Yu Dayou continued: "That's right, at the beginning, the three tribes of Warat, Uliangha, and Tatar stood side by side in the Mongolian steppe to check and balance each other. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info whenever a piece is big, it will go south to invade my Ming Dynasty. The change of the civil fort in the time of Grandmaster Ying is the best example! This time, if the Tatar Ministry really unified the steppe, it would be strange if they did not raise troops to the south! ”

Chen Di asked Lu Bing: "If the Tatars really go south, how many days can the Datong Guards army resist?" ”

Lu Bing replied: "Since the defeat of the Datong Guard Army to the Tatars in May this year, it has already existed in name only!" Today's Datong Guard Army has only three or two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled! The Tatars entered the Kou again, let alone a few days, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist even a few hours. ”

Yu Dayou said: "Instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to fight over!" It's all two shoulders against one head, who is afraid of whom? ”

Tang Shunzhi is a wise general, and he thinks more comprehensively: "Yu Dashuai means to follow the example of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty and raise troops into the hinterland of the Mongolian steppe?" You must know that at the beginning, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing each led 50,000 Han Dynasty cavalry to attack the Xiongnu, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty guaranteed one person with five people! There are 500,000 people who have been requisitioned! Deep in the grassland, backup is a big problem! Moreover, the grassland is convenient for the Mongolian cavalry to maneuver, and most of our more than 10,000 Flying Tiger troops are infantry, and the infantry is used to meet the cavalry that is flexible and mobile, ten times its size, and we must be careful to repeat the mistakes of Li Ling in the Han Dynasty! ”

Tang Shunzhi said that Li Ling is the grandson of Li Guang, the general of the Han Dynasty, and in the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, he was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to go out to conquer the Xiongnu, leading 5,000 infantry and 80,000 Xiongnu to fight against Junji Mountain, and finally surrendered because he was surrounded and outnumbered.

Tang Shunzhi said again: "Hong Wuye originally sent Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to the Northern Expedition, but in fact, he did not dare to go deep into the hinterland of the grassland. It was only to frustrate the edge of the Mongolian cavalry, so that it did not dare to attack the south at that time, Beiping collected troops and returned to the dynasty. ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "The governor of the capital, his subordinates are civil officials and do not understand military affairs. But from the perspective of the household department, it was easy to reach the end of the year, and the household department barely managed to supply the various expenses of the imperial court this year, and it was really impossible to take out the silver to support the Flying Tiger Army to fight a big battle! ”

Long Zixing added: "What Zhang Shilang said is the truth. There are now only more than one million taels of silver left in the accounts of the household department. This amount of silver is the silver of the treasury, and it is to prevent a famine in the two capitals and 13 provinces at the beginning of spring next year, and it cannot be moved. Although the Daming Qianzhuang has absorbed tens of millions of taels of deposited silver, it has lent nearly 5 million taels of silver to merchants in various provinces, and another 3 million taels have been borrowed to the household department to meet the expenses of the imperial court. And the remaining two million taels shall be made of live mercury, and shall be prepared for the depositors who come to exchange the silver. If the silver of Daming Money Bank is moved, the consequences will be unimaginable once there is a run. ”

Chen Di said: "Even if there are thousands of difficulties, we must fight this battle!" Otherwise, if Altan Khan unifies the steppe, this battle will be even more difficult to fight! If the Ming Dynasty wants to develop, it must have a peaceful external environment. There are Tatars eyeing the north, which is always a hidden danger! I already have a plan to solve the matter of food and salary that the household department just said. Didn't you notice? There is a real God of Wealth among us! ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Hu Zongxian arched his hand and said: "My lords, I brought thirty boats of grain to Beijing this time. In addition, after the defeat of the Flying Tigers, the sea along the coast has calmed down. Merchants from Western countries traded with us frequently. In September this year, the Governor of Dadu ordered the establishment of a customs department under the Yamen of the Governor of Zhejiang. In just over three months, two million taels of customs duties have been collected! I also brought this silver to the imperial court! ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled: "How did you forget!" You, the land lord of Zhejiang and Nanzhili, can manage the richest place in our Ming Dynasty, and you are naturally rich! The Metropolitan Governor said that you are the God of Wealth, and it is not a lie! ”

Chen Di said: "I estimated that the Northern Expedition would cost a total of six million taels of silver. With the two million taels of silver brought by Hu Caishen, there are four million taels of silver short. This short amount of silver, I intend to issue war bonds! ”

The crowd looked at each other for a while. Zhang Juzheng asked: "My lord, what is the war national debt?" ”

Chen Di said: "The war national debt, to put it bluntly, it means that the imperial court and the people borrow money to fight!" The treasury bonds are for half a year, and after half a year, the people can go to the imperial court to receive the principal and one percent of the interest with the votes! There is a percent interest there, and there is the credibility of the imperial court as a guarantee, I believe that the people and merchants will be enthusiastic to buy. ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "This is a good idea. ”

Chen Di said: "Well, the truth about the issuance of war treasury bonds will be handled by your Daming Qianzhuang!" ”

Tang Shunzhi said: "The grassland desert is not as good as the capital, even in spring, it will be extremely cold. We should rush to make a batch of thick cotton military uniforms. ”

Long Zixing said: "This matter was recommended by our household department and wrapped up on us." ”

Chen Di also said: "Governor Hu's thirty ships of grain are all rice, and they are exchanged for wheat of equivalent value with the grain merchants in Beijing. The wheat is ground into flour and stir-fried with sugar and salt. This is said: fried noodles. It was easy to carry around and did not require a fire, so the soldiers could eat it when they were hungry. ”

Qi Jiguang said: "Metropolitan Governor, this is just a strategy!" ”

Chen Di asked, "Oh? General Qi said what is the best policy? ”

Qi Jiguang said: "Naturally, it is to rob the cattle and sheep of the Tatars, and eat roasted whole sheep!" ”|

The crowd burst into laughter.

Lu Bing said worriedly: "Just now, the Metropolitan Governor said that he would issue some war treasury bonds. We have spies in the Tatar department. I believe that there will also be spies in the Tatar Ministry in our Daming. With such a big fanfare to raise military salaries for the Northern Expedition, Altan Khan will definitely notice it! ”

Chen Di said: "What if you know? Not only will I not hide the attempt of the Northern Expedition, but I will also let the Ministry of Rites give Altan Khan a letter of war in an open manner! Today's Daming is not the Daming of a year ago! The Flying Tiger Army is not a weak guard army! ”

Tang Shunzhi said: "Let the subordinates of the rites write the war?" There has to be a reason, right? The duration of our peace agreement with the Tatars is limited to two years! Now that the war is about to start just over half a year, it seems that 。。。。。。 ”

Chen Di waved his hand: "Is there a reason for the Tatars to enter Kou Daming?" The strong conquer the weak, and it never takes any reason! ”

Chen Di said again: "In this Northern Expedition, Hu Zongxian served as the logistics director. The truth about the supply of grain and straw will be left to you. In addition, Tang Shangshu is in charge of the capital. The Flying Tiger Army left three fire battalions and 1,000 people to garrison the capital! ”

The reason why Chen Di left a thousand firecrackers and Tang Shunzhi was because he was afraid that Yan Song, Emperor Jiajing and all other people with ulterior intentions would take advantage of the Flying Tiger Army to go out and do something.

There is a saying in the martial arts novels of later generations that where there are people, there is fighting. In the same way, where there are rights, there are rights to fight! Now the relationship between Chen Di and Yan Song is delicate. Chen Di has noticed that Yan Song has the enterprise to bring down himself and monopolize the government