I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 422 Liaodong Strategy
"This land is really fertile!" Wang Ze said from a handful of soil on the ground.

"Yes! There are still so many wastelands. You can never see this in Kaifeng Prefecture." Wang's father also said.

In Henan and northern Zhili, the population is dense, and every corner and crevices in front of and behind houses have been reclaimed and planted. It is impossible to have such large tracts of wasteland.

As they walked along, they saw signs of farming only in the areas near the river where irrigation was good, and the rest of the place was barren.

Liaodong has never lacked land, but people. However, the population of Liaodong has not grown fast, and in some years it has even declined. This is all caused by the local hereditary military commanders.
The person in charge of the liaison at the Royal Group was called Xu Cheng. He had been waiting for them at the port for a long time. He directed Wang Ze and his men to unload a batch of farm tools from the ship. These tools were to be distributed to them for land reclamation.

Then Xu Cheng took them to the place of reclamation. Actually, it was not completely reclaimed land. It was an abandoned village. The land around the village had been reclaimed, but it had been abandoned in recent decades. There were also some abandoned irrigation facilities.
"From now on, you will be employees of the 304th Village in Yingkou area under the Royal Group's Agricultural Reclamation Department." Xu Cheng announced.

But Wang Ze and the others did not realize the significance of this title at all.

There are only more than 30 households in the 304th Village, with a total of more than 100 people. The land was quickly divided, with each household getting 100 mu of land. Those who received the land were all smiling. Although most of the land still needed to be cultivated, the Royal Group provided sufficient supplies so that they could cultivate it without any worries.

This made Wang Ze's family feel relieved.
"The steel mouth of this hoe is really nice!" Wang Chun held a hoe and observed it carefully.

"It's more than good. Look at this iron plow. It can't even be called an iron plow. It should be called a steel plow. It's a great tool for reclaiming wasteland!" Wang Ze couldn't let go of the steel plow.

Wang Ze smiled happily. This adventure was worth it now. The value of the things he received today far exceeded the value of the belongings thrown away by Duan Ping at Yuzhou Railway Station.
The next day, Xu Cheng sent two cows and ten horses as animal power for the reclamation of the 304th Village.
These animals are the collective property of the village.
This gave Wang Ze more confidence in future land reclamation.
The reason why all immigrants were given the name of a royal group was to prevent the greedy Liaodong generals from reaching out to the newly reclaimed land.
It is also different from other places. Each border town has a prefecture or county, where soldiers and civilians live together.

In Liaodong, there were only guards. You could either be a soldier, a craftsman, or a cook, or get out and become a refugee. There were no normal civilian households!
The military generals in Liaodong possess power, money, food, land, and soldiers in one person, which is somewhat like the feeling of a Jiedushi. Even so, their official positions are still hereditary, which allows them to continuously expand the power of their family and use the power of their family to allow more of their clansmen to become military generals.

Theoretically, the military commanders and powerful families in Liaodong could develop all the Han people here into their own serfs!
Liaodong’s dilemma is not external but internal.

That is why Zhu Houxuan gave the immigrants from Liaodong the title of employees of the Royal Group's Agricultural Reclamation Department. Otherwise, if you are not careful, the immigrants who worked so hard to get to Liaodong will be swallowed up by the military generals.
"Our various immigration plans are going very smoothly. A total of more than 8 people from Zhenxiwei, Zhenwuwei and Andongzhongtunwei have immigrated to the Hetao area. The number of immigrants in the Hetao area has now exceeded , and the construction of a new city has begun," reported Jiang Jianyuan from the Ministry of Railways.

Zhenxi Wei, Zhenwu Wei and Andong Zhongtun Wei were only five or six hundred miles away from the Hetao area. Even if the immigrants moved slowly, they could still reach the place in half a month. This was why Zhu Houxuan chose these three guards to go to the Hetao area.

"Send more food supplies and get the immigrants in Hetao moving. As long as we can survive this autumn, we will be able to gain a foothold in the Hetao area!" Zhu Houxuan said, looking at the location of Hetao.

"As ordered!"

"Kaifeng Prefecture is suffering from a severe drought. We have already transported nearly 150,000 people from Kaifeng Prefecture through various means. The main means of transportation is still shipping, supplemented by railways."

At this time, the Yellow River had not yet returned north, but was still flowing into the sea through the Huai River. The Yellow River water invaded the Huai River basin, causing a series of floods and also creating several new rivers that could be navigated stably.

The Royal Group uses these rivers to transport immigrants to the seaside by boat.
"Next, 100,000 people will be transported to Dongfan Island, and after they adapt to the environment, they will be sent to Luzon Island. 50,000 people will be transported to Liaodong," Jiang Jianyuan continued.

"Well done!" Zhu Houxuan said, "You are the one who deserves the credit for getting the people out so quickly." "Your Highness, thank you for your praise," Jiang Jianyuan said hurriedly.

"It's summer now, so we need to pay more attention to the immigrants' heatstroke prevention and epidemic prevention work," Zhu Houxuan warned.

"As commanded."

Zhu Houxuan looked at the map again, and his eyes involuntarily looked towards Liaodong.

"Royal brother, are you planning to attack the three Wuliangha guards next?" Zhu Houxuan suddenly asked.

It turned out that Zhu Houzhao also attended this meeting.

"The three Wuliangha guards are located between Xuanfu and Liaodong. Attacking them will put less logistical pressure. I am also preparing to launch an attack next spring," said Zhu Houzhao.

The three Wuliangha guards are the three Doyan guards. Doyan guard is located between Xifengkou and Xuanfu, Taining guard is located between Jinzhou and Liaohe River, and Fuyu guard is stationed between Shenyang, Tieling and Kaiyuan respectively.

"What is your strategic goal, brother?" Zhu Houxuan continued to ask.

"Subdue the three guards of Doyan and recapture Daning City." Zhu Houzhao said firmly.

Zhu Houxuan nodded slowly. If Zhu Houzhao's strategic goal could be achieved, Liaodong would be far away from the risk of war.
He has been involved in the immigration to Liaodong for several years and he is very familiar with the situation in Liaodong.

He knew that the best way to solve the current problems in Liaodong was to establish a government and a county locally, and to establish normal rule to disperse the power of the military officers.

In the major cities and regions of Liaodong, the number of Han people has always had an absolute advantage. The reasons for their delay in taking action are, first, the ancestral system, second, foreign enemies, and third, the military generals' families.

Therefore, it is necessary to recapture Daning City and resolve the most serious external threat;
Finally, it is to raise troops to fight and suppress the military families who want to rebel.

Historically, during the Jiajing period, the censor Lu Jing wanted to rectify Liaodong. He did not mention the matter of withdrawing the guards and setting up counties, but only wanted to take back the official pastures and reduce the surplus soldiers in the army (actually releasing the serfs), which resulted in the Liaodong mutiny.

The generals instigated the soldiers to mutiny, beat officials, demolish government offices, and burn books. Lü Jing, the Right Deputy Chief Censor and Liaodong Governor, was arrested, stripped of his clothes, insulted, beaten, and imprisoned in the Liaodong Governor's residence. The generals colluded with the eunuchs in charge of the garrison, fabricated charges against Lü Jing, and successfully exiled the censor.

Let me talk about the recent update time. I was too happy about work too early. This week's work has suddenly become busier than before. I got home after 11 o'clock every night this week, and then started typing. I don't type fast, usually one thousand words an hour, so I usually have to write until three or four in the morning to finish four thousand words, and then I have to get up at : to go to work. As a result, after writing one chapter in the early morning today, I couldn't hold on, so I wrote this chapter... I'll post one chapter first, the second chapter is not finished yet... I hope everyone will understand...

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