"Your Highness! Got it! ”

In the wind and snow, on the Gobi, accompanied by a thousand households shouting loudly, Zhu Youzhen also wiped the blood stains on the long knife with a coarse cloth, returned the long knife to the sheath, and walked towards the place where the sound came.

At this time, the Gobi was full of corpses, including those of the Ming army and horses, but more of them were from the three major departments.

Thousands of corpses lay on their backs, while the corpses of the Ming army were carried down from the battlefield and the medical officers who accompanied the army began to sort out their remains.

Stepping over the corpses, Zhu Youzhen came to the place where the man shouted, and looked down to see an old man in his seventies lying on the ground with a bloodless face.

"Your Highness, this is Huo Luochi, there is no knife wound on his body, it is estimated that he was knocked down by the war horse when our army charged, and was trampled to death by the horse."

The thousand households of the Xiao Cavalry Guard said happily, and Zhu Youzhen glanced down before saying, "What about the other lords?" ”

"They are all dead, and there is no one left alive, isn't it Your Highness, what you said about total annihilation......" Qianhu scratched his face with some embarrassment.

Zhu Youzhen stopped talking when he heard this, he did say that he was completely annihilated, and he also said that he had captured the three major Taiji......

Now that the three Taiji have become three corpses, he can only go back with the heads of these three people to show his merits.

"That's it, anyway, I caught the vegetarian bag." After that, Zhu Youzhen sat directly on the battlefield, feeling the soreness of his hands.

This is the sequelae caused by holding a short army for a long time, although he did not stupidly rush to the first row, but after all, as the commander-in-chief, it is not good to hide behind the army, so he is still in the front of the charging team.

In this case, it is inevitable that you will have to fight the enemy.

On the contrary, the front army is the safest place, after all, it is enough to rush through, and the middle and rear armies may be dragged back.

"Your Highness, the battle damage has been counted, we have killed four hundred and seven brothers in the battle, and four thousand six hundred and twenty-seven people have been completely annihilated."

When Zhu Youzhen was resting, the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Guard also came with the military information after cleaning up the battlefield, and Zhu Youzhen also took a look.

In general, the Ming army fought a 1-11 battle loss and results, no matter from any point of view, this battle is worth boasting about.

"For brothers who died in battle, in addition to the normal bereavement process, the heirs are still sent to Yanshan Academy, and the family is exempt from taxes for five years."

"Your Highness!"

Zhu Youzhen explained the pension arrangements for the soldiers who died in battle, and after such words were heard by the soldiers of the Ming army around them, everyone couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

As people who lick blood with knives, they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid that the treatment of their families will not be treated fairly and justly after their death.

Even if the battle of the complex is basically over now, this battle is over, and there is still the next battle.

The meaning of the bereavement pension that I knew from the notice and the bereavement I heard from Zhu Youzhen's mouth was completely different.

Therefore, after getting the answer, everyone was a lot more relieved, and Zhu Youzhen also asked:

"How's the water and food collected?"

"Back to Your Highness." The commander replied:

"Yin Shanbo has already taken people to the oasis in the northwest to exchange food and water with the tribes there."

"There shouldn't be any problems with food and water."

"Hmm...... Prepare to camp here, collect and bury all the severed corpses, and don't cause the plague. After receiving the answer, Zhu Youzhen was not nervous, and immediately ordered the army to clean up the aftermath and set up camp.

"Yes!" The commander of the Xiao cavalry guard made Cao Meng respond, and then began to order the whole army to harvest and collect, clean up the corpses, and choose to camp on the south side of the battlefield.

But when it comes to camping, there is actually nothing for them to set up.

Because their fur felt and other things were lost, the so-called camping was to crack the dead poplars on the Gobi Desert into firewood, and then start lighting them to provide a warm sleeping environment for the soldiers.

Don't think about tents or anything......

Anyway, when the clock passed until the afternoon, Saihan, who had headed to the northwest, returned to camp with a full load of troops, and at the same time brought some news.

"Your Highness, I'm back."

He turned over and dismounted, walked to the side of Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting on the Gobi Desert, and after saluting, he said to the others:

"Don't delay, hurry up and dispose of the packed mutton."

"Yes!" Hearing the words of his own Taiji, the Mongols of Ulut began to take down the things wrapped on the horse's back.

Zhu Youzhen took a look, and after the package was opened, there were sheep that had been processed, and they could be roasted on the bonfire and eaten.

Saihan brought back about two or three hundred sheep, as well as a dense number of water bladders.

"That oasis has so much to offer?" Zhu Youzhen looked at these materials and couldn't help but question.

"I'm about to talk to Your Highness about this." Saihan sat not far from Zhu Youzhen, and then said:

"That oasis used to be controlled by the Oirat Alliance, that is, Warat, but after I went this time, I found that it was replaced by the management of the tribes of Mobei Khalkha Zasaktu Khan."

"I inquired about the news, and it seems that the Khan of Mosiwara, the national teacher, assigned this place to them."

"National Teacher Khan?" Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, I am afraid that this so-called national teacher Khan is the son of Gushi Khan in later generations.

If this person Zhu Youzhen is not mistaken, he is now jointly promoted as a national teacher by Qinghai Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia, and Moxi Mongolia, and his elder brother is the current leader of Wara.

Later, this guy's brother would be assassinated and killed, and the Dzungar tribe in the Warat alliance rose, and Gushi Khan knew that he could not control the other party, so he borrowed troops and entered Qinghai.

Later, this guy took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's inability to govern Qinghai-Tibet, took advantage of the sectarian struggle in Qinghai-Tibet to successfully enter Lhasa, and established the Qinghai-Tibet Heshute Khanate.

It's a pity that this country only lasted for four generations, and it perished in the struggle between Dzungaria and the Qing Dynasty.

Recalling everything about Gushi Khan, Zhu Youzhen had to admit that this person still has some political means, but not much.

If the current Zhu Youzhen was in his position, I am afraid that he would press Dzungar to death without waiting for Dzungar to get up.

Even if he can't press death, he will recuperate after entering Qinghai-Tibet and solve the internal contradictions in Qinghai-Tibet, instead of blindly advocating sects.

In the end, after Li Zicheng invaded the capital, Zhu Youzhen would definitely seek to conquer the land west of the river.

As long as there is Hexi, a copy of the Tubo Dynasty will reappear in front of the world.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen said to Saihan: "In your opinion, will the Khalkha and Warat in Mobei, the Mongols in Qinghai and other places invade the territory of my Ming Dynasty?" ”

"It's hard to say." Saihan hesitated and said:

"The three major departments of Mobei have always coveted the land of Qinghai-Tibet, if we let them go to Qinghai-Tibet, after they have a foundation, they will inevitably attack the land west of the river of my Ming Dynasty in the north and south."

"As for Warat, it shouldn't invade my Daming for the time being, according to the news I inquired, although the three major tribes of Warat and Mobei are not at war, they are constantly at war with the small tribes under the three major tribes."

"The year before last, Batur Huntaiji of Dzungaria also attacked the Hetuohuite Department under the Zasaktu Khan Department together with the other three major departments."

"Until now, both sides are still fighting in the area of Tangnu Ulianghai in Tanglu Ridge (Tangnugu Mountain)."

"In the short term, they shouldn't have the strength to invade the western lands of my Ming Dynasty."

"As for the other people who are active in Qinghai, I'm afraid that after seeing His Highness's feat of sweeping the north, they won't dare to enter the prison for a while."

Saihan combed through all the forces except the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in very simple words, and Zhu Youzhen also stretched his brows after listening.

In general, after the Hetao is cleared, there will be no forces to invade Shaanxi and Hexi in a short time.

In this way, Hexi and Shaanxi will be able to seize the remaining few years and develop agriculture and animal husbandry well.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen and Saihan chatted about other things, and finally wrapped the sheepskin brought by Saihan to sleep.

The experience of the past few days may be the most exhausting period of time for Zhu Youzhen since he came to this world.

He fell into a deep sleep, and it was not until the next day, when black and white alternated, that the cold wind blew him awake, and he slowly woke up.

At the same time as seeing him wake up, Cao Meng, the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, who had woken up in advance, also stepped forward and said:

"Your Highness, our Tang cavalry has already met with the rear Tang cavalry, Sun Jingluo and Cao Zongbing are rushing here with four thousand cavalry, less than a hundred miles away from our army."

"That's another day......" Hearing this distance, Zhu Youzhen rubbed his eyes, and was not willing to wash his face with water, but got up and stretched out before asking:

"Did they bring the wagons and the people?"

"I brought it, but the baggage truck and the people are a little far away, and they are three hundred miles away from us." As soon as Cao Meng spoke, Zhu Youzhen understood everything.

The co-author is that Cao Wenzhao did not listen to his honest help, but he and Sun Chuanting first came to chase after him with a small amount of supplies.

It is estimated that Cao Wenzhao was afraid that something would happen to him, thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen rubbed his somewhat cold face.

"The temperature is much more comfortable than yesterday, it seems that the weather will warm up soon, is it still snowing in Shaanxi and Hetao?"

Zhu Youzhen looked at Cao Meng optimistically, but the other party nodded: "It's still snowing, the official of Qin Tianjian said that I'm afraid that this year's blizzard in Shaanxi will last longer than in previous years." ”

"......" Hearing the news, Zhu Youzhen's expression froze, but he quickly returned to his original state, and asked calmly:

"Have all the military rations for killing the tiger's mouth been delivered to the front and back sets?"

"Because of the blizzard, not all of them have been delivered, and now the back set has been delivered to 170,000 stone grains, the front set has more than 690,000 stone grains, and there are still more than 2 million stones that have not been sent to the tiger's mouth."

Cao Meng's words made Zhu Youzhen breathe a sigh of relief, but then he also started his own arrangements.

"Ordered Xu Guangqi, the political envoy of Shaanxi, to wait for the blizzard to stop, and first move the people of Yulin and Yan'an to the front and back sets."

"Set up Dingxiang Mansion in the front set, change Bansheng City to Dingxiang County, set up Fengzhou County in Fengzhou Beach, and set up Jiuyuan County in the original Jiuyuan area, and these three counties are Dingxiang Mansion."

"In addition, Houtao was merged into Ningxia, Ningxia was set up as Ningxia Prefecture, and then Wuyuan County was established in Houtao, and Lingwu River Valley was set up as Lingzhou County."

"Then Ningxia Houwei and Yulin Wei will be classified as Shuofang Mansion, and the government will govern Yulin, and Shuofang County will be established in Hongyanchi."

"Finally, I ordered Mei Zhihuan, Li Rubai, Wang Chengen, and Li Rumei to lay down Juyanhai and Xitaohaizi, and leave 1,000 soldiers in the local area to build Juyan County and Xihai County."

"Then play the imperial court's merits, and ask the imperial brother to divide Hexi and Shaanxi."

"Ningxia Mansion, Shuofang Mansion, and Dingxiang Mansion are under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi, while Xihai and Juyan are under the jurisdiction of Hexi."

"Hexi Zhizhi is Liangzhou, with Liangzhou Mansion, Xining Mansion, Ganzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, and Hexi Province has four prefectures and twelve counties."

With a simple instruction from Zhu Youzhen, Hexi, which had been under the management of Shaanxi for more than 200 years, was finally entrusted and established a province on its own.

However, this does not mean that he will let Hexi manage himself in the future.

On the contrary, the purpose of the Hexi Province he established was not to turn the Hexi Province into a place where Hu, Han and barbarians interbred.

Relocating a large number of Han people to Ningxia, Hexi, Qiantao, and Houtao is what Zhu Youzhen has to do.

Hexi must be completely sinicized, otherwise how can we seek to recover the Western Regions?

Thinking of the importance of the Western Regions, Zhu Youzhen raised his head and said to Cao Meng, the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Guard:

"Send someone to Ju Yanhai to determine whether Ju Yanhai has been taken."

"If Ju Yanhai wins, we will go to Ju Yanhai to join Mei Zhihuan and Li Rubai, and then go south to Jiayuguan."

"Jiayuguan?" Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Cao Meng was puzzled and asked:

"Your Highness, you didn't plan to go to Hexi in your previous plans."

"If we want to go to Hexi, we will have to delay our return to Beijing for at least another month."

"Hmm...... Not before, now there is. Zhu Youzhen spoke, and Saihan also put the roast sheep on the bonfire.

Looking at the roasted whole sheep, Zhu Youzhen's eyes only had the flames floating in the bonfire.

He seemed to be talking to Cao Meng, and he seemed to be talking to himself.

"I'm going to go to Jiayuguan, and then set off from Jiayuguan to Xiningwei to see the folk customs and customs of this Hexi region."

His words made Saihan and Cao Meng look at each other, and after a while, Saihan said:

"My father once passed through Hexi when he was on his way to Qinghai with Alda Khan, and his words were that there were a large number of people from the Western Regions in the land west of the river, as well as the seven guards of Guanxi who moved inward, as well as a large number of people and people in the guards."

Saihan's words are similar to what Zhu Youzhen understands about Hexi.

The land of Hexi, which was later called Gansu, actually had only 100,000 people in the early Ming Dynasty.

These hundreds of thousands of people are still various ethnic groups that have migrated eastward, and the proportion of Han Chinese is almost none.

The reason why this is the case is that it has to start with the Anshi Rebellion, and Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to explain more to Saihan.

In short, according to the scale of more than 100,000 people in Hexi in the early Ming Dynasty, plus Zhu Yuanzhang's relocation of eight guards and two houses, 50,000 households went there.

It can be said that in the last years of Hongwu, the population of Hexi was only more than 400,000 at most.

At present, after more than 200 years of development, coupled with the continuous flight of the people of Shaanxi to the west, no one can say how many people there are.

Originally, Mangui needed to carry out a population inventory of Hexi and an inventory of the army's tuntian, but the battle of Futao delayed all this.

Now it seems that it is possible to directly use the compound army to conduct a new population survey of the land west of the river.

It just so happens that the entire Hexi is a military tuntian, and as long as the number of military households is clarified, the population of Hexi will also be clarified.

Zhu Youzhen has already been to the front and back sets, and he is sure that the local area can be reclaimed and can feed two or three million people.

Now what he wants to determine is how many people Hexi can feed and how many people can be relocated.

With this thought, Zhu Youzhen absentmindedly ate the roasted whole sheep, and then walked around the camp, and after finding that there was nothing to play, he found a five-force bow and began to shoot arrows at a poplar stump.

After that, he presided over the cremation of the dead soldiers, and had the ashes of the dead in them be filled with empty water bladders, and each person's name and place of origin were written and handed over to their fellow villagers for safekeeping.

When they return to the capital, the ashes will be sent to the bereaved family's home together with the relics, as well as the deed of the pension silver and the pension field, as well as the certificate of exemption from taxes for five years.

After doing this, it was getting dark, and everyone had once again spent the night of hunger and cold.

It wasn't until the next day that Zhu Youzhen saw Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting's department coming up from the horizon with a team of supporting horses.

"Your Highness!"

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly stepped forward, while Zhu Youzhen sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, did not move a step, just sat in front of the bonfire, and looked at Cao Wenzhao who was rushing towards him with a smile.

"The last general is not in a good position, let His Highness personally lead the troops to chase the enemy, please punish His Highness!"

The first thing Cao Wenzhao did when he got off the horse was to make a plea, but Zhu Youzhen smiled heartily:

"I was the one who asked you to clean up the trap of Wolf Mountain, if you really want to be guilty, I'm afraid it will be on me."

"Okay, seeing that you are tired all night, let's rest first, and we will set off for Juyanhai in the afternoon."

Zhu Youzhen patted the wind and sand on Cao Wenzhao's body for help, and Cao Wenzhao could only return the salute.

But after a stick of incense, Sun Chuanting, who had arranged the soldiers and horses, also came with a baggage cart, and then asked:

"If the supply is not timely, let His Highness suffer from the cold wind here, please punish His Highness."

"You guys......" Looking at Sun Chuanting and Cao Wenzhao, Zhu Youzhen shook his head helplessly:

"Let me talk about sins one by one, I'm afraid that if it's true, I'll be alone."

"Instead of talking about crimes, it is better to think about how to get to Juyanhai, and then go south to Jiayuguan to inspect the affairs of Hexi."

Zhu Youzhen said his next goal, which made Sun Chuanting smell a little wrong, so he glanced around and found that Saihan and they were not there, only the three of them, Sun Chuanting said cautiously:

"Your Highness is preparing to take stock of the population of the land west of the river?"

"Naturally, it's not just about the population, it's about looking at where people can be moved." Zhu You tightened the sheepskin felt on his body.

"The population of Hexi, although it has been checked before, but at that time, many people used means to evade, if His Royal Highness personally leads troops to investigate now, I am afraid they will not dare to make small moves." Sun Chuanting said his opinion.

"What do you think you should do?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting pondered for a long time before saying:

"You can refer to the practice of the Han Wu Sui Wen and the Tang Dynasty and Song Zu to move the powerful forces in the west of the river to the Hetao."

"There are three advantages to this, the first is to remove Haoqiang's connections in Hexi, so that the local officials have no backing, and it is easier to deal with them."

"The second point is that after the Wei Haoqiang is relocated to the Hetao, they can be used to stabilize the rule of my Ming Dynasty in the Hetao."

"The third point is simpler, if Haoqiang leaves, a large amount of land will be vacated, and these lands can be exchanged with them with the land of the Hetao."

"Of course, this is for some conscientious heroes, and if it is for some stubborn heroes, you can seize this opportunity to uproot them in one fell swoop."

"Come to think of it, they also secretly hid a lot of military tuntian that even the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies didn't know."

Sun Chuanting's suggestion was put forward, and Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly when he heard this, these methods were actually similar to what he thought, but he was more extreme.

In Zhu Youzhen's original idea, he was ready to convict and exile all these guys.

But after listening to Sun Chuanting's words, he also found that this group of waste actually has a bit of residual value.

First of all, in the land of the Hetao, if there are Haoqiang to help maintain order in the local area, it will be of great help to the government team that has not yet been set up.

Secondly, the powerful people Ding Xingwang, especially the military families in Hexi who migrated here from the Hongwu period.

By relocating them, tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people can be replenished to the Hetao in one go.

What's more, Haoqiang's heritage will allow them to boost the local economy with their own needs after they go to the local area.

In fact, a mansion represents a small village.

It would be a good thing for the imperial court to relocate them.

As for whether they will annex the acres? Zhu Youzhen is not worried about this at all.

Whoever likes to encroach on acres of land will encroach on it, and after the land is concentrated, they will once again pull out their past affairs to be punished, and then they can recover a large amount of land.

Thinking like this, Zhu Youzhen felt a lot more comfortable.

However, when he was comfortable, he was destined to have something to block, and this matter was on Sun Chuanting......

"Your Highness, someone has obtained these things from the nobles of Bansheng City, I think you need to take a look."

When Zhu Youzhen was comfortable, Sun Chuanting took out a booklet, and Zhu Youzhen also took it with doubts, and then opened it and looked at it.

Just by looking at it, his face became ugly.

This booklet not only contains the long-term smuggling records of Wu Weihua in the Gongshun Hou Mansion to the Tumut Department.

The book not only records the gold, silver, cattle and horses traded, but also the types and quantities of commodities used in the trade......

Of course, if it was just Wu Weihua alone, Zhu Youzhen would definitely not be so angry.

He was angry because he saw so many familiar names in the book.

Some of these names are nobles, some are officials, and some are merchants, among which the most eye-catching are the Manchu imperial merchants that Zhu Youzhen is very familiar with.

At this moment, they have not yet hooked up with the Manchus, but it has not been a day or two for them to smuggle contraband privately with Tumut, Hetao and other tyrants......

"Who left this book? How credible is it? ”

Zhu Youzhen picked up the document book and asked with a gloomy face, while Sun Chuanting said when he heard this:

"It is said that it was written by the third lady back then, and the purpose was to seize the handle of the nobles and officials, and then use them in the court to continue to maintain the peaceful relationship between Tumut and the Ming Dynasty......"

Sun Chuanting's words made Zhu Youzhen clench the document in his hand, and his eyes gradually became cold: "Only this one?" ”

"There is also a whole box, all of which are on the carriage accompanying the lower official." Sun Chuanting understands that Zhu Youzhen is angry and happy.

The document book left by the third lady may be an opportunity for Zhu Youzhen to completely pull out many corrupt people in North China, and it is also a good opportunity to raid the family.

"Cao Wenzhao ......"

"The last general!"

Zhu Youzhen's face was calm, and Cao Wenzhao was also frightened, and hurriedly responded.

Zhu Youzhen did not rush to order, but looked down at the document in his hand, squinted his eyes and said:

"Send the stuff eight hundred miles to Lu Wenzhao urgently, and he will know what to do......

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