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Chapter 29 Strategic Differences with Sun Chengzong

If you look at it this way, it is too simple and superficial.

If Donglu wants to attack Ming Dynasty, the first thing to solve is to worry about the future. Three preparations must be made: subdue Mongolia, surrender North Korea, and defeat Dongjiang Town.

Even if there is no Dongjiang Town yet, the other two goals have not been achieved, and the Liaoxi Ming army has not been beaten to such an extent that they dare not go further.

And Zhu Youxiao's emphasis on the coast and his vigorous support of Dongjiang Town are precisely one of the factors that prevent the Donglu from leaving their nests and attacking far away.

To Zhu Youxiao's relief, Sun Chengzong listened to his explanation and gave strong support to the coastal areas, thinking that "a complete work of the Liao Dynasty must be funded by the sea".

"After the test, I will send Master Yuan to Denglai to control Dengzhen and Dongjiang Town." Zhu Youxiao pointed his wooden whip at Denglai and said, "I have known that Master Yuan will be there, and he is also willing to go to the side for the sake of The country is in danger, share the worries for me."

Sun Chengzong nodded in agreement, and said: "It is Mr. Yuan who must suppress Denglai."

After a pause, Sun Chengzong cupped his hands and said, "I ask you to supervise Liaodong, so that your majesty will no longer worry about border affairs."

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while, then said with a smile: "Master Sun, I have more important work to be undertaken by Master Sun, so don't worry."

If Xiong Tingbi can hold Guangning, or if he can survive the war, Zhu Youxiao is still going to hand over Liaodong to him.

Just because he was optimistic about Xiong Tingbi, Zhu Youxiao intervened in the Guangning War with the help of historical knowledge.Not only for the common people in western Liaoning, but also for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and also for Xiong Tingbi.

At first, Zhu Youxiao wanted to stand by and watch. Taking advantage of the fiasco in Guangning, he not only realized the unspeakable strategic contraction, but also swept away a wave of Donglin Party by questioning Wang Huazhen.

But in addition to being ruthless, there will be another problem that is difficult to solve.That is, Xiong Tingbi abandoned Liaodong completely, how to ask the crime?

Of course Zhu Youxiao didn't want to kill Xiong Tingbi, but he could be pardoned, and even used "deserving crimes and meritorious service" again. Wouldn't it set a bad example for the Ming army, which was already fearful of the enemy like a tiger and good at fleeing?

It's okay to abandon Liaoxi completely. If I lose a battle and lose a city, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao didn't want to give some people a reason to be lucky.How can national law and military discipline be a joke?

In addition to Xiong Tingbi, Zhu Youxiao also had the idea of ​​inviting Sun Chengzong to the border.But after asking for advice and probing several times, Zhu Youxiao gave up this idea again.

There is no way, Sun Chengzong's Liaodong strategy does not conform to Zhu Youxiao's analysis and judgment.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi must also have differences in strategy. Wouldn't it add to the chaos if they got together, and another farce of "Jingfu" discord?

As a literati, Sun Chengzong has extremely rare tolerance and trust in generals; he is regarded as the Donglin Party, and he has no excessive partisanship.

Although Sun Chengzong did not have Xiong Tingbi's strategy and tactics, nor could he compare with Lu Xiangsheng's martial arts courage, he was worthy of the praise of famous ministers and national heroes in the late Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the strategies are different, and Zhu Youxiao must reuse them.It's just that people should use their talents to the best of their abilities and use Sun Chengzong elsewhere.

"My annual income in Ming Dynasty is only three or four million yuan. If we build a fortress in western Liaoning step by step and garrison troops, how much does Master Sun think it will cost?"

Zhu Youxiao began to insinuate, let Sun Chengzong know his family background first, if he can't increase his income, we can't afford to play fortress advance tactics.

Sun Chengzong stroked his beard and pondered for a long while before he said uncertainly: "More than a hundred thousand horses are enough, plus repairing castles, making armor, equipment, bows and arrows, artillery stones, canals, and halogen tools, it costs a lot of money every year." I'm afraid it's around 200 million."

At 200 million, the high incense will be burned, and the Ming Dynasty in history may last for a few more years.

Zhu Youxiao smiled wryly and shook his head. If he said that Liaoxi spent 600 million a year in history, it would scare Teacher Sun's eyes.

Moreover, even 200 million is almost half of the current imperial court revenue.You don't give up on the extravagant chaos, you don't give relief to the natural disasters, you don't train the tired soldiers in the guard...

"It can save a lot of food and fodder by opening the people's army station." Sun Chengzong thought of a way and said.

Yes, that's what you did in western Liaoning.

But the so-called "expanding land for four hundred miles, opening up five thousand hectares, and annual income of 15", is it too far behind the 600 million yuan invested by the imperial court every year?
Of course, Zhu Youxiao did not doubt Sun Chengzong's incorruptibility, and knew that he was not the kind of person who wanted to embezzle money by engaging in civil engineering.

But the actual situation is that maintaining the Guanning Jin line of defense, making the Liaoxi warlords bigger, and fattening up a bunch of civilian and military generals, did not play their due role, and the efficiency was extremely low.

Therefore, as long as the tactics of advancing the fortress in western Liaoning are implemented, the imperial court will rush to invest money.And from the Sixth Ministry of the Cabinet to local officials, I don't know how many people want to make money from it.

Once they have tasted the sweetness, this group of corrupt officials will shout that Guan Ningjin's line of defense is good, as long as it is good, it is good.Let's repair it after the enemy demolished it, let's come again if it is destroyed by the strong wall and clearing the field!
If someone proposes to abandon the Guanning Jin line of defense, corrupt officials will immediately attack them in groups, and the ready-made big hat of "not thinking about making progress, abandoning the soil and fearing the enemy" will be snapped.

Then, the country's fiscal revenue, the blood-stained fat of the people, will flow into this bottomless pit and continue to fill the pockets of corrupt officials.

Zhu Youxiao was noncommittal about Sun Chengzong's proposal to farm the land. He reached out and took out a war game and placed it in Lushun, saying, "We need to build a fort here, and we need to build a large port to become a steel fortress that will never fall."

Sun Chengzong was stunned for a moment, looked carefully at the sand table, nodded in agreement and said: "Lushun borders the Yellow Sea in the east and the Bohai Sea in the west. It forms a corner with Weihaiwei in Shandong. It is the gateway to Beijing and Tianjin. To prevent Japanese pirates, we once built a city outline here, set up Heavy troops, set up Jinzhou Zhongwei Station."

Zhu Youxiao laughed, stopped talking about military affairs, invited Sun Chengzong to sit down, and talked about the imperial examination.

The chief examiner of the general examination is Yuan Keli, and the deputy chief examiner is Xu Guangqi; the examiners of the imperial examination are Sun Chengzong and the scholar Liu Yijing.

And the policy theory questions of the imperial examination were written by Zhu Youxiao himself, and even the policy theory questions of the general examination were snatched by him.

"As for the topic, I have already thought about it, but it is not appropriate to disclose it." Zhu Youxiao smiled a little complacently, and a little cunningly, "Practice is more important than empty talk, and ability is more important than articles. The purpose of my main talent acquisition this time, Sun The teacher knows."

Sun Chengzong stroked his beard and smiled, as if reminding him, he said: "Your Majesty's use of internal funds to subsidize the martial arts examination is an act of benevolence that has never been seen in all dynasties. However, the examination is coming soon, will your majesty also show favor to Wenju?" "

This—Zhu Youxiao stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said: "Master Sun's words are very kind, let me think about them."

After chatting for a while, Sun Chengzong got up to leave, Zhu Youxiao sent him to the gate of the palace, and sat alone, still thinking about how to show kindness to Wen Ju.

(End of this chapter)