Zhu Youzhen met with the five provincial governors who were about to take up their posts: Liaoning Governor Sun Chengzong, Heilongjiang Governor Liu Hongxun, Beihai Governor Chen Zhiyuan, Lingxi Governor Li Hongji, and Lingbei Governor Shi Kefa.

The five governors were all given seats by Zhu Youzhen, and on the square table in front of their seats, in addition to a cup of hot tea, there was also a map outside the border, which was divided into five parts with dotted lines.

"Five Aiqing, I summoned you this time, in fact, to see you off, I think you already know that you are about to be on a mission outside the Guan." Zhu Youzhen did not drag mud and water, he directly pointed out the significance of the summons.

Although the five people of "Majesty Xià ......" knew that they were about to serve outside the Guan, the emperor saw off the magistrate, which was definitely the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

"I am seeing you off today, not only because you will be responsible for defending the land for the Ming Dynasty, but at the same time, except for Sun Aiqing, you don't really understand the Guanwai, and I am afraid that you don't know enough about the complex situation outside the Guan, so I will give you a clear responsibility."

"Listen to you!"

"I will first talk about the location of the five provinces outside the Guan, on the map in front of you, I have already marked it, but we have not accurately measured the land outside the Guan, the map is only the approximate location, after you take office, you must organize manpower in time, map out the precise location, and do a good job in the demarcation of the provinces."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Let's talk about Liaoning Province first, it is roughly the original Liaodong Metropolitan Division, Sun Aiqing is optimistic," Zhu Youzhen stared at the map in front of him, "Liaoning Province reaches the sea in the south, the North Korean border in the east, the eastern foot of the Daxing'an Mountains in the west, and the mouth of the Tumen River in the north. ”

Sun Chengzong kept staring at the map, "Your Majesty, the minister roughly understands the location." ”

"In the future, Liaoning Province will take Shenyang as the capital and establish four central cities: Shenyang in the middle, Changchun in the north, Jinzhou in the south, Jinzhou in the southwest, in addition, there are Liaoyang, Dandong, Ningyuan three prefectures, according to the distribution of population in the future, there will be some additional state capitals."

"Your Majesty, set up seven mansions all at once, but Liaoning doesn't have much population now!" Although Sun Chengzong was shining with excitement, he did not know about the imminent immigration.

"Sun Aiqing doesn't need to worry, I have already emigrated a large number of Han people to Liaoning Province, in the future Liaoning Province, all the people will be Han Chinese, if there are still a small number of foreign races who refuse to naturalize, it is time to compare Sun Aiqing."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Sun Aiqing, this burden is not light!" Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Chengzong's gray hair and wrinkled cheeks, and a throbbing rose in his heart, he should have let Sun Chengzong go home to retire earlier, "In addition, by the time of next year, the land will begin to be taxed, and the agricultural tax is fifteen taxes and one, all land, no matter who the owner is, must be levied in full, but it must not be levied more, and the collected grain does not have to be transported to the Beijing Division, just as the military food of Liaodong, Sun Aiqing only needs to fill in the relevant account books." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister understands."

"I'll talk about Heilongjiang Province and Beihai Province, the situation of these two provinces is somewhat similar."

Liu Hongxun and Chen Zhiyuan both stared at the map in front of them, and their eyes fell on their own one-third of an acre.

"Heilongjiang Province borders the sea to the east and Liaoning Province to the south, Heilongjiang to the north, and the west to the west," Zhu Youzhen pointed to the map, "from the source of the Heilongjiang River, which is almost the northernmost point of the Heilongjiang River, draw a straight line towards the Halaha River, which is the western source of Heilongjiang Province." ”

Regarding the geographical division of Heilongjiang Province, Zhu Youzhen did make a lot of twists and turns, and there were two main things that made him feel embarrassed.

The first is the problem of segmentation in the Great Khing'an Mountains.

It is obviously very difficult to cut the Great Khing'an Mountains, which belong to different provinces, but today's Daming, there is no Inner Mongolia Province of later generations, if the Great Khing'an Mountains are divided into a province, it has been impossible to realize, just near the Haraha River, there is a small river called Ta'er, which will cut off the Daxing'an Mountains, and Zhu Youzhen will take this Ta'er River as the dividing line between Heilongjiang Province and Beihai Province.

There is also the northeastern part of Heilongjiang Province.

The mouth of the Heilongjiang River is too far away from the capital Binjiang, which is not conducive to strengthening management, Zhu Youzhen initially planned to draw a straight line to the east from the place where the Heilongjiang River and the Ussuri River meet, as the eastern boundary between Heilongjiang Province and Beihai Province, but this straight line has to pass through a huge mountain range, and the division is also very complicated, and it is not known whether there is a path that can be passed, and finally, Zhu Youzhen set the boundary between Heilongjiang Province and Beihai Province as a complete Heilongjiang.

"Your Majesty, this land is much larger than Liaoning Province." Liu Hongxun looked at the map and smiled.

"It's much bigger, but there aren't many Han people in this land now, and Liu Aiqing's main responsibility is to rely on the assistance of the army to naturalize the alien race into Han people, otherwise, you, the governor of the province, may not have a single common man."

"Your Majesty, the minister is going to Heilongjiang, is the main job is to naturalize foreign races?"

"Liu Aiqing got to the point, this is indeed your main job, Heilongjiang Province is different from Liaoning, but you have to grasp a degree, naturalize foreign races, and focus on attacking the heart, neither should you persecute the other party by killing, nor can you be too merciful to them, let them be above the Han people."

"陛xià means ......"

"Those who refuse to be naturalized for the time being should put pressure on them, and those who have already been naturalized as Han people should be allowed to get benefits and basically enjoy the same rights as Han people."

"Your Majesty, the minister understands!"

"The capital of Heilongjiang is temporarily standing on the riverside of the Songhua River, that is, Ashwei, I have marked the approximate location on the map, Yuan Chonghuan and them, they must have found this place, and the first avenue in the future will also pass through this city."

Liu Hongxun looked down at the map, he was facing Binjiang in a daze.

Zhu Youzhen coughed to get his attention: "As for the other prefectures and counties, I will build a mansion at the entrance of the Suifen River, and at the junction of the Heilongjiang River and the Ussuri River, another prefecture will be established, and in other areas, Aiqing will decide on his own according to the population and traffic conditions, and then report to the Ministry of Officials." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"I'll talk about Beihai Province again," Zhu Youzhen stared at the map in front of him, and couldn't help but feel excited, "Chen Aiqing, this Beihai Province is much bigger than the sum of Heilongjiang and Liaoning. ”

"Your Majesty, is it really as big as it is marked on the map?"

"Chen Aiqing, you don't have to be too surprised, although this place is big, it is all undeveloped land, and you need to explore and develop," Zhu Youzhen sighed, "Beihai Province is Heilongjiang in the south, and the west is from the source of Heilongjiang to the north, crossing the western foot of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, there is a big river, this river extends to the northernmost sea, it is the western boundary of Beihai Province, as for the northern boundary and the eastern boundary, they are all seas. ”

"What kind of river is this?"

"This river,Flowing from south to north,Unlike most of the rivers in the Ming Dynasty,It doesn't have a name yet.,When you find this river,Give it a Chinese name!"

"Thank you!"

"Although this place is big, the population is sparse, the southern part of Beihai Province is the center of Nuergan, the people are relatively close to the Ming Dynasty, Chen Aiqing can seize the opportunity to let them be naturalized as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"It turns out that the government of Nuergan is in Telin, the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, but Telin is too easterly, which is not conducive to the radiation effect of the capital, so I will set up the new capital of Beihai Province on the bank of the Wudi River, that is, the original Wudi River Wei, the name is Wudi, which will be the end of the first avenue, and the transportation is also very convenient, and the Northern Expeditionary Army should have built a city and established a military camp here."

Chen Zhiyuan found Wudi from the map, "Your Majesty, Wudi is only the center of the south, and it is still too far away from the north of Beihai Province. ”

"Chen Aiqing is right, the current center of Beihai Province is still in the south, as for the north, it is still a vast forest, and a small number of people hunting in the forest, after Aiqing went to Beihai Province, in addition to rehousing the people in the south, he also had to explore the border in the north."

"Your Majesty, isn't this northern border marked on the map? It's the river and the sea. ”

"This is the border on the map, and the labeling is not precise enough, so Aiqing went to Beihai to take up a job, and he must explore an accurate map," Zhu Youzhen pointed to the map, "There are two main paths to explore: one is to follow the river in the west, all the way to the north, to find the coastline; The second is to explore the sea to the northeast along the eastern sea, and if necessary, I will let the North Sea Fleet assist you. ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Chen Zhiyuan was looking at the map, and said by the way: "As long as the Ming Dynasty arrives, the Ming military flag will be planted first, and if others come to this land again, we can expel them away." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister understands, wherever the Ming military flag is planted, it is the land of the Ming Dynasty."

"Aiqing's words, I will definitely let the soldiers in the frontier know," Zhu Youzhen stretched out his thumb to Chen Zhiyuan, but his gaze turned to Li Hongji, "Although Li Aiqing is the governor of Lingxi Province, the current government affairs of Lingxi will still be under the jurisdiction of Oba Khan and Sesantaiji. ”

"Your Majesty, what kind of work can that minister do in Lingxi?"

"Li Aiqing first has to assist the local garrison, extend the Third Avenue all the way to the north, and build a city at the junction of the Third Avenue and the Krulun River, called Linhe, Li Aiqing's duty is to attract herdsmen to settle in Linhe and Xilin, and teach them the art of farming."

"Your Majesty, the minister understands," Li Hongji thought for a while: "Your Majesty, the Mongols are keen on nomadism, are they willing to settle in Xilin and Linhe?" ”

"Li Aiqing, this is your job, you are Horqin's uncle, whether it is for Daming or Horqin, you should try to let them settle down and live a life of abundant food and clothing."

Everyone laughed, but Li Hongji was red-faced: "Your Majesty, no matter where the minister is, he is the courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the duty of the minister to serve the Ming Dynasty." ”