I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 433 Directly under the jurisdiction of Beijing
After the beginning of spring, it is the beginning of summer.

Nanjing, Forbidden City.

Zhu Yijiong is reviewing the memorials, especially those from the northern provinces, most of which report on local civil affairs.

Including population registration, food prices and rainwater... Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, and Liaoning. These provinces have experienced wars, natural disasters, and a series of concurrent disasters for a long time, and their population losses have been quite serious.

Even in the three provinces of Henan, Shandong, and Hebei that were the first to be recovered, the population has not yet recovered to half of its peak period, including those who are hiding and unwilling to settle down.

A memorial was randomly selected, and it was submitted by the prefect of Linqing: "Please restore Linqing Chaoguan and Guantao Wharf."

Cabinet vote: "Linqing has a sparse population and water transportation has not resumed. We should think twice before acting.",

Secretary's Office: "Second!"

Linqing Prefecture is affiliated to Dongchang Prefecture in Shandong Province. It seems inconspicuous, but it blocks the water transportation artery.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, banknote customs and wharves were set up here, ranking first among the eight major banknotes. The Manchu and Qing dynasties also stipulated that if the tax collected by the banknote customs exceeded the imperial quota, the best ones would be used. If the taxes could not be collected, no assessment would be allowed.

Now, Beijing has lost its status as the capital, at least for the time being. Once the capital of Beijing is gone, water transportation will naturally no longer be the focus.It is almost inevitable that Linqing Prefecture, which was originally home to millions of river workers and merchants, has rapidly declined to its current mediocre state.

Zhu Yijiong thought about it for a while, then wrote and wrote: "Linqing has been war-torn for a long time, and the population has not recovered. Wouldn't restoring the banknotes be a waste of people and money? You should do your best to manage the civil affairs. The tax banknotes are managed by the Household Department."

This is clearly telling the Linqing magistrate that the emperor knows your little thoughts (political achievements), so forget it this time and focus more on civil affairs. It will be hard to say next time.

After handling the Linqing banknotes, I continued to approve memorials for half an hour, which were basically local reporting memorials.

Most of the talk in the south is about food prices and rain. Last year, they fought wars everywhere, newly recovered Liaodong and Shanxi, and Monnan Mongolia surrendered. This all requires money and food support.

Food prices in various parts of the south are basically fluctuating slightly, but fortunately there are government controls, so the fluctuations are not too big, and the rain conditions in various places are pretty good, so there are no major disasters.

Not only are food prices fluctuating in the south, but also in the north after the war, everything is waiting for improvement. Even Henan and Shandong, which have long been free of war, have still not been able to completely eliminate the traces of the war.

Not to mention restoring the former prosperity, it would be better if the speed of dilapidation could be slowed down a little.

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The whole morning was spent on memorials from various places, and lunch was also taken in the Jinshen Hall. It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that the approval was finally completed.

Rarely still had time, Zhu Yijiong immediately summoned the cabinet to discuss state affairs.

Wang Li said: "Your Majesty, after the war, not only the north was devastated and was in need of reconstruction, but the south was also affected. At this stage, it is still not suitable to engage in large-scale war. Immigration and settlement can be the main focus. The newly occupied lands in Shanxi and Liaodong should follow the example of Guangdong. In the first year, taxes will be completely exempted, in the second year, taxes will be halved, and in the third year, taxes will return to normal.”

"Wang Qing is old enough to seek the country, so it should be like this." Zhu Yijiong nodded and asked: "Can we take the Rehe Hall north of the Zunhua Great Wall?"

Zhu Chengxun replied: "Rehe Hall has been captured by our Ming Dynasty dragoons. The Mongolian and Han people there have surrendered to our Ming Dynasty. We can send officials there."

Zhu Yijiong said: "Rehe Hall will be changed to Chengde Prefecture from now on, and Rehe City will be governed by the prefecture, and the surrounding plain areas will all be placed under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province."

Once delineated in this way, the territory of Hebei Province is so large that it is almost the same as Beizhili in the mid-Qing Dynasty.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's Beizhili was even more exaggerated than this. The area around Chengde Prefecture was no longer a grassland. It was the territory of the Han people in the pre-Ming Dynasty, but the Tumu Fort was later given to the Mongols.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty not only assigned Chengde to Beizhili, but also assigned the vast grassland to the north to Hebei.Zhu Yijiong is actually quite restrained. There is no need to worry about whether the local Mongolians will resist. These Mongolians in Jehol are mostly small tribes and have long been assimilated into half-farming and half-grazing practices.

Because Rehe is too close to the Great Wall and is already on the edge of the grassland.

In addition, the civil war is now breaking out in the grassland, and the Kalaqin tribe sandwiched between Rehe will also intervene, and the entire grassland has become a pot of porridge.

The Mongolians and Han people here were both affected. When the Ming army came out of the Great Wall and came to Rehe, the people here were very cooperative. Even the bitter tribal leaders were willing to be obedient citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

No one resisted, and those who resisted were quickly wiped out by the Ming army's dragoons.

As long as Chengde Prefecture is established and some Han people are moved here to colonize, it will not only strengthen the Great Wall border defense like Liaodong Town, but also form military radiation on the Monan Grassland.

Zhu Chengxun said: "Since Your Majesty has established Chengde Mansion, Northern Zhili should also establish a Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. In this way, we can not only coordinate and control the Chengde Mansion, but also further strengthen the control of the Monan Grassland."

This Beizhili does not refer to Hebei, but simply Shuntian Prefecture in Hebei.

Shuntian Prefecture was separated from Hebei and changed to a central central jurisdiction with an area slightly larger than that of later Beijing, in order to slow down the rapid decline caused by the loss of the capital in the north.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes. I order Shuntian Mansion to set up the Chinese Army Commander's Mansion, under the control of Nanjing. Yang Gongti is the Chinese Army Commander, taking charge of Hebei."

Since there is a military governor's office of the Chinese Army, there are naturally also the governor's offices of the other four armies, including the front army, the rear army, and the left army.

Although Lao Zhu's system of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army was a piece of cake, it was similar to the military region commander system of later generations.

With a little modification, it can be used.

Zhu Yijiong discussed with the cabinet ministers again, and the entire basic administrative area of ​​Hebei was finally finalized.

Among them, Xuanfu, the head of the Ming Dynasty, was renamed Xuanhua by Kangxi, which means Xuande's influence. Zhu Yijiong did not intend to change it back.

Zhangjiakou, Chicheng, Longmen and other counties are still under the jurisdiction of Xuanhua Prefecture, and are divided into Chongli, Zhangbei, Shangyi and other districts. These places were originally part of Monan, but there are already towns.

This is further encroaching on the Mongolian territory beyond the Great Wall.

Yanqing Prefecture, Huailai, and Baoan Prefecture (Zhuolu) were assigned from Xuanhua to Shuntian Prefecture because they were along the Great Wall.

Wu Sidao said: "Your Majesty, the Zunhua Iron Works should be rebuilt. The Ordnance Bureau and the Ministry of Industry should be dispatched to rebuild the Zunhua Iron Works in the north, and the Zunhua Ordnance Bureau should be established. In this way, the northern Xinjiang army can directly obtain supplies in Zunhua To replenish soldiers and armor, there is no need to transport them long distances from the south, which would delay the fighter plane. Moreover, in addition to the Zunhua Iron Works, the Changlu Salt Field can also be restored. In the former Ming and Puppet Qing Dynasties, both the Ming Dynasty and the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty consumed Changlu Salt. Now that water transportation is stagnant, as long as the Changlu Salt Field is restored With the Lu Salt Field, Hebei will no longer need to rely on Huai Salt from the South, and will be able to control the Monan Grassland more easily."

"allow."

Zhu Yijiong did not refuse, and now the North relies entirely on the South for support.

Rebuilding the Zunhua Iron Works and Changlu Saltworks will not only stimulate the restoration of civil affairs in the north, but also relieve the financial pressure in the south.

All we can say is that after the war, there was a mess everywhere in the north.

The Ming army did win, but they were also responsible for wiping the butt of the Manchus and Liu Ruhan.

　That's too late

　　
　
(End of this chapter)