Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Clearly, the Ming Dynasty wanted to renege on the final payment for the grain compensation.

Moreover, there are plenty of lame reasons.

Ma Kuo stuck out his neck: "Cut it down with your sword!"

"If my head rolls today,"

"The Ming Dynasty will raise an army tomorrow,"

"Sail directly to Fuzhou from the sea,"

"Two hundred thousand Ming troops marched towards Liaoyang!"

Wanyan Xiyin was so angry that he trembled all over.

But they dared not actually cut it.

Chapter 3197 People of the Ghost Realm

It took him a long time to suppress his anger.

He sheathed his sword and gritted his teeth, saying:

"Please return, sir. Goodbye, and we won't see you off!"

Ma Kuo muttered to himself, "These barbarians are truly rude, they don't even care about diplomatic etiquette."

“Even when an envoy from a country comes, he is not treated well.”

Wanyan Xiyin was so angry that her voice became hoarse:

"Someone, prepare food and wine for them!"

After the Jurchens left,

The vast area south of the Yanshan Mountains,

It was only established as one Yanshan Prefecture.

It was incorporated into the jurisdiction of Hebei Province.

The Ansu Army, Shun'an Army, Baoding Army, and Xin'an Army of Hebei

Since they will no longer be on the front lines,

All military-level administrative positions have been abolished.

They were downgraded to Ansu County, Gaoyang County, Guixin County, and Xin'an County.

Baozhou and Dingzhou were officially merged into Baoding Prefecture.

Rongcheng County was located in the Jin Dynasty (there was also a Rongcheng County in the Ming Dynasty).

It was downgraded to Beirong Town and placed under the jurisdiction of Ansu County. Ansu County was then entirely incorporated into Baoding Prefecture.

There are many similar changes to administrative divisions.

It's mostly based on geographical conditions.

To integrate the former border between the Song and Liao dynasties.

Yizhou was downgraded to Yi County.

Zhuozhou was downgraded to Fanyang County.

Shunzhou was downgraded to Huairen County... and was entirely placed under the jurisdiction of Yanshan Prefecture.

Some states didn't even retain their county-level administrative divisions.

It was reduced to a small town.

Because the population is just too damn small.

The Jin soldiers and civilians who fled south to seek refuge with the Ming Dynasty.

They were relocated back to their original villages and received land.

Many people randomly identify farmland.

They said it was theirs.

The Ming government recognized it.

As long as they can manage to grow it.

The tax-free period has ended, so you'd better pay your taxes honestly.

The government actually encouraged it.

Immigration from the three southern provinces

It also speeds up the journey.

All prefectures and counties along the route must fully cooperate.

At the same time, all of Li Yanxian's cavalry were deployed.

They went to the Taihang and Yanshan Mountains to recruit people.

The conditions for enticing them were very lenient.

As long as the people in the mountains are willing to come out,

They are allowed to cultivate the nearby land at will.

Even a five-year tax exemption

This is because the land is vast and sparsely populated.

Even a small town couldn't be formed.

They could only form individual natural villages.

In this case,

The cost of collecting taxes is too high.

Let it be.

Once towns and cities are established, then we can register households and unify the population.

The same situation has occurred in other areas as well.

Scattered villages exist in the wilderness.

The nearby prefectural and county towns were all ghost towns.

The Jin dynasty was too lazy to collect taxes.

The Ming government naturally wouldn't accept it.

Those cities were also left to lie fallow for the time being.

These mountain dwellers and scattered villagers,

The total number is in the millions.

They were wary of the entire imperial court.

Only time can heal psychological trauma.

They had been luring him in for several months.

People who are willing to come down from the mountain

There are only two or three thousand people in total.

Moreover, they are scattered across a mountainous area stretching seven or eight hundred miles.

Basically, five or eight households banded together to defend against wild animals.

They don't even dare to have small settlements with more than ten households.

They were afraid that too many people would attract the government to conscript soldiers and requisition grain.

Gradually, Li Yanxian noticed something.

Even in mountainous areas,

There were also a large number of gentry.

Moreover, he was a leader of the mountain people.

When they fled,

Ordinary people were led by the village gentry.

They retreated to the mountains in groups of villages to cultivate land and survive.

As long as one gentry family is persuaded,

This could at least entice twenty or thirty households to leave the mountains!

Chapter 3198 Situation in the Northern Desert

After these gentrymen went down the mountain to farm for a year,

The government really doesn't come to collect taxes.

They estimated that they could then trust the Ming Dynasty.

Let them go into the mountains again next year.

To persuade more gentry to bring their people back,

Attracting hundreds of thousands of people within three to five years should not be a problem.

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The development of people's livelihood in the Ming Dynasty is in full swing.

Meanwhile, the Jin Kingdom was also busy.

The Jin army guarded the strategic passes and fortified villages of the Yanshan and Taihang Mountains.

To prevent the Ming Dynasty from breaking the treaty and suddenly sending troops.

At the same time, elite troops were mobilized.

Waiting for the autumn harvest.

Before autumn even arrived, Wanyan Zonghan dispatched his cavalry.

He went to the grasslands and ordered all the tribes to send troops and personnel.

They're going to attack Yelü Dashi!

The betrayal of the Western Xia

The Jin Dynasty actually tolerated it.

They have no intention of retaliating with troops.

It was mainly territory seized by the Western Xia.

Too poor and too remote, there's not much profit to be made.

Moreover, most of the area is separated by deserts and Gobi.

The Wugudilie tribes were relocated to the Songnen Plain.

And the various Tanggu tribes distributed in the upper reaches of the Liao River,

He was summoned by Wanyan Zonghan to a meeting to discuss the deployment of troops.

Two tribal chiefs were late.

They were immediately attacked by the Jin cavalry.

Both noble families were executed.

Young men and livestock were captured by the Jin dynasty.

The grasslands were then allocated to other tribes.