The five pavilion elders turned around and saw Zhu Yijun coming in from the outside with a smile, his eyes showing incomparable confidence.
When the elders saw that the emperor was coming, they all stood up and saluted him: "I will see you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "My dear friends, you don't have to be polite... Where did we discuss it just now? What should we do about Daning City, right?"
Several pavilion elders looked at each other, and Zhang Siwei said: "It is true that the emperor heard that the ministers and others were discussing the difficulty of Daning's persistence."
Zhu Yijun raised his chin slightly and Shi Shiran said: "Before taking Daning City, some people had considered this issue. However, it was different from now. Whether the conditions can be met is still uncertain, so although I knew it, I didn't know it first.
Mention it to all my dear friends."
The elders were a little stunned at first, and then they all looked thoughtful.
Before Daning City was captured?
Ha, apart from the emperor, only Gao Pangshi knew about the goal of "taking Daning City". Even the cabinet didn't know the exact arrangements before, so before taking Daning City, they started to consider what would happen after Daning City was taken.
Sticking to the question, besides being highly pragmatic, could this person be anyone else?
As soon as Zhu Yijun said these words, the reactions of the elders were very interesting: Zhang Siwei and Xu Guo obviously perked up, while Shen Shixing and Yu Youding frowned at the same time. Only Pan Sheng looked calm, except for slightly raising his eyebrows.
Beyond the eyebrows, it can be said that he looks calm.
Zhu Yijun saw their reactions in his eyes, but did not say anything special. He just revealed the mystery as everyone expected: "Qiu Zhen told me that he has an appointment with King Shunyi. As long as the Ming Dynasty needs it, King Shunyi will send troops to escape."
Tuoqataiji is a general, stationed about a hundred miles south of Daning City, to guard my transport team... Of course, rewards are indispensable."
It's not impossible to be pragmatic and pragmatic, so that Han Naji can provide free help, but face can be used as much as possible, especially if he spends his personal face for Ming Dynasty's national affairs, this is not consistent.
Highly pragmatic demeanor.
Therefore, he and Han Naji agreed that the Ming Dynasty would reward the Ming Dynasty and Tumote would send troops, which was a bit like a mercenary. Of course, there were many Mongolian "mercenaries" in Xuanda and other places, and there were even some
Many small tribes went to Nantou collectively. This was nothing new. Even Li Chengliang in Liaodong had many Mongolian athletes working for him, and many of them were his servants or even his godsons.
In this era, nationalism is still far away.
The Ming Dynasty has long had a tradition of spending money to buy Mongolians to fight the Mongols. Needless to say, Tumut is the thug that the Ming Dynasty has been wooing. It is natural to contribute at this time. As for rewards, that is reasonable and the only thing that needs attention.
, it’s just a matter of how good the price is.
Yu Youding had just tried to overpower Zhang Siwei, but suddenly the emperor came out to disturb him. He was quite unwilling to do so. He rolled his eyes and asked: "Although it is a clever trick to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, there will be disasters in the north and south of Ming Dynasty this year."
, the imperial court has also waived some money and food, and it is also necessary to prepare for the expenses of Prince Lu’s wedding and the kingdom next year. If there is another large reward, I am afraid that the treasury will be unable to cope with it..."
As soon as Yu Youding opened his mouth, Shen Shixing immediately spoke up and said, "Your Majesty, I think Mr. Yu Ge is very worried about this. Originally, I had no plans for a war in the Ming Dynasty this year, but I died and Mongolia was in chaos, which then led to the Monan War.
, this is already an unexpected war... Although our country won a great victory in this battle and shocked everyone, the cost involved is difficult to estimate. "
Yu Youding first took a look at the emperor's expression and saw that he was not obviously displeased, so he continued: "I accept the trust of the emperor and am in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs. I have made rough estimates with the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War before.
In the Battle of Monan, when our army sent troops, we spent a huge amount of money and food. It amounted to about 630,000 taels of silver, and the equivalent of 340,000 taels of grain, cloth, gunpowder, etc.
The total cost of the two projects is one million taels of silver. Now the Ministry of Revenue is working day and night to discuss countermeasures to see where to borrow funds... Your Majesty, at this moment, if you want to add the reward for Tumut's troops to protect our army's baggage,
, but I don’t know where the money will come from?”
So once the cannon is fired, there are ten thousand taels of gold. This Battle of Monan has not even fired a few cannons, but the cost is so huge. Even though Zhu Yijun was already prepared, he was also shocked by the cost of one million taels, and subconsciously
Asked: "Why does it cost so much? Before, Li Chengliang often fought in wars, and you always said that he spent too much money. But now, if you compare it, doesn't his spending of 350,000 to 50,000 taels in one battle be considered frugal?"
Already?"
Zhu Yijun's words were unintentional, but Shen Shixing found an opportunity and immediately nodded and said: "What the emperor said is absolutely true. I also have a few words to say about this."
"Well..." Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, but still nodded: "Mr. Shen has something to do, but it's okay to say it." Shen Shixing was his "common knowledge of Jingyanshi" when he was the prince, that is, his teacher, so naturally he still has to respect him.
, called "Mr."
Shen Shixing said: "Gao Qiuzhen won great victories in both the northern and southern battles. There is no doubt about his talent. However, these two battles were in tandem, with Annan in front and Monan in the back. However, an unexpected problem arose.
Shen Shixing sighed: "In the Battle of Annan, because the imperial court did not directly send troops, Gao Qiuzhen went out on his own with his own servants and Guangxi chieftain wolf soldiers as the main force. This is the origin of the so-called 'partial force' to 'defend Annan with a partial force'"
. I won’t go into details about how he fought this battle, but I will just refer to the expenses mentioned by Mr. Yuge just now. In short, it means... not a penny was spent on the imperial court.”
Zhu Yijun said in surprise: "Isn't that good?"
"Okay, of course it's good." Shen Shixing nodded vigorously, but smiled bitterly and said: "But there is a problem. The imperial court has an extremely lack of understanding of Gao Qiuzhen's fighting style and cost, so
As a result, the cost of this battle in Monan is particularly huge, far exceeding the original estimates of the ministers and others."
Because of the war of words a few days ago, Zhu Yijun is now a little sensitive to criticism of Gao Pragmatic. Hearing this, he suddenly had a long face and his tone was slightly unhappy: "Mr. Shen means that the battle for truth cannot be fought."
So good that the imperial court spends a lot of money?"
Shen Shixing shook his head and said: "No, no, I have heard detailed reports from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War. It is almost impossible to find fault with Gao Qiuzhen's battle, but... his plan is too big and involves too many areas. From
Thousands of miles of defense lines from Shaanxi to Liaodong were moved according to his instructions. Every move cost money.
This is not only a strategic issue, but also a tactical issue, because he mobilized all the elites of Xuanda, including thousands of troops equipped with Wanli's new type of muskets, and this army also fought a hard battle, with great results.
It is particularly huge, so the amount of silver reward is really the only one in decades.
Then there is the Battle of Shacheng. Although this battle was the turning point of the entire Monan War, in order to achieve the goal, Gao Qiuzhen almost rebuilt the old Yuan Zhongdu. This is a bit... too extravagant. What do you think, Your Majesty?
