Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 186 Ming Jin Layout
"These guys look so strange..."

"He really has red hair, so it's not surprising that he is called Hongmaoyi."

"The jumping clown, dare to invade my Daming, bah!"

Time passed by little by little. When the autumn harvest began at the end of July, all the people chanting slogans in southern Shandong, eastern Henan and other places seemed to disappear. day.

And along with the news that Liaodong Town was abolished as a province, and the imperial court announced the abolition of the Liaodong Garrison and land for the people, the people of Liaodong began to spontaneously measure the fields of the Garrison for the Liaodong officers and troops.

Therefore, the speed of Wei Suotian's abolition and measurement greatly exceeded the estimates of Xiong Tingbi and others.

In such days of passing by, Wei Suotian in Liaodong announced on August [-] that the abolition was completed. All the field documents and head counts were counted and sent to the capital. At the same time, soldiers and horses from the Sanqiwei went south.

Not only that, on August [-]th, when the cavalry guards returned to defend the capital, hundreds of people including Reyes Zorn who invaded Penghu, Fujian and other places were also escorted to the capital.

As the emperor, Zhu Youxiao offered sacrifices to the suburban temple and was about to be captured in front of the Daming Gate. The people in the capital also came to both sides of Zhengyangmen Avenue on the central axis of the capital to watch the Dutch captives being escorted into Beijing.

The [-] captives were taken over from Tianjin by Tiance guard cavalry and escorted into the capital.

"Damn it, what do these Ming people want to do?"

Looking at the "magnificent" capital city with neat streets, everything here is beyond the imagination of Dutch people such as Reyes Zorn and Enzos.

Europeans in the seventeenth century continued the tradition of the Middle Ages, so they didn't like to take a bath.

The reason why Europeans don't like to take a bath is related to religion and the decline of Rome.

The Romans love bathing very much. A Roman who is not working is either in the bath or on the way to the bathhouse. With the decline of Rome and the influence of religion, Europeans began to think that bathing made the Romans degenerate. eventually perish.

So Europeans began to be proud of not taking a bath. Whoever takes a few baths in his life will be more able to gain praise from others.

But if you don't take a bath, the body odor of Europeans is really too stinky, so Europeans invented perfume to cover up the smell produced by not taking a bath for a long time.

Even if the ruling class is like this, the people will naturally follow suit.

Therefore, European cities basically do not consider the design of sewage and sewers during the development process, so urban residents throughout Europe will directly pour the excrement and urine that are discharged in the bedpan at night on the street.

If it's on the first floor, it's fine, but if it's on the second floor, I can only wish the passers-by on the road "don't dare to respond" when "shit is coming".

In this regard, European governments have repeatedly issued decrees prohibiting residents from pouring excrement on the streets at will, but these regulations have no effect.

Later, the British government came up with a good way to require residents to yell three times before pouring feces and urine on the street.This regulation has immediate effect, and the situation of "the shit is imminent, and you dare to say it" is much less.

However, such an approach is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and the sanitation situation in European streets is still worrying.

If it rains, the mud on the road will mix with the excrement, and the entire instep will be submerged when you step on it.

The more densely populated the city, the more excreta it produces, and the more serious the situation.

So at this time in Europe, most cities are full of excrement and urine, and compared with this appearance, the urban construction of Daming is simply a white and flawless paradise.

Han people love beauty, the clothes they wear, and their clean appearance make the Dutch captives bow their heads in shame.

Here, even some working trackers, even though their bodies are covered with sweat when they work on the pier, they have put on their clothes and combed their hair after entering the city.

Although officials in the Ming Dynasty were corrupt by nature, there is one thing worthy of praise, that is, urban construction and sanitation.

The sewage and drainage design and engineering construction of the city, because the manufacturer can be found in every brick and tile, so the quality is good, and there are also people who specialize in cleaning the streets in the city, so walking on such streets, the smelly Reyes Zorn Waiting for people is like savages entering a civilized city.

But fortunately, there were no mud or stones, otherwise they would not be spat on by the people of Daming, but their faces would be covered with mud, and their heads would be hit by stones.

Tian Cewei's cavalry put them in the middle, and after walking through the long and wide Zhengyangmen Avenue, they saw the tall city walls and the Zhengyangmen tower.

Here, the big Han general in golden mountain armor and silver fish scale armor took over them, drove them into the Zhengyang city gate, and then escorted them to the Daming gate in the imperial city.

The majestic red walls and yellow tiles made this group of Dutch people who had only seen the city of Batavia open their mouths.

At the same time, the people watching them also changed from ordinary people to officials from the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, Six Departments, and Jinyiwei around Daming Gate.

"Your Majesty!"

The big Han general swung his club and hit more than [-] Dutch captives on their legs, causing them to kneel on the floor tiles. At this time, Reyes Zorn also saw a man in yellow on the magnificent tower. young people are looking down on them.

"This is the red-haired barbarian? He looks short, but he actually has the ability to invade my Daming?"

On the tower of Daming Gate, Zhu Youxiao looked down at the more than [-] red-haired captives kneeling in the square in front of the gate, and then said:

"With just such a small number of people, it seems that my behavior of offering sacrifices to Jiaomiao just now was a bit petty."

"Long live, Hongmaoyi is short and not as big as me, but I heard that in Europe, it is considered a powerful country." Ye Xianggao responded.

"That's all..." Zhu Youxiao waved his sleeves when he heard Ye Xianggao speak:

"According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", Lei Ye, En Zuosi, and a group of red-haired barbarians were punished in Xishi, and passed on to all sides to show the world that those who violate the Ming Dynasty will be killed even if they are strong."

"The minister leads the decree..." Ye Xianggao responded, and then the cabinet members also turned around and sent the order.

Reyes Zorn and others watched all the officials of the Ming Dynasty on the Daming Gate leave, and before they knew the situation, they were dragged up by the big Han generals, pulled out of the Zhengyang Gate, and handed over to Tiance Guard again.

Tian Cewei's troops also took over this group of guys and brought them to West City.

Knowing that this group of people were brought to the high platform in West City to kneel down and the executioner came onto the stage holding a big knife, they knew what they were about to face.

"Are you crazy?! We can pay the ransom!"

"Our family will pay the ransom, please..."

"cut!"

In the sound of "begging for mercy", the sword was swung down, and the six hundred and fifty-six intruders were separated and fell on the platform in Xishi.

The people watching under the stage clapped their hands and applauded, and Zhu Youjian's figure did not appear in all these processes, just because he is currently in the imperial horse farm in Nanyuan, the capital city.

"A population of [-] people, and an area of ​​[-] mu and six fen."

Standing on the yellowed grass, Zhu Youjian whispered the data of the Liaodong Yellow Book in his hand, and in the distance were unsaddled and fed horses.

After two months of running, the horses of the three cavalry guards lost a lot of fat, and Zhu Youjian will need to use the four cavalry guards next, so the next period of time will be the time for them to fatten up.

The autumn wind blew into the imperial horse farm, and the withered grass was flying, and Cao Huachun, who was behind Zhu Youjian, also said:

"Your Highness, from this point of view, the situation in Liaodong is not too bad. If Tieling, Kaiyuan, Fushun and other places are included, the farmland should reach about [-] million."

"This situation can't be said to be bad, but it's not good either." Zhu Youjian responded to Cao Huachun, and said:
"During the orthodox period, the land of Liaodong Dusi reached [-] million mu."

"But right now, one hundred and eighty-seven years have passed, but it has only doubled."

"The farmland has doubled, but the population has tripled. It's no wonder that the people in Liaodong have resentment."

Zhu Youjian closed the Liaodong Tuntian document, and then said:

"According to the document, there are more than [-] cattle and more than [-] draft horses in the Liao Dynasty. This number is far less than the situation in the [-]th year of Hongwu."

"According to Qi Jin and others, if the land in Liaodong Province is located in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as long as the government is willing to borrow grain, millions of acres can be reclaimed in a few years."

"There is certainly a reason for Zhejiang's dense population, but more importantly, it is stability and the court's attention."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian sighed and said in his heart:

"I still want to reclaim the Songnen and Sanjiang Plains, but I don't want Liaodong to be reclaimed, so I have to look forward to Shu."

With a sigh, Zhu Youjian recalled the number of acres in Liaoning in his previous life.

At present, Liaodong in Ming Dynasty is not as big as Liaoning in later generations, and the Liaohe estuary plain has not been alluvialized by the Liaohe River. However, it should not be difficult to reclaim [-] to [-] million mu of arable land in Liaodong.

It's not that the people in Liaodong don't want to cultivate, but that they don't have enough animal power and food to cultivate.

For example, the [-] people in the Zhenjiang area have consumed more than [-] million shi of grain until now, but only [-] mu of land has been reclaimed.

This was when Zhu Youjian allocated [-] cattle and [-] horses.

If there were no cattle and horses, it would be difficult for the [-] people to reclaim [-] mu even if it took a year.

However, even if [-] land is reclaimed, it will take another two years to officially produce grain.

In other words, Daming had to allocate at least three million shi of grain in order to put [-] mu of land into production.

But now there is a piece of good news, that is, more than [-] million mu of military land has been sorted out, and now it is enough for Zhu You to decide how to grow the land.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian thought about it before he said:

"Acres of land in Liaodong, according to the Liao People's Law in the army, ten acres for one person joining the army, four acres for one person in the family, and three acres for ordinary people and three acres for military households. The land cannot be bought and sold."

"In addition, I have already discussed with the emperor that the land in Liaodong will be exempted from land tax and assigned for three years."

"Within three years, the people of Liaodong can reclaim the fields naturally. If necessary, they can borrow grain from the local government. The grain is borrowed without interest, and the amount borrowed is repaid."

As soon as Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, he implemented a three-year tax exemption policy for Liaodong. It can be said that he lost at least [-] taels of tax and food for nothing.

It's just that he doesn't care. What he cares more about is to make Liaodong self-sufficient in a few years, because this is the key to the development of the Northeast region in the future.

"Your Highness, if this is the case, in case there are still Liao people fleeing north..." Cao Huachun cautiously advised, but Zhu Youjian smiled heartily:
"With land and tax exemption, why do people flee north?"

"Eh..." Cao Huachun also reacted after being reminded, and Zhu Youjian looked at him and shook his head and said:

"You, you were led astray by those civil servants. Don't think that it is the Liao people's own problem that the Liao people don't trust the court. There must be a cause and effect. The Liao people don't trust the court because the court's actions are harming the interests of the people."

"Now that the imperial court allows them to live and work in peace and contentment, how could they flee north?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at the tens of thousands of horses eating beans in the distance, his eyes showed joy:
"Develop the land and win the hearts of the people. Right now, the hearts of the people are with me. Next year's autumn harvest will be the time to regain Liaodong!"

After all, he turned his head to Cao Huachun and confessed:
"After harvesting this year's autumn harvest, all the grain and fodder will be transported to North Zhili, and then I will order Cheng'en to choose a place to build three new warehouses in Yanshan, ensuring that they can store eight million stones of grain."

"This...if all of them are shipped in, I'm afraid the three big warehouses will not be enough to store the grain and grass." Cao Huachun explained:
"At present, Shanxi, North Zhili, and Henan Weihui, Zhangde, Huaiqing, Nanchang, and many other places add up to a total of more than [-] mu of military farmland..."

"According to the yield per mu in Beizhili last year, after tax deductions for each field this year, the Yumajian can have at least [-] million shi..."

In one sentence, Cao Huachun said that the land tax income of Yumajian was as rich as an enemy country.

The Yumajian expanded too fast, and there were too many acres.

The total number of acres in Shanxi and North Zhili is only more than [-] million mu, while the Yumajian has more than [-] million mu.

Even if the nearly [-] million mu of Nanchang and the three prefectures of Henan are deducted, there are still more than [-] million mu.

It can be said that two-thirds of the fields in Beizhili are in the hands of the Yumajian.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, there were seven out of ten capital divisions, one left-behind division, three hundred and twenty-nine internal and external guards, and sixty-five guards for thousands of households.

After that, new establishments and abolitions were successively established, and in fact, there were [-] guards and [-] million mu of military farmland.

However, after careful calculation now, nearly [-] guards in Beizhili, Shanxi, Huai'an, Henan Sanfu and other places were all killed by Zhu Youjian alone. It is strange that the Yumajian is not rich.

There are more and more military farms as you go north, and less and less as you go south.

Especially in the military farms south of the Yangtze River, except for Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places, other military farms can only meet the minimum standard of [-] mu per household.

Therefore, as long as Zhu Youjian abolishes the northern guards, it will be easy to abolish the southern guards.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian calculated the number of guards in Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong, and he was a little disappointed by what he got.

Fifty-nine guards...

After regaining Liaodong and abolishing the fifty-nine guards, perhaps he will be able to abolish all the remaining one hundred and twenty-eight guards in the south.

At that time, the number of troops stationed in the fields should be a little more than he estimated.

Based on the extremely low military farm tax set by Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty, he could hand over more than [-] million shi of military farm seed grain to the Ming court. Now that Zhu Youjian has won all the military farmland, his annual income will not be less than [-] Wanshi.

Even if the small glacier erupts later and the grain production decreases, it will not be less than [-] million taels, which is [-] million taels based on the grain price in Beizhili.

Even if only half of the money is invested in the Northeast, it is enough to maintain two million people going out of the fortress for reclamation.

What's more, this is just the tip of the iceberg of Yumajian...

"How profitable is the salt farm this year?"

Zhu Youjian got on his horse and asked, and Cao Huachun also got on his horse, and he and Zhu Youjian walked towards the depths of Nanyuan and responded at the same time:

"In the past six months, after deducting labor and costs, the saltworks made a profit of more than [-] taels."

"However, now that Liaodong has entered the Yumajian, the Huangdian can no longer worry about Liaodong merchants. It should reach [-] million taels by the end of the year."

"In addition, briquettes and other things are also spread in Shanxi, Beizhili, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, Liaodong and other places. This year's profit inside the customs will not be less than [-] taels, and the southward transportation of livestock outside the customs will not be less than [-]. two."

The saltworks and briquettes alone made a profit of [-] million taels for the Yumajian, which also shows how strong the domestic demand of Ming Dynasty is.

This is only the profit of the six northern provinces, and Huangdian has been suppressing the cost of private salt.

If you wait for Huangdian to enter the south, then you can start to attack the private salt market in Qibawen in the south.

At that time, the Sea Patrol Division will be established to cooperate with the Salt Administration Division and the Municipal Shipping Division. It cannot be said that it will be complete, but at least it will be able to prevent most of the illegal salt from entering the market.

As long as he masters the four official operations of salt mine, wine and tea, Daming can be rejuvenated, and he doesn't have to fear the severe drought in the next seventeen years.

However, if you want to win these four items, you must push the imperial power to the highest level, and war is the means to promote the imperial power.

Everything will be fought in the Liaodong recovery battle after the autumn harvest next year.

"However, before the Liaodong recovery battle, it seems that the Four Cavalry Guards should also be active..."

Standing on the low hill, Zhu Youjian reined in his horse and looked down at the military horses grazing in the South Garden. He had some ideas in his mind that even Cao Huachun was not sure about.

While he was preparing to look ahead, Nurhachi was also actively preparing in Hetuala thousands of miles away.

Almost at the same time when Manggurtai plundered back tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, Nurhaci ordered Amin to stay behind at Wuyewu Guards, and bring more than [-] plundered cattle, as well as Mongolian and Beishan Jurchen captives to reclaim Wuyewu together. guard.

"Khan Ama and Wuyewuwei have cultivated more than [-] mu of arable land, but it will take three years to produce it."

"The reclamation is too fast, and many armored slaves are exhausted. Do you want to..."

On the wall of Xinsarhu City, Nurhachi was inspecting the reinforcement of the city defense of Xinsarhu City, while Daishan, who was in charge of strengthening the eastern stone fortress, was following Nurhachi's pace and reporting behind Nurhachi.

From Nurhachi's order to reclaim till now, in just two months, Dajin has reclaimed more than [-] mu of arable land in Wuyewuwei. Behind this data are bloody lives.

All slaves need to cultivate new fields for more than eight hours a day, and after cultivating new fields, they must harvest enough pasture to feed the cattle, sheep and horses of Wuyewuwei.

Working nine hours a day for two consecutive months, it is normal to be exhausted.

Daishan didn't want to waste the hard-earned slaves, so he made a suggestion to Nurhachi.

But after he proposed, Nurhachi said with a blank expression:

"There are not enough people, so we just move the offending Han people from Kaiyuan, Tieling, Fushun and other places."

"This..." Daishan was stunned for a moment, but he remembered that Khan Ama said that he should treat Liao people kindly.

Why did you suddenly change your mind after saying this sentence for four years?
Daishan's bewilderment made Nurhachi stop, frowned and turned to look at Daishan, saying:

"These places in Fushun, if there is a war in the coming year, do you think we can hold it?"

"This..." Daishan didn't dare to answer, but Nurhachi said:
"Fushun can't keep it, including Puhe Suo."

"Now that the autumn harvest is over, let them move to the stone castle of the wild men in Beishan and let them cultivate in the rear."

"The land in Puhesuo, Fushun and other places is handed over to the bannerman for farming. If the war breaks out and the harvest cannot be harvested in time, all the grain will be burned immediately and the people will be evacuated to Xinsarhu City."

"Do you want to give up more than [-] mu of arable land in Fushun and Puhe?" Daishan couldn't believe it.

"When you decide, you decide. Right now, there are so many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. Fighting them on the plain is not smart, but stupid!"

Nurhachi reprimanded Daishan and said to him:
"If you fight the number of people, even if you have a hundred gold coins, you can't compare with Ming Ting!"

"At the moment, we must transfer the farming Han people little by little, and bring the Ming army into the white mountains and black waters, waiting for opportunities."

"Have you asked someone to count the cultivated land in the guards of the Beishan Savages?"

"One hundred and forty-six forts, more than [-] mu, there are still a lot of land that can be cultivated, but if you go to Beishan to cultivate, you can only grow sorghum, and one acre of sorghum in Beishan is only a hundred catties." Dai Shan subconsciously Answering, I almost wrote on my forehead that I didn't want to go to Beishan.

From the acres of fields, we can see how bad the Northeast is right now.

There are more than [-] Beishan Jurchens, basically no large-scale battles have occurred in these places, and they are all divided among the fishing and hunting peoples who farmed and fished along the banks of the Heilongjiang and Songhua Rivers.

Although fishing and hunting can meet daily needs, staple food is still needed, so farming is still required.

Especially after the establishment of the Nurgan Dusi in the Ming Dynasty and the introduction of more advanced farming techniques, the development was even more rapid.

Even after the Nurgan Dusi was abolished, the Ming Dynasty did not abandon the Northeast, but handed over the functions of the Nurgan Dusi to the Liaodong Dusi, and still managed the vast Nurgan area.

Therefore, during the more than [-] years when Jimi ruled the Northeast in the Ming Dynasty, the number of Jurchen guards in the Northeast increased rapidly from more than [-] at the beginning to more than [-] in the Wanli period.

But even though the Northeast has grown a large population, the amount of cultivated land in the Beishan Jurchen territory north of the Three Rivers is still pitifully small.

This is of course because the farther away from the Ming Dynasty, the less able to keep up with the Han civilization, which caused the backwardness, but the more important reason is the difficulty in development.

A place that is so difficult to develop cannot support an army of [-] at all.

But now his own Khan Ama wants to relocate tens of thousands of Han people from Puhesuo, Fushun and other places?How does this make Daishan willing?

Although there are more than [-] mu of arable land ready-made, how much food and fodder can these lands contribute to Dajin while feeding tens of thousands of Han people?
Not to mention that these more than [-] mu of land are scattered in one hundred and forty-six forts, covering thousands of miles, and each fort is no more than a thousand mu on average.

Even if the tax is [-]%, at most two or three hundred shi will be levied for a thousand mu, and then it will be transported to Hetuala thousands of miles away. If the three hundred shi are transported to Hetuala, I am afraid there will only be two hundred shi.

That is to say, with more than [-] mu of land, the tax that can be paid to Hetuala is only more than [-] shi of grain, which is only enough to feed [-] people for one and a half months.

On the contrary, if we continue to cultivate the more than [-] mu of arable land in Puhe and other places, the tax that can be paid to Hetuala is [-] shi.

Therefore, it is no wonder why Daishan is unwilling to go to Beishan.

But in this regard, Nurhachi said flatly:
"The savages in Beishan can only eat a small amount of rice and go fishing and hunting for other food, so the Han people can too."

"After relocating them, you find a way to increase the tax to [-]%, and then let them continue to cultivate."

"Yes!" Hearing this, Daishan knew it would be very difficult to do, but he still bit the bullet and complied.

"After you leave, I will let Mangurtai and Huangtai Jiduo build the stone castle, so you don't have to worry about the stone castle." Nurhachi reassured, then looked into the distance and said:
"The next battle will be very difficult, and Daikin needs to be fully prepared..."

(End of this chapter)