Zhang Shuye was also promoted and transferred back to the Central Committee from Shandong to serve as a member of the Privy Council.

In this year's military reform, the Generalissimo's Office and the Privy Council were formally merged.

Privy Counsellor: Zhu Ming.

Privy Counsellor: Zhang Bo.

Privy Councillors: Uncle Zhang.

Also know the Privy Council: Wang Yu, Wang Yuan.

Signed Privy Council: Yang Weizhong, Yang Zhi.

Although Yang Zhi was transferred back to the capital, his military exploits and qualifications were sufficient, but he was able to handle the case enough, and he had to learn more from his predecessors.

Zhang Guangdao and Li Bao are both on the front line, and if they return to Beijing, the Privy Council will definitely be ranked high.

And Zhang Shuye, if it weren't for his lack of qualifications in the Ming Dynasty, he would be qualified to be a privy envoy directly.

This person has served as a local chief and adjutant official, a provincial official, a general officer and a six-ministry official, and has also served as a frontier taishou and raised six archers. He not only suppressed bandits in Shandong, but also fought with Jin soldiers, and even built Xi'an Prefecture City to defend Western Xia.

It can be said that Zhang Shuye is familiar with all aspects from the central government to the locality, from civil affairs to the military.

And a pure military general like Yang Zhi is actually more suitable to serve in the Twelfth Room of the Privy Council.

For example, the north room of the Privy Council is now in charge of military affairs in Shanxi and Hebei. Another example is the Hexi Room of the Privy Council, which is now in charge of military affairs in Shaanxi. The chief officers of these offices are equivalent to the central ministers who have full control over a war zone.

In addition, the Privy Council Teaching and Reading Room is responsible for the recruitment and training of soldiers and horses across the country, and is also in charge of the country's Cao Army, post stations and delivery shops.

After Uncle Zhang entered the Privy Council at night, the first suggestion he made was to transfer Zhi Yanzhi to Goryeo, take charge of the two Ming armies stationed in Goryeo, and serve as the direct boss of Li Cheng and Zhao Li.

The reason is very simple, Li Cheng and Zhao Li have personal enmities, and Zhang Shuye, who has been a leader in Shandong for a long time, knows best.

And Zhe Yanzhi knew both of them, and there was a clan sister who married the prince as a side concubine, which was enough to suppress and ease the contradiction between the two.

Zhu Ming really didn't expect this kind of thing, and quickly affirmed Zhang Shuye's proposal.

As a result, Zheyan became the highest military commander of the Ming Dynasty in Goryeo, and took his wife and children to Pyongyang by boat.

Seeing Xu Kangzong, after a greeting and greeting, Zhi Yan asked: "Dare to ask Xu Xianggong, what are the details here?" ”

Xu Kangzong elaborated: "From here to the Yalu River, there are three largest cities, namely Pyongyang, Anju, and Baozhou. Pyongyang and Anju were sacked by the Kim soldiers, starving everywhere, and there was no one to help. After being defeated by the Goryeo court, most of them fled into the mountains as bandits, digging grass roots and gnawing tree bark to survive. ”

"In the six cities of Baozhou and Jiangdong, more than half of the people are Bohai people. These soldiers and civilians of the Bohai tribe were taken to Liaodong by the Jin soldiers to enrich the population of Liaodong. ”

"Pyongyang, Anju, and Baoju are all suitable for farming, and there are few people after this campaign."

"I have already made suggestions, and the first step in passing through Goryeo is to transfer tens of thousands of stone grains to relieve the surviving people of Pyongyang and Baozhou."

"The second step is to divide troops and garrison Anzhou to relieve the surviving Anzhou people. It is estimated that by the time the division of troops passed, the people of Anzhou had starved to death by six or seven percent. ”

"The third step is to relocate the families of the garrisons in the three places and distribute the land. It is all fertile land, and the fields are divided according to the population, at least 30 acres per person. The higher the rank, the more land the family members will have. A family of four, starting from 120 acres, even a small soldier can be a landlord. ”

"The fourth step is to recruit Shandong immigrants, as long as they are willing to come, they will settle down with 15 acres of land per person."

"These four steps can ensure that there are 100,000 Han people around the three cities, and all of them have fertile land to cultivate."

"Of course, we must also appease the local clans, confirm the division of the land of those clans, and give them some privileges to do business."

"The other is to subdue the hearts of the small people, and most of the small people here have no surnames. If you don't have a surname, you don't have land, and you can only work as tenants, serfs, and domestic servants. ”

"The imperial court can use the surnames of His Majesty, the Empress, and the Crown Princess to give these surnameless people, and then give them an acre and a half of land casually. The local people will inevitably settle down enthusiastically, and from then on they will consider themselves the people of the Ming Dynasty. Because of leaving the Ming Dynasty, their surnames and land are gone. ”

Not to mention the current Goryeo Dynasty, even the later Joseon Dynasty only had a large-scale surname at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, there was a Japanese invasion, followed by a Manchu invasion. One in the south and one in the north, killing and kidnapping countless landlords, the local order was chaotic. As a result, the low-level people of North Korea have pretended to be relatives of local clans, pretended to be surnames of big clans, and occupied ownerless land.

Da Ming wants to win the hearts of the small people, it couldn't be simpler.

A surname makes them happy, it is not only a surname, but also an improvement in social status. With a surname, they are eligible to obtain land, otherwise they will not be able to receive a land deed from the government even if they open up the land themselves.

And the process of giving surnames is the process of the Goryeo people calling friends and accompaniment, and registering and settling down with the Ming officials!

Only by settling down can you give a surname.

Once settled, they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they will have to pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty and break away from the Goryeo Dynasty.

When they settled down, they were given half an acre of thin land casually, and they were even more grateful to Dade.

If the Goryeo court sent troops to kill them, these people who had obtained surnames and land, in order to keep their surnames and land, were expected to respond to the call and take the initiative to help the Ming army fight.

The premise of Xu Kangzong's series of plans is that there are enough dead people in Pyongyang, Anju, and Baozhou, and there are enough vacated borderless lands!

Very lucky, Jin Bing and the Goryeo court joined forces to provide preconditions.

Zheyan exclaimed: "If this matter is successful, the first contribution of Goryeo to expand the land will be none other than Xu Xianggong." ”

Xu Kangzong was also quite proud, standing with his hands in his hands, and he was full of spirit: "The four counties of the Han Dynasty have been away from China for thousands of years, and they should return in the hands of our generation!" ”

The strategy of giving surnames to civilians was actually offered by Zheng Zhichang.

This first genius of Goryeo, who was born in the first place, is now determined to be a Chinese, and he dreams of entering the cabinet every day to pay respects.

……

Wen Gongren held Zheng Zhichang's hand and sighed with emotion: "Brother Xian, last time I said goodbye, it's really a thing!" ”

"Thank you brother for secretly passing on the message, otherwise the foolish brother may not be able to escape the pursuit." Zheng Zhichang said gratefully.

The two talked about the old days, and Wen Gongren asked, "How did the virtuous brother become a Ming envoy?" ”

Zheng Zhichang half-truthed and half-falsely said: "After I fled to the Ming Dynasty, I was appreciated by the Ming Emperor. When His Majesty heard that I was the champion of Goryeo, he asked for my old poems, which he appreciated after reading them. When I learned what happened to me in Goryeo, I took pity on the official and allowed me to be a beauty in a mansion in Kaifeng. Although Kaifeng is good, it is not his hometown after all, so please return to China with the envoy. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty loved talents, and was afraid that I would not return to China again, so he made me the deputy envoy of the mission. ”

Wen Gongren exclaimed: "Emperor Ming is really thirsty for talent, and only a talented person like a virtuous brother can be appreciated by His Majesty the Heavenly Empire." ”

Zheng Zhichang showed sadness again: "When I returned to my hometown, I was devastated, and Pyongyang was already empty. The vegetation around the city was dug up and skinned to satisfy hunger, and all the surviving people fled into the mountains in search of food. The poor Pyongyang Yoo clan brought slaves, food, and goods into the mountains, and although they escaped the plunder of the Jin soldiers, they were looted by the hungry people. The people of the Liu clan were all killed by the rebels! ”

There are still a lot of such clans that have been wiped out, otherwise how could Xu Kangzong have the land to carry out the plan?

Zheng Zhichang said angrily: "The princes over there in Kaijing are really hateful, Pyongyang is full of hungry people, and they don't even send a grain of food relief. It was still half a month ago that the Ming army took out half of the military rations it brought to help the people, otherwise I don't know how many people would have starved to death. ”

Wen Gongren was silent, he was born in a down-and-out family, and he turned over by being a son-in-law to the Cui family, and he also hated those Kaijing nobles.

If the Ming Dynasty did not send troops over, the nobles of Kaijing would probably have already acted. Their calculations were loud, and they planned to divide some small family clans, seize the opportunity to occupy the fertile land of Pyongyang and Anju, and give them some grain to lure the hungry people to cultivate.

Then achieve the goal of the Kaijing aristocracy to control the north!

Zheng Zhichang scolded angrily and asked, "What is my brother doing here?" ”

Wen Gongren sneered: "Exonerate me from the charge, and then allow me to be reinstated, and then let me inquire about Daming's intentions." They actually understand very well, and the foolish brother also understands that Da Ming is planning to annex Xidao. But they were lucky, thinking that they could pay the price and send the Ming army out of the country. ”

Zheng Zhichang thought for a moment: "What is the status of my brother in the Cui family?" ”

Wen Gongren said unhappily: "Why bother asking? It's not a son-in-law, it's comparable to a son-in-law. ”

Zheng Zhichang said: "There are countless protégés of the Cui family, and they may be able to revive soon." But if my brother wants to borrow the Cui family and revitalize the Wen family, I'm afraid he will have to work harder. ”

If you use the analogy of the gate valve of the North and South Dynasties, the Cui family belongs to the top gate valve that has lost power, and it is temporarily silent because of the defeat of the political fight, but it can be killed back in minutes.

And Wen Gongren was born in a small family and was able to be the son-in-law of the Cui family, purely because he was handsome and well-educated when he was young, and he was generally appreciated by the patriarch of the Cui clan (the prime minister twenty years ago).

Among the aristocracy of Kaijing, although he was superficially beautiful, he was actually discriminated against, so he befriended the Xijing faction, which was also unwilling.

Zheng Zhichang suddenly learned Prince Zhu's tone: "Does my brother want to be Chinese?" ”

"What?" Wen Gongren didn't understand.

Zheng Zhichang said: "Prince Zhu has promised to let me enter the cabinet within ten years. With the existing system of the Ming Dynasty, he should be one of the deputy prime ministers of the cabinet. If the elder brother helps the Ming Dynasty annex Goryeo, although he can't be the deputy prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, it is more than enough to be the prefect of Kaizhou. When the time comes, the wealthy nobles of the entire Kaizhou will all look up to their brother's snort and look at their brother's face! ”

For the time being, Zhu Ming only wanted to swallow the land north of the Datong River, but Zheng Zhichang planned to let the Ming annex the whole of Goryeo.

Wen Gongren was taken aback and asked, "Does Da Ming really have the heart to annex Goryeo?" ”

Zheng Zhichang asked rhetorically: "As soon as the Great Tomorrow soldiers arrive, can the Goryeo army stop it?" This was not the Sui and Tang dynasties, and Goryeo was not Goguryeo. The Ming army could come across the sea, the army landed on the seaside, and there was no danger to defend when the opening of Beijing came. ”

"Where can it be stopped?" Moon Gongren knew too well about the Goryeo army.

More than half of the 150,000 soldiers on paper will be paid empty, and the remaining local troops have been reduced to serfs, so the central army in Kaijing can still fight.

The problem is that a while ago, the king sent troops to the Northern Expedition and buried most of the Central Army!

Today, the whole country of Goryeo can gather at most two or three thousand decent soldiers, and the rest are all weak armies that are about to collapse at the touch of a button.

Zheng Zhichang continued to draw cakes: "The Ming Dynasty divided the Gyeonggi area as the Kaizhou Governor, how about the elder brother as the Kaizhou Governor?" The nobles of Kaizhou are all under your control. At that time, will the children of the Cui family still dare to dislike you? Do the magnates of Kaijing still dare to despise you? They will kneel before them and ask you to forgive them for their past disrespect. ”

Wen Gongren swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but turn around and look south.

Zheng Zhichang said again: "My brother is very knowledgeable, and when he was young, he even alarmed the prime minister and married the noble daughter of the Cui family as a poor family. But after 20 years, what kind of official position is it now? It's just a member of the household department. Those children of wealthy families, with their shallow knowledge, are not even worthy of carrying shoes for their brothers. But they are all in high positions, and all of them are central ministers. Why? ”

"yes, why?" Wen Gongren muttered to himself.

Zheng Zhichang continued: "The great emperor and the prince are both meritocracy. The foolish brother is dull and shallow, and he was also promised by the prince to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister. Learn morality with the talent of your brother, if you are an official in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid you will also have the opportunity to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister! ”

As a scholar of the Han family of Goryeo, he entered the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty to worship the prime minister......

Wen Gongren has never been to Daming, but he is very confident in his academic skills. He felt that even if he arrived in Daming, he was one of the best talents, and he might really be able to worship in Daming.

"What should I do?" Wen Gongren's expression became serious and determined.

(End of chapter)