Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 329

There are two copies of the battle report, one is sent to Beijing and the other is sent to the emperor.

The population of Chenla was around 4 million, and the natives probably numbered around 2 million, and 370,000 were eliminated.

Two hundred thousand Northern troops were cleared, and about 250 million were cleared. At least these were the ears they handed over.

This counts as a battle merit.

Of the 120 miscellaneous troops, million were eliminated.

The superiority of the fighting power determines the outcome. If there were not only seven days left, the results would be even greater.

When the battle report came up, the Zidian Army had already opened the way and moved over. Xinyizhou might become the front line. There would be no governor for the time being and it would be military control. Yu Qian would take care of it in the past.

Zhu Qiyu also marveled at the combat effectiveness of the Northern Army.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Beijing camp, elite border troops were also dispatched to Beijing to defend the capital. Starting from the 10th year of Jingtai, a rotation system was implemented to prevent corruption in the army.

The elites were transferred to the capital for one to two years, and then rotated to fight in the frontiers. The transfer orders were in the hands of the Military Aircraft Department, and the emperor could change soldiers and generals at any time.

It’s not that all the soldiers in the world are mobilized, and the guards are not moved, but the elite are mobilized, and the elite are mobilized, and they are mobilized back and forth.

During his stay in the capital, the emperor could also take the opportunity to show kindness, so that they would only have the emperor in their hearts.

Zhu Qiyu further divided the arms into details such as cavalry, infantry, musketeers, musketry cavalry, shield soldiers, crossbowmen, etc., and divided them into plain warfare, mountain warfare, jungle warfare, etc.

He also asked the Ministry of War and the nobles to work together to design tactics.

They also re-planned the divisions of the Five Army Governor's Office, dividing the north and the south. This north and south are not geographical divisions. The Northern Army mainly engages in cavalry warfare, plain warfare, etc., while the Southern Army engages in mountain warfare, jungle warfare, etc. Soldiers are also recruited from all over the world. See what the soldiers are suitable for, and then assign them.

Not by region, but by the type of soldiers. Those who are tall and have long arms are the cavalry seedlings, and those who are short, stocky and capable are the mountain warfare seedlings. Make full use of the people and deploy the armies according to their own advantages.

Tactical divisions were also made for each army, and siege armies, cavalry armies, firearms armies, etc. were established, focusing on terrain tactics, instead of like the orthodox dynasty, which mobilized troops from all over the country when a war broke out, regardless of whether the soldiers were suitable or not. It's over after a fight, and you'll be completely defeated in the end.

If the cavalry is allowed to fight in mountain warfare, isn't this a recipe for death?

The Ming Dynasty has been making this kind of mistake. It mobilized its elite troops everywhere, fought across the country, and finally wasted them on the battlefield. The strong troops built in this way were only temporary.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu wanted to build multiple ace armies and let them shine on their own battlefields. Those who fight in mountain warfare will always fight in mountain warfare. They will not be allowed to fight on cavalry. Those who attack cities will study how to attack cities.

And pay attention to the training of military officers to maintain the long-term and stable combat effectiveness of the army.

When Zhu Qiyu left the capital, there were only 100,000 troops left in the capital. Over the past year, they were mobilized from the border troops and then rotated elites to allow them to properly rest and train on the battlefield.

While the elites were in Beijing, they selected meritorious officers to attend the martial arts lecture hall. At the same time, the Xungui Mansion sent instructors to the military to teach people and explain tactics so that they would have a deeper understanding of war.

Only then did he start a martial arts school, because the foundation had been laid and it was a matter of course.

Don't just start a martial arts school as soon as you think about it, otherwise you will end up doing it sparsely. Zhu Qiyu has learned his lesson long ago.

Mobilizing 200,000 people, almost emptying out all the troops stationed in Southern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong and Henan.

Hearing that more than 200 people had been killed in the battle, Zhu Qiyu gasped in heartache.

These people are the foundation he has accumulated.

It can be said that these people are all officers in each army, so together they are terrifyingly powerful. With them as the basis, they can pull out an army of one million people with strong combat effectiveness.

"There are still more than two million people in Cambodia?" Zhu Qiyu frowned.

"Your Majesty, they are all natives, not human beings. Once the forest is cleared, they will have nowhere to escape." Feng Xiao read the military report.

"Go and invite the old lady and Ye Qing."

The rainy season is coming soon, and he is worried that he will not have time to eliminate the trouble. He must move people in as soon as possible, and then pull out an army from these people and train them into a militia to protect the safety of the area.

Two million natives are hiding in the mountains and there is no way to capture them.

Cochin cut down trees extensively to force these natives out.

Hu Hui and Ye Sheng came hand in hand. After saluting, they were reading the memorial and sighed quietly: "If all the countries had not formed a coalition, our Ming Dynasty would not be so passive."

"There are more than three million people. It's a pity. If they all became slaves, it would be much easier to govern Xinyizhou." Ye Sheng continued.

After occupying Cambodia, there was no thought of massacre.

Rather, they want to demote people into slaves and let them shine for the Ming Dynasty.

"It's useless to talk about this anymore, everything has been done."

Zhu Qiyu was helpless: "This damn rainy season is delaying the construction of Xinyizhou!"

"At the end of next year, I don't care where the war ends, the construction of Xinyizhou must be completed!"

In recent years, Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly enough, but the emperor is still not satisfied.

He still felt it was too slow, too slow.

Hu Hu did not object: "There is not much time left for Xinyizhou, we must first let the people settle down."

"Didn't Zhu Ying say that there are not enough tools? Let each subway factory rush to make axes, saws, etc. Make a lot of them and send them to Xinyizhou before the rainy season."

"Send them another batch of food. All the food purchased from Mancajia, Boni and other countries will be shipped to the people for distribution and distributed to the people in preparation for the rainy season."

"Also, pay attention to harvesting the food in the fields of Xinyizhou and preserve it. This is life-saving food."

Zhu Qiyu said: "It's better to exchange grain for trees. The more you cut down, the more rewards you will get. Not only will you be rewarded with grain, but you can also be rewarded with shops and houses in the city. As long as I cut down all the forests, the officials can be sealed!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

If we want to accommodate such a large population, the forests will have to disappear rapidly.

The officials in charge of Xinyizhou have arrived in Jiaozhi and are ready to enter Xinyizhou at any time.

"If there's not enough food, just transport some from Jiangnan..."

Before he finished speaking, Hu Xi flatly refused: "Qin Tianjian predicts that there will be disasters this year, so Ming Dynasty should stay close to the north."

Rehe and Gansu are not yet self-sufficient. Rehe and Jilin have to be supported by the imperial court. There is also North Korea, which is asking for money, and its territory is still expanding.

There is definitely not enough food to eat.

It was a hot night this year, and Qin Tianjian predicted that it would be a disaster year, so he sent a letter to the cabinet asking for precautions.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, you must be on guard first.

"It would be nice if we didn't have a national war." Ye Sheng had a toothache.

This was not a fight from Ming Dynasty, but a fight from others.

"The population is also growing too fast."

Hu Xi smiled bitterly: "In the eighth year of Jingtai, the population was only 1.1 million. Four years later, the population has reached 1.3 million. There are no statistics on newborns in the past two years. It is estimated that there will be more newborns, and the population may approach million. .”

This number shocked Zhu Qiyu.

With a population of over 100 million, it’s not unusual to clear out hidden households, but where did those 30 million come from?

Such a large population is by no means a prosperous age, but an extremely terrible pressure. The pressure can crush the Ming Dynasty at any time, which is a catastrophe.

I originally pointed to the food in Baiyue Land, but as a result of the war, no one could point to it.

Construction is going on everywhere, and men consume three times more food than usual. The past two years have been good, and private food prices have not increased.

But not this year. There is going to be a national war soon, and there are newly expanded areas to settle, and there are places where food is needed everywhere.

"Why are there so many people?" Zhu Qiyu was frightened.

"Your Majesty, this is still a conservative figure given by the veteran."

Hu Hui smiled bitterly: "Although you have immigrated in the past two years and caused a lot of complaints, fortunately not many people died, and a large area was exempted from taxes. The people are settled, so they will naturally have more children."

"If life continues to be good, the population will exceed 200 million no later than the thirteenth year of Jingtai."

“In Jingtai’s 20th year, the population may exceed 500 million.”

This is no joke.

More children means more blessings. Don’t worry about the number of children among the people. Look at the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty. Which family has fewer children?

Ye Sheng took a breath and was very frightened: "In Jingtai 30 years, the population will probably exceed 2 billion!"

Yes, the population is exploding.

Because this generation has many children, after they get married, they will have children like crazy. As long as there is enough food, the population will increase dramatically.

It's not like doubling, but it's like exponential growth.

"So we need to expand, keep expanding!" Zhu Qiyu's face turned dark.

If the population continues to increase like this, Ming Dynasty will never be rich and will always remain in the same place. Let alone industrialization, it will not be able to afford food.

"Your Majesty, the more people expand, the poorer they become. Ming Dynasty will die from expansion sooner or later." Ye Sheng smiled bitterly.

“Then how to curb population growth?”

This is a traditional agricultural society with low productivity. The people's ability to bear the burden is very fragile. Once a natural disaster occurs, it will last for three years and the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed.

Catastrophic disasters are normal. They come around every few years and cannot be avoided.

The essence of dynasty change is that there are too many people, and the existing productivity cannot support so many people, so it collapses.

"It's better to carve out the population."

Ye Sheng said: "Let's seize some territory and move the population out if we don't want it ourselves."

This kind of transfer of contradictions treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

Zhu Qiyu wanted to say, how about implementing family planning?

In this era, if the emperor dared to implement family planning, the Ming Dynasty would be gone in an instant. It would be fine to behead people, just don't stop others from having children.

"Your Majesty, that's a matter for the future. Let's deal with it later." Hu Hui also had a big head.

"The top priority is this national war."

"Xing Guogong has already set off south with his people. He will arrive in Jiaozhi before the rainy season."

Hu Xi said: "The most urgent task is to mobilize the soldiers first."

Zhu Qiyu sighed and didn't think about it anymore. The more he thought about it, the more horrified he became. He said: "The climate in Jiaozhi is different from that in the mainland. Soldiers from various places have gone away, and they are prone to die of illness."

"The Northern Army is so elite. When they arrived in Jiaozhi, more than a thousand people fell ill and were transported back."

"Just train in Guangxi first to adapt to the climate in Guangxi."

"What's more, Jiaozhi has to bear the military rations during the occupation of Xinyizhou. If there is no food supply, the cost of transferring food from the mainland is too high."

"There are 150,000 people in Xinyizhou, and there are three generals such as Guo Deng, and the Zidian Army is cooperating. There will be no trouble."

"These people are eating in Guangxi, and the mainland can support them."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Yu Qian doesn't want to go to Jiaozhi. He is in poor health. He will be raised in Guangxi first and train his troops. When the rainy season passes, he will send his troops south again."

Hu Hui thought about it and thought it was okay.

The rainy season is not just for the Ming Dynasty, but for the climate, which is fair to everyone. The powerful troops of the Ming Dynasty cannot be used in the rainy season, let alone them?

Just mobilize a large army to guard the border area with Siam in the west, and leave Laos to Jiaochin to guard.

Just build with peace of mind and adapt to the rainy season.

After sealing the sword, each army also captured some slaves. These people would serve the Ming Dynasty.

"Build another ordnance factory in Guangxi. The scale will be smaller than that of Qiongzhou Prefecture. It can bear the ordnance of the barbarian army."

Xinyizhou is too far away. If everything is transferred from Beijing, it will be defeated before it is defeated.

Zhu Qiyu has always delegated power, and he is not worried about who will become bigger. Anyway, if he becomes bigger, he will reduce his power. The power is in his hands.

Recruiting junior officers into the martial arts hall is to control the hearts of junior officers and ensure that even if the army is far away from the Ming Dynasty, it will not defect with the general.

"Your Majesty, if there is a food shortage, the recruitment of two million young people may be shelved." Hu Hui smiled bitterly.

This is not about money anymore, but about food.

Zhu Qiyu pondered: "If we plant corn this year, will the north be self-sufficient?"

"It's difficult. Wuliangha must be defeated. The cost is not small, and the construction of Jilin cannot be stopped. We all need food."

"If you immigrate 2 million people to Jilin, you will have to support another 2 million people."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to squeeze out any more food."

Hu Hui is very pessimistic.

Zhu Qiyu had an idea: "How about sea fish?"

"what?"

Hu Xi was stunned for a moment, then realized in an instant: "Your Majesty, sea fish is unpalatable, and dried fish is also unpalatable."

"If it doesn't taste good, it can always satisfy you, right? And there are so many fish in the sea, just send someone to salvage them."

Zhu Qiyu clapped his hands: "Encourage coastal fishermen to go to the sea to catch fish. After drying the fish, the central government will collect it. I will pay for it and use the dried fish to provide disaster relief."

In fact, he overestimated his fishing ability these days.

Hu Hu did not object. It was also good to store a batch of dried fish, which could at least be used as rewards for the army. The key was that sea fish was cheap and did not cost much.

As for the wild animals in the forest, don't even think about it. People these days can't eat meat and fish, so they have long been beaten and sacrificed. They simply can't bear to dry them and store them. The loss is too great.

"Your Majesty, what is most hungry may not be food."

Ye Sheng suddenly said: "Like the poor people, there is no oily smell in their stomachs. Everyone is very good at eating. No matter how much they eat, they can't get enough."

"And if you eat too much oil, you will not only be strong, but you will not be like a bottomless pit. If you eat a little, you will be full and still have strength."

Hu Xi rolled his eyes: "There is less oil than rice. Who can drink oil every day? Those small landlords have to save food."

The source of oil is animal oil and vegetable oil. Animal oil is the fat of animals. It is boiled into meat oil, which is a good thing.

Vegetable oils include sesame oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, and radish seed oil.

If you want to popularize soybean cultivation, you have to reduce grain cultivation. After all, the Ming Dynasty has limited cultivated land, and the Ming Dynasty is the world's top farming expert. No one is better at farming than them.

Don’t worry about this. If you can grow soybeans, you will definitely be able to grow them.

Zhu Qiyu thought: "Are there any olive trees in the country?"

"Your Majesty, the olive trees were brought back by Zhang Qian when he was on his mission to the Western Regions. They were often planted in the Ming Dynasty."

Ye Sheng was puzzled: "But this is an ornamental tree. What's the point of mentioning it?"

"Olive oil can be squeezed from the fruit of the olive tree! Don't you know?"

Zhu Qiyu slapped his forehead and asked why there was no olive oil in the Shangshi Bureau. He also thought that the Ming Dynasty had it because he had seen records of olive trees in ancient books.

"That thing can produce oil?" Hu Bi was surprised.

"Old Master, haven't you read the books translated by the Western Yi? They are all eating olive oil!"

Hu Xi's face turned red. He really didn't think highly of Xiyi's books. He hardly read them.

Glancing at Ye Sheng, I found that Ye Sheng was also confused.

Obviously, this guy didn't like it either.

"If that tree could produce oil, we would have plenty of room to plant trees!"

Hu Xi concealed his embarrassment: "It can be planted in Baozhou Prefecture, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Jiaozhi, and Jiannan. Anyway, we cut down the original trees."

"Yunnan, Fujian, Guangxi, and Guizhou can also grow it."

"Zhu Yingshangshu wants to plant tea. He might as well plant sugar cane, coconut trees, and olive trees in Jiaoyi. This time these places will be rich."

Especially sugar cane, boiling sugar cane to obtain sugar has been introduced into the upper class society. The rich and powerful families like cane sugar and dislike beet sugar.

"I will issue an imperial edict later, instructing the central officials to read the Western Yi books to see what is beneficial to the country and the people, and put them all forward. Don't rely on me for anything."

Zhu Qiyu and Ye Sheng were embarrassed by these words.

The two vowed to study when they got back. They asked themselves that their knowledge was unrivaled in the world, how could they be compared with the emperor?

"Your Majesty, the olive tree can produce oil, but it cannot solve the problem at hand." Ye Sheng said.

Even though there are many places in the country where olive trees are planted, they cannot supply the entire Ming Dynasty’s oil market.

"fish oil!"

Hu Hui said: "The tribute from the Ezo Kingdom is fish oil for burning lighting. In fact, fish oil can be used as fuel."

"Now that the Ezo Kingdom has been integrated into the Ming Dynasty, we can ask it to fish more and refine the fish oil, and the Ming Dynasty will harvest it."

How fishy.

But people are almost hungry, so it would be nice to have something to eat.

"It seems that we should keep our eyes on the sea." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

Hu Hui blushed. After the sea opened, many things did come from the ocean.

"First send people to search books and make olive oil, then catch fish, collect fish oil for storage, and animal oil, so that people can eat oil."

Zhu Qiyu said: "When people eat well, their stomachs are no longer bottomless pits, but they can save some food."

"If we have more meat, our living conditions will improve."

When he heard about meat, Hu Hu rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to interfere too much in this matter."

The people could not be fed.

"Raise more chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and sheep, eat more meat, and have fat in your belly. It will be easier to manage in disaster years."

Zhu Qiyu was noncommittal: "Especially for children, only when they have adequate nutrition can they grow taller and stronger."

It’s not that the people don’t want to raise them, they can’t even have enough to eat, so what kind of animals should they raise?

It would be nice to wait until the cultivation of corn is promoted, and feed the livestock with cornmeal, so that they can afford meat.

Chatted some more.

Feng Xiao stood aside, a little anxious.

"Is something wrong?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.

"Your Majesty, Minjie's clock is ready and parked outside the palace gate." Feng Xiao reported back.

When it comes to Minjie, Zhu Qiyu just wants to laugh.

Among the immigrants from the south of the Yangtze River, those with skills stayed behind.

Therefore, those who did not want to leave worked hard to please the emperor and began to study strange and obscene skills. For example, in Minjie, he studied clocks based on ancient books and Western books.

Over the past year or so, various inventions have exploded in Jiangnan.

I have no choice but to do it.

The emperor also kept his word. For these capable people, the whole family could stay in the south of the Yangtze River and would not immigrate. In addition, part of the family property would be returned. Some would be recruited as officials, and some would reward their sons to study in the Imperial Academy.

Therefore, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River devoted themselves to research. Some published articles, some wrote poems, some studied Western learning, some made inventions, and some even did carpentry work, just to show off their skills.

Even those who were removed continued to donate things to Nanjing. As long as they could prove their skills, even those who were removed would be given the status of a living member and become a scholar.

In just over a year, well killing has changed from wooden to iron, and iron machines have appeared in oil extraction machines. Blast furnaces have also been researched and improved, as well as refined gunpowder, telescopes, etc. There are just too many.

Jiangnan has a spurt of inventions, poetry, novels, craftsmen, agricultural talents, and everything.

In order not to be removed, the talented people in Jiangnan burst out with terrifying abilities.

Of the 3200 million people, 1700 million were removed, and the rest are the best of the best.

It also spawned various industries, including chemistry and physics. The rapid development of Ming Dynasty is inseparable from them.

Talents are forced out.

Min Jie was a good scholar who was forced to delve into strange skills and create the first clock for the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor and Hu Hui went out to see something new.

A huge carriage was pulled into the palace. There was a huge thing covered with cloth on the carriage, and there was a rattling sound inside.

Min Jie bowed first, but the items were too big. Dozens of eunuchs moved out of the carriage together, panting from exhaustion.

"Your Majesty, the common people imitated the Northern Song Dynasty water transport ceremonial platform and made such a clock."

The people opened the red cloth and revealed a huge thing.

Logically speaking, clocks should be the first to appear in China.

Because the Northern Song Dynasty produced the most primitive clocks, but as a result, China did not develop according to this idea, and was eventually overtaken by the West.

"Using the scale as power, it rings once every hour."

While he was explaining, when the time came, the clock made a clanking sound. The sound was unpleasant, but it was the first clock in the Ming Dynasty, a hundred years later than the West.

The sound startled Hu Hui. He walked down the steps and circled around the behemoth: "What keeps it powered?"

Min Jie explains the principle.

Zhu Qiyu didn't understand anyway, so he just asked: "How much is the error?" Min Jie smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the error is within half an hour."

Although the hourly system is now enabled, it will not be changed for a while.

The error is a bit big.

"Continue to reduce the error."

There was no emotion or anger on Zhu Qiyu's face: "The sound of ringing the bell is too quiet. Increase the sound. After you make it, I will place it on the Drum Tower so that the whole city of Nanjing can hear the bell."

"You did a good job Minjie. There is no need to move the family away. Your son will serve in the palace."

"When the improvements are completed, I will give you a silver charm and allow you to register a patent, so that every city in the country can build a bell tower."

"From now on, we don't need a watchman to tell the time, just use a clock."

Min Jie did not expect that the emperor would be so generous.

Although he was not rewarded, he arranged a way out for his son Min Gui.

Look at the guards coming out of the emperor's palace. Which one is not a new noble of this dynasty? As for his son Min Gui, he was born with knowledge and was a person who would become a prime minister.

The emperor naturally took a fancy to it.

It was his first time to present a clock, and he brought his son with him. The emperor chatted with him for a few words, and it was obvious that he took a fancy to it.

"I want to set up a clock bureau, and you will be the chief officer."

Zhu Qiyu changed the topic: "But we must also guard against arrogance and impetuosity. This clock is not unique in the world."

As he spoke, he took out a pocket watch from his arms.

The golden pocket watch popped open with a snap, and the hands on it were moving.

It's called a Nuremberg egg.

Made in Rome.

"Your Majesty, what is this?" Ye Sheng's eyes widened. There seemed to be scales on it.

"Ye Qing, this is a gift from Rome. It has just been delivered to me. Let's take a look." Zhu Qiyu handed it to Ye Sheng.

Not as a tribute, but as a purchase.

Ye Sheng looked at the pocket watch and then the clock, and suddenly felt that the clock no longer smelled good.

Min Jie thought that his clock was the best in the world, but the pocket watch that Xiyi paid tribute to was so small. The emperor did it on purpose, and it actually felt like he was eating shit.

"So you should guard against arrogance and impatience."

Zhu Qiyu said quietly: "Take this thing back, develop it, and then send it to the palace to show me. Next year, I will see that the Ming Dynasty also has such a pocket watch."

"The error of this clock must be very small, and then it can be promoted all over the world."

Ye Sheng looked at it for a while and was snatched away by Hu Hu.

Hu Hui guessed that pocket watches would be distributed at this year's annual meeting, but this thing is really magical.

"The grassroots can definitely do it!"

Does Min Jie dare not to do it? Jiangnan was too embarrassed, so he said that he was not the one who developed the clock, but that he had just beaten him to it.

He had to make it before the emperor left Nanjing.

Zhu Qiyu was not excited because he was used to people offering treasures every day.

Minjie was defeated.

Return to Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, is this Western technology so advanced?"

Hu Hui was shocked. The Ming Dynasty had to go through so much trouble to make such a big clock. Their watch is so small, but the error is smaller than that of the clock. Isn't it annoying?

"Old Master, you really should take a good look at Xiyi's books."

"Why did I spend a lot of money to buy these books?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "Because we are lagging behind, we should stop clinging to our incompleteness and absorb the good things from Xiyi. We can't keep our arrogant heads high forever. It's time to recognize ourselves."

"I plan to improve the status of Siyi Pavilion... Let's build another temple, let's build Taifu Temple."

"Taifu Temple is responsible for the education of the world, and the Siyi Pavilion is placed in Taifu Temple and is responsible for culture, translation, promotion, compilation, etc."

Taifu Temple was abolished in the early Ming Dynasty. It was not a disciplinary institution before, it just borrowed a name.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were no longer five temples, but six temples.

The seven cabinet departments and six temples, plus the Chief Secretary, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Supervisory Department, and the Military Staff Department formed the official system of the Jingtai Dynasty.

"It is not only necessary to translate it, but also to compile and absorb it, and to promote all useful things so that the people can learn them. Don't always focus on your own history in ancient times!"

"We should look forward, look to the world, look to the world!"

"The future is not in history, but in creation!"

Zhu Qiyu's words are like those of Hong Zhong and Da Lu.

Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with the fact that the important officials in the court did not read the book of Xiyi. Even the court officials did not read it. How many of the people read it?

The Chinese people have a tradition of immersing themselves in history. Perhaps because their civilization is too splendid, they like to study the things of the ancients and are unwilling to look at the world.

"Also, Daming's vocabulary is still not large enough."

"A large number of vocabulary words were translated from Western Yi books, domesticated, and turned into our own vocabulary."

"We should also learn Western Yi poetry, summarize a number of idioms, and promote them."

Zhu Qiyu was really heartbroken.

The key is that he didn't point out the way, and no one did it. Ming Dynasty was seriously lacking in efficiency.

The Ming Dynasty had done this very early. It began to use imported words from the Han Dynasty. After the introduction of Buddhism, many Sanskrit words were imported.

This is nothing to be ashamed of. Only by learning can you make progress, which is a good thing.

"The old minister began to study Western learning when he returned home." Hu Hui blushed after being scolded.

Ye Sheng also kowtowed and expressed his desire to learn.

Zhu Qiyu's face improved slightly: "I have ordered the Shibo Division to negotiate with the Western Yi and let the Western Yi send talented people to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty."

"You may not be able to understand everything just by reading books. It's better to have someone teach you."

"But this is not Westernization, but learning their essence and integrating into Ming culture, do you understand?"

Zhu Qiyu had already made plans.

He wanted doctors, painters, scholars, draftsmen, mechanics, chemists, prospectors, etc., he wanted them all.

This is to extract the essence and eliminate the rough, rather than to fully westernize it, but to add more bricks and mortar to Han culture.

“The Silk Road must be opened as soon as possible.”

"I want to border Xiyi as soon as possible. I want to see who is stronger, the Ming Dynasty or them!"

Hu Xi rolled his eyes, he would never see that day again.

It will be impossible to conquer the Eastern Chagatai Khanate for at least two or three years, mainly due to lack of food and money. It will also take five years to open up the Western Region.

The border with Xiyi will be at least fifteen to twenty years away.

"Your Majesty, why not open the road to India first." Ye Sheng thought this was more realistic.

"India doesn't even want its own culture. What can we achieve by communicating with them? I ordered them to come, and they are probably ascetics. Why do I want ascetics?"

Zhu Qiyu was disdainful.

Don't tell me, there really were Indian ascetics in the Ming Dynasty, and there were many more!

Many temples in Nanjing have ascetics from India.

These ascetics know nothing except Buddhist scriptures, and they don't even know the way to India.

Chen Jiayou asked them before going on a mission, but no one could lead the way back, which made Chen Jiayou half angry.

And in the center.

Yu Shiyue has already found out that the Japanese king was provided by a salt merchant in Yangzhou. It was also the salt merchant who donated actors and actresses to the Japanese king and contacted the king of Zhou to offer elixirs.

The Cabinet is also discussing predicting natural disasters.

"If a natural disaster occurs and a two-sided war occurs, one end must be stopped." Yao Kui felt that Wu Liangha could wait a little longer.

"Uliangha can't wait any longer. The Ming Dynasty's unlimited expansion makes Uliangha very scared. He is already contacting the Chechen Ministry, Chahar Ministry and others to rebel against the Ming Dynasty."

Li Xian shook his head: "All tribes in the grassland must use force to force them to surrender. If we don't fight for a year, they will not stop, and their ambition will breed."

"Liu Pu's memorial says that this year's severe cold on the grassland has killed many livestock. The Chechen, Chahar, and Horqin tribes are on the verge of collapse. If we don't supply them with food, they will definitely follow Ulyankha in rebellion."

"This battle must be fought, and it must be fought hard, otherwise it will be difficult to scare the grassland tribes!"

"What I'm worried about now is that Ningxia will also have to fight."

"The Golden Horde is in civil strife, and the Oara who moved west may return to the grasslands at any time. At that time, we must have good relations with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, or even lend troops to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."

Li Xian is a very qualified first assistant, he takes all situations into consideration.

Life is not easy in the grassland, and life in the west is not easy either.

It is very likely that the three tribes of Wala will return to the east and continue to be involved with the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, Ningxia's pressure increased sharply.

The North is under great pressure, and the South cannot fight with peace of mind.

"It's been such an eventful time."

Wang Fu smiled bitterly: "The Southeast Yi people should be damned if they attack the Ming Dynasty at this time!"

"If the spirit of the Ming Dynasty is not contained by them, this is our best chance to unify the Northeast."

"Capture Wuliangha, use Wuliangha to frighten the tribes on the grassland, and force them to Chineseize. If they don't agree, they will fight again. If one loses the other, the tribes on the grassland will be Chineseized, and Hanzhou will be pacified."

"Even if Wala comes back, he will be a lonely grave with withered bones."

"Maybe we can even get through to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!"

"No matter what, we are tightly restrained by Southeast Yi."

Wang Fu sighed.

This was the original plan. The South would not move at first, attack the North first, and then attack the South in a few years.

Ma Wensheng hesitated slightly and said: "At the end of October this year, the Southeast will not be able to fight."

"You have to prepare even if you can't fight. If you don't prepare, if hundreds of thousands go out to fight, wouldn't that mean you're going to die?" Wang Fu was right. Ancient wars took a long time to prepare.

Zhu Qiyu, in particular, loves soldiers as much as his sons. He doesn't like to fight unprepared battles, and he doesn't want to suffer too heavy losses.

"A small battle can be fought. The Northern Army has returned."

"Just transfer to Ningxia and Rehe."

Ma Wensheng said: "Food can be supplied, after all, it is supported by corn."

When it came to corn, the courtiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the emperor made plans in advance and purchased seeds at all costs. Now corn is planted in Rehe, Ningxia, and Liaoning.

Corn is not very high-yield, but it is cold-resistant and can fill the stomach.

The only disadvantage is that it absorbs fertilizer and water, so it cannot be grown in places where water is not abundant.

Fortunately, there are potatoes and sweet potatoes to supplement it.

However, the seeds of these two crops are scarce and are still in the cultivation stage, so they cannot be mass-produced.

What Ming Dynasty fears most is the occurrence of natural disasters. If there are no natural disasters, war and construction in various places can sustain the past. If there is a natural disaster, it will be over.

If it stops, people will die, and if everyone dies, people's hearts will be uneasy. If we want to restore the grandeur of Jingtai for eleven years, I don't know how many years it will take.

"Ignore the South for now, just focus on the war in the North."

Li Xian believes that this year more grain should be collected and stored to prepare for disasters.

"Shang Shu of the Arms Bureau requested to recruit more craftsmen. He also wanted to set aside a place outside the city. The space in the city is too small."

The Arms Bureau continues to expand and occupies many private houses.

Moreover, the ding-dong sound every day disturbs the residents and is not safe.

"The city of Tongzhou has been built and the roads are open. Your Majesty means that Tongzhou will be included in the capital, so we might as well move it over there."

Li Xian felt that it should be expanded, otherwise ordnance production would not be able to support large-scale wars.

The courtiers had no objections and the proposal was passed.

After the emperor left, it became a voting system. Each cabinet official had one vote. After voting on major issues, they were sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies for approval.

Small matters are decided by the cabinet ministers themselves without having to bother the chief ministers.

The new Minister of Finance, Li Bing, said nothing, he was watching.

The fire that belongs to him has not been lit yet, and now he speaks softly.

And in Cochin.

To the west of Jiaozhi, the mountain peaks are dotted with dots of human figures.

The sound of axes chopping and sawing was endless.

The center has provided enough logging tools. These tools will become the foundation of the family in the future and the center will not take them back. The person who cuts the most trees will receive an additional set of farm tools as a gift.

Standing on the mountain peak and looking eastward, the land is bare, with Chinese-style cities built one after another, the land is vast, and there are many people moving around.

Throughout the newly occupied areas, all immigrants, regardless of gender, old or young, as long as they were allocated land, had the task of paying a tree tax.

Like those pampered people who don't want to go to the mountains to cut trees, so they just spend money to buy a tree.

And those who are willing to endure hardship can also make a good income from logging.

All the mountains were cut down and bald.

Some of these timbers were transported back to the mainland, some were made into furniture and sold in various places, and some were used for paving roads, building bridges, and building irrigation facilities.

Logging in the mountains is also very dangerous. Even if you are accompanied by troops and carry crossbows, you may still be attacked by wild beasts and natives.

As the tropical rainforest decreased rapidly in Cochin, the natives had nowhere to escape. Some were killed, and some were captured and used as slaves.

Primitive ancient trees fell to the ground and were dragged out of the forest.

Then dig out the rock-hard roots.

Tens of millions of people worked together to create a large area of ​​land in Jiaozhi, which can be planted in a year.

This year we have cut down the forest, and after the rainy season has passed, we will start paving roads all over Cochin.

The Jiaozhi under Zhu Ying's jurisdiction, including the part assigned to Yunnan, had not yet been selected by the central government to serve as the prefect, so it was placed under Zhu Ying's jurisdiction.

This is because the emperor took care of Zhu Ying and did not want others to divide Zhu Ying's power and let him focus on construction.

So Zhu Yingge showed his strength.

This year there is a huge population explosion. Counting slaves, the population has exceeded 1600 million.

With a large population, construction will naturally be rapid.

The more forests are cut down, the more slaves are captured. Even though the natives are poor, there is a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in the natives' lairs.

These gold and silver treasures are whoever gets them.

But there is a property tax to be paid, which is 10% of the income.

Zhu Ying estimated that there were more than two million slaves, and female slaves entered the house to serve ladies or serve as concubines.

Male slaves laid bridges and roads, felled and dragged trees, and countless men died from exhaustion.

It is expected that before the rainy season comes, all the trees that need to be felled in Cochin will be cut down, and tea trees, olive trees, coconut trees, and sugar cane can be planted next year.

After news of the pacification of Xinyizhou came, the people who were supposed to move to Xinyizhou packed their bags and took boats to enter Yizhou.

They walked towards Xinyizhou, but met the Northern Army leaving Xinyizhou.

I saw the mighty fleet setting sail from the harbor and returning to the mainland.

These people looked at the fleet.

I saw many boats without people on board. They seemed to be loaded with things and covered with cloth. Nothing could be seen.

The people on the boat were wearing military uniforms and sitting on the deck talking and laughing.

The people immediately knew that this was the Northern Army that was massacring the city, and they were immediately envious. Those empty ships were filled with spoils of war. Those who were interested were counting. There were tens of thousands of ships at sea, and half of them contained goods. Damn it, they were all rich! When did we get this treatment?

The Northern Army was not in a hurry when it returned to Beijing. Each ship had enough meat and supplies were provided at ports along the way.

Meat, from animals in the forest.

When people cut down forests on a large scale, they naturally have to hunt animals, and factories harvest the meat of these animals.

The meat was collected and made into dried meat or canned meat, which was sold to the army, which distributed it to meritorious soldiers.

Everyone in the Northern Army was very happy, and no one had any inner resistance. Let alone slaughtering outsiders, they did not have any psychological burden to slaughter the people of Ming Dynasty. Except for the people in their own village, everyone else was an outsider. In short, except for the same clan, everyone else was an outsider.

In their eyes, these people are all valuables, so there is no psychological burden.

And they go south just to make money.

Nowadays, I am making a lot of money and have great achievements, which makes people envious to death.

Going back is also something they brag about. Looking at the various armies, those who can come to the south to make money are the best of the best, and other emperors have not given them a chance.

Everyone was elated.

The people who immigrated here were also happy, looking at the trees on the river. These were all money, collected by the court, and used in exchange for rations, silver, and shops.

Slaves could be captured at will, and it was not illegal to kill natives.

They were all born as tenant farmers and had been slaves in the south of the Yangtze River for generations. Now they could own a piece of their own land and become small landowners. How could they not work hard?

There are also those who cheat and cheat. When they get there, the whip will teach them how to behave.

Zhu Ying's immigration method was to start with the coastal areas, the areas bordering Jiaozhi and Xinyizhou, and then move forward bit by bit to the middle.

We have to wait for the rainy season to pass before the arrangements can be completely completed.

The three generals of Guo Deng, each with 50,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of slaves, have begun to cut down trees. As for the areas bordering Siam, they have begun to build fortifications.

"Damn it, it's too hot today!"

Even Ou Xin couldn't stand the sun here. It was only March, and some soldiers were already suffering from heat stroke, so they could only force slaves to cut down trees.

Build a house and harvest food from the fields.

Ready to receive population at any time.

"Sir, a soldier has fainted."

Ou Xin took a look and saw that it was a North Korean soldier again.

North Korean soldiers can't fight and work, so they just grab food.

Look at the trophies of the Northern Army. They were packed back on tens of thousands of ships.

Looking at them again, the Guangxi Army and the Guizhou Army under his command were not ashamed, but the Korean Army, let alone the Korean Army, was killed the most and robbed the least.

The most outstanding ones were the dwarfs from the Japanese country. Those dwarfs were really professional in massacre. They killed the most people. Although they didn't rob much, they were very satisfied. They made more money than fighting in the Japanese country.

The girls who were sent to the military boarding camps were all robbed by those little dwarfs.

This opened a new door for Ou Xin. In the future, let these little dwarfs take the lead in massacres. After they kill the men, they can still snatch the women back, masters.

Therefore, despite the fact that the Northern Army killed ruthlessly and took away a lot of loot, they had very few prisoners. They had many prisoners, especially women.

Just look at these soft-legged shrimps and you will know that they are about to be sucked dry.

The soldiers cut down the trees, and the slaves pulled them up.

Cutting down the tree is not tiring, but pulling the tree down the mountain is tiring. Every day, slaves vomit blood from exhaustion.

Ou Xin was not stingy with slaves. After working for more than twenty days, seventy or eighty thousand slaves died. He was also the fastest in reclaiming land and had already opened up the main road to Jiaozhi.

Guo Deng and Li Zhen are also cutting down trees quickly. The first batch of immigrants have arrived. They will temporarily live in the original houses and build houses on the highlands until the rainy season passes.

(End of this chapter)