Chapter 45: Nomadism and Settlement

In this way, Lord He thinks that Mongolia cannot be ruled by the imperial court, and can only use the strategy of fetter? So why would the imperial court bother to make such a big effort? Cao Guogong's tone was indifferent and asked a question.

Although Cao Guogong is Zhu Yuanzhang's descendant, he even has good relations with He Xi in many places. But he was still very dissatisfied with He Xi's conclusion.

Because if you follow what He Xi said, it directly denies the significance of the war between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia. Since there is no point in fighting with the Mongols. Then the exploits of the martial artists are meaningless. Li Wenzhong has actually been in Nanjing for the past few years, before he and Xu Da went north respectively to take charge of the Beiping War.

Although, now the battle was presided over by Xu Da. But the next war against Mongolia may not be Xu Da. Most likely him.

In addition, Cao Guogong is loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, but it does not mean that Cao Guogong's mansion has no interests of its own. After all, Cao Guogong is a martial artist, and he has a large group of generals under him. He must also safeguard the collective interests of the martial arts, which does not conflict much with his loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang.

He Xi also knew that this question had to be explained clearly.

You must know that during the Hongwu period, in terms of the entire Wuxun group, it was one Zhu Yuanzhang who had to weigh the three major groups. Although there are many factions among them, there are also Zhu Yuanzhang's attempts to divide and rule. But it is in the interests of their group to fight abroad.

This is not the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and the civil officials relied on the emperor to have a little power to balance with the martial arts.

If he really denies the war with the remnants of Yuan today, even if Zhu Yuanzhang protects him in the future, He Xi will not have a good time in the court in the future.

Everything should be done according to the trend.

When to do something. And even Zhu Yuanzhang may not be willing to stop the foreign war, after all, these martial arts groups do not fight abroad, I am afraid they will not settle down. Moreover, He Xi is not against foreign expansion.

He Xi said: "Cao Guogong, the white land that the Yuan soldiers passed through back then, poisoned the creatures, and the places they passed were miserable, the clothes were filled in the ravines, and the bones of the people were full of rivers. This revenge cannot be avenged. And if the remnants are not destroyed, it will be the trouble of the Ming Dynasty. Only by destroying this eclipse can the frontier rest for thousands of miles. ”

"It's just that there are some things that you have to figure out what the problem is in order to get the right solution. Otherwise, not only will long-term peace and stability be unattainable. The bloody battle of the Ming soldiers could only be given up in vain. ”

"Now the problem is clear. The same piece of land, if it can be cultivated, then it can afford the court officials, garrisons, then a piece of land can be the land of the imperial court. And on the grassland, because of nomadic reasons, erratic, even if the grassland is occupied, it can only be owned by the chieftain, not by the imperial court, so the imperial court is strong, surrendered for a while, and once something happens, it is like a weed reborn. ”

"Only by solving this problem can the imperial court truly govern the grassland."

"Since Genghis Khan, the nomadic trend of Mongolia has actually been declining. Here I coined a word, which is productivity. It refers to people's material production capacity, that is, the ability to produce food, clothing, carriages, and iron tools. Before Mongolia, the steppe was mostly nomadic, but after Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, the nomadic range of steppe tribes was significantly reduced. This is because before that, nomads were not productive enough and relied solely on nomadism. At the time of Genghis Khan, a large number of serfs were captured in the steppe. With the additional productivity supplement, they are less dependent on nomadism, thus narrowing the scope of nomadism. ”

"So, what we have to do is these directions, first, the grassland is not simply the implementation of the nomadic system, although I also know that growing food on the grassland is half the effort, but in the historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty, it is also shown that during the Yuan Dynasty, some places in the Mobei Province can also grow food as a supplement to nomadism. For example, mining, as far as I know, there are many salt lakes in the grasslands, and there are some gold, silver, copper and iron mines. Second, animal husbandry does not necessarily have to be nomadic herding, but can be changed from nomadic to fixed herding. Is this possible? I think there is. Third, that is to recruit soldiers from the grasslands. Although the grasslands are vast, when a county in China was in its heyday, it was only five million people. It is only necessary to recruit soldiers from Mongolia every year to fight in all directions. Let these soldiers settle in the frontier in the future. Defend the border for China. What about grasslands for China? ”

"What Fang Cai Ding Xian said, in fact, there are many desirable points."

"Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Listening to your words, it is better to read a book for ten years, and the strategy of today's Daming Grassland is decided." What Ding Xian said, but what He Qing said, Fang is the fundamental avenue. I only know today what it means to be a national warrior. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang actually heard He Xi's intentions a long time ago. In fact, he took the grassland as a case, revealing his analysis methods in later generations little by little. For example, the concept of productivity, if it is detached from practical factors, many people do not understand it. Now it is eloquent, but it can be convincing.

In fact, He Xi also knew that what he said was a bit biased, and he would have to deduct points in the exams in the future, but this is not important, many concepts have different interpretations at different times. It's all about making up and supplementing and plumping up.

He put up the sign first.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked He Xi to come to Guozijian, this is the intention, and now that He Xi has come to power, how can Zhu Yuanzhang not be in charge.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang said this, others could only respond.

However, they also feel that although Zhu Yuanzhang is a little overrated, it is not too excessive, at least after today, the general policy of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland is already very clear. Although there are many difficulties, the simplest thing, that is, the post road that communicates the grassland, the Yuan Dynasty had a rich post road system in the grassland, but now it is gone. It takes a lot of material to rebuild and maintain. And it's about keeping the investment. At the time of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty regarded the outside of the Saibei as the fundamental, invested in the north, and spared no effort, so that the poor were extremely south of the Yangtze River and the rich were praised in the north. But now it is different, the Ming Dynasty still needs to maintain such a large financial investment in Mongolia, is it necessary? Is there so much money even if there is a need?

It's just a matter of implementation. I can't say that there is anything wrong with He Xi's general strategy.

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang's visit to Yilun Hall can be regarded as the end of the curtain.

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In Zhu Yuanzhang's carriage, He Xi carefully sat on the side.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked; "Is this how you make decisions in later generations?"

Zhu Yuanzhang first felt the atmosphere of this decision-making.

Long-term peace and stability on the grassland is also a problem that Zhu Yuanzhang has been thinking about in his heart, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has long had a solution in his hands. It is to establish more than 20 guards such as Daning Dusi, Kaiping Wei, Dongshengwei, etc. This is also the arrangement made by Zhu Yuanzhang in the original history. Later, it was abandoned by all the descendants of the Mo Nan Guard.

It is precisely because of such a thing that happened in history that Zhu Yuanzhang has always been a little hesitant in his heart.

And in history, Zhu Yuanzhang has never paid attention to the difference between the Nannan grassland and other places in the Ming Dynasty, yes, the area of Monan, as a grassland, is a place where water and grass are abundant. However, if it is reclaimed, it is possible to plant it in the area of Fengzhou Beach, that is, the area of Dongshengwei and Hetao, and it is not very popular in other places.

Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang made a hasty decision. Now Zhu Yuanzhang knows more, but he is uncertain.

However, after such a meeting, Zhu Yuanzhang had already made up his mind. I don't know the difficulties I faced, and I made a hasty decision, which is reckless, but I can't give up just because I know what difficulties I encounter. That's called cowardice.

At least with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is not a problem to maintain it on the grassland for more than ten years, or even decades, he doesn't believe that it has been impossible to transform the grassland for such a long time.

Such a big problem was solved. made Zhu Yuanzhang feel stunned.

Zhu Yuanzhang made similar big decisions, thought about it again and again, and then made a decision. After making a decision, I also suspected that I was not wrong. In short, it was very nerve-wracking, but now a meeting, it will be clear. made Zhu Yuanzhang feel more relaxed.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang got out of the problem itself, and instead focused on this method of solving affairs.