In July of the first year of Chongzhen, Datong Town was established.

Zuk Kefa and Li Chengyun, two envoys who "fulfilled their mission", finally arrived at Datong City, the "summer resort" that was already under Zhu Youjian's complete control.

When the two of them went back to Kukuhetun, they passed by Datong and had a drink with Mangui. They were still familiar with the customs and customs of Datong City. However, they never expected that after more than a month, they would

When they came to Datong again last month, the temperament of this important border town had undergone earth-shaking changes.

More than a month ago, although the appearance of Datong City looked almost the same as it does now, everyone could feel the heavy and heavy air of death that was so rich that it was almost impossible to remove it.

At that time, Datong could be said to be a completely solidified and declining city!

As a frontier military city, it should have been full of vigor and vitality. Although life at the border was difficult, it should also be full of hope.

Because the border should be a place where an empire grows and develops - the vitality of an empire lies in expansion, and the border is the forefront of expansion, and of course it should be the most vibrant place.

This is the place where warriors made great achievements and traveled thousands of miles to find feudal lords. It was the starting point for merchants to follow the army into the grassland and desert to make huge profits. It was also the stronghold where the Ming Empire realized its dream of conquering the desert and grassland and completely consolidating the sea.

But I don’t know since when, the achievements of the feudal lords have become legends, and the trade with the grassland and desert has turned into smuggling. The Ming Empire no longer wants to conquer the grassland and desert, but only wants to live a peaceful life behind closed doors.

This change caused Datong Military City to gradually lose its vitality, hope, dreams, and courage.

This majestic city at the head of the nine sides is no longer the sharp sword of the Ming Empire thrust into the Monan grassland, but a trembling fortress under the threat of the grassland nomadic tribes who are also weak...

.The people who control this castle, which can be called the strongest city in the world, are no longer the soldiers who defend the Eight Guards and Sixty-four Forts of Datong Town, but the enemies who have weakened the power of the Eight Guards and Sixty-four Forts of Datong!

When it was no longer profitable to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, the people living at the top of Datong Military Town changed the targets of profit from the Tatars outside the mouth to the military households and soldiers within the border walls of Datong...

..As a result, the soldiers guarding the border gradually became fat sheep, and the number of parasitic strata that should not have existed at the border increased in number. The entire Datong Military Town inevitably entered a dead end.

Without hope, you can only die slowly.

But when Zuk Kefa and Li Chengyun returned to Datong City after staying in the cell in Kukuhetun for more than a month, they were surprised to find that this dying city, the most powerful city in the Nine Borders, had been resurrected!

In the bustling streets and alleys of the main city of Datong, there are everywhere high-spirited-looking warriors, either wearing armor and holding soldiers, patrolling back and forth. Or they are in small groups, walking around the streets and alleys, watching each one.

They were all cheerful, as if they had a bright future.

And those eldest sons who used to be seen everywhere, eating and waiting to die, seemed to have disappeared from the streets of Datong City overnight - there have been clans in all dynasties who were eating and waiting to die, but these people were kept in captivity in important frontier towns.

, but the Ming Dynasty is the only one.

The northern and northwest frontiers of China are not very wealthy to begin with, and are not a place to raise people at all. Especially in the important frontier towns where a large number of soldiers have gathered, the supply will be even more difficult. If there are so many idle people with good food and drink, it will inevitably

This will intensify the pressure on food supply in these frontiers, and will also concentrate limited social wealth on these privileged classes who cannot fight. This will further worsen the economic situation of frontier warriors...

It can be said that if the Ming Dynasty could move away those clans that were sealed in North China, Northwest China and other places and were left to die, unable to do anything, and were not allowed to do anything, the combat effectiveness of the army there would definitely be improved to several levels!

Because after these people move away, various frontier towns will immediately have a large amount of wealth that can be distributed... As long as this wealth is distributed to those who can fight, the Ming Dynasty will immediately get more than a dozen

One hundred thousand elite soldiers who can be used to extend your life.

Zhu Youjian, who has learned the "Emperor's Secrets" from Nizi for decades, certainly knows that border troops in border towns are actually a business - loyalty alone is not enough, the border troops must be profitable!

So after he moved into Prince Dai's Mansion in Datong, he immediately began to move the clans of Prince Dai's Mansion - Prince Dai and the eight princes below him all "requested to withdraw from the feudal vassal", so how could Zhu Youjian be so polite?

Yes!

The feudal kings and county princes above have withdrawn, so what are the generals and lieutenants below doing? Pack up your things and follow us!

So starting from late June of the first year of Chongzhen, the great relocation of the Datong clan began.

By the beginning of July, not many people had moved out, but the market in Datong had changed drastically. Because the clans that had not moved out had no time to go shopping, they were all preparing to move!

In addition, the land inventory for the clan has been completed. A total of more than 1.2 million acres of land were cleared, one-third of which was occupied military villages.

Zhu Youjian took out one million acres of it as a field for the knights in front of the tent, and began to recruit warriors.

In addition, the reorganization of the Datong Town Army also began.

To reorganize the army, the pay should be adjusted first. Zhu Youjian first calmed down the military pay for the Datong Army, and fixed the amount of grain, grain for the people's movement, silver, and silver for the Beijing transportation at a total of 1.5 million taels - of which the amount of grain for the grain and the grain for the people's movement was fixed.

It has nothing to do with grain prices. The original salt class was replaced by Liao's rate and merged into Beijing Yunyin.

As for departmental expenses, deductions, etc., haha, Zhu Youjian is in Datong now, and the people below can just decide what to do!

The 1.5 million taels of military pay were used to support 50,000 soldiers. There was no distinction between main soldiers and guest soldiers, only the Datong Battalion. The 50,000 soldiers were distributed to 10 generals and the commander-in-chief himself. 8 of them

There are separate garrison generals, who are respectively stationed at the Eight Guards of Datong Town. One town standard garrison general is directly under the Datong Chief Military Officer. There is also a patrol general and Datong city garrison general, who is under the jurisdiction of the governor's yamen. In addition, the Datong general army can also get

A certain amount of troops is used to support one's own servants.

Among them, the eight branch defense generals each have a quota of 4,000 troops, and the town and patrol generals, patrol generals and Datong generals each have a quota of 6,000 troops.

The number of soldiers is not equal to the actual number of soldiers, but the amount of military pay!

According to the rules Zhu Youjian set for Datong to calm down, 90% of the actual soldiers must be divided into guard generals, town bidder generals and patrol patrol generals, and the remaining 10% of the salary can be used to support the family. The 6,000 of Datong's total soldiers

The number of soldiers can be exchanged for servants, or part of them can be exchanged for servants. The servants must be armored cavalry, and each servant can only receive five shares of pay.

In other words, after the army reorganization is completed, the actual number of troops in Datong Town (excluding servants) can reach 39,600, and the number of servants can reach 2,080.

In addition, there are about 12,000 emperor's servants who are currently stationed in Datong. There are also 20,000 Beijing troops who are also temporarily stationed in Datong.

...

Datong, Chengyun Hall.

The two envoys, Zuk Kefa and Li Chengyun, finally met the Emperor of Ming Dynasty who held a heavy army.

"...This Hutu Dun Khan still has about 400,000 tribesmen, including about 50,000 or 60,000 warriors, but the surrounding Mongolian tribes are no longer convinced by him and are cobbling together an anti-Han alliance. So Hutu Dun

Khan agreed to form an alliance with us and did not ask for any more market rewards."

The one who was reporting was the great diplomat Zu Kefa. He was in the cell of Kukuhe Tun. This great diplomat was ready to "treason", but he didn't expect that Hu Tu Dun Khan was strong on the outside and worked hard on the inside, and returned in a disastrous defeat. Back to Kukuhe Tunmu

A few days ago, his sister Wu Liangha was released by Zhu Youjian, who also brought a request for an alliance between the two families and a marriage. Hutu Dunhan, who was ready to give up Kuku and run away in Tun, was of course overjoyed and immediately agreed.

Zhu Youjian's alliance request. However, he did not agree to marry Wu Liangha to Zhu Youjian because he planned to marry his sister to Chotu Khan of Outer Khalkha in order to establish a Red Sect alliance.

"Didn't Lin Dan Batur mention giving Princess Wu Liang Ha to me?" Zhu Youjian listened for a long time and found out that Wu Liang Ha was missing, so he immediately asked.

"No, I didn't hear what he said..."

Zhu Youjian smiled coldly: "I'm still not convinced. It seems that I still have to go to Guihua City to steal Lin Dan Batur's girl!"

What? Send troops to snatch girls? Zuk Kefa and Li Chengyun were both shocked.
Chapter completed!