In the study of Emperor Hongzhi of the Qianqing Palace in the capital.

Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, the elders of the three cabinets of the cabinet, Tong Zhong, the secretary of the household department, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, plus the British Duke Zhang Mao, the Duke of Chengguo Zhu Fu, and Liu Jin, who had just rushed back from Liaodong, everyone sat together and discussed non-stop in front of a map of Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, this Jurchen has long had ambitions, and we found here in Jianzhou Jurchen that they are ready to lay down the banner of the Jin State after Liaodong."

"After our interrogation of the leaders of the Jurchen tribes, it is also certain that these Jurchens are preparing to establish the Jin State in Liaodong."

Liu Jin reported to Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers on his work in Liaodong, and the focus was naturally on the extermination of the Jurchen tribes this time.

"Hmph~"

"It's really a wolf's ambition, not self-sufficient, the frog at the bottom of the well, and the arrogance of Yelang."

Hearing Liu Jin's report, Zhang Mao couldn't help but say.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is in full swing and the national strength is extremely strong, they are actually thinking about establishing the Jin State in Liaodong, which is simply looking for death.

"Your Majesty, my lords, this is what I collected in the Liaodong region, for a long time, these Jurchen tribes will rob the border people of my Ming Dynasty Liaodong Prefecture, burn, kill and plunder, and do all kinds of evil, just this year there are more than ten guards who have been looted by the Jurchens, hundreds of people have died, and thousands of people have been taken captive as slaves."

"When we broke through the Jurchen walled city, we found a large number of slaves, all of whom were our Ming people, and these Jurchens called our Ming people two-legged sheep, and they were used as property to be traded and killed at will."

Then Liu Jin said another shocking thing.

"Two-legged sheep?"

When Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes, they didn't expect that when the Ming Dynasty was so strong, the people of the Ming Dynasty would be abused like this, and they were not even human.

"Yes, Your Majesty~"

"Among the Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou, we have rescued a total of nearly 20,000 Ming people, who have long guarded the destruction and suppression of the Jurchens."

"The Jurchens were extremely cruel and demanded that they shave their hair and keep their Jurchens' rat-tail braids, and if they refused, they would be killed immediately."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly and said.

"How can this be justified to treat my people like this."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi immediately became angry and couldn't help but stand up.

Then he thought about it and said, "Why haven't I received any information from the Liaodong Metropolitan Division about these things?" ”

"Your Majesty, these Jurchens have been bribing the chief soldiers, deputy chief soldiers and others of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division for a long time, and the ministers want to impeach Jiang Ji, the chief soldier of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, who embezzled and accepted bribes, regardless of the life and death of the border people, wantonly suppressed the border people, suppressed the border people, and turned a blind eye to the plundering of the Tartars."

Speaking of this, Liu Jin suddenly looked very angry and directly impeached Jiang Ji.

The situation on the side of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division has been suppressed by him, and the Hongzhi Emperor and the princes of the court don't know about the affairs of Liaodong at all, and they have always thought that Liaodong is safe and sound, but they didn't expect that the border people and military households of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division are living in dire straits.

On the one hand, they had to be oppressed by the general soldiers, thousands of households, and hundreds of households, and on the other hand, they had to be plundered and killed by the Jurchen Tartars.

However, their grievances have nowhere to be remedied, Liaodong is a bitter cold place, and there have always been only military households and exiled prisoners, and they have no way to leave the Liaodong region.

This also led to the fact that the general army of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division covered the sky in Liaodong single-handedly, and ignored the benefits of the Jurchens.

"Bang~"

"How can this be reasonable~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was immediately completely angry and slammed the table.

"Come on, go and investigate this matter immediately, and be sure to give an explanation to the people of Liaodong."

"Yes~"

Someone hurriedly received an order to investigate the matter.

Emperor Hongzhi knows very well that Liu Jin has never impeached anyone, this time Liu Jin impeached Jiang Ji, it must be that this Jiang Ji has a problem and has done something angry and resentful, otherwise with Liu Jin's character, he will never use impeachment in this way.

"Liu Jin, you are doing a good job here in Liaodong."

"If you hadn't gone to Liaodong this time, I wouldn't have known that my Ming people would have been treated like this."

"I look at the Jurchens who were sent to Ryukyu and the South Seas, and degrade them as slaves."

After getting angry, Emperor Hongzhi quickly regained his composure, and then thought about it and said.

"This..."

When Liu Jian and the others heard this, they immediately looked at each other.

Emperor Hongzhi grew up with Confucian education and has always been generous to others, but he didn't expect that in this matter, Emperor Hongzhi would demote these Jurchens to slaves of the times.

This means that as long as Da Ming is still in the day, their old Zhu family will have the final say in this world, and these Jurchens will never want to turn over.

This style of doing things is very different from the previous Hongji Emperor, and it is completely different from a person.

"Let's talk about it, how should this Liaodong region be developed?"

After saying these things, Emperor Hongzhi looked at everyone and put the matter on the spot, the development of Liaodong.

"Liu Jin, you've been to Liaodong, let's talk about it first."

Everyone was silent, and no one took the initiative to stand up and speak, and Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin and said by name.

"Your Majesty, the minister went to Liaodong this time and conducted a relatively in-depth investigation of the Liaodong region."

"Everyone, please look at the map~"

"Liaodong is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the Great Xing'an Mountains, the Small Xing'an Mountains, and the Changbai Mountains, and the Bohai Sea in the south, and now the grasslands in the west have been included in the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and the Jurchen tribes in the eastern Liaodong region have also been solved by us, and the entire Liaodong region has become very safe."

"Liaodong is very close to our Beijing-Tianjin area, from Shanhaiguan to the north, a horse Pingchuan, if you build a cement road, it doesn't take a few days to go to Liaodong."

"If you take a boat, you can go directly to the Liao River and go deep into it along the Liao River."

"The land here is black soil, and the land is very rich and fertile, which is extremely conducive to farming."

"In addition, the minister also investigated that in the eastern Liaodong region, there are a lot of coal and iron ores here, coupled with rich forest resources and vast fertile plains."

"If the eastern Liaodong region can be developed, it will be enough to feed tens of millions of people."

Liu Jin stood up, came to the map, and began to explain to the map.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers also listened carefully, and when they heard that they could feed tens of millions of people, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"However, because the eastern Liaodong region has always belonged to the Central Plains, it has not been effectively developed since ancient times."

"It is sparsely populated, and the population of the entire Liaodong region is less than 400,000, mainly concentrated in these areas where the Liaodong Prefecture is located."

"In addition, the weather in eastern Liaodong, especially in winter, is much colder than our Beijing-Tianjin area, which is very unfavorable to the development of eastern Liaoning."

Then the conversation changed, and Liu Jin also talked about two problems in the development of the eastern Liaodong region, one is that there is no one, and the other is that it is relatively cold here.

"It's still easier to solve the cold weather, and the most important thing is people."

"If you want to develop Liaodong, you need at least a population of more than five million people to be able to achieve initial development."

"With such a large population, there is no way to attract people to the Liaodong region if you rely only on preferential immigration conditions."

"Therefore, the minister's suggestion is to move five million people from Shaanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi to Liaodong."

Liu Jin looked at everyone, thought about it, and put forward his own suggestions.

"Migrate five million people?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately gasped, how much financial, manpower and material resources would be needed for such a huge population migration, not to mention from Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi.

It's simply not possible, and people in these places simply won't want to move out.

"Why did you migrate people from Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi?"

"Can't we just move the population from Shandong and Beizhili nearby?"

Liu Jian thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty, my lords, I wonder if you still remember the things I once experienced about the human and natural environment?"

Liu Jin nodded slightly, thought for a while and asked.

"Remember, you said that the environment of an area can carry a limited number of people, and once the number is exceeded, it will cause serious damage to the environment, with extremely serious consequences."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and said.

"Your Majesty, Princess~"

"Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi are the origins of our Chinese civilization, these places have a long history, and almost all of the land has been reclaimed as arable land."

"During the Qin and Han dynasties, there were still large areas of forest to be cut down here in Shaanxi and Henan, but by now, the forests in these places have long been cut down."

"The population density of these three provinces is much higher than that of other provinces, and the natural environment of these places is very harsh, and since ancient times, if there is any famine in these places, it will inevitably be full of smoke."

"In all dynasties, most of the beacon smoke erupted from these places."

"On the other hand, in the southern region, the population is small, the environment is good, and there are few famines, even if there is a famine, these places can survive smoothly, and there are very few signs of smoke everywhere."

"At the end of the day, it's just that these places are too populated and the environment is too harsh."

"The eastern part of the Liaoning region is sparsely populated and has a good environment, so if the people from these places are relocated to the eastern Liaodong region, it can not only greatly alleviate the contradiction between people and land in these places, but also develop the eastern Liaoning region."

Liu Jin finished speaking in one breath.

This concept is still relatively advanced in this era, but this is the result of the research of many experts and scholars in later generations, and it will certainly not be wrong.

One of the most important reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty in history was the successive disasters and famines during the Xiaoice River period, and the famines in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Shandong were repeated for many years, and the common people could not survive, so they would naturally rebel.

Why do these places have been famine for many years?

A very important reason is that there are too many people here, too little land, and the natural environment is extremely fragile.

If there is a little less rain, these places will be drought, and many places that should not be farmland will have no water, and if there are too many people, there will naturally be famine again.

The south is different, the natural environment is good, there are many forests, it doesn't matter much if it rains more or less, plus the population density is small, there will naturally be no disasters and the like, unless it is a particularly serious disaster, it can be easily passed.

That's the benefit of having a natural environment.