Chapter Seventy-Three: The Great Plan

Zhu Qizhen said: "Let's not mention this matter for the time being, and now we have made a big plan, and we will only be able to send troops next year or the year after that, and some time will send troops." ”

Liu Dingzhi naturally didn't dare to say more.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes swept over everyone and said, "Since no one has any objections, then this matter has been decided." ”

Zhu Qizhen has already said that this point is on, and who dares to criticize the dragon scales directly.

Chen Xun said: "My emperor is Shengming. ”

The people below, whether they were willing or unwilling, all said in a crowd: "My emperor is Shengming." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Since the plan has been decided, all ministries must perform their own duties, especially the household department, starting from today, except for disaster relief, all additional expenses will be abolished." From today onwards, all affairs will be based on this matter, and the same will be done in the palace, and all banquets, big and small, will be dismissed. Except for the sacrifice to the heavens, the rest of the affairs are simple. ”

Chen Xun immediately said: "The minister's decree." ”

Zhu Qizhen also understands that the biggest problem in this matter is the financial problem.

Zhu Qizhen can only hope that the weather will be better next year, as long as there is no need for disaster relief, Zhu Qizhen will be able to save millions of stone grain, and between this one in and one out, there will be millions of taels of silver.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's finances cannot be said to be less, although it is not as good as the financial revenue of the Song Dynasty of 50 or 60 million yuan, but 123 million taels, 230 million stone grain per year, is already quite good.

In addition, if the banknote customs are rectified and the reform of the tea law can be completed, it is estimated that it will increase by as much as two or three million taels.

It's just that the money is still too small compared to going out of the customs.

It's just that what to do, Zhu Qizhen is still a little worried, and he doesn't know where to start to make money for a while. It seems that North Korea has squeezed out tens of millions of taels of silver before and after, which is almost the same.

If the scraping is too ruthless, it is estimated that it will also cause a popular uprising.

"Your Majesty, if Your Majesty has made up his mind, he should make a decision immediately, order Datong and Shanxi towns to go out of the customs, occupy Kaiping, and Dongshengwei. Forerunner for the army. Meng Ying said: "Now that the tile spur is newly defeated, Wuliangha has surrendered, and the Mongolian tribes in the southern part of the country are fighting in two forces, and they dare not compete with the Celestial Empire, and now the imperial court has sent troops, and the tile spur has no time to take care of it." After occupying the two places, our dynasty will be able to connect the desert to the north and reduce the consumption of a large amount of materials. ”

"If you miss this opportunity, you won't be able to look for it again next time."

Zhu Qizhen listened to it and was moved.

He also understood that his strength in Zhaozhou was damaged first, and it was not enough to recuperate at the moment, and it was impossible to compete with the imperial court for Southern Mongolia within a month or two.

This is indeed a good opportunity, and it is likely that the Southern Mongolia will be brought under the control of the imperial court without bloodshed.

Moreover, the line of Dongsheng, Kaiping, and Daning was established, directly making Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi become second-tier border towns. Give Beijing a strategic buffer.

Not to mention Mo Nan, there is

Huge horse farm. There are even tens of thousands more servants.

This is what Zhu Qizhen has always wanted.

"Your Majesty, the imperial court has already lost a lot of money this year, and it really can't come up with any money." Liu Dingzhi said stubbornly.

Liu Dingzhi shouldn't have said this.

But Meng Ying said it too happily. It's like it's all a no-brainer.

You must know that this line of defense has never been overcome, so that the court gave up, on the contrary, it was the court that gave up on its own initiative.

Why?

Isn't it just that the money is too much to sustain the imperial court?

When I think about it, Zhu Qizhen has a big head.

There is also a ruined city in the upper capital, which can barely be used after repairing. But Dongshengwei was even earlier, to build a city, transport grain and grass, and recruit people to station, all of which were things and money.

If it is easy to maintain this line of defense, why did Emperor Xuanzong give up?

To be honest, the current finances of the Ming Dynasty may not be unsustainable, but the problem is not to have a catastrophe.

Compared with war, disaster relief is a bottomless pit with no end in sight.

It is precisely because of this that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court gradually became absent from disaster relief, that is, it could not be supplied financially at all.

Therefore, now that Kaiping is rebuilt and Dongsheng is won, the biggest problem facing Zhu Qizhen is not to fight, but how to maintain the place.

Zhu Qizhen secretly calculated in his heart, although it was difficult, he was still unwilling to give up this great opportunity. And he has been trying to rule the steppe for a long time, and now he always has to try to see if it will work. said: "In this matter, I have already made up my mind, from Datong and Shanxi, each of them will be stationed in Kaiping, and you will be ordered to inspect the old city of Dongsheng to see if it can be used, and the matter of building the city will be talked about next year." With such an extra amount of military spending, there won't be much. ”

"This money, I came out."

This is also Zhu Qizhen's habitual behavior, some guards are local, which can be said to be deep-rooted, and there are also marriages and other contacts with the local gentry.

If Zhu Qizhen really wants to move, I'm afraid it will be a little unstable.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen has always had the idea of moving in his heart.

Move the guard to a new place, take the opportunity to clean up and down, transfer the hereditary guards to other places, send generals from martial arts, and put the guards in order, not much to say, not extravagant, can achieve the beginning of the country, as long as it can be like Fujian, it is enough to use.

And expansion is a good way to move to the new health center.

Unconsciously, Zhu Qizhen had already linked the military reform of the Ming army with this war.

Zhu Qizhen became more cautious.

Meng Ying said: "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Zhu Qizhen was a little tired at the moment, and said, "Let's stop this matter." ”

The highest peak of the carrier warehouse in Zhu Qi Town is when the Empress Dowager left him with 32 million taels, which is a Zhu Qi town to this day

There is no way to surpass the peak.

Especially in the past few years, the highest time was only the eighteenth year of orthodoxy, about 10 million taels, but now, it has decreased to about 5 million taels.

And the palace expenses, even if Zhu Qizhen compresses them, will be about two million taels a year.

Any plan is finance-first, and if we don't solve this problem now, no matter what we say, it will be empty talk.

Zhu Qizhen was also very distressed, and said secretly in his heart: "Do you want to add Tianfu?" However, this thought popped up in Zhu Qizhen's heart, and it was snuffed out by Zhu Qizhen.

He would rather delay the fight for a few years before fighting, and will not use his brains in this regard again, although the land tax income, although there is great potential, but it is related to the foundation of the world.

He would not dare to move.

Let's put this one thing aside.

Zhu Qizhen immediately took Meng Ying away.

He wanted to talk to Meng Ying alone.

The reaction of the ministers strengthened Zhu Qizhen's thoughts.

There are many things that Zhu Qizhen can't retreat, because if he takes a step back, the civil officials below will pull the Ming Dynasty back three steps, so that the Ming Dynasty will become more and more degenerate.

Sometimes I have to admit that the Fall itself is a very comfortable thing. And it is very difficult to make your own progress.

These civil officials naturally want to drink a little wine, sing and praise each other, and then they will be promoted and rich. And Zhu Qizhen got these things, that one thing, all of them were to make them die of an unknown number of brain cells.

In their opinion, Zhu Qizhen is just troublesome.

The more this is the case, the more Zhu Qizhen has to firm up his direction, even if he pulls Daming's car alone, he has to go down.

Thinking about it this way, the failure of the Northern Expedition is not terrible.

The terrible thing is that the court is above the court, and it is a matter of ability to do things and to eliminate cheats.

Zhu Qizhen firmly made up his mind that this battle must be fought.

Therefore, there is no need to consult with these ministers in the future.

Zhu Qizhen was in the Qianqing Palace, and asked Meng Ying directly, saying: "Teng Guogong thinks that if he fights the tile thorn, how are he going to fight?" ”

Meng Ying coughed twice and said: "If the minister is ten years younger, he is naturally willing to lead the army to fight on the battlefield for His Majesty, but now the minister is old and can no longer go to the battlefield, and among the young people this year, the only people who can be entrusted as generals in the field are Shi Heng, Yang Hong, and Guo Deng." ”

"In the opinion of the ministers, it is natural that the three of them each take tens of thousands of horses to ride from Kaiping, Daning, and Zhaozhou, and set off into Mobei."

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "In this way, I will gather one another, wouldn't it give the enemy a chance to break through." ”

Meng Ying said: "Your Majesty's words are very true, but Shi, Yang, and Guo are all good generals of the imperial court, and they will not be easily broken by the thorns, and Your Majesty's decision to go north to Mobei has one thing to determine in advance." ”

"Your Majesty wants to use this to destroy the thorns?"