In fact, the emperor was not idle at this time, nor could he be idle.
If you don't find something to do for yourself, wandering around in a pile of rouge and powder together every day will be too much for even a tough guy.
After finishing working on the steam engine, Zhu Yixi read Lu Daqi's memorial.
This old boy has been away from Beijing for almost a year. He is afraid that the emperor will forget him, so he writes to report every now and then.
This move was quite effective. Zhu Yixi looked at his realistic complaints about the military household guard system with relish.
Lu Daqi went to Jiubian. Except for the smooth sailing in Ji Town at the beginning, the rest of the place was not as difficult as he imagined.
The officers annexed the land, and they usually lived happily. However, in the last years of the dynasty, Jiubian continued to send elite troops to the interior to quell the chaos, and from time to time they had to work for the king.
Lack of money was all, but the key factors were drought, plague, and finally a border threat. If they couldn't swallow up the land, these officers would have been ruined long ago.
After arriving in Wanli, the elites in the nine-border town were all the generals' private soldiers and servants. They could barely hold up the Great Wall by relying on them.
The soldiers are suffering, not having enough to eat and clothing, nor being warm; the generals are also suffering, having worked tirelessly for more than ten years, which is not as good as the civil servants who have been greedy for ink for one year.
Therefore, the border town and its surroundings have long been in decay.
In this case, if you don't change it, you will die, and if you change it, you will die, so Zhu Yixi decided to push it aside to save trouble.
The impoverished generals received their pay from the imperial court, handed over their troops without saying a word, and approved of various policies.
Military households are not interested in becoming civilian households, they all want to be civilian households.
Later, when Lu Daqi was in various military towns, his most important task turned out to be to resolve cases that had been accumulated for many years.
Due to the dispersion of the population, various natural disasters and diseases, and large-scale abandonment, the land problem has been easily solved.
"Good guy."
Zhu Yixi looked at the memorial and found that the total number of military towns did not have more than 100,000 people. This included Guyuan, Yulin and other military towns that had been settled in Shaanxi for a long time. In fact, there were only 30,000 to 50,000 old and weak people.
As for the people, nine of the ten rooms in the guardhouse were empty. For dozens of miles around the county seat, you could not hear a chicken crowing or a dog barking, and there was no smoke at all.
It is conceivable that if the people are not relocated, these lines of defense will shrink by hundreds of miles in a few years.
What happened to the rebellion in the Qing Dynasty? Isn't it because there were too many casualties in the Shaanxi-Gansu region at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which resulted in a vacancy in the population and gave people an opportunity to take advantage of it.
After all, the land is there and if you are not there, others will come.
You must know that Shaanxi is the stronghold of the Han people, which shows how miserable the late Ming Dynasty was.
Originally, Zhu Yixi was still hesitant. Is it unnecessary to relocate people to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region?
A smaller population will also be beneficial to the recovery of the northern Shaanxi Plain.
But the living space finally freed up is not for other people to make wedding clothes.
"It seems we need to hurry up on the relocation matter."
Zhu Yixi thought to herself, her determination getting stronger day by day.
And then looking down, it is Lu Daqi's conception of Mongolian studies, his words:
“Children in military households had little choice but to wield knives and guns and work as tenant farmers.”
"In Jiangnan and other places, although there are not many folk sociologists, there are still some, but there are very few military households, and there are even fewer rumors in border towns. It is very difficult for children of military households to gain enlightenment, and it is several times that of ordinary people.
The industry is difficult..."
In the Ming Dynasty, military households could participate in the imperial examination, and they were all from good families.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, except for merchants and people of lowly status, can take the imperial examination.
For example, Li Dongyang, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, etc., even the children of Yanhu, all produced 15 common people.
According to expert statistics, among the more than 1,000 common people in the Ming Dynasty, 620 were from farmers' households, 333 were from military households, and 37 were from craftsmen's households.
From the Jingtai period to later years, about 30 out of every 100 Jinshi were from military households.
But these are just military households in the interior and border towns, but they are miserable, and food is sometimes not guaranteed.
Ordinary people feel comfortable when they see the imperial court expanding its territory, but for those military households, coming to this barren land where logistics cannot be guaranteed is simply a life-threatening situation.
Why was it possible during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties? That was because they tamed the Mongols and adopted self-governance and restraint measures.
Generals like Yili, Wusulitai, etc. basically just coordinate those tribes and station a few thousand people symbolically.
This was not possible in the Ming Dynasty. In Datong, Shanxi alone, there were 50,000 to 60,000 people stationed, and the supply pressure was too great.
When Qianlong pacified the Junggar people, the supply pressure was too great and he could not station troops to suppress them, so he simply slaughtered them all and eliminated their roots.
Therefore, after Zhu Yixi conquered the Mongolian tribes in Monan, he required thousands or hundreds of households to build temples and schools.
Mongolians can either study and devote themselves to the Ming Dynasty, or they can become monks and pray to the Buddha for the Ming Dynasty.
The rest herd sheep and contribute to the Ming Dynasty's economy.
"So, follow the example of Monan and establish social studies extensively?"
Zhu Yixi touched her chin and thought about it.
As for sociology, he was willing to pursue it, but the imperial court could afford it in terms of money, but it was difficult to find scholars. Even enlightenment teachers were scarce resources.
How much money does it cost to be a teacher? Just work as a bookkeeper and make a lot of money in a year.
"This is a difficult problem."
Zhu Yixi thought for a while and asked Zhu Mou to be found directly.
He jumped from being the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his life was quite leisurely.
Zhu Mou had attended religious studies for several years, and was quite capable of reading and writing, but it was difficult for him to practice etiquette, so he simply left it to the two ministers.
There was no diplomacy, and the examination had passed, so he was quite idle.
Upon hearing the emperor's summons, the servants were full of joy and prepared their official robes in an orderly manner.
The lady on the side came out with her son in her arms, smiling broadly: "You are the busiest among these six ministers."
"What do you know about the important affairs of the imperial court?"
For the sake of his son, Zhu Mou was too lazy to argue with her.
"I don't understand."
The lady handed her son to the wet nurse, and then she came closer and said, "I heard that Lu Shangshu came back from Gansu, so he went directly to the palace."
"There is one more person in the cabinet, so it won't hurt to add another person. The emperor trusts you the most and is the busiest, so I have to reward you no matter what..."
"Nonsense!"
After scolding, Zhu Mou felt disturbed.
In the past, the cabinet trio was extremely stable, but now the balance has been broken and it has become four people.
Just like what this woman said, there is no difference between four or five people doing things...
After tidying up his clothes, Zhu Mou came to the villa with his thoughts on his mind.
"Squeeze some goat's milk and give it to the wet nurse."
The wife curled her lips and watched her husband leave, thinking, this man must be motivated, and I, a good wife, must be the one to ignite the fire.
"Madam -" The wet nurse was flattered, and the mountains moved exaggeratedly, as if to say, I am the only one who needs supplementary milk?
"This is for young master to strengthen his body, you must drink it."
The lady couldn't help but said: "I heard that the princes in the palace now drink goat's milk and are very strong. Our young master is still young, so I'm afraid it's not easy to get contaminated. If you drink it, it's like him drinking it."