In my impression, the more I reach the border, the more desolate it should be. The hinterland of Shaanxi is not considered noisy, and the border should be even more like this.
But when the emperor's carriage was getting closer and closer to the northwest border, what he saw along the way was becoming more and more noisy and prosperous.
The desolate atmosphere of the frontier is a constant stream of business trips.
The reason is clear.
Since the early years of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, after the end of the Battle of Beijing and Ji, under the influence of Dangjinzi, the open border ban has appeared.
However, the border situation and ban in the early years of Chongzhen only existed on the surface.
There are still many traders who communicate with the enemy in secret.
Until that time, the Shanxi merchants were killed and the emperor led their troops to sweep the grasslands and threatened Liaodong, the border ban was not limited to the open.
With the death of Chongzhen, the emperor assisted the country in governing the country, and major border towns were gradually taken into control, and this ban became increasingly strict.
Almost completely cut off any trade exchanges between northern Xinjiang and the grassland.
From the early years of Jingwu to the opening of the Northwest Mutual Market, it took nearly ten years.
Not to mention that the grain of rice has not entered the grassland, the emperor dared to assert that at least more than 90% of the border trade was completely cut off.
There are naturally bold smugglers, but the impact is not too great compared to the overall situation.
In other words, whether it is the northwest Tibet or the grassland, the normal trade with the Central Plains has been completely cut off in the past decade.
Since ancient times to the present, the Central Plains dynasty has left the grassland and lived as usual, and even has only lived a better life.
But the grassland... cannot be separated from the Central Plains!
Under the barren grasslands and nomadic tradition, everything is unstable, and many crucial things need to be imported from the Central Plains dynasty.
This has been the case in previous dynasties. Either it is traded with the grassland borders, appeased the grassland, or blocked the borders, that is, the grassland tribes go south to plunder.
Daheng blocked the border, and what we welcomed was naturally Mongolia's many trips to the south.
But every time Mongolia goes south, it will lose its troops and generals. After not having any achievements, blockade will become a foregone conclusion.
Lin Danhan's unified grassland almost collapsed under such blockade.
The fundamental reason for the current battle between the Hoshuo Special Division and the three major divisions of Juan Gal and Lin Dankhan and Mongolia is also the blockade of the border by Daheng.
With the cut off of foreign resources and the inability to provide local survival resources to the local population, contradictions naturally arise.
When the border blockade is lifted, even if it is just the northwest border blockade, it will naturally bring about a surge of demand!
The border blockade in the past decade, years of war and terrifying demands have flowed directly to the northwest border of Daheng.
In the memorial of the Duke of Dingguo Zhou Yuji, it even said that any property in any province or region in China can basically be sold at the northwest border.
Huge demand naturally promotes the supply of production and the prosperity at the intersection of demand and production.
The desolation of the border and the prosperity of business are in a very sharp contrast in this northwest border.
In a sense, the prosperity of this northwest border is also the only hematopoietic hub in Shaanxi, a disaster-ridden place.
To be clear, the prosperity of business will inevitably slowly drive the people's prosperity.
The prosperity of the people will further promote business prosperity. In this cycle, the people's ability to resist disasters will change and the living environment will improve. Under natural disasters, the pressure from the court will be greatly reduced.
The scene that the emperor was looking forward to was already coming from this northwest border, through the spreading commercial context, towards various places little by little.
South of the Moon, North of the Moon, West of the Moon...
Such a vast land is a terrifying resource requirement, the ancient Silk Road and the current treasure pot!
The balance between the north and the south, under the influence of this treasure pot, also added another bargaining chip to the north.
The emperor's grand vision has begun to take shape in this northwest border.
When the emperor arrived at the northwest border, it was already the end of the tenth year of Zhaowu.
For the emperor, this was a journey to inspect the border, but for outside the border, Emperor Daheng personally went to the northwest border, which was undoubtedly a shocking news.
From the Ming Dynasty to Daheng, whether it was Zhenbei Hou, Qin Gong, or the current Emperor Zhaowu.
Every time the emperor arrives at the border, there is a bloody storm. What I have experienced the most is Lin Danhan, who has been entangled with today since the Ming Dynasty.
From the time when the Zhenbei Hou tens of thousands of cavalry stepped on the grasslands, defeated the desert and north, pulled Talin Dankhan from the brink of the country to the beginning of Daheng, Talin Dankhan and the Later Jin alliance, hundreds of thousands of troops hit the border with Daheng, but they were defeated in a terrible defeat.
The Later Jin, who claimed to be less than ten thousand and invincible, were directly destroyed by the country and the race, leaving two or three cats to survive. Until now, they were still living under someone else's roof and suffering all the grievances.
Then he went south many times, but every time he was touched, he was bleeding. In the end, there was no war. Just provoking trouble almost ruined the foundation he had worked hard to create!
At present, the grassland has been war-torn for a long time, and Junggar and Heshuote are all eyeing each other. With such a momentum, Emperor Daheng arrived at the northwest border. Even if everyone knew it was an inspection, how could Lin Danhan dare to relax.
As early as the news came out, the thousands of households that had fallen to Mobei and fought against Junggar were urgently transferred back to Monan to monitor Hetao and guard against Daheng's surprise attack.
Lin Danhan was facing a great enemy, and it was obviously not much better for Khoshuot and the three major troops headed by Junggar.
The Heshuo Special Division was originally the leader of the Northwest Alliance and became the king, but was forced to become a vassal state by Daheng.
The situation of the vassal state located in the land where Daheng had been planning for a long time is naturally conceivable.
Although Daheng spared no effort to support the war between the Hokshuo Special tribe in Tibet.
But while supporting it, erosion never stops.
From the careful road construction before, to the open and upright road construction now, we have even issued a document to ask the Heshuo Special Office to cooperate.
The scattered area gradually became a smooth road, and what was received was the step-by-step advance of the Northwest Frontier Army of Daheng.
It is nominal support, but in fact, it is already garrisoned in the name of support.
Following the road opened up, Daheng's business travel is endless, greatly enriching Heshuote's confidence, while also making Heshuote's team increasingly irresistible to everything Daheng.
Of course, for the powerful and powerful people in the Heshuo Special Division, it is difficult to understand Daheng's economic hegemony strategy, but the military hegemony strategy is fully reflected in those garrisons.
However, for Heshuote, it is difficult to resist everything about Daheng when there are strong enemies outside.
When Emperor Daheng arrived in the northwest, the vassal states were naturally bound to worship.
As early as the emperor first entered Shaanxi, the Khan of the Heshuo Special tribe obediently led the powerful and nobles into the northwest border, waiting for the arrival of the emperor's carriage.
Chapter completed!