Zhao Han flipped through the frontline reports sent from Tainan, and Relan Zhecheng really didn't care.
Two thousand Datong troops were stationed in Chican City, and the Taiwan fleet patrolled every day. The Dutch in Relanjia City were unable to get ashore or go to sea, so they were all suffocated on the island.
Even the Han people in the residential area, proud of their good water skills, secretly left the island at night and swam ashore to join the Datong Army. Not all of these Han people were the lackeys of the Dutch. Many of them just worked on the island, such as barbers, shoemakers, tailors, etc.
Chef, etc.
More and more Han people are escaping the island, and those with poor water skills are also running away. They remove the door panels and row to the other side.
Until the end, the Dutch sent troops to guard and forbade anyone to leave.
But they had long lost their fighting spirit, and those Dutch soldiers were too lazy to patrol. They took out their inventory, smoked and drank while on duty, and guarded the area like a sieve. Within a few days, all the Han people were gone.
On the entire island, only the Dutch and slaves were left.
There was no one to shave their heads, no one to repair their shoes, no one to clean up their excrement and urine. The castle and settlements both stank to the sky, and the little farmland they had was left uncultivated, so the slaves were of no use at all.
If this continues, even if the Dutch don't starve to death, they will be driven crazy.
"Bring me a pen." Zhao Han said.
Li Xiangjun immediately brought a pen and paper.
Zhao Han wrote an order and handed it to the female official in charge of rites: "Let the cabinet forward it to the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office."
This order was very simple. After the spring of next year, Li Dingguo was asked to go to the north to train a cavalry division, and Huang Fei was transferred to Taiwan to take over the position of division commander.
Adjustments come and go, things happen for a reason.
When Li Dingguo was transferred to the south, his division had the most people from Fujian and Guangdong.
Transferring Li Dingguo back to the north means expanding the army again!
When fighting in the grassland, cavalry is very important. There is currently only one pure cavalry division, and Zhao Han decided to train a second one. War horses are sufficient. There are official horse farms in Liaodong, and the Mongols on the grassland have often gone south to sell horses in the past two years.
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In the past, there was not enough food, and the large number of immigrants consumed too much, so the army had to save some.
It will be relieved next year. In Shandong and Henan provinces, the land tax reduction and exemption period has expired, and the land tax can be collected in full next year. Moreover, the Datong Bank in the north is increasingly opening money and grain exchange points, and the population of Shandong and Henan provinces has also increased.
, more and more abandoned land is being reclaimed.
Shandong and Henan have been resting and recuperating for several years, and finally they are bearing fruit.
Zhao Han even guessed that the actual population of these two provinces must exceed the previously reported numbers, and many people who had hid in the mountains came out again.
In addition, each division of the Datong Army will increase to 11,000 troops next year.
The additional 1,000 people can probably be understood as regular engineering troops. In addition to working as engineers, they occasionally serve as civilian laborers to help transport luggage and so on. They are also responsible for military convoys - in the past, peasant soldiers were recruited for paid work.
This type of military force was also available in the Ming Dynasty, and they were selected from the remnants of the army.
Among the military households in the Ming Dynasty, the eldest son was a soldier and had military status. The other brothers in the family were classified as military remnants. They could find things to do on their own in peacetime. But if a war broke out, some military remnants would have to enlist to help the regular soldiers carry armor and help the regular soldiers.
Soldiers wash clothes and even perform auxiliary tasks.
In addition, another 3,000 elite soldiers were selected from each army and recalled to Nanjing to serve as the imperial guards. The number of the emperor's imperial guards reached 5,000.
After next year's military reform and the newly formed cavalry division, the number of regular troops nationwide will be close to 250,000.
If you include the patrols (armed police) in various provinces, excluding urban police forces, the total strength is about 400,000. Like the police, most of the patrols are veterans, with slightly disabled and slightly older soldiers
Mainly, its combat effectiveness is not much inferior to that of the regular army. It is usually responsible for suppressing bandits, detecting theft, and putting down chaos.
Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces have a very large number of patrol soldiers. To put it bluntly, they are to prevent the remaining chieftain forces from causing chaos!
To be honest, Zhao Han is not enthusiastic about continuing to expand in the north because the time is not ripe.
If you look at Zhu Yuanzhang's previous Northern Expeditions, you will know that the first two spurts had an unstable foundation in the north. After learning the lesson, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stopped. At that time, the north was destroyed and there was not much population at all. All military supplies had to be transferred from the south.
, it’s time-consuming and labor-intensive and not very satisfying.
As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang immigrated to farmland in large numbers and managed the north for eight years before starting the third Northern Expedition. This was much easier. The population in the north was more abundant, and it was also convenient to recruit civilians and military rations on the spot.
Zhao Han was facing a similar situation at this time. The population in the north was too small. Even if the grassland was conquered, it would be difficult to hold it. Even if he could hold it, he would still have to garrison the grassland and have to transport military rations from the south. The huge amount of money and food consumed would give Fei Chun
Forced to death.
For the current plan, we will train the cavalry while developing the north.
After the cavalry has been trained and the north has recovered, it will be the real time to go north out of the grassland.
"Your Majesty, the Zhu family brothers and sisters are here. Do you want to summon them?" the female officer reminded.
Zhao Han said: "Let them come in, and call Concubine Tian to the Imperial Garden."
Tian Xiuying arrived earlier, and the Zhu family brothers and sisters had to slowly pass through the Forbidden City.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
"No courtesy, please sit down."
The Zhu brothers and sisters were quite reserved, but Tian Xiuying greeted them warmly and personally pulled Zhu Ainao to sit down.
Zhao Han asked: "How about work and study?"
Zhu Cixiang replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, I am the chief of the Etiquette Section in Jiangning County. Last year, the county government gave me a poor evaluation. Cijiong is studying at Jinling University, and his grades last semester ranked 69th. Cijiong has no intention of pursuing an official career.
, and he doesn’t want to study. He is currently working as an apprentice at Cifang Bookstore, and he plans to open a bookstore to make a living in the future. As for Ainao, he works as a mathematics teacher at Xuanwu Lake Primary School.
Xuanwu Lake Primary School is already in the outer city. It is estimated that when Zhu Ayao applied for a teacher position, she failed to get into the school in the city.
Being a teacher is the most socially acceptable profession for today's highly educated women. After all, Fei Rulan, as a queen, also worked as a teacher at a girls' school in Luling County.
After Zhao Han heard this, he looked at Zhu Cizheng with a smile: "Your ambition is to open a bookstore and make a living?"
Zhu Cizheng replied: "Your Majesty, just read some miscellaneous books every day."
Zhao Han said: "Then there is no need to open a bookstore by yourself. There are countless miscellaneous books to read in the libraries of Hanlin Academy and Qintian Academy. You can choose a place by yourself and become a librarian."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhu Cizheng was overjoyed.
After chatting about some other things, Zhao Han asked, "What do you want from me?"
"I dare you to ask your majesty to grant a marriage to my third brother." Zhu Cihong told the family situation.
Zhao Han asked Zhu Cijiong: "What does the woman do at home?"
Zhu Cijiong replied: "She is from Anhui, her family is in business, and she has an uncle who is the magistrate of Shanxi."
"No wonder I don't dare to marry my daughter to you," Zhao Han asked, "Are you compatible? Is the woman willing?"
Zhu Cijiong said quickly: "Yes, Xiaomei is willing. We have decided privately... We are in love and often read together at school."
"As long as the woman is willing, it is not a bad idea to grant her a marriage," Zhao Han said, "Let's take care of this together. Is there a woman that Cixi likes?"
Zhu Cixiang replied: "I have asked someone to find a matchmaker. She is the daughter of a grocery store owner outside the city."
Zhao Han asked Zhu Cizheng again: "What about you?"
Zhu Cizheng seemed to be very interested in reading miscellaneous books. He had no other hobbies or interests, not even a sweetheart. He shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about getting married yet."
"Then we'll talk about it later." Zhao Han was too lazy to be a matchmaker.
Finally looking at Zhu Ya'ao, Zhao Han asked: "Where is Yu'ao? Is there a man you like?"
Zhu Yuyao said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is none."
Zhu Yu'ao was the one who was most worried about getting married, because the reason her brothers and sisters went south was because she was married to Zhao Han by Chongzhen. There was no publicity about this matter, nor was it deliberately kept secret, but it had already been known to the whole world.
The princess of the previous dynasty almost married the emperor of the current dynasty. Who would dare to marry a leopard who has eaten his heart?
Zhao Han thought about it carefully and found that it was really not suitable to be married to the son of a minister. But men among the people could not be betrothed at will. I really didn't know what to do about this matter.
Moreover, Zhao Han felt a little awkward. From a purely male perspective, if he stepped forward to propose marriage to Zhu Aina, it would be as if he had given himself a cuckold.
After thinking about it and not knowing what to do, Zhao Han said: "When you find the person you like, I will give you a marriage."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Ainao was neither sad nor happy, she had long been used to it.
At noon, the Zhu brothers and sisters were left to eat, and in the afternoon they were invited by Tian Xiuying to visit the Imperial Garden.
When leaving the Forbidden City, Zhu Cihong scolded: "媺娟, you are nineteen years old. If you don't get married, you will really be an old girl. Your Majesty offers you a marriage, so you accept it. Why don't you give a salty answer? After I go back, I
Just let the matchmaker help you find someone, and you can always find someone with both talents and virtues. When the time comes, you can't push back."
Zhu Yasuo smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, have you forgotten that Young Master Li?"
"Why did you mention him? It was three years ago, why can't you forget it?" Zhu Cixiang said depressedly.
Zhu Aao said: "It's not that I can't forget it, but that I'm discouraged."
At that time, Zhu Cixiang was still studying at Jinling University, and Mr. Li came to Nanjing to visit his relatives. Once, Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Ainao met Mr. Li while visiting a bookstore.
A talented man and a beautiful woman, it is love at first sight.
After Mr. Li left Nanjing, he kept in correspondence for a long time, saying that while others did not dare to marry the princess of the previous dynasty, he, Mr. Li, dared to confiscate his family and exterminate his clan, and would soon return to Nanjing to propose marriage.
Suddenly, communication was cut off and there was no further news.
There is a high probability that Mr. Li revealed the identity of Zhu Yuluo when he asked his parents to send someone to propose marriage, and then everything came to nothing.
Zhu Ainao had been waiting for a letter from the other party for one year, two years... Just last year, the letter finally came, but it was that Mr. Li had already married, and asked Zhu Ayao not to wait any longer.
Since then, Zhu Yuluo no longer trusts men and thinks that men are just big pigs.
Zhu Cijiong suddenly said: "Forget it, my sister will marry your Majesty. Anyway, my father agreed."
Zhu Cizheng suddenly became anxious: "How can that be done? My mother is His Majesty's concubine, can my sister also be His Majesty's concubine?"
"That's right, it's unethical." Zhu Cijiong scratched his head, looking like he wasn't very smart.
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