"Send an order to Sun Chuanting to send 100,000 Annan troops to sail northward."
"Pass the order..."
In the imperial study room, Zhu Youjian issued an order to mobilize troops according to the plan.
"Your Majesty, a 300,000-strong army will consume at least 600,000 kilograms of food every day. I just checked and according to the current situation in the capital, it can only last for half a month at most." Lu Xiangsheng said.
"Doesn't the national treasury of Nuo Da's capital only have less than 20 million kilograms of grain?"
Zhu Youjian asked curiously.
"Your Majesty, I just checked with the Minister of Household Affairs and found that there are still 40 million kilograms of grain in the national treasury, of which 20 million kilograms cannot be used casually."
Lu Xiangsheng said.
As Minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Xiangsheng was naturally able to open up territories in the Ming Dynasty and continuously win battles.
But fighting a war also depends on national conditions!
Before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first. If there is no food and grass, it will be a slap in the face.
"As for food, you don't have to worry, I will find a way to deal with it."
Although he knew he could make it, Zhu Youjian didn't expect that the treasury would be so clean.
A country's treasury only has less than 40 million kilograms of grain and grass. Even if you drink porridge every day, it will only be enough for people in the capital for half a month.
If something happens to such a reserve, the consequences will be disastrous.
This is true for the capital, the center of a country, but the food reserves in other places are estimated to be even worse.
"Go and find the Minister of the Ministry of Finance."
Zhu Youjian pointed at the little eunuch beside him and said.
"Your Majesty, what weapons do those servants use?"
"There are so many swords, bows, arrows, and armors that the army has retired over the years. Let's give them to these servants."
The worst equipment of the current regular army of the Ming Dynasty is the flintlock musket. The flintlock musket equipped by the Ming Dynasty army has the closest range of more than a hundred steps.
In addition, Ming Dynasty's guns were equipped with bayonets, which resulted in a large number of cold weapons retired by Ming Dynasty. Even the iron armor has retreated a lot.
Rather than letting these things sit in the warehouse and gathering dust, it is better to take them out to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the servant army.
"Will this cause the servants to resist?" Lu Xiangsheng said.
There are countless examples of failed battles in history due to the betrayal of servant armies.
In April of the tenth year of Tianbao (751), the Tang army fought with the Arab army. It was because of the sudden rebellion of the Qarluq troops that the Tang army was defeated.
If 200,000 servants rebel during a war. It is not impossible for Ming Dynasty to fail.
"Don't worry, let's not talk about the family members of these servants in our hands. Do they dare to rebel?
Let’s just say that most of the generals in these servant armies are our people. Even if they rebel, there will be early warning.
Even if there is no warning, the equipment of these soldiers, even if they suddenly rebel, it will not change the situation of the war. "
Zhu Youjian said confidently.
Although Lu Xiangsheng was very capable, he still underestimated the power of thermal weapons due to the limitations of the times.
Soldiers with hot weapons are overwhelming to soldiers with cold weapons.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty was crushed by the Jiannu before was because of problems with equipment and training.
Just Ming’s current equipment and training. If that happens again, everyone should die to apologize.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue asks for an audience." A young eunuch quickly entered the imperial study room and saluted Zhu Youjian.
"Xuan".
"His Majesty..."
"Excuse me, does the national treasury only have 40 million catties of grain?"
Seeing that the other party was about to salute, Zhu Youjian exempted him from the salute and asked hurriedly.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Now the autumn harvest has begun in the surrounding areas. At this time, the 40 million kilograms of grain in the national treasury is already the highest in history."
Replied by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
"Is it the same in other prefectures and counties?" Zhu Youjian asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty. In the few years since Your Majesty has been on the throne, the granaries in various places still have some food at this time, otherwise they would have been empty by this time."
"There should be no problems with granaries everywhere."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, there will be no problem."
"Notice further, although the prefectures and cities under the jurisdiction of Beizhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong have two years to expand their grain depots to be able to hold 5 million shi of grain, each county must ensure that within two years, The grain depot was expanded to be able to hold 600,000 stones."
(Note: In ancient times, the building for storing grain was called a warehouse, and the building for storing rice was called a barn. To facilitate everyone’s understanding, it is written as a granary)
"Your Majesty, why is this? As far as I know, in every county across the country, in addition to the government granaries, the Qiming Chamber of Commerce has at least one large granary that can store 100,000 shi of grain.
There are no provinces in Beizhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong, and each county has no less than two grain depots that can accommodate 50,000 shi of grain.
And it is said that each Qiming Chamber of Commerce's grain depot must retain 5,000 stones of grain and grass for emergency needs.
In this situation, even if there is another disaster in Ming Dynasty,
There shouldn't be any problems with the Qiming Chamber of Commerce here. "
"Qiming Chamber of Commerce is Qiming Chamber of Commerce. Although it is my property, it represents the imperial court.
Moreover, the 50,000 stone granary is still too small. Even if the two in the north are combined, one county can only store 100,000 stone of grain.
If a county has 100,000 shi of grain, it will only be enough to meet an emergency. If something happens, it will be difficult. "Zhu Youjian said.
"Your Majesty, could it be that another natural disaster is about to occur in the northern counties?" the Minister of Household Affairs asked with slight confusion.
"The son is silent, and the strange power confuses the gods." Although it is widely rumored among the people that His Majesty is the reincarnation of Ziweixing, and even miracles have appeared many times,
However, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance had to study hard for ten years. I don’t believe in ghosts and gods from the bottom of my heart.
But His Majesty is an exception. The exception here is not that His Majesty performs miracles from time to time, but that His Majesty does not believe in gods and Buddhas at all.
Not only that, although His Majesty spends money lavishly, he has never spent it carelessly.
His Majesty ordered the northern counties to repair their granaries within two years. Doesn’t it mean that there will be problems in the north of the Ming Dynasty in two years?
"Yes and no, in four years' time, the Ming Dynasty will go through a trial. Beizhili, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong will all have droughts for more than five consecutive years. The center of the drought area is Henan Province, and the drought will reach The drought will last for 7 years and will reach its peak in the 13th year of Chongzhen. In the early stage of the drought, there will be drought in the north and floods in the south. In the later stage, it will become drought in the north and south.
If handled improperly, Ming Dynasty will lose its power. "
Zhu Youjian said.
The few people in front of him are his confidants. Next, the transformation of the imperial court will require the full help of all ministers. Zhu Youji decided to speak out after thinking about it again and again. After all, if these people cause trouble for him, he will suffer. People all over the world.
"Your Majesty, who did you listen to? I'm going to kill him now."
Lu Xiangsheng said.
Natural and man-made disasters are determined by God, how can mortals easily know? It would be fine if there were signs, but now the weather is good in Ming Dynasty. If it is said that in four years there will be a drought in Ming Dynasty that can last for five years, who would believe it.
