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Chapter Three Hundred and Ninety-Six: Laying Down the Net

This time, Zhang Jing made a promise to the emperor that these eight huge commercial families were really important to the Ming Dynasty.

These people have already corroded half of the Liaodong official defense system.

Only by taking them completely can we take over these countless wealth and use it for our own use.

Only then will the Ming Dynasty have a little hope.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty was caused by land annexation, and the most terrifying problem of land annexation was the disappearance of self-cultivated farmers.

The disappearance of self-cultivated farmers means that the court has no stable source of troops and its financial system has been destroyed. The landlords and gentry after the merger have obtained power that match their economic strength through the merger.

Now that we start to solve the problem of land annexation, there will be a big mess. In fact, Emperor Aoki has tried to solve it.

But the effect was very average. He used Wei Zhongxian to set up eunuchs in various places, trying to collect taxes from these local tyrants.

This not only triggered a rebound from the entire gentry group, but also caused turmoil among the government and the public. Most importantly, the tax collection effect... is not good.

To put it bluntly, it is the cost but the profit is small.

It seems too simple to expect a few eunuchs to come to the local area and want the gentry and powerful people in these places to submit.

But Emperor Tianqi had no other way, and all he could rely on was these eunuchs.

But now... for the Ming Dynasty, there is a new path.

That is to get a large amount of wealth. With this wealth, a system can be rebuilt and replaced the original system.

Of course, this road is very difficult and tortuous. After all, nothing can be solved by money. However, with money, most of the many things will be solved.

So... Zhang Jingyi must get this amount of money.

As soon as Zhang Jing left the palace, he went directly to Xinxian.

Soon, a meeting began.

Many people came.

From the Jinyiwei system to the military academy, Lu Xiangsheng from the county also came. Not only that, Huang Taiji was also specially called by Zhang Jingyi to listen.

Zhang Jingyi directly told the whole story in front of everyone.

Except for Huang Taiji, the rest of these people are Zhang Jingyi's confidants.

Zhang Jingyi trusted them and did not hide it from them.

In Zhang Jingyi's opinion, you must first use people to do big things, and the essence of using people lies in trust in people.

Zhang Jingyi then said: "Many people here participated in the execution of the Li family and the arrest of the emperor Tian Shenglan, and made contributions. But these are not enough. We should chase the remaining brave men and women. We must not let these merchants continue to be free. Therefore... I decided to lure them into the pass. Now... I will make some arrangements..."

As he said that, Zhang Jingyi continued: "Now, we will set up an atmosphere in the capital, that is... something happened in the capital!"

"On the one hand, I will plead for Your Majesty to allocate a teaching team to defend the palace ban. On the other hand, Your Majesty will not continue to attend court. Even if you want to meet the ministers, you will only be the Minister Xuan who will come to the Dawei for the visit. In addition... the defense of the capital must be strengthened, and Eunuch Wei must also be invited to draw a part of the Warriors' camp to go to Zhangjiakou in Datong to deploy defenses and strictly guard the pass."

"In addition, it is to ask Huang Taiji to take action..."

Huang Taiji sat in the corner all the time.

Here, he seemed very uncomfortable.

Since he decided to surrender to Zhang Jingyi, he has done nothing.

He was suddenly called today and suddenly participated in the secret, which made him very anxious.

When he heard these secret events, his first thought... was not about glory, but about fear.

People like him who hear something they shouldn't have heard, think they will die first. After all, only those who die will not disclose the secrets.

When Zhang Jing called him the name, Huang Taiji was stunned at first, and then stood up quickly.

Zhang Jingyi said: "I want you to go to Liaodong and discuss peace with the Jiannu people."

"Party discussion?" Huang Taiji was stunned again.

In his impression, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to negotiate peace. Although there have been some Ming ministers discussing peace over the years, they are actually fooling them!

Because the Ming Dynasty court... had a natural disgust for peace talks. If anyone negotiated peace talks, someone would immediately bring up the example of the Song Dynasty and be scolded to death.

"Of course it's not really a peace talk." Zhang Jingyi gave him a note and then said: "But he wants to make peace talks. You can talk about anything, even... a trade between them."

Huang Taiji was even more surprised, but he nodded simply and said, "Yes."

Then, Huang Taiji sat down and his mind became more complicated.

Zhang Jingyi said again: "These eight major merchants... after leaving the customs, they must find out where they fled! This matter... is left to Wang Cheng. There are so many people... it is impossible to have no clues. If it is really not possible, you can go to the Beizhenfusi Department to retrieve information! Don't worry, get it for me at will. If someone in the Beizhenfusi Department dares to stop him, I will not give it to Tian Ergeng, and I will smash his dog head."

So Wang Cheng stood up and said, "As for orders."

"In the prison, I will find a way to continue asking some information from Tian Shenglan. Of course, be careful when torture is used, so he must save his life! However, for the benefit of the family, it is difficult to distinguish the true or false of what this person said, so he must carefully distinguish it!"

"And...the stations everywhere, especially those leading outside the pass, and the passes everywhere, have to send people to secretly follow them...all are staring at me."

After Zhang Jing said that, he slapped twice before saying, "Okay, now we will do our own business and disband."

"Ah." Deng Jian stood up and couldn't help but say, "That's it?"

"Yes." Zhang Jing said: "That's it."

Deng Jian couldn't help but say, "I want to fool people into the gates like this? They are not fools."

Zhang Jingyi felt that her IQ was despised!

Zhang Jingyi's face was pulled down and he stared at him with a bad look: "I suspect you are suspicious of this marquis being incompetent."

Deng Jian shuddered: "This... dare not."

"Then do what you have at hand first." Zhang Jing said: "Dissolve!"

Everyone responded with a loud bang and dispersed.

However, Huang Taiji did not dare to leave.

Wait until everyone is exposed.

Huang Taiji stood up and said, "Marquis of Xinxian."

Zhang Jingyi sat behind the desk. He was holding a book and was about to take a charcoal pen to record something. At this time, he only looked up at Huang Taiji and said, "Well, what's the matter?"

Huang Taiji came forward and said, "The Marquis of Xinxian asked me to go to Liaodong... and even contact the Jiannu people. Wouldn't you worry about me... running away?"

Zhang Jing looked up and smiled at him, "Sit down and say."

When Huang Taiji sat down, he had to be cautious. He knew whether he would be killed halfway.

Zhang Jing put his pen down.

Then he looked at Huang Taiji and said, "I believe you won't do this. Of course, the reason for this is because I believe in both myself and you."

"Huh?" Huang Taiji was stunned, but continued to look straight at Zhang Jingyi. He knew that Zhang Jingyi had some more words.

Zhang Jingyi said: "I believe in myself. You should have some days when you come to Xinxian. You are a smart person. You know what this Xinxian looks like now. Will it become the hope of the world? How is it compared to your Jiannu Eight Banners? No one in this world is born to be timid, and no one is born to be brave. The key to solving human problems lies in organization. The reason why you Jiannu people can take advantage of the situation is that you unite and can effectively organize people. The internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty were also defeated. Now Xinxian is taking a path to organize people, and people can use their talents and things to their fullest. I believe that the world in the future will definitely look like Xinxian. I think you will also hope that Liaodong will look like this in the future?"

Huang Taiji remained silent.

In the past, he had contempt for the Han people in Liaodong. On the one hand, this contempt originated from the enemy of each other; on the other hand, it was also because the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty was like a pile of sand, with a huge population and a lot of officers and soldiers, but in fact... most of them had their own thoughts.

Xinxian really gives people a completely different look.

"In addition... I believe in you, I believe you are a very smart person. You defected to my Ming Dynasty and worked for me. At least you and your wife and children are safe after all. Your wife and children are in Jiannu, Dorgon will definitely give some care, because no matter what, you are also his brother, and his position of khan also comes from you. Although you defected to the Ming Dynasty here, which made the Jiannu people shame, Dorgon will always recognize the status and status of your wife and children in order to unite the entire Jiannu tribe, and give some preferential treatment."

"But have you ever thought about what would happen if you returned to Jiannu? Don't forget that you were Jiannu Khan. Once you returned, where would Dorgon be placed? This is just like when Prince Yue wanted to welcome Huizong and Qinzong to the court. If they took it seriously, would they have good fruits? I believe you think more clearly than me. If you returned to Jiannu, then... there would be no room for improvement. Dorgon's first is to try every means to kill you. Once he attacked you, he would kill your wife and children in order to eliminate future troubles forever. Your brotherhood will be completely gone. Would you like to see such a situation happen?"

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "I've been calculated clearly by you."

Zhang Jing shook her head and said, "I didn't calculate you. Since you are willing to join me, I will naturally feel at ease to hand over the matter to you. As long as you fulfill my intentions and reward you, I will reward you... You know my style of conduct, even if you don't know it now, you will know it in the future! Okay, go back and prepare and wait for the will of the palace."
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