People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 416 The eyes of the whole world are staring at the results of the reform! !
Chen Han and Zhu Biao also discovered at this time that if this battle was not fought, it would be a particularly regrettable time for Ming Dynasty.

Although this timing is not necessarily good, King Zhu Di of Yan only saw the tribes in the northern grasslands gathering together at this time, preparing for a big vote. He felt that a counterattack at this time was a particularly good opportunity to boost the soldiers of Peiping. Their morale is also relatively good for Chen Han.

But for the Ming Dynasty, it was actually not that well prepared.

It's a simple truth. In today's environment, the supply of food and grass has not yet reached an opportunity that Chen Han feels is very suitable.

Although the Ming Dynasty has begun to reserve grain for more than two years, it is not very good and can completely solve the current food shortage problem of the Ming Dynasty.

At first, Chen Han didn't think about launching a foreign war soon, and then using these supplies to supply the army.

Instead, they are thinking of transferring one to two years of food reserves to the northwest and southwest regions, which are still short of food.

Because of the lack of food, the price of food there is very high, making the people miserable.

What he wants now is to let the people have enough to eat first, instead of going to war under such circumstances.

This is somewhat contrary to his own philosophy, and he has already begun to make plans in this regard.

At this critical moment, Chen Han will never let the northwest region fall behind, and he will never let the reform only enrich the south while neglecting the north, northwest, southwest and other places.

Although the tax reform is aimed at the wealthy people in the south, most of the time.

So now that he saw the news that Zhu Di had given him, saying that he hoped to allocate part of the grain reserves in the past two years to him as food and grass, Chen Han was a little embarrassed.

Therefore, all the grain reserves in the past two years were actually transported to the northwest by Chen Han. Only after the people there had eaten the grain could they better divide the land into acres.

The grassland tribes could kill sheep and cattle to satisfy their hunger when they had no land, but when the infantry of the farming civilization went to the north, they could only rely on the lengthy southern logistics supply line to supplement them.

First, the grain reserves in the grain-free areas of the northwest must be supplied.

To put it more specifically, fighting from the south to the north does not have an advantage. At the same time, it is an away game, and there is no basis for collecting food from the side.

Zhu Biao made it very clear, so this battle will test whether the national strength can support it.

Only with balanced development can those regions have greater market potential.

But the Northwest Territories must also enter slowly.

The grain that Chen Han had stored up that Zhu Di had always been thinking about was now impossible to transport in large quantities to the north to feed and drink his army.

After such a great battle, how can we just give up? Should we huddle inside the city and let the Mongols ride arrogantly below the city?

Especially in recent years, the situation must be stabilized. A very important point is that this is the key to the success of Chen Han's reform.

It's just that when Chen Han formulated the national policy, he and Zhu Biao discussed that it should be implemented in the northwest two years later, and even to a certain extent, taxes in the northwest should be exempted. Not only should the taxes be exempted, but grains must also be transferred from the east to stabilize that area. food prices, reducing the occurrence of rebellions in the northwest region.

Chen Han and Zhu Biao both understood what was going on, especially when Zhu Biao said: "The reason why the fourth child is so anxious now is that he saw the Jurchens being destroyed in Liaodong, and he saw the killing of Hukou and Mongolia in the northwest. After the People's War, the Xuanda area has gradually replaced Peiping's status. If this continues, the soldiers in Peiping will inevitably become disillusioned, and the issue of unstable military morale will inevitably affect the overall situation. Therefore, this problem must be solved. This battle will be fought. It’s not just a war, it’s the fine morale of the soldiers.”

Judging from the intelligence reported by Zhu Di, the number of soldiers and horses gathered by the grassland tribes now directly reached about 100,000.

He was embarrassed to tell Zhu Di directly that we have no plans to let you go to war now. We are just solving the problem of food and drink for the people first. As for your war, just put it off for now, don't be so anxious.

So now it may be difficult for Chen Han to meet Zhu Di's needs for fighting.

This means that Zhu Di must also bring equal or even more troops to the north.

For example, the Dacang established in Luoyang has already explored a route with Chang'an outside Tongguan. It can transport grain to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to the Guanzhong area, as well as Gansu, Qinghai and other places in the northwest, where food supplies are urgently needed. .

Once such words are spoken, it will hurt the ambitions of the northern soldiers.

This means that how well Zhu Di and the others fight depends entirely on whether the food and grass at the back can be supplied.

But the supply of food and grass was not conjured out of thin air this time.

Chen Han even suspected that spies from the grassland tribes had infiltrated and learned that the Ming Dynasty was reforming. Although there was a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, these properties could not be used as food. He also saw that all the food collected by Chen Han from the south was transported to the northwest. In this stall where there is no business, these grassland grandsons start to cause trouble.

To put it bluntly, the Ming Dynasty should not be afraid of the grassland tribes on the frontal battlefield, especially at the beginning of the founding of the country, it would not be a problem to sweep them away if the generals did not wither.

But only in terms of food and grass supply, it was a stumbling block that greatly limited the Ming army's combat power.

At this time, Zhu Biao also went to talk to Zhu Yuanzhang from Princess Jiangdu, and his joy about re-establishing the prime minister turned into frowning.

After Chen Han analyzed the current situation with him, Zhu Biao frowned and was speechless for a long time.

Especially focusing on the major cities where Chen Han set up large warehouses, such as Songjiang in the south, Taicang in Suzhou, and several large local granaries in Yangzhou and Jiangxi granaries.

At this time, most of it was actually emptied out, and the rest was used either to balance local food prices or to prepare for shortages. These issues were all outstanding, and each issue seemed so important. It was not necessarily as simple as Zhu Di thought.

Zhu Di must be thinking to himself, I want to fight at this time, not for myself, but to complete the Ming Dynasty, revive the military morale of Peiping, and press the nomadic peoples on the grassland again to rub against each other, so that they can I no longer dare to have any thoughts of invading the south.

In fact, Zhu Di knew very well that due to the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the pastures had degraded, forcing those grassland tribes to go south to plunder and make a living.

These questions are very acute, so they will further test whether Ming Dynasty can withstand this wave at this time.

In fact, everyone is watching, not just the grassland tribes, but even the big landowners in the Central Plains. Because this is the ultimate test of the results of Chen Han's reforms in the past three years.

If this level is passed, then those die-hards who once did not believe that reform could promote the progress of the entire domestic production can be persuaded to understand that the reform has achieved great results.

At the same time, it can also curb the ambitions of the nomadic people in the north.

In this war that everyone is watching, Chen Han and the others cannot make the slightest mistake, so this is a test of whether Chen Han and the others can allocate food and grass reasonably.

Zhu Biao finally said, "Since this war is inevitable, we must face it squarely, and we should actively cooperate with Lao Si's actions in the north. In this way, first transfer the fifty grain ships from Taicang to Dacang, Luoyang. The ship stopped, and they should have arrived in Kaifeng by now. Let the King of Zhou lead his troops to escort the grain ship, and go directly north via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, without taking the railway first.

Then we will replenish the fourth child with a complete and sufficient supply of food and grass.

As for the northwest, one million guan was directly allocated by the imperial court to purchase grain locally and transport it to the northwest.

In this case, we should give up the soup and water and let the grain merchants all over the world make a lot of money. We should first take care of the grain and grass in the north.

As for those grain merchants who want to make profits from it, that is their business. Transportation and trading are all up to them. However, once the price reaches the northwest region and the price sold to the people exceeds the prescribed limit, the tax inspection department will calculate it along the way. Their shipping prices are refundable or supplementary. As long as the grain shortage problem in the northwest can be solved this time, the grain merchants who transport grain and grass will be rewarded. As long as they can safely transport grain to the northwest, each grain merchant will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver. "

Ten thousand taels of silver may not seem like much, but its symbolic meaning is more important.

In fact, this is buying horse bones with thousands of gold, which is to tell grain merchants all over the world that if you really want to do something for the court, the court will not only give you credit.

There has never been such preferential treatment for people buying and selling before, but now you have this opportunity. It depends on you whether you want it or not.

Now the Ming Dynasty will use real money and silver for settlement and will not treat you unfairly.

Nowadays, the treasure banknotes can be exchanged for 970 copper coins. There will definitely be room for the treasure banknotes to rise in the future. It is just a matter of time. Therefore, whether we can seize this opportunity to obtain more treasure banknotes and political chips depends on those Do any grain merchants have such ability?

When Chen Han listened to these suggestions from Zhu Biao, he clapped his hands and applauded: "If your Highness can really do this, it will not only greatly promote the grain trading in the northwest region, but also greatly improve the status of traders. We have always said before that traders We have used our own taxes to bear most of the world's taxes, reducing people's expenditures, but we have never provided real rewards to traders. If this can be done now, it will definitely increase the confidence of buyers and sellers, killing two birds with one stone.

As for transporting grain from Kaifeng to the north by water, that is also possible. Although our railway from the capital to Peking is connected, without an overall plan, we cannot directly connect the trains with those grain trucks. After wasting so much time, it would be better to let them take the water route. "

After the two people discussed it, they drafted a letter to the King of Zhou in Kaifeng, asking him to prepare to receive the grain and grass there. At the same time, he issued an order to the governor of the river, asking them to cooperate with the King of Zhou to transport the food to the northwest. Fifty large ships of grain were shipped to the north.

In fact, Chen Han could tell that Zhu Biao still took care of the royal clan. Originally, the clan king could only move within his own fiefdom and could never leave the fiefdom.

But this time, the political significance of allowing the King of Zhou to participate in escorting grain and grass is self-evident.

I just hope that these feudal princes and clans will have the opportunity to participate in politics.

Especially the relationship between King Zhou and King Yan, they are brothers. If they can cooperate with each other in this meeting, then other vassal kings will have the opportunity to cooperate with each other.

This is a signal, and it also tells all the royal families in the world that you now have the opportunity to realize your ambitions and cooperate with the imperial court.

You guys, don't indulge in wine and sex all day long. You'll just be fooling around all day long.

So Zhu Biao is a qualified politician. When he does many things, he considers many more aspects than Chen Han.

Especially on such a sensitive issue, this emergency event was used to test the officials' sensitivity to the royal family's involvement in politics.

If the officials did not impeach and did not stand up and tell Zhu Biao that this was not possible, it means that the officials actually acquiesced and the vassal clan could participate in politics. This was a precedent.

Chen Han looked at Zhu Biao as if he didn't care. He was still staring at the cities on the sand table. Those cities formed a central line, one after another.

But Zhu Biao currently values ​​two things most, one is Kaifeng and the other is Peiping.

If these two places are settled, Ming Dynasty will be able to win a big victory and become the largest market at the same time.

Now that there are these methods to solve the food and grass problem, letters and so on have been sent out. Chen Han watched the orders one after another being sent out from Zhongcui Palace in the East Palace, and then allocated by the General Affairs Department to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. , rivers and Kaifeng Mansion.

Chen Han has nothing to worry about, he just needs to wait for the good news from the front.

When Chen Han came out of Zhongcui Palace, he saw Princess Jiangdu waiting outside Zhongcui Palace with her son in her arms.

When Chen Han stepped forward, Princess Jiangdu was smiling, looking like a victorious female general.

In fact, this time it really felt like a big victory.

You must know that the old man is not ordinary stubborn. To be able to convince him, Princess Jiangdu must have used her own wisdom.

When Chen Han walked over, he heard No. 3 say, "Husband, you should thank your wife. Now that your wife has successfully convinced the old man, he will choose a suitable time to announce the re-establishment of the prime minister. From now on The pattern of the Ming Dynasty will change. Do you think your wife is the heroine who will really change the pattern of the Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing what Princess Jiangdu said, Chen Han laughed: "Yes, yes, you are not only the heroine of our Ming Dynasty, you may also become the heroine of the world."

Princess Jiangdu felt a little embarrassed when her husband praised her so much.

Although this was a compliment that he deserved, it was the first time Princess Jiangdu heard such a straightforward compliment.

She became shy: "I have never thought about this. I just want to help you realize your ambition."

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(End of this chapter)