Chapter 88                                                                                                                             �

Real border and broad village.

There is a new word in Zhou Mengchen's heart, that is, colonization.

Yes, it is colonization.

To make the border solid means to enrich the border. Kuanxiang means to migrate the people from densely populated areas.

Zhou Mengchen had a unclear estimate of the population of the Ming Dynasty. Yes, even though he had been in the center for so many years and had read all kinds of files, he still didn't know how many people there were in the Ming Dynasty. And Zhou Mengchen was also sure that no one in the Ming Dynasty knew how many people there were.

After all, the system of the Ming Dynasty's yellow book has long been different, and there is no truth in the above.

Maybe there is a truth, just four words written on the cover.

However, although there is no data support, Zhou Mengchen knew that the population density in many places in the Ming Dynasty was already very amazing. For example, Henan, Hebei, northern southern Zhili, Shandong and other places, on the Huanghuai Plain, the refugees had several major outbreaks since they were orthodox. During the Jiajing period, there were many.

Zhou Mengchen went from Wuchang to Beijing by water. If he had been on land at that time, he would have known how far the refugees were.

It is said that in the 20th year of Jiajing, during the southern tour of Jiajing, he was once blocked by refugees and could not move forward.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was whitewashing the peace, and they did not ignore these refugees intentionally or unintentionally.

At this time, the refugees could be ignored. Although there were many of them, they were scattered outside the city and in the mountains, like may have disappeared without a trace in one day. The difference between them and the Ming system is inconsistent.

It’s just that one morning in winter, I’ll find a few more yamen runners to clean up the roads outside the city.

The population density in the north is directly reflected in refugees. However, in the south there are two aspects: one is the continuous cultivation of mountains and forests. Guizhou chieftains were not very peaceful in the Ming Dynasty. The southwest was considered to have become the real territory of China, not a place of restraint.

On the other hand, cities in the south have become particularly prosperous, and various handicrafts have developed rapidly.

But what Zhou Mengchen saw in Datong was full of chaos.

Datong Xiong Town seems to be only military, and in terms of economic strength, it is not as good as a large county in Jiangnan.

This has little to do with whether Datong was ravaged by the Tartars. Because even before Datong was ravaged, it was the same.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen also inquired about this. This is not just the situation of a military town in Datong. Xuanfu is not much better than Datong. As for the places of Gansu, Lanzhou, Ningxia and Xining.

Zhou Mengchen had a feeling that the Ming Dynasty's powerlessness towards Mongolia was of course of one kind or another, but the economy of the Nine Borders was not good, which was also a very important reason. Even if Zhou Mengchen took the risk of taking down Fengzhou Beach, without subsequent immigration to the real border, it would be just a flash in the pan and he would eventually give up.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen naturally knew what overseas was like. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to participate in the era of navigation, it must have a system that was conducive to external expansion. If it were still the system that was present in the Ming Dynasty, it would be impossible to complete external colonization.

Not to mention anything else, it is Taiwan.

After defeating the Dutch, the navy general Shen Yourong went to Taiwan to inspect Taiwan after defeating the Dutch. He had the intention of establishing water camps on it and consolidating coastal defense, but in the end it was left alone.

Why are the army stationed and the households migrated are very troublesome? In the early Ming Dynasty, during the Taizu period, there were many cases of large-scale migration of people. But it all depends on the execution of the officials at that time. But today's officials do not have the execution of the original ones. If they move, they may have to cause a major riot.

If the recruitment and retirement of the army became a process. Even if the Ming army is not calculated by the three million troops in the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming army is able to fight, it will naturally not need such a large number. But one million people are needed. In this way, about 100,000 people will retire in a year. Even if half of them are willing to take the land on the border, that is, the scale of a new county is established to the outside world.

It is true that Zhou Mengchen was not very satisfied with the speed of immigration to foreign countries. But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty is not the West. It has its own national conditions. Many situations cannot be copied.

In fact, Zhou Mengchen's entire system imitated many Japanese systems. For example, the concentrated recruitment of prefectures and counties and organized into an army, which is somewhat similar to the Japanese division system. Zhou Mengchen wanted to change the Ming army system to a conscript system. However, there were too many problems.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen could only make a compromise, or in many years, he would not restrict the conscription of prefectures and counties. Instead, he would become a conscription of the whole country. But now he should be restricted.

There is also the so-called retired soldiers who live in the border area. In fact, they are Japanese soldiers in the village, and China's production and construction corps have inspired Zhou Mengchen.

Anyway, it's a hodgepodge.

Zhou Mengchen told Xu Jie all the ideas in detail.

Xu Jie could maintain a serious expression at the beginning, but over time, Xu Jie couldn't help leaning forward and listening to Zhou Mengchen's long discussion. He couldn't help but ask various questions, some questions that Zhou Mengchen had never thought about, but some questions that Zhou Mengchen had thought about.

After thinking about it for a moment, Zhou Mengchen could give an answer or solution to almost all the questions. Of course, this answer and solution may not necessarily reach Xu Jie's eyes.

However, Xu Jie looked at Zhou Mengchen even more highly.

Xu Jie understood very well that Zhou Mengchen proposed this plan, which seemed to be to solve the garrison system, but in fact, it solved more problems. If the land of the garrison was included in the court's yellow book, it would become a taxable amount. The court's income would definitely increase greatly.

Secondly, immigration to Kuanxiang can also alleviate the troubles of refugees in the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Jie understood the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty very well.

Although Zhou Mengchen's solution had problems of one kind or another, he was the first to propose a comprehensive solution to the current problem to Xu Jie.

This alone made Xu Jie pay great attention to it.

In fact, Zhou Mengchen did not discover that he had this natural advantage in institutional construction.

There is nothing else, the plans he has learned from later generations were modified by many politicians or executors little by little. What he took out was just obvious in his heart, but Xu Jie's opinion was that it was very powerful political wisdom and political creativity.

After all, Xu Jie was not Yan Song. Xu Jie still had political ambitions and a politician mind. As a politician, he was not just fighting for power and profit, but trying to solve problems for the country. Although Xu Jie and Yan Song were fighting, it was certainly a conflict of power between the two, but in Xu Jie's view, Yan Song was the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason for this problem must be solved.

However, Xu Jie still denied Zhou Mengchen's plan in his heart.

Because in his opinion, Zhou Mengchen's plan was too radical. Abolishing the garrison within the country requires a lot of courage and execution.

Xu Jie sighed and said, "Zhou Mengchen, what's the use of telling me about these things? Now the court is very angry at your domineering behavior in Datong. You can't help you. Your trick is just a castle in the air."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Gei Master. How can I know if I don't try many things? Is it okay or not? My thoughts are not public. I just told them to the Master today, and I ask the Master to give me a chance to verify what I have done."

"If this matter really doesn't work, I'm willing to obey the national law. If what I think has some advantages, it can inspire the great harmony and defeat the Tartars. I don't ask the Master of Ge to speak out for this plan, but I just want the Master of Ge to think about my plan when weighing national affairs."

"In this way, I will die without regrets."

Zhou Mengchen finally said the most important thing.

When Zhou Mengchen was in Datong, he did not think about designing a military system for the Ming Dynasty, so it might not be possible. He just slightly changed his plan for Datong and expanded a national version. Zhou Mengchen also knew about the issues of terms and details.

The reason why he changed the Datong plan to the Ming military plan was the right medicine.
Chapter completed!