897 Selling arms
"Your Majesty, the Eziertu envoy of the Heshuote tribe, the Junggar tribe..." The Jinyiwei Captain reported a long list of names, all of whom were envoys from the West, and said, "Please give me an audience!"
Emperor Chongzhen naturally allowed it. After a while, he saw a group of people from Mongolia in the western region coming to the imperial court to greet him. Among them, Eziertu spoke on behalf of them: "I am very grateful to Your Majesty for his broad mind, as broad as a grassland, so that I can learn a lot of skills in the new army..."
Listening to Eqiertu's grateful words, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly. After arriving in the capital, he had already listened to the news about them first. He knew that these Mongolians had learned very seriously in the new army and meticulously completed the brainwashing class he arranged, which also allowed them to see the prosperity of the capital. He envied the Ming Dynasty for his questions. In the past six months, he gradually became more and more like the Ming people.
"... The foreign ministers still have time to go on missions and are thinking about the grassland, so they want to go back and report His Majesty's wisdom and greatness and the strength of the Ming Dynasty to Uncle Khan." At the end, Eziertu expressed his purpose.
Emperor Chongzhen was indecisive to this and immediately agreed, thinking in his heart, if you don’t go, how can you let the Ming Dynasty influence your western Mongolia?
"The foreign minister also has a heartless request, begging the most noble emperor to be kind." When Eziertu said this, he actually used the most noble etiquette in Mongolia to salute again. Other Mongolian envoys also followed and celebrating with the most noble etiquette. It was obvious that they had an understanding of each other and knew what Eziertu was talking about.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't like this way of speaking. However, from the information he received, he basically guessed what they wanted to make. Therefore, he seemed generous and nodded immediately and said, "Speak!"
"Your Majesty, there is a vicious country in the western part of the vulgar people. Tsarist Russia relies on its sharp firearms to commit border affairs." When Eziertu said this, he showed a hint of indignation on his face, "But when it comes to foreign ministers, the new firearms of the Ming Dynasty are particularly exquisite than those of Tsarist Russia. Therefore, the foreign ministers represent father Khan and Mongol of the Weilad tribe. They want to buy these flintlock rifles from the Ming Dynasty. The price is not a problem. I hope His Majesty the Emperor will be right!"
As expected, Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face: "These flintlock rifles are the latest and most advanced guns of my Ming Dynasty. You should have seen them, and even my Ming army has not yet been equipped..."
Looking at the emperor's face and listening to the emperor's words, Eziertu couldn't help feeling a little sad. Thinking about it, this is the best weapon of the Ming Dynasty. They don't have it yet, so how could they give it to others!
He was thinking this way, but he heard Emperor Chongzhen turn to the topic: "But I have heard of the cruelty of Tsarist Russia. Since your Wei Lat Mongolia has surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, I cannot ignore it."
Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have thought about it again and said: "I issued an order to the Military Weapon Bureau, and the flintlock rifle can be supplied to your Wei Lat team first. But there is one thing that requires you to consider. This flintlock rifle is a new build and the cost is very high. I don't want to make money from you, but I just give it to you and others. How about it?"
If the cost price is really a ghost. Anyway, the Mongols don’t know what the real cost of the flintlock rifle is. The price is as much as the price!
When Eqiertu heard this, he was very happy. As long as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty agreed, it would be the best. However, he had time to answer, and saw Mao Yuanyi immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the last general objection is. This is a powerful weapon of the Ming Dynasty's military and country. How can you give it to outsiders first..."
"Your Majesty, the last general also objected. It is inappropriate to equip outsiders with flintlock rifles. If these Mongolian wolfish people are ambitious and come with these firearms..." Zu Dashou also stepped out to oppose.
Eziertu was very anxious when they heard these words, and the more he heard them, the more serious he became, he was afraid that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would change his mind. In fact, he thought that if he had been the important weapon of the military and the country, he would not be willing to give it to others.
Therefore, he immediately followed the remark: "The most noble emperor, the foreign ministers can swear to the sky that our enemy of Wat Mongol is the Tsarist Russia of the West. We Wat Mongol will never be enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and we are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty forever!"
Such vows, as long as the politics are mature, they are just listening to them. Who will take it seriously? There has never been a permanent stable relationship between countries. If Weilat Mongolia becomes strong, who dares to say that it will not think about it and plan for the prosperous Ming Dynasty.
However, when Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he seemed to believe it. Looking at the ministers who were opposing in front of him, he said hesitantly: "When the ministers in the court heard the news, they would definitely object. So, I would give you ten flintlock guns to each tribe? In this way, I will have an explanation to them."
Hearing this, Eziertu became anxious. What's the use of ten flintlock rifles! If his own tribe could be built, how could this be possible! So he thought about what Emperor Chongzhen said just now, and suddenly felt aroused in his heart, and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister is willing to buy at a high price, so he can give them an explanation."
"Haha, this is a powerful weapon of the military and the country, and how can it be exchanged for mere money?" Zu Dashou retorted bluntly when he heard this.
However, Emperor Chongzhen heard this and reached out to Zu Dashou, stopping him from continuing, and scolded him with a little unhappy, "I have agreed. Do you want me to be the king who has no faith? Don't mention this matter again!"
Eziertu was overjoyed and quickly thanked him and decided on the matter. As for the specific purchase details, it was naturally something that someone else would talk about. Emperor Chongzhen himself could not participate in this detail.
After returning to the palace, Emperor Chongzhen immediately summoned Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Bi Maokang, Director of the Military Weapons Bureau, to tell them about this and let them negotiate transactions with the Mongolians of the Weila tribe. Anyway, this is the seller's market, so it will be fine. But Emperor Chongzhen designated a point and said: "Last year, wars were endless in Hetao, and now the eastern Mongolian tribe is reorganizing. Although the fertile land was being reclaimed last year, the food was still insufficient. Therefore, these guns were only exchanged for cattle and sheep from western Mongolia, and the rest were not needed."
This solved the problem of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and he was naturally happy, but he also had concerns: "Your Majesty, this flintlock rifle is a weapon of my Ming Dynasty. Although it was sold to them at a high price, is this a bit inappropriate?"
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Bi Maokang: "You may answer this?"
When Bi Maokang heard this, he said to the family with a smile: "These flintlock rifles must be excellent to be useful. The excellent flintlock rifles can be produced by our military weapons bureau at present, let alone Wei Lat Mongolia! If they want to use firearms all the time, they have to rely on our Ming Dynasty to continue to provide them, and the best gunpowder must also be provided by our Ming Dynasty. It can be said that if the Wei Lat troops use firearms, they must listen honestly to our Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, once the supply is cut off, their army will be abolished!"
Chapter completed!