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Chapter 485 Changchun Fort

"Send it to the cabinet and let them sign and draft it." Zhu Yijiong drafted an order.

When the cabinet received the emperor's edict, there was not much reaction. The first assistant Wang Lima Liu signed it, and the second assistant Liang Wenxuan was responsible for drafting the edict.

It's really not a big deal, it's just the emperor's request to increase the internal budget.

The finances have become more abundant in recent years, and tax revenue has been steadily increasing year by year. It is indeed time to increase the budget for the royal family's internal funds.

Not only does the royal family's internal funds need to be increased in the budget, but also the salaries of officials have just been increased not long ago.

The dignity of the emperor is important, and so is the dignity of the officials.

This is not corruption, but human nature.

When corruption is not allowed and there is no pressure on the people, the personal dignity of officials must be properly maintained. This can further prevent official corruption and increase work enthusiasm.

In the new Ming Dynasty, the national treasury and internal funds were also clearly divided. As early as when Zhu Yijiong proclaimed himself emperor, he clearly stipulated that the Ministry of Household Affairs should reserve a financial budget for the royal family's internal funds every year.

This is very important, there are no rules!

If the rules are unclear, Zhu Yijiong will definitely be able to endure it. He can't eat more than a dozen dishes even now, but in the next few generations, it will be uncertain.

Of course, even if the rules are established, subsequent emperors will definitely still act randomly, but at least the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue have a basis for admonishing the emperor, and the basis comes from him, the founding emperor.

There is no problem if the emperor wants to increase the internal budget. When the country's finances are affluent, the emperor can naturally be more dignified, but this must be decided by a vote of the cabinet.

Moreover, whether the emperor wants to increase the internal budget or the cabinet refutes the emperor's edict, a reasonable basis must be given.

This will be passed down as an ancestral tradition!

In addition to raising wages for officials and himself, Zhu Yijiong is gradually withdrawing the garrison in the provincial and state capitals to the central government.

It not only defends the capital of Nanjing, but also reduces the pressure on local financial expenditures.

Nanjing, as the current capital of the Ming Dynasty, still had too few garrison troops, with only 5000 imperial troops and [-] newly recruited dragoons.Coupled with the miscellaneous patrol soldiers and the commissioned soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, the total number is less than [-] troops.Among them, the [-] cavalry troops will have to move to the north in the spring of next year so that they can be used in the future wars in Mobei and the Western Regions.

In other words, the actual garrison available in Nanjing City is less than 1 troops, so this is definitely not feasible.

It was okay when Zhu Yijiong was in power, but if after several generations of emperors, the center of the imperial court was so empty, then more garrison troops would have to be added, otherwise the center would be unstable and local careerists would be ready to take action.

But there is no rush. There are still many battles to be fought. Southwest and Shaanxi and Gansu have just been captured. The grassland war has not yet ended. The Sichuan-Tibet Tea Horse Road has not been opened and restored. All we need to do is gradually withdraw the garrison.

Here in Nanjing, they are busy preparing for war against Burma, the Netherlands, and Sichuan and Tibet, and the northern grasslands have finally launched troops.

Yu Kecheng of Liaodong directly led an army of 5000 troops and recruited [-] newly restored Lelang people, including the [-] Tatar rebels who had dedicated the city before... They can no longer be called Tatars because These rebels have all removed their armor and registered households, and their household registrations have been reclassified. Almost one-third of them have been classified as Han households, and the remaining two-thirds have been classified as Mohe households.

Don't worry about whether those one-third people are really Han people. Anyway, they can speak Chinese and even have their own Han names. They may have just come up with them.But as long as you say you are Han, then you are Han. From now on, you will have to be registered separately from Mohe households, and you will not be able to learn Mohe language.

However, you can intermarry with Mohe people, and the children born will be settled as Han citizens. No matter which parent is Han, they will be directly forced to settle down.

There is no way, the population in Liaodong is too small, especially in bitter cold places like Lelang. If you want to quickly increase the local Han population base, you can only use this rogue method.

Anyway, it only takes two or three generations for the nominal "Han people" in these household registers to be almost assimilated into real Han people.The officials and people of the Ming Dynasty and the New Dynasty did not have much resistance to this approach. As early as the pre-Ming Dynasty, there were already many Chinese Jurchens in Liaodong. They were basically the same as the Han people. Many Chinese Jurchens could not even speak Jurchen. explain.

The army crossed the Yilemen River and marched all the way to Changchun Fort.

In the former Ming Dynasty, this place was under the jurisdiction of Nuer Gandusi and Duoyan Sanwei. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was occupied by the Horqin tribe. After the Qing Dynasty conquered this place, it was also given to the Duke of Horqin Fu.However, it was taken back during the Jiaqing Dynasty because the population here grew too fast and the plain land was developed on a large scale.

Changchun Fort is already on the edge of the Horqin tribe and the edge of the grassland. After more than 100 years of development, it has already entered a state of half farming and half grazing.

The continuous war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars caused many people to flee here to avoid disaster, which accelerated the development of Changchun.

Today, the population of Changchun Fort has at least doubled compared to the Puppet Qing Dynasty, and a large area of ​​cultivated land has been reclaimed.

Anyway, when the Ming army arrived here, they saw a lot of reclaimed fields, which were completely different from the grasslands in their impressions.

Yu Kecheng was not surprised and directly called out the tribal leader here. When the other party heard that the Tomorrow Soldiers were coming, they quickly gathered their troops and came to greet them anxiously.When he saw the large Ming army and the civilians transporting grain and grass, they quickly bowed to Yu Kecheng and said, "Gorros Mongolian tribe, pay homage to the general of the Ming Dynasty!"

Yu Kecheng got off his horse, helped the opponent up with his own hands, and said: "I am sending troops this time to mediate the disputes among the tribes on the grassland. The tribes on the grassland, despite the dissuasion of the Ming Dynasty Central Army Commander and Duke Ding, insisted on starting a war. , His Majesty the Emperor was furious, and this is why we sent troops to persuade peace. There is no need for you and other tribes to panic, and His Majesty the Emperor has already decreed that the Changchun Fort will be rebuilt in the future and will be included in our Lelang Province of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, you Wait for me, the people of the Ming Dynasty."

The leader of the small Gorros tribe in charge of Changchun Fort was first touched by Ke Cheng being so approachable and kind to the people, but then he came to his senses.

What the hell?

From now on, Changchun Fort will be merged into the Lelang Province of the Han people. He doesn't know what Lelang Province is, but he understands the phrase "people of the Ming Dynasty."

This is to annex his entire tribe!
This guy looked horrified, and just when he was about to speak, he saw Yu Kecheng holding his hand and not letting go, with a kind smile on his face.It's just that the soldiers on both sides were intentionally or unintentionally showing their swords on their waists. Looking at the countless Han soldiers, their appearance was neat, their armor was well prepared, and their morale was high.

Now he understood and knew what to do, and hurriedly said: "The general came to conquer the rebellion on the grassland. Since the Gorros tribe is now the people of His Majesty the Emperor, they should naturally follow and serve. The Gorros tribe is willing to go out. Two hundred warriors, follow the general to conquer the grassland."

"It's not to conquer the grassland, but to persuade peace. However, since your army is willing to send troops, I, the general, will repay the favor to the court for you." Yu Kecheng nodded, and he was quite satisfied with the way the other party acted.

The two hundred warriors were not too many, but they were still quite a lot. They were nearly half of the prime-age men of the tribe.This tribe seems to have a large population, but many of them are women and children, as well as refugees who have fled from Lelang Province.

Moreover, these two hundred Mongolian warriors are real Mongolian warriors. They are all good horse riders since they were young.Yu Kecheng obtained [-] professional cavalry quite directly, and his riding skills were not weaker than those of regular cavalry.

Not only that, the man who led the cavalry was the son of the tribal leader. Such recognition made Yu Kecheng quite satisfied.

Although he was forcibly annexed by the Han emperor, this guy didn't have any resentment at all.Instead, looking at the elite armor on the Han soldiers, as well as the muskets and artillery, he understood that the great khans of the grassland tribes were probably going to die.But he surrendered to the Han emperor in advance, and immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you, General! The Gorros tribe is willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty forever, fight for His Majesty the Emperor, and suppress the rebellion of the grassland tribes for the general!"

"Get up quickly!"

Yu Kecheng looked approvingly: "His Majesty the Emperor sees the loyalty of the Gorros tribe. Don't worry! Your Majesty will not treat any loyal tribe badly, and it is still a tribe with meritorious service."

As for the arrangement of Changchun Fort, in fact, there is currently only a decree to build a city and a county, but there is no precise decree on how to deal with the tribes in Changchun.

But just because he took the initiative to send troops to help in the war, even if it was useless, Ming Dynasty had to set an example for him and give him preferential treatment.

　The Guoerluosi Department is really difficult to deal with. The Qing Dynasty's own historical records are just like a bunch of inaccuracies, contradictory and full of errors and omissions. Even the front and rear flags of Guoerluosi are not clearly recorded, and they don't even have the time. For sure, the future is all based on guessing, and I guessed at several points of view.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)