The ministers saw with their own eyes the emperor's heart-wrenching tactics, and all worries in their hearts were swept away.
This operation is ten times, a hundred times more satisfying than killing him on the spot!
These people usually use the Pope's tricks, but today they feel so happy when they see outsiders being defeated...
Next, the meeting will get down to business.
Jin Batu came to Beijing this time under the banner of paying tribute. Although Uzang belonged to the Ming Dynasty in name, it was only a control area. The Ming Dynasty did not station officials or troops in Uzang. The relationship between the two was more like that of a suzerain and a sovereign state.
A vassal state.
Tributes require tributes. The tributes Jinbatu brought were 500 yaks, 500 horses from the North Tibetan River, and local specialties such as saffron, alpine snow lotus, and cordyceps.
Generally speaking, when vassal states come to pay tribute, the Ming court will definitely give corresponding rewards.
Moreover, these rewards will definitely exceed the value of the tribute.
As a result, many vassal states rushed to pay tribute several times a year. Finally, the Ming court had to issue a restriction order, and the number, number, and scale of tributes were strictly controlled.
Uzang has not paid tribute for many years, and the most common interaction with the Ming Dynasty is the tea-horse trade. This sudden visit to Beijing was originally intended to put pressure on the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the surface work must be sufficient. At least the tribute gift list does not seem to have any faults.
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However, the next request is too much.
King Uzang Chanhua requested the court to provide five million taels of silver and five hundred thousand shi of grain on the grounds that he had no money to implement the New Deal.
The reason is that when the Ming Dynasty launched the New Deal, of course Uszang also had to carry out it, but if we don’t have money, you have to give me money.
Speaking of which, this reason is considered legitimate.
Since Uzang is part of the Ming Dynasty, why is it that when the whole country is engaged in the New Deal, there is no Uzang?
Zhu Qizhen refused directly: "Five hundred yaks and five hundred horses are just wanted to exchange for five million taels of silver and five hundred thousand shi of grain. King Chanhua's wishful thinking is too good, right?" p>
Jin Batu said respectfully: "The yaks and horses are just to express King Hua's respect for His Majesty the Emperor. As for the silver and grain, they are for Uzang's new policy and to ask His Majesty the Emperor to show His grace!" p>
Zhu Qizhen nodded secretly. There is nothing wrong with this statement. We are all people of the Ming Dynasty, and we cannot favor one over the other.
However, after all, it sounds nice, but in fact, you are mobilizing troops and horses to prepare to fight me. At this time, if I give you money and food, won't it give you enough energy to fight me?
The court meeting did not continue this time, and Jin Batu was placed in Honglu Temple. Next, officials from Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites continued to negotiate with him.
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At the same time, Zhu Qizhen received a memorial from King Ning.
The main problem mentioned is the railway. The Ming Dynasty is not short of money, but... it is short of people!
Railway construction is a massive project. When building the Beijing-Beijing railway, almost half of the Ming Dynasty was used. Tens of thousands of people were recruited to pave roads in the mountains and build bridges in the water. The rails were extended forward by human and animal power.
By.
However, the journey from Jingzhou to Chengdu has been going on for three months, and the progress is very slow.
The first reason is that a large number of civilians have been recruited along the road from Nanjing to Jingzhou, and the manpower is seriously insufficient.
Furthermore, Uzang is watching closely, and wars may break out in the southwest at any time. Therefore, everyone is even more reluctant to come here to build roads.
Who knows if you will get into a fight if you continue to practice? It’s not worth risking your life just to earn some hard-earned money!
As a result, Prince Ning became even more worried. According to this progress, it will take the Year of the Monkey and the Year of the Horse to complete the cultivation?
I haven't decided to join the feudal clan, mainly because of this road. If it can't be repaired in three to five years, it's not a problem to just keep putting it off.
In desperation, he only asked the imperial court for help, hoping to recruit civilians from all over the country to solve the urgent need.
When Zhu Qizhen saw the memorial, he couldn't help but have a thought in his heart, and then ordered someone to summon Yu Qian.
After reading the memorial, Yu Qian said: "What are the emperor's plans?"
Zhu Qizhen asked: "I want to hear your thoughts on how to deal with such a situation?"
"I thought..."
Yu Qian thought for a moment and said: "Under the New Deal, all walks of life require a lot of manpower. Recruiting civilians from across the country is not a good idea."
"If not, where would we find people to build roads?"
"There are people... but..."
Seeing Yu Qian's strange expression, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but said: "If you have anything to say, just say it!"
"Yes!"
Yu Qian responded, and then said: "Your Majesty, Wuszang has a lot of spare manpower, why not use it?"
Zhu Qizhen narrowed his eyes and said, "That's what I meant!"
Yu Qian laughed dumbly and said: "It turns out that the emperor has thought of it a long time ago..."
The monarch and his ministers hit it off immediately and immediately began to draft the decree.
Since Wu Zang wants money and food, fine, I’ll give it to you!
However, the money and food must not be given in vain. You must recruit local people to help the Ming Dynasty build the railway.
In this way, it not only solves the problem of insufficient manpower, but also saves financial expenditure.
Early the next morning, Jin Batu was summoned to the palace.
Immediately afterwards, Wynn took out the imperial edict and read it on the spot.
Jin Batu knelt down and bowed his head, listening, but his expression kept changing.
After the initial nonsense, the first useful sentence he heard was that the Ming Dynasty had agreed to the request of King Uzang Chanhua and was really prepared to allocate a sum of money and food.
It’s just... so unexpected!
In any case, he never expected that the Ming court would really agree.
Because now Wuszang is reorganizing his troops and preparing for war, if he gives money and food now, isn’t he supporting the enemy?
Immediately afterwards, he heard that the money and food were not allocated directly. Instead, Yu Qian, a bachelor of the cabinet, took the lead and selected some capable personnel from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Academy of Sciences and other bureaucracies to form a Uzang New Deal Leading Group.
, specifically supervise the use of this money and food.
They also said that the money from the New Deal should be earmarked for special use and should not be misappropriated...
Hearing this, Jin Batu was confused. Is this money... going to be given or not?
In the end, I received the order to express my gratitude, held the gold silk, and fell into deep thought.
Because he really couldn't figure out what tricks the Ming court was playing.
When Wynn saw him in a daze, he whispered: "Jin Tongzhi?"
"Ah..."
Jin Batu really wants to explain, my surname is Jin Batu, not Jin!
However, it is useless to say these words to a eunuch...
Wynn said with a smile: "Please move to Wenyuan Pavilion, Mr. Yu wants to talk to you in detail."
"Talk about...what?"
"Of course it is a special fund for the New Deal. Your Majesty can say how the money should be spent and what kind of results are expected to be achieved after it is spent. You must make a good plan. These are all your responsibility."
Jin Batu was troubled, he gave me the money, how do you still care about how to spend it?