Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Next, for the sake of financial problems, the future military was decided. The final solution to the financial problems had to rely on external plunder. After all, around Ming Dynasty, although it has a slight military advantage, there are still clowns who need to be eliminated eventually. This is called transferring internal contradictions.

At this time, even if you can't chew the hard ones, you can pick up the soft persimmons.

So, Lu Mou looked at Zhang Zhiji from the staff department.

The British publicity was so great that during the succession of three emperors in a blink of an eye, the imperial army and clan government under his command were absolutely loyal to the royal family and stabilized the situation, which can be said to be a great achievement for their hard work. But it can’t be promoted any further. If you get promoted again, you will be the king. The only way out is to die.

Lu Mou couldn't bear to let go of such a loyal minister. For this, he received first-class merit and became the Minister of the General Staff Department, which was newly separated from the Ministry of War.

So far, this is the first ministerial position held by a military general, which shows how highly Lu Mou values ​​him.

At the new Jiying Palace Conference, Zhang Zhiji stood up with a red face, stood in front of a huge map, and began to announce the upcoming strategic ideas.

"In this great victory, we have dealt a huge blow to the surrounding Xiaoxiao. However, in addition to the great victory, we have also suffered heavy losses. No matter in terms of manpower and material resources, we can also be regarded as severely damaged.

Now we are facing Zhang Xianzhong in Daxi, which is difficult to conquer due to the dangerous mountains and rivers. Li Chuang had plenty of money and food, and the Manchu Qing had a vast land and population, both of which were impossible to conquer in a short time. "

Such a summary is quite objective, and it also pours cold water on those who are overheated.

It's okay to pursue the victory, but if you hit your head full of blood just to pursue the victory, then the gain outweighs the loss. It is exactly what those veterans advocated that everything should be planned slowly.

But looking at the current veterans, including the two cabinet ministers, they are all eager to grab it because of the huge financial pressure.

"According to the emperor's wishes, our General Staff and the Ministry of War will discuss together. We will renovate the army and provide supplementary training in the remaining months. But local wars still have to be fought. So the local war we are about to launch, Where is it?"

Everyone focused on the huge map, which was not clearly marked. Everyone can only listen to Zhang Zhiji's statement again.

Zhang Zhiji nodded to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties: "The Manchu and Qing dynasties suffered the greatest loss this time, but the centipede insect is dead but not stiff. We are still somewhat unable to completely solve the Manchu and Qing dynasty's threat to us. But if we continue to weaken the Manchu and Qing dynasties, we will It is imperative that he must not be given a chance to recover. "

Everyone agrees with this view.

After the Battle of the Great Wall, Zhao Youhu captured Beining and began a tentative attack on the Manchus.

As a result, although the Manqing suffered heavy casualties and suffered a great loss of vitality, Zhao Youhu, who had rashly advanced, still suffered a heavy blow and became disgraced.

This is the reason why this time, although Zhao Youhu captured the strategic node Beining and reversed the strategic situation of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, he was not knighted.

But his rash advancement also lowered everyone's enthusiasm and made everyone realize that the Ming Dynasty was still unable to take advantage of the opportunity to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and needed to "take steps to do it."

For this reason, the pressure on Lu Mou was reduced in public opinion.

For the same reason of financial deficit, the ministers did not say anything and unanimously supported picking up a wealthy soft persimmon to rob. Because no one wants to be owed wages or be used as fodder.

At this time, everyone agreed with Lu Mou's theory that foreign wars made money, but internal wars lost money.

Involuntarily, under the pretext of continuing to weaken the superiority of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they unanimously gave up their plan to fight against Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two poor devils, and set their sights on the outside world, that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

According to Lu Mou's thinking, it is called domestic conflicts, launching a war and diverting attention to solve them abroad.

Can you always find excuses because of foreign wars to solve domestic economic and financial crises?

"Now, we weaken the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and at the same time we can expand the territory and completely eliminate the dangerous location in the north, which is the Manchu Qing Dynasty's Torgut tribe."

Lu Mou nodded in agreement, and the officials expressed their support.

Is that so? I heard that the Torgut tribe followed Temujin to rob the world, and they looked very rich. It's a crime to have a jade in your arms. If you don't rob him, who will rob him?

"For this reason, our staff believes that now our Ming Dynasty is attacking the Manchu Qing Dynasty's Turgut tribe. This time it is not a conquest, but an occupation. Completely connect his territory with the territory of the two Dukes of Wu Zu now. It’s just the right time to come together.”

After saying this, he glanced at the ministers and added another emphasis: "There is another key reason for this occupation war, and that is to take back the Chuanguo Jade Seal, which has represented the orthodoxy of imperial power since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Chuanguo Jade Seal finally The moment it appeared, it was in the hands of the Turgut tribe during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Ming Dynasty. "Then he lamented: "How can the national jade seal representing the inheritance of the Central Plains remain in the hands of outsiders? This must be taken back."

Upon hearing such news, all the ministers were extremely excited.

The jade seal carved from Qin Shihuang's Heshi Bi has always been the representative of the Han people's orthodoxy in the world. After many twists and turns, it disappeared several times, but it did fall to the Song Dynasty in the end.

The Queen Mother of the Southern Song Dynasty dragged this piece of jade seal and surrendered to Meng Yuan. Finally, the piece of jade seal fell into the hands of Meng Yuan.

The last time he appeared in the eyes of the world was during the Renzong era, when he was driven to Mobei by Meng Yuan Zhengzong, the little prince of the Golden Family.

It was he who, with this jade seal, unified Central Mongolia and Eastern Mongolia in Monan. For this reason, Ming Renzong and his son Wu Zong fought fiercely with the little prince for several times, and finally eliminated the little prince's ambition to unify the entire Mongolia.

However, Renzong and Wuzong failed to recapture the jade seal that symbolized the inheritance of the world from the Mongols, and this jade seal disappeared from the sight of the world again.

This period is recorded in historical documents.

If this jade seal can be snatched back from the Mongols this time and dedicated to the emperor, it will be a great achievement.

After introducing the entire strategy, Zhang Zhiji's staff had nothing to do for the time being. So he put away his baton and walked back to his position.

Now it was time to decide whether to fight Turgut or not.

Lu Mou stood up and faced the ministers: "I believe that the strategic direction chosen by the General Staff is right. Just as Zhang Guogong said, by defeating him, China, Mongolia and Simon will be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. From then on, it will be lifted. If we eliminate the threat from the north of the Ming Dynasty, we can cancel countless money and food expenditures for the national treasury, and free up more troops to deal with the many enemies in front of us.

For this reason, I decided to use troops against the Manchu Turghut tribe, occupy them, and expand our territory; occupying them, robbing them, and making mistakes is to win back the jade seals and wealth inherited by the Han people. "

The emperor has set the tone, and now it's time for the Ministry of War to come into play.

Li Yan calmly walked to the map: "This battle will be cavalry versus cavalry. So our Ministry of War decided to appoint Wu Sangui as the chief soldier of the grassland group army that conquered the Torgut tribe."

Wu Sangui stood up and said: "As long as you give me enough money and food, I can conquer and occupy it alone."

Li Yan nodded: "Very good. This way, Qi Fei's 2 cavalry guards can be transferred to Jizhou to guard against another cross-border sneak attack by the Qing Dynasty. How much food, troops and horses do you need?"

Wu Sangui said: "In this battle, I lost 3 Guan Ning in my hand. As long as I can replenish it and ensure my logistics supply in the future, I will destroy the Turgut tribe and pass on the national jade seal and the wealth of the Han people." , presented to the emperor."

Li Yan glanced at Lu Mou, who nodded lightly.

Li Yan faced Wu Sangui again: "The Ministry of War meets your request. We will replenish your troops before next spring.

Shanxi will be responsible for logistical support. "

Shanxi chief envoy Wang Weiyi stood up and accepted the order: "It will never delay the military affairs of Lord Wu."

Li Yan continued: "When Wu Hou attacks the grassland, Wu and Zu will have to cooperate closely. We must not slack off on this point."

Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou stood up: "This is natural. Please rest assured, Marquis Zhongyi. We will go all out to support Wu Sangui's war, both in terms of family ties and national affairs."

"Very good." Then he faced all the other generals again: "Wu Hou is fighting abroad. This will be our only foreign war in the next year. And everyone also takes this opportunity to reorganize and replenish their own armies. Strengthen training and make adequate preparations for the upcoming larger-scale war. If everything goes well, then the Wu Hou War is over and we have solved the financial crisis, and it will be time for us to launch a campaign against Li Chuang. If the war is not beneficial, then all other wars will be postponed until we are fully prepared."

Everyone knows what everything goes well, which is how much money Wu Sangui can get back from Turgut.

And once he can't get it, he can only rely on normal financial income to save.

After the last war, the imperial court must not fight a war that consumes all the family wealth in one battle. There must be ample reserves so that after a war, the operation of the entire court can still be carried out. (End of chapter)