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Chapter 140 Fu Youwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, is worried about money!

Next.

Li Boyuan took Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He to the development site again and visited the development process of bird guns and wolf guns.

After the visit, Li Boyuan bowed again and said:
"Your Majesty, can I meet the person who designed such a divine object?"

Faced with Li Boyuan's repeated requests, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said:

"Li Aiqing, please speed up the production of wolf guns, bird guns, and other ordnance first, so as to ensure that the Northern Expedition and the conquest of Japan are not affected."

"It won't be long before you can meet the genius who designed this thing!"

……

After leaving the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Yuanzhang returned directly to the palace.

Just had a simple meal.

Then he came to Jinshen Hall and asked Liu He to bring the wolf bamboo that he had brought back from the Ministry of Works.

Just trying to figure out where to put it.

I saw Liu He come in and inform Fu Youwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, to pay an audience.

Zhu Yuanzhang said casually:

"Xuan!"

After a short meeting, Fu Youwen directly entered the Jinshen Hall.

As a result, we saw a very amazing scene.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually took a large bamboo covered with blades and looked for a place to place it around the Jinshen Hall.

Fu Youwen couldn't help but ask:

"Your Majesty, why did you take the bamboo to the Jinshen Palace?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed:
"Fu Aiqing, you came just in time!"

"I have a list here, please help me take a look."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not wait for Fu Youwen to salute, and then ordered the eunuch Liu He to take out a list from the imperial desk and hand it to Fu Youwen.

Then explained:
"This is called the Langzhen, and it is a sharp weapon against Japanese pirates and Japanese swords."

"I will place the wolf in the Jinshen Hall."

"It just reminds me all the time not to make big mistakes like condoning Japanese pirates again!"

Fu Youwen was silent after hearing this.

I just wanted to give Zhu Yuanzhang a few words of comfort.

As a result, he was dumbfounded when he saw the numbers on the list.

"Your Majesty, you...you want to build at least twenty large warships?"

"What's the problem?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be confused.

"I remember Fu Aiqing said that because Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places have a bumper harvest this year and the national treasury is full, the prince can save some money even if he does not celebrate his birthday!"

Fu Youwen was almost choked to death by Zhu Yuanzhang.

He took a deep breath.

"Your Majesty, there is still a balance in the treasury, but all the money is useful!"

"The imperial court really can't afford the money to build warships!"

"Not only is General Xu going to send troops to the Northern Expedition, but the Ministry of Household Affairs also needs a lot of money to forge weapons."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youwen looked at each other for a long time.

Make sure this Mr. Fu is not just crying about poverty like him anymore.

It's because the imperial court really doesn't have any extra money.

Zhu Yuanzhang placed the wolf bamboo in the corner and sighed with disinterest.

"Fu Aiqing, thank you for your hard work. Let's put this matter aside for now. You can go back and handle your official duties first!"

"My minister retire."

Fu Youwen was so worried about money that he hurried back to the household department without even kowtow to Zhu Yuanzhang.

……

noon.

Cining Palace.

The Zhu brothers who rushed back from Confucius Temple were really hungry and went directly to Queen Ma's Cining Palace.Watching the two sons, they were devouring their food.

Empress Ma's eyes were filled with doting, but Zhu Yuanzhang next to her could not help but have something to say.

Just stood up and prepared to ask questions.

"Heavy eight!"

At this time, Queen Ma said:

"Sit down first. You see the two children are hungry. Can you wait until they have finished eating?"

"I'm a long time old, but I still can't calm down!"

"Now that Mr. Lin is well settled, what are you worried about?"

With Empress Ma's comfort, Zhu Yuanzhang's anxious mood calmed down a lot, and he had to wait for Brother Zhu Biao to finish the meal.

Time passed very slowly.

Here, just as Zhu Biao put down the bowl, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and came to him:

"You said it!"

"Mr. Lin, what do you think about our Northern Expedition?"

Seeing his father's eager expression, Zhu Biao quickly stood up with a wry smile on his face:
"To my father!"

"gentlemen…"

"My husband's opinions on my father's Northern Expedition strategy are somewhat inconsistent with my father's opinions. He believes that this matter needs to be discussed and needs to be considered in the long term."

The words fall.

Silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a plan to destroy the Japanese this morning, and the Ministry of Industry developed bird guns and wolf guns, which made him very happy.

He thought that Prince Zhu Biao's brother would bring him good news, but he knew that Mr. Lin had reservations about his plan for the Northern Expedition, which made him a little frustrated.

"What did Mr. Lin say?"

"Now that you are full, can't you just say it openly?"

heard.

Zhu Biao straightened his clothes and respectfully repeated the questions Lin Che mentioned to Zhu Yuanzhang.

From the layout, to the division of troops, to the final possible outcome.

The explanation is comprehensive and the analysis is penetrating.

It also uses the classic battle examples of the Three Kingdoms period, such as the careless loss of Jingzhou and Ma Di's loss of Jieting, to refer to the past and the present. The Northern Expedition strategy formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and others was scrutinized one by one, refuted one by one, and pointed out the loopholes in it.

The expression on Zhu Yuanzhang's face as he listened was wonderful. At this moment, the impatience he had just lost was gone, replaced by a look of shame!

Zhu Biao noticed his father's expression and said softly:
"Father, I think what Mr. Lin said is not unreasonable. The purpose of our Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition to the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is to drive these Tatars far away."

"But the Tatars occupy the grasslands, and their life is dominated by riding and hunting."

"We, the Ming Dynasty, have to go on an expedition, and the supply of food and supplies is a big problem. We cannot support the war with war like the Bei Yuan Dynasty. If we cannot annihilate the Bei Yuan Royal Court in one fell swoop, then the Northern Expedition will be meaningless. In addition to tiring the soldiers, it will also waste the people and money. Lift.”

"At present, although the Ming Dynasty's treasury has some surplus, there are still many places where money is needed. If the Beiyuan Dynasty and our Ming army are in the grassland, they will gradually resist. Instead of fighting a decisive battle with our Ming Dynasty's main force, they will fight us in a war of attrition on their home ground in the grassland. "

"As time goes by, the Ming army will become exhausted. The Ming Dynasty's food and grass supplies stretch for thousands of miles, and the supply of food and grass will gradually become insufficient, and even the baggage troops will be attacked by surprise."

"As a result, hundreds of thousands of troops will be unable to supply food and grass, and will be unable to survive. They will be unable to attack or move, and will eventually be dragged to death on the grassland."

"I hope Father will think twice!"

This statement came out.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, trying his best to keep his head clear, and replayed the battle situation according to the ideas given by Lin Che.

However, the more he deduced, the more frightened he felt. The result of the derivation was indeed very similar to Lin Che's prediction.

What if the main force of the Beiyuan Dynasty did not engage in a decisive battle with the main force of the Ming Dynasty, but instead resorted to what Lin Che said was a war of attrition.

Taking advantage of the vast grasslands and strategic depth, it is not easy to find the main force of the Northern Yuan Dynasty with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty.

Once the war falls into this situation, it will be extremely detrimental to the Ming army.

Not to mention that as time went by, people and horses were exhausted, and the will to fight also became negative.

The Beiyuan army could wait for work and calmly face the battle.

By then the Ming army would be really in danger.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang held the handle of the chair with his big hands and couldn't help but tremble all over.

(End of this chapter)