Chapter 1065: Strategic Adjustment
Zhao Yu knew that in many dynasties in history have implemented military tun, in the early days of the military tun has played a huge role in consolidating the border defense, raising and raising troops, but in the later period, it often became a hotbed of corruption, and eventually collapsed, and the most representative is the military tun of the Song and Ming dynasties.
The Song Dynasty has always faced the invasion of northern nomads because of its self-reliance, and the cost of raising troops has always been high. And the way to solve financial difficulties is nothing more than to pick money from the people, and if there is no money, we need open source, such as engaging in some industry. After the southern crossing, because of the land annexation, the land that the imperial court could control became less and less, so the public land law was developed.
The idea of the public land law is to buy land and raise soldiers. By acquiring the land in the hands of the people, they used the cultivation to pay for the garrison's annual military salaries, spring and winter clothing, military training expenses, and official requests; In addition to buying land, there are also tuntian camps, the so-called camps, which are the land that is out of households and some official fields to "call people to plough and share the profits".
In short, so the Southern Song Dynasty later implemented the public land law and spent money to buy land from large landlords again. However, I am afraid of any problem, but the Southern Song Dynasty court did not have enough money, so it was directly purchased with paper money, and everyone knew that the value of that thing depreciated quickly. Later, due to the opposition and the degree of moderation, this thing could bring a lot of convenience, so it was also the hard currency at that time. Therefore, the Gongtian Law offended many people and had a great impact on the people, but it finally alleviated the current predicament of the Southern Song Dynasty. But it also led to the sharpening of class contradictions, so the peasant uprising intensified, and everyone knows what happened next.
The same is true of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the environment at the end of the Ming Dynasty, readers who are familiar with history know that it is a typical internal and external trouble. The most terrible thing is that the Ming Dynasty can't collect taxes, and the soldiers can't be levied. At that time, the large households that owned a large amount of land and population not only wantonly annexed land but also embezzled military camps. Because no one touched them, they had nothing to fear.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the military tun system existed in name only, Sun Chuanting, the reluctant northwest guard general, even made a solution by himself without the need for military salaries from the imperial court, and his confidence was to use the arms in his hands to recapture the land that had been encroached upon by some people. During the Ming Dynasty, there were 24,000 troops and more than 20,000 hectares of fields around Xi'an.
During the period when Sun Chuanting presided over the military affairs of Shaanxi, in order to expand the military strength and food salary, after governance, he used various means to recapture the military tun of the local large households, and finally obtained 11,000 soldiers, 145,000 taels of silver in annual taxes, and 13,500 stones of rice and wheat. The strength and financial resources of the Ming army were greatly restored, but under the intervention of Emperor Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting was forced to go out of the customs in advance to meet the battle, and his measures were put to waste.
At the beginning of the recovery of Jiangnan, Zhao Yu still issued an order strictly prohibiting the army from tuntian and participating in business activities under very difficult financial circumstances, because he was worried about repeating the mistakes of the past. After the Mengyuan army entered the Central Plains, it still adopted the nomadic way of conquest, and the state did not bear the military expenses, and it was still solved by each army. Therefore, it became a logical thing to divide the land and implement the military tun.
However, Meng Yuan did not have effective measures to prevent the evils of the military camp, and all kinds of evil consequences followed. The greedy nature made the nobles and the generals who led the army to intensify their encroachment on land and population, and used all kinds of privileges to accumulate wealth and squeeze the income of captives and soldiers, which was also an important reason for the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Mengyuan army. At present, Sang Ge not only hooked the local finances and checked the embezzled property, which can be said to have released their blood. Coupled with the increase in taxes, the income of local generals has been greatly reduced, but the cost of sending troops will not be borne by the imperial court, so it is naturally not as active as before......
"Han Shumi, how can I feel more and more confused in your analysis, since Yuxi Timur is short of money and it is difficult to launch a southern invasion, why do you oppose the ambush?" After listening to Han Zhen's analysis of the situation for a long time, everyone thought it was true, but the more Chen Renweng listened, the more wrong he became, isn't his statement a contradiction, and he couldn't help but ask rhetorically.
"Chen Shangshu, what I mean refers to one of the reasons why Meng Yuan is reluctant to move troops at the moment, but it does not mean that Yuxi Timur has given up the idea of invading the south!" Han Zhen didn't feel that there was the slightest problem with his words.
"Oh, I want to hear about it!" Chen Renweng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said with some embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, colleagues, I think that Yuxi Timur did not give up the idea of invading the south. There are three reasons: first, the attack of Meng Yuan on the areas along the river in our country has become more and more intense; On the other hand, Sange's new policy led to the intensification of the contradictions between the Mengyuan court and the local government, and there was a great danger of breaking out. Of the three, Sang Ge and he should belong to the same party, although the two have a tacit understanding, but there are no contradictions. Therefore, they are not only using each other, but also wary of each other, the current two Huai increased taxes by hundreds of thousands of yuan, which has exceeded the capacity of one place, and caused the dissatisfaction of the garrison troops, they must also be dissatisfied, thinking that Sang Ge intends to suppress. And the Mongols have the most important military merits, and launching a southern invasion can not only relieve the crisis they are facing, but also gain the further trust of Zhenjin! ”
"Well, there's some truth, you continued." Zhao Yu nodded. He understood that Han Zhenzhi meant that although Meng Yuan had not made a move for a long time, the fundamentals of the southern invasion had not been eliminated, but there was just a lack of an opportunity.
The minister thought that the reason why Meng Yuan did not take action was mainly because of his scruples. First of all, Zhenjin is currently advocating peace negotiations in order to gain time to stabilize the situation and improve the finances, so it is contrary to the original intention of Zhenjin to take the initiative to provoke a war; Moreover, Yuxi Timur has always presided over the northern military and resisted the invasion of the rebels, not a reckless person, he should be afraid of the combat effectiveness of our army, after all, he took the lead in the surprise attack to face the siege of nearly 200,000 troops in Jiangdong; I am afraid that they are afraid of His Majesty's prestige, and there are tens of thousands of elite imperial guards under their command, and if they want to seize Lin'an, they must have a battle, and they are not sure of victory! Han Zhenzai explained.
"Deputy Han made it clear that the Mengyuan army was reluctant to cross the river for a long time, but it frequently sent troops to harass the Kunshan front line in order to create tension, and it was intended to transfer the main force of our dynasty away from Lin'an and attract it to the Jiangkou area!" Zhao Yu touched his chin and frowned.
"Well, I think that's exactly what the enemy means!" Han Zhen nodded.
"Vice Envoy Han's thoughts are too self-righteous!" At this time, Liu Zhu continued, "Deputy Envoy Han's words are completely different from the original strategy of luring the enemy into depth, which completely subverts the assumption at that time, but it is compatible with the holy will. ”
"Yes, Vice Envoy Han intended to ask His Majesty to drive the imperial expedition in person, and when the first discussion was held, several Zaifu and the Queen Mother strongly opposed it, and now you are instigating it, are you not afraid of being impeached by the ministers? Moreover, it is clear that Timur laid a trap at the moment, and your Majesty will not risk your life when you go there, in case you fail, you will be a sinner for the ages! Chen Renweng also frowned and said, with ruthlessness in his words.
"I'm just talking about things, I don't have other distracting thoughts, and I don't mean to bully Your Majesty!" Facing a big hat, Han Zhen did not back down and gave up what he thought, and pushed back lukewarmly.
"Deputy Envoy Han, Your Majesty always needs a reason to leave Beijing, could it be that if you lead the imperial army to parade, will Yuxi Timur send troops to invade the south?" Yoo so thought it was a little funny.
"This ...... I haven't thought of a suitable reason yet! Han Zhen was asked, he knew that the emperor's departure from Beijing was a major event, and it was beyond his control, and he went to Kunshan in the name of the imperial expedition, I am afraid that Yuxi Timur would really give up the southern invasion.
"Do you think it's a pity to give up this battle?" Zhao Yu listened to everyone's arguments, pondered for a moment, and asked after pressing his hands to silence them.
"Your Majesty, this battle has been planned for several months, and it has mobilized nearly 100,000 troops of the two armies of Shuibu, moved tens of thousands of people internally, and raised a large number of military supplies. Chen Renweng sighed and said.
"The ministers also feel that they have paid too much in the early stage, and if they withdraw their troops so quietly, they will be impeached by the ministers for our incompetence, and it will inevitably affect the morale of the army and disgrace the soldiers!" Lu Shiwen said.
"That's true, Meng Yuan frequently offended the border, and our army did nothing, not only was it thought that the enemy was afraid of the enemy, and it was a waste of food and salary, but also lost the hearts of the people!" Bujun Shilang Zhongsu Liu Yi looked at the little emperor's face and said.
"In this way, everyone wants to fight with Meng Yuan!" Zhao Yu nodded.
"The ministers are willing to fight the enemy and be loyal to the country!" The generals looked at each other, and they all stood up and saluted.
"Okay, then I will give Yuxi Timur a reason to go to war!" Zhao Yu knew that he didn't look at the generals who had just argued with each other about the battle and retreat, but in fact, they all wanted to fight with the enemy in their hearts, after all, they would give up easily after planning for such a time, and no matter who they were, he was unwilling, so he took the case and said.
"We obey the commandments!" The generals bowed deeply and said in unison, and their voices were also an octave higher than the argument just now, although they were forced to be calm, but they could also see the excitement in their hearts.
When the generals were arguing just now, Zhao Yu also re-examined the previous battle plan in his heart, which was based on the enemy's first attack and their defensive counterattack. However, under the current situation, it is obviously no longer applicable, and if we want to fight, we must adjust the previous battle plan. He thought that since Meng Yuan had scruples and refused to take the lead, he would start the war first.
Zhao Yu then readjusted his thinking and made a rough idea, the deployment of his own troops remained unchanged, the task of the Eastern Front Corps remained unchanged, and he was still ambushed in Kunshan; The First Army on the Western Front changed its standby attack on Yangzhou to take the initiative to launch an offensive, and still implemented the strategy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements. In this way, the armies will not make major changes in the preliminary preparations because of the change of strategic intentions, but the pressure on the Western Front Corps will undoubtedly increase, but it also gives him a reason to drive the expedition himself......