Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 914 Frame
The Suiyuan area, Chahar, and Modong areas all belong to Monan Mongolia and belong to the three major branches.

Chahar is a combination of the Khan Department, the three divisions of Beihai County King and Chahar County King, plus some small tribes.

But Suiyuan is different. Because this is the place where Lin Dan Khan fled and migrated, the Tumed tribe was scattered, and a large number of small and medium nobles scattered all over Suiyuan like pearls falling on a jade plate.

Therefore, the hundred-household system (hundred households, sub-thousand households, and thousand households) was implemented very happily, so there is no county in Suiyuan, only the prefectural city.

Suiyuan Province compiled a set of fishing nets to continuously compress the power of the nobility.

First, the military power of the nobles was taken back, and the nobles were not allowed to have an army of more than a hundred people.

Then the circuit courts were formed and the judicial power was taken back.

Finally, each hundred households also set up inspectors, responsible for supervising the administrative power of the nobles.

In other words, the administrative power of nobles and nobles has also been greatly restricted.

The reason why the Mongolian aristocrats swallowed their humiliation, apart from the step-by-step approach of boiling frogs in warm water, is that Suiyuan has maintained [-] standing border guards for a long time.

Among them, [-] cavalry, [-] musketeers, and [-] spearmen were too much pressure on the Mongols.

Coupled with the prevalence of border trade, wool, cattle and sheep trade, etc., the huge economic benefits made the nobles addicted to it.

The era of shortage of food and clothing is gone forever, and the nobles have everything they need, such as food, wine and tea, and they are happy to die.

Such a peaceful life, and the grassland order maintained by Daming, made them reluctant to break it.

Yu Chenglong cast his eyes and saw the Mongolian people coming and going, leading horses, most of them were dressed in sackcloth, dusty, they looked like ordinary herdsmen.

The nobles, on the other hand, hugged each other. Although they were wearing Mongolian robes, they were made of high-quality silk and satin, which looked very beautiful.

"Master, you said that these Mongolians eat mutton every day?"

The servant watched helplessly and asked curiously.

"Not at all." Yu Chenglong chuckled and said, "Only those nobles can eat meat every day. Ordinary people are not even as good as you. They eat milk mixed with wool and mare's milk, and they can only eat meat during festivals."

"It is said that meat is eaten every day on the grassland. They want to lure you there and make them a slave."

"Besides, when the white disaster hits, many people will starve to death..."

"Ah?" The servant was startled, and his face changed greatly: "I'll just say, how can there be such a good thing in the world."

"However, master, there are white disasters every few years on the grassland, so what shall we do?"

"What are you panicking about?" Yu Chenglong scolded: "Now that there are silage methods, white disasters are not so terrible."

The so-called silage is actually compressing and fermenting forage, storing it and feeding it to livestock in winter.

The reason why the white disaster (snow disaster) is terrible is that the snow covered the ground for several feet, and the cattle and sheep could not find the dry grass covered by the snow, so they could only starve to death.

Severe cold came second.

Cattle and sheep belong to breeding livestock and cannot be eaten completely, just like the seeds of farmers, which must be kept. Under the white disaster, the reduction of livestock is equal to the reduction of seeds, and they will definitely starve to death in the coming year.

After arriving in Jiuyuan, the governor of Suiyuan, the chief political envoy, the procuratorate envoy, Xuezheng, etc. came to greet him one after another.

The next day, Yu Jackie took office as the prefect of Jiuyuan.

In the entire mansion, there is only one Jiuyuan City, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the mansion, and Dingkou under its banner is second only to Guihua Mansion.

Jiuyuan Prefecture is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the Hetao grassland is fertile, which can be said to be arable and grazing.

As a result, its population has reached more than 11 people, with 63 households in one hundred households, fifteen households in sub-thousand households, and eight households in one thousand households.

And as the population increases over time, the number of nobles and tribes will also continue to increase.

Yu Chenglong was quite puzzled: "Jiuyuan had 84 restaurants last year, how come there are 86 restaurants this year?"

The fellow judge on the side smiled and said: "The lord of the house doesn't know that in our tribe in Suiyuan, there is no jurisdiction between a hundred households and a thousand households, only the rank of title. Once the number of accounts exceeds the upper limit, it is like a big family. Split up."

It turned out that Suiyuan stipulated that for all Mongolian nobles, [-] to [-] tents should be closed to [-] households, [-] to [-] tents should be sub-thousand households, and [-] to [-] should be [-] households. Those who exceed their titles must be separated. .

For example, if the number of Dingkou under the banner of Qianhu exceeds the statutory number, the excess must be separated out to form a new tribe and be recognized by the imperial court.

"Of course, if you prefer other sons, you can also allocate some herdsmen to go out. It is also very cost-effective to allocate [-] households from [-] households to Aizi."

Tong Zhi enviously said: "Originally there was only one noble in the family, but in the end there are two more families. Wealth and honor are continuous, which is very comfortable."

Yu Chenglong smiled, stroked his beard, flipped through the materials, and continued: "Then no one is hiding?"

"With so many tribes and such a vast grassland, the imperial court can't manage it at all. Just hide more people."

"Fu Zun, you don't know, the court has already taken precautions against such thoughts."

It turned out that the watchman of the inspector in the tribe would be permanent, followed all year round, and could not leave easily.

In addition, the biggest constraint is the pasture.

A tribe will be divided into pastures by the imperial court, and the upper limit of its area is the nobility. There are hundreds of pastures for a hundred households, and thousands of pastures for a thousand households.

There are detailed regulations on the transition routes and locations throughout the year, and the rules must not be exceeded, otherwise conflicts will arise.

In this case, the population will accumulate more and more, and the grassland will explode sooner or later. Unless the tribe is merged or rebelled, there is no other way.

Instead, by doing so, Suiyuan Province will be overwhelmed by Mount Tai, leaving it with only a dead end.

"The imperial court controls all the grasslands in Suiyuan. With a large amount of land in hand, it is equivalent to holding the lifeline of the Mongolian tribe. How dare they mess around?"

Tongzhi smugly said: "Such a method was designed by the Holy Majesty himself, and officials such as the cabinet elders and the governor of Suiyuan have been constantly supplementing it over the years. There are rules and regulations, and the Mongols can't get rid of them at all."

Yu Chenglong nodded in agreement.

For Suiyuan's regulations, its restrictions can be said to be extreme.

For example, in terms of noble marriage, it is stipulated that nobles of the same rank are not allowed to marry, that is, a thousand households can only marry a deputy thousand or a hundred nobles, and cannot marry with equal thousand households to prevent them from being connected in series.

In terms of the succession of titles, the eldest son inheritance system is implemented, and the tribesmen and titles are all inherited by him, and other sons can only be divided into gold, silver, cattle and sheep.

Of course, it is also possible to divide the tribe before death.

At the same time, if there is no son, the title will be inherited by his brother, and if there is no brother, he will catch up with the next generation.

In any case, the son-in-law is not allowed to annex his followers.

"Fu Zun, the most important thing now is the Alxa region."

Tongzhi spoke softly, with a somewhat dignified tone.

Yu Chenglong asked the reason,
Qicai said: "There are four prefectures in Suiyuan, Guihua, Jiuyuan, Dongsheng, and Hetao. In fact, the place in the west, near Gansu, is called Alxa."

"Because of its vast land and sparse population, at that time all efforts were made to build Jiuyuan, and the imperial court had no spare time to build other cities, so it was ignored and restrained."

"Nowadays, Dingkou in Suiyuan is growing rapidly and the taxation is comprehensive. It should be time to expand and set up a new mansion to accommodate the herdsmen..."

It turned out that the Alxa region belonged to Juyan and Xiutu counties during the Han Dynasty, and later Xihai County was established.

In Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Anbei Duhufu.

In the Ming Dynasty, [-] troops were sent out to attack Heishui City, and this place was abandoned.

The reason for the abandonment is also very simple. Except for the Juyanhai area, the others are too barren, much worse than Jiuyuan and Suiyuan. You must know that even in the 21st century, its population is only about [-].

Now that the governor of Suiyuan needs political achievements, he naturally has his eyes on him, and he doesn't want to be restrained any longer, but directly administers it.

So the Suiyuan governor's yamen asked the governments to share the military expenses and organized civilian husbands to drive sheep and cattle after they reported to the court.

Obviously, the imperial court didn't want to pay, and wanted Suiyuan to do it himself.

The [-] frontier troops stationed in Suiyuan for a long time are not for nothing.

And the army can, but military spending is not enough.

After all, the provincial government doesn't have much reserves, and they have already been used for a long time. It would be difficult to spend an extra amount of military expenses, so they can only be apportioned.

"It's easy for civilians to do it, just spend some money, but how much do you need for military expenses?"

Yu Chenglong's heart tightened and he hurriedly asked.

"Among the four provinces, Guihua Prefecture ranks first, Jiuyuan ranks second, Hetao ranks third, and Dongsheng ranks fourth. I, Jiuyuan, need to share 5 yuan..."

"Fifty thousand—" Yu Chenglong frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable.

There are [-] people in Jiuyuan Mansion, and the taxation of each tribe is basically light and thin, with one out of a hundred.

That is, one of a hundred sheep is collected as a tax.

The reason why it can't be too much is because there is still room for the nobles to exploit, and the herdsmen can't really starve to death!

Cattle are exempted from tax because of the cultivation of inland cattle, which can be regarded as giving the herdsmen more ways of life.

You know, to feed a family of five on the grassland, at least a hundred sheep are needed, and the number of cattle and sheep in the entire Jiuyuan exceeds 200 million.

1 sheep are expropriated a year, and each sheep is five cents, which is [-] yuan.

Fortunately, there are still two to three thousand Han Chinese in Jiuyuan City, who belong to military families. They grow crops, about [-] mu, and they can collect about [-] yuan a year.

Comparing the two, agriculture is much better than grazing.

The biggest income comes from the merchants in the city. Their taxes, rents, and consumption can bring 13 business taxes to Jiuyuan Prefecture a year.

In conjunction with this, Jiuyuan Prefecture sells nearly 20 sheep, [-] cattle, [-] dans of wool, and [-] to [-] horses every year.

The consumption of cloth, salt, tea, ironware, porcelain, etc. is a huge amount.

"Can the treasury support the opening?"

Yu Chenglong asked tentatively.

"Unless the 5 mu of arable land newly developed this year and the official road under construction are stopped, the [-] yuan will not be enough."

"That can't stop."

Yu Chenglong gritted his teeth and said: "The 3 mu of land cost [-] yuan, so how can we give up halfway."

Opening up official land and leasing it to the down-and-out Mongols can earn ten thousand stones of grain a year, and the cost of land reclamation can be recovered in three to five years.

"That's it."

Yu Chenglong thought about it, and felt that such a political task must be taken on, and at the same time he could not give up halfway, so he could only make up his mind:

"Sell [-] mu of land in advance to make up enough military expenses."

……

Meanwhile, in Annecy.

Although it has already entered autumn, the whole of Urumqi is still busy and lively.

Urumqi, named after Heshuo’s special department called the Great Grassland, is the place where it transitions in winter. Even in autumn, the ground is still green.

Li Dingguo returned to Anxi after traveling thousands of miles, and began to change the defenses of the troops stationed in various places to prevent his army from being too tailed.

Anxi province is divided into north and south.

Southern Xinjiang is a desert, so each oasis is divided into counties and townships according to size, and then a government is set up in the big oasis to take charge of the jurisdiction.

Among them, the six prefectures of Kashgar, Shache (Yarqiang), Khotan, Aksu, Wushi, and Kuqa as the center constitute the southern Xinjiang area.

The population is about 40.

In northern Xinjiang, the population is about 30.

The total is no more than 70, almost no more than the population of a province in the Mainland, but the scope of jurisdiction is equivalent to several provinces.

Most of them are grasslands, basins, and fertile pastures. A large number of Gansu immigrants and military families reclaimed wasteland and built a large number of cultivated fields.

At the same time, many Mongolian herdsmen were also domesticated and began to cultivate, thus becoming a member of farmers.

From the city of Urumqi in the whole northern Xinjiang, Ili and Xihai were gradually added, which are called the three towns of northern Xinjiang.

Among them, Ili is in the Ili River Valley, while the West Sea is in the corner of Lake Balkhash.

For Lake Balkhash, Anxi Province named it the West Sea, so its city is also the West Sea.

This is the westernmost city in the entire Ming Dynasty. There are only a few merchants and garrisons, 3000 to [-] people.

And around Urumqi, Li Dingguo built three cities one after another, forming the horns of each other.

In fact, although Urumqi was relatively central in later generations, Anxi and Yili were actually at the center at this time.

Li Dingguo has been thinking about moving the provincial government office to Yili, but after thinking about it, he still feels that it is not suitable at present.

Because Urumqi is very close to Hami, it is easy to support in case of danger.

At this time, Turpan is already a prefecture in Gansu, and it can be regarded as a fist stretched into Anxi. It is extremely convenient whether it is supporting or relocating people.

But after returning from Beijing, he felt that it was imperative to move the Governor's Mansion to Yili.

When the subordinate generals and political envoys asked the reason, Li Dingguo said: "Ili is the most convenient for the imperial court to use troops."

Just do what you say, and at the beginning of September, the General's Mansion was moved to Yili.

As a result, Yili prospered instantly, and the amount of cultivated land increased greatly.

At this time, the garrison generals from all over the country received the news one after another and came to Yili to pay a visit.

Li Dingguo raised his head and said: "To make a long story short, when I went to Beijing this time, His Majesty personally told me to take down the Bukhara Khanate, which will be the future vassal state of the Liao King."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.

Immediately, there was a large number of calls for battle.

No matter how hard everyone suppressed it, the smile on their faces couldn't be hidden.

War and military exploits are the reasons why everyone chooses to come to Anxi.

At the same time, many Mongolian generals were also eager to try.

Among the [-] frontier troops in Anxi, [-] Mongols, [-] Uyghurs, and the other [-] Han Chinese were mixed and divided.

This is the key to integration.

(End of this chapter)