Chapter 1063 The Geng Scroll

  The negotiation with Zai Sai was very simple, and Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke could accept it.

   After all, there are more than 50,000 captives, including a large number of senior generals and officers with military backgrounds. It is normal to ask for any amount of money.

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver is not too much. There are more than 50,000 people, and each of them is less than four taels of silver. However, the ransoms of these military officers are a bit expensive. Tens of thousands of taels are common. The total amount is several thousand taels, and the difficulty is not ordinary." Chai Ke said in a deep voice.

"Zai Sai also needs to go back and give an explanation to the five divisions of Inner Kalkha and the Horqin people. After all, he rejected Lin Dan Batur's order and no longer marched westward. , but also lost the possibility of further expanding the results of the battle, if he can't get enough returns in this area, it will be difficult for him to convince them internally."

  Feng Ziying explained a sentence for Zai Sai objectively.

  If the coalition forces of Neikarka and Horqin persist in attacking Fengrun and Yutian westward, judging from Feng Ziying’s visit, Fengrun and Yutian may soon fall into the enemy’s hands, and their losses may be even more unimaginable.

  For these grassland tribes, the craftsmen, merchants, and farmers who were captured by the Han people were of greater significance to them, but the damage to the counties of Shuntian Prefecture in this way may be even more difficult to calculate in silver.

   "Ziying, what you said is also reasonable. It's not that we don't understand, but..." Zhang Jingqiu pondered for a while, "Will the people of Neikalkha keep their promises?"

Feng Ziying glanced keenly at Zhang Jingqiu, then at Chai Ke with drooping eyelids, thought for a while and said, "It should be possible, but the premise is that we need to fulfill the conditions they put forward, such as the imperial court's promise to pay soldiers a ransom of 200,000 yuan." Two, there is also the issue of the ransom for military officers. I did not promise the ransom for military officers at the time, but Zaisai didn’t pay much attention to it, because there are already many businessmen who are willing to guarantee or help these people pay for this. Zaisai may feel that Asking for a ransom from the imperial court may also encounter lower prices, so they are not very enthusiastic."

This question is not easy to solve, Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke seem to be aware of it, and Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli are even more ignorant, Feng Ziying is amused, it seems that the emperor's mind, these few people in the Ministry of War are well aware of it .

  In fact, the consultations from the Ministry of War and even the cabinet are lackluster. They are all the same old routine. Even Feng Ziying herself is surprised that this report has been clearly written in the report to the Secretary of General Administration. Why do I need to go there myself, unless...

   "The minister Feng Keng kowtowed to the emperor."

   "Get up, give me your seat." Emperor Yonglong's eyes were still calm and cold, and Feng Ziying felt more at ease.

  He may not have seen the emperor who was rumored to be seriously ill for a long time, but now it seems that he is in a good state of spirit and spirit, not at all like some people outside rumored that he is about to mourn.

"I heard that you fought a beautiful victory in Yongping?" Emperor Yonglong signaled the servant to put the brocade stool closer, which made the servant next to him tremble. This little Feng Xiuzhuan seems to have been away from the court for half a year It seems that the holy family has not diminished.

"Returning to the emperor, I didn't fight this battle. I just relied on Qian'an City and the first Liaodong Army plus Yongping Mansion to train the military households and civilians for several months. The Liaodong Second General commanded and the Jizhen cavalry The cooperation with Yehejia cavalry caught the Neikha people off guard." Feng Ziying stood up and apologized: "I have to sue the emperor here, and I have privately intercepted some of the guns that were supposed to be transported to Liaodong and armed them. Yongping military households and Minzhuang, and then joined forces with the Liaodong army,..."

Emperor Yonglong's expression remained the same, obviously he knew about this situation long ago, it is definitely impossible to hide such a big matter from Captain Long, but this has Zhu Zhiren's endorsement, and such a great victory has been achieved, everything has been erased in the past .

   "Oh? Then how do you plan to return the firecrackers from the Liaodong Army? You can't borrow Jingzhou from Liu Bei, right?" Emperor Yonglong said with a smile.

"Of course it has to be paid back. At present, the gun workshop jointly run by Yongping Mansion, Guangdong Zhuangji, Bingzhan Bureau and Military Weapons Bureau can already produce firecrackers, but the output is still small and the quality is not very stable. But this time When the Mongols retreated, they planned to start work quickly. It is expected that the production target set at the beginning will be achieved by the end of the year. By then, it will not be a problem to make up for the shortage in Liaodong, and we will still be better than Xiyi Huogun in terms of quality. .”

  Emperor Yonglong nodded in satisfaction, "Well, you are so willing to take the risk of violating military laws, and maybe even involve your father, just to defend the city of Qian'an?"

"Your Majesty, this time I vowed to defend Qian'an to the death, but it is definitely not for the safety of Yongping, but because of the long-term plan for the future safety of Gyeonggi." Feng Ziying knew that the emperor had not completely let go of the knot in his heart about this matter. Maybe it can be tolerated now, but if he doesn't give him a satisfactory explanation, I'm afraid there will be a suspicion in his heart in the future.

   "Oh?" Emperor Yonglong didn't expect to get a satisfactory answer from Feng Ziying, but he didn't expect Feng Ziying to have such an argument.

"Maybe the emperor should know that due to the southward invasion of the Chahar people and the Wai Khalkha people, and the fall of Miyun and Huairou, the number of refugees who flooded into the capital city is inevitably close to 100,000, and now the three counties of Changping, Shunyi and Pinggu It has become a battlefield, and now there are more than 100,000 refugees clustered outside the capital city. They all came to escape the flames of war, and it can be predicted that in the next month, even if the Mongols know that they cannot break through the capital city wall, they will not be willing to do so It is easy to withdraw from the side wall, so there will definitely be a series of attacks. The Jizhen Army, Xuanfu Army, and Datong Army are bound to start a fierce battle with them on this line. With the Mongols' mobile mobility, it is estimated that the entire north of the capital city may fall. For the battlefield,..."

  Emperor Yonglong frowned.

He heard Feng Ziying's overtones. The biggest problem of war is the mess left behind needs to be cleaned up. A war like this may result in hundreds of thousands of refugees. Their homes are destroyed and their farmlands are abandoned. How did the Mongols survive such a cold winter? How to survive the hungry spring next year?

It is conceivable that most of them can only sell their poor land to those big gentry households. Their own family has been reduced to peasant households, and some of the proletarians who have no land are the most miserable. But to sell, you can only sell yourself, and if you can't even sell yourself, you can only freeze to death, starve to death, or become a bandit.

The number of people in this group will not laugh, at least it will be more than 30%. If calculated according to the consequences of the Mongol invasion this time, it should not be less than a hundred thousand. How to solve such a huge unstable group? Relying on the government's relief investment to solve it is another bottomless pit.

"Shuntian Mansion alone is enough, but if Yongping Mansion is not able to withstand the southward invasion of the Nekhka people, the prefectures and counties of Qian'an, Lulong, Changli and Luanzhou alone may be destroyed. There are more than 800,000 refugees, and they have nowhere to go. The greatest possibility is to come to the capital. This is the habit of encountering floods and droughts in the past, but this time it is even more terrifying..."

Feng Ziying's words were a little exaggerated, and Emperor Yonglong knew it, but even if it was an exaggeration, it is very possible to discount at least 300,000 to 400,000 refugees. Messed up.

   "Have you considered this?" Emperor Yonglong was a little surprised, but also a little relieved. At least this one still valued his duties very much, and even knew to share the worries of the court.

"It is foreseeable that Shuntian Mansion will not solve these troubles for our Yongping Mansion, and will most likely send them back to Yongping Mansion, but these hundreds of thousands of refugees have lost their property and missed the planting season , and almost nothing can make them survive this cold winter and the more difficult next spring, but the emperor may also know a little bit about the situation of our Yongping Mansion. In the past few years, our summer tax was still lacking, and the relief from the treasury There is very little food. It can be said that our Yongping Mansion cannot solve such a difficult problem. In the end, it must be solved by the court, or these refugees will starve to death or return to the capital, or they may even be taught by people like the White Lotus Sect and the Wenxiang Sect. Coerced by the secret society of the Communist Party of China, they set off a rebellion, just like the Linqing uprising a few years ago, but the scale may be much larger,…”

Feng Ziying's calm eyes met the somewhat deep eyes of Emperor Yonglong, "I don't want to lie in front of His Majesty. I just went to Yongping Mansion, and even carried some misunderstandings by our northern scholars. I don't want to be killed because of this matter." Even though I think that even if such a thing happens, the responsibility of the minister is not great, but as a minister, I should share the worries of the emperor, even if I take some risks that the minister thinks I can bear, it is worth it. "

  Emperor Yonglong was slightly moved.

He did not believe that Feng Ziying, who was born in a family of martial arts, did not understand the consequences of intercepting the firecrackers delivered to Liaodong in this way. It is clear that his chances of success in such an adventure are not high, and even if he succeeds, there will be many obstacles. It can be said that as long as officials who have been in the officialdom for several years, no one will choose to do this kind of adventure. Risks and benefits do not match things.

As Feng Ziying said before, the Ministry of War and Jizhen actually gave up on the defense of Yongping Mansion. As a co-prefect, he was unable to guard Lu Long's evacuation, and his responsibility would not be too great. At most, the official voice would be affected, and Such a risky move pales in comparison.

Emperor Yonglong pondered, maybe this person really cares about the court, maybe he thinks that he can gain a greater reputation by taking advantage of such an opportunity, Emperor Yonglong tends to have both, but no one has any selfish distractions, if that is the case Man, Emperor Yonglong couldn't believe it.

  In any case, as long as he can serve the court with all his heart, such behavior should be rewarded according to merit.

  (end of this chapter)