weakened and avenged for me, in the future, all the goods of our Jurchens will be handed over to his Fuyang store for sale."
Oh, monopoly.
The good minister understands that the wealth is moving, and the monopoly of the right to sell goods outside the customs is a beautiful thing that is more profitable than opening many mines.
Gao Huai can have today because he got money for Wanli. Only money can make him higher and higher, more and more stable.
In this way, you can understand the reason why Gao Huai didn't do it, but went to help Dongge deal with Nurhachi.
He needs money.
"Now that you know, what do you want to do?" Brother Dong looked at the pensive Wei Liangchen fixedly.
Liangchen didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "What does Miss Dongge want me to do?" ”
"I want you to rescue Gao Huai, at least let him return to Liaodong."
"This matter is difficult," Liangchen shook his head: "After all, it is through the sky, and it is not a secret, I am afraid it will be difficult for Gonggong Gao to recover this time." ”
"You're fooling me!" Brother Dong moved angrily, his slender hand moved, and the long sword was already pointed at Wei Liangchen's throat.
"Don't!" Liangchen was a spirit, standing there and not daring to move, "I'm telling the truth, I'm just an eight-rank official, even if I want to help you, I'm powerless." ”
"You write to your emperor and expose Li Chengliang's rebellion, or I will kill you with a sword!" Brother Dong was not intimidating Wei Liangchen, but if this young man didn't agree, she would really kill him. Because this guy has been lying to her.
This request can frighten the good ministers, and there is no basis for it, isn't this a false accusation?
"This thing... No, not really. "Liangchen is still sensible, because Wanli is not a fool.
"As long as you help me bring down Li Chengliang, my Brother Ye Hedong will be your person!"
"Ugh." Liangchen swallowed his throat and muttered, "I'm still young." ”