However, loyalty is loyalty, and the concept of these courtiers is already a little outdated.

Zhu Linmiao then waved his hand and said: "What Zhang Butang said is not unreasonable, but have you ever thought about how much the so-called natural danger and high walls and fortified cities can play in the stability of the national capital as the weapons continue to improve?" ”

As a person of later generations, he naturally knows better than anyone else, needless to say that in the era when airplanes ruled the battlefield, only breech guns were popular, and it became a joke to rely on the city to prevent the invasion of the enemy.

He continued: "In the future, one of the national policies of the Ming Dynasty is to vigorously develop maritime trade, so the imperial court will definitely invest a lot of manpower and material resources to build warships. As long as there is a strong sailor, the waterways crisscrossing Nanjing are not hidden dangers, but the best barrier for us to resist the enemy. ”

The courtiers' thoughts were still a little unable to keep up, and they were trying to "digest" his meaning, so they heard that the Son of Heaven said: "In addition, the national capital must have a large population, and a large number of garrison troops must be stationed, and the north is not the place where the Ming Dynasty produces grain, so they have to take great pains to transport grain from the south to the north, and the manpower and material resources are extremely expensive."

"The capital is Nanjing, and the silver saved for grain transportation alone is hundreds of thousands of taels every year.

In addition, the Forbidden City in Beijing was looted and burned down. If you only use Beijing as the accompanying capital, you can also save the silver for repairing the palace ban, which is millions of taels. ”

Zhu Linmiao looked around, "In this way, do you think you should move the capital to Shuntianfu?" ”

As he spoke, the officials present began to nod their heads. In particular, the people of the Ministry of Commerce were very aware of the commercial value of the southern part of the Dingdu, and that maritime trade alone was several times more convenient than that of the north.

Only Yu Xin and several senior members of the military department whispered a few words to each other, stepped forward and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the danger of my country in China since ancient times has originated from the northern Tartars. He is nomadic and lives in pursuit of water and grass, but whenever he encounters a natural disaster, he will not be able to sustain himself, and he will go south to plunder my border people and invade my land. Or if the wind and rain are smooth and the strength is strong, they also want to occupy our Central Plains, and they still have to raise troops to attack.

"Therefore, the northern border police have been endless for thousands of years, and the Chongzhen Dynasty was taken advantage of by the East Captives because of the rebellion of the Kou, and the iron cavalry broke through the pass, if it were not for the prestige of His Majesty, the Ming Society almost overturned the hands of the thieves.

"It is the ancestor of the emperor to move the capital to the north in accordance with the will of 'the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies in the society', precisely in order to take advantage of the national capital, to refuse to capture thieves nearby, and the town of Daming is safe."

He arched his hand vigorously and said seriously: "Your Majesty, although the Dongyu is defeated now, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and there are Tatars and Warats who are always eyeing each other. The last general thought that for the sake of the safety of the Ming Dynasty, it was the best choice to still take Beijing as the capital. ”

"Haha," Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but smile and shook his head when he saw that most of the generals, including Zhang Jiayu, echoed Yu Xin's opinion, "Chuangzhi, I have lived in the north with the Son of Heaven to guard the country for hundreds of years, and see what the result is?" Is the country guarded? ”

Yu Xin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "This ...... It was because of the traitors in the country and the inappropriateness of the government that he ......"

Zhu Linmiao interrupted him and said: "The northern plague has been going on for hundreds of years, after the civil fort, Meng Yuan almost committed the border every year, and then the Jianyu sat big, and even occupied my two capitals!" What does this mean? ”

He looked at Yu Xin and the others, and said solemnly: "It shows that it is absolutely impossible to defend it!"

"There are only a thousand days to be a thief, there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, and the northern border army is paid millions of taels of silver every year, but it is flawed everywhere, has it solved the problem? No!

"If you want to settle the border trouble once and for all, there is only one way!"

He stared northward, and his voice suddenly raised, "Follow Han Wu!" Gather the heroes to go north, and wipe out the Tartars with lightning speed, never suffer from future troubles, and achieve peace for all generations! ”

This time, without waiting for Yu Xin to say anything, Zhang Canghai hurriedly stood up first, "Your Majesty, the cost of using troops is extremely huge, and with the prosperity of the national strength in Yongle Year, it will not be able to last for a long time." In the later Wanli period, because of the large army sent north to suppress thieves, the treasury was empty, and the military salary was not good, and it was gradually difficult to capture the enemy.

"At present, when our dynasty was first hit by a disaster, and then a disaster was imminent, and the whole country was in ruins, financial resources were scarce, and it was even more difficult to support the army to fight outside the customs. I hope Your Majesty will see it. ”

Zhang Jiayu also continued: "Your Majesty, the people outside the Saiwai, nomadic with livestock, accustomed to no important land, our army will go, he will retreat when he sees that he is not the enemy, and when our army returns to the division, it will follow, almost no loss, but empty my food and salary."

"It is the ancestor of Chengzu who has gone on five northern expeditions, but he has never been able to hurt the bones of the Tartars, and the outside of the fortress has always been based on it, and it will recover after a little time, but it is extremely difficult to destroy it......"

Zhu Linmiao first looked at Zhang Canghai and said, "Can Zhang Butang know why it costs so much to use troops outside the customs?" Then he asked Zhang Jiayu, "Has Yuanzi ever thought about it, why did the Tartars fail to destroy it repeatedly?" ”

Without waiting for the two of them to speak, he asked and answered himself: "You are actually talking about the same problem - the weight of grain and grass.

"Outside the Guyin Pass is very far away from the place where I produce grain, and there is no road on the grassland, it is extremely difficult to pass.

"Therefore, the cost of transporting two taels of silver and one stone of grain and rice to the south outside the customs is more than twenty taels! Not to mention chariots, horses, weapons, cannons, gunpowder, and other materials. Such an expense was enough to make the Yongle Dynasty retreat and drag the Wanli Dynasty down.

"And the grain and rice are unsustainable, so that our army can not stay outside the fortress for a long time, so there is a situation that Yuanzi said that the Tartars will retreat when they see our army coming, and our army will return when they go.

However, although the herdsmen are more suitable for grassland life, if they move to sparse areas of water and grass to avoid our army, it will be difficult for their cattle and sheep to breed, and they will sit on the mountains and eat empty for a long time. It doesn't take much, as long as 20,000 or 30,000 elites can be nailed to each important place in the grassland for three years, the north will never be troubled! ”

Zhang Canghai said suspiciously: "Your Majesty also said just now, the heavy cost of grain and grass outside the customs is very expensive, and with the current financial resources of our dynasty, it will not be able to last for three years...... In fact, according to the minister's estimate, three months is quite difficult. ”

Zhu Linmiao seemed to have been waiting for him to ask this, and immediately smiled: "Grain and grass are expensive, and ninety percent of them are transported on the way."

"But now I have a transportation weapon - wooden tracks, I'm afraid you have forgotten it, right?

"I have decided to build two main roads with wooden tracks. One goes northeast, starting from Beijing and passing through Tianjin to Shenyangwei. The other still starts from Beijing, passing through Sanniangzi City and Hetao to Zamutu. ”

Shenyang is Shengjing, the hometown of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Sanniangzi City is Hohhot in later generations.

As for the Hetao, not to mention, since ancient times, the place where soldiers outside the fortress have to fight, the gate to the northwest, or the land where horses are produced.

Zamatu has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Mongolia and is the road connecting Mobei Mongolia.

These two wooden tracks are the main railway lines of later generations, and the topography must have been repeatedly measured by experts of later generations, so there should be no problem in building wooden tracks.

"The transportation capacity of the wooden track is more than ten times that of ordinary cars and horses, and the consumption of horses and manpower is very small, and the speed and cargo capacity are far beyond the past. If these two wooden tracks are completed, it will be easy to transport grain to the outside of the blockade, and even set up camps along the rail lines, and it will not be a problem to send troops to garrison them for a long time. ”

(End of chapter)

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