Liu Jingting took out a drawing, then handed it to Chongzhen and said: "This is a reclamation point to be built in Inner Mongolia according to the suggestion of the General Staff, and it is said that it was designed with reference to the colonial villages and towns of the Spaniards and the Dutch overseas.

Each reclamation point is 6 kilometers * 6 kilometers in area, and the reclamation point is set up into 36 blocks according to 1 km * 1 km block, so that the area of such a block is about 1,500 acres.

According to the proposal of the General Staff, 10 families will be resettled in each block, and each family will be allocated 150 acres of land. According to a study by the agricultural department, it takes nearly 14 hours to plough about 25 acres of land with an all-iron plow.

A horse can plough about 12 acres in a farming season, and a cow can plough about 15-20 acres. Each sheep needs about 10-12 acres of natural pasture, 40-48 acres for cattle and 32-39 acres for horses.

If artificial grass and straw are fed, a sheep only needs 06-1 acres, cattle about 4-5 acres, and horses about 32-4 acres. Therefore, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture decided that 10 acres of 150 acres of land should be used to build houses, 90 acres to grow food, and the remaining 40 acres to grow pasture.

It is better to keep 4 cows, 6 horses and 20 sheep per household, in addition to the cattle and horses can be used for farming, cow dung can be used as fuel, horses are the only means of transportation in the meadow, and sheep can provide meat.

The members of the General Staff held that each household involved in the reclamation must provide a male soldier as a township soldier, and a captain was selected from among the 10 township soldiers in each block, who was responsible for conveying the instructions issued by the reclamation officials in peacetime, and served as a small leader in battle in wartime.

The 36 squares left 4 in the middle can settle 320 households and recruit 320 villagers. In the middle of the four sides of the land, one side is used to build the village center of the cantonment, and the other three parties, one party is awarded to the military officials of the cantonment, one is granted to the administrative officials of the cantonment, and one is used as the education expenditure of the cantonment.

A town office, a school, an arsenal, and a square will be built in the center of the village, and a wooden ditch will be set up around the center of the village to protect the entire population of the settlement in case of emergency.

Three-tenths of the annual harvest of each household in the cantonment site is handed over, one-tenth is transferred to the Mongolian league and banner to which it belongs, one-tenth is used for public utilities in the cantonment site, and one-tenth is paid into the state treasury to subsidize the border army.

According to the recommendations of the General Staff, it is better not to exceed 30 kilometers between the cantonment points in order to ensure that the nearby cantonment points can support each other. In addition, before the development of each area, there should be no less than 3 reclamation sites.

According to the livestock we bought from the Chahar people, from Datong to Fengzhen to Jining Haizi, there are almost 15 cantonment points, and basically 64,000 yuan needs to be invested in each cantonment point, including livestock.

In the vicinity of Guihua City, Gui Yingcha agreed to let us build five such cantonment sites, and rent and sell livestock to us from his tribes, so it was not within the scope of this contract.

In this way, we have initially set up 20 reclamation sites this year, with a total investment of 1.28 million yuan, and 6,400 households, about 3-350,000 people. The General Staff Headquarters held that in addition to relocating the Shaanxi militia who had been recruited, it would be best to follow the ratio of 2:1 to install a cantonment point composed of Shanxi border people and border troops in the middle of the cantonment points.

First, it is possible to separate these reclamation points composed of Shaanxi people from each other, so that they do not huddle outside the customs and get out of the control of the imperial court. Second, they can also communicate with each other to dispel their suspicions about the imperial court. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the drawings in his hand, listened attentively to Liu Jingting's explanation, and finally nodded with satisfaction and said: "You can follow this reclamation plan, and let the General Staff set up an Inner Mongolia reclamation corps, and organize the township soldiers of these reclamation points to the regimental level, each reclamation point is a company unit, every five reclamation points are a battalion, and it is set up as a regimental defense area according to the distance of the locality.

The township soldiers are mainly used as a defensive force, and after the regimental defense area is established, as long as it is not in an emergency situation, it is not allowed to be transferred out of the defense area. Once transferred out of the defensive zone, the unit will receive the same supply treatment as the field unit, and the logistics units may not refuse to provide support for any reason.

In addition, the organizational structure of the cantonment corps must be perfected, and three levels must be set up: the general staff, the local governor's office, and the local corps command center.

In addition, since the people of the Ming Dynasty want to go out of the customs and settle for reclamation, they will inevitably have conflicts with the local herdsmen. Therefore, Mr. Liu, your responsibility is heavy, and you will slowly discuss the details of the operation with the local officials and the Mongolian leaders of various ministries.

However, I have a few principles that I hope you will follow. ”

Liu Jingting suddenly straightened his sitting posture, like Chongzhen said that he was seriously following his orders, Zhu Youzhen paused slightly, and then said: "My previous rule in the Ming Dynasty was to be kind to distant people and be good neighbors. Fundamentally, there is no problem. But Mongolia is not a neighbor, and it is also a member of my Ming Dynasty, so they cannot be treated the same way as guests, which makes them lose their sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

The Mongolian tribes are now divided into three, called Mobei, Monan, and Moxi, and now there is also a Qinghai-Tibet region, which is controlled by the Mongolian tribes, but is not regarded as a Mongolian region.

The most closely related to my Ming Dynasty is naturally the Mongol tribes, and Monan Mongolia has always been the core tribe of the Mengyuan Dynasty.

Mobei Mongolia has always been subordinate to Monan Mongolia, coupled with the bitter cold of Mobei and the sparse population, all daily necessities need to be transferred from the various ministries of Monan, so although the Mobei Mongolian ministries occupy a wide area, they have the most independent ability and environment. Controlling southern Mongolia is equivalent to controlling northern Mongolia.

It's a pity that after the Chahar Department moved westward, it was equivalent to giving up the passage between Liaodong and Outer Mongolia, so that Mobei Mongolia could be controlled by the Later Jin trade. Therefore, maintaining trade with the various tribes of Mobei Mongolia is not only to obtain benefits, but also to win the hearts and minds of Mobei Mongolia with Houjin, which you must remember.

As for the Mongols, they had always been at odds with the Mongols in the south of the Mongols, and they were far away from the area north of the Tianshan Mountains, and they had been separated from the Central Plains for too long, and the land in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains was fertile, and they traded with Persia and Russia through the steppes further west. Therefore, from the perspective of environment and materials, it has the highest independence.

However, the Mongols all believe in Lamaism, so whoever controls the Qinghai-Tibet region is equivalent to controlling the Mongols' beliefs, and they also gain the hearts of the Mongols.

If you want to win the Mobei Mongolian tribes to join the Ming Dynasty, the first thing is to thoroughly control the Qinghai-Tibet region. At present, there are many sects in Tibet, but it is still the Gelug sect that has won the faith of all Mongolian tribes. It is no secret that the Gelug sect colluded with the Mongol tribes, and Altan Khan bestowed the title of Sonam Gyatso* Lama, while the Gelug sect chose Altan Khan's great-grandson as the reincarnation of the fourth Dara Lama, which should have been agreed upon by both parties.

Although the current Fifth Lama* is no longer a Mongol, his position among the Mongolian tribes has been increasingly consolidated. The Tsangpa Khan and the other Tibetan sects were clearly unable to resist the attack of the Gelug sect, which had the support of the entire Mongol tribes.

At this time, Lin Dan Khan wanted to go against the sky and expel the influence of the Gelug sect from his own tribe, but it only made the tribe's beliefs confused, and it was more difficult to unite into a complete force.

However, the Fifth Lama is only 11 or 2 years old now, and it is Lobsang Chojie, the head of Tashilhunpo Monastery, who has really mastered Gelug tradition.

Although I heard that this person has profound Buddhism, he is very famous in Tibet. Originally, I wanted to invite him to go to Beijing with the Fifth Generation* to preach the Fa, but it seems that he is not optimistic about the situation of my Ming Dynasty, so he is unwilling to follow the orders to come to the capital.

Although Qinghai-Tibet is a whole, in fact Qinghai is only the gateway to Tibet, and the ethnic composition of Qinghai is much more complex than that of Tibet, and the power of Zangba Khan is only limited to Tibet.

Therefore, whoever controls Qinghai is equivalent to controlling the passage into Tibet. In order to sever the connection between Mongolia and Tibet, Qinghai would need to be brought under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Only by controlling Qinghai can we guarantee that Mongolia or other forces will not invade Tibet, and thus use the religious influence of Tibet to the detriment of our Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the primary task of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee at present is to contact, pacify, and attach to the Ming Dynasty of all ethnic groups in southern Mongolia and Qinghai.

Various ethnic groups in Qinghai live together, and disputes are continuous. In order for the Ming to control this region, one must use the power of religion, the second is to have sufficient force, and the third is to use trade to unify and connect them.

The various ethnic groups in Qinghai have not yet understood the origin of their relationship with the Ming Dynasty, so they should not blindly be soft, and need to use force appropriately to deter the unscrupulous people among them. Be prepared to spend one or two generations instilling Chinese culture in their hearts, so that they can truly become a member of our Ming Dynasty.

In southern Mongolia, the right-wing departments have been safe and sound since Altan Khan and Sanniangzi, and the border passes have been safe and sound, and there have been frequent exchanges between the Mongolian and Han people. Therefore, the Mongolian right-wing is essentially no different from the people of Han China.

However, the left-wing departments were originally stationed far away from my Daming, except for a few days of market appreciation, and there was no contact with my Daming on weekdays, so the people at the bottom of the two sides were still relatively strange.

However, both my Daming and the Chahar Department have a common enemy, and that is Houjin. Therefore, as long as we respect each other's customs in our daily actions, and can conduct a fair trial when the two sides conflict, then I think that the contradiction between Han and Mongolia should not become irreconcilable contradictions.

As for the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, I have only two requirements: first, try not to interfere, and punish the two sides in accordance with the agreed law after the conflict; Second, anyone who uses weapons in a conflict must be punished, whether Han Chinese or Mongolian..."