Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

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Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yuji's expression also became firmer. Since the emperor sent him to North Korea, it is obvious that the emperor is giving him a chance to make amends.

If he grasps it, he still has a chance. If he still can't grasp it, then he may have to go back to the capital and take a idle job in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion for the elderly!

"How long will it take for the court officials to arrive?"

Zhou Yuji turned around and asked the general beside him.

The general immediately replied: "A few days ago, the news said that Shenyang has arrived, and it should be here soon..."

Zhou Yuji nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said: "The order goes on, except for the Huai'an camp stationed in Wangjing, the rest of the ministries will march to all parts of North Korea according to the scheduled plan."

"Within three months, all parts of North Korea must be wiped out!"

At this time, in the Shenyang Imperial Palace, the emperor also issued such an order.

"Within three months, wipe out the remnants of Liaodong's stubborn resistance!"

As for the complete eradication of the entire Liaodong, even though hundreds of thousands of troops are now gathered in Liaodong, the emperor does not have the confidence.

Between the white mountains and the black waters, even though Houjin has been operating for decades, the main force is now gone, and what remains are only a few remnants of the enemy and some fugitive Jurchens.

Most of the vast Liaodong is still a deserted place. The Jurchens originated in the wilderness. There are dozens of hundreds of people, and they can just find a corner of Gada to hide. The cost of hunting is too high!

The most urgent task now is to eliminate the recalcitrant Jurchens and remnants of enemies everywhere, and establish Daheng's ruling order over Liaodong.

As for the remnants who escaped, until the ruling order of Liaodong is on the right track, unless they completely escape from Liaodong, otherwise, they will obviously not be able to escape the end of extinction.

"Zu Dashou has surrendered, and Yuan Chonghuan slayed himself to make his subordinates surrender. These two people have a tacit understanding!"

In the Shenyang Imperial Palace, Li Xiu was flipping through the military reports, but couldn't help but chuckle.

Since the fall of Shenyang, looking at the entire Liaodong Korea, the only real large-scale resistance is Jinzhou City, which has been besieged but not attacked, and Yuan Chonghuan, who was defeated by North Korea.

Now, the two of them died and the other surrendered. The war that has been fought for nearly a year is undoubtedly coming to an end.

And, the reform he attaches the most importance to, of course, in Liaodong, where the old order has been completely overthrown, it cannot be called reform, but rebuilding order!

As thoughts circulated, Li Xiu also slowly put down the military report in his hand, and his gaze was fixed on the map of Liaodong hanging in the hall.

With all the old order completely destroyed, how to implement land reform, fiscal and taxation reform, and how to establish an effective ruling order from Shanhaiguan to the entire Liaodong are no longer among his concerns.

After all, he has been preparing for this for a long time, whether it is fiscal and tax reform, land reform, or talent cultivation.

At the beginning, the establishment of the money bank and commercial firm of the Qin Gongfu, the emergence of the Civil Affairs Department of the Military Academy, and the win over of court officials were all for this reform.

But now that the war is almost over, the army is still under huge logistical and financial pressure, and staying in Liaodong is obviously not just for some remnants of enemies everywhere.

If it is really for the sake of the enemy, leaving a partial division and guarding it with a general will be enough to ensure the stability of Liaodong.

The ultimate reason he did this was for this reform.

Even with the knowledge of later generations, this is a reform that will soon affect the entire country and the entire nation, and will determine the destiny of the entire country and nation for hundreds of years, so he cannot be careless.

Since ancient times, any reform cannot be implemented thoroughly with the order of those in power. It requires the concerted efforts of the entire ruling class to implement it!

The army is stationed here. He, the emperor of Daheng, has been separated from the center of the capital and has been sitting here for a long time, in order to keep abreast of the direction of the reform, supervise and deter all officials who participated in the reform of Liaodong.

He never dared to overestimate human nature, even though the subjects involved in this reform were all cultivated and carefully selected by him.

A piece of land where the old order has been completely overthrown, although it is a great opportunity to rebuild a new order, but it is also a great opportunity for people with ulterior motives to exert influence wantonly and enrich their own pockets in the name of reform!

He personally sits here, and the army is stationed and hoarded here, like a sharp sword, hanging over the heads of all those who participated in this reform!

This reform is related to the foundation of Daheng's national destiny!

Whoever dares to stop, whoever dares to be obedient and disobedient, and whoever dares to do evil in secret, he dares to chop off the head and punish the nine clans of whomever!

After killing such a huge group of Jinnvzhen, only a few kittens and puppies are left. How could he care about killing a few or a group of internal moths!

"Your Majesty, apart from Jinzhou, the people of Liao Town have been counted clearly."

Just as Li Xiu was thinking, Wang Wu who hurried over also interrupted Li Xiu's thoughts.

"How many?"

Li Xiu asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, preliminary statistics show that there are only 20 households with a population of [-]."

Wang Wu respectfully handed the brochure to Li Xiu, and reported in a low voice.

"so little?"

Li Xiu frowned, took a look at the booklet, and frowned even deeper.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, these years, Liaodong has been in constant war and chaos. In the past two years, there have been continuous disasters and chaos, and the people are struggling to live. This slave thinks that the population may have shrunk by more than half."

Li Xiu closed the booklet and asked again, "Is Liaodong's statistics clear?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, most places are still in chaos, and it is difficult to make a complete count in a short period of time..."

"But the slaves thought that Jiannu regarded the Han people as slaves, beat and scolded them frequently, and killed people like slaughtering chickens. I am afraid that there are not many Han people in Liaodong."

Li Xiu frowned: "Go and tell Zhao Wu that the prisoners who have been cleared will be given a month's rations and sent to various counties!"

"Get new officials everywhere ready to receive them."

"Also, send people to North Korea and tell Zhou Yuji that the Han people in North Korea, whether they surrendered or escaped, all of them will move to Liaodong!"

Wang Wu hesitated for a while before he couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, North Korea will also change its government and counties. If so, won't North Korea be unstable?"

"Ok?"

The emperor frowned, and the coldness appeared in his eyes!

"Your Majesty's forgiveness, Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

Wang Wu knelt down on the ground: "Old slave owes, old slave owes, old slave palms! Old slave palms!"

The sound of clapping and clapping kept ringing in the hall, but the emperor's expression did not change at all.

He allowed the inner court to participate in the reform, but it was a helpless move due to the lack of available people, but it was definitely not because he wanted the eunuch to interfere in state affairs, nor did he want to see the eunuch intervene in his decision because of this!

Honestly do the things he arranged, and then go back to the inner court to stay honest and deal with the one-acre three-point land of the inner court. This is what he wants to see.

"get out!"

After a long time, the emperor sternly shouted, Wang Wumeng kowtowed, and disappeared from the emperor's sight.

At this time, Li Xiuzhi's gaze once again fixed on the account book in his hand.

Not counting Jinzhou, there are only more than 6 households of Han people in Liaozhen, with more than 20 people. Even if Jinzhou and its nearby towns are included, the maximum number is less than 30.

And this place is occupied by Hou Jin, where the Han people are not as good as pigs and dogs, the number of Han people is naturally not many, otherwise, whether it is the entry of Huang Taiji in history, or the entry of Nurhachi in this time and space, they are all doing looting and carrying people. things.

In this later generations of the Northeast Granary, there are probably only 60 or [-] people today. Even if you count the Korean Han people and the Han people in the surrounding islands, the entire Liaodong may never have a million people.

There is a shortage of people. Even if Daheng's ruling order over Liaodong takes shape, even if the reforms are successful in all aspects, it will never be completely stabilized.

Liaodong is unstable, and North Korea is naturally more difficult to stabilize.

Moreover, in the current situation, it is obviously necessary to deploy heavy troops in Liaodong and North Korea.

The lack of population undoubtedly means that the court needs long-term blood transfusions to these two places to maintain the existence of the rule.

Otherwise, relying on the two places alone, it would be impossible to maintain a heavy army.

A land waiting to be rebuilt, and far away from the center of the government. If it cannot maintain a heavy army, it will naturally be difficult to be stable, and it will inevitably go back to the old path of strategic contraction in the Ming Dynasty. will break away from the ruling order of Daheng, and without the existence of Daheng's ruling order, there will inevitably be new native nomadic peoples,

Regardless of whether it can become as popular as Houjin, it is obvious that this is the old road of history!

"Relocate people, set up reclamation guards..."

Li Xiu whispered softly.

To solve this problem, there are only these two methods, and both methods must be implemented at the same time.

It is difficult to achieve the best effect by implementing only one of them.

However, with the corruption of Daheng's successor to Ming Dynasty and the relocation of people, not to mention whether he has the money to do it, even if he has, he is not at ease with this corrupt ruling system.

Obviously, now he can only choose to walk on one leg.

That is to set up guards for guarding the frontiers and reclamation, so that the army can raise soldiers and generals. While guarding the frontiers, it can also greatly reduce the burden on the court.

"It's going to suffer again for these guardsmen!"

Li Xiu couldn't help sighing as his thoughts circulated.

In the military reform, the most thorough reform was the guard house, and it was also the guard house that stabilized the Daheng national fortune. It was also the guard house that he had always wanted to abolish.

And the most miserable life is also the guard.

When recruiting soldiers, there will be generous food every month, and the family members will also receive generous treatment!

And the generals of the guards should not only serve as soldiers, guarding one side, but also serve the people, cultivate and store grain, and if there is any surplus grain, he will be ordered by him to take it out!

His family members also have to work hard day and night for the army!

What's more, military pay and tax exemption are all false.

The only thing there is a little pension and reward after the war.

In his plan, the Central Plains, Jiangnan, and other prosperous and prosperous places do not need guards. The necessity for guards to exist is to set up guards wherever it is difficult and dangerous!

Not to mention, he is still a military household at the bottom of society!

"Remuneration, status, all must be improved!"

This sentence hovered in my heart, and it became more and more ingrained.

He knew that this was also an imminent problem.

Both are Daheng soldiers, but because one is a battalion soldier and the other is a guard soldier, the treatment is very different, and the status is also very different.

The soldiers in the guard are Qiu Ba, whom everyone looks down on, and they are the lowest level of livestock.

And the battalion is the glory of being a soldier by one person, which can benefit the whole family!

As a human being, there will always be imbalances in the heart.

With such an imbalance, no matter how thorough the military reform is, the guard system will definitely decay and decay at a faster rate than the Ming Dynasty!

Today's Daheng cannot be without a guard, and the future Daheng also cannot be without a guard.

It's just that this improvement, talking about it verbally, doesn't make any sense.

In the end, it is still a character of money, and the character of money has returned to this time-consuming reform for money.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but shook his head. Today's Daheng is a giant that walks on one leg. Its military power is invincible, its people's livelihood, economy, and even its political system are all rotten and unsightly!

All the problems are like a mess, one after another, one after another!

Everything needs him, the Son of Heaven, to unravel and solve it bit by bit!

And these, it is not enough to sweep over like war and military affairs.

If he can't solve these problems, even if Daheng is brilliant when he is alive, even if he is invincible in the world!

As long as he dies, Daheng will probably decline like a cliff!

"Difficult!"

The emperor sighed and was silent...

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Chapter 453 The possibility of imperial power going to the countryside.

"A manly man, every spit and every nail!"

"If you say you want to be Dorgon's father, then be his father!"

"I just don't know which corner of Gada my cheap son has hidden in!"