Hearing Chongzhen say this, Huang Liji finally felt better, but he still did not approve of allowing these Mongolians to enter the mainland freely to do business. First, no one knows if there will be a malevolent Mongol leader among these merchants; Second, allowing the free flow of goods between Han and Mongolia was clearly inconsistent with the long-term policy of scholars and doctors waging economic warfare against Mongolia in order to weaken Mongolia.

For the leaders of the left and right tribes of Mongolia, the proposal of the Ming Emperor made them suddenly think a lot of carefully. Compared with the previous court officials' roundabout requests to them, they set up schools in various banner leagues to learn Chinese, which made them disgusted. Chongzhen first threw out a picture cake, and then told them the significance of setting up a school, which immediately dispelled their doubts about the establishment of a school.

Although all the tribes of the Mongolian right wing must now rely on the Ming State in order to survive, except for a small number of tribes who adhere to the tradition of nomadic life and are unwilling to settle down in the pastures divided by the Ming State, when most of the tribes go to Beijing, they have already planned to fully accept the harsh conditions that the imperial court may put forward and get through the current difficulties first.

This kind of acceptance of the conditions proposed by the Ming State with a persecution mentality obviously will not last long. But if they genuinely believe that the court's demands are indeed helping them to change their sense of resistance, then the policies pursued by the court in the right-wing Mongol ministries can really work.

For example, now even Gui Yingcha can't help but feel a little moved. In fact, the upper class of Mongolia did not reject education, and in the centuries of entanglement with the Han people, many people of insight among them had actually realized that only education could make the Mongols flourish again and no longer continue to degenerate into a barbarian state.

The representative of the Ordos Ministry, Saang Chechen, was very supportive of Chongzhen's proposal, and he had always admired the culture of the Han people, especially the innumerable historical classics of the Han people. Sanang believes that it is precisely because of the existence of these cultural classics of the Han people that the Han people remember the origin of their nation from birth, so that even if they are invaded by foreign enemies several times, they can regain their prosperity from decline.

Except for a brief period under the banner of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongols united and conquered half of the world, creating the glory of the Mongol nation. Embroiled in centuries of division and civil war, they have now completely forgotten the glory of their ancestors, treating each other as enemies, and completely recreating the dark period of Mongolia before Genghis Khan.

Although he was born a noble family, he was also unable to reverse the continued barbarism of the Mongol tribes. Even among the Ordos tribes, the number of people who believe in lamas is increasing day by day, and they are completely in a state of ignorance, which makes him worry.

In his opinion, even if the Ming Emperor had ulterior motives in setting up schools in various Mongolian ministries, it would be better than the current degeneration of the various ministries into ignorant and superstitious Lamaist believers.

But the growing popularity of Lamaism in the steppes was not so much a conspiracy that began in the Ming kingdom as a deliberate indulgence of the upper echelons of the Mongol tribes.

The most rapid spread of Lamaism is usually during the time of disaster in the steppe. The Mongolian herdsmen, who did not have the habit of saving, could not save themselves, while the upper nobles were unwilling to give up their own enjoyment and share the weal and woe with the lower class people. Therefore, the religion of persuading the herdsmen to endure and propagating the theory of cause and effect is the best spiritual hypnosis used by the upper nobility to numb the lower herdsmen.

Today, Lamaism has become the spiritual pillar of the Mongol tribes, not to mention that one or two Sarang Chechen cannot change this status quo, even if Lin Dan Khan wants to choose a sect in Lamaism that is conducive to his own rule, he will be rejected by the faithful followers of other sects.

At this point, the concept of the Mongol nation, which was established in the era of Genghis Khan, and the idea that kingship is higher than divine power, have become history. The leaders of the various Mongol tribes regarded their tribes as their private property, and they paid lip service to the glory of Genghis Khan, declaring that only those with the blood of the golden family could rule the entire Mongol nation.

But in fact, they used this as an excuse to exclude all Mongolian heroes who were not of the blood of the golden family to unify the Mongolian tribes again, and became the hope of the Mongolian people of the lower classes. On the other hand, they used Lamaist beliefs to resist, and the lower classes of the people blindly worshiped the golden family bloodline, so that their tribes could gain de facto independent kingdom status.

Therefore, after hearing that the Ming court wanted to implement the fixed grazing areas of the alliance flag in the right-wing Mongolian tribes, and the implementation of school education in the alliance flag, Sarang Chechen was not only the first Mongolian leader to recognize and support, but also an active promoter of the establishment of the school system.

When he saw that Chongzhen's proposal made the leaders of the various tribes fall into contemplation, he couldn't help but immediately stand up and agree with the emperor's proposition. He also said that whether it is the establishment of a livestock company or the establishment of a school, he will accept it on behalf of the Ministry of Ordos.

Although he was young, he was of noble birth and was very knowledgeable, and even in the right-wing Mongolian tribes, he had a lot of prestige. Therefore, when he spoke out in support of Chongzhen, many Mongolian leaders who hesitated to wait and see immediately followed closely.

King Shunyi saw that a small half of the leaders had already expressed their attitude, and the other half of the leaders were also eager to try, but they wanted to wait for him to make a decision first. He only hesitated for a moment, and then said loudly to Chongzhen: "Since Your Majesty does not treat us Mongolians as outsiders and thinks about us wholeheartedly, we are naturally willing to obey Your Majesty's arrangement.

However, Xiao Wang heard that it would take at least ten years to educate a scholar in Handi. So how many years will this school set up by His Majesty be taught? Before these students graduate, how will the livestock company recruit manpower? In addition, the establishment of a business always requires capital, and what we and other ministries lack now is money and food, can Your Majesty borrow a sum of capital from us first..."

"King Shunyi is right..."

"Indeed, what if you don't have money, what can you do with a business..."

A group of Mongolian leaders immediately stood behind the king of Shunyi, waving their flags and shouting for him, wanting Chongzhen to loosen his mouth and take out more money and grain.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "This business is not a champion in the imperial examination, of course, if there is a talented person among the Mongolians, I don't mind if he comes to the capital to continue his studies and rely on a champion to come out."

However, if it is only to cultivate business talents, I think that at least 5 years of education is still needed. If you start school at the age of 11 or 2, graduate at the age of 16 or 7, and then do an apprenticeship for another 2 or 3 years, you should be able to take charge on your own. ”

Guiying calculated in his heart, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Wouldn't it take 7 or 8 years, and this distant water can't quench your thirst." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at him before saying: "This is natural, but cultivating talents is not an overnight thing. We Han people have a saying, ten years of trees, a hundred years of people. Without such a long period of study, it is impossible to cultivate usable talents. Even if you want to breed a good horse breed, it will take generations, right? ”

Many Mongol leaders nodded in agreement with Chongzhen's statement, and even the king of Shunyi relieved a lot of doubts, obviously in his ears, Chongzhen really wanted to help the Mongols cultivate real talents, and had no other purpose.

"As for the funds and manpower for starting a livestock company, I have already said that we must work together to tide over the difficulties. Therefore, the imperial court will come forward to find some businessmen to come out and invest in this animal husbandry company, of course, before everyone must negotiate the company's articles of association, and in the future, we will not let the merchants deceive the Mongols, but I will not tolerate you to oppress the merchants.

If the company is set up well, not only can the production of all departments be restored as soon as possible, but the people in the mainland will also benefit from it, and you will also get additional benefits. It's a win-win-win-win thing. But if everyone doesn't have a charter and wants to let themselves occupy more, then the company will not be able to continue.

When the time comes, you will have grievances, the Han and Mongolian people will have grievances, and the court will not benefit. I think everyone won't be happy to see this kind of lose-lose state, right? ”

Although I don't know how Chongzhen is going to get the merchant to come up with the money, and what the company's charter is, most of the Mongol leaders have obviously realized that no matter what, this company is better than nothing. Whether it is a merchant or the imperial court, as long as someone comes up with money, their livelihood next year will be solved.

Even Gui Yingcha was a little shaken and asked Chongzhen to let him listen to the discussion of the company's articles of association on behalf of the left-wing Mongolia. Just when these Mongolian leaders thought that this meeting should be over, Zhu Youzhen continued to speak.

"After all, the establishment of this animal husbandry company is still a plan, and the imperial court wants to solve the future problems for the ministries, and it is estimated that it will not be of much help for the current difficulties of the ministries in a year or two. We also need to think about how to solve the problem of lack of food and clothing for Mongolian herdsmen outside the Guanxi Province. And even if you want to run a livestock company, at least you have to solve the problem of forage for livestock in winter, right? ”

At this time, the leaders of the various departments had already agreed with Chongzhen's verbal statement, and when they had just entered the hall, they carefully examined every word that Chongzhen and the Ming officials said with a vigilant mentality, for fear of falling into the trap of the Han people.

After the leaders of the various departments talked about their thoughts, Zhu Youzhen summed up and said: "What you just said is also not right. Dividing the pasture into quarters and then rotating the grazing according to the season will naturally make the most of the pasture.

However, relying on natural grassland alone cannot withstand natural disasters. At the end of the day, the output of natural pastures is limited, so there is a limit to the amount of livestock that can be raised.

If you want to break through this upper limit, first, you must study the climate, soil, and growth of pasture on the grassland; Second, it is necessary to combine farming and animal husbandry, so that agriculture and animal husbandry can form a complementary relationship. Livestock manure can be used as fertilizer for farmland, and crop straw after harvest can also be used as fodder for livestock to overwinter, isn't it? ”

The leaders of the Tumut tribe were the least resistant to Chongzhen's statement, because when they built the Naturalization City, they had recruited a large number of Han Chinese to cultivate farmland near the Naturalization City. In their opinion, if the emperor could arrange for the Han people to farm for them, it would be much better than their own hard grazing.

However, Zhu Youzhen obviously didn't think so, and he continued to persuade these leaders: "This year, Shaanxi has encountered a major drought, and the people of Shaanxi have been displaced, and I am very sorry to see it.

As I just said, the Han and Mongolia worked together to tide over the difficulties, so I intended to relocate some refugees out of the border and reclaim land in areas close to the border passes, such as Hetao and Fengzhen. Of course, in order to avoid disputes between the two sides, I will have you consult with you on how to divide the boundaries of cultivation and grazing.

The output of these cultivated lands can be exchanged with herdsmen as daily materials to solve the problem of lack of living materials for herdsmen, and secondly, it can also promote reconciliation between the Han and Mongolian ethnic groups, and lay the foundation of public opinion for the future development of animal husbandry companies in the hinterland..."