Chapter 66: Digging the Foot of the Wall

"It's down." The melodious shouts echoed in the canyon, and then a huge tree rolled down the mountain, menacing, down the steep slope, straight down. smashed into the Yalu River, splashing several feet of water.

And the turbulent water of the Yalu River. Will send this log to the sea.

Down the river, it's just a few days' work. You can go to sea.

This is an experiment by He Xi.

Although He Xi did not cut wood himself. But all aspects of the entire experiment were controlled by He Xi.

He Xi went north from Dingliao Youwei along the Yalu River to here, choosing a mountain peak that was easy to climb. On the side close to the Yalu River. Lop.

In general, everything He Xi envisions can be achieved.

The only thing that made He Xi feel a little inappropriate was probably the efficiency of logging. He Xi secretly said in his heart: "Maybe the logging tools need to be improved." ”

Here logging is naturally done with an axe. But for some reason, it's good to be able to cut down one tree a day in a team of two. Although it is said that the trees selected by He Xi are standard. When these trees reach Jiangnan, they can at least act as beams.

However, this efficiency still makes He Xi dissatisfied.

However, the biggest problem is the population.

Nothing can be done without enough labor.

Even if there is enough population, even if it is less efficient, it is possible. After all, there are enough mountains and forests on both sides of the Yalu River to open up enough logging sites at the same time.

At this time, a flat boat floated on the Yalu River. It's none other than Yao Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao walked over from afar and said; "My lord, there is a way to solve it."

He Xi immediately asked; "But what can be done?"

Yao Guangxiao was not idle for a while, just when He Xi was concentrating on whether the logging thing would work, Yao Guangxiao had a mission and went up and down the Yalu River to find people. Hundreds of Jurchens were sent before.

Although He Xi had some speculation about Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. But He Xi still couldn't bear it. After all, punish these people because something that didn't happen. It's a bit too much.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is a little more superstitious than He Xi. He believed in things like fate. Therefore, he will never spare his hand in such a matter. And now the kindness of a thought is to treat it as if you don't know. Let these Jurchens change their Han names and surnames.

Anyway, the Jurchens have a low level of education, and they are very willing to change their names.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many girls who changed their names to Han names. Not surprising at all

And although the Jin Dynasty Jurchens and the Qing Dynasty Jurchens look the same, they are not necessarily the same thing in essence. At that time, the Jin Dynasty moved almost all the Jurchen tribes into the Central Plains, and almost none returned to the Northeast. And it is not without reason that many people say that the Manchus are Tunguska savages. Even the name Jurchen was given to them by the Han Chinese. As the name suggests, they felt that this was the birthplace of the Jurchens, so they called them Jurchens. The name Savage Jurchen is proof of this.

Jurchen Sanbu, Jianzhou, Haixi, Savage, Savage Jurchen is the kind of tribe that lives in the deep mountains and old forests, and has a different voice from the Han people, and is the most barbaric. The question is, they don't understand the language, how do you know that they are Jurchen?

It's just that the number of Jurchen tribes is also very small, and recruiting these tribes is just a drop in the bucket.

Yao Guangxiao said: "My lord, do you know that Goryeo is a powerful country in the eastern part of the sea, with a population of millions. ”

He Xi said: "Naturally, I know. ”

Yao Guangxiao said; "The country has been old for hundreds of years, and the gate valve rules the world, and the monarch has no power. The people were reduced to slavery. is miserable, and he has been a cow and a horse all his life. There is no such thing as a day of emergence. Xia Guan asked all the Koreans on the banks of the Yalu River. Even among the right guards of Dingliao, there were thousands of Goryeo escapees. ”

"My lord, this is exactly what you need."

He Xi was stunned, he didn't expect Yao Guangxiao to come up with such an idea. He asked, "Is it really so unbearable in Goryeo?" ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "I just inquired roughly, Goryeo is even more unbearable than this, the former lord of Goryeo, the reason why he was killed by the ministers was because he suppressed the gate valve and wanted to release the slaves and maids for the people." As a result, he ended up in a different place. And the Goryeo gate valve has intensified, uneasy up and down, and the society is unstable. Chaos will arise in Goryeo. ”

In fact, He Xi didn't know that for more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty, there have been Chao-Xian people who fled into the Ming Dynasty. Although Gain has changed from Wang's Goryeo to the Li Dynasty-Xian, their system has changed the soup but not the medicine. The people could not bear it. They fled to Liaodong one after another. Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and many can settle down.

so that it multiplies.

This trend exists, and He Xi only needs to use means to promise that the Goryeo fugitives will divide the land and settle down. The plan can trigger a wave of flight from Korea to Xian.

It's just that He Xi understands very well. Population is the foundation of a country. This is true for Daming, and it is also true for Goryeo.

If he does this, he will anger Goryeo.

He Xi said: "What if Goryeo moves troops? Today's circumstances do not allow for this. ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "Actually, it's not that the situation doesn't allow it, but it depends on what the court thinks? Liaodong Tun soldiers accumulate valleys, which can attack Tartar and can also go down to Goryeo. And is Daming afraid of Goryeo's soldiers? ”

He Xi still shook his head and said; "Not really, okay. The big war is coming, so don't make a fuss. ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "It may not be us who don't want to make extraneous branches. Goryeo too. ”

He Xi fell into deep thought.

Between Goryeo and the Ming Dynasty, there is mutual jealousy.

Goryeo was afraid of the Ming Dynasty's use of force. So he pulled the remnant yuan to bluff and ease relations with Daming. And Daming is also worried that when he was fighting the remnants of the Yuan, Goryeo suddenly appeared on the road, after all, although Daming has many soldiers and generals, but in Liaodong, the strength is indeed a little insufficient.

In this situation of mutual fear.

There are a lot of small actions that can be done. After all, He Xi doesn't want a lot of people, at most thousands of strong men. For Goryeo, it's not a big number either. After all, there are millions of people in Goryeo, it is a certainty. Thousands of talents are a dime a dime.

He Xi said: "Renchen has no diplomatic power, and this matter should be considered in the long run." ”

When He Xi said this, he was already moved. It's just this one thing, I have to go back to Nanjing to discuss with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Coincidentally, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted him to return to Beijing.

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Nanjing Cao Guo Mansion.

Zhu Yuanzhang strode in, and Li Jinglong hurriedly greeted him. Kneel. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, how is your father?" ”

Li Jinglong said: "Father, father ------"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Li Jinglong couldn't even speak well. It doesn't matter if he's overly sad or not. All of them twisted their hearts and said secretly: "When encountering major events, there is calmness, which is the true character of a general." Now Wenzhong is not dead. Who do you show me like this? No wonder General Yunwen's army. It was given to the fourth. ”

Many things are the opinions of the benevolent and the wise.

Perhaps when Zhu Yuanzhang came to see Li Wenzhong, he saw Li Jinglong like this, and felt that this child's filial piety was commendable. But now I have a preconceived idea that Li Jinglong is not clear. As a general, you have to face many extreme situations, and you have to be calm at all times. Even if the father and mother die in front of the battle, they must be calm and rational.

Perhaps, Li Jinglong can only be a rich idler in this life.

Zhu Yuanzhang entered the inner room and saw Li Wenzhong. saw that Li Wenzhong's whole person had lost a lot of weight, and he was a little out of shape. Suddenly, his eyes turned red, and he said, "Wenzhong, why are you like this?" ”

Li Wenzhong struggled to get up and was pressed down by Zhu Yuanzhang. Li Wenzhong said: "Your Majesty, the minister is rude. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Why do you need to be like this. Just take care of your illness. ”

Li Wenzhong said: "The minister's illness is all old and old, and it is estimated that it will not be cured. Now there are some heartfelt words. Your Majesty, the world has been decided, and the dark tide surging in all directions is not peaceful. In troubled times, of course, heavy canons are used. But His Majesty flattened the princes and severely damaged the remnants, and it was no longer a troubled time. The troubles of the world are not outside. Your Majesty can reward the meritorious heroes with the benefit of opening the sea, why not be lenient and tolerant of the subjects of the world. In this way, the world will be peaceful, the people will be peaceful, and peace will be shared. Isn't it beautiful? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning when he heard this. He didn't want to say that at this time. But he couldn't help but say, "Who did you listen to this?" ”

Li Wenzhong said: "This is the minister's own idea? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay. Don't be cranky when you're sick. ”