Chapter 46 Reconstructing the Northeast Strategy

Zhu Qizhen said: "Now there are two big problems to be solved, the first is how to maintain peace and stability in North Korea for a long time, and the other is how to change the strategy of Zhaozhou and even Haixi. ”

"Let's talk about North Korea first, with Xu Youzhen here, I can rest assured about some things on the North Korean side, but now the garrison in North Korea cannot be stationed in North Korea for a long time, what should the North Korean garrison do in the future?"

Meng Ying said: "Your Majesty, the army has already received a lot of Korean soldiers, and the minister thinks that according to the old practice of the founding of the country, the Korean guard will be established to consolidate Korea. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "After all, North Korea is a big country, although it is not dead, if North Korea uses North Korea to surrender troops, I am uneasy. ”

Meng Ying said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, in recent years, disasters have occurred frequently, and the people have been displaced, why don't you gather the victims as soldiers and establish a guard in North Korea?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Although the intention is good, where do the people have combat power for a while? It's not always feasible. ”

At this moment, Meng Ying didn't know how to do it, Zhu Qizhen had already paid attention to it in his heart. said: "The ministers are ignorant, please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The Central Plains has been peaceful for many years, and I have been useless in the Central Plains. Enriching the frontier for the imperial court can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. ”

This is the plan in Zhu Qizhen's heart.

The health center system has been tied in Zhu Qizhen's heart, so Zhu Qizhen expanded the health center system. He had two plans in mind, the first was to train a recruited army of soldiers and horses in the local area. Or simply send some soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp to be stationed in Korea.

But Zhu Qizhen thought about it and decided not to use this method.

None of them. It's too expensive.

The war with the tile spur is imminent, and the military budget of the imperial court is no longer enough, and it can no longer be expanded.

After all, the cost of recruiting soldiers and guarding soldiers is the difference between heaven and earth.

Then there is only the second way, which is what Zhu Qizhen said now, moving the inland guard to North Korea.

First of all, to achieve the goal of reducing the number of health centers in the interior.

After all, the Central Plains has been peaceful for a long time, and these local guards have long had no combat effectiveness, and Zhu Qizhen wants to be abolished, not for a day or two.

It's just that you have to pay attention to everything and do it in a way and method, otherwise it's easy to do bad things with good intentions.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen is thinking about this thing in the face of anything. What is the way to remove the guard in batches, it is best not to have any waves at all.

And the stationing of troops in North Korea has such benefits.

First of all, Xu Youzhen's actions in North Korea have recovered a large amount of land, and there is a lot of land for the Li family in North Korea

What should be done with the land?

Sold?

Land was the most important means of production in ancient times, not to mention the huge quantity, so it was difficult to sell. Even if he makes a move, he may not be able to get the value he deserves.

It can also be included in the official field.

It's just that this method is still not very successful, and this is the case with the official fields in Jiangnan, which has now been chaotic and has become one of the sources of Jiangnan's heavy endowment.

As for granting fields.

I'm sorry, if it was in Daming, Zhu Qizhen would probably use this method, after all, for the emperor, the most important thing is not money, nor land, but people's hearts.

This thing, although ethereal, can still play a great role when it comes to critical times.

But North Korea's new land, Zhu Qizhen is not sure how good this will be.

Therefore, the method he came up with was to move the southern part of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and a series of guards to North Korea, and a large number of Central Plains people entered North Korea, which could improve the population structure of North Korea and improve the solid foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule in Korea. It is also possible to divide the land of the original guard into the county.

Although these lands are greasy and cannot be studied in detail. But in general, they all had to become the land in the Yellow Book of the Ming Dynasty, which also greatly increased the taxes.

And the matter of the migration guard is also a process of survival of the fittest, if some characters are really unbearable, just stay in the local area and be a rich man.

It can be regarded as worthy of the fact that these ancestors followed Emperor Taizu's achievements in founding the country.

If the number of people is not enough, Meng Ying also said that under the disaster for several years, although the disaster relief is effective, there are still many displaced people. It is possible to organize displaced people into military households.

However, after arriving in North Korea, the reallocation of land was real.

In this way, the North Korean guard can also be maintained for a period of time, decades, or so generations. When Zhu Qizhen flattens the other health guards one by one, or transforms them, it is not too late to clean up the North Korean health guards.

Meng Ying listened to Zhu Qizhen's words, hesitated for a while, and said: "The ministers are afraid of the Central Plains Guard, and after a long period of peace, they will have long been unbearable for war, and when they arrive in North Korea, they will ruin the affairs of the imperial court." ”

Meng Ying would rather recruit new soldiers and re-establish the guard house than move the old guard house, just how deep the cat is here. Zhu Qizhen smiled lightly and said: "It's okay, such a big thing, I am not in a hurry, this year's martial arts students are all sent to the guard to move to North Korea, it is really difficult to leave the homeland, I also let it be at my own convenience, but the shortage of the world's guard is increasing day by day, and I don't have a reason to disturb the people with the Qing army, so the land left by the relocated guard will be returned to the prefecture and county." This should be clarified. ”

"I think what Your Majesty said is very true." Liu Dingzhi immediately spoke: "Teng Guogong didn't say before that even homeless people can be trained as soldiers, but the army controlled by the imperial court is not as good as homeless people?" ”

Liu Dingzhi was always concerned about the finances, and the pressure on him was also very great, and the Korean garrison probably had a dozen guards, or a little more, according to the 5,600 people in each guard, the number of migrants was between 70,000 and 100,000.

After all, at the beginning of the country, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and there were not a few fields occupied by the military.

It's just that in the health system, you can't collect grain, but if it falls into the hands of the prefecture and county, how can you not collect grain and grass, if you do this, the annual tax will be at least hundreds of thousands of stones.

It's better than the taxes of one or two prefectures.

For Liu Dingzhi, it is natural that the more the merrier, and it is natural to speak out to support.

Zhu Qizhen said: "That's it. The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies jointly supervise this matter, and there is no need to be in a hurry, but the orthodoxy must be fully implemented in the 21st year. ”

Meng Ying looked at Liu Dingzhi and then at Wang Ji, and could only say, "Obey the order." ”

"Before that, the former army was stationed in North Korea for a year or two. It's just that in this way, the Jingying camp is not very sufficient, and this time the troops sent to North Korea. The city defense army will also be sent out to recruit new soldiers. ”

Zhu Qizhen has never expected much of the combat effectiveness of the city defense army, and he has also taken advantage of this time to streamline it, if he really can't fight, he will settle down in North Korea and serve the people, which is much stronger than Beijing.

After all, there is no possibility of dividing the land in Beijing, but it is possible in North Korea.

The wealth of North Korea alone has given Zhu Qizhen a lot of room to operate.

North Korean affairs will be discussed in a rough way, and the rest of the details will depend on Xu Youzhen's approach, if Xu Youzhen does a good job, then he will have a place in the cabinet in the future.

Zhu Qizhen shifted the topic to Haixi. Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhu Yi led 5,000 soldiers to garrison Zhaozhou City, I have seen the Zhaozhou City Defense Map on the front line, this Zhaozhou City is small, old, very dilapidated, can 5,000 soldiers defend it?" Even if you can keep it, how long can you keep it? ”

Although Zhu Qizhen also wants to expand his territory, he is still a relatively stable person in essence, and he will never force his soldiers to do anything because of an impossible goal?

Every time the battle goal is to let the Ming army defeat the tile spurs in all aspects, and then ask for the following to win the battle.

So when he got Zhaozhou, Zhu Qizhen was happy, but he was also worried that he was alone, if he couldn't hold it, he would waste his life in vain, so it was better not to defend it from the beginning.

The answer to this question is naturally Meng Ying.

Meng Ying said: "Whether a city can be defended, or in reserves, or in the hearts of the people, or in the city walls, there are various reasons, whether it can be defended or not, even the ministers are not clear." ”

"But the gains and losses of Zhaozhou are not in Zhaozhou, can they be defended, and whether they should be defended in Zhaozhou?"