In the winter of the 12th year of Dayu, the mountains and fields on both sides of the Xiang'e Avenue connecting the north and the south through Lumen Mountain were covered with heavy snow. A dozen knights in armor surrounded four ordinary carriages, crushing them.
The remaining snow on the road slowly moves northward.
Chidao, located on the southwest slope of Lumen Mountain, has a high terrain and a wide view. Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Zhi can see through the window the Yuliangzhou Bridge, which spans the clear and quiet Han River and connects the west bank of the Han River.
The old city of Xiangyang and the new capital city on the east coast.
There is a lot of traffic on the Yuliangzhou Bridge, and it looks like a swarm of ants from a distance.
The biggest difference between the new capital city and the old city is that it is not surrounded by city walls and has a radial open layout. Two iron towers more than ten feet high stand in front. A huge banner is raised above the avenue with the number "Xiangyang Welcomes You" written on it.
To mark the formal entry into the new capital city. ??
The people greeted by the Political Council were waiting under the boundary tower.
Zhu Zhi stayed in Xishu Province for many years to take charge of military affairs. The city of Chengdu was also very prosperous in the world. The new capital did not bring much shock to Zhu Zhi. The biggest difference was probably the dense factories, docks, and ships on both sides of the Han River.
The busy traffic of steamships with billowing black smoke from their chimneys on the Han River is a sight that has not yet been seen in Chengdu.
Entering the new capital, the flow of people began to thicken.
When Zhu Zhi came to Beijing this time, he did not stop in any big city. The journey of more than ten days was quite lonely. At this time, when he came to Beijing and saw the dense crowd, he felt very friendly. The people accompanying and welcoming him were not allowed to clear the road, but
Let the teams of carriages and horses walk slowly through the new capital city along with the dense flow of people, and feel the rich smell of fireworks.
"The nickname is alias. After Shuo Guogong and the Protector General Tang Pan personally led the army to attack the Hulu King's city and forest, and the Jiuyuan Hou Sumi destroyed the Hulu King Tu Ge in the south of Langjuxu Mountain, the Northern Expedition army spread again from Mobei.
The good news is that Yunzhong Marquis Xu Peng led 20,000 cavalry in the south of Yanran Mountain to annihilate the troops of the captive king Wululie, annihilating more than 8,000 remaining captives, and capturing nearly 30,000 remaining captives, women and children..."
On the long street, a 13-14-year-old newsboy shuttled among the crowd, waving the newspaper with the ink in his hand not yet dry, and shouting loudly.
"Have the Northern Expeditionary Army finally captured Uluru Lie's men?" Zhu Zhi was sitting in the carriage. When he heard the newsboy shouting, he was filled with joy and quickly ordered his eldest son Zhu Wei, who had followed him to Beijing to study at Xiangyang University this time, to buy a newspaper.
Nowadays, there are newspapers and periodicals in the imperial capital of Xiangyang and in various provinces that publish current affairs news on a regular basis, but the publication intervals vary. If there is a sudden big news, additional reports will be published temporarily, also known as "outside the number".
When Zhu Zhi set out from Chengdu, he already knew the news that Duke Shuo, the Protector General Tang Pan, Xu Pang, Su Mi, Sun Yanguan and other generals led the army to the north to conquer the city and forest of King Chihu. Afterwards, Sun Yanguan was responsible for leading his troops to escort the troops.
Escorting tens of thousands of prisoners and the rescued children of the Zhao clan, they set off from Helin and headed south. Tang Pan, as the main division of the Northern Expedition Army, temporarily stayed in Helin to take charge, while the two generals Xu Pang and Su Mi continued to go north in two directions.
Chasing the remnants of the Red Guards.
When Zhu Zhi marched eastward and arrived at Jiangling, he learned that Jiuyuan Hou Su Mou led his troops to annihilate the remnants of Prince Pingyanzong's palace in the south of Langjuxu Mountain. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the new capital today, he heard good news again from Mobei.
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In the fourth year of Dayu, generals such as Wang Xian, Han Shiliang, Chen Jin, Fu Liang, Su Mi, and Xu Pang led the 120,000-strong army on the West Road to advance westward and successfully annihilated the Jingpan clan on the West Road. The palace was entrenched in Longyou, Lingwu, and Hexi.
The main force in Hehuang and other places will only be truly mature in the northern expedition to Mobei at this time.
The original plan was to march north to capture Wang Ting and Lin of the Chihu people, and then direct the troops to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The empire's territory in the northwest would be restored to the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties. However, it was not expected that the empire that had ruled the Wusizang area in the sixth year of Dayu would
The forces of Rejia Temple first annexed and then rebelled, which not only caused many rebellions in various parts of Tubo, but also made the Dali Kingdom, which was quite reluctant to surrender, take the risk and detain the vassal mission headed by Zhu Tong. This echoed the forces of Rejia Temple, forcing the empire to have no choice but to
The planned northern expedition strategy was once again suspended and the military focus shifted to the southwest.
In the seventh year of Dayu, Guangxi established a deputy envoy to pacify, and the military and horse forces were deployed. Xu Xin'an led 30,000 troops to march south to Dali. Generals such as Su Mi, Zhao Shan, and the eldest prince Xiao Bai, who had established Xiao Linshi as the prince of Xiyan County, commanded 20,000 troops.
Ma's expedition to the West took two years to pacify the Dali Kingdom and the Wusizang area, and established the Nanzhao Province and the Protectorate of Western Tibet.
It was not until Yang Qiye led his troops to pacify the Bohai Kingdom and incorporate the old counties in western Liaoning into the Liaoyang Province that the Northern Expedition against the core areas ruled by the Chihu people could be truly implemented; that was already the eleventh year of the founding of the Yu Dynasty.
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Although the Northern Expedition army was mainly composed of the most elite infantry and cavalry stationed in Shuofang, Jiuyuan, and Yunzhong, not only had the conditions in all aspects matured long ago, but they had also successfully expelled the Chihu people from the Monan grassland before, but the military situation was unpredictable.
, it was not until this moment that Zhu Zhi heard the news that Xu Pang led his troops to annihilate the remnants of the Zhennan Sect King Ululu Lie in Yanran Mountain that Zhu Zhi completely felt at ease.
Anyone with a slight understanding of history knows how important it is to annihilate the remnants of the Red Husbands near Yanran Mountain and Langjuxu Mountain. This was after the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties, when the Central Plains Dynasty once again successfully conquered the entire desert.
The northern region was included in the territory of the empire. Yanran Mountain and Langjuxu Mountain were the extreme places where the Central Plains military frontier pointed to the north in the past dynasties.
In the 11th year of Dayu, the Northern Expedition army successfully completed its first expedition to Mobei, which means that the empire's military front still has great potential to continue its northern march.
Seeing the excited and joyful expressions on the faces of the crowds running up and down the long street, Zhu Zhi was also filled with joy. At this moment, the territory of the empire could be said to have completely surpassed that of the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties - before this Northern Expedition, Hexi
The province has also established the Shannan and Beiting Protectorate in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains - incorporating the Tubo Highlands into the empire's territory was a great achievement that had not been completed during the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
However, the "Xiangyang Times" that was temporarily issued had a very brief report on the battle of Yanran Mountain and did not have detailed records of the battle. Zhu Zhi was excited at this moment and wanted to know more news, urging his entourage to quickly go to Zhu's house.
He rushed to the mansion in Xinjing City, thinking that since the Xiangyang Times had issued an "extra number", his father and brother would definitely be able to see more detailed battle reports.
As soon as the carriage team turned into Zhuque Street, Zhu Zhi saw his younger brother Zhu Tong rushing over from the other side, surrounded by dozens of guards. He got out of the carriage excitedly and shouted with a smile
"I thought you had prepared fine wine in the house long ago, waiting for us to come to Beijing. Where did you come from in such a hurry?"
Zhu Tong turned over and dismounted, happily grabbed his brother Zhu Zhi's arm and looked around. Seeing that his temples had frosty hair, he sighed with emotion, "I haven't seen you in a few years, and you are much older than me. I originally wanted to go out of the city today."
I wanted to welcome you and Wei'er, but I didn't expect that urgent news suddenly came back from Yongjia. At noon, Your Majesty called you and the princes to the palace to discuss matters. At this time, I thought that you should be home, so I hurried back..."
Zhu Zhi did not expect that when he arrived in Beijing, he heard about the great victory in Mobei and the changes in Yongjia Kingdom. He was surprised and asked, "What happened in Yongjia to cause such a big alarm?"
Zhu Tong was detained by the Dali Kingdom for three years until Xu Xin'an led his troops to defeat Dali. He was rescued, and after returning to Beijing, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under the reform of Honglu Temple Minister.
The affairs of the vassal states were also in charge of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Zhu Tong and other ministers went into the palace to discuss for a long time but could not reach a conclusion. Zhu Zhi knew that the changes in Yongjia Kingdom were definitely not minor.
"The Ge family couldn't help but take action!" Zhu Tong didn't have much worry on his face, he just said in a low voice.
"Ah..." Zhu Zhi couldn't help lowering her voice and asked, "How far has the Ge family taken action? Does father know about this?"
After Emperor Shaolong abdicated, he settled in Yongjia, always intending to suppress the Ge family's control over the Yongjia Kingdom.
Three years ago, Ge Boyi, the Prime Minister of the Yongjia Kingdom, and Gaochunnian died of illness one after another. Under various obstructions from Emperor Shaolong, Ge Yu failed to take up the post of Prime Minister of Yongjia. Instead, Wei Chujun and Ye Changbin took over as the Minister of the Republic of Yongjia to act as ministers of state affairs.
After that, Emperor Shaolong repeatedly rebuked Ge Yu for his incompetence in running the army, deposed Ge Yu from military power, and handed over the military and horses of the county to Gao Juntang, Gao Mingde and other direct generals of the Gao family.
At that time, many people realized that the Yongjia volcano was destined to erupt one day, but Zhu Zhi did not expect that he would hear such news just after returning to Beijing, and that it would reach Xiangyang almost at the same time as the victory at Yanran Mountain.
What he is now concerned about is how far the Ge family will take action and whether there is room for reversal of the situation. At the same time, he also wants to know how his father Zhu Hang will react when he finds out about this.
His father, Zhu Hang, resigned from Jingnan in the fourth year of Dayu. Although he entered the Counselor Yuan due to his age and no longer held specific positions in the court, his father Zhu Hang still did not forget to work for the rescue when he was the Counselor.
He captured Emperor Tianxuan and his clan descendants from Mobei, and actively worked to consolidate the status of the Zhao clan in Lelang and Yongjia counties. He can be said to be a representative figure of the old imperial faction in the court.
The reason why Emperor Shaolong was so strong against the Ge family in Yongjia Kingdom was largely due to his father.
In his early years, Zhu Zhi served as the secretary of Lizhou, and he secretly followed Xu Huai's orders to organize caravans and fleets to participate in the trade of goods with the remnants of the Khitan. After the layout of the remnants of the Khitan in the west of Qionglai Mountain was made public, Zhu Zhi took charge of Lizhou.
Xu Huai directly placed that part of the caravan and fleet under the name of the Zhu family, and did not roughly merge it into the Zhufengtang.
When he came into power in the Sikong Mansion and the Yu Kingdom, Xu Huai encouraged various companies to actively participate in the development of industry and mining, and participate in domestic and foreign business activities as compensation for suppressing the annexation of land by meritorious ministers.
After the founding of the Yu Dynasty, the empire not only tried its best to restore the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but also actively developed maritime armaments. It encouraged various companies to form high-sea fleets to actively carry out trade from the Central Plains, and encouraged various companies to form expedition fleets to go to sea to find new continents.
, new resources, rather than waiting for maritime merchants from feudal states to come to trade.
Among the many high-sea fleets, Dongyang and Nanyang Shipyards, which are directly under the central government, are naturally the largest. In recent years, the Zhu family has had more than a dozen large high-sea ships plying between Annan, Yongjia and Jianye.
Since the founding of the dynasty, in addition to abiding by the original agreement and allocating an annual fee of 1 million to Emperor Shaolong Zhao Guan and Prince Lelang respectively, the central government also actively encouraged the gentry and people from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Qilu and Hebei to move there and strengthen trade exchanges.
, various advanced manufacturing technologies are not intended to be blocked.
When Emperor Shaolong moved to Yongjia, even though he had the support of hundreds of Gao clan members and his eldest son Zhao Xian had the name to rule Yongjia, the actual power they held was far from being comparable to that of the Ge family.
However, in recent years, the Zhu family has actively participated in trade with Yongjia, and under the promotion of his father Zhu Hang, sent a large number of gentry who were loyal to the old emperor to Yongjia, including secretly transporting a large number of sophisticated weapons and warships to strengthen the Gao family.
The commander's force was such that Emperor Shaolong couldn't wait to make an impulsive move to suppress Ge Boyi after Ge Boyi died of illness three years ago.
Although Zhu Zhi had expected that there would be chaos in Yongjia Kingdom at that time, when things finally happened, he was worried about whether his father Zhu Hang could bear it.
"Ge Yu probably decided to launch a mutiny after he heard the news about the army's northern expedition in Yongjia. Although we noticed the change in Yongjia a month ago, all ports in Yongjia Kingdom were blocked by Ge Yu's troops, and the DPRK and China were also temporarily blocked.
We don't know how serious the situation is, and we can't directly order the navy to dispatch. Three days ago, Ge Yu personally took a boat to Jianye to plead guilty. Jianye first imprisoned Ge Yu, and today he sent Ge Yu's confession.
"Xiangyang," Zhu Tong said, "According to Ge Yu's confession, the Gao family has been uprooted, leaving only more than a hundred women and children alive; the old emperor is now imprisoned in the Yongjia Palace, and the Yongjia County Prince and the Crown Prince are all dead.
Yu Liuya..."
"Ge Yu's attack was so ruthless!" Zhu Zhi couldn't help but sigh and asked, "What are Yongjia Kingdom's plans to do with Ge Yu and the Ge family now?"
"Father, he is old and confused. He insists on taking action against Ge Yuzhan and wants His Majesty to send troops to conquer Yongjia until the rebels are completely wiped out. The opinions of Shi Zhen, Dong Cheng and other counselors, as well as Han Gui, Liu Shiwang, Cheng Lunying and others are also different.
They are not all the same. Some advocate imprisoning Ge Yu and exile the Ge clan, some advocate choosing another clan descendant to return to the south to conquer Yongjia, and some advocate direct jurisdiction over Yongjia. Today, we have been discussing it all afternoon in the palace, but Your Majesty has not reached a conclusion.
When I return to Beijing this time to serve as deputy prime minister, I need to listen to your opinion on this matter. How do you think this matter should be handled?"
"Is it because Ge Yu crossed the sea to plead guilty after learning about the Northern Expedition's invasion of Helin?" Zhu Zhi guessed and asked.
"Looking at the time, Ge Yu probably didn't know about the Northern Expedition's attack on Helin before he crossed the sea to plead guilty," Zhu Tong said, "and the various ports in Yongjia were blocked by Ge Yu's troops, so they had no way of hearing the news on the island in time.
——Ge Yu just bets that His Majesty is so merciful that he might let the Ge family go!"
"Father, he also entered the palace in the afternoon and didn't quarrel with Han Gyu and the others?" Zhu Zhi asked.
"Why didn't we quarrel?" Zhu Tong said with a bitter smile, "I couldn't argue in the palace. I was so angry that I almost fainted. I felt unwell so I went back to the house first. Your Majesty even sent Marquis Li Yang here to comfort him! Marquis Li Yang probably hasn't left yet, right?
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Zhu Zhi has been working abroad for many years. He is counting the days for his return to Beijing today. The Zhu Mansion has also made great preparations with lanterns and colorful decorations. Not only the Zhu family's nephews and nephews have gathered together, but also relatives and friends have rushed to the Zhu Mansion to wait for him, but they don't want Yongjia to wait.
When such a big change occurred, the Zhu family was also involved.
When Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong returned home, their relatives and friends did not dare to disturb them. They just exchanged greetings and went to the yard where their father Zhu Hang lived to visit.
Marquis Zhengtu of Liyang had not yet left. Zhu Zhi stepped forward and greeted him, "I haven't seen Marquis Zheng for a long time. You are in good spirits!"
It is said that the body moves and nourishes the body. This is perfectly explained by Zheng Tu. Zheng Tu, who is nearly seventy years old, is not tall, but he is not as skinny as in his early years. There is not even a gray hair on his head. He is wearing a
Purple robe, extraordinary bearing, holding hands with Zhu
Zhi said, "Your Majesty was preparing a dinner party in the palace to cleanse you of your troubles, but he unexpectedly caused a commotion today. I don't know if the old lady can even get out of bed like this?"
"You go and have a drink, don't worry about my life or death!" Zhu Hang shouted angrily while lying on the bed.
"You are still looking for life and death at your age, so you are not ashamed!" Princess Rongle scolded, leaning on her crutches and tapping the floor tiles.
Seeing that his father was not seriously ill, Zhu Zhi took a quick wash and went out to meet with relatives, friends, and nephews of the Zhu family to reminisce about the past. Except for Zheng Tu, who had stayed in the Zhu Mansion, at dusk, someone else in the palace passed the order to the Zhu family.
The father and son went into the palace for the banquet. Zhu Hang wanted to stay in bed, but he couldn't resist Princess Rongle's scolding, so he got up angrily and went to the palace for the banquet together.
After the bandits in Tongbai Mountain were pacified, Xu Huai, Tang Pan, Tang Qing, Xu Xin'an, Yin Peng, Han Qi, Xu Wuqi, Xu Sheng, Zhou Jing and others accompanied Wang Zhen to Lanzhou to take office. During the first northern expedition
On the eve of Yan's reign, brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong came to Lanzhou with Wang Fan and Zhu Hang under the protection of Zheng Shou, Lu Wenhu and others at home, and they formed a deep friendship with each other.
Xu Huai held a banquet in the palace, but did not summon all the civil and military officials of the dynasty to the palace.
In addition to Tang Pan who was still in charge of Helin, Xu Xin'an went to Xishu to replace Zhu Zhi as the pacification envoy, and Yin Peng left the town to Nanzhao Province, Xu Wuqi, Xu Sheng, Zhou Jing, Han Qi, etc.
An old acquaintance was summoned into the palace to greet Zhu Zhi and wash away his dust.
Zhu Hang scolded Rongle County and had to accompany his two sons to the palace for the banquet. However, after drinking a few rounds of wine, he excused himself because he felt unwell. Not long after Zhu Hang left, Han Gui showed up and sat next to Zhu Zhi on purpose.
An explanation of the quarrel with Zhu Hang in the palace in the afternoon
"Ten years ago, the Ge family carried out a mutiny in Yongjia. I must have followed the Duke's proposal to send troops. Unless the rebels were wiped out, I would not be able to live in peace. But now I cannot fulfill the Duke's wishes. It is inevitable that we will have arguments.
A few words..."
Since Xu Huaichan ascended the throne and founded the Great Yu Dynasty, on the one hand, some of the meritorious ministers were getting older and lacked the energy to handle complex military and political affairs. However, Xu Huai was inconvenient to directly let these meritorious ministers leave the court and return to their hometowns to retire. He also hoped that they could
We will continue to provide advice and suggestions for the governance of the DPRK. On the one hand, we must also ensure the orderly rotation and promotion of central and local officials. We have specially established an advisory council in addition to the Privy Council and the Government Affairs Council.
Gu Fan, Wang Fan, Wang Ju, Xu Wuqi, Su Laochang, Deng Gui, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Fan Yong, Zhu Hang, Liu Xian and Yu Chengzhen and other important founding ministers successively entered the Council as counselors.
If you participate in state affairs, you will no longer undertake specific duties.
At present, North Korea and China are headed by Prime Minister Han Gyu, who directs all civil and military officials to preside over state affairs.
When the news of the Yongjia mutiny came, Zhu Hang was furious and wanted to punish the culprit. He also insisted on sending troops to Yongjia to suppress the rebellion and eliminate the Ge clan as well. As the Prime Minister, Han Gui could not remain silent, and Zhu Hang was in a fierce mood.
Driving the development of the situation - therefore in the palace in the afternoon, Han Gyu inevitably had a dispute with Zhu Hang.
Zhu Zhi returned to Beijing this time to replace Dong Cheng, who was old and weak in energy, as the assistant minister in the Government Affairs Council. Han Gui didn't want to get into trouble before the two started working together, so he rushed to the palace tonight to meet Zhu Zhi face to face.
Explain one or two.
After hearing what Han Gui said, Zhu Zhi saluted Xu Huai and asked, "During the Yongjia Incident, my father came to the palace to argue with Han Gong in the afternoon. Your Majesty probably made up his mind a long time ago, but did not announce it in a hurry. You should take care of my father's old age, right?"
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Xu Huai laughed and said, "Your father is a bit stubborn, but the changes in Yongjia have caused quite a stir, and we really can't just say that we are ignoring it. It is better to let the government and the opposition debate this matter for a while before making a decision..."
Before Emperor Shaolong abdicated, he asked the Gao clan to move to Yongjia to settle down. At that time, it was expected that Yongjia would undergo the current changes, and it was also expected that Emperor Shaolong and the Gao clan would suffer the same disaster as before. According to Han Gui and the others,
The plan a few years ago was indeed a good opportunity to send troops to Yongjia to eliminate the Ge family. However, many years later, the basis of the original plan has fundamentally changed.
This fundamental change occurred when Xu Huaichan ascended the throne and founded the Great Yu Dynasty. Over ten years ago, not only did the territory of the empire completely exceed that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the national power was far greater than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
After more than ten years of rest and recuperation, especially after the improvement of the medical and health environment, the empire's population quickly recovered to more than 120 million. The population increased so fast that it far exceeded the rest and recuperation time of previous dynasties. It only took about ten years.
In three or four years, the population losses caused to the Central Plains since the Chi Hu invaded the south were made up.
During the Tianxuan period, the taxable grain fields in prefectures and counties totaled about 800 million acres. In the eleventh year of Dayu, excluding the newly attached Nanzhao Province, Hexi Province, Yunshuo Province, Liaoyang Province, and Xiyan County
, the area under the jurisdiction of Lelang County and the various governorates, in the area under the jurisdiction of the original Dayue alone, the total taxable grain land and official land reached 1.5 billion acres - nearly 700 million acres of official land and taxable grain land were added, with new
Those who have reclaimed land are more likely to have been investigated for private appropriation and tax evasion in recent years.
The accompanying reform of the system of dividing land into acres led to a significant increase in land tax revenue. Compared with the tax revenue directly related to the land population during the Tianxuan period, it increased by about three times.
The newly added land taxes and rents are mainly reserved for local use to ensure the improvement of the grassroots governance structure of township bureaus.
The surge in central annual income is mainly due to the step-by-step development of the manufacturing industry in various provinces.
Although the development of smelting, weaving, papermaking and other industries in various provinces lags behind those in Nanyang, Xiangyang and other places, compared with the Tianxuan years, they have increased by ten times or even dozens of times.
Including various sales revenue, market trade tax, market shipping tax, and profits turned over by government-run factories, the central annual income of Dayu in the ten years has reached 800 million yuan. Compared with the average annual income level of the central government in the Tianxuan period, it has increased by approximately
Ten times.
Over the years, military expenditures have long been no longer the core of central expenditures, but more of an investment in road transportation construction. After more than ten years of construction, the national highway system, which uses gravel as hardened material, has connected the core states of each province, and has also successfully
Open gravel roads leading to Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian, Nanzhao, Liaoyang, Hexi, Sichuan, Sichuan and Xiyan.
It is precisely the improvement of road transportation that allows the annual migration of people to Liaoyang, Yunshuo, Hexi, Xiyan, and Nanzhao to remain above a certain scale. Then the central government spends a large amount of money and food to help the migrating people in the border areas.
Build roads, build houses, reclaim wasteland, build workshops, and then completely take root.
Without the additional expenditure of 200 million to 300 million yuan of food every year, it would be difficult to imagine that in just a dozen years, more than 500 people had migrated from Jianghuai and other well-populated provinces to Liaoyang, Yunshuo, Hexi, Xiyan, Nanzhao and other places.
population of 10,000, completely changing the demographic structure of these areas.
For example, the Hexi area was originally the residence of the Dangxiang people. In recent years, millions of Han people have migrated to places such as Hehuang, Lingwu and Yinxia, basically making Han people account for 40% of the population. r> If this trend continues for ten to twenty years, and coupled with the natural reproduction of the population, the Han people will soon occupy an absolute majority in the Hexi region.
The same is true for Nanzhao, Guangdong and Guangxi, Liaoyang, Yunshuo and Xinluo.
With the development of various manufacturing industries, including the wool textile industry that could be traded, the need to import wool and cashmere from the Tubo Highlands, Hexi, Yunshuo and other places increased to one million tons per year.
This also gave the Han people who migrated to these areas on a large scale, in addition to following traditions to cultivate fields suitable for farming, they also had enough motivation to enclose grasslands and raise cattle and sheep, unlike in the past when they allowed the grassland areas to be occupied and multiplied by the Tibetan people.
The extremely profitable woolen textiles and wool trade not only strongly drove the empire to continue military expansion, but also focused on actual occupation, digestion, and integration. In the past, all dynasties had never had the motivation and ability to actually occupy, digest, or digest the grassland areas.
, even when the dynasty was at its peak, at most it could only expel the vassal tribes from these areas through military operations to resolve the threat to the Central Plains.
Therefore, it can also be predicted that Dayu's occupation and digestion of grassland areas such as Hexi, Monan, and Mobei will be permanent, and there is no fear of a comeback of nomads; especially in the future, mineral exploration and mining in these areas will need to be strengthened.
In addition to the wool textile industry, the most typical and rapid industrial development in the Central Plains region is not the smelting industry, which has a total iron production scale of more than one billion kilograms in each province in the past ten years, but the cotton textile industry.
In addition to the huge scale of domestic trade, cotton textiles also quickly replaced porcelain as the core commodity of maritime foreign trade. In the past ten years, the total number of cotton textiles exported by sea-going ships exceeded 20 million pieces.
As one of the most central transit stations in Nanyang, Yongjia has witnessed the rapid development of Yuanhai trade in the past ten years - this is also the key reason why Ge Yu came across the sea to plead guilty after launching a mutiny.
Because of the scale and huge benefits of maritime trade, Dayu will not allow Yongjia to become a hostile force to the empire, and has enough motivation to strangle the hostile forces along the Maritime Silk Road one by one.
At the same time, the booming development of distant sea trade in the past ten years, and the rapid improvement of navigation and large-scale ship construction technology have given the empire an extremely powerful distant sea combat capability. At least, it is not something that the Ge family can withstand with a population of 100,000 on Yongjia Island.
Ge Yu couldn't stand Emperor Shaolong's oppression of the Ge family, so he launched a mutiny and crossed the sea to plead guilty, betting that the imperial court would be merciful and let the Ge family go.
Ten years ago, Han Gui and others would have definitely advocated sending troops to conquer Yongjia; they allowed Emperor Shaolong and the Gao clan to move to Yongjia just for this moment.
However, ten years have passed, and Han Gui's thoughts have completely changed. Basically, the empire's national power is far superior to that of Yongjia, and they no longer regard the Ge family who controls Yongjia as a threat.
Therefore, Zhu Hang's proposal to send troops was not supported by the majority of people at all. Han Gui and others only wanted to minimize the big issue and mainly focused on dealing with Ge Yu personally.
On the other hand, the Ge family launched a mutiny. In a short period of time, they were extremely united in the threat of life and death. They dispatched tens of thousands of elite navy troops, which could not guarantee the successful capture of Yongjia in one fell swoop. Any early setbacks were uncertain.
If we really want to start maritime expansion, our limited naval resources should first be concentrated on dealing with the Fuso Kingdom south of the Silla Peninsula.
Therefore, in dealing with the Yongjia mutiny, Xu Huai actually only wanted to imprison Ge Yu and appoint Wei Chujun and his descendants as hereditary governor of Yongjia, so as to divide the Ge family and calm down the situation in Yongjia.
Xu Huai did not speak in a hurry. The main reason was that the Yongjia mutiny would still arouse some indignation in the government and the public, and it would take time to resolve it. It was not simply because of Zhu Hang's personal persistence.
Of course, there was no need to hide these thoughts from Zhu Zhi. During the banquet, Xu Huai also told Zhu Zhi one by one the details of the battles at Langjuxu Mountain and Yanran Mountain.
"After the fall of Bianliang, more than 20,000 people from the Dayue clan and court officials were taken captive to Mobei along with Emperor Tianxuan. More than 4,000 people died of illness on the way. After arriving in Mobei, countless people were tortured and died over the years. Some
The union of a man and a woman gave birth to an heir - Tangpan conquered Helin and rescued a total of more than 4,000 captured clan members and courtiers' family members, of which 2,000 were newborn heirs." Xu Huai told Zhu Zhi about the clan rescued from Helin.
Regarding the situation of his children, "Emperor Tianxuan died of illness in Helin four years ago, but he gave birth to three sons and four daughters in Helin, and this time he also rescued them and went south. In order to avoid the recurrence of the Yongjia mutiny, in addition to the late emperor's son Zhao Fan, he was conferred the title of Anlehou and his
Except for the family who went to Lelang to settle down, the others were demoted to common people and resettled in Shuozhou..."
"The prince is still alive?"
Xu Huai nodded.
At that time, Xu Huai had only the ability to rescue Princess Yingyun. Prince Jing's mansion, including the princess and the eldest son Zhao Fan, were all kidnapped to Mobei.
After all these years, Princess Jing could not bear the torture and died of illness in Mobei long ago, but the eldest son, Zhao Fan, survived with great difficulty and even married and gave birth to two sons and a daughter.
Yingyun is now thinking of bringing his younger brother Zhao Fan and his family to Xiangyang for a while, and then sending them to Lelang to settle down. Because Zhao Fan is the eldest son of Emperor Jianji, Xu Huaihui canonizes him and allocates 100,000 yuan every year.
The annual fee will ensure that they can enjoy the rest of their lives.
As for the other clan members, Xu Huai is not so kind-hearted. As a clan member who cannot defend the capital, he is already guilty. Being demoted to common people and being given land and houses to settle in Shuozhou is also the best outcome for them - of course, Zhu
If the family, Zhao Yi, Prince of Wuwei County, or any minister in the court wanted to bring some close people to settle in Xiangyang, Xu Huai would not stop him.
In this northern expedition, a total of 60,000 elite cavalry were recruited, and they were divided into groups to attack Helin. They then divided their troops to march north to Yanran Mountain and annihilated the remaining enemy troops at Langjuxu Mountain. In total, more than 40,000 captive soldiers were annihilated in all battles, and Chi Hu was captured.
With nearly 100,000 women and children, the core clan of the Chihu people were completely annihilated.
The two most central figures in Chihu's southern invasion, Zhennan King Wu Lulie and Pingyan King Tu Ge were besieged and killed in the south of Yanran Mountain and Langjuxu Mountain respectively; Cao Shixiong and Meng Pingping surrendered to the Han generals and were killed in Helinli.
Zhong Changqing was captured alive in Yanran Mountain and then executed on the order of Xu Zang.
Before Xu Fan led his troops to pursue Yanran Mountain, tens of thousands of Chihu tribesmen had been fleeing to the west through Yanran Mountain for more than a month. It was too late to send troops to pursue them, so they could only let it go for the time being - of course, plus the early
The total number of Chihu people who had already moved west before the Northern Expedition might be three to four hundred thousand, but they were no longer able to pose any threat to Dayu.
It is impossible for these Red Husbands to go west without incident.
With so many tribal forces to the west, how could it be possible to allow them to enter their own sphere of influence and treat them as nothing?
Whether the Chihu people will be completely annihilated in history, or whether they will survive with a tenacious struggle, is still unknown...
