Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 394

The former enemy marshal's mansion, that is, the shogunate against the enemy, is an institution prepared to deal with military affairs as soon as possible, just like the military aircraft department in the Qing Dynasty.

There are also the headquarters of the national government during the Anti-Japanese War, the headquarters of the Supreme Command established by the Soviet Union against Germany, the headquarters of Japan, and so on.

Great power, high efficiency, and quick decision-making are its advantages.

Similarly, a temporary organization like the Military Aircraft Department is fine in a short period of time, but it will be maintained for a long time, which is to form a monopoly and thus affect the composition of power.

When the young master comes to court, the military aircraft department will fail, the government will lose its decision and lose its brain.

From the perspective of power composition, Cixi's superiority is both accidental and inevitable.

This is also the comparative advantage of the cabinet.

Once the Marshal's Mansion was established, the three cabinet members joined it, and the Ministry of War, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Staff Department, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War joined in.

In other words, these people need to be on call at any time and work in shifts. Once the emperor makes an order, he must execute it, and he will do it as soon as he speaks.

There is no cabinet discussion, and there is no so-called court meeting, which can be described as quick and direct.

On the first day, the Marshal's Mansion reached dozens of military orders.

First of all, Li Jingwu was stationed in Huai'an with [-] troops stationed on the canal; Bai Wang, Wang Guangen, Yan Guochao, Zhao Guangyuan, etc. were stationed in various places and guarded at various levels.

After that, the Ministry of Households set up granaries with the canal as the node, and the daily storage of grain was no more than three days, in case the Manchus seized it.

Some, such as armor, supplies, food, grass and ammunition, etc., were also quickly dispatched under the coordination of the Chief of Staff.

However, according to the arrangement of the cabinet, the people in Huaibei began to migrate.

That is, the people from Huai'an Prefecture migrated to Fengyang Prefecture, and the people from Yangzhou Prefecture moved to Luzhou and Chuzhou.

Needless to say, Fengyang, when Zhang Xianzhong burned the capital, all the rich households in the city were taken away, and the common people also ran away, with five or six out of ten of the population missing.

Coupled with the tyranny of Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and others, the number of people fleeing is countless.

So, on the basis of migration there are,
As for the people of Huai'an, they are also willing to go west.

Without him, it is really the Yellow River that took over the Huaihe River, which made the former banks of the Huaihe River mostly saline-alkali land with a lot of sediment, and the rich Huaihai Plain became lonely.

Many people are still happy to go to Fengyang and become a commoner in Zhongdu, but there are many people who are reluctant to part with their homes worth tens of thousands of dollars.

At this time, the feudal iron fist began to perform.

Therefore, what appeared before Li Dingguo's eyes was an endless team of mules and horses, as well as a large number of ships.

"Hey, hurry up, the old man is looking for death!"

On the side of the road, in the staggering queue, an old man sat down weakly, and was immediately spotted by the clerk who was staring at him with a whip.

When Li Dingguo saw it, he frowned, stretched out his horse's hooves, got close to him, and whipped the yamen servant.

"Hey, respect the old and love the young, don't you understand this truth?"

"Master, spare your life, Lord, spare your life!"

The yamen servants kept rolling and crawling, kowtowing in a hurry, their foreheads turned blue.

"If there is a next time, I will never spare you, get out!" Li Dingguo waved his hand, and the whip he waved slowly fell.

"Old man, slow down, you just take the money."

Li Dingguo wanted to take out a few taels of silver from his pocket, but it was only a few silver coins.

"Thank you, Mr. Jun, thank you, Mr. Jun. This is?"

The old man accepted it with a cheeky face, and made sure that the round and flat things looked like silver, but they were not in the shape of silver.

Hearing this, Li Dingguo said with a smile: "This is a silver dollar, one piece is worth one tael of silver, please accept it!"

As he spoke, he ignored the old man's expression and straddled his horse, looking constantly along the canal.

At this time, Gao Yigong who was behind him also ran over, and said: "It's just a lowly official, so what if he kills him, it's worthwhile to vent his anger."

"Although that's the case, people are just doing their duty."

Li Dingguo's face was calm, and he didn't have the anger he imagined. His eyes were directly focused on the canal.

The once-crowded canal, now without water transportation, is interrupted from north to south, making it extraordinarily spacious.

Therefore, the military ships going north go to the right, and the civilian ships going south go to the left. They are all in their places and seem to be in order. Even if there is a blockage, the patrol boats will intervene to arrange it.

"Conscientious? He is bullying the people!!!"

Gao Yigong refused to accept it, he gritted his teeth, and his eyes were full of anger.

He felt that Li Dingguo must have been soul-changed.

"Does Shihao official know?" Li Dingguo stared at the canal intently.

"What?" Gao Yigong frowned.

"It's like this yamen servant. Although the methods are a bit over the top, he is doing things for the court after all, and the crime is not worthy of death."

Li Dingguo said softly: "If the correction is overdone, I am afraid that the people below will not dare to do things. How can we urge the grain to collect taxes?"

"Then it's not good for them to relocate people and drive people away from their homes!"

Gao Yigong didn't quite understand, but he still refused to give up.

"Letting them leave Huai'an Mansion is better than being plundered and slaughtered by the Qing Dynasty."

Li Dingguo saw this very clearly. The Ming court was trying to fortify the wall and clear the country. Even if they couldn't defeat the Manchus, they would have to consume them to death.

Gao Yigong waved his hand and muttered helplessly, "You have many reasons."

"Brother Gao, fighting wars and governing the people are different after all. There are many differences. You can't do things according to your preferences."

Li Dingguo turned his head, looked at Gao Yigong and said: "Although I am the only one who doesn't want to speak for Emperor Shaowu, but I have to speak. He is still a qualified emperor, at least not a faint emperor."

"I know, otherwise I would have run away."

Gao Yigong turned his head and rode away: "It's not like I can't see the oxen and plows that make up the boat in Nanjing..."

Li Dingguo shook his head, people like ants are the most pitiful in this troubled world.

However, this Manchu, how to fight?
After following Zhang Xianzhong for several years, he had never even seen the so-called Eight Banners soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but why did the emperor trust him so much?
This is a question worth thinking about.

In Huai'an City, Li Jingwu continued to deal with the problem of people's migration, the countryside was almost empty, and [-]% to [-]% of the city was also gone.

The canal is simply convenient and saves a lot of effort.

However, as soon as he relaxed, the emperor gave him a problem.

He dispatched [-] horses and formed cavalry with Li Dingguo and Gao Yigong.

"Unbelievable!"

Li Jingwu rubbed his temples, feeling that this matter was very absurd.

Li Dingguo was Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, and Gao Yigong was Li Zicheng's brother-in-law. After being captured and surrendered, they were directly incorporated into the Beijing camp.

Incredible.

"A lowly position has seen control!"

Li Dingguo and Gao Yigong knelt on one knee.

"Since it was sent by His Majesty, no matter what you did before, if you are disobedient in the future, you will be followed by military law."

"Yes!"

"The horses are ready, go get them yourself!"

Li Jingwu's face was full of distress.

Because of Gao Jie, the cavalry battalion harvested tens of thousands of horses, and thus expanded to 5000 people, one man with two horses, not more than 30,000.

After giving up three thousand, the horses will be tight.

Looking at the backs of the two going away, Li Jingwu sighed: "I hope you will not disappoint His Majesty..."

(End of this chapter)