Song Gexing

Chapter 290 Immigration to Busan
"Okay, let's call it Koryo Province, divided into four provinces: Hamhung, Gangwon, Sincheon and Nakdong..."

On October [-]th of the ninth year of Xining, the imperial edict reached Goryeo. The Song Dynasty established the Goryeo Province. One province was divided into four prefectures, and the Yamen of Economic Affairs and Appeasement was set up. The post of Governor was removed and it was directly incorporated into the provincial system.

In view of the preliminary decision of Goryeo, the army could not be reduced too much, so there was an admiral-general military officer in Goryeo Province, with four general officers responsible for the military affairs of the four provinces.

And the Eighth Fleet of the Navy was established, with its headquarters in Busan. Of course, Busan did not have a city at this time, but the seaport here was already somewhat large.

The name Busan also came into being during the Goryeo Kingdom. Because the terrain here resembles a pot, the locals called the place this way.

Busan, like Nagasaki in the Japanese Kingdom, has long been a port for seagoing ships, but it was never officially built. It was not until the Lee Dynasty's Joseon that it was designated as an official commercial seaport.

Zhao Fang officially named Busan 400 years in advance and built a port and naval base here.

This is a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Zhang Dun, who has not yet returned, went to inspect the place in person and admired Zhao Fang's decision very much.

He really couldn't understand that his Majesty the Emperor had never been to Korea, and he could find such a good place to build a naval base just by looking at the map.

Busan Castle is backed by Busan. Not to mention its strategic position on the sea, it is a defense on land. As long as the city and fortress are properly built, it will be difficult to be invaded.

In the later Civil War, the North almost drove the South into the sea, but Busan was never invaded by the northern forces. That was a war after World War II.

In the Great Song Dynasty, how many lives did it take to dare to claim this place? Moreover, this place has not yet been developed, and the Song army can design whatever it wants here.

Moreover, Zhao Fang deliberately ignored Busan's role as a capital city and established Nakdong Palace as a capital city in order to separate Busan.

There are not many people in this area, and there are very few farmers except fishermen. As a naval base, Zhao Fang plans to populate it with immigrants.

An initial decision was made to immigrate 30 people, and the Song Dynasty's first Marine Corps team was established in the Eighth Fleet, not for landing operations, but to guard Busan.

In fact, it was an infantry and cavalry army. It was named this just so that the Eighth Fleet could be commanded in a legitimate manner, because in the Song Dynasty's army, the navy was commanded separately from the army.

Thirty thousand marines are currently rushing to Busan, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. They are not under the command of the commander-in-chief of the Koryo Province Admiral.

Zhang Dun understood at once that Zhao Fang wanted to establish a state within a state in Goryeo for future generations. If the Goryeo people rebelled in the future, Busan would be the last fortress of the Song Dynasty and the base for counterattack.

Opposite Busan is Tsushima Island of the Japanese Kingdom. This place is now also the territory of the Song Dynasty. It is an island under the jurisdiction of Nagasaki. It is the place where silver mines were first discovered in the Japanese Kingdom.

On the southeast sea is Jeju Island. It can be said that as long as Busan can hold on for half a month, the Song army from Nagasaki and Jeju Island can reach there for reinforcements.

The clever Zhang Dun immediately took action and began to provide excellent conditions, moving the local people in Busan to other prefectures and counties to settle down, clearing out the entire Busan area, leaving only the Song people.

Strict regulations were also set up. Song people who immigrated here were prohibited from intermarrying with Koreans. Koreans could marry people in the Song Dynasty, but they were not allowed to marry Song people in Busan.

Of course, this cannot be done publicly and can only be done internally. Therefore, people who immigrate there must be screened, and refugees are not immigrated there.

"Your Majesty immigrated to Goryeo. Why did you have to recruit from Hebei and Northwest China? Isn't it more convenient from the coastal provinces?"

Zhao Fang's immigration strategy was supported by all officials. It can be seen that he was confused about his decision to select immigrants from Hebei, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, so he immediately asked him questions.

Zhao Fang smiled and said: "I plan to kill two birds with one stone this time. I will free up part of the land in Hebei and Shanxi and turn it into farmland to solve the food problem of the garrison." The ministers suddenly understood and praised him for his move. What a clever plan.

Although the Song Dynasty was dominated by the recruitment system, the army also had to farm, but it was not like the Weisuo system in the Ming Dynasty, which only relied on farming as a reward.

Under the Ming Dynasty's guard system, the court did not pay wages to the army, and all income came from the army's own farming.

The Song Dynasty had a different system, which was the recruitment system, which started in the Five Dynasties period. According to the history of world military development, the recruitment system was more advanced than the guard system.

Later, the European armies adopted the recruitment system, but this system was the first to be started in China.

However, the recruitment system has a huge disadvantage, which is that it costs money. The professional armies of later generations actually inherited the recruitment system, and even the compulsory soldiers have the shadow of the recruitment system.

That is, the state is responsible for the army's food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as paying wages.

This was a great test for the country's finances. It can be said that the Northern Song Dynasty was brought down by the huge army. Other problems such as cowardly kings and corrupt officials can actually be redeemed. Only the financial inability to bear it was a heavy blow.

Zhao Fang changed the military system, but did not change the recruitment system, because it was impossible to change to the guard system. There was only so much land in the world. By the time he took over the Song Dynasty, there was almost no open space.

Without land, the army cannot be self-sufficient. As mentioned before, it is true that the Song Dynasty army also had military fields, but the number of military fields was very small.

In addition, the Song Dynasty couldn't help but annex land, which made farming even worse. In recent years, with the expansion of territory, the territory has expanded, but there is still not much land that can be cultivated.

Jiaozhou Province can achieve self-sufficiency and surplus because the climate and land there are suitable for farming, and Dongfan can also do it.

But Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang simply couldn't do it. Even if the entire Xixia was swallowed up, there would be more places for grazing and not much land for growing grain.

Zhao Fang has been encouraging business over the years in order to replace the land in the hands of wealthy families, nationalize it and turn it into farmland.

Of course, not all farmland is given to the army. There are two types of farmland, one is the military camp and the other is the civilian camp. The military camp is to ensure that the army has no shortage of food, and the civilian camp is to organize the landless people to cultivate.

The immigration started in November of the ninth year of Xining and was not completed until August of the following year. The number of people was still small, otherwise it would not have been so easy.

But this incident did bring huge benefits to the Song Dynasty. Hundreds of thousands of Song people came to Busan. Although they could not marry the locals, they could communicate with each other.

It soon changed the living customs of the nearby Korean people, and this trend was spreading outwards. The reason is very simple. The Song Dynasty in this era was the object of imitation by everyone in East Asia.

In the past, people overseas could only hear a little about it from businessmen, and their official learning came back and spread some, and local people have already followed suit.

Now that people from the Song Dynasty are concentrated in one area, they can more clearly see and learn the etiquette and customs of the Song Dynasty, and even curse words are learned.

This Sinicization phenomenon is an excellent trend. After the news came back, Zhao Fang wanted to continue to immigrate and expand his gathering points in Goryeo.

　The new book "Ten Thousand Households of the Ming Dynasty" is out. Brothers who like the Ming Dynasty, please collect it and read it.

　　
　
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