Under the blowing of the cool breeze, Shen Qiyuan, who left the imperial city, still felt hot and dry. Although it was late at night, the kerosene street lamps lit on both sides of the street still illuminated the whole street as if it were daytime, and it was not difficult for horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians to come and go on the road.

Shen Qiyuan just leaned on the window of the carriage and looked out at the night scene on the street, but in fact he didn't see anything, because his mind was thinking about the words that the emperor said to him at the dinner.

Following Japan's example of overthrowing the monarch and rebuilding Korea's political system is a step forward from the previous partisan rule in Korea. Of course, only the emperor dares to say this kind of thing, and when others say this, it has the meaning of great rebellion.

For Shen Qiyuan, after the initial shock passed, he realized that this was undoubtedly the best way for him. With the reforms he promoted in North Korea in the past two years, in essence, he has already offended many old-fashioned aristocrats.

As soon as he stepped down from the position of consul, or the king and the old guard had gathered enough strength to carry out a coup d'état, it was clear that he and his followers were going to be subject to political liquidation, which is why it was difficult for him to accept the loss of power.

But if, as the emperor said, he could find a political opponent to cooperate with and put the king aside, then with the political guarantee of the Ming Dynasty, the bloody party struggle in Korea could really come to an end.

Of course, while he is doing this, I am afraid that in the future, he will inevitably be scolded by North Korean readers as a villain without a father. And the political independence that North Korea has been trying to maintain since Taejong will have to give it up in the future.

After all, such a change of power depends on the political guarantee of the Ming Dynasty, not the consensus within North Korea. Shen Qiyuan could imagine that in the future, the Korean scholars and doctors would inevitably be swayed by the Ming court.

"But what's the point? The pro-Ming scholars and doctors in China even wanted to directly incorporate North Korea into the Ming Dynasty. And an orderly change of power, at least will not make the Korean scholars and doctors needlessly shed blood for the selfish desires of the king and the maharaja. Shen Qiyuan couldn't help but secretly persuade himself in his heart.

When he calmed down and stepped out of the carriage, he realized that he had forgotten to ask the emperor if the war between the Ming and the Manchus was about to resume, which was an important issue that North Korea could not but pay attention to.

Shen Qiyuan hesitated for a moment, and finally put this trouble behind him, he felt that the most important thing at the moment was to study the matter of the rotation of this regime, as for the war between the Ming and Qing dynasties, let his subordinates inquire slowly.

From Jinzhou to Chaoyang to Chahanhot, the road is about 500 miles, of which one-third of the road has been built into a railway track, and the remaining two-thirds has also completed a traffic artery that can be paralleled by three four-wheeled carriages. This shortened the travel between the two places from nearly a month to a week.

And Chahanhot through Chengde into the customs of Zunhua, the distance is about 500 miles, because there are too many mountains and hills, this road is still nearly one-fifth of the road has not been completed. However, because Zunhua is the main base of Chahanhot's logistics supply, this road is more valued by the Ming military, and its road design level is one level higher than that of the Jincha Line.

At present, this road is not yet fully opened, but it has become a busy transportation route between Chengde and Chahanhot business travel. The materials in the area were transported to the Mongolian tribes and Han colonization villages in this area through this traffic artery, and the livestock products in this area were also quickly transported into the customs through this traffic artery, becoming the largest meat supplier in Hebei.

In the past, there was an annual trade in the Kansai and other markets, but this trade was mainly in horses and furs, the latter being easy to carry, and the former being strategic goods. As for the trade of cattle and sheep and other livestock products, no one would take such a big risk to drive herds of cattle and sheep to trade, unless they were tribes that settled near the border. Because the risk is too great, the so-called family wealth is not counted, which means that the risk of animal husbandry is much higher than that of agriculture.

The nomadic herding of the Mongolian tribes is to chase water and grass and migrate, and every migration is an adventure. Cattle and sheep were driven to the south where water and grass were not lush for trading, and once the Han people bargained and the nearby forage was scarce, the whole tribe would be dry for nothing for a year.

However, since Chongzhen instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help these tribal leaders establish animal husbandry companies, and then connect with the merchants in the Guannai, the * system of animal husbandry began to flourish on the grasslands. In the past, tribal leaders raised livestock according to the size of the grassland they occupied, and did not care much about the type and growth rate of livestock.

But with the establishment of the livestock company, these tribal leaders have gained a lot of wealth, but they are also tied to the production machinery of the Ming Dynasty. They must breed the proportion of cattle and sheep according to the needs of the merchants, and accept the guidance of the merchants to raise the good breeds introduced and bred by the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the Merino sheep imported from Mexico and Europe by the Ming Dynasty, and the high-quality dairy cows imported from the Netherlands, etc., through these frequent economic exchanges inside and outside the border, the lives of the Mongols and the Han people were closely linked.

Therefore, in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the southern Chengde region of Jinzhou-Chaoyang-Chahanhot has begun to be called the mainland.

In the northwest of Chahanhot, on the gray grassland between Erenhot, an important town leading to Mobei, a second city established by Mongolian tribes also arose by the Xilin River.

Xilinhot is more than 500 miles away from Chahanhot, less than 700 miles away from Zhangjiakou, and about 750 miles away from Erenhot. It has always been the nomadic land of Genghis Khan, the younger brother of Genghis Khan, the seventeenth grandson of Belle, the seventeenth grandson of Noble Mektu, and this tribe is also collectively known as Abaga Hanar.

The gray teng grassland is one of the most outstanding grasslands in Monan, and its natural conditions are second only to the Tumut River on the edge of the Yellow River. The only drawback is that it is the main road connecting the east and west of the Monan grassland, and it is too far away from the border of the Ming Kingdom.

Being on a major transportation route means being vulnerable to war. Being away from the borders of the Ming Kingdom meant a lack of daily necessities. However, the Abaga Hanar tribe still enjoys a leisurely life here, as long as war does not befall here.

However, with the westward migration of the Chahar Department and the expansion of the Later Jin power, it once became the front line of the confrontation between the Ming and Jin. After the tribes that had succumbed to the Later Jin were moved into Liaodong, the remaining tribes submitted to the Ming Dynasty.

Although the people of the Abagahanar tribe are not fond of war, they are no longer immune to it in this era. This area was too important for the Ming Dynasty, and after controlling this area, Datong-Fengzhen-Ulanqab-Erenhot-Ulaanbaatar, the main road connecting Mobei, would no longer be threatened by the Manchu forces.

Therefore, in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Ming army and the local Mongolian tribes established Xilinhot here, and built a passage connecting Zhangjiakou and Xilinhot.

The two cities of Xilinhot and Chahanhot, one north and the other south, blocked the Manchu Qing Dynasty's offensive passage from the source of the Liao River to the western part of the Monan grassland. On the other hand, the city of Xilinhot was also faintly blocked, and the Chahar Department stationed in Chahanhot expanded its influence to the grassland to the north.

From Fengzhen to Ulaanbaatar, an important town in Mobei, the mileage is about 2,000 miles. Although the terrain of this road is relatively flat, because it has to pass through the Gobi area, it used to take nearly 5 or 60 days to walk one way.

But since the completion of the railway between the two places, as long as there are no sandstorms, it can be reached within 25 days. The stations built along the way in order to replace the horses have become bridgeheads for the Ming Dynasty to go deep into Mobei.

Since the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the central government has never been able to go so deep into the Mobei grassland. Even Ming Chengzu, who had gone out to the grassland five times, although he eliminated the war strength of the Northern Yuan on the grassland, he still failed to control this area for a long time.

However, since the completion of this railway to Ulaanbaatar, the Mongol tribes in Mobei have begun to face the long-term existence of the Han people in the Mobei grassland, whether they accept it or not.

The Ming Dynasty brought to the herdsmen in the region materials to resist natural disasters and the living habits of the Han people, as well as the majesty of the central power.

For the grassland tribes of this era, religious beliefs ruled their hearts, and the materials from the Ming Dynasty determined their state of existence.

When the Ming Dynasty took control of these two, even the leaders of the tribes had to submit to the wishes of the herders and became the most loyal subordinates of the Ming Dynasty. The natural environment of the Mobei grassland is more harsh than that of the Monan grassland, and the tribal selectivity here is naturally more sparing.

The completion of the Fengzhen-Ulaanbaatar railway has not only brought abundant materials to this area. More importantly, this railway divided the entire Mobei in two, and the Ming army not only separated the tribes on the east and west sides of the Mobei grassland, but also divided the Shenyang and Khalkha tribes, making it more difficult for the two sides to communicate.

For the Eight Banners of Loyalty and the Ming army stationed in Ulaanbaatar, it was nothing more than a deserted frontier stronghold. But in the eyes of the Mongolian tribes in Mobei, this is undoubtedly the most prosperous city in Khalkha Mongolia.

Ulaanbaatar, located in the center of the Mobei steppe, is located at the junction of the northern mountains and the southern steppe, and it is also an important base for the purchase of furs and leather from the Mobei steppe to the Siberian region.

At the same time, it is also another trade route to Russia through the Altai Mountains, bypassing the Western Regions. Therefore, when the city of Ulabaatar was established, it first became the largest commercial center city in Mobei.

Ulaanbaatar, on the other hand, was originally used for frontier defense, but it was not very significant. After all, when the Ming army drove the Manchu forces out of Ulaanbaatar, the Manchu army was not able to penetrate here again.

Because this place is too far away from Shenyang, if Shenyang is stationed here, too few troops will be equivalent to sending food to the Ming army, and too much will thin Shenyang's troops. In addition, Shenyang simply did not have such logistical capabilities and built a city in Ulaanbaatar, so it could only ignore the actions of the Ming army in Ulaanbaatar.

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