"Yuan Aiqing, tell me!"
After listening to the emperor's words, Yuan Keli stood up, first bowed to the emperor, and then turned to look at everyone.
"Everyone, the Battle of Beidou is almost 70% complete. There are still some finishing tasks left, mainly three items.
First, he plowed the court and swept the caves against Jian Nu, conquered Shenyang City, and exterminated the entire clan;
Second, the reorganization of Mongolian tribes;
Third, clean up the slave-building coalition forces in North Korea and completely integrate North Korea into the territory of the Ming Dynasty;
Only by completing these three items can the entire battle of Beida be basically completed, and the rest is the reward ceremony! "
Everyone in the lobby was suddenly startled, with some confusion in their eyes.
They never thought that the Ming Dynasty was not aiding North Korea this time, but was taking the opportunity to incorporate North Korea into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This was regarded as opening up territory.
Mao Wenlong's pupils shrank sharply, and then a flash of joy flashed through his eyes, but he instantly regained his calm expression.
But the corner of his eyes was aimed at an old man on the opposite side, his eyes were thoughtful, and the thoughts in his heart were turning.
Without waiting for him to think about it, Yuan Keli continued: "The territory of North Korea is planned to be the Chief Secretary of Korea, and the existing eight roads will be changed to eight prefectures. The Chief Secretary and the Chief of Staff will be stationed in Pyongyang, and the Chief of Staff will be stationed in Seoul."
After saying this, Yuan Keli looked at the old man sitting next to him: "Mr. Liu, you are the first Chief Secretary of North Korea, tell me what you think!"
This person was none other than Liu Hongxun, the North Korean Chief Secretary Zuo who had been selected before the expedition, and most of the people sitting here were acquaintances.
Especially Mao Wenlong, when Liaoyang was occupied by the slaves and his way back was cut off, North Korea built two ships to allow him to take a detour back to Beijing, passing through the territory under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town, and they had to deal with him for several months when collecting refugees.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the top priority now is to immediately clean up the bandits and bandits in North Korea. There are three reasons.
First, since the three parties of Jiannu, Fusang, and Mongolia plundered Korea last year, local governments have lost their functions and bandits have become rampant.
The county does not dare to open its doors, and merchants do not dare to do business. This is very detrimental to the restoration of people's livelihood.
Secondly, I estimate that a large part of these bandits are played by many forces within the territory. Cleaning up the bandits in a timely manner will also deter the major forces.
Third, it is the end of June now, and the autumn harvest will begin in two or three months. The arrival of autumn grain into warehouses is a top priority, as it is related to whether there will be unrest in North Korea this year.
They had already been plundered by Jiannu, Fusang and Mongolian tribes, and the people had almost no food left in their homes.
If we are plundered by bandits again, North Korea will be starved to death, and rumors will spread, which will be extremely detrimental to us.
I thought that as long as they were robbers and bandits, once they were caught, they would all be executed at the gate of the county.
In addition, I am also preparing an official document that anyone who harbors or hides bandits and bandits will be punished with the same crime.
The cleanup can be left to the Commander-in-Chief of the Capital! It can be regarded as giving Si Liwei, the commander of the capital.
In addition, I sincerely request your Majesty to issue an order to exempt North Korea from paying taxes this year, which will not only reduce the pressure on the people, but also make the North Korean people grateful. "
"allow!"
Chongzhen nodded: "In addition, there should be a lot of surplus food looted by North Korea, Fusang, and Jiannu. When the army returns to the court, all the excess will be allocated to you. If necessary, warehouses can be opened for food relief!"
"On behalf of the Korean people, I thank Your Majesty for His grace!"
After Liu Hongxun thanked him, he added: "While cleaning up the bandits, I will send invitations to the major forces in the Eight Prefectures in the name of the imperial court, asking them to come to Pyongyang to discuss the integration of North Korea into the Ming Dynasty.
If they cooperate with us in taking over North Korea, that's all. If they don't cooperate, then don't blame me for suppressing the bandits by the way.
Even if they are obedient, they can kill a few.
Anyway, a lot of people have been killed by the three parties of Jiannu, and they don’t care about killing a few more!
Only by killing more can the land be transferred, so that the people can benefit, and only then can the people's hearts of submission be gathered! "
hiss……
There were basically military generals in the lobby. Listening to Liu Hongxun's strategy, their eyes were filled with strange looks.
Civil officials are more ruthless than military generals, each move is more sinister than the next, and each move is more ruthless than the last.
The key is that ordinary people can't find any faults.
“After sorting it out, we will start to register the people of North Korea, clear the land, revise laws suitable for North Korea according to the Ming Dynasty Law, build inns, etc. These things may take two to three years.
Moreover, if there is any new policy in North Korea, I think it can be tested here, but it has already been disrupted anyway! "
New Deal?
Hearing this word, Chongzhen's eyes twitched, and several strategies immediately came to mind.
Such as the one-whip method, sharing a small portion into an acre, returning fire to the public, officials and gentry working together as errands and paying grain, raising honest silver, stratified commercial taxes, new coins, banks, etc.
Strategies such as the apportionment of dings into acres mainly involve spreading dings of silver into the fields, thereby reducing the economic burden on landless and landless farmers.
Although he is now implementing the policy of returning land to the people, he is actually only allowing the people to have land to farm, but the taxes they should pay have not been reduced much, but they are relatively better and they can have something to eat.
As for the lands obtained by wealthy merchants and gentry through normal channels, the court could not directly seize them and return them to the court.
It is even more impossible for these wealthy businessmen and gentry to sell land directly to the people, let alone spend money to buy it and then sell it to the people.
Dividing people into acres can curb the occurrence of chaos in land annexation. However, the Ming Dynasty is so big and there are so many wealthy merchants and gentry. Even if he returns with a great victory this time, it is impossible to promote this without resorting to massacres.
Now that North Korea has almost been surrendered to the slave-building parties, we can try the water here, implement the method of dividing the land into an acre and a whip, and sum up experience.
But he didn't dare, at least he wouldn't come up with this strategy until the drought problem in a few years could not be solved.
Looking at the brooding emperor, everyone in the hall immediately held their breath, their eyes full of curiosity.
Especially Yuan Keli, he has experienced every whim of the emperor, each one has lofty intentions, and each one has achieved good results.
He was curious about what new policies the emperor would come up with.
After a while, Chongzhen regained his composure and said calmly: "Liu Aiqing, I will stay in North Korea for a few more days. You should try to draft a statement just mentioned before my teacher returns to North Korea.
In addition, in order to make it easier for you to carry out your work, I will give you the power to appoint and remove officials below the fourth rank. Afterwards, you can submit a memorandum explaining the situation. You can control the details by yourself! "
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Hongxun was extremely pleasantly surprised. It was nearly three thousand miles from Seoul to the Ming Dynasty. Normal memorials would definitely not be expedited. Three months at a time was considered normal.
North Korea has a lot of waste waiting to be done, and the day lilies will be cold in three months.
With the power of appointment and dismissal, he can intimidate the officials below, start work faster, and see results more easily.
But the emperor also said in the end that he had to take control of the situation. This was a warning to himself not to mess around.
If you manage North Korea well, you may not be unable to join the cabinet in the future.
