Wang Zhongce saw Emperor Su He and everyone's eyes falling on him.
He confidently introduced to everyone the solution he had thought of to deal with the Mongolian forces.
Before stating the specific methods, Wang Zhongce first introduced the difficulties currently encountered by the court in implementing relevant policies.
"Your Majesty, regarding the Hetao Province, Chahar Province, and the three northeastern provinces that we have controlled.
Implement the previous policies of the imperial court and control these places by splitting up the local nomadic tribes and aboriginal forces and immigrating a large number of Han people.
Hetao Province developed early, has the largest number of immigrants, and is the most stable.
Most of the Jurchen tribes in the three northeastern provinces did not escape the liquidation.
A small number of tribes that escaped the liquidation were also immigrated to other areas.
The same is true in North Korea.
The original forces in the three northeastern provinces have been wiped out. These places are basically occupied by Han people, and our control is extremely strong.
Chahar Province can represent Monan Mongolia.
The military has an absolute advantage in Chahar, and together with the largest tribe in the area, the Chahar tribe cooperates with the court's policy.
Even so, our control over Chahar Province is only to control the general direction.
There are still situations where Han herdsmen and Mongolian herdsmen compete for pasture and fights occur.
However, as the local Mongolian tribes were immigrated, grassroots officials promoted and the law became popular.
The imperial court's control over Chahar Province gradually strengthened."
Wang Zhongce first introduced the most basic situation to everyone.
He saw that everyone was absentmindedly listening to what he said.
The ministers in the Qianqing Palace have known this situation very clearly for a long time.
Wang Zhongce explained this situation clearly. He mainly wanted to connect the previous and the following and prevent others from negating the policies he proposed in this direction.
Wang Zhongce spoke faster just now, and now he is talking about the key issues.
He gradually slowed down his speech so that everyone could hear what he was saying clearly.
"The Outer Khalkha Mongols and other forces are too far away from the Central Plains.
Most of the area is desert and the living conditions are extremely harsh.
In addition, the area is vast and sparsely populated, and the cost of deploying a large-scale military garrison is too high.
Deploying a small number of troops to garrison cannot solve emergencies.
The living environment here is so bad that no immigrants are willing to come here.
In dangerous situations, the military cannot provide short-term support, and the living environment is dangerous and not suitable for large-scale immigration.
There is another important situation. Provinces with high population density in China have experienced a long-term migration flow over the years.
In recent years, more than 20 million people have immigrated to newly occupied provinces such as Hetao Province, Chahar Province, and the three Northeastern provinces.
In addition, more than 4 million people immigrated to Southeast Asia.
The population size of the three most populous provinces, Shandong, Sichuan and Guangdong, has declined.
Other provinces have lower population densities.
The population in the inland areas is relatively dense, but the conflict between man and land is no longer tense.
People's willingness to immigrate has dropped sharply.
Just relying on the current immigration conditions will not have much appeal to the people.
They will weigh the risks and benefits. The risks in Mobei Mongolia are very high, and many people are unwilling to go there.
Improve immigration conditions, the total number of immigrants is too large, and the court cannot bear the cost.
Even if the imperial court now expands its army and governs Mobei Mongolia and other areas like Monan Mongolia, it wants to completely control this place.
These places lack immigration and are simply garrisoned by the military. The cost is too high and the results are not good."
Su He listened to Prime Minister Wang Zhongce's briefing on the relevant situation.
This is indeed a problem that the court is facing now.
After the war in the late Ming Dynasty, especially in the northern provinces with long-term war, such as Shaanxi, Gansu and Henan, the population decreased sharply.
The current situation in Dahua is that there are fewer people and more land.
After expansion, the situation of fewer people and more land worsened.
Nowadays, the mainstream people are content with the status quo, which is why Suhe has not expanded rapidly outwards.
When the proportion of industry in the economy increases, industry will need a large amount of raw materials and product dumping grounds.
Even if the imperial court did not want to expand, the powerful force generated by industry would push the imperial court to expand.
The Dahua Dynasty encouraged people to have children, and the living environment of the people at the bottom was better.
In particular, welfare benefits have been extended to rural areas.
If you give birth to a child, the court will reward you.
If you cannot afford to raise your children, the court will help you raise them.
The people no longer have any worries, and now there are no other entertainment activities.
In particular, the spread of doctors to rural areas has made dystocia no longer a terminal disease, and people's willingness to have children is very high.
There are more than three million new births every year.
These are little babies, people who can immigrate, and it will take some time for them to grow up.
The people who can be immigrants now are those who have experienced the wars in the late Ming Dynasty.
The number of these people is limited, and those who can easily immigrate have already immigrated.
Except for aliens and natural disasters, immigration is mainly voluntary.
The number of recent immigrants has been decreasing month by month.
Social conflicts have been reduced, life is relatively prosperous, and most people do not want to immigrate.
When Governor Su Xiong heard what Wang Zhongce said, his eyes looked a little lonely.
This information is held by local governments, and the military is not involved in government affairs.
The cabinet did not inform them, and the Metropolitan Government had no idea of the situation in advance.
In many similar situations, they only find out after the fact.
Su Xiong's original plan was to continue to expand the army as usual.
In order to reassure Emperor Su He, he was afraid that he would control too many troops and be disloyal.
Just now, he also learned from the Qin Dynasty general Wang Jian's method-self-defilation.
By proactively attacking the current Prime Minister, he completely made the civil servants hate him.
He also presented an image of an arrogant and unreasonable soldier.
Su Xiong's method was very clumsy, and he believed that most people in Qianqing Palace could see it.
He just used this method to express his attitude.
Now it seems that this method is very effective.
This incident also caused great damage to his own reputation.
He doesn't care about his reputation.
Governor Su Xiong also understood why Wang Zhongce strongly opposed the expansion of the garrison.
The thing is exactly as he said, there are no immigrants to supplement the local area with new blood.
The garrison became a lone army.
Expanding the size of the garrison will be effective in a short time.
Over time, other incidents will inevitably occur.
Even so, Su Xiong was still not ready to admit defeat.
If Wang Zhongce cannot come up with good policies.
The military's actions according to the original plan will not have much effect on long-term stability of Mongolia.
But it is still a very effective plan for controlling Mongolia in a short period of time.
As for what to do in the future, let us leave it to the wisdom of future generations.
After Wang Zhongce introduced the previous situation, he looked at the performance of the civil and military officials.
Most of the civil servants were not surprised. They all understood the situation and acted as if they were listening.
Many of the military attachés showed surprised expressions. This expression passed briefly, but Wang Zhongce saw it clearly.
Most of the military attachés' expressions quickly recovered, and their current expressions looked like they were looking at a joke.
Wang Zhongce raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty, I am watching the situation of new immigrants in Nanyang.
The Nanyang Governor-General issued corresponding weapons to these new immigrants, allowing them to open up their own homes in the rainforest.
This is how the Nanyang gold mine was discovered.
I think this method is very effective. If the imperial court provides enough benefits, the people will naturally help the imperial court to defend its territory."
When Su Xiong heard what Wang Zhongce said, he couldn't help but laugh twice.
"I thought it was some shocking policy, but it turned out to be farming.
Our military has soldiers working in the fields, but Prime Minister Wang wants ordinary people to work in the fields.
The discipline and effectiveness of civilian farming are not as strong as those of the military. This has been verified.
Our military is good at farming. The previous army expansion plan included a large number of troops for farming.
Together with the militia, they constitute the reserve force of the army.
The imperial court is currently in difficulty and the regular army cannot expand in size, so it is appropriate to expand the size of the field troops."
Governor Su Xiong couldn't help laughing when he heard Wang Zhongce's words.
Their military is not unified and has prepared many alternative plans.
Among them, the field troops showed great success in the newly occupied lands.
The performance of the troops stationed in Hetao, Chahar, and the three northeastern provinces has been recognized by everyone.
As the governor of the Grand Dudu Mansion, Su Xiong cannot forget their achievements.
Wang Zhongce looked at Su Xiong who was being picked up by the Qilin Guard soldiers and was talking back.
He smiled and said: "This policy of mine has nothing to do with field soldiers.
The military's farming system is too rigid and inflexible when encountering various situations.
They also represent the attitude of the court. Once there is a conflict with the Mongolian tribes, they can only continue to cause trouble and there is no way to end it."
Wang Zhongce turned to the direction of Emperor Su He and said: "Your Majesty, I think it should be like that in Nanyang.
Let the people bring their guns and occupy the Mongolian territory.
In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people, the minister believes that people with outstanding performance can be awarded knighthoods.
The lowest rank of lord is a title that is rare to find for many common people."
Su He listened to Wang Zhongce's policies, and he believed that the policies proposed by Wang Zhongce had the shadow of feudalism.
This is reversing history, but this method does work.
Once enfeoffed, these people will do it for the development of their own power.
They will definitely use all their skills.
Especially some careerists, when they see this policy being introduced, they will definitely not be able to help themselves and rush to the Mobei area with their families.
The great achievements of the ancestors have been shown to everyone. What can be gained by taking advantage of the situation after enfeoffment?
Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, Qin.
The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period developed from hundreds of feudal states into seven powerful countries.
No one can predict whether these small nobles after being enfeoffed will replace the nomads on the grasslands and become a new force, and eventually become a serious problem for the imperial court.
Su He is not prepared to use this policy. Even if it can solve the urgent need, this policy will have too many consequences.
This idea is worth reference.
The colonial history of the West gave Suhe a great reference, especially the development of the American West by the East India Company and the Western Cowboys.
After listening to Wang Zhongce's policies, Su He immediately thought of these two things.
He is combining this idea to think about what policies can govern Mongolia well.
He heard a loud voice shouting loudly.
Su Xiong couldn't help but angrily said: "Wang Zhongce, this policy of yours is completely random and enfeoffs many nobles.
The clan is still very powerful now, and the court is very determined to control the clan.
The youth of a clan can occupy an area the size of a town.
Clan alliances determine several dominant forces through marriage.
What should we do if they join forces and develop and grow?
Now is the age of guns. They build their own industries and arm themselves with guns.
You just said that our military is trying to encourage the bandits to respect themselves, but I think you want to encourage the bandits to respect themselves."
As soon as Su Xiong said this, Li Fengming and other military generals spoke out one after another, criticizing Wang Zhongce's policy.
They can all see that this policy does more harm than good.
Even if Mongolia can be stabilized in the short term, the consequences will be endless after this policy is implemented.
When Wang Zhongce saw the military's unanimous opposition, a smile appeared on his face.
"Generals, I didn't say this was a feudal system.
This is a carrot given to the nobility, and he must not be easily obtained.
The key point of this policy is by no means enfeoffment.
It was to set up raiding squads, and the imperial court allowed the raiding squads to plunder the land and property of the Mongolian tribes.
We all know that it is extremely difficult to completely eliminate bandits. There are many people who are willing to do this kind of business without capital.
I was inspired by the fact that European governments issued smuggling licenses and pirates robbed other countries' cargo ships.
My main purpose is to let the Han people learn from the grassland tribes.
Use the rules of survival on the grassland to compete with these grassland tribes.
Swords cannot compete with guns. The one who wins in the end must be ours.
In order to reassure these people and make them realize that the imperial court will not burn bridges but will reward them.
Only those who are obedient and brave, and are prepared to come ashore clean, will be awarded the title of nobility.
They are an uncontrollable plundering team outside, they are horse bandits.
After becoming nobles, it means that they have come ashore clean and will definitely be restricted by the court."
Su He listened to Wang Zhongce's thoughts. He was still thinking about Western cowboys.
Wang Zhongce's idea was even more ruthless, and he directly thought of arming the people to plunder the Mongolian tribes.
Small-scale Mongolian tribes simply cannot resist such government-armed bandits.
Su He thought about Wang Zhongce's policy. This was indeed a cost-saving and extremely effective method.
People who are difficult to manage in the country can also be sent to the grasslands to make them perform meritorious services.
The cost of this policy is extremely low. The court only needs to use some old weapons, but the harvest is huge.
These raiding teams are basically small troops, and they have no industrial base.
The upper limit of these people is to become a powerful horse bandit.
It will not develop into a vassal state and affect domestic security.
The military did not have time to object to this policy.
Cabinet Minister Li Zhisheng said with excitement: "I do not support this policy. The policy of plundering squads is not a policy that a great country should implement.
If the name is not right, the words will not be right. Once this policy of the imperial court comes out, it will no longer be able to win over the hearts of the Mongols."
Wang Zhongce interrupted Li Zhisheng who was quoting scriptures and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, as long as the Mongolian power exists, we will never be able to conquer the Mongols.
Where are the Xiongnu? Where are the Turks? Where are the Xianbei? Where are the Khitans? Where are the Jurchens?
Should we completely kill all these people? No.
These are the people who truly complete national integration.
Only by eliminating all Mongolian forces can we truly conquer the Mongols.
Now is the best opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, you will leave a big enemy for future generations."
When Su He heard Wang Zhongce's words, he made up his mind.
If it can solve a serious problem for future generations, so what if it adds some infamy to the court.
Su He chose to support Wang Zhongce's policy, but also let this policy adjust some details.
The military will no longer expand the size of the regular army.
But in the Mongolian region, a large number of field soldiers must be retained as the backbone of the force.
With the field troops in charge of the local situation, these developed robber squads will not become a major problem.
