According to the title of the Han Dynasty, Li Zicheng set up the Songmo Mansion on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Daling River, with Ye Wenhui as the prefect, and circled several counties on the marching map.

Songmo Mansion is close to Liaoning Province, and can protect the eastern border wall of Liaoning, so it temporarily belongs to Liaoning Province.

In the northwest direction of the border wall of eastern Liaodong, Li Xin set up Yingzhou last time, Li Zicheng directly upgraded Yingzhou to a prefecture, and Beiling Military Town was established as Beiling County, with Li Xiangyang as the county, and the Han people will gradually move in.

In this expedition, the Karaqin Right Banner was moved to Xibe County and Ningcheng County, and the Tumut Department was almost slaughtered by Lu Gongqing and Wang Xin, only the Karaqin Left Banner, under the instigation of the Han and Qing Dynasties, the population of Guishun was larger, and most of them were placed in Songmo Mansion and Yingzhou Prefecture.

Yingzhou is already outside the border wall, and adjacent to Songmofu, Baizhou County, and Juyue County, Li Zicheng opened up as a trade distribution center, and every September and October, he specializes in trade with the naturalized Mongols.

Ningyuan, Songmo, Jinzhou, and Yingzhou are the only four prefectures in Liaoning Province, but in Li Zicheng's eyes, he prefers to regard them as the "four prefectures of western Liaoning" and should be part of Liaoning Province.

Li Zicheng withdrew his troops from Songmo Mansion and returned to Daning Mansion.

At this time, the city wall of Daning Mansion City, but three or four feet high, almost only half of the plan, Li Zicheng left a regiment of soldiers to build the city, plus naturalized Mongolian strong men and strong women, continued to build the city wall, and then returned to Beijing after the closure of the city.

Liu Yunshui's first battalion, detoured from Raole Mansion to Shanggu Prefecture, and settled Shangdu County, which was close to the border wall, and then naturalized Weiye and Gaogang counties according to the practice of Shanggu and Raole Prefectures.

Li Zicheng traveled south from Daning Mansion, and met the people and casual officials who migrated to Guanwai outside Gubeikou, although there were only a few hundred Dingkou, but it was enough to be placed on the main road from Gubeikou to Daning Mansion, and the remaining people would be placed in the surrounding counties.

When he returned to Beijing this time, Li Zicheng did not send his own soldiers back to report the news in advance, but Liang Wencheng took hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to greet him.

Li Zicheng exchanged a few words with the officials, leaving Liang Wencheng, Song Xiance, and Niu Jinxing, and letting the rest of the officials disperse.

Autumn is high and cool, and the sky is high and the clouds are light.

Li Zicheng felt that this time out of the customs, the harvest was comparable to autumn.

After placing Li Na, Li Shuji, and Li Ya, Li Zicheng went to meet Liang Wencheng and them.

But Liang Wencheng, who was drinking tea in the imperial study of the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, looked dejected, how could he look like an emperor who greeted the triumphant?

Li Zicheng felt strange, "Wencheng, during this time, has there been any change in Beijing?" ”

"Back to the emperor, no!"

"Yunnan, Guangdong, south, is there an unfavorable war situation?"

"Nope!"

"Have there been floods across the country?"

"Nope!"

"What are the surprises in the process of collecting industrial and commercial taxes, agricultural taxes, etc.?"

"Neither!"

"Why is Wen so embarrassed?" Li Zicheng smiled and said: "It seems that I owe you 50,000 taels of silver, Wen Cheng, what is the difficult thing to solve?" ”

"If it's for 50,000 taels of silver, the minister doesn't have to worry so much," the sadness on Liang Wencheng's face did not disappear, sighed, and said: "The emperor has obtained a large piece of land outside the customs on this expedition......

"Expanding the territory is what I have always pursued," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "There is no need to praise Wencheng. ”

"Kua?" Liang Wencheng couldn't cry or laugh, is the emperor a little narcissistic? "Your Majesty, Huaxia has gained a large area of land outside the border......"

"Isn't it good to get a big piece of land?" Li Zicheng felt that Liang Wencheng seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with this battle, and secretly thought about it, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong!

"When the emperor went out of the customs, it was originally a 'breakthrough in the middle of the road', and the minister also believed it," Liang Wencheng said: "But now that half of Mo Nan is occupied, has the emperor ever thought about how much silver and grain is needed to naturalize these Mongols?" ”

"Huh?"

"Your Majesty, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan in the south are carrying out large-scale naturalization work, and even in Sichuan, Huguang, Gansu, and Qinghai provinces, the naturalization work has not yet been finally completed," Liang Wencheng sighed and said: "Your Majesty, laying down a piece of land is just the beginning, how long will it take to govern this piece of land and make this land truly become Han land, and the investment is even more bottomless......

He is really worried, the emperor is so happy, military and education funds have made him miserable, and now there are large areas of bitter cold outside the border...... I really don't know what the emperor thinks!

Li Zicheng took a sip of tea, raised his eyes and said with a smile: "Wen Cheng is saying that recovering a large area of land outside the customs is not only a great achievement, but also another form of reckless military force?" ”

"The Emperor's ......"

Li Zicheng glanced at Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing, and said with a faint smile: "The two Aiqing also think so?" ”

Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing glanced at each other, and they all arched their hands, "The ministers don't dare!"

Liang Wencheng said: "Not to mention the money and grain, this time the emperor wants to move the people outside the border, and the ministers have a special headache, and the people have just distributed the land ......."

Li Zicheng put down the tea cup and said lightly: "Wen Cheng knows how much benefit I have to Huaxia if I recover the Guanwai?" ”

"The minister also knows that recovering the outside of the border can deter the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but ......"

"Is it just to deter the Manchus?" Li Zicheng felt that Liang Wencheng and them were still too lacking in vision, "Wencheng, I will settle accounts for you!"

"Listen up!"

"I went out of the fortress this time, including Yingzhou, between the border wall in the north and the border wall in eastern Liaodong, together with Yingzhou, a total of five prefectures were added: Shanggu, Raole, Daning, Songmo, and Yingzhou, and I also moved the Xuanfu north to Zhangyuan, and expanded the jurisdiction to outside the Guan, not because I value these bitter cold places!" Li Zicheng could not tell Liang Wencheng about the future importance of these regions for the time being, but Liang Wencheng should have known that if China controlled Monan, Beijing would no longer be threatened by nomads, and at least the northern frontier would be greatly moved north.

“……”

"The importance of these prefectures and counties far exceeds current expectations," Li Zicheng said: "The establishment of Shanggu Mansion only embodies the basic strategy of 'breaking through the middle route' against the Mongolian ministries; Rao Le Fu is located at the southern foot of the Daxing'an Mountains, extending along the West Liao River to the Horqin Grassland, blocking the communication channel between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Mongol tribes in southern Mo, and in time, the Mongolian ministries will surely be used by China!"

Niu Jinxing faintly felt something, "The emperor wants to use Mongolian cavalry ......"

"To deal with the cavalry of the Manchu Dynasty, the Xining rifle is sufficient, but to completely eliminate the cavalry of the Manchu Dynasty, or drive the Manchu Qing back to Changbai Mountain, recover the entire Liaodong, and even Nuer Gandusi, you must borrow the power of the cavalry, and the Mongolian cavalry itself is also an excellent cavalry, just like the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry," Li Zicheng said aloud: "Moreover, only by mastering the various departments of the Mongols in southern Mo can it be possible for Huaxia to permanently eliminate the border troubles in the north!"

Song Xiance said: "The minister knows a little!"

Li Zicheng nodded at him and said with a smile: "Daning Mansion is north of Beijing, at the southern foot of Yanshan, and Rao Le Mansion cooperate with each other to protect Beijing, so to speak, the setting of Daning Mansion, and Zhangyuan Mansion in the west, Rao Le Mansion in the north, together constitute the northern barrier of China, since then, China has monopolized Yanshan, completely blocking the nomads from the grassland." ”

Niu Jinxing sighed softly, in the history of the Han nation, since the Xia, Shang and Zhou eras, it was Xirong Beidi, the Xiongnu in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the Turks who confronted the Tang Dynasty, and in the two Song Dynasty, the Western Xia, Liao, and Jin gradually gained the upper hand, and the Mongols swept the Central Plains and enslaved the Central Plains for hundreds of years.

If the emperor can completely relieve the border troubles and settle it once and for all, it will be worth paying a big price for Huaxia!

Li Zicheng said eloquently: "There are also the two prefectures of Songmo and Yingzhou, guarding the border wall of Liaodong, and the third battalion has no worries, so that it can concentrate its forces to deal with the Manchu Qing, and in less than three years, the situation in Liaodong will definitely change fundamentally!"

Liang Wencheng reluctantly said: "Controlling Monan and Liaodong is a good thing in itself, but we must seize the opportunity and consider the current national strength of Huaxia!"

"Wen Cheng will only feel sorry for the silver, but he will not settle the account," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Wen Cheng can know that the Ming Dynasty is on the front line of the border wall, how many soldiers are stationed along the way, how much food and salary are needed every year, and how much national strength is involved, if Huaxia can advance the front to the north of Yanshan, the materials guarding the border will not increase, but the northern nomads will lose the benefits of Yanshan, and they will not use the side wall, just breaking through Yanshan, they will shed their skin!"

"This ......"

"The timing that Wen Cheng said, according to me, now is the best time," Li Zicheng said indifferently: "The Mongols were conquered by the Manchu Qing and split into tribes that did not belong to each other, giving me the opportunity to break through, and the Manchu Qing themselves, because of the defeat of Ning Yuan and the total annihilation of Haoge's cavalry, temporarily lost the ability to counterattack, Wen Cheng said, is there a better time than now?" ”

Niu Jinxing said: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty lost Mongolia, which is equivalent to breaking the left and right arms!"

Liang Wencheng glared at Niu Jinxing, and then bowed his hand to Li Zicheng, and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't understand this truth, it's just that ...... It's just that Huaxia wants to control the Mongolian ministries, and the consumption of money and grain ......"

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Have you heard of Wencheng that there is a strategy called 'fighting to feed war'?" ”

"Feeding war with war?"

"Mongolia outside the Guan, unlike Yungui, even if you want to naturalize the Mongols, you don't need money and food, I remember I told you last time that war, as long as it is used well, not only will it not consume money and grain, national strength, but also bring economic benefits," Li Zicheng said: "Wencheng thinks about it, outside the border wall, the establishment of five provinces, in addition to this expedition, how much grain did the imperial court consume?" ”

Liang Wencheng thought for a moment and said, "Don't you need money and food to immigrate outside the customs?" ”

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed: "The contribution of the Chinese court is at most a little crop seed, the land was originally Mongolian, the cattle and sheep were captured by the Mandate of Heaven Army, it is a woman, how can there be a Han person?" ”

"This ......" Liang Wencheng thought about it, but he faintly felt uneasy, the speed of Huaxia's expansion is too fast, it is definitely not a good thing, there are still many prefectures and counties in the south waiting to be naturalized, "Your Majesty, don't the officials sent by you need the imperial court to issue money?" ”

"Officials really need to support their families," Li Zicheng said: "Aren't there no taxes in the prefectures and counties outside the Guan?" It shouldn't be a problem to feed a few officials, right? ”

"If the emperor is a large-scale construction, such as building a city and building roads......

"Wencheng, is it good for me to use the money from the treasury to build outside the customs?" Li Zicheng pointed at Liang Wencheng's head with his hand, "However, the taxes outside the customs must be included in the internal funds in the future, and Wencheng must not interfere, of course, the imperial court still has an expenditure, military expenses, along the border wall, according to the number of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, the military expenses they saved are all classified into the internal funds, Wencheng should have no opinion, right?" Hahaha......"

"Your Majesty, you ......"