The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 668 You are going home to support me
But this year Ding Yi didn't just spend money in the three towns.

In early August, Lu Chao took control of Lingshan City for him.

Go back to the Lingshan Acropolis at that time.

The commander ordered Fang Gang not to sleep well in the past month, and he was frowning every day.

In June, he got the news that Lu Chao was going to replace him as the commander of Lingshan Guard.

Damn, Fang Gang was cursing at home at that time.

He had just exchanged with the former commander of Lingshanwei last year, and the two also exchanged their respective fields for convenience.

Of the 11 mu of military land in Lingshanwei, Fang Gang monopolizes [-] mu of land, making him the absolute super landowner of Lingshanwei.

Now in August, the harvest has not yet been harvested, and he will suddenly be replaced.

What should I do?
Soon, he got the news that Lu Chao arrived in Jiaozhou with [-] soldiers and horses (Zhou Yougen's).

Not long after that, Jiaozhou City suddenly became bloody and bloody, causing countless casualties.

Lu Chao and Zhou Yougen collected taxes from the land in Jiaozhou and set up a commercial tax.

By August, Lu Chao and Zhou Yougen hadn't completely pacified Jiaozhou and settled the two taxes, but it is said that dozens or even hundreds of people die every day in Jiaozhou and the counties and towns below.

When the news reached Lingshanwei, thousands of households and hundreds of households came to Fang Gang to discuss countermeasures.

Because they knew that when Lu Chao arrived at Lingshanwei, their fields would definitely be confiscated.

On August [-]th, Fang Gang summoned three thousand households in Lingshanwei, three thousand households, eight deputy thousand households, and dozens of hundreds of households, all came to Lingshanwei City to discuss major issues.

Fang Gang sits in the main seat, and on both sides are the commander Tongzhi (2 people) and the conductor Qianshi (4 people).

In addition, there are two Zhenfu divisions, the experience division, the governor, the official head, and the deputy envoy of the Cang ambassador and other six or seven people.

More than a hundred households in the whole health center have basically all come.

"The lower official heard the news that the imperial edict has arrived in Dengzhou. If there is no accident, Lu Chao will come to take over with the imperial edict in a few days." Yuan Hong, the governor, stepped forward first.

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of everyone were extremely embarrassed.

Because [-]% of the land in Lingshan Wei, the best land, is in the hands of these high-ranking guards on site.

Based on what Lu Chao did in Jiaozhou and what Ding Yi did in Dengzhou guards, they could imagine what would happen to Lu Chao after he came.

Especially after Ding Yi took office as the commander-in-chief of Denglai, he directly moved to Dengzhou above the garrison, annexed the soldiers and horses of the battalions, and confiscated all the grain fields, which made them even more chilling and frightened.

The fellow commander, Xie Anhuan, suddenly became furious: "Ding Yi won't let us live, and we won't let him have a better life, so we fight him directly."

A thousand households below immediately said: "call all the soldiers and horses, and be afraid of them."

The expressions of the two were excited, but after calling out, they found that there was no response at the scene. Most of the people looked at them like they were fools.

Do you dare to fight Ding Yi's troops?

Everyone is in Shandong, you don't know other Ming armies, and you don't know Ding Yi's soldiers?

Commander Fang Gang's face was livid, and he said slowly: "Ding Yi commanded the Kong Youde Rebellion and broke through Dengzhou."

"It is said that his soldiers and horses are invincible. In the past ten years, he has fought against the Tartars and won every battle. In Ming Dynasty, only Ding Yi's soldiers and horses can defeat the Tartars every time."

"This time in Julu, he killed the famous Jiannu general Yue Tuo and beheaded thousands of Tartars."

"Fight? What are you going to fight with him? Can the soldiers and horses of your various institutes beat the Tartars?"

The faces of all the generals suddenly became extremely ugly, and they all bowed their heads in despondency.

"What did the commander say? Could it be possible to obediently hand over the fields and move to Dengzhou?" Someone said with a mournful face.

The military households in the guard are basically hereditary, and many people have lived in the local area for several generations.

Only the commander-in-chief would be transferred from time to time. Some of the other people present had lived in Lingshan for decades, even since their fathers and grandparents.

Fang Gang let out a long sigh: "I'll tell you what's on my mind."

Everyone stared at him.

"When I heard the news, I was extremely unconvinced and unwilling."

"But I've thought about it these days. In a person's life, nothing is important. Power and wealth are just floating clouds. Only life is the most important."

The faces of the people around were even uglier.

"I have quite a lot of savings over the years, and the court wants to transfer me back to the capital."

"So I thought it through, and sold all the land to Lu Chao. If he refuses to pay, then forget it. Anyway, I just want to go back and enjoy the rest of my life."

As soon as Fang Gang said this, there was an uproar all around.

Everyone is very excited, Commander Fang has transferred you to the capital, we are all hereditary local military households, what should we do?
How can we live without fields?

Fang Gang felt annoyed and angry when he heard that, he really wanted to yell at them, all these years, all of you are fat, and that family doesn't have thousands of taels of silver, why cry poorly.

Of the hundred households present, at least one family has more than 200 mu of land. Even if they only receive one shi of rice per mu of land each year, there is still one or two hundred shi of grain stored in a year. 200 taels.

The family has been running it for generations, and there are no thousands of taels in that family.

To say that in the Ming Dynasty at this time, there were hundreds of Jinyiwei households in the capital, and none of the hundred households in the military households might have money here.

There are many military households with hundreds of households and fields, which is incomparable to Jinyiwei in the capital.

But of course Fang Gang couldn't say that about them, he could only say: "Lu Chao came with no kindness, and he brought thousands of elite soldiers with him, everyone, think twice, don't hit a stone with an egg."

Some people wanted to shout back, but they didn't dare to say it when the words came to their lips.

The two prefectures of Denglai are now full of soldiers and horses of Ding Yi.

Ding Yi's beating of Tartars is like killing pigs and dogs. It's nothing to kill them thousands of garbage guards.

The key is that someone is willing to follow them to rebel.

"Brothers below are talking about it these days." An instigator sighed, "Brothers are all looking forward to Lu Chao arriving soon."

"No way." Someone couldn't believe it.

"Ding Yi has already done this in other guards. He took the fields of our officers and distributed them to ordinary military households."

"Now the brothers are counting on Lu Chao to come and give them the land."

"We want to do something, I'm afraid no one is willing to follow us."

This is so depressing.

Except for their servants, no one is willing to follow them now.

"I'm quitting." A thousand households immediately complained: "I sold the field, brought the money back to my hometown, and forced me to go up the mountain to become a bandit."

After that, he stood up: "Let's go, his mother."

"Liu Qianhu, don't get excited." Everyone was trying to persuade him.

"Report." Suddenly there was a loud voice from outside.

"Commander of Lingshan Guard, Master Lu Chao is here—"

Everyone in the room screamed, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

A town governor looked up and saw a gleam of joy in Fang Gang's eyes, and suddenly realized, damn it, Fang Gang betrayed them all, otherwise how could he call everyone here for a meeting?
Before they could react, clattering, a large group of armored soldiers, armored and armed, rushed into the compound, and suddenly there was a murderous atmosphere outside.

Then two small groups of armored soldiers broke through the door and slowly spread around the hall.

The room fell silent instantly, and everyone was too scared to breathe.

Liu Qianhu, who just said he quit, hastily stepped back two steps, shrunk in the crowd, his face pale.

While everyone was waiting in horror, after about a while, Lu Chao slowly entered with a few soldiers.

Probably because he has been working in the intelligence department all year round, he looks gloomy and a little scary.

"Master Lu, you are finally here." Fang Gang hurriedly said with a smile and clasped his fists.

"Master Fang." Lu Chao nodded to him, then swaggered and walked directly to the main seat.

People on both sides dispersed one after another, and stood obediently on both sides, not even daring to sit down.

"This officer is Lu Chao, the new commander of the Lingshan Guard." Lu Chao looked around loudly and said, "I am a very good talker."

"Everyone is paid by the imperial court to feed their families and live."

"The so-called harmony can make money, take a step back and open up the sea and the sky."

The previous few words, everyone listened, felt like human words.

But suddenly the situation changed.

"I bought all your fields for five dollars per mu."

The scene was almost blown up, isn't this a money grab?

At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, one mu of land cost at least ten taels of silver, even if it was almost a field, it was worth five taels.

Lu Chao, you should simply grab it.

If they were in their respective residences, they would definitely pull the servants up to rebel, but now that Lu Chao is blocking them here, no one dares to refute.

"With the money, you don't need to train. You can enjoy your old age at home, playing cards, listening to music, and playing with women. Wouldn't it be very happy." Lu Chao continued.

Someone couldn't help it: "The imperial court did not dismiss us."

"That's right, the imperial court gives you the same food and salaries every month, and it's not a lot of money." Lu Chao said.

It is tantamount to letting them eat empty pay and retire at home early.

This means that they will have no servants, no soldiers, no power.

Who is willing to do this.

"Commander Lu, you are against the rules." Someone gritted his teeth and said, "We are all colleagues, so why be aggressive, we all support you."

"I don't need your support. Going home is the best support for me." Lu Chao said sharply at last: "I'm not asking for your opinions. If you understand and want to, stay."

"If you don't understand, if you don't want to, you can leave."

After finishing speaking, Lu Chao stretched out his hand and pointed out the gate.

Go, if you don't want to, you can go.

Who dares to go.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, but no one dared to leave.

At the beginning of August, Lu Chao bought all the grain fields of the guards and generals at Lingshanwei at a very low price.

Then disband the servants and train the military households.

A total of more than 1000 military households and more than 3000 people were obtained.All the fields in Lingshanwei are distributed equally to each household, and each household can get more than 30 mu of land.

Each household enlisted a strong man to serve as an army, and recruited soldiers from the people near Jiaozhou and Lingshanwei. A total of 3000 people were formed to form 39 battalions. The battalion was headed by Liu Guoying, a thousand general under Wang Weizhong's original subordinate. After one year of training, he was stationed in Jiaozhou and Lingshanwei. .

Ding Yi collects [-]% of the tax, but if there are soldiers in the family, [-]% of the tax is exempted, and the actual tax is [-]%.

At the same time, according to Ding Yi's request, mobilize the families of military households near Weifu Mountain in Lingshan to expand the seaport.

The southwest of Fushansuo is the later Qingdao, an absolute high-quality port. Ding Yi plans to focus on operating it, and it will become one of the important seaports in the future.

At this time in Shandong, only Yanzhou where Liu Zeqing was located, and Dongchang Mansion near Beizhili were not under Ding Yi's control.

But these two places are blocking the west and south of Shandong, and they can be used to defend against the peasant army from Henan and South Zhili. They just serve as Ding Yi's barrier, and Ding Yi is not in a hurry to engage them for a while.

(End of this chapter)