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Chapter 425 Liaoning and Hebei

The Tatars withdrew from Shenyang and retreated directly beyond the Liaodong Great Wall to the former capital of Hetuala.

This battle is temporarily unwinnable. Just the vast Liaodong abandoned by the Tatars will require Ming troops to occupy it, and if they continue to pursue Hetuala, the second Battle of Sarhu will break out.

It was still difficult to cross the Great Wall of Liaodong to fight. The Ming army's logistical supplies were already very difficult to capture Liaodong.It is neither realistic nor wise to go out to the Great Wall to fight the Tatars again.

The Tatar and Ming armies reached a tacit agreement to temporarily cease the war and set the Liaodong Great Wall as the boundary.In the future, the Liaodong battlefield will most likely be concentrated on the line from Fushun Pass to Sarhu City.

But it is no longer important. The moment the Tatars gave up Shenyang, they had no chance. Zhu Yijiong is not Wanli, and the current Tatars are not in the Nurhaci period. The Battle of Sarhu is obviously impossible to repeat.

Even if the Ming army did not attack Hetuala, the Tatars themselves would collapse due to food pressure.

Although the Tatars still occupy a vast territory in the Northeast, most of these areas are basically bitter cold and desolate no-man's land, and even the Han people in the Pass who fled to Liaodong are unwilling to go.

The entire population of Heilongjiang and Jilin combined is estimated to be less than the population of Taiwan Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty.

This is also why the Tatars only retreated to Hetuala and did not continue to retreat to Ula City in Jilin. It was because it was too desolate and bitterly cold. If they really retreated here, they would probably have to become primitive tribesmen in the future.

The Ming army quickly occupied Shenyang, Kaiyuan, Fushun, Tieling and other major cities within the Great Wall of Liaodong, and began to arrange for the Han people who had been left behind to live together.

In order to restore the population of Liaodong as soon as possible, we no longer care about the divisions between Manchu, Han and North Korea, as long as the settled people can allocate their fields uniformly.

Yes, it is to divide the fields and distribute the land property directly to these people.

This policy is only available in the north at this stage. The south has to cultivate and cultivate the land on its own. After the land is cultivated, it can be settled with the government and become its own.

It's not that Zhu Yijiong is protecting the landlord class in disguise, but that there are too many people in the south. If we really want to divide the land, it will definitely not be enough, and it will cause various problems.

In other words, there will always be people who are dissatisfied.

Moreover, the south has to cultivate its own land, but the north can directly divide the land and settle it. This is also a disguised way of encouraging southern people to immigrate to the north.

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The Tatars retreated to Hetuala, and the next step was nothing more than the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.

After the war, rewards will be given based on merit.

In addition to rewarding and promoting meritorious officers, pensions for those who died in battle must also be paid in place, and special arrangements are made for dual supervision by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Imperial Guard.

Yang Gong, who was in charge of the war situation in Northern Zhili, finally made no mistakes this time and was granted the title of Duke of Jin Dynasty.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Wang Li, worked hard and made great achievements, and he was granted the title of Duke of Jin.

Yu Kecheng, who assisted Yang Gong in the decisive battle in northern Zhili and took charge of the Liaodong campaign, was granted the title of Marquis of Zheng from the title of Marquis of Yanzhou.

Liang Wenxuan was also granted the title of Dinghou for his meritorious service in assisting the government.

Zhu Chengxun was responsible for logistics and transportation, and was awarded the title of Marquis of Min.

The remaining Fu Yunsheng, who led his army to attack Shanxi, surrendered and recovered all of Shanxi, was granted the title of Marquis of Taiyuan.

The dragoon general Ning Nanhui, who led the dragoons to engage in several head-on battles with the Tatars, raided the grasslands, and crossed the Great Wall to intercept part of the Tatars' food and grass population, was able to seal the town of Nanbo (Nanguan of Changcheng Town in Liao Dynasty).

And as far away as Korea, Wang Zong, who crossed the sea and marched into the Liaodong Peninsula, was granted the title of Marquis of Liaoyang, and his deputy general Tang Shun was granted the title of Jinzhou Bo.

Other generals who participated in the war and made meritorious service were also rewarded. Not only were they given titles, but they were also given a large amount of land.

Although the titles are all hereditary reductions, as long as the descendants here are not short-lived ghosts and wastes, this reduction can completely allow them to be prosperous in the new dynasty for 200 years, and they will also be given land. These are real wealth, and they will not Decreases as the title is downgraded.Speaking of granting land, this year the Ming Dynasty carried out a population and land inventory in various provinces and state capitals, and remeasured and adjudicated the land. This was also to prevent the new dynasty's nobles from taking the opportunity to annex the land and prey on the common people.

Although the feudal monarchy will definitely have such problems in the next few generations, even the monarchy will... ahem, but at least when Zhu Yijiong was still alive, he would never allow his founding hero to be like this.

During this battle, Zhu Yijiong gave dozens of titles at once, and the titles alone gave the cabinet a lot of thought and deliberation.

Moreover, the most important thing is that this time the reward finally comes to the Duke and Yizihou.

Zhu Yijiong is making a statement, and there will be relevant imperial edicts issued along with it.

In the new Ming Dynasty, there was no longer the rule in the previous Ming Dynasty that non-Zhu clan members could not be crowned kings. As long as they could make enough great contributions, the emperor would not be stingy in granting crowns while he was still alive. This was a deliberate attempt to mobilize the enthusiasm of civil servants and generals.

"Your Majesty, now that Liaodong has been restored, I would like to establish Liaodong Province." Wang Li said.

Liaodong Province, not the Liaodong Town of the former Ming Dynasty, this was obviously stimulated by the signal of kingship released by the previous emperor.

After all, this is the title of king!
From the Ming Dynasty to the present, non-clan civil servants and generals have not seen this title for hundreds of years. In the late Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng said, "Whoever captures Nanjing breaks the earth and becomes the king", but even Zeng Guofan went crazy for it.

But soon, Wu Sidao, who was newly appointed to the cabinet, objected: "Your Majesty, although Liaodong has been restored, it has been harmed by the Tatars for a long time, and the population is not even ten. The establishment of a province now is not only too hasty, but also of no benefit to the people of Liaodong. Not only This is the case for Liaodong, Northern Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi. I believe that Liaodong Town can be restored first, and administrative officials can be sent to manage it. According to the previous regulations, Liaodong will be placed under the jurisdiction of Shandong. After its population recovers, it will be divided Create a province.”

Liaodong was under the jurisdiction of Shandong. This was an administrative division that existed before the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty that it was forced to separate.

Now it is nothing more than restoration, and it is not entirely unreasonable. Setting up a province in a place with a population of less than 50 is a waste of administrative resources and increases the financial burden on the central government.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Yes. Let's set up Liaodong Town and put it under the jurisdiction of the governor of Shandong. When the population exceeds one million, we will set up a province. The name of the province will be Liaoning (Liaotu Anning) Province! Also, The population of Beizhili has also suffered serious losses, and it is not the capital. From now on, it will be renamed Hebei Province and a governor of Hebei will be established."

This is from a practical point of view. Beizhili has suffered serious population losses and is at the forefront of a long-term war.Not only cannot it be used as the capital, but it is also a waste of administrative resources to use it as a direct governor.

At this stage, it is still important to manage ordinary provinces first, restore the population and economy, and at the same time serve as the front line for war in the grassland areas.

The rush to move the capital to Beijing is causing trouble for the people. At that time, it took Lao Zhu Di as long as 30 years to lay the foundation for moving the capital to Xiao Zhu Di.

It goes without saying that Lao Zhu wanted to move the capital from the beginning. It was just a plan, and the capital relocation at that time was mainly in the south, because the damage in the north was too severe and it could not be moved at all.

At this time, Zhu Chengxun also spoke up and suggested: "The north still needs to speed up immigration. The border area is vast and sparsely populated, and the Great Wall border defense will be ineffective."

What I am talking about is this war. The Great Wall border in Hebei is almost paralyzed. Hebei has insufficient population, so it has to abandon the Great Wall, clear the country, and allow the Tatars to enter the border through the Great Wall.

Liang Wenxuan said: "Although the southern provinces have a large population, there are too many places to immigrate to. Even the overseas lands of Taiwan and Luzon have to be settled by immigrants. Not only does this consume a lot of money and food, but even the population is insufficient. We have to move to the north." Large-scale immigration may be difficult."

Zhu Yijiong said: "No matter how difficult it is, we must immigrate. We cannot leave the north empty. However, immigration does not happen overnight. Now there is a war in the Monan Grassland. The northern border will not be in a hurry immediately. You can take your time."

Wang Li said at this time: "The central government can order that men who are eighteen and women who are fifteen will not be allowed to marry, and those who give birth to children will be taxed heavily."

Single tax?
Zhu Yijiong shook his head: "No, marriage between a man and a woman is a voluntary matter and cannot be constrained by force. However, if a man reaches eighteen years old and a woman reaches fifteen years old and takes the initiative to settle down, some rewards can be given. The cabinet will go back and make a charter with me. Let’s take a look!”

The six cabinet ministers cupped their hands and responded: "I obey the decree."

Although eighteen for boys and fifteen for girls was the legal age for marriage under Manchu law, it was not unreasonable.

The population loss was too great in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, so lowering the age limit for marriage would stimulate population growth.

Different eras have different policies, and it is not necessary to judge ancient times solely by the moral values ​​of later generations.

After all, in ancient times, population was the labor force and the guarantee of family survival.

　Single tax (ω)
　　
　
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