Wei Zhongxian didn't have Zhu Youxiao's physique. He was a eunuch and his body was weaker than normal. It would be great if he could accompany the emperor through the battle of Guihua City.

After the war, he returned to the capital to rest and recuperate. This winter march really made him very tired. The wind and cold were so severe that he had to lie in bed for four or five days before he recovered.

As for this march, although he set off as soon as he got the news, the weather was still a bit cold and he had just recovered, so naturally he couldn't rush. Therefore, although his distance was shorter, he was still almost a week behind the main army.

Just arrived.

"Has the induction plan been implemented?" When Wei Zhongxian appeared in front of the emperor, he was greeted with such a direct question.

"It's taken action!" Wei Zhongxian replied with a surprised look on his face. He didn't understand why the emperor asked this. "I remember that I reported it to His Majesty."

"But look at this!" Zhu Youxiao put a memorial in front of Wei Zhongxian. After waiting here for so many days, he didn't do anything. When the large army was resting, in addition to repairing bridges and paving roads, building

The logistics supply point is to select vanguards to detect horses and frequently fall out, or to pretend to be a caravan, or to catch tongues for reconnaissance, which gives a rough idea of ​​the Jurchen's current situation.

The current progress is no longer learning to plant, but has already started. In the large plains, Tanma saw some unevenly planned rice fields. Although these numbers are a drop in the bucket compared to the Jurchen population, this is

A terrible beginning, the Jurchens who have not left the white mountains and black waters, the remaining savage Jurchens are a terrible fighting nation.

"This..." Wei Zhongxian looked at the memorial and fell into deep thought. He followed the emperor's expeditions east and west, and fought in the north and south. He had been responsible for intelligence work on the battlefield. He hadn't paid attention to the Jurchens for a while. Why did this happen?

He was not very clear about this change.

"Your Majesty, let this old slave take a closer look." Wei Zhongxian frowned. After the initial joy, he called himself an old slave again, which seemed to show that he had not forgotten his roots.

"Well, this matter needs to be dealt with carefully." Zhu Youxiao nodded. Then Wei Zhongxian pushed down, mobilized the intelligence personnel of the East Factory, and began to inquire for information.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao didn't do it himself, but waited until Wei Zhongxian came, was not because he couldn't intervene. The person in charge of Dongchang in Liaodong had already come to see him, but because it was kept secret. Wei Zhongxian was always in charge of the Jurchen's spy. Zhu Youxiao

Although the school knew about it, he did not act rashly. The existence of this person was too important, far more important than this bit of news.

While waiting for the information, the grain road has been laid, starting from Zhenbeiguan and moving forward, setting up checkpoints and stationing people.

The entire Liaodong area is vast. Nowadays, the local residents have been relegated and migrated here, and the population is still less than one million. This population is not enough to handle the current Liaodong Province.

You must know that the Liaodong Province planned by Zhu Youxiao is only as big as Liaoning in later generations. In addition to Liaoning, the entire Northeast also has two bases: Jilin and Heilongjiang. The entire Northeast will accommodate a population of up to 100 million in later generations, although it is not as large as

Those provinces with large populations were more than enough for the Ming Dynasty.

According to later statistics, the population of the entire Ming Dynasty was only between 150 million and 200 million. With more cultivated land in the Northeast, more people could be fed. In this era when the world is full of blank land, Zhu You

If the school does not immigrate overseas and occupy territory, it would be a disgrace to itself.

Although it is only five acres of cultivated land per person, the entire Wanli Ming Dynasty after Zhang Juzheng's reform has more than 10 million registered lands. If one person has five acres of cultivated land, it can just accommodate 200 million people. However, five acres of land can only guarantee food and clothing, but cannot

How much income is there, not to mention the land to produce raw materials?

The more farmland there is, Zhu Youxiao can allocate ten acres to one person. This is how he implemented it in the Northeast. Every household is divided according to head. One person has ten acres, and a family of five has fifty acres. Otherwise, who would be willing to suffer the bitter cold?

Even if he can enforce it, many problems will still arise if the people are unwilling to do so.

Things are different now. The frontier land is twice as large as that in the interior. Many farmers voluntarily gave up their land in the interior and came to the Northeast to settle down. In addition, some liberated families gave birth to children, slaves, etc., which ensured that there would always be

A steady stream of people are coming to the Northeast.

Today's Liaodong has roughly consolidated its original homeland, and the next plan is to expand outward and resettle immigrants. Liaodong is a province that built roads very early. Now, except for some construction teams, they are still refining the roads in the province.

, others have begun to expand outwards, going deeper into the dense forest.

The Northeast is rich in resources. The large trees, mineral deposits, herbs, animals, etc. in the deep mountains are all purchased at high prices within the customs. Nowadays, most of the people traveling here are inland caravans. They purchase everything at high prices. The prices are enviable, and even make people jealous.

Many farmers hired people to plow their land, and then went deep into the mountains to hunt, collect herbs, and prospect for minerals.

As far as the entire Ming Dynasty is concerned, the economy here is the most active and the most formal. After all, it is better to draw on a blank piece of paper than to revise, and the difficulty of the two is not the same.

After waiting in Shenyang for several days, Zhu Youxiao finally waited for Wei Zhongxian who returned with a chill all over his body.

"Your Majesty, I'm glad that I have lived up to my command!" Wei Zhongxian said with joy on his face as soon as he came in, and even the cold air on his body seemed to be blown away by these joyous expressions.

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian seemed to be opening his mouth to speak, Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry, "Come, let's drink a cup of ginger tea first to get rid of the cold. It's really hard to come in the wind and snow." After saying that, he poured a cup of tea himself.

, brought it to Wei Zhongxian.

This treatment simply flattered Wei Zhongxian. He stared at the scene in front of him with wide eyes, so surprised and even horrified that he didn't know how to react.

"Come, drink." Zhu Youxiao brought it over and said warmly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty treats this old slave too well!" Wei Zhongxian took the teacup tremblingly, tears falling down, "Old slave, old slave..."

He was almost on the verge of bursting into tears, but then he realized that he had lost some of his dignity, so he immediately took the tea cup and started sipping ginger tea to cover up his embarrassment.

Wei Zhongxian swore that this was the best ginger tea he had ever drunk in his life, a cup of tea poured by the emperor himself, a cup of ginger tea mixed with tears.

However, even though he moved quickly, Zhu Youxiao could still see clearly, "Look at you, you are so old, how can you still shed tears? Also, didn't I tell you, you are all courtiers, and you still claim to be

What old slave?"

Taking a sip, Wei Zhongxian drank the ginger tea in one gulp, and then wiped the mist and tears from his face, "It makes Your Majesty laugh. This old slave is His Majesty's domestic slave. He has been in the past and will be in the future. The old slave thought, this is how he calls himself.

It seems closer to His Majesty than to the courtiers, so..."

After saying that, Wei Zhongxian's round face showed a trace of inexplicable pride. Zhu Youxiao stopped and laughed dumbly.

"Your Majesty, I went to inquire this time and made some new discoveries." Wei Zhongxian waited until the emperor had laughed enough, and then said seriously what he had gained from this trip.

"Oh, tell me." Zhu Youxiao asked curiously. He was really interested in Huang Taiji's transformation. What happened in it could make a barbaric nation start farming and grazing.

"That's it." Wei Zhongxian cleared his throat and began to say, "At first, Fan Wencheng discovered that Dongchang had planted an informant on the Jurchens, but he did not report it, but wanted to surrender to us and wanted to change things anyway. Later, the old slave

So he asked him to stay quietly, waiting for the opportunity, and then sent the message to implement His Majesty's plan to induce the westward migration. He had already used the example of Yelu Dashi to persuade Huang Taiji, but then a person suddenly appeared, a

Han people."

A Han? Zhu Youxiao was surprised.

"Yes, a Han. This Han calls himself Xu. He is from the Xu family in Huating and is a Jinshi." Wei Zhongxian replied.

"Jinshi!" Zhu Youxiao's eyes widened in vain. You must know that Fan Wencheng was just a civil servant in history.

When faced with a storm, he transforms into a dragon.

In the history of Liaodong's fall, this person had a lot of ideas and ingenuity. He was just a civil servant. If a Jinshi passed, Zhu Youxiao could not imagine how much effect it would have.

Even though the eight-legged essay in the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was criticized by later generations, whoever can stand out from this rigid system is not a genius, and which one is not regarded by the common people as a star in the sky. The level of these people is beyond compare.

Up to now, it is easy to work as a professor, PhD supervisor, etc. at Peking University, Tsinghua University, etc.

At the beginning of Li Zicheng's Dashun Dynasty, the prime minister Niu Jinxing was just a minister. His coming was regarded as a good omen by Li Zicheng, who believed that he had won the hearts of scholars all over the world.

Now, there is actually a person who has voted for the Jurchens. It is simply...

Zhu Youxiao suddenly felt that God was playing a trick on him. He had just hired Fan Wencheng and asked him to act as his spy and act cheaply. Unexpectedly, he got a Jinshi in a blink of an eye. He simply didn't give Huang Taiji a few traitors.

Don't give up.

"Weren't all the people in charge of the Xu family killed? Why is there still a Jinshi left? And how come it happens to be in the northeast?" Zhu Youxiao asked in confusion.

Xu Jian was one of the leaders of the Southern Zhili rebellion at the time. He was severely punished and suffered the most heavy casualties. He could not understand why there was still a Jinshi left.

"Your Majesty, this Jinshi was not in Nanzhili at the beginning, but was an official in other places, so he was not directly involved. The latter company was taken down because he was implicated. There were hundreds of thousands of people in Nanzhili who participated in the rebellion.

They were all sent to farm in Liaodong, and this Jinshi was no exception. Later, His Majesty asked all provinces to establish schools, and the county where the prison where this Jinshi was imprisoned happened to know that there was such a person, so he invited him to teach."

"Then how come he ran to the Jurchens and even faced Huang Taiji!" Zhu Youxiao asked angrily.

"This old slave doesn't know." Wei Zhongxian replied.

"A thorough investigation, a thorough investigation must be carried out. Let Xiong Tingbi investigate thoroughly for me. All the people involved in this matter, no matter who they are, will be taken down by me!" Zhu Youxiao roared again and again. Even Wei Zhongxian couldn't bear it and hurriedly

Taking advantage of the opportunity to pass the order, he ran out.
Chapter completed!