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After determining which places to abolish the yamen, as well as the methods and steps for abolishing them, the dynasty will disperse.

After Qin Mu hurriedly had lunch, he summoned the cabinet ministers and the six ministers to discuss the next military, political, and strategic guidelines on a small scale.

Gu Junen, a soldier of the military department, said: "With the recovery of Shouzhou, the Huaihe River defense line has been consolidated, and Xuzhou, like an outstretched sword, can threaten Shandong along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the north, and if it advances to the northwest along the Yellow River waterway, it can threaten the hinterland of the Central Plains such as Kaifeng and Zhengzhou."

"Wait!" As soon as Hubu Shangshu heard Gu Junen's gushing words, he immediately interrupted: "King Qin, although the minister does not understand military affairs, but the use of troops in all countries requires Zhang Chi to have a way. In the year of our Great Qin, 70,000 troops marched north to Heluo, and 200,000 troops marched east to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This time, another 100,000 troops were dispatched to recover Huainan, although the latter two could barely be regarded as fighting on the inner line, but due to the huge number of troops mobilized, a large amount of money and food were also lost.

King Qin, it's not that the ministers want to drag the army back, it's just that the current treasury expenditure is too heavy. In addition to military spending, there were works on the imperial city"

"Liu Shangshu, you can also take the project of the imperial city, but the people of Daqin have donated nearly 10 million taels, and the construction budget of the imperial city is only 4 million taels, isn't there still more than half of it?" Gu Junen interrupted him.

Liu Boquan said angrily: "Gu Shilang, are you pretending not to know the way or are you really stupid?" To tell the truth, there are still some silver in the treasury, but can the soldiers in front satisfy their hunger by gnawing silver?

Food, the key now is food shortage. There were 70,000 or 80,000 laborers to build the palace, and do you know how much food is consumed every day? There are still millions of refugees in need of relief for the soldiers at the front, and you have to be able to turn it into food, no matter how much silver you have.

The imperial court's warehouses are almost empty. Can't move anymore, now it's mainly supported by buying grain from the people, Gu Shilang doesn't know that the imperial court buys a lot of grain from the people, which will lead to soaring food prices in the market, and the burden on ordinary people will increase as a result, and the people will take food as the sky, and if it goes on like this, the people's grievances will boil."

Gu Junen was speechless by Liu Boquan, as a squire of the military department. He considered the problem more from a military point of view, how much grain was stored in Taicang in peacetime, that was a matter of the household department, and he was not qualified to ask.

Qin Mu comforted: "Liu Shangshu, don't be impatient, don't be impatient, this king invited all the ministers to come today, just to discuss the next strategic deployment, not to immediately raise troops to the north." ”

Liu Boquan was still a little worried and said, "King Qin." It's not that the subordinates are dragging the back legs of the army, but there is really not much grain and grass left, and now there is still more than half a year before the next summer, if the army is raised again, the Northern Expedition. This will inevitably lead to soaring food prices and increasing hardship for people's livelihoods. Therefore, the minister had to remind the king of Qin and ask the king of Qin to forgive his sins. ”

"Liu Shangshu doesn't have to be like this, okay. Let's move on. ”

Sima An muttered: "King Qin, you have consolidated the defense line of the Huai River, and the minister thinks. It is somewhat inappropriate for the main force to advance from the eastern front, whether it is the waterway of the Grand Canal or the waterway of the Yellow River, it is difficult to compare with the Yangtze River;

That is to say, the advantages of our army's naval divisions may not be able to be brought into play in these waterways, even if the naval divisions still have a certain advantage, but the Central Plains area is mostly plains, and with the elongation of the battle line, it is impossible for our army's logistics to completely rely on waterways to meet all needs.

Therefore, the minister thought that the center of gravity of our army would not be adjusted in the future, and the king of Qin still remembered that he was discussing in Wuchang whether to go down to the south of the Yangtze River first or take the northwest first.

At present, due to the containment of Ling Zhan and Ai Nengqi in Guanzhong, He Luohui has not been able to exterminate the rebels in Guanzhong, which is a good opportunity for our army.

Nowadays, whether it is a military horse or a cattle and horse required by the people for farming, I am very lacking in Daqin, if I can seize Guanzhong first, I can get a large number of cattle and horses from Hetao, Hexi, and Longyou through the tea and horse trade, so as to alleviate Daqin's demand for cattle and horses;

On the other hand, due to the war barrier, all the materials needed in the northwest are also very scarce, and the seizure of Guanzhong and the opening of trade routes in the northwest can greatly promote the trade prosperity of our Great Qin and increase the revenue of the national treasury.

At the same time, strategically, it controls Guanzhong, can overlook the Central Plains, and dominate the three sides. It is much more advantageous to advance from Guanzhong to Shanxi and Yanjing than to attack from Huainan.

As long as our army continues to infiltrate on the eastern front and maintains a kind of pressure on the army to move north at any time, it will be difficult for the Central Plains to calm down, and it will be much easier to capture Guanzhong if the Manchu forces are contained on the eastern front. ”

He Liang, the secretary of the military department, nodded frequently, and as soon as Sima An finished speaking, he said and continued: "In Yunnan, the soldiers are not expensive, so the minister thinks that it is enough to have more than 10,000 people to enter Yunnan with Cui Feng, the general of the southern army, and the troops of Li Dingguo, the governor of the rear army, do not need to enter Yunnan again, but only need to fight the passage into Yunnan along the eastern coast of Qinghai-Tibet, so that the materials from Sichuan can be sent to Yunnan at any time."

When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, the people's livelihood in Sichuan was greatly damaged, but Sichuan was originally a country of abundance, as long as it is well managed, coupled with the promotion of new crops, after the summer harvest next year, it should not be a problem to provide grain and grass in the Northern Expedition of the army.

If it is not enough, it will not be difficult to transport part of it from Huguang. What the imperial court has to do now is to determine the strategic direction first, so that it can prepare in advance in terms of grain, grass and ordnance. ”

In the history books of later generations, there is a record of Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of Sichuan, saying that Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan, and a big city like Chengdu killed only a few people, or hid in a dry well to escape with his life.

Whether this kind of historical data is whether the Manchu Qing Dynasty blamed Zhang Xianzhong for their crimes, Qin Mu is not sure.

But now, although Zhang Xianzhong also killed many people in Sichuan, he definitely did not kill Sichuan as recorded in the original historical materials.

Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan with the intention of taking Sichuan as his foundation to operate. As long as you are not stupid, you will not kill your own foundation land, if you do this, where will the source of reserve soldiers come from, and where will the food and grass supply come from?

Obviously, Zhang Xianzhong would not be so stupid as not even thinking about these questions, if this is the case, will there be so many people following him?

On the other hand, since Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, they killed people, set fire to eat human flesh, and did all the bad things they should have done, but basically they did not massacre the city, they burned it, they killed it, it was all targeted, in order to force more people to join their ranks;

The basis of their growth is the broad masses of the people, so they will not be like Dordor, who slaughtered all the people of a place in a frenzy, men, women, and children.

The last time he entered Huguang, Zhang Xianzhong drove hundreds of thousands of people as soldiers, and it was common to burn, kill and loot, these are all facts, but he has never slaughtered a city, and he has never been so mad as to exterminate all the people in a place.

Therefore, it makes no sense to say that Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan in the middle of the river, could it be that Zhang Xianzhong went crazy as soon as he entered Sichuan?

In Sichuan, the population has decreased by about three to four percent due to years of war, but as long as it is well managed, people's livelihood should be restored soon.

In Huguang, after two years of governance, coupled with the promotion of new crops, the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the influx of a large number of people, production recovered very quickly.

Huguang plus Sichuan, after the summer harvest next year, it will not be a problem to march into Guanzhong.

When Qin Mu was in Chuzhou, he planned to take Shandong first, and he put forward his idea again, which was immediately opposed by Sima An: "King Qin, from the perspective of the situation, Shandong and the Central Plains are one, but Jianghuai is suspected of being beyond the reach of the whip.

Moreover, Shandong is broken, confined to a corner, after the capture, not like Guanzhong, can make up for the consumption of our dynasty through trade, at this time to take Shandong, is tantamount to putting a heavy army of our army into a cage, let the Tartars besiege, it is really not a loss. ”

"Mr. Sima's worries, this king has also thought about it, so this king actually wants to take Fujian first, once successful, Shandong can be connected with Jiangnan and Jianghuai by sea, and then it can threaten Yanjing and even Liaodong."

Sima An was silent for a moment

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(To be continued......)