Li Hongbi drank tea and moistened his throat.
"Let's continue!"
"By the way, where did you just say that?"
"I know my mentor!" Xiao Xu Qin raised his hand excitedly, "Once Daning is lost, our Ming Dynasty's defense line in northern Xinjiang will be completely unbalanced. Have you ever asked Your Majesty if you have considered..."
Um...there is no need to repeat the last sentence.
When Zhu Di heard this, his face turned red and he glared at little Xu Qin fiercely.
Because, he really has not considered that this is embarrassing in front of two and a half-year-old children!
Li Hongbi laughed twice and continued in a deep voice: "If Daning is lost, the northern Xinjiang defense line will actually be finished."
"First of all, there will be a power vacuum in the land of Daning. Even if His Majesty leaves the land of Daning to the Duoyan Guards for grazing, let's take a step back. Even if the Duoyan Guards are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, Daning is vast and vast. After all, the Duoyan Guards If we don’t have enough people to fully occupy the place, what will be the result?”
There are few people in Duoyan!
Daning is vast!
What will be the result?
Zhu Di held his breath subconsciously.
"Yes, the result is that many Mongolian tribes rush to Daning to snatch this fertile pasture!"
"There are even Tatars and Oaras among these tribes, because Daning is a strategically important place, both for the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian barbarians!"
"As long as they occupy the land of Daning, they can go south to plunder and invade at any time, and harass along the Nine-Border Great Wall. This undoubtedly leaves a huge hidden danger for our Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Di's face turned pale instantly, and that scene had appeared in his mind.
The Ming Dynasty gave away the strategic location of Daning in vain, and the three Duoyan guards had just occupied Daning. The rest of the Mongolian barbarian tribes were like hungry wolves that had smelled the smell of blood. They all pupated to kill Daning and fight for it. Seize this strategic location and this fertile pasture.
In the end, regardless of whether the Duoyan Three Guards can defend Daning, the original first line of defense in northern Xinjiang created by Emperor Taizu Gao will be reduced to nothing, and those Mongolian barbarians will frequently go south to plunder!
"Then what can the court do in the face of this situation?"
"The imperial court can only adopt restraint control just like it did to appease the three guards of Duoyan, set up more barbarian guard posts, use the barbarian chiefs as commanders, and issue rewards to reduce the number of times they go south!"
"But the problem is, if the court really does this, it is not showing weakness to the Mongolian barbarians, which in turn stimulates the ambitions of the Mongolian barbarians and encourages their arrogance to continue to plunder southward!"
As soon as Zhu Di heard this, he immediately punched the desk fiercely!
"wrong!"
"Faced with this situation, I can still send troops, and I will never show weakness or compromise to the Mongolian barbarians!"
"I will send my troops to the Northern Expedition at all costs to clear Daning and the desert until they are completely defeated and crippled!"
Hearing this, Li Hongbi immediately laughed, with a very strange expression.
"Have you ever thought about how much manpower, material, and financial resources it will cost to send soldiers to garrison Daning now? How much manpower, material, and financial resources will be spent in the future when Daning becomes a paradise for barbarians and Your Majesty is angry and sends troops to launch the Northern Expedition?"
"Your Majesty, do you think it is more cost-effective to restore the capital of Daning now, or to recover Daning through the Northern Expedition in the future?"
Is this question difficult?
Not difficult.
Any fool knows how to choose!
Now the imperial court only needs to send a general and tens of thousands of garrison troops to restore Daning Dusi. The only real need for money and food is the cost of transporting grain and fodder for these garrison troops outside the Great Wall, but it is still within the acceptable range of the imperial court.
After all, during the Hongwu period, the court had always done this without any problems.
However, if the imperial court launches a large-scale Northern Expedition, the meaning will be completely different!
Just for the Northern Expedition, countless young men and women would be recruited to transport grain and grass. The cost can be imagined!
Zhu Di has always been wise, how could he not understand this relatively simple account?
Therefore, he has actually made a decision in his heart.
But Li Hongbi didn't stop yet.
"Secondly, once Daning is lost, the Ming Dynasty's first northern defense line will become the Nine Border Guards. The Ming Dynasty's defense forces will be forced to retreat to the south of the Great Wall, and they will completely lose the initiative to leave the fortress, and the Nine Borders The Great Wall will become a place where the barbarian soldiers on the grassland are pointed directly. The wars on the nine sides are raging one after another, and the barbarians are repeatedly plundering and harassing southward. The Ming Dynasty's border defense will only suffer greater pressure. At that time, the military expenditure on the nine sides alone will not be enough. Items, I’m afraid it’s a terrifying astronomical number!”
In fact, this is not Li Hongbi’s alarmist talk, but the historical truth.
Since the Battle of Tumubao, when the Oara foreign students completely destroyed the elite of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has also turned from prosperity to decline. It no longer has the power to go out to clean up Mobei. This has also made the Oara Tatars take advantage of the situation to rise, and they have been plundering and harassing the south all year round. Disturbance.
In order to fend off the Northern invaders, the Ming court had to invest heavily in money and food, focusing on guarding the northern frontier. As a result, military expenditures accounted for more than half of all fiscal expenditures in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and the highest proportion of military expenditures reached 70%. Even as many as 80%!
What is this concept?
Most of a country's taxes and finances are used for border defense construction, and only a small half is used to develop people's livelihood. It is strange that the people of Ming Dynasty do not live a miserable life!
Zhu Di's expression became extremely solemn at this moment, and he had clenched his fists at some point.
If it is true what Li Hongbi said, if he abolishes the Daning Dusi, then the Nine-sided Great Wall defense line, the Ming Dynasty will lose this strategically important area forever, and will also plant huge disasters!
But, it’s not over yet!
"Finally, perhaps your Majesty has not noticed that Daning Dusi is not only our Ming Dynasty's first line of defense against the Mongols moving south, but it is also the northern barrier against the Mongolian barbarians advancing eastward into Liaodong!"
"Once the imperial court abandons the land of Daning, the Mongolian barbarians can invade the Western Liaoning Corridor at any time. As the "head of the nine borders" of the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong region is of decisive significance to the security of the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, and the western Liaoning region with Guangning City as the core The corridor, backed by mountains and facing the sea, has undulating hills and a dangerous situation. It is an important passage to communicate with the inside and outside of Shanhaiguan. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, it has always been a must-pass for military strategists!"
"Your Majesty, why don't you just imagine that if the Western Liaoning Corridor is lost, not only will the entire Liaodong be in chaos, but barbarians from the grasslands will also be able to invade the Ming Dynasty from Shanhaiguan. Counterattacking the Central Plains will no longer be just a lie..."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
Zhu Di stood up suddenly in shock, and the entire northern Xinjiang defense map appeared in his mind.
Abolish Daning Dusi!
Daning has become a paradise for grassland barbarians!
They can't go south to plunder, because the Ming army has strengthened the nine-border defense line!
What would the prairie barbarians do?
Head southeast into Liaodong!
The situation in Liaodong is already complicated, and there are still a large number of Mongolian and Jurchen barbarians in the territory!
If according to what Li Hongbi said, the imperial court handed over Daning to the grassland barbarians, then Liaodong would lose this northern barrier, and the Liaoxi Corridor would face the threat of foreign barbarians. If there is a slight mistake, the Ming Dynasty may even lose the entire Liaodong. land!
Your mother is here to help!
I almost listened to that bitch Xie Jin’s slander and laid a huge hidden danger for the Ming Dynasty!
Seeing Zhu Di's expression, Li Hongbi thought he should have understood, so he stopped irritating him.
"Your Majesty, the capital of Daning is closely related to the rise and fall of our Ming Dynasty. We must not abandon it here, let alone give it to the three guards of Duoyan!"
"Yi Di are beasts. They know small etiquette but no great righteousness, stick to trivial matters but have no great virtue. They pay attention to trivial matters but despise integrity. They are afraid of power but not virtuous. The strong will be robbers and bandits, and the weak will be humble. They are not of my race. Their mentality You must be different, and you will never feel grateful to me, the Ming Dynasty!"
"Therefore, I sincerely request your Majesty to think twice before taking action on the matter of Daning Dusi!"
"Whoever proposes to abolish Liaodong Dusi, kill his entire family as a warning to others!"
