What followed the Golden Castle was not an army, but the first group of exiles forced to go south.

One hundred and twenty strong men and women.

After Luzon was captured, the priority place for exile in the huge south became Luzon.

In the north, it has always been Liaodong and Jilin.

In recent years, the imperial court has been very cautious in using the death penalty, and has also abolished the practice of having wives and daughters stuffed into religious offices, and most of the harsh punishments have been replaced by exile.

In order to enrich the frontiers, this was the biggest change made by the imperial court and the most effective change.

Compared with the past, they are pitiful. The place of exile has changed from Guangxi, Yunnan, to Luzon.

But at the same time, they were lucky because they only had to take a boat straight down, saving them the hard work on the road. More importantly, they had the medicine to treat malaria - cinchona.

In this way, miraculously no one died along the way to Luzon.

However, Jinbao welcomed the arrival of this group of people and settled a group of vacant villages for them (the rebellious indigenous people), which gave them a place to stay.

The Governor-General of Luzon even allocated a large amount of food and allocated land to allow them to take root in the local area.

Therefore, this has to involve the policy of the Luzon Governor-General - relocation and city expansion.

That is, to enrich the entire Luzon region with a large number of Han people, and the first step is to enrich Zhenhai City, the capital of Luzon.

Manila City and Intramuros merged together and were named Zhenhai City. It is the largest city in Luzon.

According to the preliminary plan, with Zhenhai City as the center, one hundred Han villages will be settled within a radius of a hundred miles to stabilize the rule.

For example, the Spanish people's exploitation by the rough guards was so inhumane and cruel in the eyes of Governor Jin at this time. It would not be a crime to be a frivolous corvee, but at least give people a way to survive!

Therefore, agricultural taxes were all changed to one out of ten taxes, and the same was true for commercial taxes. Important luxury goods taxes, such as spices, were heavily taxed.

In this way, the Spanish nobles who had evaded taxes on a large scale could only pay taxes and contribute to the finances of the Governor's Palace, and in this way they could resettle the exiled people.

Subsequently, Jinbao, on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, directly demanded that the indigenous people surrender and pay taxes, otherwise they would be treated as rebels.

Naturally, the natives were not willing to give in easily. Before they saw the power of the Ming army, they were very stubborn.

Jinbao was not used to them either. The army was sent out to kill them. The prisoners were organized into a servant army, and the cultivated land was prepared to be distributed to the subsequent people.

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In just one month, the Ming army dispatched more than ten times. They killed thousands of people and broke through dozens of villages. The killings made the natives terrified and had to surrender.

And in this way, the Spaniards have become more honest and paid taxes, which is a positive thing.

From this, Jin Bao wrote to his friends in the mainland: "The land of Luzon is vast, and the native people are naturalized, just like the prosperity of Taiwan. It is expected that within a few months, the imperial court will look forward to it with admiration..."

Following Spain's colonial methods, the Luzon Governor's Office constantly had to imitate and follow them.

Due to the advantage of close distance, they could receive a steady stream of support from the mainland. In just two or three months, they expanded their territory by hundreds of miles and conquered tens of thousands of natives, which was worth several years of efforts by the Spaniards.

The south is advancing aggressively, and the northwest of the empire is also resisting pressure and advancing continuously.

A battle to exterminate the Yarkands in the past directly consumed all the food and grass accumulated by Gansu for several years, leaving the Ming army with no troops and unable to go further.

The fertile Yinli River Valley was also occupied by the Zhungeer tribe and the Heshuote tribe, and Li Dingguo did not say a word.

Even in the end, the last ruler of Yarkand, Abdullah Khan, left Kashgar with thousands of cavalry and arrived in the Badak area, barely surviving.

Theoretically, the huge Yarkand Khanate was divided into three parts.

The core areas of the five cities, including Yarkand and Kashgar, with millions of people, were all captured by the Ming Dynasty.

In the center of northern Xinjiang, most of the Yinli Valley was captured by the Oirat Mongols.

Finally, in Badak (eastern Uzbekistan, northern Afghanistan), a palm-sized area was occupied by the remnants of the Yarkand.

It's not perfect, that's how it is for Li Dingguo.

Even though Gao Yigong became the Duke of the country, Li Dingguo was still a marquis.

"What is lacking now is a war to destroy the country——"

Li Dingguo rode a horse and stepped lightly on the road. Hundreds of waterwheels on both sides continuously transported precious river water into the canals, and then flowed to the entire Yarkand farmland.

The division of water resources is the most critical and precious power in the entire southern Xinjiang region.

In the Tiannanxing City Division, millions of square kilometers of land were decided by Tiannan General Li Dingguo.

Of course, he will delegate power to the civil servants in the oasis.

This year is the tenth year of Shaowu, and Li Dingguo is only thirty-five years old now.

Riding on a tall horse as black as silk, he looked majestic and heroic, and his high-spirited aura could not be stopped, making people unconsciously want to worship him.

In the past three years, everyone has respected General Tiannan so much that they did not dare to resist in the slightest.

Because they know that disobeying military orders will result in death, as countless cases have proven before.

"It's been three years, almost three years."

Li Dingguo stared at the walking crowds, the endless manors, and the simple city wall in front of him, and he was a little in disbelief.

He only trained here for three years.

The imperial court continued to refute his petition for war, either with the excuse of insufficient troops or lack of food and grass, and in the end, it was said that the time had not come yet.

He hurriedly returned to the mansion and got off the horse quickly.

"General, this is the communiqué from the beginning of the month——"

The servant on the side quickly handed over the newspaper.

Li Dingguo looked at it casually.

Although the Ming Dynasty Gazette is published bimonthly, it is too far away from Yarkand, and the news is seriously lagging behind. It is already early August, and the newspaper has not arrived until early July.

When he glanced at it, he could not move away from the eye-catching line: Luzon Governor's Office was established, Sun Lin, Shi Lang was granted the title of uncle——

Moving his eyes downward, Li Dingguo instantly felt unsatisfied.

Good fellow, twenty-six-year-old Earl, don't be too exaggerated.

Can a barbarian land as big as a palm be granted the title of Bo?

Sighing, he was about to complain a few words, when suddenly a man came in a hurry: "General, general, the imperial court is urgent for four hundred miles -"

I saw that he was panting, his body was covered with yellow sand, his lips were so dry and peeling, and his steps were as limp as an old man's.

But Li Dingguo was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward, directly holding his arm with his big hand like a tong: "Hurry up and give it to me——"

"yes--"

With that said, the messenger took out the urgent document from his arms and handed it over carefully.

Li Dingguo took a rough look and found that it was a sealed letter box.

When I opened it, I saw the decree drafted by the cabinet: requiring Tiannanxing Dusi to train troops and horses and stock up on food and grass...

This is simply nonsense. Li Dingguo has been working hard in the past three years, never slacking off in training, and has accumulated a lot of food and grass.

But Li Dingguo was very excited and excited.

This is a signal, a signal that troops are about to be sent out.

"Quickly, summon the commanders from all over the country and ask them to come to see me."

In the entire Tiannan Xingdu Division, the largest official is General Tiannan, Li Dingguo, who has direct control of an army of 5,000 people.

But at the same time, each major oases is stationed by commanders, with troops ranging from 500 to 1,000 under their command, responsible for the entire army in the oasis.

Of course, Tiannan Xingdusi is not an integrated military and political system, but is governed by civilian officials and is directly under the jurisdiction of General Tiannan.

Magistrates and county magistrates were governed by local officials or civilian officials sent by the imperial court. This could be regarded as a measure to share power with the elite and integrate them into the Ming Dynasty.

The effect is naturally very good.

Because of trade, the former Silk Road once again burst into glory, and the number of caravans slowly increased, leading to a gradual recovery of finances.

After the war subsided, agriculture began to recover, and food was continuously being hoarded.

Since then, last year, Li Dingguo ordered the direct recruitment of 30,000 local soldiers to join the army and conduct training to make them part of the Ming army.

Subsequently, Gansu mobilized tens of thousands more people to enter Xinjiang, bringing the total number of soldiers and horses in Tiannanxingdusi to more than 60,000.

This is also thanks to the decentralized integration and training of commanders in various places, thus digesting these 30,000 recruits.

Fifteen commanders came from oases of different sizes, each and every one of them was dusty, but they had no complaints.

After Gao Yigong left, Li Dingguo had the highest prestige and no one dared to oppose him.

Li Dingguo glanced at everyone and didn't care that many people looked embarrassed. Instead, he said in a deep voice:

"I know it's hard for you, but I want to tell you that it's all worth it -"

"The imperial court will not forget us, and His Majesty will not forget us. All the hard work has come to fruition."

"Starting today, I will check your training results..."

Therefore, this summer, a large-scale military training operation was carried out throughout Nanjiang, which can be said to have frightened the Oirat Mongolian tribes.

After more than a month of trembling fear, news came out from southern Xinjiang that Abdullah Khan was going to be killed and all hidden dangers would be completely eliminated. This made them relieved.
To be continued...