There are indeed many places that have been built in the Ming Dynasty in recent years. Thirteen provinces have become more than 30 provinces, and their territory has more than doubled.

These places do not mean that you will be done after you fight. You must arrange people to manage them. The governance cannot be managed in one or two years. There will always be problems in the middle of this and that.

If the world is peaceful and there is no war in the Ming Dynasty, it would be nothing important, just take it slowly.

However, the world is far from peace, and the Ming Dynasty still faces many challenges. The maritime hegemony has just begun, and the competition for colonies is in full swing. If the Ming Dynasty wants to create a world-famous foundation, it still has a long way to go.

It seems that the governance of the world also requires some effort to think about it carefully. Zhu Cijiu silently reminded himself in his heart.

Of course, now is not the time to think about this. This is a meeting to discuss the supply of front-line materials.

The problem of grain mobilization must be solved immediately, otherwise, if the allocation is not enough, something will really happen.

Zhu Cijing thought for a while and asked, "Zhongruo, who is more familiar with the place with your left assistant minister Ma Mingshi and the right assistant minister Wu Qi?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Guoxiang roughly introduced: "Ma Mingshi and Wu Xuan both served as local magistrates, and then went to the court to serve as supervisory censors. Ma Mingshi first went on a tour in Shandong, then transferred to Tongzheng, and then served as the left deputy censor of the Censorate of the Censorate, and finally transferred to the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue; Wu Xuan once inspected Henan and Shaanxi, served as the governor of Shanxi, and later transferred to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and finally served as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Judging from the experiences and performances of the two, Weichen believes that Wu Xuan is more familiar with the local area, while Ma Mingshi is more familiar with the affairs of the court's various yamen."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijing nodded and said, "Okay, let Wu Yan serve as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue to the grain collection of 15 provinces in South Asia. Officials from all provinces in South Asia will be subject to their restraints and will fully cooperate with their actions."

The governor of the fifteen provinces seems a bit scary, but in fact he is not as powerful as the original governor of the three provinces or the five provinces, because this time Wu Yan was only responsible for the collection of food and grass, and it turns out that most governors were governors of military and political affairs in various provinces.

However, it is scary enough to say that officials in various provinces in South Asia are subject to their restraint. Cheng Guoxiang hurriedly bowed: "Thank you for the grace of the emperor. With Wu Qi in South Asia, there should be no problem with the collection and transportation of military rations."

Zhu Cijing thought for a while and continued: "Let me do this, I will ask Zheng Zhilong to supervise the collection of grain and grass in the three provinces of Nanyang, and let him cooperate with the grain and grass transportation in Nanyang and South Asia. If the railway capacity is not enough, let him send the South China Sea fleet to transport it from the sea."

Cheng Guoxiang was happy when he heard this, and the words were even more foolproof. He bowed again and said, "Thank you for your grace."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said loudly: "Cao Huachun, drafting the order."

When Cao Huachun, who was outside the door, heard this, walked in quickly, skillfully took out the blank imperial edict, prepared the pen and ink in a few seconds, and then stood at the desk and waited.

Zhu Cijing then said loudly: "The Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is the governor of the fifteen provinces of South Asia, and is responsible for the collection of food and grass taxes in the fifteen provinces of South Asia. Officials from all provinces are subject to their restraints and fully cooperate with their actions."

After Cao Huachun finished writing the imperial edict, Zhu Cijing issued another edict: "Tele to the Governor of Nanyang Zheng Zhilong, and ask him to supervise the collection of grain and grass taxes in the three provinces of Nanyang, and transport the collected grain and grass to the capital as soon as possible. In addition, let the Nanyang Fleet stand by at all times and prepare to assist Nanyang and South Asia in transporting grain and grass, go."

Cao Huachun said with a word and withdrew respectfully.

Zhu Cijing said to Bi Maokang again: "Meng Hou, gunpowder, shells, bullets, grenades, and mine reserves are enough?"

Bi Maokang hurriedly bowed: "Return to the emperor, if it is only for the army, the reserves are still sufficient. After all, the navy is the big one that consumes these, and the sea is still relatively calm now, so the Ministry of Industry's reserves are sufficient for gunpowder, shells, bullets, grenades, and mines."

Zhu Cijing nodded with relief and said, "Yeah, it's very good. Get more gunpowder and shells. According to the secret spies from the Jinyiwei, there are many fortresses on the Siberian plains, and the consumption of gunpowder and shells must be very large when siege."

Bi Maokang hurriedly bowed and said, "Weichen understands."

Zhu Cijing said to Sun Yuanhua again: "Chuyang, how are the preparations for other supplies? Is there any difficulty in transporting food and supplies to the front line?"

Sun Yuanhua thought for a while and bowed: "When you return to the emperor, other supplies are sufficient, but there may be some problems in the transfer of grain and supplies to the front line in the past few months, because the Ministry of Works can only send more than 100 trains, and a train can transport up to 10,000 stones of grain. It takes at least one month to go from the capital to Siberia. In this way, other materials cannot be transferred in time. However, as long as the Western Regions railway is built, the time will be reduced by almost half, and two trips can be transferred in a month. The grain and supplies can be transported almost all of them."

This is also a problem. It is probably difficult for the Western Regions Railway to connect with the Siberian Railway in a short period of time, because the terrain between the Western Regions wasteland and the Siberian Plateau is too complicated, and it is feasible to connect to the Siberian Plain. The problem is that the Siberian Plain is still in the hands of Tsarist Russia, and I don’t know when it will be taken down.

Zhu Cijing frowned and asked Bi Maokang again: "Meng Hou, can't we send more trains?"

Bi Maokang said in embarrassment: "Returning to the emperor, this is almost the limit. The freight of private merchants has been seriously affected. Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce has looked for Weichen many times. If this continues, it may affect the development of Ming Dynasty's business."

Zhu Cijiong sighed and said, "This is also a matter of no way. State affairs are the priority. The war with Tsarist Russia is directly related to the future world pattern. We have to do our best. If it really doesn't work, just compress the private freight first. I will explain to him."

When Bi Maokang heard this, he nodded and said, "If this happens, maybe fifty more trains can be collected, which should be enough."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiu looked directly at Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua nodded quickly and said, "It should be enough forcing."

At this time, Xu Erjue, who seemed to be nothing, coughed and said carefully: "Your Majesty, in fact, the villain can also think of some solutions here. It should be no problem to get dozens of trains."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijing couldn't help but say in surprise: "Oh, what's your solution?"

Xu Erjue said awkwardly: "Emperor, this is the case. In fact, the Royal Xinglong Trading is under no less than 100 special trains, mainly for the transfer of materials from various places. If Sun Shangshu can cooperate and let the Tunwei take action as soon as possible, collect enough goods in Siberia, and fill all the 105 trains back, then fifty trains are gathered to help the Ministry of War transport materials to the Royal Xinglong Trading business should not have a great impact on the business of the Royal Xinglong Trading."

Zhu Cijing knew that all the major royal trades controlled a certain number of special trains, because the business of the royal trades was basically spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and there was no special train transport, so the goods could not be turned over at all. But they didn’t expect that they had controlled so many special trains, and the Royal Xinglong business alone controlled more than 100 vehicles!
Chapter completed!