On this day, Wuying Hall was a little lively.
Tie Xuan, Liu Jun, and Yang Rong from the Ministry of War, Xu Huizu and Song Sheng from the Chinese Army Governor's Office, Zhu Di, King of Yan, and Xie Jin from the cabinet also arrived.
Zhu Yunwen entered the hall and everyone saluted.
Xu Huizu handed the rolled-up map to his chamberlain, who unfolded it and carried it to Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the circled position on the map and asked, "Is this the racecourse strategy you have come up with after long discussions?"
Xu Huizu nodded and introduced: "In the 30th year of Hongwu, Taizu ordered the Governor-General of the Fifth Army to choose racecourses, and finally set up Taipus Temple in Shanxi, Beiping, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Liaodong. However, according to the documents of Taipus Temple Judging from the results, in just three years, the racecourses in Peiping and Shanxi have shrunk, especially the Peking Racecourse. The shortage of good horses and horse breeds, coupled with poor management, has resulted in the racecourse having less than 500 horses and less than 100 good horses in the past three years. .”
"Therefore, after discussing with the Ministry of War, King Yan, and cabinet ministers, I believe that the Peiping Racecourse can be closed down and turned into a cavalry training ground. The main racecourses can be located in Shaanxi and Gansu, especially here!"
Zhu Yunwen saw Xu Huizu coming forward, pointing to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty map, and saw two words:
Shandan.
Xu Huizu continued: "Your Majesty, Shandan is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, at the northern foot of Lenglong Ridge in the Qilian Mountains, spanning Gansu and Qinghai. The terrain here is flat and the water and grass are luxuriant. It is an ideal place for horses to breed. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, hussars were General Huo Qubing once set up the Shandan Army Horse Farm here."
Zhu Yunwen stood up and looked at the location of Shandan on the map, with some longing in his eyes.
Xie Jin walked out and said with a smile: "Huo Qubing, the general of the cavalry, reminds me of it. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu tribes in the west, Huo Qubing led ten thousand cavalry out of Longxi, passed Yanzhi Mountain, and Hanyang Dacaotan, and fought straight to the west of Qilian Mountain , defeated the Huns, and the retreating Huns left a message."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin who paused and seemed a little showy, and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Xie Jin shouted: "At that time, the Xiongnu people were in great sorrow and cried out sadly: Losing me in Qilian Mountain will make our six livestocks unable to feed; losing my Yanzhi Mountain will make my women colorless. It can be seen from this that this is a place where six animals flourish." .”
Zhu Yunwen admired Xie Jin's talents and heritage, but also lamented the fate of the Han Dynasty. After the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, he lost control of the northwest. The Song Dynasty was even worse. Not to mention the northwest, even the sixteen states of Yanyun in the north were not in his hands. .
Is the sorrow of the Huns back then not the sorrow of Chinese civilization?
Fortunately, the generals in Zhu Yuanzhang's period shone brightly and opened up territory with their lives, leaving a precious wealth to Zhu Yunwen and the Ming Dynasty.
Shandan Military Horse Farm will become the place where Ming Dynasty war horses are trained.
As for safety, it shouldn't be a problem.
In the 24th year of Hongwu, Shandan set up a guard to lead five posts: left, right, middle, front and rear. Moreover, Shandan was very close to the Shaanxi Xingdu Commandery Division in Gansu Town (which was not a major military town in Gansu Province at the time). On the left is the Ganzhou Five Guards, and on the right is the Yongchang Guards. As for the north, it is supported by the Great Wall of Qin, Han and early Ming Dynasties, so dealing with the Oara and Tatars in the north is not a big problem.
As for the west, there is no need to consider that the existence of Jiayuguan is enough to block the enemies in the west.
What needs to be mentioned is that during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was no city in the Jiayu area. The real Jiayuguan City was built in the fifth year of Hongwu. The person responsible for the construction was Song Guogong Feng Sheng. Its construction history is earlier than that of Shanhaiguan, and it is truly the "No. 1 Pass in the World".
Looking around the northwest region, Shandan is in an excellent location. The area is large enough, it is a horse farm with a long history, and it is not afraid of being plowed into the valley. It can be said to be an excellent choice.
"Do you all think Shandan should be chosen to set up a racecourse?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Zhu Di, Tie Xuan and others nodded.
Zhu Yunwen reviewed it again and again and determined that there was no more suitable choice than Shandan. Some places were good, but the scope was limited. For example, the horse farm in Peiping has a good supply of materials, but it is only a dozen miles in radius, so it is not suitable to expand. Peiping will be the imperial capital in the future, and the population and the scope of the city will be further expanded. The horse farm can only go north. Moved.
Of course, the Cabinet, the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office have been planning for so long, so naturally they did not just select Shandan, but also more than 20 regions, including Ganquan, Linchuan, Wuwei, Zongshui and other places.
After discussion, Zhu Yunwen decided to set up Shandan Yuanma Temple in Gansu Province in accordance with the proposal of the Ministry of War, with Shandan as the core and six prisons including Ganquan Prison, Qilian Prison, Linchuan Prison, Wuwei Prison, Zongshui Prison and Anmi Prison. Under each prison, there are four gardens.
Gansu Shandanyuan Horse Temple's positioning is a bit high. According to Zhu Yunwen's expectation, it will reach the specification of 20,000 horses within three years.
The 20,000 horses here are only the number of war horses in the racecourse. Based on this number, the number of war horses raised every year is only 2,000 to 2,500. In other words, if you want to rely on Gansu Shandanyuan Horse Temple to build a It would take ten years to support a herd of more than 20,000 war horses.
It can be seen that the number of horses has not been able to be replenished in large quantities, and it is not unreasonable. Fortunately, these are not the only racecourses in Daming. There are still some supporting racecourses in Guizhou, Northeast China, Shanxi and Shaanxi.
Even so, the number of Ming war horses is still difficult to grow rapidly, and it is hard to expect to see much output in a few years.
"Take the war horses sent by Shanxi merchants and the war horses sent by Duoyanwei last year to Shandanyuan Horse Temple in Gansu."
Zhu Yunwen was a little helpless.
Although Tie Xuan and Xu Huizu were very reluctant, they could only bear the pain and cut the flesh. The reason was that there were too few excellent horse breeds.
To cultivate a horse farm, you must have sufficiently outstanding horse breeds.
Things like horses are very particular about bloodlines and genes. If there is no good horse breed, the first generation will be strong, the second generation will be weak, and the third generation will probably become a mule. Who can bear to raise a lonely horse?
But what makes people have to bow their heads is that the Ming Dynasty really doesn’t have any good horse breeds, such as Tatar horses, Dawan horses, Mongolian horses, Arabian horses, etc., none of them are from the Ming Dynasty. As for the bloody horses, then It is also a product of the West. In the era before the Silk Road was opened, few people could lead these horses to the Ming Dynasty.
As for opening the Silk Road, now is not the time. There is chaos in Yilipa in the west, and Timur's empire is so ambitious that it is impossible to send someone to negotiate for peace and trade.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Song Sheng and said: "I don't need to say more about how important the racecourse is to the Ming Dynasty. I hope you will return to Gansu and take charge of the Shaanxi Capital Command."
Song Sheng agreed without hesitation: "I will live up to my orders."
Zhu Yunwen stepped forward, personally helped Song Sheng, and said solemnly: "You once guarded Liangzhou and intimidated the Tatars and Oaras. Now I can rest assured that I will hand over the command and envoys of the capital of Shaanxi to you. When spring comes, I will take care of you." Send you off."
Song Sheng thanked him.
Zhu Di, Xu Huizu, Tie Xuan and others were a little envious. Everyone knew that credit was easy to come out of the racecourse. Moreover, there were Tatar and Oara to the north. Maybe they could go out and kill a few people and get some credit.
Staying in the capital is really worthless.
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and stated his position generously: "After we return, we will draw up a document, how much food will be needed, where to mobilize people, how many horses to mobilize, and submit it as soon as possible. You can choose the candidate for the horse temple in Shandanyuan, Gansu yourself. "
Song Sheng felt very comfortable in his heart. If he worked with such an emperor, he would be sorry if he didn't make some political achievements.
After the horse farm was selected, Zhu Yunwen set his sights on North Korea and said: "There was news from Liaodong some time ago that there may be changes within North Korea. I speculate that Li Fangguo is likely to lose the throne, and Li Fangyuan will defeat Li Fanqian and become the new leader. The king of North Korea. Li Fangyuan is probably a shrewd man. He will definitely send someone as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. I think this is a good opportunity to trade war horses."
Tie Xuan frowned slightly. Ming Dynasty didn't know much about North Korea, but the basic power structure was still clear. Li Fanqian clearly had the advantage, Song Jing was on the edge of his power, and Li Fangyuan's sphere of power was a bit far away. , I am afraid it will not be easy to win over Li Fangqian.
But looking at Zhu Yunwen's expression, he seemed to be very determined and did not dare to refute directly, so Tie Xuan said: "Your Majesty, whoever becomes the king of Korea will send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to ask for a title. If you want to discuss the policy when applying for a title, , something is somewhat inappropriate, and there is a suspicion of exchange. I think we can discuss the horse strategy after the canonization."
Zhu Yunwen thought about it for a while. Although the things were done separately, if he said it beforehand, it would be a bit of a threat or a quid pro quo. He said: "I didn't think carefully, so let's be prepared for the reception. Nanyang countries and Ryukyus The envoys are all on the way, so they must be well received and entertained."
"I obey the order."
Xie Jin and others agreed.
"Is there anything else?" Zhu Yunwen asked. Seeing that Liu Jun, the Minister of War, was about to speak, he asked: "Liu Minister, but Tie Shangshu has sealed your mouth and bullied you, so you don't dare to speak?"
Everyone looked at Liu Jun and couldn't help but smile.
Liu Jun quickly denied it and said: "I am just thinking that with the fierce internal struggle in Oara, whether we can take this opportunity to trade a group of war horses. Under the imperial court's initiative, merchants went north to get more jewelry and furs, and there were few War horses, if the merchants are ordered to mainly purchase war horses, wouldn’t the racecourse be fully stocked with war horses?”
Zhu Yunwen sat down and said calmly: "Who can help him solve his doubts."
Tie Xuan bowed and explained to Liu Jun: "The most important thing for the imperial court to get merchants out of customs is to get their intelligence and know the true and false status of Wala and Tatar. This point does not matter whether it is Hashiha, Mahamu or Arutai. They all knew it. But they did not attack the merchants because they needed the merchants to send supplies and supplies. "
"If a merchant suddenly changes his nature and seeks a war horse, it means that things have changed. The merchant is not only a spy of the Ming Dynasty, but may also become a cavalry of the Ming Dynasty and a force for the Ming Dynasty to attack him. They will not allow such a thing to happen. Again Well, the current internal fight between Mahamu and Hashkha is a time when there is a shortage of war horses. At this time, merchants are purchasing war horses on a large scale. Who will trade? Not only will they not trade, I am afraid that they will rob the war horses when the merchants return."
Liu Jun frowned and said: "So, it is impossible for us to get war horses from Oara and Tatar?"
Tie Xuan, Xie Jin and others laughed, and Liu Jun was even more confused.
Yu Xin glanced at Liu Jun and solved his doubts: "Of course, they will send war horses to Ming Dynasty."
"deliver?"
Liu Jun was a little surprised and doubtful.
Jie Jin glanced at Tie Xuan, that means, how could you, the assistant minister, not see through what happened after three moves of chess, took one step, and said confidently: "Ola is divided internally, and struggles are repeated, but Mahamu is not easy to deal with. In addition, he is Libala’s son-in-law, and some Oara tribesmen followed him to resist Hashiha.”
"It is not easy for two people to decide the winner. It is more likely that one party will suffer losses and then ask for support. If they ask for support from the Tatars, they are afraid that the Tatars will not give it to them, but if they bow their heads and ask for support from the Ming Dynasty , Haha, then they need to pay a price, and this price is the war horse."
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It’s my birthday the day after tomorrow, so I have time to go out for dinner and drinks today. Haha, it’s just one chapter. I will continue to work hard from now on. Thank you for your support...
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