The contradiction between population growth and limited food production can be said to be one of the biggest reasons for dynastic change.

If those in power cannot resolve this contradiction, they can only solve it through the cruel method of reducing the number of people, that is, changing the dynasty and dying countless people. And if those in power can solve this problem, ancient manpower is national power, and it will naturally be able to flourish.

A large reason for the demise of the original Daming is that the population explosion brought about by the Daming Chengping for a long time and the contradiction between the grain production reduction during the Xiaoice River period broke out. Of course, the rule of officials is also a problem.

However, any dynasty, at any time, has the problem of the rule of officials, and this is not the main reason for the change of dynasty.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen heard Xue Guoguan raise this question, glanced at the worried ministers in the Wenhua Palace, and said with a slight smile: "What's so difficult about this, I have leveled the Hetao, and I am about to recover Liaodong, and I will immigrate to the past!" ”

Hearing what the emperor said lightly, Xue Guoguan had to remind: "Your Majesty, how many people can be supported in a barbarian land?" Even if the Hetao is better, but the grassland is so big that there is nowhere to prevent it, in case the western Mongolia or the northern Mongolia enters the country, the land that bothered to cultivate will definitely not be guaranteed, Weichen thinks that no one will be willing to waste their efforts in vain, not to mention, there is also a worry about life! ”

When the other ministers heard this, they all nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhong Yong, the imperial history of the left capital of Beijing, also came out and said, "The Ming Dynasty has also occupied the Hetao before, although there is an ancient saying that the Yellow River has nine songs, and only one set of riches." However, there was no danger at all, and even if it took great effort to build a fortified city, it would not be able to resist the destruction of the reclaimed grain fields by the Mongols. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Daming still has enemies in Hetao now?" ”

The Urat Department in the West Hetao Region, the Tumut Department occupying the Hetao, and the Chahar Department in the east and the entire Eastern Mongolia were all pacified and exterminated by Emperor Chongzhen's troops, and there are still enemies there?

Therefore, when they heard this, those generals all nodded, turned their heads to look at those civil officials, and wondered in their hearts, could they have forgotten such a big thing?

"Your Majesty, the Mongols on the steppe are like weeds on the steppe, and the spring breeze blows and grows!" Xue Guoguan bowed and said, "Although Your Majesty has pacified many Mongolian tribes, history records that within a few years, new Mongolian tribes will rise up and threaten our Central Plains. Moreover, Weichen has verified that there are Oirat Mongols in the west, and Khalkha Mongols in the north, all of which used to be subjugated and built, and they were hostile to my Ming Dynasty! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but shake his head, and said confidently: "Aiqing, you have to look forward, don't use the old Huang calendar to do things." The Mongolian tribes are just a little stronger in the era of cold weapons, and the progress of civilization will inevitably make it impossible for them to fight the Ming Dynasty again! ”

"......" After he finished speaking, suddenly, the Wenhua Hall became very quiet, and everyone, including those generals, looked at Emperor Chongzhen stupidly and did not speak.

They have no experience from later generations, so they naturally don't know that after the rise of hot weapons, the grassland tribes will withdraw from the stage of history and will no longer be able to grasp the right to speak in history. Speaking of which, the original Daming was also unlucky enough, if Emperor Chongzhen could come to Zhongxing and let Daming breathe for another hundred years, no, even if it was only a few decades, in terms of science and technology at that time, Daming's technology should not lag much behind the West, after all, Xu Guangqi and others are doing things that are used in foreign countries.

Once the thermal weapons are more mature, and the steam engine, Gatling and so on come out, those barbarians with cold weapons will no longer be able to wreak havoc as before. Of course, this is a review, if you are specific to the details, such as the appearance of Huang Taiji, you will learn from the strengths of the Ming Dynasty and take it for your own use, this kind of will be another matter.

At this time, these civil and military officials in the Wenhua Palace, including the eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch, if it weren't for the emperor's clear eyes and no trace of pride and arrogance, they really thought that the emperor was carried away.

Emperor Chongzhen knew what was going on in their hearts when he looked at their expressions.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty at this time was a century of change when the hot and cold weapons were converted. Now that he has crossed by himself, he will inevitably speed up this process, and how can he let the Mongols rise again! It is not an exaggeration to say that Genghis Khan is alive, and he dares to fight as a bodyguard, and he can definitely beat Genghis Khan all over the ground to find teeth!

At this time, he smiled slightly and said, "Don't believe it, just look at it!" ”

"......" civil and military officials, eunuchs and others, looked at the emperor stupidly again, and felt the emperor's domineering spirit, really strong, so strong!

They couldn't help but start to weigh in their hearts, should they advise the emperor and be humble?

Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait for them to speak, turned his head to look at the generals, and said loudly: "Did you hear it, and the Oirat Mongolia in the west and the Khalkha Mongolia in the north disobeyed my Ming Dynasty, and I sent people to persuade them to surrender, if you dare not listen, what will the Qing and others say?" ”

"Kill!" Cao Bianjiao and other generals were also neat, and immediately shouted in unison, which shook the Wenhua Hall and startled many civil officials who were in deep thought.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, turned his head to look at the civil officials again, and said to them solemnly: "Wenzhi country, Wu Anbang." If the enemy dares to violate the Ming Dynasty, it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the general! Although the Qing and others arrange immigration, in terms of security, I will solve it! ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, he remembered their other concern, and then said: "In addition, I rescued more than 20,000 people from Liaodong this time, but only about 5,000 people chose to enter the customs. Why does this mean? ”

"Please also make it clear to Your Majesty!" Xue Guoguan and the others looked at each other, but they didn't know, and they were a little curious, I don't know if the emperor suddenly mentioned this matter, is it related to what was just discussed? They couldn't figure it out, and finally sang to Emperor Chongzhen in unison.

Emperor Chongzhen did not sell Guanzi, and immediately said to them: "These people were plundered by Jianjiao to cultivate for them, that is, to open up wasteland and farm in the Liaohe Plain. They just saw that there are actually a lot of fertile land in Liaodong, and as long as they work hard, there will be a big harvest. Therefore, they pleaded with me to stay in Liaodong and give them the land they had cultivated after the Jianguo had been pacified. ”

He promised to make amends to those people, so it was not what the people demanded.

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he looked at the surprised looks of the officials below, and then emphasized: "As for whether the land is barren or fertile, there is no one who knows better than them. What is said about the bitter cold in Liaodong, it is just a superficial remark of people who don't understand farming! ”

If the Hetao Plain can only accommodate Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces at most, then Liaodong is a big place, and the problem of overpopulation in the entire northern Ming Dynasty can be solved.

If what the emperor said was only the words of one or two peasants, then these courtiers would not believe it. After all, Liaodong is bitter cold, which is a well-known thing, how can it become fertile land again? But now there are about 15,000 people, and they have proved by their own actions that they want to stay outside the gates.

The civil officials in the Wenhua Hall felt that they had refreshed a common sense of their own, and they all remembered a sentence: It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles.

When they were sighing in their hearts, they heard Emperor Chongzhen continue: "Now that Korea has been destroyed, and there is no Li royal family, and even the Koreans have almost been captured or plundered or killed, and the entire Korea is almost a white land. Lu Qing, the governor of Baoding, proposed to me to set up North Korea Province, if the secretaries have no opinions, the North Korean province can accommodate a lot of Ming people, what do you think? ”

In fact, his words and deeds are all in favor of this proposal. Although I still ask the ministers for their opinions, in fact, the implication is that I agree, what about you?

If there is one more province in Daming, then there will be one more provincial official. But that place should be a place where birds don't now, even if the people of the Ming Dynasty move over and really want to prosper, I don't know how many years it will take, and it is separated from Beijing by the sea, how many officials are willing to go to North Korea Province as officials?

Although they thought so, the officials present had no opinion. At least it can be regarded as expanding the territory, if you don't agree, the emperor will definitely be unhappy.

Xue Guoguan, who was only stunned, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, with the current situation in North Korea, if you set up a province, Weichen thinks it is too exaggerated, why don't you set up the North Korean capital to govern it?" ”

In the past, the Ming Dynasty only set up the Liaodong Metropolitan Division to govern Liaodong. Xue Guoguan's opinion is not unreasonable.

However, when Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he shook his head and said: "After the recovery of Liaodong in the future, Liaodong will also be set up as a province, which is Liaodong Province, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and no autonomy of all ethnic groups is allowed." North Korea is even more so, and in the future, the people of the Ming Dynasty will migrate to the past, so naturally they will have to be directly governed by the imperial court. ”

"However, Your Majesty, Liaodong and Korea are far away from the Central Plains, and the transportation is inconvenient, and the imperial court is afraid that it is powerless!" Xue Guoguan straightened his neck and continued to argue.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty set up a capital division in Liaodong, and each ethnic group was called a minister and a tribute, and the ruling right was still the head of their respective tribes. The reason why this is so is that the situation in Liaodong is complicated, and it is unrealistic to really conquer them one by one. In addition, there is a big reason, that is, Xue Guoguan said that the transportation is inconvenient, the mountains and rivers are poor, and the cost of direct jurisdiction is too high.

However, these problems will not be a problem in the future.

In the past, the land of Nanyue was also disliked by the Central Plains, but later, it was not a place where the Central Plains Dynasty had to be.

Speaking of which, it's actually just the difference between raw and cooked land. If you manage it carefully, even if it is Siberia, it can become the province of the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, on the side of Emperor Chongzhen, he raised his voice a little, and said with a hint of reprimand: "The traffic is inconvenient, then open the road and build a bridge, and repair the traffic conveniently." As long as you do it with your heart, one day in the future, you will be able to go to Liaodong, the bridge across the sea, and go directly to North Korea! ”

"......" Hearing this, all the courtiers knew that the emperor had made up his holy will, and he even said such an out-of-tune word, the cross-sea bridge, why didn't you say fly over?

It's a shame that no courtier dared to say this, otherwise, it is estimated that Emperor Chongzhen would say, of course he can fly!

At the insistence of Emperor Chongzhen, this matter was settled.

These civil and military officials in the Wenhua Hall actually didn't care too much. After all, even Liaodong has not yet been recovered, whether it is a province in Liaodong or North Korea, it is still far away!

They didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen was playing a foreshadowing. Now it has been concluded that North Korea is also a province of the Ming Dynasty; In the future, even if the Japanese state did not collude with Jianyu, as long as they dared to appear in Korea, it would be an invasion of the Ming Dynasty. When the time comes, it will be possible to send troops justifiably.

After discussing this matter, this time, it was Emperor Chongzhen who opened his mouth and said: "Liaodong Jianyu has retreated to the front line of Anshan Post Fort, and a lot of Liaodong land is safe. As long as we raise enough food and grass for the army, I will personally conquer again, if not completely destroy Jianyu, at least I can recapture Shenyang. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Shou Fucai and continued: "Xue Qing will take the lead, and together with the Ministry of Officials, select capable officials among the candidate officials, and prepare to go to Liaodong as officials, pacify the place, and rebuild Liaodong!" ”

This can be regarded as a rainy day, for the Ming Dynasty is about to achieve the final victory in Liaodong, at this time, no one will doubt. Therefore, Xue Guoguan received this will simply.

Emperor Chongzhen then turned his head to look at the general, and said with a smile on his face: "Since the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the war against the captives has begun to take a turn, until now Liaodong is about to recover, thanks to the hard work of Zhuqing. This year is a year of special significance, and this is about to celebrate the New Year, I think that we should properly commend the secretary and others, and take it as an example for others! ”

The seventeenth year of Chongzhen, in the original history, was the year of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the year when Emperor Chongzhen hung himself on the crooked neck tree in the coal mountain, and the beginning of China's fall into darkness.

But now, the general trend of Jianyu has gone, and Daming is thriving. Isn't this a year of special significance?

But this special year is unknown to others. Even if Emperor Chongzhen said it at this time, these courtiers in the Wenhua Hall were also confused, and hurriedly thought about what special meaning it was?

Emperor Chongzhen naturally wouldn't explain to them, and when these generals showed surprise and didn't have time to react, he announced: "At the end of the year, I will be rewarded for my meritorious deeds!" ”

In the past, every time I returned to Beijing after a battle, there was a corresponding reward. Those who do not reach the chief military officer will be promoted to the chief military officer, such as Wu Sangui and others; Those who have already reached the rank of chief military officer will have the rank of governor, the governor of the left and right, and so on. These generals, if they want to go to the next level, they can only be knighted.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, although military generals can be knighted, military generals can eventually get knighthoods, which is also very harsh. In other words, the Ming emperor was very stingy.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's meaning at this time is obvious, he will be knighted at the end of the year!

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