Emperor Chongzhen took the tens of thousands of elite horsemen who survived the Hangai Mountain slashing incident and ran back to Beijing.

This Hang Aishan slashing incident is a bit big, Emperor Chongzhen, who originally just planned to implement the three-light policy, had a hot head when he discovered the big tribe of Hang Aishan, and he made things bigger.

To put it simply, the benefits of the Hang Aishan slashing incident in the end are innumerable - there is no decent resistance force on the entire Leshi grassland, even if it is Mosi Batur Khan, he can only become a relatively large horse bandit in the future, and he has to be careful of the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army at any time.

The disadvantage is that there are indeed a lot of soldiers killed in battle, so many that Emperor Chongzhen feels a little breathless.

In this case, Emperor Chongzhen naturally could not stay in the capital anymore, but returned to Beijing with these tens of thousands of Beijing horses.

Back in Beijing, there are their own wives and lovely sons and daughters in the capital, these soldiers can go home if they have wives and children in the capital, and they can also have a good rest in the Beijing camp if they don't have wives and children.

When he went back, Emperor Chongzhen deliberately chose to enter the city from Andingmen, and when he sent troops, he walked the Desheng Gate.

Moreover, these soldiers behind them, as well as the heroic souls in the golden altars they hold in their arms, they should deserve it!

More than 60,000 elite horsemen, in the posture of four horses in parallel, formed a long dragon without a head and tail, the banner that covered the sky or the sun or Shu or rolled, the equipment and swords and firearms on the body were still the tattered ones brought back from the battlefield, and they were not replaced with new ones because of the ceremony of entering the city.

There was still a distance of five miles from Andingmen, and the horseman who followed behind Emperor Chongzhen should be the first to cross the crowd, quickly run to the city gate, and after throwing down a wool stalk, he turned the horse's head and galloped back.

Then came the second ride, the third ride, and the constant throwing of things that symbolized the Great Khan of Tatar or the Little Khan of the tribes.

Wen Tiren wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered, "It's too hot this day." ”

The civil officials who followed behind Wen Tiren, except for Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, almost all of the rest wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads like Wen Tiren.

Seeing that the big guys in front of him had a tendency to start chatting about the bed, the imperial history in front of the palace immediately came out of the crowd and shouted: "Quiet! ”

Wen Tiren and other bigwigs immediately shut up - the official position of the imperial history in front of the palace is not big, but on this occasion, no one dares to disobey the words of the imperial history in front of the palace.

Chatting while waiting for Emperor Chongzhen belongs to the loss of honor in front of the palace, and it is not a joke to be included in a book.

Empress Zhou, who was not far away, also wiped the sweat on her forehead and whispered, "I don't know where Your Majesty has been?" Have you ever been cleared? ”

Concubine Yuan, Concubine Tian, plus Concubine Wan and Concubine Yi, who were following Empress Zhou, did not speak—Empress Zhou could speak at this time, but others could not answer.

Queen Zhou herself didn't expect anyone to answer herself, the rules in the palace, her own door is clear, and the difference in status in the palace with a strict hierarchy is the difference between heaven and earth.

After a long time, the vanguard of this long dragon can be regarded as appearing, but it is not the imposing Chongzhen Emperor as everyone imagined.

The soldiers at the head carried their swords diagonally behind their backs, their left hands controlling Ma Jiang, and their right hands holding the golden altar.

The crowds on both sides of the road suddenly quieted down, and both civil and military officials and ordinary people stared at the long queue in front of them in disbelief.

The golden altar held by so many people in their hands is known to many people - it is used for holding ashes.

The tens of thousands of long dragons in front of him each held a golden altar in their arms, that is to say, tens of thousands of people were killed in battle?

The cavalry paid no attention to anyone's intentions, and ignored the wine bowls that lined the road, and after entering the city gates, they headed straight south, in the direction of the Martyrs' Shrine.

It wasn't until the last column of cavalry holding the golden altar passed that Emperor Chongzhen's guard of honor appeared, followed by Emperor Chongzhen and those soldiers who did not have the golden altar in their hands behind him.

Before Emperor Chongzhen arrived, Empress Zhou took the harem concubines down from Luan and waited on the side of the road.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen came to stop the war horse, Empress Zhou bowed and said: "Your Majesty has returned victoriously in expanding the land, and the concubine congratulates Your Majesty!" Congratulations to Daming! ”

After Queen Zhou finished speaking, Concubine Yuan, Concubine Tian, Concubine Wan, Concubine Yi and others who followed behind her continued to bow together: "Concubine congratulations to Your Majesty!" Congratulations to Daming! ”

Then Wen Tiren and other court bigwigs bowed down and bowed together: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Congratulations to Daming! ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and waved his hand, signaling Empress Zhou and the others to be flat, but did not dismount, but laughed loudly: "I led 100,000 elite horsemen, defeated Moth Batur in one battle, slaughtered the twelve Tatar tribes, built the capital to view Yanran, declared martial arts, and deterred the ministers!" Daming Wansheng! ”

Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, and the soldiers who followed Emperor Chongzhen drew their sabers, pointed obliquely at the sky, and shouted together: "Daming Wansheng!" Your Majesty wins! ”

More than 20,000 soldiers who did not hold the golden altar shouted together, and when they arrived, they led the surrounding people to shout together: "Daming Wansheng!" Your Majesty wins! ”

It's the best sound in the world!

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen raised his hand to signal to stop.

More than 20,000 soldiers stopped shouting in turn, and then the shouting of the people also slowly stopped, and Emperor Chongzhen shouted: "Dismount!" ”

The soldiers who heard Emperor Chongzhen's voice in front turned over and dismounted in turn, and drove the soldiers behind to dismount as well.

Emperor Chongzhen came to the wine table that was arranged in a long dragon and stretched for several miles, picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all, and didn't care if the wine dripped from the corner of his mouth, but laughed and said: "Drink!" ”

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Emperor Chongzhen, who returned to the palace, could finally relax, and the strings that had been collapsing since he left Beijing were finally loosened.

Don't look at Emperor Chongzhen's mood to watch Duan Xiaorong's works on the battlefield of the capital, that is also for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to see - I am in the mood to watch Xiao Liu Bei, what else do you have to worry about?

If you fight with me, you will definitely win the battle!

Emperor Chongzhen did not immediately summon Wen Tiren and other bigwigs of the civil and official system, but relaxed a little - how to relax the process belongs to the indescribable part.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen thought carefully about what Zhu Chunchen said when he was in the capital before.

Zhu Chunchen once said at the time that it was better to continue to use troops for two years than to recuperate.

Emperor Chongzhen felt that what Zhu Chunchen said was quite reasonable, and the more he thought about it along the way, the more he felt that what Zhu Chunchen said was right.

I turned out part of Daqin's military merit lord Mingtian house system, although there were certain modifications, and it was not safely copied, but the horror of this thing has been completely revealed.

The entire military is like crazy and studying where to fight and where to fight, the purpose is not only to expand the territory, but also for military merit.

But from the perspective of Emperor Chongzhen, he can't make military merit for the sake of military merit.

Military merit must serve the entire Ming Empire, this is the premise!

And what makes Emperor Chongzhen feel uneasy the most is that the current territory is too big!

That's right, from ancient times to the present and even to future generations, except for the gang of Jiannu who sold Yetian and didn't feel distressed, there has never been a headache for any emperor who made Emperor Chongzhen feel a headache!

If the site is too big, will you have a headache?

If someone asked this sentence in front of Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen would not hesitate to tell him that he would!

Since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, in addition to the original territory of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Liaodong, Nuergandusi, Duogansi Xuanwei Division, Wusizang Xuanwei Division, and Da Ryukyu, the newly acquired land in his hands includes Korea, Ryukyu, Xinming Island, Java, Luzon, and a large area of land that has not yet been officially named!

That's it, not counting the "Kyushu Island" leased by the Ming Dynasty, and according to Emperor Chongzhen's Pixiu temperament, it would be a hell if this island could be returned!

The greatest possibility is to completely turn the Wa Kingdom into a part of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there is no hurry about the affairs of the Wa Kingdom, after all, there is time to study that land slowly, but there is a large place like the Leshi Grassland in front of him.

If you don't know how big the Leshi grassland is, then let's put it in the most intuitive way - it is equivalent to the area of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Duogansi Xuanwei Division of the Ming Dynasty combined!

Even a large area of grassland such as Chahar, Tumut, Haochen Chahar and Tainingwei was not arranged before, and suddenly there was such a large grassland, and you can imagine how much Emperor Chongzhen would hurt.

In fact, the egg pain is not only Emperor Chongzhen, but even the cabinet and household departments and other Ming court institutions are having a headache.

The place is big enough that there must be people living there, right? Where there are no people, can it be considered the territory of one's own family?

Liaodong's Jiannu is a lesson from the past!

Of course, there is such a way as immigrating to Shibian, but all places are immigrating to Shibian?

How many people are there in Daming now? Even if you count all the runaways and hidden households, and those who sold themselves into slavery, it is estimated that it will not exceed 200 million!

Although it is said that there are many natural disasters after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, there should be a lot of displaced people in theory, but in practice?

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen, in order to get a basic plate at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, was the most ruthless in disaster relief!

It's not a big problem to be greedy at times, but if you die, you will be made into a scarecrow, and if you are greedy during disaster relief, it will be a big deal that implicates the three clans and even the nine clans!

The people who got the relief could survive, and the people who suffered the disaster later knew that the government would not let them go, and the people of the Ming Dynasty who had confidence in their hearts didn't care about the benefits of the migration at all!

can stay in the Ming Dynasty, the center of the Heavenly Empire, who wants to go to those remote places to beg for a living?

The state of Chu and the state of Qin, obviously canonized by the Zhou royal family, were still regarded as barbarians and despised by the people of the Central Plains, isn't this a practical example?

The reluctance of the people to relocate, of course, is not too much of a problem, after all, there is another word called forced relocation, such as the Huguang reclamation of Sichuan made by the Jiannu, and the internal relocation of 50 miles under the sea ban, which are all real examples.

Even Emperor Chongzhen has played several times, such as moving people to Luzon, Java and other places, and these things have been done a lot of times.

But can you do it all the time?

Emperor Chongzhen is not a fool, as long as he thinks about it, he can think of it, and if he continues to do this, the people will have opinions.

The people had opinions and could bear them when they were alive, but what about them after they died? The accumulated anger may subvert the Ming Empire, which he has so hard to toss and stabilize!

Emperor Chongzhen didn't dare to gamble, and he didn't want to gamble on this kind of thing, after all, winning the bet is just to advance the time to completely occupy the territory, and losing the bet is to gamble on the fortune of the country!

What to do?

Emperor Chongzhen scratched his head a little, in short, he had a headache.

After several days in the harem, Emperor Chongzhen finally summoned Wen Tiren and Guo Yunhou and other bigwigs of the civil and official system into the palace.

After Wen Tiren and the others finished the etiquette of the audience, Emperor Chongzhen said directly: "I want to know, how many people there are in my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Guo Yunhou immediately bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, I have more than 80 million people in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said: "What I mean is that those slaves and maids, those runaways, and hidden households are all counted, how many people are there in total!" It's accurate to the person!

As long as I am a Ming people, whether there is a Ming household registration or not! ”

After more than ten years, Emperor Chongzhen is naturally not a novice at the beginning, thinking that the population of the Ming Dynasty is really just a little bit of the official statistics on paper.

In fact, according to Emperor Chongzhen's calculations, the current Ming Dynasty should have about 200 million people instead of just 80 million.

As for the more than 80 million people mentioned by Guo Yunhou, he refers to the people who have official household registrations that have been recognized by the government.

And this, excluding slaves, lowly people, as well as fugitives and hidden households, in the eyes of the government, these people are not people at all, at best, they are two-legged, big animals that can walk!

However, the previous situation was clear there, either you beat me or I beat you today, coupled with the continuous natural disasters, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't spare his hands to conduct any census.

Relying solely on manpower to conduct the census is already hard enough, and I don't know how many people's interests will be touched during this period, which also makes Emperor Chongzhen feel a little jealous - if he really forces people to rebel during natural disasters, it is still the people of the Central Plains who will be killed, and who dares to guarantee that without Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, there will be no Zhao Xianzhong and Wang Zicheng?

Again, once the game is too big and too much, the original good thing will become a gamble on the national fortune - except for the Japanese slaves who like to bet on the national fortune at every turn, I have never heard of any head of state like to do this kind of thing!

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, Guo Yunhou immediately bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, if the lowly and hidden households are counted together, then the population of my Ming people should be more than 10,000.

But if Your Majesty wants to know the exact number, it will take a year or two, or even two or three years, to count? ”

Since Emperor Chongzhen wants to play the census, let's play - anyway, the more the population, the more Chongzhen treasure money the household can receive, and the poll tax or something is all silver!