The emperor wanted to go out of Beijing to escape the summer, and the ministers naturally did not agree. However, the emperor was resolute, and there was nothing they could do. I could only agree to let the emperor go to Chengde for summer vacation.

Fortunately, the emperor traveled more frugally, and the pomp was not big. Unlike Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, there is no need for a 'luxury cruise', and there is no need for people to dig any canals.

In general, there is no need to worry about the emperor's travel causing public resentment to boil and the finances to dry up.

Moreover, the population and productivity of the Ming Dynasty at this time were also much higher than those of the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty mainly had a relatively small population and more per capita resources, so the Sui Dynasty had to put a lot of food in the granary, which was also related to the high taxes, after all, there were constant wars in that era, and the taxes on civilians were relatively high.

Zhu Youxiao went to Chengde this time, and the only thing he brought with him was the army, and three infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions followed him to Chengde.

Of course, the civil and military officials also had to go, basically temporarily moving the administrative center to Chengde.

After arriving at the so-called summer resort in Chengde, which the emperor said, almost all the officials were stunned, not too luxurious, but too low.

The facilities are rudimentary, but they can only be lived.

What a garden! Pavilions! There aren't a few at all. Of course the view is still good.

When he arrived in Chengde, the emperor played hockey (a sport of the Ming Dynasty royal family, which was later learned by Westerners to become golf), horseback riding, and fishing. also opened a vegetable plot with the queen and concubines to grow vegetables, and the life was leisurely.

Of course, in terms of government affairs, Zhu Youxiao will naturally not be abandoned, and he will still deal with the government every day. But what he needs to deal with at the moment is the bigger things.

As for the trivial things. The Cabinet will be able to deal with it.

"Your Majesty. The Mongolian embassy sent you a few BMWs a few days ago. At the same time, it is hoped that the Ming Dynasty will reopen the sale of weapons and equipment to them, and is willing to exchange more war horses for it. Shen Yu reported to Zhu Youxiao.

"The Mongols are probably scared too, so if they want to buy it at a high price, sell it to them! But not too much, 5,000 iron armor and 5,000 weapons per year, this is the largest amount. Zhu Youxiao looked at Mongolia on the map, and then made a decision.

Lin Dan Khan was indeed scared, but he had to guard against it. If this guy's brain is hot and he doesn't have a good life, it's a problem to sell too much equipment.

And even Lin Dan Khan wants to live in peace. Zhu Youxiao didn't want to live with him at ease. Only after the Ming Dynasty has completely digested the grassland areas currently under its control, this model can be completely popularized to the grassland areas, and then Lin Dan Khan will be kicked away by him, so as to completely solve the Mongolian threat to Guannai.

It has been more than a year since Lin Dan Khan's defeat, and the pattern on the grassland has indeed changed a lot. First of all, Mo was separated from the rule of Lin Dan Khan by the Mongols, and at the same time, Lin Dan Khan also lost the royal city and many pastures. The prestige of the Mongolian ministries has also plummeted.

At this time, Lin Dan Khan urgently needed to further integrate the Mongol forces.

Standing beside Lin Dan Khan were the great nobles of Mongolia, and in contrast, those small and medium-sized nobles were a little expecting that the Ming would be able to fight over.

The Ming Dynasty's policy toward Mongolia. The biggest beneficiaries were the small and medium-sized Mongolian aristocracy. And the ruling interests of Lin Dan Khan and those great nobles were greatly damaged.

Under such circumstances, the great nobles rallied around Lin Dan Khan.

The main thing is the Ming Dynasty's policy towards Mongolia. Without a place for a great nobleman, a Mongol nobleman could rule over a thousand Mongolian herdsmen at most.

And for those big nobles, who does not have tens of thousands of Mongolian herdsman families?

In order to integrate resources, Lin Dan Khan must first boost his strength, and was defeated by the Ming Dynasty before, and Lin Dan Khan's strength has been greatly damaged.

However, in the industrially backward grassland, Daming's sophisticated equipment is obviously a powerful medicine, which can quickly open up the situation. So Lin Dan Khan began to pretend to be cowardly, and first got weapons and equipment.

With this in mind, Lin Dan Khan demanded a resumption of trade in weapons and equipment.

However, Zhu Youxiao's decision made Lin Danhan a little happy and a little disappointed. Although the trade in weapons and equipment has reopened, the number has been halved compared to before.

Of course, even if it is reduced by half, it can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry.

However, at this time, Lin Dan Khan did not dare to provoke the Ming Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the Ming cavalry was really terrifying, and he was still apprehensive.

Exchanging war horses for equipment, although some drinks quench thirst, but there is no way. After all, at this time, the Ming Dynasty no longer needed to obtain war horses from them, and hundreds of thousands of Mongolians under the Ming Dynasty could provide a lot of war horses for the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the establishment of several large military horse farms.

After Lin Dan Khan got the weapons and equipment, the first thing he did was to sweep away those disobedient small and medium-sized tribes, these tribes have become more and more disobedient after his defeat, and they also think about going to Daming to live a good life all day long, which is really unbearable.

It is no wonder that the nobles of those small and medium-sized tribes are not envious, and those Mongols and Mongolian nobles under the Ming Dynasty have lived a good life after a year of recuperation.

Ordinary herdsmen built a strong sheepfold because of the subsidy policy of the Ming court, and with the coal mining on the grassland, these herders were able to buy coal to heat the sheepfold in winter, and the number of cattle and sheep frozen to death in winter was greatly reduced.

At the same time, because I don't have to chase water and weeds, the days of running around are over. One by one, the herdsmen built yurts and began to live a leisurely herding life. And they gradually became more materially richer, especially after selling some cattle, sheep and wool in the autumn, they bought tea, rice, porcelain, cotton cloth, cane sugar and so on.

These were the days that Mongolian herders could not have imagined before, and many things were enjoyed only by the nobility.

And those Mongolian nobles had a better life, selling their cattle and sheep one by one in the autumn, and taking the silver and pouring into the capital to consume.

The red-light district of Beijing welcomed many Mongolian nobles who lingered in this winter. These red-light districts are a one-stop shop for eating, drinking, and having fun at this time, and they are really a world of flowers.

This is only the first year, these Mongolian nobles don't have too much money, and these Mongolians don't know how to save money and save money, many Mongolian nobles soon ran out of money, but they completely tasted the sweetness.

The Mongol nobles, who had tasted the sweetness, began to strongly support the current rule of the Ming Dynasty over Mongolia. Ordinary Mongolian herders also support the current Ming policy, mainly because they have tasted the sweetness of war dividends and marketization.

After all, after the war against Mongolia, the grasslands were all looted. There were not too many Mongols who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and the Mongolian herdsmen were allocated a lot of pasture, and the per capita resources went up. At the same time, because of the settlement of the mode of production, the wealth produced has also increased, and the marketization has made not only the herdsmen live a better life, but also the life of the Mongolian nobles.

Such a good life is mainly based on per capita resources, and if the population of these Mongols continues to multiply, it will not be easy to live for a few decades, and then they will have to make trouble if they can't feed people. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao formulated the grassland inheritance law, and each 5,000-large Mongolian herdsman's pasture can only be inherited to the eldest son. If there are too many sons, the Ming official will be placed into an industrial population or something.

After Zhu Youxiao arrived in Chengde, he ordered the establishment of schools on the grassland for Mongolian children to go to school for free for three years, but these schools taught Chinese.

Mongolian children who could not inherit the pastures learned Chinese and some simple Chinese characters, and were placed as apprentices or something, and when they grew up, they could integrate into the towns and become workers.

At the same time, these Mongolian children who have been sinicized can also join the army and become soldiers. Of course, you can also become a monk, and at the invitation of Zhu Youxiao, the Yellow Sect in Wusi and Tibet has sent several living Buddhas to the Ming Tong area of the grassland to preach.

The Yellow Sect itself was very popular among these Mongols, and with the support of the imperial court, Yellow Sect temples were built on the steppe.

Becoming a monk, joining the army, and becoming a worker can well digest the surplus population of Mongolia, so that everyone can have something to eat and live a better life. Compared with the nourishing days of these Mongols who took refuge in the Ming Dynasty, the life of the Mongols outside the Ming region was not so good.

Lin Dan Khan began to continue to centralize power and integrate resources, and some small and medium-sized tribes were bullied so much that they simply didn't want it. (To be continued.) )