Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 850 The Mongolian prisoners gathered to build roads and the emperor planned for the prince to join the vassal state.

Zhu Wenfang sat quietly on the dragon chair, speechless in her heart. After losing more than ten million taels, the emperor and ministers were all smiling, happier than during the Chinese New Year.

The monarchs and ministers of the Jingtai Dynasty may have experienced too many things and their understanding of money has become numb.

After laughing, and taking advantage of the pleasant atmosphere, Zhu Qiyu began to chat with the ministers.

This chatter lasted for almost half an hour. Zhu Wenfang couldn't listen anymore and reached out to secretly tug on her father.

Zhu Qiyu cleared his throat: "Let's continue talking about business. Where did we end up talking about business?"

Xu Youzhen replied: "In the battle of Dongsheng, 80,000 or 90,000 people were captured. In the battle with Harakuchu, about 40,000 people surrendered and more than 20,000 people were captured.

How to deal with these prisoners of war and surrendered soldiers, please ask the Holy Spirit to tell you. "

"Well, organize the captives and let them build a straight road connecting Ganzhou and Hami. These strong captives, together with their families, are sent to build the road.

Of course, pay them with food and drink, and don't abuse them.

The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of War will come up with a budget together.

Zhu Qiyu was still very clear-headed. Things like luck, sometimes go well, sometimes go wrong.

Beautiful and fertile prairie, give it all the title of prince.

As a result, less than half of Mongolia's strong men moved to the northwest.

The remaining people were registered in the Ming Dynasty household registration and then assigned to several princes as subordinates.

From Ganzhou to Hami, you have to pass through oases, Gobi, and many uninhabited areas.

In the future, we will attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and let them take the lead. For meritorious service, I will reward you generously and I will never be stingy. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Yes, especially for land, I don't expect to restore the more than eight million hectares of tax land of the Hongwu Dynasty.

However, the emperor's prestige is now extremely high, and no minister is willing to be the leader, so it will be difficult to take the initiative.

After this statistics, I can accept it as long as the original tax land of the two capitals and thirteen provinces reaches 6 million hectares.

We need to build a straight road that can accommodate the army and the rapid delivery of grain, grass and baggage, and set up post stations, towns, and villages along the way.

You can't always count on luck.

Again and again, not again and again.

Like the Han and Tang Dynasties, our Ming Dynasty also has to manage the Western Regions. "

Zhu Qiyu added: "When dealing with prisoners, you can let them do some dirty work, but for the surrendered soldiers and generals, reorganize them into formal guards and place them in the northwest.

The prince is reborn as the king of the county, and the king of the county is reborn as the general who governs the country. After four or five generations, the roots have taken root.

The other ministers wanted to say that trade with Western countries has shifted to the sea, and the importance of the original Silk Road has been greatly reduced.

It gives people an incomprehensible and sacred feeling.

In addition, we encountered severe drought when we attacked Japan, and heavy rain when we attacked Mongolia. God was helping us. It was really our destiny.

Shen Yi continued to ask: "Your Majesty, can we re-count the population and land next year and update the Yellow Book?"

The most important thing is that in the past ten years, the emperor's strategic plan has been realized.

Two sons have been born this year. Three or four more will be enough to divide Mongolia's territory.

We conquered Japan, Korea, Annan, Myanmar and other places, and harvested so much fertile land. I don’t want to compete with the original two capitals and thirteen provinces.

But it has to be generally passable.

There is also a population, which is not allowed to be hidden or concealed.

Those who are willing to move overseas to open up wasteland will be given preferential treatment. "

Xu Youzhen asked a sharp question: "Your Majesty, Meng Yuan has been destroyed. How will we arrange our troops?"

Zhu Qiyu sighed, there will be no big battles in the future. There are too many standing armies left in the two capital centers, and it is expensive to maintain them.

So Zhu Qiyu reiterated it again: "Beijing is stationed in Xiaoqi Camp, Shenji Camp, Shenshu Camp, as well as Yingzhou Guard and Tiance Guard.

Keep the total size of the army at about 150,000.

The Daning, Guangning, and Kaiping front lines were garrisoned by elite troops such as Duoyan Guards. In the northwest, there are elite frontier troops from various towns in Shaanxi and Gansu.

The next step is to rebuild the Nanjing Jingying Camp and transfer some of the meritorious soldiers of this war, such as Baoding Guards and Shandong Bei Japanese Soldiers, into the Nanjing Jingying Camp, about 50,000 people.

In this way, the two capitals in the south and north can maintain 200,000 forbidden troops. "

The monarch and his ministers chatted for a long time before leaving the court.

After all the ministers left, Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Wenfang left Ganquan Palace and strolled in the garden chatting.

Zhu Qiyu was the first to speak: "I have been under a lot of pressure this year. Now that the war is over, I want to relax and unwind.

There are still two months left before the Chinese New Year. You will be in charge of the government affairs. I won't go out and will be happy in Lingyu Palace.

Zhu Wenfang was a little unsure: "My son is only ten years old, how can he control the court situation?"

"What are you afraid of? Your uncle had already ascended the throne as emperor when he was your age. At that time, Sanyang was in power, but he could not completely ignore him.

Now that I'm here to protect you, what are you afraid of?

By the end of the year, He Yi and Liu Chang were both back. Let the masters like you help you. If it really doesn't work, just give it a try. "

Zhu Wenfang asked again: "When does dad plan to let the second and third brothers become feudal lords?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "The northwest is very important. We must let our kings of Han and Wei establish vassal status as soon as possible.

I will take the lead in mobilizing them later, and start building palaces for them, assigning guards, and when they reach the age of twelve, they will be vassalized. "

The King of Han and the King of Wei, as the second and third eldest children, theoretically have the right to inherit the throne.

If they stay in the capital for a long time, even if the two brothers don't think about it, there will always be civil servants and generals who want to speculate.

Arranging for them to join the feudal clan was to eliminate the evil thoughts of the younger generation and to eliminate the thoughts of other princes later.

Even if anything happens to him and Zhu Wenfang, the King of Han who is far away in Xi'an will succeed to the throne. If something unexpected happens to the King of Han, King Wei of Dongsheng will succeed to the throne.

If the ministers dare to support the prince in Beijing as emperor, the kings of Han and Wei can raise troops to clear the emperor's side.

With this kind of deterrence, civil and military officials would not dare to mess around easily.

Although after the Battle of Jingnan, "Qingjun side" is no longer a good word, but mutual checks and balances are useful.

The vassal king is an important guarantee for defending the imperial power, and he must not stop eating because of choking.

It was because Qin Shihuang went to extremes on this issue that he did not ennoble a vassal king. As a result, Li Si and Zhao Gao could slaughter Qin Shihuang's children without any scruples.

There is no need to fear the backlash and revenge of the Qin Dynasty clan.

The Han Dynasty had the same problem. It was obviously the orthodox dynasty with the strongest legitimacy. Why could Wang Mang easily replace the Han Dynasty?

It wasn't because the lord's military power was gone.

A positive example, after the hero group represented by Zhou Bo and Chen Ping destroyed the Lu family, why did they not dare to depose the Liu family and allowed their power to be taken back by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty.

Because as long as the hero group dares to take action to depose the Liu family, the kings of Qi, Wu, Chu and other vassals will teach them to start a new life.

This is the value of the existence of the prince sect.

So Zhu Qiyu made up his mind to relax the restrictions on vassals. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty had been established for a hundred years.

As long as it lasts for another two hundred years, it will be considered a victory.

As for what to do at the end of the dynasty, just do whatever you want.

There is no eternal dynasty in this world. If it can last for three hundred years, it will end.

Even if the vassalage is completely restricted, so what? The dynasty will not die from the vassalage, but also from the relatives.

If you don't die from your relatives, you will die from the eunuchs; if you don't die from the eunuchs, you will die from civil servants, such as the Donglin Party.

He is bound to perish anyway, and if he has to choose one, it is better to perish by the vassal.

If Liu Xiu appears in the clan, won't it be possible to recreate the Ming Dynasty for another 200 years?

(End of this chapter)