Chapter 444: Capital War

Mongolia has always been Mongolia, and there has never been any saying within the Mongolians about Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, everyone is the same in terms of culture and customs, and there is no accurate boundary in terms of geography. Inner and outer Mongolia was artificially divided into inner Mongolia and outer Mongolia by the Qing court according to the needs of its policy of ruling over the Mongolian region.

The so-called Inner Mongolia refers to the Mongolian flags that do not have hereditary Zasak and are governed by officials directly appointed by the imperial court, which are basically the six major league flags of Inner Mongolia. There were also Zazak princes in the banner, but their rights were greatly restricted, and the main administrative power was in the hands of officials appointed by the imperial court, and although they still responded to the call, they could no longer do whatever they wanted.

Outer Mongolia refers to the Mongolian banners with the hereditary Zasak as the banner, although they are vassals to the Qing Dynasty and are under the control of the Qing court, but their own flag affairs are their own decision, and they are completely a group of remote feudal towns. Inner Mongolia is roughly equal to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in later generations, but the territory of Outer Mongolia is much larger than that of Mongolia in later generations, including not only the four Khalkha tribes, but also Xitao Mongolia, Khobdo Mongolia, Qinghai Mongolia, Xinjiang Mongolia and other places. Of course, the target of Pi Runmin and others is not all of Waizasack, but mainly the Khalkha Fourth Division, Tangnu Ulianghai and the attached Erut and Huite Second Divisions under the command of General Uriya Sutai.

The Mongolians live as nomadic herders, and live in pursuit of water and grass, and the entire place with water and grass is the land given to the Mongolians by Changshengtang, so the Mongolians have no concept of borders, and they are all at home wherever they go. However, with the continuous turmoil in the East Asian continent during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the tripartite struggle for hegemony between the Qing Dynasty, Tsarist Russia, and the Dzungar Khanate completely disrupted the previous life of the Mongols, and a large area of land in the north fell into the hands of Lao Maozi, and the Mongols lost Lake Baikal, which was given by heaven.

Since the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains farming dynasty has been facing the invasion of nomads on the Mongolian plateau, and no matter how brilliant the Central Plains Dynasty has achieved, it still cannot solve the neighbors of the Mongolian plateau. Breaking 300,000 Huns, driving away the Turks for 3,000 miles, and exterminating the three Khans of Mongolia, no matter how hard the Central Plains Dynasty hit the grassland peoples, the steppe peoples can come back again like Xiaoqiang. After each catastrophe, the steppe peoples would disappear for a while, and then soon they would be able to reappear outside the Great Wall again. The Central Plains Dynasty, which had been guarding against thieves for thousands of days, was exhausted, and there was nothing to do with its own stubborn evil neighbor, and only the Qing Dynasty solved this problem.

The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to become the only Central Plains dynasty to solve the neighbors of the steppe, in addition to the various reasons analyzed by Goxinga before, another important reason was the loss of Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal was the land of Su Wu shepherding sheep in those years, and it was regarded as the rear of the steppe people, every time they went to the southern neighbor's house to grab something, and after being beaten by others, the steppe people would lick their wounds in this blessed land in order to fight again in the future. In just a few years, the abundant aquatic grass of Lake Baikal will allow the steppe people to once again have hundreds of thousands of cattle and accumulate the capital to compete with their southern neighbors again.

However, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the main Mongolian forces went south to cooperate with the Qing army to attack the splendid rivers and mountains in the pass, resulting in the deep northern steppe of Mongolia being very empty, and it was the cold climate of the Baikal region during the Xiaoice period, and a large number of herdsmen moved south to chase water and grass, resulting in the vast Siberia almost becoming a no-man's land. Lao Maozi, who went east to find the sea, arrived in the Far East at this time, because the native aborigines went south one after another, Lao Maozi picked up a big bargain and occupied a large area of blessed land. The Mongols, who did not understand the problems of climate change, suddenly lost Lake Baikal, which is of great importance to the nation. Without Lake Baikal, the fountain of life, the Mongols could not recover their vitality as quickly as they did a hundred years ago, and thus lost an important strategic advantage against the Central Plains Dynasty. Coupled with the various strategies of the Qing Dynasty, the Mongol princes completely surrendered and stopped after jumping a few times more than a hundred years before Qianlong, and they had lost the capital to fight against the Central Plains Dynasty.

Pi Runmin and others set their sights on the territory of General Uriya Sutai, in addition to the fact that it is sparsely populated and produces a large number of livestock, but also takes Lake Baikal into consideration. Now that the Xiaoice period has ended, the water and grass of Lake Baikal are once again abundant, and if Mongolian herders can be allowed to enter the Baikal region again, it will certainly bring extremely rich benefits to North Manchuria. North Manchuria needed the grasslands more than ever, the state had a monopoly on heavy industry, private capital was all invested in light industry and the tertiary industry, and capital now needed cattle, sheep and dairy products.

In the early stage, in order to exchange for the funds needed for the development of heavy industry, North Manchurian used to export a large number of grain and agricultural and animal husbandry products, although it is no longer so short of funds, but it is a bastard if it does not make money. North Manchurian has changed China's traditional ice cellar technology slightly, and initially developed the local method of freezing ship technology, which has made it possible to export a large number of meat, eggs and milk, and the development of the canning industry has made this demand more urgent. The investment of private capital in North Manchuria has greatly promoted the development of technology, which in turn has led to a surge in the demand for animal husbandry in North Manchuria. Large areas of land in the four leagues of eastern Mongolia and Hulunbuir have been reclaimed for cultivation, and the area of grassland pastoral areas has been reduced too much, and the number of cattle and sheep that can be produced has naturally dropped by a large margin. Capital needs meat and milk, but its own grassland is getting smaller and smaller, so capital began to encourage the government to launch a war to seize the grassland to produce cattle and sheep.

Continuing to attack the Chahar Eight Banners, the Yikezhao League, the Alxa League and other regions to the west is likely to intensify the contradictions between Northern Manchukuo and the imperial court, and it is not in the interests of Northern Manchukuo to fight a major war with the imperial court in the distant Mongolian Plateau. Moreover, in the three places of Chahar Eight Banners, Yikezhao League, and Alxa League, the production of animal husbandry is not very rich, and the Chahar Eight Banners are seriously sinicized, and most of the grasslands have become arable land. Even if Northern Manchuria took these three places, if it wanted to transport cattle and sheep back to the ports of Manchuria, it would have to build a long railway running through the east and west of China, which would really outweigh the losses. The capital war is not Guoxing's desire to recover their homeland, they have no integrity and dreams, and what they pursue is a low investment and high return. They don't care what kind of battle they fight or what kind of results they achieve, all they want is to make money.

According to the edict left by Xianfeng before his death, General Uriya Sutai is the deputy general of Goxinga's attack on Russia, and Goxinga has the authority to control Uriya Sutai during the war. Out of strategic considerations for the war against Russia, Goxinga did have a plan to control Uriya Sutai, but it was only a military coordination, and he did not intend to fully control Uriya Sutai.

After all, Uriya Sutai is different from the Mongolian Four Alliances, these Mongol princes have extremely tight control over the tribe, and there is absolutely no possibility of non-violent subjugation of them except for an all-out fight. However, it can be as short as a year or as long as two years, and Goxinga is about to start a war against Tsarist Russia to recover his homeland, and now is not the time to disperse his forces to fight his neighbors. Moreover, to enter Mongolia, whether it is Inner Mongolia or Outer Mongolia, all have to open the railway, and Guoxing Ake has no private money to build a railway in Outer Mongolia.

But Pi Runmin jumped out at this time and resolutely demanded that Guoxinga subdue Uriya Sutai, and it was a quick battle to mobilize troops, and he would never engage in any encroachment. Pi Runmin does not represent himself alone, but represents the entire civil official group, the civil officials did not dare to be corrupt, but they used other people's money to do things, and it was not good not to speak for others. Seven major non-governmental business groups, including the Manchuria Dairy Products Association, the Manchuria Meat Products Association, the Manchuria Textile Industry Association, the Manchuria Leather Association, the Manchuria Fast Food Association, and the Manchuria Groceries United Chamber of Commerce, raised 30 million yuan to buy more than half of the North Manchurian civil official groups, and issued the strongest voice of private capital - attacking Uriya Sutai.

The chambers of commerce poured money into the local government to help them solve their urgent needs, and bought the civil servants to speak for them, but their demands were also known to the world. The people and the political circles have a lot of discussions about the practice of the Chamber of Commerce, and he feels that the businessmen who have just changed from mud legs to rich people are crazy, and they dare to use money to buy government decisions, which is definitely a taboo in officialdom, and Guo Xing'a will definitely turn the table. The emperor's heart is scheming, power and scheming are all in one, and a few businessmen dare to talk about chaos when they spend a little money, which is the right to move Guoxing'a, and Guoxing'a is sorry for his reputation as a general if he doesn't kill a group of people. Even the civil officials who spoke for the Chamber of Commerce were trembling, the fact that they did it was too taboo, if it weren't for Pi Runmin's insistence on supporting the Chamber of Commerce, more than half of the people would be able to find Guoxing to thank him.

Goshinga did not reply, but his actions have already said everything. The two newly formed cavalry brigades of the Zhuo Sotu League, the two cavalry brigades of the Jelimu League, one division of Hung Yen Province and one division of Heilongjiang Province began to march towards Uriya Sutai in an encirclement posture. The two divisions of the Railway Corps also began to go all out, starting to build railways from Inner Mongolia, Xing'an Province, and Heilongjiang Province to Uriya Sutai. In an extremely tough tone, Guoxinga also sent a letter to Lin Xing, the general of Uriya Sutai, demanding that Uriya Sutai change its flag and change its banner, and that the banners of all ministries be fully naturalized in Manchuria. The general actually obeyed the advice of the Chamber of Commerce, and the army marched into Uriya Sutai, preparing to turn Outer Mongolia into a part of Northern Manchuria.

Guo Xing'a really doesn't care about power schemes or anything, otherwise he wouldn't have handed over all the administrative power to Pi Runmin. Moreover, for the war of capital, Guoxing Ake is very vigorous, which is an important sign of the evolution of capitalist countries into imperialist countries. Guo Xinga has always wanted to fight this kind of war but has no chance, and this time someone finally proposed it, of course Guo Xinga will not think about it so much. Before Guo Xing'a made a decision, he met with the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce introduced by Pi Runmin.

"The military expenditure on the invasion of Uriya and Sutai is huge, and the government does not have this part of the budget at all." Goxinga wants to fight, but the capital war must have the rules of the capital war.

"All the military spending, we are out!" The merchants never expected to see Guo Xing'a, they were all very excited, and there was nothing they didn't dare to agree to.

"I have no money to go to Outer Mongolia to build a railway!" Goxinga is still direct.

"We also have to use railways to do business, and I am willing to donate money to build roads in advance!" The merchants were very on the road.

"You want the livestock of the grassland, and at the same time you want to buy things to the grassland, what can we get?" The last problem in Goxinga is a loss of identity.

"We are willing to donate 70 million at one time!" The merchants were too excited to see Guo Xing'a, and told the rest of the budget.

"It's done!" Guoxinga expects to spend 1.5 billion yuan to subdue Waimeng, and the bulk income of the immediate effect in the later period is about 30 million, and the businessmen have paid 100 million Guoxinga this time. Spending 20 million to subdue Outer Mongolia is a good deal, and the tax revenue generated in Mongolia's vast territory in the future is expected to exceed 100 million yuan in ten years.