Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Zhu Youxiao didn't care much about Wu Jinzhong.Because of the complex composition of people in Ningxia Town, when Ningxia Wei was established in the early Ming Dynasty, a large number of Hui people were resettled in Lingzhou and Guyuan as "garrison households".These Hui people are much stronger than the Han people, plus the rebellion between Ningxia Zhishi Deputy Chief Bing Zhibai and Ziguo Chengen in the 20th year of Wanli.Wu Jinzhong, as the commander-in-chief of the Han nationality, he had to be careful about everything.Especially after Ma Shilong was transferred to Liaodong, he had to worry about more things every day.

Because Zhou Maoxiang, the right minister of Shaanxi, after Ma Shilong and others were transferred to Liaodong, replaced Zang as the censor of Qiandu in August of Wanli 48 and persuaded the governor of Ningxia, but in June of the following year he reported illness because of physical illness.Let Wu Jinzhong speculate privately that he just couldn't bear the Tatars' constant presence at the side of Ningxia's bandits, that's all.

During this period, he handed countless documents to the Ministry of War to the Minister of the Ministry of War, thinking that Cui Jingrong would send one and a half of Ma Shilong and others back, but they were all prevaricated by the Liaodong War Zheng.

Junzheng grabbed it, and after nearly two months alone, he really couldn't choke.Later, Wang Zhicai, Qing Wang Zhicai of Taichang Temple, came to govern Ningxia as Shanxi Zuo Bu Zhengshi, Zuo Shenzheng, and Right Deputy Capital Censor, and he was somewhat relieved.

Otherwise, every time he made troubles against those Huihuiers, he would feel like going crazy.I don't know if the emperor will let Ma Shilong wait to return to Ningxia. After all, Ma Shilong's Hui background will help him suppress those rebellious Hui.

He thought so in his heart, so he asked.

"Your Majesty, I am in charge of these tens of thousands of people alone. I feel terrified every day. I really can't do what I want. I'm afraid that if I don't take care of something, I will be in trouble if something goes wrong."

He looked at the emperor's face while talking, and saw that the emperor was listening to him carefully, and there was no unhappy expression on his face, so he continued.

"Helan Mountain has 36 mountain passes, large and small, and most of them can be passed by horseback. The large mountain passes can even be passed by horses and horses. From Ma Shilong to the Forbidden Army, I can't do it every month, and I dare not leave Ningxia Town It’s been too long, and I don’t dare not to inspect it. Not to mention inspecting the Great Wall from Dayanchi (now Yanchi County, Ningxia) to Lanjing (now Gaolan, Gansu, Jingyuan), which is [-] miles long and belongs to the border guards of Ningxia Yes. If Ma Shilong, You Shiwei, and You Shilu brothers are here, we can take turns to inspect the Great Wall and the pass of Helan Mountain, and there will be no one in Ningxia Town.”

Zhu Youxiao thought about the current situation in Liaodong. The border guards in Ningxia Town were full of more than 1000 people, and only Wu Jinzhong was too busy.

Thanks to the help of the terrain here in Ningxia, the Helan Mountains surround the northwest, and the Yellow River is in the southeast of it.As long as the Yellow River is not icing, guarding the pass of Helan Mountain and forming horns with Yulin Wei can achieve the purpose of shielding Guyuan.

So he nodded and said: "Wu Qing has done a good job over the past year. I can transfer Ma Shilong and others back. But the court decided to close the horse market the year before last. Have you thought of any way to ban Tatars from coming to Ningxia?" ?"

Wu Jinzhong was considered a military general with a lot of eyes. The emperor's question made him ponder. Is there any way to prevent the Tatars from coming over?

"Why do you only guard the 36 passes of Helan Mountain?" Zhu Youxiao reminded Wu Jinzhong, and at the same time signaled Wang Zhicai not to answer for him.

Wu Jinzhong frowned and replied: "Helan Mountain is not too steep, but apart from those mountain passes, other places are still very steep, and you can't climb it on foot."

Because Li Chengzuo was locked up for a day and a night, he was relieved to Wu Jinzhong on the surface, but he was still not very comfortable in his heart.He saw that the emperor was letting Wu Jinzhong make wild guesses, so he poked Du Hongyu.

Du Hongyu smiled and said to Wu Jinzhong: "Mr. Wu, my father has already led his troops to Tumochuan. He is going to burn [-] miles north of Yinshan Mountain, so that there will be another barrier between Tatar and Daming. Those in Helan Mountain Yamaguchi, you can do the same."

Wu Jinzhong stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said: "That's a good idea. Anyway, we won't trade horses with the Tatars. There won't be a blade of grass for five hundred miles, and they won't be able to come here if they want to. Your Majesty, but there are still many Mongols in the back. It's still very annoying when they go to Ningxia to harass, or to harass the former condom."

He turned his eyes and asked with an idea: "Your Majesty is here in Ningxia to recover the Hetao? Oh, that would be great. The irrigation canals in the rear are 2000 years old, but they are still very useful. If the latter If we can return to Ningxia Town, there will be no need for the imperial court to send food and grass to the three sides."

Zhu Youxiao's eyes sharpened immediately, staring at Wu Jinzhong so that his heart began to tremble, and he reluctantly defended himself, "Your Majesty, I really didn't tell lies."

He shyly avoided the emperor's gaze.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Zhicai and asked, "Wang Qing, do you know the number of cultivated fields reclaimed during the Yongle period?"

Wang Zhicai was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli. He has been an official for more than 20 years. He went from a scholar to a local, and returned to the capital from the local to be the Minister of Taichang Temple. He was selected by Zhou Jiamo to govern Ningxia, one of the important towns on the nine sides and eleven towns. It has its own unique place.

He stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, in the early years of Yongle, He Fu, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, was awarded by Chengzu for his achievement of 'the world's most farmland and accumulated valleys in Ningxia'. At that time, there were more than 330 soldiers in the guard. , with 'seven out of ten farms and three out of ten guarding the city', [-] seven of them were farmed."

"What about now? What is the total number of farmland in Ningxia Wei? Wang Qing, let Wu Qing answer me."

Wu Jinzhong reached out to touch the sweat on his forehead and replied in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, the number of Ningxia Wei's land reclamation has exceeded 410. However, the number of soldiers guarding the border has increased year by year. Now the total number should be [-]. The number of people who eat food has also increased."

"How many of the [-] people are farming? How many are guarding the border?"

Wu Jinzhong fell to his knees in front of the emperor with a thud, and beads of sweat fell to the ground drop by drop.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 3 soldiers guarding the Great Wall."

"Including the five thousand imperial troops in the capital?"

"include."

"That's 5000 people farming, right?"

Wu Jinzhong nodded, "Yes."

"In the early years of Yongle, there were 100 people farming. Now the cultivated land has not tripled, and the number of people cultivating the land has exceeded three times. Could it be that the food produced over the years is not enough for the military pay of the three sides? Mr. Wu, you deceived me and didn't come out of the cabinet to study. Do you know numbers?"

Wang Zhicai, as the Minister of Taichang Temple, is also one of the Xiaojiuqing. He heard the emperor mention several times that he did not leave the pavilion to study.If you really haven't read the book, how can you use the things in the Yongle period to ask questions.

He clenched his fists tightly and blocked his mouth, so as not to spoil the atmosphere of His Majesty pressing Wu Jinzhong.I secretly applauded in my heart, yes!

Wu Jinzhong kowtowed to the emperor with a pale face, saying that there was not enough food at this time, it was just that Tumochuan was occupied by the Mongols, not enough for Yulinwei.His Ningxia Wei has the western set of the Yellow River, not to mention the surplus for Yulin Wei, there is still more than enough for self-sufficiency.But it's not just about him.Ever since the rebellion of Baibai, there were also vassal kings involved in it, and the chaos has long been a mess.

Zhu Youxiao ordered Cao Huachun to help Wu Jinzhong get up, but Wu Jinzhong didn't dare to get up.

Zhu You said with a straight face: "Do you want me to help you up?"

Wu Jinzhong quickly kowtowed, and quickly got up to answer.

"Your Majesty, after the 20th year of Wanli, all the fields of reclamation in Ningxia are no longer under the jurisdiction of the General Military Mansion. King Qing occupies a considerable part. There are also some under the guard, cough cough, so to speak, "

Once Wu Jinzhong wanted to say something, he put aside all his worries.

"From hundreds of households to thousands of households, guards, generals, including the minister himself, have eaten and taken a lot of the output of the reclamation over the years. The minister deserves to die."

At this time, he remembered Tai/zu's skinning and adding grass, and the two trembled, his face turned pale with fear.

King Qing is one of the few remaining county kings who were spared from being demoted to the general of the town this time.Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that he would dare to occupy the cultivated land in the army station when he returned to Ningxia.

"Cao Huachun, you bring a thousand forbidden troops and invite King Qing to me."

Cao Huachun responded and went out.

"Wu Qing, alas, I don't ask you for your meritorious service in guarding Ningxia for more than a year. I also don't ask the amount of illegal income from all the land reclamation in the past 29 years since the Qibai rebellion. But I ask In the past ten years, no, just ask your Ningxia Wei's occupation of grain from top to bottom in the past five years, are you convinced?"

Wu Jinzhong immediately knelt down and kowtowed, His Majesty did not ask him to blame, but only recovered the food for the past five years!This is a serious crime of beheading and exiling the whole family.Just thinking about the miserable appearance of those officials who were exiled and the fate of those officials' family members who were exiled for corruption charges, Wu Jinzhong immediately felt chilled.

"Your Majesty, I have committed a crime. I thank Your Majesty for your kindness. I will guard Ningxia Town for Your Majesty even if I die."

Seeing that the emperor forgave the coach, the generals and guards who followed Wu Jinzhong immediately followed Wu Jinzhong and kowtowed.At this time, is it still necessary to choose between giving up money and giving up one's life?If you don't give up money, you can't save your life.

Zhu Youxiao saw that the civilian and military generals in Ningxia Town were kneeling all over the imperial tent, stood up and said: "I changed the salaries of officials last year, and you can already get several times the previous salary in an open and honest manner. It would be too much to extend your hand to soldiers and military households." It shouldn't be."

He was answered by kowtows and confessions.

"Wang Qing, you are governor of Ningxia as the right deputy capital censor, and I will leave this matter to you to handle it properly. Wu Qing, are you willing to cooperate?"

Wu Jinzhong kowtowed loudly, "Your Majesty, I will definitely cooperate with Lord Wang in this matter."

"Okay, since that's the case, you all get up. But I want you to remember that if you commit another crime, you will be punished for both crimes."

Wu Jinzhong hurriedly promised on behalf of everyone that there would be no more.

The author has something to say: the governors and others here are all selected from the third volume of "Chronology of Governors".

In fact, it was misled. The governor of Ningxia started to mislead during the Shunzhi period. In the past few days, he has been frantically investigating the information at the end.

Sure enough, the effort came, and it was found out.