Chapter 1042 My Scroll of Desire

  Zai Sai's gaze became serious.

Iron materials are of great use to the tribes. Da Zhou’s control over the various tribes on the surrounding grasslands, including the Liaodong Jurchen tribes, varies from light to heavy. Except for weapons and armor, iron materials and food are the first class, followed by tea and salt. Once again, it is cloth and medicine, and other things are almost unlimited.

  Although weapons and armor are prohibited items, in fact, Mongolia and the Jurchen tribes are not so eager for these two things.

On the one hand, weapons have been reserved for many years, and the consumption can also be made up by making iron materials. As for armor, it is nothing more than a problem of style and quality. There is not much shortage of parts of ordinary armor, what is lacking is mixed iron leaves. High-level armor, in fact, involves refined iron blades, which are still iron materials after all.

  For a tribe, iron and food are almost the guarantee of survival.

  The former has too much demand and usefulness in terms of military support and civilian use, and is in a state of shortage at any time.

  Once the latter encounters a disaster year, it is a life-saving guarantee. A tribe can often survive a test with this life-saving guarantee, and even a tribe can grow a step. Without this, it may be weakened or even collapsed directly.

As for salt and tea, in fact, salt is also produced on the grasslands, but the quality is too poor and the quantity is insufficient, but this kind of thing is easy to smuggle in, and the situation of tea is similar to salt. It took a long time to solve it, and the merchants also knew that these two types of materials were the most lucrative. The frontier was thousands of miles away, and there was no light in the east and light in the west, so they could always find a way to bring them in.

   Only iron and food, whether it is the Mongolian tribes or the Jurchens, cannot support themselves at all, and there is even a huge shortage, especially the refined iron used for weapons, arrow clusters and armor.

However, it is said that after the Jianzhou Jurchen captured the Six Forts of Kuandian, their power has increased, and even the attitude of North Korea in the southeast has also changed. Therefore, the trade of some materials has been loosened, and iron materials and grains have been more or less available. Got some from North Korea.

   Even so, Jianzhou Jurchen are still eager to save iron and food through various channels. For an ambitious tribe, this is the fundamental guarantee for the growth of the tribe.

Of course Zaisai also wants it. If he can get an unlimited supply of iron materials from Dazhou, then he is confident that within ten years, the strength of the five departments of Neikalkha can be raised to another level, that is, against the Chahar people. He is not afraid, given him twenty years, he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Jianzhou Jurchen, and as far as he knows, the iron production capacity of Yongping Prefecture alone is enough to meet the needs of the five ministries of Kalkha in ten can be satisfied.

  But the conditions put forward by Feng Ziying are also not simple.

It is easy to suppress the Horqin people. After all, Horqin belongs to Eastern Mongolia. It is not in the interests of the Mongolian tribes to seek refuge in Jianzhou Jurchen, especially Lindan Batur. Seoul's support.

Although it is risky to fight against Jianzhou Jurchen, Zaisai is already dissatisfied with Jianzhou Jurchen extending his hand to Horqin. The two sides will inevitably have some quarrels and even fight each other. Competing with the Jianzhou Jurchen for the Donghai Jurchen is a bit challenging.

Although Lindan Batur is young, he has great ambitions. Even if Zai Sai is not very optimistic about some of Lindan Batur's actions, it does not mean that he will jump out and confront the opponent. The posture of the co-owner of the entire Mongolia, frequent actions, will also be in an awkward state, how to deal with it depends on the specific situation and specific analysis.

All in all, such a covenant with a vague and flexible framework is a test for both parties. You can use material support to restrain me, and I can also use my performance to counter you. This is a test of the strength comparison, timing and coordination of the two parties. Skill.

Zai Sai lowered his eyes and remained silent. Mang Gu Da, Bi Ling Tu and Zai Zai behind him were also a little nervous, and even Busia Mara's breathing became short of breath, no matter whether he agreed or not, All this means that a new structure will appear in the relationship between the five tribes of Nekhka, the Yehe tribe, and even Liaodong.

At the beginning, I said so much, all of which were chatting and laughing, because it was either some matters that needed to be dealt with right now, or some relatively rough framework, but when it comes to the exchange conditions on the iron material, this is the real thing that both parties must Rigid conditions to be fulfilled.

I can give you enough iron materials, but once Liaodong Town or the Yehe tribe supported by Liaodong Town wants to start a war against Jianzhou Jurchen, the five tribes of Neikalkha will unconditionally stand on the side of Liaodong and Yehe tribe, no matter where If one side fails to fulfill the conditions, or thinks that the other party has not fulfilled the conditions, this covenant is like a scrap of paper.

"Okay." Zai Sai finally nodded, "I agree, but I will put forward some specific terms. The five parts of Nekalka cannot be involved in the war between Breaking and Jianzhou Jurchen without limit. I need some restrictive conditions .”

  This is expected. If Zai Sai agrees without hesitation, Feng Ziying will suspect that the other party has no sincerity in fulfilling the contract.

  The cavalry and infantry on both sides left respectively. Feng Ziying finally breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Zai Sai and his party leave.

This matter was finally settled by myself. Although there are still many troubles in the follow-up, and even the work on the capital city side may be more complicated and dangerous than dealing with Zai Sai, Feng Ziying feels that all of this is worth.

The imperial court's thoughts, the emperor's intentions, the arrangements for the Beijing camp, and the layout of his own power in the capital in the future all need to be carefully considered. How to take all these aspects into consideration and maximize the interests of one's side requires Plan ahead and plan for the long term, otherwise why would I have to take such painstaking efforts to get such a thankless job?

  When everyone thought that the tens of thousands of soldiers captured by the Beijing camp were a bunch of waste and worthless, Feng Ziying didn't think so.

  He roughly understood what Emperor Yonglong was thinking, and he would definitely attack the Jingying, but the Jingying itself could not be revoked. The ancestral system of the three battalions was inherited from the Ming Dynasty, so there must be a reason.

There are quite a few of the emperor's pro-army in the capital city. The Four Guards Battalion, the Warrior Battalion, and the Banner Guards, these three forces can all be regarded as the emperor's pro-army. The only pro army led by a servant.

But these pro-armies all have a big problem, that is, the number is too small, like the Four Guards Battalion, which has no more than 12,000 people, and only two battalions of them are selected forwards, and the other two battalions are from their hometowns, that is, the two battalions are elite Belongs to the reserve army.

   There were no more than 1,800 people in the standard-bearer guards, and no more than 3,000 people in the warrior battalion.

  The pro-army of this size is indeed too small, so it is necessary to rely on the three major battalions of the Beijing Camp to really shoulder the heavy responsibility of keeping the capital outside and inside the city.

Now that the Beijing camp was finally coaxed out of the capital city by Emperor Yonglong and the Ministry of War, and then he was pushed by himself, the entire structure of the Beijing camp had a big problem, and more than half of the troops disappeared. Of course, Emperor Yonglong was happy to see it It was successful, but it was impossible to ignore the more than 50,000 soldiers.

In Feng Ziying's view, Emperor Yonglong's plan to solve the problem of the Beijing camp is nothing more than the problem of military generals and officers. He certainly hopes to have a group of elite soldiers, but it is obviously unrealistic now. The captives were weeded out, and the chaff was discarded.

No matter how these 50,000 soldiers return to the capital city, even if they are all revoked from the army and reduced to civilians, these 50,000 soldiers and their families and 1.2 million people will still live in the capital city. So what I have done today No matter who you are, you will keep your kindness in your heart, which can be regarded as accumulating prestige and popularity for yourself in a disguised form.

   You must know that this is the people of the capital city. I can win the gratitude of nearly 20% of the residents of the capital city at once. How can I do it with 200,000 taels of silver? What's more, the money was not paid by himself.

   It can be said that this is using the money of the imperial court to buy people's hearts for themselves, and the buying is so peaceful and justified that no one can say anything.

  This kind of people's hearts and influence in the capital city, you can't see anything at first glance, but over time, this influence will play an unexpected role, especially when you have plans in the future.

   Of course, among the more than 50,000 people, Feng Ziying believes that most of them will return to the Beijing camp.

  As these soldiers who have been in the army for generations, if they are really not wanted to be soldiers, they will become a hidden danger of instability if they stay in the capital city. There are also their dependents, 100,000 or 200,000 people, no one dares to express their opinions easily.

  So even though Emperor Yonglong and the Ministry of War are very reluctant, the reality still forces them to give in and compromise. Of course, all their officers and generals will be replaced, but so what?

  What I need is a subtle and infiltrating influence, and now I don’t need to control anything substantively. That is what Emperor Yonglong wants to firmly grasp, and of course I will not fight with the other party.

  This kind of opportunity can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so Feng Ziying thought again and again, and still felt that she could not give up such an opportunity, even if it would take a lot of effort and extra work.

  Back in Lulong City, Feng Ziying sent the report to the imperial court by urgent delivery, but this time, considering the confidentiality of the matter, Feng Ziying sent it directly to the Ministry of War to report to Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke, and through them to report to the court and the emperor.

  Jai Sai and him can afford to wait for three to five days. No matter how long it takes, it will be hard to say. The same is true for Lindan Batur's pressing Zai Sai.

  Looking at the galloping horse heading west, Feng Ziying was also thinking, facing such mixed news, what would the court, the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and Emperor Yonglong think, and how would they deal with all the follow-up?

  (end of this chapter)