For the Ming Dynasty, the sweep of Tatars was indeed a military adventure.

And Yang Yiqing did see this, and the strategy proposed was also based on this, in layman's terms, his intention was very simple, the Ming army could not be left alone, although the troops were sent in three ways, but they must meet somewhere, and then sweep all the way, slaughter cattle and sheep if they can slaughter cattle and sheep, where the water and grass are abundant, set fire to burn, everyone huddles in a group, to ensure that the Tatar cavalry does not dare to confront head-on, of course, if the main Tatar force really wants to come to the head-to-head confrontation, then it is not afraid, and it is not afraid to wait for work.

As for how to penetrate the grain route, how to release the scouts, once there is an enemy situation, how to quickly assemble the various departments, in fact, this is a kind of turtle warfare, see that there is no enemy on the side, burn and kill, loot is impossible, you plundered the cattle and sheep back, returned to the pass, and there is no water and grass to feed them, it is nothing more than to consume the assets of the Tatars, and finally quickly retract back, strictly defend to the death, the Tatars suffered losses, and the Tatars who could not survive the winter had to launch an attack on the border towns of the Ming Dynasty in the cold winter wax moon.

The Ming army, which was cowering in the border town, waited for work at ease, and tried their best to beat back this group of cold and hungry hungry wolves on the high city wall.

After fighting back, if it is the spring of next year, you can also organize a spring outing activity, at that time, the Tatars, who had just experienced famine and cold winter, saw that the aquatic plants grew again, and wholeheartedly wanted to engage in production, so that the cattle and sheep could grow a little fat, and work hard in the new year, and were not enthusiastic about the war, and I don't want to go to the decisive battle with the Ming army.

This, coupled with the famine, must have depopulated the Tatars. A large number of old people, women and children could not survive this cold winter, which made the production and grazing manpower will be greatly reduced, if the Ming army goes out every three or five times to do these few votes, with the national strength of the Tatars, it will definitely not be able to bear it.

It can be said that this is a contest of national strength, and the competition is who can afford it, and its main purpose is. You fucking dare to come and rob me, okay, Lao Tzu is not producing now, and he broke the jar with you, so he mobilized five or six hundred thousand people. More than 100,000 or 200,000 strong men, these people neither plough in spring nor harvest in autumn, let the land be barren and uncultivated, and come to fight with you. As for you, don't think about grazing in the future, come and spend it with me. If you are a turtle with a shrunken head, I will go around destroying your pastures, slaughtering your cattle and sheep, and if you start a decisive battle. That's better, your strong men and manpower don't have to produce anymore, and everyone eats the northwest wind together.

The Tatars will be consumed unless they have won a great victory. And captured several military towns of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise with their productivity. Famine is inevitable. And what about Da Ming? Nearly a million people in the Ming Dynasty have been conscripted, from now on, every three or five out of the customs, that is to say, in Shandong, Xuanfu, Liaodong these places, a large number of people are no longer engaged in production activities, if other provinces do not continue to transport surplus grain to the north through the guò canal to continue to supply these places, then the Ming Dynasty, there will also be a famine.

This is like the strength of a wrench, it is not necessarily whose strength is greater, but to see if anyone cheats, the Tatars only have one arm, and the Ming have two, one hand and they wrench, the other hand must hold the forearm of the other hand fiercely, if the other hand can not bear it, then the consequences are catastrophic, it is very likely to lead to a series of failures.

Just as the Han Dynasty mobilized troops against the Xiongnu, when Empress Lu was in power, he couldn't afford to fight, so the Xiongnu Shan Yu showed off his might, wrote a letter to humiliate, and wanted to invite Empress Lu to serve Shan Yu, but Lu Zon not only did not move troops, but obediently wrote a letter, saying that he was old and decrepit, and could not serve Shan Yu, and was willing to send a Han woman to serve on his behalf. In the period of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, the Huns were still insulted, but Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing were cautious, obedient and pro-friendly, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

But in the period of Emperor Wu, the war began, and in one breath, fifteen wars against the Xiongnu were launched, and the Huns who fought didn't even recognize their mother.

It must be said that the Han army during the period of Emperor Wu was not necessarily stronger than the Han army in the period of Empress Lu and Wenjing, and the victory of Emperor Wu only came from the accumulation of the treasury in the Wenjing period.

And now Daming, the situation is the same, the Tatars who want to fight don't recognize him, it's not just whose military horses are stronger, but who has more resources, who can afford more, whose treasury is more substantial, and who has more food.

Therefore, in the discussion of this warm pavilion, everyone did not discuss much about Fang Luo, or rather, it was almost Yang Yiqing who was formulating his strategy, and the only role of others, as laymen, was to nod.

Soon, everyone's focus shifted to resources. Without resources, Yang Yiqing's so-called strategy is impossible to sustain, millions of people are not engaged in production, who will feed these people? The treasury, of course. Who will bear the large losses of the war, the supply of a large number of cotton cloth, swords, swords, halberds, artillery, firearms, carts, and war horses, or the treasury!

Since it came to the issue of the income and expenditure of the imperial court, Yang Yiqing had no right to speak, Yang Yiqing was naturally not stupid, and sat obediently on the side and did not make a sound. Yang Tinghe coughed and said: "There is a war, the income and expenditure of the treasury is a major matter, there is a famine in Tatar, the big deal is to starve the old and weak women and children, but once there is a famine in my Ming Dynasty, there must be a rebellion, once the smoke rises, internal and external difficulties, this is a big thing, enough to shake the country." It's just that the current treasury is barely enough to support it, and now there are 1.3 million quintals of grain in stock, as long as there is no famine, it can still be supported for the time being, and as for the treasury of silver, there are more than 900,000 taels, but most of them have been included in the accounts, so it is difficult to embezzle, and His Majesty has promised to transfer 6 million taels from the inner treasury in case of emergency, so that the silver is not a problem. The biggest problem is the grain storage at the end of the year and the beginning of next year, so many people do not produce, they have to rely on the imperial court to support, and there are more or less disasters and famines every year, therefore, the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Weichen ordered the household department to calculate, if this year's official grain, if it cannot reach 11.93 million quintals, I am afraid it will be difficult to make up for the shortage at the end of the year and next year. Last year, the total amount of official food was 9.7 million quintals, of which the shortfall was more than 2 million quintals. In other words, if it is still like in previous years, it is difficult to maintain a large military degree if it is only afraid of sending troops. ”

Hearing this, Jiajing couldn't help frowning, two million quintals of grain is by no means a small amount, of course, Yang Tinghe's calculation may be a little exaggerated, it must be higher than the estimated grain reserves, after all, no one knows whether additional food consumption will be needed at the end of the year or next year, if there is a large-scale natural disaster, it is not a joke. Therefore, Yang Tinghe is definitely going high, but the problem is that the cabinet will never take risks, this is a big deal after all, not a joke.

Jiajing's eyes fell on Li Shiao, the new head of the household, who knew that it was time to speak: "Actually, it stands to reason that if all provinces act according to the rules of the imperial court, it is not difficult to collect 11.93 million quintals of official grain, but now all prefectures, counties and even provinces often prevaricate the grain for various reasons, and as a result, the actual official grain is much less. ”

When Li Shiao said this, he glanced at Xu Qian coldly, and said indifferently: "Let's take Zhejiang as an example, the year before last, Zhejiang paid 1.4 million quintals of grain, and the year before last, it gradually decreased, and it was only 1.2 million, and last year was even more bleak, only 1.1 million quintals. This year, if Zhejiang can take the year before last as an example, the actual collection of 1.4 million quintals of official grain, and other provinces, also try to pay more, less loss, the number of two million quintals, in fact, to collect is not a problem, but Weichen heard that Zhejiang changed the grain to mulberry is very strict, I am afraid that after the autumn harvest, not only can not come up with 1.4 million quintals of grain, but then pay less than last year, even one million quintals can not be made, and other provinces have followed suit, the household department, I am afraid that there will be no rice for a clever woman. The crux of the problem is actually ......"

He was about to take advantage of this to criticize a few words of the New Deal, it can be said that the Hubu Shangshu is the natural enemy of the New Deal, and at this moment, not scolding this Zhejiang few sentences is really in vain to call the Hubu Shangshu.

Xu Qian couldn't help but interject: "My lord, why are you looking at me?" ”

Li Shiao looked at him coldly: "Where is the old man looking at you?" ”

Xu Qian said: "The adults will see it clearly." ”

Li Shiao sneered: "What about you?" ”

Xu Qian said: "This official has just been appointed as the governor of Zhejiang, and the official food of the year before and last year was not levied by someone Xu, but you just looked at me to criticize Zhejiang, don't you say that this matter has anything to do with me?" It's really strange, I only took office at the beginning of the year, what did the food supply last year and the year before have to do with me, why do adults look at me like this? Could it be that the governor of Zhejiang is like a thief in the eyes of adults? ”

This is really a bit of nonsense, and it is obvious that he deliberately came to find Li Shiao ugly. In fact, in Li Shiao's heart, this matter is really related to your surname Xu, although you were not the governor of Zhejiang at that time, but this Ruyi Fang is always yours, and now everyone is a businessman, so there will be a matter of changing grain to mulberry, if you say that you are innocent, then you are really a bitch and want to set up a memorial arch.

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