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Chapter 1150 The Heart of Ge Lao (Part 2)

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    On the way from Yulin to Ejin Horo, there was more time for silence.  Zhong Jin knew that at the end of this trip, no matter what the result was, it was unlikely that he would have such an opportunity to ask the other party anytime and anywhere.  So she seized all the time and asked Silence to answer her own questions.

    So on the march, she was often seen following Shen Mo's saddle horse, asking him questions one after another, and Shen Mo patiently answered them one by one.

    "Why do nomads and farmers have to fight for generations?" Zhong Jin asked.

    "This problem itself is problematic. Usually, it is you nomads who start the war, and we are the defending side that is attacked." Mo Mo rode on the horse, looking at the blue sky: "Even if there are several major victories in history,  It's just a revenge with the power of the whole country after being hurt."

    "Why?" Zhong Jin has already roughly read the Zizhi Tongjian, and as for the history after the Southern Song Dynasty, she heard her father talk about it time and time again when she was young, so she knows that Mo Mo said it well: "Is it because the grassland people are naturally  Was it cruel?"

    "The reason is very complicated. But you have to know that war is a continuation of politics, and politics is a concentrated expression of economic problems." Mo Mo taught carefully: "Any war has its economic mission. The same is true for grassland peoples  "Pause: "Compared to us in the Central Plains, your Mongols live as nomads and don't do farming. The entire life of the tribe depends on the cattle, horses, and sheep you raise. This makes the Mongols more resistant to natural disasters.  The ability is too weak, and severe famine will occur once encountering severe cold or drought. At the same time, the Mongols do not have developed handicrafts, and they cannot even produce pots and pans.  Relying on the Central Plains, but there is no guarantee that there will be a stable product surplus to fund the mutual market."

    "In contrast, the Central Plains has had stable production and self-sufficiency for thousands of years. Although there is demand for livestock products and high-quality livestock on the grasslands, it is not necessary. This determines that the Central Plains has the initiative in economics and trade. Therefore, the Central Plains may not regard North Trade as  It is necessary, but it is usually regarded as a gift or a means to arbitrate the development of the strength of various grassland ministries." Silently explaining the avenue to the essence, it is suitable to teach this smart and young disciple: "This kind of unequal dependence will inevitably lead to nomadic  The passiveness of the nation in the transaction, once the natural disasters and wars lead to the shrinkage of the north-south trade, the nomads will inevitably fall into trouble. But this does not mean that there will be war.¡±

    "It depends on the strength of both parties?" Zhong Jinruo realized.

    "Yes. When the strength is not enough, the nomads often adopt vassalage and pay tribute, or form a subordinate relationship with the Central Plains, just to get the opportunity to trade borders." Shen Mo said: "But when the nomads encounter a famine, they are unable to conduct trade;  Or the balance of power between the north and the south is broken, and when the nomads find that the Central Plains is weak and deceitful, they will use war to obtain materials that are more beneficial to them.¡±

    "Since the Central Plains has always been richer and stronger than the nomads, why did they lose more and win less in the war?" Zhong Jin asked a grand question. Although she knew the knowledge of silence, she didn't believe that he could give a perfect answer.

    "There are three inevitable reasons why the nomads win more and lose less." Mo Mo picked up the water bag hanging on the horse, took a sip, and said, "One is the strategic advantage of the geographical environment. The production and life of the nomads are mobile.  They can roam the vast grasslands and deserts as a whole, so that the nomads have a strategic depth to advance and retreat freely. They cannot be eradicated but can make a comeback. However, the Central Plains is dominated by agricultural production and has to be intensively cultivated in a fixed location for a long time, so it is passive  The position of being beaten. But if you want to go north to crusade, the logistical pressure is catastrophic. Once the supply line is too long, the entire country will be dragged down. These factors combine, so that the farming people can only choose passive defense and are subject to the active guerrilla of the nomads. "

    "There are two other reasons?" Jong Jin's heart was pounding, the joy of knowing the mystery was like shooting a prey for the first time as a child.

    "Secondly, although the Central Plains nation has the advantages of a large population, advanced production methods, and sufficient supplies, there is still a social division of labor between these factors and the war situation, and the social division of labor restricts the display of these advantages, because this will  The proportion of war mobilization is very small. In fact, the more complex the social structure and the more detailed the division of labor, the more people will be bound to the land for production, and only a few people can be recruited or join the army as a standing army and the people  The cost of transitioning to soldiers is high, time-consuming, and will cause serious war weariness. In contrast, nomadic peoples, because all the people are soldiers and the army and the people are integrated, the military mobilization efficiency is extremely high. And the tribal members have been familiar with bows and horses since childhood, and their military quality is very good.  So it offsets the number advantage of the Central Plains nation.¡±

    "Besides, the complex social division of labor?" Zhong Jin was puzzled.

    "If we win Dongsheng that is, your Jinong City, we can shorten the defense line by thousands of miles and reduce military expenditure by one million taels every year." Mo Mo settled the accounts for her: "Actually, this Dongsheng was moved from within during the Yongle period.  Come on, the real Dongshengwei is on the north bank of the Yellow River, south of your Tuoketuo. Our ultimate goal is to rebuild Dongshengwei there, and then build two more cities four hundred miles west of it.  The side wall can guard the entire Hetao as solid as gold There is a saying that "the Yellow River in the world is rich in Hetao". As long as safety is ensured, the people in Shanshan and Shaanxi who suffer from the barren land are very happy to move to Hetao to settle"  He seemed to see a bright future, and said slightly intoxicated: "After Hetao has become a granary, it can not only afford the military supplies of the three castles, but also support Xuanda in the east. Since then, my Ming Dynasty will not worry about the three sides in the west, but will get its benefits."  Lee also."

    He spoke cheerfully on one side, but Zhong Jin on the other side was pale.  If someone else said it, she would laugh at him for daydreaming, but when the words came from the man in front of her, she believed that he could do it

    "I know there is a way to stop all of this." Zhong Jin gritted his silver teeth and said, "But I won't say it?"

    "Assassinate me?" Shen Mo glanced contemptuously at her and said, "Not to mention that you don't have that ability, even if you really kill me, what can you stop?"

    "" Zhong Jin was speechless, yes, she saw it with her own eyes, this master supervisor can be regarded as an idlerWang Chonggu is assigned to the military supplies, and Qi Jiguang is fully responsible for the frontline operations, it seems that he has nothing to do.  Thinking back to the last time I met him, he stayed in the temple all day discussing scriptures and Dharma with that Living Buddha; this time the meeting was even more extreme, and he became his own full-time teacher. Is this the behavior a war commander should have?  The idol collapsed all of a sudden, Zhong Jin glared at him angrily and said, "Aren't you a vegetarian?"

    "This idiom is well used, and your comprehension is really good." Shen Mo clapped his hands in praise, and then said solemnly: "I am an imperial envoy, representing the imperial court. In the past, eunuchs were used to do this job. It is just that His Majesty the Emperor prevents eunuchs from interfering in politics.  In addition, the strategy was formulated by me, so I was sent here as a teacher." He said helplessly: "The teacher is a scholar, and he has been a civil servant all his life, and now he is thrown here. We Han people are based on seniority.  , my level is the highest among all the people, so I can only be the coach. But people have self-knowledge, I can't make trouble for them, and it's inevitable that the corpse will be a vegetarian"

    ?After speaking silently, I also felt quite humiliated, coughed dryly and said, "Let's stop here for today's class, get out of class is over."

    Zhong Jin was completely speechless, nodded, and numbly steered his horse away from his side.  The guards who had been following closely behind the two also put down their arms that had been held flat¡ª¡ª

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