Chapter 541, Prairie people are actually the same as us
After listening to Liu Jin's introduction, everyone's eyes were slightly surprised. This was the first time they could see so intuitively the importance of the area where the northern Tatar tribes were located to the Ming Dynasty.
I didn't realize this before, but now after listening to Liu Jin's analysis, I immediately felt that this area was really important to the Ming Dynasty.
"If it can be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it mean that there will be an additional barrier in the Beijing-Tianjin area of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, it will be absolutely impossible for the grassland people to directly attack the capital."
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but think so in his heart.
The other ministers nodded slightly after hearing this, and they all realized the importance of this area to the Ming Dynasty.
"If we just want to solve the Oara, we can temporarily solve the threat to the northern grasslands."
"This is not difficult. Our Ming Dynasty is now booming in national power, and its artillery and muskets are becoming more and more advanced and powerful. As time goes by, and as the technology matures, we will be able to use muskets and artillery to form a threat to the grassland people in the future.
Crush."
"As far as the present is concerned, it is not difficult for us to clean up Wala."
"On the grassland, the only ones who can deal with the grassland people are cavalry~"
Liu Jin looked at everyone and continued to speak slowly.
"Last year we defeated the little Tatar prince and severely damaged the Tatar tribes. Now some Tatar tribes are willing to surrender to our Ming Dynasty, which means that we can obtain a large number of war horses from them."
"It doesn't take too many to form a cavalry with these war horses. Fifty thousand people are enough. Coupled with my Ming Dynasty's sophisticated armor and swords, equipped with muskets and artillery, a few months of training will be enough to deal with the Oara tribes."
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"In addition, we can also recruit the Tatar troops who are attached to our Ming Dynasty and use the grassland people to deal with the grassland people. That will make it easier."
To deal with the grassland people, Liu Jin, who came from a later generation, knew that before entering the era of hot weapons, only cavalry versus cavalry was the best way.
Unless infantry can be used to deal with cavalry until muskets and artillery are truly mature, on the vast grasslands, only a powerful cavalry in hand can deal with the grassland people.
The reason why the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were able to defeat the grassland people was actually relying on cavalry, cavalry versus cavalry, and then using the advantages of equipment and strong national power to finally defeat the grassland people.
After hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone couldn't help but nodded slightly.
Raising 50,000 cavalry was simply unrealistic for the Ming Dynasty a few years ago. One was that there were not enough war horses, and the other, most importantly, was that there were not enough financial resources to support it.
But things are different now. There are many Tatar tribes who want to attach themselves to the Ming Dynasty. They were scared of being beaten last year, their vitality was greatly damaged, and they were beaten honestly.
By relying on the Ming Dynasty, they can get a chance to breathe and gain a backer. Otherwise, if they are unified by Ola, their life will definitely not be easy.
Because Oara unifies them, they are very likely to lose everything they have now, but it is different if they rely on the Ming Dynasty. The Central Plains dynasty has always been kind and generous. If they rely on the Ming Dynasty, they can also get the food, salt, ironware, etc. they want from the Ming Dynasty.
, rapidly growing their own strength.
Since they were dependent on the Ming Dynasty, these grassland tribes naturally had to attack the Ming Dynasty for war horses, or sell war horses, which meant that they could easily obtain a large number of war horses.
As for financial resources, this is not a problem. No one in the world is richer than Emperor Hongzhi, not to mention that not long ago, he obtained 15 million taels of silver from the Japanese country.
This amount of money is enough to arm 50,000 cavalry to the teeth.
"What if you want to solve the problem of the northern grasslands once and for all?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while, then asked again after thinking about it.
The ministers also showed strong interest at this time and wanted to continue to hear what clever tricks Liu Jin had to solve the problem of the northern grassland once and for all.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen~"
Liu Jin nodded slightly, thought for a moment and spoke again.
"There is only one way to solve the problem in the north once and for all, and that is to incorporate the large area in the north into the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and at the same time turn the grassland people into our Ming Dynasty people, and let them use Chinese characters and speak Mandarin like us.
, take the imperial examination like us, and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty."
In layman's terms, it means assimilation. The grassland people are completely assimilated, and they become people of the Ming Dynasty. Then naturally this area belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and they will not pose any threat to themselves.
"Becoming our Ming Dynasty's territory?"
"Become us Ming people?"
Everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded and felt that it was a bit ridiculous.
"Liu Jin, if this grassland man could become our Ming Dynasty people, he would have become our Ming Dynasty people long ago."
Liu Jian shook his head slightly and said, he was still a little disappointed in his heart. He originally thought that Liu Jin could say something wise, but it turned out to be such empty talk.
"Yes, these grassland people are unruly and free to control themselves. Moreover, they are nomadic and we are farmers. How can they become us Ming people?"
"What's more, they don't know education, etiquette, benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, and trust. How can they become our Ming people?"
Zhong Zhong also shook his head and said.
"Gentlemen, I wonder if any of you have ever been to the grassland?"
Liu Jin thought for a while and asked.
"this…"
Everyone was silent. Who would go to the grassland to suffer hardship?
"Actually, the grassland people are just like us people in the Ming Dynasty. They are all very poor, and they all desire to live a prosperous life. They are just like us in the Ming Dynasty. They were raised by their mothers and fathers, and they also have relatives and friends.
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Liu Jin, who came from a later generation, had traveled to the grasslands. The people in the grasslands were very hospitable, sincere and generous, which left a deep impression on Liu Jin.
"As long as we can give them a prosperous life, they will be as loyal to the Ming Dynasty as the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they will be equally loyal to your Majesty."
Liu Jin said with great certainty.
In fact, the low-level herdsmen on the grasslands are just like the people of the Ming Dynasty. They are very poor. The cattle, sheep and horses they have raised with so much hard work have to be usurped by the tribal leaders and nobles.
Although there are many cattle and sheep, they seem to live a good life by eating meat every day, but in fact they are very poor. It's just that they eat cattle and sheep, and they are not really rich.
Once there is any disaster, their ability to withstand it is also very weak. This is why in winter, they have to go south to plunder, because they may die if they go south, but if they don't go south, they will definitely starve to death.
"If we want to truly rule the grasslands, we must first distinguish between ordinary herdsmen and tribal noble leaders."
"Then we will treat them in a targeted manner. For the leaders and nobles of the grassland tribes, we can bring them to the capital for their retirement, and give them official and part-time jobs, and that will be enough."
"As for the ordinary herdsmen on the grassland, we should treat them like the people of the Ming Dynasty and love them as my people of the Ming Dynasty."
“The world is a big place, and there are many excellent pastures in the world. The grasslands in southeastern Australia are among the best in the world, and the grasslands in this large area of the South Golden Continent are also the best in the world.
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"And they are also the best warriors. If they can become our subjects of the Ming Dynasty, we can also use them to form the most powerful cavalry."
"At that time, we can fight from east to west, from the Western Regions, directly to Europe. Even if there is no sea route, we can still connect Europe from the land. This large area can be included in our Ming Dynasty
territory."
Liu Jin thought about his rule over the grassland tribes during his time in hiding from later generations.
During the period of concealment, the tribal nobles and leaders of the grassland were captured by means of win-over, such as kings, titles, constant marriages, etc., so that the tribal nobles and leaders of the grassland were willing to be ruled.
For ordinary herdsmen on the grassland, a cruel reduction policy has been implemented. The number of people in a tribe must always be maintained at a certain number, and all excess populations must be reduced, so that the number of herdsmen must always be controlled within a certain range.
within.
It is impossible for Liu Jin to follow this policy of reducing the number of people. The population is not large to begin with, and if we reduce the number of people, there will be even less population.
Anyway, the world outside the Ming Dynasty is very big. The Ming Dynasty needs a large population to seize more colonies. The grassland people can graze, which is also a good thing.
Australia, Southern Golden Continent, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, etc., there are plenty of places in the world for you to graze. The more cattle and sheep you can graze, the better. The people of the Ming Dynasty lacked meat, needed wool, and needed warriors who were good at fighting.
After hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone fell silent.
All this time, when everyone talked about the grassland issue, they never said they should really understand the grassland and treat the tribal nobles and ordinary herdsmen on the grassland differently.
In everyone's opinion, the grassland people are very cruel and vicious, and they have always been coveting the land of the Central Plains.
But I have never thought that for ordinary herders on the grassland, they actually just want to live a prosperous life and want to live a better life.
If you go to plunder the Ming Dynasty, you will most likely die in the war. For ordinary people, no one is willing to go to war, whether they are the Ming people or the grassland people.
In fact, what everyone wants most is to be able to support their families with their own hands and make the family live a happy life. It's that simple.
As for invading the Central Plains, reviving the great glory of the prairie people, etc., these are just the ambitions of the prairie nobles and tribal leaders.
It's just that their ambition not only hurts the common people in the Central Plains, but also hurts the ordinary herders on the grasslands. In the end, everyone is actually paying for the ambition of a few people in power.