Coming back from the granary, Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Chun's skills are not bad, but the disciples he trained are even more extraordinary. Take this Liu Zheng as an example, it is more than enough to manage Xi'an and dispatch the military, and there are officials and students who have come one after another, and the elites of the entire reform faction are gathering in the northwest. Zhu Di is like a tiger with wings.

Of course, not every Fa-changer will take refuge in Zhu Di without hesitation, on the contrary, most of them still haven't stood the test. The big waves of gold panning, the person who can be consistent is the one who is truly worthy of trust.

"Now this king can finally eat Zhenzi noodles with peace of mind."

Zhu Di held a noodle bowl similar to a basin, sucked garlic, and wiped out most of the bowl in a short time...... This guy also has a good appetite, leading troops to fight, jerky meat, fried noodles, just snow water, it's good to have a stutter, Zhu Di is not picky at all.

After filling up a half-full, Zhu Di came to his senses, "Liu Chun, what do you say should be done next?" Where to start? ”

Liu Chun ate slowly, "This is the prince's business, I can't make the decision for the prince." ”

Zhu Di smiled, "I didn't let you decide." Just discuss, I want to capture Shanxi! ”

Liu Chun put down the noodle bowl, groaned slightly, and continued to eat, as if he didn't hear it.

Zhu Di rolled his eyes angrily, "You can't say two words to stop me!" Now is not the time to hit Shanxi. ”

Liu Chun laughed back: "Dare to love the prince clearly? ”

Zhu Di had no choice but to say: "Shanxi has a heavy army, even if Shanxi is captured, Geng Bingwen leads hundreds of thousands of people, and I will definitely be defeated." Then there is to go east and south, attack Luoyang, take Kaifeng, occupy the entire Central Plains, and then go south to crusade against Zhu Yunwen. ”

Liu Chun shook his head and said: "To attack the important town, not only must you have abundant troops, but also have all the food and grass, and the equipment is sufficient, the prince thinks you can beat it down?" ”

Zhu Di said angrily: "It's strange if you can beat it down!" But I can't be trapped in Xi'an! Now the only way to do this is to march northwest and capture the Hexi Corridor. ”

When Zhu Di said this, he was also quite helpless, Xi'an is very poor, and Yan'an and other places can't raise a few soldiers, what is the use of fighting down?

Facing Zhu Di's confusion, Liu Chun smiled dumbly, "Lord Wang, if you want to defeat Zhu Yunwen, you must fight in the northwest, and it is best to open up the Hexi Corridor!" ”

After Liu Chun finished speaking, he didn't care about eating noodles, so he pulled Zhu Di to a huge sand table, and the entire northwest, along with the desert, was in front of him, and it was clear at a glance.

Liu Chun has been studying these days how to strengthen his strength and win the Jingjing, and now he finally has a comprehensive strategy.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles.

Then let's analyze the situation in the northwest first.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the center of gravity of defense is in Liaodong, Jizhen, Xuanfu, and Datong, and there is not much attention paid to the northwest.

There are reasons for this, first, since the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the territory of Dangxiang and Tibet, and the Han people have completely lost the land of the Western Regions. After the rise of the Mongols, they slaughtered on a large scale, and not only did there be fewer Han people in the northwest, but also not many others. Although it has undergone years of recovery, the condition in the northwest is very poor, far from the level of the Han and Tang dynasties.

And there is another problem here, the Han and Tang dynasties took Chang'an as their capital, which determined that these two dynasties must pay attention to the Western Regions, and once they fail, they will shake the foundation of the empire.

But what about the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the initial capital Yingtian, or the later move of the capital to Beiping...... Both of these places are on the eastern side of the territory, and there is not enough attention paid to the northwest.

This also caused the Ming Dynasty to continue to lose land in the northwest and mismanage the problem.

Liu Chun heard Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, say that the old man once personally went on a northern expedition and captured Gansu, and then the Hexi Corridor was ahead...... Feng Sheng has fought all his life and read history books all his life, can he not know the value of the Hexi Corridor? But after the old man was defeated, he chose to retreat, but left a few guards as a base. There is no further operation, what is the problem?

Feng Sheng described it in five words: "It is unpopular to get land".

It's as simple as that, they killed, some local tribes withdrew one after another, and the Ming army could only get empty cities. You must know that at this time, there were many blanks in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and there was a serious shortage of population.

And to the northwest, it was a huge project.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless!

There was no way, Zhu Yuanzhang could only adopt the method of walking on two legs, one of which was to continuously increase the number of guards in the northwest and set up military towns to enhance his strength.

The other is to use the means of restraint to buy off the tribal leaders and stabilize the border defense.

Taking Gansu as an example, it is out of the middle of the three parties at this moment...... There is no doubt that one side is the Ming Dynasty, and there is no problem that the other side is the remnants of the Northern Yuan.

On the other hand, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, in official documents of the Ming Dynasty, was called the Uighurs.

Back then, Feng Sheng fought all the way to Shazhou and Guazhou, and directly collided with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. The old man sadly found that there were not a few Han people in the hometown of the Han family in the history books, but instead they became guest troops, full of Uighur barbarians, and there was a shortage of food and grass.

Feng Sheng had no choice but to retreat without fighting.

Zhu Di also understood some of the situation, and said sadly: "In the final analysis, there are too few Han people in the northwest, maybe the people will be relocated in the future, and now I have no choice." ”

Liu Chun smiled: "Lord Wang, don't worry, in fact, in my eyes, the Hu people can also be used, the key is to see how to use it!" ”

Liu Chun seemed to be smiling, looking confident.

Zhu Di thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that Liu Chun was in Daning, didn't he just recruit hundreds of thousands of Mongolians!

"You're going to do it again?"

Liu Chun shook his head with a smile, "Daning is for development, and there is a large army of the imperial court to suppress the formation, so I am not worried that the Mongols will rebel." However, it is not possible in the northwest, and if we want to make the greatest achievements with the least strength, we must win the support of the majority of the Hu people. ”

Zhu Di seemed to have an understanding, "Indeed, whether you are a Han or a Hu, you all have to eat and live!" The truth is the same! ”

Liu Chun smiled: "That's right, and the Hu people are oppressed by the tribe, and the situation is even more difficult. As long as the right medicine is prescribed, the prince may be able to get hundreds of thousands of people who control the strings! ”

Zhu Di weighed it again and again, and waved his fist fiercely, "That's it!" ”

"Wait!" Liu Chun stopped Zhu Di, "Lord, don't worry, although Li Jinglong was defeated, Zhu Yunwen is bound to make a comeback, and the prince is still sitting in Xi'an, so this matter should be arranged with the right people." ”

Zhu Di suddenly smiled, "You don't have to worry about the manpower, I've thought about it!" ”

……

Acting King Zhu Gui, Su King Zhu Ao, and Qing King Zhu Chang, three younger brothers, sat opposite Zhu Di.

Now, they have resigned themselves to their fate. Zhu Chang is quite proud, he was arrested by Zhu Di, he couldn't help himself, those two goods were self-defeating, compared to him, but they were much more stupid, so stupid that they couldn't be helped.

"Thirteen, fourteen, sixteen brothers...... Fourth brother wants to ask you for a favor! ”

Acting King Zhu Gui snorted: "Fourth brother, our people and horses have been given to you, and your net worth and life are also tied to you, what do you want your younger brothers?" ”

Zhu Di ignored the ridicule in his tone, but said seriously: "The four of us are all kings of Yisai, and my father arranged our brothers to the border, which is to serve as a fence of the Ming Dynasty and protect the country. You have only been in the domain for a few years, and you should also know that the northwest is the weakest place in the Ming Dynasty. The local area is divided by strong and strong, there are many tribes, there are the original party members, Tubo people, Uighurs, and even the Semu people left over from the previous dynasty, there are a lot of chaos, but there are not many Han people! ”

Zhu Gui snorted: "Then what can I do, just take Datong as an example, count forward, or Xijing of Liao State!" Of course, Beiping is also the territory of the Liao State, but the former dynasty set the capital of Beiping, there are hundreds of thousands of Han people living in Dadu, the father expelled the former dynasty, Beiping is naturally the land of the Han family, but we can't do it! ”

"That's right! It's because of this that the fourth brother has come up with a solution for you! Zhu Di said: "I will send troops to you now, send people, immediately send troops, sweep all the tribes, collect all their land and pastures, and then distribute them to the ordinary people!" ”

"Ordinary people?" Zhu Chang said curiously: "Fourth brother, those tribes don't have ordinary people, some are slaves!" ”

"That's right! It's those slaves! ”

Zhu Gui quit, "Fourth brother, what do you mean?" They don't treat them as human beings! What is the reason why you let us go and divide the fields among them? ”

Zhu Di laughed, "It's because they don't treat slaves as human beings, so we treat them as human beings!" Not only to look at adults, but also to make them the same as Han people! Three brothers, this is a problem that my father and emperor have not solved, if you can completely pacify the northwest, we will have another chance of winning! "Zhu Di's attitude is resolute and unquestionable!

……

"Our fourth brother is just a bad brain."

Zhu Gui sat on horseback, still indignant, he came out of Xi'an, along the way, he had cleaned up several small tribes, and there were more than a dozen colored merchants for him to solve easily.

It has been 30 years since the previous dynasty was destroyed, and there are still people with color eyes to make a fortune, which is really strange enough, why didn't you think of dealing with them in the past?

Zhu Gui thought wildly...... Their men and horses continued to march towards Pingliang Mansion, but at this time, the food and grass were cut off...... Xi'an is not rich!

Without food and grass, how can we fight?

Go back, go back to Zhu Di!

Zhu Gui wanted to retreat, but Zhu Chang said: "Thirteenth brother, the fourth brother is not easy to fool, let's still find a way to collect grain and see how much can be collected?" ”

Zhu Gui sneered, "Birds don't in this place, it's sparsely populated, how much grain can you usually collect?" Isn't that a joke? ”

Zhu Chang was helpless, "Even if it's a joke, you have to try it!" ”

"Okay, just try it! If you can't get it, don't blame me! After saying that, he went to the tent to rest.

After about three days, numerous groups of peasants and herdsmen appeared from all directions, some pushing carts and some driving livestock, in the direction of the barracks.

They are like swarms of ants, sending grain, livestock, and all kinds of materials to the front of the army without the slightest delay! Zhu Gui was curious to come out to watch, and saw a teenage child, the sack on his back was almost bigger than him, it was really difficult for him, where did he get the strength? Walked such a long way?

Zhu Gui was stunned......

Qianhu, who was in charge of the grain collection, sighed to Zhu Gui: "Lord Wang, this grain collection is the first time I have encountered it in my life...... In the past, I had to force it, or even grab it, to get out such a little thing. But this time, the order went down, and it didn't need to be carried by our people, and the people took the initiative to send it over! ”

"Lord Wang, do you guess what else they are asking about the lowly position?"

Zhu Gui had a calm face, and said in his heart How do I know what I asked, and I am not a common person!

"Lord Wang, they said it was not enough! Not enough, let's figure it out! All in all, the army can't be left hungry! Qianhu sighed with emotion, "Lord, when you come back, you will talk to the brothers about your humble position, it's better to change the law!" That's nice! ”

Zhu Gui smiled awkwardly, "Yes, yes?" ”

Qianhu nodded vigorously, can't it?

Zhu Gui finally had nothing to say, but after the turn of the day, he got up earlier than usual, with a straight face, and shouted angrily at the soldiers, "Have you eaten enough?" When you are full, hurry up and march to Pingliang Mansion, where the people are waiting! ”

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