"Ding...... Bite...... Ding......"

When the bell rang, while the Ming Dynasty carried out further reforms, the Thorn Luwei, which was more than 2,000 miles away from the capital, experienced the process of re-experiencing from barrenness to prosperity.

Thorn Luwei, or Shangjing......

As the capital of the Jin Kingdom 400 years ago, it has gradually become prosperous under the management of Huang Taiji at this moment.

After the admonition of Huang Taiji in the third year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi designated the city of Ula in the south as Xingjing, and the Thorn Luwei as Shangjing.

This preparation basically shows Nurhachi's attitude towards the two cities.

Xingjing Wula City, which was in Jilin in later generations, was more like an offensive bridgehead, and Shangjing became a large rear.

After all, there is the foundation of the Jin Kingdom, although the four hundred years of vicissitudes of the sea have changed some terrain, but when Huang Taiji first came here, the birth of the Jurchen here has already reclaimed a lot of arable land, and the vast plain area is the growth of wild grasses and trees.

In just two years, Huang Taiji used the 140,000 Han people he had allocated to him to successfully expand the area of cultivated land.

Unlike in the southern city of Wula, where Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai, and Nurhachi violently used the Han people as consumables, the Han people under Huang Taiji were treated very well.

Through crackdowns and trade, Huang Taiji obtained a large number of ploughing cattle from the Mongol tribes, and he distributed them to more than 100,000 Han people, and even slaughtered sheep as military food for some Han people to eat.

The savage Jurchens were caught, and he ordered them to hunt in the mountains.

The Jurchens were trained by him strictly, and at the same time, the better quality men were selected from the Jurchens and added to the two white flags.

With such additions, in two years, the number of the two white flags was restored to more than 4,500 people, and the number of fifteen cattle records.

Although this is insignificant compared to the forty Niu Lu before the Battle of Fuliao, Huang Taiji's means are not limited to the two white flags, but to Menghan.

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, after the outbreak of war between the Horqin Department and Chahar and Transkhalkha, they urgently needed foreign aid support, and Huang Taiji played this role.

In two years, he not only used the war to obtain more than 5,000 Mongolian men from the Horqin Alliance, but also took advantage of the opportunity of the Monan and Mobei Alliances to marry the daughter of Beile Zai Sambuhe of the Horqin Tribe, Bumu Butai......

For this reason, his good father-in-law also gave him a thousand Horqin cavalry, and in this way, Huang Taiji had fifteen two white flag bulls in his hands, and the Mongolian soldiers in his hands also reached twenty oxbills, more than 6,000 people.

This is only the strength that directly belongs to him, if you count the 6,000 Han soldiers in the hands of Fan Wencheng and Fan Wenyu, and the 10,000 Mongols led by Zierharang, the strength in his hands has reached more than 26,000 people.

When Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai were still engaged in power struggle, Huang Taiji had successfully developed himself into the largest military leader among the Eight Banners in two years.

Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai looked down on the Mongols and Han Chinese, and Huang Taiji took advantage of their arrogance and vigorously developed the Niulu of the Mongols and Hans.

Not only that, but he attaches great importance to agriculture.

"Jingle ......"

The cowbell under the neck of the ploughing cow was ringing, waking up Huang Taiji, who was a bystander.

Watching the ploughing oxen dragging a cart of harvested grain, slowly walking towards Shangjing City, which was not far away, Huang Taiji couldn't help but glance around.

There is a huge amount of arable land on both sides of the road outside the city, but if you look closely at the scene of harvesting, you will find that the grain production in this huge arable land is pitiful.

One family harvested one acre of grain, and after finally collecting grain, they found that the grain yield of one acre of land was only sixty or seventy catties......

Such a harvest made Huang Taiji, who was on the side of the road, under the white tent, frown slightly, and Zilharang, who was sitting next to him, frowned similarly and said:

"Brother, you let these Han people eat and clothe them, and worked intensively for two years, but as a result, they only opened up more than 200,000 mu of arable land, and the grain is not low, and only five acres of land can feed one person."

"If this continues, even if we have cattle and sheep from this trade, we will not survive next year's autumn harvest."

"It's 274,300 acres,......" Huang Taiji took a sip of water unhurriedly, and then said to Zilharang:

"Although there is a foundation of the former gold, don't forget that it takes at least three years of intensive cultivation to reclaim the new land before you can harvest the grain."

"It is impossible for us to be like Zhu Youzhen in the south, who moved millions of people, raised them for three years, and saved three years of land before they cultivated and harvested."

"It is normal to plant after a year of intensive cultivation, and if you can't raise the soil, you won't be able to produce less grain."

"Counting the previous cultivated land, there are already more than 346,000 acres of land in Beijing this year." Speaking of which, Huang Taiji looked at the horizon, some Han people who were still cultivating Xintian.

They are cultivating land, but in September Shangjing has begun to cool down, and land reclamation is becoming more and more difficult.

In a month at most, they will usher in winter, and everyone will have to cut back on food and clothing.

"More than 340,000 acres of land, in addition to the previous cooked land, the other lands together can only cut 1670,000 stone meters, plus cooked land at most 250,000 stone meters."

"With such a little rice, how can you feed these 220,000 people in Xingjing?"

Zilharang frowned and questioned Huang Taiji, but Huang Taiji calculated an account:

"Half of the sheep from our trade will be sent to Xingjing, and there will be seventy or eighty thousand left."

"There are more than 70,000 stone grains in the granary, plus these 250,000 stones and 780,000 sheep, you can still survive until the beginning of spring if you save a little......"

"How can this be boiled...... Jilharang's face was ugly, after all, not to mention anything else, two white flags and more than 4,000 soldiers and horses can't be frugal.

Even if you eat less, three catties of rice and half a catty of meat a day are necessary.

There are also Han soldiers and Mongolian soldiers, who have at least three catties of rice a day.

But the problem is that Shangjing will not thaw until March of the following year, and from October to March, at least five and a half months are in winter.

In other words, just more than 26,000 soldiers and horses need at least nearly 80,000 stone of grain.

If you eat like this for a long time, when the time comes, not to mention the yellow muscles and thin muscles, it will consume energy.

If the Ming army launched the Northern Expedition, such soldiers and horses would not necessarily be able to defeat the fierce Ming army.

Moreover, the 320,000 stone grain, in addition to the necessary 80,000 stones, must also be given to the remaining 190,000 Han and Mongolian Jurchens, supporting them to survive until the beginning of spring next year is just the beginning, and there is still cultivation in the future?

Half a pound of rice per person per day? It all sounds impossible.

"Let's consume a group of people......"

After thinking about it, Jierharang said such a thing to Huang Taiji, and the meaning of the words was very simple, that is, to kill a group of Han people.

However, in this regard, Huang Taiji frowned and vetoed:

"No! The Han Chinese in our hands are basically skilled farmers and craftsmen, and if they kill their relatives, they will definitely resist. ”

More than 100,000 Han people, in fact, in the process of migration, have long eliminated the old and weak, and the remaining 140,000 people are basically in good health.

140,000 people, less than 30,000 households, which means less than 30,000 adult men.

These men were important craftsmen, and once they were gone, it was only a matter of time before Daikin was defeated.

Moreover, only with them can Daikin continue to make iron tools and unite the Mongols in the south and north of the desert to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji knew very well that their action this time was undoubtedly a naked slap in the face for Daming.

The Ming Dynasty didn't have time to take care of them, because they were entangled by the constant outbreak of disasters, and the population of Liaodong was insufficient, which was not enough to support the Northern Expedition.

But as Zhu Youzhen continued to move people to Liaodong, the number of people in Liaodong has reached a historic peak.

More than 4 million people in Liaodong and tens of millions of acres of cultivated land......

Even if the yield of many of these cultivated fields is frighteningly low, it will take several years of cultivation to become high, and it will not be able to support the large-scale Northern Expedition of the Ming army.

But if Zhu Youzhen made up his mind and only formed a 30,000-strong army to sweep the north, he could still carry out a Northern Expedition.

Don't look at the fact that Huang Taiji has more than 26,000 soldiers and horses in his hands at the moment, and there are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in various parts of Dajin.

But their quality and the comparison of the battle of Fuliao are simply one heaven and one underground.

So far, the number of adult Jurchen men of the banner people has not recovered to 50,000, which is still the result of replenishing more than 10,000 savage Jurchen men.

Now there are fewer and fewer savage Jurchens in the north, and the tribes are becoming more and more scattered, and it is becoming more and more difficult for Amin to capture them.

Huang Taiji knew very well that if the Ming army launched another Northern Expedition of 30,000 people, even if Dajin would not perish, the situation would definitely be ugly.

After all, they are not Mongols, nor are they nomads, and if they lose any of Xingjing and Shangjing, it is not difficult to imagine that more than 100,000 people will starve to death.

More than 100,000 people were starved to death, which was a painful blow to Daikim, who currently controls only 400,000 people.

If the Ming army did not have the Northern Expedition, the situation would not be optimistic.

The struggle between Daishan and Mang Gurtai led to the death of more than 100,000 Han people who were used as consumables and cultivated land in Xingjing.

As far as Huang Taiji knows, half of the Han people who migrated from various places are now dead......

There are less than 30,000 Han people in Xingjing, and there are only a few hundred or thousands in other places.

In other words, the Han people in the Jin Kingdom basically gathered in Shangjing.

It was precisely because the Han people in other places were almost dead, and the Ming army chased and killed many old and weak Jurchens in Hetuala, that there was no famine in the Jin Kingdom.

Huang Taiji was very dissatisfied with the means used by Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai to make the Jurchens live and stabilize the power in their hands, causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Han people, but there was no way.

At this moment, because of the lack of Jurchen Niulu in his hand, he was not valued by the two.

But he knew that if this internal struggle continued, I was afraid that in three years at most, Zhu Youzhen would have to organize more than 100,000 troops to carry out the Northern Expedition.

This Northern Expedition is not as strong as before......

"Zhu Youzhen wiped out the three major divisions of Hetao, and I heard that he began to recover and pacify the various departments of Tubo, I am afraid that the number of horse infantry in their hands is more than ten times more than that of the original Fuliao."

Huang Taiji calmly spoke to Jierharang beside him, with a solemn expression:

"Once the four million people in Liaodong are stabilized, the Ming army's Northern Expedition may not be far away."

"Last time, we were able to fight easily in the early stage because they lacked horse infantry, and they could only outflank and suppress slowly on foot."

"But this time, their outflanking and encirclement may not be the kind of stupid fighting style last time......"

The battle of recovering Liao, this is the pain in Huang Taiji's heart.

If they had taken the Weining camp fort in the early stage, and then rushed into the hinterland of Liaodong, and retreated after collecting some of the supplies, with their horse infantry numbers and mobility, the Ming army would not even be able to eat the ashes behind their buttocks.

As a result, because they wanted to encircle the point and send reinforcements, they gave the Ming infantry time to outflank, and finally the encirclement was gradually narrowed, and a large number of the most elite soldiers and horses were killed in ambushes.

Those who survived also seemed to be suffering from phobia, turning a blind eye to the constant disturbance of the Ming army in Liaodong, and only dared to hide behind the city wall.

The number of Ming troops disturbing the border is increasing, from 12 people per team after the third year of the Apocalypse to more than 100 people per team in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and this year it can organize 300 people per team, and the number of dozens of troops disturbing the border.

It can be seen that the number of cavalry in the Ming army in Liaodong is increasing, and the number of cavalry is increasing, which naturally means that the number of horse infantry is increasing.

Huang Taiji didn't know how many horse infantry there were in the Ming army in Liaodong, because there were Jinyi guards, so the spies sent out quickly lost the news.

Jinyiwei couldn't invade Dajin, and Dajin couldn't invade Liaodong, and the intelligence spy fell into a stalemate for a while.

It's just that such a stalemate, dragging on is obviously not good for Daikin.

The population of Daikin is placed here, and no matter how well it develops, it is only a real captive of less than 50,000.

But what about the Ming Army?

The population of Liaodong has reached more than 4 million, and after they are stable, it will not be difficult to feed more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

What's more, such a population growth rate is still increasing with Zhu Youzhen's migration methods, and the strength of Liaodong will become stronger and stronger.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji's heart sank.

He didn't know how long his alliance would be able to hold back the Ming army, but he knew that with Zhu Youzhen's character, as long as sharp contradictions did not break out within the Ming court, I was afraid that after the spring of next year, Zhu Youzhen would hold a second Northern Expedition.

Even where Zhu Youzhen might fight, Huang Taiji probably guessed it.

Horqin Department......

This is obvious, as long as the Korqin tribe is gone, as long as the Haravan Mountain is occupied by the Ming army, the Jurchen will lose their allies, be cut off from other Mongol tribes, and fall into a great siege.

The cold winter in Beishan in the north is biting, and grain cannot be grown at all, and the sea is in the east, and the Ming army is stationed in Liaodong in the south and Jingcheng in Korea.

Now only the Haravan Mountains have no trace of the Ming army.

As long as the Haravin Mountains are lost, it is a matter of time before the Kingdom of Jin falls.

"Amma must be prepared to support the Horqin ...... next year"

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji stood up and said to Zilharang:

"I want you to go back to Xingjing and tell Khan Ama some of my conjectures."

"Good!" Zilharang did not hesitate and nodded immediately.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji simply asked a Han man to walk in front of him, kneel on the ground and expose his back, and after laying the paper, he began to write his thoughts on the paper.

As the ink dried, he handed the paper to Zilharang, and then said to those beside him:

"Let someone tell Mr. Fan, send someone to Horqin, tell Oba, and ask him to inform Lin Dan Khan and Bo Huang that the Ming army may launch a northern expedition after the spring of next year."

"Yes ......" next to Jia La's forehead really responded, and then returned to Shangjing in person and told Fan Wencheng the news.

After Fan Wencheng found out, he also sent people to the Horqin Department non-stop.

It's just that at the same time as Huang Taiji did this, Daming was not simply carrying out reforms, but also ended a war that should have ended a long time ago.

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"Bang bang bang-"

On September 17, with the roar of artillery, the ancient wooden village of Lin'an Mansion in Yunnan Province was captured, and Sha Dingzhou was chopped off in the chaos of the army.

At this point, the Shapu Rebellion that affected Yun and Gui came to an end, and Hong Chengchou also took advantage of this battle to completely divide the military power of other Tusi and absorb them into the Western Army Governor's Mansion and the Southern Army Governor's Mansion.

The climate in Lin'an Mansion in September is more pleasant than that in Kunming, and the weather of more than 20 degrees makes Hong Chengchou, who is wearing official clothes, feel comfortable.

With his personal guards and many generals, he led his troops from Bazhai back to the third division of education in the north, and his skin was much darker to the naked eye.

When he entered the garrison of the three divisions of education with a group of generals, Hong Chengchou sat on the main seat with a golden sword, and then took a sip of tea and moistened his throat before signaling the generals to sit down.

At the same time, after everyone had sat down, he glanced at the generals.

Mu Changzuo, Mu Qiyuan, Pu Mingming, Long Zaitian, Wang Yangzu, Lu Yongming, Diao Xun, and Mu Yi, the eldest son of Mu Zeng.

The quality of this group of generals is uneven, and in the past, Hong Chengchou would not have used him.

But when the Sharpe Rebellion was over this time, he felt that this group of people was good.

The first is that they are greedy enough, and the second is that they are obedient enough.

When Hong Chengchou ordered the killing of the prisoners, they would not refute like Ma Xianglin, but directly took action.

This is very useful for him who wants to use the number of heads to show his merits to King Qi.

The letter sent by King Qi some time ago made him confirm King Qi's views on disposing of foreign races.

To be honest, news came from the capital last month that when King Qi fell ill, Hong Chengchou was worried for a long time, so he stepped up his offensive against Shadingzhou.

But after hearing that King Qi was fine, he did not relax, but continued to behave himself.

Such a performance was finally exchanged for the other party's novice book......

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou thought about the content of the handwritten letter sent by Zhu Youzhen two days ago, and then said to many generals:

"The rebels have been completely pacified, and now this scripture can also show merit to the court, and the court will issue a lot of money for your merits and the reward for beheading."

"Although General Ma went to Tengyue Baguan to inspect, he also has a share of this credit, so he naturally has to be on the table."

"Here, this scripture will first congratulate you."

After that, Hong Chengchou raised the teacup in his hand and replaced the wine with tea, while the others were flattered and raised the teacups one after another.

Among them, Mu Changzuo, the pale Duke of Qianguo, who was sitting in the position, looked at Hong Chengchou's face before saying:

"Jingliu and the old man have recently fought and fallen ill, so I want to ask Jingliu to transfer the credit to my grandson and continue the title of the duke, I don't know ......"

Mu Changzuo's illness is basically known to everyone in the entire military camp, and he wants to pass the title to his grandson Mu Qiyuan without descending, and most people also know about it.

Zhu Youzhen once said that as long as the military merits are enough, the title can be hereditary, so Mu Changzuo wanted to ask Hong Chengchou to give Mu Qiyuan enough credit.

Hong Chengchou didn't feel anything about this, because he still needed the power of the Qianguo Mansion to help him gain a firm foothold in the Western Military Governor's Mansion.

"This matter is not difficult, Lao Guogong doesn't have to worry, as for your ......" As he spoke, Hong Chengchou also looked at the others, and the content of Zhu Youzhen's letter appeared in his mind.

After pondering for a long time, Hong Chengchou slowly spoke:

"The imperial court has always been obsessed with the matter of recovering Annam, and if the matter of Annam is done, maybe you all have the opportunity to be knighted......

A few words made the mood of everyone present instantly lifted.

Knighthood, what it means is needless to say.

Wu Xun and the title, the two things together, that is really the wealth of the three generations.

However, why Hong Chengchou specifically told them about this matter is a bit thought-provoking......

However, Mu Changzuo, the pale prince of Qianguo, saw some clues.

He found that Hong Chengchou especially likes to use his grandson Mu Qiyuan and the general reputation of Yuanmou Tusi, and the biggest thing the two have in common is brutality......

Mu Qiyuan killed prisoners many times on the battlefield, and his reputation was that he often connived at his Tusi soldiers to plunder the rebel cities.

Hong Chengchou basically didn't say anything about what the former did, and for the latter, Hong Chengchou would generally remind him not to hurt the people of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as the two were combined, Mu Changzuo immediately figured out the common point.

Isn't this a means to catch up with seedlings and expand their business?

Rushing seedlings to expand the industry is actually to exterminate the local die-hard class forces and their dogs, and then distribute cattle seeds to the oppressed ordinary young people, immigrate to the Han people to open up wasteland, open government schools, introduce advanced medical technology, open up roads and post stations, and set up ports for trade.

These are all good things to increase productivity, but it is undeniable that the premise of these good things is the war damage caused by the Ming army in the southwest.

The class power of the original land was dissolved, and then the Han people were relocated, and some of the oppressed minority people were liberated, and then the local rule was formed.

Without these means, the southwest of the Central Plains Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty would not be so stable.

Without these means, I am afraid that a country with other cultures will still form in the southwest to oppose the Central Plains Dynasty.

Now Hong Chengchou wants to use Mu Qiyuan and Pu's reputation to stage a war against Annan similar to "driving Miao and expanding the industry", and with his official position, I am afraid that he does not have the power to make this decision......

After figuring out the ins and outs, Mu Changzuo's face was cloudy.

His grandson knows that he is arrogant, reckless, brutal and incompetent, and has relied on himself for so many years, as well as the court's disregard for the southwest, so that he has not made any trouble.

If he leaves, this guy will still stay in Yunnan, and sooner or later he will drag Mu into the water.

Sending him out and using his brutality against the Annamite people not only did not fail, but on the contrary, he was meritorious.

After thinking about it, Mu Changzuo seemed to have confidence.

With Mu Qiyuan's brutality alone, as long as the Ming Dynasty sent troops to recover Annan and Donghu, the title of the Duke of Qianguo would not be hereditarily reduced.

Knowing everything, Mu Changzuo got up and said:

"The Annan people are brutal and incompetent, and in the past few years, they have often crossed the border to slaughter our Ming people."

"If the imperial court orders to send troops, my Mu clan is willing to be the vanguard, and my grandfather and grandson are willing to guard Annan!"

Mu Changzuo's sudden statement caught everyone off guard, but Hong Chengchou had expected it, and said with a smile:

"Qianguo Gong is worthy of being the pillar of the country, with your words, I am much more relieved."

Mu Qiyuan and Pu Fame are actually under Mu Changzuo's control.

Since Mu Changzuo saw Hong Chengchou's thoughts and was willing to stand up and express his position, Hong Chengchou was not afraid that no one would take the blame.

There are too many millions of people in Annan, and only by making good use of the people below can Hong Chengchou successfully hand over an answer sheet to the King of Qi.

Now that this candidate is available, Hong Chengchou also began to think about how to reply to King Qi.

"It's better to write like this......"

Four o'clock is still on time

(End of chapter)