Compared with the rich and crowded Yangzhou, Shandong is really withering.

Zhao Han sailed all the way north and found that the Shandong cities on both sides of the canal were not as prosperous as when he fled and passed by. This is the result of insisting on immigration every year, otherwise Shandong's cities and villages will be even more dilapidated.

Natural disasters, wars, famines, and plagues are the four major factors of population decline.

Especially the plague, one death is a street, and one death is half a city. However, there are still many people who fled into the mountains to escape the war, and in recent years, they have successively gone down the mountains to divide their households and fields, and the population of Shandong is definitely more than the original statistics.

Now that the country is basically united, it is time for another census.

When passing by Linqing, Zhao Han called Zhizhou, and after some inquiry, he learned that there were more than 80,000 permanent residents inside and outside Linqing City. This number is not bad, but compared to the early years of Chongzhen, it is not enough at all.

Linqing seems to be inconspicuous, but with the merchants who come and go, counting the Caogong, the population is close to one million during the busy period, and it is the most populous city in Shandong in the Ming Dynasty.

The missionary Matteo Ricci commented: "Linqing is a big city, and there are few other cities that surpass it in commerce." Not only the goods of the province, but also a large number of goods from all over the country, are bought and sold here, so a large number of tourists often pass through here. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, there were eight large tax cards in the country, and Linqing was the largest one, even surpassing Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Huai'an and Jiujiang. That is: eight major banknotes, headed by Linqing.

In the future, Linqing will definitely not be in full swing, because Beijing is no longer the capital, and the Cao Yun has been completely canceled.

Hurry up and hurry, and finally came to Tianjin.

This year, Hebei was officially established as a province, and major changes were made to its administrative divisions.

Shuntian Mansion was changed to Beiping Prefecture, and the government was located in Beijing, and the jurisdiction was slightly reduced.

For example, Baoding County and Wen'an County were divided from Beiping Prefecture and placed under the jurisdiction of Hejian Prefecture. Moreover, in order to prevent confusion between Baoding Prefecture and Baoding County, Baoding County was changed to Desheng County, which was named after the Desheng Lake in the southeast.

This kind of name change is more than one.

Tongzhou, next to Beijing, is still called Tongzhou. Tongzhou, on the edge of the Yangtze River, has been changed to Nantong.

Like Jinling Mansion, Beiping Mansion is directly governed by the central government, and the prefect is of a higher grade. In order to reduce the rapid decline of Hebei after losing its status as the capital, it also has the purpose of strengthening grassland control.

Baoan Prefecture (Zhuolu, Huailai) and Yanqing Prefecture are all under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture.

Xuanfu Town, one of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, will be changed to Xuanhua Mansion in the future, and the government will be located in Xuanhua. In the future, out of the Great Wall in the north, Zhangbei County, Chicheng County, Shangyi County and other places will be placed under the jurisdiction of Xuanhua Prefecture, so as to better control the grassland area.

In later generations, Chengde, Kuancheng, Qinglong, Xinglong, and Luanping were the main populations of the Mongols, followed by the Han people, and the Jurchens again. All of them were placed under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province and set up as Chengde Prefecture, and there were few Han immigrants for the time being, but there were two regular divisions stationed.

This piece of land was drawn in, and the territory of Hebei Province immediately became much larger.

Shanhaiguan also belongs to Hebei!

Hejian Province with a few more counties became the capital of Hebei Province. The government is still in Hejian, but the provincial capital has become Tianjin.

In other words, in Hebei Province, the political structure is relatively complex. Beiping Mansion was set aside for direct jurisdiction, and Beijing had bigwigs in charge; Tianjin has become the capital of Hebei Province, and there are also bigwigs. As the capital of Hebei, Hejian Mansion does not need to be attached to the provincial capital of Guo, which is relatively comfortable.

In addition, Tianjin Wei was changed to Tianjin County.

"Minister Katsuhiro, welcome Your Majesty!" Fang Shenghong, the political envoy of Hebei Zuobu, led local officials to greet him outside Tianjin.

Fang Shengchang and Fang Shenghong, brothers, took refuge with two counties and a half territory after their own uprising, and took the initiative to give up the army and become civilian officials. Now, Fang Shengchang has made a book, and Fang Shenghong has also been transferred from Fujian to Hebei to take charge.

This is the main reason for the formation of the right faction in Jiangxi, and there are too many meritorious heroes from Jiangxi.

Although the Fang brothers' original territory was relatively poor, it was not much smaller than Zhao Han's territory. After they surrendered, the territory under Zhao Han's rule instantly increased by one-third, and strictly speaking, they were all entrepreneurial partners.

Can you not give a high position?

At present, Hebei's population is still small, and there is only one political envoy, and Fang Shenghong has great power and heavy responsibilities.

"Excuse me." Zhao Han bowed.

The two princesses, Zhao Zhenlan and Zhao Zhenfang, also with their respective husbands, had already arrived in Tianjin to wait for the royal driver.

Zheng Sen has stepped down from his post as governor of Xuzhou, and has no other official position for the time being, and is responsible for supervising the construction of the cemetery of the former emperor and the empress dowager. When Zhao Han ascended the throne, he posthumously honored his dead parents, who were also the emperor and empress of the new dynasty of Datong.

"How is the cemetery built?" Zhao Han asked.

Zheng Sen stepped forward and replied: "In accordance with Your Majesty's will, it has been built!" ”

Zhao Han said: "Let's go to the city." ”

It's quite embarrassing to revisit the old place.

Zhao Han got off the boat and walked, and when he was about to cross the moat, he pointed there and said, "When I took my young sister south, I passed through this bridge. Outside the bridge were hungry people, the meat was fragrant, and the meat was boiled with human flesh. I had a bamboo gun in my hand, and half a pair of scissors were tied to the tip of the gun, and I was almost sacked by the hungry. A ten-year-old boy who fought before he passed. ”

Fang Shenghong sighed: "It's very difficult to think about. ”

Zhao Zhenfang said: "At that time, I was very scared, pulling the corner of the emperor's clothes, and everyone felt that they were going to pounce on and eat people. ”

Zhao Zhenlan was touched by the scene, thinking of her dead parents, the thrill of her younger brothers and sisters at that time, and then remembering that she was taken to the south by human traffickers. Before she knew it, her eyes were moist, and she wiped her tears as she walked.

came to stay in the courtyard in the city, the concubines chose their own rooms, and Zhao Han left the political envoy and the magistrate of Tianjin.

Zhao Han ate tea cross-legged and asked, "How is the situation in Hebei?" ”

Fang Shenghong said: "The population is still too small, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt. With the arrival of immigrants from the south and the people who fled into the mountains, the population of Hebei Province is estimated to be 1 million. ”

This million people do not include Peiping Province, which is directly under the central government.

At present, Zhang Tieniu is stationed in Beijing, Fei Ruhe is stationed in Taiyuan, Huang Shun is stationed in Shanhaiguan, Li Dingguo is stationed in Chengde, and Vance is stationed in Xuanhua, and the northern defense line is full of the main force of the Datong Army.

This situation also stimulated the economy of the north and along the canal, and most of the military supplies were transported north by merchants. Some medium-sized businessmen even took the initiative to move to Hebei to settle down, because the business in the south was too rolly, and they could still eat some leftovers from the military business in the north.

"The merchants in Zhangjiakou haven't moved, right?" Zhao Han asked.

Fang Shenghong said: "When Li Zicheng left, he arrested the merchants in Zhangjiakou and tortured them all. At least half of those traitors who were in the Tartars were killed by Li Zicheng, and spit out countless gold and silver treasures. There are no big merchants in Zhangjiakou anymore, all of them are small merchants, and they will have to rely on them to trade with the grassland in the future. ”

The area of Zhangjiakou, although it now belongs to Hebei, has been occupied by Li Zicheng before.

Li Zicheng is really ruthless, the torture is completely beaten to death, almost no businessman can hold it, where is the hidden silver all moves. The so-called Eight Great Emperors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were killed by Li Zicheng. As soon as the head of the family dies, there is still some real estate left, and the children and grandchildren immediately enter the mode of separation.

Fang Shenghong said: "Now, the biggest businessman in Zhangjiakou is called Cao Fengji, who has always used the sign of an imperial merchant to buy wool in the grassland and sell it to the south. He did not have a license to monopolize tea and salt, so he bought an iron pot from the south and shipped it back to the grassland to sell. He also cooperated with tea merchants and salt merchants in Zhangjiakou to control the wool of the grassland. Your Majesty, this imperial businessman...... Isn't it fake? ”

The reason why Fang Shenghong paid attention to Cao Fengji was that the name of the imperial merchant was quite scary, and he was really a little uncertain.

"Fake, how can there be any imperial merchants?" Zhao Han smiled, "Well, I did summon this person." If he dares to say that he is an imperial businessman, he will be arrested and locked up for a while, and then fined some money. The wool business is beneficial to the control of the grasslands, and he can be regarded as serving the country. ”

Fang Shenghong also said: "The Datong army is mostly stationed in the north, and the Zunhua Iron Works should be rebuilt. The minister suggested that an armory station be set up in Zunhua and let the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War carry out this matter. However, when the Tatars withdrew to Guanwai, they not only abducted many Hebei people, but also plundered the craftsmen of the Zunhua Iron Works. In order to rebuild the Zunhua Iron Works, craftsmen had to be emigrated from the south, and many miners and charcoal burners had to be immigrated. ”

Zunhua Iron Works is the largest iron plant in the north and the main weapons production base of Daming.

Zhao Han said: "When the population recovers more, it is time to organize the people to repair the post roads in Yanshan." Chengde Province is extremely important and must be firmly controlled, and each batch of immigrants who come to Hebei should be assigned to Chengde Province. After the Chengde Mansion was consolidated, the Datong army could cross the Yanshan Mountains and go to the grassland. ”

The piece of Chengde belonged to the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was basically lost in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. After the Tumubao Incident, the Mongols continued to invade the land in the south, while the Ming Dynasty devoted itself to building the Great Wall, and finally the two sides took the Great Wall as the dividing line.

In the Battle of Tianjin, the Mongols in the Yanshan area followed the Tatars and suffered heavy losses.

Horqin, Karaqin and other Mongolian leaders left the Manchu Qing Dynasty and slipped away halfway, and robbed them again on the way back, and the Mongols in the Yanshan area all became called Huazi.

Therefore, when the Datong army left the Great Wall in the north, the Mongol tribes of Yanshan surrendered one after another.

They belong to a state of half-farming and half-pasture, and even more are farming, and many of them are Han Chinese. Nowadays, both the Mongols and the Han Chinese divide the fields and pastures according to the population, and the Mongolian nobles have all become commoners.

No one resisted, and they couldn't resist, because this is not a steppe at all.

Anyway, the setup of Chengde Mansion is going well, and Mongolian herders are also very cooperative with the policy. It's just that the proportion of Han people is too small, and at least tens of thousands of immigrants have to be immigrated.

Fang Shenghong said: "The Changlu Salt Farm and its surroundings are currently the main resettlement sites, and a quarter of the immigrants are given priority to the past. If Changlu produces enough salt, it will no longer have to rely on Huai salt, and Hebei will be able to control the grassland more easily with salt. The minister believes that this policy cannot be changed. ”

The royal families of the Ming and Qing dynasties all ate salt from the Changlu Salt Farm, which is one of the three major salt farms in China, and it must indeed be restored as soon as possible.

Alas, everywhere has to be restored, everywhere needs a population, it is really full of devastation and a hundred ruins waiting to be rebuilt.

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