With all the literati and veterans from all over the country in place, the work of household registration and field allocation in the entire Xuanfu of Datong was thoroughly carried out.
Zhu Cixiang also went to Datong to take charge of the overall situation and was responsible for dividing the jurisdiction. A steady stream of scholars and scholars also came from Shanxi and were sent to various places.
It was not until mid-October, when the weather was already very cold, that this vigorous rectification came to an end.
Nearly 50 guards and nearly 3 million military households have been established. It can be seen that although the two places are located in border towns, due to the complete defense system and the absence of locust plague and drought, the population loss is not serious.
Due to its unique geographical location, it is probably the area with the least damage in the entire north.
Because it was the refugee army that caused the greatest damage, and by the time King Chuang passed through, his style had also changed.
In the end, Zhu Cixiang considered it again and again, and established three capital divisions and one Wandu division. The administrative office and jurisdiction remained unchanged, with a total of 16 guards under his jurisdiction.
One Yunzhou Dusi, governed by Datong, had jurisdiction over a total of 18 wards; one Shuozhou Dusi, with its seat in Shuozhou, had jurisdiction over a total of 16 wards.
The three capital divisions belong to each other and are directly responsible to the capital.
During the war, Shuozhou Dusi and Datong Dusi were under the command of Wu Shanfu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and Wandu Dusi was under the control of Liu Fangliang, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu.
In addition to allocating 5,000 veterans to each of them, they each added 10,000 surrendered soldiers and recruited 5,000 new soldiers. Each of them commanded 20,000 troops to sit in Datong, Xuanfu, and were responsible for guarding the border passes.
After sorting through the 50,000 soldiers and horses that Wang Chengyin and Jiang Yu combined, 30,000 of them were eliminated and made into ordinary military households, and the rest were given to the two of them.
The Chinese army had 100,000, and the red lady took away 20,000, and selected another 20,000 to serve as military attache and flag officer. Each of them gave 5,000, leaving exactly half of the army, 50,000.
Most of the 50,000 soldiers were no more than 25 years old. Zhu Cixiang repeatedly promised that they would be given land for up to three years, which made the 50,000 soldiers calm down from their jealousy.
The same goes for Liu Fangliang and Wu Sanfu's five thousand veterans. They cannot interfere in the military and civil affairs of the Third Division, and they train their 20,000 soldiers and horses every day.
And with the example of those retired veterans who were assigned to different places, whether they are demoted soldiers, new soldiers, or old soldiers, they are all dedicated to meritorious service and train hard.
New soldiers who are demoted think that after they have made meritorious service in the future, they can get their own land and live the small life they dream of, while old soldiers think about accumulating more military achievements and strive to live in hundreds of thousands of households when they retire.
It’s no wonder that everyone is so greedy, but almost all the retired veteran generals have married wives, and some even have concubines and maids. Now the small flag generals are hiring military households to repair their houses.
After all, with the silver reward, these people had accumulated a lot of silver in their hands, and when they left, Zhu Cixiang each received an additional month's worth of military supplies.
Thousands of former military attachés and generals were also distributed and relocated to the capital.
During this period, Zhu Cihong killed more than a dozen dishonest people, all their property was confiscated, and his family members also fell into disgrace.
These people were simply called the biggest fools in the world by others. In order to hide some food and salt, they not only lost their lives, but also made their families suffer.
"Your Majesty, after repeated collection by various guards, the various public supplies are as follows. The total amount of grain is more than 5 million dan, of which 2 million is old grain. The total amount of silver is more than 4 million taels, cloth...salt...tea...livestock...weapons..."
After Wei Jin finished speaking, Zhu Cihong took the brochure and gasped. He did not expect that the wealth and materials in the entire Xuanfu Datong would be so rich and concentrated.
With so much food and salt concentrated in the hands of the military attachés and gentry, how much more can be left in the hands of the three million military households and civilian households? I am afraid they will really be impoverished.
After being excited for a while, Zhu Cihong said: "Three million new grains, 500,000 for Datong Village, 500,000 for Xuanfu Village, the remaining two million will be shipped to the capital, and the two million old grains will be lent to all places equally."
For military households in the jurisdiction, keep a clear account and return it in three years!"
"All the money will first be gathered in the Xuan Mansion, and then taken to the capital. As for the cloth, salt, tea, etc., they will be temporarily sealed until the shopkeepers from various places come to receive them."
"Your Majesty, what about the livestock and farm tools? Military households rent them from military attachés and gentry during the farming season. Should we continue to borrow them, or should we directly distribute them to military households?"
Wei Jin asked for instructions. Although he also had the title of eighth-grade official, he was responsible for coordinating the three divisions with hundreds of supervisors.
He is also responsible for the reception and management of newly arrived scholars, who are almost becoming the chief minister of the cabinet these days.
"It's definitely not possible to divide it directly. It's better to sell it to them. The five households can buy the cattle, mules and horses together. It's also on credit and can be paid off within five years!"
Zhu Cixiang thought about it and thought, anyway, you can't do it for free. You can keep it in accounts if you don't have money, and you don't need interest. You can pay it back slowly in the future.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
Wei Jin hurriedly patted the horse path.
But he was muttering in his heart that this emperor was too stingy.
A total of fifteen million taels were plundered from the two places, five to six million shi of grain, and other supplies piled up like mountains, but he still argued with the people at every turn. He had never seen such a stingy emperor.
After Wei Jin left, Zhu Cixiang breathed a sigh of relief. After a month and a half, he was finally done.
Next, all you need to do is open a royal store in each health station, and then set up a branch of the Commercial Supervisory Office.
This commercial sub-inspector will be responsible for mining, coal mining, iron smelting, iron and wood crafts and other matters in the two places, and will directly report to the director of the capital.
But then Zhu Cixi found that there was no suitable candidate.
In the end, I had to transfer an old eunuch, an old palace maid, and a group of old craftsmen to manage it, and then hire experts from the military households to do the work.
Just when Zhu Cihong was about to return to the capital with his 50,000-strong army and come back later for inspection, the beacon tower on the Great Wall in the north suddenly lit up with smoke.
In just half an hour, war broke out between the two places.
The military households who had just been inspecting the land in their own fields rushed to their homes one after another, and then rushed to the nearest fort with their young and old in tow.
They were obviously very skilled, knew what was going on, and knew that they had to hide in the castle as soon as possible, otherwise they might be caught or killed by the Tatars.
This is the experience accumulated with countless lives and blood over decades or hundreds of years, and almost no one dares to delay it.
The procrastinators are long dead or working as slaves for the Tatars.
Zhu Cixiang was equally shocked when he looked at the smoke everywhere. This was the first time he had seen the smoke everywhere.
"Wu Sanfu, I want to find out as soon as possible how many Tatars are here and where they come from?"
"Your Majesty, the smoke is coming from Shahukou. The smoke is divided into three sections. The Tatars are afraid that they will not be able to dismount them with fifty thousand riders." Wu Sanfu hurriedly explained.
"How many people did you send to guard Hukou?"
"Your Majesty, I have sent five hundred people."
"What? For such an important pass, you only sent five hundred?" Zhu Cixiang was furious.
"Your Majesty calmed down. As soon as the flames of war broke out, I dispatched 3,000 people to rush to the rescue, which was enough to support the army until it arrived.
There are more than ten valleys of various sizes on the northern border wall, which can be used by large armies, plus various beacon towers. If too many people are sent to one place, there will not be many troops to rush to support."
Wu Sanfu was also frightened to the point of breaking into a cold sweat, and quickly explained.
"If you bring more people to support yourself, you have to hold on for two days no matter what. You must not let the Tatars in."
Zhu Cixi said in a deep voice.
"yes!"
After Wu Sanfu left, Zhu Cixiang immediately sent the Royal Guards to the Xuan Mansion to deliver an order that the 50,000 Chinese troops must arrive in Datong within two days.
At the same time, he ordered all the garrison castles of the two prefectures to close their gates and guard them tightly, and everyone was to evacuate into the castle as soon as possible.
At this time, news also came from Shahukou.
A total of 60,000 Tatar cavalry forced the pass.
When Wu Sanfu arrived, the Tatars did not take action and were still clamoring at the gate.
"Bu Shitu Khan, please order the attack quickly. If we delay any longer, reinforcements from the Ming army will arrive."
Azig was also furious and urged anxiously, wishing he could cut this old thing in half with a knife.
"The Ming army's reinforcements have arrived a long time ago. What's more, our Tumote Department came here just to force the Han people to open the market!"
The Great Khan of the Tumote tribe, Bu Shitu said slowly.
Azig and his 10,000 cavalrymen were refusing to leave and were consuming a large amount of food, meat and salt from their Tumut tribe every day. They had long been intolerable.
If he hadn't been afraid of Qing's strength, he would have turned against him and driven him away.
"Bu Shitu Khan, that little Han emperor has always been cunning and cunning, but he deliberately blocked the border wall, so he would never open a market with you guys. Now that the time for a raid has passed, why not go back and conquer the tribes in Mobei?"
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Azig had no choice but to endure the resentment in his heart and persuaded.
He knew that if this situation continued, the Tumote tribe would sooner or later turn to the Ming Dynasty. He originally wanted to encourage this old guy to rush directly into Datong to plunder and form a deadly feud with the Ming Dynasty. Who would have thought that this old guy would actually want to negotiate.
So he already regretted encouraging them to come. He should have conquered the tribes in Mobei first. Only by conquering Mobei could he increase his strength and win over the leaders of the Tumut tribe.
In fact, even if Azige didn't instigate him, Bu Shitu would come with his army.
Because at this time every year, merchants from the Ming Dynasty would come to the grassland with a large amount of supplies to trade with them, but this year there was none.
After some inquiring, Shitutu found out that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually came to Datong in person and blocked the border wall, not allowing a grain of grain or a grain of salt to flow into the grassland.
This is simply pushing their Tumut troops to death. In the past, even if the Ming Dynasty blocked it again, there would always be merchants who would take risks, but this time no one came. It was really scary.
Whether it is salt, tea, or food and ironware, they are all necessities for their nomadic tribes. No matter what they lack, it will be a disaster over time.
That's why he wanted to be polite before fighting. If he didn't get food and salt tea from the trade this time, he didn't know how many tribesmen would starve to death this winter.