Chapter 328: Everyone is happy
Altai, a cloud of sorrow.
The Ming army had already surrounded Altai with absolute superior forces. At this time, the Junggar tribe was at the end of its reach. The entire tribe fought, and one out of ten adult men who could fight were not yet available, with a large population dropping sharply, and the potential for war had been completely killed by the Ming army.
However, the Ming army, who was at the city, did not attack. Lu Xiangsheng sent an envoy into the city to surrender the Junggar tribe.
The leader of the Junggar tribe, Halahushu, had no cards to be released, and the conditions offered by the Ming court were really attractive. Halahushu opened the city gate that day, led his troops to surrender to the Ming army, and accepted the post-war treatment offered by the Ming court to them.
The treatment received by the Junggar tribe was the same as that of the Mongolian herders in the Ming dynasty. There was no need for the Ming Dynasty to kill all these Mongolians. After all, the Mongolians did not have any extreme religions. As long as they accepted the new order established by the Ming Dynasty, they would not have any threat to the Ming Dynasty.
After just fighting a battlefield, so many people died, is there no hatred?
There is really not!
For Mongolian nobles, the ruling interests are still the most important. There are indeed many people who die, but in their eyes they are just cannon fodder. However, the Junggar tribe has a relatively good way to unite cannon fodder in battle, and the cannon fodders are very brave. The purpose of heroism is just to protect the ruling interests of the aristocrats.
After a war, the Junggar tribe was at its end. The powerful combat power of the Ming army left them without any idea of competing with them.
After Lu Xiangsheng conveyed his post-war treatment to the rulers of the Junggar tribe, the rulers of the Junggar tribe could still obtain considerable ruling benefits after surrendering, so naturally made a choice without hesitation.
The Junggar tribe, which was beaten to the point of obedience, surrendered by Gan Siyi. For the Junggar nobles, they welcomed the new post-war order proposed by the Ming court. Under such an order, it means that they can steadily obtain ruling interests and can also go to the flower world within the pass to be free and easy.
For those surviving adult men, they were also happy. Because after a war, there were only less than 20,000 adult men who could fight. However, the elderly, weak, women and children did not suffer any losses, and there were nearly 300,000. This means that a very beautiful situation has emerged, and those women were theirs after the war.
After a war that was about to drain the blood of the Junggar tribe, it seemed that both sides had benefited. It was quite a bit of joy.
In fact, because these alien races did not develop agriculture, once conflicts arise after the population increases, they will definitely consume the population through bloody wars, either internal or external. Only when the population is consumed is almost done can a peaceful life.
Although everyone was happy, it was a bit ridiculous.
The Ming Dynasty invaded the Junggar Basin, and a war consumed a large number of the Junggar tribes. In addition, the post-war order of the Ming court was not strongly oppressed by the Junggar tribe, and it united the nobles of the Junggar tribe, so that the future life of the Junggar tribe after surrender became quite beautiful.
Of course, there is another big problem before us, that is, the Junggar tribe lacks food. In the spring, it is time to grazle quickly. Because of the war with the Ming Dynasty, a large number of livestock were lost in the war. If more than 200,000 people were not helped by the Ming Dynasty, a large part of the population would not survive this winter.
The population of these Junggar tribes is also wealth, and they can produce under the new order. Since they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, they naturally need to provide relief. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng directly allocated a batch of military rations to the Junggar tribe and submitted a memorial to the court to apply for food enough for the Junggar tribe to spend this year.
After receiving a report from the fast horse, Zhu Youxiao immediately sent officials to the Junggar Basin and allocated grain and livestock to the Junggar Basin to help the Junggar tribe resume production.
At the same time, the captive of Halahushi, the leader of the Junggar tribe who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Unlike the Mongolian nobles among the 100,000 Mongolian herders in the Ming Dynasty, Halahushi, the leader of the Junggar tribe, originally ruled this large tribe, so Zhu Youxiao gave him the power to withdraw 30% of the taxes from all Junggar tribe nobles.
It is equivalent to other Junggar nobles taking taxes from the ruled herders. Then Halahuts and then taxes from the Mongolian nobles.
The resettlement plan of the Junggar tribe is also different from before. Part of it is to directly allocate pastures, and part of it is to allocate land to herders to engage in cotton planting.
The Western Regions are very suitable for cotton planting. In addition, transportation is not so convenient, so it is not reliable to display commercial grains. On the contrary, agricultural and animal husbandry production, which are in line with the industrial revolution, is more suitable.
During the British Industrial Revolution, the land enclosure movement of sheep eating people was actually turning the land originally used to grow grain into pastures for raising cattle and sheep, thus producing industrial raw materials needed in the industrial revolution such as leather and wool, while grain was obtained through external plunder.
The trend of the industrial revolution is similar, but the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty are different from those of Britain. Britain's country is small and it is much easier to transform than a big country like the Ming Dynasty. Most of the food that Britain lacks can be plundered from overseas, but the Ming Dynasty cannot.
In this era, the Ming Dynasty had so many people and other countries in the world were so backward, how many things were enough to feed so many people?
Therefore, once the industrial revolution is born, even if it requires sufficient raw materials to supply, it also needs to produce food by itself. The only way to plunder is to open overseas by the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the industrial revolution is often easier to succeed in small countries because small countries have the advantages of small countries. However, once a large country transforms successfully, it will basically be a flash sale for those small countries. From the world pattern in the 21st century, it can be seen that countries with real autonomy and sovereignty can count ten fingers. Except for one France, the entire EU is a puppet of the United States.
Although there are many countries in this world, most countries are just so-called. There are always so many countries that can truly compete for hegemony in the world. The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period and the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period can be seen from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
How to successfully transform into an industrial country is a huge challenge that the Ming Dynasty will face in the future. The result of the industrial revolution will inevitably be the further expansion of the gap between the rich and the poor.
At the same time, the contradiction between capitalists and traditional landlords will continue to be highlighted. The next comprehensive reform in the north is actually a serious minefield. Maybe it will have a big battle. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!