Chapter 25 Decision-making

In essence, there is no idea of a sneak attack in this strategy, it is an upright conspiracy. The question is also very simple.

It is to look at two points, that is, the resources invested by both sides on the battlefield in the northwest.

Resources are human and material resources.

As mentioned earlier, the consumption of land transportation is too great. During the Tang Dynasty, because grain could not be transported from Luoyang to Chang'an, the dignified Tang Dynasty Emperor had to bring civil and military officials to Luoyang to eat.

This illustrates how much food is consumed by land.

Not to mention, today's Northwest is no longer the Northwest of the past. Today's Guanzhong is not the Guanzhong of the past. The local grain in Guanzhong is absolutely impossible to support the conquest of the army.

The same problem is no longer a problem in Beijing, as long as this railway is built.

Then it is many times easier for Beijing's materials to go to the northwest than the materials in the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest, not to mention that with the same soldiers and horses, the combat power of the northern army is still above that of the southern army.

Even if the two sides are not big, they only need to keep the northwest in a state of stalemate.

The consumption of the southern army was also greater than that of the northern army. In this way, it takes a long time. The Southern Army was no match for the Northern Army. Not to mention, how could the Northern Army not fight? Moreover, the Northwest Position Guard Station may not be the opponent of the Northern Army.

In other words, when He Xi made this decision, the worst result was just a stalemate between the two sides. Nanjing couldn't stand it.

For Nanjing, the northwest region has become a chicken rib. Wounds with constant blood loss.

Xie Jin is also a smart person, and when he was a little bit, he immediately understood, and then his heart moved, and he said: "In this way, the key to this battle is not the war itself, but whether the railway can be repaired, and if it can be repaired, how much money and how much time will it cost?"

He Xi said, "Not bad." Then he gestured outside. Immediately, two people were brought in from outside.

It's none other than Zhang Youzhi and Ge Tiangong.

After all, if the railway project is built, it will be built by them.

He Xi asked Zhang Youzhi to explain the railway to be repaired and asked him to estimate the cost. By the way, there is no problem with the problem.

Zhang Youzhi was very excited, after all, being able to participate in such a high-level decision-making already made him feel very satisfied, calmed down, and said, "If only it is repaired to the east bank of the Yellow River. It will cost about 40 million to 50 million yuan. Of course, there is a problem here, I dare not estimate, that is, from Jingshi to Yingkou, all the way is flat, and from Jingshi to the Yellow River, it is necessary to cross mountains and mountains, and it is not a mountain. I've already increased the cost of 50 million yuan, but when it's time to start construction, I don't know if I need to increase the budget."

"If everything goes well and the difficulties are within my estimate, then everything is fine, if not, then I can't say."

Ge Tiangong said: "I haven't seen the mountains in the northwest region, so it's hard to say, but I personally feel that this number is not enough. I guess it will increase."

The two of them said so. Suddenly, many people frowned.

50 million yuan or more. Good guy, a total of more than 100 million yuan has been obtained, and more than half of this railway will be used. The imperial court has not done anything else.

Yang Shiqi first said, "My lord, let's take a long-term view of this matter. I'm afraid the court won't be able to support it."

He Xi said, "Okay. This is a matter of putting things on hold for now, but the exploration plan needs to be carried out first. One must not be intimidated. Even if you don't cultivate it now, you will have to repair it in the future. You can't save money on prospecting. Go down and make plans. Get this one done right away."

"Yes." Zhang Youzhi and Ge Tiangong immediately agreed.

The two also knew that this was not a place they could stay for long. He left immediately.

After they are gone. Xie Jin said: "There are some problems with the railway, but should we wait for the results of the exploration below to come out before making a decision? Isn't that until next year?"

Xie Jin has been too active for a while.

He Xi glanced at him indifferently and said, "First of all, the battle of rebellion is by no means decided.

Why should Master Xie be anxious? And are there any other ideas besides the Northwest strategy? Since there isn't, what are you anxious about?"

Xie Jin said: "The lower official is just a thief who is anxious, and he is out of proportion, please forgive me."

In He Xi's heart, the northwest strategy has almost been decided. It's just how to do it.

Although it is said that there are some problems with crossing the mountains and mountains. However, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway in the Qing Dynasty could be repaired, and He Xi believed that this railway could also be repaired. Moreover, this railway is not only for military purposes, but also links the northwest region with the unified market of Liaodong in Beijing. Increased Beijing's war potential.

The territory controlled by Beijing today can be divided into three major blocks, the Beijing Liaodong Hebei plate, the Japanese Goryeo plate, and the Shanhou plate.

Although these three sectors also have economic ties, they are independent of each other.

This is also a very normal thing in this day and age.

Most of the merchants were short-distance merchants, and it was very rare for merchants to travel long distances, although the merchants who traveled long distances without him were much more profitable. But in reality, there are many risks.

There are so many unknowns.

So most of the time the vendors are short-distance transportation, one station to another, and each station has to add some price as a profit.

For the very familiar short-distance trade routes, these merchants are at their own doorstep. Naturally, it is much more convenient and safer.

And after the construction of the Jingying Railway, this situation was broken. Liaodong and Beijing are only economically linked. This has resulted in greater economic growth.

For the region of Korea and Japan, He Xi is more connected by sea. And on the whole, these places are barren, not to mention, in fact, they have no effect on the Central Plains War.

And the Mobei Datong Hetao area is different.

There is a lot of industrial potential.

For example, if the coal and iron and steel industries build iron plants in the northwest region, which are not much different from Beijing and Liaodong, then Beijing's war potential will increase a lot.

And in the Monan area, in fact, a lot of cavalry can be pulled out. After all, King Yan was able to pull out hundreds of thousands of cavalry in Mobei. Mo Nan is better than Mo Bei in terms of population, but why is the number of cavalry in Mo Nan so small?

Several scenarios.

First, loyalty.

Monan were all Mongols, although these Mongols were settled. But it has not been ten years since Emperor Dayuan was arrested, and the people who fought with the Ming army back then have not yet died. At this time, large-scale extraction, will they really obey orders?

Second, it is consumption. Raising cavalry is more expensive than footmen.

Now He Xi apportioned the cavalry consumption on the Monan grassland, so it did not appear in the military spending, and most of the cavalry was supplied free of charge in the Monan region. But this kind of gratuitous cannot be too much.

Otherwise, it is possible to provoke a popular uprising.

And when the railway was built to the grassland, although this railway has not really reached the grassland, it is only along the Great Wall to the west, but it has brought a lot of benefits to the grassland.

Transporting products from the grasslands, such as beef and mutton, on a large scale and cheaply, so as to invigorate the economy on the grasslands, not only allows Beijing to collect more taxes, but also allows the grasslands to bear and supply more war horses.

The most important thing is to link the Beijing-controlled areas together. The strategic significance is immeasurable.

Yang Shiqi said: "My lord, now all parties are waiting for the money, and this strategy cannot be determined. How should I spend this money?"

He Xi said: "This is easy to do, let each department set the budget for the next year, how much it will cost, and say it at the end of the year. Also, don't they want money? That's right, let's review the accounts of all departments."

"Xie Jin, you will be in charge of this matter."

Xie Jin was stunned for a moment, he knew that this was an offending thing. If you don't do it well, you will toss him above. If you do it well, you have to toss the people below hard. It's just that at this time, in front of He Xi, he had no room to refuse at all, and said, "Lord Shoufu, it's up to the official to take the order."

He Xi said, "Go ahead and do it."

He Xi originally had no intention of dealing with Xie Jin. But Xie Jin is too dishonest, he can't give two blows, let him be honest.