Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 732 Finale (2)

The atmosphere in Dongnuan Pavilion became subtle.

Lu Xiangsheng and Shen Tingyang had complicated expressions. In fact, as ministers, they knew very well what the emperor was thinking. Some of them absolutely supported it, while others were not. However, these arguments were only mentioned in private, and no one had ever mentioned them in front of the emperor.

The idea of ​​going to court the Heavenly Kingdom had a great influence on the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao lifted his sleeves, looked at Wei Guangxu and said, "Speaking of Korea, have you calculated the gold and silver seized from the Koreans in Hamgyong Province, Pyeongan Province, Kuandian and other places?"

"Your Majesty, we have compiled all the statistics."

Wei Guangxu bowed and said, "The seized gold and silver has been collected from various places, totaling 27 taels of pure gold, 271 million taels of pure silver, 46 taels of miscellaneous gold, and 417 million taels of miscellaneous silver. All of the above have been transported from the Yalu River to Dandong, and are under the supervision of a special person. They are now being transported to Beijing in batches."

This amount of gold and silver was said to be seized, but in fact 60% of it was taken back from the hands of the Jianlu, and the rest was confiscated from those who had served the Jianlu. It can be said that every ounce of gold and silver was stained with human blood!

"We have already contacted the Shaofu about this matter."

Zhu Youxiao said calmly, "After all the seized gold and silver are minted into new coins, half of it will be directly allocated to the Liaodong Governor's Office for use in military horse farms, military warehouses, and the navy. The Military Affairs Council must keep an eye on it for me."

"Give me the rest as special funds to invest in the corresponding industries of various new equipment. I don't need to emphasize how to do it, right?"

"The ministers obey the order."

The officials of the Military Affairs Council bowed in response.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care at all about the life or death of North Korea.

He is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and all he cares about is the people of the Ming Dynasty. Making the people of the Ming Dynasty live better and more easily is what Zhu Youxiao needs to consider and care about.

The continuous flow of gold and silver into the Ming Dynasty would give rise to many problems, which required Zhu Youxiao to focus on solving. If these were not solved, inflation would occur in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, there are too many tricks involved in how to spend, where to spend, and where to invest the newly minted coins.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't have the energy or time to care about the people of other countries.

In fact, there are many things that are closely related to the seized gold and silver, but they have not been mentioned openly, such as the two Korean Tartars who surrendered to the Jianlu, the large amount of grain and land confiscated, the Korean young men and women rescued, etc. All of these have been made clear.

All the people were relocated to Liaodong and divided into groups. The young and strong were sent to various mines, while the women waited for marriage. As for the children, they were all transported to the imperial farm in northern Zhili.

Of the grain, 50% was kept by the troops aiding Korea as a reserve grain store, and the rest was nominally sold to the Korean royal court, but in fact it was shipped to Liaodong in batches.

The land will be distributed to the lower classes in North Korea, but they must sign a contract with the troops aiding North Korea and hand over half of their harvest for five consecutive years, and the rest will belong to themselves.

Whatever happened in Korea was not reported back to Ming Dynasty, otherwise, I don’t know how many moral gentlemen would jump out to criticize and criticize.

"This Huang Taiji is really lucky. He didn't even stay in Korea." Zhu Youxiao remembered something, turned around and looked at the map on the side with a sneer on his face.

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After listening to what the emperor said, Wei Guangxu, Lu Xiangsheng and others looked at each other with complicated expressions on their faces.

At first, many ministers in the Military Affairs Council were puzzled by the fact that the emperor paid special attention to Huang Taiji. It was true that Huang Taiji was the so-called Fourth Beile of Jianlu, but there was no need to pay so much attention to him, right?
However, as the war situation in Korea was rapidly reported to Beijing, Huang Taiji's various performances surprised many people, especially when he retreated to Korea, a group of tens of thousands of Korean Eight Banners withdrew from the Kuandian forts with the Jianlu and engaged in fierce battles with He Shixian, Liu Xingzuo and other troops.

The new Eight Banners created by Xiong Tingbi was enough to shock them.

Now Huang Taiji has set up the Eight Banners in Korea.

The key point is that in the battle of Kuandian, most of Huang Taiji's troops were killed by the two Korean Tartars, and the Jianlu headquarters was not seriously damaged. After the battle, Huang Taiji fled to Hetuala. "The Ciluwei side will be very exciting in the future."

While everyone was thinking differently, Zhu Youxiao laughed, "As the Jianlu expand outward, internal strife will inevitably intensify. Nurhaci, I want to see how you balance the Eight Banners."

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was not angry about the northward migration of the core of Jianlu. On the contrary, he was very happy. After all, having Jianlu as a whetstone and not having this whetstone are two completely different concepts.

The Ming Dynasty still needs this whetstone.

What's more, to promote the Pan-Northeast strategy, we need strong enemies of certain strength, so that through constant struggle and conquest, we can gradually control more vast areas.

As long as the state-owned farm system can gradually mature in Liaodong, it can be promoted on a large scale in Jilin and Heilongjiang when the war with the Jianlu and the Mongols becomes clear in the future.

Zhu Youxiao did not require the above-mentioned places to provide a steady supply of food to the interior. As long as they could ensure self-sufficiency and provide military rations for the external expansion troops, there would be no problem with the Pan-Northeast strategy.

"The Military Affairs Council will issue several edicts tomorrow."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to Wei Guangxu and the others and said, "First, let Liu Xingzuo and Li Yangeng lead the New Eight Banners to take over the forts in Kuandian. From now on, the supply of their troops will be provided by Korea. Let the New Eight Banners exchange them for the heads of the Jianlu people!"

"Secondly, order the Tang king's grandson to urge the Joseon royal family and court to quickly prepare the gold and silver for the troops to aid Joseon. If necessary, a group of brave soldiers can be transferred back to Liao."

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"Third, Jeju is planning to build a military horse farm. This matter has been coordinated with the Liaodong Governor's Office. All expenses related to horse breeding will be borne by Liaodong."

"Fourth, order Denglai, Tianjin and other places to speed up the production of warships needed by the Jeju Navy, and order the commander-in-chief of the Jeju Navy to speed up the training of his navy, and strive to control the Korean waters by the fifth year of Tianqi!"

"Fifth..."

While speaking, Zhu Youxiao suddenly stopped, and those who were responsible for shorthand looked up at Zhu Youxiao one by one.

"That's it for now."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.

"The ministers obey the order."

Everyone bowed hurriedly.

Zhu Youxiao suddenly stopped because he realized that some things could not be said through the Military Affairs Council in an open edict. Some things had to be done under the table. It would be too ugly to do so and would easily cause rejection from the people of Korea.

Today's Korea is still very important to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Youxiao does not want any accidents to happen.

"All of what I mentioned should be implemented as soon as possible."

Zhu Youxiao turned around, looked at Wei Guangxu and the others, and said, "Draft the regulations as soon as possible and present them to the emperor."

"The ministers obey the order."

Wei Guangxu and the others bowed.

A completely independent Military Affairs Council plays a very positive role in Zhu Youxiao's control over the overall situation. In the future, the Military Affairs Council will gradually become one of the cores of the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)