December of the seventh year of Tianshun, Hanhai City.

The first governor and governor of the Hanhai Protectorate sent by the imperial court had already arrived, and they had been busy in Hanhai City for more than a month with a group of civil and military officials.

The governor of Hanhai Prefecture is named Chen Mao, the word Shunqing, and he is a native of Shouzhou, Fengyang Prefecture, Nanzhili. Chen Mao was born in the 12th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the son of Chen Heng, the general of Jingnan, he has courage, good at riding and shooting, when he was weak, Chen Mao followed his father in the army as a sheren.

During the Battle of Jingjing, Chen Mao defected to King Yan with his father, and participated in the battles of Bashang, Guangchang, Ulzhou, Datong, Baigouhe, Jinan and other places, serving as a commander. In March of the sixth year of Yongle, Chen Maopei conquered the seal of the western general and guarded Ningxia with the rank of chief soldier. After Chen Mao arrived in Ningxia, he gave a new order to the local government.

In June of the seventh year of Yongle, the Northern Yuan Dynasty Duke Atanbu Huahua came to lead the troops to surrender, and the prime minister Zan Bu, Wang Yi'er was bald, Dianzhu Ge, Pingzhang Dulian, Tuo'er Chi, Situ Bald Luta Lost, Guogong Bu Da Lost, Tongzhi Duoer only Suke, and the same Tuo Ashu and other handsome people came to surrender, there were 30,000 people, more than 100,000 cattle, sheep, camels and horses.

In October, Chen Mao led his army to the Xiawutong area, and encountered the Northern Yuan Zhiyuan Governor Bald Chi and his younger brother Situ and Zhiyuan Boyan who led their families to surrender, and Chen Mao sent them to Beijing. In November, Dulian and others defected, and Chen Mao led the crowd to pursue Dulian in Montenegro and collect all the population and livestock of his subordinates. In December of the same year, Emperor Yongle added Chen Mao as Fengtian Jing's difficult to push Cheng Xuanli Wuchen, Ronglu Doctor, and Zhuguo, and entered the Marquis of Ningyang, accumulating to 3,000 stones.

Later, in the first year of Xuande, Chen Mao followed Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty to quell Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion. After that, he still town Ningxia, he has been in the northwest for a long time, and his prestige is shaking the north of the desert, even if it is the later Warat Department and the Tatar Department, they are also very afraid of it. After the orthodox emperor ascended the throne, Chen Mao left the town of Gansu, and was later robbed of the title because of his impeachment and rebellion, and was reinstated in the fifth year of orthodoxy.

Now in the seventh year of Tianshun, Chen Mao is already an eighty-five-year-old man, when Liu Juntao heard that the imperial court sent Chen Mao to serve as the first governor of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, he was immediately dumbfounded, because Liu Juntao knew that in the original history, Chen Mao died in the seventh year of Tianshun, and the imperial court also posthumously named him the Duke of Junguo, nicknamed "Wujing".

However, Liu Juntao thought about it, it is reasonable for the imperial court to send Chen Mao to come, and now among the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, Chen Mao is the Yongle Emperor and crowned Chen Mao as Fengtianjing's difficult to push the sincerity of Xuanli Wuchen, Ronglu Doctor, Zhuguo, and Ningyang Marquis, like Liu Juntao, are all marquises, and only Chen Mao is sitting in the Hanhai Protectorate, can control the situation and balance Liu Juntao, the new marquis.

Because Chen Mao is very active in history, Liu Juntao, who is familiar with history, also knows more about him, knowing that his body is burly, his beard is beautiful, and his voice is like a bell. This is also the reason why Chen Mao was able to become the only one who was awarded the title of a meritorious hero in the Battle of Jingjing, and still maintained his title during the Tianshun period. This also made Chen Mao's Kubo position suffer from ups and downs several times, but finally ended up famous.

However, Liu Juntao also knew that Chen Mao was extremely poor and extravagant, full of prestige, and would remain unchanged even when he was old, which was not necessarily a good thing for the newly established Hanhai Protectorate.

The first governor of the Hanhai Protectorate sent by the imperial court was named Yue Zheng, Liu Juntao was not familiar with this person, but fortunately, the Ministry of Intelligence had already collected Yue Zheng's information.

Yue Zheng's family was a martial artist, and when he arrived at Yue Zheng's generation, he abandoned martial arts and followed literature. Yue Zheng was in the Jingshi Township Examination and studied in Guozijian. At that time, Li Shimian was a sacrificial wine, and recruited famous people from all over the world, Yue Zheng, Shang Chen, Peng Shi, Wang Shu, etc. all studied here.

In the orthodox thirteenth annual examination, the same examiner did not take Yue Zheng's test paper at first, but it was Du Ning who reviewed his test paper and said, "This is also my generation." Then he was selected as the first place in the examination, Huiyuan. The court gave the first class and the third, and awarded the Hanlin editor.

Yue Zheng was arrogant by nature, dared to speak up, did not avoid the powerful, and later encountered the disaster of Chengtianmen, the orthodox emperor at that time was shocked and at a loss when he heard the news, so he ordered Yue Zheng to draft the edict.

Yue Zheng took the opportunity to experience the maladministration of Chen, which contained: "Respect the gods, there are unfinished things, the ancestors become constitutional, there are those who do not obey the gods, there is no distinction between good and evil, and use the good and the bad; The twists and turns are not distinguished, and the prison is unjust, and many parties are requisitioned, and the army is laborious, the rewards and punishments are excessive, and the government treasury is empty; Please keep talking, and the officials are indiscriminate; bribery of public offices, and abolition of political affairs; Friends and treacherous deceitful, and attached to power; The group of officials play the law, and they are good at power; The law of conscription and conscription is too heavy, and the people who slander and compete are in the field, and the loyal and righteous people do not need to be ruthless, and they are insatiable, so that the army and the people are not able to do what they want? This is the cause of the injury and the disaster, and I don't know anything. Now I am worried about the blame, and I am scared. The ministers of Er Qun are all equal, and they have changed their minds and have not done anything wrong. When you do, speak out. "

The edict drafted by Yue Zheng was extremely sincere and straightforward, and was recited all over the world. At that time, Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang spread rumors everywhere, saying that Yue Zheng repeatedly slandered the minister with loyalty in order to flaunt himself.

In desperation, the orthodox emperor saw that Shi and Cao were powerful, and Yue Zheng was really incompetent, so he had to dismiss Yue Zheng from his post and be demoted to Qinzhou Tongzhi. Yue Zheng served as prime minister for only 28 days.

Yue was on his way to Qinzhou, and he went to his hometown to visit his mother for more than 10 days, and Chen Ruyan said that he had delayed on the way to his foreign post without authorization, and had previously forcibly occupied land and other crimes. Yue Zheng was arrested and imprisoned again, and exiled to Suzhou after being punished for 100 years. When Yue Zheng arrived at the Zhuozhou post house, his hands were so tightly cuffed that he almost died, thanks to Yang Si, a native of Zhuozhou, who drunk the guards with wine, loosened his equipment, and bribed them with a lot of money to take care of them all the way, Yue Zheng was able to arrive in Suzhou safely.

For Yue Zheng, Liu Juntao's judgment is that he is a talented second stunned, although this person is upright, but he does not know how to be flexible, and his ability is also a little lacking.

However, after thinking about it, there are not many Han people in the Hanhai Protectorate, most of them are Hu tribes, as long as there is a large army stationed here, there is no difficulty in civil governance, as long as the affairs of the tribes are coordinated to prevent natural disasters and the people from becoming better.

As for what to change Hu into Han, in Liu Juntao's opinion, it is a joke, Hu people are Hu people, and they will not be of the same mind as Han people at any time, and surrender at this time is just a lack of strength.

Therefore, Liu Juntao thinks that these Hu people can only be used by me, and if they can't be used one day, they will be killed, after all, if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different!

At this time, it was the end of the year, Liu Juntao took Zhang Yuqing, the minister of the Praise and Painting Department, and Lan Siqi, the head of the Central Department, together with Chen Mao, the governor of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, Yue Zheng, the governor of the Hanhai Prefecture, and the generals and civil officials under the two of them, and seized the time to discuss a plan for the Ming Dynasty to occupy the desert permanently.

According to the plan formulated by Liu Juntao and others, the Hanhai Protectorate was divided into three parts: the left part of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate to the north of Jinshan and the west of the Apu River was the left part of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, the east of the Apu River and the west of the Aruhun River was the middle part of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, and the east of the Aruhun River to Liaodong was the right part of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate.

This is still the settlement of the population, followed by the military, Liu Juntao and others' plan divided the military strength of the Hanhai Protectorate into two parts: the Ming army and the servant army!

Needless to say, the soldiers and horses of the Ming army were the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Ming army brought by Chen Mao, the governor of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, and the more than 10,000 iron cavalry of the Changshui Army stationed in Hanhai City.

Although Zhou Zongsheng, the chief military officer of Hanhai Town, was stationed in the jurisdiction of Chen Mao, the governor of Hanhai Prefecture, he was still under the command of Liu Juntao militarily, but in an emergency, such as the Hu rebellion and the enemy's attack, Chen Mao could requisition and transfer the Changshui Army, and he had to send an official document to Liu Juntao for the record as soon as possible, and he could not command the Changshui Army at will.

As for the servant army, it is divided into standing and reserve forces.

The standing strength of the servant army is more than 80,000 soldiers and horses in the nine battalions that Liu Juntao organized before, and everyone divided the servant army of these nine battalions into three parts, and there are three battalions each on the left, center, and right of the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, which are stationed in key places in various places.

According to the plan formulated by everyone, all men over the age of 12 and under the age of 60 in these Hu tribes must be registered in the Metropolitan Protectorate, and must not conceal or fail to report, otherwise they will be plotting rebellion and will become the target of attack by the entire Metropolitan Protectorate.

These registered Hu men had to go to Hanhai City for a month of rotation training every year, and then they would be stationed in various parts of the Hanhai Protectorate for two months, so that they could be monitored by the Ming army while maintaining their combat effectiveness.

Of course, all the money and food needed for these soldiers and horses to go to Hanhai City for rotation training and garrisoning in various places were paid by the tribes themselves, although the Hanhai Protectorate would provide some, but it would never be too much.

Liu Juntao also wanted to use this method to completely expose the strength of the various departments on the grassland to the sight of the Ming army, and through the large-scale and periodic transfer of men and horses, the strength of the various departments of the grassland was consumed to the greatest extent.

The strength of this part of the servant army reserve, according to Liu Juntao's estimate, should be around 100,000.

This is not to say that the strength of the grassland tribes is still 100,000 iron cavalry, these 100,000 people are already the last "essence blood" of the grassland tribes, once these 100,000 men are killed and injured too much, then most of the tribes on the grassland will be wiped out!

After everyone finalized this plan, they immediately sent people to the capital.

Emperor Tianshun quickly approved this plan, let Chen Mao and Yue Zheng implement it as soon as possible, and also urged Liu Juntao to return to Datong Town as soon as possible, and after taking care of Shanxi's military affairs, he rushed to Beijing as soon as possible to serve as the secretary of the military department.

Liu Juntao immediately felt that something was wrong when he received this holy decree, something big was going to happen!