In the seventh month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Manhan Mountain, the Great Commander's Mansion has been in a tense and busy during this time, the plan to receive immigrants has been decided, but it is difficult to implement, the officials have disagreements on specific issues, and quarrels continue to break out when discussing the resettlement plan, and each meeting will last until late at night - Fengzhou's family background is too thin, and it is not easy to accept three times the population of himself, and it is about to enter the autumn harvest again, and the time cannot be delayed, and the officials can only work all night. The Erji Lama stayed in the Barbarian Mountain and did not leave, but his old man couldn't help, except for holding a few **** to cheer everyone up, the others could not do anything, and the representatives of the people's opinion who had always been enthusiastic about public deliberations did not come, they were self-aware, and they could do something to get a good reputation by the way, but the specific government affairs were not planted and herded.

Tuntian Dao Jin Sheng accompanied by Na Mu'er to the Barbarian Mountain to show his face, it is considered to be officially inaugurated, Ortai, Li Fugui and Li Huai three of the same acquaintances welcomed him to the Grand Commander's Mansion, very seriously asked the imperial court for the immigration's real strategy, Jin Sheng himself did not know what the imperial court had planned, where to answer, played an official tone for a while, praised the Fengzhou officials, encouraged everyone to fulfill their duties for the imperial court to share worries and solve problems, and then reluctantly stayed overnight, the next morning, threw down Na Mu'er and pulled his legs back to Datong- This trip to Fengzhou made him completely understand, the so-called immigration is actually a gimmick, look at the few broken grass houses in the Great Commander's Mansion, you can know that the bitter cold land outside the Seychelles can't support many people at all, and drive those rebellious homeless people to Fengzhou, not to give them a way to live, but to tie them up with the Yi people of Fengzhou and wait here for death, the court is fooling this time, Fengzhou will have to have an accident sooner or later, and he still hides in Datong and pretends to be sick.

Chahar Khan also sent an envoy to accuse Fengzhou of forgetting his ancestors and luring wolves into the house, Fengzhou River is the territory that Dayan Khan seized from the hands of the Western Mongols, why let the Ming people in, the envoy conveyed the Khan of Chahar Khan, ordering Fengzhou to stop all immigration-related activities, and at the same time asked the autumn queen to give him 5,000 stone of grain - since Fengzhou can feed the Ming people, then it is even more necessary to help the Chahar people of the same clan.

"We stepped on two boats, and now retribution is coming, I have long said that these homeless people are unacceptable, this is our Mongolian steppe, and the Ming people can only cause us trouble when they come here." Buyantu said with a bitter face.

"Wenliang, what are you talking about, we are from Fengzhou, and the people of the Ming Kingdom are also from Fengzhou, and everyone is in trouble," Ortai has already figured it out, and he can't do without this big gift sent to the door, and replied with a disdainful face, "Chahar Khan is poor and crazy, and he will blackmail anyone he meets, so he doesn't need to pay attention to him, and he doesn't dare to provoke us with his little strength." ”

"I'm not afraid of Chahar, of course there are benefits to a large population, but Fengzhou is from this family, even if a pie falls from the sky, we can't swallow it! I've been arguing for more than ten days, but I still can't come up with a charter, and the general won't come back, I'm going to die in a hurry! Buyantu kept shaking his head.

"Wenliang doesn't need to worry, the commander should be on the road, we just need to discuss things thoroughly, if you can't make up your mind, let him make the decision, this kid has been in the pass for a year and a half, and he should worry about it." Li Fugui said with a smile, he was still counting the days in his heart, maybe Li Yu should arrive in the next two days.

Li Yu really arrived, the next morning, Ortai, Buyantu two were accompanying the Erji Lama in the Grand Commander's Mansion to talk about things, the West Sentinel Uerden sent someone to deliver the letter, the Great Commander has already gone out of the head pass into the West Outpost, after a while the deputy envoy of the Inspection Department Han Dagong also came to report, the Grand Commander is rushing to the Barbarian Mountain, probably in the afternoon will arrive at the Cangtou River, the inspection envoy Bi Lige heard the news and brought people to greet it. At this time, there was also a burst of "The Grand Commander is back, the Great Commander is back!" The barbarian mountain camp then became lively, and Ortai was about to go out to have a look, when Li Fugui and Li Huai walked in.

"Yuzi is coming, Wang Fang and Zhang Mengcun are gathering people to greet them, these two guys are not angry when they are deliberating, and they are quite active in doing this." Li Fugui said with a smile.

"We've got two more sycophants here, and Bilig has a companion," Ortai said with some disdain, returning to his chair and sitting down, "Let's wait here, this kid doesn't like to be sent anyway." ”

"You're all going to pick it up! Although Yuzi is a junior, he is also the master of Fengzhou, it is not easy for him to work hard outside for so long, you have to give him a face, I am here to take care of your home. But the Erji Lama waved his hand to Ortai and said.

Li Yu out of the head of the pass not long after, can not move forward quickly, the common people saw the Flying Tiger Banner, immediately realized that their commander returned, the news quickly spread throughout the West Outpost, people from everywhere flocked to the road to the Barbarian Mountain, excitedly greeted their leader, Uerden ran and complained that he was not notified in advance, Li Yu was surrounded by enthusiastic people along the way and walked slowly, to the Cangtou River can no longer walk, the riverside people are full of voices and flags, cheers, gongs and drums sounded together, The enthusiastic Mongolian and Han people surrounded him, Bi Lige pushed aside the crowd and came to the front to lead the horse for him, and Wang Fang led everyone to shout the slogan, "Long live the Great Commander, long live, long live!" "Fengzhou Army wins, wins, wins!" The shouts came and went, and the most energetic was Zhang Mengcun, who was directing more than 1,000 men and women to sing the northern Shaanxi folk song "Xintianyou" with a beat.

The red in the east, the rising sun

There is a Li Hanmin in the northwest

He seeks all blessings for the people, and he is the great savior of the people

Hey, he's the savior of the people

……

Li Yu was taken aback, there has never been such a thing in Fengzhou, when the honest Mongolian herdsmen and Bansheng Han people welcomed him in the past, at most they grinned and shouted for a while, and these guys all changed their flavor - in fact, Zhang Mengcun was already restrained enough, if Wang Fang didn't repeatedly say that Fengzhou did not kneel and salute, he would definitely take everyone to kneel on the mountain and shout long live while singing "Xintianyou", but Li Yu couldn't care about this, his eyes fell on a group of people who walked quickly- The delicate figure of the white-robed woman in front of her was so familiar and kind, Na Mu'er, whom she had not seen since the breakup of Jingshi, followed her closely, a child was babbling in his arms, and behind him were Hadari, Richard and his group of new friends—the children had new clothes to wear, and they were still wearing riding boots, laughing all the way over.

"Ulan, my good Ulan, I miss you to death!" Li Yu quickly jumped off the horse to meet him, and hugged Wulan in his arms, and Wulan shouted, "I miss you too!" With tears in his eyes, he hugged Li Yu tightly, and the two hugged each other for a long time without separation.

"Don't look at indecency, don't look at indecency!" Zhang Zhiyao smiled and covered the eyes of the youngest Ma Bao, "Uncle Yuzi, and us!" Hadari, Richard Brother pulled Li Yu and shouted, the children surrounded Li Yu and Ulan, Li Yu had to let go of Ulan, hugged the children in his arms one by one, and called their names one by one, Zhang Zhiyao, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ma Bao, .......

"Hermes-Epitek, look at your child, your son Li Jin, and he also has a resounding Mongolian name—Zhuoliktu." Na Mu'er was a little impatient, and handed the child in her arms to Li Yu as she spoke.

This is my child, I have a family and a son! Li Yu looked at the child in his arms excitedly, the little Li Jin, who had just turned one year old, did not recognize his life, stretched out his white and tender little hand to grab his father's face, Li Yu's heart surged with a rush, and he raised his arms to raise Li Jin high in front of the people who greeted him, Li Jin giggled and danced in the air.

The cheers of the people became louder, "Long live the Great Commander!" Hartun Chitose! Chitose, the little master! The slogan soared into the sky, Zhang Mengcun's "Xintianyou" chorus also entered the climax, more and more people sang with the people of northern Shaanxi, Wang Fang and Zhang Mengcun almost got carried away, pulling the accompanying Bai Yuzhu and Zhao Sheng off the horse, jumping up and down together and shouting and singing, Bi Lige watched them perform very depressed, and the competitors who grabbed the job finally appeared, why am I so stupid, I didn't expect to pull more people to help, and the limelight was all let these two newcomers rob it.

When Ortai, Li Fugui and Li Huai arrived with the officials of the Great Commander's Mansion, everything in front of them made them stunned, the river was boiling, and tens of thousands of people shouted and sang like crazy, surrounding Li Yu and the Flying Tiger Camp and couldn't get out, Li Yu hugged Wulan with one hand and Xiao Li Jin with the other, and was at a loss for what to do.

"I said a long time ago that those Han people in the Guannai are different from us, what kind of ghost are they doing, and they will teach our people badly as soon as they come, Brother Du Xing, what do you listen to them shouting and singing, don't we have enough trouble?" Buyantu said angrily.

"Nonsense, what kind of system is this," Ortai was also very unhappy, and waved to Wuhai and Baiyintu who were following behind, "Blow the military horn and disperse everyone for me." ”

The sound of the military horn soon sounded, the bustling crowd immediately quieted down, and the people soon finished the whole team - the people of Fengzhou are all military households, and they continue to train all year round, and they will naturally react when they hear the familiar horn, and the displaced people who have left the customs have been incorporated into the guard, and they will learn the same after staying for a long time.

"This eighty percent was made up by Wang Fang, this guy likes to do this, they are shouting and singing something, don't Wang Fang use the set in the White Lotus Cult." Batu frowned and said, he still knows a little about Wang Fang's old bottom.

"They sing songs from northern Shaanxi, but the lyrics are full of evil spirits, you have to teach Wang Fang a lesson when you go back, and don't want to use the cult in Fengzhou." Li Huai replied.

Li Yu handed Li Jin over to Ulan, came over with a red face, and Ortai said to him mockingly: "It's enjoyable, is your head dizzy?" Okay, this is the first and last time, you will immediately follow me back to the Grand Commander's Mansion to discuss matters. ”

The Great Commander's Mansion, when the Lama Erji saw Li Yu, he called him to the side room and scolded him, you are all people with wives and children, how to do things or not have a long mind, the Ming court calculated you so easily, how to feed so many people, where does the money come from? Where does the food come from? You have pushed yourself into danger, I am also an old man, and I have to worry about you, can you let me save some snacks and live for a few more years, the old lama finished scolding, slapped his ass and wanted to go back to Meidaizhao, Li Yu wanted to give him a ride, but he was driven back before he was sent far - the old lama asked him to go about business, and he took a group of large and small lamas away.

When Li Yu returned to the Great Commander's Mansion, it was already the time to hold the lamp, the officials of the Great Commander's Mansion were still waiting for him, Zhang Mengcun, Zhang Miaoshou, Zhao Sheng and Bai Yuzhu, the four leaders of the exiled people were also sitting in it, and the noisy and laughing scene in the hall had changed, except for the occasional whisper, it was quiet and solemn - tonight's meeting was likely to decide the future fate of Fengzhou, and everyone could feel the pressure on their bodies.

"Let's start, Yushan, you can talk about the results of these days' deliberations first." Ortai glanced at Li Yu and waved his hand to Li Huai.

Li Huai, the secretary in charge, nodded, stood up and said: "In the spring of the first year of Chongzhen, the great commander defeated the powerful Chahar people in the battle of Kuku and Tun, and then led the unwilling Tumut Menghan people to occupy the barbarian mountain, and since then embarked on the road of entrepreneurship in Fengzhou, this road is difficult and dangerous, we have been living in adversity to survive and develop, Fengzhou adheres to the grand wish of freedom and equality, follows the great commander's proposition of not enslaving, no noble, and no one can bully anyone, and puts the Tumut people, Bansheng Han people, Chahar people, Karaqin people living in Fengzhou, Ming people and Jin Zhushen, become like brothers of Fengzhou people, we gathered under the banner of the Black Eagle, work together to fight, together through a desperate situation, Fengzhou not only survived to this day, but also the former enemy Chahar far behind, every Fengzhou people should be proud of this, but after all, Fengzhou is too thin, the status quo of poverty and weakness has not fundamentally changed, still facing the problem of survival and development, and now we are facing a severe challenge, 150,000 people immigrated to Fengzhou, Fengzhou's strength skyrocketed at the same time, but also in danger, The slightest mistake can lead to disaster, so we must not only consider the resettlement of immigrants, but also reconsider the governance of Toyoshu. ”

Li Huai glanced at a few leaders of the exiles, and then continued: "The public opinion believes that the Great Commander is already the Tuntian General Army, and the original Jinglu Deputy General's Mansion will naturally be revoked, and the Tuntian General Military Office should be established. In accordance with the division of the early Ming Dynasty, the Great Commander's Office intends to rebuild the west outpost into Dongshengwei, the east outpost into Xinghewei, and the border area south of Matou Mountain into Xuandewei, and the area south of the Heihe River from the Manhan Mountain to Kuku and Tun to the Fengzhou Wei directly under the Manhan Mountain battalion, and the commanders and envoys of each guard are in charge of government affairs, in order to avoid the drawbacks of the Ming Guowei Guard, which does not distinguish between the military and the people and the officers and the judiciary. At the same time, each guard set up a garrison post to be in charge of military affairs, and a counsel office to be in charge of prison litigation, and the commander was the chief officer of the guard, and cooperated with the garrison and the counsel to perform their own duties, and was subject to the jurisdiction of the Great Commander's Office, appointment and dismissal. ”

Li Yu nodded, indicating that he had no opinion, Li Huai smiled bitterly and continued: "The other people have big differences, most people think that the immigrants should be resettled in a centralized manner, such as Xuandewei or Dongshengwei should be directly handed over to the immigrants to take care of themselves, and the practice of dividing Liao and Jinhuayi is adopted, the people of Fengzhou use the common law, and the people of the Ming Kingdom use the "Da Ming Law", we give them some assistance and let them develop on their own, so that our burden is lighter and there is a lot less trouble." ”

Li Yu shook his head lightly, motioning for Li Huai to continue, Li Huai continued: "The most difficult problem is the money and grain for the resettlement of immigrants, this year has encountered an unprecedented drought, Fengzhou's manpower and financial resources have been forced to invest in drought fighting, the crops are saved, but the yield per mu has been halved, and it is still insufficient to feed the people of Fengzhou, how can there be surplus grain to help the immigrants, and although Fengzhou has land, there is no ready-made cooked land for the immigrants to cultivate, they must reclaim the wasteland by themselves, which requires a large number of livestock, farm tools and seeds, we have taken out all the family resources, The 20,000 people who have already arrived in Fengzhou have not been fully resettled, so what about the 130,000 people who come here? There are still people who have to have a house to live in, they have to have food rations, how can we solve it! ”

"This year, Fengzhou implemented the restructuring, what is the effect? Isn't our income increasing? Li Yu asked.

"The purpose of Fengzhou's restructuring is to realize the simultaneous development of agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and commerce, we have reclaimed 100,000 acres of land this year, and also called on thousands of households to recruit craftsmen and laborers to run a large industry and commerce, and plan to do a big job, but this year's drought is too fierce, our plans have been disrupted, Fengzhou's manpower and financial resources have to be put into drought fighting, and our tax is too small, more than half a year has passed, and the commercial tax has only collected more than 1,000 taels, Fan Yongdou, this bastard, did not take seriously the affairs of the tax department, he went to Jinguo, and boasted about opening up new business routes," Li Huai sighed, sat down again and shook his head and said, "Fengzhou is short of food, cloth, cotton, tea and medicinal materials are all imported, and the utensils created by the workshop cannot meet the demand in terms of quality and quantity, these must be bought from the Ming Kingdom, but we can only sell livestock and private salt to the Ming Kingdom, and the deficit can only be made up by silver, and our silver is mainly earned from the Chahar people, and there are those silver taels stolen from Gyeonggi, but this is not enough!" At the end of last year, there were more than 100,000 taels of silver in stock, and now there are only 70,000 taels left, the two giant businessmen lent us 40,000 taels the year before last, and we have to repay 80,000 taels this year, and the two guys may come to ask for debts at any time, and we have also issued more than 40,000 taels of military tickets to be cashed at any time. Officials proposed to suspend the restructuring, or eat a big pot of rice as in the past, and everyone should tighten their stomachs. ”

Li Yu's brain was dizzy for a while, the old Khan Nurhachi must have been as anxious as he is now when he entered Liaodong, so he came up with the bad idea of "living together, eating together, and cultivating together", but he was more difficult than the old Khan, Zhushen was only a hundred thousand people at that time, and there were still two million Liaodong people to squeeze, he was reversed, 150,000 people in the customs and 50,000 people in Fengzhou grabbed food to eat, and his eyes involuntarily turned to Liu Xingzuo.