The leaders of the Mongol tribes attached to it have successively sent their daughters to Beijing. Coupled with the previous Karaqin departments, now there are 20 of the 24 divisions in Monan and 44 banners have sent their daughters one after another.

No one dares to fool the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, they all sent their own daughters, and they are all concubines. The banner owners of the various banners personally escorted their daughters into Beijing with the mission, and they also selected hundreds of young beauties from the tribe as their daughters' dowries, and also prepared many horses, cattle and sheep as dowries.

In August, on the outskirts of Beijing, there were suddenly many more tents, and all the Mongolian tribal missions that came to make peace set up tents and set up camps on the outskirts of the city, and groups of horses and herds of cattle and sheep came from the grassland.

Many people from Beijing came here to watch the lively scene, and even many shrewd Jingshi traders brought a lot of goods to sell to these Mongolian leaders and nobles.

Most of the leaders of the forty-four banners of the twenty tribes have been knighted by the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

The highest title was the last Great Khan of Chahar, who was made a marquis, and the emperor also rewarded him with a marquis mansion in Beijing, allowing him to stay in Beijing as an official.

The leaders of the rest of the banners, the earliest owners of the Karaqin banners, were named the founding fathers, and the later ones were named the founding sons. Although it is not as good as the princes and nobles who were crowned after the Jurchens, but now the Jurchens themselves are difficult to protect, and their own emperors have been reduced to vassal kings of the Han Dynasty, so their princely titles are still worth a few dollars.

Although most of the Mongolian leaders are descendants of the Golden Family, they are long gone. Mongolia has long been divided into three major parts, Monan, Mongol, Desert, North, Desert, and Western Mongolia, and they are not as far apart as Moxi and Mobei and the Central Plains. They were close to the Central Plains and had no choice.

His own strength is not good, so he can only choose to take sides between the Qing and the Han. At first, they followed the Ming Dynasty, and later Lin Dan Khan insisted on unifying the tribes, and finally led to the infighting among the Monan tribes. In the end, they followed the Ming to fight the Houjin, but they were surrendered by the Houjin, and followed the Manchu Qing from then on.

When they found out that the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty suddenly rose and moved the Manchus northward in embarrassment, they were very aware of the times and chose to return to the Han Dynasty.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty is going to be in September at the Red Summit to ally the Monan Tribes, and this news makes the Mo Nan Tribes very excited. They had already heard some news that the alliance of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was to conquer the four divisions that Horqin and others refused to belong to. The emperor has even promised. At that time, the various departments sent troops to crusade in total, and after the four divisions were defeated, the population, cattle and sheep returned to the Han Dynasty, and the pastures and pastures would be divided into the provinces.

At that time, the emperor will divide the rewards according to the number of troops sent by the various tribes and the performance and merit in the conquest. Those who send more troops and perform well will be able to score more points when the time comes.

Specifically, it is Xu that the banner will be divided into a group. Moved to the Horqin grassland and was sealed as a grassland, and a new flag was sealed. The grasslands occupied by the four tribes of Horqin are the most fertile and extensive, and the grasslands of the forty-four banners are relatively fixed, if it is allowed to divide some of the tribesmen. It is naturally best to build a new flag on the Horqin grassland.

In order to be able to get a piece of fat meat in this feast, all the flag owners are very attentive.

They hurriedly gathered the tribal warriors and prepared food and grass. In case of being able to go to Chengde immediately after the autumn. At the same time, he also personally selected the youngest and most beautiful daughter, and selected the youngest and most beautiful woman from his own tribe as a dowry. He also took out the most majestic horses, with fat cattle and sheep, and personally rushed to Beijing to meet the Son of Heaven.

Liu Jun sat in the upper study, listening to the recital of the officials of the Li Fan Academy.

The Lifan Yuan was also a new institution of the Han Dynasty, which was responsible for the vassal states of the Han Dynasty and the barbarian tribes in the country.

"Your Majesty, the Forty-four Earls and Viscounts of the Banners, each of the banners has sent a county monarch or lady, and there are currently one county monarch, eight township monarchs, and thirty-five ladies. For each countryman or lady, there are more than 100 beauties to marry, and there are 40 or 50 girls to marry. ”

According to the Han system, the emperor's daughter is called the princess, the prince's daughter is called the county lord, the county prince is called the county lord, the princess is called the county lord, the marquis's daughter is called the county king, and the countess are called the village monarch, the viscount and the barons are called the lady.

The mothers and wives of officials have nine foreign women's ranks, known as Mrs. Guo, Mrs. Hou, and Mrs. Bo. A product is said to be a lady. The second product is called Mrs., the third product is called the lady, the fourth product is said to be a Gong person, the fifth product is said to be pleasant, the sixth product is said to be an person, and the seventh product is said to be a widow. In addition, the eight and nine products are called "eight products" and "nine products"

This can also be regarded as an honor for officials and knights, whose mothers, wives, and daughters all have a title, and even a salary.

Liu Jun listened to this report and couldn't help kneading his temples.

At first, he deliberately asked the Mongolian tribes to send their daughters into the palace, but now all the ministries have sent their daughters, and they have sent so many dowries, and at once forty-four bannermen's daughters have been sent, and each has brought a dowry group.

Forty-four banner owners' daughters, and their marriage women reached more than 3,000 people. There are so many Mongolian girls, and they are almost reaching the existing number of palace maids in the palace.

Even the Karaqin banners had already sent their daughters before, and now they have sent a second one.

After thinking about it, Liu Jun decided to accept them all, and at this stage, he had to win over these Mongolian tribes. This kind of marriage is undoubtedly a better means, especially in the past, the Jurchens also married with various ministries, he can't refuse, that doesn't make them yearn for the Jurchens.

"Bring all the countrymen and ladies into the palace and settle them well, and the maids they brought in for dowry will also be brought into the palace, so that they can continue to take care of their masters. But make it clear to them that after five years, they can be sent back to the grassland if they wish. ”

"Your Majesty, there are also horses, cattle and sheep sent by each family, and there are many of them, each family has sent more than 100 horses, thousands of cattle and sheep, adding up, there are thousands of horses, and there are no less than 100,000 cattle and cattle. Now the suburbs of Beijing are full of yurts, cattle and sheep everywhere, and they are the same as on the grassland, and these must be disposed of as soon as possible. ”

Liu Jun burst out laughing.

"Let the household accept it, these can be regarded as the dowries of each family, and I will not treat them badly, and each family will give 10,000 silver dollars."

10,000 silver dollars is a lot, but it is about the price of the cattle, sheep and horses they brought, and this is not counting the dowry of the women's gold, silver and pearls they sent.

Liu Jun summoned the general manager of the Royal Department Store again, which is royal and Liu Jun's private property. Liu Jun specially called this general manager today, in order to deal with the Mongolian tribe in the future.

Although many officials always say that the land outside the customs can neither be cultivated nor produce grain, it is useless land. In fact, Liu Jun doesn't think much of it, it is true that most places outside the customs are not suitable for farming, but they are pastures. Not to mention the horses, cattle and sheep shepherds, even their wool and cowhides, etc., are also excellent commodities.

The demand for these things in the Central Plains is very large, and as long as the operation is good, these special products on the grassland outside the customs will continue to flow into the Central Plains. For a strong empire, the diversification of commodities is also an important part of a rich and powerful country.

Moreover, through trading, the empire can not only obtain many important goods and materials, but also obtain large taxes by collecting taxes from transactions. Even in the longer term, as long as the operation is good, it is completely possible to make the Mongolian steppe a supply place for cattle, sheep, horses and furs in the Central Plains, and through macro control, the Mongols and the empire will cooperate and trade for a long time, and they will become a part of the empire's economy.

But there was a difference, for the empire, the Mongol goods and materials were only a single piece, only a small part of the empire's economic composition. Without them, the empire would not have lost much, and it would still be able to continue to grow. But it was different for the Mongol tribes, who traded with the empire for a long time, and gradually became a supply source of livestock and furs, and would become a very unitary economy, and once they were cut off by the Central Plains, they would be stuck in the throat.

In fact, this economic model is also the colonial economic model.

The colonies themselves were diverse, but for the colonies under their control, they only became a single economy, or even only a supplier of raw materials. Some specialize in growing grain, some specialize in sugarcane, some specialize in the production of spices, some specialize in mining, and so on.

The development of industry and commerce in these colonies was strictly forbidden in the mainland, and the production of all kinds of manufacturing was prohibited, even if it was an iron nail or a machete, it had to be produced in the soil and then shipped to the colony.

In this way, the colony has actually been stuck in the throat all the time. The land can be without colonies, but colonies cannot be separated from the mainland.

Liu Jun did not intend to impose a ban on trade with Mongolia, but he was also prepared to implement such an economic system.

It is possible to sell all kinds of goods to Mongolia, even iron pots and swords, but it is absolutely forbidden to export raw materials such as iron ingots to them, and it is forbidden to set up various manufacturing workshops outside the customs, and the goods sold to the Mongolian tribes must be processed and manufactured within the imperial customs.

In this way, the imperial court could not only collect customs duties at the border gates, but also block the production and manufacturing capacity of the Mongolian steppe. In the future, they could enjoy all the conveniences of the Empire's goods, such as carriages, iron pots, swords, cloth, stoves, etc., but they all had to be transported through the customs.

The Mongols had to trade their horses, cattle, sheep, furs, dairy products, etc.

When this economic model developed, the Mongol tribal leaders would become a very wealthy group, and they could also enjoy all kinds of luxuries brought to them by the merchants of the Central Plains, and even build cities and villas, they did not have to worry about running out of food to eat, and the empire could sell them grain.

But they will be strictly demarcated and will not be allowed to cross the border, and their lives will become more and more convenient, but they will not be able to make even a needle themselves. Even if some of their original blacksmith shops and so on, the merchants of the empire would dump them with better and cheaper goods, completely closing down these native manufacturing workshops in the steppe.

At that time, the Mongols, who could not even make a needle, even if they lived a prosperous life, in addition to exchanging cattle, sheep, horses, furs, dairy products, etc., for those goods to the Central Plains, even if they had any thoughts, they could achieve things. As long as the empire comes to an economic blockade, no longer buys their goods, and cuts off the supply of goods to the Central Plains, they will return to the pre-liberation period in one day.

The empire was able to control the steppes even without the sword, and the steppes became a constant supply of livestock and fur and dairy products to the empire, and even made the Mongol nobles and herdsmen pay a steady stream of taxes for the imperial court.

This is the real military strategy, rather than simply prohibiting smuggling and trading, how can this kind of killing without seeing blood is more powerful. (To be continued.) )