I want to be emperor

Chapter 460 The Autumn of Chengshun's Fourth Year

After suppressing the place with the momentum of thunder, the next thing is much simpler. All kinds of policies are issued in one go, and basically no one dares to oppose it.

Of course, it is not that the Great Chu Empire did not cause any troubles, such as the salt business, because the Great Chu Empire is state-owned, and private persons are not allowed to engage in salt business.

However, those salt merchants in the previous Ming Dynasty, especially those in Yangzhou and Huai'an, and those in other areas of Jiangbei, did not sit still, but continued to engage in the salt business secretly, and even colluded with various bandits, thieves, The collapsed soldiers of the Ming Dynasty engaged in armed smuggling.

Some big salt merchants could even pull out thousands of armed salt merchants... At one time, a rebellion was formed, affecting many prefectures and counties.

The reason why Luo Zhixue was stationed in Huai'an this autumn and summer was not only to command the armies in the Central Plains, Shandong, and Northern Zhili, but also to suppress the civil strife in the Jiangbei region.

In order to solve the hidden dangers in the Jiangbei area in one go, Luo Zhixue directly mobilized four first-class divisions and three second-class divisions, as well as more than 1 armed tax police, to launch a dragnet-like campaign in the Jiangbei area. The quality and equipment level of soldiers is not as good as that of the divisions of the Northern Expedition, but the number is not small at all.

Through dragnet-style cleanups, a total of more than [-] illegal armed personnel were killed, and more than [-] million taels of illegal dirty silver and other assets were seized.

Well, this time the military's big battle against illegal armed forces not only wiped out all the illegal salt merchants in the Jiangbei area, but also wiped out many bandits, thieves, and landlords in the Jiangbei area.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Chengshun, the north bank of the Yangtze River was silent, and that was the tranquility before the prosperity of the prosperous age!

After reading the report on Jiangbei's bandit suppression campaign submitted by the military, Luo Zhixue circled the report on the tens of thousands of illegal armed personnel who were arrested, and then wrote with a red pen next to him: "The empire was first established." , should govern the country with benevolence and benevolence, and those who are not guilty of death should avoid unnecessary imprisonment and send them to work in various mines so that they can contribute to the foundation of the country."

These illegal armed personnel are not soldiers of the hostile army!

But they can't enjoy the prisoner-of-war treatment given to surrendered soldiers by the Great Chu Empire. These people are now criminals... charged with burning, killing, looting, treason and other crimes.

For these people, according to the law, they were sentenced to death, to imprisonment for several years, or to exile.

However, at present, the Great Chu Empire has relatively few people who have been sentenced to exile, and most of them are sentenced to imprisonment, and this imprisonment does not mean that you lie in a cell and sleep every day, and you can eat if you open your mouth.

The Great Chu Empire does not support idlers. Even the troops stationed in the garrison areas have to reclaim Yang, pigs, sheep, cattle, chickens and ducks by themselves to reduce the pressure on military expenses.

These prisoners naturally need to perform various kinds of labor.

Generally, it is some heavy physical labor, such as building bridges and paving roads, mining and so on, and you also need to farm to support yourself.

These illegal armed personnel arrested in the Jiangbei area are more dangerous than ordinary prisoners, so they need to work in a more closed and strictly supervised place, and various mines are very suitable.

After reviewing the report on the suppression of illegal armed forces in Jiangbei, Luo Zhixue picked up a blank piece of paper and wrote down new instructions, directing the army, armed tax police and other armed law enforcement forces to control all areas in the country that are extremely controlled. All kinds of bandits, thieves, and illegal armed forces will carry out a new round of suppression strikes.

It is not only necessary to carry out comprehensive and high-intensity purge operations in the newly restored areas of Henan, Shandong, and Hebei provinces.

It is also necessary to carry out clean-up operations in other provinces to consolidate the results of the clean-up campaign and ensure that no one is missed, and no fish that slips through the net is missed.

The Patrol Department needs to strengthen its grassroots forces. While accepting the local government servants and recruiting Liang Jiazi as patrol officers on the spot, it plans to accept a group of retired military officers and soldiers to strengthen its control over the local area.

Luo Zhixue asked the local police officers to ensure that they have an in-depth understanding of and control over the situation in every village within their jurisdiction.

At the same time, the second-class divisions of the military are required to vigorously cooperate with the actions of patrol agencies in various places.

Luo Zhixue was very displeased with all kinds of messy illegal armed forces under the empire, no matter if they were bandits or thieves, or ordinary armed forces that formed a stronghold for self-protection, landlord armed forces were very displeased.

These illegal armed forces in various names are often the source of the deterioration of local public security.

In many places, especially in the newly occupied areas, any landlord or tyrant or country bully can burn, kill and loot with just a few people.

Luo Zhixue didn't want to see this kind of situation, so he still attached great importance to the internal security of the empire, and the first step was to eliminate all kinds of illegal armed forces.

When all kinds of illegal armed forces have been wiped out, it is necessary to step up efforts to comprehensively eradicate all kinds of gang-related gangs under the name of industries, gangs, etc.

In short, on the land of China, there can only be one violent organization, and that is the Great Chu Dynasty!
Others, regardless of whether they are certain organizations or individuals, must be severely cracked down and wiped out.

After reviewing numerous memorials and giving many instructions, Luo Zhixue finally finished processing today's memorial report.

Stretching his waist, he turned his head and looked out of the window. It was already the time when the lights came on, and Luo Zhixue felt the coolness when the night breeze entered from the window.

It's late autumn, it's time to return to Jinling City.

Luo Zhixue left Jinling City this time in March. At that time, he personally led a large army to reinforce Yangzhou, and launched the Yangzhou Campaign, and then he led the way to conquer Huai'an City.

Since then, he has been sitting in the center of Huai'an City and commanding the front-line troops.

Calculating the time, he has already been out for half a year, and it is time to return to Jinling City.

I have been away from Jinling City for a long time, although many things can still be dealt with. After all, Luo Zhixue went north, and besides himself, he brought a team of thousands of civil servants. Most of the co-organizing ministers also accompanied them, and some stayed behind in Jinling City.

Under such circumstances, many things, especially big and important things, can be dealt with, but it is not so smooth after all, and some small and non-urgent things will be squeezed out.

Therefore, it is impossible for Luo Zhixue to leave Jinling City for a long time.

The next day, Luo Zhixue formally told the accompanying ministers and assistant ministers to prepare for their return to Beijing.

With the successful conclusion of the Jiangbei campaign to suppress the bandits, the smooth launch of the Northern Expedition, the collapse of the Ming court, and the peace on several fronts in the north, there is no need for Luo Zhixue to continue fighting and remotely control the armies of all parties in Huai'an.

Besides, the current Great Chu Empire is fighting on six fronts, and military operations are being carried out not only in the north, but also in the west and southwest, and even on the sea over there...

The Great Chu Empire, which rose in the troubled times, can be said to have fought all the way, so it overthrew the Ming court, but the war is still not over for the Great Chu Empire.

In the northeast direction, there is the great enemy Dongyao. Dongyao was a serious problem for the former Ming Dynasty, and it was also a strong opponent for the Great Chu Empire. Especially after the Dongyao people surrendered Mongolia, their cavalry advantage was too great up.

In the north, to be precise, it is the Xuanfu, the Datong belt to the north, and the traditional enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty: the grassland nomads.

Regardless of whether these people are called Tatars or Oirats, they are all enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty anyway.

In Shanxi, Zuo Liangyu is entrenched in it, and the Chu army is fighting with them.

In the Shaanxi-Gansu area, it belongs to Sun Chuanting's subordinates, and the Chu army is also fighting with them.

In Sichuan, there are local chieftain troops such as Qin Liangyu.

There are also many local chieftain troops in Yunnan and Guizhou.

In addition to the enemies on land mentioned above, the Great Chu Empire has also been fighting with the barbarian countries on the southern sea recently...

Luo Zhixue looked around, they were all enemies...

Therefore, Luo Zhixue couldn't stay in Huai'an all the time, he had to go back to Jinling City to take charge of the overall situation.

After entering October, Luo Zhixue officially returned to Jinling City with a group of civil and military officials and the Second Guards Division. On the way back to Jinling City, he heard two pieces of news one after another.

The first news was that Zuo Liangyu, together with local officials in Shanxi, supported Taiyuan, Shanxi, and established Lu Wang Zhu Changhao as the supervisor.

However, the news that Zuo Liangyu supported Lu Wang Zhu Changhao to supervise the country did not respond to the Great Chu Empire. The First Army should rest and fight...

On the other hand, Sun Chuanting's officials and clan members scolded Zuo Liangyu for being unfaithful, and demanded that King Lu immediately revoke the supervision of the state, because Sun Chuanting and the others also supported Rui Wang Zhu Changhao as emperor...

This Emperor Longchang was temporarily supported and recognized by Sun Chuanting's subordinates in Shaanxi and Gansu. At the same time, some officials in Sichuan over there temporarily, um, Qin Liangyu, for example, expressed their approval.

On the Yunnan-Guizhou side, it is estimated that there is no relevant news yet... After all, the time is limited and the journey is too long!
But Zuo Liangyu set up a state supervisor in front of him, wouldn't it ruin Sun Chuanting's business...

For this, Zuo Liangyu was also furious. You know, he knew about the death of Emperor Chongzhen earlier than Sun Chuanting, and then hurriedly found King Lu who fled to Shanxi with him.

Originally, Zuo Liangyu asked him to proclaim the emperor directly, but this person has a brain hole, he only wants to supervise the country, and as for proclaiming the emperor, we can talk about it later...

Wait a while, well, within a few days, Sun Chuanting supported King Rui as emperor!

Zuo Liangyu wanted to chop off King Lu who was not successful enough but failed...

Now, the two sides do not recognize each other, and even the Military Intelligence Department reported that Sun Chuanting had sent troops to attack Shanxi, trying to force Zuo Liangyu to give up his ambitions and King Lu to give up his supervision of the country.

It is said that since the Chu army conquered Youzhou and Emperor Chongzhen was hanged in Meishan, some of the vassal kings and great historians in the remaining control areas of the Ming Dynasty, some were more ambitious, and some were not reconciled. Foolish loyalty and the like.

One after another, the local civil and military officials of the former Ming Dynasty supported the establishment of various Ming vassal kings to inherit the Datong... It was very lively.

(End of this chapter)