After a short stay in Suzhou, Wang Yan went around Songjiang, Shanghai and other places before returning to Nanjing.

At this time, it was already April, and a detailed military report from Beijing on the northern expedition to Mongolia had already been sent to the military headquarters.

This time, the Ming army dispatched about 70,000 people to sweep the line of the Great Wall, as well as the Eastern Mongolian tribes in the Horqin grassland, killing countless people, seizing nearly one million cattle, sheep and horses, and eradicating the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which can be said to have gained a lot.

However, after the northern attack on Mongolia, it also brought many problems that needed to be solved by the Ming Dynasty.

After returning to Nanjing, Wang Yan immediately considered this series of issues in the Political Affairs Hall of the Internal Revolution.

Early in the morning, after Wang Yan had breakfast, he rode to the cabinet, and many ministers sat in the ministry for a while before coming to the council hall one after another.

After Wang Yan saw that everyone had arrived, he stopped talking to Chen Zilong, coughed lightly, and then said: "This time to visit Susong, I think you have also gained a lot, let's make a summary first, and then talk about Mongolia!" As he spoke, he looked at the crowd, "Who will speak first?" ”

In Wang Yan's view, Mongolia is no longer the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, he knows that the Ming Dynasty can solve it, so he is not in a hurry, and the key now is to repair the political principles internally.

If you count from the Nurhachi Rebellion and the bandit trend in Shaanxi, the Ming Dynasty has been fighting for more than 30 years, and it is time to pay attention to the people's livelihood.

"Let's talk first!" Chen Zilong stood up and said first: "The key to trade lies in mutual exchange. Over the years, our dynasty has sent a lot of goods overseas, but it can be said that there are very few imported goods except for a large amount of silver. Nowadays, the people also have a lot of money in their hands, but the things that can be bought are still those few things, and the ministers thought that the imperial court should bring back more items from overseas to enrich the domestic products, such as spices, cane sugar, fruits, Japanese folding fans, and Korean ginseng, which need to be imported in large quantities, so that ordinary people can also buy them. ”

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty took a large amount of cloth, tea, and porcelain and exchanged them for white silver, but if you don't get products from the outside world, the domestic materials will be in short supply, and the increase in silver will lead to soaring prices.

This decrease, an increase, will inevitably have a big problem, the history of the Ming Dynasty forbidden sea, not a decision to pat the old door, he is facing such a problem.

In particular, Spain discovered silver mines in the Americas, and the whole shipload of silver was brought to the Far East to buy things from the Ming Dynasty, just like printing money to sweep the goods.

In the trade system of the Ming Dynasty and the successive Chinese dynasties, there were no Europeans at all, but in the sixteenth century, the Europeans suddenly joined it, and the silver mines in the Americas were equivalent to the sudden issuance of countless additional currencies, which naturally led to problems in the original trade system.

The Ming Dynasty lacked silver and copper, although it was never only in and out, but it could not eat so much silver at once, and the ban on the sea was a helpless move at that time.

The normal way of trade should be a piece of cloth, in exchange for a sheep or a stone of rice, instead of me out of the cloth, you print money every time to buy it.

The meaning of Chen Zilong's words is to have enough supplies to come back, which Wang Yan agrees with.

Su Guansheng nodded, and also spoke: "There is no need to worry too much about this, in fact, the surrounding countries are doing this. Last year, the ginseng imported by the DPRK to the DPRK was worth 500,000 taels, a fivefold increase over last year. In addition, the value of goods imported by Japan has reached 1.5 million taels, an increase of 20 percent over last year, and the grain and fruits imported into our country by the Nanyang countries have also increased by 30 percent. ”

Because the Ming Dynasty earned a lot of silver from these countries through trade, causing these countries to be in short supply of silver money and getting poorer and poorer, what should they do if they want things from the Ming Dynasty, which forces them to transport their own things to the Ming Dynasty, and after earning silver, they can buy the goods of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, North Korea can only desperately dig mountain ginseng, Japan exports swords, folding fans and lacquerware, Nanyang and Tianzhu originally transported luxury goods such as ivory and rhino horn, but there are so many of these things, and they are gone after killing, unlike the Ming Dynasty to make a piece of mud and pinch it a few times, and it can be sold after burning, they can only grow rice, sugarcane, and spices in exchange for money, and strive to narrow the trade deficit.

This was also the case in the trade between Britain and the Qing Dynasty in later generations, and the British Empire began the criminal opium trade in order to reduce the deficit and earn back the silver flowing into China.

Chen Zilong nodded, "I have also noticed what Su Ge said, but the materials that these countries are currently transporting are still too few. The value of the things I exported last year was about 30 million taels, but the value of the imported goods was less than 5 million taels, and the difference was too great. ”

Before the opening of the sea, it was difficult for the Ming Dynasty to obtain grain and other materials from overseas, and it is still difficult to obtain them now, which requires the Ming Dynasty to transform these areas and help them produce more production raw materials for export to the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this was a gradual integration of these regions into their own trade networks and economic colonization.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to build a trade network centered on the Ming Dynasty, in which the Ming Dynasty was responsible for the production of high-end products, and the surrounding areas were responsible for various raw materials, forming a circular network.

Of course, in order to achieve this, it is very important to use the silver coins of the Ming Dynasty as the settlement currency of trade and turn the currency of the Ming Dynasty into the world currency.

Wang Yan nodded and said, "What Chen Gebu said is not wrong, trade should bring benefits to the people. Before, Qian Bingjian said that he wanted to help Zhenla country build a new water conservancy, and he could manage tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, and he could see that this thing was feasible. There are many fertile fields in Nanyang, there are many grains and fruits, and the water conservancy is repaired, which is also the blessing of the people of our dynasty. The Ministry of Industry can send a few officials to Zhenla to help them plan and plan. ”

Fang Fengnian got up and arched his hand: "Don't worry, the minister will send a director of the Ministry of Industry to lead the team." ”

Wang Yan nodded, and said: "The war in Nanyang has been going on for a long time, although the trade routes are basically smooth, but it still has an impact on maritime trade, so for the war, the military department still needs to pay more attention." ”

Chen Bangyan nodded and said, "Back to Your Highness, according to the latest beating report, the enemy in Malacca has been trapped for nearly seven months, and he has already surrendered, and I believe that news will come soon." ”

"That's good!" Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Then let's talk about Mongolia!" ”

The Ming Dynasty had received good news from the north, and it had been some days, but it did not show any particular excitement.

This may be because the people were already happy when Beijing was recovered, and for the people, life is the eternal theme, and human beings are always forgetful, and Jiangnan is far away from the north, everyone is busy with their own lives, so except for a small number of scholars who are excited, most people are still busy with their own affairs, and do not show any special emotions.

Chen Bangyan immediately said: "Your Highness, there are three more important things in Mongolia, which need to be dealt with. ”

Wang Yan took a sip of tea, put it down and said, "Which three?" ”

"The first thing is that this time the northern attack on the Mongolian court seized a large number of cattle and sheep, and I don't know what to do. The second is that now a large number of southern Mongolia has moved westward, and some of Eastern Mongolia has fled north, and the entire grassland has been emptied, but the imperial court has no idea how to manage the grassland. The third thing is that Wu Keshan sent the head of Fu Lin to ask for sin, and I don't know what to do with this head and Bumu Butai's body. Chen Bangyan said three things at once.

Wang Yan was more concerned about the first and second, and especially the second, he faced the same problem as the previous Central Plains dynasties, defeating the nomads in the north and driving them out, but how to control this borderless land.

The people of the Central Plains don't know how to graze, and there is no one on the grassland, so what are you going to do, how to keep this land.

Wang Yan frowned, "Have all the Mongols in Mo Nan moved away?" ”

If the grassland is empty, then no one is also a problem, and maybe it will cheapen Mongolia in Mobei, or even the rapidly expanding Rakshasa Kingdom.

"No, I have captured forty or fifty thousand people, and tens of thousands of Mongolian requests have been attached." Chen Bangyan saluted.

It's good to have someone, Wang Yan pondered for a while, and said: "There is no need to attach it, they don't know how to farm, besides, I need horse farms and cattle, sheep and livestock." ”

Wang Yan's fingers tapped on the armrests of the table and chairs, which was a habitual action when he thought about the problem, "Previously, the Blocking Cabinet Department proposed the strategy of letting the Mongols build cities and open up the border markets. However, building a city is not overnight, and it takes time, and it is not effective in a short time. ”

"Prison country, the minister thought about it after this, and now there is a new idea." Plug Yinxi arched his hand.

Wang Yan raised his hand, "The cabinet can talk about it!" ”

"Jian Guo once said that if the imperial court also built cities on the steppe, then there would be no need for the Mongols to build cities. Our dynasty can build a fortress in the center of the pasture, first, to control the pasture, second, to serve as a base for trade, and third, to collect taxes from Mongolia. The Mongols could not do without pastures, and if we controlled the pastures, we controlled them, and the fortresses, as trading bases and tax collections, could be maintained through trade and taxes, reducing the pressure on the imperial court. ”

Chen Bangyan pondered: "The key is how to ensure that the Mongols pay taxes and do not attack the fortress? ”

Du Yinxi smiled, "If the Mongolian herdsmen have to pay taxes to the heads of the various ministries and the imperial court, they will definitely not be able to. And letting these leaders control the people is always a threat to the imperial court, they are too capricious, and after a few years of silence, once the tribe grows, it will inevitably cause trouble again. ”

Du Yinxi bowed his hand to Wang Yan, "So the minister thinks that the imperial court can take advantage of the opportunity of this attack on Mongolia to completely break up the original tribes of Mongolia." The imperial court could raise the Mongol nobles who requested attachment to Nanjing, and the subordinates were organized into guards with the captives. There can not be too many people in each guard, about 100 households, divided into areas for grazing, no crossing the border, no internal strife. If they seize other people's pastures and annex other guards, the imperial court will unite with all guards to exterminate them. These guards were also not required to pay taxes to the chieftain, and were managed by the officers of the guards canonized by the imperial court, who paid taxes to the fortress in the center of the pasture. ”

Wang Yan couldn't help but bow his head when he heard this, "This method is feasible, if the pastures of the original big tribes are sealed off or turned into countless small tribes, then they will naturally not pose a threat to our dynasty, and they can also bring benefits to our dynasty." ”

Wang Yan paused, "The captured cattle and sheep are also easy to deal with, the fat ones are selected, some of them are purchased for military rations, some are sold to the people, and the rest of the lambs are lent to these Mongolian guards for grazing, and then returned to the imperial court." ”

After all, millions of cattle and sheep were handed over to the Ming Dynasty, and they could only kill them all and sell meat, but to the Mongols, one to let them get through the difficulties, and the other could be a long stream.

"Jianguo, what about Fu Lin and Bu Mu Butai?" Chen Bangyan asked.

Wang Yan thought for a moment and asked, "What about the opinion of the cabinet?" ”

Chen Bangyan said: "Since Bumu Butai is dead, it is estimated that it will stink when it is transported, so don't worry about it, the head of Fulin will be passed on to all places, and finally put it in Jiangyin City for preservation." ”

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