When the other members of the General Staff left, leaving only Sun Chengzong and Mao Yuanyi, Zhu Youzhen continued to say to the two: "The war is over, and the Ming Dynasty should be able to live a stable life in the future." We must seize the time and rebuild the entire military system of the Ming Dynasty during this time.

I only put forward two requirements for the General Staff, the first of which was to reduce the total number of Ming troops to less than 2 million men in the next three years, and establish a three-level force system of field army, garrison force and armed police, so as to replace the current system of border towns and guard posts. The field army is tentatively 360,000, the garrison is tentatively 740,000, and the armed police is tentatively 900,000.

The second requirement is to begin the rehabilitation and mobilization of officers and men who have served for more than 10 years or are over the age of 40, and that ordinary soldiers can be arranged to pioneer and cultivate land outside the customs and overseas, and that retired officers and soldiers be registered and a reserve system be established in case of emergency.

Officers and soldiers who have received military merit medals during their service are screened and selected, and those who meet the retention requirements are given short-term training before being arranged to serve in other units. For those who do not meet the retention requirements, they will be assigned to local patrol police departments.

First of all, we will ensure the establishment of patrol police departments in Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces, and then consider increasing the manpower of patrol police departments in other provinces. I need you to prioritize the improvement of the patrol police departments in Beizhili and Shandong provinces within a year, so that they can be used by the imperial court. ”

Sun Chengzong and Mao Yuanyi were not surprised by the emperor's request, after all, streamlining the army and establishing a three-level military force system were already under discussion at the General Staff. It's just that the authority of the General Staff has not been established before, and it can only carry out an improved reorganization of the army in the border towns near Gyeongying and Gyeonggi.

It can be seen from this war that this kind of improved army reorganization cannot completely change the appearance of the border towns, and it will only improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Therefore, when the war ended, both the General Staff and Chongzhen, who had won the war, intended to carry out a comprehensive reorganization of the army.

After exchanging views with the emperor, Sun Chengzong and Mao Yuanyi finally retired and left, leaving only Chongzhen in the conference room. Wang Chengen walked into the conference room at this time.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Is Liu Jingting still waiting outside?" Let him in. ”

Liu Jingting, who was waiting in the side hall of Wuying Palace, followed him into the Wuying Hall after being summoned by Wang Chengen. After Zhu Youzhen saw him, he said happily: "Mr. Liu, please sit down and talk, you sent an envoy to the Chahar Department this time, saying that it is really a great achievement to move Lin Dan Khan to send troops to help me Daming." ”

Liu Jingting hurriedly humbly said: "The minister does not dare to take credit, although Lin Dan Khan is willing to send troops to help, but he does not send many people, obviously there is a wait-and-see intention of my Ming and Houjin, the minister thinks that the Chahar Department is not a good neighbor of my Ming." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "I don't care about the little men and horses he sent, what I care about is that Liu Qing stabilized Lin Dan Khan and didn't let him take advantage of our battle with Houjin to stab us in the northwest."

Whether the Chahar Ministry can be trusted or not lies not in the mind of Lin Dan Khan, but in the thoughts of the middle and lower levels of the Chahar Ministry. As long as we can link the economy of the Chahar Department with the Ming Dynasty, then if Lin Dan Khan wants to raise an army to attack us, he may not be able to get the support of the people below.

In addition, you must continue to make friends with the leaders of the Chahar tribe, if we can politically divide the large and small Noyan of the Chahar tribe, then Lin Dan Khan will only have an empty title of the Great Khan of the Mongols. At that time, the Chahar Ministry will naturally become a good neighbor of my Daming, and may even become a member of my Daming. ”

Liu Jingting nodded slightly and said: "Your Majesty's strategy is wonderful, as long as I hold on to it, I think it will work wonders." In addition to discussing the matter of forming an alliance with Lin Dan Khan to resist Jin, the minister also heard a request from Lin Dan Khan, and the minister was worried that Lin Dan Khan's attitude was repeated, so he boldly agreed, and asked His Majesty for forgiveness. ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said: "You are the messenger selected by me, as long as you don't have the intention to do it, I always have to agree with the conditions you agreed to Lin Dan Khan, you can tell me about the process and content of your negotiation with Lin Dan Khan..."

Liu Jingting did not dare to slack off, so he explained to the emperor in 1510 that Lin Dan Khan tried to get the Ming Dynasty to support his anti-Huangjiao position, and also planned to form an anti-Huangjiao alliance.

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a long time before he said to Liu Jingting: "Your response to Lin Dan Khan is very appropriate, we can tacitly or even secretly support his anti-Yellow Sect position, but Da Ming will not fall into this religious war."

As the Minister of the Committee for Religious and Ethnic Affairs, you must clearly and clearly express my consistent position on religious affairs in public. That is: I respect the people's freedom of belief and will not force the people to believe or not believe in a particular religion. However, anyone who wants to use religion to spread superstition, split the Ming Dynasty, or try to meddle in secular power is the object of vigilance and crackdown on by the Religious and Ethnic Affairs Committee.

Of course, in private, I authorize you to make some promises in an unofficial capacity on the premise of safeguarding the interests of the Ming Dynasty. For example, if you promise to help Lin Dan Khan form the Yellow Sect Alliance, I will ask Wang Chengen to allocate 100,000 yuan to the committee for you to use freely.

I have little interest in opposing or not opposing the Yellow Religion, but I can take this opportunity to win over the various ministries in Outer Mongolia and make friends with a few lamas who oppose the Yellow Religion by the way. Although the current leader of the Yellow Sect is the Fifth*, he is still young, and the people who hold the power of the Yellow Sect are Sonam Qunpei and Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen.

Last time, I sent people to invite the Fifth Generation* to Beijing, but they refused. Although the Yellow Sect was quite influential among the middle and lower classes of the Us-Tibet and Mongolian ethnic groups, the Yellow Sect was deeply feared by the Tsangba Khan and other Us-Tibetan upper-class people. Originally, I thought that it would not be difficult to invite the Fifth Generation* to Beijing.

But unexpectedly, these Huangjiao lamas were not optimistic about the future of my Ming Dynasty, and refused to go to Beijing to meet me, and only sent an envoy to Beijing.

Judging from my subjective opinion, if other Esoteric sects do not carry out reforms and abandon the ignorant and backward religious rituals and old-fashioned doctrines, then the victory of the Yellow Sect, that is, the Gelug sect, should be a high probability event.

Therefore, if we want to bring the Usti and the Mongol tribes back under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to win the support of the Yellow Sect. However, without the oppression of external forces, it may be difficult for these lamas of the Yellow Sect to get closer to us.

Therefore, we must be prepared with two hands, one is to win over the Yellow Sect lamas who are inclined to the Ming Dynasty, and the other is to support people in other sects of Tantra. If necessary, I need you to push these lamas to carry out doctrinal and ritual reforms in order to adapt to the competition with the Yellow Sect among the lower classes of the people. If the funds are insufficient, you can always submit a report to Wang Chengen. ”

Liu Jingting got up and saluted Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty's order should be obeyed, but the minister has a reluctant request, and I ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

Zhu Youzhen said in a relaxed tone: "You just say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely promise you." ”

"The minister sent an envoy to the Chahar Department this time and received a lot of help from the Chang family. The minister thought that if he wanted to complete the task of running Mongolia and Tibet for His Majesty, he had to rely on the power of merchants..."

Liu Jingting, who came out of the Wuying Palace, was very smiling and in good spirits, obviously after discussing with the emperor, his mood became extremely good.

After Chongzhen left from Wuying Palace, he did not return to Qianqing Palace immediately, but went to Jiale Palace, and after talking with the maritime representatives for a while, Zhu Youzhen went to the apse to call Xu Xinsu to meet alone.

When Xu Xinsu was brought into the apse, the others were driven out by Zhu Youzhen, leaving only Wang Chengen with two people. Zhu Youzhen said to Xu Xinsu: "I came to you mainly to ask how the two ports of chicken coop and freshwater are developing now?" I heard that the rate of immigration to Taiwan seems to have come to a standstill, what is going on? ”

Xu Xinsu thought for a while before saying: "The main problem why the speed of immigration to Taiwan has stagnated is that the northern part of Taiwan is lush with mountains and forests, and there are many snakes and insects.

The population that migrated from the south and north of the Yangtze River did not adapt to the local climate, and at least 30% of the immigrants died of the epidemic. Because of the mortality rate, the rate of immigration began to stagnate. However, the population that moved to Tainan from Fujian and Guangdong was much better, so I thought that if we also shifted the direction of immigration to Tainan, maybe the number of immigrants would increase. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and objected: "That's not good, now Zheng Zhilong and you are safe, that's because you didn't invade his territory."

If you also migrate the population to Tainan, I'm afraid that the local natives will not resist you, but Zheng Zhilong will take action against you. In the current situation, I will not allow the sea forces of the Ming Dynasty to kill each other.

Moreover, although Taipei has no plains, it has sulfur and gold, and there are enough water sources, as long as it can be developed, it is the best overseas base of Daming in East Asia.

As long as there is a rear base in Taipei, it can not only protect the southeast coast, but also radiate to Ryukyu Japan. If Liutai is not guarded, Sanhan will be ruins..."

Zhu Youzhen subconsciously recounted the importance of Ryukyu and Taiwan in later generations, although Xu Xinsu felt that the emperor inevitably said that these two places were too important, but he still wisely kept silent.