At this time, with the progress of industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty, coal and iron tools gradually became popular, and the coal and iron mines in Weihui Mansion have long been difficult to support, so Guo Dan decided to produce agricultural and industrial tools in Guide Mansion, and at the same time build the Grand Canyon branch in Kaifeng Mansion.

Shanxi, which is rich in coal and iron ore, is a treasure for Guo Dan, who believes that only the development of the coal and iron industry here is enough to bring prosperity to the whole of Shanxi.

That's why he dared to boast about Haikou in front of Fang Fengshi.

Because he had already arranged for Yinuo Qianzhuang, Grand Canyon, Fengchi Group, and Chen Ping's construction group to prepare here.

As soon as the problem of the army was solved, they would be able to start construction at once, building docks, tracks, and furnaces in Shanxi to absorb the soldiers who had retreated.

In the evening, Guo Dan came to the governor's palace.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

"No hurry, no hurry."

Fang Fengshi waved his hand and asked with a smile, "How are you preparing over there?" ”

Guo Dan said: "I have almost prepared, as long as the army restructuring plan comes out, we will be able to take action immediately." ”

Fang Fengshi said: "Then you have to hurry up, my side is ready." ”

"What?"

Guo Dan was surprised: "So fast? ”

Fang Fengshi stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "General Wu has arranged it very properly, it is more detailed than my plan, and it is impeccable!" ”

"Really?"

Guo Dan couldn't help but look at Wu Weizhong again.

Wu Weizhong said modestly: "Where, where, this is all because I first learned that the two of you implemented the military restructuring in Liaodong Town, and I also went to Weihui Mansion before and saw the latest artillery and bird guns with my own eyes. ”

It turned out that after Wanli decided to promote the military and political reform, he had secretly sent an order to Wu Weizhong, asking him to go to Huaiqing Mansion to stand by, ready to take over Taiyuan and Datong at any time.

He went to Weihui Mansion, which he had been fascinated for a long time, and had a full understanding of the development of firearms, and at the same time, Jinyiwei continued to provide him with news about Liaodong Town, and he knew very well what was going on with the military restructuring.

Therefore, he had already planned it, and it was tantamount to being busy in vain.

"General Wu, don't be modest, your arrangements are more detailed than my thoughts, and even the old man has benefited a lot." Fang Fengshi said to Guo Dan again: "Guo Dan, General Wu's plan will be more conducive to your recruitment system. ”

Guo Dan hurriedly asked, "I don't know if General Wu is willing to give advice?" ”

"Don't dare? Don't dare, it's just some of the lessons I learned from the Southwestern campaign. ”

Wu Weizhong shook his head modestly and said, "I just think? Use of firearms? Need military discipline even more? I once recruited a group of Miao soldiers, all of them brave and fearless? The combat effectiveness and combat experience are far better than the soldiers of the Huguang Shenji Battalion? However, when I incorporated them into the Shenji Battalion, I found that when they used firearms, their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of Huguang's soldiers.

The reason? Or do they have a weak sense of military discipline? And in the Divine Machine Battalion? Is that right? This army with the strongest military discipline? Is the combat power the strongest? I think the military discipline of the Qi family army will help the new military system.

Therefore, I suggest that the military discipline of the Qi family army be popularized throughout the army, and the training officers of the research and development institute should be responsible for training the soldiers in the use of firearms, teaching them to understand firearms, and the generals of the Qi family army should train the army? The Governor of the Commander-in-Chief was only responsible for leading the troops to fight. ”

"Good!"

Guo Dan nodded? "I think it's very good. Can Fang Shangshu play Your Majesty? I'm sure Your Majesty will agree. ”

Fang Fengshi laughed? But in my heart it is MMP.

He originally wanted to fool Guo Dan to talk about this, because he was the old head of the Qi family's army, and he came out? promoted the Qi family, and was a little worried that the emperor would think too much.

But Guo Dan was not fooled at all.

It's not that Guo Dan is shrewd, because he is not interested in this, and the fat house asked him to come, and he didn't let him do this.

Having said that, even if Guo Dan didn't do it, Fang Feng would suggest to the emperor that although it was to promote the Qi family's army, it was only to disperse some of the generals of the Qi family's army to various places to train soldiers, and the military, government and military orders were still separated.

Moreover, this is a further decentralization, the general army is not responsible for training soldiers, and the connection between soldiers and generals is even weaker.

This must ensure military discipline and ensure that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is about the same, and the general does not need to understand the soldiers, anyway, they are all about the same.

And Guo Dan's new military system, the pursuit of elite soldiers, is not more than 100,000, or 10,000, and this training method can be popularized.

However, his laughter made Guo Dan react, thinking, you underestimate me too much, how can I do some work that I am not familiar with, what if I am cheated by you. He said with a smile: "I'm just a financial adviser, and I only have one request for how the army is restructured, that is, it is within my budget, and I don't care about the rest." ”

Fang Fengshi said: "Now those generals who have been temporarily detained should be disposed of, don't say that you don't care." ”

"Of course, this is to be escorted back to the capital and handed over to His Majesty for disposal." Guo said lightly.

Fang Fengshi was slightly stunned and said, "That's not what you did in Liaodong. ”

Guo Dan said: "What did I do? Wasn't it all arranged by His Majesty, and it was His Majesty who removed them from their official positions. ”

Fang Feng thought about it from time to time, but it seemed that something was wrong.

Although the emperor dismissed some generals from their official positions in Liaodong, Guo Dan summoned all of them to Yinuo Grain Company, Grand Canyon, and Fengchi Group, and gave them preferential treatment and shares.

But there was no mention of escorting them back to the capital.

Once they are escorted back to the capital, it is obviously not to treat them well.

Guo Dan didn't know that Fang Fengshi had doubts in his heart, and said in his heart, what are you kidding, General Liaodong doesn't have any mines at home, but it's not as good as this Shanxi general, if you don't clear them, how can I get those mines.

In order to obtain the coal and iron mines of Shanxi, they had to eradicate these generals in order to confiscate all their property in the area.

This is why Wanli let Jinyiwei cause mutinies in Taiyuan and Datong.

Of course, this can also deter other border towns, the Liaodong Army cooperated with the reform of the imperial court, so the generals were treated well, while Taiyuan and Datong did not cooperate with the imperial court, and as a result, they were shot to death.

Wu Weizhong nodded and said, "There are still a few important criminals among them, who must be escorted back to Beijing and handed over to His Majesty for trial." ”

"Going to offend?"

Guo Dan was slightly stunned.

Wu Weizhong said: "You don't know, during the turmoil, several generals of Datong fled to the Mongolian tribes in the north, hoping to unite the Mongolian tribes to invade Datong, but the result was unexpected, and the leaders of those tribes escorted those generals back to us. ”

"Why?" Guo Dan was surprised.

Wu Weizhong said with a smile: "This is all because of the prestige of Advisor Guo, it turns out that those tribes are looking forward to Advisor Guo being able to come here and prosper trade, but those stupid generals told them that they want to prevent Advisor Guo from coming here, which angered those tribal leaders at that time, so they escorted them back, and said that this was a small gift for Advisor Guo." ”

"Really?"

"Absolutely."

Wu Weizhong nodded, and said: "I have also investigated this matter, it turns out that when Advisor Guo was trading in Ningxia in the west, the Tumut Department was deeply benefited by it, which attracted the envy of the surrounding tribes, they not only sent people to trade there, but even a small number of tribes moved to the west, so they have always looked forward to Advisor Guo coming here." ”

Fang Fengshi said: "But the old man still has doubts about the trade between Ningxia and the Tumut Ministry. ”

Guo Dan asked, "Why did Fang Shangshu say this?" ”

Fang Fengshi said: "Regarding how to trade with Mongolia, Zhang Ge Lao spent a lot of effort on research, Zhang Ge Lao believed that completely banning trade with Mongolia would only force them to jump over the wall in a hurry, constantly start wars, or burn and loot on the border.

However, the complete opening of trade would allow some tribes to gain wealth and enable them to unify the entire Mongol region, so Zhang Ge Lao believed that trade with the Mongols should be limited to meet some of the needs of the Mongols, and at the same time use trade to restrict them and make them unable to unify the whole of Mongolia.

Facts have also proved that Zhang Ge Lao is very far-sighted, at present, the Mongolian tribes are constantly strife, and there is no unified regime that can pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty, and you have almost no restrictions on trade with the Tumut tribe in Ningxia, which will undoubtedly increase the strength of the Tumut tribe. ”

Regarding trade with Mongolia, it is actually a very complex diplomatic relationship, many wars, are derived from trade, the famous battle of Tumubao, the fundamental reason is because the Ming Dynasty wants to abolish tributary trade.

The fundamental core of tributary trade is to buy peace with money, but to put it in a better way.

At this point, the Song Dynasty was more stupid, spent money, and gave people a little brother, and the Ming Dynasty spent money, so they had to be a big brother.

But human nature has not changed, this is cheap, it is not to take advantage of it, that is a bastard, the surrounding tribes are crazy to carry out tributary trade with the Ming Dynasty, squatting in the capital every day and shouting big brother, they all rely on it.

But as the strength of the Ming Dynasty declined, it was difficult to bear this tributary trade, and began to reduce the tributary trade with Mongolia, then of course Mongolia would not do it, this big brother shouted, you have to give money.

The contradictions between the two sides have become more and more acute.

Eventually to war.

The battle of Tumubao is just a form of embodiment.

The problem behind it is actually an economic problem.

Zhang Juzheng found this problem, he thought that giving too much would make the other party have enough strength to unify Mongolia, which was the last thing the Ming Dynasty wanted to see, but if there was no trade, the border would fall into endless wars, and the military salary paid for it was only a lot more than the tributary trade.

Zhang Juzheng's reforms also included trade, which was very restrictive, taking advantage of Mongolia's demand for tea and iron, and grasping the lifeblood of various tribes.

For example, in terms of tea and iron, Zhang Ju sold it to various Mongolian tribes at a high price to ensure that they could not buy much, and there was also a system for recycling iron tools, and in the way of replacing them with new ones, so that Mongolia could not use those old pots to forge weapons.

I have to say that Zhang Juzheng is really a genius.

But the trade in Ningxia is almost like market trade, and the prices are all market prices, which are much cheaper than the trade of other border towns, which is why those tribes were ecstatic when they learned that Guo Dan was coming, and the God of Wealth could be regarded as coming.

Therefore, when those generals told those Mongolian leaders that they were going to stop Guo Dan and almost scared them into impotence, they quickly tied them up and tortured them severely, which bastards dared to stop the God of Wealth from coming.

They even inquired and learned that Wu Weizhong supported Guo Dan, so they sent the defected generals and the evidence from torture.

It's a lot of work.

Guo smiled lightly: "Elder Zhang Ge is indeed far-sighted, but he is not an expert in this area after all, he is just within the scope of his limited knowledge and makes the best choice, but this is not the best choice for me." ”

Fang Fengshi asked, "Then I don't know what is the best choice?" ”

Guo Dan pondered for a while, and said, "Does Fang Shangshu know which legion is the most elite legion of the Tumut Department now?" ”

Fang shook his head.

"It's the Wind Spur Group."

"The wind... Wind Sprint Group? ”

Fang Fengshi seemed to have misheard.

Guo Dan nodded and said: "After the comprehensive trade between Ningxia and the Tumut Ministry, the Fengchi Group has also settled in the Tumut Ministry, and how to ensure the safety of trade on the grassland will become the top priority, so the Fengchi Group recruits their most powerful warriors among the local tribes and forms the first transportation team of the Fengchi Group on the grassland." ”

Is that okay too?

Fang Fengshi and Wu Weizhong were speechless.