Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1717 After the War

Good guy, it's driving tigers to eat wolves again, Gao Wushi really used this trick to death.During the Battle of Monan, he just drove the tiger and devoured the wolf, and defeated Chahar with Tumet.This project of the Western Regions is actually once again driving away tigers and swallowing wolves, and even this time it is not just a single drive away, but actually at the same time it is a way of turning the tiger away from the mountain.

It seems that the Ordos Department has suffered a lot of bad luck. Not to mention their efforts, they will have to change their home after winning the battle.I just don't know if the Ordos Department will be so miserable that they will be homeless if they are not captured.

But after thinking about it, Zhu Yijun thinks that Gao Yushi should not be so harsh, and Gao Yushi is not a very harsh person in essence, and he is generally not used to driving people to a dead end.

Zhu Yijun believes that the high-practical approach is probably killing two birds with one stone. It is necessary to regain the Hetao with the most relaxed attitude, and to use the Ordos Department to contribute to the future development of Ming in the Western Regions, and may even have the Ordos Department in the Western Regions to act as a housekeeper for Daming. bodyguard.

It's really not letting go of any oil and water, and it's really a means of doing business to become the richest man in Ming Dynasty.

As for whether the Ordos Department will not be convinced, Zhu Yijun is not worried.Gao Yushi has always been the best at using profit to drive people to work for him. He must have drawn a big pie for the Ordos Department at that time, and this big pie must be the type that the Mongols will think they have a good chance of winning.In this kind of matter, Zhu Yijun completely trusts high-level practical means.

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't hide the smile on his face, he laughed and said, "I'm so pragmatic, it's like winning a million soldiers."

The elders of the pavilions had different moods, but they all congratulated each other like a spring breeze.The emperor accepted the congratulations with a smile, and then said: "Okay, the post-war arrangements have been roughly settled here, let's talk about returning to Beijing in a pragmatic way. Mr. Shen, what are you doing now? Look?"

To be honest, Shen Shixing really didn't want to answer this question first, because he really didn't have much confidence in military affairs, but this question involved the military layout after the war.

Shen Shixing had no choice but to meditate, delaying for a little time, to see if he could organize his words and say a few words that would be correct no matter how they looked at it, but no matter how they thought about it, no one else could figure out what he meant.However, to his surprise, he only pondered for a few breaths before someone came out to rescue him.

The person who rescued him was Liang Menglong. The elder Ge who was in charge of the military department said: "It seems that Yuanfu may want to consider it from multiple angles. If this is the case, why don't Menglong come to discuss it first?" Several military ideas, so that Yuan Fu can refer to them in detail?"

Shen Shixing was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Mingquan has a heart, then Mr. Lao Mingquan will present a high-level opinion as a guide."

"Don't dare, don't dare, they are all working for the emperor. Yuanfu's words are serious." Liang Menglong got the permission of the chief assistant, and then he waved his hands to everyone present and said: "The emperor, Yuanfu, colleagues, according to the plan just now, after the war we Daming will directly control the old land of the original Chahar tribe, Mobei Wai Khalkha will be handed over to Tumed, and Aru Horqin in Hulunbuir will be handed over to Nen Horqin.

Under such a big situation, a situation has actually been formed with me as the core and Tumed and Horqin as the left and right wings. Correspondingly, Tumed's strength is far superior to Horqin's, let alone Tumed's opponents. The Ordos Ministry also had a great influence.Therefore, although my left and right wings are all subordinates, the left wing is strong and the right wing is weak. This point needs to be paid special attention to.

It stands to reason that Tumed has been surrendered for a long time. Whether it is the current Shunyi King Bahanaji or his son, the former military governor Qianshi Erdemutu, they are all loyal people who have devoted themselves to defending the border and fighting for the court. It is unlikely to betray the court.However, the formulation of the country's major policies cannot be discussed solely on the basis of personal loyalty, so our officers and troops should also focus on deploying defenses. "

Shen Shixing appreciated his analysis, and praised him: "Okay, what Ming Quangong said is justified, and the country's great politics should be right about things and not about people. In this case, Mingquan Lord's idea must be that the soldiers are in the west. Xiaobing is in the east?"

Liang Menglong said: "It's roughly the same, but it's not complete. According to Menglong's humble opinion, if our army is ten percent, three points should be in the middle, that is, Daning; three points in the east, that is, Chahanhot; The division is in the west, so we need to choose another city to the west of Daning to station in."

When he said this, Shen Shixing frowned. Although it was inconvenient for Liang Menglong to say something that was too unkind because Liang Menglong actually helped him just now, he still couldn't help hesitating and said: "I'm afraid there is no suitable city for the city. So, wouldn’t the imperial court have to spend another huge sum of money to build a new city?”

After all, Shen Shixing is the chief assistant. Although he is not very knowledgeable in military affairs, he still needs to care about spending money—even if it really costs money, it should be a headache for high-level officials.

But this is not over yet, Xu Guo, the second assistant, also had some doubts about this, and asked: "Just now, Lord Mingquan said that the garrison should have a focus, but apart from the core of Daning, there are four divisions in the west and three divisions in the east. There is a gap between them. It’s too small, how can it be called a focus?”

The cabinet ministers were still discussing. As the emperor, Zhu Yijun would not interfere at will at this time, but he also felt that the two questions of Shen Shixing and Xu Guo made sense, so he immediately looked at Liang Menglong to see how he would answer.

Liang Menglong was very calm after hearing this, and smiled first and said to Shen Shixing: "Yuanfu, building the city on the fortress is actually not that difficult. If Qianyuan can do well, there is no reason why we Ming can't do it well? What's more, this time Building a city is different from building Daning, you don’t need to worry about defense issues, and the cost will be far less than building a new city in Daning. Although Menglong is not counting, Duke Huanzhou is here now, and you can prove it to Duke Huanzhou.”

Wu Dui met several scorching gazes, and said calmly: "That's right, the cost should not exceed half of the newly built Daning City."

Shen Shixing pondered and said, "Daning City spent 70 taels..."

This time he just made a start, Wu Dui interrupted him very rudely, and said: "Yuanfu's calculation is not correct. The cost of building Daning City itself is less than 20 yuan. Not only did it take about three If it takes a year, and it also includes the Urn City, the inner city, the government office, and the military camp, if it is apportioned to each year, the cost will only be 7 taels.

As for the so-called 70 taels, the remaining 50 taels are more consumed in mobilizing troops and enriching the people in the city. It is regarded as the cost of migration, not the cost of building the city. "

This time Wang Xijue interjected and defended Shen Shixing: "No matter what money is spent, it is spent on Daning City, isn't it? Since Daning City needs to spend this money, wouldn't it be unnecessary to build another city west of it?" Spent?"

"Mr. Jingshi's words are wrong." Liang Menglong shook his head and said: "We were still inexperienced when we built Daning City, so that we did not use and allocate resources reasonably. The imperial court found a way to kill two birds with one stone when it built a new city—immigrants should be immigrants instead of forced expropriation of households in a certain place.”

He explained: "Refugees staying in the same place, because their land and houses are not good, actually become a hidden danger in the local area. If they are not careful, they may become mobs. Therefore, although it is expensive to move them, it is better than using troops after the incident. many.

In recent years, there have been disasters of varying degrees in various parts of Ming Dynasty, especially in the north, and the number of victims and refugees is increasing day by day.If we can relocate them to Monan New City, we can not only enrich the local area, but also divide the land and order it to cultivate. Although the cost is expensive, if we look at it after a few years or ten years, I am afraid there will be a surplus. "

The "surplus" in his mouth is of course from future taxation, which everyone understands.However, Wang Xijue obviously disagreed, saying: "Although the land in Monan is vast, it is not arable land. Duke Mingquan said that he ordered it to cultivate, how can he cultivate it?"

Originally, this statement was generally accepted by everyone. After all, the view that there is no arable land beyond the Great Wall is almost a consensus.

However, there was an accident this time. Liang Menglong asked with a smile: "Tumed has been farming for decades, and even opened up hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the past 20 years. How can it be said that there is no cultivated land in Monan?"

In fact, he exaggerated what he said. In fact, Tumed did not reclaim so much arable land. It should be 10,000+ mu, but the cabinet members do not know the exact data. They only know that Tumed has indeed reclaimed a lot of land over the years. It is used for farming, and the people who farm are mainly Han people who fled north in the early years and their descendants.

These Han people living in Tumed are now about 10,000+, and the average is about one mu of land per person.However, this is not how the numbers are calculated. Not everyone here is a young and middle-aged man, and not everyone is just a farmer.

In fact, there are only about 4 Han Chinese laborers engaged in farming in Tumed, and other old and weak women and children account for more than half.There are also some people who are engaged in other occupations, such as blacksmiths, carpenters, bamboo craftsmen, merchants and other handicraft manufacturing and so on.

Of course, regardless of the actual data, at least Liang Menglong used this example to prove the point of view that agricultural production can be carried out in the Monan area-and this is also the case.

However, Liang Menglong still refused to give up, and then bowed his hands to Zhu Yijun, saying: "I have a good news. The Pope knows that in addition to growing wheat, Da Situ also told me that he got a kind of corn from the Spaniards. A new crop whose roots are the size of a goose egg, edible and extremely filling..."

"Oh, you mean potatoes, right? I already know about this, and I even treated him pragmatically. I tasted it with him." Zhu Yijun laughed and said nonchalantly.

He said it easily, but it shocked the elders.Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, Wang Jiaping, and Wang Xijue got up at the same time, and then each was taken aback for a moment. Finally, Shen Shixing, who was the chief assistant, spoke on behalf of everyone, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the son of a daughter will not sit down! Things have not yet been known about their warmth and coldness (a term used in Chinese medicine, which basically means the word "attribute" at this time), how can your majesty try it out? This is too casual, and it is really light on the world. I hope your majesty will be more careful in the future!"

As a minister and chief minister, Shen Shixing did have the identity and responsibility to say this.But who knows that Zhu Yijun at this time is no longer the young emperor of the past, who can be rounded and flattened by his ministers. Now that he has wiped out Can Yuan, he is the real master of Ming Dynasty ZTE!
Therefore, Zhu Yijun waved his hand indifferently, and said: "Yuanfu and the gentlemen kindly accept it, but I will eat this thing for three months first, and I will invite me to eat it after confirming that there is nothing wrong. Why don’t you know the theory of warm and cold in it? Could it be that if you eat it practically, you will be fine, but if you eat it, you will have trouble? There is absolutely no reason for this.”

He didn't care what the four ministers had to say, he turned to Liang Menglong and said, "I've eaten this thing before, it's really filling, and it even tastes good, but what does this have to do with what Liang Aiqing said just now? Oh, let me guess... Could it be that Monan can grow potatoes?"

Of course!Just kidding, not only Monan can grow potatoes, but even Siberia can grow potatoes!
Of course, Liang Menglong didn't know the stalk of "sending you to Siberia to dig potatoes". He just repeated some words Gao Yushi told him, and said with a smile: "The emperor sees Wanli, Da Situ did say that Monan has There are many areas that are extremely suitable for growing potatoes, and Chahar is one of them.”

He did not repeat the words wrongly, Gao Yushi's original words were just like this.In fact, the so-called Monan is basically the Inner Mongolia of later generations, and Inner Mongolia is indeed one of the three major potato-producing areas in China. The output is not high, but very high-annual output is as high as 140 million tons.

Note that here is "140 million tons", that is, 14 billion kilograms, 28 billion catties.Considering that there are many types of agricultural planting in Inner Mongolia in later generations, and the total grain output is as high as more than 730 billion catties, it can be seen that they are not fully planting potatoes at all (Chinese eating habits have a great impact on this).

It can be seen from this that in the era of Ming Dynasty, that is, when it is ten times more important to eat well than to eat well, what would happen if we tried our best to grow potatoes in Monan.It can be said that at least the problem of food shortage in the north will be greatly improved.

Zhu Yijun also thought about the yield issue, and asked, "How is the yield of this potato?"

"I don't know the exact number, but Da Situ clearly said that the output is extremely high." Liang Menglong replied confidently.

Of course he is very confident, after all, Gao Pragmatic never jokes about these things.In fact, the yield per mu of potatoes in Inner Mongolia was as high as 840 kilograms, or nearly 1700 kilograms.Although it is definitely not possible to reach this figure now, even if it is cut off in half, it is much more powerful than growing other grains. Food and clothing is definitely a fetish.

Zhu Yijun was overjoyed, even a little carried away, patted his thigh and laughed: "Since this is the case, building a new city west of Daning is really nothing. When I return to Beijing, I will personally ask him about the details... Well, Liang Aiqing, continue talking."

Liang Menglong accepted the order, turned around to explain another question, and said: "As for the weight of the equipment equipped by the army, it actually has something to do with geography. Your Majesty and colleagues, please look at the map. The Tumo special jurisdiction is actually not far from Daning. I built a new city to the west of Daning, but both this city and Daning are closer to the territory under the jurisdiction of Tumote.

Correspondingly, Chahanhot is located to the east, but it is considered to be a single wing.Therefore, although Daning is the core of my station in Chahar, it is actually more inclined to the west. Therefore, it can be seen that [-]% of our army is west, so why not focus on it? "

This time, everyone finally fell silent and stopped expressing doubts.Seeing this, Zhu Yijun said, "It seems that it should be feasible, but after all, this layout is just naturalization. What I want to know more now is whether the imperial guards can return to Beijing with Pragmatism, so that the imperial court can arrange a suburban welcome for them."

Liang Menglong said decisively: "Go back to the emperor, I think it's okay."
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