Alimari, Liu Jin is back here again. As the military and administrative leader of the Western Region Province, Liu Jin has many things to be busy with.
The Western Region and the Hezhong area have been initially settled, but many places are still unstable.
The army was scattered throughout the Western Regions, suppressing the tribes that disobeyed the Ming Dynasty, and eradicating the horse bandits and bandits that could be seen everywhere. At the same time, they were also busy building a huge governance system and consolidating the Ming Dynasty's rule in the Western Regions.
The Western Regions are different from the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Although there was a time in history when it was ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty, it was only for a short time.
In the long history, the Western Region has been conquered and ruled by powerful tribes one after another. In the four directions of southeast, northwest and no matter which direction a strong tribe rises, it will rule the Western Region.
In the past few hundred years alone, from the Uighurs to the Khitans, after the Khitans came the Jin, and then the powerful Mongolia. Occasionally, the Tibetans on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau would attack here when they became stronger, and there were Kazakhs and Turks in the west.
People, Persians, etc.
It can be said that the history of the Western Regions is a history of powerful tribes constantly rising and dominating this place. If you randomly pick out a tribe here, their ancestors may be extremely glorious.
It was not easy for the Ming Dynasty to rule here, not to mention that there were very few Han people here. If he wanted to rule the Western Regions for a long time, the only way Liu Jin could think of was to immigrate on a large scale to change the population structure of the Western Regions.
In addition, even though he was a time traveler from later generations, Liu Jin was unable to control the Western Regions.
There are really too many tribes, big and small, with cars on different tracks, books in different languages, and many beliefs. YSLJ from the Middle East, Buddhism from India, Mongolian shamanism, Persian Zoroastrianism, etc.
Find it here.
The situation is really too complicated, which is why Liu Jin has to forcefully implement the policy of comprehensive Ming Dynasty. Only if the letter and the text are in the same track and persist for a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty's rule here can be truly consolidated.
"It's difficult~"
Liu Jin looked at the huge map of the Western Region. The area of the Western Region is very vast and very large. In addition, it still occupies the Hezhong area, so the entire area is even larger.
"Old Wang, it is too difficult for our Ming Dynasty to occupy this place for a long time, but we have to occupy this place. If we can occupy this place, our Central Plains will no longer have borders in the future, and the Great Wall will not need to be repaired."
Liu Jin said to Wang Shouren beside him while studying the map of the Western Region.
"It is indeed difficult. I have been traveling around the Western Regions during this period of time, and I have some understanding of this side of the Western Regions."
"The Western Region is vast and sparsely populated, with many deserts. Many tribes are nomadic, and their folk customs are fierce. They will directly use the knife if they disagree with each other. They respect the strong and bully the weak. They like killing but do not respect etiquette."
"I, the people of Ming Dynasty, have always disliked wielding swords and guns. The people are simple and kind-hearted. They have moved to the Western Regions on a large scale. In the short term, our army will guard various places. Naturally, there will be no big problem. But when the army withdraws,
We Han people will most likely suffer."
Wang Shouren also nodded solemnly and said.
"This is also what worries me. Many of the officials sent by the imperial court dare not take up their posts."
Liu Jin pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think we can unite the Han people who migrated to the Western Regions into households according to our army's method?"
"Our army will conduct some basic training for them, give them some weapons and equipment, so that they can have some combat effectiveness, and add the retired soldiers of our Ming Army as the backbone, so as to form some combat effectiveness, so that they can fight in the Ming Dynasty.
The Western Region has combat capability."
"Even if our army evacuates by then, they will still be able to protect themselves."
Liu Jin thought of the Construction Corps of later generations and felt that it was very suitable for the current Western Regions and Hezhong areas.
Turning these relocated Han people into a construction corps to carry out reclamation and border garrisoning can both protect the border and build it, forming an effective organization to organize the originally loose immigrants.
"That's a good idea."
Wang Shouren thought carefully and nodded.
"It's just that it's a bit similar to the military household system..."
Wang Shouren did not say everything, but Liu Jin understood what he meant.
The military household system in the Ming Dynasty was rotten to the core, which is why the military system was reformed and the compulsory military service system was implemented. Now the military household system is implemented in the Western Regions. This seems to be following the same old path.
"So we need to innovate the system. This household registration system is not a military household. It is just a self-protection system. There are still differences in nature."
"There is no need to march and fight, it is just to gather immigrants and form a certain fighting force to protect themselves."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said.
"That's fine."
"But in this case, the immigrants we moved here should not be too scattered in the early stage. My suggestion is to use 10,000 people as a unit, 10,000 people to form a town, and then 50,000 people to form a county, and concentrate the people in the towns
In this way, we can carry out construction in a unified way, and we can also gather people together, and if something happens, we can also form a powerful force."
Wang Shouren pondered carefully, and expressed his support after thinking about it.
"I think so too. In the Western Region and the Hezhong region, we have cleaned up a lot of areas. We will first concentrate people in these areas and build a number of towns. After we have established a firm foothold, we will gradually spread out."
When Liu Jin heard this, his eyes lit up, and he excitedly began to discuss this policy with Wang Shouren in detail.
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After a long journey in Turpan in the Western Region, Liu DaDa finally arrived in Turpan.
At the beginning, the walk was very tiring, but at the back, as they could also enjoy the benefits of immigration, the walk became easier and easier.
Why did the inns along the way provide sufficient food, rice porridge, sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes? The Ming Dynasty had a bumper grain harvest in the past two years, and the court vigorously promoted high-yielding crops from the Golden Continent. The entire Ming Dynasty was finally
It’s a good time to be able to eat enough.
Sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, coupled with the development of Nanyang and Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty added many new granaries, and grain production increased sharply.
In addition, in the 14th year of Hongzhi, the imperial court successively built several cement roads running through the north, south and east and west of the Ming Dynasty, which greatly facilitated the transportation between the north, south and east and west. Maritime and river transportation developed rapidly. These made the north and south of the Ming Dynasty,
The transportation of grain at home and abroad has become extremely convenient and easy.
The price of grain dropped sharply, and the imperial court could not finish the grain in the official warehouses. Some of the grain was given to the immigrants, who ate it with open stomachs.
Even because of the rapid development of the marine fishing industry, marine products have enriched the dining tables of the Ming Dynasty. There are also a large number of marine fish made into dried salted fish, which is very cheap.
A large amount of purchases from the imperial court were transported to the Western Regions. These immigrants not only had enough to eat, but also had salted fish to eat.
"Dang~dang~"
"Everyone, everyone, this is Turpan. We have arrived in the Western Region. In order to welcome you, we have specially prepared sufficient mutton and mutton soup. There is enough mutton and mutton soup today for everyone to eat with open stomachs."
"In addition, according to the latest order from the imperial court, immigrants will be divided into households of 10,000 people!"
"The purpose of establishing a household system is not to force everyone to serve as soldiers."
"Of course, it's not that easy to be a soldier. Being a soldier now is not as good as it used to be. Being a soldier is just a mess."
"The purpose of organizing households into groups is mainly to allow everyone to settle down quickly in the Western Region. The Western Regions are different from our Central Plains. There are many bandits here. After organizing households into groups, ten thousand people will form a group.
Each team gathers in one place to build a town, with the town as the center to truly settle down in the Western Region."
"Normally, everyone does their own thing. In their free time, they gather together for training. Once there is an invasion by bandits or foreign enemies, everyone can quickly gather together and take up weapons to defend their homeland."
As soon as we arrived in Turpan, there were official officials beating gongs and drums while promoting the latest policies of the imperial court to everyone.
When you come to the Western Regions, there is not only endless beef and mutton to eat, but also all kinds of horse bandits, thieves and the like, as well as tribes of all sizes with strong folk customs.
If the Han people want to gain a foothold here, they must unite, form households, and settle down in the Western Region with the town as the center.
"Registering a household together?"
Liu Daring couldn't help but frown when he heard the official's Chinese speaking.
The Western Region seems to be more difficult than I imagined, at least not in the Liaodong region where Liu Laizi lives.
The Liaodong area is very safe, and even because of the development of Liaodong, the area is very wealthy, to the point where people don't pick up things on the road and don't close their homes at night.
But here in the Western Region, the situation does not seem to be very optimistic, and it is actually necessary to establish a household system.
However, the court's strategy also made the immigrants who came from afar feel at ease immediately. They had just migrated here and it was a time of uncertainty.
At this time, which is also when they are most vulnerable, many people will be confused and at a loss. However, the court's method of organizing households into groups can play a very good role in calming people's hearts.
There is no need to think too much. If these people are gathered together, they will not only feel safer, but also facilitate unified management, and use concentrated strength as much as possible.
"Never mind it, let's eat the mutton and drink the mutton soup first."
Next to Liu DaBang, Liu Mazi said nonchalantly. He was already drooling due to the fragrant mutton and mutton soup.
