Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1266 Differentiation of Mongolia
After a short stay in Suzhou, Wang Yan went around Songjiang, Shanghai and other places before returning to Nanjing City.

It was already April, and Beijing's detailed military report on the Northern Expedition to Mongolia had already been sent to the Ministry of War.

This time, the Ming army dispatched more than 7 people to sweep the front line of the Great Wall and the Eastern Mongolian tribes in the Horqin Grassland. They killed countless people and seized nearly a million cattle, sheep and horses.

However, after the northern attack on Mongolia, it also brought many problems, which 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 Inner Revolution.

Early in the morning, after Wang Yan had breakfast, he rode to the cabinet. Many cabinet ministers sat in the cabinet for a while before arriving at the Yizheng Hall one after another.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wang Yan stopped talking with Chen Zilong, coughed lightly, and then said: "I think everyone has gained a lot from this visit to Su Song. Let's make a summary first, and then talk about Mongolia." What happened!" He said, looking at the crowd, "Whoever should talk about it first."

In Wang Yan's view, Mongolia is no longer Ming's opponent. He knows that the Ming Dynasty can solve it, so he is not in a hurry. The key now is to repair internal politics.

If counting from the Nurhachi rebellion and the local thieves in Shaanxi, the Ming Dynasty has fought for more than 30 years, and it is time to pay attention to people's livelihood.

"Let's talk first!" Chen Zilong stood up and said first: "The key to trade is to exchange goods. Over the years, I have sent a lot of things overseas, but the things imported, except for a large amount of silver, can be other things. Saying very little. Nowadays, people have a lot of money in their hands, but there are still a few things that can be bought. The minister thinks that the imperial court should bring back more items from overseas to enrich domestic products, such as spices, sugar, fruits, and Japanese Folding fans and North Korean Korean ginseng need to be imported in large quantities so that ordinary people can buy them."

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has exchanged a large amount of cloth, tea, and porcelain for white silver, but if it does not obtain products from the outside world, there will be a shortage of domestic materials, and the increase in silver will lead to skyrocketing prices.

If this decrease, if it increases, there will inevitably be big problems. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the ban on the sea was not decided immediately, and he was faced with such a problem.

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

In the trading system of the Ming Dynasty and the previous Chinese dynasties, there was no such thing as Europeans at all, but in the sixteenth century Europeans suddenly joined it, and the silver mines in America suddenly issued countless currencies, so naturally This caused problems in the original trading system.

The Ming Dynasty was short of silver and copper. Although it was always only in and out, it couldn't eat so much silver at once. Forbidden Sea was considered a helpless move at that time.

The normal way of trade is to exchange a piece of cloth for a sheep or a stone of rice, instead of me selling cloth and you printing money to buy it every time.

The meaning of Chen Zilong's words is to bring back more supplies, which Wang Yan agrees with.

Su Guansheng nodded, and also said: "Chen Gebu doesn't need to worry too much about this. In fact, the surrounding countries are doing this. Last year, North Korea imported wild ginseng worth 50 taels, an increase from last year. Five times. In addition, the value of imported items from Japan has reached 150 million taels, an increase of [-]% over last year. The grain and fruits imported into our dynasty by the countries in Southeast Asia have also increased by [-]%. In exchange for silver."

Because the Ming Dynasty earned a lot of silver from these countries through trade, causing these countries to be short of money and getting poorer, what should they do if they want things from the Ming Dynasty? This forces them to ship their own things to China. The Ming Dynasty came, and after earning silver, they bought Ming Dynasty goods.

For example, North Korea can only desperately dig wild ginseng, while Japan exports swords, folding fans, and lacquerware. Nanyang and Tianzhu used to transport luxury goods such as ivory and rhino horns, but there are only so many of these things, and they are gone after they are killed. They can only squeeze a piece of mud and sell it after burning it. They can only grow rice, sugar cane, and spices in exchange for money, and strive to reduce the trade deficit.

This situation also occurred in the trade between Britain and the Qing Dynasty in later generations. In order to reduce the deficit and earn back the silver that flowed into China, the British Empire began the sinful opium trade.

Chen Zilong nodded, "I have also noticed what Mr. Su Ge said, but these countries are still sending too little supplies. The value of the goods I exported last year was about 3000 million taels, but the value of the goods imported Less than 500 million taels, the gap is really too big.”

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

In fact, this is to slowly bring these regions into their own trade network and implement economic colonization.

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

Of course, to achieve this, it is very important to use the silver coins of the Ming Dynasty as the settlement currency for trade and turn the currency of the Ming Dynasty into a world currency as mentioned by the Wudehao.

Wang Yan nodded and said: "What Chen Gebu said is correct, trade should bring benefits to the common people. Earlier, Qian Bingdeng said in a note that he would help the Chenla Kingdom to build new water conservancy, and it would be able to manage tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. I just think this is feasible. There are many fertile fields in Nanyang, so there will be more food and melons and fruits. If the water conservancy is repaired, it will be a blessing to the people of our court. The Ministry of Industry can send some officials to Chenla to help them plan and plan."

Fang Fengnian got up and cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry about the supervisor, I will send a head of the Ministry of Industry to lead the team forward."

Wang Yan nodded, and said again: "The war in Nanyang has been going on for a long time. Although the trade routes are basically smooth, it still affects the maritime trade. Therefore, the Ministry of War should pay more attention to the war."

Chen Bangyan nodded and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, according to the latest beating report, the enemy of Malacca has been trapped for nearly seven months and is already in the state of surrender. I believe there will be news soon."

"That's good!" Wang Yan nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "Let's talk about Mongolia!"

It has been a few days since the Ming Dynasty received the good news from the north, but they did not show any special excitement.

This may be because the people were already happy when Beijing was liberated, and for the people, life is the eternal theme. Besides, human beings are always forgetful. In addition, the south of the Yangtze River is far away from the north, and everyone is busy with their own lives, so except for a few scholars Excited, most people were still busy with their own business, and did not show any special emotions.

Chen Bangyan immediately said: "Your Majesty's Mongolian affairs, there are three more important matters that need to be dealt with."

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

"The first thing is that the Mongolian court seized a large number of cattle and sheep during the northern attack, and I don't know what to do with it. The second thing is that now a large number of Monan Mongolians are moving westward, and some Eastern Mongolians have fled northward. The entire grassland has been emptied. The imperial court had no way of managing the grasslands. The third thing is that Wu Keshan sent Fulin's head to plead guilty. I don't know what to do with this head and Bumbutai's body." Chen Bangyan said three things at once.

Wang Yan is more concerned about the first and second, and especially the second. The problem he faces is the same as that of the Central Plains dynasties in the past. He defeated the nomads in the north and drove them away, but how to control this unowned land? place.

People in the Central Plains don't know how to herd animals, and there are no people on the grasslands, so why come here and how to guard the land.

Wang Yan frowned, "Have all the Mongols in Monan moved away?"

If the grassland is empty, no one will be a problem, maybe it will be cheaper for Mongolia in Mobei, or even the rapidly expanding Raksha Kingdom.

"Is that the case? I captured [-] to [-] people from the court, and there are tens of thousands of Mongols requesting to be attached." Chen Bangyan saluted.

It's good to have someone, Wang Yan pondered for a while, and said: "There is no need for Neifu, and they don't know how to farm. Besides, I need horse farms and cattle, sheep and livestock in the government and the people."

Wang Yan tapped his fingers on the armrests of the tables and chairs. This is a habitual action when he thinks about problems. "Before, the Duge Ministry proposed the strategy of letting the Mongols build the city and open the border cities. But building the city does not happen overnight, and it takes time, isn't it? It can take effect in a short time, I don’t know if there is any other way.”

"Jianguo, I thought about this matter again later, and now I have a new idea." Du Yinxi cupped his hands.

As soon as Wang Yan raised his hand, "The cabinet department can tell you!"

"Jian Guo once said that if the imperial court builds a city on the grassland, then there is no need for the Mongols to build a city. I can build a fort in the center of the pasture. First, it can control the pasture. Second, it can be used as a trade base. Mongolia collects taxes. The Mongols cannot do without the pastures, and if we control the pastures, we control them, and the fortress, as a trading base and tax collection place, can be maintained through transactions and taxes, reducing the pressure on the 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 herdsmen in Mongolia have to pay taxes to the chiefs of the tribes, they must also pay taxes to the court. It will definitely not work. Moreover, letting these chiefs control the tribes is always a threat to the court. They are too aggressive. Capricious, after a few years of quietness, once the tribe grows, it will inevitably cause trouble again."

Du Yinxi bowed his hand to Wang Yan, "So I thought that the imperial court could take advantage of this opportunity to attack Mongolia to completely disperse the original tribes of Mongolia. The imperial court can support those Mongolian nobles who demanded to be enshrined in Nanjing. The people and the prisoners will form a guard. Each guard should not have too many people, about a hundred households. They will be divided into areas for grazing, and no crossing the border, and no internal strife. If they invade other people's pastures and annex other guards, the imperial court will unite with all the guards to destroy them. These guards do not need to pay taxes to the chiefs, they are managed by the officers of the guards entrusted by the imperial court, and they pay taxes uniformly to the fortress in the center of the ranch."

Wang Yan couldn't help nodding his head when he heard this, "This method is feasible. If the pastures of the original large 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 will be picked out, some will be purchased as military rations, and some will be sold to the common people. The remaining lambs will be lent to these Mongolian guards for them to graze. It will be returned to the court later.”

Several pavilion elders felt that this method was feasible, and they all nodded in approval. After all, if millions of cattle and sheep were handed over to the Ming Dynasty, they could only be killed and sold for meat. A steady flow of water.

"Jian Guo, what about Fulin and Bumbutai?" Chen Bangyan asked.

Wang Yan thought for a while and asked, "What about the cabinet's opinion?"

Chen Bangyan said: "Since Bu Mu Butai died, it will probably smell bad when transported here, so don't worry about it. Fulin's head will be passed around and finally put in Jiangyin City for preservation."

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