"Your Majesty, in the past, when Horqin returned to the Dajin Kingdom, in order to prevent the rise of Horqin, the Dajin Kingdom stipulated that Horqin could only have 80,000 men, and the surplus men must be reduced, and they should be thoroughly investigated every two years, and they will expire this year, but the Dajin Kingdom has been destroyed, can Your Majesty abolish this provision?" Oba looked at Zhu Youzhen, his hands, although they were on the jade cup, were still a little trembling.

"No way!" Zhu Youzhen categorically refused, restricting the strong men, this is the best way to limit the strength of the nomads, no strong men, there will be no cavalry, it turns out that Huang Taiji has already thought of a way to deal with Horqin's strength, Zhu Youzhen has nothing to steal fun, this Huang Taiji, after his death, helped himself again, "If Horqin is officially naturalized as the people of the Ming Dynasty, this provision will naturally be abolished, but the current herdsmen have not been officially naturalized, they don't even have a Chinese name, this provision must be implemented." ”

"Your Majesty, there are so many Han people in the Ming Dynasty, and I don't care about the population of Horqin." Oba Khan was a little disappointed, and felt even more aggrieved.

"It's not a question of population, no matter how many Han people there are, they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, Oba Khan, don't you say?" Zhu Youzhen's face had already recovered from severe frost.

"......Your Majesty," Oba Khan muttered.

"In any case, the policy of reducing Ding Ding must be implemented," Zhu Youzhen softened his tone, "However, I will not kill the surplus strong men for the time being, and I will give them a way to live." ”

"Alive? His majesty means ......" Oba Khan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"All the surplus strong men will be handed over to us, and we will use these strong men to build roads, and in five years, the roads should be repaired, and then Horqin will also be naturalized by the Ming Dynasty," Zhu Youzhen coughed, "However, when the road is built, life and death are up to heaven, as long as they can live until five years later, I will definitely release them." ”

"Really?" Oba Khan felt as if his brain was not enough, "What road does Your Majesty want to build?" ”

"In order to let the herdsmen of Horqin have enough to eat, between Daming and Horqin, we must strengthen trade, I plan to build a wide avenue between Daming and Horqin, so that Horqin's cattle, horses and sheep will be transported to Daming, and it will also be convenient for Daming's grain, tea, etc., to be transported to Horqin."

"Trade? This is a good feeling. "Oba is overjoyed, Horqin has long been looking forward to trading with the Ming Dynasty in exchange for the grain, tea, pig iron and other materials they want from the Ming Dynasty, but in order to prevent these materials from flowing into the Dajin Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty has cut off the Yiqiē trade with the Guanwai, making the various tribes outside the Guanxi miserable.

The peace treaty between Daming and Horqin finally came into effect after Zhu Youzhen's signature with Oba and Saisan, and the content of the peace treaty and its simplicity left a lot of room for both sides to think about.

Zhu Youzhen's army moved to the city of Tang Harik, and under the supervision of the Ming army, Horqin began the "Ding reduction" movement.

According to statistics, there are more than 20,000 more men in Horqin, and more than 20,000 men were killed by the Dajin Kingdom before, but now, their lives are saved, but they must be handed over to the Ming army to take care of.

According to Horqin's habits, all the men who were cut off were strong men, and the children were not among the cuts, and Zhu Youzhen received more than 20,000 laborers at once.

At the same time, according to Zhu Youzhen's holy decree, the Ministry of Industry began to recruit labor to build a cement avenue from the Gubeikou of the Great Wall to the north.

This avenue, from Jingshi to the Gubeikou of the Great Wall, and then to Xilin, is nearly 1,000 miles long, and Zhu Youzhen named it the Third Avenue.

The Third Avenue is almost directly north of Jingshi, temporarily built to Xilin, and will be extended to the north in the future.

Xilin is located on the bank of the Xilin River, sixty miles to the west, is the famous Aobao Mountain, which is still a meadow, with only a few sparse yurts.

But the geographical location of Xilin is very good, by the mountains and rivers, very suitable for farming, and is located in the west of the Great Xing'an Mountains, avoiding mountains and rivers, the traffic is very convenient, Zhu Youzhen intends to set up a government here in the future, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, began to rule the prairie.

Zhu Youzhen left the 10th and 11th Divisions of the Fourth Army in Xilin.

The 10th Division is responsible for building a city in Xilin, and the labor force for building the city is the 5,000 strong men provided by Oba Khan to Zhu Youzhen, these strong men are not free labor, they participate in the construction of the city according to Zhu Youzhen's requirements, after changing the Han name, they participate in the construction of the city, and they are paid one or two pieces of silver every month, Zhu Youzhen estimates that Xilin does not need to build a strong city, 5,000 strong men, two months should be enough.

After the completion of Xilin City, the 10th Division will begin to establish military camps and trade areas in the city, and will be stationed in the city in the future.

The 11th Division took more than 20,000 strong men cut by Horqin and began to build a cement road from Xilin to the direction of Gubeikou of the Great Wall.

At the same time that Zhu Youjian sent a holy decree to the Ministry of Industry last time, he also sent a notice to the Conch Group, asking to send personnel to build a cement production line near Xilin, and it is estimated that the cement plant will be put into operation in half a month, and at that time, the cement road can be officially watered.

The construction of Xilin was in full swing, but Zhu Youzhen did not have time to guide anymore, he took the rest of the officers and men of the Second Group Army from Xilin to continue the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Youzhen knew that there was no so-called country in front of him, so he left all the cumbersome artillery in Xilin, and the soldiers, like the First Army, only carried flintlock pistols and sabers.

Originally, Zhu Youzhen felt that the climate in the north would be very cold, and the barracks were not suitable for women, so she was not allowed to follow, but Bumu Butai has always insisted on following the army, she believes that the various nomadic tribes in the north are related to the Mongols, she is familiar with the Mongolian language, and she happens to be an interpreter for the Ming army.

Zhu Youzhen also felt that Bumu Butai was the Gege of Horqin, with the same origin as the Mongols, and might be able to help the Ming army recover the remnants of the Mongol tribes, so he agreed to let her go with him.

From Xilin to the north, there was nothing on Zhu Youzhen's marching map, and the Ming Dynasty basically had a dark eye on the terrain here.

Zhu Youzhen marched on the one hand, and asked people to draw a topographic map on the other, in order to investigate the living conditions of the surrounding nomadic tribes, the cavalry on both wings extended to the outside for a hundred miles.

At the beginning, Zhu Youzhen encountered basically the various tribes of Horqin, the Ming Dynasty and Horqin had already made a peace treaty, and they and the Ming army were basically well water and not river water.

The army marched north for ten days, traveling nearly a thousand miles, until it reached the vicinity of the Krulun River, and then left the territory of the Horqin tribes.

The cavalry on the left flank discovered the herdsmen, and they also captured two prisoners and brought them back to Zhu Youzhen.

Bu Mu Butai, who had already learned some Chinese, temporarily acted as an interpreter, and after interrogation, it was basically clear where they belonged.

"Bumu Butai, who are the herdsmen of that tribe?"

"Your Majesty, they are the herdsmen of the Chechen Khan." Bumu Butai was like a lark, dangling in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Chechen Khan? Who the hell is it? Zhu Youzhen thought of Chechnya in later generations, but it was in Central Asia, and the location was obviously wrong.

Bumu Butai smiled and asked, "How much does Your Majesty know about the Mongolian tribes?" ”

"Not much," Zhu Youzhen thought to himself, now that there is such a person who understands Mongolian history in front of him, it is better to study hard, "You tell me what is going on in Mongolia, they have so many tribes, I remember it clearly." ”

"Then the slave will tell His Majesty?" can be Zhu Youzhen's teacher, Bumu Butai is full of expectations, and her little eyes have already aimed at Zhu Youzhen's tiger eyes.

"Long story short." Although Zhu Youzhen doesn't quite understand the history of Mongolia, the Mongolian departments are too complicated, and if you really want to start from the beginning, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish it in three days, "You can talk about Mongolia in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Bumu Butai lightly opened his pale red lips, "The Mengyuan Imperial Court, since it was defeated by the blue jade general of the Ming Dynasty in the fishing sea, has been in a slump since then, and the Mongolian tribes are also in a divided situation, although occasionally one or two strong Great Khans appear to temporarily unify Mongolia, but the time will not be too long." ”

"Fishing in the sea?" Zhu Youzhen remembered that Lan Yu defeated Meng Yuan in the Fishing Sea, he knew a little bit, the Fishing Sea was Lake Baikal in later generations, since Lan Yu could go to the Fishing Sea, Zhu Youzhen also wanted to go and see.

"Fishing in the sea." Bumu Butai kept nodding his head, indicating that his memory would not be wrong, "The Mongolian tribes are mainly divided into three parts, namely Southern Mongolia, Northern Mongolia and Western Mongolia, which are divided by the desert. ”

"Oh!" Zhu Youzhen was a little impressed, but the specific location was still unclear.

"These Mongolian tribes are all on the grassland now, slaves and maids say it one by one, right?" Bumu Butai didn't know if Zhu Youzhen thought she was procrastinating.

"Say it, I'll listen!" Zhu Youzhen had long wanted to submit to the Mongol tribes and permanently solve the northern border troubles of the Ming Dynasty.

"Let's talk about Southern Mongolia first, you Han people are called Tatars," Bumu Butai glanced at Zhu Youzhen and found that Zhu Youzhen was listening carefully, "They are the authentic members of Genghis Khan's golden family, and their prestige in the Mongolian tribes has always been very high, but they are also in the midst of divisions, and now there are mainly Chahar tribes, Tumut tribes, Ordos tribes, and Horqin tribes. ”

"Aren't you Korqin on the east side of the desert?" Zhu Youzhen felt that his sense of orientation should be correct.

"Monan is very extensive, and it can also be understood as the authentic descendant of Genghis Khan, so it includes Eastern Mongolia." Bumu Butai did make a long story short, "This part of Mongolia, with the Chahar tribe of Lin Dan Khan has the highest prestige, but Lin Dan Khan has been at war with the Dajin State many times, and he refuses to submit to the Dajin State, and has been driven to the west by the Dajin State." ”

"Oh, you go on."

"Moxi Mongolia, you Han people are called Warat, on the left flank of the Mongolian plateau, they are now divided into the Dzungar Division, the Turghut Division, and the Shuote Division, they are not authentic Mongols, they are other tribes naturalized by Genghis Khan, so even if they are sometimes very powerful, they cannot unify Mongolia."

"Dzungaria? The Ministry of Turgot? Zhu Youzhen has heard of these two terms, Junggar is the Xinjiang of later generations, and the Turkut Department, in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, returned to the Qing Dynasty from the Volga River, which has also become a century-old story.