When the news of Zhao Guoliang's suicide was sent to Xingzai, Liu Jun just nodded and then remained silent for a long time. Zhao Guosheng was a very good young man. He was the first to follow his group of people. He was brave, smart, and lucky enough.

After several years of war, no less than a hundred major and large wars were fought, and many injuries were lost, but he survived. Although he was a little younger than Liu Jun, Liu Jun always regarded him and Zhang Guodong, the old subordinates from Macheng, as his confidants. He did not disappoint himself in the past, but who knew that when the new dynasty was established, he had lost himself in less than a year.

Zhao Guoliang will not be the first, nor will he be the last person to go astray.

"Put him a tablet in the Yinglie Temple." Liu Jun said lonely at last. Although he made a mistake, took a wrong path, and was sentenced to death, he was a hero who followed him to conquer the world and made many contributions. One code is returned to another. Liu Jun still made an exception and issued an order to allow Zhao Guoliang to enter the Hall of Glory after the death of a soldier.

Liu Jun also executed Ma Su with tears.

I hope this incident will sound a wake-up call for everyone.

It was getting colder day by day, the Liaohai Sea was frozen again, and snow began to fall in western Liaoning.

The officials who accompanied the emperor asked the emperor to return to Beijing again, and the New Year is about to end, so the emperor cannot stay outside the pass. Moreover, the candidates from all over the country have already entered Beijing, and the imperial examination this year is about to begin. After the imperial examination, there will be a palace examination, which must be presided over by the emperor himself and the number of scholars is required. This is inseparable from him.

Things outside the pass went smoothly.

After the Mongolian princes divided the Korqin grassland, they all had a big appetite and now they all wanted to grab another big shot. Even if the weather was getting colder, they didn't care about these things.

Liu Jun was very satisfied with their enthusiasm. Anyway, the army of the Mongolian princes did not need him to provide food, grass, ammunition and weapons, and he did not even need to provide military pay.

On the contrary, the Mongols invaded Liaodong and finally all the territory they captured were his, even the money and grain they plundered, and they also scored some of him.

At most, he only needs to send a team of staff advisors, and then send intelligence personnel to provide intelligence, some artillery artillery, and provide artillery support.

When the Mongolian princes were victorious, the momentum was in full swing, but the Jurchens were the main force heading north, and the defense in Liaodong was empty.

Just as the Privy Council had expected, the attack of the Mongolian princes was very smooth, and they easily crossed the Liaohe defense line. The Jurchens did not dare to go out to fight in the field, and they hurried in some city strongholds such as Shenyang and Liaoyang.

As a result, the Mongolian tribes simply divided into several parts, attacked from multiple channels, cut and surrounded, first swept the outer periphery, and finally joined the siege under the city.

Many cities in Liaodong have been bombarded by the Han army's artillery. The fierce Mongolian princes cavalry and the sharp artillery of the Han army, this combination is more than enough to deal with the Qing army with weak forces.

In a short period of time, they had already won many castles one after another, and in the end the Qing army had to be surrounded by several big cities including Liaoyang, Shenyang, etc.

The Mongolian princes listened to the advice of the Han army's staff and did not rush to attack the city immediately. Instead, they besieged the city and continued to sweep the periphery.

This time, the Mongolian princes were relatively smart. Although Liu Jun still offered a reward of 20 yuan for each Jurchen young and strong class and set the price of prisoners and class, they still no longer slaughtered everywhere in a hurry as last time.

They are now starting to search everywhere, no matter the young man, they will chase and arrest him when they appear. Unless they encounter fierce resistance, they will only kill a few people in deterrence.

The Mongolian princes have now re-divided their territory and divided up a large area of ​​grasslands in the east. In particular, the imperial court has also enthroned many direct knights, warriors, and princes have also enthroned many knights and warriors. These new little nobles, after they have their own territory and fiefs, were urgently needed.

If there are no herders, then you can only capture the Jurchens as slaves.

Many Han merchants followed the Mongolian princes. Every time the Mongolian soldiers broke through a city or village, they followed. They waved silver dollar coupons and purchased all the spoils from the Mongolian princes and soldiers.

At the same time, they also appeared many supplies, food, swords, etc. to the princes.

However, these merchants have obtained the Han Dynasty franchise certificate. They pay a lot of money to obtain this qualification. Although they have a lot of profits in running this transaction, the taxation is also high, which especially requires a huge capital turnover.

But this is a very profitable deal after all.

People say that demolition is full of business opportunities, but in fact, war is the richest business opportunities.

Now outside the pass, the most intimidating products are no longer weapons. The number one in the hottest products is the prisoners of war. A young Jurchen warrior can sell for fifty silver dollars. If he is an excellent knight, someone will even pay for one hundred yuan. A young Jurchen woman is worth at least forty yuan a year.

This price is the purchase price given by the big man, so no Mongolian warrior is willing to kill the Jurchens. They will be very careful to use ropes or nets to capture the Jurchens, and then they will not abuse them. On the contrary, they will also wear warm clothes and eat enough.

Some people will hand over the prisoners to the merchants for temporary care and pay a foster care fee. They will help you adopt the Jurchen prisoners and raise them for you to wait until you have time before picking them up.

Some Mongolian soldiers themselves did not need Jurchen slaves. After they captured the prisoners, they immediately used them to trade with Han merchants. Jurchen prisoners have become popular goods, and as soon as they were taken out, many merchants were scrambling to buy them.

Although the Han Empire had laws that prohibited slavery and slave trading. However, this place was outside the pass, so no one was in charge of this trading activity. On the contrary, merchants had to pay an extremely expensive tax.

After thinking about this change for a while, Liu Jun then let him go.

The Jurchens who fell into the hands of Mongolian nobles and became slaves could not make any mistakes. Even if they got Jurchen slaves, the cost of slaves was not low, and their strength would not increase too much.

At the end of November, in the howling cold wind, Liu Jun finally set off, entered the pass from western Liaoning through the coastal corridor of western Liaoning, and returned to the capital.

Liu Jun didn't work hard when he sat in the car.

The carriage is very large and the space in the carriage is also huge. However, it is a mobile RV, and Liu Jun can even meet his ministers in the car and hold meetings.

This time I went out to the northern border, the effect was excellent.

The first time it was to join the Mongolian tribes, it officially clarified its relationship with Mongolia. Although the court dispatched 100,000 troops, it only went to the north to show off its power and did not really use troops.

The court used the Mongolian princes to directly destroy the four divisions of the Zhelim League, which had 500,000 people. The Mongolians in the south and north of the desert were reduced by one fifth at a time, and even broke one of the Jurchens' arm.

The court also expanded its power to the Greater Xing'an Mountains and Little Xing'an Mountains, and then dug more than a thousand elite warriors from the Mongolian tribes by enthroning more than a thousand knights and warriors. If all their families and subordinates were included, it would be equivalent to digging tens of thousands of people at once.

Now the Mongolian princes are conquering Liaodong again.

Liu Jun can wake up all these days in his dreams. This feeling of driving a tiger and swallowing a wolf is so cool.

Although another anti-Han alliance came to the west, Liu Jun was not too worried. The east was stable, and the wild wolves in the west could not make any waves.

"Let Zhang Shan, Cai Yuan, Zheng Zhilong and others stabilize the current actual control line first, and there is no need to push westward for the time being. Keep the four provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Xikang and Ningxia well, and let Gushihan and others come over."

A battle cannot be fought just by fighting. Although Gushikhan and his team have reached an alliance and have made plans to send troops, this coalition is composed of various units, among which the expeditionary force sent by Turgut must come from the distant Volga River.

Because this coalition will take at least half a year to assemble.

The Han Dynasty cannot fight just by fighting. It also has to collect intelligence, make preparations for the early stage of the war, mobilize troops, transport supplies, build castles, roads, military stations, etc.

Liu Jun planned to defend first, let the troops in the western Mo attack first, and drag them to Qinghai to attack.

For Mongolian tribes like Moxi Mongolia, defense and counterattack will be a very effective means.

"We may be able to send someone to contact the Tibetan Zangpa Khan in Qinghai-Tibet."

Zhang Guowei, the Minister of War, proposed to Liu Jun that the enemy's enemy was an ally. Gushikhan, the leader of the Hoshuot tribe of Weilath, originally wanted to annex the Qinghai-Tibet region, and the Tibetan Bhakhan was Gushikhan's original enemy.

However, Liu Jun did not agree to this proposal immediately.

Because this involves another issue.

Now the eastern Mongolia has surrendered to the Han Dynasty, but the eastern Mongolia is like the western Mongolia in the western region, and now it has a deep belief in Tibetan Buddhism, especially the Yellow Sect.

However, the Huang Cult is now an alliance with Gushi Khan, while the Zangba Khan is a branch of the White Cult of faith, which is hostile to the Huang Cult.

If Liu Jun supports Zangbahan, there will inevitably be trouble.

No matter what, from the nobles to the herdsmen in Mongolia, they had strong support for the Huang Cult. Liu Jun did not want this incident to affect the relationship with the Mongolian tribes in the eastern region.

"Don't rush to support Zangba Khan." Liu Jun finally said that although Zangba Khan was a secular ruler in Qinghai-Tibet, he was not strong. In history, he could not resist Gushi Khan's invasion of Tibetan areas and was soon defeated.

Liu Jun is too lazy to support such a weak person.

Liu Jun couldn't avoid the Huang Sect, at least he couldn't avoid it now.

To conquer Mongolia, the Han Dynasty still had to vigorously promote Confucianism. After all, the Huang Cult was not controlled by the Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this, he remembered another important thing.

"There is one thing to do immediately. Let the Academic Affairs Department select a group of teachers and immediately start to establish schools in the territories of the vassals in the southern and northern deserts of the deserts. We must implement five-year compulsory education in the territories of the Mongolian vassals, so that all Mongolian children can learn Chinese characters from an early age and learn Chinese Confucian culture. Every Mongolian child must receive at least five years of compulsory education."

This is the most basic system for colonial countries to rule in colonial countries.

Liu Jun felt that this was very useful. If you want to rule Mongolia for a long time and even completely assimilate Mongolia, you must first unify the language and writing.

All provinces in the Central Plains now need to implement three-year compulsory education, and each child receives at least three years of primary education. However, Liu Jun believes that Mongolian children need to receive two more years of compulsory education, at least five years of compulsory education.

To assimilate, you have to start with the doll. (To be continued.)
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