Chapter 236: Your whole body is full of tricks (please subscribe!!)
"Of course, there are also heroes among the grassland people, such as Temujin and Kublai Khan, who have the ambition to conquer the world, but what they did still allows the grassland people to survive the winter, and even live better!"
"If I can prevent the prairie people from starving to death in winter, have enough food and clothing, and keep their wives and children warm, how many people do you think will hang their heads on their waists and risk their lives to go south to plunder?"
Tang He and Xu Da nodded and acknowledged Ouyang Lun's words.
"Indeed, if I were a grassland person, there would be no reason to rob if I could eat enough and not freeze to death."
"But the key is that the prairie people themselves can't do this, so how can we do it?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low voice: "Do you think the grassland people will listen to you and develop honestly? Do you want to do business with you? In their eyes, robbery is the fastest way. Since you can rob, why do you have to work so hard to make money? ?”
Tang He and Xu Da nodded again, seeming to agree with Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
"Boss Ma is right. The mentality of the grassland people is completely different from ours. They are aggressive and aggressive. They think the grassland people are the noblest ethnic group. They even regard the people of the Ming Dynasty as their cattle and sheep. It is normal to rob and slaughter them."
"And they take life and death relatively lightly. When they die, they return to the embrace of the grassland. Those who live are the heroes of the grassland. The plunder will indeed come faster."
Seeing that Tang He and Xu Da were like two grassroots on the wall, Ouyang Lun was also quite speechless. Is this still the famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty in his impression?
But at this time, Ouyang Lun was too lazy to care about them.
"There is no problem with what you said. Here we have to mention the role of the new Great Wall. With the new Great Wall here, if the prairie cavalry wants to break through the Great Wall, it will have to spend at least ten times the strength of the past. If we talk about the past One hundred thousand prairie cavalry can make the border of Ming Dynasty bloody, so now it needs one million prairie cavalry, and because of the existence of the Great Wall, the Ming Dynasty does not need to increase the border defense army. One hundred thousand Northern Expeditionary Army plus local The guards have enough soldiers!”
"That is to say, the Great Wall will directly tell the grassland people that their cost of plundering the Ming Dynasty has been increased tenfold. At this time, we will fight an economic war and trade war with them, and use the economic strength of the Ming Dynasty to ruthlessly Crushing the grassland hard, when what they wore, what they held, and even the houses they lived in came from the Ming Dynasty, could they still carry a knife or ride a horse at that time?"
"As long as we maintain the superiority in force and economic control, to put it arrogantly, Ming Dynasty is the father, and they can do whatever they are told, and even complete the national integration in the end! Is it the king of the world who leads the country? The coast is not the royal minister, the grassland is the Ming Dynasty!"
The grassland is the Ming Dynasty! !
Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He, and Xu Da were all shocked by Ouyang Lun's words!
This guy's relationship is like boiling a frog in warm water, it's so dark!
Zhu Yuanzhang kept looking at Ouyang Lun up and down, which made Ouyang Lun feel embarrassed.
"Uncle, what are you doing? Is there something on me?"
"I think your whole body is full of scheming!" Zhu Yuanzhang said warily: "If those grassland people knew that someone would use this method to plot against them, I don't know what they would think!"
"This is just like cutting meat with a dull knife!" Tang He sighed.
Xu Da shook his head, "No, no, this is not cutting meat with a dull knife. After all, using a dull knife is too painful. This is to make the grassland people comfortable to death. I'm afraid it will be too late by the time they react, or they will never even find out!"
Zhu Yuanzhang thought of another question at this time and asked: "If we open up to do business with the grasslands, what if the grassland people take advantage of this and continue to develop and grow?"
"After all, the grassland people are like wolves that cannot be fed enough. The more powerful they are, the easier it is for them to covet the Central Plains. Have you ever thought about the risks involved?"
Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "Uncle, of course I have given some thought to this matter."
"You guys please come with me."
After saying that, Ouyang Lun walked out of the room, came to the wall of Changyuguan, and looked towards the grassland outside the pass.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He and Xu Da followed.
"Nephew Ouyang Xian, are you coming out to see the scenery outside the Great Wall?" Tang He asked doubtfully.
Ouyang Lun stretched out his finger and pointed in a direction, "Follow the direction of my finger, about thirty miles ahead, there is a place called Qinghe Bay. Some time ago, I had someone build a city there. The city is not big. , but it is already one of the largest cities on the grassland!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened and he said angrily: "You Ouyang Lun, I really didn't expect that you not only do business with the grassland people privately, but also build cities for them. You are a complete collaborator and treason!!"
Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's roar, Ouyang Lun was quite calm and waved his hand, "Uncle, you really need to change your short temper. Even if you want to get angry, just wait until I finish speaking!"
Zhu Yuanzhang choked and said: "Ouyang Lun! I hate people who collaborate with the enemy and treason the most. Today I will put my words here. If you don't explain clearly, I will definitely bring the truth back to the capital. When the time comes, don't blame me for not missing old friendship!"
Tang He and Xu Da were also extremely nervous.
"Nephew Ouyang Xian! When did you go to the grassland to build the city? Why didn't the two of us hear any news?" As the top generals in charge of the border and the people in charge of the Great Wall construction site, the two of them are indeed No news was received at all.
"Second Uncle Tang and Third Uncle Xu, I'm really sorry. I didn't hide it from you on purpose. The main reason is that I don't want to implicate you. The less people know about this, the better." Ouyang Lun explained with a smile.
"I remember, when the third child and I went to your house to look for you, we squatted at the gate of your house for five days! Is that what you went out to do during those five days?"
Tang He suddenly said.
"I also have some impressions. We asked Zhou Bao at that time, but he didn't know where you were. He just said that you went to solve the problem. We always thought that you were going to solve the problem with Zhou Zhen. It turns out that you went to the grassland. ”
Xu Da was also surprised.
Ouyang Lun nodded, "I'm sorry, uncles. It's my fault that I didn't notify you in advance. Of course, I didn't expect that you would come to me as soon as I left."
"But fortunately, things were handled perfectly. Now there is a Qinghe Trading City in Qinghe Bay! Ming merchants and prairie people can go there to trade!"
"And with the siphon effect of this large order of 20 sheep, Qinghe Trading City will soon become the most prosperous city on the grassland!"
"And the influence of 'Qinghe Trading City' on the grassland will become greater and greater in the future!"
"I will strictly control the supplies. Food, cloth, tea, oil, salt and other daily consumables must be complete. There will even be ironware such as pots and pans. These ironware are forged using special techniques. There is no way to recast them into swords, and if you want to exchange for pots and pans and other iron items, you can’t use cattle and sheep, but have to exchange them for their swords and flattery!”
"Under the situation of ebb and flow, it won't be long before the grassland is full of pots and pans, there will be fewer swords, no weapons and no horses. What will the grassland use to attack the Ming Dynasty? Use their fists as big as sandbags. "What to do with the grassland at that time is not up to us."
After hearing what Ouyang Lun said, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became brighter and brighter, and there was even a hint of excitement.
"Is this what you call a trade war or an economic war?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
Ouyang Lun nodded first, and then said proudly: "This can only be called the lowest-end trade war. There will be more complicated methods in the future. If the army is the hard fist of the Ming Dynasty, then the economy is the internal strength of the Ming Dynasty!"
"The stronger the internal strength, the more likely you are to kill someone without any contact at all! Without a trace or trace!"
"That's it." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized.
Ouyang Lun patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder and said, "Uncle, you are just a low-end businessman. You only know how to do ordinary business. It is normal not to know these things. But I am a very open-minded person. I will definitely teach you more when I have the opportunity." , you will also become a high-end businessman by then!"
You are the low-end businessman, and your whole family is low-end businessman!
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured in his heart and looked at Ouyang Lun with anger in his eyes.
"Okay, I've said so much, you should believe me now."
"Tell the Queen's mother-in-law or the Emperor's father-in-law all the various data that I asked Jin Yiwei to monitor and monitor before, as well as the idea of the trade war just now. They will definitely reward you heavily. All the rewards will be given to you. I only want you to help me, Uncle Tang, Xu Sanshu, please say something nice!"
"That's all right!"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer, but fell into deep thought.
After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang finally understood what Ouyang Lun meant by "playing a big game". Simply put, it was to use economic means to control the grasslands and make them rely on the Ming Dynasty for everything.
If Zhu Yuanzhang heard this suggestion in the past, he would definitely sneer. After all, the Ming Dynasty itself has not developed yet. If economic means are used, it is different now. With Ouyang Lun and Beizhili, maybe it can really succeed this time!
Worth a try!
"Can the economic means you mentioned really solve the grassland problem?"
Zhu Yuanzhang finally confirmed.
Ouyang Lun spread his hands, "You have just said that our method is rather insidious. It takes time for the terrazzo to break through. It will not be effective quickly. It may take several generations of efforts. My emperor's father-in-law is probably I can’t see it anymore. If one of the Ming emperors after my father-in-law gets crazy and doesn’t want to do this anymore, then it won’t be possible.”
"Of course, as time goes by, many accidents will happen, which will affect the final result, and I can't guarantee it."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Then what you said just now is so conclusive!!?"
"This is called language art. If I don't say it more definitely, you won't be interested in listening, right?" Ouyang Lun smiled slightly.
"You" Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry.
"Uncle, you are not the emperor, why are you so concerned about the Ming Dynasty? There is a saying you must not have heard, that is, in a large team, usually only one-third of the people are working. One-third of people don’t do anything.”
"There are people who do things and people who don't do things, so what are the other third of the people doing?" Tang He asked curiously.
Ouyang Lun smiled slightly, "There is still a third of the people who are holding us back."
"Uncle Tang and Uncle Xu are people who do things. Uncle, you are a person who doesn't do anything. You just have to have fun. You have to be clear about your position. People who originally only wanted to have fun and don't do anything suddenly start doing things actively. This may not necessarily be a problem." Every good thing must have a conspiracy, aren't you afraid that my suspicious emperor father-in-law will suspect you of rebellion?"
"You are the one who wants to rebel!" Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more angry as he listened, but he felt that there was some truth in Ouyang Lun's heresy, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.
"You said that I am a person who doesn't do anything, and Tang He and Xu Da are people who do things. So what kind of person are you? Are you not a drag?"
"Me? Of course I am a person who does things, but in fact, like Xiang Xiang and my uncle, I am a person who does not do anything. It is all my fault that my emperor father-in-law always forces me to do this and that." Ouyang Lun complained. Then he added: "As for the people who are holding us back, it's obvious. People like Hu Weiyong, Zhu Liangzu, and corrupt officials who haven't been uncovered yet are holding us back. Of course, there are some people who hide even deeper."
"In the final analysis, the method I proposed may not necessarily succeed. It depends on how well it is implemented. If there are too many people holding back, the possibility of failure is very high."
"But no matter what the final result is, whether it is successful or not, economic warfare will definitely allow Ming Dynasty to have a profound impact on the grassland!"
After saying that, Ouyang Lun shook his head, "It's a pity. If this happened during the heyday of the Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties, my plan would definitely be successful. A combination of punches would definitely make the grassland submissive!"
Hearing Ouyang Lun's last words, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became unhappy!
What does it mean that the Qin, Han, Tang and Three Dynasties can be accomplished, but by the time we reach the Ming Dynasty, this matter will hang in the balance!
You are looking down on our Daming!
The desire to win in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was suddenly ignited, and he immediately said in a deep voice: "Ouyang Lun, you are talking nonsense! I, the Ming Dynasty, expelled the Meng Yuan, restored the Han family's rivers and mountains, and even drove the Yuan people back to the grassland. This alone is not Other dynasties can be compared!!”
"I think back when the Ming Dynasty was founded, I, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, knelt down to the sky on the top of the Purple Mountain, and the sun and the moon were vast. At that moment, I, the Han people in the Central Plains, really stood up!"
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang was full of pride, and his whole body burst out with a majestic aura.
Tang He and Xu Da couldn't help but bow their bodies slightly when they saw this, with respectful expressions.
Only Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes and said calmly: "Uncle, you are inserting green onions into a pig's nose, and you are pretending to be an elephant here!"
"You are just a relative, and you are also a business relative. What does this have to do with you? It's as if you conquered the Ming Dynasty."
"There is a gap between the Ming Dynasty and the heyday of the Qin, Han, Tang and Three Dynasties. Don't you really know that?"
"It seems that I need to teach you a lesson to improve your shallow knowledge!!"
(End of this chapter)
