My Daming New Empire

Zhu Di pondered for a while and said, "It's hard to conquer the country, but it's even more difficult to sit on the country. You will have to work hard in the future."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "Son'er not only wants to be a good emperor, but also a relaxed and good emperor."

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing, and said, "Let's get back to the topic first. Since the situation in the Northwest is complicated, wouldn't it be more appropriate for Liu Sheng to deter with force than a coach like Zheng Heng who is good at maneuvering?"

"If you fight and leave, just to rob their gold and silver treasures and their craftsmen, of course Liu Sheng is more suitable than Zheng Heng. But since Grandpa Huang wants to extend the power of Daming to the outer northwest, Zheng Heng The role of Liu Sheng is better than that of Liu Sheng.

Today's outer northwest is mainly the ethnic groups after the split of the Chahatai Khanate, and the Timur Kingdom, which is now awe-inspiring in the northwest, is only developed from the former West Chahatai Khanate as the main body.

As the transitional stages of the nomadic peoples to the farming peoples, the countries in the Northwest can still run away if they can't beat us. Can our army play cat and mouse with them for many years?

Moreover, there is another advantage to having Zheng Heng dispatched, that is, he can bring a group of Wala and Tatar cavalry from Mobei to cooperate with our Ming's actions.

Both Wala and Tatars have sent troops. How can you Huozhou and Turpan not send troops?How can you do it without sending troops?If the Eastern Chahatai Khanate is on our Ming side, not only can we save a lot of supplies on the road, but it can also deter the entire Northwest, including the Golden Horde Khanate. "

Zhu Di groaned for a while and said: "The aliens are wolves, and trusting them too much will only put me, Ming, in danger."

"That's why Sun'er suggested that the Northern Route Army send all cavalry except for a few horse-drawn chariot troops. The number of soldiers is good but not many."

"Ridiculous..." Zhu Di couldn't help laughing and cursing, but he fell into deep thought.

It was a huge adventure for Zhu Di to go on an expedition to the Timur country in the northwest, not because of the strength of the opponent, but because it was too far away.

In the past three years, the Ministry of War and the Five Armed Forces Governor's Office have made countless preparations for this war, and have also conducted many deduction. All tactics are deduced around the fact that Ming will send more than 50 troops.

This is not around Daming, the army can arrive at any time.It would take a year to send troops from Daming to the outer northwest.

Even according to the optimistic situation, this war will take three years.In order to supply the consumption of the 50 troops, there must be at least a million civilians to provide supplies during the expedition of more than 1 miles.

Therefore, even after three years of preparation and Da Ming spending tens of millions of taels of silver, he still dare not say that he can guarantee victory.

Zhu Zhanji now proposes to send only cavalry. Although it seems risky, if he can win the support of the northwest countries, he does not need to travel thousands of miles to send food to the front line, which can save more than half of the cost.

Instead of sending infantry, only cavalry was drawn from the frontier guards, plus Zheng Heng's [-] elite cavalry, and Oala and Tatar tribes sent cavalry to support it, so it seemed that the situation was more favorable.

Zhu Zhanji saw that Zhu Di was a little moved, and said: "Although the Timur Kingdom is the original Western Chahatai Khanate, the hatred between them and the Eastern Chahatai Khanate is greater than ours. As long as our Ming army has Certain advantages are bound to attract more supporters.

Now I have gathered a large amount of grain and grass in the northwest of Daming. If the infantry is reduced, I can use this grain and grass to win over Turpan, Yili and other countries, and let them happily help my Daming pull grain and grass. "

Zhu Di's heart moved again. Without infantry, reducing the number of troops means reducing the time for dispatching troops.

This is not a simple addition or subtraction. Saving a month's time is equivalent to reducing the chewing needs of hundreds of thousands of troops, and these grains and grasses need more people to transport them.

Because of the requisition of these civilian husbands, the delay in farming is a real heavy burden for Daming.

In the past few years, Ming Dynasty's strategy has always been to use absolute superiority to push flatly, but now Zhu Zhanji's suggestion can save at least half of the cost, and it is not restricted by logistics.

But hastily changing the strategy is not only difficult for Zhu Di, but also for the generals.

Moreover, there is a very important issue here, that is how to persuade Wala and Tatars to send troops.And in the northwest, there must be eloquent people to persuade the countries in the northwest.

It is also necessary to re-determine what price to use in exchange for the support of various countries.

When it came to this issue, Zhu Zhanji directly recommended: "Sun Er recommended Chen Cheng, the Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry's Dushuiqing Officials. This person has traveled to various countries in the Western Regions many times, and even went to Samarkand twice. He is really the best candidate. "

"Who do you think should be sent to Zheng Heng's side? He and Yi Shiha must stay behind. After Zheng Heng goes, Yi Shiha cannot move."

This candidate is irrelevant, because it is only a temporary replacement for Zheng Heng, any general will do.However, Zhu Zhanji still wanted to benefit his own people, and said, "How about Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu?"

But Zhu Di shook his head and said: "This person is not right, he is your own military admiral, you are in Yingtian Mansion, you must have your own strength."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Since my grandson is not going out of Beijing, why should I guard him?"

Zhu Di stared at his face for a while, and then said softly: "I have decided to send your father to Jiayuguan in the first spring. From now on, this Yingtian Mansion will be under your control."

Although Zhu Di's words were very light, it sounded like a thunderous explosion in Zhu Zhanji's mind, and he was a little dazed for a while.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji lose his composure, Zhu Di seemed to laugh with some satisfaction. "Hundreds of thousands of troops are now in the Jiayuguan area, guarded by the Suzhou Guard, Weiyuan Guard, Wei Lu Guard, and Shenji Camp. The distribution of food and grass is a major event, and your father needs to supervise it."

The general logistics officer of the Western Expedition is Huang Fu, whom Zhu Zhanji is familiar with.At such a time, Zhu Gaochi actually didn't need to go there in person.

But Zhu Di wanted to send Zhu Gaochi out, obviously to give Zhu Zhanji a position and not let him become his hindrance.

Zhu Zhanji has always been preparing to stay dormant in the capital, focusing on banking affairs and technological advancement.Then come out to interfere when Zhu Gaochi is too self-indulgent, don't let him break things.

But I didn't expect that Zhu Di would send Zhu Gaochi out directly and leave him to supervise the country in Yingtian Mansion.

If you let yourself supervise the country, then it is understandable to keep Xue Lu. You must have a personal force to deter all officials.

Zhu Zhanji's mood was agitated, but he couldn't express too much joy.As a son of man, he should show concern for Zhu Gaochi at this time. "But father's legs and feet are sick, and this trip has been thousands of miles..."

"He's just inconvenient, and he doesn't need to walk! Besides, there are quite a few people serving him, so you don't need to worry about him."

Zhu Zhanji quickly calculated that if he supervised the country by himself, then some of the initial plans could be suspended.

For example, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he was going to encourage nobles and generals to fight against civil officials, intensifying the conflict between the two.

This is to prevent Zhu Gaochi from trusting civil servants too much and suppressing generals.

But if you supervise the country by yourself, there is no need at all. Stability is the priority, and there is no need to intensify the conflict. Anyway, I will definitely not favor civil servants.

Seeing that there was no worry on Zhu Zhanji's face, Zhu Di was also very satisfied, and said: "I read your "Balance of Power" which is very well written, and even I have benefited a lot. You can have such insight, I appreciate you Also relieved.

Your father is a fool, you can only send him far away, don't hinder you from doing things.But... from now on, don't write down the words on paper and let others read them.This matter, our grandpa and grandson both know it well. "

Zhu Zhanji asked: "Burn?"

Zhu Di nodded. "Since I've read it, of course I'm worried. During the few days of Chinese New Year, you should think about how to sit in this position. After the Lantern Festival, you may not be so relaxed."

After Zhu Di left, Zhu Zhanji really showed his excitement, somersaulted on the spot, and then came to the desk excitedly.

I want to ask someone to send the list of the current imperial court officials and local officials, but think about it, it is Chinese New Year, and the imperial court is sealed, so I don't want to bother with the counseling department.

But the excitement was hard to suppress, and he gave a loud drink. "Li Liang, go tell Concubine Grandson, I will rest in her room tonight, and I am going to order some wine. I want to drink."

When he was so excited, he couldn't find a confidant to drink with, so he could only find his eldest wife to accompany him.

But it is impossible to find a confidant in this era, in his capacity.

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During the Spring Festival of Yongle's 18th year, Zhu Di's rheumatism leg broke again, which led to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji replacing him for many entertainments.

Even the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven on the night of New Year's Eve was performed by Zhu Gaochi on his behalf.

Letting Zhu Gaochi perform sacrifices to heaven instead of him also sent a signal to give Zhu Gaochi more power space, which made all civil servants beaming.