Chapter 33 Various Problems in Nanjing
Now the situation is no longer whether Zhu Yunwen wants to hear it or not, but that he must listen.
What Fu Youde said is the limit of mountains and rivers.
It is the natural dangers of the Yellow River and Taihang Mountains that serve as defensive barriers to delay the attack from the north.
As far as the north is concerned, there is no Yanshan Mountain. The second line of defense against the attacks of northern nomads is the Yellow River.
Not to mention that with Shanxi in hand, it can protect Shaanxi and enable the Shanxi army to fight out from behind enemy lines. The entire strategic situation seems to be defensive, but it is actually conducive to offense.
As long as we stabilize this situation and wait until the military strength is restored in the future, we can then launch a massive counterattack, march out of Taihang and attack Hebei. The southern army is marching all the way north. As long as we capture the Hebei area, the Japanese will become a rootless tree and have no source. of water.
After all, the grassland is in the hands of King Yan, and now King Yan obeys Beijing, but Beijing has fallen.
King Yan is aware of current affairs.
Generally speaking, Fu Youde admitted that the Nanjing Army is currently at a disadvantage, but in the long run, Nanjing's capital is still very rich. But the premise is that Zhu Yunwen recognizes the facts and doesn't mess around.
Even to an extreme point, Fu Youde believes that the biggest problem in the world today is not in the north, but within the palace wall. Yes, it is Zhu Yunwen.
This is a feeling Fu Youde has never had before.
When he was taking orders under Zhu Yuanzhang, although he was overwhelmed by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang had a sharp vision and was even better than Fu Youde. He was able to accept good advice. Even if he had any problems, he would speak out directly without any messy words. means.
But now, Fu Youde feels very tired.
It’s not because Beijing is difficult to deal with.
Although Beijing is difficult to deal with, it is far from desperate.
After all, Fu Youde has experienced hundreds of battles. He has won battles, chased people to the north, killed generals and captured the flag in battles, lost battles, suffered landslides and tsunamis, fled for his life alone, and encountered situations where the wind roared, cranes and trees were all deserted.
We have seen strong winds and waves, but where is the situation today? It was far from the point where Fu Youde felt it was irreversible.
However, if you are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, you are afraid of teammates who are like pigs. If this teammate is your boss, it will be even worse. If this boss still has a weak boss who cannot suppress all forces, it will be even worse.
Fu Youde encountered such a thing.
Because Zhu Yunwen lacks confidence and is worried that his position is unstable, he will deal with whoever is stronger below?
Because of this, when Fu Youde wants to do something, most of his thoughts will be on the court battle. A very ordinary thing becomes very difficult.
Zhu Yunwen probably didn't feel anything.
He actually didn't know that his tendency was felt by many officials. Then it will become layer upon layer of coding.
Zhu Yunwen probably felt that the Fu family had too much power and needed to be restricted. Go to the next level and check out the Fu family's affairs. Then go to the next level and pay special attention to everything about the Fu family and find faults. Go to the next level and look for problems with the Fu family. Finally, find ways to find problems with the Fu family. If there are no problems, create problems. The Fu family will definitely rebel.
Then it was fed back to Zhu Yunwen layer by layer.
Finally, what does Zhu Yunwen think? It doesn't matter anymore.
Because the Fu family has been defeated by everyone.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew deeply what a bureaucracy was. But Zhu Yunwen may not know it in his heart. In other words, Zhu Yunwen also knew it. But Zhu Yunwen knew better that the entire huge bureaucracy was actually an extension of his imperial power.
He couldn't just chop at his own limbs.
Just like when He Xi attacks the Liaodong faction, he must also pay attention to propriety. Otherwise, you will break your own arm.
The relationship between a politician and the supporting forces behind him is the key to determining whether he is a politician or an ordinary political figure.
But at this moment, Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to agree.
When Fu Youde saw this, he just poured out beans in a bamboo tube and said everything, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of intervening in Fujian's maritime affairs, but the customs
Taxation is the top priority of the imperial court, and now money is being used in all aspects. Your Majesty, please think carefully about the war in Fujian. Moreover, I am also worried that if the war at sea does not end, the northern thieves will raise troops at sea. "
Fu Youde's words made Zhu Yunwen feel even more uncomfortable.
Since the war in the southeast went smoothly for King Jingjiang, Zhu Yunwen naturally arranged for the people around him to be trained and experienced.
Cultivating his direct lineage in the military has always been what Zhu Yunwen did.
Everything was going well. King Jingjiang was defeated. Zhu Yunwen's people were promoted due to their military exploits and even controlled maritime trade, which brought Zhu Yunwen a lot of income.
Yes. The income of the imperial court is the imperial court's money, and the imperial court's money is all arranged. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the court's money was not much different from his own. Zhu Yuanzhang lived a simple life, and when he had money, he spent it on the court, which was nothing at all.
Therefore, the palace's private income is very small.
But Zhu Yunwen is different.
It's not that Zhu Yunwen's life is much more luxurious than Zhu Yuanzhang's.
Yes, Zhu Yunwen is not as simple as Zhu Yuanzhang, but how much does one person spend? Zhu Yunwen did not overhaul the palace, wine ponds and meat forests. Not much.
However, Zhu Yunwen needs extra money to give his followers extra benefits.
This is the difference between Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order. If the people below dare not to carry out the order, they will raise their heads to see him. Zhu Yunwen must have additional means, and even for some civil servants and military leaders, he must use various means, including money, although it is not just money.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen must be rich.
Maritime affairs were taken into Zhu Yunwen's hands as one of his sources of wealth.
Fu Youde has never paid attention to this aspect before. It's not that he doesn't pay attention, or he doesn't know. But know not to cross the line. Fu Youde has taken power, and the army in his hands accounts for almost half of all the troops in Nanjing.
In this case, you are still dictating the emperor's power in the army.
What are you thinking about? Or what are you going to do?
It's just that Fu Youde can no longer bear the war at sea.
Fu Youde had fought in Japan. He actually understands Beijing’s maritime advantages very well. The biggest advantage here is actually not the advantage of ships, but the advantage of shipbuilding. To be honest, the largest number of ships on the sea is in the southeast.
However, the shipbuilding industry in Southeast China is far inferior to that of Liaodong.
On the one hand, it is the advantage of raw materials, and on the other hand, it is the advantage of technology. Now it has even more market advantages.
Needless to say, the advantages of raw materials are inexhaustible. The logging industry was the first to develop in the entire Northeast, and there was an unknown amount of timber suitable for building large ships.
You know, it takes a long time from cutting a piece of wood to being able to build a ship.
Nowadays, the wood that can be used to build ships was started to be stored twenty-five years after Hongwu. But twenty-five years after Hongwu, there was a surplus of ships at sea, the price of lumber dropped significantly, and many lumberyards closed down.
In other words, Liaodong is rich and powerful and can hoard it. .
There is no need to mention the technical advantages.
For more than ten years, Liaodong has been a testing ground for Ming Dynasty's latest technologies. Lushun Shipyard is the most technologically advanced shipyard in Ming Dynasty and even in the entire world. And more iron pieces can be obtained from Liaodong. Although most shipbuilding uses wood, and many shipbuilding technologies can even be used without a single iron nail, in fact, there are technical problems without iron nails, such as the combination of iron and wood, which will cause problems over time, but more It's because iron is expensive.
Now, as He Xi has brought down the price of iron, more and more iron materials are used for shipbuilding.
These can be obtained very cheaply in Liaodong.
It can also be regarded as an advantage in the industrial chain.
Since the beginning of the war, Nanjing has made almost no effective adjustments to its maritime policy. The policy of opening the sea as a policy formulated by He Xi has not been overturned. It is already for the sake of money. It is simply impossible to get more preferential treatment.
Therefore, in these places under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, sea trade is still going on tenaciously, but it is not profitable.
On He Xi's side, in order to open up the market and revitalize maritime trade, He Xi did not hesitate to launch a war. Naturally, there was a huge demand for ships, and many merchant ships were engaged in the business of accompanying the army. In short, there is a huge market.
In this way, the trend of the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker is very obvious.
