The brothers chatted very energetically that night, and even divided where it belonged to whom.

But the next day, I continued on the road, and as soon as the northwest wind blew, the person was sober.

The fourth child rode on the horse and sighed to the sixth child wrapped in a ball on the side: "Alas, your idea is good, but unfortunately my father can't agree, everything is in vain." ”

"yes." The third child also came over, and said with a sad face: "First, my father and the emperor named us the king of Sai for the purpose of guarding the border pass in Daming Town." If we run to the south, who will deal with the Mongols? ”

"Second, my father said before, 'All the four sides are limited to mountains and seas, and they are isolated in a corner, and their land is not enough to supply, and their people are not enough to make orders.'" He felt that the conquest of these countries was neither economical nor meaningful. ”

"Three, alas, the world is settled, the southwest is not peaceful, and when Yunnan is recovered, the country should almost recuperate, how can it be possible to continue to raise troops on a large scale in order to satisfy our wishes?"

"Well, that's it." The fourth child nodded, not raising the bar.

Zhu Zhen raised his arm with difficulty, and picked a thumbs up through the thick leather gloves.

The third brother is also really strong, and he took all the problems into account in one night.

King Yan of Jin can definitely be called the old Zhu family's Wolong and Phoenix Chicks, the kind of praise.

"Third brother, what we talked about last night was the route and policy, and what you asked today are all specific issues. As long as we unswervingly adhere to the line and principle, any difficult problem can be solved. It depends on whether you are willing to persevere? Zhu Zhen looked at the third and fourth.

"Of course I do." The two of them said without thinking: "As long as there is a way to solve it, no matter how difficult it is, we can persevere!" ”

"Okay." Zhu Zhen stretched out his palm and said, "Let's talk, we can't retreat and leave me alone." ”

"It's a deal!" The brothers nodded heavily and swore by high-fives to him.

"The three things that the third brother said can be solved." Zhu Zhen broke down for the two of them: "The first one, the king of Sai is on the border to defend the Ming Dynasty against Meng Yuan. Wouldn't it be better if we found a way to stop the Mongols from being troubled? ”

"You mean, destroy the Northern Yuan?" The fourth man rubbed his hands and said, "You can leave this matter to me." ”

"Of course we have to destroy the Northern Yuan. Without political power, the Mongols would have regressed to the tribal era, and the threat to the Ming would naturally be much smaller. As the sixth brother spoke, he changed his words and said, "But fourth brother, without the Northern Yuan, the Mongolian tribes still exist." As long as they are nomadic in the grasslands, they depend on the livestock they raise for food, clothing, shelter and transportation.

"But after all, herdsmen can't 'eat meat, clothing, and leather' all year round, and they need some grain, cotton cloth, tea, iron pots and other agricultural and industrial products to survive...... And these are things that they can't produce. The sixth used a new angle to analyze the contradictions between Hu and Han for his brothers:

"In addition, the livestock sector is particularly affected by the climate. Snow disasters in winter and drought in spring and summer will kill a large number of livestock, causing herders to encounter an existential crisis, and then invading agricultural civilization. This is the fundamental reason why the Hu people have always invaded the Han land for thousands of years. ”

"Hmm." The two elder brothers have excellent understanding, and they can feel it when they hear it, and the sixth brother has a point. Lao San concluded: "Therefore, the root cause of the invasion of the Hu people is that they cannot produce the necessities of life that they need. In order to fill the gap, so it is necessary to constantly invade? ”

"So to speak." Zhu Zhen nodded. "So what peaceful way is there for them to fill the gap, other than plundering?"

"Tea and horse markets...... "The fourth child said in a low voice.

"That's right." Zhu Zhen gave him a thumbs up. The heart said that there was actually a Gatling......

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'Tea and horse market' is to use tea to communicate with ethnic minorities. It first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but it did not become customized until the Song Dynasty, and it was also specially set up to set up a 'tea and horse division', which was responsible for 'the benefits of palm tea, and used by Zuobang; Where the city horses in the four Yi, the rate of tea exchange. ’

Because of the natural environment and dietary habits, all ethnic groups in Mongolia and Tibet are very dependent on tea, and they will get sick if they don't drink tea. Therefore, controlling the supply of tea is equivalent to controlling the lives of all ethnic groups in Mongolia and Tibet.

Of course, because the current dynasty was at war with the Meng Yuan, there was only a tea and horse division with Tibet. The tea and horse market became an important material means for the Ming Dynasty to maintain friendship with Tibet. Moreover, through the tea and horse trade, you can also get the war horses that are urgently needed by the imperial court, as well as a huge amount of tea income, to make up for the deficit of the imperial court.

Therefore, the tea and horse market is a great policy. But given the hostile relationship between this dynasty and the Mongol Yuan, who would dare to mention the exchange of markets with Mongolia? I am afraid that I will be beaten as a traitor on the spot and spurned by everyone.

This is not an exaggeration at all. Don't forget, the Ming Dynasty is the Han regime that recreated China after the sinking of Shenzhou, and the unbearable performance of Nafera in the Southern Song Dynasty before, so it is normal for some extreme national sentiment to be.

In Daming, it must be that Han and Hu are incompatible. Those who dare to make peace with the Mongols will be dug up the next day......

Not to mention any gentle means such as pro-mutual market, which are regarded as a great shame!

So even if you are a prince, you don't dare to talk nonsense.

"Maybe after the Northern Yuan is eliminated, we can try to open a border market for the tribes who return to Shun." The third child whispered: "Anyway, I feel that sooner or later I have to take this road." Otherwise, even if the Mongols are completely destroyed, other Hu people will rise up and continue to plunder us. ”

"Hmm." The fourth nodded and said: "But we must also weaken them from time to time, the Hu people are afraid of power but not virtue, and they must not repeat the mistakes of the two Song Dynasty." ”

This is the typical thinking of the Ming Dynasty......

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"Sixth, you can go on." The third said: "The second question. ”

"On the second question, my father thinks that 'all the four sides are limited to mountains and seas, and they are isolated in a corner, and the land is not enough to supply, and the people are not enough to make orders.' From the perspective of traditional land power, there is nothing wrong with this. Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice:

"But from the perspective of sea power, this is not true."

"Sea power perspective?" The third and fourth brothers had never heard of it, and the fourth brother smiled: "You kid, now you are full of new terms, and Mr. Liu really doesn't hide anything from you." ”

"Alas, Mr. is not of great use to the court, which is really a great loss for the country." The fourth child also sighed: "Fortunately, he passed on all his life's learning to the sixth child." ”

"Hehe......" The sixth laughed dryly, he didn't deny it, and he couldn't deny it.

It's a new word, but it's easy to understand. How did we get to Goryeo? ”

"Take a boat." The two replied.

"Therefore, under the navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty, the sea has changed its path." The sixth said in a deep voice: "The perspective of sea power is that we regard the sea ship as a chariot and horse, and the sea as a passage, and then look at the original world. ”

"That's it......" The third and fourth brothers fell into deep thought.

(End of chapter)