Liaodong.

Since Prince Yi took the initiative to abandon Shengjing and led his troops to retreat north, the territory of Nan Liao at the beginning of the founding of the Qing Dynasty was equal to all losses, especially the Ming army marched into Liaodong from two routes from Korea and Shanhaiguan, which caused the Qing Dynasty's three generals' palaces in Liaodong, namely General Shengjing and General Jilin, to lose their garrisons, and even lost the city of Shengjing where the Longxing land was.

However, although the territory was lost, what makes people feel a little relieved is that the main force of the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong was still there. Before withdrawing from Shengjing, Prince Yi listened to Azaran's advice before his death and made a series of preparations. Therefore, although the morale of the Qing army was low, it was still intact. In addition, the early rescue and transportation of food, weapons, etc., the Qing army retreated to Qiqihar still had a certain military strength on the surface.

But this is just the surface. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, Liaodong, as a place where Longxing, the Qing court adopted a policy of prohibiting immigration, and did not set up a province in Liaodong, but adopted a "limited land" attitude.

At the same time, the Qing Dynasty set up general offices in Liaodong, namely General Shengjing, General Jilin and General Heilongjiang. Among them, General Jilin and General Heilongjiang were the descendants. In the early days, they were only the Ningguta General's Mansion. Later, during the Kangxi period, the Heilongjiang General's Mansion and General Jilin were established to divide the Ningguta General's Mansion. By now, General Heilongjiang and General Jilin had basically replaced General Ningguta General's Mansion and became one of the three general's mansions in Liaodong.

Because these three generals are located, although there are no provinces on the surface of Liaodong, there are actually three northeastern provinces within the Qing court. Dongshan Province actually refers to the three northeastern provinces. This title has continued in history. Later, the three northeastern provinces in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China actually refer to this.

The three generals' mansions, General Shengjing has the highest status, and General Heilongjiang has the largest territory. As for General Jilin, General Jilin is between the two.

After voluntarily evacuating from Shengjing from Liaodong and heading north to Qiqihar, it was stated that there was no problem. After all, Qiqihar, as the garrison of the Heilongjiang General, is now directly controlled by Prince Yi, and the forces controlled by the three generals in Liaodong were integrated. It is natural to rectify the troops with Qiqihar as the center to seek the future.

At present, the Heilongjiang General is Tuoliu, a highly respected veteran in the court. When Prince Yi came from Mongolia to Liaodong, he obtained the support of General Songzhu of Shengjing, Tuoliu also stood on Prince Yi's side after learning the news and gave Prince Yi great support.

At the same time, Jilin General Musen also strongly supported Prince Yi. It was precisely because of the two old ministers that Prince Yi could suppress the local forces in Shengjing and open up the situation in Liaodong.

"Prince, the resettlement of each department has been settled for the time being, but the food and grass situation is still serious. Please find a way to deal with it as soon as possible."

In Qiqihar City, the Heilongjiang General Mansion has become Prince Yi's general's mansion. Of course, the original owner Tuoliu still lives here. This is not because Tuoliu relies on his qualifications to gain a fortune, but because Prince Yi asked. As a veteran of the Qing Dynasty, Tuoliu has always helped him a lot, and his health has been getting worse over the years. Originally Tuoliu planned to give up the General Mansion directly, but Prince Yi felt that it was inappropriate to do so, and even planned to choose another Mansion in other places. In the end, because of Tuoliu's strong request, Prince Yi had no choice but to agree, but only half of the General Mansion was selected.

"Thank you for your hard work in the old general. I originally thought that it would take at least more than a month to resettle the troops. I didn't expect that the old general would be completed so quickly. It's really admirable." Prince Yi bowed to Torugong very politely, and Songzhu, Musen, Yongqian and others who were sitting on both sides thanked Torugong very politely at the same time.

"Prince, everyone, this is what I should do." Toliu coughed a few times and said with a barely smile: "I am old, so it is natural that it is not enough to let me go on the horse and rush to the battlefield again, but it is okay to do something for the court. However, the prince, although the north is large, it is far less than that of Liaonan, and there is no need to compare with the inner city. The food and grass we gathered at present is only enough to last until next autumn and winter, so this matter..."

Speaking of this, Tuoliu paused and stopped continuing, but the people present knew in their hearts what he was going to remind him.

The entire Liaodong is naturally not small in terms of territory. Not to mention the other areas controlled by the Heilongjiang General are much larger than ordinary provinces within the pass.

However, producing such things does not mean the size of the territory, not to mention that the Qing Dynasty had never had any idea of ​​developing outside the pass. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Qing Dynasty had existed in the form of private land or indulging in the pass, and it also put forward a policy of restricting the Han people in the pass from the pass to the pass.

This approach is naturally very appropriate in terms of maintaining the original ecology. If it were later generations, the United Nations would definitely award certificates to Dorgon, Shunzhi, Kangxi and others to commend their outstanding contributions in restoring the atmospheric ozone layer, protecting the natural environment, protecting rare plants, animals and other aspects for publicity.

In addition, the Nobel Peace Prize may be nominated, but for the present, the current situation has made Prince Yi and the nobles of the Qing Dynasty feel deeply uneasy and regretful.

People need to eat. As the saying goes, people are iron rice and steel. If you don’t eat for a meal, you will be hungry.

Now the Qing Dynasty's military and civilians withdrew to Heilongjiang have nearly one million people. With such a large population, and the need to maintain a military force of about one hundred thousand, the logistics pressure is extremely high.

According to the normal recruitment population, about fifty people were raised. In later generations, due to the continuous increase in productivity and the different recruitment requirements of different countries, this proportion was also different.

In terms of the current proportion of conscription in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's troops were roughly controlled by the amount of one hundred people raising one soldier. Of course, this number also fluctuates according to different places, among which the proportion of Xinming is higher, because the structure of Xinming is different.

In addition, the reserve and retired soldiers were placed separately, so with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, if the troops were to be increased, the current troops could be more than doubled in a very short period of time.

But the Qing Dynasty outside the pass was different. Prince Yi now has a population of nearly one million, but his army has more than 100,000. In other words, ten people have to raise one army. The proportion of the recruitment population is already very high. Although this is the so-called "all people are soldiers" in the Qing Dynasty, the pressure is extremely great no matter how it is.

Thinking of this problem, Prince Yi also looked embarrassed, but this was not solved by him.

Before, before the Ming Dynasty attacked Liaodong, Prince Yi knew clearly where the disadvantages of Liaodong were. Population was the biggest factor restricting Liaodong. At that time, Dorgon, a bastard, seemed to have left a way out for the Manchus on the surface, but in fact, what he did was clearly digging a hole for the Manchus.

If you want people but no one, what's the use of a large territory that requires no food? In order to change this situation, Prince Yi started from North Korea, hoping to use the method of the Koreans entering Liao to solve the problem.

Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not give the Qing Dynasty too much time. Although Prince Yi had a good idea, it was too late. Shortly after he did this, the Ming Dynasty began to attack Liaodong, which led to his early efforts being ruined.
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