Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 858

Ali Mali, Liu Jin is back here again. As the leader of the military and administrative integration of the Western Regions province, Liu Jin needs to be busy with a lot of things.

The Western Regions and the Hezhong region are tentatively determined, but many places are still unstable.

The army is scattered all over the Western Regions, suppressing the tribes that do not obey Ming Dynasty, eliminating horse bandits and robbers that can be seen everywhere. At the same time, they are also busy building a huge ruling system to consolidate Ming Dynasty's rule in the Western Regions.

This place in the Western Regions is different from the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty. Although it was once under the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty in history, the time was very short.

In the long history, the Western Regions have always been conquered and ruled by powerful tribes one after another. In the four directions of southeast, northwest, no matter which direction a powerful tribe rises, it will rule the Western Regions.

In the last few hundred years alone, from the Uyghurs to the Khitans, after the Khitans came gold, and then the powerful Mongols. Occasionally, the Tibetans on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau would attack here when they became stronger, and there were Kazakhs and Turks in the west. people, Persians, etc.

It can be said that the history of the Western Regions is a history of strong clans constantly rising and ruling here. If a tribe is randomly picked out here, their ancestors may be extremely brilliant.

It is not easy for the Ming Dynasty to rule here, not to mention that there are very few Han people here. If they want to rule the Western Regions for a long time, the only way Liu Jin can think of is to immigrate on a large scale and change the population structure of the Western Regions.

In addition, even though he was a traveler from later generations, Liu Jin seemed helpless to rule the Western Regions.

There are too many tribes, large and small, with different cars, different books, and extremely many beliefs, such as yslj from the Middle East, Buddhism from India, Shamanism from Mongolia, Zoroastrianism from Persia, etc. Find it here.

The situation is really too complicated, which is why Liu Jin enforced the comprehensive Ming Dynasty policy. Only when the book and the car are on the same track, and persisted for a hundred years, can the rule of the Ming Dynasty be truly strengthened here.

"It's hard~"

Liu Jin looked at the huge map of the Western Regions. The area of ​​the Western Regions is very vast and very large. In addition, it still occupies the Hezhong area, and the whole area is even bigger.

"Old Wang, it is too difficult for our Ming Dynasty to occupy this place for a long time, but we have to occupy this place. If we can occupy this place, the Central Plains will be free from endless troubles in the future, and the Great Wall will not need to be repaired."

While studying the map of the Western Regions, Liu Jin also said to Wang Shouren beside him.

"It's really difficult. I've traveled all over the Western Regions during this period of time, and I know a little about the Western Regions."

"The Western Region is vast and sparsely populated, with many deserts. Many tribes are nomads. The folk customs are tough. If they disagree with each other, they will directly use a knife. They respect the strong and bully the weak. They like to kill and don't respect the law."

"My Ming people have always disliked swords and guns. The folk customs are simple and kind, and they migrated to the Western Regions on a large scale. Naturally, there is no big problem with our army guarding various places in the short term. But when the army withdraws, We Han people are most likely to suffer."

Wang Shouren also nodded solemnly and said.

"This is also what I am worried about. Many of the officials sent by the imperial court are afraid to take up the post."

Liu Jin pondered for a while and said, "Do you think we can gather the Han people who migrated to the Western Regions according to the method of our army and organize them into households?"

"Our army conducts some basic training for them, and provides them with some weapons and equipment so that they can have some combat effectiveness. In addition, the retired soldiers in our Ming army are the backbone to form some combat effectiveness. The Western Regions have combat power."

"Even if our army withdraws by then, they will be able to protect themselves."

Liu Jin thought of the Construction Corps of later generations, and felt that it was very suitable for the current Western Regions and the Hezhong area.

Turning these relocated Han people into a construction corps to carry out reclamation and guard the frontier can not only defend the frontier but also build the frontier, forming an effective organization to organize the originally loose immigrants.

"That's a nice idea."

Wang Shouren nodded after thinking about it carefully.

"It's just that this is a bit similar to the military household system..."

Wang Shouren didn't say the whole thing, but Liu Jin understood what he meant.

The military household system in Ming Dynasty has been rotten to the root, which is why there was a military system reform, and the compulsory military service system was implemented. Now the military household system is implemented in the Western Regions, which seems to be going the old way.

"So we need to innovate in the system. This registered household is not a military household, but a self-protection system. There is still a difference in essence."

"There is no need to march and fight, it is just to gather immigrants and form a certain combat power to protect themselves."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

"That's fine."

"However, in this case, the immigrants we migrated should not be too scattered in the early stage. My suggestion is to use [-] people as a unit, [-] people form a small town, and then [-] people form a county, and concentrate people in towns Among them, in this way, we can build in a unified way, and we can also gather people together, and once something happens, we can also form a powerful force."

Wang Shouren pondered carefully, and expressed his support after thinking about it.

"I think so too. We have cleaned up a lot of areas in the Western Regions and the Hezhong area. We will concentrate people in these areas first and build a number of towns. After we have established a firm foothold, we will gradually radiate."

Liu Jin's eyes lit up when he heard it, and excitedly began to discuss this policy with Wang Shouren in detail.

……

After a long journey in Turpan in the Western Regions, Liu Bold finally arrived in Turpan.

In the front, it was very tiring to walk, but in the back, as they can also enjoy the treatment of immigrants, it becomes easier and easier to walk in the back.

Why did the post stations along the way provide enough food, such as rice porridge, sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes? In the past two years, Daming had a bumper harvest of grain, and the court vigorously promoted high-yielding crops from the Golden Continent. It's a good time to be able to eat well.

With the three things of sweet potato, corn, and potato, plus the development of Nanyang and Liaodong, Daming added a lot of granaries, and the grain output soared.

In addition, in the [-]th year of Hongzhi, the imperial court successively built several cement roads running through the north and south and east and west in Daming, which greatly facilitated the transportation between the north and the south, and the east and west. Grain transportation at home and abroad has become extremely convenient and easy.

The price of food dropped sharply, and the food in the official warehouses of the imperial court could not be eaten up. Some food was eaten by immigrants, and they opened their bellies to eat.

Even because of the rapid development of the marine fishing industry, marine products have enriched the dining tables of Daming people. There are also a large number of marine fish made into dried salted fish, which is very cheap.

A large amount of purchases from the imperial court were transported to the Western Regions. These immigrants could not only eat their fill, but also eat salted fish.

"Clang~clang~"

"Everyone, everyone, this is Turpan, and we have already arrived in the Western Regions. In order to welcome you, we have specially prepared enough mutton and mutton soup. Today, there is enough mutton and mutton soup. Let's eat with open bellies."

"In addition, according to the latest order of the imperial court, the immigrants will be organized into households in units of [-] people!"

"This registration is not to make everyone join the army."

"Of course, it's not that easy to be a soldier. It's not as easy to be a soldier now. It's all about being a soldier."

"The main purpose of forming households is to allow everyone to settle down quickly in the Western Regions. The Western Regions are different from our Middle Earth. There are many thieves here. After forming households, [-] people will form a team. Every clan gathers in one place to build towns, and with the towns as the center, they will truly settle down here in the Western Regions."

"Usually, everyone does their own things, and gathers together for training in their spare time. Once bandits or foreign enemies invade, everyone can quickly gather and take up weapons together to defend their homeland."

As soon as they arrived in Turpan, there were officials beating gongs and drums to publicize the latest policies of the imperial court.

Coming to the Western Regions, there are not only endless beef and mutton, but also all kinds of horse bandits, bandits and the like, as well as those large and small tribes with strong folk customs.

If the Han people want to gain a foothold here, they must unite and organize households as a team, centering on the towns and cities, and settling down in the Western Regions.

"Join households as a team?"

Liu Boldly couldn't help frowning when he listened to the Chinese dialect spoken by the officials.

It seems that the Western Regions are more difficult than I imagined, at least the Liaodong region where Liu Manzi is located is not like this.

The Liaodong area is very safe here, and even because of the development of Liaodong, it is very rich here, to the point of not picking up things on the road, and not closing the door at night.

But here in the Western Regions, the situation does not seem to be very optimistic, and it is necessary to form households as a team.

However, such a strategy of the imperial court also reassured the immigrants who came from afar. They had just migrated here, and it was a time of uncertainty.

At this time, when they are most vulnerable, many people will be confused and at a loss, but the method of forming households as a team on the court's side can play a very good role in calming people's hearts.

You don't need to think too much. When these people are gathered together, they feel safer, and it is also convenient for unified management, so as to exert the concentrated power as much as possible.

"Whatever it is, let's eat mutton and drink mutton soup first."

Beside Liu Boldly, Liu Mazi said heartlessly that he was already drooling because of the delicious mutton and mutton soup.

　There are a lot of things at home, so it should be updated at night in the future~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)