The three towns of Gansu, Guyuan, and Lintao are all military towns with huge expenditures. Add in the miscellaneous expenses such as grain storage, democratic movement, Zhese, Beijing transportation, salt transportation, etc., and the total salary (food) of the three towns is one hundred

There are as many as hundreds of thousands. The number of troops raised is more than 100,000... There are also tens of thousands of actual troops!

Moreover, the situation of these three towns is different from that of Ningxia and Yulin. After the Ming Dynasty regained the Hetao and established Xinzhou Town on the original territory of Dongsheng, Ning and Yulin almost became inland. Only the west of Ningxia Town

The Gobi Desert is not yet under the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Gobi Desert to the west of Ningxia Town is inherently dangerous and dangerous, and it is impossible for the army to pass there. Moreover, there is Helan Mountain to the west of Ningxia Town to rely on. As long as a few mountain passes are defended, enemies coming from across the desert will be dead.

If Ningxia Town can have 10,000 capable soldiers and 2,000 servants, it will be enough to protect Helan Mountain.

However, the situation faced by the three towns of Gansu, Guyuan, and Lintao is much more complicated. Especially Gansu Town, which controls most of the Hexi Corridor and the Huang River Valley, is surrounded by enemies on three sides from the map.

To the west of Jiayuguan is the territory of the Yeerqiang Khanate. Although the Yeerqiang Khanate is internally chaotic and always has endless civil wars, its current national strength is quite impressive. Moreover, it originally belonged to the Hami Guard and Shazhou of the Ming Dynasty.

Wei, Anding Wei, Chijin Mongolian Guard and other territories are now under the rule of the Yeerqiang Khanate... This is the land of the ancestors. Although it was not thrown into the hands of Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian

But he wanted to take it back.

The northern part of Gansu now belongs to Chhotu Khan of the Outer Khalkha tribe. This Chhotu Khan had a very good relationship with Lindan Batur. Both of them believed in the Tibetan Red Religion and were even planning to get married. After Lindan Batur's death, he

He also became one of the coveters of "Hutu Dun's Widow", which was very annoying!

The Qinghai prairie in the south of Gansu is now the pasture of the Tumut Mongols. The Shunyi King Bu Shitu Khan of the Tumut tribe, after fighting with Lin Dan Khan for a period of time, took some of his tribe to move westward

Qinghai, they also passed by the territory of Gansu Town in the Ming Dynasty on the way, causing great harm! After Zhu Youjian received the report from Gansu Town and the Gansu Governor, he was a little annoyed, but there was nothing he could do...

I can't spare the time to go to Qinghai to clean up the divination rabbit Khan.

In addition, Zhu Youjian also received news from Princess Ulyanha and learned that Quatu Khan of the Outer Khalkha tribe also intended to pass through Gansu Town and march towards Qinghai - if he could not occupy the "Widows' War"

If you get any big deal.

Well, what happened to Gansu in the Ming Dynasty? Can you come and go and plunder at will? This is not okay!

"Your Majesty," Mei Zhihuan also felt that his territory was always being moved in and out by the Mongols, which was very embarrassing. Moreover, this was also an excuse to deal with the reduction of troops. "The three towns of Gansu, Guyuan and Lintao are responsible for defending against the Mongols.

The important task of the Yeerqiang Kingdom... Without tens of thousands of elite and substantial soldiers, it is simply not enough to defend it. Although the number of soldiers in the three towns of Gansu, Guyuan, and Lintao now greatly exceeds this number, they cannot be fully paid because they cannot be paid.

Moreover, it was set too low, so soldiers fled more often, and it was impossible to raise strong soldiers.

If Your Majesty wants to strengthen the defense of the three towns of Gansu, Guyuan and Lintao, it is best to raise 50,000 soldiers in the three towns of Gansu, Guyuan and Lintao according to the standards of Yansui and Ningxia... In addition, raise another 10,000 elite cavalry."

Haha, the lion is opening his mouth!

Zhu Youjian thought: 50,000 elite soldiers plus 10,000 cavalry cannot afford 1.5 million in salary a year? In this way, although the three towns of Gansu, Guyuan, and Lintao have reduced their troops, their food and salary has not been reduced at all!

Of course, after cutting off more than one million yuan in food and salary for Ningxia and Yulin towns, it is not impossible to give Gan, Gu, and Lin three towns 1.5 million a year.

But the question is, can Gan, Gu, and Linsan towns seriously train 60,000 elite cavalrymen with a salary of 1.5 million?

Everyone knows that this is impossible to happen!

Liao Town used to receive four to five million in food and salary a year, but it didn't necessarily have 60,000 elite infantry and cavalry... This Liao Town was still under the eyes of the imperial court!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian muttered in a low voice: "It seems that the west also needs a Sai King to guard it for me!"

King Sai? What does it mean?

The ministers below all had sharp ears, and they all heard the word "Sai Wang"!

Does this little emperor want to restore the Taizu Dynasty's method of repelling the barbarians? Does he want to restore the power of King Su, or does he want to send another prince to Gansu to take charge? How old is he now? He should not have a son to come to Gansu, right? And this little emperor

There are no brothers who can be crowned kings, so who should be the king of Sai?

Zhu Youjian's brows furrowed. It seemed that his ancestors had a reason to fight against the Yi Sai king - although these Sai kings might engage in some sort of pacification campaign, they would eventually do something practical. Compared with you guys who only

The official who makes money without doing anything is much better!

And Zhu Youjian is not worried about any difficulties in peace... How can a rebellious son be afraid of this? Moreover, Zhu Youjian feels that he can live to be 90 years old and has more than 70 years left to be emperor! What difficulties in peace are he afraid of?

It seems that it is necessary to restore the King of Banishi Sai!

However, Zhu Youjian only has two sons now. The treasonous son has become the emperor's nephew, and the emperor's eldest son Zhu Cixuan has been granted the title of King Xin and is preparing to go to Dongshengwei's territory to become the king of fortress... It seems that Gansu can only let the acting king

Zhu Cijiong is here.

With Zhu Cijiong's ability, he can certainly train 60,000 elite infantry and cavalry troops in Gansu. Yerqiang in the west, Zaikarkha in the north, and Tumut in the south are definitely no match for him. The only problem now is that Zhu Cijiong

Not born yet...How can one be the king of Sai without being born?

Got it!

Zhu Youjian's brain is still good. After thinking about it for a while, he already has a solution!

Although Zhu Cijiong was not born, Zhu Cixiang was already born... He could be allowed to be the great nephew of Fujun and take charge of Gansu's military and government affairs from afar.

Of course, although the traitor is treacherous, he is still a little younger after all, and it is impossible for him to actually handle Gansu's military and government affairs.

But with the name of Fujun, Zhu Youjian could turn a town in Gansu into the territory of the Zhangqian Army. He could openly send officials of the Zhangqian Army to take over the military and political power of Gansu, and he could also directly issue orders to Gansu.

"I want to discuss the matter in Gansu with Prince Su..." Zhu Youjian did not show his trump card immediately, but just said, "Why don't Prince Su and Prince Qing come to Xi'an!"

This was a central edict. Qian Qianyi and Li Chengyun immediately drafted the edict and sent people to Lanzhou and Ningxia to invite the two frightened princes who were staying in the northwest.

He paused and said, "The troops in Gansu, Guyuan, and Lintao will not be withdrawn for the time being, and the food and salary will not be reduced for the time being... Everything will remain as it is."

Food has to be eaten in bite-sized chunks, and people have to move in groups.

According to the indicators sent by Zhu Youjian to Yulin and Ningxia towns, these two towns should send 35,000 men and about 100,000 dependents to Xi'an in the spring of the third year of Chongzhen.

In addition, Sun Chuanting had earlier recruited 20,000 strong men in Shaanxi. If their families were also taken away, the number would be another 50,000 or 60,000.

Now Zhu Youjian has also posted an imperial list to recruit the knights before the account and the sergeants of Yanshan and Daning. Together they can recruit 10,000 people without any problem, and there are also 20,000 to 30,000 family members.

Adding one yuan to all kinds of things, the number of people who will leave Shaanxi this time is 2.78 million... Just by leaving Shaanxi, these people can save more than 800,000 shi of rations a year.

If possible, if all the kings of the Qin, Su, and Qing dynasties in Shaanxi, as well as their lieutenants and generals were moved away, the remaining grain for a year would be more than 1 million shi.

One million stones may not seem like much, but if used in the right place, it can still greatly alleviate the suffering of Shaanxi's food shortage in the coming year.

After announcing his decision, Zhu Youjian smiled and said to the civil and military officials in the hall: "It's not easy for you to come to Xi'an, and it's even more difficult for me to come. Why don't we spend the New Year together in Xi'an...

...After the New Year, I will review the three armies here in Xi'an Mansion. You should also come and see them together and see how the elite soldiers I have trained in front of the tent are doing?"

During this period, the training of the soldiers in front of the tent was not neglected. Whether they were new knights or veterans who had served in front of the tent for a long time, they were all in the camp at all times, practicing day and night, waiting for the New Year's parade to be completed.
Chapter completed!