First Prince of Ming Dynasty

If you want to destroy a country, you must first destroy its history; if you want to destroy its clan, you must first destroy its culture; if you want to destroy its roots, you must first defile its heroes.

The rise and fall of a country or a nation, the strength of the economy is never the decisive factor, the decisive factor is the ideology formed by the history and culture of the country and nation.

To subvert a country, one must first deconstruct its history, destroy the heroes who supported its vast history, and make them lose their cultural confidence and yearn for other things.

This kind of thing is easy to do but difficult to do. Fortunately, Zhu Biao has long been prepared for a protracted war, and it is even more fortunate that Daming is still at the forefront of the century and has sufficient civilization assimilation capabilities.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything about Zhu Biao's stunned effort. His son has been like this since he was a child, and he thinks a lot. This is a good thing, and it's better than heartless.

After a while, Zhu Biao came back to his senses and said to his father: "Since it is inevitable, why not let Tianbaonu call up all the troops to attack Oirat now, anyway, Tianbaonu is backed by the Yanyun defense line, it is impossible to win, but it is impossible to lose." Easy, left and right can consume some Mongolian combat power."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "It's not that easy. There are only tens of thousands of people in Tianbaonu. Without the support of the Tatar kings, there is no force to attack Yesudieer. What's more, we need to provide food and grass."

"However, Tianbaonu's troops are not consumed. How will they arrange them after winter? If they are placed in our Daming territory, they will be cavalry that come and go like the wind, and accidents will happen."

Daming's original plan was to train the Tianbaonu Department to become the defense line of the Ming Dynasty's border, but now their strength is very embarrassing, neither strong nor weak, and they still have a certain combat power.

If they were allowed to use shields to resist the Mongolian attack when the white plague came, they would be defeated within two days, and it would not be surprising that they would even surrender on a large scale, after all, they were a family.

In that case, all Ming's investment in Tianbaonu would be in vain, and it would also lose Tianbaonu's political role as the orthodox successor of the Mongolian Khan, and the gains outweigh the losses.

If it is placed within the defensive perimeter of Daming, it is also prone to problems. Although the generals under Tianbaonu are all descendants of Tuo Gusi Timur, there must be traitors inserted by Ye Sudieer, and they will never is one or two.

Tuogusi Timur, a dignified Mongolian Khan, was attacked and killed by the Yesudieer Qing Army. It is unreasonable to say that there was no cooperation between the inside and the outside.

If these people were placed behind the Ming Dynasty's defensive border, they would just ignore their heads, and the ending of chrysanthemums everywhere could be foreseen now.

In addition to the young and strong who can fight on horseback, there are not a small number of tribal herdsmen under Tianbaonu's command. How to house these people for the winter is also a problem.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and pinched the center of his eyebrows. He knew how many people in the Ming Dynasty were still struggling with hunger, so how could he take food from them to feed foreigners.

It’s just that these people have surrendered to Daming in name, if they ignore it, it’s tantamount to pushing them back to Wala, and I’ll eliminate the source of the chaos.

Zhu Biao still persuaded: "Father, there is no solution to the internal problem. We can only seek externalization. Looking at the situation in Mongolia, even if the white disaster does not come this year, they will definitely invade Daming to consume the population. In this case Why don't we act earlier."

"The Tianbao slaves will cooperate with Li Wenzhong to plunder livestock on the grassland. There is no need to fight head-on with the Oala Tatars. They just need to plunder resources as much as possible. There is no law of coming and going like the wind. Even if there is an inside ghost, there is no way to know the marching route."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, but silently pondered over the pros and cons. The commander will never just focus on the immediate interests. What he wants to see is whether the possible consequences of such actions are in line with Daming's interests, and whether the benefits are worth what he has to pay. the price.

Zhu Biao didn't mention military matters after that. He knew that although he had led the army, he was nothing compared to Zhu Yuanzhang. He just gave a suggestion. He believed in Zhu Yuanzhang's military talent.

Zhu Biao turned his mind back to the Tea Horse Division. Since the white disaster may come, the tea and salt trade will naturally not go smoothly. Although it is the best time to earn profits, Zhu Biao is not a businessman, so it is impossible to cause national disaster fiscal.

He couldn't sit on the Gold and Silver Mountain and watch the Oala Tatar army attack Daming while drinking tea and eating food stewed in an iron pot. All plans would be temporarily delayed.

With a wave of his hand, Liu Jin in the distance hurried over and bowed to obey orders. Zhu Biao ordered: "Go to the Tea Horse Department, ask Su Zhi to stop transporting tea to the north, and clear the amount of tea that has already started to be transported. Tomorrow Send the account to the East Palace."

Liu Jin backed out as promised, and Zhu Biao shook his head in annoyance. Although it had nothing to do with the overall situation, it was also depressing that the plan was inexplicably hit by the sky.

Zhu Yuanzhang had made up his mind at this time, looked at his depressed son and said with a smile: "There is no need to worry about such a trivial matter. Tea and salt are always what Mongolia asks for. Let's talk about it after the spring."

Zhu Biao nodded, but suddenly felt that he had nothing to do. Because of Hu Weiyong's relationship, he had to withdraw from the court, so he shifted his energy to the economic side, thinking about using the capital monopolized by the court to earn silver for future issuance Banknotes, the establishment of the National Bank.

Thinking about building a general economic structure before the great voyage, so that we can smoothly collect the world's wealth, earn huge profits to support the development of Ming Dynasty, and maintain a technological and cultural leadership that transcends the times.

But now it seems that it will be delayed for a year or two. The white disaster plus the war, whether it is Oara or Tatar population reduction is an inevitable situation. If there are fewer people, it means that the market is smaller. The tea, salt and iron pot needed Naturally, there will be fewer other objects.

In fact, now is the best time to start trade. The herdsmen are also anticipating the impending disaster. At this time, they will not be stingy with the money in their hands, and they will not be able to take the money with them when they die.

If gold and silver can be exchanged for food such as tea and food that can provide calories in winter, they will definitely snap it up regardless of the cost. Even if Zhu Biao increases the price several times, they will not be able to stop their madness.

Zhu Biao has many reasons to continue the trade, and he is confident that he can convince the ministers in the court. After all, even if the herdsmen get some tea and salt, it is impossible to break through the Ming Dynasty's defense line, but Zhu Biao, as the prince of the country, cannot play a bad role.

The prince sold tea and salt before the war, so it doesn't matter if they sell some food, iron cavalry, firearms, anyway, Mongolia can't beat us, it's nothing more than the death of those stinky mounds in the frontier army.

Now Zhu Biao not only wants to stop the trade plan, but also vigorously crack down on the caravans who dared to secretly smuggle supplies to the grassland at this time, investigate the officials and nobles behind them, and kill chickens to make an example to monkeys!

What Zhu Biao could think of, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally thought of it at this time and asked casually: "Who do you think should be sent to the north to take charge of this matter, Mao Xiang or Yushitai's Yushi?"

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