Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Treasures of the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Qizhen actually knows that this is not necessarily what he did first, or maybe he didn't think so much about it first.

The tributary trade with the Ming Dynasty was a considerable source of wealth for the tile thorns, and it was natural to expand the trade first. And he conquered the Northeast, and there was not much harvest of grain, and as for the Jurchen horses, they were also another fist product among the tributes of the Ming Dynasty.

But I'm sorry, but the Watts lack everything, just not horses.

Therefore, the most that the tile thorn gets from the Jurchen is fur.

In fact, there is also a lot of fur output from tile spurs, and in previous years, there were also a lot of furs. Although cotton began to be popularized in the Ming Dynasty, the warmth of fur was still on top of cotton clothing. The demand for fur in the Ming Dynasty is also considerable.

But mink, especially sable. There are not many tile spurs, and the vaspur officials and nobles also have this need, so this is not among the tributes.

And now the tile spur has taken out so much in one go. Naturally, the tile spur came from the northeast.

Zhu Qizhen has always been obsessed with the loss of control over Nuergan.

Although there are three great victories to save the situation, in the eyes of ignorant people, this time Haixi Town has made a great contribution, and it has also made many people know for the first time that there is such a border town in the imperial court.

But what is the actual situation?

The Ming lost control and influence west of the Changbai Mountains. And after the reconstruction of Liaoyang Province, the Ming Dynasty had two signboards in almost all the guards of the Nuer Gandu Division.

On one side is a certain Wei of Daming, and on the other side is a certain household of Dayuan.

In addition to dozens of guards near Haixi Town, who were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the slaves set up by Emperor Taizong existed in name only.

This reality, how can Zhu Qizhen be happy. Hami is beyond the reach of the whip, and Mulan Hewei is also beyond the reach of the whip, it seems that the Ming Dynasty has 100,000 iron horses, and if they leave the side wall, they will not be able to fight.

That's it.

The country is flooded and rebellious.

In order to avoid panic, Zhu Qizhen must whitewash the peace. Expand the three passes and win a great victory, and cover up the battle of Mulan Hewei.

Many low-level officials in the imperial court also knew about the victory of Sandaoguan, but they didn't know that there was also the battle of Mulan Hewei.

It was precisely because of Zhu Qizhen's psychology that when he looked at the mink, he felt that this was also the first to satirize him.

Yang Pu didn't expect that the emperor would think like this for a while. After a slight pause, he said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about the border troubles, the north is also prosperous, and its destruction is also sudden, the imperial court guards the border wall and waits for it to destroy itself, isn't it right." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The tile spur spans tens of thousands of miles, with hundreds of thousands of armor, such a big country, wait for it to destroy itself?" It's simply self-deception. ”

Yang's point of view is not unreasonable.

Before the northern ethnic minorities were in Mongolia, it was really you who came to power and I stepped down, and in a few decades, it was enough for an extremely prosperous steppe ethnic group to disappear.

Not to mention anything else, back then, Arutai could press the tile thorn and kill Tuhuan's father, Mahamu.

Where is Arutai now?

And the internal contradiction of the tile spur is not without contradictions, the contradiction between the detachment and the first is irreconcilable, and there is only one throne? The Ross family and the Erjin family are unwilling to give up.

Therefore, it may not be a way to wait for the wall and watch its changes. After all, the Ming Dynasty spent too much money on the grassland. Even if it occupies the entire grassland, it is just a wound that bleeds endlessly.

But Zhu Qizhen was absolutely unwilling.

If the northern border trouble is not pacified, where does Zhu Qizhen have the energy to do anything else.

Most civil servants don't like to fight in their bones. It is a political attitude to support external toughness, but to really support a big war that lasts for several years is brain-dead.

Zhu Qizhen's military inclination has become more and more obvious in recent years.

Even if he knew that the nine sides were not clean, the money allocated from the imperial court was definitely guarded in the middle. One million taels can play an effect of 800,000 taels, which is not bad.

But Zhu Qizhen still threw money into military spending.

In the early years of orthodoxy, there was no fixed system for the imperial court's assistance to the nine sides, and at most there were no 500,000 taels at a time.

Today, the imperial court has attached more than two million taels to the allocation of the nine sides, and the grain has nearly two million stones.

As for grain, this is because of the repeal of the Kaizhong Law. The hole that Zhou Chen filled. In addition, the household department also spent nearly 500,000 taels to build a gallop road from Beijing to Xuanfu and from Beijing to Datong.

It is not fully built yet. But it has already played a big role in transporting food. Zhou Chen of the household department has already proposed the nine-sided gallop project.

That is, along the side wall, from Liaodong to Gansu, lay a gallop road. The imperial court can complete the control of Beijing and control the nine sides. Of course, there should be many branch lines leading to the mainland.

As long as it is completed, Zhou Chen estimates that he can save more than half of the cost.

But the cost is a headache for Yang Pu.

Not to mention, the nine-sided repair project presided over by Xu Xi of the Ministry of War. Although it is only in Xuanfu, Datong, and the surrounding areas of Beijing, Xu Xi has already reported more than 800,000 taels.

Yang Pu had a feeling for a moment, that is, the current emperor didn't know about the savings at all, and the salt tax was certainly levied a lot. But according to Zhu Qizhen's flower method.

I'm afraid there won't be any balance at all.

This may be a matter of fiscal perception.

In Zhu Qizhen's view, there are 10 million taels lying in the inner warehouse, and although the granaries of Beijing and Tianjin are frequently called, the total number is not less than 10 million stones.

It is enough to have so many reserves. On top of the finances, as long as there is a balance and a small surplus, it is a very healthy finance.

But Yang Pu couldn't stand this method of spending money, and almost smashed all the money saved in the Hebei water control project on the nine sides.

Yang Pu understands even more, what does the imperial court's fiscal tendency represent?

It represents that what this person wants to fight today is not the general battle of Emperor Taizong to sweep the north, and the scale is probably larger than the battle of sweeping the north.

There is no other reason, just the money and grain that has been smashed into it are enough for Emperor Taizong to take a trip to Mobei.

These money and grain are not without results, Chengguo Gong has already played, and another castle will be built in Shangyang River, this castle is between Xuanfu and Datong, and it is also outside the side wall.

That is, under the pressure of the emperor and financial support, the military has begun to gradually reintegrate the places that were abandoned into the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

And in the eyes of the emperor, this is not the end.

But as soon as Yang Pu thought of the cost, he felt his scalp tingle. If it weren't for the fact that the consumption of troops stationed in Monan was too great, Emperor Xuanzong would have given up in great strides.

So when Yang Pu came this time, he mentioned the tile spur, just to persuade the emperor tactfully.

Yang Pu said: "Naturally, he will not wait for his self-destruction, when Mian Rengong is here, he will not persuade His Majesty and separate the Mongolian monarchs and ministers." ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Jinyiwei is incompetent, and there has been no result. ”

In fact, it is also normal, everyone is a mature politician, and the eldest brother does not talk about the second brother. has his own set of trade-offs for pros and cons, Zhu Qizhen wants to separate from each other first, and he wants to let him first break the blood flow in Zhengming. He's so yellow.

And he first wanted to use the aura of defeating the Ming Dynasty to add himself, and then make the last step and abolish it.

Although everyone has their own thoughts, a big battle with the Ming Dynasty is inevitable.

Yang Pu said: "The minister just received the news that the son of Arutai has defected to the imperial court. ”

Thunder doesn't need to be re-drummed. Zhu Qizhen understood as soon as he heard it.

Arutai has been dead for years.

But Arutai's influence has not dissipated, or it is not that Arutai's influence has not dissipated, but that the influence of Dayuan's cowardly Xue Jun has not dissipated.

That's right. The predecessor of the Arutai Department was the Praetorian Guard of the Great Yuan Dynasty and the Guards of Genghis Khan, who were diehard loyalists of the Golden Family, and their fiefs were all in Eastern Mongolia.

These Mongolian nobles can be counted as Genghis Khan's subordinates at the beginning, the so-called four masters, four brave and the like.

Therefore, they have always thought that they are the most orthodox inheritance of the Mongolian golden family. So what does Arutai's son, whether it is true or not, think.

It doesn't matter.

At this moment, it fell into the hands of Zhu Qizhen, and it was a good chess piece.