After receiving the news, Yunzheng pondered for a moment and put down the letter. He did not reply immediately to the messenger, but only asked someone to take him down to have a good rest. He took the letter in his hand, shook it, frowned and said: "If Yizhou is under my control,
Echoing the horns of Pidao, using both Qi and Zheng to attack from head to tail, we can even dominate Goryeo from a high position. It is really a profitable business. I predict that the Empress Dowager Xiao will not let go of this piece of fat. Now we must compete with the Liao Kingdom to take the lead.
, they are only a few days away from Yizhou. Although their left road is now somewhat harassed by Wanyan Jurchen, we have to reach it by water, which is always a lot of trouble. Do you have any ideas to grab the Liao soldiers?
Front?"
Everyone looked at each other speechless, but a young man in his twenties stood at the end, cupped his hands towards Yunzheng from a distance and said: "Young Marshal, there is no need to worry about this level. It is a favorable wind from the southwest. The Young Marshal sent me last time.
There are several large ships newly built in Huai'an. These ships can reach Yizhou beach in three days and three nights with full sail. They can land at Yizhou beach and sail to Yizhou city in one day."
Yun Zheng looked around and realized that the young man was a distant relative of the Yun family. His name was Yunlang, and his nickname was Jingtao. Because he was a distant relative, he was just a deputy commander of the navy. Speaking of which, the deputy commander's rank was not low, but the problem was
The so-called navy of the Yun family originally only had a dozen or so ships. I don’t know what year they were old. Not only were they old, but they were also small. The entire navy of the Yun family combined was not as powerful as the last time the Angry Dragon Alliance ambushed Yun at Gaoyou Lake.
Half of Zheng's fleet is weak. It can be seen that the Yun family is better off within the family and will not be stuffed into the navy. Yun Lang doesn't know what is going on. He is born.
He just likes the sea. When he first came out of Young Eagle Academy, his classmates who played well with him felt a pity when they heard that he was assigned to the Navy. He was the only one who was extremely happy and happily took up the post.
Yun Zheng only had this impression of him, but seeing that he was so familiar with the power of the wind, his heart moved slightly, and he nodded: "It's a good thing that if the Liao soldiers hadn't come to bully them in large numbers, the King of Korea would never have allowed them to enter Korea.
Originally, we were interested in the Wei Dynasty, but it was a pity that we could not border Goryeo by land and could not help them, so Goryeo was defeated without help. This time, our army only needs to rush to Yiju first, and then observe its movements before making a decision.
Our navy in Northern Xinjiang has always been weak. Although we have purchased some large and new ships this time, we still don’t know if we can control them skillfully and whether we can complete this mission.”
Everyone looked at each other. The word "Navy" was unique to the young marshal. Everyone was always called the navy. But this is not a problem. The problem is that Northern Xinjiang is the place where infantry and cavalry thrive. As for the navy, many people don't know it.
The bottom line is that when the young marshal asked about the situation of the navy, no one wanted to take the trouble and take the responsibility for it.
Yun Zheng looked around and said in deep thought: "It's true that this matter is not easy to handle. Let me go there personally." As soon as Yun Zheng said these words, everyone was shocked. Most of these tigers were land tigers.
But when it comes to the sea, they are not dragons, they are completely landlubbers. In their opinion, they dare to accompany them in any battle on land, but in the sea... God knows what day a strong wind will come, and there will be nothing.
How can you let the young commander take such a big risk? If something goes wrong, how can the commander explain it to you!
So a group of people jumped out to dissuade him. If Yunzheng didn't take back his orders, they would kowtow to death in front of him one by one. Only then did Yunzheng see what death remonstrance was, and for the first time he understood that even the most courageous
How strong is the Yun family's fear of the enemy? It seems that the navy is indeed very difficult, but this also strengthens Yun Zheng's determination to build a powerful navy.
He pretended to be persuaded and sighed: "I have never been to the sea. Naturally, I don't want to lead others to the sea. It's just that everyone is inexperienced. As a young commander, how can I not lead by example?"
Everyone paused for a moment. The young marshal said that he was just setting an example. As a "subordinate" of the Yun family, one cannot say that the young marshal's decision was wrong, because all the marshals of the Yun family had always set an example. They were a little worried, but
Seeing Yunlang stand up again, he cupped his hands and said: "If you are relieved, young marshal, I will be willing to lead the navy to sail and escort the infantry to Yiju."
This was what Yun Zheng was waiting for. As soon as he heard him say it, he nodded: "Very good, I'll leave this matter to Jing Tao. I'll discuss the specific matters with you later." He changed his subject and said
: "In addition, the terms of the opening of the market must be finalized quickly. At the moment, I just want to prevent the sale of iron weapons, arms, rice, salt and other military supplies. The rest depends on everyone expressing their opinions. I still need to recruit merchants from various places to trade, and the governor's Yamen's staff team
You should write a statement about this and give it to me.”
Everyone agreed one by one and went down to work. Yun Zheng left Yun Lang behind and wrote a military order, asking him to return immediately to Yanjing. He dispatched two Ying and Yang guards to lead the navy to Yizhou. At the same time, he wrote a letter to
Yun Lan's letter explains the purpose of this approach
After finishing all these things, Yun Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and planned to take a walk in the yard. He didn't go far when he suddenly saw Zhao Wenchang, the chief staff member of the governor's Yamen, holding a pen and writing calculations. He saw Yun Zheng standing in front of him.
Come, quickly get up and see Li Yunzheng sit down with him, stretch your head to see what he is writing.
Zhao Wenchang said: "After the border trade is opened, there will be a risk of prohibited goods flowing out. Wenchang thought of a way to ban the shipment of rice, pig iron, gunpowder and saltpeter to the Liao Kingdom."
When Yun Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but become interested, and all traces of sleepiness he had felt were swept away, and he repeatedly asked him to speak quickly.
Zhao Wenchang handed over the piece of paper and said: "As long as the tariff on prohibited goods is increased to 100 per product and the tariff is 200, merchants will have no profit, so they will naturally stop trading. But if taxes are raised blindly, border merchants will have nothing to sell, and
I have no choice but to smuggle prohibited items, and the cycle is endless. It is better to capture what I have than what I have, and I don't engage in low-tax trade on things that are important for the military and the country. Merchants are only seeking benefits. Since they are exempt from tariffs, they will inevitably flock to export silk, porcelain, and import coal, iron, horses, wood, etc.
Each of them will be taxed according to the tax rules, three-thirds minus one, and the rest will be taxed at the value of five-hundred percent, so that profits can be made from it without cutting off trade."
Yun Zheng took it over and took a closer look, but when he saw that each item was listed in detail, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and high-fived: "That's it!"
Then he thought about it and said: "In this way, the trade between Wei and Liao in Yizhou will be huge, and the profits will be huge. This will require the establishment of a temporary yamen to collect border taxes. And this yamen's
People who are in charge of affairs need not only to be smart and capable, but also to be honest and self-responsible. If a corrupt official is appointed, the damage will be great, as Zheng intended. Mr. Zheng has enough of this ability and virtue, but at the moment he is the governor of the Yamen.
A wise man, Yun Zheng cannot be without him for a moment... I wonder if you, sir, have anyone you can recommend for this?"
Zhao Wenchang twirled his beard and chuckled, then pondered a little, and said: "Mr. Xu Qingping, the magistrate of Gaoyang County, Baoding Prefecture, is honest, upright, smart and capable, and can be used for one purpose; Yun He, the audit chief of the governor's Yamen, is good at calculation, and he is a descendant of the Yun family, so he can be used for one purpose."
In order to supervise the other commander-in-chief, we can ask the supervisory officer of the Northern Territory garrison in Uiju to participate in the verification. After these two inspections, we can ensure that there is no corruption in the property."
Yun Zheng thought for a while and nodded: "What Mr. Zheng said is very reasonable. After Zheng got to know these two people a little bit, if there is nothing else, he planned to do it."
Zhao Wenchang smiled but didn’t say much.
Yunzheng returned to his residence and began to think about his "strategy" for the Liao Kingdom. In his vision, the Liao Kingdom could not be defeated now, especially at the hands of the Jurchens. The existence of the Liao Kingdom could not only suppress the rise of the Jurchens, but also suppress the rise of the Jurchens.
It can also effectively intimidate the Mongols in chaos, which is of great benefit to the Wei Dynasty in stabilizing the north.
However, the Liao Kingdom cannot be too strong, at least not so strong that it sends troops south to plunder the Liao Kingdom every time it is short of money and supplies. The best state should be stable and not cause trouble to the Wei Dynasty. According to Yun Zheng's estimation, the Wei Dynasty's new method
Failure is certain. Failure will definitely cause a lot of troubles and even nationwide turmoil. The Yun family is likely to profit from it. At the same time, under his own guidance, the Yun family gradually takes control of the surrounding islands and islands.
country, once the Yun family's economic strength expands, and the Yun family has sufficient financial capacity, it will not only have a pair of iron-fisted thugs. After all this time, maybe the firearms and weapons that I have high hopes for have also developed to
In the new stage, once the military confrontation develops from cold weapons to hot weapons, the warring parties will not only compete with the bravery of the soldiers, but the more important factors will be transformed into economic strength and cultural cohesion. By that time, forget about the Khitan
Neither the Jurchens nor the so-called "God's Whip" Mongols are to be feared
Now that the first step of his plan has been taken, the border trade with the Liao Kingdom is about to begin, and at the same time he has taken a big step in dealing with Goryeo. With Yiju as a nail, he can find a good opportunity to quickly send troops in the future.
Conquer Goryeo and complete the siege of Liao Kingdom and Jurchen...
Of course, you can also send troops under the guise of surrounding the Jurchen rebels with the Liao Kingdom. As for the specific operations, you have to find a few more descendants of the Strategist family to come out.
The next thing to do now is to lend money not only to the Liao Kingdom, but also to Goryeo. If possible, it is best to lend it to the Jurchens. But no matter how you borrow it, the Yun family under your control will never follow suit.
Instead of bartering, they directly spend "money" to buy. This money is naturally the almost inexhaustible copper in the Philippines.
Yunzheng thought for a while and laughed. The picture of the stamping casting machine he drew was too "copycat" and it was difficult for the craftsmen who were pondering its structure in Huai'an.
Thinking of this, Yunzheng became more and more uncontrollable in his urge to establish the Academy of Sciences. If the Academy of Sciences was established, they would be able to research these new tools much earlier, even if they could only draw a rudimentary sketch.
He secretly thought, now that he has completed the inspection of these three levels, should he issue a recruitment list?
--------------------Ha, I just said two thousand more words yesterday. I came back late today and can only add three thousand more words. Fortunately, even this is not the case.
