Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 592, discussing the development of Liaodong

In the study of Emperor Hongzhi of Qianqing Palace in Beijing.

Old Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang from the three cabinets, Secretary of the Household Department Zhong Zhong, Secretary of the Ministry of War Liu Daxia, plus British Duke Zhang Mao, Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu, and Liu Jin who had just returned from Liaodong, all sat together , Discussing over a map of Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, this Jurchen has long been ambitious. We found the banner of the Jurchen in Jianzhou that they intend to establish the Kingdom of Jin after conquering Liaodong."

"After our interrogation of the leaders of the Jurchen tribes, it can be confirmed that these Jurchen are planning to establish the Jin Kingdom in Liaodong."

Liu Jin reported his work in Liaodong to Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers, and the focus was naturally on the extermination of the Jurchen ministries this time.

"Humph~"

"It's really a wolf's ambition, overreaching, a frog in a well, Yelang is arrogant."

Hearing Liu Jin's report, Zhang Mao couldn't help but said immediately.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is in full swing and its national strength is extremely strong, they actually want to establish the Jin Kingdom here in Liaodong, which is simply courting death.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, I collected these in the Liaodong region. For a long time, these Jurchen ministries have robbed the border people of the Liaodong capital of the Ming Dynasty, burned, killed and looted, and committed all kinds of evil. This year alone, more than a dozen guards were attacked by the Jurchens. Looting, hundreds of deaths, and thousands of people were taken as slaves."

"When we broke through the Jurchen Walled City, we found a large number of slaves, all of whom were Ming people. These Jurchens called the Ming people two-legged sheep, and they were treated as property and could be traded and killed at will."

Then Liu Jin said another shocking thing.

"Two-legged sheep?"

When Emperor Hongzhi and all the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. They didn't expect that when Daming was so powerful, the people of Daming would still be abused like this, not even human beings.

"Yes, Your Majesty~"

"Among the Jurchen ministries in Jianzhou, we have rescued nearly 2 Ming people in total. They have long been persecuted and suppressed by the Jurchens."

"The Jurchens are extremely cruel. They are required to shave their heads and keep their Jurchens' rattails. If they refuse, they will be beheaded immediately."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly and said.

"It's unreasonable to treat my Ming people like this."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi became angry and couldn't help but stand up.

Then he thought for a while and said, "Why haven't I received any memorials from the Liaodong capital on these matters?"

"Your Majesty, these Jurchens have been bribing the generals and deputy commanders of the Liaodong capital for a long time. I want to impeach Jiang Ji, the general of the Liaodong capital. I don't care about my son's plunder."

Speaking of this, Liu Jin suddenly became very angry and directly impeached Jiang Ji.

The situation on Liaodong Dusi's side has been suppressed by him. Emperor Hongzhi and the princes in the court don't know what's going on in Liaodong. The military households lived in dire straits.

On the one hand, they will be oppressed by the general soldiers of the guards, thousands of households, and hundreds of households, and on the other hand, they will be plundered and killed by the Jurchen Tartars.

But there is nowhere to appeal their grievances. Liaodong is a place of bitter cold, and there have always been only military households and exiled prisoners. They have no way to leave Liaodong.

This also led to the general soldiers of the Liaodong Capital Division covering the sky with one hand in Liaodong, and they ignored the benefits of the Jurchens.

"Bang~"

"It makes no sense~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was completely angry and slammed the table.

"Come here, investigate this matter immediately, and make sure to give an explanation to the people of Liaodong."

"Yes~"

Someone hastened to investigate the matter.

Emperor Hongzhi knew very well that Liu Jin had never impeached anyone. This time Liu Jin impeached Jiang Ji, it must be that Jiang Ji had a problem and did something that angered people. Otherwise, with Liu Jin's character, he would never I will use this method of impeachment.

"Liu Jin, you have done a good job here in Liaodong."

"If you hadn't gone to Liaodong this time, I wouldn't have known that there were people in my Ming Dynasty who were treated like this."

"I see those Jurchens sent to Ryukyu and Nanyang, degrading their era as slaves."

After getting angry, Emperor Hongzhi quickly recovered his calm, then thought for a while and said.

"This…"

When Liu Jian and the others heard this, they immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.

Emperor Hongzhi was educated by Confucianism since he was a child, and he has always treated people generously, but he did not expect that Emperor Hongzhi would degrade these Jurchens as slaves of the times in this matter.

This means that as long as Daming is still alive, the old Zhu family has the final say in this world, and these Jurchens will never be able to stand up again.

This style of doing things is very different from the previous Emperor Hongzhi, and he is a completely different person.

"Let's talk about it, how should the Liaodong area be developed?"

After talking about these things, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the crowd and focused on the development of Liaodong.

"Liu Jin, you have been to Liaodong, please tell me first."

Everyone was silent, and no one took the initiative to speak up. Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin and called him by name.

"Your Majesty, I went to Liaodong this time and conducted a more in-depth investigation of the Liaodong area."

"Please look at the map~"

"Eastern Liaodong is surrounded by mountains on three sides, Daxing'an Mountains, Xiaoxing'an Mountains, and Changbai Mountains, and the Bohai Sea to the south. Now the grasslands in the west have been included in our Ming territory. The Jurchen tribe in Liaodong has also been settled by us. The entire Liaodong region has become very safe."

"Liaodong is very close to our Beijing-Tianjin area. From Shanhaiguan to the north, if you build a concrete road, it will not take a few days to go to Liaodong."

"If you take a boat, you can go directly to the Liaohe River and go deep into it along the Liaohe River."

"The land here is black soil. The land is very thick and fertile, which is extremely conducive to farming."

"In addition, I also investigated that in the Liaodong area, there are a lot of coal and iron ore, plus rich forest resources and vast fertile plains."

"If the Liaodong area can be developed, it will be enough to feed tens of millions of people."

Liu Jin stood up, came to the map, and began to explain to the map.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Emperor Hongzhi and all the ministers also listened carefully. When they heard that it could support tens of millions of people, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"However, because the Liaodong area has always been outside the Central Plains, it has not been effectively developed since ancient times."

"The population here is sparsely populated. The total population of the entire Liaodong area is less than [-], and they are mainly concentrated in these areas where the Liaodong capital is located."

"In addition, the weather in Liaodong is cold, especially in winter. It is much colder than our Beijing-Tianjin region, which is very unfavorable for the development of Liaodong."

Then the topic changed, and Liu Jin also mentioned two problems in the development of the Liaodong area. One is that there is no one, and the other is that it is relatively cold here.

"The cold weather is relatively easy to solve. The most important thing is people."

"If you want to develop Liaodong, you need at least five million people to achieve initial development."

"With such a huge population, there is no way to attract people to the Liaodong region if only relying on preferential immigration conditions."

"That's why I proposed to move five million people from Shaanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi to Liaodong."

Liu Jin looked at the crowd, thought for a while and made his own suggestion.

"Relocate five million people?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately gasped. How much financial, manpower and material resources would be required to migrate such a huge population, let alone from Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi.

This is simply impossible, and people in these places would never be willing to migrate out.

"Why do people migrate from Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi?"

"Can't we move people from Shandong and Beizhili nearby?"

Liu Jian thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, I don't know if you still remember the human and natural environment I once experienced?"

Liu Jin nodded slightly, thought for a while and asked.

"Remember, you said that the population of an area's environment is limited. Once the number is exceeded, it will cause serious damage to the environment and bring extremely serious consequences."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and said.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen~"

"Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi are considered the origins of our Chinese civilization. These places have a long history, and almost all the land has been reclaimed as arable land."

"During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were still large areas of forests that could be cut down in Shaanxi and Henan, but by now, the forests in these places have already been cut down."

"The population density of these three provinces is much higher than that of other provinces, and the natural environment in these places is very harsh. Since ancient times, if there is any disaster in these places, there will inevitably be wars everywhere."

"In all dynasties, most of the flames of war erupted from these places."

"On the contrary, the southern region has a small population, a good environment, and few famines. Even if there is a famine, these places can survive smoothly, and there are very few signs of war."

"At the end of the day, there are too many people in these places and the environment is too harsh."

"The Liaodong area is sparsely populated and has a good environment, so if people from these places are relocated to the Liaodong area, it will not only greatly alleviate the conflict between people and land in these places, but also develop the Liaodong area."

Liu Jin finished speaking in one breath.

This kind of concept is still relatively advanced in this era, but it is the result of research by many experts and scholars in later generations, and it is definitely not wrong.

One of the most important reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty in history was the continuous famines during the Little Ice Age. In places like Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Shandong, there were years of famines.

Why do these places suffer year after year of famine?
A very important reason is that there are too many people, too little land, and the natural environment is extremely fragile. If it rains a little more, it will cause floods, and the Yellow River will overflow and burst its embankments, causing floods.

If there is a little less rain, these places will be droughts. Many places that should not be farmland will have no water. If there are more people, there will be famine again.

The south is different. The natural environment is good, there are many forests, and it doesn’t matter much if it rains more or less. In addition, the population density is small, so naturally there will be no famines, unless it is Especially serious disasters, otherwise they can easily survive.

This is the benefit of having a superior natural environment.

　There is no meaning of geographical targeting~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)