At the end of the charity auction, the total amount of the auction reached more than 600 yuan, and the result of the industrial development of Beizhili in these years is that the capital of Beizhili businessmen has also increased significantly.

The funds raised from the auction will be used for disaster relief. It is precisely because of this that many businessmen don't care too much about the price when bidding, and when they encounter something they like, the price is constantly shouting upward. In particular, the things auctioned in this auction are all high-quality products, and some antique calligraphy and paintings are even more valuable.

Before the Spring Festival, Zhu Youxiao rewarded the groups that had made significant contributions to the country this year, that is, he sent some tributes from Guanglu Temple or something. All the unused tributes in the palace were disposed of, avoiding waste.

In a celebratory atmosphere, the Spring Festival is coming.

The people of the northern provinces have generally had a much better time during the Spring Festival this year, and those who have immigrated to the northeast and other places have obtained new resources in the new world, and their living standards have been significantly improved after another year of hard work.

Although a large part of the people in the northern provinces of Guannai have not yet been included in the reform, in the past year, the imperial court has begun to allocate resources to build water conservancy in other provinces, coupled with the transfer of population, which has reduced the local population density and reduced the pressure of survival, and life is generally better.

In addition, in the northern provinces where there was no reform, the imperial court promoted a large number of grassroots officials, and the corruption of officialdom and the oppression of the common people were successfully curbed. Moreover, these officials who came up from the grassroots level, after serving as the top leaders of the local government, have generally done some things, and with the efforts of these officials, the people's livelihood has also improved to a certain extent.

The imperial court's safeguard measures were also extended to the northern provinces, and the widows and disabled groups received subsidies from the imperial court. The affected people received relief from the imperial court. The basic right to subsistence of the people has been ensured.

The basic right to subsistence in these years is relatively simple. It's about continuing to be full, because that's where productivity comes in.

Before the year, those difficult groups also received New Year's goods issued by the imperial court, although they were just some ordinary New Year's goods, but they were also heartwarming enough.

Zhu Youxiao also personally went to comfort the families of the martyrs, and his posture was in place.

In the southern provinces in the past year, the imperial court has provided immigration opportunities for the people of the southern provinces, so that the people at the bottom can jump out of the world of lack of resources. Go to overseas areas with abundant resources to carve out your own little world. At the same time, state-owned capital entered the south, ensuring stable grain prices for the people in the southern provinces.

Compared with the north, the basic right to subsistence in the south is still relatively well guaranteed. While the southern nobles and elites formed a high degree of autonomy, a social security system was also established.

Generally speaking, the cultural level of the southern scholars is very high, and many ordinary people know how to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, so although there is a large gap between the rich and the poor in society, there are still basic guarantees.

While the south has a high degree of autonomy, it also ensures the basic right to subsistence to a certain extent.

Zhu Youxiao has been on the throne for almost seven years, and after continuous efforts. At this time, he has finally achieved certain governance results, and ensuring the basic right of survival of the people is his greatest political achievement at present.

On the basis of ensuring the basic right to life. There's a lot more to come.

How to make the people rich, and how to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor in society? Or even how to eradicate poverty?

Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to think too much about poverty eradication, after all, the productivity has not yet reached the level of later generations. The most important thing is how to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, after all, the poor are too much, and the rich are too much, just look at the social comparison. And develop the productive forces, so that the people's living standards are higher, so that the country's strength is stronger.

With the onset of spring, the snow and ice begin to melt slowly.

In the first month of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao appointed Lu Xiangsheng as the commander-in-chief, with full authority to command the combat officers and soldiers assembled in Gansu to attack the Western Regions.

At the same time, a list was published, detailing the sins of the Yarkand Khanate and the historical basis for the Western Regions as a territory of China.

“…… Today, the western region of the Tartar Rift is very vast and its products are not poor. However, the Tartars are lascivious and arrogant, do not know how to concentrate on production, and are especially not satisfied with their treasures, and repeatedly violate the border of the mainland. Since I ascended the throne, I have repeatedly repaired and maintained with it, hoping that the world will be peaceful, adjacent to each other without committing any crimes. It backfired, and I went to the West to commit another offense on my Ming border. Now I am determined to sweep away the troubles of the Western Regions, so I will raise 500,000 kings, hang the people and kill the crime, and restore the homeland of the Western Regions of my Han family. I hope that the monarchs and people of the world will work together to create a prosperous ...... China"

The article was published in the "Daming Daily", and then reprinted by other newspapers, quickly causing a sensation throughout the Ming Dynasty.

The ordinary people were in a sensation, their idea was very simple, those barbaric Tartars dared to invade the Ming Dynasty? Then beat them, beat them all over the ground to find their teeth, and then speak out of their evil spirits. The fact that the imperial court was able to send 500,000 troops to recover the Western Regions showed that the country was strong.

And those careerists are also excited, the imperial court is conquering the Western Regions, and there will inevitably be a certain emptiness in the domestic army.

At this time, the businessmen of the state-owned capital consortium were generous, donating military expenses to the imperial court, or sending people to transport war materials for the imperial court.

In fact, in this battle, the imperial court only claimed to have an army of 500,000, but in fact there were only 260,000.

Lu Xiangsheng had already arrived in Gansu a year ago, and when the list was issued, Lu Xiangsheng held a swearing-in meeting at Yumen Pass, Gansu.

The morale of all the officers and men at the swearing-in meeting was incomparably strong, because the time had come to make meritorious contributions.

Under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, 260,000 officers and soldiers divided into two routes and launched a ferocious pincer offensive against the Yarkand Khanate.

The Western Regions controlled by the Yarkand Khanate were like a large corridor. Among them, the north of the Tien Shan Mountains was occupied by the Mongol Dzunkar tribe.

The 200,000 Ming soldiers were divided into two routes, one in the north and one in the south, sweeping all the way along this large corridor.

At this time, the Great Khan of the Yarkand Khanate, Abdullah, was busy preparing to fight with the Dzunkar tribe for the Ili River Valley, and the war with the Dzunkar tribe was about to break out.

Abdullah, who had just become the Great Khan, had shown very good military talent and commanding ability, and now the Yarkand Khanate has been condensed into a rope by him and is expanding to the surrounding areas. The Yarkand Khanate was too close to the Dzunkar Mongols, and there was constant friction between the two sides, the biggest dispute being the Ili River Valley.

In preparation for this war, Abdullah was full of confidence and decided to recover the Ili Valley in one fell swoop and drive out the Dzunkar troops. But before Abdullah could start his official move, he suddenly received an urgent report that the Ming soldiers were out of Yumen Pass in two ways and were killing towards Hami.

When he received this urgent report, Abdullah was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.

It's not good when to come, but I choose to come at this time.

However, for the menacing Ming army, Abdullah was not very worried, but full of confidence. Because the Ming army was going to attack the Western Regions, it meant that the supply line would be stretched very long.

He just needs to avoid fighting and wait for the opportunity to attack the logistics supply line of the Ming army.

In the case of the Ming army's attack, the plan to attack the Ili River Valley was naturally ruthlessly aborted, and Abdullah did not hesitate to immediately turn his troops to deal with the menacing Ming army.

Abdullah transferred his troops to the east on the one hand, and on the other hand, he organized the evacuation of personnel, and removed everything that could be evacuated, leaving no food, cattle and sheep for the Ming army. (To be continued.) )