Chapter 59 The Strategic Concept of the North

"Niangniang, I summoned Yishu because of the Jurchen matter, this year's Jurchen drought, so my grandson wants to open a market in Liaodong, exchange grain for fur, ginseng and horses, and appease Jianzhou Sanwei, after all, Jianzhou Sanwei is also my Ming people." Zhu Qizhen said.

The Empress Dowager said, "I am allowed to do this. Let Yisha use Liaodong military rations first, and make up for it in Liaodong this year. ”

The 20,000 hectares of land in eastern Liaodong, if there are no natural disasters in this era, is more than 3 million to 4 million stone of grain output.

Of course, but there are more than 100,000 military households in Liaodong, plus their families, it is just enough.

"Xie Niangniang." Zhu Qizhen hurriedly said.

"Isn't that just the thing you summoned to say about it?" The Empress Dowager said.

"The mother is aware of everything." Zhu Qizhen said with a smile, if he wants to do something, he must get the approval of the Empress Dowager, he has known this for a long time, and he is also brewing words in his heart.

What is the most basic concept of Northeast China? Is it an old industrial base, or a commercial grain base?

But what Zhu Qizhen has always thought about is the granary of the Northeast.

The north of the Ming Dynasty withered much more than the south.

Although part of the grain supporting the nine sides is supported by the northern provinces, a considerable part of it is transported from the south.

This also caused the Ming Dynasty to have a strategic disadvantage over Mongolia.

In the event of a war, the supply lines of the Ming Dynasty should not be counted in Beijing, but in Nanjing. Under such circumstances, how could Da Ming launch an offensive against the grassland.

So, I want to really cross Mongolia. There's a lot to work out.

For example, since Yongle, the corruption and degeneration of the guard have degenerated, and the soldiers have become the slaves and slaves of the officers. The combat effectiveness of the Ming border army has declined, I don't know how much.

I don't know how much it is worse than the beginning of the country, and even the Yongle period.

For example, the lack of generals and so on.

But there is one thing that is most important in Zhu Qizhen's opinion.

That is the exploitation of the North. Try to make the north support the war on the steppe. In this way, it is necessary to reduce the cost of war by not knowing how much.

It will not lead to the five expeditions to Mongolia, which will cause turmoil in the world.

It's just that the north has been in turmoil since the Liaojin Yuan Dynasty, and it has long been inferior to the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the economic center has moved southward, which can be said to be irretrievable by manpower. But a point that can be saved is a point.

The situation in Beizhili is not easy to handle.

Zhu Qizhen knew one thing through the Mentougou Coal Mine.

The coal mines in Mentougou are indispensable to the figure of Xungui, so the land near Beijing will be in your hands? This is self-explanatory. So do your hands and feet on the land, in this place in the capital. Zhu Qizhen should be cautious.

But Liaodong is different.

Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and there is great potential for cultivated land reclamation. Now it is under the jurisdiction of the guard. And the health office has the responsibility of tuntian.

"Mother." Zhu Qizhen said: "The grain needed by the Beijing division is transported from the south, and all of it is transferred through the canal, which is too dangerous, once there is a little problem with the canal. Jingshi is in danger of running out of cooking. The grandchildren want to come and go, but they are always absolutely not safe. ”

"Sun Er has always thought that Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and if it can be opened up, the grain in Liaodong can also support Jingshi by sea. Isn't it convenient? ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head and said: "Liaodong can only grow grain for one season, and there are many kinds of chestnut rice. It is also a living place, it is good to be self-sufficient, how can it support the Jingshi. ”

"Grandson, do you want to be bad?"

"Niangniang, you can grow rice in Liaodong." Zhu Qizhen said.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her heart moved, and she said, "This is true. ”

Rice is much more productive than crops such as chestnut rice. The reason why the grain production in the south is better than that in the north is that the large-scale popularization of rice has been greatly promoted.

Zhu Qizhen said: "My grandson doesn't dare to deceive my mother, North Korea is connected to Liaodong, and the North Koreans have many kinds of rice, and Liaodong has a lot of water, so it's okay to think about it." ”

Zhu Qizhen continued: "If Niangniang doesn't believe it, you can recruit a few farmers from Jiangnan to grow rice in Liaodong. Even if it is one crop a year, it is not much if it is produced by rice. ”

The yield of chestnut rice in the north, a little more than one stone is not wrong. There are even a few buckets of them. Therefore, 20,000 hectares of land in Liaodong yielded 3 million stones, in fact, Zhu Qizhen estimated it in Gaoli.

Because he estimates that the amount of cultivated land in Liaodong may not be only 20,000 hectares, and it is impossible to have no private land.

However, the conversion of 20,000 hectares to rice can double the yield at once. Two stones of rice in one season belong to the basic operation, and in some places in the south of the Yangtze River, one mu of rice can reach as many as five stones and six stones, of course, this is not a common phenomenon.

However, there are three stones of rice in one season in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Empress Dowager thought: "Let this matter go for a while, and I will find a few families from the south to share it with Liaodong to grow rice." "The Empress Dowager has all the resources of the Ming Dynasty, and these little things are just a matter of the Empress Dowager's words. The Empress Dowager said: "It's just that the population of Liaodong is too small, what do you think should be done?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "From now on, all the criminals in the DPRK and China will be assassinated in Liaodong, and the Jurchens will be recruited to go out to farm. Zhu Qizhen cautiously raised his head and said, "If you can, you can relocate some disaster victims from the affected places in the north." ”

The Empress Dowager smiled, did not see the slightest change, and said: "You asked Daning about the matter, is it prepared in the future, to use the grain of Liaodong to help Daning, and to rebuild the Daning Division." ”

Zhu Qizhen knew that he was in the Qianqing Palace, and every word he said could not escape the ears of the Empress Dowager.

In fact, whether this kind of thing is care or surveillance makes Zhu Qizhen a little bored in his heart, but he is not a child after all, and he knows that some things are inevitable.

So he never put these emotions on his face.

said: "Exactly, Daning is too important, Emperor Taizong said, there is Kaiping, Daning is here, and Beiyu can't peep into Beijing." It's just that if Kaiping and Daning give up one after another, the north will go straight to Datong, and the beacon smoke will reach the stopper. It's really not the heyday weather. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "Then how do you prepare in the future, how to deal with the tile thorns?" I've thought about it. ”

Zhu Qizhen in the warm smile of the Empress Dowager, it seems that the Empress Dowager is just a kind grandmother, and since ascending the throne, Zhu Qizhen has gradually become familiar with the Ming Dynasty politics under the guidance of the Empress Dowager.

I don't dare to say anything about the government and understand everything one by one.

But on top of it, they all understand.

It already has the demeanor of a keyboard politician.

After all, he is above the big position, and now he naturally looks like he is eager to try. When the Empress Dowager asked, Zhu Qizhen didn't think much about it, and said: "Sun Er thought about it, Emperor Taizong's five northern expeditions, although there were many achievements, but in the past few decades, the tile spurs have been big, but the vitality of the imperial court has not yet recovered." ”

"In my grandson's opinion, this kind of idea of a large-scale expedition decided by a war must not be had."

"Sun Er thinks, my Ming Nine-sided Strategy, I still have to respect the old policy of Taizu."

The Empress Dowager said: "Taizu's old strategy, but I don't know what strategy? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "When Taizu saw that it was impossible to go down to the grassland quickly, he co-opted all the departments of the grassland, and established nine sides, pressed to the grassland, established the Liaohai barrier, and the Gansu fence, but the rise of the thorns, these places have shaken the like, and the grandson should send troops to the two places to contain the tiles with the two barriers." ”

"Gansu side, for the time being, but the northeast is full of mountains and forests, since the grass and trees can grow, it will be able to cultivate, the grandson wants to open a strange country in Nuer Gandusi, and Tun and war, Nuer Gandu Division into a province, then take this as the foundation to go west, rebuild Daning. Kaiping, Dongshengwei, occupy the land of Monan. ”

"Expelle the northern captives to the land of Mobei."

The Empress Dowager said: "Then what should I do about Mobei? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This grandson didn't think about it. ”

The Empress Dowager said lightly: "It's not that you haven't thought about it, it's that you think it too well." The Empress Dowager's face changed, and she said sharply: "Kneel." ”

Zhu Qizhen was stunned, seeing that the Empress Dowager's face was not good, he suddenly felt that he had lost his words. But for a while, I didn't know what was wrong in my strategy.

could only obey the order of the Empress Dowager, and immediately got up and knelt on the ground.

The Empress Dowager's face turned pale. said, "Do you know what is wrong? ”

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly said: "Grandson knows the mistake? ”

"What's wrong?" The Empress Dowager asked. 、

Where did Zhu Qizhen know where he didn't fall into the eyes of the Queen Mother, how could he say it.