Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 511

"Moo..."

At the end of October, with the arrival of the snow season, the northern land was covered with white snow. Everyone stopped what they were doing and lay in their homes, waiting for the snow season to pass.

The Little Ice Age had a great impact on the Ming Dynasty, but it had a greater impact on the nomads.

Helin, this is a Mongolian imperial city built on the basis of the Uighur capital deep in the grassland, and it was also the capital of the Lingbei Province of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the thirteenth century, it was the center of the world.

From Vienna on the banks of the Danube to Bianliang on the banks of the Yellow River, from the cold Siberian grasslands in the north to the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula under the scorching sun, most of the Eurasian continent is shrouded in the power and prestige of this city.

Missionaries of the Pope of Rome, envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty, camel teams of Persian merchants, and tributes of the Koryo Kingdom all gathered here.

Buddhist temples, mosques and Christian churches... various religions and cultures are integrated here.

The edict of the Mongolian Khan was issued from here and sent to the Mongolian army all over the world...

There are tens of thousands of rare treasures, gold, silver and jewels looted from countries in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and South Asia by Genghis Khan, Wo Kuotai, and Meng Ge.

At that time, Wo Kuotai once said that "Helin is the last line of defense to defend the Mongols". However, since Kublai Khan established himself as a Khan in Kaiping and defeated Brother Ali, the political center of Mongolia began to move southward to Han. No longer the capital of Mongolia.

After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty took it as the political center again, but the city was reduced to dilapidated and run-down during the continuous civil wars of the Mongols, leaving only a pile of ruins in the end.

Standing in front of the tent, Lin Dan Khan in a big fur looked at the tribesmen camped in the ruins. His eyes were recalling the glory of his ancestors, but when he came back to reality, he became a bereaved dog.

In April, after the snow melted, he led the 10,000+ tribes of Chahar to start their westward migration from Yuyuerhai to Langjuxu Mountain along the Onan River, and then continue westward. The tail arrived at Helin.

He had people collect a lot of grass, plus the grains looted from the Ming Dynasty before, and prepared to spend a cold winter in Helin.

As he expected, the winter in Mobei is indeed very cold. The temperature of minus [-] to [-] degrees makes many people have to keep burning firewood.

Fortunately, Helin relied on Hang Aishan, so he would not have no firewood to burn.

When Lin Danhan was lucky, there was a sound of horseshoes under the short slope, and a thousand households rode their horses towards the slope, and when they arrived not far in front of Lin Danhan, they got off their horses and walked over.

He hugged his chest respectfully and saluted, with a very calm face:

"Great Khan, Junggar, Huite, and Heshuote in Moxi will not let us go to Kazakhs on their pastures."

"No?" Hearing Wan Hu's words, Lin Danhan frowned, and said to himself, "I am the Great Khan of Mongolia. Since they rejected my proposal, I have to lead my troops to fight them."

"Yes!" Wan Hu lowered his head without any rebuttal.

Not only him, but even the group of monks and generals standing behind Lin Danhan did not refute.

The nature of the Mongols is to prey on the weak and the strong. This snowstorm has damaged the strength of the Chahar tribe a lot. It is a good choice to fight Oala and then plunder cattle and sheep.

"Didn't Subudi and the others follow?"

Although Lin Danhan was reckless, he was still a little clever, otherwise he wouldn't have held up Nurhachi and Huang Taiji for more than ten years in the Ming and Qing wars.

He knew that Chahar alone could not dominate the Western Regions and Hezhong, so he wanted to drag Khalkha and Karaqin into the water.

"Subdi Taiji is going to wait until next autumn, when the Great Khan gains a firm foothold in Moxi before moving westward. The same is true for the other three Great Khans."

Wan Hu's reply was expected by Lin Danhan. Subudi and others were not stupid. Unless the Ming army really came, they would not give up the millions of hectares of grassland in Mobei.

If you want them to move westward, unless Lin Danhan gains a firm foothold first, then they can move westward as an alliance to the Western Regions or Hezhong (Central Asia).

In other words, it is to let Lin Danhan contribute first. After all, this is what the leader is doing.

"Wait for me to gain a firm footing...Hmph!" Lin Danhan snorted coldly, and looked at the tents of his followers.

Chahar's troops were not as many as Zhu Youjian thought. In fact, there were only 5 to 4 troops, and the overall strength was only more than [-].

Although Chahar is very powerful compared to Oala, who can only pull out [-] cavalry, if Lin Danhan is determined to compete with Oara's Heshuote, Junggar, Huite and other departments for grassland, there will be heavy casualties.

At that time, I am afraid that he will not be the leader of the alliance, but a bereaved dog who is allowed to be expelled.

To fight Wala had to fight, otherwise it would not be enough to make up for the losses of the Chahar Department, but he could not fight directly.

"Are Jirijisi and Tie Liangwu willing to surrender to me?"

Lin Dan Khan suddenly mentioned two small tribes living in the northwestern part of the desert. Not surprisingly, Wan Hu shook his head: "They also refused to enter the Great Khan."

"Then take them first!" Hearing that Ji Lijisi and Tieliangwu, who had only a few thousand people, dared to refuse him, Lin Danhan took the lead in deciding to take them first.

Just at this time, a lama came up and saluted: "Khan, these two tribes are attacked by the Raksha people in the north. If we take them down, we will face the attack of the Raksha people in the north and the Wala in the south."

"It's just some Rakshasa people, just do as I say!" Lin Danhan's troops are still there, and he robbed Daming last year, and his majesty will not tolerate violations. When he made a decision, the monk had no choice but to resign.

Although it was winter, news of Lin Danhan's westward migration to Lin Dan spread on the grassland.

Oala, Turpan, Yarkand, and even Dayuzi, Xiaoyuzi, and Zhongyuzi of the Kazakh Khanate have heard of it.

Of course, such news cannot be hidden from Daming.

After being inquired by Beizhen Fusi, this news reached the capital in the middle of winter month...

It seems to be preparing for the severe drought next year. There is not a few snowfalls in Beizhili in Dongyue, and the thin snow makes people feel uneasy.

It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good year. Although a heavy snowfall will cause many families to suffer from hunger and cold, on the whole, a heavy snowfall can reduce the chances of drought and locust plagues in the coming year.

Zhu Youjian in Prince Qi's Mansion was holding a baby at the moment, shaking a rattle in his hand, looking down at the baby who kept staring at the rattle, with a smile on his lips.

Zhu Cihong...Zhu Youjian's first son who came to this world.

Zhu Youjian never thought that he would have a son. No matter in his previous life or this life, it seems that he belongs to the "older youth" in every society.

In the previous life, she didn't get married and have children, but in this life, this wish has been fulfilled.

Although Zhu Youjian was a little bit disappointed when he learned that Zhou Sujie gave birth to a son, he understood how much a son could bring about the current situation of Ming Dynasty.

But as time went by, he also quickly accepted the existence of Zhu Cihong. As for Yuan Xipin's daughter, he named it Zhu Yuyuan.

Yuan Xibing regretted not being able to have a son. After all, as long as he could give birth to a male heir, the prince of Qi would have a son.

Fortunately, she did not have a male heir. If she gave birth to Prince Qi's son, many officials would start to stand in line.

Although Zhu Cihong was born now, he is a bastard after all, and before it is confirmed whether Yuan Xipin can give birth to a son, no one will easily stand by Zhu Cihong.

"Okay, let's take it back to the Palace of Cultivation."

Stopping the rattle in his hand, Zhu Youjian handed Zhu Cihong to a female officer next to him.

Just as soon as he left Zhu Youjian's arms, Zhu Cihong started to cry.

Before he could cry, a pacifier was stuffed into his mouth, and for a moment his attention was drawn to the object.

Natural latex pacifiers are non-toxic and harmless, which is why Zhu Youjian dared to use them.

The female officer hugged Zhu Cihong and quickly left the Chengyun Hall, and Zhu Youjian also asked Wang Chengen to bring today's memorial.

More than 300 memorials were put on the table, each of which is related to the life and death of a locality.

According to the usual practice, Zhu Youjian picked up the memorabilia of Beizhen Fusi. The content of the first book is about Lin Danhan's westward migration and Lin Danhan's affairs.

"Although this Tiger and Rabbit Dun has a strong army and horses, it may not be so easy to fight Gushi Khan."

Looking at the content of the memorandum, Zhu Youjian shook his head, and Wang Chengen, who was sitting in the distance processing the official documents, also asked curiously: "Your Highness, why don't you send troops at this time to wipe out Mobei?"

"The strength of Modong Province is insufficient, and we cannot mobilize troops for the time being."

Zhu Youjian shook his head. He didn't want to mobilize troops in the context of an imminent drought, not to mention that the population and arable land in Modong Province were not enough to launch an expedition.

Even in the Qing Dynasty, for Mobei Mongolia, it was basically a marriage alliance in the early stage. It was not until the Junggar was destroyed during the Qianlong period that they threatened Mobei Mongolia from the northeast and the west, causing them to subdue.

From ancient to modern times, if the dynasties of all dynasties wanted to completely conquer Mobei, they had to conquer the Western Regions first.

As strong as the Tang Dynasty in the hands of Li Shimin, it only briefly defeated the Eastern Turks, and then won the Western Regions before uniting with Huihe to destroy the Western Turks.

The path of Ming Dynasty should not be based on defeat, but to completely destroy the opponent and bring Mobei into the territory of Ming Dynasty.

The environment of the Western Regions in the Ming Dynasty was several times worse than that in the Tang Dynasty, so even if the Western Regions were captured, it might not be able to support the army's Northern Expedition to regain Mobei.

Instead of this, it is better to vigorously develop Modong Province so that the population of Modong Province will continue to grow.

After the appearance of breech-loading guns, it was much easier for the Ming army to deal with nomads.

As long as Modong Province can support [-] Ming troops to cross Mobei, then Daming can defeat the three tribes of Khalkha, build a city in Mobei, and use Modong Province to support the people of Mobei.

The appearance of tractors can be said to have greatly reduced the investment of Daming in wanting to open up borders and defend the territory.

For a place like Mobei, it only needs to lay down the fourth battalion of the rear garrison, and then relocate tens of thousands of people and distribute tens of thousands of tractors. In less than three years, the local army and people will be self-sufficient.

Regarding Mobei, Zhu Youjian can't do anything right now, because even if he wins the area, he needs to relocate the people and the army, and he has to rely on blood transfusions from other provinces in the early stage.

Even if there are only 10,000 to [-] soldiers and civilians, they still have to eat four to [-]+ stones of rice and wheat every year. Right now, Modong Province has to rely on the northern Zhili to receive aid, so why not talk about aiding Mobei.

Therefore, to completely occupy Mobei, it is necessary to vigorously develop Modong first.

Similarly, if you want to enter Central Siberia from East Siberia, you also need Beishan to provide supplies for the soldiers and horses stationed in Beishan.

"How many tractors are there to transport Beishan?"

While Zhu Youjian was dealing with the memorial, he asked Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen also hurriedly said:

"More than 2000 units have been transported before and after, and [-] units have been transported to Dongyue and Twelfth Moon."

"By the beginning of spring in April, there should be [-] tractors in Beishan."

"Starting next year, tractors will transport Beishan every January, February, March and April."

"From May to August, it will be delivered to the Qi State, and from September to the twelfth lunar month, it will be delivered to the old port."

"With the current speed of immigration, the cultivated fields in Luchuan should last for three years. Counting the cultivated fields reclaimed by labor reformers, it should not be a problem to last for four years."

"So four years later, we have to start distributing tractors to Luchuan, let the labor reformers reclaim raw land, turn it into mature land, and distribute it to immigrants."

Wang Chengen said that his arrangement for the distribution of tractors is relatively good on the whole, and basically does not affect the reclamation of various places.

"The first batch of industrial zones have all been put into operation, and the second batch of [-] industrial zones will be built next month. In about three years, the two batches of industrial zones can produce [-] tractors per year." Wang Chengen added.

[-] tractors are already quite a number for Daming.

Simply using tractors can open up 10,000+ mu of land, and this number will continue to increase. After all, new tractors are put into use every year.

Not surprisingly, the third batch of industrial zones in Daming will be put into operation six years later, and the annual output of tractors in the three batches of industrial zones will not be less than [-], which is higher than what Zhu Youjian estimated last year.

Adding up all this, about seven years later, Daming owned 12 tractors, but nearly 8 of them were in Qi, and only [-] were in Daming.

But starting from the eighth year, Daming added 10,000 new tractors every year. If this situation continues, it is not surprising that Daming will produce [-]+ tractors next year ten years later.

Using these tractors, it will be much easier for Daming to develop Luchuan, Jiaozhi, Jiugang, the three provinces outside the customs, and the Western Regions and Mobei.

As for the State of Qi, the State of Qi should be able to support 50 million people in seven years. With the construction of its own industrial zone, I am afraid that the State of Qi will first enter the middle peasant economy and the large farm economy.

Using reeducation workers to open up wasteland and immigrants to farm, this method is useful for both Ming and other vassal states.

With three reform-through-labour workers and one tractor, they can reclaim fifteen acres of arable land each year and feed three or four people.

From this point of view, the reform-through-labour workers in Yingzhou are probably only enough for Qi to use. After all, there are railway constructions waiting for them.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian thought of the reform-through-labor workers in Luchuan, Nanzhou, and Jiugang.

Luchuan and Jiugang are okay, but Nanzhou can almost use the combination of labor camps and tractors to reclaim land in large quantities.

"How's the situation in Nanzhou?" Zhu Youjian asked about the situation in Nanzhou for the first time after a long absence, which made Wang Chengen also stunned.

However, he quickly found an introduction to the situation in Nanzhou from the document.

"Returning to Your Highness, there are currently three prefectures and nine counties in Nanzhou, with a total of more than 47 exiled people, 6000 people stationed in two battalions of soldiers and horses, and more than [-] native laborers."

"The local arable land is more than 86 mu, which is not self-sufficient yet, and needs to be supplied by Nanhai Prefecture (Java)."

Nanzhou is also Australia. Zhu Youjian did not expect that this group of exiled corrupt officials could make Nanzhou so good. In just three years, the local arable land doubled.

Judging from this posture, I am afraid that in a few years, Nanzhou will be able to export grain to the outside world.

"It shouldn't be possible..." Zhu Youjian thought for a while and vetoed this idea, because he knew very well that there were not many corrupt officials in Daming.

According to the migration standard of the nine ethnic groups, there are tens of thousands of people exiled in Nanzhou every year. Although there is one more Uzbek now, even if only 3 or 10,000 people are exiled, Nanzhou needs to increase [-]+ mu of arable land to feed them.

At least until the tractors are put into Nanzhou, Nanzhou should only be self-sufficient, and it cannot export grain to the outside world.

But even so, Zhu Youjian was very satisfied.

After taking Mobei, he can also move some Mongols to Nanzhou and Qi, and let them graze there.

This is a good way to dilute them. After all, compared with the hundreds of millions of Han Chinese, the 10,000+ Mongols in the Ming Dynasty are too rare.

Even if all the Mongols in Mobei, Moxi, and Hezhong surrendered, the number of Mongols in Daming would only be over 200 million.

Scattering them to various places, or moving Han people who are good at horse herders to the north can dilute them to the point where they can be integrated into the Han people.

Compared with them, the few people in Indochina Peninsula and Yingzhou are what Zhu Youjian is worried about.

There are more than 700 million in Luchuan, more than 400 million in Jiaozhi, and more than 200 million in Yingzhou.

With a population of nearly 500 million, it would probably be a lengthy project for them to fully integrate into Daming.

"Didn't Brother Huang say when he will return to the capital..."

Zhu Youjian suddenly mentioned Zhu Youxiao, which made Wang Chengen refreshed, but he shook his head and said: "Long live said that His Highness will continue to supervise the country."

"It's been a year..." Zhu Youjian sighed. Since news of the happy event in the Qi Palace last year, Zhu Youxiao has been going back and forth between Fangshan and Yanshan to escape the summer and winter, and has never entered the capital.

Zhu Youjian didn't know whether his elder brother was afraid of himself, or the Commander's Mansion of the Five Armies, or Zhu Cihong.

Although he doesn't interfere in state affairs and makes it easier for him to deal with state affairs, his attitude makes Zhu Youjian feel that he has a breath trapped in his trachea, unable to spit out or swallow...

"Have you calculated the annual income of the household department and Huangdian this year? How about it?"

Zhu You checked his forehead, put aside these troublesome things for the time being, and asked about serious matters.

As for the business, Wang Chengen has always paid attention to it, so he didn't need to look through the documents, he bowed and replied:
"This year, the tax and silver income of the Huangdian and the Ministry of Households is more than 400 million taels, and the land tax income is more than [-] million shi, of which [-] million shi is contributed by Luchuan."

Luchuan contributed 400 million shi to the field, which Zhu Youjian did not expect, but he was relieved after thinking about it carefully.

To put it bluntly, before the immigrants arrived, the arable land seized by Luchuan was cultivated by labor camp workers, and Hong Chengchou only needed to be responsible for keeping the labor camp workers from starving to death.

As for the shortage of reform-through-labor workers, they can be leased to the local people for farming, and the land rent is enough.

In this way, the fields in Hong Chengchou's hands basically produced as much as they distributed to the tenants and reformed-through-labor workers for food, and the rest could be handed over to the court.

The reason why he handed in so many land taxes is probably because he smelled the move of the Ministry of Households to hoard grain, and borrowed flowers to offer Buddha.

"What about the expenditure this year?" Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with Hong Chengchou's approach, and asked about the expenditure.

Regarding this matter, Wang Chengen lowered his head: "This year, the Fifth Military Commander's Mansion will spend more than 2000 million taels, the Sixth Army will spend more than [-] million taels, and the Ministry of Industry will spend an additional [-] million taels."

"The total expenditure of the imperial court was 400 million taels of silver, and the household department sent 5000 million stone field grains to the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, Huguang, and Jiangxi for sale, and received 3000 million taels."

"The Finance Department took out more than 200 million taels, and Luchuan seized and handed in more than 300 million taels, so that the balance of payments can be achieved."

Wang Chengen talked about Daming's finances, and the one who made the biggest contribution is probably Hong Chengchou who kept scraping land in Luchuan.

If it weren't for the more than 400 million Shitian Fu and more than 300 million taels of silver handed in by Hong Chengchou, I am afraid that Daming would owe 1000 million taels this year.

This situation also shows that Daming's current expenditure is indeed too large, so disarmament is inevitable.

The abolition of 17 troops can save Daming more than 300 million taels of silver. Even if many of them choose to change jobs, it can also save Daming millions of taels of silver.

However, compared to the six ministries that spend more than [-] million taels, the expenditure of the Fifth Army Dudufu seems a bit petty.

There are more than 80 officials, more than 70 soldiers, horses and criminal officials. These 150 million people spend more than 300 million taels a year, and it is still growing.

The reason why there is such a high expenditure is that Zhu Youjian wants the imperial power to go to the countryside, while the expenditure of the Ministry of Industry is required for the construction of railways, government roads and other labor-for-work infrastructure.

It can be said that except for the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion, other expenditures cannot be reduced.

If the Ministry of Industry's construction silver was stopped, Daming would be able to save several million taels a year, but in that case, the victims of the disaster would rebel.

All in all, everything cannot be stopped. Not only can it not be stopped, but Zhu Youjian has to prepare for a large-scale work-for-relief next year.

It is for this reason that Zhu Youjian has to vigorously implement the New Deal, bringing up the real taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time reducing the taxes of the people in other places, so that their grain can flow into the market.

As long as there are no problems in Jiangnan, Daming's land tax can be kept at around 9000 million shi, and the tax bank can be kept at 4000 million taels.

After the color reduction, it can reach an annual income of 8000 million taels.

Together with the relocation of silver from feudal lords and the inflow of gold and silver from overseas, it was not a problem for Ming to cope with the severe drought in the past two years.

What worries Zhu Youjian is the dense population of the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

Once famine breaks out in these three provinces, the consequences are self-evident.

"My method is probably too gentle..."

Thinking of the number of people who migrated from the three provinces this year, Zhu Youjian's eyes could not help shaking.

According to the number of relocations, not many people could be relocated before the severe drought broke out in the three provinces.

To use heavy codes in troubled times must force the people in the south of the Yangtze River to relocate.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian closed his eyes, faced Wang Chengen who had been looking at him and ordered:
"Decree to the Ministry of Households that starting from this year, Jiangnan will not be included in the scope of the Ministry of Households to sell grain, and the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will no longer be exempted."

"The local government encourages Jiangnan to immigrate to various places. For immigrants, the migration department distributes six shi rice every year for large mouths and three shi rice for small mouths according to the head."

"Immediate execution, no mistakes..."

(End of this chapter)