Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 166
The capital, the Hall of Martial Arts.

It has been three days since the last military report to Beijing.

Although the battle on the border is coming to an end, there is no doubt that until now, the most important government affairs are related to military affairs.

Therefore, in the morning court, Yu Qian was the first to appear.

"Your Majesty, the Liaodong Military News, General Daiqin under King Saikan led 5000 troops to attack Liaodong Town, and was repelled by the general officer Cao Yi."

"Another officer from Datong, Guo Deng, came to report that three days ago, Guo Deng sent Fan Guang, the commander of the capital, to lead an army of [-] troops to attack Baiyangkou. They were ambushed by [-] cavalry led by King Saikan. Fan Guang had to retreat hastily."

"As of yesterday, there were still [-] remnants left. They withdrew from Baiyangkou and arrived at Maoerzhuang. The Supreme Emperor was dragged into the depths of the grassland."

Zhu Qiyu sighed.

Sure enough, no matter how careful the plan is, there will inevitably be omissions.

No one thought that King Saikan's march to the northeast was actually a feint.

He clearly wanted to attack Liaodong, but in fact he divided the army in two. 5000 people pretended to attack Liaodong Town, and the other 5000 people detoured to Baiyangkou, and the rescue came first.

Baiyangkou was originally a retreat for himself, with 5000 people guarding it, and now with the 5000 people of Saikanwang, Fan Guang naturally couldn't take it down.

He could only watch helplessly as Yexian retreated to the grassland with his ten thousand remnant soldiers.

But in this way, it is not without benefits.

After all, in a short period of time, Daming is unable to use troops on the grassland, so naturally, the more chaotic the grassland, the better.

First of all, with this big defeat, at least half of the elites in his hands were lost.

On the other hand, his old foe was unaffected, but his strength was basically not lost.

Coupled with Yexian's big defeat, the biggest reason was that Tuotuobuhua withdrew his troops without authorization, which led to the soldiers and horses from Xuanfu and other places in Liaodong to rush to help Datong and cut off his logistics route.

Things have come to this point, there is no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides, and there must be a big war.

If they really died in this battle first, and indirectly let Tuotuo Buhua preserve their strength, it is better to let them fight by themselves.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu asked.

"How about the battle damage of our army? How about the border loss?"

This was the main topic of today, so Yu Qian was prepared early, took out a memorial, forwarded it to the emperor's case, and then said.

"According to rough statistics, counting from the time of Yexian's large-scale offensive, in Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong and other places, more than [-] officers and soldiers were killed in battle, and more than [-] were injured."

"Most of the walls of fourteen passes including Longmen, Huailai, Yanghe, and Shunshengchuan were destroyed, and the rest of the passes also need to be repaired, a total of sixteen."

"Among them, Daomaguan suffered the most serious damage. First, they attacked the city on a large scale. Cao Tai, the admiral of Daomaguan, and the general Sun Dayong ordered the officers and soldiers to flood the city with water and build an ice wall for several times. , Fang resisted for seven days, after the war, the wall of Daumaguan was completely destroyed and collapsed, it is no longer usable, and it needs to be rebuilt."

The more Yu Qian said, the more headache Zhu Qiyu felt.

Fighting wars is all about money!

The ancients said that the reason for militarism is that the manpower and material resources required to fight the war are too great.

Ordinary people think that the most expensive thing for an army to go to war is to eat the food chewed by the horses.

But in fact, food and grass accounted for at most about half of the entire war expenditure.

More, post-war expenditures.

Just like in this war, the dead and the injured need to be compensated, and the meritorious need to be rewarded. This is a lot of money, not to mention the re-strengthening of various passes.

This time, they also attacked first, and guarded the border everywhere, most of them fought to the death.

Zhu Qiyu didn't need to think about it to know that another price of a deadly battle is that the walls and castles everywhere will inevitably be scarred.

These dozens of passes are another large sum of money!

Not to mention, there is another Daomaguan that has been completely demolished and needs to be rebuilt.

Daomaguan, Zijingguan, and Juyongguan are also known as the inner three passes, which are of great significance for protecting the capital.

This battle would have lasted for seven days if Daomaguan hadn't stopped it, there would never have been a big victory at Zijingguan.

Therefore, Daomaguan not only needs to be rebuilt, but also needs to be built stronger than before.

To put it bluntly, it costs more!
Moreover, this is not just something that can be solved by spending money.

Building a new city and strengthening the pass requires not only money, but also people.

For such a large-scale reinforcement, it is not known how long it will take to build it based on the defenders left behind at each pass, so it is necessary to recruit civilians.

In addition, there is the problem of the army.

The army of Ming Dynasty was based on the military household system, which was very rigid, and there was little flow and transformation between military households and civilian households.

Even if there is, because the status of military households is not as high as that of civilian households, it will be converted from military households to civilian households.

In this war, including the civil engineering battle, more than [-] officers and soldiers were killed in the battle, and more than [-] were injured but continued to serve as soldiers.

With such a huge vacancy, I still don't know where to go to fill it.

And more importantly, nearly a quarter of these dead officers and soldiers had just inherited and joined the army not long ago, and had no heirs.

In other words, not only did Daming lose so many soldiers, but a quarter of the military households had no one to inherit them.

In other words, Daming permanently lost tens of thousands of personnel replenishment channels.

The previous problems, whether it is pensions, rewards, city walls, or civilian husbands, can all be solved with money, but the losses of military households cannot be solved in a short period of time.

All these piles were laid out in front of him one by one, even if he was a human being in two lifetimes, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but feel a bit tricky.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu asked Shen Yi, the Minister of the Household Department, beside him.

"Shen Qing, how about the remaining silver in the household department?"

With a bitter face on Shen Yi's face, he knew that if he fought together, the household would suffer.

During the war, the household department was responsible for logistics and raising food and grass.

After the war, the Ministry of Household Affairs wanted to allocate funds, pensions, and rewards. This time, it also paid for the repair of a lot of city walls and the rebuilding of a new city.

This is really killing me!
Stepping out of the queue, Shen Yi frowned and said.

"Back to the emperor, first of all, the Supreme Emperor has repeatedly conquered Luchuan, and last year he sent a fleet to the West."

"Afterwards, more than [-] officers and troops were mobilized for the northern expedition, which cost a lot of money and food."

"Additionally, last year the Marquis of Ningyang suppressed the rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the relocation was postponed for a few years. Now there are Miao bandits in the southwest, and it is costly. The foundation left by the former emperor is really not strong..."

Old man Shen was rambling on, but he refused to say how much money he had.

Zhu Qiyu looked at his bawdy eyes, suddenly understood in his heart, and said.

"Since this is the case, Shen Qing, you should step down first, and make a memorial later, and report the details of the household department."

The old man's nonsense is nothing more than the fact that the Ministry of Household Affairs has no money and finds it embarrassing, so he refuses to speak in front of so many ministers in the morning.

Although it was said that he was asked to draw up a memorial, after the early court, Zhu Qiyu left Shen Yi and Zhang Min, the servant of the Ministry of Industry...

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