Chapter 954 Warrior Upstart
"I still have the face to see me!"
Tang Yi was furious and didn't even wear official uniforms. He walked out of the inside with only a wide Taoist robe. When he arrived at the door, he suddenly paused. Ma Fang knelt on the ground with her bare back, with her back on one knee, and was carrying a jingle stick behind her back.
Looking at his body, there were scars, like earthworms crawling over his body, some old and new, some deep into his skin, and some just understatement. There were not hundreds, only a few dozen, and they were mixed, just like old tree bark.
This is how many battles have been fought and how many injuries have been suffered!
As long as a wound becomes suppurated, he will die. The general dies in a hundred battles, and the hero returns for ten years. In fact, the true meaning of this is that if there is no more battles, how can the general come from? If ten years of fighting, they will be heroes!
What's more, Ma Fang fought for the Ming Dynasty for thirty years!
Tang Yi's anger disappeared in an instant, and he said with a stern face: "Get up and follow me!"
Hearing Tang Yi's voice, Ma Fang agreed excitedly and quickly followed him to the inner room. The servant went down, leaving only two people.
Tang Yi's face was as deep as water, and suddenly slapped the table and angrily shouted: "General Ma, you have gained your skills and learned to play a rogue with this cabinet. You even came to take the blame for your crime. If you are really guilty, why are you squatting outside the Ministry of Justice?
Tang Yi always respected the general who sacrificed his head and sprinkled his blood. No matter his identity, he was a brother and a brother, but Ma Fang disappointed him so much this time.
Ma Fang ticked one knee and was extremely ashamed, "I will be incompetent, please punish the general!"
"I don't need to do it." Tang Yi said angrily: "The censor has been staring at him!"
Ma Fang opened her mouth wide in shock, "Master, is it the imperial court going to take off the grind and kill the donkey?"
Bang!
Tang Yi threw the teacup on the ground, and the pieces of porcelain and the tea inside splashed on Ma Fang. He didn't dare to move, so he could only endure it. But his heart was thumping. Their soldiers and the gang of people in charge of the court were always far from 18 streets, and they had to help count the money when they were sold.
"Oh, you can't understand some nonsense, just take it off!" Tang Yi pondered for a moment and said, "This time I defeated Altan and avenged my previous shame, the court has already promised a heavy reward. I have also discussed with several other cabinet masters that I want to be promoted and the pastures outside the Great Wall will be distributed to you."
"What's the use of grassland?" Ma Fang said in confusion.
"What else can you do? Raise sheep, sell wool, raise horses, sell good horses! What do you want to do, you can't even make money, do you still need me to teach you?"
Ma Fang quickly shrank his neck, "Master, is the imperial court asking the grassland to be held in his hand?"
"Well, you can't make wedding clothes for others! In the future, your fiefdom will be between various tribes, separating all the grassland tribes, so as to save another Altan from appearing. The Shanxi merchants have prepared silver and have to sign an agreement to supply wool, so that the meritorious soldiers will not suffer any losses."
"That's great!" Ma Fang was excited. He was wondering how many people the court would give? Will it be discounted? Unexpectedly, Tang Yi took out the ranch directly to divide it. It's so interesting, it's so interesting!
"Hmph, it's too late, stop dreaming!" Tang Yi suddenly said angrily: "You are so brave. Did you let Altan go when you want to raise Kou Zizhong? Do you know that if he runs away, we don't want to swallow the grassland easily. You have ruined the big affairs of this cabinet!"
Tang Yi turned his head in anger and was too lazy to look at Ma Fang. Tang Yi kept thinking about how Altan ran away in a desperate situation?
The only explanation is that Ma Fang let the water go. Raising the enemy is not very strange for the generals of the Ming court. However, Tang Yi did not expect that Ma Fang would do such a thing. It was so angry when it was still so critical.
Ma Fang suddenly realized, suddenly lay on the ground, kowtowed and swore to the sky.
"Master, Mo Jiang has never deliberately let Altan go. If I really do it, let God thunder and smash Mo Jiang!"
Tang Yi frowned and hesitated: "It's really not you who let it go?"
"No, absolutely not!" Ma Fang shook his head quickly. He explained the situation to Tang Yi in detail. It turned out that Ma Fang and his son Ma Dong had already attacked Altan from the central army that day. Seeing that Altan could not run away, a group of people suddenly appeared and attacked them from behind. Ma Fang had to return to fight.
By the time the group was defeated and came back, Ma Dong had captured Altan alive, but when he was sent to Ma Fang, both of them were dumbfounded. This guy looked like his body and clothes were similar to Altan, but he was only in his forties and looked different. After questioning, he was just a ten thousand men under Altan!
"My general deserves to die. If Dong'er and I had changed our mission, I would definitely not let him run away with my familiarity with Altan!"
I see!
Tang Yi carefully observed his expression and found that Ma Fang didn't seem to be telling lies again.
Could it be that Altan should not die? He sighed, got up, picked up a fox fur, and threw it to Ma Fang.
"Put it on, it's so old. Don't always think that you are a young man. You have to fight in the future!"
Ma Fang hurriedly put on her body, and she was very grateful.
"Master General, didn't you say that someone wants to impeach the last general? The last general still has a chance to go to the battlefield again?"
Tang Yi leaned against the wide Grand Master Chair and chuckled, "Do you think this cabinet is not in the capital in winter, but is traveling all the way to the world. Do you want to come here to grab the credit?"
"I dare not, don't dare!" Ma Fang said seriously: "The general is planning and how can you come from this great victory without you? You are the real hero, you will be the one who will make a contribution!"
"Okay!" Tang Yi waved his hand lazily, "Brother Ma, before I finished speaking, I was going to distribute the grassland to the meritorious soldiers. A new military upstart will inevitably appear. The military group will definitely not like it. The civil servants will definitely not like it. They finally suppressed the military. How could they allow the rekindance? Even if you have no problems, they will pick the bones in the eggs. This cabinet came here just because they were afraid that you would suffer a loss. I didn't expect that, why did you make such a big mistake?"
Tang Yi covered his forehead and seemed extremely disappointed.
But when Ma Fang heard it, she was excited and ashamed, her heart was warm and her face was hot. He felt that he was so bastard, and that he had completely let down the handsome man's kindness and kindness. He deserved to die!
In fact, Tang Yi's words are half true and half false.
According to the military merit reward grassland and supporting the military general group, this is Tang Yi's established strategy. The original Jiubian Jingying has been operated by other forces for one or two hundred years, and a jar of stinky sauce is unbearable to ask.
Tang Yi needed a new noble warrior who was more radical, more aggressive, and had little feelings for the imperial power.
The Qin State established its country by farming and fighting, and unified the world. The Han and Tang Dynasties praised military merits and their military strengths and were strong and prosperous. Compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, Tang Yi had better cards and had endless land overseas. As long as he took advantage of the east wind of the great sailing, he could create an empire that would not set in the sun in a few decades.
The newly seized colonies must require strong control, and they can be granted official positions and titles at that time. These upstarts have land and military power and have strong strength. They are Tang Yi's most determined supporters and beneficiaries of the new policy.
The reason why Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng's reform failed was that they did not support new interest groups, but were just stirring back and forth in a muddy water. There was no source of live water, and it was not surprising that people died and the government was in decline.
Tang Yi didn't want to follow the old path of failure of his predecessors. He praised and rewarded the meritorious soldiers and allocated the pasture to them was the first step to supporting the upstart group.
Of course, this is not Tang Yi’s main plan. He had been planning for a long time before. The Shanxi Merchants Bank Hesheng Yuan had already started to mint silver dollars. This time, 70% of the loans provided to the court were paid in silver dollars.
The wool textile industry is the most coveted fat meat for Shanxi merchants. Tang Yi must take action himself to dig this big hole perfectly so that they can all fall into it.
It’s bright and dark. Tang Yi has to do too much, so he won’t have to go to the grassland to endure hardship just for anyone’s benefit.
However, it did not prevent him from touching Ma Fang and gaining loyalty with this.
If any superior cannot get power, it would be a failure.
Sure enough, Ma Fang was moved by the words, and the man was so shattered that he was crying.
"Master General, I don't know how much loss I will suffer without your protection over the years! Please rest assured that I will take my men to chase Altan and never give up until I take his head back!"
Ma Fang wiped her tears and turned around and was about to leave.
"return!"
Tang Yi roared, "I haven't figured out what's going on yet. Can I capture Altan if I send troops rashly?"
Ma Fang had to turn around and scratch his head, "Master, the group of people who suddenly came out have no banner, but looking at their outfits and weapons, they are very unfamiliar. I suspect they are the tribe of Mobei. If Altan really escapes to Mobei and still gains a firm foothold, I am afraid that the trouble will be great."
Tang Yi pondered for a while and shook his head, "Mobei and Monan have not been in contact for a long time. How did Mobei come so coincidental? He can pretend to be both outfits and weapons, but he cannot be done accurately."
"Who did the Grand Marshal think?" Ma Fang said curiously.
Tang Yi walked back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back, turning his head quickly. To analyze this kind of thing, the key is to accurately grasp who makes the most profit, and the suspicion is the greatest.
This is also the reason why Tang Yi's first reaction was that the foes respected themselves, but after careful consideration, there were many suspicions. Take the current ally Shanxi merchants for example. Are they willing Altan to completely die out? The smuggling interests that had been operating for hundreds of years were thrown away at once? Will Altan have their fatal handle in his hands?
The Mongolian tribes were also in a mess. Some people were looking forward to Altan's death, but some were not afraid of Altan's death. Will the Ming court cause trouble for them?
As for the generals on the Jiubian side, are they willing to sit idly by and watch the rise and growth of newcomers such as Qi Jiguang?
Tang Yi himself became the second assistant of the current dynasty, and there are still many jealous people who don’t want him to live too well... After thinking about this, it seems that anyone can be, but they are not sure!
"Qi Bi Ge Lao, Minister of the Tuman Ministry, Nomulachi of Yongshao Ministry, Zhenu, Chief of the Qilagut Ministry, and dozens of princes and nobles came to ask for their visit."
Chapter completed!