Chapter 168 Geng Jiuchou asked to go north to suppress horse bandits
Su Cheng agreed to the matter of purchasing spirits in the army, but it was not enough to buy spirits directly. When he was carried with the army, he would not be allowed to drink them secretly by those rough men.
"I asked Xuanfu to brew some alcohol for treatment of injuries and can't drink it."
Sun Yong's face stagnated, he thought about it and said:
"Will the effect be different? If the effect is not as good as the spirits, it is recommended that you buy the spirits directly. You don't need to get some special items for the laborer."
"roll"
Su Cheng was unwilling to pay attention to this guy. The bigger the official position, the thicker the face he was.
Sun Yong said with a smile:
"There is another thing. It was from Guo Deng, Datong. It was said that it was an abnormal movement of the Tatar tribe and the troops were frequently mobilized. It seemed that a war in Shajing would occur."
Su Cheng said seriously when he heard this:
"I ordered Guodeng to send a horse to the horse to stop at night to investigate the abnormal movements in Shajing. Agdorji betrayed Tuotuobuhua. If he wanted to be a great khan in Mongolia, he would not do what he wanted. War was about to start within the Tatars."
Sun Yong took the order and went there.
Su Cheng sent Bai Yan and said that he had not yet decided to get married. He drove Bai Yan away, then opened the map and studied it carefully for a while.
Datong Town is close to the tent of the Tatar tribe. Now the Kaiping northward passage has been opened. Although the Ming army has not fully garrisoned on the northern front line of Kaiping, relying on the big stick and sweet date policy of Sucheng, this road to the north and then turns westward, leading to Hara and Lin can at least be walked.
When I went on a mission to Oirat, I didn’t need to travel through the vast desert anymore, and I risked my life.
The three guards of Duoyan are no longer threats from the Ming army. However, the Tatar tribe is connected with the four towns of Xuanfu, Datong, Ningxia and Gansu, with a vast territory, and frequent civil strife. Whether it is a tribe that wins or fails in the civil war, the first priority is to go south to plunder.
Crossing the Great Wall and plundering villages and market towns gave the officials from all sides of the Ming Dynasty a headache.
If the Tatars were taken down and there was a vast desert to isolate the Han and Mongolia, it would be possible to avoid many such harassment and looting.
However, this battle is not easy to fight. The southern foot of Yinshan Mountain is dangerous and there are only a few places to live in. Sucheng dares to rush his troops north, and the Mongols dare to fight to the death.
Su Cheng had only more than 10,000 soldiers in Xuanfu. If he wanted to take down the southern foot of Yinshan, all the more than 10,000 people could fill it in, but he couldn't take it down.
What Sucheng can do now is just nibbling, just like nibbling the three guards of Duoyan, slowly assimilating the Urianha people, Wengniut people, and Uchiyete people, so that they will one day want to incorporate into the Han area.
If you want to be rich, build roads first. The official roads in various places must be put on the agenda. If the roads are not open and the government orders are not met, these places will not be interested in the Ming Dynasty at all.
Sucheng drew a line between Kaiping and Xuanfu, then Daning, then Guangning and all the way to Kaiyuan, Huangniwa.
These places must be renovated. Once the conditions are ripe, officials must be dispatched. At least they must be managed by the method of banning states. As long as the Ming Dynasty can remain strong, these will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty in decades.
"Mr., the delegation members have arrived in Xuanfu."
Zhang Yong came in and reported.
Su Cheng counted on his fingers and said that it had been almost twelve days, and the delegation left quite quickly. Hala and Lin arrived in Kaiping. After only a dozen days of leaving, it was difficult for them.
"Put them in the inn, I will take two deputy generals to see you in person, and notify Lord Geng?"
"I've notified that Lord Geng has already rushed to the inn."
Zhang Yong answered respectfully.
Su Cheng nodded, picked up his cloak, draped it on his body, and walked out.
When the mission arrived, even if he knew that the mission had not completed the mission this time, he would have to rush over immediately. First, he said that he was unaware of it, and second, the group of Zikedao censors who were exempted from impeachment of his disrespect for the Supreme Emperor.
Ke Dao's insane head was so naughty that no one dared to impeach him. I really don't know how Wang Wen was the big boss, and even his subordinates in the Censorate could not control him.
Before Sucheng arrived at the inn, Sun Yong and Yang Xin arrived on horseback, and the three of them gathered outside the inn.
Looking at each other, Yang Xin asked Su Cheng to go first.
"Please, General."
Su Cheng took the lead. When the three of them entered the hall, they saw Geng Jiuchou, the governor and several civil servants sitting in the hall drinking tea. Yang Shanzheng, who had lost a lot of weight, talked with him, but he did not see the other two deputy envoys.
When they saw Sucheng, Geng Jiuchou and his civil servants of the Xuanfu hurriedly stood up. During these days when Sucheng was in Xuanfu, he had promoted two things: spirits and glass cups, and merchants came from north to south, especially those who sold skins and bought spirits on the grassland, which occupied half of the Xuanfu.
As merchants flourished, local people's lives became better and better. When food and clothing were resolved, fewer people were causing trouble. The civil servants admired Su Cheng very much.
Su Cheng said a few politely to the civil servants who were performing the salute, and then came to Yang Shan and barely gave Yang Shan a bow.
Yang Shan's face was very ugly. The grassland and his party were very harmful to this old man who was nearly 70 years old. Not only did he fail to complete the task, he was also scolded by the Supreme Emperor a few times. This old man who has experienced four dynasties could not stand it anymore.
Su Cheng asked:
"What are you going to Hara and Lin?"
Yang Shan narrowed his eyes and glanced at Su Cheng, with a false smile on his face:
"Don't the master know very well what he got?"
"Although I was unable to welcome the Supreme Emperor back this time, seeing the sunset on the grassland and the dust storm in the desert, Yang broadened his horizons before his death, it was worth it."
Yang Shan started to beat him haha.
Su Cheng knew the result and didn't want to come at first, so he stopped talking after hearing this.
Geng Jiuchou had no choice but to speak to liven up the atmosphere, which was quite uncomfortable.
After finally drinking half a cup of tea, Yang Shan brought the tea to see the guests, and Geng Jiuchou pulled Su Cheng and was the first to leave the inn.
After leaving the inn, Geng Jiuchou began to complain about Su Cheng:
"My good man, you know that he didn't succeed in coming back this time, so why bother to stimulate Lord Yang?"
Su Cheng pointed to the carriages and horses outside the inn:
"Not only did I gain anything, I lost a lot of things, and there were not many carriages."
"Mr. Geng, my subordinate Ye Bu received the news, saying that there was a group of horse bandits on the grassland that robbed the mission and hid a lot of prohibited things."
Geng Jiuchou's face changed, and he immediately grabbed Su Cheng's sleeve, and his tone was rapid:
"Master, do you take this seriously?"
Su Cheng gently pushed open Geng Jiuchou's sleeve, and his tone was cramped:
"It's true or not, Lord Geng will know when he sees something."
Geng Jiuchou hesitated for a while and suddenly spoke:
"No, this matter is very big. Master, you cannot let the people below deal with it. I will personally wipe out this group of horse bandits, so as to be a witness for you. You cannot let the criticism of the censors fall on you."
Su Cheng looked at Geng Jiuchou in surprise. This guy went over to see him but was disliked. He wanted to compete with him for the improvement of people's livelihood. Why did he change his temper today?
Geng Jiuchou saw Su Cheng’s gaze confused and had to laugh:
"Mr. I am a person who works. For the past six months, I have worked with you. It is a fate that I have learned about you. It is Geng Jiuchou who can govern Xuanfu with you."
"I'm thinking of managing Xuanfu with my grandfather for three years, and then I'll get a good political achievement and transfer it to the Beijing Censorate. If you take the blame, the Xuanfu will be replaced. I can't guarantee that the Xuanfu will be well managed. I won't be able to get my idea of promotion at that time."
Geng Jiuchou shouted:
Chapter completed!