My father and my sons believe that the Great Mongol Kingdom should be based on the land in the river and follow the path of Timur the Great. After all, in today's world, it's no longer a world where the Condor Heroes can control all directions! Today's military relies first on the sharpness of guns and cannons, and then on the galloping charge of horses. However, the Mongolian grassland neither produces guns nor large horses, so it is not enough to achieve great achievements..."
In the Wansheng Hall, Zhu Cixuan, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was waiting for the cabinet ministers and five kings including Xin Wang Zhu Cixuan, Yong Wang Zhu Cifeng, Feng Wang Zhu Cican, Ying Wang Zhu Cishuo, Dun Wang Zhu Cixuan, who were about to go to the front line of the Western Expedition, as well as a "soy sauce" emperor. The man in front of him, Prince Ning Zhu Cijiong, was talking about the Western Expedition plan proposed by Zhu Cixuan.
Of course Emperor Chongzhen looked disdainful.
Nizi knows nothing, he just knows how to "change money", what is grassland? What is nomadism? Why were the nomadic Huns, Turks, and Mongols on the grasslands so powerful? Why did the settled nomadic tribes decline? He said he didn't understand the logic at all... He just knew that money could make all the difference, right?
Thinking of this, Zhu You asked the five sons who were preparing to follow him on the Western Expedition: "The second child, the fifth child, the seventh child, the eighth child, the tenth child... Do you think what the boss said makes sense?"
"Father, what the boss said makes sense." Zhu Cixuan, the old Shidun King with a loyal face, spoke first, "The Mongols have long been weakened. The four major khanates in the past were almost completely destroyed, leaving only the Golden Horde. There are still some embers of the Chagatai Khanate (the embers of the Golden Horde are Bukhara and Khiva in Central Asia, and the embers of the Chagatai Khanate are the Mughals of India), but they have long given up their nomadic past. It’s a set. It can be seen that the nomadic route has come to an end and can’t go any further.”
"Not nomadic?" Zhu Youjian asked with a smile, "What about the Mongolians in Orduo who your mother left for you? Change their profession to farming?"
"You can live in pastoralism!" Zhu Cixuan said. "Traditional pastoralism is much more stable than nomadic pastoralism, and you can also farm and herd at the same time... As long as pastoral areas and farming areas can exchange what they have, fair trade will be achieved." The benefits must be greater than nomadism.”
From a business perspective, nomadic herding is extremely inefficient!
The reason why nomadic people live in pursuit of water and grass is actually because they gather too many cattle and sheep in one place to eat pasture, so they will soon eat up all the pasture in one place, and they must move.
If concentrated nomadic herding is changed to dispersed fixed herding, the living standards of the Mongolians will be significantly improved... In fact, Zhu You sealed those Wangzhuang, Xunzhuang, and Qianhu places north of the Great Wall. , all of them are settled with farming and grazing.
Although these villages did not make much money, the life of the military households was still decent. Not only was food not a problem, but they also had enough energy to build docks, forts, and armies.
Compared with these Wangzhuang, Xunzhuang, and Qianhu, the situation of those Wanhuoerduo who still maintain a nomadic state is much worse. If Chongzhen hadn't used money from the Ming Dynasty to subsidize it, these Wanhuoerduo would have been Duo's life can no longer go on.
Zhu Cixiu's mother managed the barely-sustaining Orduo household, so of course she knew the pros and cons.
"But have you ever thought about it. Once nomadic herding is changed to fixed herding, the Mongolians will be very scattered." Zhu Youjian said, "Monan grassland can still be planted, and the population can be concentrated a little, but Mobei grassland, What about the Dongdao grassland and the Moxi grassland? And don’t you know how the Mongolians farm?
And if Mongolia's population is too scattered, can they still gather together to fight? Old Shi, your mother’s 10,000 nomadic households can pull out 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry at any time. If Dingmu is dispersed, 1,000 cavalry may not be able to be summoned quickly.
In addition, everyone knows that Dingmu is more comfortable than nomadic... Once you get used to the comfortable life of Dingmu, where can you still travel? Once the Mongols stopped moving, how could they continue to conquer this country? If they cannot carry out large-scale migration of tens of thousands of households, how much territory can they occupy with their small population? At that time, who will guard the lands in the north, northwest, and northeast? What should I do if the Rakshasa people call me? "
Chongzhen's words left Dun Wang Zhu Ciyu speechless.
From a production perspective, nomadic farming is not very efficient. But from a military perspective, it was truly the strongest system of integrating military and civilians in the cold weapon era...
"Father, times have changed!" Yongwang Zhu Cifeng suddenly took over the topic at this time, "Now we have to rely on horses and muskets to run on the grassland... How powerful is the 3,600 Xue cavalry of the second child? Compared with tens of thousands The nomadic Mongolian cavalry are easy to use. With them around, the Rakshasa people can't fight at all.
In addition, we can also protect border security by building bastions. In the extremely cold land of the north, transportation is difficult and food is scarce. Neither Rakshasa nor we can invest heavy troops, so it is difficult for both sides to conquer the other's simple fortress. "
"You..." Chongzhen already felt that something was wrong. Why did Zhu Cixuan, the tenth old man, and Zhu Cifeng, the fifth old man, agree with the traitor? They are my good sons, and they don’t have much contact with the traitor! Moreover, their mothers were both Mongolian noble concubines and were not close to Queen Zhou. When did the traitor draw them over? How come I don't know anything?
"Father," Feng Wang Zhu Cican also spoke at this time, "I also think that the Western Expedition should follow Timur's example, use the river as the foundation, and use the Qinchak grassland as the vassal screen. In this way, we can conquer Persia and conquer the If you retreat from Tianzhu, you can create a foundation in the land of the river and the Qinchak grassland... We can also get our own country to pass on to future generations!"
Treason! Treason! Chongzhen thought to himself: The boss is a traitor, the tenth child is a traitor, and you, the fifth child, are also a traitor!
Zhu Youjian said calmly: "As long as there are guns and cannons provided by Ming Dynasty, where can 360 Mongolian households go?"
"Father!" It was the turn of the camp king Zhu Cishuo to speak, "It is impossible to gather 360 Mongolian thousand households... It would be good to gather 100 thousand households. And how can these people not go to Persia and Tianzhu?" Where to go? If we want to go to Persia or Tianzhu, how can we not firmly control the river?"
Zhu Cican, the seventh child, "Eighth brother is right, no matter where we go, we must capture Hezhong!"
Two more traitors!
Chongzhen said with a cold face: "You can conquer Rakshasa!"
What? Zhu Cixiang was startled by Emperor Chongzhen's suggestion and said to himself: Father, how much you hate the Mongols! This is asking them to go to the Rakshasa Kingdom to die! Times have changed now. It is not the time of Genghis Khan and Ogedai. Now even if 360 Mongolian families are killed, it is impossible to destroy the Rakshasa.
And how slowly can 360 Mongolian households move together? By then the European coalition forces will be there.
Besides, wouldn’t it be great to take over Persia? Zhu Cihong said to himself, each brother has an oil kingdom, and his descendants will all be oil tycoons. Isn't it better than drinking the northwest wind in the Rakshasa Kingdom?
"Father!" Before Zhu Cixuan could speak, Zhu Cixuan had already spoken, "My son thought that Xijing of the Great Mongol Kingdom could only be placed in the river area at the western foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and could never be placed on the undefended Kipchak grassland. "
As the heir of the Great Khan of Mongolia, Zhu Cixuan has even more say on this issue than Zhu Cixuan. As soon as he opens his mouth, it is almost the final word!
Chongzhen was almost furious, and even Zhu Cixuan turned to his treacherous son... It would be better if this continued!
"Father," at this moment, the emperor's man spoke, "the imperial concubine has always been in charge of matters in Mongolia. Why don't you invite her here and let's listen to her opinion!"
(End of chapter)
