On July 19, the eighth year of Jianji, after the Taiji Palace meeting, the prime ministers of Zhongshu issued several imperial edicts. The first one was to establish Longquan Prefecture and Zhengzhou, both of which were under the jurisdiction of Liaodong Road.
Longquan Mansion is mainly located in Beijing on the Bohai Sea.
To put it bluntly, this place is just Mudanjiang City. The place is not big, but there are many counties, townships and military towns. What should be merged must be merged. Yongning and Fuli are two counties attached to Guo - such as Kaifeng and Junyi in Bianzhou , Xijing's Chang'an, Wannian, Tokyo's Luoyang, and Henan. These two counties are still retained, one is in the west and the other is in the east, and all the prosperous plain farming areas around the upper capital are included in them.
The third subordinate county is Sushen County. The county seat is located on the top of a mountain about three kilometers northeast of the Huhanhai Falls. There is no way, both the Goguryeo people and the Bohai people like to build cities on the mountain.
The county seat is on the mountain, and the county area is in the vast valley area in the southwest of Shanxi, as well as the large lake area and mountainous area in the south. It is not convenient for ordinary people to go to the county seat, but the mountain city built by the Bohai people with great efforts must not be used, right?
By the way, the city is surrounded by cliffs on the east, north and west sides, and the Mudanjiang River is on the south. The city wall is built along the ridge with a circumference of 3590 meters. There are double walls built on the outside of the wall and a moat. There is a waist wall inside the city, the entire length of the city. 800 meters, there is an urn gate in the waist wall.
The entire city wall is made of huge stones and has 15 horse-mounted faces. It was first built in the early Bohai period and was used in the Liao and Jin Dynasties. Such a strong city with a dangerous terrain, the Xia army passed by and gave up the attack after taking a look.
After the kings and ministers of Bohai surrendered, the defenders also surrendered. The Xia people took it down without a single shot, and the ancestors of Bohai almost shed tears when they saw it.
There was actually a slightly smaller mountain city nearby, with a circumference of 3,000 meters, facing a lake on two sides and a cliff on one side. This city was even more outrageous, and the defenders dispersed and escaped.
The solid stone city wall is still on the mountainside with water and some fields. It cannot be surrounded and the cannons cannot be used. If there are three thousand determined defenders, the Xia army will not be able to capture it until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
To put it bluntly, it is the end of the dynasty, and all the strong cities are in vain...
The fourth subordinate county is Changping County, southeast of Shangjing, located in the Malian River Basin. There is an important post road connecting Longyuan Prefecture in Tokyo, and the population is also large. Later, the Liao Kingdom moved its people to western Liaoning, and three counties were established at once, each Each county has at least 2,000 households.
Later, the area around Ning'an City was incorporated into Zuomu County.
Bozhou is integrated into Gongzhen County (Hualin Town, Mudanjiang City).
Yingzhou, Solo Prefecture, also sent envoys to surrender and established Baiyan County (an ancient town in Linkou County).
After the merger, Longquan Prefecture of Liaodong Road in Daxia governed seven counties: Yongning, Fuli, Changping, Sushen, Zuomu, Gongzhen and Baiyan, with more than 200,000 people on the household register.
Even if there are some losses due to the war, if some hidden houses are checked, they can be almost offset, or even increased.
As a prefecture with a population of more than 200,000, some places within the pass are still not up to par. Unless it is really impossible to hold on to such a place, who would be willing to give up? Zhengzhou governs three counties: Yuexi, Wanping and Hongyi.
Yuexi is the Acheng District of Harbin and the old Bohai County. Wanping is located in the present-day Zhaoyuan area and the old Bohai County. Its original name is Wan'an. Because it has the same name as the county under Wuguan, it was renamed Wanping County.
Hongyi County was established in Gaozhou. Gaozhou was one of the two prefectures under the jurisdiction of Bohai Mongjie Prefecture. It was located 200 miles north of Guangdong and was almost the Suihua area in later generations.
The three counties of Zhengzhou are in a back-and-forth between Khitan and Bohai, and are sparsely populated. According to statistics last year, there are only about 2,000 households with a population of more than 10,000. There are almost the same number of Mohe tribes in the jurisdiction, which adds up to only two Thirty thousand people are really not comparable to those in Beijing.
The prime ministers of Zhongshu once wanted to abolish the two states of Zhengjie Mansion and turn them into grasslands, but Shao Shude stopped them. In the future, they can send prisoners over. Households in the Central Plains who opposed the imperial court can also be forcibly moved here after being defeated, such as Wei Bo, a man of great virtue.
In fact, the first batch of immigrants is already on the way and will arrive in Zhengzhou in a month or two at most. They are all family members of the rebels in central Sichuan. The first batch of 3,000 households will be resettled in the three counties of Zhengzhou.
As for whether the Shu people can adapt to the climate in Zhengzhou, the imperial court does not care. The Bohai people in Zhengjie Mansion were plundered by the Khitan, leaving many empty mansions, so you can just live in them. Take the time to prepare some firewood and learn How to light a fire pit in winter?
Take it slow.
By the way, these Shu people are also tribes. There are already a thousand Datong soldiers who can't wait to queue up and are willing to settle in Zhengzhou - Shu people can grow rice and can create wealth more than tribal savages who don't know anything. The Shaofu soldiers were moved.
In fact, it’s not just Shu people.
Gao Renhou was besieging Bozhou. The bandits were defeated in consecutive battles and the battle was going very smoothly.
The barbarians were not fools. Luo Taiwang was also very charismatic and cleverly used the situation to divide and disintegrate Yang Duan's tribe. Under this background, many tribes surrendered.
Gao Renhou screened the rebels in accordance with the imperial decree.
For minor crimes, a slight punishment, such as fines of property or livestock, and a few scapegoats to be killed, will be considered a pass.
Those who participated in the rebellion to a greater extent, and were forced to surrender due to the attack of the King's Division, will be punished more severely. A considerable number of them will be moved to Liaodong Road and demoted to tribes - the space they vacate may be taken from Hebei, Kansai immigration population.
Take your time, don't rush!
The imperial court has plenty of human resources, and there is no shortage of food. The cost of immigration transit can still be borne. As for the maintenance costs for the first two years after arriving at the destination, part of it is borne by the customs and part of it is borne by Bohai State. Everyone is suffering. After surviving the first two years and getting everything on track, blood transfusions were rarely needed.
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Shao Shude, the mad man of immigration, the god of war in the Great Xia, and the loving father of all ethnic groups, was resting in the Cheng'en Hall. Zhongye, the prime minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came to see him under the imperial edict.
After entering the hall, I looked up and saw my daughter, Mrs. Chu, sitting with the saint, smiling broadly.
Several Khitan women were sitting at the bottom, making tea or making snacks, each busy with their own business.
The sage trained this group of women very well! Chu Zhongye did not dare to look at them and saluted the sage and Chu Jieyu respectively. "Sit down." After standing up and returning the salute, Shao Shude pointed to the chair beside him and said.
Mrs. Chu also stood up and returned the greeting.
She is nearly forty years old, and her honor and favor have not faded. Saints like to hug women and sleep with them. In the past, Concubine Zhao was the most favored and often stayed with the saint for the night. Later, it was her and Zhang Hui.
Saints not only have physical needs for women, but also psychological needs.
This kind of overnight stay is just for sleeping. If the saint really wants to vent, palace officials and Khitan female slaves can serve him. After venting, he will be sent away. Before he gains trust, he will basically not spend the night with them.
Chu has been serving Shao Shude for more than ten years, and has been pregnant with five children. Of course, according to the private conversation between the two, it is not "serving", but Shao Shude has "used" Chu for twelve or three years.
"Is everyone ready?" Shao Shude had nothing to do and kept flipping through the Bohai classics.
Countries that actively study Chinese culture are good, and can understand all official documents. He has recently been looking through ancient books on the Northern Strategy of the Bohai kings and their interactions with Japan and Silla.
The Secretary Supervisor also sent people to transcribe, and the original version was sent to Luoyang for preservation, and the two copies were sent to Peking and Chang'an to be archived. Shao Shude discovered that in the Bohai foreign trade, the Sogdians were the main driving force, not the Bohai people.
The same is true for Silla's foreign trade.
The Sogdian nation does have some skills, is good at maneuvering, and can influence the decisions of the upper class.
Bohai Country's navigation skills are quite good. Their ships mainly depart from Yanzhou, cross the Sea of Japan, and arrive in the Dewa, Kaga, and Noto areas of Honshu Island. There were 34 official missions, only 3 of which had accidents, and 31 of them were safe.
, the success rate was much higher than that of the Tang Dynasty. I don’t know whether it was because of advanced navigation technology or because the waves in the Sea of Japan were smaller.
But Longyuan Mansion and Nanhai Mansion can hire a lot of sailors and craftsmen, and their own skills should be very good. "Your Majesty, all the officers and assistants are ready, and the five hundred guards are also ready to go eastward at any time." Chu Zhongye replied.
"Where are the fishing nets, looms, tools and other equipment?"
"More than a hundred carts and horses have been loaded, and they are all ready."
"That's very good." Shao Shude nodded and said, "One more thing. First, send someone to Longyuan Mansion to tidy up the palace. I want to meet the chiefs of the Heishui Mohe tribe there."
"I obey the order," Chu Zhongye replied.
"The soldiers and horses from the Lingnan West Road who passed through central Guizhou have entered Annan. The local situation is stable. Chu Shenyi has done a good job. I will remember this. I intend to hand it over to Chu Shenping in the Liaodong Road prefectures." Shao Shude encouraged:
"Mr. Chu, I am very satisfied. You are rich and have no worries. You should rest with your country. Do your best."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Chu Zhongye choked with red eyes. Chu also wiped her tears and subconsciously hugged Shao Shude's arm.
The Chu family was originally a local powerhouse in Henan Prefecture, but it suddenly became the top wealthy family in Daxia and became a benchmark in Henan. She knew who this legendary situation came from.
Before the expedition, the clan selected a legitimate daughter to be presented to the palace. The saint accepted her and called her the "little prince". The young prince was beautiful and hair-haired, but she was not very favored, just like Concubine Zhao at that time.
My niece Zhao Shu is ordinary, which makes people quite worried.
But the Chu family has become rich and powerful, and sometimes there is no need to be so anxious and just take things slowly. "I feel relieved now that everything is ready. Go down and prepare." Shao Shude said.
"I obey the decree." Chu Zhongye slowly stepped back.
Shao Shude hugged Chu's soft and delicate body and asked, "You have heard a lot about my ways of making money, do you have anything to add?"
"Your Majesty, you have already made a lot of money just from fur clothes. With so much money, I feel it is too hot to handle." Mrs. Chu said softly: "A sheep fur in Peiping is worth more than four hundred yuan. You can buy one."
Dendrobium grains and sable fur coats cost more than 30,000 yuan each. The Ministry of Internal Affairs earns so much, it’s enough.”
"How is this enough?" Shao Shude said: "I did not earn this money for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs just made a show to let people see how huge the benefits of monopolizing fur clothes are. I will share these transactions with others.
Just save the family."
"Your Majesty has thought enough about the Chu family..." Chu said, "If you do more, I might not be able to bear it."
"If you don't accept it, I won't be worried." Shao Shude muttered, "I said we should live up to our promise of being rich and powerful. If you have any capable children from the Chu family, please recommend one or two, and one of them will be admitted to the Bohai Trading Company in the future."
Mrs. Chu sighed.
She is the daughter of the Chu family, and more importantly, the wife of the Shao family. The Chu family is already wealthy enough, and if a saint is serious, he might as well think more about their children.
"But what you said makes sense. Qiu and fish, I'm satisfied with these two things." Shao Shude added: "This time on our eastward trip, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must run its errands well and not make any mistakes. You come with me.
Go ahead, Hui Niang is not here, I don’t know who to talk to about some things.”
"Isn't Queen Bohai Gao in the palace? Why don't you go find her?" Chu said with her head lowered. When Shao Shude heard this, he was not angry but happy, laughing endlessly.
He has already met the leader of the Bohai Kingdom, Dachengzhuan. To be honest, he is a little disappointed. He is just a young man who has lost all his confidence after being hit by repeated setbacks. Moreover, he has hated the Bohai family, so he is actually of little use.
He wanted to be sent to Luoyang immediately for residential surveillance, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do so for the time being. He would be locked up in Shangjing first and then taken back when he was a teacher. Maybe it could provide him with some fun during this period.
Yue Liduo, who was pregnant with her belly, glanced at Mrs. Chu, thoughtfully, and became more confident in her future.
On July 20, after Fu Cunshen was appointed to stay in Beijing, Shao Shude took the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the palace guards and the bodyguards' troops eastward to Longyuan Mansion.
