Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 659
The reason why Emperor Chongzhen wanted to find Liu Weichao was, in the final analysis, a matter of money.

Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought wars and impoverished the country!Emperor Chongzhen had a deep understanding of what would happen if he had no money.

Even after Liu Weichao popularized the new way of war to him, as long as he made a big move, he would definitely discuss it with Liu Weichao.

For example, the previous campaign against thieves, generally speaking, this kind of war is definitely a business that costs money; however, once this is combined with the strategy of rectifying the local area, it will be completely different. Not enough wealth, but after the war, it is equivalent to straightening out the country's taxation, and the money is rolling in!
Also, in the Southwest War, the old policy of reforming the land and returning it to the local people had to be followed. That is, the land of the chieftain had to be extinct before the chieftain's territory could be brought under the direct control of the imperial court.

However, under Liu Weichao's suggestion, the army suppressed the border, took the opportunity to adopt the new method of reforming the land and returning the land, and used the chieftain's land and wealth to support the war. Not only did the court not spend much military expenditure, but it directly solved the southwestern chieftain issue.

Let's talk about the recent dispatch of the Luzon Expeditionary Army. On the surface, anyone would think that this is definitely a war that will cost a lot.However, Emperor Chongzhen himself knew that this was still a business that would not lose money, and was even very profitable.

First of all, taking Dongfan by the way, Daming will have a place to grow tropical plants such as rubber.Among other things, just the rubber item, the more the better, I don’t know how much it will be useful in the future!

In addition, whether it is Dongfan or Luzon, there are many mines.For example, there are gold mines in Dongfan, copper mines in Luzon, and of course, gold mines too, all of which are money.Take a step back and say that the harvest of food planting will be very high.

All these things, in the eyes of others, wars cost money, but on the side of Emperor Chongzhen, they don't spend much money, and it is even possible to make a lot of money.

This time, Sun Chuanting's proposal was good, but in the end, Emperor Chongzhen would of course ask Liu Weichao to have a look at him and do the economic calculations.

Although, some economic accounts, his courtiers can also calculate.But these courtiers of his are absolutely ignorant of those unknown benefits, such as minerals, etc. Therefore, for the final economic account, he must find Liu Weichao.

No, the video he dialed to Liu Weichao, as soon as he connected, Emperor Chongzhen immediately explained Sun Chuanting's proposal.Of course, he read Sun Chuanting's memorial and said one by one, otherwise, there might be omissions.

After finishing speaking, he asked Liu Weichao, "What do you think?"

Of course Liu Weichao knew that when Emperor Chongzhen asked, he was mainly asking about money, how to save the most money?

Liu Weichao thought for a while, then nodded immediately and said: "Sun Chuanting is right. Wars have accidents. If they are not under control and affect the customs, it will be troublesome. It is also time to change from strategic defense to strategic offense!"

Having said that, he paused and said again: "Of course, the main reason why you focused on strategic defense before is because the main force of your army is in the southwest. Now that the army has been transferred back, with this strength, it is now a strategic offensive. , naturally it is reasonable!"

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and his mind was not on it, because there was nothing to talk about for this big strategic choice, so he asked him with concern: "Then how should we fight?"

As soon as Liu Weichao heard it, he played his true character as a keyboard warrior and said: "In general, I agree with Sun Chuanting's suggestion. For the Japanese country, it is necessary to attract as many Japanese soldiers to North Korea as possible, and then eliminate the Japanese soldiers through naval battles. This should be casualties. Smallest, cheapest war!"

After a pause, he added with a smile: "If you spend so much money on building a ship, you must get back some of the cost, right? Then it can be reflected here. At that time, if all the ships of the Japanese country are sunk, how many Japanese ships will be recovered?" When the soldiers come out, they will all go to mining, which is the best way to get back the capital.”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded. As far as the present is concerned, the bulk of his money is spent on nothing but the navy.Among them, the cost of recruiting naval officers and soldiers is second, and the most important thing is the cost of shipbuilding, which is called high!

A lot of consumption of iron materials, starting a line from mining, money is everywhere.Of course, he has already heard Liu Weichao introduced that promoting employment is of great benefit, but at this time, he did not take this into account.Those iron-clad ships, no matter they are being remodeled or under construction, can't be decorations, they must be recouped.

No, after Liu Weichao said, the money came back.

The troops that the Wa Kingdom can mobilize can reach millions.Especially when the Japanese country is still good at musket warfare, if so many Japanese soldiers are to be eliminated, if the army and the Japanese soldiers are fighting, the losses will definitely not be small, not to mention, the material consumption during the battle is astronomical. up.

However, if you use the overwhelming advantage of the navy to fight the Japanese army, the cost will be greatly reduced. This is the benefit of shipbuilding!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen showed a smile on his face, and asked again: "What else?"

"What's more, I think the counterattack against the Mongolian tribes can be started first." Liu Weichao listened, pondered for a while, and then replied, "As for the counterattack point, I think we can start from the Hetao Plain, that is, to attack Department of Tumut begins."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't need to ask why, he continued to explain: "The Yellow River is full of harm, but the only thing that is rich is to occupy the Hetao Plain first, and then expand east and west. This is the most economical..."

The Hetao is further divided into the Front Tao and the Back Tao, and is blocked from the north by the Helan Mountains, the Wolf Mountains and the Daqing Mountains.Among them, the front set is a good natural pasture with green pastures; the back set is rich in wheat, rice, grain, soybean, sorghum, corn, sugar beet and other crops.Therefore, the ancients also said that "the Yellow River in the world is rich in Hetao, and the rich in the first set is rich in the latter set."

This place has always been a place of contention between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Mongolian tribes.Relatively speaking, of course, nomads have more advantages.

But at the time of Emperor Chongzhen, the glory of Al Da Khan was long gone. First Lin Dan Khan was ravaged, and then he was divided by Huang Taiji. The strength of the Tumed tribe has reached the level of bullying.

As Liu Weichao explained, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, with a smile unconsciously on his face: He never has too much of a good site!
At the end, Liu Weichao finally talked about the real master, that is, Jianlu, and said: "Over there in Liaodong, it can be seen that Jianlu is wholeheartedly wanting to reclaim the Heilongjiang River Basin. To be honest, there is black land, and the land is fertile. Absolutely. It is one of the granaries in the world. Jianlu will open up wasteland first, which will save you a lot of manpower and material resources."

After a pause, he remembered something, and continued to say to Emperor Chongzhen: "By the way, haven't you already given your cement formula? I just don't know what's going on with Jianlu? If they repair the road, The water conservancy facilities are also repaired, which will save you a lot of time. Therefore, if you want to ask my opinion, I think you can keep Jianlu for the time being and fight at the end."

Emperor Chongzhen listened, thinking silently in his heart.

According to what Liu Weichao said, the most economical way to fight is to attack Mongolia and Japan first, and for Mongolia, start from the Hetao Plain; and to attack Japan is to attract Japanese reinforcements to North Korea...

Thinking of these, he probably had an idea in his mind.

On Liu Weichao's side, seeing the result of this matter, he asked Emperor Chongzhen, "Is the second special scientific examination of Gephysics about to start?"

"Exactly!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and then said with a little emotion, "Scientific and technological talents are really not enough. I have no choice but to hold a special scientific examination of Gephysics once a year, and select as many scientific and technological talents as possible It’s good to come out! All the branches of the shipyard are calling for important people, and the military bureau is also calling for lack of people..."

Regarding this, Liu Weichao nodded while listening, this is for sure.

Before the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed skilled craftsmen, but without theoretical support, they could only be skilled craftsmen. The master and the apprentice depended more on luck.

However, once you systematically study theoretical knowledge, you will not only learn quickly, but also often draw inferences about other cases from one instance.There are such talents available, and the government offices, especially these hard-working science and technology government offices, are of course rushing to get them.

After hearing Emperor Chongzhen complain for a while, Liu Weichao still reminded him: "Your first class of scientific and technological talents, unless it is necessary, otherwise, I suggest you keep the next class of teachers as well, so that they will not be like them again. Go to self-study like the first class."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said regretfully: "So, I'm short of people! I need this, I need that. That's a real shortage of talents!"

At this time, there is no shortage of officials, but there is an absolute shortage of scientific and technological talents!

There is nothing Liu Weichao can do about this matter. To cultivate talents, there is no such thing as the legendary empowerment.The cultivation of talents takes time, there is no doubt about it!
Thinking of this, he still comforted Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Now you have set up free schools in every province through the welfare lottery, and when they grow up, you will have more talents you can use!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have made some calculations in his heart, and then said: "I see, the money on hand is not bad. This free education thing should be promoted throughout the country. Otherwise, there will be one in the southwest. It doesn’t exist in other places, so it doesn’t make sense!”

The new policy of reforming the land and returning it to the natives has free schools. This is not the way of welfare lottery, but directly allocated by the court.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had a decision in his mind, so he hung up the video communication.

(End of this chapter)