In the imperial study, Taichang looked at the memorial presented by Sun Chengzong and couldn't help but frown.

As expected, more than two million Liao people gathered near Ningyuan. These people have lost their homes and have no way to obtain food at all. They can only rely on the court to provide relief.

More than two million people seem to be very eye-catching in later generations, because there are countless cities with a population of more than two million in later generations.

It’s different now. You know, Jinling, the world’s largest city today, has a population of only one million, and the capital has less than one million. In other words, the population of the two capitals in the north and south is not as large as that of the Liao people gathered outside Ningyuan City.

With so many people, even if they just drink porridge, they will have to consume at least hundreds of thousands of stones of food a month, which the court cannot afford at all!

Sun Chengzong also considered this point, so he suggested that he mobilize people as soon as possible and start the fortress advancement while Jiannu had gained a foothold in Liaodong.

As long as the fertile land between the Daling River and the Daliao River can be recovered in one fell swoop, these more than two million people can barely support themselves.

There seems to be no problem with this idea.

Problem, it may be inappropriate to act in such a hasty way!

Of course, Taichang also thought about how to support these more than two million Liao people, but what he thought was different from what Sun Chengzong thought.

He originally wanted to migrate these more than 2 million Liao people to the vicinity of the capital, and even transport them to Nanzhili through large canal transport ships.

Because there are many imperial villages in the capital, and there are many imperial villages in the southern Zhili. If these Liao people were allowed to work in the imperial villages, they would definitely not starve to death.

Moreover, there must be many craftsmen among the more than two million Liao people, and they can be fully supplemented with Wanggong Factory, armor factory, chariot factory, weapon factory and other places to work. In this way, these craftsmen not only have more people working, but those craftsmen can also support themselves and their families.

Question, why did Sun Chengzong never mention moving the Liao people in the internal relocation?

Didn’t Sun Chengzong think of this?

It’s impossible. He would not have such a big burden to move the Liao people in the country, nor would he have such urgent pressure to attack. Why not do it?

Taichang thought for a while and said to the door: "It's said that Qi Jin is here to meet him."

He didn't know much about the situation in Liaodong, and Qi Jin spent several years in Liaodong and had a unique strategic vision. It would be better to listen to the opinions of the veteran general when dealing with the Liao people.

Qi Jin was training Shenji Camp in the northwest corner of the outer city. He was not very far from the palace. In less than half an hour, he rushed over under the guidance of the eunuch.

After the monarch and ministers met, Taichang did not say much, and directly handed the memorial to Qi Jin, and then asked: "General Qi, why did these more than 2 million Liao people stay in Liaodong? Isn't it better to support them when they move to the capital and even Nanzhili?"

When Qi Jin heard this, he looked carefully at the memorial and bowed, "Emperor, the move of migrating the Liao people is absolutely impossible. Lord Sun's approach is the perfect solution."

Hey, these two people have the same idea!

Taichang said inexplicably: "Why?"

Qi Jin quickly explained: "Your Majesty, you don't know that there are many spies from Jiannu among these Liao people! When Yuan Yingtai, the first person to rule Yuan was pitiful to the Liao people who were displaced under Jiannu's iron hooves, he placed these Liao people in Shenyang City and Liaoyang City. Who knew that when Jiannu came to attack the city, many spies emerged from these Liao people. They set fire at night and attacked the city gates, which made the defenders in Shenyang City and Liaoyang City exhausted. This is the main reason why Shenyang City and Liaoyang City fell in less than a few days! If these Liao people were moved to the capital, the capital would be in danger. The emperor, you must not!"

Taichang was shocked when he heard this.

He suddenly remembered the inexplicable explosion of Wang Gongchang, and the fact that when Jiannu invaded Jingji in history, he was as if he had entered his own territory, looking down on his own, and was so familiar that he was no longer as familiar.

It is very likely that these things were done by Jiannu’s spy!

In fact, Nurhaci's infiltration into Liaodong was even more terrifying than he imagined. Most of the Liao people were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but many surrendered to Jiannu, and there were even many civil officials and military generals and wealthy families.

For example, Tong Yangxing, this man was a famous wealthy businessman in Liaodong, with a huge family income of 10,000 yuan and a wealthy family. Before Nurhaci unified the Jianzhou Jurchen tribes, he had already secretly defected to him, engaged in business with others, helped him sell robbed stolen goods, and helped him buy food, pig iron and other strategic materials.

It can be said that Jiannu's rise has made great contributions. Without him, Jiannu would not have obtained any strategic materials such as food, pig iron, and there would be no money to expand.

Therefore, after Nurhaci took Chenyang, he was named the second-class general and married the daughter of San Beile Abai. His brother Tong Yangzhen's granddaughter Tong Jia became a concubine of Shunzhi and gave birth to Kangxi, making the Tong family the leader of the Eight Banners of Han, and even surpassed many family members of the Eight Banners of Manchus.

For example, Li Yongfang, the governor of Fushun, not only led his army to surrender to Nurhaci, but also used his connections in Liaodong to spy on information for Nurhaci, instigated Ming generals, and even led the Jiannu army to attack Chenyang and Liaoyang, making great contributions to conquering Chenyang and Liaoyang, and even taking Liaodong.

Therefore, after Nurhaci took Shenyang, he was named the third-class general and married the daughter of Seven Bele Abatai. His son Li Yanling even served as Minister of War of the Shunzhi Dynasty, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

There is also Fan Wencheng, a descendant of a famous official family in Liaodong.

This guy is even more amazing. His great-grandfather Fan Rui was the Minister of War of the Jiajing Dynasty, and his seventeenth generation ancestor was Fan Zhongyan, the famous prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty!

It can be said that the Fan family is the most famous scholarly family in Liaodong and the most powerful family of officials.

His ability was also quite extraordinary. His plans were made to attack Liaodong, capture the Mongolian and Yuan tribes, send troops to the country and North Korea, detours to invade the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and instigate the Ming generals to think that they were vanguards and head south, etc. were all based on his plans.

It can be said that he was Nurhaci's military advisor, Huang Taiji's prime minister, and the head of civil officials in the Shunzhi Dynasty!

These people were originally famous families in Liaodong, and their network of relationships was unimaginable, so there were countless spies Nurhaci placed among the Liao people.

If the Liao people were moved to the capital area and arranged for the Liaodong craftsmen to various factories in the capital of the Ministry of Industry, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Fortunately, Taichang immediately woke up after hearing Qi Jin's explanation.

These Liao people must not move inward!

In this case, Sun Chengzong's suggestions are the best, because the rivers between the Daling River and the Daliao River are varied and the land is fertile. It is the most suitable area for Liaodong to carry food. If it can be recovered, it is definitely no problem to support more than 2 million Liao people. As long as the spies of Jiannu did not interfere in the city fortress, it would be difficult to do anything in that kind of place.

The question is, is it appropriate to implement the fortress promotion strategy at this time?

Taichang asked again without shame: "The Qi family army, Jiannu is in full momentum at this time, and the Liaodong border army was newly defeated, which is the time when morale is the lowest. Is it appropriate for us to implement the fortress advancement at this time?"

When Qi Jin heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "If it's appropriate, it's naturally impossible, because the Liaodong border army is not the opponent of Jiannu at this time. However, if we must choose an opportunity to start a war, it will be the best time. Because Jiannu had just occupied more than a thousand miles of land in Liaodong, he must have to disperse his troops to suppress the place, otherwise, it's very likely that the entire Liaodong will be in chaos. If we wait until they fix the place and even recruit more troops, we will use the fortress promotion strategy, which will definitely be more difficult."

This is indeed reasonable. If Jiannu's troops are now 100,000, then for such a large territory in Liaodong, they would have to divide at least 50,000 troops to suppress the local area. In other words, the troops they can use now are only 50,000, otherwise there will be chaos.

If they waited for them to stabilize the rear and even recruited 50,000 to 100,000 new troops, it would be a problem. At that time, they could gather at least 100,000 or even 200,000 troops. At that time, it would not be the Ming Fortress that was advanced, but their army was approaching!

Taichang pondered for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "Well, it seems that this is the only way."
Chapter completed!