"Moo......"

At the end of October, with the arrival of the snow season, the northern land is covered in white, and everyone stops what they are doing and lies in their homes, waiting for the snow season to pass.

The Xiaoice period had a great impact on the Daming, but it had a greater impact on the nomads.

Horin, a Mongol imperial city built on the Uighur capital deep in the steppes, was once the capital of the Lingbei province of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the 13th century, it was the center of the world.

From Vienna on the Danube to Bianliang on the Yellow River, from the cold Siberian steppes in the north to the desert of the Arabian Peninsula under the scorching sun, most of Eurasia is shrouded in the power and prestige of the city.

The missionaries of the Roman popes, the envoys of the Southern Song court, the camel caravans of Persian merchants, and the tributes of the Goryeo kingdom all converged here.

Buddhist halls, mosques and Christian churches...... Various religions and cultures are blended here.

From here, the edicts of the Great Khan of Mongolia were issued and delivered to the Mongol armies around the world......

Here is a collection of Genghis Khan, Ogedei, Möngke, from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia countries loot rare treasures, gold, silver and jewelry, tens of thousands.

At that time, Ögedei once said that "Horin is the last line of defense against the Mongols", but after Kublai Khan established himself as Khan in Kaiping and defeated Ali Buge, the political center of Mongolia began to move south to Han, and this place was no longer the capital of Mongolia.

After the death of the Yuan, the Northern Yuan Dynasty made it the political center again, but the city was reduced to a dilapidated and unmanaged city by the Mongols' continuous civil wars, and finally all that remained was a pile of ruins.

Standing in front of the tent, Lin Dan Khan, dressed in a big fur, looked at the people camped in the ruins, his eyes were reminiscing about the glory of his ancestors, but when he returned to reality, he became a lost dog.

In April, after the snow had melted, he led the 100,000 men of Chahar to the west, from the fishing sea along the river to the west to the Wolf Juxu Mountain, and then continued westward, arriving at Helin at the end of autumn.

He had a lot of grass collected, plus grain looted from the Ming Dynasty, to prepare for a cold winter in Horin.

As he expected, the winter in Mobei is indeed very cold, and the temperature of minus twenty or thirty degrees makes many people have to burn firewood constantly.

Fortunately, Helin relies on Hang Aishan, so there will be no firewood to burn.

When Lin Dan Khan was lucky, the sound of horses' hooves sounded at the bottom of the low slope, and a 10,000 households rushed towards the slope, and when they arrived not far in front of Lin Dan Khan, they turned over and dismounted and walked over.

He bowed respectfully with his chest crossed, and his face was very calm:

"Great Khan, the Dzungar and Huite and Heshute of Moxi will not let us go to Kazakhstan on their pastures."

"Don't let you?" Hearing Wan Hu's words, Lin Dan Khan frowned, and couldn't help but say to himself: "I am the Great Khan of Mongolia, since they rejected my proposal, then I can only lead troops to fight with them." ”

"Yes!" Wan Hu lowered his head and did not refute at all.

Not only him, but even the group of monks and generals standing behind Lin Dan Khan did not refute.

The nature of the Mongols is to eat the jungle, and this snowstorm has hurt the strength of the Chahar tribe a lot, and it is a good choice to fight with Warat and then plunder cattle and sheep.

"Didn't they come with Subudi?"

Although Lin Dan Khan was reckless, he was still a little clever, otherwise he would not have dragged Nurhachi and Huang Taiji for more than ten years in the Ming and Qing wars.

He knew that Chahar alone could not dominate the Western Regions and Hezhong, so he wanted to drag Khalkha and Karaqin into the water.

"Suburidaiji is ready to wait until the autumn of the next year, when the Great Khan will gain a foothold in Moxi and then move west, and the other three Great Khans will do the same."

Wanhu's return was expected by Lin Dan Khan, Subudi and the others were not stupid, unless the Ming army really came over, otherwise they would not give up the millions of hectares of grassland in Mobei.

If they want to move west, unless Lin Dan Khan first gains a foothold, then they can move west to the Western Regions or Hezhong (Central Asia) as allies.

In other words, it is to let Lin Dan Khan contribute first, after all, the alliance leader is doing this.

"Wait until I'm on my feet...... Hum! Lin Dan Khan snorted coldly and looked at the tents of his subordinates.

Chahar's troops were not as many as Zhu Youzhen thought, in fact, there were only 140,000 or 50,000 people, and the overall strength was only more than 40,000.

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Although Chahar is very powerful compared to Warat, which can only pull out 30,000 cavalry, if Lin Dan Khan is determined to fight for grassland with Warat's Heshute, Dzungar, Huite and other troops, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

At that time, I am afraid that he will not be the leader of the alliance, but a lost dog who can be expelled.

Fighting Warat has to be fought, otherwise it will not be enough to make up for the losses of the Chahar Division, but he can't fight directly.

"Will Gilligis and Tiliangu surrender to me?"

Lin Dan Khan suddenly talked about two small tribes living in the northwest of the desert, and not surprisingly, Wan Hu shook his head: "They also refused to allow the Great Khan to enter. ”

"Then let's cut them first!" Hearing that Gilligis and Tiliangwu, who had only a few thousand people, dared to refuse him, Lin Dan Khan took the lead in deciding to take them under the knife.

Just then, a lama came up and saluted: "Great Khan, these two tribes are attacked by the Rakshasas in the north, and if we take them, we will have to face the attack of the Rakshasas in the north and the Warats in the south." ”

"It's just some Rakshasas, just do what I say!" Lin Dan Khan's troops are still there, plus last year's raid on the Ming Dynasty, majesty does not tolerate aggression, when he made a decision, the monks could only retire.

Although it was winter, the news of Lin Dan Khan's westward migration and forest still spread in the grassland.

Warat, Turpan, Yarkand, and even the Great Yuz, Small Yuz, and Middle Yuz of the Kazakh Khanate have all heard of it.

Of course, such news naturally can't be hidden from Daming.

Under the inquiry of the Fusi of Beizhen, the news reached the capital in the middle of winter......

As if to prepare for next year's drought, there were not a few snowfalls in Kita-Naoli in the winter moon, and the thin snow made people feel uneasy.

Although a heavy snowfall can leave many families hungry and cold, on the whole, a heavy snowfall can reduce the chances of drought and locust plagues in the coming year.

Zhu Youzhen in the palace of the King of Qi was holding a baby at the moment, shaking with a rattle in his hand, looking down at the baby who was constantly staring at the rattle, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Cihong...... Zhu Youzhen came to this world as his first son.

Zhu Youzhen never thought that he would have a son, whether it was in his previous life or in this life, it seems that he belongs to the "older youth" of every society.

In his previous life, he did not get married and have children, but in this life, he fulfilled this wish.

Although when he learned that Zhou Sujie gave birth to a son, Zhu Youzhen felt a little lost in his heart, and understood how much a son could bring to the current Ming pattern.

But as time passed, he also quickly accepted Zhu Cihong's existence, and as for the daughter born to Yuan Xi's concubine, he was named Zhu Yuanyuan.

Yuan Xi Concubine regretted that she couldn't give birth to a son, after all, as long as he could give birth to a male heir, the prince of Qi would have a son.

But fortunately, she did not give birth to a male heir, if she gave birth to the prince of Qi, then I am afraid that many officials will start to stand in line.

Although Zhu Cihong was born at the moment, he is a concubine after all, and no one will easily side with Zhu Cihong before he is sure whether Yuan Xiconcubine can give birth to a son.

"Alright, let's take it back to the Heart Palace."

Stopping the rattle in his hand, Zhu Youzhen handed Zhu Cihong to a female official next to him.

It's just that as soon as he left Zhu Youzhen's arms, Zhu Cihong began to cry.

Before he could cry, a pacifier was inserted into his mouth, and for a moment his attention was drawn to the object.

The nipple of natural latex is non-toxic and harmless, which is why Zhu Youzhen dared to use it.

The female officer hugged Zhu Cihong and quickly left the carrier hall, and Zhu Youzhen also asked Wang Chengen to bring today's recital.

More than 300 books were brought to the table, each of which was related to the life and death of the place.

Zhu Youzhen picked up the music of Beizhen Fusi according to the convention, and the content of the first book was the westward migration of Lin Dan Khan and the matter of Lin.

"This Tiger Rabbit Dun, although the soldiers and horses are strong, but if you want to fight Gushi Khan, I'm afraid it's not so easy."

Looking at the content of the song, Zhu Youzhen shook his head, and Wang Chengen, who was sitting in the distance dealing with the officialdom papers, also asked curiously when he heard this: "Your Highness, why don't you take advantage of this time to send troops to sweep away Mobei?" ”

"The strength of Modong Province is insufficient, and it cannot mobilize troops for the time being."

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, he didn't want to move troops in the context of the impending drought, not to mention that the population and arable land in Modong Province were not enough to launch an expedition.

Even the Qing Dynasty, for Mobei Mongolia, it was basically just a marriage alliance in the early stage, and it was not until the destruction of Dzungaria in the Qianlong period that it threatened Mobei Mongolia in the two directions of the northeast and the western regions, causing them to soften.

In ancient and modern times, if the dynasties wanted to completely conquer Mobei, they had to conquer the Western Regions first.

The Tang Dynasty, which was as strong as Li Shimin's hands, only briefly defeated the Eastern Turks, and then took the Western Regions, and then united with the Hui to destroy the Western Turks.

The path taken by the Ming Dynasty cannot be based on defeat, but to completely destroy the other party and include Mobei in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The environment in the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty was several times worse than that of the Tang Dynasty, so even if the Western Regions were taken, it would not necessarily be able to support the army's northern expedition to recover Mobei.

Instead of this, it is better to vigorously develop Modong Province and let the population and arable land of Modong Province continue to grow.

After the appearance of breech guns, it was much easier for the Ming army to deal with the nomads.

As long as Modong Province can support 10,000 Ming troops to cross Mobei, then the Ming Dynasty will be able to defeat the three Khalkha tribes and build a city in Mobei to support the people of Mobei with Modong Province.

The emergence of tractors can be said to have reduced the investment of the Ming Dynasty to open up the territory and defend the territory a lot.

In a place like Mobei, it is only necessary to garrison four battalions after the battle, and then relocate tens of thousands of people and distribute tens of thousands of tractors, so that in less than three years, the local army and people can be self-sufficient.

For Mobei, Zhu Youzhen can't do it at the moment, because even if he takes the local area, he needs to relocate the people and the army, and he has to rely on blood transfusion from other provinces in the early stage.

Even if there are only 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and civilians, they have to eat more than 400,000 stones, rice and wheat every year.

Therefore, to completely occupy Mobei, we must first vigorously develop Modong.

Similarly, if you want to march from Eastern Siberia to Central Siberia, you also need Beishan to supply the soldiers and horses stationed in Beishan.

"How many tractors are there to transport Kitayama?"

Zhu Youzhen asked Wang Chengen while dealing with the music, and Wang Chengen hurriedly said when he heard this:

"More than 2,000 units have been shipped before and after, and 500 units have been transported to Dongyue and Layuehui one after another."

"By the beginning of spring in April, there should be 5,000 tractors in Beishan."

"Starting next year, every year in the first month, February, March and April, the tractor transports Beishan."

"Transporting Qi from May to August, and transporting the old port from September to Layue."

"At the current rate of immigration, the ripe fields in Luchuan should last for three years, and counting the ripe fields cultivated by labor reformers, it should not be a problem to last for four years."

"So after four years, we have to start distributing tractors to Luchuan, so that the labor campers can reclaim the raw fields, turn them into mature fields, and distribute them to immigrants."

Wang Chengen said that his arrangement of the tractor distribution was relatively good on the whole, and it basically did not affect the reclamation of various places.

"The first batch of industrial zones has been put into operation, and the second batch of 12 industrial zones will be built next month, and in about three years, the two batches of industrial zones will be able to produce 18,000 tractors per year." Wang Chengen added.

18,000 tractors is already a lot for Daming.

Hundreds of thousands of acres of land can be cultivated by using tractors alone, and this number will continue to increase, after all, new tractors are put into use every year.

Not surprisingly, six years later, the third batch of industrial zones in Daming will also be put into operation, and the annual output of tractors in the three batches of industrial zones will not be less than 80,000, which is higher than Zhu Youzhen's estimate last year.

This adds up before and after, almost seven years later, the number of tractors owned by Daming is 120,000, but nearly 40,000 of them are in Qi State, and only more than 80,000 in Daming.

But since the eighth year, Daming has added 80,000 tractors every year, and if this situation continues, it is not surprising that Daming will produce more than 100,000 units next year after ten years.

Using these tractors, it was much easier for the Ming Dynasty to develop Luchuan, Jiaozhi, Jiugang, the three provinces outside the Guanhai and the Western Regions and Mobei.

As for the Qi State, in seven years, the Qi State should be able to support four or five hundred thousand people, plus the investment and construction of its own industrial zone, I am afraid that the Qi State will enter the middle peasant economy and the large farm economy first.

The use of labor reformers to open up wasteland and immigrants to cultivate the land was useful for the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states.

Three labor campers and one tractor can reclaim 15 acres of cultivated land every year to feed three or four people.

From this point of view, it is estimated that the labor reform workers in Yingzhou are only enough for Qi to use, after all, there is still railway construction waiting for them.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen thought of the labor reformers in Luchuan, Nanzhou, and Jiugang.

Luchuan and Jiugang are okay, but Nanzhou can almost use the combination of labor reformers and tractors to reclaim fields in large quantities.

"How's the situation in Southstate?" Zhu Youzhen had been absent for many years, and asked about the situation in Nanzhou for the first time, which made Wang Chengen also stunned.

However, he soon found an introduction to the situation in Nanzhou from the booklet.

"Back to Your Highness, there are currently three prefectures and nine counties in Nanzhou, with a total of more than 470,000 exiled people, two battalions of soldiers and horses with a total of 6,000 people, and more than 300,000 local local labor reformers."

"There are more than 860,000 acres of arable land in the local area, which is not yet self-sufficient and needs to be supplied by Nanhai Province (Java)."

Nanzhou is also Australia, Zhu Youzhen didn't expect that this group of exiled corrupt officials could make Nanzhou so good, and in just three years, the local cultivated land doubled.

Judging from this posture, I am afraid that in a few years, Nanzhou will be able to export grain to the outside world.

"It shouldn't be possible to ......" Zhu Youzhen thought about it and vetoed this idea, because he knew very well that there were not many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty.

According to the standard of the migration of the nine ethnic groups, tens of thousands of people are exiled to Nanzhou every year, and now although there is one more Wusizang, even if only 20,000 or 30,000 people are exiled, Nanzhou needs to add more than 100,000 mu of arable land to support them.

At least before the tractor is put into Nanzhou, Nanzhou should only be self-sufficient, and it will not be able to export grain to the outside world.

But even so, Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied.

After taking Mobei, he could also move some Mongols to Nanzhou and Qi and let them graze their cattle there.

This is a good way to dilute them, after all, compared to the hundreds of millions of Han Chinese, the 200,000 Mongols in the Ming Dynasty are too rare.

Even if all the Mongols in Mobei, Moxi, and Hezhong surrendered, the number of Inner Mongolians in the Daming Realm would only be more than two million.

Scattering them to various places, or moving Han Chinese who are good at horse herders to the north, can dilute them to integrate into the Han people.

Compared with them, the young people of Indochina Peninsula and Yingzhou are the existence that Zhu Youzhen is worried about.

There are more than 7 million in Luchuan, more than 4 million in Jiaozhi, and more than 12 million in Yingzhou.

With a population of nearly 25 million, it may be a long project to fully integrate them into the Ming Dynasty.

"Didn't the royal brother say when he would return to the capital......

Zhu Youzhen suddenly mentioned Zhu Youxiao, which made Wang Chengen feel refreshed, but he shook his head and said, "Long live and continue to let His Highness supervise the country." ”

"It's been a year......" Zhu Youzhen sighed, since there was a happy event in the Qi Wangfu last year, Zhu Youxiao has been between Fangshan and Yanshan to avoid the heat and winter, and has never entered the capital.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know whether his brother was afraid of himself, or the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, or Zhu Cihong.

Although he does not interfere in state affairs and makes it much easier for him to handle state affairs, his attitude makes Zhu Youzhen feel that he is holding his breath in his trachea, unable to spit out or swallow......

"This year, the annual income of the household department and the imperial store has been calculated, right? How is it? ”

Zhu Youzhen helped his forehead, put these headaches aside for the time being, and asked about the matter.

Wang Chengen has always paid attention to the matter, so he didn't need to rummage through the booklet, so he replied:

"This year, the tax and silver income of the Huangdian and the household department is more than 39 million taels, and the income from the field is more than 89 million stones, of which 14 million stones are contributed by Luchuan."

Luchuan contributed 14 million stone of Tianfu, which Zhu Youzhen did not expect, but he was relieved when he thought about it carefully.

To put it bluntly, before the immigrants arrived, the cultivated land seized by Luchuan was all cultivated by labor reformers, and Hong Chengchou only needed to be responsible for ensuring that the labor reform workers did not starve to death.

As for the lack of labor reforms, it is enough to rent them to the local people for cultivation and collect land rent.

In this way, the fields in Hong Chengchou's hands basically produce as much as they want, and after distributing them to tenants and labor reformers, the rest can be handed over to the imperial court.

The reason why he handed over so many fields is probably because he smelled the move of the household to hoard grain, and borrowed flowers to offer Buddha.

"What about the expenses this year?" Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied with Hong Chengchou's approach and inquired about the expenditure.

Regarding this matter, Wang Chengen lowered his head: "This year, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies will spend more than 21 million taels, the Sixth Ministry will spend more than 43 million taels, and the Ministry of Industry will spend an additional 20 million taels. ”

"The total expenditure of the imperial court was 84 million taels of silver, and the household department sent 50 million Shitian grain to the three provinces south of the Yangtze River, Huguang, and Jiangxi for sale, and obtained 30 million taels."

"The Financial Department took out more than 12 million taels, and Luchuan seized and handed over more than 3 million taels, so that the income and expenditure could be balanced."

Wang Chengen said that the finance of the Ming Dynasty was seventy-seven-eighty-eight, and the one who made the biggest contribution was probably Hong Chengchou, who was constantly scraping the ground in Luchuan.

If it weren't for the more than 14 million Shitian Fu and more than 3 million taels of silver handed over by Hong Chengchou, I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty would have to owe 10 million taels this year.

Such a situation also shows that Daming's current expenditure is indeed too large, so disarmament is inevitable.

The reduction of 170,000 troops can save Daming more than 3 million taels of silver, even if many of them choose to change jobs, it can also save Daming millions of taels of silver.

However, compared with the expenditure of more than 40 million taels of the six departments, the expenditure of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army seems to be a little petty.

More than 800,000 officials, more than 700,000 soldiers and horses, and officials of the Criminal Department, this 1.5 million people spend more than 43 million taels a year, and it is still growing.

The reason why there is such a high expenditure is because Zhu Youzhen wants the imperial power to go to the countryside, and the expenditure of the Ministry of Industry is needed for the construction of railways, government roads and other infrastructure in lieu of work.

It can be said that except for the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, other expenditures cannot be reduced.

If the construction of the Ministry of Industry was stopped, the Ming Dynasty would be able to save millions of taels a year, but in that case, the victims would rebel.

All in all, everything cannot be stopped, not only can it not be stopped, but Zhu Youzhen must also be prepared for a large-scale cash-for-work next year.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhu Youzhen wanted to vigorously implement the new policy, raise the real tax revenue in Jiangnan, and at the same time reduce the taxes of the people in other places, so that their grain will pour into the market.

As long as there are no problems in the south of the Yangtze River, the land endowment of the Ming Dynasty can be maintained at about 90 million stones, and the tax and silver will be kept at the level of 40 million taels.

After folding, it can reach about 80 million taels.

Coupled with the migration of silver from the vassal kings, as well as the inflow of gold and silver from overseas, it was not a problem for the Ming Dynasty to deal with the drought of the past two years.

What worries Zhu Youzhen is the dense population of the three provinces south of the Yangtze River.

In the event of a famine in these three provinces, the consequences are self-evident.

"I'm afraid my methods are still too gentle......"

Thinking of the number of people migrated from the three provinces this year, Zhu Youzhen's eyes couldn't help but shake.

According to this number of migrations, not many people will be displaced before the outbreak of the drought in the three provinces.

In troubled times, the people in Jiangnan must be forced to relocate.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes, and faced Wang Chengen, who had been looking at him, and ordered:

"Decree the household department, from this year, Jiangnan is not in the category of selling grain in the household department, and the three provinces in Jiangnan are no longer exempt."

"The local government encourages immigrants from Jiangnan to various places, and for immigrants, the Migration Department distributes six stone rice to large mouths and three stone rice to small mouths every year according to the number of people."

"Executed on the same day, no mistakes ......"