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Moreover, the Mongols used to rule cruelly against the Jurchen tribes. Letting the Jurchens monitor the Mongols on the Mulan Grassland could very well prevent them from colluding.
This suggestion was immediately approved by Guo Ying and others.
They now know clearly the strength of each Jurchen tribe in Liaodong.
After years of development and reproduction, the total number of these Jurchen tribes has reached hundreds of thousands.
If the Jurchens can be used to monitor the Mongols, they can also weaken the Jurchens.
Zhou Dexing said with a smile: "I heard that the Jurchens are very poor. I'm afraid it doesn't cost thirty silver dollars a month to recruit Jurchens as soldiers. I think ten silver dollars is enough."
Guo Ying and others also agreed with this statement.
After all, although the Ming Dynasty is rich now, it always feels a bit wasteful to give the Jurchens the same military salary.
Zhu Han didn't want to be so stingy, because Zhu Han had other considerations of his own.
The entire Liaoyang Province is too large, and there are not many Han people on the land. Zhu Han must quickly weaken the Jurchens' strength so that Ming Dynasty can have a stable dominance in Liaoyang Province.
Therefore, mobilizing some elite Jurchens is a measure that kills two birds with one stone.
"No less, just give them a military salary of thirty silver dollars per month, the same treatment as ordinary Ming soldiers, but they must obey the teachings of the Ming Dynasty and use Chinese names!"
"Eternal God Emperor"
Zhu Han not only wants to mobilize the Jurchens, but also assimilate them!
"Your Highness, the Jurchens are also Tatars after all. If they are treated like Ming soldiers, will other people be dissatisfied?" Luo Guanzhong asked with some worry.
Luo Guanzhong, as the commander of the Yingchang Guard of the Northern Parallel Capital Division, was already very clear about the likes and dislikes of ordinary soldiers. They were all jealous and disgusted with the Tatars, whether they were Mongols or Jurchens.
"Don't worry, as long as the Jurchens are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, there will be no Jurchens in ten years, only people from Liaoyang Province of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Han was very confident in the Ming Dynasty's ability to assimilate barbarians.
The jurisdiction of the Northern Pingdu Division originally did not include Liaoyang Province.
Zhu Han immediately wrote to his brother Zhu Yuanzhang and took over the jurisdiction of Liaoyang.
Convenient for unified scheduling.
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Han's request, he immediately agreed without any hesitation.
Soon after, the Ming Dynasty's Northern Parallel Capital Division issued a recruitment order to recruit 10,000 Jurchen soldiers from Liaoyang Province.
Every Jurchen soldier who is hired will receive a military salary of thirty silver dollars, and all food, clothing, housing and transportation will be provided by the Ming Dynasty. The Jurchen soldiers will also receive a Han household registration granted by the Ming court.
That's right, Zhu Han regarded Han household registration as a reward and wrote it in the notice openly and honestly.
The purpose of this move is to tell everyone that the Han household registration in the Ming Dynasty is very noble and not everyone can obtain it.
After these Jurchen soldiers become Han Chinese, they will be rewarded with land and houses, making them no longer willing to return to their original tribes and live a miserable life.
A group of Jurchen soldiers are recruited every few years. Within a few years, most of the young Jurchen tribes will be hollowed out, and the Jurchens left behind among the white mountains and black waters will no longer have the ability to cause trouble.
Under the powerful assimilation power of the Ming Dynasty, those Jurchens serving as soldiers will quickly accept their Han identity, and no one will care about the tribes in the White Mountains and Black Waters.
The Ming Dynasty only needs immigrants to fill the area, and will soon turn the Liaodong area into a directly governed territory.
In the future, not only will there be no threat from the Northeast, but there will also be a treasure land in the Great Northern Wilderness that can alleviate population pressure!
Liaodong, Jianzhou.
The Liaoyang Province of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was vast, covering almost the entire Northeast region.
After the Ming Dynasty defeated the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the originally huge Liaoyang Province was re-divided from south to north into Liaodong, Songjiang, Yalan and Heishui.
Jianzhou belongs to Liaodong Province, and many Jurchen tribes live here.
Although these Jurchen tribes are called Jurchens, they have no inheritance relationship with the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom who were exterminated by the Mongols.
Most of the Jurchens in the Jin Kingdom had long been wiped out by the Mongols and the Southern Song Dynasty.
These Jurchen tribes today were savage tribes despised by the Jurchens during the Jin Dynasty.
Therefore, the Jurchens from the Jin Kingdom went to the Central Plains to enjoy the colorful world without bringing these poor and backward distant relatives with them.
Aqina and Seth Hei are two brothers from a Jurchen tribe at the foot of Changbai Mountain.
They originally lived a life of hunting and farming, and their life was very hard.
Because hunting is not only full of danger, but there is no guarantee of success. Often you go out hunting for a day or two without harvesting anything.
In this bitterly cold land, the harvest from farming is pitifully small. Only the Liaohe Plain area can produce good harvests, but the land there has long been enclosed by the Mongols as pasture and cultivated land, and it is not the Jurchens' turn to live at all.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has replaced the Mongols, the Liaohe Plain still cannot belong to the Jurchens.
However, Aqina and Seth Hei had no other way to change their lives. Originally, he thought they would continue like this for the rest of their lives.
But fate suddenly changed!
In April of the fourth year of Hongwu.
After the Ming Dynasty army drove away the Mongols, they set up many guard posts at the foot of Changbai Mountain and took control of all the surrounding Jurchen tribes.
The tribes of brothers Aqina and Seth Hei were under the jurisdiction of the Jianzhou Guards of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens could continue to hunt or farm in the mountains, but they could not move freely between various guard posts and had to stay in one place.
If the Jurchen tribe wants to migrate, they must report it to the Ming Dynasty Guards.
Only after obtaining permission from Ming officers, the Jurchen tribe could move to other places.
Otherwise, they will all be punished as treason, ranging from being arrested and whipped, to being punished as slaves, to being annihilated by the Ming army.
The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty army were all jealous of the military merits. If any tribe dared to disobey, their whole family would definitely have their heads chopped off in exchange for military merits.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the dense woods, a group of Ming troops wearing bright armor came to the Jurchen tribe at the foot of the mountain.
When Meng Ge, the leader of the Jurchen tribe, saw the Ming army coming, he immediately ran out to greet them with a smile on his face.
"Kowtow to the commander!"
Meng Ge plopped down on his knees and kowtowed to the Ming army officer.
This officer was Li Chengcai, the commander of the Jianzhou Guards of the Liaodong Capital Division of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Chengcai was from Huaixi. He was a member of the Ming Emperor's army. He was appointed as the commander of the Jianzhou Guard for his accumulated merits. He was not very popular among the Huaixi generals. However, for the Jurchen tribe under his jurisdiction, Li Chengcai was
He is a proper local emperor, and anyone who dares to be disrespectful in the slightest will be immediately beheaded!
Li Chengcai had long been accustomed to Brother Meng's respect. He had no intention of letting Brother Meng get up. He looked around the Jurchen tribe carelessly, and then said.
"His Royal Highness the King of England has issued a military order allowing you and other Jurchen tribes to serve in the army of the Ming Dynasty. After consultation between the Liaodong Xingdu Division and the Jianzhou Guards, your Tuwo Division can select ten people to recruit troops and go to the Peking Parallel Division to serve!"
The words of Jianzhou Guard Commander Li Chengcai immediately caused a commotion in this small Jurchen tribe.
Brother Meng's face changed, and he already had a faint angry expression.
For these tribes with white mountains and black waters, all dynasties have always taken precautions and made use of them.
Especially in the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties, batch after batch of young men from these tribes were recruited to die on the battlefield.
Now, less than a year after the Ming Dynasty came, they asked their tribe to send ten young men to fight on the battlefield. Everyone was extremely angry.
However, Meng Ge and other Jurchens knew that the Ming Dynasty's army was extremely powerful, so no matter how angry they were, they did not dare to get angry.
"Sir, our tribe has a small population to begin with. If ten young men and women leave, the remaining women, old and weak will not be able to survive!" Meng Ge begged pitifully.
The Jurchen tribes live in deep mountains and old forests, and there are many conflicts and resentments among each other. Once any tribe is weak, it will immediately be attacked by other tribes. Even if the Ming army is stationed in Jianzhou Guard, it is difficult to ensure that the tribes do not fight among themselves.
The men, women, and children from the Towo Department had all gathered around at this time.
I want to plead with Li Chengcai, the commander of Jianzhou Guard, to let the young men of their tribe go.
This kind of military service often leads to a narrow escape from death. If you come back alive, you will be blessed with great fortune. The loss of ten young men is simply not something they can bear.
"Now in the big world, if any tribe dares to make mistakes, I will destroy them!"
"The King of England has decreed that every recruit should be given thirty silver dollars as a living allowance and a monthly military salary of thirty silver dollars. If you don't know how to commend someone, don't blame me for being rude!"
Li Chengcai interrupted Meng Ge and directly pointed out the recruitment treatment.
"What? Thirty silver dollars?"
When Brother Meng heard this, his eyes immediately widened in surprise!
To be continued...