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Chapter 608: The Beginning of the Reconstruction of the Great Ning Capital Division

Without its own language and cultural inheritance, can it still be called an independent nation?
Burmese, Yue, and other races can all be treated in this way.It is kind enough to give them a way out instead of a massacre.

Wang Sanshan summoned all the generals and conveyed the emperor's secret decree.Of course, it cannot be said that it is the emperor's intention, but a new policy of the court.

Undoubtedly, the military welcomes such a strategy.Like the distribution of loot, it is more able to boost morale.

Needless to say, war bonds, if you have confidence in the strength of your own army, have no doubts about the victory of the war, and have money in hand, then buy it!

Human trading is even better, as many people are arrested, as much as they are paid.There is no need to capture prisoners on the battlefield. Do ordinary people have trouble capturing them?
Of course, you can't grab people randomly and sell all the civilians in the occupied areas. Mekong Province and Borneo don't have that much carrying capacity in the short term.

Therefore, there must be regulations, detailed rules, and plans, and it will be carried out in stages and in batches.

The first is the prisoners of war, which are potential resistance forces and are most likely to pose a threat to the stability of the occupied area; the second is the strong and strong, who are good at work, but they can pick up knives and guns and soon become soldiers.

Does the occupied area need population?The answer is yes.Those who can fill the occupied area will be people from various chieftains in Yunnan Province, as well as a large number of Han people.

Population migration from north to south is one of the long-term national policies.Gansu and Shaanxi go to Sichuan, Sichuan and Guangxi go to Yunnan, and Dian province goes outward.

The general principle is simple, reducing the number of people in the north where the disaster is most severe will reduce the difficulty of disaster relief.

Although the population of the northern provinces has decreased, the upgrade and improvement of weapons and equipment has made the combat power of the Ming army increase instead of decline.

If it weren't for the fact that the northern grasslands were too vast and logistical problems difficult to solve, the emperor believed that [-] elite cavalry would be enough to sweep the grasslands and be invincible.

As for the current fine cavalry of Ming Dynasty, if you count the surrendered Mongolian tribes, 10,000+ is not enough.

It's just that the time to conquer the northern grassland is not right.The more accounted for, the greater the consumption, and the impact of major disasters is daunting.

Of course, the catastrophe also provided a good opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to win without a fight.With the cold climate and the southward movement of grasslands, the life of nomads will become more and more difficult, and their dependence on the Ming Dynasty will become stronger and stronger.

Can't fight and fight, grab and can't grab, and if there is an arrogant guy like Lin Danhan who wants to repeat the glory of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian tribes will either be annexed, or they can only be returned to the Shunming Kingdom.

Obviously, the various tribes of Mongolia live a life like a local emperor, preferring to be a chicken head rather than an oxtail. Few people really support Lin Dan Khan's dream.

But despite this, the advance of the Ming Dynasty in the north was still proceeding in an orderly manner. Building roads and building cities, connecting lines with points, and connecting areas with lines were the unchanging principles for the Ming army to implement a stable occupation.

In the 20th year of Hongwu (1387), the capital of Daning was set up, and the government was located in Daningwei (now west of Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region).

Daningwei governs the north of Gaoguan City in present-day Hebei, and the north of Xilamulun River in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.In the second year, it was changed to the North Parallel Capital Division.

In the first year of Yongle, the capital of Daning moved to Baoding Prefecture.Since then, the Daning capital, which had been in operation for 12 years in the Ming Dynasty, was abandoned, and all the guards under it were abolished, and some were moved to the south of the Great Wall, and they were never restored.

Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty also knew the importance of Daning. During the first northern expedition in the eighth year of Yongle, he said: "To destroy these remnants today, only keep Kaiping, Xinghe, Ningxia, Gansu, Daning, and Liaodong, and the border can last forever." It's all right."

But he still felt that withdrawing the guards in Monan and concentrating their forces to eliminate Bei Yuan would be the only way to get it done once and for all.It is the correct step to wait until the Ming army wipes out the remnant Yuan forces in Lingbei Province and inherits and determines the northern border of the Yuan Dynasty before setting up guards.

When Ming Chengzu suddenly died on the way of the Northern Expedition, there will be no more emperors who have the talent and boldness to restore the Monan guards.

Tongliao, a place name newly established by the imperial court, originally belonged to Wuliangha Sanwei, and was under the jurisdiction of Daning Dusi.A city built of rammed earth has risen from the ground, which became the beginning of the rebuilding of the Great Ningwei in the Ming Dynasty.

To the east of Tongliao, there is Shuangliao, the "Three Provinces of Chicken Crows". Together with Siping, Jilin and other places, it controls the upper reaches of the Liao River in the north and the Daling River Basin in the east, forming the new northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty.

To the north of Tongliao is the Xiliao River, to the south is Horqin Zuoyihouqi, Guangning Houtunwei (now Zhangwu), and Shenyang; to the west is Chifeng, which is close to the Chahar region.

Tongliao City occupies a large area, but the city wall is not high, only about three meters.Relying on the trenches outside the city and the sharp firearms of the Ming army, it will become a nightmare for the besiegers.

There are not many houses in the city, but they are neatly arranged, the streets are straight, and the military barracks and civilian houses are built separately in the north and south, with a clear distinction between Wei and Wei.

It is not easy to live in the city, except for the officers and soldiers of the Ming army, the family members of the army, and the caravans that came through Shenyang.

Five miles outside the city is a commercial area with no walls, two rows of shacks, and a wide dirt road between them.

Since returning to the Shunming Kingdom, the Mongolian tribes here can enjoy the convenience of commerce and trade.There are resident Han merchants in the business area, and there are a variety of commodities, which can be exchanged for cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock.

Silver coins are also gradually becoming popular. The nobles of various Mongolian tribes, as well as ordinary herdsmen, are becoming more and more accustomed to exchanging scattered gold and silver for silver coins and copper coins, which is much more convenient than driving cattle and sheep a long way.

Kong Youde returned from his patrol with his troops, and walked around the business district as usual.

"General."

"I have seen the general."

"Hello General."

Whether it is Han Chinese or Mongolians, whether it is ordinary people or nobles, they all bow and salute.

In Tongliao, where he was still an officer, he was the biggest official.In terms of government affairs, his staff and clerks manage and report to him.

Kong Youde nodded in response reservedly, scanning the shops and pedestrians with his majestic eyes.He enjoys the title of Great General very much, even though he still doesn't live up to his name.

"General, do you want two boxes of cigars that just arrived?" A shop owner who seemed to know Kong Youde very well greeted him out of the shop with a smile, holding two wooden boxes in his hands.

Kong Youde grinned and laughed, and said: "Old Wu is still sensible, this general is just like that."

As he spoke, he motioned to the soldiers behind him to take over the wooden box, and said, "It's the old rule that the cigarette money should be sent to the shops in the city."

The shops in the city are the main stores, and the shops here are just branches.After all, living in the city is safe and secure, and the house is strong and warm.

"Okay!" The boss surnamed Wu readily agreed, and then cupped his hands in embarrassment: "The villain wants to take a concubine's house, and the document for entering the city needs to be facilitated by the general."

Kong Youde looked Boss Wu up and down, and said jokingly, "Take a concubine again, don't hurt your bones. As for the documents, they can be reported normally and passed the review. It won't take a few days."

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(End of this chapter)