The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 312 Population Drainage
Among Xu's various ministries, Wang Weizhong, former Ding Yi's subordinate, and him are half of his own, and the newcomer Zhao Kejiao has a good relationship with Ding Yi.

But Yang Zhen made a great contribution in guarding Laizhou last year. At that time, Zhu Wannian went to surrender, but he was tricked and killed by Kong Youde.

So Yang Zhen is not Xu Fuzuo's person.

Of course, it doesn’t matter to Xu Fuzuo. When he was in Pidao, his subordinates participated in a guerrilla team, all of whom were Mao Wenlong’s men, and he had to bring a large number of soldiers when he went in and out. not give a damn about.

Old Xu was satisfied, but Ding Yi was quite dissatisfied.

Chongzhen obviously began to fear him.

Before he finished the war, Chongzhen wished he could directly leapfrog and promote him to be the chief soldier.

This time Ding Yi was able to count as the first meritorious service again, but he only mentioned the deputy commander-in-chief, and he also found an opportunity to assign [-] soldiers from Wang Weizhong to Denglai's commander-in-chief, obviously to pick out the relationship between Ding Yi and Xu Fuzuo, Even when Wu Xiang and Zu Kuan left, they felt that the court's actions were not righteous enough.

And half a month later, another thing disgusted Ding Yi.

Liang Tingdong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was dismissed.

In the original history, Liang Tingdong actually didn't work for so long, he was exempted after more than a year, but at this time, because he had a good relationship with Ding Yi and helped Ding Yi speak for many times, he has been sitting very securely.

Now Chongzhen is jealous of Ding Yi, and after Dengzhou is pacified, Chongzhen immediately releases him.

The new minister of the Ministry of War is Zhang Fengyi, so there is almost no one in the court who can speak for Ding Yi.

Fortunately, through this battle, Ding Yi maintained a good relationship with Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian.

Zhu Dadian still served as the governor of Shandong after the war, and agreed with Ding Yi that the salt profit from Jishan to Qingzhou would be handed over to Ding Yi for management.

But the rebels swept Denglai, and even Jinan, Qingzhou, was affected. The nearby government-run salt farms were stolen by the rebels and needed to be rebuilt.

Zhu Dadian took this opportunity to recruit Ding Yi to run the business together, and Ding Yi promised to give him at least 2 taels a year.

Gao Qiqian also knew that Chongzhen was a little afraid of Ding Yi now, and if it was Wang Chengen and his like, he would definitely keep a distance from Ding Yi now, but Gao would dare to do anything as long as it was beneficial.

Ding Yi also promised to give him 2 taels a year. On the surface, Gao Qiqian didn't dare to say good things for Ding Yi, but he was actually helping Ding Yi.

For example, Liu Yuan was saved, and he told Chongzhen that Liu Yuan and Ding Yi were enemies, and Chongzhen immediately arranged Liu Yuan as the governor of Denglai.

In the name of consuming Xu Fuzuo's soldiers and horses and saying that banditry is very serious in Shandong, Xu Fuzuo was left as the general of Denglai.

It is equivalent to turning Denglai's military and political officials into Ding Yi's people.

After this operation, although Ding Yi spent 4 taels a year, it was indeed worth the price.

And with Zhu Dadian's help, Ding Yi has the opportunity to take advantage of the salt in Jinan and Qingzhou. The 4 taels of silver will probably be paid back soon.
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In the late first month of the sixth year of Chongzhen.

In Dengzhou city.

At this time, all the soldiers from all walks of life had left, Gao Qiqian also returned to Beijing, Zhu Dadian returned to Jinan, and the whole Dengzhou was under the control of Ding Yi and Liu Yuan.

In Liu Yuan's governor's yamen, Ding Yi sat unceremoniously at the head, Liu Yuan was first on the right, followed by Wang Weizhong, Yan Xiong, Lu Chao, Du Ruhai, newly transferred from Lushun, and other Ding Yi's confidants.

Old Xu Xufu is not here, because he is not yet Ding Yi's hard-core confidant, and there are some things that he cannot let him know.

Ding Yi was the first to speak: "Now Denglai and Denglai are full of waste, and everything has to start from scratch."

"The top priority, Master Liu, you cooperate with Du Ruhai, the main purpose is to resume increasing the population, stockpile land and stabilize the people."

Ding Yi arranged them one by one, and everyone remembered them.

The first is population.

As I said before: "To the east of Laizhou, there are hundreds of miles of ruins, and more than [-] people have been killed. Two hundred miles away from Laicheng, the blood is stained yellow, and within May and June in Laicheng, the alleys are piled with bones."

This passage is the original historical situation, but in fact Kong Youde's rebellion this time is more serious than the original history.

Because there is a bit of deviation in the middle, in the original history, both Lushun and Pidao had rebels responding to Kong Youde, and his soldiers and horses were more powerful.

But this time Lushun and Pidao did not respond. Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde saw that there were few soldiers and horses, so they swept through many places. Every time they went to one side, they slaughtered big households and robbed silver. Not to mention Denglai and Qingzhou in the distance Both were killed by the thousands.

Now the population of Denglai has dropped sharply, and because Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde hated the big households and forced them to rebel against them, they slaughtered countless big households and left a large number of unowned grain fields.

So now Ding Yi has the opportunity to occupy many fields.

But it is very underpopulated.

Liu Yuan frowned when he heard that the population was going to be increased: "Mr. Ding, the vicinity of Denglai is short of population right now."

The population of Dengzhou City alone has decreased by [-]% to [-]%. How can the population be moved outside to stock up on fields.

"So we have to find a way." Ding Yi said in a deep voice: "I have already discussed with Zhu Dadian, governor of Shandong."

"We're going to immigrate from the provinces."

"..." Everyone was dumbfounded, how does this work?

Ding Yi's method is very simple, but it requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in the early stage.

Material and financial resources will be provided by Ding Yi, part of the manpower will be provided by Ding Yi, and half will be provided by local yamen.

"Let's immigrate here from Henan, Shanxi, and near the capital." Ding Yi had planned it long ago.

Because in the future, either the money will invade or the refugees will rebel, the capital adjacent to Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other places will be hard-hit areas, and a large number of victims will run here.

Ding Yi will send people to the prefectures and counties on the border of Shandong, including Yanzhou Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, etc., and on the main roads with neighboring counties in Henan and Shanxi, to set up porridge relief, and divert the victims and refugees to Denglai.

In the first batch, at least 100 people will go to each state capital, and the food will be purchased locally first.

According to the difficulty of the road, a porridge point is set up every [-] to [-] miles. The first point should tell the victims where the porridge point behind is, and guide them to follow the porridge point to Denglai.

At this time, in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Peasant Army was having a lot of fun in Henan, Shanxi and other neighboring provinces of Shandong, and there were disaster victims everywhere.

Most of the victims didn't know where to go, so they could only follow the peasant army and be dragged away.

Ding Yi arranged manpower drainage at the junction of Shandong and various provinces. The initial effect may not be good, but as time goes by, after a year or two, as long as it is maintained, it will be like a snowball, and it will get bigger and bigger. The victims of the disaster were led to two places in Denglei.

Liu Yuan and others had doubts: "Will the local government have any objections?"

"It doesn't matter, I have already communicated with Master Zhu Dadian and asked the governor's office to order the state governments to cooperate, and when our people go, they will take care of the local government."

Ding Yi has always liked to use money to open the way, and it was a very useful tactic in the late Ming Dynasty.

"First manage the main local officials, and then use the money to hire local officials. There is support from the governor's office and help from the local officials. This kind of thing is very easy to carry out."

"It will be a little difficult at the beginning, but after you get used to it and get used to it, everything will be easy."

Every time Ding Yi's people went to the local area, they first managed the local magistrates and counties, and then hired local police officers to help maintain order.

In less than half a year, a strong drainage network has been established from various prefectures in Shandong to Denglai.

After the disaster victims from all over the country entered Shandong, they would follow the porridge spots all the way to Denglai, and a steady stream of people flowed to Denglai.

And because it is porridge relief, local governments are also very cooperative, because this is the local merit and good name.

But the only downside to doing so is that it costs a lot of money.

At the beginning, there were fewer victims, fewer porridge restaurants, and fewer hired people. After one or two years, as the peasant army became more and more fierce, there were more and more victims in various places, and refugees also came quickly. There were a large number of people every day. The money is spent.

This requires Ding Yi to find a better, faster and easier way to make money in the future.

Everyone listened to Ding Yi's arrangement, and some people looked blank, as if they didn't understand why Master Ding spent so much money and energy on such a thing.

Some people looked solemn, such as Lu Chao, who already deeply felt that Master Ding was playing a big game of chess.

In the early stage, he arranged a stronghold and manpower for the intelligence department in Shandong.

The setting of the porridge spot this time will also be carried out by the intelligence department in cooperation with Du Ruhai's people.

Although it sounds like a huge cost, Lu Chao can already imagine that if Master Ding's request can be implemented, Denglai in a few years will definitely be more prosperous and different than before.

(End of this chapter)