Chapter 623 Why Although Datong is closer than Dengzhou, the problem, Hou Sui's information is wrong, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, is not in Datong.But in Lingle Tucheng, there is no longer Linger Tu, but it has the original name, called Shengle.Last year, the Mongol army went south, and the Tianxiong army, with the help of the Shandong army, the Zhejiang army, and the Shanxi army, successfully met this counterattack, located in the Mongol-controlled Siwang Banner, which is the four sub-tribes, which is the right wing of the Chahar Department of Lin Dan Khan, the Habtu tribe.The original low and dilapidated earthen city wall has been torn down, and the garbage, cow dung, and horse manure in the original small city have been cleaned up.The land of Lingle is actually a city built on a dung heap, this is not undoubtedly slander, nor is it ridiculed, but the fact, when the Tianxiong army controlled here, it was unexpectedly found that the dung of the entire city was more than one meter thick.Of course, since the Tianxiong Army took over, the name of this Lingel Tucheng has disappeared, and it has been replaced by Sheng Le.The area of Shengle City is more than three times larger than the original Lingle Tu City.Shengle has all the resources to become a powerful city, and there are the Tabu River, as well as the two major lakes of Hohannur and Chagannaoer, and they are saltwater lakes, which can be salted.Surrounded by coal, steel and a large number of forests, in Lu Xiangsheng's strategy, it is located in the middle of Mongolia, the geographical position is superior, and it is the only passage to the south of the Yinshan Mountains, holding Shengle, you can better protect the Great Wall defense line.During this time, Lu Xiangsheng was also reflecting on the fact that when the Tianxiong Army was established, the strength of the Tianxiong Army was stronger than that of the whole family army, and when Quan Xu was only more than 2,000 people, the Tianxiong Army was more than 10,000 people, which was five times more than Quan Xu.However, with the passage of just over five years, Quanxu's Liaodong New Army has become a behemoth with the largest number of people, the strongest combat effectiveness, the best equipment, and greater strength in the Ming Dynasty.Lu Xiangsheng and the generals of the Tianxiong Army also had a sense of crisis.Of course, the biggest difference between Lu Xiangsheng and Quan Xu is that he has no money, and when he saw the land around Lingle Land, Lu Xiangsheng decided to set up a military town here.This proposal was approved by Emperor Chongzhen, and Chongzhen also took out 200,000 taels of silver from his private treasury.In this time and space, he has something to learn, that is, the development model of Quanxu and Liaodong, when Lu Xiangsheng wanted to establish the base of the Tianxiong Army in Shengle, he quickly won the unanimous support of the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army.Why can the Liaodong New Army eat and drink fragrantly, but we want to eat bran vegetables?
Although the climate here is cold and the land is barren, it is not very suitable for farming, but the problem is that the place here is huge, with 300 mu per capita, which is enough for the Tianxiong army to settle 10,000 or 20,000 people.For this reason, Lu Xiangsheng studied Quanxu, raised funds, and built Shengle City, at a critical time, a big man appeared, that is, Cui Chengyou of the Fair Army, Cui Chengyou, now has become the first line of the Great Wall, the most famous big businessman, with a horse team of more than 3,000 people under his command, and a huge supply of goods.Lu Xiangsheng saw from Cui Chengyou's source that this Cui Chengyou must be Quan Xu's person, otherwise, he would have buttoned his eyes down as a bubble.In this way, Cui Chengyou and Lu Xiangsheng reached an agreement, Lu Xiangsheng provided a large number of prisoners of war human resources, and Cui Chengyou contributed money to build more than 6,500 independent two-and-a-half-story small buildings in Shengle City.This kind of small building is made of red bricks and cement, covering an area of about 800 square meters, of which the construction area is about 400 square meters on a single floor, a total of 1,000 square meters.Unlike the kind of three-person families in later generations, the people in the late Ming Dynasty did not like to separate their families at all, even if they had five or six brothers, they lived together, and some even lived together for three or four generations.It is easier to sell in large houses, which have 32 rooms and 50 or 60 rooms.With an independent courtyard and tall courtyard walls, it is stronger than a civil structure building, and at the same time, it can also prevent fire, and the tragic situation of the rebels setting a fire in history and the whole city in a sea of fire is no longer possible.The material cost of this kind of house is about 80 to 120 taels, and the labor cost is almost negligible.At Cui Chengyou's suggestion, the land around Shengle City was not given away for free like Liaodong, but sold, but the price was very low, ten taels of silver per 100 mu, which was equivalent to one penny of silver per acre of land, and Lu Xiangsheng actually sold more than 4.5 million mu of land in just ten days.What is even more unbelievable is that all 6,500 houses were sold out.At this time, he knew that the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army were so rich, and where there was sunshine, there would be shadows, with the great victory in the winter of Chongzhen's sixth year, the court was suffering, but the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army were fattened.Although Shengle City does not have a city wall, but for the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army, there is no city wall to be afraid of a fart, any soldier of the Tianxiong Army, dare to chase ten Mongols to fight, they are still worried that the Mongols will not come, if they come, they can catch a few prisoners of war, for their own family or herd sheep.As for whether they want to or not, no one will think about it, anyway, the whip and the machete will teach them how to behave.With the money from the sale of land, Lu Xiangsheng also had money in his hands to build city walls and public facilities, and at this time in Shengle City, sewage pipes were built on both sides of the street, but they were all hidden underground, and they were invisible.Although there was no shortage of water, the Tianxiong army spent money to build a huge enclosed pond to bring clean water from a distance into the pool and purify it, and then piped it to thousands of households.Each household has to pay a thousand copper dollars a year for water, but everyone thinks it's worth it, and with this waterworks, they can say goodbye to the muddy water in rivers and lakes.The Tianxiong army also built several large baths in Shengle City, providing hot water throughout the day, and the people of Yinchuan soon developed a good habit of going to the baths to take a bath after a day's work.Now Hou Sui rushed to Shengle, and along the way, he paid a great price, and his face was blown like dead bark.When he saw Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng did not invite Hou Sui to dinner, but invited him to take a bath in the hot water pool of the Governor's Palace.Several skilled bath workers rubbed Hou Sui's body vigorously, rubbing his whole body red.Soaking in the water, Hou Sui only felt comfortable, as if he had been tortured, grinning in pain."
That's life!"
Lu Xiangsheng drank a big sip of milk tea, and like Quan Xu, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't drink the Mongolian mare's milk wine, but they used black tea and fresh milk, added sucrose, and after thinking about impurities, it became milk tea, which was delicious and could replenish the body's energy.At this time, Hou Sui was like a ripe prawn, red all over, and Hou Sui at this time was very unhappy, quite unhappy, that was Lu Xiangsheng's attitude.Hou Sui thought that Lu Xiangsheng didn't know about Quan Xu's article, let alone what happened in the court, so he added fuel and vinegar, and then, Lu Xiangsheng lay on a small bed, let a manservant beat his back and massage, and then fell asleep.Any Confucian student will be furious after reading this article, opening his teeth and dancing claws, scolding endlessly, and the most disappointing thing is also to shoot the case, and the halberd finger scolds bitterly, but Lu Xiangsheng did not react, drank a few sips of milk tea, and then went to sleep.How could he fall asleep?
How can he fall asleep?
Of course, this is actually Lu Xiangsheng's attitude.Hou Sui was angry, he got up and pushed Lu Xiangsheng's arm: "Jiandou, when is this, can you still sleep?"
”Lu Xiangsheng woke up in a daze and looked at Hou Sui: "I went to Zhangbei Town yesterday to inspect, and when I came back, it was dawn, and I hadn't had time to close my eyes, you came again, why can't I sleep?"
”"Is it time to sleep?"
Hou Sui stared at Lu Xiangsheng's eyes: "How can you sit still?"
”Lu Xiangsheng said lightly: "Jiandou doesn't understand what Master Shangshu meant. ”"The hailstorm in the entire Central Plains is overwhelming, tens of millions of acres of wheat are destroyed, hundreds of people are desperate and wailing, complaining, this is because His Majesty favors the ministers, the gods are angry, and such natural disasters are sent down to wake up the Ming Dynasty!
People of insight can't bear to see the misery of life, and they have written to implore His Majesty to issue an edict to punish his ministers in order to seek forgiveness from God, which is a matter of course!
”Hou Sui was furious, and roared with his teeth and claws: "And that minister in order to save his life, he was mad, and he actually threw out such a demon letter, reversed black and white, bewitched the public, and tried to subvert the way of heaven, and now it is the anger of the whole country, and the people of the world are asking Your Majesty to take down this madman, and cut it with a thousand knives to calm the anger!"
As the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty and the official of the frontier, you are deeply favored by the emperor, and you should stand up and ask for the people's life, why are you indifferent?
Jiandou, you really disappointed the old man!
”Lu Xiangsheng got up, waved his hand, and let the servants in the hot tub leave, he put on a bath towel, walked to the soft couch outside and sat down: "Lord Shangshu is angry."
Although there are some inappropriateness in this article, there are some things that cannot be ignored.For example, from the twenty-eighth year of Wanli to the present, more than 30 years have passed, and the great disasters have occurred frequently, and the Shenzong, Xizong and the current saints have issued many edicts to commit crimes, and the ministers have also been punished a lot, but the natural disasters are more and more intense every year, why is this?
”"Lu Jiandou, you actually ......"
Lu Xiangsheng continued: "Every time there is a natural disaster, which emperor does not sincerely repent?
But the natural disaster still persists......
The set that we have been convinced of for thousands of years, I am afraid that there is really a problem, and the theory put forward by Wu Weihou is not unreasonable!
”Hou Sui was already so angry that he slapped his palm on the table, shaking the teacup and jumping.His eyes erupted with fire, he stood up and pointed at Lu Xiangsheng, and roared: "Lu Jiandou, you...
You even believe his nonsense!?
Do you know what you're talking about!?
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