Zhu Youjian attached great importance to the Jiannu movements reported by Lu Xiangsheng.

Zhu Youjian originally believed that after the war last year's autumn and winter, Jiannu had been crippled and was basically no longer a threat from the Ming Dynasty. However, he did not expect that Huang Taiji would actually annex the Korqin tribe and strengthen his strength.

The Korqin tribe and the vassal tribe of Jiannu have many marriages. Huang Taiji's concubine comes from the Korqin tribe. The relationship between the two sides is very close. Huang Taiji actually attacked the Korqin tribe, which is indeed cruel and ruthless!

After annexing the Korqin tribe, Jiannu added 20,000 cavalry, which greatly enhanced his strength. If Huang Taiji defeated Lin Danhan and annexed the Chahar tribe, then the entire Mongolian Plateau would be the territory of Jiannu. Jiannu cavalry would

Threat the Ming Dynasty from the northern border at any time.

Zhu Youjian naturally did not allow this situation.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was operating in Liaodong, and the imperial court did not have enough money and food to launch a war. If he wanted to suppress Jiannu, he could only think of other ways.

After discussing this matter in the court, the court officials unanimously approved it and supported Lin Dankhan of the Chahar tribe to fight against Jiannu.

More than a year ago, in order to avoid the edge of Jiannu, Lin Danhan led the Chahar tribe to move from northwestern Liao to Yinshan Hetao, defeating Khalkha and Ordos tribes. At that time, Zhu Youjian happened to be in charge of the army and returned to Xuanfu in person, and was dealing with it.

While the Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou were at the same time, they sent Hong Chengchou to lead their troops out of the grassland to defeat the Khalkha tribe, captured tens of thousands of Khalkha women, children, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and achieved a brilliant victory.

Because of the conflict with Jiannu, Zhu Youjian acknowledged that the Chahar tribe inherited the Khalkha tribe's right to trade.

However, Lin Danhan is also a person with great ambitions and talent. Although he always said that he would unify the entire Mongolia and establish the same merits as Genghis Khan, he always lost more and won less than he won against Jiannu.

Therefore, during the court meeting, Zhu Youjian rejected the suggestion that some court officials sell guns and cannons to enhance their strength, and stipulated that all materials such as armor and weapons are not allowed to go out of the side wall. However, in order to support Lin Danhan, they can sell them pig iron and grain, etc.

Things and firearms are absolutely not allowed.

Note that it is sold, not given. If Lin Danhan wants to obtain the Ming Dynasty's pig iron grain and other substances, he must trade and exchange cattle, sheep and horses for cattle, sheep and horses.

The Ming Dynasty could do business with Lin Danhan, but if it was not charity, it would be impossible to use his own money to fill the Mongolians for nothing.

"But in this way, Lin Danhan may not be able to fight against Jiannu. Your Majesty, although supporting Lin Danhan will cost some money, he is sure that it will be cost-effective to help the Ming Dynasty fight against Jiannu." Chief Minister Huang Liji advised.

He spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in exchange for Lin Danhan to restrain the Jiannu on the grassland. In the eyes of many civil officials such as Huang Liji, this business can be done.

Zhu Youjian asked back: "Does the treasury have money now? Last month, Lu Xiangsheng just submitted a memorial to ask for silver and grain. If the Ministry of Revenue has money, you might as well allocate some money to Lu Xiangsheng."

"The treasury has no money." Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Revenue, said with a cold face, "Although the autumn tax this year has been escorted to the capital, silver is needed everywhere. Officials in the capital have been owed three months of salary, and many officials can no longer expose the blame.

The salary must be repaid, the capital's imperial guards' money and food, and the office funds of major yamen have to be used everywhere. This year's taxes and silver cannot support next summer. If you encounter an urgent matter like a snow disaster, you may even be this year.

I can't even hold on in winter."

Huang Liji smiled bitterly. Of course he knew that the Ministry of Revenue had no money, but the Ministry of Revenue did not have an inner treasury. The Tax Branch had already been opened to Suzhou, and the monthly commercial tax amounted to hundreds of thousands of taels, all of which were included in the emperor.

But if Huang Liji asked the emperor for money, he couldn't say it.

Huang Liji was reluctant to say it, but some people dared to say it. The left censor Cao Sicheng stood up: "Your Majesty, the national treasury has no silver, so you can issue the inner treasury silver to support the Chahar tribe."

"Yes, Your Majesty, you can't use much money, just a few hundred thousand taels." Other court officials also said one after another.

Zhu Youjian sneered: "Okay, a disabled Jiannu actually made you so afraid that he had to use silver to bribe the Mongolians! How good is it to have so much money to train troops to strengthen yourself, why bother to take advantage of the Mongolians

?Jiannu was the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, weren’t the Mongols? Are you not afraid of raising tigers?”

The court officials looked at each other. Didn’t they say at the beginning that they wanted to support Lin Danhan to fight against Jiannu? Why did they turn against each other when they mentioned the money? If they don’t give Lin Danhan the money, what would they use to fight against Huang Taiji?

If you let the horse run away, and you want the horse to not eat grass, how can you make this reason in the world?

"Your Majesty said so much!" Wen Tiren stood up and said with a sigh, "The Chahar tribe was originally Jiannu and his mortal enemy. Even if the Ming Dynasty did not reward Lin Danhan with silver, Lin Danhan would have to fight with Jiannu to death. At present, Jiannu is now Jiannu.

The loss of most of the population was when its strength was weak, and Lin Danhan annexed the two divisions of Khalkha and Ordos. He was very strong and might not be a match for Jiannu.”

Since the emperor did not want to pay, it would be useless to continue talking. Although Wen Tiren also thought that paying hundreds of thousands of taels of silver was nothing, he still stood up and supported the emperor's idea.

"Mr. Wen Ge is right, let's just do this." Praise glanced at Wen Tiren, and Zhu Youjian announced his withdrawal from the court.

After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian recruited his son-in-law Gong Yonggu and told him about "supporting" the Mongolians, asking Gong Yonggu to prepare more goods in the capital and transport them to Zhangjiakou, which was sold to the Mongolians by the Zhangjiakou Royal Trading Company.

Gong Yonggu was responsible for the business of the Huangzhuang and Huangdian in Beijing, so this matter was naturally told to him. Trade in the horse market is about to be imminent, so more goods are needed to make more money.

With Lin Dankhan's ability, he is no match for Huang Taiji at all, and it is useless to support his money, unless the Imperial Guards go out to the frontier and join forces with the Mongols to deal with Jiannu. However, although Lin Dankhan relies on the Ming Dynasty, he will not allow the Ming army to appear in

On the grassland.

Therefore, instead of supporting Lin Danhan, it is better to take the plane to get some benefits from the Mongols. As long as the Imperial Guard is strong enough, what if Lin Danhan is defeated by Huang Taiji?

As long as you can train a hundred thousand elite imperial guards, you will be enough to sweep the entire grassland!

"I obey the order." After hearing that there was business, Gong Yonggu went on happily.

"Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting has entered the capital and is waiting to be summoned." Wang Chengen reported.

"Please enter the palace." Zhu Youjian said.

In the battle with Jiannu last winter, although Sun Chuanting won terriblely, he suffered a lot of losses. In addition, he was the governor of Liaodong at that time, but Jiannu was bypassed by Ningjin's defense line and attacked the border wall from Jibei, and was impeached a lot of impeachments.

In order to calm the anger of the court officials, Zhu Youjian sent him to Nanjing as the Minister of War. Now he was summoned back by Zhu Youjian, preparing to appoint him as the governor of the three sides, responsible for the military affairs of the three towns of Datong and Yulin, Xuanfu, Datong, Yulin, to prepare for the preparation of the military of the Xuanfu Prefecture, Datong, Yulin, and to prepare for the preparation of the

Jiannu.

"I'm going to see Your Majesty." Half an hour later, Sun Chuanting was taken to the Ganqing Palace.

"Give your seat flat, give it a seat." Zhu Youjian said in a harmonious voice.

Sun Chuanting sat respectfully on the Jindun, waiting for the emperor to inquire.

"Your dear has been the Minister of War in Nanjing for more than half a year. What is your impression of the situation in the south?" Zhu Youjian asked with a smile.

"When you go back to your Majesty, the prosperity of the Southern Capital is naturally far better than that of Beijing. However," Sun Chuanting hesitated for a moment.

"Your dearest me, just say it right." Zhu Youjian said with a smile.

"But in my opinion, Nanjing City is full of literary and military play, rich and ecstatic, full of decay and declining atmosphere, and there is a faint appearance of the end of the world." Sun Chuanting said solemnly.

"Oh?" Zhu Youjian looked serious, "Your dear can explain it in detail."

Sun Chuanting said: "I went to Nanjing last winter to take office, but did not lead a large group of people, but left the ceremonial guard behind him, and went from the light carriage to the south. From the capital, all the way south, the mourning and refugees were everywhere. I thought it would be better to go to Nanjing. Many, after all, the land of Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, and the prosperity is better than the north. However, after arriving in Nanjing, I realized that the situation is no different from the north.

The rich are all over the fields, and the poor are not in a place to stand. The situation in the south is no different from that in the north, and it is even worse. I have been to Nanjing for more than half a year. After a secret investigation, I found that the land annexation of Yingtianfu is far worse than that in the north, and 90% of it is The fields were all annexed by nobles and gentry, and less than 10% of the fields belonging to self-cultivated farmers to pay the imperial taxes.

In Nanjing, scholars were romantic, and singing and dancing on the Qinhuai River were as peaceful as possible. The gentry only knew how to form associations and talk, officials only knew how to make money, and nobles and generals only knew how to embezzle military pay. The Nanjing Guards were weak in combat, and even the refugee army was inferior. The entire Nanjing The city seems to be prosperous and prosperous, but it reveals a corruption. In my opinion, it is like the Bianliang City before the fall of the Song Dynasty."

Sun Chuanting beat Nanjing City to compare it to Bianliang City before the country was destroyed, which shocked Zhu Youjian. He was shocked that this guy was so bold and dared to say it.

"Your dear is so serious. The land annexation in the south is much stronger than in the north. But why are there refugees everywhere in the north but not so many in the south?" Zhu Youjian questioned.

"I didn't understand at first, but later I gradually realized it. Because the economies of the north and the south are different.

The people in the north rely heavily on land. Due to serious land annexation, a large number of people lost their land and became tenants, and they bear heavy rents. Once they encounter natural disasters, they will be unable to survive and have to become refugees.

The land yield in the south is higher than in the north, making it easier for the people to survive, but there are a large number of workshops in the south, and the prosperity of industry and commerce is far greater than that in the north. Even if you lose the land, you can work in the workshop to make money to support your family, so there are fewer refugees.

But the people in the south are still exploited by landlords and employers, and most of them live a miserable life and are barely dying. In fact, they are not much better than the people in the north."

OK? After going to Nanjing, Sun Chuanting became an angry young man, which surprised Zhu Youjian and was also relieved. Only with more officials who were worried about the country and the people could the Ming Dynasty have hope.

"In my opinion, what should I do?" Zhu Youjian asked.

Sun Chuanting was silent for a moment and slowly shook his head: "I don't know, but in my opinion, it is extremely difficult to change. Even if Shang Yang is reborn, he may not be able to do so, so."

That's why he said that he had the appearance of the end of the world.

Sun Chuanting is from Daizhou. He was born and raised in the north and has never been to the south. In recent years, the climate in the north has become colder, drought, locusts, and disasters for years, causing refugees to rise. In Sun Chuanting's view, these are all

It was a natural disaster, but the Ming Dynasty was rich in the world, and the south had a very prosperous climate. With the support of the south, the money and food, it would definitely survive this difficulty. Especially after the strength of Jiannu was greatly weakened last year, Sun Chuanting was full of the future of the Ming Dynasty.

With hope.

However, after arriving in Nanjing, he was shocked to find that the situation in Nanjing and the entire south was not much better than that in the north, and the official military system was even worse. He was the Minister of War. Take the army as an example, the army in the north could still fight.

And the Nanjing army, not to mention war, can defeat them even a group of beggars.

The people in the world are hungry, but the scholars and officials in Nanjing only know nothing about talking about it. The nobles in Nanjing do not want to serve the country, but only know how to annex the land and embezzle military pay. The government of Nanjing is much worse than that in Beijing than in the north. In Sun Chuanting's view, it is almost unsuspected.

The level of medicine was that he said such words as the end of the world. He actually hoped that the emperor would work hard to cure the situation in Nanjing and try to change all this. However, if he asked how to change it, Sun Chuanting himself had no good idea.

"Do you know the current situation of Yansui?" Zhu Youjian's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he suddenly asked.

"Yansui." Sun Chuanting thought about it. He had heard of the situation in Yansui, but after all, he was not in his position and did not do anything, so he didn't know much.

"What is the end of the world? Three years ago, when I personally arrived in northern Shaanxi, I already knew. At that time, northern Shaanxi was full of refugees, and the fields were filled with bones. The phenomenon of changing children and eating was every day

It's happening.

Almost half of the hundreds of thousands of people in northern Shaanxi became refugees, and there were dozens of refugee troops who rebeled righteously. There were sixteen counties in Yan'an Prefecture, and there were all those in charge of the county. If it weren't the end of the world, what would it be?

In this case, only by using thunderbolt means can it be suppressed.

However, if you only suppress and do not change anything else, you can only treat the root cause and not the symptoms. Even if you suppress this time, if you encounter natural disasters again, the people will not be able to eat enough, and they will inevitably make trouble again.

Therefore, after I arrived in northern Shaanxi, I punished corrupt officials and evil gentry, returned the land that the evil gentry had acquired to refugees, and distributed the money and grain that the evil gentry had seized to the people. Only in this way could the riots be quickly quelled. I also established Baojia in northern Shaanxi and established Yansui.

The town recruits its strongest troops as the Imperial Guards.

You have also seen the situation now. Since then, there have been no riots in northern Shaanxi. The children of northern Shaanxi have killed the enemies on the battlefield in Liaodong, and re-created slaves to regain half of Liaodong for me!"

Zhu Youjian talked freely, full of pride, but Sun Chuanting felt a trembling heart when he heard it.

Sun Chuanting naturally understood what Zhu Youjian said, and this is to promote the northern Shaanxi model to the whole country!

But if that happens, wouldn’t the gentry and landlords in the world be liquidated like gentry in northern Shaanxi, beheaded and seized the land?

This is equivalent to breaking the entire gentry class!

If the emperor's words were spread today, it would inevitably cause great fear of the gentry in the world and even lead to chaos in the world!

Sun Chuanting only felt cold all over his body and endless fear arose in his heart.
Chapter completed!