Obviously, Yu Qian has not been idle these days.
These words must have been confirmed by on-site inspection and confirmation.
Zhu Qiyu already knew about these situations in his previous life. Now that he was reborn, there was no change in the general direction, so he was not too surprised and continued to ask.
"How are the grain and grass reserves in the capital?"
As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first.
Although we are holding fast this time, food and grass are also the top priority. If we are cut off from food and grass again, the real disaster will come!
Hearing this, a hint of approval flashed across Yu Qian's eyes.
In his opinion, the biggest reason for the imperial court's defeat at the hands of Tumu was that the logistical supplies were cut off by Ola.
Otherwise, 200,000 officers and soldiers would not be fighting like this.
As soon as the King of Tao opened his mouth, he asked the capital about the grain and grass reserves, which showed that he was not completely ignorant of soldiers.
Yu Qian said: "I and Minister Shen of the Ministry of Revenue have also taken stock of the national treasury. Since the emperor's personal expedition has cost a lot of money, our capital now has about 1.1 million shi of grain. The summer grain has just been harvested in various places and will be transferred to the capital in the near future. There are 400,000 stones, and Jingwei Tundou has more than 23,000 stones."
"not enough!"
Zhu Qiyu frowned and said decisively.
These grains are enough to maintain the capital's daily expenses, but if there is a war, it will definitely not be enough.
What's more, with the tens of thousands of remaining soldiers in the capital camp, it is impossible to defend the capital.
It's for sure to mobilize troops from other places!
Since we need to mobilize troops, the first thing to solve is the problem of food and grass.
In the final analysis, it was because so many people were involved in this personal expedition that the imperial court almost devoted all its efforts to support the personal expedition.
The treasury's little foundation was basically wiped out by the disaster.
What's more, although the imperial court collects summer and autumn grains twice a year, most of them are in autumn grains, and the amount of summer grains is only about one-fifth of autumn grains.
So even if there is summer grain that has just been transferred, it is not enough.
After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu said.
"How is the situation in Tongzhou warehouse?"
Up to now, the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty are mainly in kind such as grain and cloth.
However, not all the grain collected from various places was transferred to the capital, but to the nearby official warehouses in various places.
As a rule, only grain from Shandong, Henan, and Zhili will be transferred to Jingcang.
Under normal circumstances, if it is autumn grain, it will usually be close to four million dan, and Jingcang cannot store so much grain.
Therefore, during the Xuande period, the late emperor ordered that all summer and autumn grains transferred to the capital be stored separately, with 40% of them stored in the capital warehouse and the other 60% in the Tongzhou warehouse.
So if you want to adjust grain, the nearest one is Tongzhou warehouse.
Yu Qian replied: "In this emperor's personal expedition, the first priority is to transfer grain from Jingcang. Tongzhou warehouse still has a surplus. In addition, Tongzhou warehouse transfers summer grain earlier than the capital. Half a month ago, 600,000 stones were put into the warehouse. Now the number of grains and grass in reserve is, There should be more than 1.8 million stones."
At this point, Yu Qian paused for a moment, with a hint of embarrassment on his face and said.
"However, it will take some time to transfer from Tongzhou to the capital. Our grain dispatching officers and troops have not stocked up a large number of chariots and horses. I am afraid that it will be difficult to transfer in large quantities for a while."
"It doesn't matter..."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said.
"You can order Shuntian Prefecture and Tongzhou Prefecture to recruit private carriages and horses to transport grain, and order the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate silver and pay the people according to the amount of transportation."
After a pause, Zhu Qiyu said again.
"In addition, starting from September, the salary, rice and grain required by all civil and military officials in the capital will be drawn from Tongzhou Granary. The granary in the capital is only for the use of officials, soldiers and civilians."
These were all discussed by Zhu Qiyu in his previous life with officials from the Ministry of War. Yu Qian was a little surprised when he said them now.
He did think about these measures, but the time was too short and he had not had time to form a formal plan.
But I never thought that Prince Tan would bring it up first.
Both sides had the same idea, so Yu Qian nodded in agreement.
"What the prince said is true. After I return, I will jointly submit a report with the Ministry of Household Affairs and implement it as soon as possible."
"Um……"
Zhu Qiyu nodded and continued.
"Other than that, the capital does not have many reserves of weapons and armor, but there is a large weapons warehouse in Nanzhili. I remember that the total number of weapons and armor is about 1.3 million pieces. 800,000 pieces, so Nanzhili can be transferred to Beijing quickly."
"Also, although our army suffered heavy casualties during this civil war, there should be a large amount of weapons and baggage left on the passes and battlefields. We can order the guards at each pass to gather the remaining troops while gathering them. All available weapons and armor will be sent to the capital."
Yu Qian looked up at Zhu Qiyu in surprise.
If the questions he had just asked about Liangcao had given him a deeper understanding of King Xi, then what Zhu Qiyu said now made him even more surprised.
You know, Nanzhili does have a huge weapons reserve, after all, it was originally the capital.
In fact, there were originally some in the capital, but when more than 200,000 troops went out to fight, they were basically used as army equipment.
What surprised Yu Qian was that King Tan actually knew the specific reserve quantity of Nanzhili.
You know, this is a confidential matter. Even in the court, not many people know about it.
Is it possible...
Yu Qian thought for a while and continued.
"Your Majesty, the core of the capital's defense lies in combatable officers and soldiers. Now that there are too few combatable officers and soldiers in the capital, it will definitely be difficult to maintain for a long time. The Ministry of War has discussed in the past few days that 40,000 grain transport officers and soldiers stationed along the canal can be deployed to the two capitals and Henan. We will prepare an army of 60,000 troops in other places, and we will go to the capital together to prepare for the capital camp."
Zhu Qiyu nodded and said immediately.
"Well, yes, but the Bei Cao Army is a reserve officer army after all. It has not been trained enough and has insufficient combat power. I remember that there are more than 50,000 Japanese troops in Shandong and other places. Most of them are familiar with war. Thirty thousand can be mobilized to Beijing. Zhuang Our capital camp’s combat strength.”
This is also based on experience in previous lives.
The Bei Cao Army, as its name suggests, is the second-line army used by the Ming Dynasty as a reserve army.
Over the years, military equipment has been depleted. Even the soldiers in the Beijing camp have not practiced every day. It is even more conceivable that the quality of the military preparations has been improved.
In contrast, although the Japanese troops were accustomed to naval battles, they had fought in battles and seen blood, so their combat effectiveness was much higher.
In the previous life, the Japanese army was also a major force in the defense of the capital.
So Zhu Qiyu said it without much thought, but as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Yu Qian's eyes changed when he looked at him, and he seemed to be a little more guarded and vigilant.
"How does the prince know that there are more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers?"
Yu Qian stared at Zhu Qiyu with burning eyes and spoke harshly.
Zhu Qiyu realized in an instant that he was not facing his most trusted minister Yu Qian, but Yu Qian, the imperial minister of war.
The system of preparing Japanese troops was special. Because there were many Japanese pirates along the coast, most of the time, Japanese troops were prepared to operate separately in small groups. Therefore, the total number of Japanese troops was also a secret of the imperial court.
Although ministers with slightly higher status basically know something about it, as an idle prince, Zhu Qiyu was able to casually reveal such sensitive secrets, which obviously exceeded his duties as a prince...
