Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 260 Grassland can also make a lot of money?
On the northern battlefield, Da Ming swept across the entire grassland like a wind and clouds, and there was no single enemy.

After Lan Yu won a major victory, he quickly returned to Liao King Zhu Qi with the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

After all, Liao King Zhu Qi is the general in name, so he can't skip his own general and go directly to Yingtian Mansion.

This is not in line with the rules, and it is easy to be caught off guard.

Zhu Qi didn't think so much, he was sincerely happy for Lan Yu, and while writing a letter to ask for credit for Lan Yu, he was waiting to bring Feng Sheng to join him.

Lan Yu didn't know the news that Feng Sheng had also won a big victory there until he arrived at the camp.

And compared to Sapphire's direct arrest of the emperor, Feng Sheng's capture of tens of thousands of Bei Yuan soldiers, it can be said that both of them have made great contributions.

But if you really want to divide the front and back, then it must be that Sapphire's contribution is greater.

After all, what he captured was the emperor of Beiyuan, and Wang Baobao ran away again with oil on his feet.

Wang Baobao, who should have died a long time ago in history, was still jumping in the 16th year of Hongwu, which made Zhu Qixin feel very angry.

Why is this man still alive?

Although Zhu Qi has been cursing Wang Baobao to die quickly, this curse seems to have never worked.

Although it doesn't matter now, even if he is not dead, it is no different from death.

The north can no longer be supported, and the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is in our hands, so what else can we do.

In fact, not long after the news spread, Zhu Qi had already received several private letters from the chiefs of the big tribes to surrender at the border.

However, Zhu Qi just pressed all these letters and did not reply. Anyway, he had to send them back to Zhu Yuanzhang for processing.

At that time, it is estimated that they will be included in Daming's sphere of influence, but as Zhu Qi said before, Daming's rule over the grassland is definitely not just in name.

What Zhu Qi has to do is to truly incorporate the grassland into the Ming system.

Actually governing, and this is something that Ming has never been able to do in history.

Even through the continuous marriage of the Qing Dynasty with Mongolia, it actually only deepened its control over the grassland.

But when it comes to actual governance, it’s actually far from it.

What really allowed China to actually rule the grasslands was the Chuang Guandong in the late Qing Dynasty.

A large number of Han people went to the three northeastern provinces and Mongolia to fill the population there.

When the composition of the population is changed, a lot of wealth is really created, and the country's control over these places is greatly improved.

But if you still want to fill in immigrants now, don't be so anxious, anyway, just take your time.

The population on the grasslands is not as large as that in Yunnan. The grasslands are typically vast and sparsely populated. The total population does not know if there are more than 500 million people.

However, there were tens of millions of people in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with such a population size, Zhu Qi was not in a hurry.

But the first thing to do is to completely bind with the grassland economically.

The first is to vigorously promote Ming Dynasty banknotes, although the previous trade has also caused a large amount of Ming Dynasty banknotes to pour into the grassland.

But for ordinary people, there are not many opportunities for them to use Ming Dynasty banknotes.

Most of the time, it is still bartering, or waiting for rewards from others, or robbing others.

After all, they rarely own their own property, and those herdsmen who own their own cattle and sheep are only a minority.

Most people on the prairie exist in the form of slaves.

And what Zhu Qi has to do is to be a liberator, to completely liberate these people from their serf status, and to suppress those few oppressors.

Doing so will inevitably cause many grassland nobles to rebel, so Zhu Qi is not in a hurry to implement his plan.

The benefits are also very obvious. The labor force on the grassland has greatly increased, and then new cities can be formed. With surplus labor, large tracts of farmland and pastures can be established.

It is a pity that many places have been abandoned as it is now.

Although many parts of the grassland are not suitable for human habitation, it is certain that most of the grassland plots at this stage have not been fully developed.

Many places are actually suitable for growing corn and potatoes, as well as grazing and building cities.

Aren't there many splendid cities on the grasslands of modern China?
What Zhu Qi has to do is to develop the grassland.

Establishing new strongholds, reclaiming wasteland and roads, etc., there are too many things to die.

Fortunately, the labor force has already been obtained. Although Feng Sheng did not capture Wang Baobao, there are still nearly tens of thousands of Beiyuan soldiers captured.

These tens of thousands of people can be pulled over to do coolies, starting with road construction, and then transporting various raw materials to start casting the city.

More labor will be needed in the future, and it will be good to recruit from the private sector at that time.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's consent was required for these matters. After Zhu Qi waited until Feng Sheng came back with the captives, he confirmed that they were correct, and left a small number of soldiers to defend and control the surrendered tribal chiefs.

Zhu Qi took the people under his command and headed back towards Ying Tian Mansion in a mighty manner.

It was a true triumphant return.

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December of the 16th year of Hongwu.

If someone tells you in advance that he can set off at the beginning of the year, defeat Beiyuan within a year, and return to Yingtianfu to report to the emperor at the end of the year.

Then whoever will definitely say you are crazy and say these nonsense things.

But the fact is that someone really did it, and that is our Liao King Zhu Qi.

No one thought that His Royal Highness Liao Wang could be so fast, and no one doubted that His Royal Highness Liao Wang could defeat Bei Yuan.

But he didn't know that he was beaten to the ground by Bei Yuan in just such a short time.

He captured the emperor of Beiyuan, although strictly speaking, it was Sapphire who captured the emperor of Beiyuan.

But Lan Yu is the lieutenant general of His Royal Highness Liao Wang, so naturally half of the credit goes to His Royal Highness Liao Wang.

Later, I heard that it was His Royal Highness King Liao who decisively ordered the two generals, Lan Yu and Feng Sheng, to divide their troops into two groups.

This allowed Feng Shuai to attract Wang Baobao's attention, and Lan Yu had the opportunity to attack the royal court thousands of miles away.

The Northern Yuan Emperor was captured in one fell swoop, that is to say, if His Royal Highness Liao Wang did not decisively divide the troops, it would be a question mark whether he could capture the Northern Yuan Emperor at that time.

If you think about it this way, isn't it because of His Royal Highness Liao that this battle went so smoothly and achieved such a great result?

If His Royal Highness King Liao hadn't commanded properly and had courage and strategy, it might not have been able to go so smoothly. Everyone in the court thought so.

And Zhu Yuanzhang naturally thought about this in his heart. Although Lan Yu had made great contributions once, in contrast, Liao King Zhu Qi's contribution was not small.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Lan Yu a lot of rewards. In addition to making him the Duke of the state, he also gave all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry and beauties to their families.

By the way, Sapphire's official title is Duke Liang.

Some people may want to say that Zhu Yuanzhang originally named Lanyu as Liang Guogong.

It was only later because Lan Yu defiled Beiyuan's concubine that he changed the word and became Liang Guogong.

Even the difference of one word also shows the change of Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards Sapphire, which is actually nonsense at all.

Let’s not talk about it at this time in the Ming Dynasty. Do you know what the stalk of Liangliang means?
As far as this name is concerned, Liang is not a bad name at all.

Such names as Li, Fei, etc. are evil names.

So it's normal to be called Liang Guogong. It's not because of dissatisfaction with Lan Yu, as written in some official accounts, that's why the name was changed.

If he was really dissatisfied with Lan Yu, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's character, he would have been under house arrest at home, and he would be named Duke?

But in any case, Sapphire did not tarnish the imperial concubine of the Northern Yuan Emperor before. Although some gossip came out, Zhu Yuanzhang did not really believe it.

At this time, he was very happy to be rewarded for meritorious deeds, but when Lan Yu knew that Zhu Qi, the king of Liao, was also tied for the first place in military exploits with him, to be honest, he was still a little unhappy.

But when he thought that after he captured the Northern Yuan imperial concubine, he almost made a mistake because of a single thought.

It was King Liao who arranged for Zhu Neng to stop him in advance, so that his reputation would not be stained. At this time, the historian would not write about his defilement of the imperial concubine.

Otherwise, if the imperial concubine was really tarnished, the historian must have recorded something different now.

That is really regrettable for Lan Yu.

Therefore, Lan Yu was still very grateful to His Highness Liao Wang in her heart, and even her senses have improved a lot.

But in the final analysis, Lan Yu thinks that he is still a member of His Royal Highness, and this Liao King Zhu Qi is too capable, too capable, and now has a lot of prestige.

If Zhu Qi, King of Liao, had any idea about the throne, he would definitely be the archenemy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Thinking of this, Lan Yu frowned again, and hurriedly hid the little gratitude to His Highness Liao Wang in her heart.

After all, there is a high probability that the two will still be enemies in the future, so Sapphire dare not neglect in the slightest.

After discussing meritorious deeds here, it is natural to deal with the Northern Yuan royal family.

As for the Northern Yuan royal family, Zhu Yuanzhang did not intend to drive them all to extinction.

But it is naturally impossible for them to be officials in the court.

So Zhu Yuanzhang planned to find a small island to exile them there, and arrange some people to take good care of them.

This life has been spent in such an environment, which is acceptable to the nobles of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

After all, if you drive all the Beiyuan royal family to extinction, then those Beiyuan nobles who have the same roots as the Beiyuan royal family.

But there is no way to surrender directly and smoothly. If the surrender is too big, what will others think?

Naturally, these things would not be mentioned on the bright side, and after Zhu Yuanzhang made the arrangements, soon someone took the Northern Yuan royal family to the designated place, which was a certain small island on the East China Sea.

And when Beiyuan was defeated and the emperor was captured, the nobles of Goryeo who were still fighting to the death.

Now all of them have stopped, including the biggest warlord Li Chenggui.

There is no other reason, the Koryo Peninsula is on the edge of Ming Dynasty.

But now there were no allies in all directions who could support them, and Bei Yuan was directly pushed by Daming.

As for the Jurchens in the northeast, not to mention, Wang Chuanqi had already established a deep friendship with the Jurchens during several trips to explore the American continent.

Even Daming has had a lot of contacts with the Jurchens, so the Jurchens can now be said to be Daming's loyal servants.

Although they would definitely rebel if they had the chance, at least at this time, they would definitely do whatever Da Ming asked them to do.

And if Goryeo doesn't surrender quickly, it will become the target of Ming's hostility.

This is absolutely unbearable for Li Chenggui. He just wants to take advantage of the chaos to control the land of Koryo. As long as he can firmly control the Koryo Peninsula in his own hands, he will have the confidence to challenge Daming.

After all, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to mobilize the masses to crusade against Goryeo.

But what Li Chenggui didn't expect was that Liao King Zhu Qi had already supported the puppet one step ahead of him.

And there's more than one, the one who annoyed himself on the Koryo Peninsula.

It made it impossible for him to unify the Koryo Peninsula, and after receiving the support of Ming Dynasty, the other nobles also rebelled one after another.

But the general situation was over, and Li Chenggui didn't plan to fight them to the end anymore. At this time, kneeling down quickly, kneeling and licking Da Ming's father was the most important thing.

In Li Chenggui's mind, as long as he can be recognized by Daming immediately, as long as Daming can canonize himself as the king of Joseon, then his position will be stable, and at worst he will be a dog of Daming faithfully in the future.

If there is no Zhu Qi, then Zhu Yuanzhang would accept Li Chenggui's pilgrimage nine out of ten.

And canonized him as the king of Joseon. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have much idea about Goryeo.

But Zhu Qike is well aware of the importance of the Koryo Peninsula. It has many natural ice-free ports, and it is a huge springboard leading to the Pacific Ocean.

In the future world, whoever controls the ocean will control the world.

How can such a big springboard be given up casually?
It's not because of Zhu Qizai's dislike towards South Korea now.

The main reason is that Zhu Qi could not let this piece of land establish an independent country, which is definitely not a good thing to celebrate for Daming.

What's more, occupying Goryeo is more beneficial to Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Qi also suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang not to let Goryeo become a unified country.

Although Daming may not have the energy to deal with them now, it is still possible to give Gao Li a little instability.

And this unstable factor is that Li Chenggui absolutely does not recognize that Li Chenggui is the king of Goryeo.

As long as this point is suppressed, the other nobles in Goryeo will continue to fight against Li Chenggui. Even if they are not Li Chenggui's opponents, there is Daming behind them.

It is not a problem to send a little army in to help once in a while.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even make sense of Li Chenggui's surrender.

In a word, you play a king and then talk to us.

(End of this chapter)