Long Qing stood up in shock, "Master Tang, is there really someone secretly helping me answer?" Also send food? If this is the case, I will destroy the three tribes! ”

Long Qing, who has always been good-tempered, was really angry, but Tang Yi didn't rush to conclusions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, it's not surprising that I robbed all the way and grabbed some grain. However......" Tang Yi's face was gloomy, "All the grain coming out of Tianjin will be stamped with a new mark, but there is no one in the army, which means that these grains are transported to Tianjin by sea and are not sent." Suddenly ran into the Altan army, it must be inconsistent with the law. ”

In fact, the grain appeared in the Alta army, or it may be that the officials sold the grain in private, and it happened to be robbed by the Alta, of course, stealing the grain is also a big crime.

However, the amount of stealing and selling grain will not be very large, and the packaging must be changed to prevent being discovered, so it can only be said that the probability of someone colluding with me in private is very high.

Long Qing gradually calmed down, he was puzzled, "Master Tang, in the past two hundred years, the Mongols have been constantly entering the army, killing my people, plundering my wealth, attacking my city, harming my compatriots, and what they have done is not tolerated. ”

"Sir, may you give me some answers?" Long Qing looked longing.

Tang Yi sighed and smiled helplessly, "Your Majesty, there are some things that the minister should not say, but you asked, and the minister can't help but say it." ”

Seeing that Tang Yi was embarrassed, Long Qing hurriedly waved his hand and drove those eunuchs and palace maids out of the palace, leaving only two monarchs and ministers.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The things in the world are inseparable from a good word, interests are the head, the morality of the ancestors, and it is not worth a few dollars. ”

"Grandpa Tai drove Dayuan to the north, and Grandpa Cheng made five expeditions to Mongolia. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has adopted a strategy of blockading the grasslands, strictly prohibiting the flow of salt, tea, grain, cloth, copper, iron and other materials into the grasslands. In the first few decades, it did produce very good results, the Mongols retreated, and the standard of living fell sharply compared to the Yuan Dynasty, even worse than when Genghis Khan was in power. Even iron swords and pots are in severe shortage. It was the hardest time for the grasslands. However, with the battle of Tumubao, the Ming Dynasty was defeated and turned from offensive to defensive. The world can see that it is difficult for both sides to destroy the other, and they can only coexist. At this time, some profiteers saw a business opportunity, and they wantonly smuggled the materials that were lacking in the grassland to make huge profits. It's just that the gold and silver in the steppe are limited, and later they found that the Mongols had no other skills, but they could loot, and the gold and silver they looted were fine and soft, and the jewels and jade were useless, so they sold them to profiteers at a low price, and the profiteers took these things and sold them in the interior in exchange for grain and cloth, and then sold them to the Mongols, making huge profits at both ends......"

Listening to Tang Yi's words, an almost perfect plan to make a fortune was outlined.

Of course, Longqing understands that this set of methods fattened the profiteers, but it hurt the people, pitted the Ming Dynasty, and dared to love the Mongolian Tartars who came to loot every year, but it turned out to be to make money for some merchants in the Ming Dynasty, which is really ironic!

"How can this be reasonable, I must investigate thoroughly, and I must kill him cleanly."

"Your Majesty, don't be impatient!"

"Master Tang, these people are so misleading the country and harming the people, how can I settle down?" Long Qing said with red eyes.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, everything must have cause and effect, and anger will not solve the problem." Tang Yi said with a smile: "Back then, Qi Huan Gong heard that there were many rentiers in China who lent money for a living, their interest rates were extremely high, and many people were forced to die, so Qi Huan Gong wanted to kill these people, but Guan Zhong didn't see it that way, he found these rentiers, and after some discussion, the interest was suppressed. ”

Long Qing thought about it for a while, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that the master is in the southeast, and that's what he did." ”

Tang Yi nodded, "Your Majesty, if you kill the old batch of rentiers, there will be new rentiers, you have killed a group of profiteers, and there will be a second batch, a third batch, just like leeks, endless." As the saying goes, there are people who do the business of killing heads, but no one does the business of losing money, and the key is to figure out why these people are willing to betray their ancestors and do business with the Mongols!"

"Please sir!" Longqing humbly asked.

"This question is very complicated, and the root of it is still in the strategy, military system, and economy of the imperial court. As mentioned earlier, due to the inability of my Ming Dynasty to forge ahead, the two sides were evenly matched, and no one could eliminate anyone, so the profiteers were given the opportunity to shuttle back and forth and make great profits. And people are greedy for profits, if you want to restrict trade and clamp the grassland, it is not a single order, a piece of cloth on the side wall is five taels of silver, and you can sell it for fifteen taels or twenty taels when you cross the Great Wall. ”

Longqing has studied Tang studies, and is very familiar with business matters, and has some understanding.

"Sir, how did the military system affect it?"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I'll offend my grandfather again if I say this."

Long Qing laughed and said: "Mr. was not so timid back then, I still remember that you said that your ancestors were for the good of future generations, and you would not deliberately embarrass future generations, you said yes?" ”

Tang Yi nodded, "That's good, the minister will be presumptuous once, the great grandfather implements the military household system, raises a million troops, does not need to consume the imperial court's food and salary, and is self-sufficient, it may have been good back then, but it has been implemented for a long time, and there are many drawbacks, and it has changed from benefit to harm." First of all, the military status is hereditary, the official position is hereditary, whether a person can become a military general, not depends on how much he knows the art of war, how much merit he makes, how literary he is, and how his martial arts are, but on who his father is. Without selection, there are some exceptions, such as Qi Jiguang, but most of the generals' disciples are waste snacks and are unbearable, leading the troops with mediocre talents, and it is not surprising that the combat effectiveness of the border army is declining day by day. And for a long time, the hereditary and mutual marriages formed the Jiangmen group, for them, maintaining the glory and wealth is the most important thing, if the enemy is destroyed, how can they reach out to the court to ask for silver? Therefore, these people used their kung fu to speculate on drilling camps, keeping their positions, and throwing them away to kill the enemy and serve the country. ”

Tang Yi said it politely, in fact, many generals and businessmen colluded together, everyone smuggled together, made money together, and even when I came, they took out a sum of materials, bribed me to answer, and sent the plague god away without spending a single soldier. What's more, they bought the head from Me, and then reported the victory to the imperial court for a reward. Tang Yi was the governor of Xuanda, and there was no way to deal with these bad habits for more than 100 years.

However, now that the time is ripe, Tang Yi threw it out, at least to get Longqing's support.

"I really didn't expect that my Ming border army would be so hateful! Master Tang, how do you think we should reform the Nine Sides and eliminate the evils? ”

"Internally and externally, let's do it together." Tang Yi said simply: "Internally, we will also reform the military household system, so that military generals can flow like civilian officials, with a source of living water and room for growth, there will be fewer natural speculative camps." Gradually changing from a soldier to a recruit, the battles over the years have proved that strict training and carefully selected strong soldiers are enough to defeat the Mongol cavalry. It is necessary to boldly counterattack, subdue the Hetao, and also seize the southern part of the desert, drive Mongolia north as much as possible, and relieve the pressure on the northern frontier. ”

Tang Yi saw that the map he sent was hanging in the palace, and took the initiative to come over. Long Qing hurriedly followed, listening to Tang Yi's vision.

"The northern nomads are strong in combat and under great pressure from border troubles, but the grasslands are barren and have limited output, so they cannot carry a large number of people. The minister thought that after inflicting heavy losses on the Mongols, he would immediately make peace, use the partition, plus the economy and culture, to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Mongols, and finally realize the surrender of the army without a fight. As for the southern ......, "Tang Yi is a guide to the vast area of the ocean.

"These places have abundant water and heat, and the conditions are superior, and you can harvest grain by sowing a handful of seeds, but the local indigenous people are extremely backward and have low combat effectiveness, which is hardly worth mentioning. Attacking Nanyang will be profitable, and our farmers can stand firm, as long as they operate for a few decades, these places will become no different from the Central Plains, and become another paradise for the descendants of Yan and Huang......"

From the border defense, we talked about the whole strategy, the north actively defended, the south actively attacked, and the ultimate goal was to create a prosperous Ming Dynasty...... Long Qing was completely moved by the picture sketched by the teacher.

If you can really open up the South Seas, you will definitely be able to leave a name in history, and you will even be on a par with the best kings throughout the ages. Thinking of this, Long Qing trembled excitedly.

Tang Yi has never been a storyteller, his real ability is to turn dreams into reality.

If we want to pass through the South Seas, we must shift the focus of military spending from the nine sides, and if we want to reduce the burden on the nine sides, we must completely defeat the nine sides.

Although Tang Yi thinks that the smuggling profiteers are the cause, he can't forgive these people at all.

If you dare to betray your conscience, betray your ancestors, betray your compatriots, and eat human blood steamed buns, you will have to pay the price!

Tang Yi prescribed three prescriptions, the first was to increase the recruitment of troops, gradually reduce military households, eliminate military registration, reorganize the army, and launch a counteroffensive; Second, after occupying an absolute advantage, open border trade, encourage merchants on both sides to come and go, and exchange what they have...... Longqing was a little confused, why did he have to do business with the Mongols again?

"Your Majesty, the principle of opening the border is the same as opening the sea in the southeast, driven by interests, trade cannot be stopped, instead of smuggling, it is better to carry out regular trade, the imperial court can control the quantity, control the content of the transaction, everything that is conducive to increasing the combat power of the Mongols, we will not sell, on the contrary, we can also buy a large number of cattle and sheep, buy wool, unconsciously, let the Mongols raise less war horses, more cattle and sheep, over time, their threat will naturally be reduced!"

"Hahaha, Master Tang is really amazing!"

Long Qing stretched out two thumbs up and exclaimed: "There is Master Tang who has strategized to solve the problem of the side!" By the way, what is this third one? ”

"Of course, it is to strictly investigate profiteers and scum!" Tang Yi became murderous, went around in a big circle, and the topic returned to the beginning.

"According to the minister's view, now it is not only profiteers, but also the generals of the nine sides, who have collusion with the Tartars, and even spread to the court officials from Kejia, if they don't severely punish a group of people, how can they deter Xiaoxiao? Moreover, with these people reporting the news and telling the enemy all the movements of the imperial court, how can they sweep the grassland and stabilize the north? (To be continued.) )