At the Wuyingdian Military Affairs Institute in Beijing, in response to Sun Chengzong's mention of the problem that too many troops could not be stationed in the city, and that the garrisons outside the city could not withstand the cold for a long time, everyone put forward different views. Some say that some troops guarding the pass were stationed in the city first, and the rest of the troops were stationed in Ningyuan City, which was five miles away, but the objection was that five miles was too far for fear of being taken into account; Some suggested that the new city should be built on the spot, but the cost of building the city has become a problem, and it has not solved the drawbacks of breaking the rout of the whole line in one click.

At this time, Tianqi asked: "What good things does this army eat, and it costs dozens of taels per person every year?" People eat ginseng bird's nest every day? Horses eat meat and drink wine every day? ”

Xiong Tingbi said: "Your Majesty, this soldier is not only paid for food, but also for local soldiers to bring their wives and daughters and other family members, and take the money home to buy food for the family to eat." ”

Apocalypse said, "It's a loss-making business, and it's a big loss. If you don't do anything all day long and still have money to support your family, such a person should be sent away as soon as possible. ”

Sun Chengzong was shocked: "Your Majesty, it has always been natural for a soldier to eat food and get paid, and there is no soldier in the world who does not need food." ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "In this way, after the completion of Ningyuan Pass, the area from Shanhaiguan Pass to Ningyuan Pass will be designated as a military control area, and each person will be issued an identity card to restrict entry and exit at will. All the people in it, regardless of military households, were supplied with food by the imperial court, and food was distributed once a few days according to the family, and the single ones ate together. Those who eat grain in vain must do things, those who are brave will participate in military training, those who pass the training will go out to attack the enemy and rob the enemy's property, those who are timid will repair the city and the soil, farm and fish, and the old and weak women and children will do laundry and cook, raise pigs and grow vegetables, so that everyone has something to do. Only 10% of the land income is taxed, and the rest is divided equally. The only thing is that there is no silver, and if you want silver, you can go to the enemy to grab it, and grab it back and divide it in half with the imperial court, so that it is not a loss-making transaction. ”

After hearing this, Wang Zaijin said: "Only give food and do not pay, and the ministers are afraid that if they are unwilling to be soldiers, it will not be good to cause a mutiny at that time." ”

Tianqi said: "If you don't want to, let him get out of his way and go back to his hometown, and those who dare to make trouble will be pulled out and buried." However, I think that ordinary soldiers will not make trouble if they know that they and their families can have food to eat, only those officers will be dissatisfied because they can't eat the vacancy, it doesn't matter, whoever makes a fuss will check him carefully, and maybe they can find a bunch of moths that suck the blood of soldiers. ”

Gaudi said, "The people who handle the grain and grass have too much authority, will they profit from it?" ”

Tianqi smiled slightly: "I have a way to do this, at most let them eat and then spit it out, and bury it if it is too unseemly, and find someone again, just this piece of land must be restricted in and out, where can greedy things be hidden?" ”

Zhang Weiying said: "If only food is given but not paid, what should we do if the officers and soldiers and their families want to buy clothes, oil, salt, and other petty expenses? ”

Tianqi said: "Didn't you tell them to farm, fish, raise pigs, and grow vegetables?" All the proceeds of the court were to be repurchased at the market price with silver, and all the proceeds were divided equally after deducting 10% of the tax. I thought there would be a lot of people rushing to come. ”

Xiong Tingbi said: "Then should the land be divided equally?" ”

Tianqi said: "The land is not divided by the state, and all the land in the military control area is nationalized. ”

Sun Chengzong asked: "What the emperor said is true, if you eat grain for nothing and pay only 10% of the tax income equally, more and more people will definitely be willing to come." The more people there are, the more expenses will be, the expenses will be bigger and bigger, what should the court do if it is difficult to sustain? ”

Tianqi said: "That's your business, when the time comes, either you will go out and set up a few gates on the side of the Sancha River and then enclose a piece of land to settle the surplus people, or let all the surplus people fight with Jiannu, both can be." ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Apocalypse continued: "Only giving food and not paying money, at least half of the silver will be saved, and it can be used to solve internal problems, and now all provinces in the country are suffering from disasters, and I don't want to find a way to solve it, I don't want to build slaves to fight me, I will be driven out of the Forbidden City by the mob who lack food and clothing." ”

Lu Xiangsheng said at this time: "Your Majesty, at the beginning, Lord Sun said that the characteristic of Guancheng is that it is a little breakthrough and a rout on the whole line, and the lower officials think that Ningyuan Pass is also a pass, how to ensure the absolute safety of Ningyuan Pass?" ”

Tianqi said: "Actually, when you discussed the problem more than once a few days ago, you mentioned the shortcomings of Shanhaiguan, and I have been thinking about how to keep the gate from breaking the problem in the past two days, and I thought of a wonderful solution in my dream last night. ”

How high is Tianqi's intelligence level, his teacher Sun Chengzong has the right to speak, so hearing Tianqi say that he has a way, or did he dream of it, Sun Chengzong secretly shook his head and asked softly: "May I ask what method the emperor dreamed of?" ”

Tianqi said: "It's just to build a few more passes, and it's better to repair dozens of them." ”

With a "poof", Ni Yuanlu, who was sitting diagonally opposite the apocalypse and drinking tea, couldn't hold back his words and squirted out, and the tea sprayed Tianqi's sleeve, so panicked that he quickly got up and pleaded guilty. Tianqi took a towel handed by an internal guard and scolded while wiping the water on his sleeve: "You kid doesn't talk and only drinks water these days, sit down and think about it, otherwise I won't be able to spare you." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "At that time, Lord Wang proposed to build another pass in Balipu and was vetoed by the minister, because the minister thought that there was no need to build a few passes at such a close distance, and the front pass was strong and the back pass was useless, and the front pass was a dilapidated army with no way to escape, and it would inevitably want to escape into the back pass, and then the enemy would naturally follow, and he could not help but open the door and watch his former comrades killed by the enemy one by one. ”

Tianqi said: "Lord Wang also proposed to rebuild Balipu at the beginning, there must be some considerations, please tell me why you want to repair Balipu?" ”

Wang Zaijin said: "There are two considerations for the minister's proposal to repair Balipu, one is that the current Shanhaiguan is low, and it is okay to stop the people and traders in the past, and it is not so reassuring to block the enemy; The second is that the Ming army's combat effectiveness is low, not to mention that they often flee before fighting, and Shanhaiguan cut off their retreat in the rear, so that they can desperately resist the enemy on Balipu Pass. The two levels should be insured, but the emperor said that it would be too much to build dozens of them. ”

Tianqi said: "You two have a point, but maybe you have misunderstood, maybe I didn't make it clear, I mean to repair the moon vertically and not horizontally." ”

When everyone heard this, they wondered: "What is the moon word Guancheng?" ”

Tianqi didn't answer, but asked Lu Xiangsheng: "Lu Xiangsheng, you said that you like to dance with guns and sticks since you were a child, how many zhang can you shoot arrows?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng said proudly: "Ordinary people can shoot about 20 to 30 zhang, and the minister has great strength and can shoot as far as 40 zhang. ”

Tianqi said: "That's right, the moon pass is a flat city in the shape of the moon character, facing the direction of the enemy only 30 zhang wide, the length can be repaired two to three miles, and the interval between each flat city and another flat city is also about 30 zhang, that is, the range of an arrow of ordinary soldiers." A number of Yuezi Guancheng are vertically arranged behind Ningyuan Pass, in case the pass is broken, the soldiers can pass between the two cities, and the enemy wants to pass through the city, and the soldiers can use arrows to choose ** for shooting from the side, no matter how much they repair, anyway, they are arranged one by one from the seaside to the mountain. ”

After finishing speaking, Tianqi drew a rough shape with tea on the edge of the table, and then gestured and said: "The moon character Guancheng is the bottom of the opening and the front of the door of the flat city like a moon character, characterized by a small attack area and the two cities can support each other. First of all, it is easy to take the soil, take the earth between the city and build the city, the soil takes away the land and becomes a depression, and the water can raise fish and shrimp for the soldiers to eat, and the ground outside the city is not dug through the thick walls built inside the city to make a section to avoid the enemy to pass easily. The second advantage is that there will be no collapse of the whole line in one click, this flat city is three to five miles long and can be divided into dozens of sections, each section has a thick wall to defend, the soldier can easily advance and retreat to see how much the enemy can break, the more he advances, the more he will be hit on both sides. The third advantage is that there are not many veterans of a hundred battles, as long as they can shoot arrows, they can pull up, which can reduce more than half of the people to come down to build cavalry. As for saying that if there is a shortage of people, they will summon the mainland refugees who have fled the famine, and they will only take care of food and not pay. ”

After listening to the apocalypse, everyone was silent, just silently looking at the map. After a while, Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, this is a whimsical idea, the minister added according to my thoughts after reading it, the key to this month is to rely on each other, the outermost two cities are the most important, one is next to the sea and the other is against the mountain, and we have the ability to defeat the heavy garrison on the mountain to deal with the enemy who does not climb the mountain on horseback." A few cannons can be put on the head of the city, even if the enemy digs the city wall, it can be moved back one by one, and crossbows can be set up on both sides to increase the power. The minister said so much, depending on what others had to say. ”