After the Battle of Ningyuan, Emperor Tianqi left in a hurry with the Yulin Army and returned to quell the rebellion. He left behind a second assistant in the cabinet, Dongge Grand Bachelor, and the Governor of Liaodong, Sun Chengzong, who was in a mess.

The whole of Liaodong was greatly damaged by this plan, the morale of the troops was low, the people of Liao were scattered and fled everywhere, and the walls and castles everywhere were deserted.

Fortunately, the Jurchens were defeated at this time, and those who stayed behind were old, weak and remnant soldiers who were unable to go in and could only hold on. Even Liaoyang and Shenyang gave up. Therefore, Sun Chengzong restored the situation in Liaodong without any effort.

Over and over again, the entire Liaodong homeland returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty. The Jurchens lost 50,000 elites, and the entire tribe retreated outside the Great Wall. At this point, the strategic situation in Liaodong was reversed, with the Jurchens holding on and the Ming Dynasty taking the initiative.

After losing 50,000 elites, the Jurchens' strength was greatly reduced, and it was good to be able to hold on to their territory now. On the Ming Dynasty, morale was greatly boosted, and Sun Chengzong took the opportunity to consolidate internal affairs and train troops.

Although the Yulin Army lost its strong fighting power, there were still 70,000 to 80,000 combat-effective soldiers and horses in Liaodong at that time. These people could not fight in the field, but there was still no problem in defending the city. The Jurchens suffered heavy losses and were unable to guard the major checkpoints. Gathering his troops and retreating, Sun Chengzong easily regained his entire homeland in Liaodong.

Afterwards, Nuergan Dusi was withdrawn and Liaodong Province was officially established. The governor was Xiong Tingbi and the city defense general was Luo Yiguan. As for Li Tu who stayed here, he was a member of the central military and did not belong to the local area.

At this time, most of Liaodong was the territory of later Liaoning Province. The Kaiyuan Tieling area in the north had rugged terrain, with steep hills on the east, west, and north sides. In the early Ming Dynasty, a complete Great Wall was built, starting from Shanhaiguan in the west and along the Liaoxi Corridor. , follow the Liao River to the north, make a bend at Kaiyuan and go south, along Changbai Mountain, all the way to the edge of the Yalu River.

This Great Wall is called the Liaodong Town Great Wall and is part of the Ming Great Wall.

Of course, it is officially recovered at this moment, but whether it can be held is still a question. The entire Liaodong region is vast, but the population is only a few hundred thousand.

After the border defense was stabilized, Sun Chengzong began to sort out the internal affairs, allocate fields to the Liao people, exempt them from taxes, attract people from within the pass, and prepare for war. Just as the emperor thought, agricultural taxes were exempted here, and all fortifications were hired with money. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao spent a lot of money here.

However, these money also gave Liaodong a sense of prosperity. Liaodong has a flat terrain. As long as it is developed, it will be a huge granary. The black soil of Northeast China will be famous in later generations.

Moreover, there are a lot of resources here, including minerals, wood, herbs, ginseng, and unlimited business opportunities. As Tiangong companies settled here and purchased special products, more and more businessmen came here, and the policy of tax-divided fields also As the propaganda spread more and more widely within the customs, landless farmers signed up to immigrate one after another.

Although the land here belongs to the state and the farmers only have permanent tenant rights, this does not hinder the farmers' enthusiasm and savvy. From the official documents of the Liaodong government, they discovered that this kind of ownership is only nominal ownership.

The government does not collect taxes or sell the land. After the land is allocated to you, you will continue to farm it from now on. The government will take the land back after your death. As for the children you give birth to, there is no need to worry. Although the land cannot be inherited, But when a child is born, the land will be redistributed.

The policy here is very liberal. Some people have land to farm. After the death, the land is taken back and distributed to other living people. If you don’t want to farm anymore, you can receive some agricultural subsidies and do other things. For example, serve as a soldier or do business.

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Of course, Liaodong's tax-free policy is only limited to grain. If you grow grain, you will not be taxed whether you eat or sell it, but you will be taxed if you grow other things. And it is only limited to individual planting, and large-scale contract planting is not included.

Regarding the land policy, these farmers changed their short-sightedness and had a very thorough understanding. After they understood that they had permanent tenant rights and tax exemption, they immediately happily dragged their families to the police station to register, and were then sent over by the government.

These farmers understand very well that land ownership is not important. As long as they can keep cultivating the land and the food harvested from it belongs to themselves, that is enough. Others are just trivial matters and do not need to be concerned about.

In just three months, Sun Chengzong had already received 70,000 to 80,000 immigrants from the Pass and resettled them respectively. When the war in South Zhili was settled, he was even more happy when he knew that 500,000 people would be dispatched here.

. Especially after these 500,000 people were sentenced to different years of hard labor, he was even more excited.

With these 500,000 people, he can change the whole of Liaodong.

While the internal affairs are progressing smoothly, the military aspect is not so good. The city defense army is fine. It can be adapted from the previous army. It just needs to be replaced with new training and military discipline.

But the formation of the hussar army was not so smooth. There were 50,000 cavalrymen, which made Li Tu almost turn his head with worry. There were not enough people, not enough horses, and not enough instructors. He wanted to recruit people on a large scale, but Sun Chengzong did not allow it. Qingzhuang

They have all been recruited away. Who will cultivate the land and open up wasteland, let alone horses? There is arable land and a horse farm to build. There are no rich people to squeeze in for Li Tu. Needless to say the instructor, the five members of the Yulin Army

Of the thousand cavalry, the emperor only kept two thousand, so how could he expand it to fifty thousand?

In the end, in desperation, Li Tu could only recruit 20,000 people first, and recruit more later. 20,000 cavalry was almost enough to destroy the Jurchens.

What Li Tu wants most now is to lead his men eastward, break out of the border wall, hit Hetuala, and destroy the country. Although Li Tu's cavalry is not very skilled now, its equipment is really good.

Although there were few breastplates, they were all made of steel, which really made Li Tu extremely happy.

Although there are only a thousand in the initial stage, they will be sent continuously in the future, not to mention other short muskets, lances and sabers, they are all of the best quality. Their equipment can be the envy of the city defense army.

Even though they died, they still use the Jurchen's things to seize them.

In short, Liaodong is prosperous in terms of both internal affairs and military affairs, not to mention that the internal government is now thinking about building a salt field in Liaodong Bay. They have all the four major salt fields mentioned by the emperor.

I'm thinking about it.

Once the salt farm is established, even if all the benefits go to the inner government, the consumption of the salt workers will still drive the prosperity of the surrounding areas, and Liaodong will have another product.

Sun Chengzong, who was patrolling the land of Liaodong every day, was also very enthusiastic. The more prosperous Liaodong was, the greater his achievements would naturally be. As long as he stayed safe for a few years, he would definitely be able to become the first assistant.
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