Chapter 108: The Perfect Strategy! Resource War, Instigating Rebellion and Assimilation!
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Zhu Di is very unhappy now!
He summoned the civil and military ministers with great fanfare, hoping that the second-in-command would give a reasonable suggestion.
Unexpectedly, this treacherous son was uncharacteristic and judged that his Northern Expedition was just a useless effort.
Beat away the Tatars and the Oaras!
After defeating the Oara, the Tatars rose again, or there were other nomadic tribes!
This is to say that he, Zhu Di, went on an expedition to the Northern Expedition, but what he got in exchange was a short-term peace.
But the price paid by the Ming Dynasty was countless money and food resources.
In this comparison, Zhu Di looks very stupid!
After all, the emperor personally led the Northern Expedition, and many important officials in the court disagreed. It was Zhu Di who insisted on creating a peaceful and prosperous age!
But now, the second-in-command, Zhu Gaoxu, bluntly refutes that the gains of the Northern Expedition outweigh the losses. Where can he put his old face like Zhu Di?
Thinking about it, Zhu Di became even more angry and stared at Zhu Gaoxu with evil eyes.
"Second brother, the Northern Expedition by force is not advisable, so what do you have in mind?"
"Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty just hunkered down within the Great Wall and watched Mongolia take advantage of the opportunity to rise?"
Everyone could hear the anger in the emperor's tone, and they did not dare to say anything for fear of suffering unreasonable disaster.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't take it seriously, touched his chin and smiled: "Dad, do you know the class differentiation in the grassland?"
Everyone was stunned and confused on the spot.
Class division?
What does it mean?
"Mongolia can be roughly divided into two parts: nobles and civilians based on status. Genghis Khan broke the traditional organizational structure of traditional clan tribes and established a unified system that combined administration, military and production organization - the Thousand Household System."
“Above the thousand households, there are ten thousand households, and below them there are hundreds and ten households, which are governed by the heads of ten households, the heads of thousands households, the heads of hundreds of households, and the heads of ten households respectively. The chiefs of these households are mostly former tribal leaders and nobles. act as……"
I have to admit that Genghis Khan is truly a genius.
He used the thousand-household system to control the entire grassland at every level, and no one dared to disobey his orders.
Under this thousand-household system, all young and middle-aged men in Mongolia are warriors and are incorporated into the army. They provide their own horses and weapons. They are led by the chiefs of the thousand households and the chiefs of the hundred households, and can go to war at any time.
Moreover, he fixed the residents within the designated ten households, one hundred households, and one thousand households, in order to ensure the integrity of the thousand-household system, and to ensure the necessary sources of soldiers and taxes, so that all adult men in Mongolia can "mount their horses to prepare for battle, and dismount their horses to prepare for battle." "Gathering together for pastoral care" is similar to the health system established by the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang.
But the only thing Genghis Khan did wrong was that he personally cultivated a group of royal clans headed by Genghis Khan, the highest ruling group of the "Golden Family", and feudal lords composed of Nayan nobles at all levels.
Genghis Khan regarded the Mongolian people organized into thousands of households and the nayans at all levels who were responsible for the thousands of households as family property, and distributed them to his sons, brothers and other members of the clan.
According to the practice of family property distribution, his sons and brothers distributed the civilians and nayans of all levels allocated to them to their own relatives or subordinates.
Nayans at all levels were in an absolutely subordinate position to the Great Khan and his relatives, but to the Mongolian people they were rulers.
They accepted the reward from the Khan or his clan, became lords, and obtained hereditary power.
They have the power to allocate pastures, collect taxes, apportion corvees, command armies, etc. within their jurisdiction.
Gradually, they became the backbone of the Mongolian Empire in managing the Golden Family.
However, when the Golden Family declined, these great lords became the gravediggers of the Mongol Empire.
For example, Alutai was not a member of the Golden Family, but with the wishful thinking of "holding the emperor from power to control the princes", he supported Bunya Shili, a member of the Golden Family, as the Great Khan of Mongolia, and tried to control the entire grassland through this puppet Khan.
The once noble members of the Golden Family were now reduced to being puppets of the lord, and were even slaughtered wantonly. If Genghis Khan was still alive, his coffin might not be able to hold it down.
Zhu Di was a little impatient and urged: "King Han, what do you want to say?"
"It's very simple. Whether it's Tatar or Oara, what they really want to fight is what the lords, nobles and low-level herdsmen want. After all, it's just survival."
"Whether this battle is won or lost, it makes no difference to the lower class herdsmen. The money, grain, and women gained from the plunder are all spoils of the nobles. They will not get a single hair from the bloody fight; if they lose, The people who will die more are the lower class civilians, and their lives will be more difficult."
"However, the Mongolian civilians, to put it more harshly, are the slaves of the Mongolian nobles. In order to survive, they have to obey the nobles and obey all their orders without any resistance. Even if the nobles ask them to fight with their lives, they can only implement."
"In this case, the only real enemies of our Ming Dynasty are the lords and nobles. Why not try to instigate rebellion and assimilate these common people?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked and fell into deep thought.
Admittedly, what Prince Han said was not without purpose, after all, the facts are there.
It was the Mongolian nobles who wanted to fight.
The ones who really fought hard were the Mongolian civilians.
Even if this battle is won, UU Reading www.uukｎshu.net civilians will not benefit at all, but the nobles will make a lot of money.
If we lose the battle, life will be even more difficult for civilians, and survival will become very difficult.
Mongolian civilians don't want to fight at all.
Jin Zhong stroked his snow-white beard and sighed: "Your Highness, King of Han, you just said that Mongolia has a strict hierarchy, and the common people's awe for the nobles has been deep in their bones. Then how can they dare to surrender to me, the Ming Dynasty..."
"Why not? As long as there are Mongolian civilians who are willing to submit to our Ming Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty will open mutual trade, and even give them fertile land and pastures. We can also send Confucian scholars to set up colleges and educate and benevolent governments, so that they can truly feel our Ming Dynasty. The prosperity of the country, and then the longing for the Ming Dynasty... This is assimilation!"
"Mongolian civilians don't want to fight. If they win, it won't do them any good. If they lose, they will lose their families and life will become more difficult. If they have a better life, stronger support, and more If they have more chance of survival, will they still obey the orders of those Mongolian nobles?"
"My Ming Dynasty does not need to go deep into the grasslands to fight. What we need is to instigate rebellion and accept the Mongolian civilians. We can win the support of the Mongolian civilians through exchanges of rewards and other means. We can fix them in the areas near the border and slowly infiltrate and assimilate them until they become part of our Ming Dynasty! "
"At that time, even if there are changes in the grassland, these Mongolian civilians outside the Great Wall can become our Ming Dynasty's intelligence network, or the first line of defense against enemies. In this way, why should we fear the dangers of the grassland?"
After a pause, Zhu Gaoxu chuckled and said: "Wars are not necessarily resolved through force."
"Wars over money, food, and resources can also achieve political goals."
"My Ming Dynasty only needs to pay some money and food resources to defeat others without fighting. Why not do it?"
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