Chapter 33 The Problems of Nanjing

Now the situation is no longer that Zhu Yunwen wants to hear and wants to listen, but that he must listen.

The limits of mountains and rivers as Fu Youde said.

It is the Yellow River and the Taihang Mountain, which serve as a defensive barrier to delay the attack in the north.

As far as the north is concerned, there is no Yanshan to resist the attack of the northern nomads on the second line of defense, that is, the Yellow River.

Not to mention that Shanxi is in hand, protecting Shaanxi can make the Shanxi army kill from behind enemy lines. The whole strategic situation seems to be on the defensive, but in fact it is conducive to the offensive.

As long as the situation is stabilized, and after the military strength moves back in the future, a large-scale counterattack will be carried out, and the southern army will go all the way to the north, as long as the Hebei region is taken, it will become a rootless tree and a source of water.

After all, the grassland is in the hands of King Yan, and now King Yan obeys Beijing, but Beijing has fallen.

King Yan is aware of current affairs.

Generally speaking, Fu Youde admitted that the southern army is now at a disadvantage, but in the long run, Nanjing's capital is still very thick. But the premise is that Zhu Yunwen recognizes the facts and doesn't toss.

There are even some extreme points, Fu Youde believes that today's catastrophe is not in the north, but within the palace walls, yes, it is Zhu Yunwen.

This is a feeling that Fu Youde has never had.

When Zhu Yuanzhang obeyed orders, although he was overwhelmed by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang had a superb vision, and he was still above Fu Youde, and he could accept good words, even if there was any problem, he would say it directly, and there was no need for messy means at all.

But now, Fu Youde feels very tired.

It's not because Beijing is hard to deal with.

Although Beijing is difficult to deal with, it is far from the point of despair.

After all, Fu Youde has experienced a hundred battles, won battles, chased the dead and chased the north, fought battles to capture the flag, fought defeats, landslides and tsunamis, fled for his life alone, and he also encountered the situation of soldiers in the wind and trees.

I've seen the wind and waves, what is the situation today? Far from the point where Fu Youde feels irreparable.

It's just that if you're not afraid of a god-like opponent, you're afraid of a pig-like teammate, and if this teammate is your boss, it's even worse. If this boss still has a weak boss and can't suppress the strength of all sides, it will be even worse.

Fu Youde encountered such a thing.

Because Zhu Yunwen lacks confidence and is worried that his position is unstable, he will deal with whoever is powerful below?

Because of this, when Fu Youde wants to do something, most of his mind has to be put on the court battle, a very ordinary thing, but it has become difficult.

Zhu Yunwen probably didn't feel it.

He didn't actually know it, and his tendencies could be felt by many officials. Then it will become a layer of additives.

Zhu Yunwen probably felt that the Fu family's power was too great and needed to be restricted. Go to the next level, get stuck in the affairs of the Fu family, and then go to the next level, all things about the Fu family must be paid special attention to and find faults. On the next level, find the problem of the Fu family, and finally, find a way to find the problem of the Fu family, there is no problem, create a problem. The Fu family will definitely rebel.

and then fed back to Zhu Yunwen layer by layer.

In the end, what does Zhu Yunwen think? It doesn't matter anymore.

Because the Fu family has fallen down the wall, everyone has pushed it.

Zhu Yuanzhang knows very well what the bureaucracy is. But Zhu Yunwen may not have a number in his heart. In other words, Zhu Yunwen also knows. But Zhu Yunwen knew better that the entire huge bureaucracy was actually an extension of his imperial power.

He can't cut directly at his own siblings.

It's like, when He Xi attacked the Liaodong faction, he also had to pay attention to proportion. Otherwise, it is a self-shut-off arm.

A politician's relationship with the forces behind him is the key to determining whether he is a politician or an ordinary politician.

It's just that at this moment, Zhu Yunwen has no choice but to agree.

Seeing this, Fu Youde simply poured beans into a bamboo tube, said it all, and said, "Your Majesty, Fujian maritime affairs, the minister has no intention of interfering, but the customs

Taxation was the top priority of the imperial court, and now money is being used in all aspects. The war in Fujian, please think carefully about it. Moreover, the minister is also worried that if the war at sea does not end, the northern thieves will raise troops at sea."

Fu Youde's words made Zhu Yunwen feel even more uncomfortable.

Because the war in the southeast was very smooth for King Jingjiang, Zhu Yunwen naturally arranged the people around him to train and train.

Cultivating his own strength in the army has always been something Zhu Yunwen has done.

It would have been all right. King Jingjiang was defeated. Zhu Yunwen's people have been promoted because of their military achievements, and even control the maritime trade, which has brought Zhu Yunwen a lot of income.

Yes. The income of the imperial court is the money of the imperial court, and the money of the imperial court is arranged. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the money of the court is not much different from his own money, Zhu Yuanzhang lives a simple life, and he spends his money on the court, which is nothing at all.

So the private income of the palace is very small.

But Zhu Yunwen is different.

It's not that Zhu Yunwen is much more extravagant than Zhu Yuanzhang in life.

Yes, Zhu Yunwen is not as simple as Zhu Yuanzhang, but the cost of a person is only how much. Zhu Yunwen did not overhaul the palace room, the wine pond and the meat forest. There aren't many.

It's just that Zhu Yunwen needs extra money to give his followers additional benefits.

This is the difference between Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered, and the people below dared not to implement it, and they came to see him. Zhu Yunwen must have additional means, and even, for some civil officials and military generals, he must use various means, including money, although not only money.

Therefore, Zhu Yunwen must be rich.

The affairs of the sea were taken into the hands by Zhu Yunwen as one of the sources of wealth.

Fu Youde had never paid attention to this aspect before, not that he didn't pay attention to it, and he didn't know. It's about knowing that you can't cross the line. Fu Youde was already in power, and his army accounted for almost half of all the armies in Nanjing.

In this case, you are also pointing fingers at the emperor's power in the army.

What are you thinking? Or what are you going to do?

It's just that Fu Youde can't bear the war at sea anymore.

Fu Youde fought in Japan. He actually understands Beijing's maritime superiority very well. The biggest advantage here is not the advantage of the ship, but the advantage of shipbuilding. Really speaking, the number of ships at sea is the largest in the southeast.

However, the shipbuilding industry in the southeast is far inferior to that of Liaodong.

On the one hand, there is the advantage of raw materials, and on the other hand, there is a technical advantage. Now it has a market advantage.

Needless to say, the advantages of raw materials are inexhaustible. The logging industry is the first industry to develop in the entire Tohoku, and there is an unknown amount of timber suitable for building large ships.

You know, it takes a long time for a piece of wood to be able to build a ship.

Now the wood that can be used for shipbuilding is all in reserve after 25 years of Hongwu. But twenty-five years after Hongwu, it was the surplus of ships at sea, the price of timber fell massively, and many logging yards closed down.

That is, Liaodong has a lot of money and can hoard it.

Needless to say, the technical advantages are not to be mentioned.

For more than ten years, Liaodong has been a testing ground for the latest technology of the Ming Dynasty. Lushun Shipyard is the most high-tech shipyard in the Ming Dynasty and even in the world. And more iron parts can be obtained from Liaodong. Although most of the shipbuilding is made of wood, and even many shipbuilding technologies can be done without an iron nail, in fact, there are technical problems without iron nails, such as the combination of iron and wood, which will be problematic for a long time, but more because of the high price of iron.

Now, with He Xi lowering the price of iron, there are more and more iron materials used in shipbuilding.

These are available cheaply in Liaodong.

It can also be regarded as an advantage of the industrial chain.

Since the beginning of the war, Nanjing has hardly made effective adjustments to its maritime policy, and the opening of the sea, as a policy formulated by He Xi, has not been overturned, and it is already for the sake of money, and it is impossible to want more preferential treatment.

Therefore, these places under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, the sea trade is still going on tenaciously, but it is not profitable.

And He Xi's side, in order to open the market and revitalize the sea trade, He Xi did not hesitate to start a war. Naturally, there was a great demand for ships, and many merchant ships were engaged in the business of accompanying the army. In short, there is a huge market.

In this way, the trend of the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker is very obvious.