Chapter 528: Take a long-term view

It is not the first time that Su Tiancheng has given Zhu Youzhen a lesson, because it is in line with Zhu Youzhen's mind, he can persuade Zhu Youzhen every time, and it is precisely because of this persuasion again and again that his plan slowly began to be realized, under the current conditions, he must rely on Zhu Youzhen, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve something.

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Zhu Youzhen was listening carefully to Su Tiancheng's words, Wen Tiren, Sun Chengzong and other cabinet ministers were all here, Sun Chengzong was old, he was allowed to sit down, and the rest of the people were standing.

Su Tiancheng said for half an hour, and all the plans he thought about were said, including the control of the grassland, as well as the control of the grassland in disguise, so that the Xibe tribe and the Daouri tribe attacked other tribes and plundered the wealth, and the Ming Dynasty obtained these wealth through mutual markets.

The Jiangning battalion went deep into the Hetao area, defeated the two largest tribes in Mongolia in one fell swoop, and in the imperial court, it caused a great shock, and those ministers who were about to move, after learning the news, they all shut up temporarily, and when the Jiangning battalion achieved a major victory, they continued to attack Su Tiancheng, which was boring, maybe they would be condemned, and the emperor's personality was different, and he was not so merciful to the ministers.

When Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou brought the heirs of the Xibeying tribe and the Daurian tribe to the capital, Sun Chengzong personally greeted him at the city gate, and the grassland tribe sent hostages to the capital, which has not happened for many years, and such a thing should have happened a hundred years ago.

This also indicates that Daming is slowly beginning to ease up, and in the future, not only the grassland tribes, but also other places will worship Daming according to the old rules. Surrender to the Ming.

In the process of Su Tiancheng's report, Zhu Youzhen's face was full of red light, everyone has vanity, the two strongest tribes on the grassland were defeated by the Jiangning camp, and the tribal heirs were sent. As a hostage, this is something to write about.

As for Su Tiancheng's other requirements, after studying them, the cabinet was able to make a decision in a very short time.

The matter of mutual market did not cause much controversy, and all matters involving silver were easily passed, at least not to encounter a lot of opposition. After being in charge for so many years, Wen Tiren has long known the importance of silver in Ludao, if he can carry out mutual markets in Ningxia Wei and Yulinwei stations, and get a large amount of silver and war horses, of course it is a good thing, there is no reason to oppose it, this kind of mutual market is inherently unequal. Daming took a big advantage.

There have been some minor debates about how to manage the mutual market. Both the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War demanded that ministers be sent to the border to preside over the affairs of the mutual market, and once such an exchange market began, it was equivalent to a stream of silver flowing in. Being able to control the mutual market has huge benefits, and who doesn't want to touch their fingers.

It's still Zhu You's inspection board, and the mutual market is still directly responsible for the governor of Shaanxi, of course. Both the household department and the military department should send ministers to participate in the work of the mutual market, and the silver taels obtained will be directly handed over to the government treasury.

Su Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the initiative of the mutual market is in his own hands, everything is easy to say, he still has to control the big head, and the court also needs to get some silver, otherwise such a thing will be difficult to last for a long time, according to such an arrangement, the ministers in the court will not be able to put forward their opinions.

Speaking of Ningxia Wei and Yulinwei, it finally caused a huge controversy.

Su Tiancheng's opinion is very clear, a large number of soldiers from Ningxia Wei and Yulinwei should be dismissed, the elite should be retained, and several major passes should be held, and now that the mutual market has begun, the grassland tribes will not pose much threat to the border passes, and a large number of soldiers will be eliminated, and they can be left to cultivate the land, they can save military salaries, they can relocate some people, or they can settle the peasants of the Ming Dynasty who were plundered by the Mongolian tribes, and cultivate in these places, Ningxia Wei and Yulin Wei will be renamed Ningxia Mansion and Yulin Mansion, and they will be managed in accordance with local rules.

If the retrenchment is successful, the next step will be to carry out a large-scale merger and dismantling of Shaanxi's health posts, with the focus on strengthening the strength of the Fuzhou County Inspection Department, and some of the dismissed sergeants will be assigned to the inspection department, and some will be allocated to cultivated land to farm with peace of mind.

If this method is established, the Jiangning battalion will be divided into five parts, which will be stationed in Xi'an, Hanzhong, Yan'an, Yulin, and Ningxia, and control all the passes, so that in two years at most, all parts of Shaanxi will be completely calm.

When Su Tiancheng put forward this opinion, not only Wen Tiren, Sun Chengzong and others were dumbfounded, but also Zhu Youzhen almost thought that he had heard it wrong.

Soon, Wen Tiren and the military department said that they were opposed, especially the setting of the border army, as well as the setting of the border town, that is necessary, the grassland tribes, although they are now peaceful, but no one knows what the situation of Ludao will be in the future, if there is a war at the border pass, the troops are insufficient, there may be a big incident, besides, the border army system is the basic system of the imperial court, if Shaanxi abolishes the border army, what to do in Shanxi, North Zhili, do you also follow the study.

As for the health centers in Shaanxi, they cannot be easily abolished.

Wen Tiren even said that the time of Jiangningying's stay in Shaanxi is not necessarily very long, and the Liukou in Shaanxi have not been completely eradicated, and now they are just wandering to Sichuan, when they will return to Shaanxi, no one knows the way, at such a time, it is more necessary to strengthen the strength of the guards, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Beizhili, it is necessary to strengthen the strength of the guards, if they are abolished, it will not be the opposite of the north.

Zhu Youzhen also did not express his position, this issue is obviously not a small problem.

Su Tiancheng expected such a situation, and he had already been prepared.

"Your Majesty, the minister's meaning, the vision should be long-term, the emperor is working hard, thinking that the Ming Dynasty can prosper, and all directions will come to worship, everything the minister does, everything he thinks about, is from this point."

"The minister does not exterminate the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, and even thinks about using them, letting them attack and plunder other tribes in Mongolia, that is, thinking about letting them gather wealth for my Ming Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty has suffered many disasters over the years, there are rogues to make trouble, there are Houjin harassment outside, and the treasury is even more stretched, giving relief to the victims, exterminating the rogues, and fighting against the Tartars, all of which require silver, a penny is difficult to defeat the heroes, without silver, everything is not good."

"The minister implores to integrate the guards in Shaanxi, including Ningxia Wei and Yulin Wei, the purpose is the same, the minister thinks that the imperial court is still short of silver, it is by no means rich, and the military salary has become the biggest expense, not to mention the others, just to fight against the Tartars and exterminate the Liukou, which is already an astronomical expense, and to maintain the sergeants of the guards in various places, it is simply inadequate, from this aspect, the minister thinks that the guard system needs to be greatly reformed."

"I Ming Dynasty's military system, for the development of the army, has made a huge contribution, the minister is to admit this, but what is the situation now, the minister needs to tell the truth, the guards around the country, focus on relying on the military tun maintenance, military households cultivate an acre of arable land, the grain handed over, accounted for about 7 percent of the total output, that is to say, an acre of grain and a stone, need to be handed over seven buckets, such a burden, far more than the peasants, just imagine, such a burden, who can bear, not to mention the disaster, the minister has seen a lot of guards, my sergeant in the Ming Dynasty, I can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes, this is the actual situation. ”

"For so many years, there are still fewer soldiers who mutined in my Ming Dynasty, what is the reason for this, it is nothing more than that the military salary cannot be paid in time, and the burden of the military household is too heavy.

"The minister has always thought about reform, the Jiangning battalion has not implemented the military household system, all adopt the recruitment system, the minister thinks the effect is very good, of course, the minister does not dare to guarantee that there is no problem with such recruitment, there may be other problems, but it is much stronger than the military household system."

For example, if there is a danger in the house where the minister lives, there are two ways to take it, one is to tinker and barely maintain, but there is no guarantee that the house will collapse, and the other way is to tear down and start over, build a new house, and take the method of tinkering, which may have a good impact, and feel that there is always a house to live in, but there is no solution to the danger of existence, and it may suffer for a period of time. But the danger is eliminated. ”

"The minister is brave, guessing the emperor's thoughts, is thinking that my Ming Dynasty is prosperous, the people are well-fed, the army is brave and good at fighting, and even the horse is stepping on the world, if you want to do this, the minister feels that many of the previous rules need to be changed."

Zhu Youzhen stood up, what Su Tiancheng said was his inner thoughts, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he wanted to change, wanted to overturn and start over, but he lacked that courage, and he didn't dare to start, the Ming Dynasty was too weak, weak and poor, even if it was tinkering, it was difficult to maintain, thinking about selling the ginseng in the palace, that kind of miserable mood was indescribable.

Now, Su Tiancheng has put it forward and is ready to implement reforms in Shaanxi, which is a good thing, especially when the Ming Dynasty has such a brave and warlike army as the Jiangning Battalion.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly the best choice to implement reforms in Shaanxi and see how effective they are.

"I think that what Su Aiqing said is very reasonable, the matter of abolishing the guard post can be put forward for discussion, but it is only implemented in Shaanxi, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Su Tiancheng, the governor of Shaanxi, are responsible for putting forward the plan, and after the cabinet deliberates, it will be reported to me immediately, I think that I will make some changes." (To be continued......)