In September of the 16th year of Zhengde, Zuo Qiandu was promoted to the right minister of the household department and was responsible for the governor of Cangchang.
Immediately, Zhu Houzhao personally led the expedition and led 3,000 battalions out of the pass to Liaodong.
When the courtiers learned that the emperor had run away again, they took it for granted and urged Wang Yuan to follow him. Even Yang Tinghe did this, knowing that Wang Yuan was likely to make military exploits again, but still hoped to keep the emperor safe.
If the emperor dies, it will be of little benefit to Yang Tinghe.
Because there is a prince now. After Zhu Houzhao dies, the prince will naturally succeed to the throne. At that time, there will be two queen mothers, one is the Queen Mother Xia (Queen Xia) and the other is Queen Mother Gu (the Imperial Concubine). The presence of the Queen Mother Xia is too great
Low, and since she is not Zhu Zaiyu's biological mother, she will most likely be controlled by the Queen Mother Gu.
The Empress Dowager Gu (the imperial concubine) also had a close relationship with Wang Yuan. With internal and external cooperation, it was easy to overthrow Zhang Yong and Yang Tinghe.
Zhang Yong and Yang Tinghe hoped that the emperor could live a long life and at least not die before Wang Yuan was defeated.
Similarly, Wang Yuan did not want to see the emperor die early. Because he was too young and had difficulty convincing the public at a young age, many things could not be accomplished in a short period of time.
As everyone expected, Wang Er left the capital!
Zhang Mu, who is very good at doing things, has come to the capital to take care of him. At the beginning of the year, when his adopted daughter and new crops came to Beijing, Zhang Mu was responsible for taking care of them all the way.
Wang Yuan went to Liaodong this time. In addition to Zhang Mu, he also brought several disciples with him.
Zhu Houzhao ran very fast, after all, he had a whole cavalry team. After a few days of delay, Wang Yuan rushed all the way to Guangning. The emperor was actually still in front, and he was afraid that he would have to go to Haizhou (that is, Anshan Haicheng) to catch up.
Panshan County in later generations is now just a post station, and its name is Panshan Post.
However, because it is located on a traffic thoroughfare and the population is gradually increasing, it can also be called Panshan Town.
Wang Yuan did not go to the official inn, but came to the only inn in the town. He told Zhang Mu to feed and brush the horses, and he and his disciples began to eat to fill their stomachs, while eavesdropping on the conversations of other diners.
A businessman said: "Well, business in Liaodong is getting harder and harder."
Another businessman drank and complained: "Isn't it because of the opening of the sea in the south? Now the goods from the Northeast can be shipped through Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou. I am afraid that the land business will not be able to continue. Does Brother Cao have a sea connection?"
The merchant from before said: "If I have a sea route to go, why should I drink with you here?"
Another merchant said: "Last year, Gaizhou's earth dragon turned over, and the eunuchs made it impossible for them to live. I heard that not only the sergeants escaped, but also the commanders and thousands of households ran away! The court must have wanted to
Immigration will enrich Gaizhou. You and I can work together to do business and try our luck in Gaizhou. Doesn't Brother Cao have Li Qianhu's connections? Li Qianhu is close to Gaizhou, so he might be transferred there.
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"Come on, let's go to Gaizhou and have a look!" The businessman from before was overjoyed.
Maritime smuggling existed in the Northeast before, but on a very small scale. After Wang Yuan opened the sea, maritime merchants became bolder and even took up the idea of taking the Northeast. Jinzhou Zhongwei Zuo Qianhu Station (Lushunkou) almost became the center of maritime smuggling in the Northeast
base.
Moreover, there is a shipyard there (Lushunkou). During the Yongle period, large ships of more than 800 materials were built - there was even a navy. The original purpose of establishing the Jinzhou Guard was to guard against Japanese pirates at sea.
Today, the commander of the Jinzhou Guard, together with the thousands of families under his command, are busy with the smuggling business all day long. They quietly expand the shipyard to facilitate the docking of smuggling merchant ships for repairs, and also engage in trade with these fleets.
As for the Gaizhou earthquake, as the businessman said, the situation is already very serious.
More than 30 commanders and military attachés with a thousand households or less threw away their seals and fled. Even the officials could not survive, let alone the ordinary soldiers, and several guard posts escaped completely.
What a good job the eunuch did!
In the Ming Dynasty, part of the military garrison was kept for personal use, part was turned over to the garrison, and part was turned over to the state treasury.
The part that was handed over was called "grain farming", and a "compensation system" was implemented. That is, when there was a flood, drought, or locust plague, and the grain harvest was not good, the court asked the officers to pay for the compensation, and the officers asked the soldiers to pay for the compensation. If they could not afford the compensation, they had no choice but to flee.
Gaizhou must have been seriously injured by the eunuchs. Last year, there was a major earthquake, followed by snowstorms and droughts. The eunuchs also ordered to pay for the grains. The soldiers could not bear it and ran away first, and the officers also ran away.
The dignified Gaizhou Guard Commander, a third-grade military attache, actually ran away because he couldn't pay the grain tax. Can you believe it? Do you dare to believe it?
Well, it may be that all the soldiers and generals ran away, and the commander was afraid of losing his head if he took the responsibility, so he simply left his general seal and walked away.
Wang Yuan walked to the next table, clasped his fists and said: "I, Wang Meng, a student of Shuntian Prefecture, and all my classmates are traveling to various places. This time I plan to go to Liaodong to appreciate the mountains and rivers of Northeast China. Can we join the table and talk about it?"
"Ms. Wang, please take a seat." The two businessmen were very enthusiastic.
Asking the waiter to put the tables together, Wang Yuan added two more dishes and a pot of wine, and took the initiative to help pour the wine and said, "May I ask your respects?"
"I dare not take it seriously," one of the businessmen said, "My surname is Liu, Liu Jingcheng. This is Brother Cao, Cao Gui."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It turns out to be Brother Liu and Brother Cao. I just heard about the incident in Gaizhou. Did the sergeants there really run away?"
"That's not true," Liu Jingcheng said with emotion, "who can bear the disasters for several years in a row? What's even more unfortunate is that the eunuch guarding Liaodong has a personal grudge against the commander of the Gaizhou Guard. It was a grudge forged by the previous generation.
This time we are all caught and reported together, and unfortunately the entire Gaizhou sergeant will suffer the same consequences."
"I see," Wang Yuan asked again, "What kind of business do you two do?"
Cao Gui said: "The small business of transporting furs and medicinal materials into customs is not worth mentioning."
Liu Jingcheng said: "I have acquired hundreds of acres of land in Liaodong, specifically to grow grain, and also sell some goods."
"Big business." Wang Yuan said.
"Small business, small business." Liu Jingcheng said modestly.
After the decline of the military garrison system, a large number of garrison fields were abandoned, so the court invited merchants to reclaim wasteland. As long as enough grain was grown and sold to the court, a corresponding amount of salt would be obtained.
This practice is very advanced, but it has also been corrupted in the north. On the contrary, you can still make money by growing grain in the northeastern merchant villages.
The land in Liaodong is really fertile. During the Yongle Dynasty, Liaodong did not need central funding at all. It was more than enough to supply grain and grass by itself. Not only did it hand it over to the central government, it was also responsible for supporting the grain and grass of Nurgandusi. There were also three major iron factories here, and they made their own guns.
Cannons, and being able to build ships and produce salt yourself, it’s a blessed land!
In the original words of a Ming Dynasty minister, in Liaodong, "the people in the fields are rich in grain, the people in the river are rich in fresh food, the people in the mountains are rich in materials, and the people in the sea are rich in goods. It is easy to get, it is cheap, and it is convenient for the people."
The current situation is purely caused by the system.
Military control was implemented throughout Liaodong, and most of the Han people were soldiers (or soldiers' families). Now, the soldiers have almost become serfs. They would rather escape into the mountains and become savages than farm for the imperial court for generations.
The corruption in Liaodong is even worse than other border towns!
Because the land in other border towns is relatively barren and they are under pressure from Mongolia, no matter how corrupt the eunuchs and military attachés are, they dare not go too far. As for Liaodong, they only have to face the Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchens, and these enemies are incompetent.
Weak chickens. Coupled with the fertile land and abundant wealth, the eunuchs and military officers were greedy to death.
If the Manchu Qing Dynasty can grow bigger, don't blame Xiaobinghe or the Donglin Party. In the final analysis, the core problem lies in the military attache!
Since Chenghua Liting, military attachés in Liaodong have "died" in peace and contentment. Because there was no external pressure, the soldiers were exploited and managed crazily, and the area of abandoned military camps increased year by year. There are records of "such and such serving sergeants" everywhere in the history books.
What does it mean to serve as a sergeant? It means to use soldiers as slaves. In other places, you can only use dozens or hundreds of soldiers, but here in Liaodong, you can easily use thousands, or even thousands!
This was only the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the eunuchs and military attaches in Liaodong dared to turn thousands of soldiers into serfs!
The Ming Dynasty finally exploded in Liaodong. There are many deep-seated reasons.