On the winter solstice, three animals are sacrificed to heaven, and peace is negotiated during the Ming and Jin Dynasties.
The specific terms were written in more detail. For example, the one hundred good horses requested by the Ming Dynasty required fifty male horses and fifty female horses. There were also age requirements, and the male horses could not be geldings.
Jurchen horses are the most suitable horses for training heavy cavalry in the whole of East Asia. Of course, the sooner they can be obtained and bred, the better!
The land of Youyan has experienced wars, famines, and plagues for nearly ten years. When the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, a large number of people were forcibly relocated. After the Song Dynasty spent money to buy it, there were several rebellions, and people starved to death in successive years of famine.
Even if the Jin Kingdom moved back a little bit, there would still only be about 100,000 people today. To describe it as uninhabited thousands of miles away is very appropriate.
Numerous pieces of land are already overgrown with grass, so a few areas can be designated as horse farms.
In fact, there are more than just a few people.
Countless people fled into the Yanshan and Taihang Mountains and struggled to survive in the mountains, staying away from the Jin and Song Dynasty regimes.
Both the Song and Jin dynasties were unable to manage the people in the mountains, and it was difficult to induce them to go out to farm. Even at the foot of the mountains in many remote areas, there were people who secretly farmed to make a living. They were too scared to let the court discover them, and fled into the mountains at the first sign of trouble.
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There are even millions of such people!
Wanyan Zongwang has been in the north for three years, and what he can really effectively control is actually some important cities and rural villages on the outskirts of cities.
Even if Wanyan Zongwang discovered the farmers in remote areas, it would be difficult to send people to collect taxes. Because they are too scattered and scattered, the human cost of collecting taxes may be greater than the taxes received.
This is also the fatal weakness of Wanyan Zongwang. The territory seems large, but the actual population is scarce. When fighting, he has to rely on the food supply of Liaodong. Even many of his soldiers are recruited from Liaodong, and they have to be returned after the war.
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In the blink of an eye, spring has begun, officially entering the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.
The envoys from the Kingdom of Jin had just returned north, and only a few days after crossing the Yellow River, important news suddenly came from Yanshan Mansion.
Wanyan Zongwang is dead!
It is said that he died of illness, but many people did not believe it and thought he was poisoned.
Those nobles and generals who were outside the inner circle of the Jin Kingdom had serious doubts about the cause of Wanyan Zongwang's death. Moreover, they were panicking. Who could they rely on in the future?
Wanyan Tarlan persuaded his family and cronies to keep the mourning secret for the time being, and sent someone to Datong in the snow to report the news.
Wanyan Zonghan rushed from Datong to Yanshan Mansion with only a few dozen riders.
He first subdued the generals of Yanshan Prefecture, and then rushed to the border cities of Ming and Jin.
By the time Wanyan Zongfu and other envoys from the Jin Kingdom received news of his death, Wanyan Zonghan had basically controlled the Eastern Route Army and had won the loyalty of most of Wanyan Zongwang's generals.
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Zhending Mansion.
The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin stayed at Dipu outside the city.
When he first heard the news of Wanyan Zongwang's death, Wanyan Zongfu was actually very happy. Finally, there was no third faction causing trouble.
But when the envoys arrived here, news came that Wanyan Zonghan was in Yanshan Mansion.
"Then the role of peace talks will become smaller. Wanyan Zongwang's death is really untimely." Zhu Guoxiang was a little disappointed.
Ju Ming said: "We are not at a loss. We took back the territory south of Yanshan and also obtained Juyongguan. Although it is sparsely populated, it can be forced to immigrate. It is still very easy to immigrate 200,000 people in three years. Hebei has been recovered in the past two years.
Prefectures and counties also have a sharp population decline, so they must immigrate from the south. Huainan, Zhejiang, and Fujian are good, they are all large and densely populated provinces, and they can be transported directly to the north by sea."
Zhu Guoxiang said: "The population of 200,000 is relatively small, and there are more than 20 counties. On average, the population of a county is less than 10,000."
Zhu Ming said: "There are more than 10,000 people in Lushun and Haibin counties combined, and these are also going to move there. According to the information provided by Xi Zuo, there are still many people hiding in Yanshan and Taihang Mountains. They can use food and be lured.
They went down to the mountains to farm. There were many other people scattered in various places. The Jin people could not control them, but they could also be slowly brought under their rule."
"After a few years of serious governance, there should be a population of one million. The land of Youyan is not deserted, but the Jin State's methods of governing the people are so bad that the people regard the Jin State's officials as snakes and scorpions."
Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Are you really planning to take a five-year truce?"
Ju Ming said: "Five years is too long, but two or three years is enough. There are still many things to do. The first is to recuperate and improve the finances and store more food. The second is to re-issue banknotes in Sichuan, supplemented by silver coins and copper coins, and gradually
Eliminate the iron money there. This can only be implemented if the finances improve, otherwise there will be no sufficient reserves. The third is to send people to Japan to explore the Iwami silver mines and get more silver to issue silver coins. The fourth is to send troops to the Penghu Islands and then to Taiwan.
Attack the indigenous people. The indigenous people there often attack the Han people on the Penghu Islands. After winning, they will take advantage of the situation to bring the Penghu Islands under their rule. There are a large number of Han people there but they are not Ming people. Fifthly... there are a lot of things to do anyway!"
In a few years, I can still make more firearms.
Several musket manufacturers must strictly regulate and try to make lead bullets universal. Some blacksmiths who used to make armor can switch to making muskets to increase the output of muskets.
In three years, it should be no problem to build 20,000 flintlock muskets.
It really pissed off Ju Ming. He expanded production capacity regardless of the consequences. He could produce 100,000 units in three years, but that would seriously interfere with the normal economic order.
After the father and son reached an agreement, they convened the cabinet and six ministries for a meeting.
In fact, immigration policy has been discussed in detail after the peace talks.
Huainan, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces, with a total of more than 240 counties.
When providing immigrants, these counties are divided into three levels.
Large counties provide 800 immigrants, medium counties provide 500 immigrants, and small counties provide 300 immigrants. This is a quota, and it can be exceeded. The more immigrants provided, the better the performance will be when calculating political performance.
The imperial court will allocate funds and arrange material supplies at immigration gathering points along the way.
However, the county magistrate must be responsible for the expenses within the county. If there is abuse or deprivation of immigrants, once it is discovered, all officials will be dismissed from their posts and the crime will be judged according to the seriousness of the case. The minor case will be jailed, and the serious case will be beheaded.
No wealthy gentry is allowed to obstruct immigration, even if they want to collect debts! Once they commit the act of obstructing immigration, they will be fined and imprisoned, or their whole family will be sent to Yanshan Mansion.
To put it bluntly, in order to encourage immigration, the imperial court even acquiesced in debt evasion. Otherwise, all the tenant farmers owed usurious loans to the landlords, how could they have left?
After such a set of procedures, the first batch of immigrants in the three southeastern provinces will be able to reach at least 120,000 to 30,000 people.
After they went there, not only could they divide the land, but they could also pick up wheat seedlings for free. The first year was tax-free, and in the second and third years, the tax was halved.
Officials will definitely publicize vigorously for their political achievements.
This time there is a basic amount of tasks, unlike before it was just encouragement. Compared with completing the court tasks, the gentry's obstruction is nothing, the officials are crazy, and the old officials can't stop it!
During the implementation process, there will probably be chaos, but in order to enrich the newly restored land, no matter how much chaos there is, it is worth it.
The northward migration route is divided into two parts: the river and the sea. Counties that are relatively inland have to go all the way through canals. The immigrants do not have to pay for the whole journey. Food and boats are provided along the way. Various farm tools are also given to them when they arrive, and they are lent to them for half a year.
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It is estimated that many people from the lower class in the south who are unable to meet their food and clothing needs took the initiative to sign up.
Moreover, the majority are men.
It is possible that a family of several people allowed an unmarried young man to immigrate and make a living. Even if there was no immigration policy, they would go to the county town to make a living, and this time they would just go further.
Maybe there is an eager county magistrate who can send thousands of immigrants at once!
