The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Xin Guogong Mansion.

Under the arrangement, the wine and food were quickly served.

All the servants and maids were driven out, and there were only the thirty-six generals who followed Tang Hao at the beginning in the hall, all of whom were his trusted arms.

After everyone had a meal and drank, Tang Hao began to talk about business.

"The war has been fought so far, and it is unlikely that there will be a large-scale war in the short term."

"So, your current focus is to reorganize the army!"

Tang Hao looked at the thirty-six generals, the worst of whom were earls.

And the arrangement he made with His Majesty the Emperor was based on their personality characteristics. One marquis led two earls to sit in the nine border military towns, the hereditary marquis served as the general commander, and the two nobles served as deputy generals and lieutenants, etc.

Of course, this is only a temporary arrangement. After the border defense is rebuilt, their appointments and dismissals will be adjusted.

"You thirty-six generals are particularly important!"

"In the past, the military merits were decadent and the border defenses were slack, so the border army's combat effectiveness was declining, and corruption, bribery, and enslaving soldiers were endless!"

"The battle, I led you to finish it, the entire nine borders will usher in a period of peace in a short period of time, or in ten or twenty years. This is your chance to rebuild the border defense!"

Tang Hao looked at the thirty-six trusted generals and his face turned cold.

"Promotions and titles are what you deserve, and you have fought your way out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood."

"But let me be frank in advance. If anyone dares to withhold military pay, enslave soldiers, oppress the people, and collude with gentry, don't blame me for not remembering the old friendship!"

When these words came out, all the generals looked solemn.

Most of them were actually the illegitimate sons of meritorious generals. The reason they chose to follow Tang Hao was to get promoted.

Now that the battle is finally over, the thirty-six generals have been promoted to higher positions and have suffered enough, so they naturally don't want to make a mistake and regret it forever.

The one-eyed Lei Leixiong is undoubtedly the best example.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little solemn, Tang Mu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Duke, we are all brothers."

"As long as you are still here, do these guys dare to rebel?"

This sentence was very inappropriate, but all the generals laughed at the same time.

Tang Hao also smiled.

"Don't forget who our biggest enemy is, so don't cross this red line, do you understand?"

"Don't worry, General, I will never let you down!"

The generals immediately stood up and responded seriously.

Tang Hao waved his hand and motioned the generals to sit down.

The war rules of the Beijing Army are already established, and military orders are something engraved deep in their bones. If Xiao Guicao follows them, there will basically be no problems.

"Now the most important task is for you guys. The nine border military towns are in need of reconstruction. In addition to the need to reorganize the army, you must also monitor the grassland at all times. Once there is any unusual movement, you must immediately report it to the court."

"Another thing is to develop your own military towns. In the past, the late emperor supported Ye Qi's reform and used the blood of the nine border soldiers and civilians to support the court, which led to the decline of the nine border military towns and the failure of economic development."

"After you take office, you must adapt to local conditions, develop the economic industries of the nine border military towns, support merchants and encourage them to come to trade, so that your own life will be better, and the nine border soldiers and civilians will also benefit!"

When it comes to the "economic" issue, except for a few more flexible minds among the generals, most of them are confused and look bewildered.

After all, they come from the military. If you talk about fighting, they must be very knowledgeable, but if you talk about developing the economy, it is really difficult for them.

For example, Chang Kuohai looked at Tang Hao with embarrassment at this moment.

"That... General, I am now the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. How should I develop the economy? I don't know!"

As soon as these words came out, the generals burst into laughter.

Looking at Chang Kuohai who kept scratching his head, Tang Hao was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Don't worry, the deputy commander-in-chief Han Fu will assist you. He will retire after developing the Liaodong military town for a period of time."

With the support of Tang Hao, Han Fu has been made a marquis, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of a long-cherished wish.

Of course, in return for the favor, Han Fu took the initiative to resign and gave up the position of commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

However, considering Han Fu's understanding of Liaodong, Tang Hao discussed with Zhu Houzhao and decided to keep him as the deputy commander-in-chief to cooperate with the court in reforming and developing Liaodong. Han Fu himself attached great importance to it after learning the inside story and was ready to play his remaining heat for Liaodong.

After all, he was a native of Liaodong, and naturally hoped that his hometown would get better and better.

"Liaodong is actually very easy to develop."

"Nowadays, the foreign barbarians in the country have either fled or been slaughtered, so a large area is unowned."

"Next, the court will migrate the people to Liaodong to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and at the same time, Nurgandusi will become the second trading center. The Ming Dynasty, Korea, and the various barbarian tribes on the Korean Peninsula can come to trade and exchange what they have!"

"Driven by trade, the lives of the people of Liaodong will also improve a lot. When I find those high-yield grain crops, the court can thoroughly develop Liaodong. From then on, Liaodong will no longer be a bitter and cold place, but a fertile land for granaries!"

In fact, after the Liaodong barbarians were slaughtered, there was no obstacle to the development of Liaodong.

The biggest problem is that Liaodong is a bitter and cold place, so the population is relatively sparse.

The Ming Dynasty is now in a period of rapid development, and there is a severe shortage of population in various places.

There is no way to deal with this.

The Han people are simple and hardworking, while those foreign barbarians are lazy and like to plunder directly, so the Han people have become scarce for a while.

But Liaodong has not been developed yet. When those court officials heard that they were exiled to this ghost place, they wanted to commit suicide.

But how could they imagine that the bitter and cold land they thought was actually a piece of treasure land.

As the largest plain in China, the Northeast Plain is a grain-producing land, and there are mountains and rivers like the Songhua River, so the resources and products are rich.

After development, Liaodong, that is, the three provinces in the Northeast, has rice, one of the three major staple foods in China, and the output of the three provinces in the Northeast is about 40 million tons.

Now when we say the bitter and cold land in the Northeast, we mean that it has not been developed by agriculture like the North China Plain and the Yangtze River Basin.

Liaodong has good ecological and natural resource conditions. After more than two thousand years of history, it has not yet developed agriculture. There are only fishing and hunting peoples and nomadic peoples. This is simply unbelievable.

However, it is also true that Liaodong has a cold climate. The bitter cold in the three northeastern provinces is reflected in the fact that the average urban temperature is the lowest in the world at the same latitude, which is more than ten or twenty degrees colder than the average temperature of Chicago, London and other places at the same latitude, and even colder than the average temperature of the three Nordic countries of Finland, Sweden and Norway. The average temperature in Harbin is colder than Moscow, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a bitter cold area. These are all due to the Siberian cold wind blowing from the Arctic Circle. In general, the living conditions in the Northeast are very poor. The only advantage is that the rain and heat are synchronized in the summer, which is beneficial to agricultural development. The land is only planted once a year.

Ordinary grain crops are difficult to survive, but they are not completely impossible.

Tang Hao has decided to go to the American continent by sea. As long as he finds those high-yield crops that can be called grain artifacts, the problem of Liaodong can be completely solved!