The Zhou army attacked outside the Great Wall, recovered the front and middle traps in one fell swoop, expanding the territory for thousands of miles, which made the emerging Zhou regime quite excited, the government and the people.

As today, although there has not been a battle, everyone knows that peace will not last too long.

The world's general trend will be divided after a long time of unification, and the separation will be unified after a long time of unification. It has been deeply rooted in people's hearts with the spread of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Therefore, Zhao Ming, the regent of the Ming Dynasty, was busy integrating the resources within the Ming Dynasty, taming all forces, and speeding up saving money and food in preparation for the Northern Expedition.

In the north, the two regimes are also struggling to develop and prepare for war.

Ajige was busy distributing land to the army and allocating flag slaves to win over the morale of the army so that the Manchu and Han troops would fight to the death.

The entire Dongqing period was almost declining to the era of slavery, and the army controlled 70% of the land, as well as commerce and resources in the Dongqing period.

This made the people extremely distressed, but whether it was the Manchu army or Shang Kexi, the Han army led by Geng Zhongming, obtained a lot of land and interests, was quite loyal to Dongqing in order to safeguard the interests of the army.

The army was heading towards Ajig. Under the powerful military pressure, the local gentry and people did not dare to act recklessly, so they could only swallow their anger.

After the Zhou State recovered Hetao, Wu Sangui took advantage of the Qing Dynasty's means of controlling Mongolia and demarcating pastures for each division. At the same time, in order to prevent the Mongols from getting out of control, he set up five guards in Hetao, recruited 500,000 people, and went to the fortress to build a city.

However, the Zhou Dynasty's treasury was unable to bear such a huge expense.

At this time, in Xi'an, the Palace of King Zhou.

Wu Sangui is discussing with the ministers how to solve the problem of supplying food and grass on the stuffed food.

At this time, the left prime minister Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think the only way to solve the food supply and enrich the national treasury is to follow Zhao Ming, encourage businessmen, and use merchants to solve the supply problem!"

In terms of military and grand strategy, Wu Sangui is more convinced of Hong Chengchou.

After all, Wu Sangui has also worked under his command, and he knows that Hong Chengchou's military strategy is very powerful.

In the early years, he almost killed Li Zicheng, but later he fought with Huang Taiji, which forced Huang Taiji to vomit blood. If the court had not had the poor food and grass, the finances went bankrupt, and the war could not be delayed, and forced Hong Chengchou to fight to the decisive battle, Hong Chengchou might not have been defeated.

Moreover, Wu Sangui had a share of defeat in Songshan. He knew that if they hadn't been in a hurry to escape and left Hong Chengchou in Songshan, Hong Chengchou might have escaped.

Therefore, in military terms, Wu Sangui mostly adopted Hong Chengchou's opinions.

This time, the dispatch of troops to Mongolia and collecting Hetao was Hong Chengchou's suggestion.

The result of the dispatch of troops was indeed very satisfied with Wu Sangui. He directly collected Mongolian soldiers from three flags, not only obtained 21,500 elite cavalry, but also seized a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, and obtained a Thousand Mile Ranch, which greatly increased the strength of the Zhou Kingdom.

In terms of political affairs, Wu Sangui relied more on the left prime minister Sun Kewang.

Although Sun Kewang was born into a bandit, he was indeed very good at dealing with internal affairs.

Back then, more than 100,000 remnants of the Western Army fled into the barren land of Yunnan and Guizhou. Sun Kewang's three years of operation could make the Western Army gain a foothold in Yunnan and Guizhou and launch a counterattack, which shows its ability.

Yungui was sparsely populated, with chieftains everywhere, with undulating mountains and forests and blocked roads. He was not short of troops, but instead created an army of 200,000 to counterattack Sichuan.

Wu Sangui also admired this ability very much.

At the beginning, Wu Sangui and Sun Kewang were in Sichuan for many years, but in the end they had to give up Sichuan. He knew very well that he was not defeated by the Western Army, but because of the Western Army's logistical capabilities, he was defeated unbeaten.

Wu Sangui defeated the Western Army's invasions against Chengdu several times, and defeated Sun Kewang's army several times, but not long after, Sun Kewang was able to organize more troops to come.

Wu Sangui occupied the large and prosperous Chengdu Plain, but was dragged down by Sun Kewang and had to retreat to Hanzhong for stalemate.

Therefore, Wu Sangui felt very terrified of Sun Kewang's internal affairs ability. Fortunately, this guy couldn't fight. Otherwise, with his internal affairs ability, the whole world might be his.

Wu Sangui, the two prime ministers, are indeed one of the most powerful prime ministers nowadays, which makes Zhao Ming, who is far away in Nanjing, envious.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were stationed outside the border. How to solve the problem of money and food? Wu Sangui would ask for money in the past, but he couldn't think of it.

"Follow Nanjing?" Wu Sangui couldn't help but become interested.

Recently, from the Zhou Kingdom, from Wu Sangui to ordinary people, they all had a strong interest in studying the Ming Dynasty's Regent Zhao Ming and Zhao Bo'an.

All of this is a printing workshop controlled by the Kuomintang Party, and a book about Regent Zhao Ming was published.

The book records how the Regent went from a soldier to today step by step, unifying the Ming Dynasty, recorded many quotations from the Regent, and also showed and made decisions when experiencing some key things.

The whole book deliberately describes Zhao Ming as a great hero who has grown up step by step, which is his private biography.

Yes, this is exactly the topics that Zhao Ming spent money, bought, and bought. He bought it, but Lin Shidawei and the navy to promote himself.

The purpose is to make his image deeply rooted in the hearts of the people so that the north will not be subject to severe resistance.

After reading it, Wu Sangui couldn't help but feel a little admiration for Zhao Ming.

Sun Kewang nodded, "To solve the problem of food supply and increase the treasury revenue, we can only encourage business!"

Wu Sangui couldn't help asking: "What kind of encouragement method?"

Sun Kewang said: "It is true that the business in Jiangnan is developed, but the merchants in Guanzhong are actually very strong. The merchants in Qin and the merchants in the Ming Dynasty were the earliest merchants in the Ming Dynasty. For a long time, their strength was far stronger than that of Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants, and even the maritime merchants in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, and they were not as good as Shaanxi merchants!"

"Really?" Wu Sangui was a little confused. Why did he feel that Guanzhong was very poor?

Sun Kewang said: "Your Majesty knew that in the early Ming Dynasty, the Northern Yuan was still very strong. In order to prevent the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty occupied a large army in Guanlong. At first, the Ming Taizu used the military garrison to guard against the Mongols. Later, the military troops in the garrison were too heavy to use, so he transferred another 240,000 army of 70,000 war horses to guard against the Mongolians. You know, how did these border troops solve the military rations?"

Wu Sangui couldn't help but be a little shocked. Unexpectedly, Sun Kewang, a bandit, knew so much. It seems that after becoming the prime minister, he studied a lot. Unlike him, he was just dancing with guns and sticks and was sleepy.

Hong Chengchou said on the side: "At that time, the grain was all in the south, and the government transported it by itself. The consumption was too high, so he allowed merchants to buy grain from the south and transport it to the army. After the army issued a certificate and allowed merchants to go to Lianghuai to get salt, thus completing the military supplies. This is to "transfer grain for induction"!"

Wu Sangui said: "What the Zuo Prime Minister means to use this method? But it is probably difficult to get food from the south!"

Sun Kewang said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there is a saying that "a hundred miles of food is not sold". The meaning is that if the cost of transporting grain for a hundred miles increases, it is basically unprofitable. From Shaanxi to Jiangnan, the two lakes are not as good as the Grand Canal. With a distance of ten thousand miles, the cost of transporting grain has increased several times. Merchants are not profitable either. In the early Ming Dynasty, Qin merchants were able to stand out and compete with other merchants because they took another approach, which was to buy land in Shaanxi and recruit refugees to open the

In the desertion, Shangtun was implemented, and the grain produced in Guanlong was directly transported to the army for salt intake, which greatly reduced the cost. It made Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants unable to compete with them. In the end, Hui merchants, Shanxi merchants, and Zhejiang merchants were attracted by Shaanxi merchants and sued the court, allowing the court to buy and sell salt intake directly. The Ming court used money to sell salt intake directly, so it was sold naturally, and once it was sold, it was uncontrollable, which led to a huge increase in salt intake in the world. Qin merchants could not get salt, so Shangtun was abandoned.

Wu Sangui understood, "The Zuo Prime Minister means restoration of Shangtun!"

Sun Kewang said: "I do have this intention! The decline of Guanzhong is now due to war, and the trade between the western and Mongolians, Tibetans and the Western Regions was interrupted. The merchants had no way to make money and hid a large number of silver cellars underground. Now it is time to awaken them. I think that we can prevent the system of the early Ming Dynasty, encourage merchants to settle military rations, and use merchants to settle military rations outside the border, and at the same time develop local areas. After the merchants transported military rations, the court gave salt in Zigong, Sichuan. In this way, the court could achieve the purpose of replenishing the army and developing foreign rations without much money."

Sun Kewang read many county annals and the sects left by the Sansi Yamen in Shaanxi. He knew that as long as he did not learn how to understand the salt quotation, this matter was feasible.

Wu Sangui couldn't help but exclaim, "In this way, just use salt to exchange for military rations. This is a very good strategy!"

Sun Kewang continued: "In addition, border markets need to be opened as soon as possible. Tea industry and cloth are all urgently needed by the Hu people in the Northwest. As long as the emperor encourages business, Guanzhong will surely prosper and the national treasury will naturally be full."
Chapter completed!