Gubeikou.

The Yanbei War has ended, but the post-war clean-up has just begun. In the first battle of Yanbei, the Han officers and soldiers only suffered more than 3,000 casualties, but the Qing army died more than 30,000 before and after, including the soldiers and horses of Haoge and Wu Zu. In the end, the number of troops and prisoners exceeded 100,000.

Basically, there are no fish that slip through the net.

There were also many seizures, and the largest capture was a war horse. Whether it is the Qing army or the Liao army, they all have a large number of war horses, horses, followed by all kinds of swords, guns and arrows, compared to the importance of war horses, these weapons and armor are not very important. Liu Jun plans to transport it back and give it to the township troops in various places, which can be regarded as militia equipment.

"The total value of gold and silver seized was nearly one million silver dollars, a small amount of grain and grass, and more than 100,000 horses and mules of various kinds such as war horses and horses."

"And there is so much gold and silver?" Liu Jun listened to the report and was a little surprised.

Fu Shan said on the side, "After all, there are more than 100,000 horses, and there are a lot of accumulated in each person." Especially those Liao troops, when they sent troops before, they brought most of their wealth with them. ”

"Your Majesty, what should you do with these generals and prisoners?"

Millions of silver dollars are really nothing to Liu Jun today. This time, in order to fight this Yanbei Campaign, the imperial court mobilized no less than 50 divisions, and finally dispatched 30 divisions, and 10 divisions directly participated in the battle. There were no less than 3,000 dead in the war, and the mobilization of these soldiers and horses, and the consumption of money and food were a huge number.

Not to mention post-war pensions and rewards.

To fight a war is to make money, especially at this level.

However, these horses are a good harvest, the Han army is now longer than the navy and artillery, the army is also mainly infantry, and the cavalry is only an auxiliary branch, the main reason for this situation is the lack of horses in the Chu army. Now it is not what it used to be, twenty or thirty thousand people. Even if you build a cavalry force of five or six thousand people, one hundred thousand horses is enough.

After Liu Jun became emperor, he was ready to expand the number of soldiers and horses to about thirty-six towns across the country, even if some of them would be some towns that lacked formation, but the number of horses needed was still a big number. There are a lot of war horses, and a lot of horses.

Even when production is resumed locally, whether for transportation or farming, horses are a valuable resource. Fortunately, the Han Dynasty will not be the Song Dynasty, and there will be no shortage of horse sources.

Liu Jun groaned.

"I have a golden mouth. Words count. I pardoned Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou and other soldiers who surrendered to the Liao army, and they were not to blame for the past. According to the previous promise, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou and other generals all discharged their armor and returned home. As for the Liao soldiers, there are still 60,000 of them, well, all of them have been resettled in Taiwan, Hainan, and our concessions in Korea and Japan. After placing them in Taiwan and other places. These soldiers and their families were given 50 acres of wasteland for each adult man, 30 acres for each adult woman, and 10 acres for each of their sons and daughters over the age of 12. Let them reclaim. No land tax will be levied on newly reclaimed wasteland for three years. ”

Zhang Guowei said with some surprise, "All the Liao army troops have moved overseas? Wouldn't that be a recharge? ”

"Of course it's not a confiscation of the army, it's a matter of being in charge and not free, it's a prisoner. And they are just immigrants. When you go to a new place, you won't be disregarded. However, when we resettle and relocate, we must pay attention to scattering them as much as possible. Fellow villagers and fellow soldiers in the past cannot be separated. ”

Liu Jun explained.

Zhang Guowei proposed, why not simply settle in Liaoxi nearby, or even settle in Yanbei or Monan. In this way, it is more convenient, and it also saves a lot of manpower and material resources. After all, the three provinces of Yanbei, Monan, and Liaoxi, although they were newly established or recovered, are still mostly remote places, with very small populations, and most of them are Saiwaihu people.

In order to establish rule, it is necessary to have Han Chinese in the dominant position.

Fu Shan supported Liu Jun's immigration plan.

Zhang Shangshumo forgot that many of these Liao soldiers have lived in Liaoxi for generations, and those Liao generals have already formed the warlords of Liaoxi Jiangmen, if they are still allowed to stay in Liaoxi or move to Yanbei and Monan nearby, then these people will soon unite again through intricate relationships. At the moment, it seems to be a lot more convenient, but in the long run, this is a deep hidden danger. Moving them overseas is a little more troublesome now, but it's a good idea once and for all. ”

Liu Yunsheng, the governor of Zhili, also made a suggestion at this time.

"It can't be too easy for those who surrender to generals. In addition to confiscating the fields and properties of these people outside the Guan, they could keep their property in the Guan, but there was a premise that they had to pay off all the arrears accumulated in the five years before the first year of the Long Han Dynasty. No matter how much you owe, whether you owe a lot of land tax or silver within five years, you have to pay as much as you owe. ”

"Only after all the arrears have been paid can they keep their property in the customs, otherwise it will be deducted from their property in the customs."

Liu Yunsheng then said the policy towards the generals in Liaoxi, and he couldn't let them be so easy.

"All officers have to pay off not only the arrears of the family for the past five years, but also all the accounts of their five-year tenure. If there is a shortfall, it must be repaid. ”

This is very severe, which means that Wu Sangui and others who used to eat empty salaries or deduct military salaries and food, as well as borrow weapons and equipment and other embezzled money, have to spit it out.

Liu Jun thought about it, and now the yamen up and down the country are also cleaning up the deficit, and there is no need for Wu Sangui and others to open up the net.

"Yes, make up all the public and private debts, and you can set them free."

Zhang Guowei saw that the emperor had already made up his mind, although he still had some opinions, he didn't say anything. He turned to the question of the Qing army's surrender and capture.

"Do you really want Hauge to reorganize a town of soldiers and horses?"

"Oh, Hauge's Jianzhou Town is organized into two divisions, four associations, and 20,000 people, and Hauge and Sonny each have any division commanders, and they will be a cavalry force."

"Your Majesty, the minister is against it. Isn't this a return to the mountains? Qing people are capricious and should not be gullible. Zhang Guowei objected loudly.

Liu Jun smiled, "Don't worry, I'll use Haoge, but I won't be negligent." I will select 20,000 horses from the tens of thousands of Qing troops and prisoners to form the Jianzhou Military Town. But this group, I will not let them go back to Liaodong, and I will not even put them in Liaoxi and Sai. ”

Zhang Guowei was stunned for a moment.

"Then where is Your Majesty going to transfer them?"

Liu Jun walked to the sand table and pointed to Zhangjiakou and the Great Wall north of Datong.

"Here."

The land of Liu Jun's fingers. But it's a special place.

"Chahar." Zhang Guowei and the others couldn't help but say.

Chahar is an ancient Turkic word for the guards of the Khan's palace, and among the Mongol tribes, Chahar is a very special part. His ministry was founded by Genghis Khan, the Xue Army, which was a standing guard. After the failure of Lin Dan Khan's anti-gold resistance, some of them were discrete and declined.

In the time of Genghis Khan, the army of the Cowardly Xue was the essence of the Mongols, and the Great Khan Guard, composed of people of good morals, martial arts, and dignified appearance selected from among the heads of ten thousand households, the heads of thousands of households, and the heads of hundreds of households, as well as the sons of free men.

In the Ming Dynasty, when Dayan Khan reunified the Mongolian tribes, he divided the princes to rule 60,000 households on the left and right wings. Dayan Khan was stationed in Chahar, the head of the 30,000 households on the left wing, and ruled the whole of Mongolia, and the Great Khan directly commanded the Chahar Wanhu.

Chahar was the legitimate suzerainty and the center of the Mongol tribes, and its Khan was the co-ruler of the Mongol tribes. The lord of Chahar was the hereditary Mongol Khan, and after Dayan Khan, he experienced a total of six Great Khans.

During the Ming Dynasty, Chahar consisted of eight otoks, or tribes. Collectively known as the Eight Divisions of Chahar, the left wing of the Eight Divisions is also known as Shanyang Chahan'er, which is composed of the four major Otoks of Alakzhuot, Ao Han, Naiman, and Ulu. The right wing, also known as Shanyin Chahan'er, is composed of the four major Etoks of Haoqit, Uzhumuqin, Sunit, and Keshdan.

Later, the Mongolian right wing developed westward with the Altan River as the head. The left-wing Chahar Wanhu and Khalkha Wanhu, under the command of the Great Khan of Da Lai Sun Kuden, moved to the east to the pastoral area of the Uliangha Sanwei.

At this time, the only tribe names that have been handed down are the tribes of Haozit, Sunit, Uzhumuqin, Aohan, Naiman and Keshdan. Other tribal names have disappeared.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chahar Khan at that time was Lin Dan Khan, and he was stationed in Xuanhua and Zhangjiakou. Make an appointment with Ming to join forces against gold.

Later, Lin Dan Khan lost the annexation war with the Mongol tribes in southern China, and was forced to move westward to the area west and north of the Great Wall of Xuanhua Prefecture, and controlled the Tumut and Ordos tribes.

However, later Huang Taiji personally conquered Har and Tumut, defeated Lin Dan Khan, Lin Dan Khan died of illness after defeating Qinghai, Lin Dan Khan's son was captured and reduced to gold, and even Lin Dan Khan's great fortune was accepted by Huang Taiji as one of the five concubines.

Before the Qing army's attack, Dolgon also issued a special order to move part of Chahar to Xuanhua and outside the Great Wall of Datong, and divided it into two wings and four banners, and at the same time stipulated that these eight banners were outside the 49 banners of the Mongolian Six Leagues set up by the Qing Dynasty.

"Xuanfu and Datong are the special zones of Chahar outside the Great Wall in the north, and from north to south are the Chahar Yellow Flag, the Chahar Red Flag, the Chahar Red Flag, and the Chahar Blue Banner."

Although this place may not look big, the location is important.

Because he is located in the Yinshan Mountains in the north of Shanxi, the Yanshan Mountains in the north of Hebei, and the Taihang Mountains at the junction of Hebei and Shanxi, the convergence of the three major mountain ranges.

This is a natural passage and a fork in the road. Since ancient times, it has been an important passage connecting Jin, Hebei and the grassland, and the Qing people moved the Chahar tribe back here, and made an exception not to incorporate the two wings and four banners into the forty-nine banners of the Mongolian Six Leagues, but directly controlled the rule, which is already equivalent to a liuguan, not a local official.

For something, for this is to directly threaten Gyeonggi in the Central Plains.

Breaking through the line of the Great Wall of Zhangjiakou in Xuanhua, you can go along the Sanggan River valley to the northwest gate of Beijing, Juyongguan. Or enter the pass from the Datong Pass, and then take the Flying Fox Road, go straight to the Bauhinia Pass, attack Yizhou, and kill to the south of Beijing.

Since ancient times, this place has been a battleground for soldiers. The Qing army directly controlled this place, and it was a sharp sword that had been hanging over the head of the big man.

Liu Jun has now inflicted heavy losses on the Qing army through the Battle of Yanbei, recovered Liaoxi, and also included a large area of Yanbei into the border, and established two new provinces of Yanbei and Monan.

But to the west, there is still a strong threat. Especially now, many of the various ministries in southern Mongolia are still ambiguous. At this time, Liu Jun planned to preemptively make an example of the chickens and monkeys, so that the Mongol tribes in Monan could understand the strength of the Han Dynasty and let them defect to the annex as soon as possible.

However, there are many ways to fight, and Liu Jun is ready to use the newly attached Haoge to fight this battle first.

Use Jurchen cavalry against the Mongols.

Driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, no matter who wins or loses, is beneficial to Liu Jun.

When Chahar is controlled, the security situation in Gyeonggi will be very good. At the same time, the Han can also dispatch left and right through Chahar at any time, and the Yikezhao League of Chahar has jurisdiction over the Hetao area occupied by the various banners of Ordos. To the north is the Ulanqab League, which has the Khalkha and Four Princes banners, while in the northeast is the Xilin Gol League, which has the Sunit and other banners, and to the east is the Zhaowuda League, which has the Wengniu Special Banner.

It can be said that the place of Chahar is of great importance.

"Let Haoge's 20,000 cavalry fight first, and whoever dares to disobey the Mongol tribes will be beaten."

Hearing the emperor's plan, Zhang Guowei and the others couldn't help but admire, the emperor was really amazing. It's a good ploy, but did Hauge and the others let it go?

"There's nothing to believe or not, it's the trend of the times, just as I believed that Haug was really descending, and I believed that he would lay down the camp of Dordor and Azig for us, didn't he do it in the end?"

"What about the rest of the Qing prisoners?"

"Building roads, opening mines, and building embankments all need people, these Jurchens are all young and strong, but they are excellent laborers. Tell these captives that as long as they serve in the Han Dynasty for ten years of labor reform, then they will be the people of the Han Dynasty, and they will be able to settle down in the Han Dynasty, obtain the household registration status of the Han Dynasty, and perform well, and even arrange jobs for them at that time, and even distribute the fields to them. ”

Whether a ten-year pie can be eaten in the end depends on whether they can complete the ten years of labor.

Liu Jun doesn't like to kill people, he thinks that the empire is in ruins, and what is most lacking is manpower. Although according to preliminary censuses, the total population of the whole of China may exceed 200 million. However, among the 200 million people, there are still many scholars, merchants, etc., excluding the elderly, children, and women.

Moreover, this was still an agricultural era, and the vast majority of young and strong laborers were actually tied to the land.

Liu Jun's Han Empire needed a lot of manpower, and Liu Jun needed a lot of labor in many places, Liu Jun was willing to pay these laborers salaries, and did not intend to force the people to serve in labor, but the flow of labor in this era was still too slow.

Liu Jun likes such laborers as prisoners of war of the Qing army the most, there are no constraints, and he has to go home to farm and harvest without having to work for a month. Such laborers, let alone tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, Liu Jun is also very welcome.

Too little, not too much. (To be continued.) )