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"What do you think of the things that my father and the ministers just discussed?" After sending Zhang Wuji away, Yunxi sat on the Arhat bed again, ordered his six sons to sit in front of him, and asked with a smile. At this time, he
He was more relaxed than when he was discussing things with Lian Zining, Xiao Yong, Zhang Wuji and others just now. He tilted his head and leaned on the backrest, looking at his six children.
"Dad, my son thinks, if we want to attack India, should there be a suitable reason? After all, India has had nothing to do with the Central Plains for thousands of years. At most, some merchants are doing business in the Ships Department. The so-called justified, if there is no suitable reason to send troops to attack
India, my son thinks it is inappropriate and it is also harmful to the credibility of Ming Dynasty." Wenyuan knew that in such a semi-formal occasion, his brothers would not be able to speak if he did not speak, so he thought about it and spoke first and raised this question.
In fact, Wenyuan did not support sending troops to attack India at all. India has never been a territory of China in history, and has not even had much dealings with the Delhi Sultanate, Bahmani Sultanate, Vijayanagar Kingdom, Saiyi
Countries such as the German Sultanate also never paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. No matter from any perspective, the legal basis for the Ming Dynasty to attack India is insufficient.
And he didn't like continuous external expansion. The land controlled by the Ming Dynasty now, even if not counting Hanzhou and the vassal states, has exceeded that of all previous dynasties except the Tang Dynasty. The actual number of Fuzhou and counties is even more than that of other dynasties.
The Tang Dynasty was still big, and in his opinion there was no need to continue to expand. But he knew that it would be meaningless to say this, not to mention that his mother also asked not to say anything that went against his father's ideas in front of his father, so he could only single out this point to talk about.
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After listening to Wenyuan's words, Yunxi nodded without speaking, but looked at the others. Wen Yao said: "Father, the second brother is right, this point needs attention. In addition, the son also thought that attacking
In India, we must pay more attention to things other than the use of troops. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: "The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the third is to attack the city." If you want to send troops to attack India, you must first understand the situation in India.
, use strategies to reduce their resistance to the Great Tomorrow Soldiers, and then use diplomacy to take advantage of the local foreign countries, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort."
"As for the rest, my son thinks it is right to name other places in the world, and it is also useful to dig the Kra Isthmus Canal. But for raising military expenses from banks, my son feels that it is too shocking for the court to borrow money from businessmen, and the amount borrowed is not much.
Are you exempt from this matter?"
Yunxi was noncommittal again and looked at Wenqi. Wenqi said: "Dad, the other two brothers have already said it. My son just wants to say one more thing: if you want to attack India, you still need to send more soldiers. The same goes for lions fighting rabbits.
Go all out, not to mention that some foreign countries in India may not be rabbits. It would be better for me to dispatch tens of thousands more elite soldiers from the Central Plains garrison to attack India."
After that, Wen Yin, Wen Kun and Wen Kun also spoke one after another, but the words of the three of them basically did not exceed the scope of the three brothers. Yunxi glanced around again and saw that no one wanted to speak anymore, so he said: "Father, I will answer you one by one.
if."
"Wenyuan, you are right. The so-called name is justified. If the name is not correct, the words will not be justified. There must be a suitable reason." Yunxi said first. From the current point of view, a suitable excuse is still necessary. First, to the surrounding people
The title of Fanguo represents the justice of the Ming Dynasty, and the second is to deceive the Confucian scholars in the country.
"So when my father sent troops to India, he would not claim to seize the whole of India just after sending troops. In the fourth year of Jianye, the Kingdom of Arakan surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, intending to seek protection from the Ming Dynasty. Bangladesh to the west of its country often invaded its country, making its country
The main people could not bear the disturbance. Min Fan once sent troops to expel the Bangladeshi soldiers, but from the Kingdom of Arakan to Upper Burma, where Min Fan was located, there were high mountains in the middle, making the passage difficult, and Min Fan was unable to send troops often to protect it; if troops were stationed permanently,
, the leader of the Arakan Kingdom, Naramikala, is not very willing, and his country is small and poor, and cannot afford to support a large army. This time when I send troops to India, my father will use the name of protecting the vassal country of Arakan and attacking Bengal."
Although when Yunxi was discussing with Lan Zhen and others just now, he got straight to the point and proposed the conquest of India, but the officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee knew that the purpose of Ming Dynasty's sending troops this time was to conquer no more than one-tenth or even one-twentieth of India.
, are all close associates of Yun He. The first phase of the military operation was in the name of protecting Arakan, and the banner was also to protect Arakan and attack the rebellious Bangladesh. This excuse is very legitimate and no one can find fault with it.
"Wenyao, what you said about using troops to attack the enemy is also very correct. Secondly, the attack on diplomatic relations is also very correct. However, since it was just to punish Bengal in the first place, the attack on diplomatic relations is just that. The attack on the enemy is of little use." Yunxi started to explain the next question.
"Father, why is the strategy useless? Even if we only attack Bangladesh, we can use strategy to reduce their resistance to the Heavenly Soldiers, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort and defeat the country at a small cost." Wen Yao said.
Yunxi shook his head. What he wanted was for Bangladesh to actively resist the Ming Dynasty, so that the main force of Bangladesh could be completely annihilated through several large-scale battles. "If my father's intention is only to punish Bangladesh, then what you said is very reasonable. But my father is
If we want to control the whole of India, we must annihilate all the soldiers in Bengal who dare to resist. Otherwise, what will happen if the Bengal soldiers rebel during the subsequent conquest of other Indian countries? They must be wiped out in one battle without leaving any future troubles."
There was a look of intolerance on Wenyuan's face. As for leaving no consequences, it is estimated that most of the Bangladeshi army will be wiped out, and a few captured people may be sent to other countries and forced to leave their homes. Although he knows that this is inevitable, he also understands
This was good for the vassal kings who were enfeoffed after the Ming Dynasty to rule the area, but he still felt it was a bit too cruel. However, he didn't say anything.
The others didn't have Wen Yuan's thoughts and just listened to Yun Xi's words attentively. "My father won't say much about the naming of various parts of the world; the construction of the Kra Isthmus Canal is a matter of contemporary benefit and eternal benefit, just like the Sui and Tang Dynasties."
At that time, the Grand Canal was just average. Of course, the Kra Isthmus Canal was far less useful and less expensive than the Grand Canal during the Sui and Tang Dynasties."
"It is imperative that the imperial court borrow money from banks. Of course you can't understand its meaning now, but you will understand it in the future." The use of the modern financial system cannot be explained to them, and he can only use himself
The authority of the emperor was forcibly promoted.
"What Wen Qi said makes sense. However, my father is not in a hurry to conquer India. India is so big that it cannot be conquered in two or three years. My father plans to use five years to basically pacify the northern, western and eastern parts of India, and another five years to pacify them.
In the south, we must completely surrender the local aristocratic families at the same time; we will not attack many foreign countries at the same time, so sending too many troops will be of little use."
"Father, if we delay it for so long, it will not be good for the morale of the army." Wen Yao said again. It is not a good thing for the army to be stationed outside for a long time. The soldiers will feel homesick. The reason for the decline of the military system in the Tang Dynasty was with the Tang Dynasty.
The territory of the empire is getting bigger and bigger, and the combat range of the soldiers recruited is getting farther and farther, and they can't go home until the war in at least one direction is completely over. Counting the round trip, it often takes seven or eight years, or even more than ten years.
There was a possibility of death in battle, so many people later preferred to commit suicide rather than serve, which led to the deterioration of the imperial army system and had to be changed to a recruitment system. Now the Ming Dynasty's guards are actually a small-scale imperial army system. Of course, there are also
The problem.
"First of all, my father will try his best to recruit soldiers who are willing to move their families to India. Most of the soldiers commanded by the vassal kings who will be entrusted to India will be such soldiers; secondly, I will adopt a rotation system."
"Rotation system." Yunxi explained: "In battle, when a battle is over, some of the soldiers who participated in the battle will be withdrawn to the Central Plains, and soldiers from other guard posts will be replaced to participate in the battle. After the next battle, the last battle will be carried out.
The soldiers of the guard station who had not been rotated during the battle were withdrawn to the Central Plains, and other soldiers were replaced to participate in the battle, and the cycle began again. The Ming Dynasty had many soldiers, and there were only 50,000 or 60,000 troops at each time. Even if the battle lasted for ten years, it was enough to ensure that the soldiers of each guard station only participated in the battle once.
In this way, the problem of soldiers being stationed abroad for too long can be solved."
"But in this way, it costs too much to transport soldiers back and forth." Wen Kun said. As a child born to an 'other' concubine, the conditions in his mother's palace were worse than those of the other five brothers present.
He also has the deepest understanding of the lack of money.
"The cost of shipping all the way by sea is not too much, and the court can afford it," Yunxi said.
"But if the soldiers cannot return by sea, then..." Before Wen Qi finished speaking, he heard Yunxi say: "If we go deep into the inland, of course there is no need to change." After all, the tram carriage is not a train.
, the transportation capacity is far less than that of trains. When ships powered by steam engines first appeared, they were not as fast as sailboats, and their transportation capacity did not improve significantly. They were just more durable and had lower environmental requirements; but trains appeared
After that, all previous land transportation methods were quickly eliminated. Unless trains were developed, the rotation system for inland troops still could not be adopted.
After explaining the problem clearly, Yunxi glanced around his six children again and asked them if they had any other questions. Of course Wen Yao and others had other questions, such as why they had to borrow money from the bank. But Yunxi said
Mingming didn't want to answer, so they couldn't ask; now they were only preparing to attack India, not having already started. Wen Yao and Wen Qi asked a few more small questions, but there was nothing left to ask.
It was already the middle of Youshi. Yunxi ordered the young eunuch to pass on the meal. He had a meal with his sons in Qianqing Palace and asked them to go back. Tonight Yunxi was going to Chengqian Palace where Concubine Ming was holding the harp, so besides Wen Yao
The other five sons outside the house saluted and were about to leave. But at this moment, Yunxi suddenly remembered something and said to Wenyuan: "Wenyuan, please stay here for a while. Father has something to say to you." (To be continued)
