Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 564 Real control of nineteen provinces, three strong neighbors in the west

The "Da Ming Pao" newspaper office is affiliated to the Propaganda Department and is one of the court offices. The reporter came here impartially, and Chen Zilong had no reason not to meet him.

As for the newspaper's promotion of Liu Rushi, Chen Zilong didn't think much about it, and didn't even have any emotion.

The relationship with Liu Rushi more than ten years ago may have been an unforgettable relationship to Liu Rushi, but to him, it was just an ordinary relationship experience.

When he was 11 years old, his father Chen Suowen betrothed him to the eldest daughter of Zhang Guiduan, the magistrate of Zhaoyang County.

If it hadn't been for the six years of Tianqi, when his father died of illness, and he had kept his filial piety for three years, he might have married Mrs. Zhang at that time.

Even though it was delayed for three years, after observing his filial piety, he still married Mrs. Zhang who had never met before as promised.

As for Liu Rushi, he only met him five years after Chongzhen, and had an "emotional" relationship two years later.At that time, he and Zhang's daughter were several years old, how could he have such unforgettable feelings for Liu Rushi?

At that time, Liu Rushi was Liuying from Songjiang Mansion, but he was confused due to the failure of the examination, the chaos of the government, and the turmoil of the current situation. He was even disheartened about his official career and buried himself in poetry.

He is not a fickle person, he originally wanted to accept Liu Rushi as his concubine, but because of his family's objection, he let it go.

Of course, at that time, he never imagined that the former Liuying not only became one of the famous Qinhuai prostitutes in the south of the Yangtze River, but also became an official in the same dynasty with him after the great changes in the world.

Now that Liu Rushi is a married woman, he is being reused by the emperor, so naturally he doesn't think about the past emotional matters.

Therefore, Chen Zilong assumed a business-like attitude towards this newspaper reporter.

First, I did an exclusive interview, and then I promised that I would hand over my handwritten article on grassroots restructuring to the newspaper for publication two days later.

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Since the grassroots restructuring has been decided, there will naturally be ministers to carry it out, and Auntie Zhu only needs to pay attention to it from time to time and supervise and promote it.

Although the territory of the Ming Dynasty was not ranked among the top five in the past dynasties of China, it was still very large. Since she established the provincial system, even in terms of actual control areas, there are now [-] provinces in the Ming Dynasty.

After breakfast that day, Zhu Yu came to the Hall of Martial Ying, and began to look at the provinces on the newly made map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking from top to bottom, the northern Xinjiang in the actual control area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, from east to west, is North Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu.

Then there are provinces between the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins, followed by Shandong, Jiangbei, Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan.

To the south of the Yangtze River are Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.The southeast and southern coasts are: Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

When looking at the map, Auntie Zhu's gaze mainly stays in three places: northeast, northwest, and southwest.

The Qing Dynasty in the Northeast is the goal of the Ming Dynasty to be wiped out in two or three years, and Liaoxi and Liaodong will also be recovered. This is what is planned.

Although Sha Dingzhou, Sun Kewang and others rebelled and occupied the southwest, but she has dispatched troops and made a good layout, and it is only a matter of time before it is settled.

The situation in the northwest is something she has only recently gradually figured out. The reason for this is not only because the situation in the northwest is no less complicated than that in the southwest.

Also because Li Zicheng occupied Shaanxi two or three years ago, the Ming court lost understanding of many things there.

It was also after the Northern Expedition ended last year that the past events of Gansu and Shaanxi were brought to Aimee Zhu's desk through the three major intelligence departments, the Military Intelligence Department, the Nanzhen Fusi, and the Beizhen Fusi, gradually allowing her to understand the situation in the Northwest.

If you want to talk about the Northwest, you have to talk about the nine border towns in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the northern border of the Ming Dynasty was the most extensive during the Hongwu period. After all, the sapphires once went to the Fishing Sea (Bair Lake, in the southwest of Hulunbuir Grassland today, not Beihai/Lake Baikal).

At that time, there was Nuergansi in the easternmost part of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, who was in charge of all tribes in the northeast, and established Nangharwei on Kuwu Island (Sakhalin Island, which is actually a transliteration of the local dialect).

The Wuliangha Sanwei was established on the grassland north of the Liaoxi Corridor.

As for the westernmost point, the Seven Guards of Kansai were established west of Jiayuguan in Suzhou Guard.

The whole is in the rhythm of outward military expansion, and the tribes in the north either bow their heads and surrender, or run away with their heads in their arms. Naturally, there is no need for nine border towns to defend against all kinds of northern captives.

It is a pity that after experiencing the battle of Jingnan, the three guards of Wuliangha first faced the persecution and annexation of the Tatars, continued to move south, and finally split and rebelled.

During the reign of Xuande, Ming's military strength declined further, and it gradually turned from offense to defense, almost giving up its rule over the grasslands beyond the Great Wall.

When Bao Zong succeeded to the throne, first the southwest war wasted a lot of military expenditure, and then there was an earth-shattering civil war. Daming had to switch to passive defense in the north.

Afterwards, the various tribes of the northern captives invaded repeatedly, forcing the Ming Dynasty to form an important town on the nine borders.

By the time of Tianqi and Chongzhen, there were actually more than nine military towns in the Nine Frontiers.

According to the information obtained by Aunt Zhu, during the reign of Chongzhen, the important towns on the nine frontiers mainly referred to Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Miyun Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town (north of Taiyuan Prefecture), Yansui Town (Yulin Town), Ningxia Town , Guyuan Town, Gansu Town.

That's right, there are ten important towns on the nine borders of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, which is normal.

Therefore, when it comes to Shaanxi in the northwest, a word often heard in Daming's military speeches about Shaanxi is the trilateral governor.

Its full name is "Governor Shaanxi Trilateral Military Affairs", but there are actually four border towns under its jurisdiction.

In order: Yansui Town, Ningxia Town, Gansu Town, and Guyuan Town.

Speaking of which, when Hao Guangming learned about this at first, he was also a little dazed, and finally he had to sigh that "I have five of the four great kings of China". This kind of stalk really has a long history.

During the reign of Tianqi and Chongzhen, Ming's rule over Shaanxi also became complicated.

First of all, the governor was in charge of the military affairs of the four towns three times, and Guyuan Town was established as a government office.

Where is this place?It is in Guyuan Prefecture in the middle of Pingliang Prefecture, and sometimes it likes to call it Shaanxi Town in writing.

Just like there is a Shanxi town in Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi, it is not afraid to be confused with the chief secretary.

Of course, there is a reason for the Trilateral Governor's Office to be located in Guyuan Town—it is located in the south of Ningxia Town, and it can control the Xiaoguan Ancient Road on the north-south axis of Ningxia Town. It is also connected to Gansu Town and Yansui Town on the left and right. Very important.

In addition, the imperial court not only set up general soldiers in the four military towns, but also appointed a governor in each of the four military towns to check and balance civil and military affairs.

Hong Chengchou was the governor of Yansui, and in this position he obtained the name "Hong Shaved" from the peasant army.

That is to say, the governors of the three sides are in charge of the governors of the four towns, and these governors are in charge of the generals and other generals of the four towns.

Aimee Zhu previously withdrew the border town into the provincial government system and canceled the establishment of the border town. Naturally, Shaanxi Province will not have at most five governors as before.

Now there is only one governor of Shaanxi, and that is Chen Junchong, who previously participated in politics in northern Sichuan and was in charge of logistics for Lu Daqi's Northern Expedition.

Aimee Zhu also learned about the successive governors of Shaanxi during the reign of Chongzhen, and found that not counting those who were accused of crimes or disappeared after two months of taking office, or those who were accused of crimes and disappeared after failing to take office, the remaining few were quite famous at the time. famous minister.

Yang He, Wang Qiaonian, Ding Qirui, and the last one - Sun Chuanting.

After that, Aunt Zhu looked at Gansu again.

In the Ming Dynasty, although Gansu was a military town, a governor was established in the Tianshun period (Baozong era).

As for the reign of Chongzhen, there were four successive governors of Gansu: Liu Hao, Lu Daqi, Lin Rirui, and Yang Rujing.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng occupied Shaanxi and sent troops to attack Gansu. It happened that Lin Rirui resigned and Yang Rujing took office. As a result, the last two governors of Gansu were martyred.

Because of Hao Guangming's guidance and the knowledge of later generations changed her horizons, among the three sides and four towns in the northwest, Aimee Zhu attaches the most importance to Gansu Town.

However, when Auntie Zhu sorted out the information gathered to her from various sources, she discovered that since Jiajing, Gansu Town has become a supporting role in the three sides.

Because of the changes in the forces of the surrounding northern captives and even the changes in the environment (land desertification), the northern captives near the three sides all like to go to Yansui Town, followed by Ningxia Town, and very few go to Gansu.

As for the situation in the west of Gansu Town, it is complicated and long story...
Although there is still very little information about the west from Beizhen Fusi and the Military Intelligence Department, Aimee Zhu still has some understanding of the general situation in the west through some historical events in later generations.

If the situation in the west is the same as in the history of later generations, the Oirat Mongolian Tribal Alliance centered on the Zhungeer tribe at this time is in the process of expanding its strength and annexed the Turpan Khanate.

The vassals of the western Ming Dynasty under Oirat Mongolia and the old khanate Yarkand inherited from the Mongol Empire are also expanding in strength, occupying a small part of the former Turpan territory.

Of course, the most ruthless expansion in the west is the Heshuote Khanate-during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, they destroyed the Zangba Khan on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and now almost occupy the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau!
　Second more.

　　Another thankless chapter, the author's level is really limited, sorry. (This dry narrative will be kept to a minimum)

　　Good night~
　　My head is dizzy after checking the information, and I will correct the typo later.

　　
　
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