Chapter Fifty-Eight: Daning

Daning is just outside the mouth of Xifeng, the land of Guhuizhou, Liaozuo in the east, Xuanfu in the west, is an important town.

With Daning here, it has directly pushed Beijing's border defense line to the north for hundreds of miles, and as long as Daning is not lost, Beijing will never be shocked if it moves.

When Zhu Qizhen looked at Daming's border map, he never felt a sense of security.

Of course, on the map, Daning is still owned by Daming. But in reality, the imperial court had no garrison in Daning for a long time.

If we talk about this one, we should start with Jingnan.

The most important step for Emperor Taizong to turn the tide of the war was to go out of the fortress of Daning, coerce the king of Ning, and collect the male soldiers, which gave Emperor Taizong the capital to compete with Jianwen.

At that time, Emperor Taizong didn't even care about Beijing for the sake of the Daning soldiers.

At that time, Emperor Renzong was surrounded by the southern army several times and fought hard. Emperor Taizong abandoned it.

However, he accepted the Daning soldiers into the customs and contacted the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, so that Emperor Taizong had the capital to compete with the southern soldiers. But there is also a problem left.

It's Daning.

Daning didn't start out.

It was built in order to attack Liaodong during the Hongwu period.

During the Hongwu period, there was a fishing war, and Daning was one of the places where the troops were dispatched.

But in such an important place, Emperor Taizong withdrew all his soldiers. How to defend Daning City, so Daning was empty.

Until now, it has not recovered, and seems to have served as a buffer between the imperial court and the Tatars.

But Zhu Qizhen understands very well.

It is delusional to not occupy a place yourself, hoping that others will not occupy it.

Zhu Qizhen really didn't understand that Daning was so important, directly related to the safety of the imperial court, how could it be vacant.

This question is too much to do with it, and it is related to the three emperors of Taizu Taizong and Xuanzong, Jin Ying, Wang Zhen, and Yisha, and their hearts suddenly sank, and they didn't know what to say.

can not only avoid the venerable's secrets, but also tell Zhu Qizhen the meaning.

As for Wang Zhen, he didn't care about it, as if he hadn't heard it.

Yi Lost Ha said: "Taizong, Emperor Xuanzong have reset the meaning of Daning, but the cost is too great, Hongwu established Daning City, once exempted the taxes of several northern provinces, let the people send grain to Daning, for several years, Daning has 620,000 stones when the most grain, with more than 1.2 million ingots of treasure money. ”

"It can be said that the power of the northern country is poured into this city."

"Daning itself is easy to attack and defend in the south. The production is simply not enough for the army, and it is necessary to transport grain in the customs every year. It's just that since Yongle, the north has repeatedly built great projects, and there have been several northern expeditions. ”

"The savings in the north are empty, and there is no way to rebuild Daning City."

Zhu Qizhen also knows that from the Yongle period to the present, even if the Empress Dowager does everything that is not urgent, there are actually many big projects to be built.

Hebei was the main battlefield of Jingnan, which was already dilapidated, and then the city of Beijing was built, the Great Wall was built, and the army was supported to march north several times.

Emperor Taizong marched north, and the movement was 500,000 people. Supplying so much grain and grass is not without labor.

In this way, where can the north support the big project of Daning. After all, Daning City has been abandoned for so many years, and the original Daning City has long been in ruins.

If you want to garrison troops in Daning, I'm afraid you have to rebuild Daning City.

Thinking of the huge cost, even Zhu Qizhen shook his head secretly.

The grain and grass in the north are tight, and it is no longer a day or two.

Now the big projects that need to be completed are the finishing works of Beijing City, which have been repaired from the Yongle period to the present, and Beijing City cannot be completed.

In addition, the mausoleum of Emperor Xuanzong and the construction of the Great Wall. Wait a minute.

This has already left the cabinet a little breathless. Plus Daning City?

Even if the imperial court has the ability to build Daning City, the Empress Dowager also supports it, but the strategic environment has changed. The tile thorn defeated Arutai and dominated the grassland.

Under such circumstances, the construction of Daning City must be met with the tile thorn.

Although I don't know what the strength of the military households below is, but in terms of generals alone, Zhu Qizhen is not too confident in the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen sighed slightly in his heart. Money grain, money grain, money grain. The financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty seems to have come too early.

Zhu Qizhen pressed this matter and asked, "I heard that Daning was ceded by Emperor Taizong to Wuliang Ha Sanwei?" ”

This statement has always been spread.

When Jin Ying heard this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, there is a secret in it. said: "At the time of the Jingjing, during the extraordinary period, Emperor Taizong had acquiescence, and after Taizong ascended the throne, he had already overturned this matter. ”

"Wuliang Ha Sanwei has not been grazing in Daning, although there are often cross-borders, but they never dare to stay in Daning."

Zhu Qizhen nodded slightly.

In other words, Emperor Taizong probably did this thing, but after Taizong ascended the throne, he had already turned the page. The black history of Emperor Taizong is not good to ask.

However, if the status quo in Daning continues, with the rise of the digging side, the blank in Daning may not be sustainable.

Zhu Qizhen pulled the topic back and said, "Father-in-law, can Liaodong be self-sufficient in grain?" Is it enough for the Disaster Relief Jurchen? ”

Yizha hurriedly said: "There are no prefectures and counties in Liaodong, only the guards, all the guards add up to 20,000 hectares, and they can only be planted once a year, and the income is only self-sufficient." If you want to trade with the Jurchens, I am afraid that you will have to transfer grain from the south. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The country has something to do in the north, mostly because of the grain in the south, it is not a long-term policy. If you get one stone of grain in the north, you will get three stones of grain in the south. ”

"As for this food shortage, it can lead merchants to Liaodong. The inner court can also contribute a little. As he spoke, Zhu Qizhen looked at Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen understood and said, "The slave and maid will arrange it." ”

At this time, after all, the Ming Dynasty has not yet fallen to the time of Chongzhen, although the state is a little nervous, but whether it is in the palace or in the prefectures and counties, they are all rich.

It's just a little too much to do.

And in Wang Zhen's opinion, Jurchen fur, Dongzhu and the like are still in demand, and there are many palace needs, even if they are not needed in the palace, it is a sum of money to change hands.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know much about Ouchi's finances, and there was no embarrassment on Wang Zhen's face. Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief. He is self-aware and uses the property of the inner court, and he still has this authority, but if he wants to use the food of the Ministry without going through the cabinet, I am afraid that Yang Shiqi will definitely refute it.

Therefore, if you can not move the user department, you will not move the user department.

Zhu Qizhen continued to Yishiha: "Whether Liaodong can become the granary of the Ming Dynasty depends on how Qing's business is. ”

He didn't expect that Zhu Qizhen had such great expectations for Liaodong, and said with some trepidation: "The slave and maid must be deadly, but Liaodong is bitterly cold, and only one season of grain can be planted a year, and there are many kinds of chestnuts, although there are many open land, but the population is scarce, many Jurchens, Koreans, and Han people are all exiled from Guannei." There is no population, and now there is a foreign trouble, and the surplus money and food must be repaired and checkpoints must be set up. The slave can only say that she will do her best. ”

Although Zhu Qizhen was a little disappointed in his heart, he said: "Okay, it's best to tell the truth with me." ”

Zhu Qizhen always thought that it was the military management system in Liaodong that made the development of agriculture in Liaodong impossible. And it seems that on the contrary, the population of Liaodong, especially the Han Chinese, is too small.

It cannot support a civil affairs system.

If you don't have enough people, what's the use of setting up prefectures?

But large-scale immigration to Liaodong as at the beginning of the country is not something he can do now. No matter how many ideas he has, he can only press them.

and a reward for the loss of Ha.

Let Yizha go down to rest well, discuss with Wang Zhen, and then return to Liaodong to deal with Jurchen affairs.

However, Zhu Qizhen still has to explain this matter to the Empress Dowager.

So the next day, after lunch. explained this matter to the Empress Dowager.

And the Empress Dowager asked the maid to make a pot of tea, as if she had been waiting here for a long time, and let Zhu Qizhen sit on the side, with curling green smoke between the two grandparents, and the Empress Dowager had a pair of eyes, with a trace of solemnity. said: "Tell me, what do you think of Liaodong, or rather, what do you think of Yishuha." Let's talk about it. ”