The changes in the Jin Dynasty are not clear to Da Ming for the time being, but he received other news.

"Before the summer harvest this year, when the green and yellow were not harvested, the hungry people in Changqing County rose up against Jin."

Shi Yuangong pointed to the map of the Liao State brought by Yelu Yujian: "Changqing County is more than 100 miles northeast of Datong, and due to the participation of the old Liao Haoqiang, the rebel army actually defeated the local garrison. They did not dare to attack Datong directly, so they plundered and coerced the people along the way to the east. Besieged Tiancheng (Tianzhen) County for several days, plundered villages and towns on the outskirts of the city. ”

"The Jin State urgently transferred troops from Datong to suppress it, and the rebel army raided Huai'an County over the mountains. As a result, they were defeated by the Huai'an defenders and scattered into dozens of units and fled into the mountains on all sides. ”

"The naturalized (Xuanhua) Jin soldiers were also transferred to search the mountains to encircle and suppress, and were ambushed by the rebels in Jieyunling. Although the rebels were defeated, it is rumored that the Jin soldiers lost hundreds of men. ”

"There were two other rebel armies that fled over the mountains and mountains to Yongning (Yangyuan) and Shunsheng. The local people have long been unbearable to be exploited by the Jin State, and it is difficult to survive due to famine, so they have helped the old and the young to join the rebels. The rebel armies in these two places quickly expanded, and even took advantage of the transfer of the Jin soldiers to raid and break through the city of Hongzhou. ”

"The Jin people, who are guarding against my great soldiers, dare not transfer away at various checkpoints, and the Jin country can only draw troops further north to come back to suppress the thieves."

"There is a Han man named He Cheng in the north, who was originally a local powerful man in the Liao State, and was forced to lead his troops to reduce his gold a few years ago. He was beaten badly by General Zhang Guangdao, and he knew very well the power of my great soldiers, and his hometown people were exploited by the Jin State again, and he also took advantage of the chaos to lead troops to rebel against Jin two months ago. ”

"The Jin soldiers blocked the southbound passage, and He Cheng sent people over the mountains and mountains, hoping that my Ming Dynasty could take the opportunity to send troops to attack Datong, and he would contact all the righteous troops to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty."

After talking about this series of mutations, Uncle Zhang clapped his hands and smiled: "The destruction of the Jin Kingdom is close at hand!" ”

Zhang Bo said: "It seems that the shortage of food in the Jin Kingdom has become more and more serious, and the people of Datong have become unbearable, and even the old Liao soldiers have risked their lives to rebel. ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's better to tear up the peace treaty with the Jin State, take advantage of the chaos in the clouds, and send troops to attack Yanmen Pass!" ”

Yang Weizhong said: "Judging from the information sent back from Shanxi, the Jin soldiers stationed in Xiongguan everywhere were actually not transferred to quell the chaos. If we hastily send troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through for a while. ”

Zhang Shuye said: "There is no need to rush the Northern Expedition, the Jin Kingdom is becoming more and more chaotic, and the Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger. If you send troops a year late, you have a better chance of winning. ”

The ministers of the Privy Council spoke one after another, some clamoring for sending troops this autumn, some clamoring for sending troops next summer, and some saying that they should wait a few more years for the Northern Expedition.

In fact, there is more news that the Ming court has not yet received.

Because Wanyan Zonghan needed to control the court and bring thousands of core elites back to Harbin, the number of golden soldiers here was already insufficient.

The prefectures and counties of Datong Prefecture rebelled everywhere, and the Jin State did not dare to withdraw the troops guarding the pass, so it could only send the grassland garrison to the south.

As soon as the steppe Jin soldiers left, the Wanggu tribe of the White Tatars moved when they heard the wind and took the opportunity to send troops to conquer the Tanggu and Khitan tribes in the southwest.

Brother Richard of Western Xia has been peeping in secret, and when he saw that Wang Gubu actually dared to make trouble, what kind of bird egg was he afraid of?

Brother Richard then led 8,000 elites to attack the Tiande army of the Jin Kingdom.

The name Tiandejun was still taken by the Tang Dynasty at that time, and it was divided between Western Xia and Liao in the early Song Dynasty. It is explained by the administrative division of later generations, that is: the Western Xia occupied Bayannur, and the Liao State occupied Baotou.

First of all, there are abundant water and plants, and you can even grow rice!

Secondly, it is a transportation hub and is the core transit station of the Silk Road in the Liao Grassland.

When Emperor Tianzuo fled, he passed through this place again and again, and each time he had to send young and strong soldiers to join the army, and the Jin State chased and killed him many times, resulting in a sharp decrease in the population of Baotou.

When Richard led his army to Baotou, nearby tribes rushed to join and help the Western Xia army to kill the garrison Jin soldiers.

Eight thousand Western Xia elites, with more than 3,000 grassland cavalry, besieged and killed only 500 Jin State iron cavalry.

The elite of Western Xia suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and the tribal cavalry suffered hundreds of casualties before crushing.

Of the five hundred Jin State cavalry, only more than 100 were killed, and the rest all successfully escaped.

In this regard, Baotou was captured by the Western Xia.

Hohhot and Ulanqab were occupied by the Wangu Department.

The Western Xia expanded its territory for two consecutive years, and the national power seemed to continue to rise, but the power struggle became increasingly fierce.

Richard was beaten by the Ming army, but through the two years of foreign wars, he regained his prestige in the army.

Even when his class returned to the dynasty, he directly brought 2,000 elites of the lineage into the national capital, which frightened Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, into sleeping.

……

After some discussion in the Privy Council, the Ming Dynasty temporarily did not send troops to the Northern Expedition and continued to fulfill the peace treaty with the Jin State.

There is no need to go through the cabinet procedure, because the decision of the Privy Council is the decision of Prince Zhu!

With the unbearable political system of the Jin State of Nafera, if it cannot continue the war and robbery, the real national strength will inevitably decline rapidly. Instead of being able to recuperate, they will cause rebellion.

On the Ming side, it only needs to continue to develop internal affairs.

The biggest advantage of the implementation of apportionment into mu is that it is conducive to population growth, and the population is also easier to count.

In ancient times, only the number of households and the number of households were generally counted, because these were linked to taxes and forced labor.

For example, during the Zhenzong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than 8.67 million households, but there were only more than 19.93 million households, with an average of only a little more than two households per household.

It is clear that the "mouth" here is not the population, but the Dingkou who needs to serve.

Now, in the areas that have been apportioned into acres, the Ming court directly counts the number of households and population. In areas where the apportionment has not been completed, the number of households and Dingkou are still being counted.

It is difficult for Zhu Guoxiang to conduct a census, and as long as the government is still collecting the poll tax, the people will do everything possible to evade it, and they are unwilling to let the new members of the family go to the household registration.

"The household statistics of Liangguang have also been sent," Zhu Guoxiang threw out the national statistical report, "Including Youzhou, there are more than 16.29 million households in the country, which is still far from the 20.88 million households in the middle of Zhao Ji's reign." And due to wars, famines and migrations, the average population of each household in the new Ming Dynasty was actually far less than that of Song Huizong. ”

Zhu Ming estimated: "From the last fifteen years of Song Huizong's reign, to the southward ravages of the Jin soldiers, and Zhong Xiang's rebellion in Hunan, I am afraid that a quarter of the country's population has been lost. In particular, Hebei, Shandong, Hunan, and Zhejiang were too seriously affected by the war. ”

"For a new dynasty, our foundation is good, even very good," Mr. Zhu said, "but because there are so few people dying and many problems remain, the speed of the spread must be accelerated." Only by increasing the population can it be more convenient for immigrants to enter the real border. Youzhou needs to enrich the number of Han Chinese, and the Goryeo, Southwest, and Hexi corridors are ...... Even in the future, semi-forced immigration will be needed in the Western Regions. ”

Zhu Ming said: "Five years after the founding of the country, it is relatively stable, and it is estimated that there will be a baby boom in the past two or three years. In another twelve or thirteen years, when these babies grow up, they can roll up their sleeves and do big things. Guizhou immigrated 350,000 and Yunnan immigrated 350,000, so that Yunnan and Guizhou could initially control and establish strongholds in major cities and transportation arteries. ”

Zhu Guoxiang suddenly called the eunuch in and asked the eunuch to bring something.

"Cotton?" Zhu Ming glanced at it.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The dwarf breeding of cotton is still in progress, but I can't wait. In the past two years, the Department of Agriculture and local officials have been persuaded to promote cotton, and there are already 2 million mu of cotton fields in Shandong and more than 100,000 mu of cotton fields in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Due to the popularity of cotton cloth, there is no need for official guidance, and the number of cotton fields is increasing year by year. ”

Zhu Ming muttered: "It seems that it is time to develop cotton armor." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "I have asked the agricultural officials to guide the farmers in Jiangnan to engage in the 'three dry and one wet method'. It is to plant cotton for three years, plant rice for another year, and carry out water and drought rotation. It can not only maintain soil fertility, but also reduce pests and diseases, after this technology matures, cotton planting in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will definitely be more popular with farmers. “

"You are an expert, you have the final say," Zhu Ming turned his head, "Do you really want to take a concubine?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said with a serious face: "You don't have to worry about this. ”

"I don't care," Zhu Ming stood up and patted his buttocks, raised his hand and waved, "Let's go, go bask in the sun." ”

Zhu Guoxiang also went to the Hanlin Painting Institute to inspect the work, and finally went to Li Qingzhao's office, and the nearby officials all went back to their houses to do things.

"The official family is here!" Li Qingzhao's face was happy.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I have recently learned the rhythm of words, and I have made a new song. ”

Li Qingzhao pursed his lips and smiled: "The new words of the official family must be extremely interesting. ”

Emperor Qianlong likes to make limerick poems, but Dean Zhu is proficient in limerick words. Every once in a while, a song is full of that kind of "old cadre body", and after persisting for more than a year, his level of lyricism is indeed gradually rising, at least he will not make some low-level mistakes.

After a bit of literature, the atmosphere became more and more ambiguous.

Zhu Guoxiang finally said: "Li Qing is widowed and alone, and there are no relatives to take care of, so it is better to move in and live together." ”

"But it's up to the official arrangement." Li Qingzhao's face was blushing, he drank alcohol one day last year, and the two had intimate contact, and later they came back and forth from time to time.

Li Qingzhao still likes this official very much, although the poems are a mess, they are extremely considerate and very interesting.

Li Qingzhao's panic lies in the fact that she is already a handful of years old, and she is still a widow, and she thinks that she is not stunning, will the emperor really give a name?

But from Zhu Guoxiang's point of view, Li Qingzhao is indeed old, and his appearance can only be called delicate, and this kind of beauty is also discounted by wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. But Li Qingzhao has an interesting personality, and the identity of a talented woman through the ages also makes Zhu Guoxiang want to stop.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Then I will arrange it today, and I will canonize Concubine Chen tomorrow." ”

Li Qingzhao was taken aback, it was already a luxury to have a name, and Zhu Guoxiang actually gave the concubine position directly.

The concubine system of the Ming Dynasty was too lazy to modify it in the Northern Song Dynasty.

When he first entered the palace as a servant, he was crowned a monarch after a period of time, and then he was a talent, a beauty, Jieyu, and Zhaoyi...... All the way up.

When the news that Li Qingzhao was named Concubine Chen came out, the jaws of the people of the entire Tokyo were shocked.

The official family is playing for real, and sure enough, the rumors are true.

(Ahh ）

(End of chapter)