Smuggling Daming

After careful consideration, Zhengde finally agreed to Zhou Zhong's grassland strategy plan. After all, Zhou Zhong's plan was more practical than his own idea of ​​building cavalry. His own plan is much stronger. If he can fully implement the three steps of the entire plan, then the entire Mongolian grassland will become a part of Ming Dynasty, and he will no longer have to worry about the border troubles in the north.

Zhou Zhong in Beijing also quickly received the news that Zhengde agreed to his plan, which made him very happy. Zhengde's idea of ​​establishing a cavalry was just to prepare for a military strike against Mongolia, but such a strike could not last long, and the effect was also limited. .But Zhou Zhong's plan is a double invasion of military and economic. The combination of the two methods will have a far greater effect than one plus one, and it can also better control the grassland and prevent the other party from rebelling.

After receiving Zhengde's reply, Zhou Zhong immediately summoned the cabinet to discuss the matter. In fact, his plan had already been discussed by Yang Ting and them. Although the cabinet was divided into two factions, it was only for internal affairs. After reaching an agreement, if someone dares to delay official business due to personal grievances, then Zhou Zhong will definitely be the first to deal with the other party.

For Zhengde's understanding of righteousness this time, several cabinet scholars also feel very gratified, especially Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet. He used to be Zhengde's teacher when Zhengde was the prince. The emperor of Ming Dynasty taught him what he is now, which sometimes made Yang Tinghe feel a little guilty. This time, Zhengde's choice finally made him feel that his hard work was not in vain. At least Zhengde can understand what it means to put state affairs first.

However, after Zhengde agrees, the cabinet needs to implement this plan. In Zhou Zhong's plan, the first step is to mobilize troops to clean up the two major forces of Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchens in Liaodong. In addition, the third step is economic invasion. The grassland also needs to be carried out simultaneously, that is, it is necessary to encourage the people to invest in the construction of wool textile workshops and canning factories in Northwest China and Liaodong. Only these two industries have developed.Only then will there be a huge demand for wool and mutton on the grassland.

The matter of the military clearing up Liaodong was naturally handed over to the Ministry of War, so Wang Qiong took it over without hesitation. In the past few years, the Ming Dynasty’s treasury has been sufficient, and the military equipment has also been replaced, especially those skilled fighters in the frontier army. Soldiers, the fighting power has greatly increased.With these troops, it is not difficult to clean up Liaodong.

What makes Wang Qiong even more happy is that Daming's army only needs to deal with the capricious Duoyan Sanwei. As for the Jurchen, there is another army to deal with. Wang Qiong was still worried about the ownership of this army.After all, Liaodong is also considered the territory of Ming Dynasty, so naturally other troops cannot be allowed to enter, but after Zhou Zhong told him about Li Anliang in detail, and Li Anliang has devoted himself to training troops in the country of Japan for the past few years, he has already trained a team of 5 soldiers. The servant army of ten thousand people is said to be very powerful in combat, which can just be used to attack the Jurchens.And there is no need to worry about how many of these Japanese servants die, and other Japanese will naturally be added in the future.

Naturally, Wang Qiong was very willing to fight without the Ming army, so he sent a transfer order to Li Anliang of the Wa Kingdom in the name of the Ministry of War, ordering him to assemble the army to prepare for crossing the sea. The Ministry of War will organize soon. It is good to send a warship to the country of Wa, and transport the servants to Liaodong.

In addition, Wang Qiong also issued orders to the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, Datong, Xuanfu and other places.Let them each send 5000 people to Liaodong, and join the troops of the Liaodong Guard to prepare to attack the Duoyan Sanwei, and Wang Qiong has the confidence to win, because the Duoyan Sanwei was originally a wall, and the reason why they fell to the Tatars before Prince, it's because the little prince is too strong to dominate the grassland again.But now that the little Tatar prince has been defeated by Da Ming several times in a row, he probably won't have the strength to go south again, so as long as Da Ming puts on a tough stance this time, the three guards of Duoyan will probably surrender without a fight.

But in the process of Wang Qiong's troop deployment.But there was an accident. Originally, he wanted to mobilize the army to Liaodong and be commanded by the Liaodong general to attack Duoyan Sanwei, but Zhengde in Xuanfu insisted on commanding himself, which made Wang Qiong very helpless. Although Zhengde stepped forward The little prince of Tatar was defeated, but there was a certain element of luck. If it weren't for the heavy fog for several days, I am afraid that the Datong army would have been defeated by the little prince of Tatar, and it would be impossible to persist until Zhengde's victory. The rescuers arrived, so Wang Qiong didn't quite believe in Zhengde's military command ability.

However, Zhou Zhong is very optimistic about Zhengde. After all, there are no natural talents in the world. Zhengde used to like martial arts, and his belly was full of military books and strategies. Moreover, he himself is very talented in military affairs. Just give him some time on the battlefield. If you digest and absorb the art of war in your belly, even if you won't be a generation of famous kings in the future, you may be able to become a generation of famous generals.

In addition to mobilizing troops, Wang Qiong is also busy cooperating closely with the Ministry of Households and other relevant departments. After all, whether it is to attack Jurchen or Duoyan Sanwei, it is necessary to mobilize a large amount of food and materials, and the quantity is extremely large. First, these food and supplies must be transported to Liaodong in advance, otherwise it will be useless to mobilize more troops.

In contrast, Wang Qiong is responsible for relatively simple military affairs, and the remaining economic invasion of the grassland is the real trouble. It is not so easy to invest in the construction of wool textile workshops and canning workshops in Northwest and Liaodong. After all, this kind of thing requires your willingness. cause the opposite effect.

For this kind of economic regulation, the Ming cabinet does not have much experience. After all, the entire Ming Dynasty used to be dominated by agricultural economy, and the industries and commerce in various places were operated independently. They do not know what economic regulation is.

Although Zhou Zhong didn't know much about economics in later generations, he would always see pigs run away without eating pork. What's more, various media in later generations yelled about economic regulation every day. Therefore, he has more experience in these economic means than those in the cabinet. Therefore, Zhou Zhong was responsible for this matter in the end, which made Zhou Zhong, who wanted to rest for a while, only Can lament.

If the woolen textile industry and the canned food industry want to develop, those merchants must see the benefits. Only with enough benefits can they attract more people to invest in these two industries, even in the Northwest and the Northwest. Liaodong and other places are not peaceful, but driven by interests, those businessmen will automatically ignore the risks involved.

Zhou Zhong is very clear about the mentality of the merchants, and he also knows that if the merchants want to see the benefits of the wool textile and canning industry, it is useless to rely on the court's words, and they must see the real benefits. The money gains, and it is not easy for those businessmen to obtain these benefits. After all, things that are too easy to get will always make people doubt its value.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Zhou Zhong was not in a hurry to publicize wool textiles and canned food. Instead, the imperial court funded the construction of wool textile workshops and canned food workshops in Ningxia, Datong, Xuanfu and other places. The Nanyang Chamber of Commerce under the name of King Zhao's Mansion and the Neifu of Zhengde also built these two kinds of factories in Xuanfu, and at the same time began to buy wool and various meats from the herdsmen on the grassland in large quantities.

Businessmen are the most well-informed people in the world. Any change in business-related information will attract the attention of interested people. As for the big moves of the imperial court, the inner court and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, they have naturally attracted the attention of many people, especially their The acquisition of wool and meat made everyone even more puzzled.

Firstly, it was summer at this time, and the weather was very hot. In this kind of weather, a large amount of meat from the prairie had to be purchased and marinated with a lot of salt. However, the price of salt in Daming is not cheap now. I am afraid that I will lose money in the end.Not to mention the wool, which is useless on the grasslands, not much different from garbage, and now the imperial court is buying it vigorously, it is simply throwing money into the water!

This is just the imperial court and Zhengde's inner government, and some people may speculate that this may be something the imperial court wants to do on the grassland, or even to win over the tribes on the grassland, so it makes such a loss-making move.But now even the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has joined in. This chamber of commerce has become the largest maritime chamber of commerce in Daming through the benefits of maritime trade, and it has been developing in Daming's country for the past few years. It does business wherever it makes money, and rarely loses money. , Now this chamber of commerce actually followed the imperial court to purchase wool and meat, there must be something hidden in it.

There is never a shortage of smart people in this world, especially the smart people among the merchants. After they noticed that the court's purchase of wool and meat was abnormal, they immediately mobilized all channels to find out the news. Under the pressure of the flood, the news of wool spinning and canning production was finally inquired by interested people, and there were even a few people with good hands and eyes, who even got the core technology of wool spinning and canning production.

Daming's silk and cotton cloth are both the best-selling products in the sea trade. However, although the silk is exquisite, the output is limited. Although the cotton cloth has great potential, it is limited by the cotton output, so the output has reached a limit. Now there is another wool woven For all businessmen, this is tantamount to another source of income, not to mention canned food. As long as it is produced, it will not worry about selling it. After all, although Daming is much richer, the meat However, the price of meat remains high. If the cheap meat from the grassland can be transported to Daming, even a blind person can see the benefits.

ps: I'm really sorry, I forgot to upload Chapter 2 yesterday, I only found it when I opened it today, and I added it today.