Zhang Huang said: "The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions have been formed, and the 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisions are still being formed, mainly because the horses are not in place."
Chongzhen was stunned: "There are not enough horses? I remember there are more than 100,000 horses, right?"
Zhang Huang said: "Originally, one horse per person was enough, but King Ding insisted on the highest standard of three horses per person, so the horses were not enough."
"What are you talking about? One person and three horses?" This was something Chongzhen didn't expect. "What does he want to do?"
Zhang Huang said: "I guess King Ding wanted to imitate the Mongolian cavalry in launching a long-distance expedition. In this case, each soldier would need to be equipped with three horses, and he would even have to march with cattle and sheep."
Back then, the Mongolian cavalry could march nearly two hundred miles a day, relying on one man and three horses.
As for logistics, it mainly relied on the cattle and sheep grazing with the army and the mare's milk provided by the mares.
In the absence of railways or roads, this is the only way to achieve an expedition of thousands of miles.
Zhu Cijiong insisted on equipping each of the five cavalry divisions with three horses, apparently because he wanted to imitate the Mongolian cavalry in combat.
"This kid is pretty good at handling things." Chongzhen scolded with a smile, and then said, "If we follow the highest standard of one man and three horses, the five cavalry divisions would have nearly 300,000 horses, but now they are short of 200,000 horses. He What are you going to do?”
"It goes without saying that it must have been a robbery." Zhang Huangyan said with a smile, "A robbery from the Mongolians."
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Zhang Huang hit the mark, Zhu Cijiong really had this plan.
Zhu Cijiong not only has this plan, but is also taking action.
On the contrary, Hu Guozhu was a little worried and advised Zhu Cijiong not to worry.
"King Ding, it is already late October, and the first winter snow has already fallen. It is risky to send troops at this time. If we encounter a white-haired wind, people may freeze to death."
"In war, you have to work with your head in your belt. Death and injury are common, so why worry about the white-haired wind?" Zhu Cijiong said, "Besides, using troops in winter also has the benefits of using troops in winter, because in winter, the Mongolians All the tribes gather in the winter camp, and if you find a camp, you can bring down a whole tribe. This is much easier than searching for various tribes in other seasons, isn't it?"
Hu Guozhu was speechless.
Because what King Ding said is also reasonable.
There are indeed risks in using troops in winter, but it is true that Maodong's Mongolian tribe can be wiped out in one go, including women, children, men, cattle, sheep, horses, and camels.
Smiling, Zhu Cijiong added: "Let the 1st Cavalry Division and 2nd Cavalry Division prepare and leave today."
"Ah? Are you leaving today?" Hu Guozhu said in astonishment, "Prince Ding, the next batch of military supplies will be delivered in a few days. Should you wait until the second batch of military supplies arrives before leaving?"
"It's not necessary." Zhu Cijiong said disapprovingly.
"A base amount of ammunition is enough. After all, we won't go too far this time. We just need to hit Chahar."
Hu Guozhu said nothing more. If we only attack Chahar Mongolia, a base number of ammunition is indeed enough, and there is no need to even use so much ammunition.
"I should bring more wine and grains for cooking."
Zhu Cijiong tightened his cotton-padded armor and said, "In this weather, it's really unbearable if I don't cook a few grains."
After staying in the army for a long time, Zhu Cijiong unknowingly lost the aura of a prince and grandson, and became as foul-mouthed as a big-headed soldier, but more down-to-earth.
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Nanjing, Shencemennei Military Camp.
After listening to Zhang Huangyan's guess, Chongzhen said with a smile: "Forget it, leave him alone and let the younger generation go wild."
Needless to say, Chongzhen did have the intention to train Zhu Cijiong, so from the formation of the cavalry corps to the use of troops against the Mongolian tribes, Chongzhen relied on Zhu Cijiong.
Chongzhen was not worried at all that Zhu Cijiong would form his own power and would not be able to lose his power.
Because the Ming Dynasty has entered the industrial civilization, as long as the heavy industrial bases of eight prefectures and one state in the south of the Yangtze River are under the effective control of the Ming Dynasty central government, no one can successfully rebel, including Zhu Cijiong.
What's more, it is impossible for Zhu Cijiong to rebel, at least not in a short period of time.
It was based on this consideration that Chongzhen dared to train Zhu Cijiong.
However, at this time, Chongzhen never expected that Zhu Cijiong would make such a big noise in the future, which was even bigger than the Mongolian cavalry back then.
"It's almost time."
Chongzhen said to Gao Qiqian again: "Let them all come over."
"Ah?" Gao Qiqian was stunned when he heard this and said, "Long live my Lord, it seems you didn't summon anyone to come?"
"I'm talking about the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce." Chongzhen said angrily, "I don't want to go to the Royal Market, so I'll ask the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce to come to the Shencemen Military Camp. It's more convenient in the military camp."
What is more convenient? To put it bluntly, I am afraid of death.
Because you have to pass through several streets from Shencemen Military Camp to Chaoku Street.
And by now, news of his return to Nanjing must have spread.
At this time, there must be assassins preparing in Nanjing City, so it is risky to go to Chaoku Street again.
After all, after entering the era of rifled guns, any killer hiding a hundred steps away can easily kill the target he wants to kill. Chongzhen did not want to be shot in the head by an assassin.
Because there are countless people who want to kill him now.
The old nobles who lost power, the vassal king who had his vassal state cut off, the relatives of the emperor who had just been deprived of their privileges, and even the old Confucian scholars who lost in the debate on rituals and religion all had strong motives to kill him.
"Old slave, I understand." Only then did Gao Qiqian react.
A young eunuch was immediately sent to the Royal Market to convey the order.
More than half an hour later, more than 300 chamber of commerce representatives hurried to the Shencemen military camp.
Because they were in a hurry, these usually pampered chamber of commerce representatives did not dare to ride in the car. They all came here on fast horses, so they were all sweating in the middle of winter.
Among these chamber of commerce representatives, Chongzhen saw many acquaintances.
For example, Zhan Yangzhi, the chief shopkeeper of the Ming Dynasty Arsenal, Sun Congli, the chief shopkeeper of the Jiangnan Tea Company, Cheng Suo, the chief shopkeeper of the Nanjing Grain and Oil Company, and Xu Guo, the chief shopkeeper of the Ming Dynasty Printing House.
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Of course, there is also Xu Yingwei’s in-law Shi Jiuke.
Chongzhen also specially exchanged a few words with Shi Jiuke.
These are the top business elites of Ming Dynasty.
More than 99% of the entire Ming Dynasty's industry and commerce were in the hands of these elites.
Of course, it must be noted that the factories, workshops or firms run by these business elites all have a common controlling shareholder, which is the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
This is called the official supervision business office.
In other words, the Danmaxi model.
Therefore, if the Great Hall in the Forbidden City's Huangji Hall was the place where major events in the political, military, diplomatic, cultural and other fields of the Ming Dynasty were decided, the business congress in front of them decided major events in the economic field of the Ming Dynasty.
"I already know about the labor shortage that has recently occurred in eight prefectures and one state in the south of the Yangtze River." After all the business representatives were seated, Chongzhen went straight to the topic without any unnecessary clichés or speech notes.
You have to have a speech for this kind of meeting, why should you be an emperor? You can just go home and sell sweet potatoes.
"I will try to solve this matter for you as soon as possible. Please overcome it during this time."
"Everyone should stop raising workers' salaries uncontrollably, and stop poaching each other."
"If it is true that the order cannot be completed due to insufficient labor and a breach of contract occurs, you can request the Ministry of Internal Affairs to coordinate. Do you have any objections to this?"
There can be no objections, of course not.
"Okay, let's get down to business now." Chongzhen smiled and said again.
"I am not afraid to tell you that the way to solve the labor shortage is to arrest people. To be more precise, it is to go to the Japanese country to capture Japanese people and return them to work as slave labor. Since the Yongle year, the Japanese pirates have plagued our coastal areas in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. They have given me the people along the coast.
It caused countless casualties and huge property losses, and now it is time for the Japanese to pay the price for this."
Whispers immediately sounded below, and many representatives began to discuss in low voices.
Chongzhen was not angry and said with a smile: "If you have anything to ask, just ask."
Immediately a merchant asked: "Your Majesty, is there any difference between these Japanese slave workers and the maid slaves sold by Ren Yazi?"
"It doesn't make any difference." Chongzhen said with a smile, "As long as you buy these Japanese slave workers, you can let them do whatever they want, let them work in the factory, let them stay in your house to serve, even if you like them
If you want to take a beautiful Japanese girl as your concubine, it's all up to you."
Suddenly there was a burst of laughter, and everyone was happy.
A merchant smiled and said, "It's okay to take her as a concubine. I heard that Japanese girls are short and ugly."
"That's not necessarily true." Chongzhen smiled and shook his head and said, "There are also beautiful Japanese women, but if this price is high, it is definitely not the price of ordinary Japanese slaves."
Another merchant asked: "What is the average price of a Japanese slave?"
"This is still unknown for the time being," Chongzhen said. "It has to be decided based on all aspects of the situation. To put it simply, after deducting military salary bonuses, logistics material costs and pensions for fallen soldiers, 30% of the profit is finally added.
That is the total value of all the Japanese slaves, and then we price the Japanese slaves by category."
This is actually done to standardize the slave labor trade and minimize population losses.
Because civilian armed forces go overseas to capture slave labor and smuggle it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the price they have to pay will definitely far exceed the expenditure of the navy, and the price of slave labor will also skyrocket. In this way, in the face of the Ming Navy's large-scale
The official low-priced slave labor provided will become uncompetitive.
In short, in Chongzhen's future population plan, North Korea, Japan, Mongolia and even the Indians in North America belong to the most completely evolved yellow race, which has the value of assimilation, and forget about other races.
Unless they are sterilized or castrated, other races are not even qualified to enter the Ming Dynasty as slave labor.
Therefore, the first step to be completed is to integrate the Koreans, Japanese, and Mongolians.
As a result, the total population of the Ming Dynasty can be increased to 200 million. Once the railway between the two Beijings is connected, a large market with a population of at least 100 million will be formed, enough to support the development of the first industrialization.
