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Chapter 541 World Town Cochin
From the time when Li Huan dispatched troops at the turn of spring and summer in May to the time when Li Huan escorted tens of thousands of young and strong captives, as well as the patriarchs and nobles of nearly a hundred tribes, large and small, into Beijing, it was already approaching the end of the new year.

Upon hearing the news that Li Huan led an army back from the north, the emperor Zhu Houzhao went out of the city to greet Li Huan in person, and the favor he showed for Li Huan was only envied by the leaders of the grassland tribes who followed Li Huan to Beijing.

Surrounded by hundreds of officials, returning to the court, the emperor personally summoned a group of tribal chiefs and nobles who came to beg for surrender on the grassland.

Regarding the arrangement of these people, the imperial court had already made a decision in advance, and according to the previous agreement, for these tribes who came to beg for surrender, the imperial court's arrangement was to designate pastures for these people to graze on the grassland, and to do so in these tribes. People's settlements build large and small cities.

Of course, if this is the case, at least hundreds of cities must be built on the grasslands. Even with the support of artifacts like cement, it is not a small project to build so many cities at once.

The most important thing is that for some small tribes with only thousands of people, there is no need or value to build cities at all. Therefore, after the court ministers divided the map on the grassland, for those small tribes, adjacent A few or a dozen small tribes built a city as the center for the court to govern and restrain these tribes.

Calculated in this way, only twenty or thirty cities need to be built on the grassland.

With the nearly 10,000 young and strong army captured by Dayan who was captured earlier, plus the tens of thousands of young and strong captured by Li Huan this time, dozens of tribes have been captured, and the total is only young and strong who can be drawn out to be used as coolies. There are as many as [-]+ strong.

For these captives, the imperial court naturally did not need to give money like recruiting the people, so it saved a lot of labor expenses at once.

With 10,000+ captives as labor, not only can cities be built on the grassland to rule the grassland, but also roads can be built to connect the Central Plains and several big cities in the grassland.

I believe that with the existence of these roads, even if there are people on the grassland who have delusions, the imperial court can dispatch a large army to quell the rebellion through the smooth roads in the shortest time. To a certain extent, it can strengthen the Central Plains' control over the grassland.

In the blink of an eye, two years passed. During these two years, Li Huan, who had been traveling all year round, seemed to be much more relaxed. After returning from going north to suppress the grasslands two years ago, Li Huan never left the capital again.

However, this does not mean that Li Huan is free. In the case of being in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Li Huan seems to be more and more busy.

As a large amount of power was regained from the civilian group, the Dudufu of the Five Armies began to perform its duties, and as the leader of the Dudufu of the Five Armies, Li Huan had to deal with a lot of things.

On this day, Li Huan left the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and headed all the way towards the imperial city.

When Li Huan entered the imperial study, he happened to catch up with Wang Yangming, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Yang Yiqing, the elder of the cabinet, who were reporting government affairs to the emperor.

Li Huan sat aside and did not speak, but listened to Wang Yangming's report.

Then I heard Wang Yangming say to the emperor: "Your Majesty, so far, the imperial court has built 23 small cities on the grassland, and with each small city as the center, it has divided into 23 prefectures and counties, and there are [-] other large cities. There are eleven state capitals, and thousands of officials have been dispatched, and they have initially completed the control of the grassland."

Li Huan listened from the sidelines, and Li Huan naturally knew these data well. After all, every city had to be stationed in a guard post from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. There are nearly [-] troops in ten cities.

10 troops sounds like a lot at first glance, but when you think about it, in order to defend against the threat of grassland invasion from the south, Daming set up nine important towns in the north. As many as one hundred thousand.

But now that the northern grassland has surrendered, it is equivalent to eliminating the threat from the north at once, and the land of nine borders no longer has to hoard and station a large number of soldiers and horses.

It can be said that these [-] troops stationed on the grasslands were drawn from the Nine Sides. It was nothing more than the replacement of the soldiers stationed on the Nine Sides with the grasslands, which did not add any burden to the imperial court.

At the same time, Wang Yangming said: "According to the imperial court's plan, more than half of the official roads from the capital to Xuanfu and Datong, and then to the core cities in the grasslands, have been completed. In at most one or two years, all the planned roads can be completed. Completion."

Li Huan couldn't help raising his brows. Building roads is not a small matter. It can be said that if it were not for the 10,000+ hard-working captives, the court's investment in manpower alone would have cost millions of taels of gold and silver.

Dozens of large and small cities and several official roads were built in a short period of time. If this was to impose labor, it might lead to civil unrest.

However, if captives are used to do these things, there is no need to worry about these problems at all. Although in the process of building cities and roads, a large number of captives died of exhaustion due to high-intensity fatigue, this is of no use to Daming. the slightest impact.

Even Li Huan, as the governor of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, knew the situation of those captives very well. After all, there were so many prisoners, but the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion sent troops to take care of them.

At the beginning there were almost [-] to [-] captives, but now there are only less than [-] left. That is to say, in just two years, almost one-third of the captives died.

It can be said that Daming's control over the grassland is several times stronger than before, and the credit of these captives is absolutely indispensable.

Here Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing reported some government affairs again, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Li Huan and said, "Why does Li Qing have time to come to see me?"

Li Huan looked upright and said: "I came here to report something. There was turmoil in the old place of Jiaozhi in the southwest. In the Li clan, soldiers and horses attacked the border of Yunnan, killed my people, plundered my property, and ignored me. Please send troops to fight for it."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help looking at Wang Yangming and said, "Aiqing, is the imperial court capable of supporting a big war now?"

Wang Yangming took a deep breath and said confidently: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured that our government has sufficient financial and taxation, whether it is food tax or commercial tax, far exceeding that of the past. Not to mention supporting a big battle, even if it supports several battles, the imperial court can support it."

Zhu Houzhao immediately said: "If this is the case, then send someone to reprimand the Li Dynasty and order it to hand over the thieves who harassed our Ming people, and at the same time let the king bind himself to the capital to plead guilty."

Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Li Huan, Wang Yangming, and Yang Yiqing all knew that it was absolutely impossible for the other party to agree to this request, and a big battle was inevitable.

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao turned to Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, I will order you to act on behalf of this matter, dispatch troops and horses, and put down the Li Dynasty for me. "

In the spring of the 14th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the envoys sent by the imperial court to Jiaozhi were expelled by King Li. King Li even declared that if the Ming Dynasty dared to send troops to invade its territory, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would never return.

Then in the land of Yunnan, an elite army of 10,000+ has already been assembled, led by the general Xu Ying who conquered the South, and the mighty army entered the land of Jiaozhi like a torrent.

The lord of the Li dynasty was naturally terrified when he saw this situation, while sending envoys to try to beg the Son of Heaven to give up the conquest, and at the same time actively gathering troops to try to prevent the soldiers of the Great Ming from entering the land of Annan.

However, in the face of Daming's fierce and terrifying artillery fire, the soldiers of the Li Dynasty who tried to use the fortified city and the dangerous pass to resist the Ming Dynasty's soldiers were horrified to find that in the past, when they faced the terrible artillery bombardment of Daming, they had relied on the dangerous pass. But it is like paper, often after a round of artillery fire, no matter how steep the pass is, it will be turned into ruins, and there is no way to stop the advance of the Great Ming soldiers.

In just half a month, Daming marched for hundreds of miles, almost reaching the capital of the Li Dynasty. Such an advancing speed directly frightened the entire Li Dynasty.

In the front is the sweep of the army, and behind it is the imperial court sending a large number of officials to directly take over the occupied places. At the same time, it adopts an extremely tough policy against the landlords and tyrants who occupy the place, directly confiscating all the land and distributing it to the relocated people. The Ming people who came here also included local people.

Although there were some landlords and tyrants who tried to resist, it was a pity that the resistance of these people could not cause any trouble at all, and they were directly calmed down. They also took the opportunity to eliminate the local resistance forces, making Daming even stronger over the places it occupied. A few points.

In September of the 14th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, in just half a year, Xu Ying, the general who conquered the South, directly broke through the kingdom of the Li Dynasty and captured hundreds of royal families and officials of the Li Dynasty alive. Since then, the Li Dynasty has established itself. destruction.

When the news spread to the capital, the members of the Ming court were not too surprised. After all, after all these years, the ministers above the court had already understood that with Daming's current strength, looking around, there was no opponent at all.

A mere Li Dynasty that is entrenched in a place dares to provoke Daming. Once the soldiers of Ming Dynasty arrive, they will naturally be suppressed like chickens and dogs.

On the court, Wang Yangming walked out of the ranks of officials and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have established the Jiaozhi Province, sent officials, stationed troops and horses, and completely incorporated it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Li Huan and said: "I don't know if Li Qing has anything to add?"

Li Huan pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I think that while establishing the Jiaozhi Province, we can follow the example of the former Emperor Taizu who ordered Mu Yingyong, the Duke of Guizhou, to live in Yunnan. The transcendent honor, the world town of Jiaozhi, assists the imperial court to educate and rule the newly attached Jiaozhi province."

Many people's eyes lit up when they heard the words. Back then, Emperor Taizu ordered Qian Guogong Mu Yingyong to town Yunnan, which indeed played an excellent role in the imperial court's control and enlightenment of Yunnan. Cochin in Guiyong Town.

Among the honorable ranks, many people's expressions changed upon hearing the words.

Although Shizhen, like the lineage of the Duke of Guizhou in Yunnan, has great power in the local area, almost like a prince, but not everyone wants to go to such a thing.

Not to mention being far away from the capital, the newly opened land of Jiaozhi belongs to the barbarians. It can be said that as long as they are sent there, it is equivalent to leaving the prosperous capital and running to a remote and remote place.

Anyway, Dingguogong, Chengguogong, Yingyinggong and other nobles who have been passed down from generation to generation will never be willing to go to remote places in Cochin, even if they can dominate the local area.

Xungui is not a fool, Shizhen Cochin seems to be of great benefit, if it is done well, it will be another Yunnan Mu family, but if it is not done well, the court will not be able to pass the test.

Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor, glanced at the crowd, took a deep breath and said, "You guys think, who should be sent to Jiaozhi to sit in town?"

An official rolled his eyes and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think Duke Qin is the most suitable..."

It's a pity that before he finished speaking, the emperor glanced at him indifferently and said: "Forget it, Duke Qin, there is no need for Duke Qin to be in charge in the mere land of cochin."

Glancing at Duke Ding, Duke Ying, and other dignitaries, Zhu Houzhao didn't know what was going on in these people's minds. They all said that twisted melons were not sweet, and seeing that these people didn't want to go to Jiaozhi to sit in town, Zhu Houzhao didn't beat them Instead, he pondered for a while and said: "The Imperial Conqueror General Xu Ying is the Duke of Anguo, and the world town is Jiaozhi!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and then they came to their senses, especially those honorable ones who let out a sigh of relief and bowed to the emperor at the same time: "Your Majesty is holy!"

A group of officials had already made up their minds when they saw the Son of Heaven. Xu Ying, the general who conquered the South this time, had the power to destroy the country. Xungui is more powerful.

It would be the best if Xu Ying, a nobleman with military exploits who destroyed the country, was trapped in the land of Jiaozhi.

If you think about it this way, the civil servants will naturally not stand up to object, and they will also follow the nobles and shout the emperor's sage.

From the standpoint of the imperial court, Xu Yingnian is only in his thirties, and he is responsible for the military service of destroying the country. If there are no accidents, there must be no problem in living to the age of six or seventy. With his ability, he can at least stabilize the situation in Cochin ten years.

With so many decades, it was enough for the imperial court to completely control the land of Jiaozhi.

All the officials retreated, and Zhu Houzhao, who had changed into ordinary clothes, walked with Li Huan in the imperial garden. He heard Zhu Houzhao say to Li Huan, "Li Qing thinks that I ordered Xu Ying to sit in the town and have intercourse?"

Li Huan said with a smile: "It is best to use Xu Ying to guard Jiaozhi. With the prestige of overthrowing the Li Dynasty, it is enough to deter some ambitious people in Jiaozhi. If Emperor Taizong Wen could order the British Duke Zhang Fushi to town Jiaozhi , I am afraid that there will be no such thing as gain and lose.”

Li Huan said again: "Your Majesty can order the cabinet to build a road from Yunnan to Jiaozhi, communicate the two places, strengthen the Central Plains' control over the frontier land, and at the same time recruit great Confucianism and celebrities to go to Jiaozhi to educate the people. Jiaozhi has completely entered my Huaxia, and there is no need to worry about repeating it."

[Well, please ask for a guaranteed monthly pass at the beginning of next month. If you have a monthly pass, give it a shot. 】

(End of this chapter)