Chapter 58: A Harvest

Throughout the first month of the twenty years of orthodoxy, Xu Youzhen was busy.

There are more than 600 nobles of the two classes, as well as their families, servants, slaves, and even in-laws, probably hundreds of thousands.

It can be said that nearly half of the land in North Korea has been turned into official fields belonging to the Ming Dynasty

Of course, none of this will go very smoothly.

After all, if you push people into a desperate situation like this, you will naturally encounter resistance, and the rabbit will bite when you are in a hurry, not to mention the famous two classes of nobles.

It's just that Cao Yi has been ready for a long time.

As long as these two classes of nobles in various places move, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty will be killed immediately.

Winters in North Korea are very cold.

This cold was not good for the march of the Ming army, but it was even more unfavorable for the two classes of nobles, who first had to face bad weather when they started to raise their troops.

In this era, the Korean people lived worse than the Ming people.

In the absence of winter clothes, let them fight against the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to say what the result will be

They can't even flee to the mountains.

In winter, everything is lonely, and without food prepared, you will only freeze to death and starve to death in the mountains. It is impossible to occupy the mountain as the king, after all, even the bandits will not be able to survive in the mountains in winter, and they must go down the mountain to grab food

The only way they can do it is to stick to a certain city.

This point is in Xu Youzhen's arms.

After all, the Ming Dynasty's 70,000 or 80,000 troops are still less than those of the Koreans.

Since they did not wander, they let it go in advance and sent Korean troops to attack.

From the beginning of the first month of the new year, to the middle of February, when the spring flowers bloomed, the situation in North Korea settled down again.

In addition to using force, Xu Youzhen also made a lot of preparations, such as opening the county test, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, as long as his background is innocent, he has not committed adultery. Both. Comprehensively move closer to the Daming imperial examination system.

The land was also re-measured, and a large amount of confiscated land was distributed to the people.

Wait a minute.

As for the abolition of the Korean script, it is a small thing that cannot be more small than that.

After all, the Korean script was introduced during the reign of Sejong, and it has only been a few decades now, and for the upper class of Koreans, they have always been proud to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters.

This also greatly reduced the cost of Ming rule over Korea.

Judging from the results, Xu Youzhen completely fulfilled his promise to Zhu Qizhen, five million taels of silver was obtained, as well as a large amount of land, and even antique jewelry that could not be realized.

As for Xu Youzhen herself, she has gone up and down the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and she has eaten a full belly.

Even this fall, North Korea will be able to pay its first autumn endowment to Beijing, although there will be

A lot of instability, but it's generally clear.

And this is also the biggest hero in one thing, which is Kim Seung-ryu.

Without him, although Jin Chengliu is the son of Jin Zongrui, his identity is also able to contact the circle within North Korea, and he is the introduction, and he has found many concubines from big families to join Jinyi Weizhong.

Xu Youzhen naturally wanted to reward his meritorious deeds, called Jin Chengliu to his side, and said: "This time you are the first meritorious minister, and I am ready to ask for a reward for you from Your Majesty, but there are some things that I still have to ask you." ”

"Jinyi Wei Qianhu, it's just the identity I gave you temporarily, if you want to join Jinyiwei, then you will be a real Jinyi Wei Qianhu in the future."

"If you don't want to, I also recommend you two ways, transfer to the mainland as a civilian, go to Haixi to serve as a military officer, as for the specific assignment, I don't know, but I will never treat you badly. You have to think about it too. ”

The chief officials of Jinyiwei in the provinces and the chief officials in foreign places are only a thousand households.

If Jin Chengliu can sit firmly in the position of a thousand households, it will also have a great future. As for the civil and military routes, they also have their own merits, and for a while, Jin Chengliu couldn't tell which choice was better.

Jin Chengliu said cautiously: "The villain doesn't know which choice is better, and I ask the adults to guide the maze." ”

Xu Youzhen listened, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, Xu Youzhen didn't want to be a magistrate all the time, he wanted to return to Beijing and sit in the cabinet. Naturally, he had to pay attention to cultivating his wings. And Kim Seung-ryu is one of them.

Without him, Kim Seung-ryu was a representative of the Koreans who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

And really speaking in detail, all Koreans have recognized Lee Jin as the king of Joseon, which is a stain, but Kim Seung-ryu has not.

For a period of time in the future, in order to appease the Korean people, the imperial court will definitely introduce a typical Korean person, and there is a high probability that this person will be Kim Seung-ryu.

As long as this person is held in his hands, the North Koreans will be Xu Youzhen's territory.

Xu Youzhen said: "I don't recommend you to go to Jinyiwei, there are too many people in Jinyiwei who are hereditary, you enter Jinyiwei, it is very likely that you will live a lifetime, that is, a Jinyiwei thousand households, as for full-time civil officials, you are estimated to be able to serve as the prefect of a place, but you are not from a Jinshi background, even if your literary skills are good, but it will be difficult to be promoted in the future." Only on the road of military generals. But there is no limit, after all, the Ming Sea is inclusive, and there are Koreans, Mongols, Annamite, Huihui, Semu, and Japanese in the army. Now it is a place to use, as long as you have the ability, it will not be a problem to be a marquis in the future, and hundreds of thousands of Korean troops will be subsumed into Haixi, and I think it will also be a Ming Korean officer. ”

"You may not become a senior general of the Ming Dynasty immediately because of this, the opportunity is rare."

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Chengliu was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Lord for your guidance." ”

Xu Youzhen said: "Okay, since you choose Wutu, I will arrange it for you, this time escort these people to Haixi, you can go too, probably in March and April when the snow melts, you will set off." Prepare well. ”

Kim Seung-ryu said: "The last general understands. ”

Jin Chengliu slowly retreated.

Xu Youzhen wrote everything that happened in North Korea and sent it to Beijing.

Zhu Qizhen was overjoyed in his heart after seeing Xu Youzhen's performance in Jingshi, and said secretly: "Xu Youzhen is really a fast knife. ”

It is true that many of the things Xu Youzhen does are not too authentic, but politics naturally has a dirty side, as if the two classes of nobles in North Korea are the big nobles among these nobles, and the court will not be satisfied no matter how much they appease them.

Even if they maintain their original treatment, it will not work.

Since you can't be satisfied, you don't have to be satisfied.

Although it is morally deficient, it is a political necessity.

"Xu Youzhen will stay in North Korea for a few more years, and after a few years, I will leave a place for him in the sixth department." Zhu Qizhen said secretly in his heart.

After all, North Korea has made a preliminary decision, and Zhu Qizhen will not easily change candidates at this time.

Only when the influence of the North Korean Lee clan is dissipated for a few years will Zhu Qizhen transfer Xu Youzhen back to the central government.

And the Zhu Joseon State will still exist for a few years. knew that when Zhu Qizhen felt that he didn't need this disguise.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and commented on the fold, "All materials in North Korea do not need to be handed over to the Beijing Division, and can be delivered directly to Haixi." Zhu Qizhen looked at the weather outside, it was already spring, but he was still in a feeling of being hot with clothes and cold when he took off his clothes.

Thinking about this situation, the Haixi side has not yet been able to start construction, and it is probably around March that the construction of castles in various parts of the Haixi region can really begin.

With the manpower and material resources of North Korea, a lot of financial resources can be saved for the imperial court.

Zhu Qizhen thought of the situation in the imperial court this spring, and he also sighed for a while.

The spring drought came as promised.

Fortunately, the water conservancy in the north is okay. Hebei has not been affected much.

For Zhu Qizhen, Hebei water conservancy is the foundation for maintaining the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Without grain and grass in Hebei, Zhu Qizhen can't fight a war while relieving the disaster, after all, Beijing is in a famine, how can he expect the front line to win the war.

Zhu Qizhen exempted millions of stones in taxes last year, just to give the local government a sigh of relief. However, compared to the snow and drought at the beginning of last year, this year is much better.

But if there is another battle with the tile spur this year, Zhu Qizhen's hands are still tight.

As soon as he thought of the matter of money and grain, Zhu Qizhen asked Fan Hong: "Is there any news from the northwest?" ”