Chapter 73 Big plan

Zhu Qizhen said: "I won't mention this matter for now. Now that I have made a major plan, I will not be able to send troops next year or the year after. I have time to send troops."

Liu Dingzhi naturally dared not say much.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at everyone and said, "Since no one has any objections, then this matter has been settled."

Zhu Qizhen has already said this, but who dares to criticize the dragon scales directly?

Chen Xun said: "My emperor is wise."

The people below said in the shelter, whether they were willing or unwilling, "My emperor is wise."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Since the plan has been decided, each department will perform its duties, especially the Ministry of Revenue. From today on, all extra expenses will be cancelled except for disaster relief. From today on, all matters will be based on this matter, and all banquets in the palace will be cancelled. Except for offering sacrifices to heaven, all other matters will be kept simple."

Chen Xun immediately said: "I will receive the order."

Zhu Qizhen also understood that the biggest problem in this matter was financial issues.

Zhu Qizhen can only hope that the weather will be better next year. As long as there is no need for disaster relief, Zhu Qizhen can save millions of stones of grain. Millions of taels of silver will be available between in and out.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's finances cannot be said to be small. Although they are not as good as the fiscal revenue of 50 to 60 million yuan in the Song Dynasty, they are already quite good at 12 to 3 million taels and 20 to 30 million stones of grain each year.

In addition, if the money orders are rectified and the tea law reform can be completed, it is estimated that it will increase by as much as 200,000 taels.

But compared to leaving the custody, the money is still too little.

But what to do, Zhu Qizhen was still a little worried and didn't know where to start making money for a while. It seemed that North Korea had squeezed out tens of millions of taels of silver, which was almost the same.

If the scrapping is too fierce, it will probably cause civil unrest.

"Your Majesty, if your Majesty has made up his mind, he should make a quick decision and order Datong and Shanxi towns to leave the pass, occupy Kaiping and Dongshengwei. He is the leader of the army." Meng Ying said: "Now that Washen was defeated, Urianha surrendered, and the Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert were fighting two groups, and they dared not compete with the Celestial Empire. Now that the court sent troops, Washen had no time to take care of it. After occupying the two places, our dynasty could connect to the desert north and reduce the consumption of a large amount of material."

"I missed this opportunity, but it's hard to find this opportunity next time."

Zhu Qizhen was moved when he heard this.

He also understood that Yesen's strength was damaged in Zhaozhou, and he was not enough to rest and recuperate at this moment. It was impossible to compete with the court for Mongolia in southern deserts within one or two months.

This is indeed a good opportunity. It is very likely that Mongolia in the south of the desert can be brought under the control of the court without bloodshed.

Moreover, the establishment of the Dongsheng, Kaiping and Daning lines directly made Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi become second-tier border towns, bringing strategic buffers to Beijing.

Not to mention Monan, there is a huge horse farm. There are even tens of thousands of more servants.

This is what Zhu Qizhen has always wanted.

"Your Majesty, the court has lost a lot this year, and I really can't afford to pay." Liu Dingzhi said with a tough bullet.

Liu Dingzhi shouldn't have said this.

But Meng Ying said it too well. It seemed that this was a breeze.

You should know that this line of defense has never been conquered by anyone, and the court has given up. On the contrary, it was the court who took the initiative to give up.

Why?

Isn’t it just that the court can’t maintain it?

When Zhu Qizhen thinks about it, he becomes a big deal.

There is also a abandoned city in Shangdu City, which can be used for repairing. However, Dongshengwei was even earlier. It was all about building cities, transporting food and grass, and attracting people to station. It was all about money.

If it is easy to maintain this line of defense, why did Emperor Xuanzong give up?

To be honest, the current finances of the Ming Dynasty may not be able to be maintained, but the problem is that there will be no major disasters.

Compared to war, disaster relief is a bottomless pit that cannot be seen.

It is precisely because of this that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the court gradually absent from disaster relief, but the financial supply was not enough.

So now the biggest problem facing Zhu Qizhen is to rebuild Kaiping and Dongsheng, which is not fighting, but how to maintain the local area.

Zhu Qizhen secretly thought about it. Although it was difficult, he was still unwilling to give up this great opportunity. Moreover, he had been thinking about how to rule the grassland for a long time, and now he always had to try it. Is it possible? He said: "I have already decided on this matter. From Datong and Shanxi, one of them will be transferred to Kaiping to order the department to inspect the old city of Dongsheng to see if it can be used. Let's talk about the city construction next year. There will not be much military expenditure."

"I've paid this money."

This is also Zhu Qizhen's usual behavior. Some garrisons are located in the local area, which can be said to be deeply rooted and have marriages with local gentry.

If Zhu Qizhen really wants to move, he may be a little unstable.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen always had the idea of ​​moving.

The garrison was moved to a new place, and took the opportunity to clean up the upper and lower levels, and transferred the hereditary garrison generals to other places, and sent generals from martial arts to rectify the garrison. Without saying much, there is no extravagance to say that, it can achieve the appearance of the early country. As long as it can be like Fujian, it will be enough.

Expansion is a good way to migrate to the new garrison.

Before he knew it, Zhu Qizhen had already linked the military reform of the Ming army to this war.

Zhu Qizhen became even more cautious.

Meng Ying said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qizhen was a little tired at this moment and said, "Let's stop this matter."

The highest peak of the transportation warehouse in Zhuqi Town was when the Empress Dowager left him, which was 32 million taels. This was a peak that Zhuqi Town could not yet surpass.

Especially in recent years, the highest time was only the eighteenth year of orthodox, which was about 10 million taels, but now it has dropped to about 5 million taels.

As for the palace expenses, even if Zhu Qizhen reduces them, they will still cost about two million taels a year.

Any plan is finance first, but if this problem is not solved now, no matter what it says, it is empty talk.

Zhu Qizhen was also very distressed and said in his heart: "Why don't you add land tax?" However, this idea came out in Zhu Qizhen's mind and was extinguished by Zhu Qizhen.

He would rather slow down for a few years than use his brains in this regard. Although he has great potential for land taxes, it is related to the foundation of the world.

He decided not to move around.

Let this matter go first.

Zhu Qizhen immediately took Meng Ying away.

He wants to talk to Meng Ying alone.

The reactions of the ministers strengthened Zhu Qizhen's idea.

Zhu Qizhen cannot retreat in many things, because if he takes a step back, the civil servants and officials below will take the Ming Dynasty three steps back, and the Ming Dynasty will become more and more depraved.

Sometimes we have to admit that depravity itself is a very comfortable thing. And making one's own progress is a very difficult thing.

These civil servants naturally wanted to drink wine, sing and praise each other, and then get promoted and become rich. Zhu Qizhen did these things, and that thing they had to endure to death.

In their opinion, Zhu Qizhen is just a matter of trouble.

The more this happens, the more Zhu Qizhen has to be firm in his direction. Even if he pulls the Ming car alone, he still has to go on.

Thinking of this, the failure of the Northern Expedition is not terrible.

It is terrible that the court, who is obedient to do things, and eliminates evil things as a big deal.

Zhu Qizhen made up his mind that this battle must be fought.

So, there is no need to discuss with these ministers next.

Zhu Qizhen asked Meng Ying directly in the Ganqing Palace and said, "Duke Teng thought that if he hits the tile thorns, how would he prepare to hit?"

Meng Ying coughed twice and said, "If I were ten years younger, I would naturally be willing to lead troops to fight for His Majesty. However, now I am old and cannot go to the battlefield anymore. Among the young people this year, the only ones who can be entrusted as generals of the front are Shi Heng, Yang Hong and Guo Deng."

"In my opinion, naturally, the three of them brought tens of thousands of cavalry to the north of Mo from Kaiping, Daning, Zhaozhou."

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly and said, "In this way, I will gather together, wouldn't it give the enemy a chance to defeat them?"

Meng Ying said: "Your Majesty's words are very true, but Shi, Yang and Guo are all good generals of the court and will not be easily defeated by the thorns. Moreover, there is one thing that your Majesty must be determined in advance when deciding to attack Mobei."

"Does Your Majesty want to use this to destroy the twatthorn?"
Chapter completed!