172 Blowing sand and walking thousands of miles (5)
Sun Chuanting stood beside the crown prince, Wu Qizhi's right, and inspected the seized spoils. He had a brief confusion after leaving Xi'an. He heard that Feng Shi Kong Huang Jiong and others had a brief loss of consciousness after their death, but now he has adjusted his mind and has completely stood by the crown prince.
He felt that he was not old and still had the passion to redeem the world, and could not give up, and ended up with a regrettable and sad reputation. In the world, the only one who could save him from the death penalty of losing his troops and land was the crown prince. As he lived with the crown prince for a long time, Sun Chuanting rekindled the highest goal in the hearts of every Confucian scholar: to the king, Yao and Shun, and to make the people more peaceful.
Since Du Fu wrote this sentence, countless passionate Confucian scholars hoped to achieve such political ambitions. Although they were mixed with ambitious people who steal power, they could not completely deny all Confucians by generalizing. Whether it was Hai Rui who scolded Jiajing or even those who were not the king's scholars, they actually hoped to "reach the king Yao and Shun" in their hearts, but their methods and thoughts were more extreme.
Fifty is the peak age of a central assistant minister. Too young is lacking in stability and experience. If he is older, he will be weak in energy. After Sun Chuanting walked out of the shadow of life, he returned to this peak state. He stood firm and his perspective of considering problems naturally changed, and he took the East Palace as the starting point everywhere.
"First solve whether there is anything, then you can say whether it is good or not." Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Ma Zheng is really a pain point in the Ming Dynasty. He used to buy horses from the Mongols. The Mongols sold those weak and inferior horses to us, so that the horses of the official army were never as good as those of the Mongols. Even the border soldiers were like this, but the horses that supplied the mainland were eliminated again and followed each other. How could the horses of the Ming Dynasty be better?"
"What Governor Sun said," Zhu Cilang nodded. "But there is an exception here."
"Oh?" Sun Chuanting was stunned.
"Nanhaizi." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Before the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the nine sides still had to submit good horses to the Imperial Horses to wait for use. These tribute horses were all good horses, and there were many divine horses. I remember that last year I went to Nanhaizi with my father to ride and shoot, and the eunuchs there said there were no less than two hundred horses."
Nanhaizi was called Feifangbo in the Yuan Dynasty. It originated from the Yuanting training Haidongqing to catch birds and small animals in this area covered with rivers. In order to make Haidongqing rest, the feathers that were wet with sweat, frost and dew, Yuanting specially built an eagle drying platform. It still exists today.
After Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, the hunting grounds in the Yuan Dynasty dozens of times in the 12th year of Yongle. In the third year of Xuande, the imperial court deployed troops to repair the Nanhaizi wall, bridge and earthen walls for more than 120 miles, and four Haizi gates were opened around it. At the same time, a hip palace, two admiral offices were built, personnel were sent to manage, and a "haihu" was set up to guard it.
When the soldiers lacked horses to fight, there were groups of good horses galloping in the outer garden of the royal family. This was not because Chongzhen was stingy and reluctant to give it to him. He really didn't expect such a small node. Even Zhu Cilang thought about cavalry as early as the beginning of his time travel. Artillery was the two bayonets of the future Emperor Ming, but without practice, he ignored the rich resource reserves behind him.
"Remember it! Nanhaizi's horse tribe and Haihu are going to move away together." Zhu Cixuan was afraid that he would forget too much, so he quickly summoned Tian Cunshan.
Sun Chuanting did not know the "prison plan" between the crown prince and Wu Qian, and couldn't help but say curiously: "Where is Your Highness moving to?"
"Shandong." Zhu Cilang did not proclaim it loudly, nor did he deliberately keep it secret, and he was plain and simple.
"Shandong?" Sun Chuanting was a little stunned for a moment. If Beijing could not be kept, it should go to Nanjing. What should I do to Shandong?
"Duke Sun thought, where else can I go besides Shandong?" Wu Qing smiled and inserted it in.
Sun Chuanting instantly swept the geography in his mind. The northwest has never been a grain-producing land. Since the collapse of China and France, the entire military rations on the nine borders have been relied on the south. During the Wanli period of Jiajing, Jiangnan had abandoned fields and mulberry plants, and the grain itself was not self-sufficient, and it was also a blessing that "Huguang is mature and the world is sufficient." The country did not experience great turmoil.
If the crown prince had to have a territory that he had the final say, it would be obvious that the three places of Qin, Jin and Zhao were absolutely unavailable and could not be defended. Moreover, the Qin land is owned by Li Zicheng now, and if he could snatch it from him, the crown prince would not have to consider "his own territory".
What about Huguang? That is the world's granary. Huguang soldiers can be considered good at fighting.
Sun Chuanting immediately smiled bitterly. If Zhang Xianzhong was so easy to deal with, would Zuo Liangyu still sit and watch someone sleep soundly beside him? It should be noted that Zuo Liangyu no longer needs to raise a bandit and respect himself. He and Liao Town are actually vassal states in the late Tang Dynasty. The difference between him and Li Chuang and Huanghu was only the only difference between changing the flag and establishing politics and establishing politics.
Shaanxi Huguang was defeated by the enemy, and the only available land in the world was Sichuan, Shandong, and Jiangnan. Sun Chuanting thought to himself: Sichuan cannot be reached. With the number of troops in the East Palace, one less death will be the only one after entering Sichuan. After entering Sichuan, the chieftain Yi and Qiang will not be able to handle it. At that time, Li Zicheng was attacked from Hanzhong and Zhang Xianzhong from Jingmen, and there was no place to escape.
So there are really only Jiangnan and Shandong that can be used.
Sun Chuanting finally couldn't figure out why the Eastern Palace chose Shandong. He asked Wu Qing: "Old sir, the Eastern Palace army can only fight 5,000 now, and the Qin soldiers trained are only 20,000. Once a battle may cause damage to the muscles and bones, or even a slump. Shandong's terrain should be attacking rather than defending, so why not set up a guard according to the river?"
Wu Qi shook his head and said, "If you discuss the battle and defense, Shandong is indeed far inferior to Jiangnan. If you discuss the hearts of the people, Jiangnan will be dead."
In terms of military strategy, Sun Chuanting must have surpassed Wu Qi, who had never been to the battle formation in person. However, when it comes to people's hearts, Sun Chuanting could not catch up with Wu Qi even if he beats up.
Seeing that Sun Chuanting was puzzled, Wu Qi was worried that this doubt would be exaggerated, and eventually shook the prince's determination. He took the opportunity to analyze it carefully: "Every inch of land in Jiangnan is valuable. If Your Highness arrives in Jiangnan, how can he support his soldiers? Buy land? There is not so much silver and grain. Confiscated? The Jiangnan family has been married for many lifetimes, and they will prosper and lose. How can they offend?"
As long as one is confiscated, other families will naturally unite. They open the door to offer the city during wars, and resist rent and taxes on weekdays. Stolen information is a trivial matter. It is more likely that under their resistance, they cannot even buy food and cloth, and even lead to market collapse. If the conflicts are further intensified, these powerful families will move to the Tuzhai in the mountains, guard the anti-arms, and wait for the "king army". At that time, they will be really trapped and killed.
Even if you get Jiangnan, it will be a wasteland. No matter who it is, you will not give the East Palace this time to sweep Jiangnan. Not to mention rebuilding Jiangnan, it is a difficult task to find a scholar without the support of Shilin. How can you talk about reconstruction? In ancient times, there have been many people who sell their country and seek honor, but there are few people who betray their families. They expect someone to destroy their relatives for the sake of justice and harm their families. That is really a lucky person, and it is not worthy of being a guide for the country.
"Going to Jiangnan is to seize food from the tiger's mouth, but going to Shandong is not the case." Wu Yan said again: "Shandong has been swept several times, and the wealthy families have been destroyed and their power is very weak. Moreover, they are entrenched in Shandong, and the Eastern Palace is the gateway to Nanjing. The silver and grain in Jiangnan must be sent continuously to avoid local turmoil and destroy the family's own way of life.
Secondly, if the court crossed south, another major case would inevitably be launched. Speaking of which, you, Mr. Sun, are both guilty. Can you let Your Highness join the party dispute for us?"
"Take a step back," Zhu Cilang said, "As a son of man, I naturally have to guard the gate for my king and father. Nanjing still needs to be in charge."
Sun Chuanting nodded and said yes, the banner of "Supreme Emperor" cannot fall anyway.
Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "It seems that Sun Duke also agreed to the Eastern Palace to establish itself first and Xu Tu recovered."
"Your Highness," Sun Chuanting immediately stated, "During the Warring States Period, Li Mu was able to strengthen the border and destroy the Xiongnu, but entered the prime minister of Handan but was betrayed by villains. This is not because of the lack of resources and abilities, but it is really a horse of a thousand miles that cannot be used in the room. For Your Highness, this is exactly the case.
Moreover, in the chaotic times, the Liao and the left vassal states were established, and the eastern enemy peeked outside the pass, and the bandits were rampant in the west. It was like a serious illness that should not save them with tiger and wolf medicine. Your Highness should be good at treating the whole place, and use this as the foundation and then restore the north and south."
Zhu Cilang was happy in his heart and smiled and said, "Du Sun said so much!"
Chapter completed!