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Chapter 281 If you don’t tear down the Great Wall, you’re not a hero (third update)
Not long after, the ministers rushed to the Wenhua Palace.A lot of people's thoughts are focused on the upcoming auction of shares of Daming Construction Bank. They don't know why the emperor summoned him suddenly.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't procrastinate, and said straight to the point: "I summoned all the ministers here to discuss the issue of military pay for the frontier troops in Qin!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt troubled.In fact, this question has always troubled the court, however, most of them have no solution.

Wen Tiren had been in touch with Emperor Chongzhen for a long time, so he naturally understood it better than others. After a heartbeat, he bowed and said, "I wonder what your majesty's strategy is?"

"Well, I just have an idea. I summoned the ministers just to see what the idea is!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded and replied, "The military salary of the frontier army mainly lies in the fact that it costs a lot of money. There is no food for silver. The fundamental reason is that the materials in Qin are not abundant."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wen Tiren agreed, and Xiao Xiao flattered her.Everyone agrees on this point.Otherwise, there will be no long and difficult journeys that cost money and food.

"The land of Qin is only rich in Hanzhong, but the taxes and taxes collected by the imperial court in Hanzhong are very limited..." Wen Tiren said this along the line of thinking of Emperor Chongzhen, and suddenly his heart moved, and he was a little surprised at the moment. He looked up at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty's intention , it should be with the kings of Qin..."

Emperor Chongzhen understood what Wen Tiren meant. He thought he wanted to attack the vassals and officials of Qin to clear out the fields in the Hanzhong Plain, so that there would be more fields that the court could collect taxes on.But that's not what he meant. He said before that it's not time to move them, so he immediately shook his head and interrupted Wen Tiren's words: "No, what I mean is the nine bends of the Yellow River, only the rich!"

"..." Hearing these words, the officials were all stunned. They didn't expect that the emperor would set his sights on the land of Hetao.

Indeed, Hetao is rich. If it is reclaimed, it can be irrigated with the water of the Yellow River, and it can produce a lot, which is more than enough to feed a Qin land.But the problem is, the Hetao is not in Daming's hands!
"Your Majesty, I once occupied Tumo River in Ming Dynasty, but it is very difficult to keep it!" said the assistant minister Min Hongxue.

Shen Yongmao, Minister of the Ministry of War, also followed suit: "Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of people in the Tumochuan tribe, and now Lin Danhan is a newcomer. With such a large number of people, I am afraid... I am afraid that I will be hard to beat!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, now in my Ming Dynasty, there are Jian captives in the east, chieftain rebellions in the west, and frequent droughts in various places. At this time, it is time to recuperate. It is embarrassing to use the sword and fight on several sides!" Wen Tiren Then he also played, this time, he held an objection.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that most of the ministers objected, so he was not annoyed, and continued to discuss: "I know what you mean. But if fighting can make money, then is it enough to fight?"

"War to make money?" Hearing this, the ministers looked at each other, confused by this novel statement.Wars have always been costly and labor-intensive. When did it become profitable?
Emperor Chongzhen frowned when he saw this, and gave an example: "Although the Jianlu are our enemies, their wars make money."

"..." The officials were speechless.

After a while, Wen Tiren, as the chief assistant, had no choice but to play: "Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, a state of etiquette, how can I learn from Jian and plunder the people?"

"Wrong!" Emperor Chongzhen immediately denied, "It's not looting of the people, it's spoils of war! Land, wealth, and population are all spoils of war after winning the war! Moreover, I didn't say that I want to allow the Ming army to plunder the people The wealth of the people is the spoils of war!"

Wen Tiren looked at his colleagues with a little helplessness on his face.The emperor is the biggest, he wants to say that, but the actual difference is not much!
On the contrary, Shen Yongmao and Min Hongxue, who had commanded the war, were thoughtful after hearing this.Ordinary Confucian scholars may be more pedantic, but those in high positions are rarely really pedantic.

When Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, he made his attitude clear: "Let's put it this way, which is more important, the people of other countries or the people of our Ming Dynasty? Which one do you choose? Let the people of our Ming Dynasty starve to death or the people of other countries to starve to death? The drought in Qin It has been two years, do you know how many people have died? The grassland tribes were the enemies of our Ming Dynasty. Their people dismounted as herdsmen and mounted as robbers. How many times have they invaded our Ming Dynasty? They occupied the land of Mochuan in vain Plains, but only animal husbandry, how wasteful, how many people are not fed?"

At this point, when he saw a subject wanting to speak, he raised his voice and said: "I know that it is not easy to use troops on the grassland. It is easy to defeat them, but it is difficult to destroy them. But the court must have a strategy to properly and permanently solve the Qin Dynasty. Dilemma!"

Hearing the emperor say so much, all the ministers were silent.As ministers of the Ming Dynasty, they have no face to say that they don't care about the life and death of the people of the Ming Dynasty.The best strategy is, of course, to own the Hetao Plain.

"Your Majesty is wise, and I agree with it." Min Hongxue first echoed, but he changed the subject and said, "But the enemy of the grassland, as His Majesty said, is easy to defeat and difficult to annihilate. Even if I occupy Tumochuan for a while , but it is also embarrassing to be harassed by Mongolia!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and nodded, and without speaking, he glanced at the other courtiers, just to ask them to express their views.

When he looked at it this way, the other courtiers had no choice but to express their views. Whether it was Wen Tiren or Cheng Jiming, they all agreed in the end.However, Min Hongxue has already said the biggest problem. If this problem is not solved, it is still just a fantasy.

Seeing that everyone's opinions were unified, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, my Ming Dynasty wants to take the Hetao Plain. This is a strategic goal and must be achieved. Then, the ministers will discuss how to deal with the enemies of the grassland. "

This proposition seems unsolvable, at least after he finished speaking, all the officials were silent, and no one spoke.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "I have heard a saying that if you don't tear down the Great Wall, you are not a hero, and let the horse Beihai be the roost! I don't know what you think?"

"..." The officials were speechless.

Throughout the dynasties, even in this dynasty, the Great Wall was the focus of defense, often spending a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the Great Wall and stationing a large number of troops.This was the case even during the Jiajing period when Qi Jiguang was around.

Seeing them staying there alone, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Actually, I am quite opposed to this..."

"..." All the officials were confused, what does the emperor mean?
"The first sentence actually means to oppose passive defense and to take the initiative to attack. I appreciate this very much, but what I want to oppose is the second sentence. What I want is not to rule the roost, but to solve the problem permanently. Border troubles in the north. I, Daming, should turn my gaze away from the grassland!"

　The old bookworm should know where this word came from.The fourth is estimated to be around five or six o'clock, and I will go out in a while.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)