Chapter 16 Stealing People
If there is something in this world that Eunuch Wei cannot tolerate the most, it must be that others will not lend him money.
This kind of thing is too bad, and it is more serious than someone cuckolding Eunuch Wei, and it is absolutely unbearable for my father-in-law to bear it.
Originally, he crossed the sea to Liaonan this time and just wanted to take away the people, and he didn't want to go and cause trouble for Nurhaci. After all, Haci is now the governor of Jianzhou in the court, a second-rank general of the Dragon and Tiger, and a military and political official in the Ming Dynasty who was preparing for the border.
Eunuch Wei is an eunuch, so he will go to find trouble for others. In the minority, it is to destroy the system, destroy the relationship between the court and the local government, and to be unfavorable to the unity of the border people; in the majority, it is to cause the eunuch temple to harm the country.
The impact is really bad.
Of course, the most important thing is that Eunuch Wei is not strong enough now and cannot bear the tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the slave governor, otherwise he would not be afraid of the huge impact.
Moreover, I had just had a real fight with Master Li Qi in front of me, and packaged the Jinzhou Guards of the court into their own private soldiers. I still don’t know if the emperor would scold his mother. If he met the general of Jianzhou again, the emperor might have lost his anger.
Considering the political risks of the emperor's annoyance, Eunuch Wei will definitely not cause trouble.
If you want to talk about the fact that my father-in-law borrowed money from Nurhaci, the starting point was still good. He sincerely invited the old man in the black face to invest in the maritime cause. The two sides established a good strategic partnership, worked together to develop, and jointly promoted the economic progress of the Ming Dynasty.
As for money, more than 300,000 taels is a little more, but the return is several times, or even dozens of times.
Eunuch Wei is not the kind of person who borrows money but doesn't pay it back, nor is he who runs away after collecting funds. He can guarantee that as long as Nurhaci buys this stock, he will definitely not suffer any losses.
If I hadn't had a illusion of peaceful resolution, could my father-in-law consider the good things that came from the sky as his Aixin Jueluo family?
There is nothing in the world that cannot be solved with money.
Isn’t it a great political and moral government to drive the economic development of Jianzhou through maritime affairs, to lift the people of Jianzhou out of poverty and become rich, and to improve the living environment?
As long as Nurhaci did not fight the anti-bank for a day, Eunuch Wei still regarded the people of Jianzhou as part of the Ming court, and the huge contradictions also belonged to the conflicts among the people.
But his kindness is regarded as a donkey and a donkey. He borrows money sincerely and pays it back if the other party doesn't lend it. My father-in-law can understand that you, General Longhu, may be really poor, but what does it mean to give one thousand taels?
Are you begging for being a father-in-law?
What can one thousand taels help?
I bought eight taels of jade ring on my father-in-law’s hand!
The father-in-law who was so angry that he couldn't bear it anymore. What he hated the most in his life was that people doubt his character.
Does he look like the kind of guy who borrows money and doesn’t pay it back?
In order to prove your character, your father-in-law must take measures, not just shout, but take practical actions.
I was idle and idle. Li Ruwu's account was not collected for the time being, and my father-in-law couldn't leave for a while. Because he was wasting his youth in Lushun, it would be better to go shopping in the north.
As the saying goes, if you don’t give, I will take it yourself.
This idea is mature, not inspired by momentary indignation.
Nurhaci will be called Khan's founding in two years, and his strength to establish the country comes from the unification of the Jurchen tribes and the annexation of the Kantian Six Forts. These two things have made Jianzhou a large number of people, so that Nurhaci can "get out of business" with his troops.
Only by leaving the production army can we let go of the plunder and loot more territory and materials, because their "trophies" will be effectively digested and converted into the energy for the next plunder.
Therefore, if we want to effectively crack down on Jianzhou, we must reduce its population.
Kuandian Six Fort is undoubtedly a good goal.
In the early years of Wanli, Wang Daokun, the Minister of War, inspected the border in Liaodong. Li Chengliang suggested that Gushan Fort be moved to Zhangqihaladian, Jianshan Fort be moved to Kuandian, and the four forts along the river Xin'an were moved to Changdian, Changling, and Gushan and the two generals of Jianshan were still stationed, which could open up seven or eight hundred miles of territory and greatly expand the benefits of farming and pastoralism.
Wang Daokun reported to the court, and the court believed that it could be implemented. As a result, after more than 30 years of construction and development, the population of Liubao has become increasingly prosperous, with more than 64,000 households and nearly 400,000 people.
But eight years ago, Li Chengliang suggested to Chaojian to abandon the six forts and move hundreds of thousands of residents there to the mainland on the grounds that it was difficult to defend it.
The residents of Liubao were attached to their families and refused to leave, so Li Chengliang drove them away with his army, causing many bloodshed incidents and many dead. A considerable number of the residents of Liubao either took the initiative to defect to Jianzhou or were captured by Jianzhou soldiers, causing the Jurchen population to soar.
Eunuch Wei conservatively estimated that there were 70,000 to 80,000 Han people, and these people and their descendants were later incorporated into the Manchu Eight Banners and became the Manchu clan.
From the perspective of later generations, Manzhou was actually a nation dominated by Jurchens and the Hu-turned Han people.
After the Ming army withdrew from Liubao, it naturally became cheaper to Jianzhou. At present, Nurhaci set up many villages in Liubao, and it is reported that it has also drawn a boundary with North Korea on the other side of the river.
Now, Eunuch Wei is preparing to take back some of these Han people and destroy the city of Jianzhou in Liubao.
The biggest advantage of choosing Kuandian Liubao is that this place is far from the heart of Jianzhou. It attacked with small troops and horses, and learned Mao Wenlong's approach. When Nurhaci received the news, he brought the main force to come, and his father-in-law had already returned to Lushun for tea.
In order to better take away the people who have been snatched away, my father-in-law ordered the navy to immediately requisition ships along the coast of Jinzhou, whether they were fishing boats or merchant ships, as long as they could hold people, they would be recruited.
In order to encourage fishermen and boat owners to actively help the Royal Navy, the father-in-law ordered high subsidies for requisitioned ships and rewarded the number of people actually transported back.
It was not just a vernacular statement. Li Ruwu distributed 6,000 taels of money for the first payment of 30,000 taels on the same day. The navy was talking to the fishermen and the boat owners with cash.
Stimulated by huge rewards, Jinzhou coastal ships gathered at Lushunkou. In three days, more than 160 fishing boats of all sizes and large numbers came, and several merchant ships also came.
Calculated by fifty people per fisherman, the single transportation capacity reaches more than 10,000 people.
On June 13, a fleet of four main naval warships and nearly 200 civilian ships, led by Eunuch Wei, heading north to a destination more than 300 miles away.
The officers and soldiers heading north had 400 army warriors, 500 naval soldiers, 300 Flying Tiger Army, 300 surrendered Japanese troops, plus 500 Jinzhou officers and soldiers recruited, and together with the personal guards of Eunuch Wei, a total of 2,000 officers and soldiers.
The ship also carried 230 war horses. Fortunately, Lushunkou is a natural military port. Jinzhou Guard built two small docks in two hundred years, so that the navy's large warships could dock, otherwise the war horses would not be able to pull them onto the ship.
"Whether it is Han, Jurchen, or Mongolian, the dynasty, but people will be snatched onto the boat for us, both men, women, young and old, and they will not ask about it."
Chapter completed!