Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 938 You can always find stubbornness

The five elders turned their heads and saw Zhu Yijun coming in from the outside with a smile, his eyes revealing incomparable confidence.

When the elders saw that the emperor was coming, they all stood up and saluted him: "The ministers and others will see the emperor."

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be too polite, dear friends... Where did the discussion just go? What about Daning City, right?"

Several pavilion elders looked at each other, Zhang Siwei said: "As the emperor has heard, just now the ministers and others are discussing that Daning's persistence is a bit embarrassing."

Zhu Yijun lifted his chin slightly, and Shi Shiran said: "Before taking down Daning City, someone had considered this issue, but it was different from now, and it was not certain whether the conditions could be met, so although I knew it, I didn't take it first. Bring it up with your lovers."

The elders of the pavilions were a little stunned at first, and then immediately showed thoughtful expressions.

Before taking Daning City?
Ha, besides the emperor, only Gao Yushi knows about the goal of "taking Daning City". Even the cabinet didn't know the exact arrangement before, so before taking Daning City, start thinking about the future of Daning City. Sticking to the question, besides being highly pragmatic, can this person be someone else?

As soon as Zhu Yijun uttered these words, the reactions of the elders were very interesting: Zhang Siwei and Xu Guo visibly cheered up, Shen Shixing and Yu Youding frowned at the same time, and only Pan Sheng looked calm, except for a slight challenge. Beyond the eyebrows, it can be said that he has a calm demeanor.

Zhu Yijun took their reactions into his eyes, but he didn't express anything special. He just revealed the mystery as everyone wished: "Please tell me the truth, he has an appointment with King Shunyi, and as long as Daming needs it, King Shunyi will send out a group of rescuers." Tuoqiataiji will be stationed about a hundred miles south of Daning City, and will be the guard of our convoy...Of course, rewards are indispensable."

It’s not impossible to let Hanaji provide free help to save Hannaji’s face with a high level of pragmatism, but you can use it as much as possible, especially to spend his personal face for Daming’s state affairs, which is not in line with High pragmatic demeanor.

So he agreed with Hannaji to reward Daming and Tumd sent troops, which is a bit of a mercenary. Of course, there are many Mongols who are "mercenaries" in Xuanda and other places, and there have even been Many small tribes went to Nantou collectively, which is nothing new. Even Li Chengliang in Liaodong had many Mongolian athletes working under him, and many of them were his servants or even godsons.

In this day and age, nationalism is still far away.

Daming had a tradition of spending money to buy Mongols to fight Mongols, not to mention now, Tumote was the thug that Daming had been wooing, so it was only natural to contribute at this time.As for the reward, that is also reasonable, the only thing that needs to be paid attention to is nothing more than how the price is negotiated.

Yu Youding just had some signs of forcing Zhang Siwei, but was suddenly disturbed by the emperor's coming out. He was a little unwilling, turned his eyes, and asked: "Although it is a clever plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves, there are disasters in both the north and the south of my Ming Dynasty this year." , the imperial court waived part of the money and food, and in addition to preparing for the expenses of Lu Wang's big wedding with the country next year, if there is a big reward, I am afraid that the treasury will not be able to cope..."

As soon as Yu Youding opened his mouth, Shen Shixing immediately came to his aid, saying: "Your Majesty, I think Yu Ge is very worried about this. Originally, I did not expect a big war this year in Ming Dynasty, but when I died, Mongolia was in chaos, which in turn led to the Monan War. , This is already an unexpected battle... Although we have won this battle and it has shocked the world, the cost of it is also incalculable."

Yu Youding took a look at the emperor's expression first, and saw that he was not obviously displeased, so he continued: "I am trusted by the emperor to take charge of the household affairs. I have made rough estimates with the household department and the military department before. In the Battle of Monan, our dynasty sent troops, which was a huge waste of money and food, about 63 taels of silver, and 34 taels of grain, cloth, and gunpowder.

The sum of the two will cost a million taels of silver. Now the household department is discussing countermeasures day and night to see where to borrow and pay for it... Your Majesty, at this moment, if you want to add the reward for Tumot sending troops to guard our army's luggage , but I don't know where the money will come from? "

So when the cannon is fired, the gold is ten thousand taels. The battle of Monan has not fired a few shots yet, and the cost is so huge. Rao Zhu Yijun was prepared in his heart, and was taken aback by the cost of the million taels, subconsciously He asked: "Why did it cost so much? Li Chengliang also fought frequently before, and you always said that he spent too much money, but now in comparison, can't he spend 5 to [-] taels in one battle? Can it be called frugal?" gone?"

Zhu Yijun's words were unintentional, but Shen Shixing found an opportunity, nodded immediately and said: "The emperor's words are very true. Regarding this point, I also have a few words to say."

"Well..." Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, but still nodded and said, "Mr. Shen has something to do, but it's okay to say." Shen Shixing was his "common knowledge feast" when he was the prince, that is, the teacher, so naturally he should respect it , saying "Mr."

Shen Shixing said: "Gao Qiuzhen won the two battles in the north and the south, his talent is beyond doubt, but in these two battles, Annan was in front and Monan was in the back, but there was an unexpected problem. "

"Question?" Zhu Yijun asked suspiciously, "What's the problem?"

Shen Shixing sighed: "The battle of Annan, because the imperial court did not send troops directly, but Gao Qiuzhen fought on his own with his family members and Guangxi chieftain wolf soldiers as the main force, which is also the origin of the so-called "partial division" of "partial division to settle Annan". This battle, I don't want to talk about how he fought it, but just talk about the cost that Elder Yu Ge said just now, in short...the court didn't spend a penny."

Zhu Yijun asked in surprise, "Isn't that good?"

"Okay, of course it's good." Shen Shixing nodded vigorously, but smiled wryly, and said, "But here comes a problem. The imperial court is extremely ignorant of Gao Qiuzhen's style and cost of fighting, so As a result, the cost of the Battle of Monan was particularly huge, far exceeding the original estimates of the ministers and others."

Because of the war of words a few days ago, Zhu Yijun is now a little sensitive to criticisms of high pragmatism. When he heard the words, he straightened his face, and his tone was already slightly displeased: "Mr. Well, so that the imperial court spends a lot of money?"

Shen Shixing shook his head and said: "No, no, I have heard detailed reports from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of War. It is almost impossible to criticize Gao Qiuzhen's battle, but... his plan is too big and involves too many aspects. From From Shaanxi to Liaodong, the defense lines of thousands of miles were moved according to his instructions, and every move cost money.

This is not just a matter of strategy, but also of tactics. Since he mobilized all the elite Xuanda, among them were thousands of troops equipped with the new type Wanli muskets. It is particularly huge, so the high reward of silver is really the only one in decades.

Then there is the Battle of Shacheng. Although this battle was the turning point of the entire Battle of Monan, Gao Qiuzhen almost rebuilt the old central capital of the Yuan Dynasty in order to achieve his goal. ? "

(End of this chapter)