Zhu Youjian looked at the surrounding terrain. He has decided to build a city north of Fenghe and east of Yashan. This city will be the capital of Lingbei Province in the future.
As for the name of the capital, Zhu Youjian was thinking about it. His gaze fell on Yashan Pass. A raised rock, like the exquisite pagoda in the hands of King Li Tian, was smeared with a golden glow in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Chita!" A name flashed in Zhu Youjian's heart.
The last question is whether there is a passage from the mountain pass to the west. If there is no passage, this will be a dead land. It must not be the capital of a province.
That night, Zhu Youjian camped at Yashan Pass and lay on the bed. Zhu Youjian's thoughts immediately became active.
Zhu Youjian thought a lot about this piece of land. In the history of later generations, this is the eternal pain of the Chinese nation. Now, Zhu Youjian has come to this world, and his two feet have already set foot on this land. The question is, it is three thousand miles away from the capital, can Daming establish effective rule here
He can't immigrate here for the time being. The Han people miss their home too much. It is basically impossible to immigrate 3,000 miles away when commercial circulation and road traffic conditions can't keep up.
Relying on the capture of 18,000 Mongolian herders just now, it will take hundreds of years to achieve the rule of this land. It will take hundreds of years to be too long. During this period, no one knows what will happen.
exile.
It suddenly occurred to Zhu Youjian that the occupation of the Far East by the Russian team was to exile criminals to the local area and increase the population of the nation.
If serious prisoners, such as prisoners with a sentence of more than five years, can immigrate to Chita together with their family members, it will be a win-win situation.
For the prisoners, although the extreme north is very cold, they are free, able to reunite with their families, and live the kind of life that adults expect.
For the court, the immigrants of Han Chinese to Chita can speed up the localization process and establish effective and normal rule in the local area as soon as possible. Moreover, the exile of prisoners here can also save the country's cost of looking after them.
If these saved costs are rewarded to these prisoners, will they become the vanguard of Ming Dynasty opening up and defending the territory
Zhu Youjian became more excited as he thought about it. In this era, in order to speed up the effective management and rule of the newly occupied land, it is completely feasible to take some extraordinary measures, just like when he placed the Dongjiang army, he sent them to each of them. Got a Mongolian daughter-in-law.
"Your Majesty, what are you thinking? Don't speak." Bu Mu Butai's little hand climbed onto Zhu Youjian's chest, and she tapped Zhu Youjian's chest with her soft little fingers.
"Haha," Zhu Youjian grasped her finger of the mischief, "I'm thinking, what can you give me a prince!"
"Your Majesty, this matter is not in a hurry..." Bumbutai suddenly thought that she had been a side-fujin for Huang Taiji for several years, and she had never given birth to a child. Could it be that... Yu Jian, fortunately, the big tent was very dark and she couldn't see anything clearly. She stuck out her tongue, which was a relief for herself.
"Ah? It's so dark, how do you know that I'm here?" Zhu Youjian just came over, his lips caught Bu Mu Butai's small tongue, and the tip of her tongue was still rubbing against the tip of her tongue.
"Um... Um..." Bu Mubutai was caught on the tip of her tongue, and she couldn't make a complete voice. She muttered vaguely, not knowing whether she agreed or opposed it.
When Zhu Youjian got up, the sun had hung over the treetops, and the slight breeze blowing from the river was already chilling. In Yashan, it was late autumn or early winter.
Bu Mu Butai had already made a good tea for Zhu Youjian. She lowered her head and held the tea to Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, the tea is warm, just enough to moisturize your throat."
Zhu Youjian took the teacup: "Bumbutai, you got up so early? Did you sleep well last night?"
"Your Majesty!" Bu Mu Butai gave Zhu Youjian a glance, "You should wash your face and eat breakfast! Haven't you been busy? There are still many things waiting for you to do!"
"Yes, yes," Zhu Youjian said repeatedly, "washing my face and eating breakfast, I am really busy, day or night."
"I'm going to fetch water!" Bu Mu Butai turned around, leaving Zhu Youjian with a slim back.
After breakfast, Zhu Youjian sent a cavalry regiment to the west from Yashan Pass, looking for an exit. Zhu Youjian explained to them that they did not have to travel far, as long as there was a road leading to the west.
Zhu Youjian led his army and walked east along the Fenghe River. At the junction of the Fenghe River and the Orang River, he stopped walking eastward. "This is already the west source of Nuer Gandusi, I don’t know Yuan Chonghuan. Where are they now!"
No one can answer Zhu Youjian's question. Yuan Chonghuan's army took a different route from Zhu Youjian in the Northern Expedition. He was in the eastern part of Nuer Gandusi and temporarily lost contact with Zhu Youjian.
The army walked east along the north bank of the Ornan River for a long time, but was blocked by a north-south river.
Zhu Youjian felt that there are too many big rivers here, and the water resources should be very sufficient. "What kind of river is this?"
It was not marked on the marching map, and no one of the Ming army knew anyone.
Zhu Youjian turned his gaze to Bumubutai: "Bumubutai, do you know what kind of river this is?"
"Your Majesty, it should be the Nibuchu River!" Bumbutai rubbed her little nose, and she was not sure.
"Nebuchu?" Zhu Youjian screamed, his voice trembling with excitement.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Bumbutai was startled. "Did the slave and maid say something wrong?"
"Ah... No!" Zhu Youjian stared at the river closely. The water slowly flowed southward and then merged into the Wunan River. The turbulent water seemed to tell Zhu Youjian that with his arrival, much history will be renewed. rewrite.
"Your Majesty..." Bu Mu Butai saw Zhu Youzhen staring at the river in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Bumbutai, how did you know that this river is the Nerchinsk River?"
"My dad told me," Bumubutai saw Zhu Youzhen replied calmly, "this is where Genghis Khan rose, so dad often tells me about the river grassland here. He said that the upper reaches of Heilongjiang is Shileka. The upper reaches of the Shileka River is the Oran River. Between the Shileka River and the Oran River, there are two large rivers, one is the Yinguoda River that runs from east to west, and the other is the Niebuchu River that runs from north to south."
"Oh," Zhu Youjian retracted his gaze and sprinkled his gaze towards the wider surroundings, but no one could see. Maybe there were herdsmen here. After a large number of Ming troops arrived, they scared them away. The Nan River is almost east-west, while the Nibuchu River is north-south. The place where the two rivers meet has the most abundant water and plants. It is the best place to build a city, Chengchou?"
"Your Majesty..." Hong Chengchou is just a general, and he doesn't understand the matter of building the city at all.
Zhu Youjian pointed and told Hong Chengchou that a city could be built on the high ground of Yihe River. After listening for a long time, Hong Chengchou understood what Zhu Youzhen meant.
Zhu Youjian has already planned to leave Hong Chengchou here. The nomads here are not considered strong. His 10,000 soldiers are enough to protect themselves. If there are too many soldiers left, food will be a problem.
Zhu Youzhen looked far away from his horse. What he could not forget was the vast land in the north, but he could not see anything except the messy forest.
"Your Majesty, is there anything to the north?" Hong Chengchou leaned over, and he faintly understood what Zhu Youzhen meant.
"The north side is very big, much bigger than you think." Zhu Youjian looked at the Nerchino River again, and felt that the name was not Chinese enough, so he wanted to give the Nybchu River a new Chinese name.
He just eagerly looked north, thinking about the north, then this river, let it be called Beiwang River! The city built by Yihe in the future will be called Beiwang City.
Nibuchu, a term that has been disputed by the Han people for hundreds of years, will forever become history.
Zhu Youjian didn't let himself leave a name in history, he was hope. While future generations talked about the origin of this city, don't forget that there are still large tracts of land in the north.
Returning to the camp at Yashankou, Zhu Youjian summoned Hong Chengchou immediately.
"Chengchou, you should have thought of it?"
"Your Majesty intends to let the future stay on this land?" Hong Chengchou was not surprised at all.
"Yeah! If you can't garrison troops, this vast land will never belong to the Ming Dynasty. It is just like the former Nuergan," Zhu Youjian said leisurely. "But it is nearly three thousand miles away from the capital. In winter, it is almost three thousand miles away. It's very cold, is Chengchou willing to stay?"
"It is the duty of every soldier to open up frontiers and protect the land for Ming Dynasty, and he will be willing to stay in the end." Hong Chengchou clasped his fists in his hands and saluted Zhu Youjian, and at the same time, he also assured Zhu Youjian.
"Chengchou, it's been hard work!" Zhu Youjian gave a rare return. "I will set you five years. After five years, someone will replace you."
"Your Majesty, I finally understand."
"However, these five years are the most difficult five years, because the distance is too far, you have no personnel to supply, no friendly forces to accept, you must be prepared in your heart."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will know the current situation at the end."
"However, I am in the capital and will always pay attention to you."
"Your Majesty..."
Zhu Youjian interrupted Hong Chengchou's words: "Don't get me wrong. Since this is the land of Ming Dynasty, I and the court will never forget you. The Third Avenue and Xilin are not the end point. It will extend to Chita in the future. Once completed, we will set up prefectures and post stations along the way to strengthen the ties between the capital and Chita."
"Your Majesty is saying that once the Third Avenue is completed, this will officially become the new territory of Daming?"
"Yes," Zhu Youjian nodded slightly. "In addition, I also plan to exile all the serious prisoners from the five northern provinces here. In the future, the soldiers will retire. If we can marry a wife and have children locally, we will also Land will be allocated to them, which can increase the number of local Han Chinese."