"You all know that before Jianlu was destroyed, he planted a lot of grain in northern Liaodong, and the harvest was good." Emperor Chongzhen explained to them, "Liaodong has a vast land and a large arable land area. It is completely fine to plant it in one season a year. Especially in the improved crops of Hetao, including potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, etc., I believe the yield is also very large. This is one of them!"

There are many rivers in Liaodong. The land on both sides of the river is relatively fertile and irrigation is also convenient. In the past, when Jianlu, the Han people who were good at farming were almost killed, otherwise they would not have almost starved to death. Of course, this is also related to the Ming Dynasty's use of the raid war.

All the ministers below didn't say anything, and they could understand the food. But now there are already food provided on the Hetao Plain, and the Nanyang side transported them by sea, and ships of grain to the capital. In fact, the food can be saved in the north of the Ming Dynasty. If it were just food, it would not be enough to build a railway, right?

Obviously, Emperor Chongzhen did not finish his words and continued to explain to them: "Also, Liaodong has a huge amount of iron and coal mines, as well as oil. If our Ming Dynasty wants to be stronger, these resources are essential."

Hearing this, the ministers below were really surprised. Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Revenue, first made a speech, "Your Majesty, there is still a huge amount of iron ore in Liaodong? I have never heard of it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, is this news true?" Shen Yongmao, the Minister of War, also went out to report, "I have never heard of Jianlu being able to produce iron armor before!"

Although the other ministers did not say this, they had never heard of it. They all looked at Emperor Chongzhen's eyes and doubted the accuracy of the emperor's news.

Emperor Chongzhen heard this and said, "Of course, my source of information is true. The iron ore is near Anshan Yibao. As for the oil field, it is farther away."

Oil wells were discovered in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. In this era, well salt technology had been improved, and the technology of collecting natural gas or oil wells was used to mine well salt. During the Zhengde period, there were records.

When most of the ministers believed the emperor's words, they had never deceived them.

However, building a railway is a very laborious task after all. Even if there are these things in Liaodong, whether they are worth it or not, it is actually hard to say.

As for the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, there were countless iron ore in the capital, and even if there were huge amounts of iron ore in Liaodong, it was actually not attractive enough. For a moment, the ministers below were divided into two factions. Some thought that they could build railways to Liaodong, and some thought that there was no need for the time being, so they could build other ones first.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to the ministers below argue for a while, and finally said to them: "You guys should know that I, the Ming Dynasty, must have sent troops to Japan. Now that the army is heading to Korea, there is too much consumption on the road. If there are trains that transport troops, grain and supplies day and night, it will be much easier for the army to assemble. It will be easier for the Ming Dynasty to control Japan in the future!"

These ministers in the Wenhua Hall were all the highest-level officials of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen naturally did not hide it from them. It was a foregone conclusion that it was necessary to occupy Japan and enfeoff the vassal kings.

When most of the ministers heard that the emperor built a railway to Liaodong and had such a purpose, they agreed. However, a very small number of ministers did not speak, but just saw that other colleagues agreed, they remained silent.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and suddenly asked the eunuchs to hang the world map and walk down in person. Then he said to these ministers: "My dear friends, I have also liked this place. All the kings under the world are the kings. I want it too!"

When they heard this, all the ministers were shocked. They looked at the map and couldn't recover.

After a long time, Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty, this... this... is far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, and it is too far from our Ming Dynasty. How can we get over?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, even if you are granted a title of a vassal king, there are not so many vassal kings!" The second assistant Sun Chengzong also followed.

Other ministers also wanted to follow the action, but Emperor Chongzhen shook his hand to stop them, and then slapped North and South America with his hands and said, "Do you know? This place is bigger than our entire Ming Dynasty, with rich resources and fertile land. However, there are only savages living in this land. The Western barbarians have discovered this place, sent people to massacre savages, enslave savages, and take them for themselves. But now, their number is not large. They mainly concentrate here, here, and here and these places!"

"Dear friends, do you know that their fleets plunder materials from here, and ships of gold, silver and jewelry are transported back! The fleets are endless." Emperor Chongzhen began to blow up, bullying his ministers and these ministers had no knowledge, "because there are mountains of gold, mountains of silver, and various precious products here."

Hearing this, Wen Tiren hesitated for a moment and then replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty has occupied the South China Sea, the Mongolian grasslands in the north, Liaodong, North Korea, and even the future of Japan. So many places are enough for our Ming Dynasty to be busy, and these places are all familiar. I think it is better to operate these places first."

"Your Majesty, I will discuss it!" The assistant minister Zhang Zhifa followed the remark, "Your Majesty has said that there are still savages everywhere in those places. Even if I occupy it, I will have to spend twelve points of energy to manage it. Therefore, I think what the chief minister said is reasonable!"

After he finished speaking, there were also ministers speaking. Most of them, as they thought, it was a bit unworthy to go there with great hardships.

There are two main problems. One is that it is too far away from the Ming Dynasty and is so big a ocean. This is a big problem. The other is that although there are mountains of gold and silver over there, they are all uncivilized lands. If the Ming Dynasty takes over, it is not worth it.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care. This was how he was. Before making a decision, he could let his ministers speak and object. However, once he made a decision, these ministers must implement it seriously.

After listening to the speeches of these ministers below, he found that even though these ministers were already the smartest and most knowledgeable group of people in the Ming Dynasty, they could not look at the problem from a global perspective due to the limitations of the times.

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he said to his ministers: "My dear friends, think about it, if the good things on this land have been kept by the Western barbarians and they have huge wealth as their support, will the Western barbarians become stronger? Their strong ships, powerful cannons, and others should have seen them. If I have not been careful to improve the Ming ships, cannons, etc. in the past few years..."

Speaking of this, he pondered for a while and continued, "Take the time when I first ascended the throne. If my Ming Dynasty had been like this, even if I finally destroyed the Jianlu, if it continued to develop in this way, and the Western Yi had been transporting wealth from overseas and returning to the country with various materials, they would become stronger and stronger, will their strength be greater in the future? "

Hearing this, all the ministers were stunned. They had never thought about the angle proposed by Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, I think this is possible!" Even in Wenhua Hall, the new Minister of Personnel, Sun Chuanting, said expressionlessly, "When I first went to the south to take office as the governor of Fujian, I had a headache with the Red Barbarians' fleet. Their artillery was more powerful than our Ming Dynasty, and their warships were faster than our Ming Dynasty's warships. If it weren't for their far away from their motherland and few warships, I really didn't know how to deal with it! If it were to be deduced at that time, I thought that the Western Barbarians would probably defeat our Ming Navy and invade our Ming coast, which would be more harmful than the Japanese in the past!"

Sun Chuanting said this, and he could not help but think seriously: If His Majesty had not suddenly worked hard and had a magical expression like a person, what would happen to the Ming Dynasty today? What would happen to the Ming Dynasty in the future?

They were still thinking about this question, but Emperor Chongzhen was already saying: "Today's Europe, which is where the Western Barbarians are located, is like the warring countries in ancient times, and the disputes between countries are vigorously developing their arms. You should know that in the past, the Western Barbarians were far inferior to our Central Plains, and the Mongols had conquered them. However, now they are constantly fighting, but they can plunder enough materials from foreign countries for their use. You can imagine that their army will be a army of war, and their arms will grow in constant competition. You said, if this continues in the future, will the gap between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Barbarians become bigger and bigger?"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly slapped North and South America on the map with his hand, and said seriously: "So, I want to send troops to fight with the Western barbarians for this territory. First, I want to cut off the source of Western barbarians' materials and make the wealth here use for our Ming Dynasty. One decreases and one increase, so that our Ming Dynasty's national strength will remain the best in the world; this is one of them!"

"Secondly, there are no enemies around the Ming Dynasty. Although the peaceful and prosperous era is good, it can destroy the will, especially the army. Even if it is a army that does not fight for a long time, it will become a group of sheep! The army is used for war. This place is where I plan to hone the Ming army!"

These senior Ming officials in Wenhua Hall followed the ideas of Emperor Chongzhen and couldn't help but nodded. Being prepared for danger in times of peace is nothing more than this!

"Your Majesty is so far-sighted, I admire you and prostrate yourself!" Cao Huachun was the first to come out and said, "I have Your Majesty here in the Ming Dynasty, which is a blessing for the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty said very well!" The second-level assistant Sun Chengzong also followed, "If the army has no war to fight, it will not only waste its combat power, but also have various other problems. I agree that the army must constantly hone through war!"

Sun Chengzong was one of the officials who had been leading troops for the longest time in Wenhua Hall. His words were authoritative just as Sun Chuanting said about Western Barbarians.

Minister of War Shen Yongmao immediately followed suit, and only after he had a war to fight was in order to agree with his interests. Otherwise, who would pay attention to the Ministry of War?

The Minister of Works is similar. Only when fighting wars can the military industry have a large demand, which is also beneficial to the Ministry of Works.

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Only Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he was a little hesitant and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, if you fight, you may be very expensive in military spending, and the Ming Dynasty..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face regained a smile and said, "Don't worry, the land captured by the army is mostly rewarded; in addition, the wealth seized from the Western barbarians can also pay some military expenses. It is far away from local wars, and the war will not burn to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will not suffer military disasters. Expeditions to the Americas will not cause much burden on our Ming Dynasty. I will control this degree well. Of course, I have another thing to announce!"

Hearing this, the ministers in Wenhua Hall calmed down again, looking at the emperor, not knowing what to announce again.

I heard Emperor Chongzhen say to them: "The system reform of the garrison office has been promoted nationwide. But I have considered it for a long time. Based on the things I just said, I decided to further innovate the military system!"

Military system reform is a major event. Therefore, when these ministers heard this, they couldn't help but concentrate.

"In the past, there were millions of border troops in the Nine Borders, but now there is no war in the north. Although innovation has begun before, it is not enough." Emperor Chongzhen said this, his voice raised his voice, "Tsarist Russia killed the people of the Wei Lat tribe of the Ming Dynasty. The war in this extreme west is also necessary to fight when our Ming Dynasty is ready. Therefore, I decided to select the elite army to fight in the battlefield. The old and the weak eliminated for the people, and the rest of the army will be converted into engineering troops, that is, the army to build railways, and build three railways in Liaodong and naturalized Tianshan. In order to reduce the impact of building railways on people's livelihood. Of course, the achievements of building roads are calculated as half of the military merits. These troops can be converted into subordinates of the Ministry of Transport after being disabled or old."

In the south, there are still prisoners who can be used to build roads, but not many prisoners. In addition, the Ming Dynasty can also recruit the people of the Ming Dynasty to build roads by labor. However, the people of the Ming Dynasty want to produce or do business to create wealth for the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, manpower is actually limited.

If the idle army is used to build roads, it is just like fighting a war, and you can still get half of your military achievements and not be idle. This is also a way out. After hearing this, the ministers in the Wenhua Hall had no objection.

Even Wen Tiren thought of a new level. Emperor Chongzhen had appointed Zheng Zhilong as the Nanyang Bo before, and was used to stimulate the generals, probably because of the subsequent series of layouts.

In this way, those in the army who are eager to achieve military achievements can go to war far away, and those who are second-rate can go to build roads, which is also half of their military achievements. With the temptation of titles and the stimulation of military achievements, you are not afraid that those warriors will not work hard!

He was thinking that Emperor Chongzhen on the imperial throne was looking at them, and decided in his heart to announce further military reforms at the same time.
Chapter completed!