"Father, I believe that the Great Mongol Kingdom should be based on the land in the river and follow the route of Timur the Great. After all, in today's world, it is no longer a world where the eagle-shooting hero can dominate the world! Today's military first relies on

It’s the guns that are sharp, and then the galloping horses. But the Mongolian grassland neither produces guns nor horses, so it’s not enough to achieve great things..."

In the Wansheng Hall, Zhu Cixiang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was waiting for the cabinet ministers and five kings including Xin Wang Zhu Cixuan, Yong Wang Zhu Cifeng, Feng Wang Zhu Cican, Ying Wang Zhu Cishuo, Dun Wang Zhu Cixuan, who were about to go to the front line of the Western Expedition, as well as a "soy sauce" emperor.

The man in front of him, Prince Ning Zhu Cijiong, was talking about the plan for the Western Expedition proposed by Zhu Cixuan.

Of course Emperor Chongzhen looked disdainful.

Nizi knows nothing, he just knows how to "make money". What is grassland? What is nomadism? Why are the nomadic Xiongnu, Turks, and Mongolia on the grassland strong? Why are the settled nomadic tribes weak? The reason is,

He said he didn't understand it at all... He just knew that money could make all the difference, right?

Thinking of this, Zhu You asked the five sons who were preparing to follow him on the Western Expedition: "The second son, the fifth son, the seventh son, the eighth son, the tenth son... Do you think what the boss said makes sense?"

"Father, what the boss said makes sense." Zhu Cixuan, the old Shidun King with a loyal look on his face, spoke first, "The Mongols have long been weakened. The four major khanates in the past were almost completely destroyed, leaving only the Golden Horde.

There are still a few embers of the Chagatai Khanate (the embers of the Golden Horde are Bukhara and Khiva in Central Asia, and the embers of the Chagatai Khanate are the Mughals of India), but they have long since given up their nomadism.

It’s a set. It can be seen that the nomadic route has come to an end and can’t go any further.”

"Not nomadic?" Zhu Youjian asked with a smile, "What about the Mongolians in Orduo whose ten thousand households your mother left to you? Change their profession to farming?"

"You can live in pastoralism!" Zhu Ciyu said, "Herding is much more stable than nomadic pastoralism, and you can also farm and herd at the same time... As long as pastoral areas and farming areas can exchange what they have, fair trade, pastoralism can be achieved

The benefits must be greater than nomadism."

From a management point of view, nomadic herding that lives by water and grass is extremely inefficient!

The reason why nomadic people live in pursuit of water and grass is actually because they gather too many cattle and sheep in one place to eat pasture, so they will soon eat up all the pasture in one place, and they must move.

If concentrated nomadic herding is changed to decentralized fixed herding, the living standards of the Mongolians will be significantly improved... In fact, Zhu You sealed those Wangzhuang, Xunzhuang, and Qianhu residences north of the Great Wall.

, all are based on a model of settlement plus farming and grazing.

Although these villages did not make much money, the life of the military households was still decent. Not only was food not a problem, but they also had enough energy to build docks, forts, and armies.

Compared with these Wangzhuang, Xunzhuang, and Thousand Households, the situation of those Ten Thousand Households of Orduo who still maintain a nomadic state is much worse. If Chongzhen had not used money from the Ming Dynasty to subsidize it, these Ten Thousand Households of Orduo would have been

Duo's life is long gone.

Zhu Cixiu's mother managed the barely-sustaining Orduo household, so of course she knew the pros and cons.

"But have you ever thought about it, once the nomadic herding is changed to fixed herding, the Mongolians will be very scattered." Zhu Youjian said, "Monan grassland can still be planted, and the population can be concentrated a little, but the Mobei grassland,

What about the Dongdao grassland and the Moxi grassland? And don’t you know how the Mongolians farm?

And if Mongolia's population is too scattered, can they still gather together to fight? Lao Shi, your mother's 10,000 households are concentrated as nomads, and they can pull out 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry at any time. If they disperse, the 1,000 cavalry will be gone.

You have to be able to gather them together quickly.

In addition, everyone knows that Dingmu is more comfortable than nomadic... Once you get used to the comfortable life of Dingmu, where can you travel again? Once the Mongols are immobile, how can they conquer here and there? If they can't

If there is a large-scale migration of tens of thousands of households, how much territory can they occupy with their small population? Who will guard the land in the north, northwest, and northeast? What will happen if the Rakshasa people attack?"

Chongzhen's words left Dun Wang Zhu Ciyu speechless.

From a production point of view, nomadism is really not very efficient. But from a military point of view, it is really the most powerful military-civilian integration system in the cold weapon era...

"Father, times have changed!" Yongwang Zhu Cifeng suddenly took over the topic at this time, "Now we have to rely on horses and muskets to run on the grassland... How powerful is the 3,600 Xue cavalry of the second child? Compared with tens of thousands

The nomadic Mongolian cavalry are easy to use. With them around, the Rakshasa people can't fight at all.

In addition, we can also protect border security by building bastions. In the extremely cold north, transportation is difficult and food is scarce. Neither Rakshasa nor we can invest heavy troops, so it is difficult for both sides to conquer the other party's simple bastions.

.”

"You..." Chongzhen already felt that something was wrong. Why did Zhu Cixuan, the tenth old man, and Zhu Cifeng, the fifth old man, agree with the treasonous son? They are my good sons, and they have not had much contact with the treasonous son! Moreover, their mothers are both

The Mongolian noble concubine is not close to Empress Zhou either. When did the traitor draw them over? How come I didn’t know about it at all?

"Father," Feng Wang Zhu Cican also spoke at this time, "I also think that the Western Expedition should follow Timur's example, use the river as the foundation, and use the Qinchak grassland as the vassal screen. In this way, we can conquer Persia and conquer

If you retreat from Tianzhu, you can create a foundation in the land of the river and the Qinchak grassland... We can also get our own country to pass on to future generations!"

Treason! Treason! Chongzhen thought: The boss is a treason, the tenth is a treason, and you, the fifth, are also a treason!

Zhu Youjian said calmly: "As long as there are guns and cannons provided by Ming Dynasty, where can 360 Mongolian households go?"

"Father!" It was the turn of the camp king Zhu Cishuo to speak. "It is impossible to gather 360 Mongolian thousand households... It would be good to gather 100 thousand households. And if these people don't go to Persia, Tianzhu can

Where to go? If we want to go to Persia, Tianzhu, and Hezhong, how can we not firmly control it?"

Zhu Cican, the seventh child, "Eighth brother is right, no matter where you go, you must capture Hezhong!"

Two more traitors!

Chongzhen said with a cold face: "You can conquer Rakshasa!"

What? Zhu Cixiang was startled by Emperor Chongzhen's suggestion, and thought to himself: Father, how much you hate the Mongols! You are asking them to go to the Rakshasa Kingdom to die! Times have changed now, not Genghis Khan, what happened at Ogedai

Come on, even if all 360 Mongolian families are killed, it is impossible to destroy the Rakshasa.

And how slowly can 360 Mongolian households move together? By then the European coalition forces will be there.

In addition, wouldn't it be good to take over Persia? Zhu Cihong said to himself, each brother has an oil kingdom, and his descendants will all be oil tycoons, which is no better than drinking the northwest wind in the Rakshasa Kingdom?

"Father!" Before Zhu Cixuan could speak, Zhu Cixuan had already spoken, "My son thought that Xijing of the Great Mongolia could only be placed in the river area at the western foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and could never be placed on the undefended Kipchak grassland.

"

As the heir of the Great Khan of Mongolia, Zhu Cixuan has even more say on this issue than Zhu Cixuan. As soon as he opens his mouth, it is almost the final word!

Chongzhen was almost furious, and even Zhu Cixuan turned to his treacherous son... It would be okay if this continues!
Chapter completed!