Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 946
War horses are an important strategic material. If the Central Plains Dynasty wants to make progress and keep its territory, it cannot do without war horses.

Both the Han and Tang Dynasties had a large number of war horses, and even the Song Dynasty had a lot of horses. There were as many as 20 horses, but there was no good horse breeding land. The enemies Song had to face were far more difficult to deal with than those in the Han and Tang Dynasties, so he was always at a disadvantage.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty mastered the iron-making technology, and the cavalry wore iron armor and shot iron arrows. However, the productivity of the nomads in the north was extremely low. Most of the arrows were ground from bones. You can wipe out a tribe.

In the Song Dynasty, the enemy they faced was already the country, not the tribe. The Song Dynasty could make iron, and the Liao, Jin and Xia Yuan could also do it. They also had a large number of craftsmen and a large number of workshops to make weapons. They had evolved from a backward tribe to a country. With high productivity, it has not only the good warfare of nomadic fishing and hunting peoples, but also the technology of farming peoples, which is difficult to deal with.

The situation facing the Ming Dynasty now is similar to that of the Song Dynasty. His opponent is not a backward tribe, but a country that has mastered the skills of the Han people and controlled a large area of ​​cultivated land.

Facing such an opponent, what one needs to do is to further improve one's own technical advantages, and at the same time learn from the enemy's strengths, so war horses must be indispensable.

The Ministry of War proposed an additional 150 million silver per year. Although it was reduced at the request of various ministries, an additional 80 taels was maintained in the end for the purchase of stallions and war horse breeding.

With 80 taels, you can raise [-] elite soldiers, but if you use them on horses, you can probably raise five or six thousand horses.

This cost is much higher than the annual cost of raising 50 war horses in the Northern Song Dynasty, which costs [-] guan.

The Ming Dynasty was not as rich as the Song Dynasty, and it was too much financially. Now it can only focus on breeding and breeding, and reduce purchases. After the imperial court breaks the northern blockade and obtains better horse grazing land and horse sources, it will buy cheap war horses. .

Looking at it this way, many of the recent decisions of the Ming Dynasty can be linked, and they are not a single existence. It is inevitable that the court's focus will shift from fighting the Qing army to the southwest.

After the matter of the war horse was finalized, Chen Bangyan cleared his throat and continued: "Now state the third item, regarding the re-establishment of the five-army governor's mansion, the transfer of generals on schedule, breaking down the barriers between the various factions, and avoiding the formation of feudal towns. Can you help me?" What objection?"

In any dynasty, the foundation of the dynasty can only be stable if the army obeys the orders of the central government.

Since the Han Dynasty, the demise of any dynasty has something to do with the loss of control of the army.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, powerful and powerful stood side by side, and they were all warlords in essence. After that, from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, all dynasties were overthrown, and they were basically powerful ministers. Warlords controlled the army, and the army no longer obeyed the orders of the dynasty.

For example, the Sima family, Song Qiliang and Chen all came from usurping the throne. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, on the surface, they died because of the dissatisfaction of the people, but in fact, Emperor Yangdi was too impatient to suppress the military nobles in Guanlong, causing them to betray. There are military figures.

This problem was not solved until Song Taizu released military power with a cup of wine and unified martial arts with literature, but it also brought some side effects and went to the other extreme. The spirit of Chinese martial arts has been contained since then.

The current military situation of the Ming Dynasty is actually equal to the three major feudal towns. If it continues to develop, it will inevitably hinder the imperial court from strengthening the centralization of power. However, China has been a unified country since ancient times. To maintain a huge territory, there must be a strong central government. Otherwise, it will be a piece of loose sand and endless internal fighting.

Wang Yan has long wanted to take action against the army, including his Five Loyalty Army. Each general has been in control of the same army for a long time. This is the most taboo thing for those in power, and Wang Yan is no exception.

The human heart is the most complicated and the most impermanent. If the various departments of the Five Loyalty Army can help him to the throne of the Prince Regent, then the generals under him may also be pushed up by their subordinates to replace him, and then they will be replaced by their subordinates. This is a cycle, and it is also the root of the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

This is not something that can be solved when he becomes the emperor. The people below can see how he got the country and how he got up, and it is inevitable that some people will follow suit.

In addition to killing the heroes, he can only control the army, and there is another big problem, will the heroes be honestly let you kill, especially now that the Ming Dynasty army has many factions, can all emperors be able to With the ability of Song Taizu, it is not certain whether the subordinate generals will be caught without a fight.

Looking at history, there are actually certain laws to be found, from which we can see and read people's hearts.

Qin, Jin, Sui, these short-lived dynasties, can end the troubled times because of the long-term war in the world, and the people's minds are settled, and why they perish quickly, it may be that there are still many people who are unwilling, unconvinced, and ambitious. To rebound, you have to toss a little bit, and wait for the people in the world to be completely tired before you can really settle down for a while.

Before the Song Dynasty, the world was plagued by warriors for so long. At that time, with the rise of foreign races, the world’s aversion to warriors had reached its limit. Therefore, Song Dazu’s restriction of warriors to success is due to a strong public opinion foundation and social factors. It is not true. One sentence can make all warriors hand over power.

With the suppression of warriors in the Song and Ming dynasties, the status of military commanders has been reduced to the bottom. Now, when the world is in chaos, the status of military commanders will inevitably rebound.

According to the laws of history, by the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the status of warriors would have reached its peak, and a new chaos had also ushered in.

It can't be too late or too early to control the army. Wang Yan thought twice. If he didn't control it as soon as possible, let alone what his Five Loyalty Army would develop into, King Lu, Jin Shenghuan, and Zheng Chenggong would definitely become great warlords.

This large-scale mobilization of the Ming army, Wang Yan transferred Wang Deren to Sichuan, and Sun Shoufa to Nanyang, which is a signal that these are all the territory of the Chu Party.

Before the Ming army, there was an unspoken rule. Except for newly occupied areas such as Jiangnan and Huainan, Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places were the traditional spheres of influence of the Chu Party. Troops with Tang faction and Zhejiang faction could not be stationed. Similarly, the troops of the Chu Party , and cannot drive into Jiangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang.

This time, Wang Yan was mobilized to let the Tang-supporting troops enter the territory of the Chu Party, which means that the Chu Party's troops can also enter Jiangxi and Fujian next time.

After Chen Bangyan finished speaking, everyone in the hall began to discuss, but none of the civil servants on the field objected.

"Papa" sounded two crisp cloud boards, and the king of Tang attracted everyone's attention, "This proposal is opposed by the lonely king. Now is the time of the war. Changing generals at this time will easily cause the soldiers to not know the general, and the general will not know. It is not advisable for the situation of the soldiers to affect the combat power of the army!"

After he finished speaking, King Lu also said with a sullen face, "Gu also opposes this proposal. Is it too impatient to reform the army now before Shenjing is restored? Moreover, this proposal is related to the army. I think it cannot be decided by us alone. , we must refer to the opinions of the generals. If you don’t ask the generals, what if they are dissatisfied and mutiny?”

The civil official group was willing to restrict the army, which made the ministers of Tang and Lu factions mostly support this proposal. King Lu could only bring in the army to see how Wang Yan talked with his subordinates.

Wang Yan was mentally prepared. He knew that there would be great resistance to this matter, and he also expected that Tang Lu would object. If he changes rashly, he may instigate a mutiny in the army.

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