Zhang Ran immediately reported some of the situations about Prince Chun, not only his actions after arriving in Beijing, but also his remarks after drinking yesterday, and so on. He did not add any qi to the report, nor did he make any analysis and judgments. As Zhu Yicheng's eyes and ears, he only needed to report what he knew in a complete and complete manner. As for the other Zhu Yicheng, he naturally had his own judgment.

Zhu Yicheng listened carefully to Zhang Ran’s report. During his report, he did not ask questions, but just listened and thought.

After Zhang Ran finished reporting, Zhu Yicheng was a little satisfied. Although he didn't know what Zhang Ran used to get the news, Zhang Ran, as the commander of the Jinyiwei, was just a bowl of rice. If Prince Chun and the Jinyiwei were still unable to figure out the other party's bottom, then Zhang Ran would not have to do the commander of the Zhang Ran.

Finally, the report ended with Zhu Yicheng's "I know". After the report, Zhang Ran stood up and left. After he left, Zhu Yicheng seemed to have nothing happened and was working as usual.

It was not until the afternoon that the matter at hand was almost done, and Zhu Yicheng was free. Seeing that the weather was good outside, Zhu Yicheng gave instructions and stood up and left the side hall.

Since he arrived in the capital, Zhu Yicheng left the palace much less time than when he was in Nanjing. This is certainly because the Forbidden City in the capital is greater than the imperial palace in Nanjing, and it is also because there are too many national facts that need to be dealt with every day.

Compared to Nanjing, Zhu Yicheng has much less free time, so he doesn't have much time to go out of the palace and usually only spend half an hour in his spare time walking around a few beautiful places in the palace, using this method to combine work and rest.

Taking a walk without any hurry, Zhu Yicheng thought about the situation in the Qing Dynasty. With the capture of Zhenyuan City, Yongzheng committed suicide, but the Qing Dynasty did not end up in ashes with Yongzheng's death.

In fact, before Yongzheng's death, the Qing Dynasty had already split, one east and one west were divided into two parts, maintaining a delicate balance in the so-called Eight Kings' way of discussing politics.

This balance was completely broken until the Ming Dynasty took over the Hexi Corridor and took Zhenyuan City. With Yongzheng's death, the Qing Dynasty center in the east had been transferred to the Qing court in the west. Now Prince Cheng ascended the throne and became emperor, he got the so-called Kant's reign and continued to breathe.

Not long ago, the court received news from the Western Regions that Cewang Alabandan took advantage of the situation to rob the Tibet and sent troops to the Western Regions, intending to make some advantage when the Qing Dynasty was weak.

Logically speaking, under this situation, it was the best opportunity for the Ming Dynasty. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Cewang Alabandan and the Qing Dynasty bite the dog, they continued to rush their troops to the west, annihilate the remaining main forces of the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop, and completely pacify the Western Regions.

But in fact, the Ming army in the Western Regions now does not have much ability to continue to advance westward. Although the Ming Dynasty's national strength is strong, the new army is also stronger than the previous army, especially the widespread use of firearms, which makes the attack power of the Ming army the highest in this era.

But fighting is not simple, especially in such a vast land in the Western Regions. After occupying Zhenyuan City, the Ming army could only advance slowly due to the limitations of logistics and force maneuvers, and could no longer advance as rapidly as attacking the Hexi Corridor.

The use of firearms replaced the original cold weapons and changed the attitude of war. This is the progress of the times, but it also brought considerable pressure to the military's logistics support.

The Western Regions have a wide area and a scattered population, so it is even more difficult to walk on. Except for a few places in the Western Regions, there is no official road, even ordinary roads.

From one place to another, most of them rely on the guidance of guides, as well as the transportation of livestock such as horses and camels. These conditions not only restrict the transportation of materials, but also bring great inconvenience to the army's advance. In addition, the Ming army could not disperse its troops and could not directly capture the main force of the Qing Dynasty to launch a battle that directly determines the fate. In this case, the war in the Western Regions had no choice but to come to an end for a while.

The technological progress cannot be changed for the time being due to the constraints of terrain and space. On the contrary, the Qing Dynasty and Cewang Alabandan tribes, which did not have any firearms, were better, and most of them relying on traditional tactics, which were better. This was also the helplessness of the Ming army.

In this regard, Zhu Yicheng could only agree with Yue Zhongqi's suggestion, allowing the Ming army to repair it based on Zhenyuan City, and at the same time, appropriately approaching the west, and consolidate local rule. At the same time, the transportation and supply of frontline materials were stepped up to meet the needs of the army.

However, as the front line continued to lengthen, the supply pressure in the later period became increasingly greater. The Ming Dynasty's railway only opened the Datong channel, from Datong to the Hexi Corridor, and then through the Hexi Corridor to the front line. There were thousands of miles of land and the front line had more than 100,000 troops. The daily material consumption of such a huge army was astronomical. Coupled with the loss and manpower along the way, the Ming Dynasty was under great pressure in this regard.

After understanding this, Zhu Yicheng understood why the Qing Dynasty captured the entire Western Regions for nearly a hundred years in history, and countless wars were fought in various sizes and big and small, and billions of taels of silver were spent to completely take it.

Although the Ming Dynasty was stronger than the Qing Dynasty in history and had a stronger finance, it was impossible to annex the entire Western Regions by relying on the current military force in a battle without the steel torrents such as aircraft, cannons, missiles and armored forces.

When the reality is there, Zhu Yicheng is helpless. In addition, the Army Department has also raised a series of problems in the military caused by excessive military use and excessive time in the Western Regions.

If we count from the beginning of Zhu Yicheng's plan to the battle in the Western Regions, it has been more than three years. In the past three years, the troops in the Western Regions have been increasing again and again, and the soldiers of many troops have reached a certain limit.

After Zhu Yicheng's restructuring, the Ming military system was similar to the modern military system in later generations. It abolished the original military household system and conscription system, reopened the recruitment system, and at the same time established the service system based on the recruitment system.

This makes the army a professional army. Although the financial expenditure is huge, the benefits it can bring are obvious. The Ming Dynasty's military was able to maintain its current elite, which was quite related to the military system reorganized by Zhu Yicheng, and was implemented as a formal system.

But this system also has disadvantages, or it is not a disadvantage but a rule limit of this system. Since it is now a service system, not to mention the officers, soldiers have service periods. According to the current service period in the Ming Dynasty, ordinary soldiers usually serve five years after joining the army. If they are promoted to officers due to merit during the service period, they can be converted into professional officers and continue to serve in the army. Otherwise, they will retire normally after their service expires, return to the local area to enter the reserve ranks and be placed.

In other words, many soldiers in the front-line army have reached their service period, and according to the military system, there will be many retired personnel in the next time.

Although the military can extend its service time in wartime, the disadvantages of doing so are obvious. In addition, the Ming army accounts for a very small proportion of the northwest, and it is inevitable that the thoughts and emotions will be in danger of fighting outside for a long time, which will bring extremely unstable changes to the morale of the army.

According to the suggestions of the Army Department and the General Staff, the current battle in the Western Regions can be temporarily ended with the end of the Zhenyuan Campaign as a node, and the subsequent military operations need to be carried out after adjustments.

In addition, at least one-third of the troops in the Western Regions need to be withdrawn and other troops are sent to replace the defense. In addition to ordinary soldiers, the same is true for officers, including generals, and Yue Zhongqi is mentioned.

In short, Yue Zhongqi has been in charge of the Western Regions for more than five years. As a commander, he has been in the Western Regions for too long, which is not conducive to the court's control of the army. Zhu Yicheng is relatively relieved about Yue Zhongqi's loyalty, but on this issue, many ministers from the Military Affairs Office have expressed that they will transfer Yue Zhongqi back under appropriate circumstances. These ministers not only include civil officials, but also military generals. Even Zhu Yicheng, as the emperor, cannot ignore these views. To a certain extent, Zhu Yicheng must consider their attitude.

With various problems, coupled with the changes in the situation in various countries around the world, the Ming Dynasty seems to be calm inside and outside, and there are many practical problems. No matter how anxious Zhu Yicheng is, he knows that he will not be fat in one breath, so he decided to slow down the plan for the Western Regions after weighing the trade-offs and make a move, and then talk about it first.
Chapter completed!