Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 181 The Great Jin Kingdom is gone (Part 3)
Tens of thousands of feet stepped on the ground in unison, splashing bits of snow and mud. The heavy footsteps echoed on the ground, causing the earth to shake slightly.
Nearly 100,000 Jurchen people in and around Hetuala were kneeling on the roadside, looking at the well-equipped and highly motivated Celestial Empire army with fear in their eyes.
It was March 1, 1612. Zhu Youdong led 75,000 Ming soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary troops, and marched into the Later Jin's " capital .
As a time traveler, Zhu Youdong knew very well that neither Jianzhou nor Houjin was simply a matter of Nurhaci's personal ambitions or military issues.
The root of all problems in this world is economic problems. Specifically speaking of Jianzhou in this era, the Little Ice Age is becoming more and more powerful, the temperature in the north is getting lower and lower, the rainfall is getting less and less, and the agricultural harvest is getting less and less. If these problems are not solved, even if the Later Jin is eliminated today, there will still be other Jin in the future.
Of course, he was just a time traveler, and it was impossible to greet the sun and make it active immediately. All he could do was to give the people here a chance to grow again.
Led by Chu Ying, the group entered the "Royal Palace" built by Nurhaci in Hetuala City. Zhu Youdong took the main seat without hesitation. According to the Ming Dynasty's custom of respecting the left, his ministers and generals sat on the left. Chu Ying, Daishan, Jirgalang and others sat on the right.
"Let's get started." Zhu Youdong nodded to Yang Hao, who stood up and shouted to the outside of the door, "Bring up Nurhaci's family!"
Nurhaci's original wife, the mother of Chu Ying and Daishan, had passed away. The remaining ones were twelve wives, fourteen sons (Duoduo and Fei Yangguo would not exist in this dimension), and eight daughters. Among these thirty-four people, except for Chu Ying and Daishan sitting on the right, Manggurtai who died in battle, Huang Taiji who was imprisoned, and two daughters who had already married, there were a total of twenty-eight people left.
"You sinners, why don't you kneel down quickly and pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty."
"Yang Jinglüe." Zhu Youdong frowned slightly, interrupting Yang Hao, who had been acting more and more servile in front of him in recent days, and said to the twenty-eight people in a gentle voice: "No need to kneel, come on, bring some small stools, let them sit down and talk."
After everyone was seated, Zhu Youdong said, "I won't say more. Your husband and father, the one called Nurhaci, rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and was defeated and captured by my army. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he must pay the price for his actions. To put it bluntly, I will behead him at the parade ground in Hetuala later. However, as a person, I never like to do things like exterminate the entire family and exterminate the nine clans. Therefore, you don't have to worry about your lives."
After Zhu Youdong said this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"But, your husband and father have passed away, so you must make a good living for yourself in the future. According to your Jurchen customs, when a man dies, his remaining wives, concubines, and underage children become the property of his adult sons, so you will have to rely on these two in the future." He pointed at Chu Ying and Dai Shan: "Now I want you to choose which of them you are willing to follow? Of course, it also depends on whether they are willing to accept you."
This was indeed the custom of the Jurchens at that time. In the original historical plane, when Nurhaci was old and Chu Ying had been killed, Nurhaci's young wives had all kinds of ambiguous relationships with Daishan, and Daishan didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
As Zhu Youdong expected, among the more than 20 people present, except for Nurhaci's third, fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth sons who had already grown up, the vast majority of his wives and underage children chose to follow Daishan.
Chu Ying's face looked very ugly.
But at this time.
"Aisin-Gioro Chu Ying, was it you who captured Nurhaci in Jiefan Village?"
A nimble figure suddenly appeared, and a very ethereal voice came out of his mouth. Zhu Youdong took a closer look: Hey, why does this aunt look so much like a female star who played a vixen in the 1990s?
"Humph, I will never deny what I have done. It was indeed me who captured Ama."
"Okay, I, Yehenarabu Himalaya, swore a long time ago that I would marry whoever helped me avenge my father's death. Although it was the crown prince who defeated Nurhaci, he was too young. Chu Ying, you captured him, so I will marry you, do you want to?"
"Yes! Of course I won't! This is truly the most precious gift that Heaven has bestowed upon me, Chu Ying! Hahahaha, all of you go with Daishan. I only need Dong Ge, and that's enough! Hehehehe, Daishan, do you regret that it wasn't you who took action that morning?"
Enjoying the playful looks from the generals on his left, Zhu Youdong rolled his eyes: What do you mean too young? Even if I were 20 years old, I wouldn't want you, sister! You are already 30 years old this year! Besides, even if I were 40 years old this year, would I dare to marry a wife before the battle? If I dare, why not give you to the generals under my command? Would it be Chu Ying's turn?
In any case, after such a commotion in the hall, the previously depressing atmosphere suddenly became lively, and subsequent matters were handled much faster.
Except for the Han people who were looted and had to be relocated back, the remaining nearly 600,000 people in the entire Later Jin Dynasty were divided into six parts: Chu Ying, Daishan, Jirgalang, and Shuerhaci's other son Tulun each received one part. The other two parts were given to Buzhantai, the lover of Wula, and Buyanggu, the former little Beile of Yehe.
After the distribution was completed, Zhu Youdong called the six people over.
"I have been traveling all the way from Jiefan Village. I have found that the core area of Jianzhou is full of high mountains and dense forests, and there is not much land that can be cultivated. And how many people can be supported by fishing and hunting alone? You should know that for the same piece of land with a radius of 100 miles, if it is only relied on fishing and hunting, it can only support dozens of people. If it is used for grazing, it can support hundreds of people. But if it is used for farming, it can support tens of thousands of people! Therefore, if the Jurchens want to live a good life in the future, they have to focus on farming."
"Your Highness is right, but our Jianzhou, and even Yehe, Ula and other places, are all mountainous and not suitable for farming."
The Jianzhou Jurchens and the Haixi Jurchens lived in the mountainous areas of the Northeast. The Northeast Plain, the granary of the later Celestial Empire, has only developed the Liaohe Plain area - this is where the military households of Liaodong Town settled. The Songnen Plain, the most extensive black soil in the real Northeast Plain, is still a primitive wilderness.
"Here." Zhu Youdong pointed at the Songnen Plain on his hand-drawn map of the Northeast. "The land here is the most fertile. You can even squeeze out oil with your hands. There is also abundant water here. As long as the water conservancy projects are done properly and the farmers work harder, we can only grow crops once a year, but the output of this season is enough for you to eat and wear warmly, and there will be a surplus. Who knows, when that time comes, I will have to buy food from you!"
"Uh..." Buyanggu, who had the most ruling experience among the crowd, pondered for a while and said, "Your Highness said that this place is suitable for farming, so it must be. It's just that we Jurchens are really not good at farming, and we also lack the corresponding seeds and farming tools."
"That's not a big deal. I have prepared good seeds and farm tools worth 10,000 taels of silver for each of you. I will also hire experienced farmers to come here and teach you how to farm. In short, I see clearly that if I don't allow you to have enough food and clothing, you six tribes will definitely fight each other after I'm gone. When a new Jurchen Khan appears, the northeastern border of our Ming Dynasty will be in trouble again."
"Your Highness, you are too kind. With the might of the Ming Dynasty, we servants will never dare to rebel again."
"Haha, talking about loyalty when you're hungry is unreliable. Listen to me carefully."
"I will ask for your instructions, Your Highness."
"In addition to providing you with supplies and teachers to help you start farming, I will set a few rules for you six ministries. The first rule is that the six ministries must not attack each other recklessly. If there is a conflict between two ministries that cannot be reconciled, first convene a meeting of the six ministries, and the other four ministries will come together to coordinate. If coordination still cannot be achieved, report to the Liaodong Governor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Liaodong Governor will make the decision."
"Scum, the servants obey your orders."
"Second, after you develop the Songnen Plain, there will definitely be Han people who want to go north to farm. If this happens, you can rent the land to them and collect their rent, but you must ensure the freedom of movement and personal safety of the Han people.
Article 3: After I return to Yanjing, I will ask the Emperor to open more border trading places for you to trade with the mainland. All newly opened trading places will only collect entry taxes, and all other taxes will be abolished.
Article 4: The Ming Dynasty will station an army of no more than 500 people on the lands of your six tribes, and you will be responsible for their support. If the Han people who cultivate your land commit crimes, you can only hand them over to them for punishment.
Article 5: In addition to hiring old farmers to teach you how to farm, I will also hire scholars and even juren from the interior to open schools in your tribe to teach your children. When the time comes, all of you beiles must follow my lead and send your sons to school.
Article 6: Every year, you six tribes must send me one hundred children aged between fifteen and twenty to serve in the Henghai Guard under my command. As compensation, I will not collect any taxes from you.
As long as you follow the above six points, you may not be able to dominate the world in the future. But if you close the door and become a comfortable little governor, there will be no problem. "
"Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness. I will definitely obey your orders."
On March 3, 1612, at the parade ground in Hetuala, Zhu Youdong asked the six great beiles to convene a gathering of more than 100,000 Jurchens. At the meeting, Yang Hao, Li Rubai, Buzhantai, Buyanggu and others listed Nurhaci's crimes over the years and led the participants to shout slogans. Then Daishan personally beheaded Nurhaci.
At this point, the Great Jin Dynasty, which had been established for less than ten months, was gone.
