Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Datang, Hanhai Prefecture.

As the first governor of Hanhai Prefecture, Tian Meng's life is still very difficult to be honest.

Although Datang already has a plan to build a city in Hanhai Prefecture, most of the areas are still in the traditional nomadic state, which is different from Qinghai.

There is Hehuang Valley in Qinghai that can be cultivated, but except for a small part of the land in Hanhai Prefecture that can be cultivated, most of the land cannot be cultivated and can only be used for grazing.

Crops cannot grow where grass can grow.

And according to the information given by His Highness, the entire grassland in Hanhai Prefecture is actually very fragile. If it is not managed properly, it may completely turn into a desert in the future.

Therefore, the future plan of the entire Hanhai Prefecture is to concentrate the main population in the north, east, and south directions, and further west is not within the scope of Hanhai Prefecture.

Of course, at present, the area of ​​Hanhai Prefecture is too large, and it may be possible to re-divide it in the future, but for now, there is no such thing.

At present, the main construction site is Hanhai City (later Ulaanbaatar), and several small cities stretching to the south, and then north is Beihai City. Beihai City is located on the edge of Beihai. This is the largest freshwater lake in the north. It's mountains and forests, but the climate is very cold.

This place is winter most of the year.

However, with Datang's current technology, especially after the large-scale use of wool, it is not difficult to live here.

In addition, the large-scale popularization of fire kang, fire wall, and the birth of high-yield crops such as potatoes allow them to feed a large number of people here.

The main task of Hanhai Prefecture in the past two years is to find out the road to this area, then plan the route reasonably, and then collect all the primitive tribes in the surrounding mountainous areas, and then move the boundary marker of Datang as far as possible to the north .

But on the map, the border of Datang has already reached the northernmost Arctic Ocean, which is what His Highness calls it.It is said that there, half of the year is daytime and half of the time is night.

Not to mention, after more than a year of exploration, there are not many primitive tribes in these places.

Under the strong coordination of the nomads, these primitive tribes naturally integrated into the Tang Dynasty smoothly. Even the nomadic tribes had such a miserable life, let alone these primitive tribes.

In the past two years, the whole Hanhai Prefecture has undergone the biggest change. A large number of herdsmen have been coordinated and arranged. After reasonable arrangements, each of them can graze more cattle and sheep. The real grassland is also different from Qinghai Prefecture. , the grassland allocated to each herdsman is about 3000 mu.

All the allocated pastures are high-quality pastures in the eastern part of Hanhai Prefecture.

This is a decision made by Li Ke. The area under the jurisdiction of Hanhai Prefecture is probably the Mongolia of later generations, plus the surrounding area of ​​Lake Baikal, and the central area of ​​Inner Mongolia.

Including later generations from the nearby grasslands such as Hohhot Siziwang Banner all the way to the east, Xilin Gol Grassland, Paradise Grassland Uragai, East Ujumqin Banner, West Ujumqin Banner, until the border near the Xing'an League, and then all the way north.

Later generations in the east, Aershan, Daxing'an Mountains and Hulun Buir Grassland will be divided into Shiwei Prefecture in the east.

These grasslands will be excellent grasslands for future generations, let alone in the era of Datang.

There is still a big difference between the Tang Dynasty in the north and the later generations. For example, in the Hetao area, the Mu Us Sandy Land in later generations still has a vast desert after vigorous management, but in this era, it is still lush with water and grass.

However, there are already a small number of areas showing signs of desertification. If the grazing in these areas is stopped at this time and the population is moved out, there is a high probability that the area will return to its original state. become like the hereafter.

Similarly, Saihanba in later generations was still a lush and beautiful primeval forest during this period.

Ulagai, the most beautiful paradise grassland in later generations, can now really see the scene of cattle and sheep appearing under the wind and grass.In later generations, the Xilamuren Grassland north of the Yinshan Mountain in the northern part of Hohhot, which is also the northern part of Wuchuan, the current military center of the Tang Dynasty, is now green and the grassland can reach people's knees.

After more than 1000 years, the Xilamuren grassland is almost deserted, and the grass in summer is so tall that it can't even grow an ankle, which is caused by overgrazing.

In fact, the reduction in precipitation in the Xilamuren Grassland has an indescribable impact on the huge environmental changes in northern Mongolia.So now Li Ke has designated almost all western Mongolia as a fragile ecological nature reserve.

And these high-quality pastures have been strictly calculated by later generations. There is no problem in feeding five sheep per mu of pasture, and they can be easily competent without damaging the water and soil.

If it is cattle and horses, one mu of land can probably support one cow or two horses.It is enough to reduce the number proportionally, and this will be Datang's strategy for sustainable development on the grasslands in the future.

That is to say, theoretically, each household of these herdsmen can raise up to 4000 sheep, which is simply unimaginable for the herdsmen of this period.

Of course, for the time being, Datang has not announced this policy, but the knowledge of sustainable development of grasslands and water and soil conservation of grasslands has already begun to be taught to all herdsmen.

In fact, these herdsmen seem to be uneducated, but they can understand and listen to this knowledge.Because generations of herdsmen know very well that the grassland is their greatest capital and their hope of survival.

So the herdsmen hate destroying the grassland the most. In the past, they just didn't understand the principle of how the world works. Now that the Tang Dynasty taught them, of course they are willing to listen.

It can be said that although it was short for Xue Yantuo and other surrounding areas to completely belong to the Tang Dynasty, what these herdsmen felt was unprecedented. Now that you let Zhenzhu Khan Li Yinan come back here to rule them, the herdsmen here will probably be able to draw their swords and cut them back.

It is also based on this state that Tian Meng is now a little distressed, because more and more herdsmen are gathering around Hanhai City.

These herdsmen come from various tribes under them. Although these herdsmen belong to Datang, they temporarily retain the name of the Ministry. In Hanhai Prefecture, the Ministry is equivalent to a village.The townships, counties, and counties above the tribes have not been reformed.

And these herdsmen from various tribes have only one appeal... and that is to fight for His Highness.

"Governor Tian Meng, you make a decision. They insist on going to fight for His Highness. According to the statistics from the outside, there are probably close to [-] people. According to them, this is the tradition of grassland people, Your Highness." After giving them a new life, they will sacrifice their lives for His Highness, since Goguryeo dares to provoke us Datang, they will go and kill the Goguryeo people." Cui Liang, the general of the Hanhai Prefecture Garrison, said helplessly.

"You think I don't want to. The problem is that His Royal Highness has a death order. No ordinary person is allowed to participate in the war without permission." Tian Meng was a little helpless.