The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 290 Preparations for the Second Southern Tour

Originally, Zhu Cilang planned to hold such a promotional event every year to stimulate the economic development of Daming, but now seeing that the sales of one event is only a mere 300 million, after thinking about it, he finally gave up holding it every year.

One is that the purchasing power of the common people is not increasing, and it will not be of much use, and the other is that the time is not ripe, the real industrial products are like coarse cotton cloth, and even the production of refined salt for the rich is slightly insufficient, so now is the promotion , not only does not have much benefit to economic development, but may backfire.

When the ultimate version of the land reform is completely closed in the north and south, the income of the people has increased, and a few more bulk industrial products that the poor and the rich need, then the royal family will take the lead in promotional activities, and the effect will definitely be huge. .

By November, the climate in the north was already very cold. The two concubines, Liu Xinlan and Lan Duoer, also gave birth to a princess and a prince for Zhu Cihong.

Compared with the national sensation when the red lady gave birth to the prince, the reaction this time was a bit mediocre. Officials from all over the country just sent a congratulatory form as usual, and the common people rarely set off firecrackers.

As for the armies, the generals of the towns and the commanders of the garrisons of the provinces responded equally flatly, and it was far less than when the red lady gave birth to the prince, and they rushed to join the congratulatory table and celebrated in the army.

However, for Lan Duoer to give birth to a son for the Ming emperor, the Mongols on the grassland reacted greatly. All the leaders sent people to the capital to present gifts to Lan Duoer and the prince. All the tribes also held bonfires. Ceremony to celebrate.

Obviously these Mongolian leaders are not stupid. They know that Landuoer's status in Ming Dynasty is related to the vital interests of every Mongolian, so at first it was only the Tumed tribe celebrating, and later other tribes who surrendered to Ming also began to celebrate. People go to offer gifts.

And Emperor Xiaozhu quickly became the joy of being a father for the first time, and he pulled out his energy and began to make arrangements and preparations for the south.

Fortunately, before winter, most of the people who wanted to migrate from all over the Northwest moved to Henan to divide their houses and fields, and the farthest Gansu town, with a population of nearly one million, had all arrived in Guanzhong.

These one million people can only be temporarily resettled in Guanzhong, and will continue to move to the Central Plains until next spring.

Although Zhu Cihong repeatedly ordered and Li Banghua was well prepared, a large number of old people and children still died during the migration. In addition, the relocation work has not been completely completed for a whole year, which made Zhu Cihong feel for Li Banghua and the entire civil service system in the Northwest. extremely dissatisfied.

"My dear concubine, after my tour to the south, you will still be in charge of the military and political affairs of the entire north. Next year, the tax exemption period for the entire north will expire. The four provinces of Northern Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan will not only carry out land reforms, but also commercial reforms. Administrative reform requires the collection of a unified land tax and commercial tax, and the responsibility is as great as the southern imperial examinations, but I'll leave it all to you."

"Husband... Husband, this is land reform and commercial administrative reform. I'm afraid I can't do it well."

The red lady looked nervous. She wasn't worried about military matters at all, but she really didn't have any confidence in government affairs. She even felt dizzy at the thought of implementing those cumbersome new policies.

"Hey! It seems that letting Aifei be in charge of these things is really embarrassing for you."

Seeing that she was so frightened that his face turned pale, Zhu Cihong also rubbed his forehead with a headache.

I know that it is unrealistic for this girl to be in charge of land reform, especially this time the northern land reform will completely refer to the northwest and southwest.

Although the four northern provinces have also suffered a huge impact from the war, they still have a large number of landlords and gentry. When the New Deal is implemented, the resistance they will encounter will definitely far exceed that of the south, northwest and southwest.

But the imperial examinations in the south are equally important, he has to go in person, otherwise chemistry, physics, mechanics, mechanics and the like will be a fart.

"Husband, why don't we let my aunt go back to Beijing, and my concubine will go to Nanjing with my husband." The red lady thought about it.

"It's feasible for my aunt to go back to Beijing, but you can't go to Nanjing with me. After all, there will be wars in the north next year, not to mention there are so many troops in the north, and my aunt doesn't know about military affairs, so it's definitely not possible."

In fact, Zhu Cihong did not say one thing, that is, his father Chongzhen was not dead, he could not transfer Zhang Yan to Beijing to preside over the overall situation, and even his mother, the Queen Zhou, he was a little worried.

Although Hong Niangzi also has a child now, the child is still young after all, and she can be completely at ease for at least a few years, and these few years are enough for him to complete the reform of the country and end this kind of divide and conquer.

"Well, Auntie should stay in Nanjing. Now that the administrative system in the south has matured, I'll transfer Ma Shiying back to assist you. That old man has means, and now he has experience. Let him continue to preside over the north. The implementation of the New Deal couldn’t be more appropriate.”

After thinking about it, Zhu Cihong decided that it would be more suitable for Ma Shiying to be transferred to the capital to assist Hong Niangzi than Zhang Yan, not to mention that he didn't want to bother Zhang Yan anymore.

"Well, that's good." The red lady's eyes also lit up.

"Then it's decided. I'll let Liu Rushi draw up the decree, formally appoint Ma Shiying as the chief assistant of the cabinet, add the title of Grand Bachelor of the Emperor's Palace, Prince Taifu, and return to Beijing to preside over government affairs."

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong paused and said again: "There is also the dismissal of Li Banghua's Northwest Tour Envoy, and he will return to Beijing to continue to serve as the left governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As for the candidate for the governor of Shaanxi, let Ma Shiying recommend it at that time."

Now the people in the Northwest are concentrated in Hanzhong and Guanzhong. After the 100 million people move to the Central Plains next year, there will probably be only three or four prefectures left in the Northwest, with a million people. There is no need for any money. Yes, a governor is enough.

It's better not to abolish the tour envoys of the Southwest for the time being. After all, the Southwest is not only remote, but also has a lot of chieftains, and the transportation is inconvenient. Centralized management is more appropriate to avoid the rebound of the New Deal. What's more, compared to Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu has done quite well in the past year of.

"Well, the concubine remembers."

Next, Zhu Cihong began to explain some military affairs. The military aspect next year is mainly to conquer Mobei Mongolia, then destroy the Horqin tribe, and establish the Anbei Protectorate.

As for the candidate for the Protectorate of the Protectorate, it has been finalized long ago, that is Hou Xun, and Shi Kefa will take over the Protectorate of Anton.

"Husband, after the establishment of the Anbei Protectorate, should we redeploy the army to garrison, or divide the Fourth Army into two and let Huang Degong stay in Mobei?"

"No, no, no, the Fourth Army can't be dismantled. After defeating Mobei and destroying the Horqin tribe, let Huang Degong's army stay in the Horqin Grassland temporarily to prevent the Jurchens from fleeing to the grassland in the future. As for the Mobei garrison, just A town is enough.

Well, at that time, the town of Xuanfu will be transferred there. Soldiers over the age of 22 can choose to transfer to other military towns, or they can choose to go to Mobei. Tell the soldiers to double their salary after going to Mobei. Then you can return, and officers above the colonel and lieutenant can bring their family members. "

Mobei was bitterly cold, Zhu Cihong did not intend to immigrate there, but planned to station [-] troops directly.

Soldiers are rotated every five years, trying to recruit young men aged [-] or [-] in the future. After five years, they will return to the Central Plains to marry their wives.

Of course, these rotations do not replace 2 people at once, but start after three years. A group of people will be transferred back every month, and a group of people will be transferred to the rotation until the soldiers will be rotated after five years. This model will also be adopted by Hufu and other Duhufu in the future.

As for immigration, at least they have to wait until the steam engine is developed and the traffic conditions are improved.

(End of this chapter)