Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 808 A Big Problem
The next day, since the Liaodong War was over, the imperial meeting was naturally related to the Liaodong War.

In the Wenhua Palace, the six chief ministers of the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor seemed to agree to congratulate Emperor Chongzhen together.

He Fengsheng, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, was the first to come out of the line with a smile, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "The rebellion in Liaodong, which has gone through four dynasties, has now been quelled. Your Majesty's brilliance and martial arts are really rare in our Ming Dynasty!"

The second assistant, Sun Chuanting, was no exception. He also congratulated Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty's Gewuxue has made the armor and armor of the imperial court officers and soldiers far surpass the enemy army. This is unprecedented for a mere official in history. Your Majesty is wise!"

The Hubu Shangshu was also not to be outdone, and hurried forward and said: "Your Majesty can fill the treasury with a joke, and even steam trains and other things appear in the world. As the Hubu Shangshu, I am full of emotions. Your Majesty's sage, None of the Ming emperors of all dynasties can match it!"

There was even Wang Chengen, the eunuch in the palm of the hand of the ceremonial supervisor, who wrote to the Emperor Chongzhen: "Long Live Lord is the eternal sage, with such great achievements, slaves think that they should go to Mount Tai to tell the world!"

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If in the past, Jianlu was destroyed and Liaodong was restored, the rebellion that started from the Wanli Dynasty would be considered as an end. Emperor Chongzhen would definitely be very happy listening to their flattery.

However, after talking with Liu Weichao yesterday, he knew that he still had a lot to do.As for the simplest one, if the domestic rebellion has not yet been quelled, what is there to be proud of?

Therefore, when he heard that Wang Chengen even said that he was going to Mount Tai, he couldn't bear to listen to it. He immediately "coughed" and said seriously: "Don't praise me again! Now it's just a building that has been destroyed. The captives have just recovered Liaodong, so what else is there to talk about!"

His words made everyone in Wenhua Hall feel as if they had been splashed with cold water.For a while, it was a bit difficult for them to adapt.

Because in their view, being able to destroy Jianlu and recover Liaodong is really a great contribution!
Since the rebellion in the Wanli year, the Liaodong Jianlu has gone through four dynasties. When he was the most arrogant, he entered the customs as if he had entered the land of no one. He looted an unknown number of places and harmed an unknown number of people.

At that time, who would have thought that such a powerful Jianlu, who seemed to be invincible, would be wiped out by the court one day!

Really, in the past, it was really impossible for anyone to imagine it!

But now, it is really necessary to destroy Jianlu and recover Liaodong!
What's wrong with the emperor, such a big happy event, you don't think it's worth mentioning?
As they were thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen said to them solemnly: "Although the Liaodong rebellion has been put down, the Annan rebellion is still pending. Just a few months ago, more than 5000 officials and soldiers of the imperial court died in Annan's side. If Annan is not pacified, what can I boast about?"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that the emperor was thinking about Annan's affairs, and that's why he was so serious.

Thinking of this, they suddenly admired Emperor Chongzhen even more.

If it were another emperor, he would be very happy to destroy Jianlu and recover Liaodong, and he might even get carried away and do some bad things.

Such things are written in the history books.

For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expelled the Huns, which is considered a great achievement, and then he did not think about making progress. As a result, the national power of the Han Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!
Also, more representatively, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty worked hard in the early days and created the prosperity known as the "Golden Age of Kaiyuan" in history; but then he began to be content with pleasure and favored Concubine Yang, which led to the Anlu Mountain Rebellion. Datang also turned from prosperity to decline during his tenure, and fell into a slump!
Compared with them, although the current emperor has made great achievements, at least in the eyes of the officials of the Wenhua Palace, it is a great achievement. The emperor was not complacent at all, he was more sober than his courtiers, thinking about the Annan Rebellion in the far south.

Thinking of this, many courtiers in Wenhua Hall couldn't help admiring Emperor Chongzhen very much.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting, who had the most say in the military affairs in the court, immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty's words are absolutely true. Annan is our territory of the Ming Dynasty. Now the rebellion is raging, and we must conquer it!"

The imperial court's direct control of Annan was to be traced back to the time of Emperor Chengzu, but later because the direct control of Annan was too loss-making, it was given up by the subsequent emperors.

However, during the period of Emperor Jiajing, it returned to the territory of Ming Dynasty.However, this is only in theory. In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not exercise direct jurisdiction over Annan.

For the people on Annan's side, I'm afraid they don't recognize them as the people of Ming Dynasty.But no matter what, at least officially, it is the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Now, in which territory has committed a rebellion, and even dared to kill more than 5000 imperial court officers and soldiers. No matter what, the imperial court must put down the rebellion on Annan's side.

Before the others had time to speak about the Annan Rebellion, they heard Emperor Chongzhen say solemnly again: "There is also Wusi Zang Xuanweisi and so on, and the reform of land and return to the bloc has not yet been implemented. This matter must continue to be implemented. Just do it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, many courtiers were confused, what is Wusi Zang Xuanweisi, where is this place?
Thanks to these people in the Wenhua Palace, most of them are Jinshi. They are knowledgeable for sure, and there are still some people who know this Uszang Xuanweisi.

After hearing the matter mentioned by Emperor Chongzhen, he hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the Wusi Zang Xuanwei Division is in conflict with the remote southwest, and the supplies are extremely poor. It is better to let him resume paying tribute and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty!"

As soon as he said that, other people in the Wenhua Hall immediately remembered where this Uszang Propaganda Department was.

Thinking of such a remote place, everyone nodded, thinking that the cost of the imperial court going to reform the land there was too high, and it was a bit uneconomical.

However, since Emperor Chongzhen had already proposed it, he had already thought of the reason, and he did not start from the point of view of militarism, but said to them seriously: "Wusizang Xuanweisi is located on a plateau, and it is condescending to the surrounding people. The threat is great. Although the chieftain over there is not very powerful now, they are not a threat to Daming. But you must not forget that once the enemy on any map becomes stronger, it will be like Tubo against Tang! It is better to take advantage of the current court. When the soldiers are fine and the food is sufficient, when the army is at its peak, reform the land and return it to the people, so as to completely calm the future troubles and prevent future generations from suffering!"

Hearing this, the courtiers in the Wenhua Palace couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The history of the Tang Dynasty is right there!
Even when the Tang Dynasty was strong, it lost more than it won against Tubo. In the end, it was Princess Wencheng who got married, which was the end of the war between the two countries.

Could it be possible that when a powerful force appeared on any land, Daming would have to send out the princess to make a kiss?

This is absolutely impossible!

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has not made peace with relatives, paid tribute, and would not submit even if the emperor was captured. How could it be possible to follow the practice of the Tang Dynasty?

The current emperor is right, the Ming Dynasty is extremely strong today, but there is no guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will remain strong in the future, and there is no guarantee that there will never be a powerful country on the side of Wusi Zang Xuanweisi.

Instead of leaving Wusi Zang Xuanweisi to future generations to deal with, it would be better to settle this matter now when Daming is strong!

Thinking about it this way, everyone in the Wenhua Palace has reached a consensus: to continue reforming land returnees in the southwest, including Wusizang Xuanweisi and several other Xuanweisi who had been neglected before.

After being mentioned by Emperor Chongzhen, there were many things to be done, not to mention overseas affairs, so many courtiers lost the mood to celebrate, and started discussing the next important things to be done by the court.

The first one, of course, was the army that recovered Liaodong. Those who practiced Lun Gong should be rewarded according to their merits, and there should be regulations on how to deal with captured prisoners.

Second, the land in Liaodong has already come to winter this year, and nothing can be done in winter, but next year, it must not be abandoned there!

However, today's Liaodong, after these several wars, is already inaccessible. It is necessary to relocate part of the population, otherwise, there will be a ghost yamen in an uninhabited place!
And this involves the important matter of relocating the people.This kind of thing has never happened in history.

For example, when the Ming Dynasty was founded, due to wars and other reasons, the population of some places dropped sharply, so the population had to be relocated.In addition, such as enriching the population of the capital, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di have also done the relocation of wealthy households.

Today, although the pass is peaceful and the population has begun to increase rapidly, after all, it has only been peaceful for a few years.The long place is five years, and the short place is only one or two years.

The former thieves made rebellions, and the Jianlu entered the pass to plunder, and the population in many places in the pass was also scarce.

It was already dark when the discussion in the Wenhua Palace meeting reached here.

Daming will continue to expand its borders and land, and it needs more people.At the end, everyone, including Emperor Chongzhen, suddenly realized a problem: how to solve the problem of the underpopulation of the Ming Dynasty?
Emperor Chongzhen was also a little helpless. When the meeting ended, he asked all the officials to go back and think of a way, how to increase the population of Daming?
If there are any difficulties, and if there are any problems that need to be solved by the court, they will all be laid out. The population problem must be solved.

And Emperor Chongzhen himself had been thinking about this question all the time.

Suddenly, he thought of what he knew from a previous conversation with Liu Weichao that in the later life, that is, Liu Weichao's world, as long as a child can be born, basically it will not die young.At that time, I seemed to be surprised too, so I asked a little bit.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly initiated a video communication with Liu Weichao, and had to learn from later generations.

(End of this chapter)