A battle report arrived. Although it was quite unexpected, it was not too outrageous.
After Ma Hongjie captured Qamdo, he planned to march towards Lhasa. After walking only a few dozen miles, Suonan Raodan (the chief executive of Tibet) asked the envoy to surrender, and Tibet was almost completely recovered.
There is no unified army in the entire front and back Tibet areas, only monks and nobles rule. You can insist on fighting it again, but it is really not necessary. Even if you kill all the nobles, new noble lords will appear in the future.
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The imperial court immediately issued relevant orders:
Ade Chief (Deqin) and Zhongdian (Zhongdian) were placed under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province.
pond), all are placed under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province.
Although most of Kham District is under Sichuan, it has a separate Xikang Office, and all the chief civil and military officials are of the third rank.
The Qinghai Protectorate was established, and its administration was located in Xining.
In the eastern, northern, and northeastern parts of Qinghai, those places that can be farmed need long-term immigration and reclamation to ensure that the Qinghai Governor has a sufficient Han population.
All the tribes in Qinghai are entrusted with the title of chieftain. They meet at Dongke Temple every three years to form an alliance to negotiate and resolve disputes between tribes. They are not allowed to expand their territory privately. Otherwise, they will break the covenant and all tribes will attack in groups.
The Tibetan Protectorate was established, and its administration was located in Lhasa.
They built cities in Lhasa and Qamdo respectively, and immigrated to the arable river valleys.
Slavery must be completely abolished in the Kangzang territory allocated to Yunnan and Qichuan. If any noble lord is obedient, we will continue to fight until everyone is obedient.
The two governorates of Qinghai and Tibet were weak in abolishing slavery, but they rewarded the chieftains who abolished slavery.
Gansu separated from Shaanxi and established a separate province, including the entire Ningxia and part of Qinghai.
"In the next ten years, we will immigrate to those places," Xie Yan said. "These river valleys must be firmly controlled. I'm afraid the people here in Kangzang want to go back and give priority to criminals to farm the land! These monks and lay nobles are
Do you hate raising slaves? Buy some male slaves and marry them to the criminals sent to Qinghai and Tibet."
The ministers all said something: Bailongjiang needs exiles to Shibian, and Qinghai-Tibet also needs exiles to cultivate land. How can there be so few exiles of criminals?
Thanks to the strength of our little British Empire, the unemployed population in London is exploding, and even spitting people cannot be exiled to Australia.
Ruibing continued: "There are very few lowly monks in Tibet, so the envoys of Honglu Temple went to confer one of them and discuss establishing our fiefdom. They told us that we must obtain permission from the imperial court for our current reincarnation."
Rui Bing was quite satisfied with that expedition against Qinghai-Tibet.
Since these Mongols have run away, let us run away. Historically, when the Manchus and Qing pacified Qinghai-Tibet, they only drove Zhungar away. The Mongols would fight a decisive battle for Qinghai-Tibet.
After all, it was the Great Ice Age and the cool climate of the Tang Dynasty.
The reason why the Tang Dynasty and Tubo declined at the same time was because of the cool climate. The arable farming line of the Tang Dynasty moved northward, which could suppress the Mongolian grasslands. In the river valleys of Tibet, the grain-producing areas also expanded, which could provide stability for Tubo.
of food income.
"How to deal with Hami's request for help?" Liu Ziren asked.
Xie Yan smiled and said: "Let's fight quickly and solve the problem when we are free."
Xie Yan’s plan is that within seventy years, Jilin will be set aside to establish a separate province. Raole Duhu Prefecture will also be turned into Lenghe Province. The western Sichuan lowland will be set aside to establish Xikang Province. Myanmar’s Pingnan capital
To protect the government, Meng Lai Province should be set up (there was no Meng Lai Road in the Yuan Dynasty, which is actually the homophone of Meng Nai).
It is expected to take 30 to 50 years to establish provinces in Mongolia, Qinghai and Tibet.
The key is that Han immigration, coupled with school education and military suppression, will take at most one generation, that is, seventy years to start.
Rui Bing added: "Zhang Tieniu, Zhang Mingshan (Xie Yanyi), Huang Changzuo (Zhao Han), eight people, were all promoted to tutors and recalled to Nanjing to serve."
In fact, those eight people were all dukes and right-hand governors, and they should have lived in Nanjing long ago.
Firstly, Nanjing will be prosperous, and we can enjoy happiness; seventhly, the removal of command authority will make the emperor feel at ease; eighthly, we can make room for other generals.
This has been the case throughout the ages.
If there is any small battle, just send us to the back line as the head coach of one side.
In a few years, Li Zheng from Bailongjiang and Jiang Liang from Qinghai will also be recalled to Nanjing to serve as officials in the Dudu Mansion.
After arranging things in Qinghai and Tibet, Ruibing still had a few days to rest when he received an important piece of information: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Malacca sent news that the Netherlands has captured Nagapattam Port."
"It's so slow!" Rui Bing sighed with emotion.
All the Portuguese colonial ports on the east coast of India fell and were taken away by the Dutch.
Perhaps, that could boost the East India Company's share price, as the Netherlands was still recovering from the stock market crash.
That winter, Zhang Tieniu, Fei Ruhe, and Zhao Han had returned to Nanjing to sit in the governor's office.
Fei Ruhe came back several years ago. When he saw the river surface full of ice floes, he was almost shocked: "The Yangtze River is also frozen! It was so hot during the Chongzhen period."
The navy general under the boat said: "It is Huang Yao. The Holy Emperor has come to this world, so there is no such good omen as Huang Yao."
Fei Ruhe rolled his eyes. He had only heard of Ruixue in the past, but today he heard of Wu Jieyan for the first time.
After I stayed at the Nanjing residence for a few days, Zhang Tieniu came back and was invited to have a drink with Zhao Han by the emperor. Also invited were Jiang Xiaoshan, Gu Jianshan, Yang Zhan and other generals, all of whom are now in the Dudu Mansion.
Take office.
"Come on, let's drink that cup first!" Rui Bing was very happy when old friends gathered together.
Except for Yang Zhan, everyone present here is a fellow who started the army together.
Fei Ruhe drank a few cups of yellow soup and asked, "Your Majesty, when are you going to attack Mobei? Mobei has been in turmoil due to continuous wars, and Zhungeer is having internal strife. He is very healthy now."
Rui Bing smiled and said: "I'm worried, within 87 years, troops will definitely be sent to Mobei. At that time, the troops will be divided into two groups. He will be the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, and Fei Qi (Zhang Tieniu) will be the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army."
"It's settled," Xie Yanyi said with a smile. "What did Lao Fei want to do to restrain Shi Yanran and seal the wolf from Xu? You have read a lot, but you also know the champion. How can you get a piece of that kind of credit from Tieniu?"
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Rui Bing asked: "How does it feel to go back to Nanjing?"
Fei Ruhe chuckled: "It's less comfortable outside than on the grassland."
Zhang Tieniu also said: "You all want to leave."
Rui Bing teased: "Next time he will say that he lives in Nanjing and wants to go to the north to fight early. For such a small crime of bullying, he will be punished with eight cups of wine."
"Drink! I want a smaller cup." Fei Ruhe coaxed.
Zhang Tieniu could only smile and drink, while Zhao Han kept talking.
The atmosphere is not subtle at all, it reminds me of the feeling back then. Except for Fei Ruhe, everyone else is very open-minded.
Seeing that Zhao Han was relatively silent, Rui Bing took the initiative to talk to me: "What else should we pay attention to in Kangxi and Tibet?"
Zhao Han said: "Whatever there is in the snow area, there will definitely be a war in the Kang area next year."
"Oh, tell me." Rui Bing said.
Zhao Han immediately started chatting: "The slaves were fully released in Kham. How could these surrendered Tibetan chieftains and even Tibetan monks be willing to hand over the slaves? The imperial order will be sent to Kham next year, and there will be seven rebellions in Kham.
I’m afraid I have to fight it all over again!”
"Let's fight now," Rui Bing said. "Kang District will be established as Xikang Province, and slavery must be abolished. It doesn't matter if we fight again, kill all the obedient ones!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty," Zhao Han said flatteringly.
Rui Bing pointed at Jiang Xiaoshan again: "I heard that you two have become in-laws?"
Zhao Han explained: "In the future, the marriage will be arranged in Jiangxi. When I returned to Nanjing, the marriage contract was finalized."
"That's a good thing. I will definitely give birth to a son of the general, Menhuzi." Xie Yan thought about it and said.
The dinner was not awkward at all, but as the emperor, Rui Bing actually needed to liven up the atmosphere in person.
It can only be said that the young man saw that the whole family was divided.
Before the spring begins, we should gather less at the horse farm and go hunting together in the autumn next year. Only in this way can the relationship between the emperor and the generals be closer.
In the blink of an eye, winter turns to spring.
Following Zhao Kuanghuan and Zhao Furong, Zhao Hanjin and Zhao Kuanglui also got married one after another, and the seven princes and princes have already started families.
According to fiscal statistics in July, the national annual income increased to 53 million taels (including local and provincial income).
Among them, agricultural taxes account for 62%, industrial and commercial taxes account for 20%, tariffs account for 17%, and Haili territory income accounts for 1%.
That data surprised the ministers very much.
Liu Ziren said: "According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance, the eight provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong all saw a slight increase in tariffs last year."
Rui Bing smiled and spoke.
The increase in tariffs in Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang not only increased trade with Liaodong and Korea, but also benefited from rampant smuggling by the Japanese feudal lords.
The shogun was young, and the shogun's uncle took the lead in smuggling, and the lords near the sea followed suit. In one year, the volume of trade with Japan almost doubled, and the tariffs in the eight provinces naturally increased accordingly.
When Japan's smuggling trade normalizes and the shogun comes to rule before he reaches adulthood, it may be difficult to restore the situation.
At that time, even if China interferes, Japan will still have to fight within itself.
Zhu Shunshui smiled and stroked his beard: "Last year's expedition to Qinghai-Tibet went smoothly, annual income increased slightly, and the fiscal surplus was 7.17 million. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."
In addition to the increase in tariffs, Liaoning was still taxed in full last year, which was also the reason for the skyrocketing annual income. Since then, in order to develop Liaoning and encourage people to immigrate, tax reductions and exemptions have been implemented.
The ministers were all smiling, and we were finally able to think a little.
Ruibing said: "This year's Xiasi Festival is a seven-day holiday across the country, except for the border areas, where the city gates are closed!"
In the past, we only had eight days of holidays, but this year we have seven days of holiday, so both the government and the public can have fun.
Of course, the Xiasi Festival is very close, and provinces farther away may have time to adjust their holidays.
Before the news came out, the whole city of Nanjing was in a state of excitement. Shops and vendors were recharging their energy and waiting to make a lot of money during the next holiday.
Rui Bing called down all the civil and military officials, as well as envoys from various countries, and took his ex-concubine and son on an outing.
That can not only boost people's hearts, stimulate the economy, but also bring the relationship between monarch and ministers closer. Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang often did that. Outings became popular in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who started it. Almost every year, he would take his ministers out for outings.
