"Actually, according to our original intention, we must take it slow first."
"But we hope that you can be more impulsive. Now Da Ming can completely bear it, so Da Sun, you don't need to worry too much."
To survive and grow, it is better to seize the opportunity.
Zhu Ying was unsure in her heart, but fortunately she had the old man now.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Ying's dilemma, he immediately smiled and said.
After hearing these words, Zhu Ying naturally made a decision in her heart.
He replied: "Then let Bei Yuan become completely chaotic."
If we don’t fight now, we will definitely fight in the future.
In terms of national strength, it can be said to be a hundred times greater than that of the Ming Dynasty.
In the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which is suffering from external and internal troubles, this is naturally a better time. Even if Oara and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate get involved, so what?
They are all alliances of tribes, and there must be many contradictions in them, but there is always a chance.
And if the war is controlled on the grassland, it will not have the slightest impact on the people's livelihood and economy in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Da Sun's determined look and said: "We know in our hearts that Da Sun's ambitious plans will not only be on the grassland, but even further away."
"But you have to remember one thing. In war, no one is immortal. Territory is always forged with blood."
"Don't be reluctant to give up. Only when you give up can you gain something. Even if the 40,000 cavalrymen in the grassland military base are wiped out, so what. Eighty percent of those cavalrymen are grassland soldiers, and they are only related to money and food for our Ming Dynasty."
"As long as our country develops steadily in the Ming Dynasty, we can build a second and third military base."
"It doesn't matter if we fail once, or twice or three times, but as long as we succeed, the entire grassland will belong to our Ming Dynasty."
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were domineering and even more ruthless.
He knew very well that Zhu Ying cared too much about casualties.
Even the cavalry who had been trained on the grasslands were reluctant to part with them.
But as the old saying goes, kindness cannot lead an army; if you are reluctant to give up your children, you will not be able to trap the wolf.
When it's time to hit, just let go and hit.
Listening to the old man's warning, Zhu Ying nodded seriously and said, "My grandson understands."
On that day, Zhu Ying informed the grassland military base.
Agree with Liu Buyi's memorial.
There is a saying that before the three armies move, food and grass go first.
Now that we have decided to fight, we need to start logistical preparations.
The entire northern border area is considered barren. Even though there are now high-yielding crops, the people here can only survive.
If you want to support the operations of the grassland military base, you must mobilize supplies from the southern region.
The key reason why Zhu Ying has this confidence lies in the construction of the North-South Expressway, which greatly reduced the loss of transportation and increased the speed.
The main body this time is not the Qunying Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce alone cannot sustain such a large military operation and can only use the national treasury.
This requires Zhu Yuanzhang's edict.
According to the normal regulations, it will naturally have to go through the court meeting.
Zhu Ying knew very well that there must be other civil servants here to make trouble.
Sure enough, in the morning of the next day.
When Zhu Ying proposed to use the military base as the center and carry out radiation activities to the surrounding areas, it didn't take long for a civil servant to stand up and ask:
"I dare to ask His Highness Taisun, does this activity mean to conquer other tribes in the grassland?"
Zhu Ying took a look and saw that the person speaking was a director of the Ministry of War. He nodded and said, "That's true."
The head of the Ministry of War continued to ask: "If I remember correctly, there should be nearly 40,000 cavalry in the grassland military base. I don't know how many cavalry His Highness Taisun plans to call."
As soon as these words came out, the court was suddenly shaken.
What is the concept of 30,000 riders?
At the end of last year, Beiyuan dispatched nearly 200,000 cavalry, which sounds like nothing.
But that was the effect of all the cavalry in the entire Beiyuan coming together.
And there may be some fake ones inside.
The 30,000 cavalry in the grassland military base are real soldiers.
The consumption required is extremely huge.
As soon as these words came out, the head of the Ministry of War did not say anything for a long time.
I really don't know how to answer.
Thirty thousand riders.
In addition to the Beiyuan imperial court, there are other tribes that cannot be attacked. What kind of activity is this? It is obviously going to cause a bloody storm in the entire grassland.
When it came to this, the director of the Ministry of War lowered his head and returned to the train obediently.
This matter was no longer something he, the head of the Ministry of War, could talk to. He had to come out to talk about it.
Rujun, Minister of the Ministry of War, raised his head slightly and looked at His Majesty, with a calm expression and no reaction.
Obviously, the grandfather and grandson had already discussed this matter, and now it was just a formality to bring it up to the court.
If someone is ignorant and dares to block it, there will definitely be no good fruits to be gained.
But it’s not okay not to speak.
Everyone has no objections and just agrees blindly. Doesn’t it mean that the ministers in Fengtian Palace are useless? They only know flattery.
Ru Jin tilted her head slightly and looked at Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Zhao Mian felt Ru Yu's gaze and immediately moved away.
Ru Jin was extremely speechless.
Zhao Mian clearly meant that he wanted to take the lead.
After all, it was the head of his military department who had spoken in advance.
Ru Yu, who felt a little unhappy, glanced sideways at the head of the Ministry of War who had just spoken.
The director of the Ministry of War only felt a rush of Kusen in his mouth.
I complained in my heart.
I didn't know His Highness Taisun was making such a big move. This is considered a collision.
Ru Yu was not a naive person either. She had a solution as soon as she rolled her eyes.
Immediately he came out of his squad and bowed to his Majesty the Great Sun, saying, "To your Majesty the Great Sun, our army of the Ming Dynasty now has strong soldiers and strong horses. We can use thirty thousand cavalry on the grassland alone."
"Beiyuan was hit at the end of last year. It was at a time of external and internal troubles. It is definitely an excellent time to send troops at this moment."
"I just don't know what His Highness Taisun means. Should the conquered tribal people follow the army or migrate to the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Ying replied smoothly: "Of course they migrated to our territory of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the population in the north is declining, the people who migrate to the grasslands are just in time to fill the desolation in the north."
With just one sentence, Zhao Mian, who had been listening all the time, understood that His Highness Taisun was going to implement a population reduction policy on the grassland.
In this way, a large number of tribal people in the entire Beiyuan Grassland will become farmers, and the population on the grassland will naturally decrease greatly.
The insufficient population will naturally not cause any major hidden dangers to the Ming Dynasty.
Upon hearing this, Ru Jin immediately stated that the entire Ministry of War would fully support His Highness Taisun's decision.
The pressure immediately came to Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs.
"This old fox." Zhao Mian cursed in his heart.
For such a large population migration, registration and registration were all a problem. In addition, a large amount of food supplies, land division, people's appeasement, and technical training all fell on the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Zhao Mian hesitated in his heart and then said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I don't know when this campaign is going to start."
"I estimate in my heart that there may have been millions of people who have been resettled and distributed in the pass. I am afraid that a lot of preparations must be made in advance to avoid unrest."
Zhu Ying also knew that this matter was a test for the Ministry of Revenue. After some thought, he said: "After today's morning meeting, Zhao Shangshu can go all out to prepare for this matter."
"The communication from here will be sent to the grassland military base at an expedited speed of 800 miles. As for when the fight will start, let the other side make the decision to seize the opportunity."
"In terms of money and food, we must first prepare the rations needed by millions of people for half a year, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will collect and transfer them from various places. This is an important matter for our Ming Dynasty, and there must be no sloppiness."
"Especially in the area of corruption, separate supervisors will be assigned. If any officials are involved in corruption, they will be severely punished."
Food rations for millions of people for half a year.
This plate is too big, and with such a large amount of money, it will inevitably be watched by many middle-level officials.
As long as one person reaches out, there is definitely more than one person reaching out.
When the geese are plucked and stripped of their feathers, the rations delivered will be greatly reduced.
This kind of thing is difficult to avoid no matter how generous the salary is and how strict the laws are.
Even under Zhu Ying's strict orders, people died for wealth and birds died for food, so naturally there were not a few who dared to go against the wind.
"I'll say the ugly things first. Anyone who dares to reach out will definitely not just lose his hat. Be careful about your own life."
"This time the money and grain were transferred, the counting and transportation were divided into two groups of people."
"Any number that does not match the statistics must be strictly investigated."
Zhu Ying said calmly.
He knew very well that the officials in the capital would most likely not dare to reach out. Even if they wanted to share some money, they would be secretly controlling the operation from behind.
The ones who really know how to take action are those who are passing by on the way, or even the local officials at the end. They are the big ones.
It's just that Zhu Ying had already made preparations and was already arranging a group of loyal people to conduct secret investigations.
Zhao Mian felt very sad, of course he knew what would happen if he mobilized large amounts of money and grain like this.
Any statement can be said to be redundant.
I can only give instructions to my subordinates after going to court.
After Zhu Ying set the direction, it was time to make some coordination arrangements with the departments involved.
In a situation like this, it is naturally impossible to say that everything comes from the capital treasury. The Ministry of Household Affairs in various places needs to make certain arrangements.
Especially on the Jiangnan side, a lot of grain is transported directly to the north on the North-South Highway.
These were prepared for the tribesmen who were about to be conquered.
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Naturally, it is impossible to report such a battle to the capital's residence.
But many businessmen already feel it.
After all, in a very short period of time, not only the government was purchasing grain, but the Qunying Chamber of Commerce also began to purchase high-yielding crops.
You must know that in terms of today's market prices, because of the large output of high-yielding crops, except for the fact that everyone bought some to try out of novelty and curiosity at the beginning, the prices have basically been at a relatively low level.
Because intensive farming is not required, many uncultivated wastelands can be planted.
This results in very rapid diffusion.
You must know that in today's Ming Dynasty, not everyone can be a tenant. Many people not only do not have land, but they are not even able to work as long-term workers for landlords.
This number is very large.
So they are now planting a large number of high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes.
You only need to make a report to the government to reclaim wasteland for planting. After paying the tax rate of 40%, the remaining 60% will be yours.
Zhu Ying actually had the idea to raise the price of sweet potatoes.
It's a good opportunity right now.
Although sweet potatoes can keep you full, there are not many ways to eat them now. Excessive consumption of sweet potatoes can easily induce symptoms such as bloating.
So rice still has to be eaten with it.
As for potatoes, after planting, the yield decreases faster than that of sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes are larger than potatoes, so sweet potatoes are grown more widely than potatoes.
Corn is grown more in northern areas.
There are not many plantings here in the south.
It's just that although these high-yielding crops have solved many food and clothing problems, they are currently the main food of the poor, which has led to many people looking down upon them and the market price is extremely low.
It often takes three or four stones of sweet potatoes to exchange for one stone of old rice.
Zhu Ying began to vigorously purchase sweet potatoes at reasonable prices, which would naturally lead to an increase in the market prices of sweet potatoes and other crops.
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Ordinary people don't like these things, but to grassland herdsmen, they are delicious.
In comparison, although rice was also purchased at the same time, it was obviously not as high as sweet potatoes.
When it comes to rice and wheat, Zhu Ying keeps a close eye on the market price. Whenever he finds someone buying grain, he will immediately conduct an investigation.
Even in the current peaceful period, Zhu Ying, a grain merchant, will not be indulged in the slightest.
As long as you dare to touch it, you can expect a large fine, and in serious cases, your home may be confiscated and your family may be exterminated.
The news from the capital quickly reached Liu Buyi.
When Zhu Di learned about this situation, his face became a little gloomier.
Because before this, he was completely unaware of this matter.
This is obviously the result of Lan Yu and Liu Buyi joining forces to report to Zhu Ying, and finally got their father's consent.
However, the current situation is actually more favorable for Zhu Di.
Because Zhu Ying's decree gave Lan Yu and himself a lot of freedom.
Liu Buyi is still a trainer at the base and will not be involved in the war in the short term. He is mainly responsible for the transportation and supply of logistics and food.
Therefore, Zhu Di's only opponent is Lan Yu.
After getting the news, the first thing Zhu Di did when he returned to the camp was to convene a meeting with his generals to discuss.
At the same time, it also conveys the message of the decree.
After Zhang Yu heard this, he immediately asked: "Your Majesty, what His Highness Taisun means is that if we are far away from the base, we can act cheaply and not transport even the prisoners back to the base for the time being."
Zhu Di nodded happily.
Zhang Yu's sense of smell is indeed keen.
Due to the training at the base, the personal loyalty of the mid-level officers under their command to the commander is very weak.
Although Zhu Di no longer has any thoughts of rebellion, the reality is that there is no soil for rebellion.
But the general didn't want the soldiers under his command and only followed his own arrangements.
This is the obsession with military power.
There is no doubt that Zhu Di is a person who is extremely obsessed with military power.