In the name of personal expedition, he patrolled the northwest.
The mighty imperial camp accompanied him, passing through Juyong, entering the Xuanfu, and leaving Zhangjiakou to Duolun. Some people even thought that the emperor was on a parade, but they didn't know that the emperor set up prefectures and counties along the way and stationed troops there.
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From Duolun to Weichang, from Jining to Liangcheng, from Guihua to Wuchuan, from Baotou to Tiande, from Linhe to Dengkou, even Ordos Khan could not have expected that the emperor's journey westward would be like laying an egg.
Battalions after battalions of imperial troops were stationed in various places, and they began to build cities and station troops, and they also needed immigrants to fill the ranks.
"Great Khan, the emperor does this and we just watch helplessly?"
A group of left-wing Mongolian princes looked at Elinchen.
After the Duolun Alliance, the Monan Mongolian tribes, except for Horqin and other tribes who still followed the Jianlu tribe, were integrated into three groups on the left, center and right, and twelve groups on the left. The original Seven Banners of Ordos were the main ones, and they mainly traveled in the
Ordos, Qianhoutao, Langshanwai, Helanshanwai and other places.
The various ministries came back before the emperor, and began to integrate according to the alliance and move to new pastures. The emperor came later and first placed all Qiantao, including Guihua City, under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and also moved the left portion to Suiyuan Province.
Finally, the Qiantao Plain was completely removed by the imperial court, and Wuchuan Town was even established in the north of the mountain, and Shengzhou Prefecture was established in the south of the Yellow River.
Then there was no end. The imperial court took advantage of every opportunity to establish Tiande and Jiuyuan counties in the Houtao Plain in Dongtao, and stationed troops to immigrate. The emperor walked along the river, and established another county between the Ningxia Plain and the Houtao Plain.
It covers Linhe, Dengkou and Wuhai counties.
Dengkou County is located in the west of the Hetao Plain, on the eastern edge of the Ulan Buh Desert, and on the west bank of the Yellow River.
This was originally the territory of Ordos. Erlinchen's younger brother Elinqin led the nomadic tribes. Even in large areas of Hexi, he led the nomadic tribes. Although there was no separate flag before, he was actually independent.
But now the emperor has stationed troops in Dengkou County in the middle, Linhe County in the north, and Wuhai County in the south, occupying the connecting area between Houtao and Xitao.
There are Lang Mountains in the north and Helan Mountains in the south. The Dengkou area is between the two mountains. Although there are deserts on the left and right, there are still many areas along the Yellow River suitable for grazing and even farming.
It is a good place with Helan to the south, Langshan Mountain to the north, the Yellow River to the east, and the desert to the west.
The emperor directly left a team of men and horses to garrison here, and also wanted to build a post station, Yandun, etc. along the line on the grounds of post station communication and so on. Everyone understood the emperor's thoughts.
Ordos Khan had a gloomy face and said nothing.
The main reason to blame is that during the Duolun Alliance, Erlinchen had selfish motives and did not clearly explain the area on the west bank of the Yellow River and north of Lanzhou and Liangzhou.
In the past, various tribes were competing here. The Outer Khalkha tribe had long gone south to herd, and even went to Qinghai via here. Then Xie Yongbu of the Mongolian left wing also nomadic here. Later, one tribe was also squeezed to Qinghai. Lin Dan Khan occupied it after the Western Expedition.
Here, he was later beaten to Qinghai, and finally died of illness in Qinghai. His wife and children moved to Huihua City, which was conquered by the Manchu expedition.
After Chahar moved eastward, Elinchen asked his younger brother to lead his troops across the Yellow River and occupy this large area.
The emperor had earlier reached an alliance with the Moxi Oirat tribes and consecrated five khans: Heshuote Gushi Khan, Jorut Chechen Khan, Junggar Khan, Durbot Khan, and Torgut Khan.
, also canonized Kazakh Khan, Yarkand Khan, etc.
After the last time we sent troops to conquer Turpan, Hami, Guanxi Siwei and other places, we re-adjusted the territories of each ministry.
The Dulbert and Huite tribes merged, and they nomadically roamed the Altay Mountains north and south of the Irtysh River, and the Juyan Sea and other areas north of Gansu were also assigned to them eastward.
But at that time, the eastern boundary was not mentioned. It was only Heishan, Heli Mountain, Longshou Mountain, etc. in the Hexi Corridor. The eastern boundary was not determined.
Elinqin actually occupied the Chuhun Mountains, from the east of Yibulu Mountain to the west bank of the Yellow River. Basically, north of Suzhou in Ganzhou were nomadic Huite tribes, and north of Liangzhou in Lanzhou were nomadic Elinqins from Ordos.
No one mentioned this matter during the Duolun Alliance.
The emperor established the Twelve Governor's Offices in Ordos at that time, and the boundaries were Langshan Mountain, Helan Mountain, the Yellow River as the western boundary, and the desert in the north.
Originally, in fact, to the west of the Xihe River, which is also adjacent to the Yellow River, and to the west of the Helan Mountain, a small part was grazing and arable, and the remaining vast land was desert.
In the north of Liangzhou, there is a prominent oasis, which is Minqin, which produced honeydew melons in later generations. This place was called Zhenfan in the Ming Dynasty. The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty specially protruded northward here to include this oasis. Minqin is surrounded by
It's a desert.
There is no barrier between Helan Mountain and Langshan Mountain in Qikou, and the wind and sand are blowing in. Compared with the three plains of the Yellow River, it is really barren. But for the nomads, this is still a piece of territory after all.
Now the emperor directly established three counties on the west bank of the Yellow River between Helan Mountain and Langshan Mountain. Even if he only designated three points now, as long as the army is stationed, the city will be built soon. This means that in the future, the Twelve Divisions of Ordos will
It cannot go further west and is designated on the east bank of the Yellow River.
Linhe is actually located in the south of Houtao Plain.
The original headquarters of E Linqin had to either move to the east of Helan River, or directly integrate the people into households. The emperor wanted to set up the Helan Mountain Royal Ranch, Taipu Temple Ranch, the Ministry of War Horse Farm, etc. to the west of Helan Mountain.
E Linchen looked at his brother E Linqin, "What are your plans?"
E Linqin was listless. He didn't have many troops, otherwise he would have just set up a banner. Now the emperor is going to swallow up his territory. He is dissatisfied but unable to resist. As for his
When it comes to men and horses, the Ming Dynasty's imperial camp is choked by insufficient soldiers and horses.
Duolun Alliance, he really saw the power of the Ming Dynasty imperial camp. Those cannons and muskets were simply not something that they could fight with. Moreover, he had already seen it, and his elder brother was not willing or willing at all.
He said he didn't dare to fight against the emperor.
Although he is now the head of the Twelve Parts and is the Khan of Ordos, among the twelve new parts, only seven were originally branched off from Ordos.
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Erlinchen saw him like this and said, "Then you bring your tribe back and incorporate them into the Yijinhuoluo Governor's Mansion. I will report to the emperor that you will be Ordos Jinong and deputy governor, and your eldest son will be Yijinhuoluo."
Deputy Governor Huitai Ji of the Duhu Mansion."
The Yijinhuoluo Governor's Mansion was originally the banner of the King of Ordos County, directly led by Elinchen, and one of the seven banners. Now it is handed over to his eldest son as the governor.
"I listen to big brother." E Linqin still said the same thing.
"Then let's do this, move back as soon as possible and set up a good pasture for you."
Because the emperor reorganized the eastern region into twelve governor's offices, Ordos is now in a state of chaos. Not to mention opposing the emperor's establishment of county garrison, it is not easy to organize the various departments as soon as possible.
Since the return of the Duolun Alliance, the Mongolian princes have been a little silent. In the past, as the warriors guarding the tomb of Genghis Khan, they fought and stopped with the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, and they never gave up.
But in just ten years, he was first beaten hard by Lin Danhan and forced to surrender, and then beaten hard by the Jurchens and surrendered again.
And even though they were not beaten up by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty swept Houjin and killed Sunit's Tengjisi brothers, which was like crushing an ant, which still shocked them very much.
The power of the Ming army's cannons and artillery, as well as its military appearance, also caused them to fall into deep self-doubt about themselves.
They feel that if they are not good enough, anyone can beat them.
They couldn't even beat Lin Dan Khan, and Lin Dan Khan was beaten to death by Hou Jin, and Hou Jin was beaten to death by Zhu Yihai, so they couldn't afford to resist at all when facing Zhu Yihai.
As the sixth generation grandson of Dayan Khan, he is already the sixth generation since Dayan Khan appointed his son Balsborot as the leader of ten thousand households in Ordos. However, from Jinong to Ordos Khan, his previous ambitions have also been reduced.
He was beaten to death in repeated military defeats.
Even his brother didn't have the courage, so he completely ran out of ideas.
So be it.
At least the Ordos grassland, most of the Houtao Plain, and the grassland north of Langshan Mountain have been preserved, right?
Zhu Yihai reviewed the garrison defense camp in Ningxia.
In the Ming Dynasty, Ningxia was one of the nine important towns with a Great Wall for defense. After long consideration, Zhu Yihai still placed Ningxia under Suiyuan Province.
The three areas east of Liupan Mountain, namely Pingliang, Jingzhou, and Qingyang, which were originally returned to Gansu, were returned to the jurisdiction of Shaanxi.
The boundaries of Shaanxi are the Great Wall in the north, Longshan in the west, across the Qinling Mountains in the south, including Hanzhong, Xing'an and Shangluo, and the Yellow River in the east.
The terrain of Gansu Province is relatively special, reaching Dunhuang in the west, Bailongjiang in the south, Longshan in the east, and the Great Wall in the north.
It leads to the Western Regions via the Hexi Corridor, to Qinghai along the Huanggu Valley, to the Hetao along the Yellow River, to the Guanzhong Plain along the Weishui River, and to Hanzhong or Sichuan along the Bailong River.
This land can be called a sharp sword of the Central Plains Dynasty. The sword's edge points directly to the Western Regions. On both sides of the sword's edge are Qinghai-Tibet and Mongolia. This place must not be lost.
The Hexi Corridor and the Hehuang Valley are the rice grain rivers of Longyou and are the support points for operating Longyou.
In the Ming Dynasty, in order to defend against Mongolia, the Great Wall in Gansu was built from Ningxia to Jiayu Pass in Suzhou. The land of the Seven Guards in Guanxi was once lost, and Hami also lost two places.
Now the Ming Dynasty has returned to Dunhuang and stationed troops in Xingxingxia. Even various Mongolian tribes have surrendered. However, after reviewing the troops and horses, the emperor did not show much relaxation.
This western tour was not exhausting at all, but the most important thing was that he found that the current situation in the northwest border was much worse than expected.
Not to mention the places north of the Great Wall, even in Ningxia, the important towns on the nine sides of the Great Wall are very dilapidated after years of war, especially this turmoil.
The population is sparse and industry and commerce are in decline.
Many officials requested that the rebellious people be dealt with lightly, and that they should still be allowed to return to their hometowns to farm, or that they should be dispersed and resettled. Some people also proposed that the rebellious people should be dispersed and attached to Hanzhuang.
But Zhu Yihai rejected all these requests.
You can neither give up eating because of choking nor drink poison to quench your thirst.
Now in the northwest, the names of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Zhang Yong and others can stop children from crying, and even the emperor is called a tyrant.
But now that you have made a decision, you must stick to it.
On the far gate tower of Ximen Town, Ningxia, the emperor, Wen Anzhi and other ministers were admiring the snowy scenery of the north.
After years of war and famine, the population has dropped sharply, and now nearly half of the population has been reduced.
For such a border province, it is terrible to lose so many people all of a sudden.
The main issue in the dispute is that too many people have been lost, and the imperial court cannot relocate so many people now.
Yan Wogong's proposal can be regarded as a compromise plan.
Wu Yi's policy was too lax and would have great consequences, while Zhu Dadian's policy was too costly and would cause a massive loss of population in Shaanxi and Gansu.
Zhu Yihai hesitated.
He has to weigh the pros and cons.
In the end, he decided to agree to Yan Wogong's suggestion. During this western tour, he also found that although the Mongols, Jurchens, etc. had surrendered one after another, and the Ming Dynasty finally stepped outside the Great Wall again, now everywhere, whether it is building inns or stationing troops and fortifying cities, is extremely difficult.
Lack of population.
Without population, everything can last forever.
Zhu Yihai solemnly said, "You can follow Mr. Yan's suggestion, but there is a red line that must not be crossed..."
"Just follow Mr. Yan's suggestion and draw up a detailed and specific charter first." Zhu Yihai finally made the decision.