A huge armed force of the Ming dynasty stationed in the North Borderlands along the Great Wall to defend the incursion from the Mongolian Wala tribe and Dada tribe and these troops setup some farms in nine strategic points such as Datong, Liaodong, Ga...
A huge armed force of the Ming dynasty stationed in the North Borderlands along the Great Wall to defend the incursion from the Mongolian Wala tribe and Dada tribe and these troops setup some farms in nine strategic points such as Datong, Liaodong, Ganzhou etc. (historical name ``Jiubian``) The soldiers planted crops there in order to supply the provisions for the army. Some pastures were built by the troops and the soldiers raised mass war horses to provide the army constantly. So the length of provision transport was shortened. This policy was rational. But some maladies happened in the management of army reclamation and army pasture, which left historical lessons for us