Chapter 808 Lelang and Heilongjiang, the opening of the Empress’ map

Author: Linglinghou

Chapter 808 Lelang and Heilongjiang, the opening of the Empress’ map

Zhaowu eighth year, November 5th.

Zhu Yuyao convened the military ministers in Wuying Hall to discuss the surrender of North Korea.

In other words, discussing how to govern North Korea after its surrender.

This time, a group of military ministers had a rare consensus of opinion. They all believed that North Korea, which had long been immersed in Confucian culture, could directly set up a provincial capital based on the Ming Dynasty and govern it how it should be governed.

The only thing that needs to be considered is the need to dismantle the power of the officials, gentry, and aristocratic families in the original Korean country.

This was not difficult for the Ming Dynasty to handle, and it could even be said that it was easy for them to do.

The Ming Dynasty was so big that it was completely possible for the Ming Dynasty to move North Korean officials, gentry, and aristocratic families to other provinces of the Ming Dynasty, just like the disintegration of local clan power in the past. Without the constraints of these officials, gentry, and aristocratic families, it would be much easier for the Ming Dynasty to govern North Korea.

Of course, the Ming court would also appoint talents who enthusiastically embraced the Ming Dynasty and could quickly become familiar with the Ming Dynasty's local governance model.

As for how to establish a provincial capital in North Korea, it was also discussed at this military aircraft conference.

It was finally decided that the former Ping'an Road in Lee's Korea would be included in Liaodong Province and set up as Ping'an Prefecture.

The remaining Hwanghae-do, Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do, Chungcheong-do, Jeolla-do, and Gyeongsang-do were successively renamed Hwanghae-bu, Gyeongdong-bu, Gangwon-bu, Chungmyeong-bu, Jeolla-do, and Gyeongsang-bu, and were set as Nakrang Province.

The provincial government is set in Seoul.

The name "Lelang" was taken from the four counties established on the Koryo Peninsula during the Han Dynasty, but Lelang County at that time was actually the Liaodong Peninsula and parts of Ping'an Road and Hwanghae Road.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty court only borrows the name "Lelang" for use, but is not particular about it.

As for the original Hamgyong Province of North Korea, it was merged into the newly established Heilongjiang Province.

The Heilongjiang Province of the Ming Dynasty was mainly under the jurisdiction of the original Nuergandu, which was much larger than the Heilongjiang Province of the later Daxia Kingdom.

Mainly the middle reaches and lower reaches of Heilongjiang River, the middle reaches and lower reaches of Songhua River, the entire Ussuri River area, and the eastern Changbai Mountain area.

Kugu Island (Sakhalin Island) and Ezo Island (Hokkaido) are also included.

However, a province does not have a larger territory, the better. In fact, Heilongjiang Province in the Ming Dynasty is a truly bitter cold place. Especially now that it is still the Little Ice Age, these places are even colder. If there are more people, it is estimated that it will be difficult to be self-sufficient in food.

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As for the provincial governance of Heilongjiang Province, considering that before the railway was built, the Heilongjiang area was definitely dominated by sea and river transportation, so it was decided to set the provincial governance in Xianxing, which was Xianjing in the Qing Dynasty.

In addition, although Heilongjiang Province in the Ming Dynasty was large, it had few prefectures.

In order, they are Hamjingfu in the south, which governs Xianxing; Jianzhou, which is north of Changbai Mountain and south of the Songhua River, and its state government is in Shuangcheng (a little north of Vladivostok); Songhuafu in the middle reaches of the Songhua River and in the lower reaches of the Songhua River, and its government is in later generations.

Harbin.

Heihe Prefecture in the middle reaches of Heilongjiang was governed by Heihe in later generations; and then there was a large area in the east including Kuwu Island and Ezo Island, which was called Fushan Prefecture, and was governed by the former Nuergandu Division (later known as Telin in Russia).

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However, the Ming Dynasty has not yet implemented effective rule over the Heilongjiang Basin, because this area was too cold during the Little Ice Age and was mostly deep mountains and old forests.

The northernmost area where the Ming army is currently stationed is the former Duoyan Sanwei area. At most, they only send troops to patrol the south bank of Heilongjiang from time to time. There are currently no troops stationed on the north bank of Heilongjiang.

But now that the imperial court has decided to establish Heilongjiang Province, it will definitely arrange for soldiers to be stationed in Jiangbei.

In addition, the government of several prefectures will also allocate funds from the imperial court to establish basic local government administrative buildings and other supporting infrastructure.

As for how to develop the local area in the future, attract the savage Jurchens in the old forest to join, and even attract the "southerners" south of Heilongjiang Province to make a fortune (start a business?) and settle down, that is what local officials need to consider.

Heilongjiang is a newly established place. It is a bitter cold place with hardships, but it is also easy to achieve results. And if you make some achievements, you will receive a higher evaluation from the court, which means that it is easier to get promoted.

I believe that in the future, Heilongjiang will become a place for aspiring young officials of the Ming Dynasty to gain experience and promotion.

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night.

In the old house in the bamboo forest, Zhu Ainao was lying on the bed with unfinished thoughts.

"Wife, what are you thinking about?" Hao Guangming asked.

Zhu Ya'ao blinked her eyes and said: "I'm wondering whether to establish another Heishan Province to occupy the outer Xing'an Mountains area north of Heilongjiang Province, and even the vast land further north."

Hao Guangming smiled, "Do you know that this is a map to open up borders? Most of the areas in Heilongjiang Province that were just established were not actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty. You actually thought of the Waixing'anling area further north. It's really okay.

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Zhu Ya'ao said shamelessly: "What happened to the map? Besides, the places north of Heilongjiang were originally under the jurisdiction of my Ming Nu'er Gandu, right?

Even according to some information on your Internet, from the Heilalongjiang River to the Arctic Ocean, it belongs to my Ming Dynasty slave Gandusi!"

"Okay, okay, it belongs to the Ming Dynasty. All the vast Siberia belongs to the Ming Dynasty, okay?"

"Originally, they belong to our Ming Dynasty."

After a pause, Hao Guangming said seriously: "Let's talk about it here. Even if you set up a province in the Waixing'an Mountains and occupy these places in name, if you send officials to govern, you will definitely have to find development points.

Otherwise, over time, even if the ministers in the court are forced by your prestige and do not raise objections, they will not be interested in governing these places.

In this way, after a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty may give up ruling these thankless places."

"Development points," Zhu Yulao pondered, "Apart from occupying vast territory and looking good on the map, the only valuable thing about these places is the mines, right?

But the Little Ice Age was so cold that even if you wanted to open mines in those places, it would be very difficult, and the gains might even outweigh the losses."

Hao Guangming said: "This requires Ming Dynasty to develop the mining industry as soon as possible."

Zhu Yuyao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she said: "My husband is right, I can use the technology of later generations to accelerate the improvement of Ming's mining industry.

In this way, mining in those bitter and cold places should be less difficult and the cost will be reduced, and maybe it can become profitable."

Hao Guangming added: "In fact, during the Little Ice Age, it was really not a wise move to develop to the north.

If Heilongjiang Province and the Outer Xing'an Mountains area are really difficult to manage and develop in the future, then Ming Dynasty will only need to send troops to patrol on a regular basis to expel the Tsarist Russian invaders.

We can first focus our development on Nanyang, or the Western Regions, and Central Asia. As long as the Ming Dynasty occupied the vast Siberian region first, it will not be too late for the Ming Dynasty to develop it after the Little Ice Age in the future."

Zhu Yasuo nodded after hearing this, "My husband is right, I will make a decision after considering this matter."

Second update.

Good night~
Chapter completed!