Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 740 Vladivostok

Fengtian Port.

Zhu Yihai came here personally to send the Crown Prince to the north, and a group of officials from the East Palace accompanied him to Beijing. The newly formed Tokyo Sixth Commander and the Prince's Four Guards escorted the north, and Ruan Jin, the naval admiral, personally led the naval guards.

"When you arrive in Beijing, listen more to the ministers Du Yinxi and Zhang Mingzhen. This time you are a striker, which is also an exercise."

Zhu Yihai who came from the north should leave the prince in Fengtian Jianguo and go to Beijing by himself.

However, he still intends to let the crown prince go first. The troops from the imperial camp and the towns have already passed by, and the Great Wall defense line has been defended, so there is no need to worry about the Tartars. However, Beijing has experienced chaos in recent years, especially when the Tartars fled north. Everything that could be taken away was taken away.

Now to restore Beijing and prepare for the return of the emperor in autumn, the burden is not light.

"Sorting out the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, restoring the Yanbei Great Wall's defense line, clearing the fields, and relocating the people, these are the top priorities."

The grain and salt from the south of the Yangtze River have already been sent north by boat. These are the most important guarantees for the stability of Beijing and Tianjin.

The crown prince listened carefully.

"When you arrive in Beijing, you have to see more, walk more and listen more, but it doesn't mean you should listen to others completely. You have to have your own opinions and opinions, and you can also have your own voice. Be bold, don't be afraid of making mistakes, and you can correct them if you make mistakes."

After the Tartars fled north, although Beijing and Tianjin are still in chaos, the big threat is gone. The main thing is to deal with the soldiers and horses in Yan and Jin, and then clear the fields and appease the people.

Yan Jin has lost too many people in the past few years. It turned out that when the Tartars entered the customs, a large number of Manchurian Tartars moved in and ran around to enclose land. The princes and nobles also took the opportunity to enclose countless fields, and approached a large number of common people and landlords as slaves. .

When they fled north, they engulfed tens of thousands of people.

Now Yanjin, especially the Beijing-Tianjin area, is very empty. Many places have become empty cities, with no people living for hundreds of miles and no chickens crowing for ten miles.

The Tartars couldn't take the land away, they took away people, livestock, and property.

This used to be the most quintessential place in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. Most of the land was owned by Huangzhuang, Wangzhuang and other officials. Later, it was copied by the Shun army, and was encircled by the Qing army. Now it has become a open space.

Fortunately, the imperial court has gone all the way to the north in the past few years, and has already gained experience in recovering countless places. The emperor also gave special instructions. Bureaucrats and other farms can be cleared and returned to those who have owners, but the occupied military and official land must first be cleared.

Those whose original owner had disappeared during the war also had to become officials.

After becoming an official, some of the fields were first sold at a low price to the soldiers of the Beijing camp, the imperial camp, and the provincial patrol and garrison camp, and then the camps, post camps, river workers, etc. were used as public rental land, and the rest was allocated to the school. As for the school fields, some public leased fields such as Louze Garden and Nursing Home should also be set up.

After these arrangements are made, some will be allocated to other government offices for public lease.

The rest will be given to officials to subscribe, and then sold to the common people at a lower price.

These fields are basically to be redistributed. In the end, if there are any leftovers, they will be used as official land, rented out or cultivated by themselves with slaves and hired labor.

A large number of people were lost in the Yan and Jin Dynasties, and as many people as possible became self-cultivated farmers or semi-self-cultivated farmers.

As for this, the lack of tenants and hired workers for the landlords is not something that the imperial court should consider, and they have to find a way to solve it themselves.

"I heard that when the Tatars fled to the north, they destroyed Beijing and set fire to it, causing great damage. After you pass by, repair it briefly. Especially don't make large-scale construction of the palace. Now is not the time to pay attention to this.

However, when the city of Beijing was originally at the end of Chongzhen, the population increased greatly, resulting in many illegal constructions, which can be cleaned up. "

"After the war, we must pay special attention to recuperating people's strength and restoring people's livelihood. Don't do non-essential projects. If you want to do it, you have to use work as a relief. You can't use people casually."

"There is another problem. It turns out that the gentry in the north surrendered and surrendered to captives. It is a last resort. You should investigate carefully. As long as it is not the kind of traitor who leads the way and the kind who persecutes the Han compatriots after surrender, be more lenient. ,
The local officials from the original Yan and Jin Dynasties should also be selected and appointed after screening.

Don't implicate and expand at will, but for some traitors and traitors who have great public grievances, they should be suppressed as soon as they should be suppressed, and they cannot be lenient.Some captives and thieves pretended to be powerful, but they did not do any evil. They were dealt with lightly and moved to the southern border. "

Zhu Yihai explained to the prince very carefully.

During this northern tour, the prince still has a lot of things to face.

"Okay, I won't say too much, let's get on the boat!"

The prince bid farewell to the emperor.

Zhu Yihai gave a simple explanation to the ministers, "Leave civil affairs to Du Qing, and military affairs to Zhang Qing. You all assist the prince well, and I will come in a few months."

Sending off the prince, a few days later, after receiving the news that the prince had arrived in Beijing, Zhu Yihai came to the pier again to see him off, this time sending Zhu Chenggong to sea.

The emperor had already agreed to the request of Liaodong Governor Zhang Guowei, and decided to launch a battle against Liaoshen to seize the Liaohe Plain. This time many soldiers and horses were involved.

Zhang Guowei was still the governor of military affairs, and Geng Zhongming, Li Chixin, and Ruan Jin all led the town, and there were Korean soldiers, Sauron soldiers, and Chahar to coordinate troops.

The east and west are facing each other, and the land and water are advancing simultaneously. The Ming army has a great advantage.

After all, the Ming army has established a firm foothold in Liaodong in the past two years. The coastal area is under the control of the Ming army, not to mention the front line of southern Liaoning and the Yalu River, which is operated by the Ming army like an iron bucket.

Now the Manchus have betrayed their relatives, and they are struggling everywhere.

This battle is not a big problem. The navy is coordinated by the 25th Ruan Jin Township stationed in Lushun. Zhu Chenggong is now going to sea, and he is directly using his No. 20 [-]th Township Navy Stationed in Qingdao as the main force to send troops to Japan.

Daming proposed to North Korea to lease Jeju Island, and offered preferential tariffs to North Korea, as well as a package of arms sales plan to help North Korea build a new type of navy. North Korea happily agreed to lease Jeju Island to Daming as a naval military base.

The lease term is 99 years, and Ming Dynasty pays the rent. The people on the island are still Korean citizens, and North Korea can still send officials to manage it.

But the Ming Dynasty can not only build ports and naval bases on Jeju Island, but also build military camps on the island, mine, raise horses, farm, and even build shipyards, workshops, and immigrants. Official management.

The officials who were going to negotiate originally proposed to the king of North Korea to buy Jeju Island directly, but many ministers in North Korea felt that it could not be sold, and some even only wanted to rent a port.

Later, the conditions that Daming gave were too generous, and finally such a new agreement was reached.

Although it wasn't for sale, it was willing to rent, and the concession that was drawn up was quite large. Not only was it more than enough for Ming to garrison there, it was even developed, and it was enough to immigrate a million people.

Zhu Chenggong will lead the first part of the 24th Town Navy to move to Jeju, where he will build ports, naval camps, and even bastion forts to store materials and prepare for the next stage of attacking Japan.

"Know the enemy and know the enemy. You will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. You go first. After you are stationed in Jeju, it will be convenient for you to send sailors to guard the commercial routes. You can mercilessly wipe out the Japanese pirates that reappeared at sea. You can even take the opportunity to first scout Tsushima, The situation of the Iki, Hirado, and Goto islands,"

"I have asked Zhou Rui of No. 20 Six Towns to also make preparations. The imperial court has also sent envoys to the Ryukyu Kingdom. When the time is almost ripe, No. 20 Six Towns will also lease a port in Ryukyu and establish a naval base. By then Attack Japan on both sides."

Zhu Chenggong was a little unconvinced, "Does Your Majesty not trust our No. 20 four towns? One of our towns is more than enough to deal with Japan."

"Whether you have the ability or not, you can tell by your performance on the battlefield, let's go."

In the corner of the port, there are still several ships that are about to leave the port. They are not soldiers and horses of the 24th Town Navy, but the vanguard fleet under the name of the Royal Shaofu Supervisor.

This is a royal merchant fleet with an exploration and pioneering nature, semi-official in nature.This time, according to the emperor's order, they will start from Dengzhou, bypass the Korean Strait, and then go to Nuer Gandusi.

After they bypassed the Korean Strait, the first stop was the mouth of the Tumen River, and the second stop was Vladivostok.

The Tumen River and the Yalu River are the boundary rivers between Daming and North Korea. The Changbai Mountain in the middle is the boundary, and Tianchi belongs to Daming.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jianzhou Zuowei was set up in Huining near the Tumen River. There were also post stations such as Nanjing Station, Suizhou Station, Xiguan Station, Fuchu Station, Maolian Station, and Maolian Station. Wei and others restrained the Jurchens.

"Wokuowei, a small fishing village at the mouth of the Tumen River, where you can catch fish and dry salt. It used to be a place where Jurchen, Koreans, and Japanese traded. You set up a business here to trade with various ethnic groups and serve the court. The leader of the local tribe sent a message to convey the canonization purpose for the imperial court."

"The next stop is Vladivostok. It turns out that Muyanghewei and Shuangchengwei were established here during the Yongle period. Vladivostok is in very good conditions and is a very rare ice-free port. The northern highlands are bays in the southeast and west, and the Golden Horn The bay stretches from southwest to northeast into the mainland, fifteen miles long, the entrance bay is about four miles wide, and the water depth is seven to ten feet. There is an island on the south side as a natural barrier. The bay is surrounded by low mountains and hills. The terrain is dangerous and rare. Natural harbor.

This is just a fishing village now, and it will be an important seaport center of the imperial court in the northeast. Now you go to the front station, responsible for appeasement and canonization of the local tribal leaders, first open the way with trade, establish business halls, collect intelligence, etc., and do things for the navy to station later. Preparation. "

"Your task is to stand in the front and open the way with trade, try not to conflict with those tribes, first establish a good relationship, establish a business base, and find out information."

"The minister leads the order!"

"The servants lead the order."

The Pioneer Adventure Fleet is composed of three large ships, with a total of about 500 people. Wang Chaoxiang, Lin Xuewu, and Wang Qi each lead a ship. Of these three, Chaoxiang was originally an eunuch in Lu Wangfu, Lin Xuewu was originally a member of the army under Zhang Mingzhen, and Wang Qi was A member of Qianzong, Lin Xuewu and Wang Qi were both discharged from the army due to disabilities. Lin Xuewu hurt one eye and wore an eye patch, while Wang Qi lost an arm and replaced it with an iron hook.

Wang Chaoxiang is an eunuch without a handle.

The pioneer expeditionary expedition fleet led by the three is quite unique, with 500 people under its command, most of whom are disabled veterans who have retired from the navy and imperial battalion. Although they lack arms and noses, they are all very sturdy. , and even some Western mercenaries in the team.

After these people retired from the army, because they had no family and were single, they did not want to live that kind of peaceful and ordinary life, but still wanted to live that kind of adventurous and exciting life. richer.

Anyway, if you are single, and the whole family is not hungry, it is better to venture into the world.

They are under the name of the Shaofu Supervisor, and they are the merchant fleet under the name of the emperor. This time, it was Zhu Yihai who drew a lot of money from internal funds and personally made plans and routes for them to go to the Far East.

The first stop is Tumen River Estuary, and the second stop is Vladivostok.

Build a business station and recruit tribes.

After laying a good front for the navy, you can build strongholds, build bastions, station troops, and even station fleets.

The Tumen River Estuary and Vladivostok are in good locations, especially Vladivostok, the best natural port in the Far East, and a deep-water port that is not frozen all year round.

The port goes up the river, and you can reach Xingkai Lake by land and water, then you can enter the Wusuli River, and finally enter Heilongjiang.

The Tumen River was not only the boundary river of the Ming Dynasty, but also reached the Songhua River not far to the northwest.

These two ports can go directly to the inland areas of Northeast China through rivers. In the early Ming Dynasty, a shipyard was set up in Jilin, where ships were built, and a navy was also set up to form an army to protect the seal. Heilongjiang, has been inspected to Nuer Gandusi, and went straight to Haikou.

Jilin Shipyard goes east to Shenyang via Tieling, Changchun Siping Kaiyuan, or along the Huifa River via Huinan, Qingyuan and Fushun to Shenyang.

Between Shenyang and Jilin Shipyard, there is a well-developed and operated post road.

But now Zhu Yihai, relying on his superiority in the sea, wants to develop two ports, Wokuowei and Vladivostok, in the East China Sea. Not only will there be one more road, but he will also be able to reach the back of Jurchen from the sea by virtue of his superiority in the sea.

It is conducive to strengthening trade, increasing the control of the Jurchens through trade, and maintaining the support of the garrison through trade.

In the future, with a little bit of immigration and development, when a few port trade cities are established, they will be able to deter the surrounding Jurchen tribes from being crushed.

In the future, no matter whether these two ports are used to connect the Songhua River and Wusuli River through the inland, or continue to use this as a base and continue to go up the coast, for Daming, there are a few more options, which will also help the future development of the entire Control of the Northeast.

Zhang Guowei is sending troops to Liaoshen, and Zhu Chenggong has gone to Jeju Island to build a naval base.

But here the emperor was able to find time to form three ships and five hundred warriors to form an adventurous fleet to take the lead.

Zhu Yihai treated the dynasty ministers and the others well. The goods on the ship were all paid by the Shaofu Supervisor, which was the emperor's internal money, and the ship also belonged to the emperor. Even these hundreds of people were paid a good salary.

However, the emperor made an agreement with them that [-]% of the profits from the fleet's trade would be shared by them, and the dividends would be distributed to different shares according to their positions.

As long as the luck is not too bad, if this adventure voyage is successful, they will be able to earn enough pension money for the rest of their lives.

(End of this chapter)