Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 297 Chapter 297: Zhu Xifeng’s growth has once again embarked on a new journey!

In the fourth year of Chengwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Xifeng completely pacified Mobei and stabilized the situation in Mobei.

But this is just the beginning. It is said that it is easier to conquer a country than to defend it. In order not to repeat the mistakes of the Great Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Xifeng knew that he still had a lot to do!

Only when Mobei is truly stabilized and completely controlled can he focus on using Mobei as his basic base and continue the process of expanding his territory!

After three years of fighting, Zhu Xifeng drove all the Oara and Tatar remnants out of the Mobei region, forcing them to flee to the Timur Khanate!
This does not mean that Zhu Xifeng will let them go, but there is no need to do it himself!

Because he knew that not long after, his third brother Zhu Xiaqian would start the battlefield in the Western Regions. At that time, the remnants of the Oara and Tatars who fled the Timur Khanate would inevitably be defeated by his third brother Zhu Xiayan again. After a wave of cleansing, it is unknown how many people will be left in the end!

The Timur Khanate will be the battlefield for the third brother in the future. Zhu Xifeng, who is the eldest brother, will naturally not overstep his authority!

He still has his mission to carry out and his own path to walk!

"Your Highness Wind King, now that we have occupied the entire Mobei grassland, can we start to expand into the tundra?"

"You said many years ago that unifying the Mobei Grasslands is just the beginning!"

"Very good, then you must do what I say!"

"..."

"Do you know, His Highness the Wind King?"

"The purpose of this king is to tell you a truth."

The friends who used to drink wine with Zhu Xifeng at Hanzhong Mansion and brag about it have all grown up now!

"But this first step must be taken steadily, so that the second step can have the foundation to go on!"

“If we cannot properly manage the land we conquered, then soon this land will no longer belong to us!”

They and the family forces behind them have also become the most important force under Zhu Xifeng's command after he came to Mobei, second only to the Zhungeer tribe!

"Actually, the reason is very simple, because back then, Dayuan only knew how to conquer the world, but did not know how to govern the world!"

Many people shook their heads, and then all of them stared at Zhu Xifeng curiously, obviously waiting for him to give everyone an answer.

"Not allowed!"

"This... we don't know!"

"The territories we have conquered currently do not belong to us, because they may change hands again in the next few decades!"

Zhu Xifeng heard this and nodded slowly. At the same time, he glanced at the group of friends who had grown up with him and asked a thought-provoking question!

For a time, everyone directly expressed their attitude.

Zhu Xifeng asked the crowd with a solemn expression.

"Can you allow this to happen?"

"Do you know why Dayuan, which was so powerful in the past, fell apart in just a few decades?"

"That's right, unifying the Mobei Grassland is only the first step in our journey!"

"Although we have defeated Mobei, the more important thing is the follow-up governance!"

“How can we take advantage of others with the land we worked so hard to acquire?”

Zhu Xifeng nodded with great satisfaction, and then continued.

However, after listening to Zhu Xifeng's words, everyone looked at each other in shock.

There may be no problem in letting them fight and kill, but is it too difficult to let them govern the place?
Where did they learn these things?

"His Royal Highness Feng Wang, what you said makes sense, but we are a bunch of gangsters who usually know how to go into battle to kill the enemy. When it comes to governing the people, we are not good at it!"

Immediately, someone said to Zhu Xifeng with a grimace.

“You have to do it even if you’re not good at it, and you have to find a way to learn it if you don’t know it!”

"When Mobei is under control, when will we talk about continued expansion?"

Zhu Xifeng's tone was unquestionable.

"Then His Highness the Wind King, what should we do next?"

"How should we manage Mobei?"

After a long time, someone finally asked first, and everyone's eyes focused on Zhu Xifeng again!

They really don't understand this, but if Zhu Xifeng can tell them how to do it, then they are willing to try it!
In the past three years, Zhu Xia Feng has established absolute prestige in their hearts, and they also know that Zhu Xia Feng has the kind of temperament that speaks the truth!
According to him, if Mobei cannot be managed well, then there will never be any foreign troops again!
So even if they are not happy, this matter must be done, and it must be done as soon as possible!

"Since you are all willing to do what I want, then I will tell you that the first thing to do next is to conduct an inventory of the entire population of Mobei!"

"I want to know how many people, how many tribes there are in the entire Mobei, and how many people each tribe has, how many young adults, how many women, how many children, how many old people!"

"You must accurately calculate these numbers for me. This is also the first step in governing Mobei!"

"Only when we know how many people there are in Mobei, how many people there are, can we make the next plan!"

Zhu Xifeng didn't waste any time and explained the most important task at present.

Counting the population is not only to better manage the place in the future, but more importantly, to eliminate hidden dangers and identify potential threats!

Although the Oara and Tatar tribes were driven out of Mobei, some remaining tribes and some of the people who belonged to the Oara and Tatar tribes in the past are the subjects of Zhu Xifeng's next investigation!
Soon, the population census of the entire Mobei grassland was officially launched under the auspices of Zhu Xifeng!

When the news came back to Shuntian Mansion, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue laughed!
"Feng'er really didn't disappoint us!"

"He is much more powerful than Genghis Khan Temujin back then!"

"This kid is not eager for quick success, but he knows how to fight steadily, and he also understands that it is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to defend it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with Zhu Xifeng's performance. He originally thought that Zhu Xifeng would take advantage of the momentum of unifying the Mobei grassland and rush directly to the north in one go, but he didn't expect that this kid could hold back!

"Anyway, this kid has been to the next life after all. He understands things and his vision cannot be measured by ordinary people!"

Zhu Li also had a faint smile on his face.

Although Zhu Xifeng is a little outspoken on weekdays and seems busy and reckless, in fact he has his own ideas for everything he does, and if he doesn't do it, he must do his best!
Just like he likes to open a brothel!
"Okay, this guy is much better than us!"

"He is still young and has unlimited possibilities in the future!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with great satisfaction.

"Leave Mobei to this boy, I believe he will be able to manage it well!"

"Anyway, I'm only worried about Central Plains!"

"Compared to other places, the Central Plains is the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. Only when the Central Plains develops can the future Ming Dynasty be unafraid of all challenges!"

"Leave it to our sons to expand our territory!"

"Let them worry about the territory they conquered!"

Zhu Li said with a smile at this time.

"It's really easy for you to be an old man, but you're addicted to being a hands-off shopkeeper, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Yue and said angrily.

"Isn't this what I learned from you?"

"If you don't want to be lazy, why would you give me your Zen position?"

Zhu Yue laughed shamelessly.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

There seems to be nothing wrong with this!
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang is already seventy-nine years old, Zhu Yue is here, and with the blessing of longevity elixirs and protective instruments, plus Zhu Yuanzhang is not so tired on weekdays, he does not need to worry about too many things. When you reach over 90, there will be no problem at all!

Even a hundred years old is not impossible!
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the Zen position to Zhu Yue early, and he was indeed suspected of being lazy!
Here he laughs at fifty steps and laughs at a hundred steps, which is indeed a bit incomprehensible!
"Is it okay if we can't defeat you?"

"Anyway, if the Ming Dynasty develops well, it is due to Qiu'er, the prince who oversees the country. If there is a problem with the development, then you, the emperor, will take the blame!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Yue, then stood up and left humming a ditty.

"Where are you going?"

Zhu Yue asked dumbfounded.

"Go to the newly opened Tianxiang Pavilion for a drink!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said without looking back, which is so confident.

"You always eat alone, take me with you!"

When Zhu Yue heard this, she couldn't sit still!

Those tigresses in the harem have really made him miserable recently, and he just wants to avoid the limelight now!

……

His eyes turned back to Mobei.

It is not an easy task to count the population size of Mobei, as well as the specific population proportion, and to conduct some subdivided screening.

If it were officials from the Ming Dynasty who were responsible for doing these things, perhaps the efficiency could be improved a lot. For these men who grew up on the Mobei grasslands, it would be really difficult for them!
But no matter how difficult it is, they must resolutely carry out what Zhu Xifeng said.

Even those who don’t know how to learn should learn!

The main reason is that the entire Mobei is so big that there will always be omissions, and the information is also overlapping with each other, making statistics very troublesome!

The person responsible for statistics of these data would probably not be able to move the entire Mobei aside in less than a year!

It wasn't until the second year, the fifth year of Chengwu's reign, that the population survey of the entire Mobei finally came to an end!
At the same time, Zhu Xifeng began further governance planning.

Including reasonable planning for the herdsmen's pastures, some military fortresses or fixed cities must be built along the main pastures!

This is the most important part of Zhu Xifeng's governance plan!
It can be said that counting the population is only the first step, and the second step is to establish a city-state.
If you want to better govern the entire Mobei, you must relatively concentrate people. This is why these city-states must be built near the main pasture habitat of herdsmen!
Firstly, it cannot affect the pasture, and secondly, it should make it easier for herders to settle in the city nearby!
After planning the city, a series of subsequent governance issues must be considered. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty already has experience that can be used for reference. This step is actually not too difficult for Zhu Xifeng. Just take a little more time!

The entire management process of Mobei took Zhu Xifeng six years!
It can be said that during these six years, Zhu Xifeng also spent most of his time on the construction of the city!
In the past six years, Zhu Xifeng built ten cities in Mobei with a population of over 100,000. Compared with the cities in the Central Plains where the population ranged from hundreds of thousands to millions, for Mobei , this is the first time that a hundred thousand people have gathered in a city!

In these ten cities alone, the registered population totals about one million people.

But in fact, there are basically not too many people in these cities on weekdays, because the young adults and women who can herd will go to the pasture most of the time, and only in winter, all the herdsmen will go to the pasture. Return to the city and resist the harsh winter!
Zhu Xifeng's regulations in this regard were also very humane. He did not adapt to the characteristics of nomadic migration because of the establishment of the city. He only kept a part of the population that was not suitable for migration and stayed in the city.

In addition, there are also about 300,000 people who are unwilling to settle in the city. Zhu Xifeng did not force them, but at the same time there will be corresponding regulations for this group of people, only giving them some specific pastures for grazing and farming. Roost, but are not allowed to enter other pastures at will!
Zhu Xifeng believes that in fact, within a few years, most prairie people will gradually realize the benefits of settling in the city, and the remaining people who are unwilling to enter the city will sooner or later do so!
Because there are more resources in the city, there are various guarantees such as medical care and education.

In particular, medical care and education are the main reasons that attract these herdsmen to choose to keep their children in the city!
From this point of view, Zhu Xifeng also grasped the psychology of these herdsmen very well!

In the ninth year of Chengwu, Zhu Xifeng completely completed the initial governance work of the entire Mobei. As for the subsequent in-depth development and governance, that is what the tribal leaders and some of the officials he appointed should consider!

At this time, Zhu Xifeng finally set his sights on other places besides Mobei again!
To the north of Mobei, there is a vast area of ​​frozen soil, and there are also hairy people!
To the northwest, there is still a large area of ​​land, stretching towards the continent of Europa!
That is the main battlefield that Zhu Xifeng will conquer next!
Just when the army was about to set out for another journey, Zhu Xiafeng's eyes turned to the direction of the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, and his eyes actually showed a sense of vicissitudes of life that was not consistent with his youth!

"Grandpa Huang, father!"

"And my brothers!"

"Now that we're gone, I don't know when we can see each other again!"

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(End of this chapter)