Chapter 167: Ma Zheng's Chronic Illness

Zhu Qizhen said with a serious face: "Liu Qing, please speak." ”

In fact, Zhu Qizhen had long expected that the northwest would not be able to supply the whole army's war horses.

After all, under Zhu Qizhen's tutelage, it is difficult to say what the external intelligence is, but in terms of internal intelligence, the court rarely hides anything from Zhu Qizhen.

But it's a fact that it's rarely hidden. But it doesn't mean that Jin Yiwei can figure out the various interests entangled.

Jinyiwei's Chinese level is also quite limited.

All you can do is figure out the status quo.

Liu Dingzhi said: "Emperor Taizong was wise, and during the Yongle period, he asked his subordinates to use the method of shepherding in Mobei and the method of sharing the people. ”

"So much so that in today's situation, even though there are hundreds of thousands of horses, they cannot be used as war horses."

Zhu Qizhen asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Liu Dingzhi said; "Your Majesty, horses are docile and aggressive, and if the horses gather in a herd, then the horses will fight, and there will be a head horse, and the head horse will occupy the female horse, and the young horses born will be far superior to ordinary horses, and even under the head horse, there are some horses that are quite good."

"Therefore, these horses can be used as war horses for charging into battle."

"However, now horses are well kept in the homes of the people, and they do not talk about the burdens of the people, but only say that in the courtyards of these horses, they are used for animal power, even if they are in heat, they are also matched by the people."

"After a long time, to remove the wildness, can only be used as animal power, if it is used as a war horse, I am afraid that I will see thousands of troops and horses fighting, and before the force is exerted, I will be timid first."

"Therefore, raising horses in this way, even if there are millions of horses, it is not enough."

Zhu Qizhen's heart moved, he understood.

In later generations, horses have long been rare.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen has not been in contact at all, and even if he has a little contact, he will never go deep into the details of horse breeding, and he never thought that there is so much knowledge just for raising horses.

Zhu Qizhen also knew that Liu Dingzhi was a little secretive of His Holiness. Where is Emperor Taizong who doesn't know the benefits of stocking, there is really no place for stocking.

At least for the vicinity of Beijing, this is true.

And in fact, what Liu Dingzhi said may not be all right.

It's not that war horses can't be kept in captivity, but that the people don't use the method of raising war horses to raise horses at all. There is no other reason, the cost is too high, not to mention anything else, among the nobles of each family, who does not have dozens or hundreds of war horses, all of which are used in battle.

I don't see them when they go into battle, and these horses are weak-footed.

Liu Dingzhi saw that Zhu Qizhen listened carefully, and said: "Your Majesty, ordering the people to share the war horses is also a great burden for the people. There is a folk proverb that the family has a lot of money, and the hair does not count. ”

"Now the people are forced to keep horses, once they lose

, I have to sit on the compensation, I don't know how many people have been ruined. The minister thinks that it is not good governance. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I know about this, but now I can't raise war horses, how to raise horses?" Liu Qing has been in the northwest for a long time, can he teach me? ”

Zhu Qizhen has long heard of the malpractice of Ma Zheng's separation.

There is no need for Liu Dingzhi to say it.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen listened to what Liu Dingzhi had just said about the disadvantages of separate breeding, so he decided that he must abolish the law of separate breeding and concentrate on establishing several large horse farms across the country. Because only when there are enough horses, can there be enough mobility, and enough mobility can go out of the fortress to conquer the Tile Spur.

Now, on the whole, although the imperial court is short of horses, there are still more than 100,000 war horses, but it is far from enough.

Now that he has decided to abolish this policy, Zhu Qizhen doesn't need to know more about his other drawbacks.

Liu Dingzhi said: "The minister has traveled all over the northwest, Shandanwei, Qinghai, and the land of Hehuang, all of which are good places to raise horses, and there are Helan Mountain guards, and the tile spurs cannot be easily crossed." ”

"It's a lot better than outside the Great Wall."

Zhu Qizhen chewed these words slowly, and shook his head secretly in his heart, knowing that this thing was not very easy to do. Because of the shortcomings of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the population of the northwest is not large.

How small is the population of the Northwest?

During the Northern Expedition during the Hongwu period, Fu Youde led all the way out of the northwest, and Xu Da led all the way out of Datong, and Xu Da fought all the way to Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao had many cavalry and had an advantage, but Xu Da was defeated but not defeated, and he was as solid as a rock. All the way from the grassland to Datong. did not let Wang Baobao find the opportunity to annihilate Xu Da.

It's just that Xu Da withdrew his troops, leaving Fu Youde in a state of being alone and going deep, and Fu Youde had no choice but to withdraw his troops and move back all the people captured along the way.

But all the people combined, it's only tens of thousands.

Therefore, if the northwest direction is said to be a no-man's land, it is absolutely wrong, but it is impossible to expect how many Han people there are in the northwest.

Why the Ming Dynasty was not interested in conquering the Western Regions, the lack of the northwest region is probably one of the reasons. At least the founding of the country has only been more than 70 years ago.

Full of three generations.

Although this situation has improved a little, it has not improved much.

So in the northwest, there are actually a lot of Tusi, as well as the Mongols who were canonized by the imperial court.

In other words, these pastures actually have owners.

If you want to seize these places, you can't use your sword and soldiers.

But Zhu Qizhen is now deeply disgusted with the war, the war in the four directions, how can Zhu Qizhen have the heart to open another front, he really doesn't know how to die?

Zhu Qizhen said: "This one, let you enter Beijing, do you know what it is?" ”

Zhu Qizhen took this matter to heart and changed the topic. Pulled the conversation to something else

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"The minister knows, and the minister will be appointed to Daxingzhi County." Liu Dingzhi said.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Your Daxing Zhixian is different from ordinary Zhixian County, so to speak, and now you are in charge of the affairs of Beijing." ”

Liu Dingzhi was taken aback when he heard this, and said: "The minister is just a county magistrate, how can he act beyond his authority." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "My champion Lang, how can he just be a magistrate, tomorrow the imperial meeting will discuss the governance of the Lugou River, and after that, Mr. Yu will focus on this project." ”

"As for the affairs of Beijing City, I have to take care of you more, as long as it is done well, he may not be able to replace Shuntianfu in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust." Liu Dingzhi said: "The minister will definitely smear his liver and brain to repay His Majesty's kindness." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "There is no need to be like this, it's just that your county order is different from ordinary county orders." Immediately, Zhu Qizhen told him what he was doing in Beijing.

Liu Dingzhi listened, and for a while, his heart was excited mixed with fear, and he came to his heart.

Liu Dingzhi has been honing in the northwest for several years, running around and working hard. The understanding of Da Ming is several layers deeper. Those who can get the top spot in the exam are not stupid people.

How could Liu Dingzhi not know that this matter involved so much.

Once he fails, the emperor will definitely not be wrong, and the only one who is wrong can be the minister, that is, Yu Qian and him, who will definitely make a scapegoat for the emperor. There is no future ahead.

But the same.

If this reform is successfully implemented throughout the country, then Liu Dingzhi's political capital will be extremely strong, and the chairs in the cabinet will definitely have a place for him, but sooner or later.

And the emperor has put his heart on him to such an extent, Liu Dingzhi is a smart person, does he still have a choice? There is no right to choose at all.

Compared with Yu Qian, Liu Dingzhi, who is ten years younger than Qian, has a heart of fame that is better than humility. What he sees is a huge political benefit, and as for whether this reform is good or bad for the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Dingzhi didn't really think about it.

Liu Dingzhi said: "Please rest assured that Your Majesty will definitely implement all your Majesty's policies." ”

Zhu Qizhen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Ministers like Liu Dingzhi are better than Yu Qian, because they are politicians and don't have too many political ideas to speak of. But Yu Qian is different.

Zhu Qizhen persuaded Yu Qian, but it took a lot of effort.

But when it comes to really using it, Yu Qian is reassuring. Yu Qian's decision will never change, but he is a real husband. But Liu Dingzhi is different.

The political interests are so great that it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Dingzhi will not defect.

"Hey." Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "It would be good if Yu Qian also wanted Liu Dingzhi to be so obedient." Although Zhu Qizhen also knew that this was delusional.