During these two months, everything went smoothly in the Ming Dynasty.
The war situation in Liaodong stabilized, and the battle with Mongolia was also over. The outcome was perfect.
The only person who might be unhappy is Ligdan Khan.
Out of nowhere, two Mongolian tribes grew stronger and formed an alliance?
The Ming Dynasty still wants to build a city in Daning and trade with Khorchin and Inner Khalkha?
When he got the news, Lin Danhan was very angry. But he had no choice, after all, this was a civil war in Mongolia, and the Ming Dynasty did not send troops.
As for trade between these tribes and the Ming Dynasty, opening up border trade, things like that had always been done between the Ming and Mongolia, just with occasional fighting. After so many years, everyone had gotten used to it. Having a trading city was no big deal.
As long as Ligdan Khan sent someone to say so, the Ming Dynasty would blame the matter on Khorchin and Inner Khalkha. "You guys should solve your own problems yourselves."
On the Jurchen side, Huang Taiji retreated into hiding, licking his wounds and biding his time. It was said that he had set his sights on the forest further north, hoping to extract the people from it.
In Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi was building a city. In addition to the original location of Dongningwei, a city was also to be built on the Yalu River.
The city's name is Dandong, and it's said to have been given by the emperor himself. No one knows where the name came from, but it's just called Dandong.
The Imperial Household Department was involved in all of these things. It was said that they bought a large piece of land in Liaodong and seemed to be planning to do something big.
There are also countless merchants working with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The reason is very simple. Merchants who participate in Liaozhong investment can get a share of the trade in Daning, which is a huge market.
In addition, it is said that after Dandong is built, the Ming Dynasty will start trade with Korea.
It is not ordinary trade, but trade with official cooperation, and it is said to be very big.
Suddenly, countless people began to flock to Liaodong. As they said, "Go to Liaodong to make a fortune." Some people began to spread rumors that the people of Liaodong were stupid and had a lot of money, so come quickly.
For a while, Liaodong was extremely lively.
This matter was handed over to the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Zhu Youxiao naturally did not participate. He only needed to further control the situation and prevent it from getting out of control.
Many foreigners were sent to the capital. It was no longer a matter of whether the foreigners wanted to come or not. After receiving the news, the local government immediately sent them to the capital.
With their unique appearance, it was impossible for foreigners to hide in the Ming Dynasty. The local officials were also fed up with these foreigners. If the court had not forbade them to be arrested and killed, these officials would have killed them long ago.
These foreigners have nothing better to do than to incite people's anger. Do you know that peace and stability are the only thing that matters? What are they making such a fuss about?
After the court received the news, the officials were so excited that they rode their horses at full speed to capture these foreigners and ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to send them to the capital.
After these foreigners arrived in the capital, they naturally had to be appeased. Zhu Youxiao also met with them and entertained them.
After fully expressing his sincerity, Zhu Youxiao handed these foreigners over to Wei Chao and let them go to Xincheng.
There, Zhu Youxiao designated an area for foreigners to live in and help build a library, assist the Ming Dynasty in conducting research, and translate books.
The entire New City became much more lively due to the arrival of these foreigners. After all, many scholars in the capital knew about them. People like Xu Guangqi were very happy and would occasionally go to communicate with them.
The entire new city actually created the illusion of cultural prosperity.
Zhu Youxiao ordered the Wei Dynasty to send people to monitor and strictly prohibit these foreigners from preaching. The reason given was simple: the new doctrine had not yet been formulated. Your doctrine did not conform to the laws of the Ming Dynasty and was not in line with the public order and good customs of the Ming Dynasty. You are not allowed to preach at this time. When your new doctrine is completed, you can preach again.
This matter received official support from the Ming Dynasty, and many scholars agreed with it. Even Xu Guangqi and others could not say anything.
As for those missionaries, it's good that they didn't make a fuss.
They are not from the same country, so if they all spread the original teachings, there would be nothing wrong.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has issued a regulation stipulating the localization of doctrine, some of these foreigners think that the original doctrine should not be changed, some think that it should be changed, and some think that anyone who changes it is betraying God.
These foreigners started arguing among themselves, and with someone trying to sow discord between them, the effect was even worse.
Don't think that they are united just because they are from the same sect. Most of the time, the most naked hatred is found between people of the same profession.
Zhu Youxiao was very happy when the foreigners started to fight among themselves. He asked someone to watch them and let them do whatever they wanted as long as they didn't fight.
Everything was getting better, so Zhu Youxiao naturally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Youxiao came out of the palace, he really had to come out.
Because something happened, the Yellow River broke its banks!
When Zhu Youxiao heard the news that the Yellow River had burst its banks, he was completely overwhelmed.
Since the beginning of this year, the Ming Dynasty has never been at peace. It can be said that there are a lot of messy things going on.
Not long after Zhu Youxiao left the capital, an earthquake struck Yangzhou. On the same day, earthquakes also struck Su, Song, Feng, Si, Huai, Yang, Chuzhou and other places in Yingtian Prefecture in the south. More than 380 battlements of Yangzhou's city walls collapsed, and more than 20 shops were destroyed.
Then a few days later, an earthquake occurred in the capital Luanzhou (now Luan County, Hebei).
First, on the 13th, there were repeated earthquakes in Jizhou, Yongping, Shanhaiguan and other places, which damaged countless city walls and houses.
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