Iron ore is a ban in any country, especially high-quality iron ore. It is regarded as a ban by various countries. Although there is nothing in this world that cannot be done with money, the cost is too high. Therefore, until the material problem is solved, unless the court increases its investment, it is impossible to expand production.

Back to reality, how strict can ten thousand guns be equipped with an army? If it is normal, it is naturally fine to have a single shot. However, if it is wartime, even in a war with low frequency and intensity, even if the logistics supply continues, it can only arm at most five or six thousand people. Compared with the current hundreds of thousands of people on the Nine Territory, it cannot be described as more wolves and less meat...

Therefore, every general has a tough attitude towards the ownership of these ten thousand guns. Even if he cannot take it alone, he must get a piece of the pie. Even the governor who has always held his own identity and has not spoken can't sit still.

Sitting silently after the big case, looking at the group of generals who were fighting red, I was naturally annoyed... They were all generals with tens of thousands of people, and their eyes were not so shallow. No matter how good the gun was, they would not compete for this bird! In fact, behind the appearance was the sharp contradictions deeply embedded in the current military system. Originally, although the generals of each town had already formed a system and were incompatible with each other, they finally got along harmoniously and competed for resources. They were all handed over to their respective governors. The governors got it. Then the towns robbed each other, and at least there was a rule.

But now there are no rules and it is completely in chaos. The reason is the conflict between the border army, the Beijing army, and the Southern Army. Generally speaking, it is "the border army dislikes the Beijing army and the Southern Army because their treatment and supplies are better than themselves: the Southern Army looks down on the border army and the Beijing army. Because they always defeat wars, they have to rely on their own to leave their hometowns to help stabilize the situation; the Beijing army maintains a consistent sense of superiority towards the border army and the Southern Army. All the three families think this way, so they naturally have to take the lead in everything and are unwilling to suffer losses.

Three monks have no water to eat” is a very famous saying!

Silence is not good at resolving conflicts, but he has the unique skill of putting them aside, so he calms down.

Although the generals were clamoring, they actually left a little Qingming Festival. Seeing that the old man Chen was unhappy, the court immediately became quiet.

"Why don't you make a noise?" said silently.

Everyone became more and more angry and dared not breathe for a moment.

"It's all the generals, the governors, and I'm fighting for the screen to break a few guns." The silent voice turned cold and said, "Is this the White Tiger Festival Hall or your vegetable market?"

"Yahu'er also wants to fight the Tartars better," Ma Fang whispered with courage.

"Is it because of this Longqing style that you, Prince Ma, won by Altan in a row?" Chen Si glared at him and looked at the generals and said, "Or you can't defend your respective defense zones without Longqing style?"

"Of course not..." Everyone shook their heads.

"Then sit down obediently," he stood up silently and said, "The border affairs are like the sky, but this time I called you all back from the defense zone. I believe you have guessed it directly. It is impossible to just do a military exercise!"

"Yes!" The generals stood up one after another, followed Shen Mo and arrived in the conference room where they were behind.

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Outside the conference room, there were Jinyiwei guards closely guarding them. The generals could only enter alone. A guard of the entourage could not be brought. The windows in the room were covered with thick green tweed curtains, and no light could be penetrated. But dozens of smokeless glass lamps illuminated the room, bright as daytime.

After waiting for the generals to sit down, Chen Si ordered people to pull the curtain on the north wall, and a huge nine-sided border map appeared. Seeing this map, everyone knew that the long-awaited moment had finally arrived.

"You must be familiar with this map. Yes, this is the border defense map of the Ming Dynasty," a silent voice sounded: "At the beginning of the country, Emperor Taizu expelled the Tartars and restored China. He drove the remnant Yuan forces to the north of the desert. However, Emperor Shun of Yuan went out of Yuyang in the north and the desert. There were still people who led the bow, no less than one million. In order to consolidate the newly established regime and eliminate the threat of the remnant Yuan forces, Taizu used troops to the desert several times, but the effect was not good. He had to change it. The strategy is mainly defense. It starts from the Yalu River in Liaodong in the east and ends at Jiuquan in Gansu in the west. It garrisons in the northern border line that stretches thousands of miles apart. It has successively established nine important towns, namely Liaodong, Yifu, Datong, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu, Jizhou, Shanxi and Guyuan. It was called "Jiu Bian," and Daning, Kaiping and Dongshengwei, north of the Great Wall. Three military outposts were established to prevent Mongolia from advancing south, forming a military pattern of thousands of miles west of Liao and connecting with momentum."

"After that, the second ancestor relied on the nine borders and made the Ming border enjoy decades of peace.

However, in the battle of Tumu Fort, our Ming Dynasty was lost. The emperor rushed north and changed his position with the Mongols. He was invaded by various Mongolian tribes every year. And since Tianshun, he has become more and more intense. The nine borders have been invaded hundreds of times every year. The Tartars frequently went deep into the mainland, burning, killing, looting, and even approaching the capital. Tianyan was shocked!" Looking at the people present in silence, he said, "As the generals of the border town, you know this, but I wonder what you think?"

All the generals lowered their heads and thought to themselves that you really don’t have any pots to carry.

"After I take office, please ask the border guards to help the Ministry of War to investigate the current situation of the nine borders." Silently and coldly looked at the generals, and said mercilessly: "The investigation results are unacceptable! The towns and towns patrol the border, and each team has a large number of people. Although the original quota is large, there are many people who escape. Three or four out of ten are missing; they see that the remaining people are not covered in clothes, the military equipment is in short supply, the horses are thin, and the hunger, cold and difficult situation is seen in their faces! It would be nice to not mutiny in the army, so how can we talk about guarding the border?" His eyes patrolled in front of everyone and said: " As for the castles, grain, materials, and grass bundles along the border, there are not many. As for the military and horse equipment, most of them are old, thin, and extremely scattered. Some soldiers in the guards even patrol with their own wooden sticks! I would like to ask you all here, whose fault is this? Is the court made less budgets, the Ministry of War deducted food and pay, or is it skinned by the generals of each town? And those military camps, the land ran away from their own feet. Why did they disappear from the accounts of each town? Where did it flow?"

The generals were sweating coldly by his words, thinking that they would not go to the mobilization meeting, but to judge us? At this time, they could not be silent anymore. Everyone looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Liang Lun, begging the Minister of War, Governor Xuanda, to say some fair words to them.

"Zhongtang Lord calms down..." Liang Lun had to bite the bullet and said, "Some problems have been malfunctioning for a hundred years, and the accumulated habits are hard to change. Although we are known as the governor and general, they are also small in front of the accumulated habits. We are not unaware of the problem, but if we really dare to start the operation, we will die suddenly in the military camp the next night." He said, "The reason is that the court will transfer middle and senior generals across the country, but the generals below often stay away from their hometowns for life. These people have been in the same place for generations, and they have been reborn from intermarriage, and their descendants have taken over their posts for nearly ten generations, and they have long been formed as a solid piece." He said, "Just just now, when the Zhongtang Lord talked about where the farmland went, he went to these people's homes. If you don't believe me, investigate the landlords in Xuanda and Ganning. Most of them are the families of these middle and lower-level officers."

The generals quickly echoed: "Yes. Lord Zhongtang. We are not in the same group as them. The reason is very simple. Once the border defense is lost, the capital will be shaken. We are the ones who have been beheaded. If you don't believe me, look at the governors and governors in recent decades. How many of the generals have been able to end well? Since becoming the general officer, we have been worried and afraid that the border defense will cause trouble to their descendants. Who has the courage to deduct military resources and record soldiers?"

For a time, they all became poor people who had suffered for generations, but they had the arrogance they had just now.

Shen Mo let him complain without hesitation. When they were almost done, he said in a calm tone: "Then I can't understand. Since you are so distressed, why are you still so resistant to the southern army going north? Don't you know that they are here to help you defend the enemy?"

The generals suddenly realized that Mr. Shen was in such a big circle for this.

But after saying it, how can you slap yourself? It can only be said that the border army does not like the visiting army, and the visiting army also looks down on the border army. It is difficult to manage the two sides when they are together, and they are worried that there will be big problems if they are too long. "Then let the border army guard the city and the guest army occupy the fortress outside. Don't meet each other!" Shen Mo immediately made the decision: "If brothers don't get along, they have to separate their families. Why bother to force them into one place?"

The generals' expressions changed slightly. In fact, the root of the conflict between the Southern Army and the Border Army is that the two armies have too much disparity between the rich and the poor. Although with Shen Mo's strong intervention, the border army has now been released by the governor's office on a monthly basis, which can basically guarantee that they receive salary every month, but only three cents of silver per stone is still not enough to eat. Not to mention equipment and the supply of weapons.

In contrast, the Southern Army adopted the policy of providing children to the province according to Shen Mo's requirements, that is, the food and weapons of the Zhejiang soldiers were supplied from Zhejiang, and the weapons and food and money of the Fujian soldiers were supplied from Fujian. Moreover, since they were recruiting soldiers, the money was several times that of the border troops and never owed them. As for the equipment, there were summer clothes and winter clothes, and there were neat clothes all year round. Even if there was delay, it would be replenished soon.

The Chinese people are sick and do not suffer from poverty but are uneven. The huge contrast between the two armies naturally caused great jealousy in the border army, and the generals took the opportunity to lead the soldiers to the east, causing them to not have enough food and clothing. They blamed these hateful, southern barbarians, and... said that because they were too far from the south and the freight was high, they did not transport supplies from the province in the past, but officials brought the money to purchase them in the north and replenished them on the spot. This not only led to soaring prices, but also snatched all the limited supplies. Therefore, their border army became increasingly poor.

Under this ulterior motive instigation, the conflict between the border army and the guest army became increasingly acute. Fighting and fighting occurred almost every day, and even murder cases were common. In this serious atmosphere of opposition, even the generals fell into it without realizing it, and this was the scene of fighting for guns at first.

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Even if he is already a secondary assistant, silence cannot solve this problem unless he can convince the Southeast that the military expenditure of the border troops will be released. But that is simply impossible. Even if he is the King of Southeast, he must first think about the problem from the Southeast. Once such a decision that is considered to be a serious betrayal is not far from being abandoned by the officials and gentry in the Southeast.

He had no choice but to adopt the method of isolation first. Separating the border and southern troops was also a solution.

When the generals heard this, they felt that this was the best way to do it at present. "It is pure if you don't see it. If you can't see it, there will be less injustice. So they agreed and just do it when they go back.

But there are also independent thinking and always silent governor Cao Bangfu asked, "This is okay, but if you encounter a big battle, it may be difficult to form a joint force."

"It's right." Silent nodded and looked at him and said, "But do you have a better way?"

Cao Bangfu shook his head, fundamentally. This is a manifestation of the financial gap between the north and the south, and it cannot be compensated by manpower: "If you don't use the southern army, you won't be able to defend the border. If you use the southern army, you will be unable to make progress. Things in the Ming Dynasty are always helpless."

"How big the belly is, how much food should you eat?" Silent waved his hand and said firmly: "So our strategy for the next few years is destined to not be able to drive the entire line! There can only be attack and defense!"

If they said this from the beginning, the generals would definitely be furious. Who would be willing to look at themselves as the background and show the limelight for others? But now, after he was squeezed, the generals felt that this was the case and no one expressed their opinions.

Seeing that the scene was completely controlled, I silently picked up the teacup and took a sip. I felt the tea was slightly cool," I couldn't help but frowned: "Actually, if it's safe, I should now be able to maintain my energy and taxes, and wait ten years later to fight the Tartars."

The generals nodded one after another, yes, if they could have been raised for ten years, the border army would definitely not be as dying as they are now, and they cannot fight. At that time, the soldiers are sophisticated and food are enough, and they will still be jealous of what the Southern Army did? And ten years later, Altan will be seventy years old, and the loess is buried in his neck. "It is possible that after a generation of geniuses die, it will be difficult for Mongolia to produce another leader who can gather various tribes. It is most likely that they will be divided again. At that time, they will be defeated one by one, and it will naturally be much less difficult.

To be honest, the Ming Dynasty is not ready for a full war. This is the voice of everyone.
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