The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 809 Provincial System

"Xianbeilia..."

Xu An is well aware of how large a piece of land there is in the north of China.

That piece of land is not of any use to Huaxia now, but with the development of the times, that vast land is real wealth.

There are few people on that vast land now, and it is not suitable for human habitation. Even in later generations, it will still be sparsely populated and sparsely populated.

It's just the rich mineral deposits, the vast deep forest, and the long strategic depth that make it a real treasure.

Xianbeilia is not just the Mobei area currently occupied by the Xianbei tribes, but also the area farther away, and the northern part of Xianbei is the location of the Dingling tribe.

After a long campaign, Xu An often doesn't need a map in front of him. In his mind, a complete and clear map has already emerged.

The Dingling tribe lived on water and grass with the Beihai as the center. It used to be considered a large tribe, but since it was defeated by Xianbei led by Tan Shihuai and lost a lot of pastures, it has fallen into a slump and is not worth mentioning.

The North Sea is today's Lake Baikal, and the place where Su Wu herds sheep is around the North Sea.

To the west of Mobei is Hujie, and to the northwest is Jiankun. The total number of people who control the strings of the two departments is only [-], otherwise they would not have been driven to such a remote place.

Xu An plans to divide Monan and Mobei into three provinces, namely Monan Province, Modong Province, and Beijiang Province.

The state pastoral system is basically useless now. There are neither governors nor state pastors in various places. Instead, there should be governors, and most of their powers are also entrusted to the three divisions of the procuratorate, the procuratorate, and the military guards. share.

The provincial system has been implemented in various places.

The first province is the Monan area currently occupied by the Ming army, which will be designated as the Monan province.

Monan Province, starting from the Surrender City in the west, is located in the Mobei Grassland in the northwest of Gaoque Pass, Shuofang County, Bingzhou. It was built in the sixth year of Yuanfeng (105 BC) to accept the surrender of the Huns Zuo Dadu.

It reaches Danhan Mountain in the east, once the seat of Xianbei Shanyuting, Bingzhou in the south, and Northern Xinjiang Province in the north.

The second province, Modong Province, will include the pasture beyond the Great Wall of Wuhuan in Shanggu, the area beyond the Great Wall controlled by Wuhuan in the three counties, and the southern part of Xianbei in the east, that is, the Raole River and the Wuhou Qin River Basin.

It starts from Danhan Mountain in the west, borders Monan Province, reaches Daliaoshui in the east, connects with Fuyu Kingdom, and is located in the north of Xuantu County.

It reaches Youzhou in the south and northern Xinjiang province in the north.

The third province is the place originally occupied by the Xianbei tribes, and it is set as the Northern Xinjiang Province.

It reaches the two provinces of Monan and Modong in the south, Dingling in the north, Jiankun in the west, and Daxianbei Mountain in the east.

Xu An didn't want to keep Xianbei, he was going to treat Xianbei like he treated the Southern Huns, and remove him from then on.

Since Xianbei was removed from the name, the name of Da Xianbei Mountain could not be kept, so Da Xianbei Mountain was also renamed to "Beishan".

In the three provinces, Xu An is planning to relocate people from the mainland to fill the vacancies.

In fact, a considerable part of the Han people already existed in both Monan and Modong, but no one had migrated to Mobei for the time being.

For those Xianbei soldiers who were captured, Xu An chose to use them all as labor servitors and put them into the labor reform team. They built roads and buildings in the three provinces of Han and Beidi, and they would not be released until a certain labor period was reached.

Nowadays, there are only Dingling, Hujie, and Jiankun tribes that can pose a slight threat to the northern Xinjiang province. Xu An is going to let Lu Bu take the Xiaoqi battalion to pay a friendly visit to these three tribes to ensure the safety of the northern Xinjiang province. Safety.

In today's Mobei and Monan, there are no prosperous tribes except the Xianbei people.

There are many reasons why the Mobei and Monan regions were not occupied by China for a long time.

Although the Turks and Mongols that rose later were defeated by Tang and Ming, no matter how many times they were defeated, there was no way to completely wipe out their remaining forces. Naturally, it was impossible to immigrate there.

Now the Turks and Mongolia have not yet risen, and there are not such people on the grassland. Today, the overlord on the grassland is still the Xianbei people.

And Xianbei has now prostrated at the feet of the Ming army, and was wiped out by the Ming army. The western Xianbei was wiped out, and the two Xianbeis in the east and middle were also destroyed. All their leaders died, and there were not many remaining forces.

Another point is that the feudal dynasties influenced by Confucian culture may even take the initiative to give up their territory, either to cut expenses or for other reasons.

However, the current Ming court has not been influenced by this kind of Confucianism, and the current Confucianism has not completely broken its backbone.

In today's Confucianism, there are still people who rule rams.

There are still people who agree, is it possible to take revenge for nine lives? Even for a hundred lives!
But now Ming Ting has a new thought, which is neither Confucianism nor Legalism, but the Taipingdao thought after Xu An's revision.

With the spread of Taipingdao, Taipingdao thought has become more and more widespread, and Taipingdao has gradually shed its religious cloak and developed in the direction of thought.

As the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty, Xu An has a high prestige both in the army and among the people. Basically, there are not many people who will object to the decision he has made now.

If Xu An wants to promote a decree, it can basically be said that there will be no major obstacles at all.

The plan to relocate people to the Western Regions has been drawn up, and it has indeed begun to be implemented.

Naturally, there will not be much opposition to the plan of immigrating to open up northern Xinjiang.

Now the overlord of the grassland has become the Ming army, and security has been guaranteed.

The plan to move north must be implemented, otherwise new tribes will inevitably appear on this land.

And the newly born tribe will threaten Huaxia when the Central Plains is in turmoil again, and even affect its survival.

This time's big victory around Leshui will be able to occupy the northern border for a long time.

As long as the immigration plan can be implemented smoothly, it is not impossible to occupy northern Xinjiang for a long time.

The influence of Chinese culture is extensive and far-reaching.

Xu An is going to send another expedition team. After Ding Ling is stabilized, he will plant the flag of the Ming Dynasty further north and build some buildings.

Nothing needs to happen, anyway, plant the flag first, and then modify the map to delineate the land there as a territory.

bring it into jurisprudence.

"Don't call Xianbeili by her name."

Xu An pondered for a moment, then spoke to Xu You who was beside him.

"Go back and let the place name on the map of Zhongshufu be changed to 'Beiyuan', and it will also be included in the Northern Xinjiang Province."

Xu You was slightly taken aback, but he knew how big the north was on the map.

Xu You didn't know why Xu An cared so much about these uncultivable and unutilized lands that had been in winter for a long time.

But he didn't know, but he didn't ask any questions, he just bowed his head and made a promise.

In fact, it doesn't matter if they are all within the scope of the Northern Xinjiang Province. Anyway, they are places where there are no people. At that time, just build a few military forts and plant a few banners.

Expansion of territory has been the most worthwhile feat of a king since ancient times.

The establishment of the three northern provinces and the development of tens of thousands of miles of land are already enough for Xu An's achievements to surpass Le Shi Yanran and seal the wolf into a Xu.

Xu An also wanted to include the tens of thousands of miles of uninhabited land in Beiyuan into his territory. Although Xu You didn't understand, he had no reason to object.

Moreover, it looks much better on the map when it is included in the territory map, and it is indeed a bit uncomfortable to have a large area empty.

But since then, Ding Ling seems to be a bit of an eyesore.

Xu You was slightly taken aback, he just discovered a problem at this time, why does he seem to want to fight?

Xu An naturally didn't know what was going on in Xu You's mind, he was thinking about the situation in Jizhou.

Because of Yuan Shao's death, the surrender of the judges, and the collapse of Wei State did not cause too many human tragedies to happen in Hebei.

Most of the cities and townships have been completely preserved, and only a few cities have been destroyed.

The war quickly subsided, and the people in Hebei did not suffer too many casualties.

The two courts of the Han and Wei Dynasties faced each other across the river. Although they fought frequently, the wars were always carried out along the Yellow River and in Qingzhou, and the land of Hebei was thus preserved.

Conquering the densely populated areas of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou in Hebei Province gave Ming Court a population of tens of millions.

Under the current Ming court, not counting the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty has thirteen prefectures and seven prefectures.

Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Zhongzhou, Yizhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou.

Although the flames of war killed a large number of civilians, Taipingdao became the master of the country, and a large number of slaves were liberated, and a large number of refugees were re-naturalized. A rough estimate included the people from the three states of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou north of the Yellow River. After that, the number of people under Ming Ting's rule has exceeded [-] million.

This number is already an extremely terrifying number in this era.

After the Han-Hungarian War, the Han Empire continued to grow and develop, and the Chinese culture began to radiate in all directions, affecting the surrounding countries, and the population began to grow continuously.

Historically, the population of Rome in Europe was much smaller than that of the Han Empire, but it was able to occupy a vast land.

Although in the later period, with the weakening of Rome, the territory occupied by Rome was gradually lost. In the last years of the empire, the decline was inevitable.

However, this is largely due to the practice of slavery in Rome, and the population of the Romans is too small.

But if Xu An wants to expand to the north, he doesn't need to worry about the population. In the south, there are still more than [-] million people under the current rule of Taiping Dao, and there is no shortage of immigrants at all.

With a huge population base, as long as there is sufficient food and a good environment, the population can grow rapidly.

Once the number of immigrants reaches a certain level, Chinese culture will also replace the nomadic culture in northern Xinjiang.

Even if it really comes to the end of the empire, there is a rebellion or other things, and the same culture fights against each other, no matter who wins in the end, civilization will not be cut off.

To use a relatively vulgar word, even if the meat rots, the meat must rot in the pot.

"Mobei, Monan..."

Xu An looked at Yi Jing City not far away, and suddenly thought of something.

Because of the influence of culture, most people are unwilling to leave their hometown and their native land unless there is really no way out.

Immigration needs to do too much work, but there is a group of people who can indeed be forced to emigrate first, laying the foundation for later immigration, and those people being emigrated can not only reduce their influence in the Central Plains, but also suppress Local nomadic tribes.

"Send a letter to Liu Pi..."

A smile appeared on Xu An's face, and he gave orders to Xu Hong in a low voice.

Xu Hong's expression was puzzled at first, then became a little weird, and finally he also laughed.

Xu An's method is very simple. Since those powerful families in Hebei are deeply rooted, it is annoying to fight with them. After the public trial, most of the powerful families who were guilty will be moved to the three northern provinces to strengthen the border defense and kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, it is not the migration of the whole family, but a part of it. It must not be too powerful. After all, it must be ensured that even if they go to the three northern provinces, it will not cause too much impact, and try to ensure that there is no possibility of rebellion.

"That's it for now."

Xu An waved his hand, signaling Xu Hong to back down.

For a while, he didn't have a perfect plan, and he could only take one step at a time. After all, he was crossing the river by feeling the stones. He was walking an unprecedented road.

The next step is to recruit people who are willing to migrate to the three northern provinces, and offer a series of preferential conditions to immigrants who are willing to go to the three northern provinces.

Those immigrants will receive certain military training and how to become a qualified herdsman.

The immigrants will give priority to transferring the Han people who were grazing in the Monan area to the northern Xinjiang province, because they have certain experience and have adapted to the grassland life, and then transfer the new immigrants to the two provinces of Monan and Modong.

Except for a very small number of Xianbei people in northern Xinjiang, they will be sent to the two provinces of Modong and Monan, and some people will be sent to Liangzhou. There is still a vast pasture in Wu'an County. Knockout, there has always been a sparsely populated area, just to fill in the vacancy.

Xu An patted the horse's neck lightly, calmed down the restless horse, and thought about the situation in the Western Regions.

Now most of the countries in the Western Regions have surrendered. Except for Dawan, only Wusun and Cheshi, the northernmost countries, have not surrendered for the time being.

However, the military strength of Wusun and Cheshi is not strong. When the northern Xiongnu who were expelled by the Han army arrived at Cheshi and Wusun, they defeated the two countries successively. They were only slightly stronger than the small countries in the Western Regions. , whether it is facing the Ming army or the Xianbei, it is not enough to watch.

If it is really powerful, the Western Regions will not be divided, and the unification has been completed long ago.

The surrender of Wusun and Cheshi is about to become a foregone conclusion. Not long after Guo Tai reopened the Protectorate of the Western Regions, he invited the envoys of the two countries to visit the newly built Liaoxi City, and at the same time showed a proper display of force.

The envoys of the two countries trembled as soon as the [-] fully armed cavalry from the Wuxiang Battalion showed up, and it was almost speechless.

The smelting levels of the countries in the Western Regions are uneven, especially Che Shi and Wusun are located in the north. Their smelting technology is not even comparable to that of the Xianbei. Their weapons and equipment are extremely backward. The Ming army understood the gap in an instant.

The Ming army and them were not in the same era at all. If they really fought, their army would collapse as soon as they confronted each other.

It's just that the two countries are still holding a trace of luck. After all, as vassals, paying tribute will really damage their interests.

They don't rely too much on the Silk Road, and they can't get too much income, and they don't need any protection from the Ming army. After all, where they are, there are no enemies to face now.

There used to be an enemy, that enemy was the Xiongnu, but the Huns were driven to the west by the Han army long ago, and there was no trace of them. Wusun and Cheshi have been peaceful for a long time, and they are used to this kind of life.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions has been reset, and the countries of the Western Regions have now been united by Guo Tai. All the kings are rewarded according to their national strength, receive the seal and ribbon of the Ming Court, and pay a certain amount of taxes to the Ming Court every year.

The officials who decide the amount of taxation are sent by the central government of the Ming court to investigate, and they are sent every three years.

In addition, the countries of the Western Regions also need to undertake military service. When a war breaks out in the Western Regions, the Protector of the Western Regions Protectorate has the right to recruit soldiers from the Western Regions to assist in the battle and provide certain logistical supplies.

What Ming Ting needs to do is to provide military protection for the countries in the Western Regions and protect the smooth flow of the Silk Road.

At the same time, Ming Ting also set up schools in various countries in the Western Regions to teach the knowledge of Taiping Dao.

The princes and noble sons of all countries in the Western Regions need to enter the school to study.

The Western Regions are now firmly in his hands. It only takes a few generations of changes, and the culture of the Western Regions will also change to the Chinese culture, and the three northern provinces are the same.

Today, in the territory of Taiping Dao, no matter whether they were Xianbei, Qiang, Di or Wuhuan, they all wear their hair on the right lapel, speak Chinese, use Chinese characters, and believe in Taiping Dao.

Sometimes the influence of culture is stronger than force.

The Shanggu Wuhuan tribe belonged to them early, and Nanlou, the leader of the Shanggu Wuhuan tribe, admired Han culture. As the Taiping Tao became stronger, there was not much internal resistance to Sinicization.

(End of this chapter)