Chapter 63 The Situation on Both Sides of the Yalu River

He Xi's judgment involves Ye Wang's blind spot.

For war, Ye Wang has been an expert for decades, and any situation is expected. But what He Xi said now is like a book in heaven for Ye Wang.

But he also tried hard to understand and give his own explanation, saying: "He Yuma, in my opinion, the two sides of the Yalu River are much better than the Liao River, first, there are many old forests on both sides of the Yalu River, among which there are many big trees, and secondly, the Yalu River is turbulent, and it is easier for the wooden rafts to go down from the upstream, and then there are no old forests in the upper reaches of the Liao River, but the discharge time from the upstream is a little too long. Moreover, the Liao River has a long and slow flow in some places. I am afraid that the place where the wooden raft is stranded in the river bay, but it is on the Yalu River, and under the river, it can go to the sea, and near the mouth of the Yalu River, there are many small islands, and it is also convenient to do things. ”

"It's just a little bit of a problem."

He Xi listened calmly, and he also agreed with some things that Ye Wang said, such as the situation in Liaohe.

Judging from his upward movement of the Liao River, the lower reaches of the Liao River, especially the section near the mouth of the sea, are mostly in the plain area, where the water flow is gentle and the waterways are meandering. Wooden rafts are not easy to do here. It is easy to follow what Ye Wang said. And from the lower reaches of the Liao River to Shenyang, you can see the lush mountains in the distance. But Wangshan ran a dead horse. I don't know how far.

As for the Yalu River, he hadn't seen it. But I vaguely remember that there are many mountains in the upper reaches of the Yalu River. Even he vaguely remembered that even in later generations, he could occasionally see Chao-Xian people putting rows on the Yalu River.

He Xi said: "Just what? ”

Ye Wang said: "It's just that east of the Yalu River, although it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but over the years, the imperial court has not supported Liaodong enough, and the lower officials are incompetent, so they can only operate the west of the Yalu River, and as for the east of the Yalu River, more than 1,000 soldiers are sent to inspect every year." Don't even dare to go deeper. Although Goryeo is a vassal, his heart is unpredictable. Several times to the east, a total of more than 10,000 people, all of whom were resettled in the west of the Yalu River. If the imperial court wants to operate the Yalu River, the forest farms on both sides of the river. I'm afraid I can't help but worry about Goryeo. ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment, and said secretly in his heart: "Wait." Isn't the Yalu River the boundary river between China and North Korea? ”

After all, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began with crossing the Yalu River. He Xi was deeply impressed. At this moment, Ye Wang suddenly said such words, and for a moment He Xi didn't know how to react. However, He Xi's city government has also been trained. Said; "Tell me about Goryeo?"

Ye Wang did not doubt him. The situation of Goryeo over the years was told 1510.

As mentioned earlier, Goryeo had a special relationship with the Yuan Dynasty, and the Goryeo woman was the queen of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty had a special influence on Goryeo. But so do successes, and so do failures.

It is because the Yuan Dynasty had a special influence on Goryeo. There was an undercurrent of opposition to the Yuan dynasty within Goryeo. The reason is simple, the special influence of the Yuan Dynasty on Goryeo was itself to serve the Yuan Dynasty, not the other way around.

When the Yuan Dynasty was strong, the Yuan Dynasty demanded from Goryeo. Goryeo was almost regarded as a province, but the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in the Central Plains was overthrown by the Ming Dynasty. The Koreans also rose up to revolt. swept away the privileges of the Yuan Dynasty and turned his head to the Ming Dynasty. Become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

This period of time can be regarded as the honeymoon period between Goryeo and Daming.

Since it is the honeymoon period, it is not long.

Wang Qi, the king of Goryeo, who made all this. Overthrown. Then the pro-won faction of Goryeo came to power. After all, the relationship between the Yuan Dynasty and Goryeo for so many years will not be overthrown because of Wang Qi alone. Not to mention that Wang Qi implemented reforms and offended a large number of Goryeo magnates.

As a result, the pro-Yuan faction killed Wang Qi, and even killed the envoys sent to Goryeo by the Ming Dynasty.

However, as previously stated. The big picture counts. The situation of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong is very weak, and in the face of a strong enemy in the north, if Goryeo attacks again, Liaodong will face great difficulties.

Therefore, this one thing is not on the table.

As for the land east of the Yalu River in the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, it should be the land of the Yuan Dynasty in the east of the Yalu River.

The Ming Dynasty claimed to inherit the territory of the Yuan Dynasty, so the land east of the Yalu River of the Yuan Dynasty was the land of the Ming Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty had a Twin Cities Governor's Mansion east of the Yalu River. It is just south of the Mentu River and east of the Yalu River. That is, a large part of the northwest of the current Chao-Xian.

And Wang Qi, the king of Goryeo, attacked the Yuan Dynasty at the beginning, and also broke the Shuangcheng Governor's Office.

In this way, a considerable amount of land east of the Yalu River, as well as the entire east bank of the Yalu River, belong to the two genera.

He Xi secretly said in his heart: "It's better than I imagined." ”

He Xi didn't want to do anything on the east bank of the Yalu River. Now it seems that it can be done. Although Goryeo is now at the end of the end, hooking up with the Tartars, and resisting the court. But the face still has to be passed.

At the very least, they won't do anything about logging.

Moreover, in He Xi's view, the vegetation in the Northeast is much stronger than that in Guannai, even if there is no river drainage, if you want to exploit it, it is much better than the West Ocean and the southwest region. During the Ariake generation, a lot of mahogany came from the South Seas.

As long as the industrial scale is formed, the cost can be very low. Now it's just a matter of taking advantage of water conservancy.

He Xi said; "Okay, I'll go to the Yalu River to have a look. By the way, if you send someone to run the forest farm. How many people can be drawn in Liaodong? ”

For a while, Ye Wang's face was embarrassed and said; "It's not that I'm embarrassed, it's really that without an order from the imperial court, this kind of large-scale personnel transfer is impossible."

He Xi said; "I understand. I'll take care of this, you just have to say how many people can be arranged. ”

He Xi actually saw the meaning of Ye Wang's face, and Ye Wang felt that this matter was not easy to handle. But He Xi must also get a bottom. Otherwise, the following work cannot be carried out. He can't arrange everything. That's pretty much it.

In the end, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division can't arrange people?

Ye Wang could only say: "The capital of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty has more than 20 guards, most of which are west of the Qianshan Mountain Range. That is, on the Liaodong Peninsula, and then on the Liaoxi Corridor, where 890% of the population of the Liaodong Capital Division is gathered. ”

Although Ye Wang said in a roundabout way, He Xi still heard the meaning of his words. He said; "To the east of the Qianshan Mountain Range, how many people are there in Daming?"

The Qianshan Mountains are the remnants of the Changbai Mountains and the backbone of the Liaodong Peninsula. The mountain range to the southeast of Shenyang City is.

Ye Wang said: "There is only one guard. Dingliao right guard. Less than 30,000 people. Even women and children are counted. ”

He Xi suddenly didn't know what to do. It's really hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Not to mention anything else, to maintain a military presence in confrontation with Goryeo, these tens of thousands of people and thousands of troops may not be enough. Not to mention that logging is all manual work. It may not be enough for all of these men to pull up. Not to mention. You can't let all the soldiers go to the wood, how to suddenly develop Goryeo, what to do.

He Xi had to admit it. He has always looked at Liaodong from the perspective of a province, and now it seems that the economic population of Liaodong may not be able to surpass that of Jiangnan Province. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang once set up a prefecture and county in Liaodong, and later all of them were revoked, not without reason.

Yao Guangxiao, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: "Old General Ye, in this way, on both sides of the Yalu River, the population is so sparse, is there really no one at all?" ”

The reason why Yao Guangxiao is so determined. Because it's not antiquity after all. In ancient times, there were large areas of no-man's land, and there were really no people. Nowadays, many so-called no-man's lands are more often because there is no one in the imperial court account books.

Although the mountains are high and the forests are dense, there are a large number of indigenous people in the natural environment like Taiwan. Is there really no one here in the Northeast?

Ye Wang said: "There are naturally not many people. Deep mountains and old forests. Beasts of prey. There is only a post station that was repaired a few years ago. All the way to the banks of the Yalu River. Other than that, there are no more Han Chinese. It's just that there are Jurchens in the middle of it. But there are not many of them. ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "How many? ”

Ye Wang shook his head silently and said, "I don't know." This place is too big. The Jurchen divisions were too scattered again. There are various theories, some say 100,000 people, some say no more than 30,000. There are also some wild people from other tribes. ”