Come to Daming with military supplies

As Yang Chendong imagined, he really didn't pay much attention to the population Zhu Qizhen.Especially after Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong were occupied by the Min King's forces, many refugees escaped from there, and now they are entrenched in the southeastern provinces, and many are even coming to the vicinity of Nanjing.

According to the reports of the officials below, the appearance of these refugees has greatly affected the public security in other places.Among them, their eating and drinking is a big problem if they want to solve it, which often causes other local officials a lot of headaches.

This time, these people may be transported out by means of transactions. As for whether this will strengthen the mercenary army.Hehe, let's not say that they don't provide population, don't mercenaries have other options?Let’s talk about how difficult it would be for these refugees who live in poverty to become an army. These people don’t have enough food and clothing, and their health is generally poor. If not, Nanming himself would call them into the army. Otherwise, King Min's forces would not easily let them leave their territory.

In short, these people seem like weak existences to Zhu Qizhen, and most of them are still cumbersome things. It is just a chance to give them to the mercenaries, let them have a headache, or make them annoyed. A powerful army threatens itself.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qizhen began to order the three eunuch leaders to count the refugee population.According to him, except for those strong young people and beautiful young women, other refugees can be used for trading.If a large sum of gold and silver is exchanged, Nanming will have the strength to train the new army and strengthen himself.

Local officials have already reported the number of refugees, and the number has reached as many as 500 million.Most of them are refugees from a place in Guangdong, because they have been prepared for a long time. When the forces of King Min occupy a place in Guangdong, basically they will get very little population except for some fields and houses.The number of refugees in Guangdong alone has reached nearly 300 million.

Among the total of 500 million people, the proportion of women and men is almost equal, each accounting for one-third, and the proportion of the elderly and children is also almost equal, each accounting for one-sixth.In this way, the approximate accounts will come to a result.

Women are about 150 million taels, 20 taels of silver per person, which is 3000 million taels of silver.

The elderly are about 90 taels, five taels of silver per person, which is 450 million taels of Wenyin.

The children are about 90 yuan, 15 taels of silver per person, which is 350 million taels.

男子100万人左右（南明自留50万人余下100万人），每人50万两，便是5000万两。

Added together, the total population is about 430 million, and the transaction can get 800 million silver.

When the number was obtained, even Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but gasped.He didn't expect that just some vagrants could increase his financial income so much.Once you have these 800 million taels, then Nanming's economy will be revitalized. Not only will you have the money to train the new army, but you will also be able to build more armor and weapons, and at the same time, it can be used to rejuvenate the country. Nanming is here A drastic change is not out of the question.

"Haha, good, good, good." He said three good words in succession, fully expressing the excitement in Zhu Qizhen's heart. "I will pass on my decree to order all the prefectures to send all the refugees to Songjiang Prefecture. Well, not only the homeless, but also criminals from all over the country, and those who have not corrected after repeated admonitions will also be dispatched to Songjiang Prefecture. Companion, I will leave this matter to you Come with Cai Zhongaiqing and do it. By the way, don’t forget the fourth brother of the Yang family. Immediately release him from surveillance and ask him to contact the Yang family bank quickly and tell him the specific amount we can trade. Sometimes they can't come up with enough silver."

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen had already put aside Yang Chendong's threat theory.What he has to do now is how to make Nanming rise again under his leadership.

In this way, Zhu Qizhen's imperial edicts were issued without discussion among the ministers.The reason for doing this is because he doesn't want to give people a bad tongue and fight some slobber lawsuits.Based on his understanding of those ministers, once he knew that he had a population transaction with the mercenaries, he would definitely stand up and stop it.

Although these courtiers have long been helpless against the refugees.But they have read the books of sages since they were young, so they naturally want to learn to be saints.It is absolutely unacceptable to abandon the common people like this.

Since they won't agree, why do you need their permission? I'm the emperor.

It's just that there are no airtight pants in the world, not to mention that this matter involves so many people, it didn't take a day for the ministers below to know about it.Then one by one hurriedly walked towards the palace, needless to say they were here to persuade them.

In this regard, Zhu Qizhen had been prepared for a long time, and refused to meet anyone on the grounds that he was unwell.As for whether they will make trouble after they can't see anyone, that's up to them.If it weren't for the ancestral precept that Ming should not punish a doctor, he really wouldn't mind finding a few people to perform the operation at this time, and kill those courtiers who only know how to eat, drink and enjoy themselves every day, but are useless at critical times. .

When the decree is issued, the first person to benefit is naturally Yang Yang, the fourth master of the Yang family.

Originally, he stayed in Jianning Mansion well, but suddenly a group of Jin Yiwei came and took him away from the Yang family's ancestral house without any explanation.

At that time, many people saw this scene. Li Daotong, the governor of Jianning, wanted to stop it because he knew that this person was the elder brother of Lord Zhongdan. If something happened in his own territory, he would be able to escape Does it matter?

But when he showed up with a group of government officials, and saw that all of them were Jinyiwei in flying fish suits, black gauze hats on their heads, belts, and spring knives embroidered on their waists, he immediately froze.These are all the emperor's people, if he dares to stand up and say no, I'm afraid even he will be arrested together.

Seeing Li Daotong not daring to breathe, Yang Yang didn't blame him.He even prepared for the scene in front of him.He has always heard about some things that his sixth brother did. It will be sooner or later that the Yang family will be implicated due to their high achievements.

So along the way, Yang Yang didn't shout or make trouble, just followed Jin Yiwei and left Jianning Mansion.His cooperation also saved him from physical pain.Not long after leaving Jianning, another group of Jinyiwei came and announced in person that this time Emperor Yingzong invited him to Nanjing as an official.

With the arrival of these Jin Yiwei, his treatment has also been improved, at least no one gave him any face in person.As soon as he entered Nanjing, he was placed under guard in a small courtyard.

Although there is no restriction on his personal freedom, no one will stop him even if he wants to go shopping.But there are always some guards in front of him and behind him, which also makes him know that he is still being watched.After thinking about it, the reason why these people didn't attack him was probably because the Sixth Brother's power was growing, and they didn't want to anger the Sixth Brother before the matter was settled.

Just like that, less than 20 days later, another imperial decree suddenly appeared in front of him.He was chartered by the current Emperor Yingzong as the general representative of the Yang Family Bank in Nanming.For a moment, all the Jin Yiwei around him withdrew, and this was really withdrawn, since no one came to watch him.

Having just regained his freedom, he saw the current chief eunuch, Cao Jixiang, appearing in front of him. He comforted him for a while, and then he talked about the population and transaction issues between Nanming and Duke Zhongdan, and asked him to Quickly select sites in Nanjing, Songjiang Prefecture and Jianning Prefecture, and then raise money.

Flying on a branch to become a phoenix, although this is mostly used to describe a woman, it can also be used as a metaphor for what happened to Yang Yang at this time.

Just as Cao Jixiang led his people away, a platoon of cold fronts appeared in front of him.The leader of the team was the platoon leader Yinhu whom Yang Yang had met. This person once stayed in the Yangjiazhuang of Beijing Normal University, and was one of Yang Chendong's trusted subordinates.

The arrival of Yinhu is not only to protect the safety of the fourth master Yang Yang, but also to help him prepare for the Yang Family Bank.Many contacts with the Security Bureau have to go through his hands.It's not that Yang Chendong doesn't trust his fourth brother, it's just that he really doesn't want the fourth brother to get involved in dangerous things.

The matter of Nanming wanting to trade human beings with mercenaries was blowing everywhere like a gust of wind, and various forces responded differently for a while.

The matter spread to Beiming. After Emperor Daizong Zhu Qiyu heard the news, he was silent at first, and then he loudly reprimanded Zhu Qizhen in front of his subordinates, civil and military officials.

"Since Taizu established Daming, my Ming has benefited tens of millions of people, and I am determined to let them live a good life. When did there ever be a saying of trading people? This Zhuqi Town clearly ignores the laws of the ancestors. "At this time, Zhu Qiyu has already been on the same level as Zhu Qizhen. Unlike before, he talked to each Yingzong, at least he also called his cousin, but called him by his first name.

Zhu Qiyu was on fire while sitting on the golden dragon chair, all the courtiers below bowed their heads and remained silent.To say that the Ming Dynasty was built in the early days, there were indeed some rules, such as not getting along with relatives, not getting along with relatives, not paying tribute, the emperor guarding the gate of the country, the king dying in the country, and so on.This is already much tougher than other dynasties.But in these rules, there is no saying that people cannot be traded.Not to mention, in order to survive, Nanming even conferred kings with different surnames. Now, what is the value of exiles and civilians for military expenses?

Chapter 543 I'm jealous

It is said that it is the Northern and Southern Ming Dynasty, everyone is of the same origin, but in fact they are already two countries.What is Nanming going to do? How could he still look at your Beiming's face?

All the courtiers were aware of this matter in their hearts, so no one would blame anything foolishly, and it was up to the emperor to vent his dissatisfaction in his heart.Not to mention, they couldn't understand whether this kind of dissatisfaction was jealousy or not. Perhaps Emperor Daizong also wanted to trade the people to get some money to spend.After all, who would think that there is more silver in the treasury?

Although Beiming has opened commercial tax a long time ago, only Shenxianju, Tianwaitian and Yang's Bank pay a lot of commercial tax every month, and now they are also engaged in commercial transactions with Wala, among which Beiming can It's taxing heavily.This also made Beiming's treasury much more abundant than Nanming's.It's just that during this period of time, because the development of artillery and muskets has really cost a lot of money, the important thing is that the progress is still very slow. Judging from the current speed, if you want to achieve results, you don't know how much money you need to continue to invest. If there is a new way to open source, Zhu Qiyu must be very happy.

After Zhu Qiyu said this, it is a possibility that he can't eat grapes and say that the grapes are sour; once Nanming gets stronger because of this money, it is another possibility that he will threaten Beiming.As for which one it is, who can tell the courtiers clearly?

Everyone didn't speak, which made it difficult for Zhu Qiyu to continue to do things that wanted to use this matter to tarnish Zhu Qizhen's reputation.Already a little upset, he had no choice but to wave his hand and announce the dismissal.

All the courtiers knelt down and said, "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor," and then left.Only Jin Ying, the chief eunuch, stood there motionless.He was originally serving the emperor, and Zhu Qiyu didn't leave, so naturally he dared not and could not leave.

"Jin Aiqing, do you think Yingzong's actions are inappropriate?" Without outsiders, Zhu Qiyu was not as angry as before when he spoke. The name of the town has changed again.

Jin Ying, who was standing respectfully by the side, was a little confused about what Zhu Qiyu was thinking. After all, things happened too fast. As soon as there was news over there, the court got angry right away, so he didn't have time to go Knowing too much, now being asked, I can only say in a tentative tone, "Your Majesty, why don't you find some people to punish the one in the south?"

"No need." Zhu Qiyu hesitated for a while, but finally rejected this method. "There must be some things that we don't need to do, and someone will do them. After all, there is no shortage of scholars who call themselves saints, so we don't have to get involved. I'm just curious, why do mercenaries need so many people? ?”

"This minister has heard some rumors that mercenaries are doing various commercial transactions at sea, including population transactions. It is said that some places overseas are sparsely populated, and some people want to move some of them. People used to grow food. Of course, this is what I heard, and there is no evidence." As a person close to the emperor, the main job is to relieve the emperor's worries, so you must know all kinds of news, just like It was what he said just now, and it was a piece of news reported by the little eunuch at the front and below.

Of course, Jin Ying would not know that this news was originally spread by Yang Chendong on purpose by the Security Bureau. Not so much anymore.

"Overseas, it is possible to say so." Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly after hearing the words.Because if you don't understand, you have no right to speak.Daming has banned the sea for many years. As for the affairs outside the sea, I only heard the old people talk about it. When it comes to them, the impression is really vague.

Therefore, without knowing the situation overseas, Zhu Qiyu didn't express any opinions on such matters, but suddenly asked, "Jin Aiqing, how many families do I have in Beiming now, and how many people are idle?" What about the population?"

Jin Ying, who was still thinking about why she didn't take advantage of this opportunity to criticize Zhu Qizhen, the emperor of Nanming, suddenly heard Zhu Qiyu's question, and suddenly a huge thunder flashed in her mind. Immediately he understood what the master meant, and it seemed that he also intended to follow suit.

It should be said that since Zhu Qiyu came to power, he has vigorously encouraged the people to have children and increase the population, and the effect is still good.With the emergence of high-yield home crops such as potatoes, and the fact that Beiming was not as large and populous as Nanming, it was only normal to do this.

It is conceivable that if the development continues like this, the population of Beiming may increase dramatically after more than ten years. If these populations can be traded for silver to develop Beiming, it will be a road to progress.As for why Zhu Qiyu doesn't do it now, it is obvious that he wants to see what the wind is saying, to see how strong the reaction of those literati is, and how much resistance there will be.This is why Zhu Qiyu didn't arrange for someone to verbally condemn Zhu Qizhen.

After trying to understand everything, Jin Ying replied after a little hesitation: "Your Majesty, Nanming has just experienced civil strife and war, so there are many refugees, but our place has always been peaceful, and there are not so many idle people. Of course, There are still quite a few people like this in the prison. They are all criminals who committed crimes during the capital chaos. Grown man."

Saying the last sentence is to tell Zhu Qiyu again, or to remind Zhu Qiyu that although they have a small idle population, they are the most valuable kind of people.One can be exchanged for 50 taels of silver. 5 people are 250 million taels.

"Well, we still need to take care of security matters. It's true that we don't have civil strife in Beiming, but we have to guard against it." Zhu Qiyu is obviously not very satisfied with the figure of 1000, after all, it is not even [-] million. The effect that can be played is still a little bit small.

Hearing that law and order should be strictly enforced, it means that more people will be punished. In this way, there will be more criminals in the future, and the transaction can be a huge sum of money.Jin Ying, who knew what the emperor meant, nodded quickly and said: "Yes, I will discuss this matter with Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment when I turn back."

"Okay." He didn't express too much, just nodded his head slightly.After all, as the emperor, his eating should not be too ugly, right?

It can be said that Zhu Qizhen's actions can be regarded as a small stimulus to Zhu Qiyu.After he was worried about getting a large amount of gold and silver, Nanming would suddenly develop.For this reason, he also needs to develop financial resources, otherwise, the strength of the two parties may develop in an unequal direction.