Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 575
"Fixed shot reloading, the direction is three quarters, one round of pre-shooting, let it go!"

"Boom bang bang-"

On the 17th of the winter month of the 27th year of the Apocalypse, accompanied by howling shells hit the head of the city of Bogra in the Mughal Empire, the soldiers and horses of the Governor's Mansion of the Western Army of the Ming Dynasty in Luchuan crossed from the east of the Jamuna River and landed in the east of the Ganges Plain .

The strategic intention of the Ming army is very clear, that is, the vast plain east of the Kosi River and north of the Ganges River.

After taking this place, Daming will border Zhou and Shu.

Of course, this is not a place that the Ming army must take, but after taking this place, Ming will further increase its control over the feudal clans of the Little Western Ocean, and can further launch the Pingmo War.

There is no need to worry about the railway. There are many sand states on the Jamuna and Kosi Rivers. Compared with the Yangtze River, the difficulty of building bridges is trivial.

Therefore, winning here can be regarded as a new achievement of Hong Chengchou.

However, it can also be seen from this point that this is Hong Chengchou's strategic intention, not Zhu Youjian's, because Zhu Youjian only wants to contain the Mughals, not to occupy it.

The Mughals seem to be rich, but in fact, in the climate of the Little Ice River, there is also a shortage of food within the Mughals.

For example, the reason why the Mughals failed to invade the Ming Dynasty's feudal vassals in the Little Western Ocean every year was because of the internal rebellion that broke out every year.

The Ming Dynasty itself already had more than 6000 million mouths waiting to be fed. Although the Mughals had harvested the plains, they also had to harvest the mouths of tens of millions of hungry people.

If the hungry people cannot be appeased, then Daming's local expenditure will always be negative.

Daming can naturally suppress the hungry people, but the problem is that after the suppression of the hungry people, it will take a long time to resume pre-war production.

Daming is now too busy to take care of itself. It can only send troops in small and medium scales of less than 3 people. How can it maintain a garrison of 10,000+ in the Mughals to suppress the rebellion?
These reasons are the reasons why Zhu Youjian did not take action against Mughal for a long time. Of course, in addition to these, it also includes the fact that the existence of Mughal can check and balance the Indian vassals.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty expanded too much, and many places have not been fully understood. If they want to occupy other places without fully understanding, they will only end up in the end of the Tang Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, and gradually shrink.

Hong Chengchou naturally understood this truth, so he only limited the war to the east of the Kosi River.

The population of the alluvial plain east of the Kosi River is not small, about 300 million, and the cultivated land area has reached more than 2000 million mu.

This is only the cultivated land that has been developed. In addition to these, there are more than 6000 million mu of undeveloped plains.

Knowing this, Hong Chengchou decided to send troops to take this place, relying on it to see the Mughals.

Hong Chengchou was also very helpless. Although Luchuan has many plains and rich products, it even has a vast plain area east of the Ganges.

However, the development time here is not too long ago, and the number of local residents and arable land are just enough for self-sufficiency. If you want to develop it, you can only ask the court to allocate enough tractors.

But the problem is that, except for the inland areas, Zhu Youjian in the coastal areas will basically not allow tractors to appear on the border with neighboring countries.

Hong Chengchou can understand Zhu Youjian's thoughts. After all, if the tractor is placed on the coast and has neighboring countries, once it is stolen, it will be an unbearable pain for Daming.

Therefore, if you want to develop the western plain of Luchuan, you can only turn the western plain of Luchuan into the hinterland.

There is only one best way to turn this place into the interior, and that is to take the northern plains of Bangladesh.

After taking over the local area, as long as the rice seeds of Daming are replaced, and then 300 million natives are driven to the Mughals on the other side of the Kosi River, then Daming can rely on this land to support 200 million people and another [-] troops.

With [-] Han troops, it is enough to sweep the Mughals.

"put!"

"Boom bang bang-"

Cannonballs kept beating dust on the top of the city of Bogra. For the Mughals who were still using stone and earthen city technology, the three hundred 24-jin Yanshan cannons of the Ming army were deadly.

In each round of bombardment, the city of Bogra was bombarded by 24 600mm stone shells. In addition, there were more than [-] five-jin and ten-jin Yanshan artillery pieces, large and small.

If shelling is nothing, then the snipers equipped with binoculars and rifles made Mughal a unilaterally beaten party.

Once the Mughal army at the head of the city wanted to fight back when the Ming army's artillery stopped, it would immediately be hit by the Ming army's rifle cavalry.

At a distance of three hundred steps, the Mughals wanted to use artillery to attack hundreds of Ming army rifle cavalry scattered over thousands of acres of land.

Gradually, when dusk came, the city of Bogra was devastated.

"According to this speed, within two days, the city will be destroyed."

In the Ming army camp on the banks of the Jamuna River, Hong Chengchou looked at the battlefield with a binoculars and nodded slightly to express his satisfaction.

"Uncle, this place is really good, just keep the local people here."

When Hong Chengchou observed, Mu Yi was looking at the surrounding land.

It has to be said that, as a place with abundant water resources, the alluvial plains of the Bengal Delta are indeed fertile.

This kind of fertility made Mu Yi, who had long been accustomed to the Luchuan Plain, couldn't help being a little moved, so he couldn't help but want to keep the local Mughal people.

It's a pity that facing his thoughts, Hong Chengchou shook his head and refused:
"No, I want to drive the local people here to the territory of Nanlu, and then move the young people from Luchuan Plain and Luchuan Northwest Plain here."

"Then they're here, what about the original land? The immigrants can't finish planting..." Mu Yi was at a loss for words, but Hong Chengchou explained:
"When they immigrate here, this place will become the frontier of Ming Dynasty, and the original Northwest Plain of Luchuan can be cultivated by tractors."

"The arable land in the Northwest Plain is only more than 4000 million mu, but the area that can be developed is no less than [-] million mu."

"The 500 million mu of arable land only needs [-] tractors issued by the imperial court, plus [-] Han households to cultivate it all."

"Counting the arable land waiting to be reclaimed and relocating 20 Han households, the northwest plain of Luchuan can almost be completely reclaimed as Han land."

"Although there are still six years to complete the Western Railway, we can also relocate and cultivate at the same time."

With that said, Hong Chengchou said again:
"Besides, the 300 million natives of the southern captives were forced to go west of the Kosi River. After losing so much cultivated land, the southern captives gained more than 300 million more mouths. Do you think they still have the power to launch raids in the short term? "

Hong Chengchou wanted to break out food shortages within the Mughals, and then let the local people revolt to distract the Mughals.

Not to mention how much, these 300 million natives can at least make the Mughals in a hurry for several years.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou also turned around and walked back into the big tent.

This time he only brought [-] soldiers and horses from the Western Army, but even so, the Mansion of Dimasa in the northwest plain of Luchuan still couldn't afford [-] soldiers and horses, so he had to make a quick decision.

However, as expected, on the third day of the outbreak of the war, the city of Bogra fell, and the [-] Mughal troops in the city were wiped out.

On the fifth day, the Ming army captured the city of Rajshahi on the 12th day.

No. 18 days after the war broke out, the Mughals' west and north Bengal areas were lost, and the Ming Dynasty bordered the entire northern part of Zhou State. The pressure on Zhou State's defense line dropped from the original [-] miles to less than [-] miles.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty reclaimed about [-] square kilometers of alluvial plains in northern Bengal and obtained more than [-] million mu of cultivated land.

The Ming Dynasty's dispatch of troops caused the pressure on Lu Xiangsheng and the various vassals to drop sharply. Due to the loss of the alluvial plain in northern Bengal, Shah Jahan had to divide his troops to garrison west of the Kosi River.

For a while, the feudal lords of Xiaoxiyang kept going to the court to present gifts.

Of course, if someone praises, someone scolds, but no one dares to scold Zhu Youjian. They criticize Hong Chengchou in words and pens.

They impeached Hong Chengchou and expelled 300 million local natives, so that the natives were displaced and starved to death on the streets.

After Zhu Ciran saw this kind of impeachment, he couldn't bear to go to Qi Palace.

When Zhu Ciran arrived at the Chengyun Hall of Prince Qi's Mansion, it happened to be noon on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Zhu Youjian just sat down after lunch, ready to take a nap after digesting.

"Nephew met uncle..."

After being in power for half a year, Zhu Ciran has made progress and matured every month, but a person's behavior can mature within a few months, but it takes a long time to change his personality.

Zhu Ciran bowed respectfully, and then thought that Zhu Youjian was his uncle, so he sat down on the chair Wang Chengen carried beside him.

After sitting down, he said with a smile: "Uncle, Hong Chengchou expelled 300 million natives, and the officials below are so noisy that they want to impeach him."

"You said... Did he go too far?"

Zhu Ciran said with a smile, but actually he was a little cautious.

Wang Chengen next to him looked at him, even with his toes, he could tell that once Zhu Youjian wanted to curse someone, Zhu Ciran would definitely run away without leaving a second.

After all, this guy couldn't sit still, and the word "run away" was written all over his face.

"Have you thought about it?" Zhu Youjian asked without looking up, looking at the memorabilia of the Department of Justice.

"No, no, no... I'm just asking... asking..." Zhu Ciran said with a smile, but his eyes were on the "General Map of the Great Ming Kunyu" behind Zhu Youjian's back.

"Antarctica...haven't been there, when will I go and see it?"

Seeing the Antarctic place marked at the southernmost end of the map behind Zhu Youjian, Zhu Ciran was a little curious, but his face was still very simple and honest.

In the next second, Zhu Youjian closed the memorial, and Zhu Ciran immediately sat up straight.

"If he doesn't drive out the natives, who will support them for us? What's more, if these natives rebel, how many Han people who migrated will die?"

Zhu Youjian said, and then threw a memorial to Zhu Ciran.

Zhu Ciran thought that Zhu Youjian was going to hit him, so he put his hands on his head in fright, but the memorabilia fell lightly on Zhu Ciran's lap.

He raised his head subconsciously, only to see Zhu Youjian, Wang Chengen and others looked at him strangely, and then he realized that he had made a mistake, and quickly smiled awkwardly: "I have a headache..."

"What is this?" As he spoke, he changed the topic and opened the memorial book tied with a string.

After he opened it, he discovered that it was Hong Chengchou's Shangshu, and the Shangshu also reported his thoughts.

To put it bluntly, after driving away the native people, the native people who migrated to Luchuan came to farm.

Hong Chengchou has not yet stabilized the land, so the specific land and population have not yet been investigated.

However, according to some documents left by the Mughals, the local cultivated land should be no less than 400 million mu, and the population should be no less than 380 million.

The Mughal's defeated army took away 10,000+ people when they retreated, and Hong Chengchou planned to continue to drive out the people in the future, and at the same time migrated the population to the local area.

In his opinion, leaving 80 natives and then relocating 200 million Luchuan natives would basically be able to feed the local [-] Western Army soldiers and local natives.

After that, it is enough to let the native people continue to reclaim new farmland, and then move the Han people over.

In addition, Hong Chengchou also asked Zhu Youjian for [-] tractors, but he only asked for it, and didn't say anything about the time. He also knew that the north needed tractors more than the south.

However, he promised in the memorial that if the imperial court can allocate 200 tractors within three years, once the Luchuan Northwest Plain is developed, the grain that can be provided to the Central Plains can increase by more than [-] million shi every year.

As far as this is concerned, Zhu Youjian has no reason to refuse.

Just to consider Zhu Ciran, Zhu Youjian still asked Zhu Ciran: "Do you think he lived?"

"Do you want the 200 million shi of grain to be eaten by the local people, or to be transported to Shanxi for the people of Shanxi?"

"This is 200 million shi of grain. After it arrives in Shanxi, at most [-]% will be lost."

"180 million shi of grain is equivalent to a month's ration for Shanxi, which currently has a population of only 570 million."

"What does the extra month's ration mean, don't I need to say more?"

Zhu Youjian deliberately used Shanxi, which Zhu Ciran had the deepest impression on, to stimulate him. This kind of stimulation really made Zhu Ciran hesitant to speak, but in the end he was speechless.

"The Han family regards themselves as kings and domineers. Emperor Taizu Gao once said that the previous dynasty was peaceful, and the red scarf was a monster. But did this affect Emperor Gao's Northern Expedition to the Hulu, and the red scarf was safe inside?"

"Tang Taizong Li Shimin also said that the Hulu were his people, but it didn't affect him saying that the Hulu had a beastly face and feared power but not virtue."

Zhu Youjian talked eloquently, and at the same time stood up and signaled the scribe next to him to pull up the "General Map of Kunyu of the Ming Dynasty".

Seeing this, the scribe immediately pulled up the "General Map of Kunyu of the Ming Dynasty", revealing a picture of the territory of each province and two strings of numbers in each province.

Zhu Ciran looked at it and quickly understood what the number was.

"This is the population ratio between my Han family and the Shaomin." Zhu Youjian opened his mouth and pointed at it with a pear-blossom stick:

"You have been to Hexi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi...but you didn't realize that there are many Han families and few people?"

"I didn't kill them, but moved them to these places."

Zhu Youjian pointed to Hexi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guangxi, and finally pointed to the three provinces of Luchuan, Jiugang, and Jiaozhi.

On the map, the number of Han people in Hexi is more than 460 million, with more than 320 minorities, and the number of Han people in Sichuan is more than [-] million, with more than [-] minorities.

In Yunnan and Guangxi, two places where minority riots broke out many times during the Ming Dynasty, there were 190 million Han people in Yunnan and 71 minority people in Yunnan, and 210 million Han people in Guangxi and 63 minority people in Guangxi.

The proportion of Han people in these four provinces is basically more than [-]%, and even a little more than [-] to [-].

This is enough to make the ruler laugh in any dynasty, but if you continue to look down on Zhu Youjian's pear blossom stick, the situation will not be very good.

There are 420 million Han people in Old Hong Kong, and 270 million minorities. The proportion of Han people is only [-]%.

There are 310 million Han people in Cochin and 430 million Shaomin. The proportion of Han people is only [-]%.

There are 230 million Han people in Luchuan, 530 million Shaomin people, and the proportion of Han people is less than [-]%.

In addition to these, Zhu Youjian pointed the pear blossom stick at Yingzhou.

There are 190 million Han people in Yingzhou, and 120 million minorities. The proportion of Han people cannot even reach [-]%.

If it is said that Jiugang can still integrate Han and Shaomin, then Jiaozhi is somewhat weak. As for Luchuan and Yingzhou, it is not the Han people assimilating the Shaomin, but the Shaomin assimilating the Han.

"Let me ask you, if Luchuan included another 300 million natives, how many Han people would there be in Luchuan? Only [-] percent."

"But if they are driven away, and 500 million of Luchuan's 200 million minorities are removed, and the locality is designated as a state directly under the Central Government, what percentage of Han people in Luchuan can reach?"

"More than [-]%..." Zhu Youjian answered first, and then said:
"When it reaches [-]%, coupled with the continuous immigration from the dynasties, the Han people will soon become the main ethnic group in the area."

"As long as the Han people become the main ethnic group, there will be no turmoil in the local area, and Luchuan will also become a traditional Han area like the four provinces of Yun, Guangxi, He, and Sichuan."

"Don't let the Han family return to the scene after the middle Tang Dynasty for the sake of a temporary saint."

Zhu Youjian tried hard to persuade Zhu Ciran that as he grew older, he was very afraid that the territory he had built would be wiped out by his brother's lineage.

As long as these borders are not lost within a hundred years, when the internal combustion engine can be used, the borders will basically be firm, because the resources above are very rich.

A hundred years is not long, nor is it short.

Zhu Youjian alone can take care of Daming for at least 50 years, and for the remaining 50 years, only Zhu Ciran's children and grandchildren need to work hard, and then Daming will hardly decline.

Even if it was in decline, Europe at that time was unable to counterattack the Han land. No matter how civil strife was in the Han land, it was the Han people's own business.

Zhu Youjian is not a saint. If you really want to talk about his desire, his desire is to leave a name in history, so that his name can be passed down to generations to come.

Qin Huang Han Wu can do it, so can his own, so his desire has actually been achieved.

The next thing he has to do is to make plans and consider for his children and grandchildren.

"Uncle..." Zhu Ciran held the memorial in his hand, and the images of the people in Shanxi who were hungry and suffering kept flashing through his mind, interspersed from time to time with the scenes of the local people being driven out as described by the civil servants, and it was difficult for him to make a decision for a while.

Zhu Youjian didn't urge him, but waited for his answer.

"My nephew knows what to do..." Zhu Ciran spoke with difficulty, and bowed:

"My nephew wants to promote Nan'an Bo Hong Chengchou to be the Marquis of Kuaiji..."

Zhu Ciran made a decision, whether it was due to Zhu Youjian's pressure or not, in short, he expressed his attitude.

"Follow what you want." Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, Zhu Ciran got up and left the Chengyun Hall when seeing this.

He took away Hong Chengchou's memorial, because Zhu Youjian had already approved it, which meant that he was holding a backup.

He took it away, perhaps because he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

Although he was exposed to new-style education, he was also exposed to traditional Confucian culture.

In the view of Confucianism, the Central Plains dynasty should not conquer the barbarians, as long as they surrender, and wanton conquest means that the king has no virtue.

But in the new style of education, since the Ming Dynasty is the ruler of the world, it is necessary to spread vassals in the world, and at the same time conquer the disobedient ministers and conquer the barbarians who do not obey the king to exercise benevolence.

As for how to bestow benevolence?That is naturally to bring them into one's own rule or vassal state, and directly educate them.

To put it bluntly, it is to occupy the local land and population.

However, the land and population also depend on the situation, and it is clear what is useful and what is useless.

Yanshan officials did not participate in this impeachment because in their view, the population on the flood plains of northern Bangladesh is useless.

Zhu Ciran also understood this truth, but he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ciran suddenly felt someone coming in front of him, and when he looked up, there was a person walking on the palace path of the Chengyun Palace in the Prince Qi's Mansion. This person was a teacher Zhu Ciran was very familiar with... Cheng De.

It was not the first time that the two masters and apprentices met this year, but every time they met, Cheng De would pretend to be a courtier, as if he didn't want to talk about his and Zhu Ciran's status as masters and apprentices.

If it was before, Zhu Ciran would only be a little sad, but today he stopped Chengde.

Standing on the palace path of Chengyun Palace Square, Zhu Ciran didn't wait for Chengde to salute indifferently, he took the lead in performing the disciple's salute, and then knelt on the ground and said:

"Sir, is he alienating his disciples because of his status as the leader of Yanshan, or is he alienating his disciples because he doesn't want to recognize his disciples?"

Zhu Ciran's blatant words made Chengde, who subconsciously wanted to help him up, frown, but despite frowning, Chengde still helped Zhu Ciran.

"Your Highness is already the supervisor of the country, so let's put aside your status as a disciple for the time being."

"Xiaguan is here today to find His Royal Highness King Qi. Let's talk about the matter with His Highness in another day."

Cheng De didn't respond positively, but his attitude made Zhu Ciran understand his thoughts.

Although the words are the ruler and the minister, but the action of supporting him is the teacher to the disciple.

This shows that it's not that Chengde doesn't want to recognize Zhu Ciran as a disciple, but that under the current situation, their identities can only be monarchs and ministers.

Zhu Ciran didn't know when they could become masters and apprentices again, he could only watch as Chengde helped him up and walked towards Chengyun Hall.

At this moment, he understood why Chengde couldn't become a master and apprentice with him...

As a disciple, he wants to make Chengde better, but Chengde is also someone else's disciple, so why doesn't he want to make his teacher better...

Thinking of this, Zhu Ciran turned and left, clutching Hong Chengchou's memoir in his hand, and walked out of Qi Palace with a sad face.

In the sound of "thousand years" from the soldiers of the Gongweiying, he got into his carriage, and the driver Li Yongzhen also drove him back to the palace.

Sitting in the car, Zhu Ciran looked at the capital city outside the car window.

The bustling capital city is like the epitome of Ming Dynasty. Although it is so big, there are rich and poor, some people are sad, some people are talking and laughing.

"In such a big Ming Dynasty, can't there be two people surnamed Zhu..."

(End of this chapter)