In addition to the problem of silver, there were many factors that were not suitable for the Ming Dynasty to cross the river and go north immediately.

For example, the replenishment of new recruits, the replacement and upgrading of the Ming army's weapons and equipment have not yet been completely completed, and there is almost nothing to be tricked about in this battle on the Jiangbei Plain, and it is a 100 percent enemy-occupied area, so it is necessary to make more adequate preparations than before.

And the battle at sea is even more important. Before Zheng Zhilong's fleet was completely wiped out, the control of the Yangtze River could easily fall into the hands of Jianyu, and it was extremely dangerous to go north rashly.

According to Zhu Linmiao's plan, the Northern Expedition would not be considered until at least the naval division achieved a comprehensive advantage. Until then, it is best to complete the relocation of the capital and face the decisive battle with a cohesive court.

Zhu Linmiao then pressed his hands and motioned to the ministers to be quiet, "I am very pleased that everyone is bent on recovering the lost land and expelling the thieves."

"But everything has its own established rules, and this is especially true when it comes to war. I will not say anything about specific military affairs, but since the treasury is empty, it is not appropriate to rush across the river. ”

He pointed to Yang Tinglin, "You can ask Yang Gebu about the situation." ”

Lu Zhenfei was prepared, and immediately said: "Your Highness, there is indeed not much silver in the account of the household department at the moment, but as far as the minister knows, there are more than 500,000 taels in the Customs Department, and there are about 300,000 taels in the Ministry of Industry. ”

He glanced at Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi "proudly", and continued: "It is said that this money is to be used to form an 'ocean-going caravan', or to build an iron factory and a carriage factory. The minister thought that these matters could be postponed and the silver could be used for the great cause of cutting down the captives! ”

The court immediately burst into applause.

Zhu Linmiao was so angry by Lu Zhenfei's words that she almost laughed, this is really no concept of commercial integrity! The ocean-going caravans, iron works, and the like are all private shares, so how can they use the shares and money raised casually?

"Lu Ge Ministry, these money are all shares and silver, and they must be used exclusively, how can they be transferred by the imperial court?"

Seeing that Lu Zhenfei was still arguing, he immediately waved his hand to stop him, and said in a serious tone: "People can't stand without faith, and the country is even more so." To put it mildly, if it weren't for the indiscriminate issuance of treasure money by the imperial court but not cashing the real money to the person holding the banknote, thus losing its trust, we would have printed two million taels of treasure money at this time, and all the problems would have been solved.

"This fundraising is the beginning of the imperial court's letter, you have tampered with the stock bank this time, who will dare to invest money in the future? At that time, if the imperial court wants to build ships, build roads, build iron works, build glass factories, etc., it will all have to pay for it itself. Do you know how many years of taxation it takes for the imperial court to do these things well? Thirty years? Forty years? Or a hundred years?

"Besides, this ocean-going caravan is still an important entry for the imperial court in the future, and delaying this matter in order to get some money out now is really killing the chicken and taking the eggs. I can tell you that after this ocean-going caravan is built, the silver earned by going to sea only once is enough for us to cross the river and go on the Northern Expedition at this time! ”

In the end, he said very firmly: "There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, I have already made a plan for the Northern Expedition." Who else has anything else to do? ”

After the dynasty was dispersed, Zhang Jiayu hurriedly caught up with Zhu Linmi, as if he was not at ease about what the court said, and said, "My lord, what the Chinese courtiers said is inappropriate. The subordinates thought that this was definitely not a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition.

"This time the new recruits have just arrived in Nanzhi, and they still need to run in with the department, and the new type of chasseur guns ordered by His Highness to be added have not yet been built, and there is a lot of shortage of naval warships. In addition, although the morale was high after the previous consecutive victories, it had gradually spread the intention of underestimating the enemy, and the captives gathered more mourning soldiers, and it was difficult to break the enemy with one blow when they went north.

"Learning from the past and knowing the present, there has always been no disadvantage from the north to the south, but it is difficult to fight from the south to the north. If our army does not have a perfect chance of victory, and misses the number of blows, it is very easy to form a long-running situation of confrontation across the river, and the great cause of Zhongxing is far away. ”

Or is it that our General Staff of the Dragon Guard Army understands things. Zhu Linmiao nodded happily, "What Yuanzi said is extremely true. In fact, even if the treasury is full and the army is properly prepared for war, I will not let go of the Northern Expedition until the several key points of the plan have been resolved. ”

He saw that Zhang Jiayu's face was full of incomprehension, and simply told him and the plate, "This important harm is outside the plug." A few days ago, Teng Jisi had basically gathered all the departments of Chahar, and then I would let him go east to Horqin, and even reach Liaodong, disrupting the rear of Jianyu, so that he could not take care of the beginning and the end.

"The second is Huguang. Along the Yangtze River, there is only this place where He Tengjiao is weak, once Jianyu frees up his hand to storm Huguang, it is likely to penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and thus invade Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places. The imperial court recovered Huguang, regardless of population and taxes, and could transfer troops north of Henan and Shaanxi, so that the captives could not be guarded.

"The last one is in Sichuan. Nearly 50,000 horses and horses of the Haoge Department are here, and if they are freed, the pressure on our Jiangbei will increase immediately......"

Zhang Jiayu shook his head respectfully when he heard this, "It turns out that the adults have long been thoughtful, far more thoughtful than their subordinates. In this case, the subordinates are relieved. ”

After Zhang Jiayu left, Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but look to the west, and secretly said in his heart, the layout of Mo Nan and Huguang has been effective, and even North Korea has an unexpected joy, and now there is only no movement in Sichuan, is it because the plan is not careful enough? Or is there another twist and turn......

Weng Mao rubbed his sore back, told the coachman to stop for a while, and then wanted to get out of the car to refresh his muscles and bones—from Beijing all the way to Shaanxi, six or seven hours a day, he was almost torn apart.

"Can't bear it a little?" The old man on the other side looked out the window and said in a deep voice, "What else do you want to do?" ”

Weng Mao's buttocks, which had just left the seat, immediately fell back again, and he helplessly called the driver, "Lao Li, continue to hurry." ”

He glanced at the old man again and complained, "Uncle, in fact, if you want me to say, it's not a day or two. You see, in Beijing, Chen Butang and Master Qian spent half a month just to gather a group of adults to discuss, but this time they asked us to squeeze time on the road......"

"The success or failure of everything is calculated in the temple, without your lordship, where is there today's thing?" The old man was still looking out the window, "You can get a great achievement by running errands, but you are not satisfied." ”

"Where is it so easy to run errands," Weng Mao snorted, "If you want to convince Prince Su, you have to rely on my incorruptible tongue?" ”

"You really can afford to look down on yourself," the old man said with a smile, "without the secret letter signed by all the adults, you would have listened to your noise?" Without Zhao Yushi's previous summons, I'm afraid you won't even be able to see the face of the main master. ”

Weng Mao pursed his lips and didn't continue to argue on this matter, but said: "Uncle, my nephew doesn't understand, now that the southern soldiers are winning a row, and the imperial court has lost a large part of the south of the Yangtze River, it is when the foundation is shaken, why did Chen Butang, Qian Shilang, and Gong Shilang choose to launch at this time?" If this causes the court to shake, it will be more difficult for the former to win...... "I want to talk about "The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 1646" with more like-minded people, and WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, and looking for confidants~