Fang Yuan handled the case of Chigutai's rape of a woman from the Horqin tribe impartially.

Song Shilie, who was observing, was greatly impressed by the other party's policy of treating Huayi as one, and even the safety of the hostile Manchu imperial family was guaranteed, not to mention the Korean state, which was already a subject state of the Ming Dynasty.

Song Shilie completely dispelled his doubts, and the plaintiff resigned to return to China. Before leaving, Song Shilie also specially obtained Fang Yuan's promise that as long as the Korean state was willing to be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Korean royal family would be treated preferentially. The Korean royal family can choose one of the two provinces of Huguang and Zhejiang as a place to live, and the treatment of the Korean royal family is comparable to that of the Ming princes, King Lu and King Qin.

Shandong is too close to the Korean state, and it is self-inflicted to place the Korean royal family in Shandong. It can only be completely assimilated by migrating inland and completely severing ties with the Korean Peninsula.

Fang Yuan's dismissal from the post of commander of the northern military region of Chigutai actually liberated him from the post of commander of the military region, allowing him to concentrate on conquering the Mongolian steppe.

Chigutai is a Mongolian, but also a horse bandit across the Mongolian steppe, the habits and tactics of the Mongols, far more familiar than Zhao Quanzhong, is the most suitable candidate to conquer the Mongolian steppe.

The 30,000 cavalry that Fang Yuan sent to Chigutai was only to complete the first military objective and destroy the forces of the Horqin Division. Later, when the Chahar and Khalkha tribes were successively defeated, Fang Yuan would continue to send reinforcements to Chigutai.

After Chigutai led the army to the expedition, Jing Jie said worriedly, "Boss, is it necessary for us to spend manpower and material resources to meddle in the affairs of the Mongolian steppe?" It is better for the Karaqin Department to balance the Chahar and Khalkha Ministries, and we can support behind the scenes. Going deep into the Mongolian steppes is a loss-making business! ”

What Jing Jie said is actually not unreasonable, the Han people have not formed an effective rule over the Mongolian steppes since ancient times.

The Han Dynasty only expelled the Xiongnu and stopped when they arrived in Mobei, using Monan as a buffer zone and not establishing rule.

The Tang Dynasty just used the policy of harmony to win over the Turkic and other steppe peoples, although this harmony was a reward, not a force, but in the end it was still to send technology and women. Moreover, the Mongolian steppes still belong to tribal autonomy, and the situation in northern Xinjiang has also gotten out of control several times.

For 2,000 years, the Han Chinese did not conquer the Mongolian steppes, not because of a lack of force, but because the cost of rule was too high, and the benefits were quite meager. As Jing Jie said, it is a loss-making transaction.

If Fang Yuan didn't know the following history, he would probably agree with Jing Jie's suggestion to let the Mongolian steppe tribes kill each other and ensure the safety of the Great Wall.

However, Fang Yuan was clear about the historical process of the next two hundred years. Because then the threat from the Mongolian steppes was not from these Mongol tribes, but from the more powerful enemy of the West, Tsarist Russia!

Steppe wolf, which eventually loses to a polar bear.

If the Mongolian steppes are not taken by the Ming Dynasty, they will be invaded and occupied by Tsarist Russia. Tsarist Russia, a behemoth in the north, and then occupied the Mongolian steppe, which occupies the geographical advantage of the plateau, will inevitably form a strategic suppression of the Ming Dynasty!

Before the crossing, in order to cope with the strategic suppression of this terrain, China had to deploy one or two million troops on the 10,000-mile border for defense. If the Ming Dynasty wants to arrange hundreds of thousands of troops to maintain border security on the border, this cost will be at least 10 million taels of silver per year.

Therefore, abandoning the Mongolian steppes seems to be a temporary peace and saving money. In fact, there will be endless troubles, and the silver will be thrown into the bottomless pit of the Mongolian steppe exponentially, and it is bottomless.

Fang Yuan would rather choose to grit his teeth and persevere, and would rather continue to invest troops and silver, and completely conquer the Mongolian steppe. As long as the Ming Dynasty can garrison 50,000 to 100,000 troops on the Mongolian steppe and completely conquer the Mongolian tribes, it can stop the eastward expansion of Tsarist Russia and completely relieve the military pressure from the north.

Of course, this reason is related to his identity as a traverser, and it cannot be spoken.

Fang Yuan thought about it, and could only come up with another reasonable reason to deal with Jing Jie's questioning, "Third child! The war in Liaodong has subsided, the Jurchens and the Korean state have also surrendered one by one, and there will be no battles in the future, what should the 100,000 cavalry of the Northern Military Region do?! Do you think it's a dismissal, or a year when you spend money for nothing, but don't go to the battlefield?! ”

Jing Jie secretly realized that Fang Yuan's concerns were also the key to the point.

Without the war, will the 100,000 cavalry of the Northern Military District be raised or not?

If you spend a lot of money to raise it, but you don't fight, the court is really wronged, and there is so much silver that there is nowhere to use it?! Besides, once you have the money, you don't have to fight, and it is estimated that there are countless people who will join the army through the back door.

The army is full of this kind of mixed eating and drinking who come in through the back door, and the combat effectiveness of the custody will plummet like that of the Ming army. Once you encounter a real war, how can you resist it?

If it is a dismissal, is it a forced dismissal, or is it a resettlement dismissal?

These soldiers have already been killed, and if they are forcibly dismissed, the soldiers will have no livelihood, and they will inevitably do the old business of Chigutai. Either as a robber on the steppe, or as a mercenary hired by a merchant to and from the steppe, it is a strong, unstable military force anyway.

If such a powerful military force exists in the Mongolian steppe and Liaodong for a long time, it will be tantamount to a nightmare for the common people.

In the past, the reason why there were wanderers in the Guannai and they were out of control was because there were a large number of homeless and unemployed people who were wandering around. If they don't organize to rob the Ming vassal kings and official mansions, how can they survive?

If the resettlement is disbanded, these GIs do not know a single word, and have no other survival skills except for fighting, how should they be resettled? Accustomed to the days of licking blood from the knife edge, you let them become craftsmen and farm, and it is estimated that at least half of the soldiers will not accept this arrangement.

Once this group of soldiers enters the Guannai, it is estimated that the most will be to serve as guards and guards for the eunuchs and large households, and to oppress the good people. Moreover, once this kind of professional soldier who licks blood from the knife edge becomes a robber or a bandit, he can beat at least a dozen servants. Dozens of people gathered together, it was a wave of Liangshan heroes, and the officials of the local government estimated that they would only dare to take a detour when they saw it.

Jing Jie suddenly said, "Boss, I understand!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Third brother, spend money to raise these soldiers, and then find something to do for these soldiers, and you can always maintain a high combat effectiveness." Moreover, they continue to fight in the prairie, and many of them can loot some cattle, sheep, and people to make up for some of the costs of raising soldiers. ”

"So, it's not just the Northern Military District that will continue to expand its territory in the Mongolian steppes. The Southern Military Region will continue to conquer the South Seas and strike at the sphere of influence of the Western Franciscans. ”

"The Eastern Military Region will go to Japan to completely include this large island country in the territory of the Ming Dynasty."

"After the Western Military Region defeats Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Zongmin in Sichuan, it will immediately march to Tibet, Xinjiang, and even Central Asia and the South Asian subcontinent."

"The third child, this is a typical aggressive economy, which feeds the war with war, and the Western Francois constantly send troops to expand the colony, and fight against the resistance forces of the colony."

"Third brother, you and those commanders of military regions don't have to worry about the peaceful days coming, they will be relieved of their military powers, and they will be suppressed."

"The world is so big, the sun and the moon shine, all are Han land, where will the war stop?! Right! ”

Jing Jie got his promise, he was convinced, and he said yes again and again.