These fools, if you put the meat in their mouths, you won't eat it! Wang Yue received an urgent delivery from the cabinet, and he was immediately angry.

He had just defeated Bu Chi, this guy fled far to the north, and it is not clear where he ran to, and the 30,000 households on the right wing next to him were sloppy, plus the newly occupied territory and various scattered forces, plus the scattered soldiers, it was no different from a pot of porridge.

The Mongolian princes want to be appeased, the meritorious soldiers on their side should be rewarded, and a lot of bad things are placed in front of Wang Yue, and they may not be able to deal with it well if they are handled carefully, so let him return to Beijing, what is there to ask, isn't this an obvious thing!

Wang Yue was indignant, but Zhang Jing and others, including Xu Guangzuo, all had other opinions.

"My lord, let me say a few words." Zhang Jingdao: "At our feet, in the Liao Dynasty, it was where Zhongjing was located, and at that time, the land was plugged with hundreds of thousands of households, and the population was not dense, but it was enough to maintain prosperity, until the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Red Turban Army made a detour to the Northern Expedition, which seriously destroyed the land of Daning. By the time Emperor Taizu set up the Daning Division, it was already sparsely populated and difficult to operate. I had to transfer grain and grass from Shandong, Henan and other places, and I don't know how many people would die for hundreds of thousands of stone of grain every year. ”

Zhang Jing sighed again, "After the Battle of Jingyan, Daning became more and more withered, Emperor Taizong was strategic, weighing the pros and cons, thinking that it was far better to attack the desert and drive away the Tartars than to build castle piers and passive defense." Emperor Taizong wanted to drive the Tartars away, and then repair the city and garrison it, thinking that it would be an indestructible foundation......"

Zhang Jing talked eloquently and clearly explained the border defense strategies of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di for two generations.

Zhu Yuanzhang is based on building more fortresses, garrisoning troops on the border, and strictly guarding to the death, of course, Lao Zhu also frequently went on northern expeditions, even much more than Zhu Di, he can be regarded as having both hands.

As for Zhu Di, he first took expulsion first, and then built a fortress to consolidate, but unfortunately, he did not complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition, so he died on the way home, and the whole strategy naturally failed.

As the two most powerful emperors of the Ming Dynasty, they did not solve the northern border troubles, and with the virtue of the people in the cabinet, they couldn't come up with a way, which is reasonable.

After all, if something goes wrong, they don't dare to take responsibility.

"My lord, in general, it is not enough to have a strategy, nor enough financial and material resources, if you can't convince the cabinet from these two aspects, it will really be difficult to do."

Wang Yue snorted with his nose, "These two tricks are ready-made, it's just that those people turn a blind eye." Wang Yue sighed: "It seems that I still have to go back, but there are so many things here, if I leave, can you handle it?" ”

Hearing Wang Yue's words, Xu Guangzuo suddenly sneered, "Wang Yue, don't take yourself too seriously, without you Wang Butcher, we don't have to eat hairy pigs, let's put it this way, leave everything to me, if you don't do as well as you, just ask the guilt!" ”

Xu Guangzuo slapped his chest loudly, Wang Yue was suspicious, to be honest, this product is really unreliable, but he must have withstood Bu Chi's attack this time, and it is not a waste...... Wang Yue hesitated, at this time Zhang Jing and Zheng Ruozeng looked at each other, nodded together, and said: "My lord, we will assist the Duke of Dingguo, and the old general Zhu Xiong is also there, and within half a month, there will be no chaos." ”

I only gave myself half a month!

Wang Yue shook his head and sighed, what else can he say, hurry up and leave, it's just hard to work on his two legs and buttocks. Wang Yue took 200 people to protect him, traveled day and night, and returned to the capital in less than three days.

He was out of breath, and both legs were like wooden sticks.

"Sir, please take a seat!"

Wang Yue glanced at it, almost out of breath, Zhu Houxi really felt sorry for people, got him a Taishi chair, wore two flat poles, and the four little eunuchs carried Wang Yue and hurried to the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, not only Xie Qian and other elders, but even Yang Yiqing has returned.

What to do!

Just waiting for Wang Yue!

"The current court is indeed not rich, so what can I do?"

Xie Qian spread his hands.

Wang Yue sat on the Taishi chair and didn't move at all, not because he was holding it up, but because he really couldn't get up.

"If you just count the money spent, you will lose money in any war...... I'll just ask you one thing, how much military spending does Liaodong, Jizhen, Xuanfu, and Datong need to spend every year? ”

As soon as these words came out, several pavilion elders were stunned, but it was Wang Yue's lackey, and Scholar Jia reacted the fastest.

"In the past, the expenditure of the nine-sided important towns was more than one million, and Xuanda and Jiliao spent the most, which should be about 800,000 taels!"

Wang Yue nodded, "That's good!" 800,000 taels a year, this money is saved, and it is not enough to use it to run Daning? ”

It makes sense!

The threat of 30,000 households on the Mongolian left wing has been lifted, and this money should be saved, which is justified!

It's just that after Wang Yue finished speaking, Xie Qian couldn't help but laugh.

"Lord Wang, Uncle Fuyuan! There are at least 200,000 military households in these four towns, and the annual expenses are not only for fighting wars, but also for raising soldiers...... What about those people who you took the money from? “

Xie Qian said it rightly, you are young, and you think too simply.

Wang Yue suddenly smiled slightly, "Elder Ge, it's time for you, do you still let them continue to be military households?" ”

"This ...... Why can't this work? What are you going to do if you are not a military household? Lord Wang, don't be in a hurry! Now the frontier is chaotic, and you can't move blindly! ”

"Hahaha!" Wang Yue looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so much that the flesh at the root of his leg hurt, he endured the pain, pressed the armrest with his hand, and stood up.

"Ge Lao, Daning is empty and deserted, this is a well-known thing. And there are so many military households in Jizhen, Xuanfu and other places, and their lives are difficult to maintain...... I don't understand, how simple this is, why do you still have doubts! ”

Saying that, Wang Yue turned his head and said to Zhu Houxi: "Your Majesty, now immediately issue an order to grant land to the military households of the Nine Sides, as long as they are willing to go to Daning, 100 acres of arable land and 1,000 acres of pasture...... As long as they are cultivated for three years in a row, the land is theirs! I don't believe it, no one wants to go! ”

Zhu Houxi was so frightened that he took a breath, "Wang Yue, can these military households do it?" ”

"What's so difficult about this, you can break up the Mongol tribes and divide the people to the military households...... The Mongols were taught to farm by military households, and if they were raising livestock, they were asked to look for business opportunities and be responsible for buying and selling...... After earning money, the Mongols were better off than before, and the rest of the excess output was from the military households. In this way, the Mongols were pacified, and the lives of the military families were improved. The military expenses saved will be transferred to the Daning Division, and then the military strength will be strengthened, more firearms will be trained, and the cavalry battalion will be expanded, so as to deter with strong force, and naturally maintain local tranquility. ”

Wang Yue didn't go into too much detail, but the strategy he outlined was absolutely reliable.

Not only is it reliable, but it is also a multi-tasking thing.

Zhu Houxi rubbed his hands excitedly, such a good method, and so obvious, why didn't he think of it, why didn't these pavilion elders think of it?

It seemed that he couldn't stand the pressure of the Son of Heaven's gaze, and the scholar Fei Hong said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, if this is the case, the military households in the nine sides are empty, and those guards are still hereditary warriors, what should they do?" You can't all revoke it, right? “

Wang Yue laughed, "They are here to defend the border, if the border trouble is gone, it should naturally be withdrawn." However, for the sake of their past hard work, they can be allowed to cultivate and operate like military households, but the hereditary official positions will be abolished...... Fei Ge Lao, streamlining the administration of the elite army, and getting rid of the burden of military households on the nine sides, isn't it the proposition of the six cabinets in the past? Why, now that the opportunity is in front of him, Fei Ge Lao is unwilling? ”

Fei Hong was asked, can he say he is unwilling?

Not only can't, but also support!

But the problem is that the hereditary generals have been canceled, so what else does the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War choose?

You must know that the fattest yamen in the world is only fat by relying on the filial piety of the martial artists, among which in order to smooth the hereditary position, the most money is paid, accounting for eighty percent of all filial piety. The people below received the money, and naturally sent it up layer by layer, even if they were in the cabinet, they were not exempt from vulgarity.

Among the six departments, the military department has a very special status, this is a yamen with a lot of oil and water, and it pays military salaries to the nine sides, and feeds many people in the household department, after all, there are so many empty salaries, so many military rations without a shadow, but they are not all greedy for the warriors, and they don't even get the big heads. Of course, the officials also have interests in it, and there are ...... In the repair of the city on the nine sides, the Ministry of Industry also intervened.

Wang Yue's set sounds very good, flawless...... But the problem is that almost all the interests of the civil and military have been hurt.

Wang Yue Wang Yue, why are you so troubled?

The most unpleasant thing to hear about a good code system is to change it...... It has been one hundred and fifty years since the Ming Dynasty and has a very mature bureaucratic system.

And Sir Humphrey tells us that the most hated thing about the bureaucracy is change! As long as there is a change, the interests of the big guys will be moved, and such a large-scale violation of the interests of the bureaucracy is simply a big rebellion!

The corners of Zhu Houxi's mouth turned up, and it was clear at a glance, "Wang Yue, I gave you the royal order banner and let you take full responsibility for this matter, do you dare to accept it?" ”

Wang Yue said calmly: "The minister can't ask for it!" ”