Chapter 933: Peaceful Years
The Yellow River has many harms, only rich ones.
What we are talking about is the Hetao Plain!
This plain was once the forefront of the Han people consolidating the north, and later became the ranch for the Mongols. Later, after Jiannu fled west, it became Jiannu Zhuangzi. After Li Guo and other bandits fled to the north of the border, they also reclaimed here.
In the following decade, they reclaimed millions of acres of land, and it was the land here that allowed Jiannu and the bandits to gain a foothold in the northern part of the Seitou area.
Later, with the successive expeditions of Jiannu and the bandits, the Eight Banners Farm and the Bandits Guards here became empty day by day.
However, soon a group of Ming people from the pass came here.
Why did the Ming Dynasty immigrants appear in Hetao?
This is due to the "Yulin Incident Resolution Terms". In the resolution clause, in addition to compensation for 1 million taels of wool, Mongolia also agreed that "the people of the Ming Dynasty can freely travel to Mongolia to do business and settle down, and the Mongolian authorities should protect it and not impose any restrictions." As a result, the Ming Dynasty also obtained the right to immigrate to all parts of Mongolia.
The Ming Dynasty has long been salivating about Hetao's wealth, especially for many people in northern Shaanxi. Many of their relatives fled outside the pass with the bandits. Naturally, from the letters, they also know that Hetao's wealth is. Compared with the barrenness of Shaanxi, the place in Hetao is like a paradise.
Under the deliberate publicity of the government and the support of the government, a large number of people in Shaanxi flocked to Hetao to settle down in a short period of time. They did not even need to reclaim the fields. Whether it was the farms left by Jiannu or the abandoned garrisons of the bandits, there were a large number of mature land that had been reclaimed long ago, and there were ready-made canals. Such a good environment was not touching. The arrival of immigrants quickly filled the gap in the local area and also changed the local population composition. By the tenth year of Qiansheng Kings, there were as many as 300,000 Shaanxi people immigrated to Hetao and other places, while there were only more than 10,000 Mongolians near Ordos and Hetao.
Even on the Ordos prairie, thousands of Han immigrants lived there, where they herded horses and herded sheep.
No one can tell whether Hetao is the Hetao of the Ming Dynasty or the Hetao of "Mongolia", but at least in name, it still belongs to "Mongolia".
For example, there is a "Mongolian" station on the pier across the river from Hetao on the bank of the Yellow River.
The so-called post station is actually a small courtyard. It is definitely not as good as a small city-like post station like Jiming Post.
In fact, even if it is such a "post station", it was built bit by bit after Dorgon entered Mongolia after more than ten years.
Unexpectedly, one day I will be able to come to Mongolia alive!
When Oboi was in this yard, his mood was so complicated.
When he was sent to Nanjing like a "cage duck", he thought that what was waiting for him would be a dead end, but he never thought that he would survive.
“You have a choice.”
"Go to Dorgon."
"Are you a spy?"
"What do you think?"
...
What do I think?
Even until now, Oboi couldn't understand why the commander of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei chose him? The Ming Dynasty had reported all the news that he was captured to the newspaper.
Isn’t it going to die if I go to Dorgon like this?
This is really going to die!
Send to death... If he refuses to die, he doesn't have to wait for him to die. He probably has been lingchi now.
Just like that boy Tong Guoqi, he was cut into pieces by thousands of knives.
Alas, the Ming Dynasty... is so cruel!
Thinking of the princes and adults who were lingchi, Oboi couldn't help but feel a little lucky, glad that he was still alive.
It's not easy to survive!
Isn’t it just to work hard for the Ming Dynasty?
When he arrived at Dorgon, he had to use himself to inform the Ming Dynasty, but what if he didn't?
"Uncle, when will we arrive at Shengjing City?"
The young man who spoke was Tong Shizhang, Tong Guoqi's youngest son. In fact, Oboi knew that he was not, but this was not a big deal. At that time, he only needed to tell Dorgon that kid was Tong Shizhang. As for what would happen next, it would not be possible for him Oboi to control him.
"Shi Zhang, I heard that there are still thousands of miles left. We will arrive in Xin'an City tomorrow. At that time, you have to be more careful."
Perhaps because he was tied up so much on the boat, Oboi had long lost his energy from the past. Now he only has one thought in his mind... Just live, just live.
"I know."
Tong Shizhang smiled and said:
"I heard that when Shengjing City was going to pass through the desert and Gobi along the way. The wind and sand were dangerous along the way, thousands of miles of desert and thousands of miles of Gobi. It was really not easy for Prince Rui and others to go west to the Western Regions!"
The desert and Gobi are not unfamiliar with all this. After all, he also went on an expedition to Mongolia with Dorgon. He nodded and said:
"It's not easy, but it's nothing to go over this desert. As long as there is a camel, you can always get over while riding a camel and finding a good guide..."
What would have been the result if he was Prince Sui Rui back then?
Maybe it’s not so in a hurry!
Prince Rui led his troops into Mongolia, and then went west, going further and further away, even thousands of miles away. Now, even the Ming Dynasty has "forgot" him directly. Even the borders of the Ming Dynasty gather in business and travel every day. People only think that the society is Mongolia, and a few people say that there is a "Jianzhou Jurchen" here.
Alas, compared to this, the emperor is really a bit inferior to Prince Rui!
He sighed in his heart. Aobai didn't fall asleep all night. He stood outside the post wall and looked out, only to feel that it was terrible black outside. The wind on the Yellow River whirred, as if there were ghosts...
Just as the light of the lantern looked at the Han people waiting for tomorrow to cross the river in the innyard, Oboi muttered in his heart.
"A Han people like Hetao, aren't you afraid that they will take the lead?"
Along the way, Aobai saw many Han people who brought their families to Hetao, and they also knew that there were many Han people living there, and even Han herders on the Ordos grassland.
"The entire Hetao is like the counties and counties in the mainland, all of which are Ming and Han people."
Speaking of her feelings along the way, the boss found that this place was really different from what she knew about the Qing Dynasty. It seemed that it looked more like the Ming Dynasty, at least it didn't look like the two sides were in a state of hostility. It seemed that the prince didn't care at all, and he didn't care that these Ming people would be the help of the Ming Dynasty's attack on the Qing Dynasty in the future.
What the hell is the prince thinking?
Of course, Oboi, who was puzzled, did not know that for Dorgon, this was his move to win the faith of the Ming Dynasty. It was through this method that he told the Ming Dynasty that I had no ambitions for the Ming Dynasty. It was harmless.
It has to be said that over the past few years, Dorgon's goal has been achieved. At least for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty also relaxed its vigilance on the northern border and even took the initiative to immigrate here. It seemed that everyone had reached a tacit understanding here. It seemed that both sides had been in a peaceful and prosperous era and did not need to consider the possibility of war at all, but all this was just a manifestation.
Chapter completed!