The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 429
On August 8, Terengganu.

Ding Yi has arrived in Dengzhou, accompanied by Song Zhe, Lu Chao, Du Ruhai and others.

Song Zhe was the first batch of scholars who came to Lushun from Pidao. He stayed in Lushun for more than four years. As the first dean of Lushun College, he trained many scholars for Lushun.

And he recognized Ding Yi's idea very much. Ding Yi did not let Lushun's children study hard. In addition to the things that were often learned in the Ming Dynasty, there were also various strange courses in Lushun, such as civil affairs, agronomy, and production. In the craftsman course offered by a craftsman, every year, students also participate in one month of military training.

These Song Zhe all support Ding Yi.

So Ding Yijue's Song Zhe is relatively enlightened.

After Ding Yi came to Dengzhou, he first went to the Yamen of the prefect of Dengzhou.

After the Dengzhou Rebellion, Liu Yuan served as the governor of Denglai, and the prefect of Dengzhou was Kouhua.

Kou Hua is a more upright person. Ding Yi once gave him 5000 taels of silver, but Kou Hua refused to accept it. Ding Yi's people forced him to leave at home.

Kou Hua didn't say anything, maybe he didn't dare to say it at the time, but later when Ding Yi went to Dengzhou to drain the flood and cook porridge to relieve the disaster, Kou Hua spent a lot of money to buy food and supported Ding Yi, using all 5000 taels.

After this incident, Ding Yi respected this man very much. After all, in the late Ming Dynasty, it was rare for civil servants to do such a thing.

Ding Yi's subordinates Du Ruhai, Wang Weizhong, Wei Jiye and others successively carried out construction in Dengzhou, hoarding land and building castles, and Kou Hua saw them all.

The imperial court allowed you to hoard land and immigrate, but they didn’t let you build forts. Also, all your forts are built at major intersections to guard against people inside and outside like thieves. People inside have to check when they go out, and people outside come in. Also check, what does this mean?
Because this is not a border town, if you do this in Xuanda and other border towns, and build a fort outside the Liaodong Pass, Kou Hua will definitely feel that there is no problem, and you will even raise your hands in favor.

Why do you build so many forts in Dengzhou?
Kou Hua must have thought in his heart, and he soon discovered that after Ding Yi drained the victims, he sent a large number of victims away by boat.

It turns out that Ding Yi's disaster relief is fake, but the population robbery is real.

At this moment, Kou Hua was very entangled in his heart. From the point of view of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, he must be facing the Ming Dynasty. Ding Yi's actions must not be something that a normal general can do.

But he has worked as a civil servant in Daming for so many years. He has experienced the entry of Jin into the customs, the military chaos of Kong Youde, the rebellion of refugees, and various natural and man-made disasters. Thousands of people.

So since last year, Kou Hua has repeatedly asked the court to be transferred to other places.

But he was out of luck. The governor of Jinan was Zhu Dadian, and the governor of Denglai was Liu Yuan. Both were old brothers of Ding Yi, so of course they refused.

Then Zhu Dadian told Ding Yi, old brother, what does Kouhua mean, how many times a year do you have to submit letters and be transferred?
Moreover, Kou Hua's meaning is obvious, if he disagrees, he will play in the capital.

Zhu Dadian thought that the relationship between Ding Yi and Kou Hua was not good.

When Ding Yi got the news, he hurried over and wanted to have a good chat with Kou Hua.

But when he arrived at the magistrate's yamen, the yamen servant said that Kou Hua was not there and was in the fields in the western suburbs.

Since Ding Yi asked Liu Yuan to slowly replace the officials last time, many officials in Dengzhou City have been gradually replaced, like the magistrate's yamen, because they are afraid of being resented by the bandits, they have not been replaced for the time being.

Ding Yi immediately took people to the western suburbs.

Walking on the street of Dengzhou City, you can clearly see that there is a big difference from before. There are many people on the street, and the popularity has probably returned to [-]% before the war.

But now many shops in Dengzhou City are owned by Ding Yi, some are rented out, and some are used by himself.

From time to time on the road, you can see teams of catchers and soldiers. The catchers are usually in groups of two or three, and the soldiers are in groups of ten.

These people are all Ding Yi's people.

Many people don't know Ding Yi, but they will greet Du Ruhai when they see him.

Du Ruhai smiled and nodded while explaining to Ding Yi.

Last time Yan Xiong was ordered to form the 32nd Battalion to be stationed in Dengzhou, but the imperial court did not have this establishment, so it was still called the Dengzhou Battalion Wang Weizhong Department, and others did not know how many soldiers Wang Weizhong had.

Wang Weizhong's soldiers and horses do not show up at ordinary times, they are all trained in the battalion, while Yan Xiong's soldiers and horses, in addition to the 500 people trained, 500 people patrol the city every day, and 3000 people take turns every six days.

The middle and low-level officers of Yan Xiong's army were all transferred from Lushun and Pidao, and the soldiers were composed of hoarded soldiers (formerly surrendered soldiers) and a small number of refugees.

Pay the salary every month, send Master Ding's name, and tell them firmly that this is the salary paid by Ding Yi, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang.

In addition, some of these urban policemen and governor’s yamen servants were recruited again from the local residents, and some were recruited from the hoarding soldiers. They were given two taels of silver and one stone of grain and rice every month, because they were actually sent to their hands. No buckle, so very high.

Naturally, there is a reason for being high. These arresters do a lot of things quickly, which is equivalent to police officers and urban management in later generations. They even have to take care of street hygiene, so their salaries are naturally higher.

They slowly replaced the original ones with this new wave of catchers and yamen servants, and when they were paid every month, they had to tell them that this was paid by Ding Yi, the general soldier of the Dongjiang River.

Ding Yi listened, and couldn't help asking: "Will it be too high-profile, not everyone knows this, are all the people here raised by me, Ding Yi?"

Du Ruhai was taken aback for a moment, disturbing his head, did I do something wrong?
Lu Chao kept his expression on the sidelines, and murmured, "But I see, many of you brothers don't know Mr. Ding."

Du Ruhai's complexion changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "Yan Xiong also said last time that Master Ding should be invited to participate in the payroll a few times when he is free."

"Then let's do it next month. I'll pay you next month." Ding Yi laughed.

When going out of the city gate to the western suburbs, Ding Yi found that the check at the gate was very strict.

Ding Yi here in Dengzhou attaches great importance to it. He counted the population as soon as possible in those years, and then counted the increased number of refugees every three months.

It is equivalent to that every household has an ID card. Those who come in from other places will get a temporary card at the gate of the city and say they will leave for a few days. If the card is expired, they will be fined. duration.

Because Ding Yi expanded Dengzhou Port in the past two years, and he brought a lot of goods from Japan, North Korea, Pidao, Taiwan and other places, Dengzhou is very prosperous, so there are many foreign businessmen entering Dengzhou.

At this time, it was about nine o'clock in the morning, and this time was the peak time for entering and leaving the city. Ding Yi was not in a hurry to find Kou Hua, so he led someone to stand on the edge of the city to watch.

There was a queue at the gate of the city, almost 100 people.

When Dengzhou locals enter the city, they will take out a steel sheet the size of a palm, which is almost as thin as an ID card of later generations, and engraved with the household number, house number, name of the owner, and facial features.

They took the steel plate in one fell swoop, and the guard at the gate let them go after a look.

Whether you have a wife or a son with you, everyone has a piece.

With so many steel cards alone, the Craftsman Bureau here in Dengzhou has been busy for a long time, and they are still playing. As the population increases, they will all be distributed.

Because it is made of steel sheet and engraved, it is almost impossible for you to imitate it temporarily.

At the beginning, many people were not used to it, and they had to use the steel plate to enter and exit the city gate, and they often lost it.

(End of this chapter)