I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 325: New Army’s Northern Expedition?Go to Annan!
After hearing the words "going out", Lan Yu breathed quickly and took the lead to stand up.

Said: "Your Highness! I am willing to lead 20 old troops and new troops to go north to conquer Beiyuan!"

"For Your Highness, defeat the royal court in one fell swoop and completely eliminate Bei Yuan!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was Bei Yuan.

Feng Sheng and Fu Youde did the same, heading straight for Beiyuan.

The purpose is to completely eliminate Bei Yuan!

As long as Bei Yuan can be eliminated, even the reduction of the old army is not unacceptable. After all, the army still has to be commanded by generals like them.

Even if one or two talents emerge from the new army, it will be difficult to shake their status.

It's just that there are far fewer people to command.

There is no such thing as the large-scale formation of millions of troops in the past, but with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, if we really put all our efforts into it, it is probably just a piece of cake to really mobilize a million-strong army.

The war potential of the Ming Dynasty is now many times higher than that of the Ming Dynasty in the past!
It's just that Zhu Yunzhen turned this part of the potential into a foundation to continue to accumulate and accumulate for the development of Ming Dynasty.

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But the Northern Expedition, how to do it?

Zhu Yunzhen was speechless. These guys were completely carried away. Zhu Yunzhen could understand that they had a lot of personal emotions mixed into them.

After all, he has been the enemy of Bei Yuan for most of his life.

But it is absolutely impossible for Zhu Yunxuan to start the Northern Expedition now.

With a total of only 20 old troops and tens of thousands of new troops, Zhu Yunxuan was not worried that these Ming troops would not be able to defeat Bei Yuan.

But wanting to destroy Bei Yuan is nothing more than a joke.

Mobei is so vast that if you hide in the depths, you won't be able to find it.

Is Zhu Yunxu going to keep sending these hundreds of thousands of troops to hide and seek with them in the Mobei grassland?This is naturally impossible.

Therefore, in Zhu Yunzhen's eyes, at least in the past three years, there was absolutely no mention of the Northern Expedition.

"The Northern Expedition must be the Northern Expedition."

It is naturally impossible for Zhu Yunzhen to say that the Northern Expedition is not included in his plan. This is undoubtedly an act that destroys everyone's morale.

But then he added: "But now the Ming Dynasty's navy is sailing to the West."

"The journey is long, there is nowhere to stop and resupply, and there is no reliable ground force support."

"This is the most urgent task of the Ming Dynasty's military strategy."

"So Gu's idea is to conquer the land of Annan in the south. The purpose is not to conquer Annan, but only to control the port and open up the market."

"The goal is to obtain the Ming army's garrison."

"The small country of Annan has been a member of China since ancient times, but in recent times it has become even more arrogant and attempts to provoke our Ming Dynasty."

"He must be taught a lesson for being so arrogant!"

Annan, I definitely want to get it.

In a game played by Zhu Yunzhen in his previous life, if you choose the script of the early Ming Dynasty, the first task is to recover Annan!
Because in this era of Ming Dynasty.

Annan is still part of the Ming Dynasty in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Yunxuan was not very interested in Annan, and he was not even very interested in Annan's domestic market.

What he really cares about is Annan's help for Western trade routes.

Imagine if Zhu Yunxuan arranged for a garrison to be permanently stationed at Annan Seaport and a navy to patrol the surrounding waters.

Clear out the pirates.

This trade route would naturally become safe and popular with Western merchants.

At the same time, it was more convenient for Ming merchants to sail to the West.

This is extremely beneficial to maritime trade. And if there are Ming garrisons and Ming naval patrols all over the world, wouldn't Ming's merchant ships be able to go wherever they want?

Or even where other countries’ merchant ships want to go.

It still has to be approved by Daming!
This is the way to truly harvest the wealth of the world!All ocean trade around the world must comply with the system set by the Ming Dynasty!
So Zhu Yunzhen set his target on Annan.This undoubtedly disappointed the generals who had been looking forward to the Northern Expedition for a long time. However, compared to Zhu Yunxuan who directly said to disband the army at the beginning, at least there were battles to fight, which meant that meritorious service could be achieved.

It also allows their descendants to go to the battlefield to hone their skills.

This is an extremely noble inheritance and opportunity for the family of distinguished military generals.

Every battle must be grasped, especially now that the Ming Dynasty is becoming more prosperous and peaceful. Apart from these old opponents, there is really no fight left.

It's just that they couldn't think of it.

The Ming Dynasty will have many battles to fight in the future!

Now it's just that the Ming Dynasty has insufficient foundation and cannot swallow up the world. Only then will Zhu Yunzhen fall silent, and only then will the fierce tiger of the Ming Dynasty sleep soundly!
"I will obey the orders of His Highness the Grand Sun!"

Seeing that Zhu Yunxuan had made up his mind and there was no room for negotiation, the generals had no choice but to accept this fact.

I am going to discuss a specific charter at the Military Affairs Office later.

After all, fighting is not a trivial matter. Food and grass must be mobilized first, and the New Army has so many artillery, which is not so lucky.

You have to take the first step.

Then the army will press on.

And the army must be divided into several directions and cannot be gathered together.

Not only is it impossible to unfold, but it is also possible that it will be destroyed in one fell swoop, causing a tragedy of burning hundreds of miles of battalions and wiping out all the elites.

The affairs of the army have been settled.

But Zhu Yunxuan didn't have time to wait for half a quarter of an hour. Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, came out and said: "Your Highness Taisun, I have something to report."

This was the case in the early Ming Dynasty.

There are always endless things to do. It is said that it is morning, but it can easily be postponed until noon.

Even in the evening, it is not impossible to have another evening court.

For Lao Zhu, a workaholic, late court has become the norm, but Zhu Yunzhen doesn't like late court very much.

More often than not, after the morning court, matters are left to the Wenhua Pavilion Advisory Office for handling.

This is one of the purposes why Zhu Yunxian established the Advisory Office.

"Say it."

Zhu Yunzhen nodded in agreement.

Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, spoke.

Said: "Your Highness Taisun, it has been two years since the first national debt was issued."

"Seeing that the day of repayment is approaching."

"Although the Ming Dynasty's treasury is full and enough to repay the national debt, if we want to continue to build the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge and water conservancy projects in various places."

"It will definitely drain the Ming Dynasty's treasury."

"By then, when the Ming Dynasty's national debt matures, won't it be impossible to repay it?"

"Breaking trust with the people?"

"Please also ask Your Highness to pay attention to the balance of the Ming Dynasty's finances, and to retain the principal and return it to the people."

Xia Yuanji reminded.

Because in his view, the national debt must always be repaid, and as time goes by, the maturity of the national debt is getting closer and closer.

Although there is still a long time to come, there are too many places where Ming Dynasty spends money.

His Highness Taisun seemed to have paid no attention to leaving enough principal.

Xia Yuanji was afraid that something would go wrong and Ming Dynasty would lose trust with the people, causing unpredictable things to happen.

It's just that he never thought about it...

Zhu Yunzhen never thought about repaying the national debt at all!
National debt, need to be repaid?

(End of this chapter)