parentshiftbook Chapter 746: Northern Xinjiang Is Subsidizing Money? Zhu Yuanzhang With Red Eyes! [Please Subscribe,
Chapter 746: Northern Xinjiang Is Subsidizing Money? Zhu Yuanzhang With Red Eyes! [Please Subscribe,
On the podium, Yan Changqing looked at Zhou Wang Zhu Ju with approval.
As the last Han dynasty in history, it is also one of the most powerful and glorious dynasties in history.
The Ming Dynasty can be said to have a great reputation. Hongwu’s Thirteen Northern Expeditions, Yongle’s Five Conquests in the Desert, and the Meng Yuan Dynasty were defeated!
During this period, he made six voyages to the Western Seas, all nations came to court, conquered Annan in the south, and all barbarians worshiped him!
It can be said that all those around the Ming Dynasty who were dissatisfied were forcefully defeated. It can be said that the world's most powerful country at the time has absolutely no water!
When it comes to the abundance of martial virtues, the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties were not inferior to those of the Han and Tang dynasties in the past!
However, the Ming Dynasty, which was so full of martial virtue, had one regret, that is, it never regained its former homeland of the Western Region, that is, the Northern Territory.
Only a loose "Seven Guards of Kansai" was set up in the Western Region, and it was abolished soon after.
After that, the radiation coverage of the Ming Dynasty's power retreated to Jiayuguan, and it never set foot in the Western Regions again.
And this is why many people in previous lives said that the Ming Dynasty was not as powerful as the Han and Tang Dynasties.
After all, the Han and Tang dynasties occupied the Western Regions, but the Ming Dynasty did not. Comparing the two, doesn’t it mean that the Ming Dynasty stretched them?!
But in fact, is this really the case?!!
If we want to discuss a historical event, we cannot do so out of context.
Because the discussion is separated from the background of the times, the final results will inevitably be inconsistent with historical reality.
Therefore, to study why the Ming Dynasty did not occupy the Western Regions, we must first know what the Western Regions during that period meant to the Ming Dynasty.
First of all, during the Ming Dynasty, China's economic center of gravity shifted from Guanzhong and the Central Plains to Jiangnan, and the Maritime Silk Road had completely replaced the land Silk Road.
Therefore, the economic status of the northwest was very embarrassing at that time. For the Ming Dynasty, it was not even considered useless.
233" The most important reason why the Han and Tang Dynasties managed the northwest and occupied the Western Regions was because of the economic benefits brought by the Silk Road!
However, the land Silk Road during the Ming Dynasty had been basically abandoned, and the Maritime Silk Road was used as a replacement.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not need to expend national power to open up trade routes in the northwest, nor did it need to expend huge national power and energy to manage and occupy the Western Regions.
Moreover, the land in the Western Region is barren and the people are poor. After occupying the Western Region, not only will they not receive much tax, but they will also receive subsidies every year.
For the pragmatic Ming Dynasty, the Western Regions at that time was a burden, so the Ming Dynasty did not have much interest in substantively occupying the Western Regions.
In fact, if it were not for the threat of Junggar in the future, the Qing Dynasty would not necessarily occupy the Western Regions.
After the Qing Dynasty occupied the Western Regions, it poured millions of taels of silver into the Western Regions every year, overwhelming the national treasury, so Li Hongzhang once advocated giving up the Western Regions.
Secondly, during the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty already controlled the Hexi Corridor and the Hetao, not only controlling the strategic barrier in the northwest, but also controlling the horse-producing areas in the northwest.
For the conservative farming dynasty of Ming Dynasty, having these was enough.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty occupied the Central Plains and Jiangnan, the richest areas in East Asia, so it naturally did not have much interest in the northwest where crops did not grow and farming could not be done. This could be regarded as the limitation of the times of the farming nation.
Thirdly, during the Ming Dynasty, the threat to the Ming Dynasty mainly came from the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the northern grasslands.
Although the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties drove the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty from the northern grasslands and fled like dogs, in the final analysis, they never really and completely killed the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Get it done.
Just like the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, every time the Han Dynasty thought it had completely killed the Xiongnu, but ten or twenty years later, or thirty or fifty years later, the Xiongnu corpses would pop up again.
The same is true for the Ming Dynasty and the Bei Yuan Dynasty. Whenever the Ming Dynasty thought that it had completely killed the remnants of the Bei Yuan Dynasty, ten or twenty years later, or thirty or fifty years later, Beiwen's scammers would pop up.
In addition, most of the Western Regions at that time belonged to the territories of kings descended from Chagatai and Ogedai in Mongolia.
Once the Ming Dynasty wanted to completely occupy the Western Region, it would have to go to war with the Mongolian kings descended from Chagatai and Ogedai.
If during the war with the Mongolian kings descended from Chagatai and Ogedai, if the Beiyuan Dynasty suddenly jumped out and bit the Ming Dynasty, even the Ming Dynasty would have a headache.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was not willing to make too many enemies before the remaining tribes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were completely eliminated.
Secondly, because the Western Regions have been isolated from the Central Plains since the Song Dynasty, and the Western Regions were seriously Islamicized, there was almost no Han base in the depression.
Moreover, the Western Regions were vast, sparsely populated, and barren, making it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to effectively control the Western Regions.
Not to mention whether it can be defended, even if it can be defended, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to bear the high occupation fee.
For example, during the Qing Dynasty, several rebellions in the Western Regions emptied the Qing treasury, so much so that Agubai could not be expelled from the Western Regions even after he had been entrenched in the Western Regions for more than ten years.
Finally, there are many powerful countries around the Western Region, including Babur, the Timurid Empire, Oara and other forces, all of which are eyeing it. The Ming Dynasty is also willing to let the Western Region serve as a buffer between its powerful neighbors.
Moreover, the Western Regions at that time had already surrendered voluntarily, giving face to the Ming Dynasty, and the Western Regions were also controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang as a country that would not be conquered for fifteen years [so the Ming Dynasty was more inclined to treat them as vassals of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, in general, the economic value of the Western Regions during the Ming Dynasty was greatly weakened compared to that during the Han and Tang Dynasties!
Compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, the strategic value has also declined greatly!
The situation is also complicated, and there is no basis for it!
There are many powerful countries all around, and the other side has also taken the initiative to surrender!
So in the end, faced with such a situation that cannot bring much benefit to oneself, even after actually occupying it, it may have to pay money every year; at the same time, the strategic position is not very important. If it is taken by force, it may not be possible The Western Region will collapse to its own teeth.
The Ming Dynasty did not substantively occupy the Western Regions like the Han and Tang Dynasties in the past. It only established the Guanxi Seven Guards there to openly declare the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty.
Such a decision could not be considered wrong for Ming Dynasty at that time.
The reason why Yan Changqing thought it was a regret of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, or even a mistake of the Ming Dynasty.
That's because they made their evaluation based on future generations' further understanding of the value contained in the Western Regions.
If Da Ming had known about the huge value contained in the Western Regions in later generations and the huge benefits that could be brought by substantive occupation, then Weiming would definitely choose to substantively occupy the Western Regions.
After all, Daming is not stupid and will not let go of huge benefits.
But this was the Ming Dynasty in the original history. The Ming Dynasty in this world today did not realize the huge value hidden in the Western Regions. It doesn’t matter. He came to tell Ming Dynasty how much value the Western Regions contained!
Yan Changqing wrote the word "value" in large letters on the small blackboard under "Northern Xinjiang", and then said:
"The three reasons mentioned by His Royal Highness King Zhou just now can actually be attributed to the last reason, which is value!!!"
"The current value of Northern Xinjiang recognized by Ming Dynasty is not enough for Ming Dynasty to ignore the far distance and too wide scope of Northern Xinjiang to occupy it!!!"
"But if the value contained in Northern Xinjiang is not inferior to that of the Central Plains, then will the imperial court choose to abandon Northern Xinjiang because of its far distance and vast scope?!!"
Hearing Yan Changqing's words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately shook his head and said:
"Absolutely not!!!"
"Not to mention whether the value contained in Northern Xinjiang is comparable to that of the Central Plains. As long as the output value of Northern Xinjiang can support the border troops stationed in Northern Xinjiang, then we will completely occupy it!"
He is not afraid of those idiot emperors. He is afraid that those idiot emperors will despise their own country too much, but he will not.
For him, the larger the territory of Ming Dynasty, the better!
The main reason why he did not choose to substantively occupy Northern Xinjiang before was because he carefully calculated and found that even if he defeated and occupied Northern Xinjiang, it would not bring much benefit to Ming Dynasty.
Even the Ming Dynasty had to pour money into it every year because of military expenditures for the garrison in Northern Xinjiang!!!
How could Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always been obsessed with money, be willing to such a "loss-making transaction"?
After all, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, and even all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, Northern Xinjiang was a place with barren land and poor people. Not to mention useless, it was no better than useless.
But if he was completely left alone, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that one day the other remaining tribes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty hiding in the depths of northern Xinjiang would cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty again after they recuperated and regained their strength.
Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang discussed the handling and arrangements for Northern Xinjiang with a group of courtiers, but did not get a plan that satisfied him (which saved money and could prevent other remnant tribes from the Northern Yuan Dynasty from coming back), he took the opportunity to ask Yan Changqing Any good suggestions for this.
But what did Yan Changqing just say?!!
"You just said that the value contained in Northern Xinjiang is not inferior to that of the Central Plains?!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yan Changqing with shining eyes.
Hiss, if that's the case, then he's not sleepy anymore.
Ah, no, if that's the case, then he won't be polite in Beijiang!!!
Not inferior to the value of the Central Plains, how much benefit can this bring to the Ming Dynasty?!!
A simple conversion, last year the Ming Dynasty Central Plains’ estimated total fiscal revenue from selling briquettes, salted fish meat, selling sea salt, collecting commercial taxes, collecting land and acres of land taxes, etc. was more than 78 million yuan!
If the output of Northern Xinjiang can be worth more than 78 million yuan, let alone the military expenditure of the Northern Xinjiang frontier army of only 18 or 20 directions.
Even if there are millions of border troops piled up in northern Xinjiang, that will not be a problem at all.
Supporting one million frontier troops would only cost 10 to 20 million yuan at most.
Even if you save a little more, you can give Qian'er 8 million yuan, that will be enough...
Deducting the military expenditure of more than 78 million guan from as much as 20 million guan to as little as 10 million guan, Ming Dynasty can still earn as little as 60 million guan and as much as 70 million guan in fiscal revenue!!!
Seventy million dollars!!!
The total number of people in the Ming Dynasty today is not even 70 million!!!
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but get red-eyed just thinking about such a huge benefit.
His mother-in-law, although the Ming Dynasty's annual income last year was as much as 78 million guan, the expenditure of the Ming Dynasty last year was also very terrifying. The fiscal revenue of more than 78 million guan was only a balance of more than 5 million guan in the end. .
When he saw the financial summary report submitted by Ru Taisu, the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang almost wanted to order people to kill Ru Taisu's nine tribes.
Well, not only Ru Taisu, but also the entire household officials and Yi Yuanzhang wanted to confiscate their homes and seize the nine tribes.
Because when he saw the financial summary report submitted by Ru Taisu, Zhu Yuanzhang's first thought was that these guys in the Ministry of Revenue who should be peeling off the skin and picking up the grass actually dared to embezzle his old Zhu's money!
After all, if it were not for the corruption of the Ministry of Revenue, how could the total fiscal revenue of more than 78 million guan only end up with a balance of more than 5 million guan?!!
this is not
What is greedy ink?!
Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's charge of "corruption," it was naturally impossible for Ru Taisu and other officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to admit it.
His mother-in-law's usual embezzlement would kill someone.
If they admit the crime of embezzling tens of millions of taels of ink, they will not even talk about the Nine Tribes. The Nine Tribes of the ants passing by their Nine Tribes will have to be chopped into one hundred and eighty petals by Zhu Yuanzhang!!!
So the Ministry of Revenue and the other five ministries reconciled the accounts at the morning meeting in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Before the loss, Ru Taisu learned a new accounting method from Shang Fan Bai, so that every income and expenditure is clear, there are accounts that can be checked, and there are traces to follow.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also suspended the activities of more than 99% of the Jinyiwei, and sent tens of thousands of Jinyiwei to track every money spent by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In the end, after checking every account of last year for half a month, Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that the Ministry of Revenue really did not have his financial funds.
However, Jin Yiwei discovered that some local officials had embezzled project funds allocated to them by the Ministry of Revenue to pay for the employment of ordinary people.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already holding back his anger, would not be polite to these corrupt officials who bumped into him. He would directly take them down and then show them all to the public!
Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang announced the end of this audit without any secret, because Thailand let out a sigh of relief.
However, looking at his financial bills of more than 70 million yuan last year, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel headaches, toothaches, and chest pains...
In short, seeing how much money was spent, Zhu Yuanzhang felt pain everywhere in his body!
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt inexplicably that the more money he had, the less money he would have.
The annual fiscal revenue of more than 78 million yuan, before the fifteenth year of Hongwu, was as much as the total fiscal revenue of the third year of Ming Dynasty!
For example, fifteen years ago in Hongwu, the total annual fiscal revenue for the next year was only 3.5 yuan, which was more than 20 million yuan.
Just like this, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in one year!
However, out of the current annual fiscal revenue of more than 78 million yuan, only more than 5 million yuan is left for emergency unexpected financial expenditures on natural and man-made disasters.
Zhu Yuanzhang returned to Queen Ma's Qianqing Palace and thought about it for several nights without understanding how he became so spendthrift.
Of course he couldn't figure it out, but he wanted to, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was "short of money" again!!!
Compared with the annual fiscal revenue of more than 78 million guan, the remaining more than 5 million guan were used for emergency unanticipated fiscal expenditures on natural disasters and man-made disasters [which really cannot be given to Zhu Yuanzhang]
Brings a sense of security.
So after hearing Yan Changqing say that the value of Northern Xinjiang was not inferior to that of the Central Plains, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Northern Xinjiang was already equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's money bag!
Whoever dares to attract the attention of Northern Xinjiang, Zhu Yuanzhang will dare to use all the strength of the country to kill him!
Of course, from a practical point of view, if Zhu Yuanzhang can really garrison one million troops in northern Xinjiang.
If any of the Babur, Timur Empire, Oara and other forces around northern Xinjiang dare to come, the Ming Dynasty will kill them on the spot!
The Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period had this strength and the confidence!
During this period, what could restrain Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Dynasty was never a matter of combat effectiveness, but a matter of logistics!
As long as the logistics could keep up, the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period could defeat any empire or force that dared to confront it head-on!
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