Zhu Yihai personally came here to see the Crown Prince off to the north, and a group of East Palace officials accompanied him to Beijing. The newly formed Tokyo Sixth Command and the Crown Prince's Four Guards escorted him northward. Navy Admiral Ruan Jin personally led the naval escort.
"When you arrive in Beijing, listen more to the words of Du Yinxi, Zhang Mingzhen and other ministers. This time you are the vanguard, which is also an exercise."
When Zhu Yihai comes to the north, he should leave the prince in Fengtian to supervise the country and go to Beijing himself.
However, he still planned to let the prince go first. The troops from several towns in the imperial camp had already passed by and the Great Wall defense line had been taken over. There was no need to worry about the Tatars. However, Beijing had experienced chaos in the past few years, especially when the Tatars fled north, which almost destroyed Beijing.
Everything I could take away was taken away.
Now it is necessary to restore Beijing and prepare for the emperor's return to the capital in the autumn. The burden is not light.
"Organizing all the troops and horses, restoring the Yanbei Great Wall defense line, clearing the fields, and settling the people are all top priorities."
Grain and salt from the south of the Yangtze River have been shipped northward by boat. These are the most important guarantees for the stability of Beijing and Tianjin.
The Crown Prince listened carefully.
"When you arrive in Beijing, you should see more, walk more, and listen more. But that doesn't mean you have to listen to others completely. You have to have your own opinions and opinions. You can also have your own voice. Be bold and don't be afraid of making mistakes. If you make mistakes, you can correct them."
After the Tatars fled north, although Beijing and Tianjin are still in chaos, the big threat is no longer there. The main thing is to deal with the soldiers and horses in Yan and Jin, and then to clean up the fields and appease the people.
The Yan and Jin Dynasties have lost too many people in recent years. It turned out that the Tatars entered the customs and moved a large number of Manchu and Mongolian Tatars. They went everywhere to enclose land. The princes and nobles also took the opportunity to occupy countless fields and forced a large number of common people and landlords to become slaves.
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When they fled north, they took hundreds of thousands more people with them.
Nowadays, Yanjin, especially the Beijing-Tianjin area, is very empty. Many places have become empty cities, with no people inhabiting for hundreds of miles and no roosters crowing for ten miles.
The Tatars could not take away the land, but they took away the people, livestock, and property.
This was once the most elite place in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years. Most of the land was owned by Huangzhuang, Wangzhuang and Xunqi officials. Later, it was confiscated by the Shun army, and then it was seized by the Qing army. Now it is
It became an empty space.
Fortunately, in the past few years, the imperial court had gone all the way to the north and recovered countless places, and had already gained experience. The emperor also gave special instructions. The original imperial palace, palace land, Xunqi farm, etc., and the royal vassals were all returned to the imperial court. Xunqi
Bureaucrats and other farms can be cleared and returned if they have owners, but the occupied military farmland, official farmland, etc. must first be cleared.
Even if the original owner has disappeared during the war, he must also become an official.
After joining the government, some of the land was first sold to the soldiers of the Beijing Camp, Imperial Camp, and Provincial Patrol Guard Camp at low prices. Then, the land was used as public rental land for the Tun Camp, Post Camp, Hegong, etc., and the remaining land was allocated to schools.
In addition to school fields, some public leased fields such as Lezeyuan and Almshouses should also be set up.
After these arrangements are made, some will be allocated to other government agencies as public leased land.
The remaining money was given to officials for subscription, and then sold to the people at a different price.
These fields will basically be redistributed, and if there are any left over in the end, they will be used as official fields, rented out, or cultivated by themselves using slaves, hired workers, etc.
The Yan and Jin Dynasties suffered a massive loss of population, so as many people as possible could become self-cultivators or semi-owner farmers.
As for the landowners' lack of tenants and hired workers, this is not something the imperial court should consider. They have to find a way to solve this problem themselves.
"I heard that when the Tatars fled north, they wreaked havoc in Beijing and set fire to it, causing a lot of damage. After you go there, make some simple repairs. Especially don't do any large-scale construction of the palace. Now is not the time to pay attention to this.
On the contrary, when the original city of Beijing reached the end of Chongzhen, the population increased greatly, resulting in a lot of illegal and disorderly construction, which can be cleaned up."
"After the war, special attention must be paid to recuperating the people's strength and restoring people's livelihood. Non-essential projects should not be done. If they are to be done, work should be used as relief, and the people should not be used casually."
"There is another question. It turns out that the gentry in the north surrendered and surrendered as a last resort. You have to investigate and review carefully. As long as they are not the traitors who lead the way and persecute the Han compatriots after surrendering, treat them more leniently.
Local officials from the Yan and Jin Dynasties must also be screened and selected for appointment.
Do not arbitrarily involve or expand, but for certain traitors and national traitors who have great public resentment, we must suppress them when they need to be suppressed, and we must not be lenient. There are some who have surrendered to the traitors and pretended to be powerful, but they have not done much evil. They will be dealt with lightly and moved to the south.
Frontierland.”
Zhu Yihai explained to the prince very carefully.
The prince still has to face many things during his northern tour.
"Okay, I won't say any more, let's get on the boat!"
The prince bid farewell to the emperor.
Zhu Yihai gave a simple explanation to several ministers, "Leave the civil affairs to Du Qing, and the military affairs to Zhang Qing. You will assist the prince well. I will come in a few months."
Farewell to the prince, a few days later, after receiving the news that the prince had arrived in Beijing, Zhu Yihai came to the dock again to see him off, this time to see Zhu Chenggong out to sea.
The emperor had agreed to the petition of Zhang Guowei, the governor of Liaodong, and decided to launch a battle against Liaoshen to seize the Liaohe Plain. This time a large number of soldiers and horses were involved.
Zhang Guowei, Governor of Military Affairs, Geng Zhongming, Li Chixin and Ruan Jin each led the town, and North Korean soldiers, Sauron soldiers, and Chahar also sent troops in coordination.
Advancing from east to west and using land and water simultaneously, the Ming army had a great advantage.
After all, the Ming army has already established a foothold in Liaodong in the past two years. The coastal areas are all under the control of the Ming army, not to mention the areas in southern Liaoning and the Yalu River, which are managed like iron barrels by the Ming army.
The Manchu Tatars are now deserted by their relatives and are in dire straits everywhere.
This battle was not a big problem. The navy was supported by Ruan Jin's 25th Town stationed in Lushun. Now that Zhu Chenggong was going to sea, he directly used his 24th Town Naval Division stationed in Qingdao as the main force to send troops to Japan.
After the Ming Dynasty proposed to lease Jeju Island to North Korea, and offered preferential tariffs and a package of arms sales to North Korea to help North Korea build a new navy, North Korea happily agreed to lease Jeju Island to the Ming Dynasty as a naval military base.
The lease period was ninety-nine years, and the Ming Dynasty paid the rent. The people on the island were still Korean subjects, and North Korea could still send officials to manage it.
But the Ming Dynasty could not only build ports and naval bases on Jeju Island, but also establish military camps on the island, mine, raise horses, farm, and even build shipyards, workshops, and immigrants. These areas were controlled by the Ming Dynasty.
Official management.
The officials who went to negotiate originally proposed to the North Korean king to buy Jeju Island directly, but many North Korean ministers felt that they could not sell it, and some were even willing to rent a port.
Later, the conditions offered by Ming Dynasty were too generous, and finally a new agreement was reached.
Although it has not been sold, it is willing to rent it, and the concession area is quite large. Not only is the Ming Dynasty more than enough to station troops there, but it can even be developed to attract millions of immigrants.
Zhu Chenggong will lead the first section of the 24th Town Naval Division to move to Jeju first, where he will build a port, a naval camp, and even a fortress and fort to reserve materials and prepare for the next stage of attacking Japan.
"Knowing the enemy and knowing the enemy will ensure a hundred battles. You go first. After stationing in Jeju, it will be easier to send the navy to protect the trade routes. Those Japanese pirates that reappear at sea can be mercilessly exterminated. You can even take the opportunity to reconnoiter Tsushima first.
The situation of Iki, Hirado and Goto Islands,"
"I have asked Zhou Rui of Town 26 to make preparations, and the imperial court has also sent envoys to the Ryukyu Kingdom. When the time is almost ripe, Town 26 will also rent a port in Ryukyu and establish a naval base.
Attacking Japan from both sides."
Zhu Chenggong was a little unconvinced, "Your Majesty doesn't trust us in the 24th Town. Our one town is more than enough to deal with Japan."
"If you have the ability, let your performance on the battlefield speak for itself. Go ahead."
In the corner of the port, there are several ships about to leave the port. They are not the troops of the 24th Town Navy, but the vanguard fleet under the name of the Royal Young Master.
This is a semi-official royal trading fleet with the nature of exploration and pioneering. This time, according to the emperor's order, they will set off from Dengzhou, bypass the Korean Strait, and then go to Nurgandusi.
After they bypassed the Korean Strait, their first stop was the mouth of the Tumen River, and their second stop was Vladivostok.
The Tumen River and the Yalu River are the boundary rivers between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. The Changbai Mountain in the middle is the boundary, and Tianchi belongs to the Ming Dynasty.
During the Ming Dynasty, the Jianzhou Left Guard was set up in Huining near the Tumen River. There were also post stations such as Nanjing Station, Suizhou Station, Xiguan Station, Fuchu Station, Maolian Station, and Maolian Station.
The guards and others restrained the Jurchens.
"The small fishing village of Wo Kuowei at the mouth of the Tumen River is where you can catch fish and dry salt. It used to be a place where Jurchens and Japanese traded in Korea. You set up a business hall here to trade with various ethnic groups and at the same time report to the court.
The local tribal leader sent a message to convey the canonization decree to the imperial court."
"The next stop is Vladivostok. It turns out that during the Yongle period, Muyang River Guards, Shuangcheng Guards, etc. were established here. Vladivostok has very good conditions and is a very rare ice-free port. There are highlands in the north and bays in the southeast and west, including the Golden Horn.
The bay extends into the mainland from southwest to northeast, and is fifteen miles long. The entrance bay is about four miles wide, and the water depth is seven to ten feet. There is an island on the south side as a natural barrier. The bay is surrounded by low mountains and hills, and the terrain is difficult and rare.
A natural harbor.
This is just a fishing village now, but will become an important seaport center for the imperial court in the northeast. Now you go to the front station to be responsible for recruiting people, canonizing local tribal leaders, opening up trade routes, building commercial houses, collecting intelligence, etc., to prepare for the navy's subsequent stationing.
Preparation."
"Your mission is to take the front line, open a road through trade, and try not to conflict with those tribes. First, build a good relationship, establish a business base, and find out the intelligence."
"I accept the decree!"
"This slave takes the order."
The Pioneer Adventure Fleet consists of three large ships with a total of about 500 men. Wang Chaoxiang, Lin Xuewu, and Wang Qi each lead a ship. Of these three people, Chaoyang Xiang was originally an eunuch in the palace of Lu Wang, Lin Xuewu was originally a member of the army under Zhang Mingzhen, and Wang
Qi was a member of Qianzong. Both Lin Xuewu and Wang Qi were discharged from the army due to disability. Lin Xuewu lost an eye and wore an eyepatch, while Wang Qi lost an arm and had an iron hook instead.
The Prime Minister is a useless eunuch.
This pioneering voyage adventure fleet led by three people is quite unique. The 500 people under its command are mostly disabled veterans from the navy and the imperial camp. Although they are missing arms and noses, they are all very handsome.
They are fierce, and there are even some Western mercenaries in the team.
After these people retired from the army, because they had no family and were single, they were not willing to live a peaceful ordinary life. They were still willing to live an adventurous and exciting life. Compared with the hard work of returning home to farm, carrying a knife to take risks was dangerous but the treatment was better.
Richer.
Anyway, if you are a single person and have enough food for one person and the whole family is not hungry, it is better to bravely explore the world.
They were under the supervision of the Shaofu and were a merchant fleet under the emperor's name. This time, Zhu Yihai also drew a lot of money from his own funds and personally made plans and routes for them to go to the Far East.
The first stop is Tumen River Estuary and the second stop is Vladivostok.
Build trading stations and recruit tribes.
After setting up a front station for the navy, you can then go there to establish strongholds, build bastions, garrison troops, and even garrison fleets.
The Tumen River Estuary and Vladivostok are in good locations, especially Vladivostok, which is the best natural harbor in the Far East and a large deep-water port that does not freeze all year round.
The port goes up the river and reaches Xingkai Lake by land and water, then enters the Wusuli River and finally the Heilongjiang River.
The Tumen River was not only the boundary river of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Songhua River could be reached not far to the northwest.
These two ports can reach the inland areas of Northeast China via rivers. In the early Ming Dynasty, a shipyard was set up in Jilin, where ships were built. A navy was also set up to form a seal guarding army. Every year, it went down the Songhua River from Jilin and finally entered
Heilongjiang, patrolled all the way to Nuergandusi and directly to Haikou.
Jilin Shipyard goes east by land from Siping, Changchun to Kaiyuan Tieling to Shenyang, or along the Huifa River via Huinan, Qingyuan, and Fushun to Shenyang.
The road between Shenyang and Jilin Shipyard is a well developed and operated post road.
Now Zhu Yihai, relying on his maritime advantages, wants to develop two ports, Wokuowei and Vladivostok, in the East China Sea. This will not only add another road, but also allow him to reach directly from the sea to the back of the Jurchens by virtue of his maritime advantages.
It is conducive to strengthening trade, increasing control over the Jurchens through trade, and using trade to maintain and support the garrison.
In the future, with a little more immigration and the establishment of several port trading cities, it will have a crushing deterrent effect on the surrounding Jurchen tribes.
In the future, whether we use these two ports to connect the Songhua River and Wusuli River inland, or continue to use this as a base to continue up the coast, there will be several more options for Ming Dynasty, which will also help to control the entire country in the future.
Control of the Northeastern Region.
Zhang Guowei was sending troops to Liaoshen, and Zhu Chenggong had already gone to Jeju Island to build a naval base.
But here the emperor was still able to find time to build three ships, get 500 warriors, form an adventurous fleet, and go to lead the battle.
Zhu Yihai gave the Prime Minister and others a good treatment. The goods on the ship and the capital were all owned by the Shaofu. They were the emperor's internal funds. The ship also belonged to the emperor. Even these hundreds of people were given good salaries.
However, the emperor also made an agreement with them that 40% of the profits from the fleet trade would be shared by them, and they would be divided into different shares according to their positions.
As long as their luck is not too bad and this adventurous voyage is successful, they will be able to earn enough pension money for the rest of their lives.