Chapter 949, I don't know if I don't check it, I'm shocked when I check it
In the Wusun Kunmo tribe, many tribesmen quickly gathered under the call of the tribe leader Yue Mi and lined up in long lines to receive the census.
Beside the team, the county magistrate Tian Muming and the county magistrate Ouyang Yun were watching, while Yue Mi and the nobles of the Kunmo tribe followed respectfully.
"Yue Mi, there are very few men in your Kunmo tribe. There are only two men among these ten people."
Tian Muming looked at the long queue in front of him. The entire queue was very long, but when he looked up, he saw that most of them were women, and there were very few men. Even those who were there were children.
"Master Tian, Master Ouyang~"
"This place in the Western Region has been very turbulent since ancient times, even when it was ruled by the Chagatai Khanate. Tribes large and small often competed with each other in order to compete for grasslands, oases, water gardens, etc.
The conquests don’t stop.”
"Therefore, the folk customs here in the Western Region are fierce, but in these tribes, large and small, almost every adult male is a warrior. Once there is a war, they will go out to fight."
"We Wusun people are weak and have a small population. We are almost always bullied by the surrounding tribes. Therefore, there are very few men in our tribe. There are fewer men and more women. This is almost the most common phenomenon among tribes in the entire Western Region.
.”
Yue Mi thought for a moment and replied immediately.
"That's it~"
"Then the original Chagatai Khanate didn't care about these things?"
Tian Muming nodded slightly, thought for a while and asked again.
"The Mongols don't care. They occupy the best pastures and oases, and they are nobles. They don't care about the life and death of other tribes. However, the cattle, sheep and horses turned over every year cannot be less, so our
Life is very sad.”
"And because the Mongols themselves have a small population, in order to consolidate their rule, they even sow discord in order to weaken the strength of our tribes."
Yue Mi shook her head slightly and said: "It is better to live in the Ming Dynasty. Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, at least we can live a stable life for a few days now."
These are Yue Mi's words from the bottom of her heart. For the weak Wusun people, their ambitions have long been wiped out, and the only thing they want is a stable life.
The Ming Dynasty swept across the Western Regions and exercised strong rule over the Western Regions. The powerful tribes were wiped out, and the remaining small tribes suddenly became more honest.
During the entire fifteen years of Hongzhi, they did not encounter any war and lived a peaceful life for a year. If it had been in the past, in that year would there have been less wars?
Seize the winter grassland, seize the summer pasture, etc. Each time, you need to bleed to grab it, or to cover your own pasture.
"Hmm~"
Tian Muming and Ouyang Yun nodded slightly.
"There are more women than men in your tribe. It's not an option to continue like this."
Tian Muming looked at the Wusun people in front of him. They looked very different from the Ming people. They were all blond and blue-eyed. In terms of the Ming people's aesthetics, they were called macaques.
"That's something that can't be helped. In fact, it's not just us Wusun people, but all the large and small tribes in the entire Western Region are similar, especially last winter."
"The Ming Dynasty's army swept across the Western Regions. All our tribes, large and small, were forced by the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate to fight against the Ming army. As a result, there were heavy casualties, with no one left in ten. Naturally, there were more women than men in the tribe.
Already."
Yue Mi replied helplessly.
The Wusun people also sent troops to fight last winter, and he personally led the troops out. After seeing the strength of the Ming army and luckily returning to his tribe, he became extremely honest.
"Winter is about to begin. Are there any difficulties in your tribe?"
Tian Muming nodded slightly and passed through more than a dozen tribes. The situation was almost the same. Some were even worse than the Wusun tribe. There was only one old, weak, sick and disabled person left at home, and there were not many adult men to see.
So much so that after they went there, they almost broke their backs from exhaustion.
After thinking about it, Tian Muming asked about the winter.
This time, I went out for a walk in person, firstly for the census, and secondly, to understand the situation of the entire Jinshan County. The matter of the tribes spending the winter has been repeatedly emphasized above, and we must ensure that the tribes can survive the winter safely.
"Nothing difficult~"
"Thanks to the Emperor of Heaven, there is no war this year. Our cattle and sheep have grown fat and strong. We sold them at good prices and exchanged them for a lot of grain, salt, and tea, which is enough for us to survive the winter."
Speaking of this, Yue Mi smiled and shook her head.
In the past, under the rule of the Chagatai Khanate, the tribes were constantly fighting among themselves, and life was very difficult. The key was that materials were extremely scarce, and there was very little food, salt, tea, etc. for winter.
In winter, many old people in the clan will die.
It is different now. The Ming Dynasty ruled the Western Regions and maintained the order and peace of the entire Western Regions. At the same time, Ming merchants continued to travel to various tribes in the Western Regions, bringing them the food, tea, salt, cloth, ironware, etc.
wait.
They can exchange their cattle and sheep for what they need, and their lives are much easier than before, and they no longer have to worry.
"That's good~"
After Tian Muming listened, he nodded slightly.
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In the county office of Jinshan County, Beiting Prefecture, Ouyang Yun and Tian Muming were looking at the yellow books carefully. As the census work is carried out, the census work in Jinshan County is about to come to an end. Most of the tribes have already
After the census is completed, only a few tribes in remote areas have not yet completed the census.
"Judging from current statistical data, there are more than 100 tribes living in Jinshan County, large and small, with a total population of about 70,000, of which 20,000 Han people have migrated from the pass, forming a
Two immigrant towns.”
"The combined population of its various tribes is about 50,000, among which the Turks, Uighurs, Huihui and Mongolians are the largest."
Looking at the statistical data, Ouyang Yun also had a clearer understanding of the population of Jinshan County for the first time. Jinshan County has a very large jurisdiction, but its population is very sparse, with only about 70,000 people.
There are hundreds of tribes, with large tribes having thousands of people, and small tribes even having only a few hundred people. The land is truly vast and sparsely populated.
"The population is really too small, and there's a big problem."
“I didn’t pay much attention to this issue in the past, but now I look at the statistics and it’s really shocking.”
Ouyang Yun said while holding a statistical data.
"what is the problem?"
Tian Muming quickly asked questions.
"That is the problem of the male-female ratio. Among the population of Jinshan County, except for Han immigrants, among these large and small tribes, the male-female ratio is seriously unbalanced. The male-to-female ratio in many tribes is basically one to five, one to one.
The ratio is as high as six to six, and among adults, the male-to-female ratio is even more seriously unbalanced. In many tribes, it has even reached the level of one to ten."
Ouyang Yun showed the statistical data in his hand to Tian Muming.
"Now I finally understand why the court asked us to conduct a census, and I also understand why detailed records are required."
"In the past, when we conducted population statistics, we would only count the number, and other information would not be included in the statistics."
"That is, we can roughly know how many people there are, but we cannot understand the information contained in this population."
"Now we not only count numbers, but also count gender, age, etc. We can immediately see the problems that arise in the population with just a little calculation."
Ouyang Yun immediately understood the meaning and function of the census required above.
Census is not population statistics. Although the difference is only one word, it is very, very different.
"In the past, I just thought that there were fewer men and more women in the Western Region, but I didn't expect that it has become such a serious problem. The ratio is also very different."
Tian Muming looked at it carefully and suddenly realized the benefits of the census.
"Isn't it? It's not just the gender ratio that's imbalanced. Look at people of all ages. Among the tribes in the Western Region, there are very few people over forty years old, and almost all of them are women. Men are over four.
There are very few who are ten years old, only a handful."
"In addition, there are even fewer people over the age of sixty. In our Jinshan County, among the tens of thousands of people in the entire county, the total number of people over the age of sixty is less than a hundred, and there is not a single elderly person over the age of eighty.
No."
Ouyang Yun also nodded slightly, pointed at some data above and said.
Although the census was troublesome, there were many things to do, and some people did not understand the court's deep intentions, but after the census was completed, as soon as the data came out, many problems became apparent.
"The imperial court has repeatedly emphasized and requested that all states in the Western Region implement the policy of comprehensive Ming transformation. However, so far, there are still very few people among these tribes who have changed their surnames to Chinese names. The main reason for this is that most of them
None of them understand the Ming Dynasty dialect, let alone literacy, and only a few tribal leaders and nobles changed their surnames to Chinese names."
"This is a big issue. The implementation of the Ming Dynasty policy is an important policy of the imperial court and one of our main assessment indicators."
"Isn't it? It will not only affect our assessment, but also the assessment of the state capital. The current Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is Liu Jin and Liu Gong, and his style of doing things is unmistakable. If he fails the assessment,
It’s miserable.”
"It seems we still have to think of more solutions."
At this point, both Tian Muming and Ouyang Yun frowned. In the past, they could live a life of inaction, but now that there is a passing examination system, the pressure is even greater.
"Perhaps we can find a way to attract the Han people in the customs to immigrate here. Anyway, there are many women here. As long as they are willing to immigrate, we will provide them with wives for free. As long as they marry Han immigrants, it will be easy to implement the comprehensive policy of Ming Dynasty!