Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1606, Regional Economy

In the Western Regions, while Zhu Houzhao was busy picking up girls, he also did not forget to investigate the situation in various places in the Western Regions.

How do the various tribes get along?
Whether there are large clans bullying small clans, Han people bullying other tribes, or being bullied by other tribes, and whether the government in the Western Regions is fair and whether there is any favoritism.

"In the Western Regions, the tribes get along very harmoniously. This kind of tribal policy is very effective and needs to be continued."

After inspecting many places in the Western Regions, Zhu Houzhao finally came to a conclusion, that is, the current tribal policy is very effective.

There are many tribes in the Western Regions, there are hundreds of tribes, large and small, with huge differences in customs, religious beliefs, etc.

This difference is also the source of the turmoil and constant killings in the Western Regions.

For the Western Regions itself, the natural conditions are not very good, only where there is water will there be vitality, and most of the places are vast desert areas.

Tribes competed with each other for grasslands and oases with water sources, and for living space. It was very common in the past for big clans to bully and plunder small clans.

Whoever is ruthless is justified, and whoever has a hard fist is the boss.

But now, Ming Dynasty implements the policy of equality of all tribes here, and at the same time emphasizes that everyone is equal, not only respecting each tribe, but more importantly, respecting the individual of each tribe.

The Ming army guarded all parts of the Western Regions, and severely cracked down on those horse bandits, road bandits, thieves, bullies, tyrannical tribes, etc., sweeping away the ghosts and demons of the Western Regions, and at the same time cutting off the armed forces of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions.

The nobles and leaders of all ethnic groups have to move to the Beijing-Tianjin area to settle down, break away from their own tribes, disarm the original armed forces of each tribe, disperse the population of each tribe, and move a large number of people to the original territory of the Hax Khanate The Central Asian province established on the foundation.

Then there is the rule of law. The most important thing about appointing officials from various places is to learn how to handle the affairs between the various tribes. The basis is the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and no one side is favored. Only in this way can the prestige of the Ming government be established.

The last is to vigorously promote the Han culture, open and set up new-style schools in places where various tribes gather, and require children of all tribes to go to school to receive education and influence of Han culture.

Although the rule of the Western Regions has not been long, under this set of effective policies, the tribes in the Western Regions live in harmony, equality and friendship, and the conflicts between the tribes have been greatly reduced.

And because there are more and more common languages ​​and characters, the integration of various tribes is accelerating, and there are more and more intermarriages between tribes. In addition, the Ming Empire has always attached importance to the Western Regions, investing in the construction of railways, and also accelerating It promoted the development of the Western Regions and promoted the economic development of the Western Regions.

All of these have brought about earth-shaking changes in the living standards of the tribes in the Western Regions. People's lives are much better than before, and naturally there will be no troubles or troubles.

Those who graze continue to graze, those who farm continue to farm, and those who do business go to do business. All industries are prosperous, and hundreds of clans are prosperous. This also makes Daming's rule here quickly stabilized.

Zhu Houzhao, who has personally traveled all over the Western Regions, has seen with his own eyes the scene where the various tribes live in harmony, so he feels that the current policy is very good and must be persisted.

In the past, Ming Dynasty's policy towards minority tribes was very bad.

On the one hand, the military strength of these minority tribes has not been cut off. For example, there were many grassland tribes that belonged to Daming in the past, but Daming only canonized the leaders of these tribes as kings or military generals.

Let them continue to lead their own tribes, have an army and tribes in their hands, and control the economic and political power of their own tribes.

When their strength was weak, they were willing to join Daming and guard the side of Daming, which could indeed stabilize the border.

But once Ming weakened and they became stronger, they would naturally become new tribes that invaded Ming. This kind of thing happened time and time again in history.

This is the case with Hamiwei, King Hami, and the Jurchen in Liaodong in the past. They appease the sick, and when they become stronger, they continue to plunder the border.

While professing his vassal status on the surface, he kept harassing the border, sucking blood and growing stronger, and finally became a big disaster.

There are also the chieftains in the southwest, which are similar in fact. The chieftains are the little kings of the locality, with military power, economic power, and hereditary succession. It is strange that they do not rebel.

Another aspect is that they have never found a way to promote the integration between ethnic groups, that is, allowing them to retain their own military power, and having too much contact with them.

Although they are your subjects on the surface, submitting to you, but they are just following the Ming Empire to survive and develop, and they are still like water and fire, and it is difficult to integrate.

Naturally, in the long run, problems will inevitably arise.

When Da Ming was strong, he still listened to you. When you are weak, or a tribe stronger than Da Ming rises up, it will immediately blow the wall, fall on both sides, or simply bite you back, and become a scourge that threatens Da Ming directly. .

It is precisely in view of such historical lessons that Liu Jin came up with this series of minority tribal policies.

A large number of Han people migrated to the Western Regions, Hezhong, Central Asia and other places to establish immigrant towns and emigrate to the border, which alleviated the contradiction between people and land in the customs, and also greatly promoted the development of the border areas.

Coupled with this series of minority tribal policies, promoting the integration of ethnic groups and consolidating the frontier, in this way, the Western Regions will be very stable in a short period of time, and few things will happen.

Even if he is an ambitious person, he has no way to make trouble.

One is the strong rule of Ming Dynasty, the other is the loss of military, political, and economic support, and the last is that people in their own tribe are living their own lives. Who will rebel with you?

Back then, when the Great Ming Army swept up all the tribes in the Western Regions, the blood flowed into rivers and the scene of corpses strewn across the fields still makes countless people terrified.

Without the strong killing by the Great Tomorrow Army back then, and the surrender of all the tribes in the Western Regions, it would be difficult to stabilize the Western Regions. No matter how good the policy is, it is estimated that the various tribes in the Western Regions would not accept it. After all, the leaders and nobles of the various tribes would not yes.

But if you don’t agree, you have to agree. All those who don’t agree and have ambitions have three feet of grass on their graves. Daming has [-] troops guarding here, plus a large number of retired soldiers from all over the government. and many more.

What else do you want?
Is he living his own life honestly, or is he preparing to move his head, or is he provoking the Heavenly Army to slaughter his family?
Smart people know how to do it.

Zhu Hou took care of the bustling scene in Yili City. People from all over the Western Regions wore different national costumes, had different looks, and brought different goods.

They are all communicating with each other in Ming dialect, using Ming copper coins, silver coins, and silver tickets for transactions, and living in harmony with each other. Let's take a look at the shops on the streets of Yili City.

There are large commercial firms and shops opened by the Han people, as well as small shops and small commercial firms opened by people from various tribes, which sell a variety of goods, not only local specialties from the Western Regions, but also specialties from all over the world.

A prosperous life, smooth trade routes, and harmonious coexistence of all tribes, this is what the Western Regions should look like.

Zhu Houzhao still remembers his identity as the prince of the Ming Dynasty. Playing for fun, while playing, he must also investigate the situation in the Western Regions, summarize the tribal policies in the Western Regions, and reflect on whether there is something wrong and whether to continue .

"Today, I'm going to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to see the plantations here~"

Zhu Houzhao rode out of Yili City on his sweat horse, and was going to visit the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain.

It's not just about how the tribes of the Western Regions get along, Zhu Houzhao is also concerned about the economy of the Western Regions.

Zhu Houzhao has visited various places in the Western Regions, and the economy of the Western Regions has undergone tremendous changes compared with before.

In the past, the economy among the tribes was mainly divided according to the tribes. The nomadic tribes naturally focused on grazing, grazing cattle, sheep and horses. They were often powerful and skilled in bows and horses. They were big clans, like Mongolians and Kazakhs. , of course there are small ethnic groups such as Khitan people and Wusun people.

There are also those who settled in the oases, mainly living by farming, like the Uyghurs and Huihui, who mainly gathered in the oases to grow wheat for a living.

But now, great changes have taken place in the economies of the various tribes in the Western Regions. This change is mainly due to the powerful economic intervention of Ming Dynasty.

Like nomadic tribes, they used to be nomads in various places, constantly migrating, mainly grazing cattle and sheep, but now, because of the huge demand for horses and wool in the Ming Empire.

There are many aristocrats who have a large number of large pastures in various parts of the Western Regions. They hire grassland people to graze cattle, sheep and horses for them, and build farms. Some of them specialize in raising wool-producing sheep, which are imported from Europe.

Others specialize in raising cows to produce milk, because in Daming Pass, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin area, people don’t know when it became popular to drink milk and eat cheese, driven by huge market demand and economic interests. , so that many pastures began to raise cows.

Similarly, these cow breeds are selected from all over the world to select high-quality breeds, and European slaves are also specially used to make cheese.

Now the cheese produced by some pastures in the Western Regions is already very famous, and it is no worse than the cheese in Europe in any way.

There are also ranches that specialize in raising horses. At the same time, they continuously cultivate the breeds of horses and collect excellent horse breeds from all over the world for breeding. The quality of the bred horses is very good and they are very popular.

These professional pastures and farms have had a huge impact on the nomadic tribes. In order to make money, these grassland tribes also began to learn the farming methods of the Han people, specializing in raising a valuable livestock, and gradually settled down, enclosing land Build pastures and farms for breeding.

As for these tribes who settled in the oasis, they have also undergone tremendous changes.

Because Daming's grain products are very high, and grain prices are very cheap.

These tribes who settled in the oasis to grow wheat for a living, their life is relatively much more difficult, the food can not be sold at any price, farming does not make money, and can only eat enough.

But people are poor and want to change. Since growing food does not make money, then grow other things.

The natural conditions in the Western Regions are very good, which is very suitable for planting some cash crops or fruits.

Here in Turpan, there is a tradition of growing grapes, and now it is carried forward even more. A large number of grapes are planted, and then wine and raisins are made, and the benefits are also very good.

There is also Tianshan South Road, where a large number of red dates are planted. When the red dates are ripe, there are fruit trees all over the mountains and fields. Since the red dates can be directly transported to Beijing and Tianjin by train fresh, they can also be dried in the winter. Time to sell, the benefits are also very good.

In addition, there are also those who grow cantaloupe, fragrant pear, and wolfberry, all of which have achieved good benefits.

Of course, cotton is the most grown. Now the textile industry in Ming Dynasty is very developed. There are a lot of cotton plantations in the Western Regions, not only the cotton plantations of the Han people, but also a large amount of cotton planted by various tribes.

Under the promotion of these local governments, huge areas are often formed, and the entire area is mainly planted with certain cash crops.

Relying on the newly built railway, all special products can be transported to Guannei at the fastest speed, bringing a steady stream of money to the people here.

In addition to the original specialty economy, in addition to the continuous expansion of scale and concentrated planting, the Western Regions, like other places in Ming Dynasty, are introducing a large number of valuable cash crops from all over the world.

For example, cherries from Europe are very popular in the Beijing-Tianjin area because of their excellent taste, and the price is very high. Therefore, in Shandong, Ming Dynasty, someone specially introduced them from Europe and achieved very good benefits.

After this spread to the Western Regions, some people also planted cherries on a large scale at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. In addition, apples were also planted on a large scale, forming a large-scale planting area.

This is the current regional economy of the Western Regions. With the gradual integration into the huge economic system of Ming Dynasty, the lives of all tribes have undergone tremendous changes. It is all based on market conditions, not the very simple and crude primitive economic model just for survival as before.

"Hami melons from Hami, grapes from Turpan, cotton and red dates from Tianshan South Road, apples and cherries from Tianshan North Road~"

"The economy of the Western Regions is becoming more and more inseparable from our Ming Dynasty. Such a close connection is the strongest rule. Even if they want to leave, it is impossible, because once they leave, they will have no way to live. go down."

Zhu Houzhao summed it up carefully, and immediately saw the most critical point.

PS: I drove to a deep mountain and old forest today. The road is very steep and rugged. There are not many households living there, but all the cement roads have been repaired, electricity is connected, and there is even an Internet. Sometimes I have to sigh. The country has indeed done a lot for the common people over the years. In order to provide access to the Internet for a few households, I don’t know how much the investment is. It’s a loss-making business.
(End of this chapter)