"This subject sent people to inspect the two places Your Majesty mentioned and found that they are indeed good places. Building a city there is definitely no problem." Li Zhonghang said, "There is also room for expansion in the future."
Zhu Yijun asked Li Zhonghang to inspect these two places because Zhu Yijun wanted to build a city in these two places.
Zhu Yijun had an idea on how to control and rule the Jurchens. But no matter what the idea was, one must first have a stable foothold. Just talking about it won't do.
In this era, building a city was the best foothold and also the foundation for establishing rule.
With cement and bricks, building a city wouldn't be as time-consuming and laborious as before. Once the city was built, merchants would gather and there would be a large influx of Han people. Zhu Yijun was very clear on this point.
After the city was built, Zhu Yijun could even entice the Jurchens to enter the city.
Zhu Yijun didn't believe that they would be willing to continue squatting in the wilderness if they had a good life in the city.
Once they entered the city, it wouldn't be so easy to leave.
It wasn't that Zhu Yijun was forcing it, but that life in the city was completely different from before.
It was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!
The two places that Zhu Yijun chose to build a city were both strategic and transportation points.
One was located at the Twin Dragon Lake, which was the location of Siping in the future, and was now the territory of the Yehe tribe.
In the future, Siping was still very famous because there was a very famous battle called Four Battles and Four Draws.
Once Siping City was built, it could be the gateway to Shenyang to the south and connect to the city built on Horqin to the west.
Heading east could stop the Jurchens and allow the Daming to expand to the north.
Whether it was in terms of military or political status, Siping was a very important place.
Once Zhu Yijun built a city here, it would directly establish the foundation of the Daming's rule in the north.
At the same time, Zhu Yijun prepared to establish a new province in the newly built city and directly control the territory north of Siping and Horqin.
Once this goal was achieved, the following matters would be much easier.
The second place Zhu Yijun wanted to build a city was Dandong.
Although Dandong wasn't a barren land, it wasn't that bad. However, Dandong's location was extremely important.
Whether it was in the future or in the present, he was very important.
If they built a city in Dandong, the Daming Navy would be able to go up the Yalu River and reach Dandong directly.
It could form a great support for Liaoyang and Shenyang, forming a complete offensive and defensive system.
At the same time, it could radiate to North Korea. Once the Ming Army entered North Korea, Dandong could become a logistical base.
At the same time, Dandong could also form a very good restraining force against the True Maidens of the Jian Province. Once the True Maidens of the Jian Province made a move, the army could send troops from Dandong. The deterrent force was extraordinarily strong.
In his previous life, Mao Wenlong built a military base on Pi Island and caused a lot of trouble for Houjin.
Once these two cities were completed, Liaodong would become an inner province instead of a frontier.
In this way, Daming would have a very strong control over Liaodong.
At the same time, Dandong could also become a bridgehead for trade between Daming and North Korea. Sea trade could also be carried out in Liaodong and North Korea.
Goods could be transported to Dandong at sea, and the efficiency would be greatly improved.
This time, when Zhu Yijun summoned the chief of the True Maidens, the construction of the city was one of the very important things.
After the construction plan was made, the inspection and investigation would naturally be the responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Li Zhonghang personally came to Liaodong this time with the purpose of opening up the business territory of Daming in Liaodong.
It included the original Duoyan Sanwei and Horqin, as well as Haixi Jurchen and Jian Province Jurchen. At the same time, it would lay the foundation for entering North Korea.
Once these sides were opened up, Daming would obtain unprecedented commercial benefits.
With commerce as the guide, the development of the entire northeast would be greatly improved.
After ten or twenty years, the whole of Liaodong would be full of cities and towns. At the same time, it would expand to the north. Even Zhu Yijun was prepared to accept some North Korean refugees in Liaodong, which were the refugees after Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked.
These people could be ruled as Daming's people.
Whether in terms of cultural identity or obedience to Daming, it could be said that the current North Korean people had a very high opinion of Daming.
Once the North Koreans entered, they would be the greatest help to Daming in increasing its dominance over Liaodong.
This time, Zhu Yijun had put in a lot of effort and had a big plan. Otherwise, he would not have come to Liaodong in person.
Zhu Yijun was going to open up the North Korean Jurchen in Liaodong in one fell swoop and establish a perfect development mechanism, which was very important.
Otherwise, Zhu Yijun would not have waited all these years. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not enough for Zhu Yijun to put in so much effort.
After listening to the results of Li Zhonghang's inspection, Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good!"
Zhu Yijun looked at Li Zhonghang and said with a smile, "I will send a decree to the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue and ask them to come up with a plan. The money will also be transferred from the Ministry of Revenue."
Although the work of building the city was done by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the money was paid by the national treasury.
This had been clearly divided. The Urban Construction Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs had developed very quickly in recent years.
From building materials to construction, they were proficient in everything, and at the same time, they had enough manpower.
This model was like building roads in the future. The state-owned enterprises were the contractors, but the national treasury was the one who paid.
However, in the case of Daming, it was the Emperor's company that was the contractor, but the national treasury was the one who paid.
Feudal monarchy with crony capitalism, this was the best system that Zhu Yijun could think of.
Because the Emperor himself was the most powerful person in the world, other systems would all involve the problem of ruling power.
Capitalists wanted to be in power, so they advocated democracy and turned power into a game of capital.
Ordinary people did not have the capital, so they could not play even if they wanted to.
The capital of the crony did not. Their capital came from the crony.
There was an order to this. The capital came from the crony, this was the capital of the crony.
The capital came from the crony, this was the capital game. The ones who played this were the capitalists.
The capital of the crony was born from the imperial power. Without the imperial power, where would the crony come from?
The capital of the crony was essentially the opposite of the capitalists. One used power to seize benefits, the other used power to seize power, they were two completely different things.
Zhu Yijun didn't know which was better, and which was more advanced, Zhu Yijun didn't know either.
There was no perfect system, only the most suitable system. In this era, the capital of the crony was naturally the most suitable.
As long as the path for commoners to become nobles wasn't blocked, there wouldn't be any irreconcilable conflicts.
Therefore, the path of nobility through military contributions was very important. Because if you killed the enemy, you would be promoted.
If the commoners wanted to become nobles, and the nobles wanted to expand their influence, there was only one way, and that was to fight their way out. This was also the main reason why the Juncker Nobles were born from the capital of nobles.