Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 164
Yang Sichang knew that being summoned by the emperor's platform generally meant that he would be reused by the emperor.

Just like future job seekers interviewing Fortune [-] companies, whether they can successfully learn the arts and martial arts, goods and imperial family, depends on this opportunity.

Therefore, Yang Sichang did not dare to respond casually, and hurriedly saluted Zhu Youxiao:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, it is the best policy to agree to the Tatars' proposal for peace. Although Your Majesty has repeatedly exempted taxes and trained troops to strengthen the army, the famine is still worsening, the military equipment is still weak, and the city is still weak. It can support one or two, but there are no soldiers who are good at fighting to fight against the rebellion. If we use the opportunity of peace talks, we can get three to five years to get rid of the bad government, accumulate money and food, and train soldiers and horses. If we set up heavy troops in the land, and then form an alliance with Mongolia, we will form a siege with the Tartars and the traitor Wu Xiang, and then take the initiative to attack, then we will not worry about the injustice of Liaodong."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help sighing secretly. This Yang Sichang is worthy of being a military strategist. This strategic thinking is really a set. It is the same as the strategy he proposed in the Chongzhen Dynasty. A similar strategy adopted a three-sided encirclement method to encircle and suppress the enemies of Liaodong.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help secretly admiring this kind of vision that focused on the overall battle and the overall situation.

But Zhu Youxiao had to admit that this Yang Sichang was much inferior in command, and his performance was far inferior to his theoretical strategy. Zhang Xianzhong, who was born as a bandit, could force him to commit suicide. This also shows that an excellent A strategist is not necessarily an excellent tactical commander. Although Yang Sichang has a good overall view, he is still a theorist who has never been on the battlefield.

This kind of people has not been uncommon since ancient times, and it is especially common in the Ming Dynasty today. After all, most of the military personnel in the Ming Dynasty are literati. But, once you lead the army to fight, you are blind and full of knowledge, no matter whether it is a tartar or a bandit, they will not cooperate with you, and they will honestly sneak into your pockets.

What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to change this wrong military command model. Except for a very few civil and military all-rounders like Lu Xiangsheng, the generals have to take care of the war, and the overall layout of the court is done by the civil servants. It is to control the generals to prevent the phenomenon of self-respect of the soldiers, and will not let the civilian officials control the command of the military officers. At most, the role of the political commissar will appear in advance. In the future, the grassroots commanders of the Imperial Guard system at all levels will not be a head , but two heads of the same level, but the division of labor is different, just like there are two deputy commanders now.

"Very good, it's rare that you are so enlightened. Seeing that the peace talks are imminent, I intend to let you be the deputy envoy. What do you think?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

Yang Sichang didn't refuse, he hurriedly bowed again: "My minister is willing to share your majesty's worries, and invite Ying to negotiate peace with the Tartars."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded, and hurriedly ordered: "Yang Sichang, accept the order! Immediately, you will be appointed as the military officer of the Ministry of War, and you will be awarded the fourth-rank doctor Zhongshun, and you will assist the left servant Lu Xiangsheng in handling the affairs of the Ministry of War. It is determined that he will act as the deputy envoy, and Wen Tiren, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, who is the envoy of this peace negotiation, will go to Jizhou to conduct peace discussions with the Tartars."

Yang Sichang hurriedly thanked him and retired. He has been in the ups and downs of the officialdom for many years. He has served as a local official and a small official in the capital, so he can be indifferent to him now in charge of the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of War. To deal with it, neither happy nor sad.

Yang Sichang, who was originally one level older than Lu Xiangsheng in the original history and directly caused Lu Xiangsheng's death in battle, became Lu Xiangsheng's subordinate in this life.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help sighing secretly, because of his appearance, the fate of historical figures began to change.

However, letting Yang Sichang assist in the affairs of the Ministry of War now will indeed relieve Lu Xiangsheng of a lot of burdens, and with Yang Sichang's many years of experience as an official, he is very familiar with presiding over the affairs of the Ministry of War.

Zhu Youxiao is very satisfied with this status quo. Now the entire Ming Dynasty, from Liaodong to Northwest, and then to the Central Committee, can be regarded as capable ministers. Now there is only one Yuan Keli who is not used. Immediately restore him as governor of Denglai.

As Yang Sichang said, Denglai is an important military area to control Liaodong, and it is the best place to control Liaodong at sea. The Tartars carried out harassment guerrillas in the rear, thereby expanding the actual control area of ​​the Denglai Army, and it is precisely because of this that Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang Town appeared.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, now, with the establishment of the Royal Industries Corporation and the Royal Bank, Zhu Youxiao has begun to gain a foothold in the economy; Naturally, the right to speak in the field will also be strengthened. Even in important places, there are capable ministers in charge. In addition to Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Zaijin, and Yang Sichang in the north, there are also Wei Zhongxian in the south and Qin Liangyu in the southwest.

It can be said that Zhu Youxiao does not have to worry about any troubles in Daming now. Even if the peasant army such as Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong really rises at this time, he can deal with it very well.

However, on this day, Hu Shouchun suddenly begged to see Zhu Youxiao. The reason was that the high interest rate of the Royal Bank had already made almost all the people in the capital come to the Royal Bank to save money. Most of the money in the city is of different types, including silver, gold, copper coins, and even treasure banknotes and other currencies that can almost be seen in Daming.

But in this way, a lot of conversion costs have been added to the bank.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao felt more and more that it was time to unify the currency. Gold and silver are indeed the only effective general equivalents in economic life, but limited by their physical properties, they are not easy to circulate in the market, especially when commodity economic activities are increasing. In the more developed Tianqi Dynasty, it is not uncommon for a transaction to cost millions of dollars. You can’t carry tens of thousands of taels of silver with you when you do a transaction. The role of silver as a general equivalent.

Of course, in a self-sufficient small-scale peasant society, using gold and silver as general equivalents can indeed meet economic needs, but what Zhu Youxiao needs to do now is to break the small-scale peasant economic model, let the Ming Empire enter the era of capital expansion, and accumulate wealth. It is necessary to determine a legal currency to replace gold and silver as the general equivalent, and use this legal currency to manipulate Ming's economy.

　Thanks to the book friend happy Lin for the reward
　　
　
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