OBS Chapter 392 Does Your Highness want to completely eliminate Hu Yuan?
Chapter 392 Does Your Highness want to completely eliminate Hu Yuan?
"These things don't need to be sent to the capital."
Zhu Biao said with a smile, "Since it was given to my brother-in-law by the Koreans, then my brother-in-law should accept it. I'll just tell my father later. Right now, the most important thing is to find a way to open the market as soon as possible and save up some money and grain."
Yang Shaofeng suddenly didn't want those dozen or so boxes anymore.
What the hell is this?
They gave me the things they had given me with the stick, and then asked me to find a way to cheat the barbarians and save money and grain.
This gave Yang Shaofeng the feeling that Zhu Biao was empty-handed, while he was the one who got the free lunch.
But it seems like it would be even more of a loss to give up these dozen or so boxes?
After all, the border markets would open sooner or later, and money and grain could be accumulated sooner or later.
No matter how Yang Shaofeng calculated it, he felt he had lost out.
With the idea that it's better for everyone to suffer losses than for one to suffer them alone, Yang Shaofeng simply smiled and asked Zhu Biao, "May I ask Your Highness, what does His Majesty intend to do with accumulating money and grain?"
Zhu Biao sighed softly and said, "What else can we do? We can only continue the northern expedition against the Yuan dynasty."
After a slight pause, Zhu Biao added, "Hu Yuan still has considerable resources, with over a million soldiers and over a million warhorses. They could make a comeback at any time, so we must be cautious."
Ok?
If Old Deng wants to save up money and supplies to do other things, then I should at least find some entertainment for him.
But if it's about sending troops on a northern expedition, then I really can't afford to upset him.
After pondering for a moment, Yang Shaofeng carefully said, "As I just said, the border market can be opened whenever it wants."
"However, the land in the Koreans is not necessarily much better than that in Dengzhou Prefecture. In addition, the Korean gentry do nothing, so the Koreans can't produce much grain at all."
"If we want to stockpile grain, we still have to rely on those monkeys in Annam."
"And Champa."
Siam.
As Yang Shaofeng spoke, he became increasingly angry.
"Those places are fertile land where two or even three crops a year can be harvested!"
"What do those monkeys know about farming?"
"It's pitiful that the people of Dengzhou work so hard all year, only to find that the harvest they get is less than what a monkey could harvest from a handful of seeds!"
"Is there still justice?"
"Is there any more royal method?"
Seeing Yang Shaofeng getting angrier and angrier, Zhu Biao couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and advised, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, Hu Yuan, Hu Yuan is the priority. Besides, Sichuan still has the Ming-Xia separatist regime and the Jiaozhi matter. It's best to postpone it for now."
After Zhu Biao said that, Yang Shaofeng gradually calmed down.
This is really messed up.
Later generations said that Zhu Chongba set a bunch of nonsensical rules, that he didn't understand economics, that the garrison system and the hereditary system of artisans he established caused endless harm, and that his rule of not conquering any country was pure nonsense.
In reality, most of these statements are made by people who are not in the situation and don't understand the pain.
What was the situation of the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu era?
The Yuan dynasty in the north is not truly dead, and its court could launch a counterattack at any time.
In Sichuan, in the heart of Southwest China, there was a regime called Ming Xia that was in power. After Ming Yuzhen died, the ruler who succeeded him, Ming Sheng, even sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty in the third year of the Hongwu reign.
Further west, the Timurid Khanate was also eyeing the Mongol Empire. Timur, whom the European barbarians called "one of the greatest and most powerful kings of the fifteenth century, a world-renowned conqueror," was still dreaming of restoring the glory of the Mongol Empire.
Needless to say, the Koreans in Northeast China have always been known for their strong sense of loyalty to the greater good, constantly shifting between the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
In the southeastern Fujian and Zhejiang regions, both genuine and fake Japanese pirates ran rampant, causing instability in most coastal areas, including Shandong and Southern Zhili.
Although the southern countries of Jiaozhi, Siam, Champa, and Burma expressed their submission, Li Erfeng once said: "Barbarians are beasts, fearing power but not virtue. These vassal states all have a dark history of secretly seizing Ming territory during the Ming's northern expeditions."
Well, from all directions, there are either enemies or disobedient people.
Under these circumstances, what kind of economic strategies could Zhu Chongba come up with?
The ability to establish military garrisons to meet the food and supplies needs of the Northern Expedition, and to utilize the artisan household system to meet the demand for weapons, was the best possible solution in an era without an industrial base.
However, this situation ends here.
Who gave me the God's-eye view?
Yang Shaofeng smiled slightly and said to Zhu Biao, "Your Highness, do you truly want to get rid of Hu Yuan completely?"
Zhu Biao was slightly taken aback, then cupped his hands to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Please give me your guidance, brother-in-law."
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, what are the key difficulties in completely resolving Hu Yuan's situation?"
Zhu Biao considered for a moment and said, "To completely resolve the difficulties of the Hu Yuan is actually the same as the problems of the Xiongnu during the Han Dynasty and the Turks during the Tang Dynasty. The people of the grasslands are civilians in peacetime and soldiers in wartime, and their cavalry are as swift as the wind..."
Just as Zhu Biao was listing the difficulties in solving Hu Yuan's problems, Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "Your Highness has misunderstood."
Zhu Biao was slightly taken aback and asked, "Did you get it wrong?"
Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "Your Highness is referring to the difficulties in fighting Hu Yuan, but not the difficulties in completely resolving Hu Yuan's problems."
After apologizing to Zhu Biao, Yang Shaofeng returned to his study to get paper and pen, and then simply drew a few lines on the paper.
"This line represents the Great Wall."
“North of the Great Wall, the rainfall is less than that south of the Great Wall, and the land is more severely desertified and unsuitable for cultivation.”
"This is why the people of the grasslands have adopted a nomadic lifestyle."
"The most direct consequence of nomadic life is that people cannot make a living by farming like the people of the Central Plains; they can only live by following the water and grass."
"If one cannot make a living by farming, then there is no point in talking about storing grain."
"The inability to store food means the inability to cope with white disasters, black disasters, and gray disasters."
"Living by water and grass often means they can grab what they need and run away."
"Therefore, this is the real reason why nomadic peoples such as the Xiongnu, Turks, and Hu Yuan would launch large-scale raids southwards every winter."
Zhu Biao's expression was rather unpleasant.
Are the things my brother-in-law says easy to verify?
It's very easy to verify.
If you check the records of rain, snow, etc. in historical books, and then check the records of many northern tribes raiding southward, as long as the two match up, it means that my brother-in-law is right.
So here comes the real question.
Since the grasslands are not suitable for cultivation, does that mean that even if the Ming Dynasty can completely eliminate the Yuan Dynasty, it will not be able to truly occupy the grasslands for a long time?
Will a new force emerge on the grasslands in the future?
Zhu Biao became increasingly agitated as he thought about it, and after a long while, he looked at Yang Shaofeng and said, "Brother-in-law..."
Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "Your Highness, the fact that the people of the grasslands cannot make a living by farming does not mean that they do not want a stable life."