Anyway, when Zhu Cixuan saw that the two countries were setting up defenses on the border, Tsarist Russia only needed seven million and established two layers of defense lines, which cost 200 million. It could only ensure the safety of transportation lines and major towns, which sounded unreliable.

After Li Ruolian told Tsarist Russia's defense plan, Li Heng felt that this was the correct way to open Central Asia's defense! Your plan of 200 million will be cut! At most, 70 million, 200 million! You can't afford it!

With this battle combined with the subsequent defense plan, the money spent has exceeded 200 million. How much money can Zhu Cilang have!

When Zhu Jirun took office a few years ago, Zhu Ciyang had just agreed to let Huangming Business take a breath. In a blink of an eye, it was another 200 million hole. Isn’t that forcing others to leave?

Zhu Cilang was thinking about it, and Zhou Yuji was here, just in time, explaining the matter to Zhou Yuji: "I have already considered it. The post station system does not need to make three vertical and three horizontal lines, directly reach the Caspian Sea, and then at the fork north and south ends, there is a small road to Khalkha in the middle.

That's enough, so the number of stations can be reduced to 200.

As for defense, the Ming Dynasty also adopted the method of stationing and defending key cities in key areas. There was no need to engage in such a drama of gathering heavy troops on the border.

I plan to station a cavalry division and an infantry division in the Volga River Basin, a cavalry division in the southern part of the Caspian Sea, and a cavalry division near the Aral Sea.

The Balkhash Lake was changed to Anxi Lake, where a cavalry division was stationed, and the Luntai area was changed to a division stationed with the Turpan area.

The troops stationed in the Jinshan area were also reduced to one division, and Beihai City and Beijiang City were also changed to one division. After this adjustment, the troops confronted the Ming Dynasty and Tsarist Russia were nine divisions and 270,000 people."

Zhou Yuji frowned: "Your Majesty, how will the polar division be placed in this way? If only one polar division is left in the northern border city, where will the other polar division be placed?"

Zhu Cilang pointed to the map: "There are two polar divisions in the northern border, and there is also one polar division in the north of the New World. After this time, the three were allowed to be deployed in rotation. Another cavalry division can be withdrawn to Vladivostok Port for renovation, and rotated every two years."

In the past, the Ming Dynasty stationed two polar divisions in Beijiang City, two army divisions in Beihai City, and one army division and one cavalry division in Jinshan.

The Luntai area is also a cavalry division and an army division.

The troops confronted the front line were about eight divisions, with a total number of 240,000.

This time, the Ming Dynasty increased the area of ​​the Junggar Khanate, but after the defense adjustment, only one division was added to the front line.

After hearing Zhu Ciyang's arrangement, Zhou Yuji asked: "Does Your Majesty want to divide and deploy according to the richness of the pastoral areas in Central Asia to reduce the pressure on logistics supply?"

Zhu Cilang nodded: "Yes, two divisions are stationed in the Volga River and Ural River basins. The local grasslands and arable land along the river are enough to support the troops of the two divisions.

The same is true in the Aral Sea area. There are not only abundant arable land and large grasslands near the two rivers, but also an excellent cotton planting site. Later, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's cotton fields were found.

The west of Anxi Lake area is fresh water and salt water to the east, so it is suitable for planting and grazing in the southwest, and it is enough to support the troops stationed there.

Moreover, when the Ming Dynasty arrived at the Volga River, the entire Siberian depth of Tsarist Russia lost its significance, and the front line of combat between the two sides must be the Volga River and the Ural Mountains.

No matter how much troops and resources Tsarist Russia invests in Siberia, as long as the Ming Dynasty cuts off the Ural Mountains, these investments will eventually be wasted.

This is also the reason why Tsarist Russia established the Ural Mountain defense line. Since the opponent shrinks its defense, the Ming Dynasty does not need to press down step by step without preparing to go to war.

As long as the Ming Dynasty put two divisions by the Volga River and one division by the Aral Sea, Tsarist Russia would never be able to provoke the Siberian region at the risk of being cut off.

The plan of your military headquarters is too expensive and is not realistic at all. Take the plan back and make a new deployment plan of 70 million taels according to my wishes.

My request is to properly allocate troops without recruiting new recruits."

Zhou Yuji bowed: "But Your Majesty, if you only defend against key areas, what should you do if Tsarist Russia sends an expedition to invade our border areas?

You should know that if the Ming Dynasty retreated its defense line to the Aral Sea, then the Tsarist Russia would pull the border line to the Aral Sea. If we take a step back, the enemy will go further. I think it is not a good idea to retreat."

Zhu Cilang blinked at him: "Just as you said just now, Tsarist Russia has an expedition team and the Ming Dynasty has a bounty hunter group. The other party can send an expedition team to harass the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty can also send a bounty hunter group to harass them.

Until the other party can't stand it or negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it ensure the stability of the border?

The expenses of this bounty hunter group are much lower than those of the army."

Zhou Yuji had no choice but to nod: "What Your Majesty said is that the bounty hunter group is indeed competent for border protection. So is the bounty expense of the bounty hunter group counted among these 70 million?

Or will Your Majesty approve the special budget then?"

Zhu Cixuan thought for a while: "Then I will add another 10 million to you, 80 million taels of silver to make a plan that includes the bounty hunter."

As the saying goes, the price will be raised and the money will be paid. The military also knows that a defense plan of more than 200 million will definitely not be passed. The first draft will be cut.

So when the emperor asked him to make a new plan, Zhou Yuji was not surprised, and 80 million was actually enough.

Central Asia is vast and sparsely populated, so the main task of garrison is to be carried out by the cavalry division. As long as the cavalry division is stationed and there is sufficient grass in the local area, the expenses are not high.

Just like the garrison sites chosen by His Majesty, there are many tribes, all of which are prosperous areas of Central Asia, with rivers and lakes, and all of which are rich in water and grass for grazing.

Moreover, these places are suitable for farming, which can plant some black beans and soybeans for horses to supplement nutrition, and solve people's food problems by the way.

In this way, the only thing that needs to be transported from the rear is only some weapons and ammunition, which undoubtedly greatly saves the cost of stationing.

Zhou Yuji left the palace with the plan, Li Ruolian also stood up and said goodbye, and Zhu Cixuan continued to ponder the inflation in the Ming Dynasty in the palace.

If the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue and Huangming Store's income are only the currency after inflation, then how much tax does the Ming Dynasty actually charge after removing the water?

Also, how much water is there in the Ming Dynasty currency? This is a big problem. I don’t know when it started. The millions of taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty’s royal merchants and cabinet seemed to be small money.
Chapter completed!