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After Guo Linxiang pondered for a moment, he replied with some hesitation: "This shows that we will have meat to eat when we cooperate with Lord Qincha, otherwise we won't even be able to drink the clear soup and water!" ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head and said, "Wrong! Ben Qincha is not the key, the imperial court is the key! The people are the subjects of the court, and the court can naturally decide the rise and fall and life and death of the people! The Jin merchants are rich and rival the country, because of the support of the imperial court, whether it is the issuance of ticket numbers, or border trade, or the recent development of Sichuan salt, they are all privileges given to you by the imperial court, but the imperial court has given you support, and you should give the imperial court in return!

Now, just like what Ben Qincha just said, there are two ways in front of your Jin merchants, one is to actively repay the support of the imperial court, fully cooperate with Shanxi's border defense plan, firmly resist the invasion of the Mongol Tatars, and mobilize all your forces to enrich Shanxi's border defense strength, in that case, the imperial court will also give you more convenience! For example, after the 'United Ship Voyage', the next step of the imperial court's rectification of commercial taxes can be cooperated with your Jin merchants......

As for the other way, it is to drift away from the imperial court, go against the yang and yin, take the preferential treatment of the imperial court, but secretly do crimes that harm the interests of the imperial court, in that case, the imperial court will take back all the privileges of the Jin merchants! Ticket number issuance, border trade, Sichuan salt development, etc., from now on will not have a chance with Jin merchants! ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's words, the faces of the Jin merchants present all changed, some of them were happy, and some of them had panicked expressions!

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Prior to this, it took only one year for the Dzungar Khanate to become the overlord of the steppe, and such a strong strength frightened everyone, and the officials, merchants, and generals of the northwestern provinces were all frightened and frightened before they could fight after receiving the news. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

During this period of time, the reason why the Jin merchants secretly cooperated with the appeasement plan of several governors in the northwest was precisely because they were afraid of the Mongols in their hearts! It was believed that the frontier defense of the imperial court could not resist the invasion of the Mongol army, and if the Mongol army broke through the city of Taiyuan, all the Jin merchants would be greatly injured, so the Jin merchants were more willing to pay a little price for the Mongols to take the initiative to retreat.

Now, if Zhao Junchen wants to strengthen the determination of everyone present to resist, he must first eliminate their fear of the Mongols, otherwise it is impossible for Shanxi's border defense to last too long, and after Zhao Junchen leaves Shanxi for Shaanxi and Gansu, the idea of appeasement and peace will soon appear again!

And if you want to eliminate the fear in a person's heart, there are two most effective methods, one is to provide rich benefits to make people take risks, and the other is to create a greater threat to coerce and coerce!

Of course, a sense of responsibility, a sense of mission, a sense of honor, etc., can also eliminate people's fear of the enemy, but unfortunately everyone present lacks these things.

Now, Zhao Junchen is doing both! It is both to give them benefits and to give them threats!

The Jin merchants have the most far-reaching influence in Shanxi, and the power is also intertwined, Shanxi officialdom and nearby military towns have been infiltrated by them for many years, and the Jin merchants are also the most prone to the idea of appeasement and peace, once they have the idea of appeasement and peace, it will greatly affect everyone's determination to resist the enemy! On the contrary, if the Jin merchants can strengthen their determination to resist the enemy, they can greatly stimulate the potential of Shanxi and greatly enhance the border defense strength of Shanxi!

Therefore, after Zhao Junchen summoned everyone, he first had to strengthen the determination of the Jin merchants to resist, as long as the Jin merchants were determined, the next things would naturally be twice the result with half the effort!

For businessmen, the most important thing in this world is to chase profits, and the most terrible thing is the disappearance of ways to make money!

Although businessmen are born with the defect of weakness and compromise, if it involves great long-term interests, the firmness of the businessman's position and attitude will often exceed the imagination of most people!

And Zhao Junchen's statement is also very clear, if the Jin merchants still maintain an appeasement attitude, they will suffer greater losses of interests, or even collapse from now on, but if they actively help the imperial court resist the Mongol invasion, they can get unimaginably rich rewards!

In this way, the final choice of the Jin merchants can be predicted.

As Zhao Junchen's words fell, the Jin merchants did not hesitate too much, and they all changed into a firm expression of the grand duke for the country, and rushed to express their attitude.

"Naturally, we are following Lord Qincha and contributing to the border defense of the imperial court!"

"There's money to pay! Powerful Force! ”

"Please rest assured, as long as I wait for the Jin merchants to remain, Shanxi's border defense will definitely persist to the end!"

"Don't worry, Lord Chincha, I'll mobilize all our forces to resist the Mongol Tartars immediately!"

After seeing the change in the attitude of the Jin merchants, Zhao Junchen nodded with satisfaction, and after a few words of praise, he let all the Jin merchants present leave.

After the Jin merchants left, there were only local officials and generals of the imperial court left in the hall.

Zhao Junchen glanced around at everyone again, and said: "Now, all the Jin merchants have left, and all the people present are officials and generals of the imperial court, and many things are inconvenient to say just now, so there is no need to have any scruples now...... You secretly withheld the money and grain from the imperial court for disaster relief, arrested the people fleeing the famine everywhere, and also planned to send these money, grain and disaster victims to the Mongols, Ben Qincha already knew everything, and the court and His Majesty will soon know about it! Our Majesty's temperament, you should have also heard of it, the most disgusted with the courtiers' bullying of the king, you are now violating Your Majesty's taboo, the future fate is really worrying, not only are your lives difficult to protect, but even your relatives will be affected! ”

After seeing that everyone was pale, Zhao Junchen said again: "However, like those Jin merchants, Ben Qincha also gives you two choices!" The first way is to make a mistake in this year's border war, then you can offset the merits, everyone can be safe and sound, and this matter can be completely revealed! Ben Qincha will not only cover up your crimes for you personally, but also ask the court for credit for you! As for the second way, it is even simpler, do nothing, sit back, wait for the punishment of the imperial court, and let your children and grandchildren be implicated, that's all! ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen asked slowly: "How do you plan to choose these two paths?" ”

There was no need for any tacit understanding, and everyone said in unison: "Lord Qincha Mingjian, we will choose the first path!" ”

This is a natural decision, Zhao Junchen nodded lightly, and then said: "Since you choose the first path, then I will issue some regulations, which are related to the rewards and punishments of this year's border defense, I hope you can listen carefully and strictly abide by them!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen's expression became much more serious, and he announced to everyone: "First, in previous years, the border army beheaded the Mongolian Tartars and rewarded three taels of silver, and from now on, it will be promoted to ten taels of silver!" At the same time, those who kill the heads of innocent people will be killed! Those who withhold the rewards of the soldiers will be killed! Whistleblowers will be rewarded! Anyone can supervise! ”

"Second, if the Mongol army attacks the city, every two days when the city is held, the officials and generals in the city will all be credited with merit once, and there is no cap! The soldiers in the city who bravely defended the city were paid five times as much! At the same time, those who lie about their war exploits will be killed! Those who deduct the salaries of soldiers and soldiers will be killed! Whistleblowers will be rewarded! Anyone can supervise! ”

"Thirdly, all the soldiers who were injured in the war were recuperated by the imperial court, and according to the severity of the injuries, the imperial court subsidized three taels to thirty taels of silver! All the soldiers who died in the war will have five years of tax-free grain at home, and a one-time subsidy of fifty taels of silver will be given by the imperial court! At the same time, lie about the dead and wounded, and there will be no mercy! Whistleblowers will be rewarded! Anyone can supervise! ”

"Fourth, when the Mongol army invaded, all the generals and soldiers who met the enemy in the field and bravely participated in the battle were rewarded with double rewards! Whoever defends the city but flees from the battle will be punished twice! ”

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In the end, Zhao Junchen announced a total of 12 rewards and punishments, including Shanxi Province's civil ministers, military generals, and ordinary soldiers.

And after hearing Zhao Junchen's announcement, everyone present was dumbfounded!

Such a reward is really generous!

That's at least three or five times more than the rewards of previous years!

And because of a series of "no forgiveness", these rewards can also be guaranteed to a large extent!

With such a rich reward and such a severe punishment, don't the border soldiers all have to fight hard?

For a while, all the civil and military officials in the lobby were full of confidence!

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The second update!

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