Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 243 Chapter 240 Chapter Ambition and Dominance

Next, while walking along the Red River, Wang Daoqiu talked about the analysis of Xu Jie's character in history books and his restless heart.

As Wang Daoqiu narrated, Xu Jie became more and more frightened.Mud horse!Monster!My acting skills were so good that I almost deceived everyone, but how did this monster know me so well?You must know that before today, I had only dealt with this evildoer on the day he went to the Hanlin Academy to report and to go to the Ministry of Personnel to complete the formalities when he first became an official.

He is such a monster. How could he see through someone after only meeting him once?Thinking about Wang Daoqiu's evil mind, Xu Jie became more and more panicked.

Looking at Xu Jie's gradually distorted facial muscles, Wang Daoqiu felt that he had almost bluffed him.So he smiled and said: "Master Xu, many people think that I, Wang Daoqiu, am able to reach a high position at a young age only because of my luck and my ability to flatter the emperor. You don't think so too, do you? "

"No, no, no, talent does not depend on your age. Master Taifu is gifted by nature, and Xu Jie is convinced."

Xu Jie is convinced!You, Xu Jie, will be convinced. Is it strange to believe you?Knowing that a person like Xu Jie, who is very self-reliant and has lofty ambitions, will never bow to fate, let alone obey anyone.Wang Daoqiu smiled, but he didn't expose Xu Jie either.

Hearing Xu Jie's convincing, Wang Daoqiu continued: "Master Xu's real clothes are not important, I just hope that when Master Xu is soaring in the future, he will not block my way. Although I, Wang Daoqiu, have entered the imperial examination, but I am very bored with the fights above the court. I hope that in my short few decades of spring and autumn, I can figure out the sea of ​​stars. I, Wang Daoqiu, am not pretentious or poetic, but I like the distance. To put it bluntly Well, in the future, I, Wang Daoqiu, will not compete with you, Mr. Xu, for the throne, but I also hope that, Mr. Xu, you will not try to trap my hands and feet like Zhang Jing. We will not worry about each other in the future, but good?"

"Master Taifu is joking, how can the light of my firefly, Xu Jie, be compared to the brightness of the bright moon, Master Taifu? Besides, there have been many talented people in my dynasty from generation to generation. All the princes in the court are talented people. Whose turn should it be for me, Xu Jie?" Are you fighting for the position of chief assistant?"

Pretend, never forget to maintain your own character and never give up your acting career, just like the tea art master Qin Huairu in the animal drama.

Knowing that Xu Jie is a dramatist, it is impossible for such a person to be honest with others, and Wang Daoqiu does not waste any effort in this regard.

So Wang Daoqiu went directly to the topic and said: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Xu. I don't like to go to the theater. No matter how good your performance is, I won't pay you to reward him. Well, Mr. Xu, everyone has his own The way to survive is that if you have different likes and dislikes and cannot be friends, Wang will not force you. Save our hasty decades of time and let Wang get down to business."

"To be honest with Mr. Xu, since the imperial court is not short of money, the emperor has a big strategy for the future of our Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, this grand strategy is to make the military power of our Ming Dynasty stronger than that of the Tang Dynasty. So to the south is Zhang Jing In addition to Annan and Jiaozhi with you. To the north is the northeast direction, to open up the Liao River Basin and the Songhua River Basin, to control the Jurchen tribes, to rebuild the Nuergandusi. To the west direction is to recover the Hexi Corridor, march into the Western Regions, and rebuild the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate."

Damn!Jiajing, this foolish king, really thinks that he is the Wutang Sect of the Han Dynasty!Is there no mirror in Xiyuan? Even if there is no mirror in Xiyuan, there should be urine, right?Could it be that the foolish emperor of Jiajing had no idea what his own character was?
In his heart, he despised Jiajing Hunjun, but in front of him, Xu Jie continued his acting career in front of Wang Daoqiu.Those emperors who praise Jiajing Emperor will definitely surpass the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in the future. Our Ming Dynasty will surpass the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the future and become the most powerful in the universe.

Seeing Xu Jie pretending to be there again, Wang Daoqiu sighed with emotion, Ma De, it's really tiring to discuss something with such an old bastard!
Patiently resisting the urge to make a fool of Xu Jie, Wang Daoqiu waited for Xu Jie to finish his fart, and then continued: "Now in the Northeast, we have opened more than 1000 miles of canals in the past two years, connecting the Liao River Basin. and the Songjiang River Basin have been connected. Now, after the ice and snow in the Northeast melt, our ships can enter the Liaohe River from the sea, then transfer from the Liaohe River to the Songhua River, and then enter the Nenjiang River from the Songhua River. The Heilongjiang and Wusuli Rivers Several large northeastern rivers and their tributaries.”

"It can be said that by building the canal and opening up the Liaohe River Basin and Songhua River Basin, we have opened up routes from the sea to various places in the hinterland of Northeast China, which can enable our manpower and material resources to be invested in the maximum amount at the minimum cost to our Northeast. In the cause of control. To be honest with Mr. Xu, through tens of millions of taels of money from the imperial court, we have immigrated more than 70 people to the northeast in the past two years. In addition to the Liaodong area formerly controlled by us, we have also built ten villages along both sides of the Songhua River. One health post, seven health posts were built along both sides of the Nen River, and four health posts were built along both sides of the Heilongjiang River.”

"And our Northeast Ming Army has now subdued the Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou, the Jurchen tribes in Haixi, and the Sauron people in the mountains. Now our Northeast Ming Army is attacking the last force among the Jurchens, the Barbarian Jurchens. , launch a war of conquest, and I believe that it will not take long before the opponent is forced to surrender. Mr. Xu, it can be said that the overall situation in the Northeast has been decided. From now on, the fierce Jurchens will put on my Ming Dynasty's shirt and fight for my Ming Dynasty. war."

"As for the northwest, last year the Trilateral Governor Yang Bo wrote to His Majesty, requesting to send troops to regain the Hexi Corridor. For this reason, last winter, the Emperor specially summoned the Trilateral Governor Yang Bo to Beijing to report on his work. In Xiyuan, the Emperor, the Cabinet and the Ministry of War listened to Yang Bo's speech After the report, we finally decided on the national policy of recovering Hexi first, and then waiting for an opportunity to enter the Western Regions. For this purpose, our Ministry of Revenue also allocated 500 million oceans of military expenditures to Yang Bo, the governor of the three provinces. We also drafted a document on the future grain taxes of Sichuan and Henan provinces. , all moved to the northwest for military use. Mr. Xu, if my guess is correct, you, the governor of Cochin, will definitely receive reports of war in the northwest soon." The Northeast is almost done. The northwest side is about to start a battle to open up territory, and on our side, Annan is pacified and Jiaozhi is built.Damn it, I don’t know, this Jiajing Hunjun is really destined to be the emperor!
Feeling sorry for Jiajing Hunjun's good fortune, Ma De, such a rubbish person actually has so many talented people working for him, God is really good to that bastard Jiajing.

Jealous of Emperor Jiajing for a moment, Xu Jie thought that they were all there to expand territory and make contributions.However, he was in a poor place like Jiaozhi, consolidating the fruits of victory and playing defense. If he did it well, he should do it. If he didn't do it well, he would be a fool and a waste, and he would get no credit at all.Xu Jie's heart is really shaking right now.

So Xu Jie asked Wang Daoqiu with a disappointed look on his face: "Master Taifu just said that he wanted to talk to his subordinates about business, but he also talked about a lot of wars in the northeast and northwest. I wonder what Master Taifu meant by this?"

Xu Jie didn't understand what the wars in the northeast and northwest that Wang Daoqiu mentioned had to do with Jiaozhi, which was thousands of miles away.So now he can't keep up with Wang Daoqiu's thinking, and his mind is full of mush.

Seeing that Xu Jie was confused, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly explained: "What do you mean? Master Xu, think about it! The war in the north is not something that can be settled in a year, two years, or three to five years. As the saying goes, before the three armies are moved, food and grass will go first , it is definitely necessary to have sufficient military food supply in every war. However, the northern provinces of Ming Dynasty have poor land and are often plagued by droughts and insect pests. The food they produce is not enough for their own consumption. Every year, they have to transport food from the south to the north to support them. How is this possible? We can support a large army and a large number of accompanying soldiers and civilians, so this military ration must be transferred from outside."

"Originally, with the abundance in the south of the Yangtze River, it was not a big deal for me to transfer several million stones of grain to the northeast and northwest every year. But Mr. Xu, you also know that last year I defeated the Japanese and suppressed the pirates in the coastal areas. , the sea routes have been unblocked since then, and our trade with overseas countries has boomed. The main commodity we sell overseas is silk, and to produce silk, we need to grow mulberry and raise silkworms. Therefore, starting from last year, those big merchants began to put their names on The acres below have been converted from rice to mulberry."

"When these people who first converted rice to mulberry make money and let everyone know that growing mulberry is more cost-effective than growing rice, I believe there will be more landowners and farmers in the south of the Yangtze River to convert their fields from rice to mulberry. That way As a result, the grain output in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely drop greatly, and it will no longer be possible to transfer large quantities of grain to the north. So where should the shortage of grain in the north be transferred? Mr. Xu, now you still think that the war in the north of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with you. Doesn’t it matter?”

Damn it, the food produced locally in the north cannot even feed the local people, let alone be used as military food.However, due to the development of the commodity economy in the south of the Yangtze River and the need to earn foreign exchange through exports, a large amount of arable land in the south of the Yangtze River will be converted into rice and mulberry, and the grain production will be greatly reduced. It is no longer possible to transfer a large amount of grain to the north.Then won’t the food gap in the north have to fall on Jiaozhi?After all, the rice here is grown three times a year!

Back then, Xu Jie would test Hwarang, who was ranked third in the country and definitely the top brain of this era, so as soon as Wang Daoqiu hinted at his intention, he understood it immediately.

However, considering the current situation of Jiaozhi and the huge food gap in the north, Xu Jie immediately said to Wang Daoqiu with a worried look: "Master Taifu, Jiaozhi now only has a population of more than 100 million and an area of ​​more than 200 million acres. Cultivated land. If the grain produced every year is to make up for the gap in the northern region of the Ming Dynasty, the grain tax must be levied at least [-]%. Thirty percent, this tax is too heavy, and Jiaozhi is a new city with unstable people. Imposing such high taxes will trigger civil unrest. You must not do it, you must not do it!"

"Hahahaha, Mr. Xu is overly worried. First of all, the conversion of rice to mulberry in Jiangnan is not a matter of a year or two, but a step-by-step process. Moreover, the demand for silk is not unlimited, and it does not require so many mulberry fields. . Therefore, within three to five years, the Jiangnan area will also bear the bulk of the south-to-north grain transportation, and in three to five years, it will also bear a considerable part. In addition, the emperor and the court do not intend to just let Jiaozhi make up for the less than Jiangnan. Mr. Xu, do Champa and Angkor south of Cochin occupy the fertile Mekong Delta with dense river networks, and the food production there?"

"What? Your Majesty, the imperial court intends to occupy both the city and Angkor?"

"Not only Champa and Angkor, in order to ensure the safety of Cochin, Angkor, and Champa, we must also control Nanzhang to the west of Cochin. How about it, Mr. Xu, you should understand now why the emperor asked you to I’ve been staying in Cochin for five years!”

Damn!It turns out that I am also on the front line here, and I can also take credit for opening up territories, ennobling marquises, and becoming prime ministers!At the thought of this, Xu Jie became excited, and a lewd smile appeared on his face.

Seeing the pride of the old bastard, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly poured cold water on him and said, "Master Xu, don't be too happy, for the sake of my Ming Dynasty's reputation, and in order not to make everyone in my Ming Dynasty's neighbors feel in danger. What the emperor and the court mean is, In the income actions against the three small countries of Nanzhang, Champa, and Angkor, you are not allowed to use force, you must be as reasonable and restrained as Annan, and let the other party's monarchs and ministers take the initiative to ask me to Da Ming, so that they can surrender."

(End of this chapter)