"Recruit troops, recruit troops. Anyone who joins the army will be given a thousand acres of land."
In various Qianhu offices, the most commercially active areas, the Monan Governor's Mansion distributed notices to encourage people to join the army.
The number of soldiers recruited is also three thousand, and combined with two to three thousand Datong soldiers and horses, it is enough to control the entire Monan area.
The reason why we divided the land instead of giving money directly was because of the economic situation in Monan, which has a lot of land and a small population.
In just twenty years, Lin Dan Khan, the Manchu conquests, and then the Ming conquests, the total population of the entire Monan region did not exceed one hundred thousand.
The land is vast and sparsely populated. Distributing grassland can not only promote development, but also win over people's hearts. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Thousands of acres of pasture can only be used to raise a hundred sheep, but it is enough for people to become well-off.
"To serve the Ming Dynasty is to protect the Dharma and eliminate evil ghosts——"
In various temples, monks who enjoy a large amount of tax-free land for worship have also opened their mouths to promote the benefits of joining the army among believers.
In terms of politics, the Governor-General's Office clearly informed each of the hundreds, deputy thousands, and thousand households that their sons, nephews, and brothers must participate, and this was by no means an omission.
With such a multi-pronged approach, three thousand carefully selected cavalry were assembled, leaving only training.
At this moment, Liu Tingjie, who was training troops in Datong, was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly sent someone to greet him.
What he said was that he wanted to borrow troops.
"Using soldiers to trick you? It really won't stop."
After hearing Liu Tingjie's thoughts, Zhang Guowei fell silent and sighed repeatedly.
Compared with the deserted and war-torn Monan area, Hetao has a strong army and strong horses. The Ordos tribe and the Tumote tribe are competing for hegemony, with a total of more than 30,000 households.
This was also captured by the Qing Dynasty when they were hunting down Lin Dan Khan.
"It seems to me that Datong Mansion currently has no more than 10,000 troops. Although the cavalry is well-trained, it may be difficult for them to run wild in the Hetao."
Wan Lian saw it clearly and said bluntly: "The lack of food and grass is its biggest shortcoming."
"So, he is also interested in our sheep?"
Zhang Guowei stroked his beard, quite surprised.
"Liu Tingjie was born in the frontier army, so he naturally knew the hardships of transporting grain on the grasslands, so he wanted to borrow the Mongols' method of marching while herding sheep."
Wan Lian guessed carefully, but his face showed confidence.
"It's a good method." Zhang Guowei suddenly smiled: "But the sheep are not given away for free. Let him exchange them for grain to avoid being eaten by the peasants on the way."
But Monan made a huge profit immediately after flipping his hands like this. For herdsmen, the storability of grain makes them flock to it.
Absolutely a good deal!
The wool from Monan is sent all the way to Beijing, while the wool from Chahar is within easy reach, which alleviates the market's thirst.
Last winter, the emperor rewarded many woolen underwear to the ministers of the court, and he himself passed on the woolen underwear.
The up and down effect instantly aroused the market's desire.
Almost overnight, dozens of wool textile factories appeared in Beijing.
However, the price of wool did not follow the trend of the market and kept rising. Instead, it always maintained the principle of ten cents per pound and never let the Mongolians make money.
However, as the capital moved north, Shaanxi merchants inevitably came to the capital with them.
Although the Shanxi merchants had scum like the Eight Imperial Merchants, the so-called merchant gang was originally a loose alliance that helped each other. Naturally, they did not hesitate to put aside their relationship and apologize to the emperor in person.
Directly send one million taels of silver, exclusive internal funds.
Finally, each company’s top-secret grassland map was presented.
Maps from various companies were pieced together to form a vast map from Hetao to Monan, then to Chahar, and even parts of eastern Liaoning.
Tribal customs, leader information, water sources, hills, etc. are much more detailed than the official ones, and there are even many trails that are unknown.
How else can we say that all dynasties have been wary of businessmen? Not only are they rich and powerful, but they also like to bribe and seduce others.
After receiving the money and the map, Zhu Yixi immediately forgave the Shanxi merchants for their behavior and stated that they would never expand the scope of the attack.
If the Shanxi merchants were destroyed, wouldn't it mean that the Shaanxi merchants would become dominant in the north?
"Your Majesty, Shanxi merchants are quite sensible and finally realized their mistake."
Tian Ren said with a smile on the side, with wrinkles on his face.
Obviously, he must have a lot of them on his hands.
However, the emperor didn't care, and just sighed: "No wonder some people like to fatten pigs. If they kill them casually, they will have no worries about eating and drinking."
Qianlong was really shrewd, saving face and enjoying himself.
The salt merchant, Guangzhou Thirteen Banks, is a mobile storage vault!
"How's it going at customs?"
However, Zhu Yixi believes that the moving cow is not as important as the customs of his egg-laying golden rooster.
Hearing this, Tian Ren was shocked and immediately restrained his pride and said: "Of the eight major customs offices of Nanjing, Yuegang, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Songjiang and Tianjin, only Nanjing and Yuegang are okay, and they can get five customs every month.
It’s about 60,000 yuan, and the other six levels only cost more than 10,000 yuan.”
"Take it easy."
Zhu Yixi's expression calmed down and she said: "The Ming Dynasty exported more than tens of millions of foreign goods every year?"
No one knows exactly how much import and export is, but Zhu Yixi is certain that in the face of customs that is liberalizing its efforts to encourage exports, the next year will be worth the past ten years.
However, in this era where everyone is greedy, eunuchs are the hardest hit.
He turned his head and glanced at Tian Ren, only to see that his face was much wider and his body was a little fatter. It was obvious that he had been very handsome recently.
"You have to take care of the harem and the customs. It's really hard on you."
Hearing the emperor sigh inexplicably, Tian Ren's heart tightened, and then he heard these words and immediately surrendered without resistance.
"This is what a slave should do. As long as you stay with His Majesty, you can do anything."
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Yixi smiled, put his hands behind his hands, and said: "It is not a problem to let the inner court take care of the customs all the time. I have asked that we become a customs yamen to take care of it."
Tian Renhun didn't care and said: "Your Majesty, these people are ignorant and incompetent, and they can't control their hands and feet. They can't even restrain their slaves when it comes to eating and drinking."
"These boys just love money and they can't stop killing everyone. It's still the slave's fault..."
After saying that, he knelt down and apologized.
"Get up!"
The emperor raised his voice and said calmly: "Human nature is like this, even gods can't control it. I can't blame you."
Hearing this, Tian Ren breathed a sigh of relief.
However, if the eunuchs don’t use it, then who should they use?
At this time, Zhu Yixi suddenly remembered the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty.
This department, which specializes in replacing internal ministers with foreign ministers, was so entangled that the emperor scolded his mother.
House slaves and relatives are unreliable, so outsiders can only be used, and they are not soft-handed when it comes to killing.
"The General Administration of Customs Promotion is established to be responsible for managing customs affairs all over the world. Its director is the sixth grade, and he faces me directly. The inner and outer courts are not allowed to interfere."