Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 481

Mongolian herdsmen migrated erratically and their residences were not fixed. Therefore, there were very few towns in Mobei. Even Helin City was built by Li Jinzhong, Cao Guogong in the early Ming Dynasty when he was chasing the remnant Yuan forces.

But after hundreds of years of wind and frost erosion, and the Tartars who have been fighting for years have no time to take care of this city, so that now Helin City is in dilapidated condition. When Zhang Huangyan came to Helin City, only the read city gate was still there. .

"Is this the place where Lin Fu and I rule?" Zhang Huangyan couldn't help asking himself as he looked at the half-collapsed mud city gate, then sighed helplessly, and advanced into He Lin City.

However, at this time, there were people coming and going in Helin City. Many Mongolian herdsmen who heard the news and came to register their household registration and do some business at the same time had already gathered in Helin City. When the war just started, some people with foresight The inland merchants first brought tea bricks, salt bricks, cloth, porcelain, colored glaze and other commodities out of the customs to trade with these Mongolian herdsmen, and they also learned from the notice that the Mongolian herdsmen in this area would gather in Helin City, so These merchants also first gathered in Helin City, preparing to do business with the Mongolian herdsmen here.

At this time, most of the transactions between merchants inside the customs and ordinary herdsmen outside the customs are still at the stage of bartering. Even if there is a stable currency such as silver dollars in the customs, the commercial activities outside the customs are not developed, making it very difficult for these ordinary herdsmen. It is difficult to quickly exchange the currency for the items you need through the store after getting the currency, which makes it difficult for the currency to circulate quickly outside the customs for a while.

At this time, the only few intact houses in Helin City have been temporarily requisitioned as the magistrate's office, county government office, and other government offices. Therefore, most of the Mongolian herdsmen and merchants who gathered in Helin City can only Temporarily set up tents to live in.

After Zhang Huangyan entered Helin City, he mistakenly thought that he had entered a large military camp, but seeing the Mongolian herdsmen with felt hats and flat faces and merchants wearing watermelon hats facing several cattle, sheep and When he was bargaining for several pieces of Songjiang noodles cotton cloth, he, the new prefect, felt a bit of market spirit.

Zhang Huangyan began to think about whether he should take a rest and reorganize the dusty and messy environment of Helin City after counting all the registered persons and land acres of the entire Helin Mansion, imitating the capital, and planning the north-south harmony The east-west main road, the residential and commercial areas are divided, and a special market trading area is provided, and then the prefectural schools and county schools are built, and the counties and societies are divided into each class, and social studies are established, and people who are proficient in the Four Books from the Mainland are invited to teach. .

But who knows, at this moment, Zhang Huangyan suddenly discovered that there was a commotion in front of him. Several rather robust Mongolian herdsmen directly killed the merchant, snatched the merchant's carriage pulling salt bricks, and rode out of the city. .

Zhang Huangyan couldn't help being astonished. He didn't expect that these people were doing business well just now, and in the blink of an eye someone directly robbed them.

However, at this time, some gendarmes from the gendarmerie rushed over and chased after them. After a few rows of shooting, those Mongolian herdsmen who attempted to rob property directly and violated business rules were directly shot to the ground.

Among them, a gendarme directly cut off the heads of those Mongolian herdsmen, and walked into the city: "His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty ordered that the people who are newly attached to the Ming Dynasty must strictly abide by the law, and must not start disputes or disrupt business. Injustices, conflicts and disputes can be appealed to the county government office, and those who deal with it privately will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing this, most of the Mongolian herdsmen who gathered in Helin City lowered their heads and became more honest. They bargained strangely with these merchants, and did not dare to rob again.

The order of civilization needs violent organizations to maintain. Seeing this, Zhang Huangyan couldn't help sighing secretly. Only when the national power of Ming Dynasty can completely crush the forces outside the customs, and there are strong enough violent organizations to maintain and improve the entire non-human race can it be truly successful. To achieve the purpose of truly assimilating these people.

"Don't be surprised, my lord. Among these Tartars outside the customs, all those who have status have been wiped out by our Ming Dynasty. But these Tartars have always been accustomed to fighting with each other since they were young. They are barbaric and uneducated. Therefore, there will be new Tartars who will not come here for a while. Those who know the rules come from nonsense, but these days, my gendarmerie will kill anyone who disobeys the rules, so it greatly frightened these tartars and gave them a little memory!"

Han Jun, officer of the gendarmerie, said from the side.

However, Zhang Huangyan said directly at this time: "General Han, can I give you an order directly?"

"If it's a matter with Lin's mansion, it's okay to say it." After Han Jun cupped his hands, Zhang Huangyan said: "Immediately confiscate all the sabers and heavy arrows of all the herdsmen in Helin City! Violators will be punished for the crime of conspiracy and rebellion. As for hunting wild wolves and fighting bandits, the imperial court will destroy them!"

Han Jun couldn't help but be surprised. On the surface, Zhang Fu Yin looked as weak as an old scholar, but he showed such decisiveness when he came, and it seemed that he was not a simple person.

Immediately, Zhang Huangyan didn't bother to rest, and immediately began to call the officials of the government and the county officials of the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction to discuss the matter.

The entire Mobei Cheng announced that there are only three prefectures, and Helin is its largest prefecture. It governs two prefectures and five counties, and each of the two prefectures has two counties, so the whole There are also nine counties in Helin Mansion, but in fact, every county here is far larger than a mansion in Guannei.

And up to now, there are still five counties in the entire Helin Mansion that have no officials to take up their posts. Therefore, apart from the magistrates of two prefectures who have to temporarily serve as magistrates of the two counties under their jurisdiction, Zhang Huangyan himself Also had to take charge of a county.

With the rapid expansion of Ming Dynasty, there was a large shortage of officials in many newly attached places, and the official department was simply too busy to appoint a neat bureaucratic system to these newly established state and county governments in a short period of time. Zhang Huangyan said that this and the prefect of Lin did not have assistant officials such as general judges, Tongzhi, and Tuiguan at this time.

In other words, Zhang Huangyan is actually in charge of the entire Helin Mansion by himself, not only serving as the magistrate, but also serving as the judge and other officials, and directly governing a county. It takes a lot of energy.

Zhang Huangyan personally acted as the secretary to register these herdsmen, and even personally confirmed the number of people in the area under his jurisdiction, and personally counted mu of land.

In this way, Zhang Huangyan was almost too busy to keep his feet on the ground as soon as he took office, and the same was true for several other officials. Instead of being too busy to do it separately, it is better to deal with the important affairs of the whole mansion first, so that the efficiency will be faster. What's more, although the area of ​​Helin Mansion is very large, the population is very small. It is also convenient to concentrate.

In this way, Zhang Huangyan and others, who had been struggling for several months in the dilapidated house, made Helin's family reform gradually on the right track.

(End of this chapter)