Chapter 27 Qingcheng’s decision

Zhou Mengchen's current tribute clause has no limit from beginning to end. This is obvious that the only thing that can limit the Tartars is their own purchasing power.

Zhou Mengchen did this in order to open up the market and create opportunities for the development of Datong itself.

The Tartars actually need a large number of daily necessities, without any quality requirements, nor technical requirements, and in order to reduce costs, it is best to reduce transportation routes, that is, if everything is produced in Datong, it will be a great benefit to the Datong economy.

Moreover, Datong has a large amount of coal and the ability to produce steam engines. Now there is a need to use steam engines.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen is not unaware of the reason why foreign trade was limited before. But now Zhou Mengchen needs not limited, but a larger market. At the beginning of the industrial revolution, the things produced, such as cloth, may not be as good as those of the people in Jiangnan, but for the Tartars outside the pass, they do not care about good or bad, but only about whether there is or not.

Don’t look at the Tartars, and they all think that the lower-level herdsmen can use fur coats. In fact, they are very wrong. Because most of the fur is fist products imported into the Tartars. How can they be used by the herdsmen below?

Therefore, there are many people who have frozen to death in winter in Tartars.

Overall, with the purchasing power of the Mongolians, this new market was not large for the entire Ming Dynasty. However, it may not be impossible to incubate the young buds of industrialization with Mongolian market.

Of course, this is Zhou Mengchen's intention.

Zhang Hui may not know this kind of intention. He just knew that this peace talks were made. Datong hoped that they would facilitate it.

However, Zhang Hui is not wrong.

This is not unhelpful to Xin Ai.

If Xin Ai agrees, Xin Ai can control this passage for Ming materials to enter the grassland. There are not any passages in other places. It is just prohibited by the imperial court. Even if it cannot be done, it will increase a lot of costs. The business that sees light is always different from the business that does not see light.

A business that sees light only requires a small number of people. A business that does not see light means that the person who sees has a share.

Once this channel is opened, Xin Ai is similar to the role of a comprador. From import and export trade, to earn profits, all commodities must be switched around Xin Ai to go to other places on the grassland. This will naturally bring great benefits to Xin Ai.

Even behind these products, it represents the Ming Dynasty's support for Xin Ai.

This political influence has to be considered by the other departments of the grassland.

Xin Ai's face was even more ferocious when he heard this. He naturally understood this, which made it more difficult for him to make a decision. He said, "Taoshi. What should you do if you think I should do?"

Zhang Hui said, "All things about Tonggong are agreed. Only the army recovered and there were 200,000 air strings. Even though Daming knew the terrain of the desert, how could he dare to start the war easily?"

Xin Ai took a deep breath and said, "I understand. Now it depends on whether we recover quickly or whether Zhou Mengchen can handle the Ming Dynasty first. Zhao Quan."

Zhao Quan immediately said, "I am here."

Xin Ai said, "I agreed to the rest except for the one I paid for the court. As for the court, I won't go to Beijing. Didn't he set it on the Yulin switch? In this way, you go to Datong again. Tell Zhou Mengchen that I'll meet him in Yulin. This means my sincerity. If he doesn't want to, he can only fight with him."

Zhao Quan immediately said: "Yes."

Soon, Zhao Quan came to Datong again and informed Yin Zhengmao of the news.

Yin Zhengmao immediately reported to Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen didn't care when he heard this. After all, since Xin Ai had already compromised all the plans for armed business. As for whether to pay a visit or not, he didn't care too much. However, since Xin Ai said that he would pay homage to Zhou Mengchen in Yulin and set the title of the king and the ministers, Zhou Mengchen refused to be disrespectful.

Zhou Mengchen said, "It's decided, report to the court. Let the lower part determine the terrain. Outside Yulin City, choose a place to build a high platform to enthrone the King of Guiyi. By the way, I ordered it to select elite troops from all departments and go to Yulin City to watch the ceremony."

Zhou Mengchen believed that Xin Ai would never dare to enter Yulin City or attend the meeting alone. He would definitely bring the army with him. He would not dare to neglect him. Naturally, he would also have to bring elite soldiers.

It would be fine if everything went well. If the Tartars had any other thoughts, Zhou Mengchen would not mind turning the Yulin Alliance into a Yulin Battle.

However, Zhou Mengchen himself did not have such an idea.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is a great country, and a great country must be trustworthy and decent. Today, if you lure and kill a little, how can you convince the public in the future?

So those ghost tricks. Zhou Mengchen was just guarding against them. He didn't know how to use them.

A memorial flew to the court. Not only Jiajing was overjoyed. The court was also extremely happy.

In their opinion, this time, Feng Gong Xinai was a great achievement of this dynasty, especially when the troubles in the south became more and more fierce, making the Tartars honest. Even if they didn't care much about the detailed content of the peace talks reported by Zhou Mengchen, they just waved their pen and all of them were accurate.

Zhou Mengchen didn't care about some of his private goods either.

For Jiajing, Zhou Mengchen had always known some selfish thoughts. It was like Yan Song and his son were never honest officials, and Jiajing also knew about it. Jiajing was suspicious and used means to use people. He used people's strengths and did not look at people's weaknesses.

In Jiajing's view, Yan Song had all kinds of problems, but he was obedient. He also had certain skills to suppress other disobedient civil servants. This is the advantage and can be used.

Zhou Mengchen is honest and capable. He can solve any problem he encounters by closing the door and letting Zhou Mengchen go. But the problem is that Zhou Mengchen doesn’t know what is in his head this time, and he always has different ideas from others. Jiajing can’t figure out what Zhou Mengchen wants.

However, according to Jiajing's principle of employing people, he didn't need to know what Zhou Mengchen wanted? Just look at what Zhou Mengchen could do.

Since Zhou Mengchen got Xin Ai and settled the situation in the northwest, how much private goods did Zhou Mengchen get? Or how much money he made from it? Jiajing didn't care too much. He turned a blind eye and passed it. Anyway, he was neither deaf nor dumb nor a family man.

As for what matters, you must check them clearly and master them clearly. If you turn a blind eye to something, this is the mystery of the emperor's mind.

Xu Jie had felt the alienation between Zhou Mengchen and him before. Xu Jie and Zhou Mengchen needed each other. It is hard to say whether Xu Jie needed Zhou Mengchen more or Zhou Mengchen more. Now Xu Jie naturally expressed support.

Yan Song, who figured out Jiajing's meaning, naturally would not sing the opposite tune with Jiajing. Zhao Quan secretly followed Yan Shifan's path and gave Yan Shifan a sum of money. Yan Shifan was still very trustworthy in this regard. So he naturally tried his best to get the agreement to pass.

In fact, there were not without opponents in the court. Nothing else, Zhou Mengchen's agreement was too out of the ordinary in many places. Especially in the tribute, there was no limit set. People were even encouraged to go out to do business. In the eyes of Confucian bureaucrats, it was not a serious approach.

But there was no loud objection.

First, the big guys above all agreed to their opinions. Second, many civil servants actually had phobia, and they were very eager to have peace with the Tartars. Zhou Mengchen had to take the negotiation power in his hands at the beginning. It was also right. If the Ministry of Rites had asked him to discuss it, I don’t know what the negotiation would be like.

In the eyes of many people, although this agreement is a bit out of the ordinary, it may not be impossible to bear to live a peaceful life.

Moreover, many of them do not know the specific circumstances of the negotiations. After all, the inside story of the Datong negotiations did not reach the capital so quickly. Many people think that this negotiation was difficult for the Tartars, but they didn't know that it was the opposite. They think that it would be good to be able to negotiate like this and not to be humiliated by the national system.

So, there was no more trouble.

However, in more than ten days, Zhou Mengchen's memorial arrived at the capital, and almost went from the cabinet to the Ministry of Rites. Each department walked around and formed a legally effective imperial edict. After the jade seal was stamped, it was sent back to Datong.

Now that I came to report, the preparations for Yulin were almost done. After reporting the news back and forth several times, the alliance time was also finalized.

At the end of the first month of the 32nd year of Jiajing.
Chapter completed!