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Chapter 651 Continue to go south

Gong Dingzi was stunned, thinking anxiously in his heart, but still a little confused, and said cautiously: "The grass people are stupid, please tell me."

Zhu Xu slapped the folding fan in his hand, and thought carefully in his heart, saying, "Shaanxi and other places are vast and sparsely populated, and the disaster situation is severe. You said that before the thorough land reform cannot be carried out, the land will be taken down, so that the victims can cultivate the food, and the grain produced will be used in a concentrated manner to ensure that no one is hungry. Is this feasible?"

Gong Dingzi didn't expect that the emperor's idea suddenly jumped to Shaanxi and West. After thinking for a while, he said, "Caomin thought it was OK, but it was not feasible in Nanzhili."

Zhu Xu naturally knew about this, turned his head quietly and looked at him, saying, "What are you doing?"

Gong Dingzi lowered his head slightly, remained silent for a while, and said, "Emperor, the land is the most important thing for gentry. He would rather lose his life than pass it on to his descendants, and would never be traded easily. Caomin believes that those gentry who support the emperor and the court's new policies should be selected from the people, gathered together, and not granted official positions. They will specialize in managing the gentry in the world, including land, population, taxation and other matters. If they violate it, they can be punished, and the government can support it openly or secretly..."

Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows. Gong Dingzi is worthy of being a traitor. Those adults in the court would never have thought of such a method and would never agree to it. On the one hand, it would be contrary to the openness and justice, and on the other hand, it has always been the tacit understanding of the ruling class. Granting such power to the gentry is not conducive to national stability.

However, Gong Dingzi's words actually make sense. Using gentry to balance gentry is aside, and no matter how they make trouble, the court is the role of an arbitrator, and the benefits are all from the court.

Now the court cannot make a big noise in Jiangnan. It is also necessary to weaken the gentry as much as possible, release blood and supply the court.

"How much confidence do you have?" Zhu Xu said with a squinted eye. As for Gong Dingzi's 'grassy people', Zhu Xu never paid attention to it.

Gong Dingzi said without hesitation: "Go back to the emperor, if the government secretly supports you, the people will be confident!"

Zhu Xu nodded undeniably. As for the farm matter, it seems that it has to be handed over to the cabinet to handle it. The folding fan suddenly opened and said, "I will give you this opportunity! Dongchang also has a guardian prison in Yingtian Prefecture. I will give you the seventh rank, guardian prison, the thousand households in the fine clothes of the guardian prison, secretly announced. I will give you another 500,000 taels to build this alliance as soon as possible. It won't take long for the new court policy to reach Jiang. Su, I hope the resistance will not be too great."

Gong Dingzi was overjoyed and knelt down with a pounce, saying, "I obey the order and thank the emperor for his kindness!"

For Zhu Xu, this matter is optional, but it is nothing more than an attempt at a very small cost.

After waving Gong Dingzi back, Zhu Xu got on the carriage and said directly: "Do everything you should do, let's go today!"

Cao Huachun sat next to Zhu Xu and responded: "Abide by the order."

After returning to the inn to pack up, Zhu Xu's carriage drove directly to the city of Liao, and the fleet was docked there.

On the carriage, Cao Huachun said: "Emperor, news came from the capital that Yang Fengzhong was imprisoned by the Ministry of Justice."

Zhu Xu yelled and laughed, "I underestimate Huang Chengyuan."

It is obvious that Huang Chengyuan had known that Yang Fengzhong had gone to the capital, and had gone to the Ministry of Justice in the morning, waiting for Yang Fengzhong to fall into the trap.

That's true. These people may have all kinds of problems in fact and are good at political struggles, and they cannot be underestimated.

When Zhu Xu was about to get on the boat, news about Korqin finally came.

Zhu Zonghan’s memorial was written in detail, and he presented the causes and consequences.

Zhu Xu got on the boat, sat on the soft collapse, looking at the memorial without moving, and said nothing for a long time.

Cao Huachun and Cao Bianjiao both stood in front of him. Seeing that Zhu Xu had not spoken for a long time, Cao Huachun spoke, "Master, has there been any change in Liaodong?"

Zhu Xu shook his head slightly and said, "Korqin split and changed a lot. Huang Taiji went far away from the west of the desert. It is naturally a good thing for me, Daming."

When Cao Huachun saw the emperor answering, he bent down and did not ask again.

Zhu Xu put down the memorial book, lay there, slapped the border with his right hand, and looked thoughtful.

Things are often good and bad. The advantage is that the threat from Liaodong has been greatly reduced. You can reclaim wasteland and immigrate with confidence, without any need to worry about the threat from Huang Taiji and Korqin.

This is naturally a great benefit for the Ming Dynasty. Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and it is easy to reclaim. It is no problem to place 10 or 20 million people, it just takes time.

There are two disadvantages. One is that the desert north of the Great Wall. On the grassland, Lin Danhan's Chahar is the dominant one. The division and weak Korqin is not Lin Danhan's opponent. Other tribes of all sizes have long been crippled by the Later Jin Dynasty and cannot threaten him.

A strong Chahar, the ambitious Lin Danhan unified the southern part of the desert and northern part of the desert. This was not what Zhu Xu wanted, and for the Ming Dynasty it was equivalent to recreating the Later Jin Dynasty.

In this way, Liaodong and the Great Wall will be threatened and will return to the past.

The second is that Huang Taiji went to the west of the Mohe, where there were many Mongolian tribes, including Junggar, Turgut, Zhasak, Chagatai, Hoshuote, etc. Among them, Junggar will not be able to unify the western Moheote, with a huge territory and a large population. Hoshuote will unify the Western Regions, that is, Tibet. In less than ten years, Junggar will annex Hoshuote and the Mongolian tribes in various parts of Qinghai, and their territory will be comparable to the current Ming Dynasty!

At that time, he would definitely be a strong enemy of the Ming Dynasty and would not be easily pacified!

Now that adding Huang Taiji will make it even more difficult to deal with, it will only add countless variables!

Ten years later, the end of the Little Ice Age. The Ming Dynasty has worked hard and tormented. I don’t know how much it takes or how much energy it has left. It will enter the recovery period again. If a war is launched at that time, it will take a long time, can the Ming Dynasty still hold on?

"It's time to get faster..." Zhu Xu whispered, his eyes flashing.

Cao Huachun and Cao Bianjiao looked at each other. Although they didn't know what the emperor was thinking, they always had bad premonitions.

Zhu Xu sat upright, tapping his fingers on the table, suddenly looked at him, saying, "The cabinet of the Imperial Palace will do its best to immigrate, don't be scruples anymore, try to establish large farms in the southwest, establish a grain quota system, and ensure that the people will not go hungry. The Imperial Palace of Liaodong was asked to establish a large farm, carry out the lowest quota system, and make every effort to cultivate, and use all manpower. If the manpower is not enough, convene from North Korea and Korea, some disaster victims can also be placed in North Korea. In short, I want Liaodong to accommodate as many as possible, more than 10 million will be available within five years!"

Cao Huachun's face changed slightly. The entire southwest was only 30 million people, so one-third of them were to be moved out!

Can Liaodong bear it?

Without waiting for him to speak, Zhu Xu continued to say, "Transfer to Yun Nan, and order Dai Shan as the vanguard general, commanding Dorgon, Duoduo, Mandahai, Shuotou, Obai and other generals, with 30,000 cavalry and 100 cannons, and immediately attack Annan! Tell them that I want the land, the best land!"

Cao Huachun could feel the hint of anxiety in Zhu Xu's words and bowed to say, "Abide by the order."

Just as Cao Huachun was about to leave, Zhu Xu suddenly said, "By the way, have you made a workshop in the east of the city?"

Cao Huachun recalled a little and said, "It has been made, and there are some results. Huitong Trading Bank is preparing to build large fertilizer stores in various places, and it is estimated that it will be able to produce on a large scale this year."

Zhu Xu nodded slightly and said, "Well, continue to focus on this matter. The people in various places will follow the previous ones and try to catch them as much as possible. Now people need to be hired everywhere, so they cannot be wasted."

Cao Huachun responded and waited for a while to see Zhu Xu stop talking, so he went out to draft an order.

Zhu Xu took a memorial and said, "The next stop is to Luoyang?"

Cao Bianjiao nodded and said, "Yes, there are two river roads, one is to go to the river. South, then to Yingtian Prefecture, and the other is to go to Yingtian Prefecture."

"We go to Luoyang to make a small boat and go directly to Yingtian Mansion." Zhu Xu opened the song and said. There are too many things and it is too complicated. If you are not in the capital, you always feel restricted and you are a little uneasy. The adults in the capital are not fuel-efficient.

"Abide by the order." Cao Bianjiao said, unlike Cao Huachun, he didn't think so much.

He stood in front of Zhu Xu, waited for a while but didn't see him speak, and said, "Emperor, how should Korqin ask for peace, how should he reply to the cabinet?"

"Let the cabinet and the Ministry of War discuss in detail, and report it to me, let me see it." Zhu Xu flipped through the memorial and said lightly.

Cao Bianjiao understood that the emperor was deliberately dragging him and said, "Yes."

Inside the capital, calmness gradually returned to its original state.

Zhou Yingqiu has returned to Beijing, and the appointment list that the Ministry of Personnel has prepared has been working rapidly. More than 200 graduates of the Royal Court filled the entire Northern Zhili, namely Hebei Province.

Chen Qiyu is the governor of the North, and Chen Qiyu is the governor of the North. Taking advantage of the chaos, he reorganized all government and military affairs in the North quickly in a stable place.

The cabinet and the six ministries were naturally not idle, and quickly promoted the "New Policy", the Governor's Office, the Criminal Prison Division, the Dali Temple, the State Administration of Taxation, etc., and a series of actions became "needs", rather than forced, and the promotion was extremely smooth.

Bumubutai, who was thrown in the washing clothes bureau, finally received a secret letter from Korqin, which made her face change constantly.

The Later Jin or Huang Taiji and Korqin are the two fundamentals in her life. They lost the Jin Kingdom and Korqin. Now Korqin and Huang Taiji are split and the other are gone. What should I do if she, a woman who was imprisoned in the Ming Dynasty?

She sat opposite her, looking just as worried.

Hai Lanzhu has lived a very good life recently, and she has no worries about food and drink. She has no rumors. Her only disadvantage is that she is lonely, but she can tolerate this.

She is not stupid, but on the contrary, she is very smart and knows clearly what kind of results will Huang Taiji leave and Korqin split bring to their sisters!

"Sister, what should we do?" Hai Lanzhu was extremely scared. She wanted to live, live well, and didn't want to die.

Bumubutai looked at Hai Lanzhu, then looked at the letter in his hand, and said calmly: "Father and the others have left, the big sweat has stayed, and we have to come to the capital in person. We must do something, otherwise Korqin will be gone..."

Hai Lanzhu knew that Korqin must exist. Without Korqin, there would be no need for their sisters. She frowned and said with a worried look on her face: "What can we do if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not in the capital?"
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