Chapter 2 Ming Nine-Sided Examination

The lord of Joseon is the Ming monarch in the history of Joseon, the so-called era of King Sejong, this Joseon king compared to them, although he can be regarded as a hero, but he is not more than Erer.

The reason why so many North Koreans have escaped the Yalu River. But it was because of the ambitious plans of the Joseon king.

The Joseon king established six towns in the northwest of Korea and occupied the south bank of the Montu River, which was originally a land of two dependencies, forming the current territory of Korea.

But he also faced a problem, that is, there were few people in the northwest of Korea and many people in the southeast. So he migrated to the southeast, and the people to the northwest.

In order to deal with the possible northwest border trouble, I don't know if his imaginary enemy is the Jurchen or the Ming Dynasty.

None of that matters, though.

The important thing is that compared with the Ming Dynasty's policy of opening up wasteland, the North Korean side is much stricter to the people.

As a result, the people of Northwest Korea voted with their feet, and they turned out to be the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, it has been like this, sometimes relying on peers, Zhu Qizhen feels that the people of the Ming Dynasty are already miserable, but the lives of the people at the bottom of North Korea are even worse than the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This matter of Phoenix Guard is just a small episode on the thousand-mile border.

Xu Xi has already entered the topic at this moment, he didn't say much about the slave's doing, because he didn't go, just Jianzhou Jurchen and Haixi Jurchen, just talking in generalities.

The most important thing Xu Xi wants to talk about is the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen asked the left and right to present a map, and Xu Xi began to talk eloquently, saying: "The border wall of eastern Liao, mainly east of the Liao River, is mainly wooden, earthen and stone. ”

"Relying on the mountains and forests of Liaodong, as well as the Liaohe River to resist the invasion of Wuliangha and Jurchen, since orthodoxy, Wu Kai, the former chief military officer, and Cao Yi, the current chief military officer, have made great efforts to build the border wall."

"It's just that on the whole, the entire Liao River cannot be closed, and Wuliangha is entrenched in the Liao River loop."

Zhu Qizhen looked at it carefully, in fact, he had already read the article once, and now he just heard it again. As soon as Zhu Qizhen stretched out his hand, a eunuch immediately handed over a brush dipped in cinnabar, and Zhu Qizhen drew a circle in the Liaodong Hetao.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Wu Liangha." ”

This so-called Liaohe loop is a large number of boundaries north of the Liaohe River, adjacent to Daning.

In this circle, there is the sphere of influence of Wuliang Ha Sanwei, almost northern Liaoning, western Jilin, eastern Inner Mongolia, and a small area of Heilongjiang are all within this range.

This is the main enemy that Liaodong Town is facing.

Immediately, Xu Xi explained in detail, from the border wall of eastern Liaodong, from where to where, who built it, whether it was wooden, stone, or even earthen wall.

This is actually Zhu Qizhen's biggest feeling.

In Zhu Qizhen's impression, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty hovering among the mountains does not exist at this moment, but the long enclosure built by the various departments of the Ming Dynasty in order to resist the enemy in the north, and it cannot even be said to be the Great Wall.

You can see it from the material.

There is no uniform formulation at all.

And this Great Wall is also intermittent, with many gaps.

This illustrates a reality.

In the early Ming Dynasty, in fact, there was not much effort in defense, and in the deployment of troops, it was more inclined to offensive arrangement, that is, live, many times, it was to build a few cities, contain key points, and use them to gather troops and horses to attack.

And when, the walls of the city began to be built, and even the Great Wall.

I'm sorry, it's the end of Yongle, the year of Xuande. Even during the Orthodox years, there were not too many buildings, the reason is very simple, it was the order of the Empress Dowager, and everything was not urgent.

The construction of the side wall was considered by the civil officials to be an urgent task, but the problem was that after Zhu Qizhen looked through the folds, he found that from the first year of orthodoxy to the present.

Every year, the generals of the nine sides write to the imperial court, wanting to build the Great Wall, or change the name on the paperwork, but in general, it is the same.

This is enough to make Zhu Qizhen think deeply.

Why are almost all the commanders on the front line asking the imperial court for money to build cities, build beacons, and so on, a series of defensive measures.

This made Zhu Qizhen have a ghostly question hovering in his heart, can the Ming army fight, or rather, can it beat the tile spur?

Zhu Qizhen was a little distracted, but Xu Xi continued to speak. Jizhou Town also passed by, the reason is very simple, and today's Jizhou Town is not the center of gravity of defense, and there is nothing to say.

Jizhou Town has really become the center of gravity of defense, but it is the time for the eastern Liaodong border to make a big trouble.

Xu Xi focused on what he said, and Zhu Qizhen focused on listening to Xuanda.

Xuanfu and Datong.

Xu Xi said: "Xuanfu and Datong are the left and right gates of the imperial court, which are inseparable. The weight of the nine sides, the unique great harmony, Datong is the fundamental place of Wang Baobao, the king of Zhongshan and Wang Baobao fought in Datong, the construction of the military town around the Xuanfu of Datong can be divided into three stages, first, it is the beginning of the country, the construction of Datong, Xuanfu, and other city walls, gathering troops in the important town, migrating the people of the eight states outside the mountain. Yanshan, north of Taihang, became an open space. ”

"Until the end of Hongwu, the imperial court marched step by step, occupied the land of Monan, and established Kaiping, Daning, and Quanningwei."

Zhu Qizhen also sighed when he heard it.

Although his line is only because of Emperor Taizong, he can have the glory and wealth he has today, but sometimes he has to admit that Emperor Taizong is far inferior to Emperor Taizu.

Don't look at Emperor Taizong's several northern expeditions, which can be said to shake the world, but there is no step by step of Emperor Taizu. Kaiping, Daning, and Quan Ningwei, who Zhu Qizhen didn't dare to think about a few steps.

Almost all the territory of southern Mongolia was taken, and Mongolia was confronted across the Hanhai.

Although Emperor Taizong was in the desert with several people, he did not form such a strategic situation in the end.

Not to mention, Daning, Quanning Wei is Emperor Taizong raised troops for Jingnan and collected all the troops of Southern Mongolia, otherwise, when confronting Jianwen at that time, Jianwen's 600,000 army had a beginning, but where did the 200,000 troops of the Northern Army come from.

Such as Kaiping, Daning, Quanningwei, and several other large cities in southern Mongolia, all of which were built during the Hongwu period.

It's just some words, but it's not something that people can say.

Xu Xi also understood this, so he immediately skipped it. This embarrassing incident, talking about the events in the Yongle period, said: "During the Yongle period, the direction of construction was different from that in the Hongwu period. ”

"During the Yongle period, Emperor Taizong guarded Xuanfu and Datong in order to relocate the people. Most of them are military households, and since then, the people of Xuanfu Datong have been breeding. ”

"Therefore, during the Yongle years, there were many small forts, and there was a fort in dozens of miles, which could accommodate most of the people to take refuge in it, and as long as they guarded it for a while, they could wait until Datong, and the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu arrived."

Zhu Qizhen tasted the military thinking behind this kind of military architecture.

During the Hongwu period, for a long time, Datong and Xuanfu were purely military zones, and even in Southern Mongolia. All the people are military households.

This is also why when Emperor Taizong was in trouble, he withdrew the hundreds of thousands of troops of Mongol in Monan in one go, and Kaiping, Daning, Quanning and other guards suddenly became empty land.

During the Yongle period, Emperor Taizong moved the people to Xuanda and Kaiping for the Northern Expedition. A big part of the reason is to support the Northern Expedition.

After all, no matter how many troops there are, food always has to be sent to the front line by people and horses.

The best way is not to let the people go on an expedition, but to be able to recruit the people on the spot.

Therefore, the more the population of Xuanda, the more manpower Emperor Taizong can mobilize.

During the Xuande period of Kaiping, there was also a general military officer outside the mouth, that is, stationed in Kaiping, and the chief military officer was Xue Lu, the Marquis of Yangwu. It was only abolished during the Xuande period.

So now what Xu Xi said is just Xuanda.

"During the Xuande period, there are many slender long moats, on both sides of the long moat, there are large and small castles, one is tens of miles apart, there is a beacon fire to want to connect, and block the mountain pass, set up piers along the mountain, and the army and the people defend it together. However, in order to allow the soldiers and horses to enter and exit, many roads between Xuanda and the University were not blocked, but only ordered the soldiers and horses to be stationed. ”

Xu Xi said while pointing out to Zhu Qizhen where the checkpoint was.

It seems that the group of passes is juxtaposed, because the mountain is the city, but all this is based on the Ming army can fight.