The Tatars on the Mongolian grasslands have been separated and reunited with the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.

Chengzu was a talented man and had a rough strategy. He failed to conquer Mongolia in five campaigns. Although there were victories and defeats in the following decades, they could not completely solve the northern problem.

After investigation through generations and later generations, it has been found that this Mongolian grassland cannot produce food except for grazing.

Even if food is planted, it can often only be produced for one or two seasons. Not only is the yield not good, but over time the soil will turn into sand, making it difficult for even grass to survive.

The beef is thick and fragrant, the mutton has a strong taste, but it can dispel the cold, and the mare's milk tastes good too.

But in the Ming Dynasty, people and officials were not allowed to eat beef, but the royal family was not included in this.

The Mongols are nomadic people, and their diet consists of grazing cattle and sheep.

The Jurchens are a people of fishing and hunting. Among the white mountains and black waters are tigers, leopards, wolves and fish.

But whether they are Mongolians or Jurchens, they rarely eat pasta, and their three meals a day are basically meat.

Meat is a good thing, rich in various high-quality animal proteins, as well as various amino acids needed by the body...

With the same weight of pasta and meat, one piece of meat can provide the nutrition of five bowls of rice!

People who only eat wild vegetables will lose weight, and people who only eat pasta will not be able to fully replenish the nutrients their body needs.

Especially for soldiers fighting on the battlefield, meat can replenish energy quickly and promote muscle growth.

The Mongols basically did not have transport camps when they went to war, because all they had when they went to war were basically two horses, one for the camel rider and one for the camel rider.

Two horses are rotated, and the horse can march two hundred miles in a day, and the horse comes and goes like the wind.

Their ten-day army ration was only half a dried sheep, which they could hang on the horse and eat as they pleased. It was also nutritious.

On the other hand, in the Ming Dynasty, rice dumplings and mixed flour pancakes were served every day, so this was still good.

A few years ago, when the Ming Dynasty was in trouble, they didn't even have grain pancakes. It would be strange if they could beat the Tartars!

In the past hundred years, such cases have emerged one after another, and the Tatars have been setting new limits of shamelessness.

Most of the time, the Tatars invade because they don't have enough to eat and drink. Normal people would not wander around with their heads hanging from their belts.

The Ming Dynasty was short of horses, cattle and sheep, and meat. These were all things that we were tired of eating on the grassland.

On the other hand, the Tatars relied on the Ming Dynasty for everything from the cloth they wore to the small embroidery needles.

Since we can depend on each other, why not each get what he needs?

The Ming Dynasty allocated pastures to the Tatars, allowing them to raise cattle, sheep and horses for the Ming Dynasty, and providing them with rice and flour.

The Tatars sent cattle, sheep and horses to the Ming Dynasty, so that the Tatars could eat rice and noodles, and the people of the Ming Dynasty could also eat beef and mutton.

Zhu Cixi also had a way to manage and educate the Tatars. Didn’t the Ming Dynasty have many Confucian scholars who liked to talk? I hope they will not make mistakes. Once they make a big mistake, they will be sent to the grasslands to educate the Tatars...

If we use the Ming Dynasty Iron Guard to intimidate them externally, restrict them internally with food and clothing, and educate them with Confucian culture, then the Tatars will be safe!

Now that the Mongolian nobles have basically been killed, and the rest are ordinary herdsmen, Zhu Cixi decided to divide the pastures among them just like the Ming Dynasty divided the land.

The surrendered Mongolian cavalry also had to be greatly disarmed, and all the old, weak and naughty ones were eliminated. They could graze on their own pastures and turn in the cattle, sheep and horses they raised every year.

The specific regulations are not suitable for promulgation yet. They must be determined based on the situation at that time. We must ensure that they have no worries about food and drink. This will be followed by policies.

At the same time, the imperial court will send relevant officials to manage them and teach them Confucian culture. All religions on the grassland are prohibited. Their future belief will be Confucius and Mencius!

Now that they have become a province of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars will have to understand what it means to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. It is estimated that starting from the third generation, the Tatars will only know that they are Chinese.

Thinking that decades later, the herdsmen on these grasslands will be able to talk a lot, Zhu Cixiang couldn't help but smile on his face...

Of course, the long-term peace and stability of Mongolia is the most important. After the Tatar dignitaries were wiped out this time, the Tatar tribe no longer has a leader. In the future, their leaders will become Han officials.

Each tribe will have a security team stationed there, similar to the police in later generations. The number does not need to be too large. If a major incident occurs, the Protectorate will send troops to deal with it.

Three days later, the Protectorate of Zhengbei was established. Later, the Protectorate was built near Beihai. Yang Guozhu was granted the title of Beibei Bo of Zhenbei and became the first Protector of the Protectorate of North Zhengbei.

The Duhufu has 10,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry. There are Xuanfu cavalry and surrendered Mongolian cavalry. These 60,000 infantry and cavalry are the patron saints of the entire Mongolian grassland. Some of the cavalry will follow the deputy governor to garrison Monan and Mobei.

Gao Jie was granted the title of viscount, Guo Yingxian was granted the title of baron, and Bactu was granted the title of baron. The three of them were respectively the deputy governors of the Zhengbei Protectorate.

Because Baktu was the first Mongolian leader to surrender, Zhu Cihong gave him a title and led 5,000 cavalry under his command to station in Mobei, and he would be equipped with firearms in the future.

Gao Jie led his army in Monan, with 20,000 cavalry under his command. They were mainly responsible for Mongolian security patrols in Monan. Guo Yingxian followed Yang Guozhu to handle various matters for the entire Zhengbei Protectorate.

After the Mongolian grasslands were stabilized, Yang Guozhu and the others' goal was Siberia. The Maozi who would invade Siberia in the future would only have about a thousand people. Yang Guozhu's 60,000 men and 10,000 firearms soldiers would definitely be able to wipe them out easily...

In addition to the establishment of the Zhengbei Protectorate, the Mongolian Province was also established one after another. The Protectorate was responsible for security. In the future, the governance of Mongolia still needs to be handled by the provincial chief envoy.

The Mongolian chief envoy must be a great Confucian, and Zhu Cixiang believed that Shi Kefa was very suitable for this position. Although his military ability was average, he should have no problem recruiting a group of civil servants to educate the Tatars.

Of course, the actual appointment of officials at all levels in Mongolia Province cannot be done for the time being. It will have to be handled by the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Civil Affairs after Zhu Cihong returns to Beijing.

Due to the heavy snow, Zhu Cihong and his soldiers were unable to make a triumphant return for the time being. They could only stay in the grassland to celebrate the New Year. Fortunately, they had prepared in advance and a large amount of supplies were delivered in time, otherwise they might have starved.

Accompanied by tens of thousands of soldiers, Tiantian, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong, Yang Guozhu and others were drinking and eating beef and mutton hot pot, and there were some beautiful Mongolian girls dancing with him. Zhu Cixiang did not feel any loneliness or boredom.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This New Year, due to the land reform in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the people's lives were pretty good, and there were no cases of freezing or starving to death.

There were no large numbers of refugees dying, and the plague that caused large numbers of deaths in history did not break out on a large scale. Although there were local outbreaks of plague, they were all put out in time by the medical team led by Wu Youke.

Compared with the stable life of the people in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the wealthy gentry and people in the south of the Ming Dynasty had a hard time because there were three groups of bandits in the south of the Yangtze River that were always harassing them.

Liu Guoneng, Li Dingguo, and Gao Yigong were peasant armies, and they mainly targeted the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. They were attacking the local tyrants and robbing the gentry.

But Zuo Liangyu was still in the south of the Yangtze River, and the military discipline under his command was worse than that of rogue bandits. In the area under his control, the people were robbed again and again, causing unspeakable suffering.

Li Dingguo, Liu Guoneng and others originally had some conflicts, but once they got into trouble with Zuo Liangyu, the three groups immediately became one and tortured Zuo Liangyu unspeakably.

Zuo Liangyu originally had a brush, but his opponents were Li Dingguo and the others, and Liu Guoneng's men were more powerful in combat than Li Dingguo's men.

They joined forces to attack and intercept Zuo Liangyu's officers and soldiers everywhere. Zuo Liangyu's more than 50,000 men were beaten to more than 30,000 by them. Now they are huddled in the city and dare not show their heads.

The Nanjing Ministry of War sent troops several times to attack the rogue bandits, but they always failed to return. The weak guardsmen were completely vulnerable to Li Dingguo and others.

Memorials from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River and the Nanjing Ministry of War almost filled the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, urgently begging the Ming Dynasty to send troops to quell the invaders.

However, Emperor Shenwu was away from the capital on his personal expedition. Lu Xiangsheng, the Minister of War, returned home in triumph, but was away from the capital because his father had died and returned to his hometown to observe mourning.

Although Li Banghua, the chief minister of the cabinet, was anxious, he could do nothing about it. He had no troops and no right to mobilize them. He could only wait for Emperor Shenwu's triumphant return before reporting.

When Emperor Shenwu was still the crown prince, he sent Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan to the south of the Yangtze River to quell the invaders, but they were opposed by the southern gentry and they did not even provide supplies.

In anger, Zhu Cixi ordered the two armies to retreat. He would not even read the memorials from Jiangnan about the rogue bandits. It was during this period that Li Dingguo and others took the opportunity to rise.

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In February of the second year of Shenwu, the temperature began to rise. Before the ice and snow melted, Zhu Cihong prepared to lead his army in triumph.

Before leaving, Zhu Cixiang planned to review the soldiers of the Zhengbei Protectorate and encourage them to be loyal to the country.

Outside the camp, everything is white and refreshing, with dragon flags fluttering in the wind.

Fifty thousand people were arrayed in order in the snow. Not only the Northern Army, but also the armed forces of all tribes gathered here.

Zhu Cixiang leaped out of the horse in golden armor, accompanied by Yue Yang and Yang Guozhu on the left and right.

One of them is the emperor's personal bodyguard, and the other is the governor of the Protectorate.

The three of them walked into the neat military formation. Every time they arrived in front of the formation, the soldiers would greet them loudly.

"At the end of the campaign, the Deputy Protector of the Northern Protectorate will be conquered. Baktu will see our emperor!"

The Mongolian soldiers behind him hurriedly shouted:

"Hello, His Majesty the Great Emperor!"

Zhu Cixiang waved his hands to them and shouted loudly:

"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

The war horses came to Gao Jie and his group, and Gao Jie immediately saluted:

"At the end of the campaign, Gao Jie, the deputy governor of the Northern Protectorate, comes to see my emperor!"

The Ming army behind them shouted:

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Zhu Cihong pointed his sword toward the sky and shouted loudly:

"The Ming army is mighty!"

The soldiers shouted in unison:

"Wan Sheng..."

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After Emperor Shenwu led his army into Mongolia, the corpses of the Tatars were strewn in rivers of blood. The Tatars were trembling and even surrender was a luxury.

At this time, the Ming Shenwu Emperor Zhu Cixiang has definitely become their nightmare. The Tatars all thought that the Shenwu Emperor was a murderer with a green face and fangs.

Fortunately, Emperor Shenwu finally began to accept the submission of the Tatars, and killed the powerful Mongolian tribesmen who had been oppressing them, and divided their pastures for them. This made many ordinary herders begin to be grateful to Emperor Shenwu.

Today, Emperor Shenwu walked in front of them on horseback. Only then did the Tatar cavalry realize that Emperor Shenwu was not a murderous maniac with a green face and fangs, but a young emperor with a face as beautiful as a crown jewel.

Especially when Emperor Shenwu waved to them, greeted them loudly, and shouted for the might of the Ming army, the Tatar cavalry were instantly impressed by Emperor Shenwu of the Ming Dynasty, and a desperate thought suddenly arose in their hearts...
To be continued...