Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 844 Ambition
What followed Jinbao was not an army, but the first group of exiles who were forced to go south.

About 120 strong men and women.

After Luzon was taken, the huge southern priority exile place became Luzon.

The north has always been Liaodong and Jilin.

In recent years, the imperial court has been very cautious in using the death penalty, and the wives and daughters who filled the Jiaofangsi were also deposed, and most of the harsh punishments were replaced by exile.

In order to enrich the frontier, this is the biggest change of the court, and it is also the most effective change.

Compared with the past, they are pitiful. The place of exile has changed from Guangxi and Yunnan to Luzon.

But at the same time, they are lucky, because they only need to go straight down by boat, saving the hard work on the road, and more importantly, they have the medicine to treat malaria - Cinchona cream.

In this way, miraculously, no one died on the way to Luzon.

However, Jin Bao welcomed the arrival of this group of people, and placed a group of vacant villages for them (the rebellious natives), which was regarded as a foothold.

The Luzon Governor's Mansion allocated a large amount of food and allocated land to allow them to take root locally.

Therefore, this has to involve the policy of the Luzon Governor's Mansion - relocating people and expanding the city.

That is, to enrich the entire Luzon region with a large number of Han people, and the first step is to enrich the capital of Luzon——Zhenhai City.

The city of Manila was merged with Wangcheng and named Zhenhai City, which is the largest city in Luzon.

According to the preliminary plan, with Zhenhai City as the center, a hundred Han villages will be settled within a radius of a hundred miles, so as to stabilize the rule.

Like the exploitation of the Spaniards, in the eyes of Governor Jin at this time, it is really inhumane and cruel. It is not enough to be lightly paid and poorly paid, but at least give them a way to survive!

Therefore, all agricultural taxes were changed to ten taxes and one tax, and the same was true for commercial taxes, and important luxury goods taxes, such as spices, were heavily taxed.

In this way, the Spanish aristocrats who had evaded a large number of taxes could only pay taxes and contribute to the finances of the Governor's Mansion, and only in this way could they resettle the exiles.

Afterwards, Jin Bao, on behalf of the Ming court, directly demanded that the aborigines submit and pay taxes, otherwise they would be punished as rebellion.

Naturally, those natives refused to give in easily. Before they saw the strength of the Ming army, they were very stubborn.

Jinbao was not used to them either, the army was dispatched to fight them, and the prisoners were organized into a servant army, and the reclaimed land was prepared to be distributed to the later people.

In just one month, the Ming army dispatched more than ten times.Thousands of people were killed, dozens of villages were broken through, and the natives were terrified and had to succumb.

And this way of killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, the Spaniards also became honest one after another, paying taxes is called a positive.

As a result, Jinbao wrote to his friends inland: "The land of Luzon is vast, and the natives are naturalized, just like the prosperity of the Taiwan government. It is expected that in just a few months, the imperial court will definitely look at them with admiration..."

Touching Spain's colonial methods, the Luzon Governor's Office kept imitating and following.

Due to the advantage of the short distance, they can get continuous support from the mainland. In just two or three months, they have expanded the land by hundreds of miles and conquered tens of thousands of natives, which is worth the efforts of the Spaniards for years.

The south is advancing boldly, while in the northwest of the empire, it is also advancing continuously under pressure.

The war against Yarkand in the past directly consumed all the food and grass accumulated in Gansu for several years, leaving the Ming army empty-handed and unable to go any further.

And the fertile Ili River Valley was also occupied by the Zhungeer and Heshuo Te tribes, and Li Dingguo didn't say a word.

Even at the end, Abdullah Khan, the last king of Yarkand, left Kashgar with thousands of cavalry and arrived in the Badak region, lingering on his last breath.

Theoretically speaking, the huge Yarkand Khanate was divided into three parts.

The core areas of the five cities including Shache and Kashgar, with millions of people, were all included in Daming's pocket.

In the center of northern Xinjiang, most of the Ili River Valley was taken by Oirat Mongolia.

Finally, in Badak (eastern Uzbekistan, northern Afghanistan), a palm-sized place was occupied by the remnants of Yarkand.

It's not perfect, and that's how it is for Lee Ding-guo.

Even though Gao Yigong achieved the position of Duke, Li Dingguo was still a Marquis.

"What is lacking now is a battle to destroy the country—"

Li Dingguo was riding a horse, stepping lightly on the road, and hundreds of waterwheels on both sides continuously transported precious river water into the canal, and then flowed to the entire farmland of Shache.

The division of water resources is the most critical and precious power in the entire southern Xinjiang region.

In the Tiannanxing Metropolitan Division, the millions of square kilometers of land are all decided by Tiannan General Li Dingguo.

Of course, he will delegate power to the civil servants of the oasis.

This year is the tenth year of Shaowu, and Li Dingguo is only 35 years old now.

Riding on a tall horse as black as satin, he looked majestic and heroic, and his high-spirited breath could not be stopped, making people unconsciously want to worship him.

For the past three years, everyone has respected the Tiannan General and dared not resist in the slightest.

Because they know that the consequences of disobeying military orders will be death, and countless cases have been confirmed before.

"Three years, almost three years."

Li Dingguo stared at the crowd, the endless manor, and the ancient city wall in front of him, he couldn't believe it.

He was here for three years just for military training.

The imperial court continued to refute his memorial to the war, either on the excuse of insufficient troops or lack of food and grass, and in the end, it was a sentence that the time had not yet come.

He hurried back to the mansion and dismounted quickly.

"General, this is the bulletin from the beginning of the month—"

The servants on the side quickly handed over the newspaper.

Li Dingguo looked at it casually.

Although the Daming Gazette is a semi-monthly publication, it is too far away from Shache, and the news is seriously lagging behind. It is already early August, and the newspaper did not arrive until the beginning of July.

He took a look with his eyes, and there was a striking line of words that he couldn't move away no matter what: Lu Song Governor's Mansion, Sun Lin, Shi Lang Feng Bo——

Moving his eyes down, Li Dingguo instantly felt bored.

Good guy, 26-year-old Earl, don't exaggerate.

A land of barbarians the size of a palm can also be sealed as an uncle?
Sighing, he was about to complain, when suddenly a person came hurriedly: "General, general, the imperial court hastened four hundred miles—"

He was out of breath, covered in yellow sand all over his body, his lips were dry and peeling, and his steps were soft like an old man.

But Li Dingguo was overjoyed by it, hurriedly approached him, and put his big hand directly on his arm, like a tongs: "Hurry up and give it to me—"

"Yes--"

As he spoke, the messenger took out the urgent document from his pocket and handed it over carefully.

Li Dingguo took a rough look, and it turned out to be a sealed letter box.

Open it up and see the decree drafted by the cabinet: require the Tiannanxing capital to train soldiers and horses, hoard food and grass...

This is simply nonsense, Li Dingguo has been conscientious in the past three years, never slacking off in military training, and has accumulated a lot of food and grass.

But Li Dingguo was very excited and excited.

This is a signal, a signal that troops will be dispatched.

"Quickly, call the commanders from all over the place and let them come to see me."

In the entire Tiannanxing Capital Division, the biggest official is Tiannan General, Li Dingguo, who has [-] troops under his direct control.

But at the same time, the major oases are stationed by command envoys, with soldiers and horses ranging from [-] to [-], who are in charge of the entire oasis army.

Of course, the Tiannanxing capital is not a military-political integration, but is governed by civil servants and is under the direct jurisdiction of General Tiannan.

The magistrates and county magistrates are governed by local officials or civil servants dispatched by the imperial court, which can be regarded as a measure to share power with the elite and integrate them into the Ming Dynasty.

The effect is naturally very good.

Because of the opening of trade, the former Silk Road once again burst into brilliance, and the number of caravans gradually increased, leading to the gradual recovery of finances.

With the disappearance of the war, agriculture began to recover, and food was hoarded continuously.

Since then, last year, Li Dingguo ordered to directly recruit [-] local soldiers to join the army and conduct drills to make them a part of the Ming army.

Afterwards, Gansu mobilized ten thousand people into the stronghold, bringing the total number of soldiers and horses in the entire Tiannanxing capital to more than [-].

This is also thanks to the commanders from all over the country, the decentralized integration and drills, thus digesting these [-] recruits.

Fifteen commanding envoys rushed from oases of different sizes, each one was busy with travel and dust, but they had no complaints.

After Gao Yigong left, Li Dingguo had the highest prestige, and no one dared to oppose him.

Li Dingguo glanced at the crowd, and didn't care about how embarrassed many people were, but said in a deep voice:

"I know you've worked hard, but I want to tell you that it's all worth it—"

"The imperial court will not forget us, and His Majesty will not. All the sacrifices have already come to fruition."

"Starting today, I will check your military training results..."

Therefore, in this summer, the entire Nanjiang launched a large-scale military training operation, which can be said to have frightened the Oirat and Mongolian tribes.

After being terrified for more than a month, news came out from Southern Xinjiang that Abdullah Khan was about to be exterminated to completely eliminate hidden dangers, which made them heave a sigh of relief.

In fact, during this period of time, the people who have been most frightened are the Mongolian tribes in Mobei and the Manchus on the shore of Lake Baikal.

The three tribes of Khalkha and Mongolia have been living their own lives. They once reached out to Monan but were beaten back by the Qing Dynasty. Now they have no ambitions.

But when they heard that the emperor of Ming Dynasty held a large-scale audience event in Mulan, all tribes in Monan had to participate.

Naturally, the three departments refused to go, so they could only send their heirs to have an audience.

It is not a loss to bring back three county princes.

But for Man Qing on the shore of Lake Baikal, it was the first time after many years that he received news from the Ming people again.

In the Lake Baikal area, the Qing Dynasty established a new city - Fengjing.

At the same time, Fengjing Mansion was formally established.

With Lake Baikal as the center, the land with a radius of thousands of miles was included in the bag and became an inseparable part of the Qing Dynasty.

Back then, in order to win the hearts of the army and the people, most of the Buryat Mongols were demoted to slaves and given the Eight Banners.

Needless to say, the ranch is also in the pockets of the princes and nobles.

In the past few years, Shunzhi has worked hard to govern, appointed Hong Chengchou as a general, swept the Baikal region, and continued to conquer and expand.

At the same time, he appointed those Han people to govern the people and farm the fields, which quickly achieved results.

In the first year, they had a bumper harvest, barely enough to fill their stomachs, and survived the famine.

In the second year, more land was reclaimed as arable land, the number of serfs reached 2, and the amount of arable land reached [-] hectares.

In the third year, the scale of cultivated land reached [-] hectares, and the number of serfs exceeded [-].

But this time has reached the limit.

All the fertile land on the banks of Lake Baikal has been turned into arable fields, but the yield is not high.

The yield per mu is no more than [-] catties, and one has to plow and rest for two days. The annual output can only maintain food and clothing.

For Fengjing Prefecture, which has nearly 50 people, this has reached its limit.

Shunzhi's age also exceeded 19 years old. He has been married for six years and has several children.

At this time, it had been more than five years since he left Shengjing.

In this era, it is almost half a generation.

Shunzhi also felt that the memory was long gone.

For the kind of imperial palace in Beijing, his impression at this time is extremely vague.

As for Sheng Jing, he also gradually became indifferent, only remembering the specific outline...

Before I knew it, I had been away from Liaodong for a long time——

"Ama, Ama—"

A few princes were playing recklessly on the grass, and a few nuns looked after them, but they didn't care. When they saw these emperors running towards the contemplative emperor, their faces turned pale with fright.

Shunzhi touched his son's head, quite satisfied with his lively appearance: "Go and play, Ama has something to do!"

At this moment, the guards were already standing in the distance waiting.

"what's up?"

"Cabinet ministers, please see me." The guard bowed his head and said, "Ming people held a meeting in Monan, and the momentum was huge."

"En!" Shunzhi nodded, and gathered the leather jacket.

It's only August, and it's already like early winter. It must be midsummer in the south at this time, and he's already used to it.

Soon, the figures of the cabinet ministers appeared.

The leader is naturally the first assistant Fan Wencheng, then the hardworking Hong Chengchou, and after that is Ning Wanwo.

Among the meritorious military generals are Jierhalang, Obai, and Luck Dehun. They have made outstanding achievements, and together they can directly suppress civil servants.

After the division of land and slaves in the past few years, the strength of the Eight Banners nobles has been greatly restored. Although there are not many troops, their land and wealth have skyrocketed.

However, due to the partiality of the emperor, the power of the cabinet was able to compete with these Eight Banners owners.

"Your Majesty, I got the news from Chechen Khan that the Ming army granted Mongolian nobles and re-established the Mongolian nobility system. It seems that they have the heart of unifying Mongolia."

Fan Wencheng said worriedly: "The Mongolian tribes of Khalkha are definitely not opponents of the Ming people."

But at this time, Jierhalang held his head high and said, "It's better to strike first, and then you will suffer."

"Now we have cooperated with the Raksha people and obtained a lot of muskets and gunpowder, which are enough to deal with the Khalkha tribes. At this time, we need to attack—"

"That's right, just take it down—"

Several Eight Banners nobles nodded their heads in approval.

After the land of Lake Baikal was taken away, Khalkha Mongolia was naturally the next meal of the Eight Banners.

(End of this chapter)