It can be said that the "opening up of the middle law" implemented in the early Ming Dynasty was conducive to the development of the national economy, especially for the development and construction of the northern border areas.

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang once specially formulated a law stipulating: "Anyone who is in prison with a false name and a powerful person who is in charge of officials and officials will pay money and grain, please buy salt to lead the investigation, and those who have embezzled the people's interests will be given 100 rods, three years in prison, and the salt goods will be put into the official ......."

The promulgation of this law greatly deterred the attempts of the bureaucratic and powerful classes to get involved in salt for profit at that time, and played a great role in promoting the implementation of the Kaizhong Law.

However, since Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the opening of China and France has become the target of their power rent-seeking in the eyes of the Ming magnates and interest groups of all parties.

During the years of Chenghua and Hongzhi, due to the prevalence of private salt, the magnates and others arbitrarily asked the emperor to occupy the nest and monopolize Kaizhong.

As a result, the amount of salt distribution far exceeded the capacity of the salt industry, which forced a large number of border merchants to have no salt to receive, so they could only wait for the output of new salt in the salt works.

Some people need to wait for the situation of defending the border for decades to appear, which greatly dampened the enthusiasm of border merchants to transport grain and support the border.

As a result, the implementation of the Kaizhong Law has become difficult, and it is difficult to run as well as it did during the Hongwu and Yongle periods.

In the thirteenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Household summed up the harm of the destruction of the law in the middle of the matter.

In the fifth year of the reign of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, Ye Qi, who was then the emperor of Xiaozong, proposed the method of receiving salt by accepting silver, that is, the "folding color method".

From then on, it was stipulated that the merchants did not need to transport military needs to the border towns in the future, and only needed to pay silver taels to the treasury to obtain salt.

Although, in this way, the Ming Dynasty increased the income of one million taels of silver to the treasury within a year.

However, Ye Qi's reform of salt administration completely changed the national military strategic policy of "combining salt administration and border administration" in the early Ming Dynasty, and replaced it with the salt monopoly as a direct means of obtaining financial revenue.

This short-sighted approach sees only immediate financial benefits, but not the impact on the national strategic level.

In order to obtain higher profits, the border merchants who originally benefited from the opening of China and France directly built the border towns and merchants, which promoted the sufficient supply of military supplies in the border areas.

However, the introduction of the folding color method directly extracted the foundation of the economic development of the border towns.

The border merchants gradually withdrew, the merchants were deserted, the military needs of the border towns were once again tight, the military expenditure increased significantly, and the Ming Dynasty fell into an even more terrible financial crisis.

And now, Emperor Chongzhen undoubtedly wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the Jin merchants being cleared to restore the opening of China and France.

"Zhuqing, I will cancel the color folding method and resume the opening of the Chinese method one day, what do you think?"

"The emperor's grace is vast, we have no opinion, everything is subject to His Majesty's holy will."

The good thing that the world has dropped pies, how about Your Majesty?

It's so face-saving.

Who dares to have an opinion on the generals of the Yongwei battalion?

That's not to be shameless, to cut yourself off from the Yongwei battalion.

Therefore, after a moment of silence, Zhou Yuji finally said what was in his heart instead of the generals.

"Your Majesty, this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion have the unshirkable responsibility, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty!"

Chen Qiyu, who was clear-minded, had fully comprehended the holy will and was deeply convinced.

In his opinion, His Majesty's move can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

First of all, the restoration of the Kaizhong method and the abolition of the folding method are beneficial to the imperial court.

It can be said that the formulation of the Chinese Law in the early Ming Dynasty was not just an economic system, but could be regarded more as a guiding policy beneficial to national defense.

It's a pity that no matter how good the system is, it must rely on people to implement it.

Now His Majesty is taking advantage of the opportunity to clear the Jin merchants and replace them with the dependents of the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, which has far-reaching intentions but is logical.

It is conceivable that in the future, the Yongwei Battalion, which will be expanded to 300,000 horses, must be the largest force in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no one.

Anyone who wants to snatch food from the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion who strictly enforce His Majesty's opening of the Chinese law should think twice.

After all, the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion are no better than the merchants, they are a large group of people who play with knives and lives.

If it angers them, even if His Majesty turns around and adjusts, it is estimated that the end will not be much better?

Besides, who will not know when Your Majesty helps?

Secondly, through the distribution of benefits, the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion will be infinitely loyal to His Majesty.

With their support, His Majesty will be able to show his strength, and the Sacred Heart will be independent and fearless of any group.

To be honest, it is no secret that some of the royal princes and nobles in the capital have separated from their majesty.

Clear-eyed people and people with hearts can see it.

They rush to get on if they have interests, and they support them if they don't have interests, and there are countless such things.

Now His Majesty's use of emerging interest groups to beat the old nobles is really a clever move.

No wonder His Majesty is not afraid to publicly declare that he will replace the Beijing camp with the Yongwei Battalion, which is really well-intentioned!

This is to clearly tell the royal relatives and nobles in the capital, restrain yourself, I can't bear you anymore, don't think that without you, I will have nothing to do.

In the end, it is to make reasonable use of the resources of Jin merchants.

This time, a total of 38 Jin merchants were raided, not to mention gold, silver, grain, and materials. The good and good land that each family has hoarded alone is a few hundred thousand mu and a few million mu, totaling two or three million mu of fertile land.

Such a huge amount of land, distributed in Shanxi, Hebei, Gansu and other border towns, requires a lot of labor to cultivate.

And the dependents of the next 300,000 brave guard battalions are just enough to make up for this gap.

As for the other benefits, there is no need to dwell on them one by one.

In short, Chen Qiyu's arrangement of His Majesty can only be admired.

"Zhuqing, sit down and talk while eating."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know that Chen Qiyu had already helped him summarize one, two, and three points in a short period of time, so he beckoned the generals to sit down, picked up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and prepared to eat.

Now outside the palace, there is not so much attention.

But even so, the generals were still very restrained, lowering their heads and picking up the rice in the bowl, and they didn't dare to clip more dishes, like sitting on pins and needles.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head helplessly, after all, some things are not transferred by human will.

In fact, if you think about it from another angle, they did the right thing. If they really talk in front of me, if there is no one around, they are arrogant and domineering, and they are spoiled.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen didn't need to be reluctant, everything went naturally.

After the meal, Emperor Chongzhen summoned the generals above the general of the Yongwei battalion and arranged the tasks of the next royal expedition.

That's right, it's an arrangement, not a discussion.

For the imperial expedition, from the very beginning, Emperor Chongzhen had his own plans.

In the lobby of the Fan Mansion, the generals were dressed in armor, holding their breath and concentrating, listening carefully to His Majesty's orders.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next step is to leave Jiexiu, enter Zhangjiakou in the east, and cut off the enemy's rear road."

On the map hanging high, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the location of Zhangjiakou and explained his intentions concisely.

Zhangjiakou borders Mongolia and is the only way for the Tatar coalition to retreat.

Cut off the enemy's rear road, and the enemy will be saved.

This is the goal of Emperor Chongzhen's personal expedition.

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

It's just that......

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, Chen Qiyu got up in a hurry to dissuade him, "Cutting off the enemy's rear road can be described as a move to defeat the enemy, but it is also extremely dangerous.

When the Tatars heard the news, they would inevitably fight to the death regardless of casualties. His Majesty is the body of ten thousand gold, the father of the Ming monarch, who is a member of the country and the country, and does not stand a dangerous wall.

The minister is not talented, and I implore you to lead the army to complete this important task on behalf of Your Majesty. ”

After speaking, Chen Qiyu lifted his official robe and knelt in front of the lobby with a solemn face, obviously looking like a dead admonition.

"I beg Your Majesty to take back the holy order and let the ministers do the work for you!"

In the lobby, the armored generals knelt on the ground and pleaded in unison.

As generals, they naturally know the importance of cutting off the enemy's rear route and the danger contained in it, how can they let their king go to the soup and take this risk?

Although they are conceited and brave and not afraid of death, after all, there are only more than 10,000 people, and no one dares to guarantee that His Majesty will be safe and sound in the chaos.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please don't be impatient, I am not acting hastily and risking my life."

In the face of everyone's kindness, Emperor Chongzhen was also very moved. He raised his hands and motioned for the generals to get up, and explained: "The Tatars are known to be fierce and powerful.

If the trapped beast is still fighting, it will be even more crazy.

Therefore, if you want to cut off the enemy's rear route, even if Zhu Qing fights bravely to kill the enemy without fear of death, it is obviously not enough to deal with 50,000 or even more Tatar captives with only more than 10,000 troops in the Yongwei battalion. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's just a few words immediately calmed down the hearts of the generals, it turned out that His Majesty was measured and planned, and he was not rash.

His eyes swept over the quiet generals, and Emperor Chongzhen's fingers swept across the map, pointing to Datong, Fangshan, and Changping, his eyes were blazing.

"I have ordered Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, Gao Shiming, the commander of the world's soldiers and horses, and Hong Chengchou, the commander of the rear army, to lead the army to assemble near Zhangjiakou and wait for the opportunity.

There is also Gaoyang County, where 5,000 tiger guards are stationed. If things go well, you can always help......"

Call......

With Emperor Chongzhen's explanation, the generals were obviously relieved.

Only then did they know that before they knew it, His Majesty had actually mobilized all the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin in the world.

This is a world of difference compared to the last three times.

"Your Majesty has strategized and won a thousand miles, and I admire you!"

After listening to His Majesty's plan, Chen Qiyu sighed and did not dissuade him anymore.

What else could he say?

It turned out that His Majesty had arranged everything, and as a vassal, it would be good to carry out the holy will.

blamed himself for worrying too much, and if he didn't know why, he discouraged him.

Fortunately, His Majesty did not blame, otherwise he would have been embarrassed.

Zhu Qing listened to the order: the factory guard immediately sneaked into Zhangjiakou to investigate the specific facts. The army did not collect and dispatched at night, and detectives were deployed near Zhangjiakou.

The rest of the people were packed up and on standby. ”

persuaded the generals, Emperor Chongzhen stopped talking nonsense and immediately issued a will.

It is said that the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. But in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, intelligence comes first.

Now Zhangjiakou is barely behind the enemy, and without the support of intelligence, Emperor Chongzhen cannot make the right decision.

"No!"

The generals replied violently, and their fighting intent was monstrous, and they went back to prepare.

This time I followed His Majesty's royal expedition, and I originally made up my mind to swear to capture the flag, accumulate meritorious deeds, and protect Your Majesty.

Now that His Majesty has made good arrangements, it has increased his confidence.

Seeing that the hearts of the generals of the Yongwei Battalion were rising, Emperor Chongzhen smiled with satisfaction.

To be honest, cutting off the enemy's rear road does have a certain risk.

The safest way to play, of course, is to play all the way according to the previous discussion, play all the way and let it go all the way.

But in this way, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the Ming Dynasty's troops were wasted.

There are more than 200,000 Qinwang armies gathered near the capital, and people eat horses and chew every day, and they don't know how much food is wasted, which is a pity!

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen decided to make reasonable use of troops.

Although Chen Xinjia, Gao Shiming, and Hong Chengchou's subordinates are difficult to call elite, they are victorious because there are many people, and they are not field battles, which is enough for the Tatars to drink a pot.

Fight consumption, Daming can afford to fight completely.

With the will of Emperor Chongzhen, the army moved quickly, and the factory guards and the army went to various places at night to spy on the enemy and deliver news.

It can be said that the "opening up of the middle law" implemented in the early Ming Dynasty was conducive to the development of the national economy, especially for the development and construction of the northern border areas.

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang once specially formulated a law stipulating: "Anyone who is in prison with a false name and a powerful person who is in charge of officials and officials will pay money and grain, please buy salt to lead the investigation, and those who have embezzled the people's interests will be given 100 rods, three years in prison, and the salt goods will be put into the official ......."

The promulgation of this law greatly deterred the attempts of the bureaucratic and powerful classes to get involved in salt for profit at that time, and played a great role in promoting the implementation of the Kaizhong Law.

However, since Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the opening of China and France has become the target of their power rent-seeking in the eyes of the Ming magnates and interest groups of all parties.

During the years of Chenghua and Hongzhi, due to the prevalence of private salt, the magnates and others arbitrarily asked the emperor to occupy the nest and monopolize Kaizhong.

As a result, the amount of salt distribution far exceeded the capacity of the salt industry, which forced a large number of border merchants to have no salt to receive, so they could only wait for the output of new salt in the salt works.

Some people need to wait for the situation of defending the border for decades to appear, which greatly dampened the enthusiasm of border merchants to transport grain and support the border.

As a result, the implementation of the Kaizhong Law has become difficult, and it is difficult to run as well as it did during the Hongwu and Yongle periods.

In the thirteenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Household summed up the harm of the destruction of the law in the middle of the matter.

In the fifth year of the reign of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, Ye Qi, who was then the emperor of Xiaozong, proposed the method of receiving salt by accepting silver, that is, the "folding color method".

From then on, it was stipulated that the merchants did not need to transport military needs to the border towns in the future, and only needed to pay silver taels to the treasury to obtain salt.

Although, in this way, the Ming Dynasty increased the income of one million taels of silver to the treasury within a year.

However, Ye Qi's reform of salt administration completely changed the national military strategic policy of "combining salt administration and border administration" in the early Ming Dynasty, and replaced it with the salt monopoly as a direct means of obtaining financial revenue.

This short-sighted approach sees only immediate financial benefits, but not the impact on the national strategic level.

In order to obtain higher profits, the border merchants who originally benefited from the opening of China and France directly built the border towns and merchants, which promoted the sufficient supply of military supplies in the border areas.

However, the introduction of the folding color method directly extracted the foundation of the economic development of the border towns.

The border merchants gradually withdrew, the merchants were deserted, the military needs of the border towns were once again tight, the military expenditure increased significantly, and the Ming Dynasty fell into an even more terrible financial crisis.