After inspecting and visiting the surrounding area of Guyuan for a few days, Yuan Chonghuan left Mao Yujian, Zhou Yuji and others to continue to recruit troops and horses and recruit people to reclaim land in Guyuan, and he was accompanied by Yang Qi, the chief soldier of Guyuan, and Shi Gongsheng, the imperial historian of the supervising army, along the Qingshui River in the north of Guyuan, all the way north, to the Acropolis of Ningxia Wei, the garrison of Ningxia Town, that is, Yinchuan in later generations. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yuan Chonghuan and his entourage along the Qingshui River went north to Ningxia Zhongwei first, and when they saw the situation in Ningxia Zhongwei, Yuan Chonghuan's idea when he first arrived in Guyuan suddenly became clear.

The north of Ningxia Zhongwei is the Yellow River, and the two banks along the river are all plains, rivers and lakes are everywhere, water conservancy is convenient, and the Guyuan Town in the Liupan Mountains in the south, and the barren land of the northern Shaanxi Prefecture in the east, the Yellow River turns this bend here in Ningxia, it is simply a blessed land of God, and this place is now sparsely populated, it is a good place to recruit people to reclaim.

The Yellow River here runs from north to south, the water is also very clear, and the east and west banks are fertile.

In later generations, there are two sentences that talk about the benefits of this place, one is called "the Yellow River has nine songs, only one set of wealth", and the other is called "The Yellow River has all kinds of harms, only one set of benefits". Although the words are different, they are all talking about the fertility and richness of the land of Ningxia Hetao.

After Ningxia Zhongwei, Yuan Chonghuan went all the way north along the Yellow River, and the further north he went, the more excited he became, and when Yuan Chonghuan arrived at the Ningxia Acropolis, which is Yinchuan, the town of Ningxia, the idea of coming to Ningxia Town to recruit people for reclamation had become unshakable.

In a post house not far from the Ningxia Acropolis, Yuan Chonghuan met He Huchen, the chief soldier of Ningxia Town, and Qu Shirao, the superintendent of the army, who came to greet him.

He Huchen is a native of Baoding, Beizhili, originally also served in the army in Liaodong, was promoted to the general soldier of Ningxia Town because of his merits, and was also a tiger general in history, in the Chongzhen period to resist the southern invasion of the Chahar Department of Lin Dan Khan, suppressing the Liukou and other operations, many times with less to win more, very brave, great achievements, and finally died in the battle with the Chahar Department Lin Dan Khan.

He Cheng and others were killed along with him, and among his brothers and nephews, only his son He Zan broke out under the cover of his own soldiers.

At this time, of course, He Huchen did not know his future fate, but he welcomed the arrival of Yuan Chonghuan and his entourage.

He Huchen, the chief soldier of Ningxia, if there is any ideal in his life, that is, to restore the land of the Hetao, which is the volunteer of several Ningxia town commanders and trilateral governors, but it is a pity that the position of the trilateral governor is set up and abandoned from time to time, and the re-set of operations is also repeatedly wasted, and several trilateral governors have not completed this volunteer.

For example, Yang Yiqing, Zeng Xian and other famous ministers in later generations have worked hard when they were governors of the three sides without recovering the land of the Hetao. And this is also He Huchen's long-cherished wish.

Therefore, since receiving the news that the imperial court had re-established the trilateral governor and was preparing to go to the Hetao to recruit people for reclamation, He Huchen's heart, which had cooled down for many years, began to warm up again, and he had been looking forward to the arrival of the new trilateral governor Yuan Chonghuan as soon as possible.

After resting for two days in the Ningxia Acropolis, Yuan Chonghuan, accompanied by Yang Qi, He Huchen and others, first continued to explore along the river to the north, and then at the foot of the avant-garde Great Wall in Ningxia, he turned east along the Great Wall, and soon arrived at Huamachi, the junction of Ming and Mongolia.

This so-called Huama Pond, later called Yanchi, is at the foot of the Great Wall, at the junction of Ningxia and Shaanxi in later generations.

Yuan Chonghuan and his entourage came to Huamachi, the places along the way, are all plains and fertile fields, and rivers are all over, channels are vertical and horizontal, salt pans are adjacent, wild flowers are thick, although now sparsely populated, full of barren beaches, but they are easy to reclaim the place, plus this place is connected to the Great Wall in the north, the Yellow River in the west, and the Liupan Mountain in the south, a little reclamation, it is another land of fish and rice.

Most importantly, during the Ming Dynasty, Huamachi was also the main salt producer in the northwest region.

According to the salt law of the Ming Dynasty, the pool salt produced by Huamachi was mainly sold in Gansu, Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, and sometimes Guanzhong and Hanzhong.

The salt yield of Huamachi is large, and the quality is also good, compared with the texture of sea salt such as Changlu salt and Huai salt, it is not far behind.

There used to be a market here, mainly to exchange salt and tea from the Central Plains for Mongolian horses.

Now the imperial court ordered the Imperial Court to inspect the towns on the nine sides, choose a place to reopen the field, and trade with the Mongols, which is very good news for Yuan Chonghuan.

The idea in Yuan Chonghuan's heart became clearer at this point, that is, to move the residence of the governor of the three sides from Guyuan to Huamachi.

Yuan Chonghuan's idea is not outrageous, because the residence of the governor of Shaanxi Province has changed places in history, at least it was stationed in Huamachi on the edge of the Great Wall for a period of time.

Even in the time of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, there was a period when every autumn, the residence of the governor of the three sides would be moved to Huamachi, called Fangqiu, the main purpose was to deal with the invasion of the Mongols in Hetao.

Now after seeing the situation around the station of Guyuan Town with his own eyes, what he saw all the way north made Yuan Chonghuan firm in his determination to move to the northern border, and after comparing Guyuan Town, Ningxia Zhongwei, Ningxia Qianwei and Huamachi, Yuan Chonghuan was even more determined to set up the trilateral governor in Huamachi.

To the north of Huamachi is the Great Wall, and although it is necessary to face the threat of the Chahar tribe who moved westward, the Chahar tribe may not be able to cross the Great Wall.

Beyond the Great Wall is the vast Hetao Plain, and if you want to make a difference, it will be easier to contact the Ordos Mongols to fight against Lin Dan Khan, or to go out of the fortress and recruit people to reclaim the land.

To the east of Huamachi is the Dingbian guard of Yansui Town, and to the west is Ningxia Town, which is located on the edge of the Yellow River, so it is also very convenient to coordinate and command.

The most important thing is that this place also has the largest salt field in the entire northwest, whether it is along the Yellow River to recruit people to reclaim, or to train troops on the spot to prevent the northern captives and exterminate the Liukou, this past trilateral governor's residence Huamachi will be stronger than Guyuan I don't know how many times.

The day after returning from Huamachi, Yuan Chonghuan was in the general soldier's mansion located in the Ningxia Acropolis, exchanging his ideas with He Huchen, the chief soldier of Ningxia Town, and Yu Shi Qu Shirao, the superintendent of Ningxia Town, and of course both of them supported.

In particular, the superintendent of Ningxia Town, Yu Shi Qu Shiruo, strongly agreed with this, and after listening to Yuan Chonghuan's thoughts, he said to Yuan Chonghuan: "What the Ministry of Majesty said is extremely true. The imperial court set up a trilateral governor, foolishly thinking that it had three intentions, one was to prevent the northern captives, the second was to exterminate the thieves, and the third was to restore the Hetao.

"And in order to achieve these three points, it is indeed very inappropriate for the governors of the three sides to be located in Guyuan Town. Although Guyuan is the center of the three sides of Shaanxi, in recent years, there has been drought and little rainfall, the people's livelihood has withered, and it is unable to supply the needs of the army, and it is far away from the border pass. Compared to Huamachi, this place is really a dead place.

"The lord of the ministry is now under the order of the emperor, leading the Shang Fang, holding the festival in the northwest, and if you do nothing, you will live up to the holy will, and if you want to make a difference, you must move to Huamachi. If it is inconvenient for the adults of the ministry to open their mouths to the saint, Qu is willing to do it for the ministers of the ministry. ”

When Shi Gongsheng, the accompanying Guyuan Town Supervisor, heard this, he also clenched his fists and said: "If the Lord of the Ministry has made up his mind, Shi is also willing to go to the sage." ”

The supervision of the military history enjoys the right to perform secret folds, but without going through the cabinet, the military aircraft department, the ceremonial supervisor and other institutions, by the Jinyi Wei or the East Factory, the secret fold will be sent directly to the emperor's desk, the privilege of supervising the military and the imperial history, is now not a secret in the nine sides and even the world.

Therefore, Qu Shiruo, Shi Gongsheng said so, and Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Qi, He Huchen and others also knew what this meant.