Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 367 Joint Anti-Smuggling

"Your Majesty, Dongjiang Town is specially established on Yupi Island. Do we need to discuss this matter further?"

In the Wuying Hall, Jin Xuan looked at the map hanging, hesitating in his heart, and stepped forward to persuade: "Nowadays, the order in Liaodong is relatively stable, and the worries of the captives below are still unresolved. Pi Island is far away from Liaodong, and the Ming Dynasty is alone. Overseas, although in the previous battle of Liaozuo, Pinglupo and Dinglupo led their troops to Pi Island by boat, and attacked Jianlu's thief's nest with a special force, causing heavy losses to Jianlu's rear."

"However, according to military reports from the Liaodong Economic Strategy Office, Jianlu has stationed a large number of elite troops in the Kuandian forts. It may be difficult to repeat the previous surprise attack tactics. If Dongjiang Town is really set up on Pidao, it may be a threat to the imperial court. It is not a small burden, after all, stationing an army here consumes money and food..."

It’s still the same way of thinking as in the past.

Listening to what Jin Xuan said, Zhu Youxiao sighed inwardly. The change of thinking at the military level cannot be changed by one war. This requires continuous wars, military training with clear military types, and continuous iterations. Only through equipment and technological innovation can the Ming Dynasty fight from the cold weapon era and gradually move closer to the hot weapon era.

The core of what Jin Xuan talked about is that the situation in Liaodong seems to be stable at the moment, but in fact there are still many problems, especially the huge expenditure on food and salary, which is a heavy burden on the court. Under this background, it is necessary to deal with the special situation in Pidao. There are obviously not many benefits to setting up Dongjiang Town, so why do it?

"According to the opinion of the Qing family, the Ming Dynasty never recovered the Kuandian fortresses that were stolen by the Jianqiu?" Zhu Youxiao calmed down and looked at Jin Xuan and asked.

"I have emphasized before and expressed my will to the Liaodong Economic and Strategy Office many times. The prerequisite for stabilizing Liaodong is not to passively defend key areas and blindly defend but always fail. The best defense is to attack!"

"Don't always think about fighting big battles. Small battles can also be fought. Accumulate small victories into big victories. This business is a sure profit for the Ming Dynasty. After all, although the Eight Banners of Jianlu are strong, their fatal weakness is their small population and their lack of competition. The various forces in the grassland are intertwined, and they cannot suffer a disastrous defeat. If they dare to have one, the situation will be unfavorable to them."

"Look again, around the Liaozuo area, did the Ming Dynasty focus too much on Pu Fu's westward front line? Shen Liao was the root of guarding the Liaozuo. As for the eastern front, except for Crow Falcon Pass and Ding Liaoyouwei, there were not many Strategic maneuvering mediation?"

"The geographical location under the rule of Liaodong is complicated, especially the areas bordering the Jianlu. If we want to start a war with the Jianlu, if all the swarms gather in one place, our advantage will not be reflected at all, and the tactics of adding fuel to the fire are the tactics of the military. It’s a big taboo, so the prerequisite for quelling the Jianlu rebellion is that you can’t follow the Jianlu’s rhythm, the Ming Dynasty must play its own rhythm!”

As the whetstone set by Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao never thought about the overall deployment of the war against the rebels. What a good training object. How long the counterinsurgency war would last was not easily determined by the Ming Dynasty. , it depends on how long Jianlu can sustain it. If it can last three to five years, then the Ming Dynasty will last three to five years.

Anyway, the counterinsurgency war is not the goal. The ultimate goal is to use this war to hone the defense of the Liao ministries, and at the same time continue to mobilize new troops to go to the Liao to participate in the war. In this process, the military industry system, logistics system, military-civilian joint defense, etc. prepared by the Ming Dynasty , will form a trend of forcing reform through such intensity.

Reform requires the media to get involved. We cannot just shout for reform and reform without a sense of crisis. This will inevitably lead to continuous internal opposition.

In the ongoing counter-insurgency war, we will continue to improve the overall quality of the Ming army, strengthen the construction of maritime power, and control the need for sea and land cooperation. As long as this can be persisted, and some of the internal shortcomings and cancers can be eliminated, by the time the Ming Dynasty To completely resolve the Jianlu rebellion, whether it was strategizing to vassal Korea, the Japanese islands, the Ryukyu Islands and other places, or going south to intervene in various places in Southeast Asia, the Ming Dynasty would not be said to be unprepared.

"Your Majesty set up Dongjiang Town on Pidao. Do you want to open up another strategic town in addition to Dingliao Youwei, so that the Kuandian Forts where the Japanese invaders are occupying will always be under attack?"

Wei Guangxu seemed to have figured out what the emperor was thinking, and stepped forward to express his thoughts, "It's just that if this happens, our country will frequently use the territory belonging to Korea to achieve the effect of surprise attacks. If this is the case, I am afraid that the country will belong to Korea." Will...”       It doesn’t matter what they think.”

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and interrupted: "The great victory our dynasty won in Liaozuo will definitely shock the vassal Korea. Not to mention frequently borrowing the vassal territory, even if they are asked to give up part of the area, it will be used as a counter-insurgency by the Celestial Empire. The North Korean royal family doesn’t dare to say anything else if it’s what they need.”

"Don't forget, if it hadn't been for the Ming Dynasty, Korea would have been destroyed long ago!"

"What's more, when the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank stabilizes the sea routes and promotes private maritime trade with North Korea, they will have more places to seek Ming Dynasty."

In the Little Ice Age, it was not just the Ming Dynasty that was affected, but all the grassland tribes, Jianlu, Korea, etc., would also be affected accordingly.

Especially in North Korea, if it really gets cold, it will be far colder than Liaodong. If there is a disaster, once food production is reduced under the rule, it will be a huge blow to North Korea.

Before taking over North Korea, Zhu Youxiao valued their population and mineral deposits. If these demands could be achieved through maritime trade, Ming Dynasty would be able to speed up its internal construction.

"What's more, when I plan to establish Dongjiang Town, I also want to solve a problem, namely maritime smuggling!!"

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Before the battle between Liaozuo and Liaozuo started, the situation of the guards under Liaodong's jurisdiction must not have been forgotten by all the ministers, right?"

"Especially in Shenliao and other places, some monsters and demons have been driving up food prices, making it difficult for the people to live in peace, and almost leading to chaos. This matter must be suppressed."

"I plan to use Jinzhouwei, Tianjin, Denglai, and Dongjiang Town as strategic points, decentralize the maritime anti-smuggling power to these naval forces, and form a new joint anti-smuggling system, which will be under the control of the Shandong governor, and in the two towns of Denglai A Maritime Anti-Smuggling Administration will be established, and all smugglers investigated will be collected here, which will be used for the construction of maritime warships in the future!"

This……

The ministers who heard this had expressions of surprise on their faces. If the emperor really did what he said, it would cause ripples in the government and the public.

"Related matters related to anti-smuggling, the Military Affairs Council should draft a charter as soon as possible." Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said: "Before that, in the name of the Military Affairs Council, first issue a decree to the Liaodong Economic Strategy Office, and ask Xiong Tingbi to handle this matter as soon as possible. Well, let Mao Wenlong go out of Liao and lead his troops, and lead them as a guerrilla general for the time being. If he achieves military exploits in the future, he will be promoted!"

(End of this chapter)