Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 821

As early as before the war against Jianzhou to destroy the country, Zhu Youjian had decreed to widen and level the road from the capital to Shanhaiguan to facilitate the transportation of grain and grass materials and speed up the passage of troops.

After Chongzhen wiped out the Manchu Qing regime in 11 years, 20 people, including prisoners of war and coats, were used in the thorough repair and expansion project of the official roads inside and outside Shanhaiguan.

With the construction of three cement plants along the way, after six years of hard work, the official road from Beijing to Shanhaiguan was not considered spacious, and was finally rebuilt into a width of about five feet (about 15 meters in later generations) and a total length of about six. The avenue with more than [-] miles of hardened cement on the road surface means that since then, the imperial court's control over the Northeast region has been greatly strengthened, and the attributes of commodity circulation inside and outside the customs have also been fully exerted and released.

During these six years, due to illness and various accidents, more than 20 of the [-] road construction troops died, and the rest became professional infrastructure teams with rich experience.

After the completion of this strategic road, after screening and review, [-] people were left outside the customs. Except for some with family members who were sent to their respective places, the remaining [-] people formed several construction teams. , Continue to build roads between prefectures and counties in Liaoning Province.

Unlike before when they only cared about food when they were serving hard labor, they no longer participated in the project as labor reformers, but worked as a road construction team affiliated to the Construction and Repair Department of the Ministry of Industry. They will also receive corresponding rewards, that is to say, the imperial court has regarded them as real subjects.

The issue of the identity of these Han people was resolved, and the rest is the issue of prisoners of war.

The screening and review of prisoners of war are more stringent than those of the coats. Everyone’s usual performance, whether they have complaints about the Ming court after the strike, whether they still agree with the "Great Qing" country and the original grassland tribes, etc. Evidence of discrimination.

During the six years of hard labor, there were also a few stubborn, hostile and contemptuous people who tried to take advantage of the chaos and escape, but in the end they were all ruthlessly suppressed by the officers and soldiers in charge of surveillance.

With the sharp reduction in the number of die-hards, the rest have basically resigned themselves to their fate. In addition, the supervisors sent by the government and the army are all extremely ruthless people. During daily construction, if someone is found to be slack and lazy, they will be beaten with whips and sticks immediately. After a long time, most people dare not have the slightest complaint about the current situation.

After some careful selection and "seeking personal opinions", [-]% of the nearly [-] Eight Banners prisoners of war who knew that the "Great Qing" regiment was destroyed and could only be farmers after they were released chose to become construction workers who received a monthly salary. Only [-]% of the road workers chose to be assigned by the court to work as farmers in a certain place in the pass.

Contrary to the Manchu Eight Banners prisoners of war who only knew how to hunt and fight, when more than [-] Mongolian Eight Banners prisoners of war learned that they could be scattered and placed in fully naturalized Mongolian tribes and live a traditional life of grazing cattle and sheep, some Eighty percent chose to return to the grassland to be a herdsman, and only [-]% felt that they had adapted to the current way of life and were willing to travel all over the Ming Dynasty with the road construction team. While receiving a lot of money, they would also have the opportunity to marry a Han woman People, future generations can also become authentic Han commoners, and even have the opportunity to read and write, participate in the imperial examination, and become masters in the future.

There is no shortage of people with vision and brains among the foreign races, because they can see farther and think more, so that future generations will not live the days of staring at the deserted prairie all day long, so the wise people choose to completely turn to Ming Dynasty .

In order to make many Manchu Eight Banners prisoners of war fundamentally identify with Chinese civilization, Zhu Youjian instructed Yousi to change their surnames to simpler Chinese names on a "voluntary" basis, so that they can be called easily in daily life. And writing, so, with the cooperation of official scribes, a surname change movement involving tens of thousands of people was launched vigorously, and many little-known surnames were born.

The Aixinjueluo clan to which Nurhachi belongs all changed their surnames to "Jin".

Niu Colu's surname was changed to "Lang".

Nala's surname was changed to "Na".

There are many people in the Tongjia clan, so there are many surnames changed, some have changed their surnames to "Tong", some have the surname "Dong", some have the surname "Tong", and some have the surname "Gao".

Similar to it, the Guerjia family also changed their surnames the most, some changed their surnames to "Guan", some changed their surnames to "Ye", some changed their surnames to "Shi", and some changed their surnames to "Su".

The Fucha family also changed their surnames more often, mainly divided into surnames such as "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", and "Ma".

The minor surname Qi Jia was changed to "Qi".

Suo Chuo Luo's family was changed to "Suo" and "Cao".

After changing the name and surname, whether it is the officials of the Ming Dynasty or the officers and soldiers monitoring them, when they look at these enemies on the battlefield, they suddenly feel much more pleasing to the eye, and they are also catchy when they shout, "Old Jin, Lao Cao, this is so exciting." , It's much better than shouting "Hey, that man!", "Wu, that thief!"

In order to prevent possible abnormal incidents, the government dispersed these former prisoners of war who voluntarily became road builders, and mixed them with the Han people in the road construction teams established by various prefectures and counties. Avenue, it has been four years so far this year.

According to the survey and the summary of archival data from previous dynasties, the official road from the capital to Xi’an Prefecture is about 15 miles long. Due to factors such as outdated production tools, low cement production, and complex geological conditions in some areas, Coupled with the impact of bad weather, it is estimated that it will take ten to [-] years for the entire project to be completed, and the cost of money, food and materials is also an astronomical figure.

Military expenditures, various farmland and water conservancy projects, construction and maintenance of urban infrastructure, construction of nursing homes and hospitals, successive establishment of schools, salaries and benefits of officials, all these major matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood will cost a lot of money. Year after year, the financial situation of the entire Ming Dynasty continued to improve, but every year at the beginning of the year, seeing a large amount of silver coins being taken away every day, the cabinet chiefs and household officials still looked unhappy.

The emperor was too impatient.

The above-mentioned projects can obviously be implemented in stages and within a period of time, so why bother to get them together and start at the same time?

If any one of these major events is completed, it can leave a strong mark in the history books, let alone unfolding at the same time, if it is completed, it will be paid off.

Is the emperor planning to become an emperor through the ages?
Zhu Youjian didn't care too much about it.

For him, what he is doing now is a great cause that will benefit the present and benefit the future. It doesn’t matter if you spend a lot, and the reputation doesn’t matter. Daming is open, as long as you have enough good goods, isn't money from all over the world flowing to Daming?

　Thanks to _book friends for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)