Chapter 2638 Guizi Volume: Outlook for Liaodong, Master it with one hand

The prospects for Liaodong are indeed exciting, especially the elimination of the Jurchen threat of Jianzhou in one fell swoop, and the inclusion of the Jurchens in the East China Sea. This ambition is not small, but for the princes of the court, this is a way to open up territory and expand the territory and go down in history. No one can be tempted by such a good opportunity.

 It can be recorded in the history books in the future that during the period when a certain person and others were in power, the country was peaceful and the people were safe, the country expanded thousands of miles east to north, resettled millions of people, and was respected by thousands of people...

But although this is fascinating, there is still a problem for the princes, and that is Feng Ziying's arrangement.

Feng Ziying can continue to stay in Liaodong in the short term. This is what he himself means. He wants to promote a series of military and political plans in Liaodong. The princes of the court are also happy to let him stay in Liaodong, but they also have to consider the next arrangement.

It's possible this year, or even next year, Feng Ziying can continue to be in Liaodong. After all, the governor's term is at least three years, which makes sense, but what about the year after next? We can't always keep Feng Ziying in Liaodong, right?

　　What to do when you come back? At the very least, you have to arrange for a ministerial position. And no matter how you look at it, it seems a bit shabby. There is no problem in joining the cabinet. Now the newspapers in the capital city and Jiangnan have praised Feng Ziying as if she were a god.

The problem is that Feng Ziying is too young. Even if she comes back the year after tomorrow, Feng Ziying will still be less than thirty years old and will become a minister and join the cabinet. I am afraid that many people will find it difficult to accept this.

It is unjustifiable not to let him come back, but there is no way to arrange his return, which also gives everyone in the cabinet a headache. Even Qi Yongtai himself felt embarrassed.

Of course, he hopes that his disciple can join the cabinet as soon as possible and help him share some of the burden, but he also needs to take into account the emotions of other people, especially the feelings of the scholars in Beidi and Huguang. Don't let Feng Ziying let the scholars in Beidi have internal problems. If there is disharmony or the breakdown of the alliance with the Huguang scholars, it would be a bit unworthy.

 Besides, Feng Ziying is indeed young, and it would still be reasonable if she were a few years later, but she still has to arrange a place for the other party to go.

Fortunately, there is still more than a year left. Qi Yongtai is also considering taking this year to see if any of the seven ministers and even cabinet ministers in the court want to take the initiative to become officials. In this way, they can free up a decent position and at least be able to Feng Ziying has an explanation.

Just when everyone was worried and wondering what arrangements Feng Ziying would make if she asked to return to Beijing, Feng Ziying began to consider with great interest the grand plan of how to build Liaodong into the next Shandong.

Feng Ziying did not expect the court to provide much substantial support in terms of money and food. In fact, that was unrealistic.

The civil strife in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the Bailian War in Hebei and Henan, have basically overdrawn the imperial court's financial resources in the past few years. In addition, the Liaodong War in the past two years, it can be said that if it were not for Huang Ruliang's exhaustive planning, and Feng Ziying's constant suggestions and advice, The Ministry of Revenue has long been unable to sustain itself through borrowing, treasury bonds and other means to raise funds.

Now that we have finally seen that Liaodong’s statehood troubles are coming to an end, the imperial court’s attention will be on providing relief and supporting local construction in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei. You suddenly jumped out and said that Liaodong also supports it. Isn’t this costing lives?

So Feng Ziying never thought about asking the court for support such as money and food. All he wanted was policies, and the court was never willing to give it.

As long as we are limited to Liaodong and let you Feng Ziying do the trouble, it will save you the trouble of thinking about how to make arrangements when you want to return to Beijing. How capable you are, you can serve as an envoy in Liaodong.

Now that Liaodong is about to be unified, Feng Ziying is planning to conduct a comprehensive population census of the entire greater Liaodong region soon. The current preliminary estimate is that the population is about two million.

Because during the Li Chengliang era, the Liaodong army had concealed a large number of people, so the population in Liaodong on the imperial household registration was less than 900,000. Later, Anle Prefecture was taken away by Jianzhou, and nearly 80,000 people were lost. Tielingwei lost four With a population of 10,000, Shenyang lost nearly 200,000 people, so the population dropped sharply to less than 600,000.

But in fact, even if Shenyang, Tieling and Anlezhou are lost, Feng Ziying estimates that if the hidden population can be added, even if only 70% of the population is cleared, at least there will still be about 1.3 million in Liaodong, which means more than half The population actually has no household registration, and has been hidden and submerged by the behemoth of the army.

So through this round of unification of Liaodong, Feng Ziying is preparing to completely clean up the population of Liaodong. He is the governor of Jiliao and the emperor of Liaodong, so he has this power and resources.

 Population and land are the most important material foundations of this era. Without these two, nothing can be done.

But now there is no shortage of land in Liaodong, especially after the Jianzhou Jurchens were completely solved, the security issue is no longer a problem. The black soil inside and outside the wall has become fertile soil for farming, and potatoes and corn are two important crops. Come and bring all possibilities to the output of this land.

There is no shortage of land, but population is a big problem. Liaodong is larger than Shandong, but its population is less than one-fifth of Shandong.

The current registered population in Shandong should be around 11 million according to official statistics, but the actual population should be around 14 million. If the population in Liaodong is calculated before the war, before Anlezhou, Tieling and Shenyang were lost, it would be around 2 million. , if you add Jianzhou Jurchen, Donghai Jurchen and Haixi Jurchen, it will be about 23.44 million, which is really less than one-fifth of Shandong.

  In other words, the area is now larger, even after taking over the Jianzhou Jurchen and Donghai Jurchen territories, the area may be two to three times that of Shandong, but the population is only about one-sixth of Shandong.

Even though Liaodong is mainly forests, swamps and raw land, it is much easier to cultivate it and turn it into mature land than in Dongpan and Luzon. Especially for northerners, the climate in Liaodong is also better than that in Dongfang. Fan and Luzon allow them to adapt better.

 Now there are two more crops, potatoes and corn, which are very suitable for planting in Liaodong, and it is much easier to promote them. As long as the population problem is solved, Feng Ziying is really confident that it will take ten to twenty years to rebuild Shandong.

Weng Qiming, He Tingfa, Wang Shaoquan, Liu Keding and others were also full of curiosity when they arrived in Liaoyang.

When they came from the Liaoxi Corridor, they felt the atmosphere and pressure of war all the way. Liaodong was launching a full-scale war with the Jianzhou Jurchens. This war started last year and has lasted for more than a year, and now it is even more... Entered a climax.

At this time, Feng Ziying suddenly invited them to visit Liao, which still surprised them.

 Or maybe Feng Ziying feels that the war in Liaodong will not affect the overall situation? What is the purpose of inviting a group of people from yourself to visit Liao?

However, Weng, He, Wang, Liu and others, as representatives of Jiangnan merchants, salt merchants, Shanxi merchants and Anfu merchants, certainly cannot refuse Feng Ziying's invitation. Not to mention the friendship Feng Ziying has established with them over the years, but in Liaodong Cooperation had already tied them into one, so they headed north in spite of the wind and snow without any hesitation.

Feng Ziying welcomed several people at the Yimen of the Governor's Mansion in Liaoyang, and made several people feel flattered.

 Governor Xiao Feng personally welcomed several businessmen. This may become news that shocks the world.

Several people repeatedly said they couldn't bear it, but Feng Ziying didn't care.

“I also want to tell you some good news in advance...” Feng Ziying smiled.

Wang Shaoquan was the most astute, "Sir, has Shenyang been recovered?"

"Haha, Shenyang was recovered more than ten days ago. I went there once and came back." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Tieling has also been recovered. The day before yesterday, Nurhachi led the remnants to flee north, and Anle Prefecture has also been recovered."

Anlezhou is actually the area from Kaiyuan to Changtu, next to Siping City in Jilin Province.

"Has Anle Prefecture been recovered?" Several people were surprised. Anle Prefecture was taken away by the Jianzhou Jurchens a few years ago, and it was already the northernmost borderland of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Great Zhou Dynasty was at its peak. At that time, they only controlled Qingyang Fort and Zhenbeiguan in the northern part of Anle Prefecture, like a protrusion that penetrated into the Jurchen-controlled area of ​​​​Jianzhou.

"Well, we have recovered it. I hope Nurhaci can hold on in Anle Prefecture, but he is of no use. Now Nurhaci has probably led ten or twenty thousand people to the north. There are even two dozen Han people who originally left Anle Prefecture. All 30,000 Jianzhou Jurchen people were lost to us, haha, I didn’t expect that I would actually manage the Jurchens for Nurhachi now, it’s really interesting.”

Feng Ziying's optimistic and cheerful attitude made several businessmen feel relieved. It seemed that the Zhou army had really won a great victory in Liaodong, and judging from this person's opinion, it seemed that he was not satisfied with the current results.

"Sir, does that mean that the entire territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been recovered by you?" Weng Qiming paid more attention to the political influence this incident brought to Feng Ziying. He defeated the Jurchens in one fell swoop and recovered all his homeland. This is of extraordinary significance. .

"That's right. Li Chengliang's lost Kuandian Six Forts have long been recovered. Last month, Mao Wenlong captured Hetuala, the Jurchen's puppet capital in Jianzhou. It's now under our control, so Nurhaci can't escape back to his nest. , he can only run north to ask for help from the Jurchens in the East China Sea. Well, A'ergan Mountain is probably his destination. I don't plan to give him this chance to breathe. I have also informed the Jurchens in the East China Sea that troops will be sent soon. Going north, if nothing happens, the Jianzhou Jurchen problem, well, it should be said that the entire Jurchen problem can be completely solved before next spring..."

Several businessmen are excited. It seems that their previous investment bets were really right.

"Now I am still thinking about how to divide this Liaodong. Well, the territory of Nuergandusi in the former Ming Dynasty should be included in Liaodong, which means that the territory may be expanded several times, all the way to Kuwu further north. The former Ming Dynasty established Polo River Guards on Kuwu Island, and now there is also Ezo, which is next to it. It will most likely be included in the jurisdiction of Liaodong. The territory is too big, there are too many forests, and the population is not enough, so we Only a few people will be found..."

 (End of this chapter)