Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 160 Rectify Shanxi
"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: I heard that the praise and defense are meritorious, but the local area is incompetent. I specially entrusted Zhenwu Sun Chuanting to abolish Chishui and Pushi, and make the two places Chishui Prefecture. I hope you will proclaim Deming's kindness, observe festivals and friendship, and secure the country. I appreciate it very much. He was appointed the governor of Chishui, prepared soldiers, rewarded talents, and was promoted to be a government official."

"Minister Sun Chuanting, thank you for your grace!"

In Guihua Station, when the eunuch announced the decree, Sun Chuanting changed into a clean official uniform, but if you observe carefully, you can see the sweat in his hair.

He galloped from Kaiyayi to receive the imperial decree, and the content of the imperial decree made him breathe a sigh of relief.

He commanded soldiers and horses to cross the border into Chishui and Pucheng for defense. This was known by the Bing Ke and he would be impeached.

But right now, he can abolish Chishui and Pushi, and take over the official positions of governors of Bijie and Chishui, so he won't be judged guilty.

Not only that, but now after the autumn harvest, if he hurry up, he can also arrest the officials of Chishuiwei's guards for poor defense, and get a sum of money and food to support the army after ransacking their homes.

Therefore, for Sun Chuanting, this imperial decree is simply a timely help.

"Governor Sun, our family has other things to do, so we won't stay overnight. Please, Governor Sun, guard the land for Long Live."

The eunuch Xuanzhi said he had something to do, but he was actually afraid that the rebels would come. Sun Chuanting knew it well, and he was too lazy to play on the occasion, so he bowed and smiled and said, "Eunuch, go slowly."

"Hmm..." Xuan Zhi eunuch heard the words, immediately got into the carriage, and then walked towards the west.

Sun Chuanting, on the other hand, looked at the imperial decree in his hand after seeing the carriage leave, and suddenly felt heroic in his heart.

"Come here, order Sun Liang from the Pushi Office, and Sun Xun from the Chishui Guard to take down the officer of the weak guard! The family property is confiscated, and soldiers are recruited on the spot."

"Reassign [-] soldiers from Qixing Pass and Guihua Station to support Kaiya Station, and Qixing Pass will recruit another [-] soldiers!"

"Yes!" Hearing his governor's words, the garrison in charge of guarding the Guihua Station responded immediately, and after Sun Chuanting gave the order, he changed back to his armor, and with the five hundred soldiers and horses of the Guihua Station, he rode his horse towards the Kaiya Station. rush to.

The situation in Kaiya Station at this moment is not optimistic. After holding on for nine days, more than [-] soldiers in the city were killed or injured.

Although more than [-] people were killed and injured for An Xiaoliang, the worse news was that the rebel chieftain of Yongning Prefecture, Aminong, led [-] people from six chieftains to arrive not far from Kaiyayi.

That's why Sun Chuanting ordered the transfer of [-] soldiers from Qixingguan and Guihuayi.

But even so, the soldiers and horses in Kaiyayi were only [-] people, and what they had to face was the coalition forces of An Xiaoliang and Aminong with more than [-] people.

The only fortunate thing is that the stone forts on the short hills on both sides of Kaiya Station have not been taken down by An Xiaoliang, but if the situation continues like this, it may not be able to last for too long.

"How much gunpowder is there in the city?"

Sun Chuanting walked at the head of Kaiyayi City, looked at the soldiers who were sent down the city wall, and looked at the rebels who withdrew from the city and returned to the camp. The lieutenant next to him bowed to him when he heard the words:
"More than [-] catties, according to the strength of the previous few days, it should be enough for half a month."

"Write a letter to Governor Zhu, asking for [-] catties of gunpowder, and then let the military households in Bijie, Chishui and other places open mountains to dig rocks and polish stone bullets." Sun Chuanting put his hands on the female wall and spoke slowly.

He knew that those who were afraid of the Great Ming had firearms.

It can be said that if there were no firearms, Kaiyayi would have been breached long ago.

Therefore, it is necessary to ensure the storage of gunpowder, stone bullets, and lead in order to block An Xiaoliang's soldiers and horses in Kaiyayi.

"Where did the Muyou chief envoy arrive?" Sun Chuanting asked again, and the deputy general said:

"I wrote a letter three days ago, saying that they have resisted the Tiansheng Bridge in Wusa Mansion, but Anshun Chieftain An Dao led [-] troops to the west along the Wuza River, and Muyou Chief Envoy led troops to resist."

"From this point of view, I'm afraid they will change their route. After defeating the [-] native soldiers of Andao, they will go east along the Usa River and enter Bijie through the Seven Star Pass."

"Time doesn't wait for me..." Sun Chuanting frowned and sighed.

"The Yellow River breached. It is said that Tianjin General Sun Yingyuan's unit is also dispatched to rescue the disaster. I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Huguang Chenzhou in the middle of next month. I heard that Governor Zhu has asked the imperial court to send troops from Guangdong for support." The deputy general said, Sun Chuanting slightly Jawhead said again:

"I read the report in the residence that His Royal Highness King Qi abolished the guards in the three towns of Shanxi, and merged the battalions into the [-]th Battalion of Shanxi Outer Guards. I really don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing."

"I'm afraid the old servant will make some moves in Liaodong..."

"The old slave just suffered a lot in Shenyang, so he shouldn't act so soon?" the deputy general asked puzzledly, and Sun Chuanting shook his head and said:
"This news, if I hadn't arrived at Bijie, I'm afraid I would have the same idea as you, but it's different now."

Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting straightened his back, looked at the evening sunset in the distance and said:
"The old slave lives in the mountains. Only Kaiyuan, Tieling, Puhesuo, Fushun and other places have large tracts of arable land. Most of Jianzhou, Haixi and Donghai are mountainous."

"With Bijie, I can only raise eight thousand soldiers, and the land of old slaves is ten times worse than Bijie. How can I raise an army of one hundred thousand?"

"Even if Shenyang is looted, I'm afraid it won't be enough for the army to wait for the autumn harvest next year."

"Looking at it now, maybe after being deflated, he will mobilize troops in advance."

When Sun Chuanting said this, the deputy general's heart tightened and he said:

"Right now is indeed a good opportunity. Taking advantage of the fact that the Sixth Guards Army has entered Shanxi to abolish it, the Second Guards Army has gone south, and there are only five guards and twelve infantry battalions in Beizhili. If the old slave raises his troops to attack Liaodong again, then..."

"Okay." Sun Chuanting didn't want to discuss the matter of Liaodong. Instead of saying that Liaodong was difficult, it would be better to talk about how they should guard Kaiyayi.

However, people can't always be on the unlucky road, so when Sun Chuanting was about to go down the city wall, Yitang came riding on his horse, rolled over on his back, knelt down on one leg and bowed:
"Governor Sun! Du Wenhuan and Du Zongbing led [-] troops from Songpan, Long'an, and Baoding into Luzhou three days ago."

"Governor Zhu ordered Du Wenhuan's army to go out of Banqiao on the north road, and surprise the She Chongming army in front of Shihu Pass. She Chongming was defeated, and the soldiers and horses retreated to Yongning Guard."

"The thief general Fan Long retreated after hearing the words, the siege of Xuzhou and Luzhou has been lifted, Governor Zhu has dispatched troops to prepare for the road, Yang Wenyue led [-] soldiers and horses, marched eastward, crossed the Luodian River, and besieged the Taiping Division!"

"Good!" Hearing the good news, Sun Chuanting clenched his fists, his eyes were full of joy.

He took several steps, and then said to the lieutenant general:

"She Chongming returned to Yongning Guard, and now he will definitely go south to attack Pushi Office. You send a fast horse to send a message to Pushi Office, and you must defend Pushi Office before Du Zongbing besieges Yongning Guard!"

"Yes!"

"Report..." Suddenly another Tang Qi came forward, got off his horse and bowed, and said to Sun Chuanting in one go:
"Report to the governor, the bandits took Fan Long to the Taiping Division, crossed the land ridge, and led [-] troops to besiege Pushi!"

really!

Hearing this, the lieutenant looked at his governor in surprise, and Sun Chuanting also said to the lieutenant: "Order the guard of Pushi to guard Pushi. If the rebels don't withdraw after ten days, he can be allowed to lead the troops to retreat to Chishui. !"

"Yes!" The lieutenant general received the order, and then asked someone to take Tangqi down to rest, and arranged for a new Tangqi to issue the military order.

Tang rode away on horseback, took the trail and went north, and soon passed through the mountainous area, and sent the news to the dam of the Pushi Office.

Under Sun Chuanting's order, the Pushi Office was strictly guarded. For a while, Fan Long couldn't conquer it, and An Xiaoliang and the others couldn't capture Kaiya Station either.

In addition, Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin in the west, and Hong Chengchou in Zunyi were well defended, and the rebel offensive was suddenly frustrated.

The people inside the chieftain were panicked, while An Bangyan and Song Wanhua attacked Guiyang City to death, trying to conquer Guiyang in vain to revitalize the overall situation.

But such an attack is futile after all...

"There is no need to worry about things in the Southwest, there won't be any big splashes."

On October [-], Zhu Youjian, who was far away in Yangqu County, Shanxi Province, stood in front of a southwestern sand table with a length of one foot and a width of one foot, and explained to Wang Tiqian.

Wang Tiqian was ordered by the emperor to come face to face to ask Zhu Youjian's views on the Southwest. Originally, he thought that King Qi would frown, but he didn't want him to respond as if he was taking a walk in the courtyard. He pointed a pear-blossom stick at various places on the sand table and said:
"I've read the military newspaper that She Chongming is being repulsed by Du Wenhuan and Wu Aheng, Fan Long retreats to the south to attack Pushi, and Fan Hu is frightened by Hong Chengchou's beating. Tun it."

"So, everything in the north is safe and sound. It is estimated that there are less than [-] troops under Chongming's command, while Du Wenhuan, Wu Aheng, Yang Wenyue, and Hong Chengchou have more than [-] troops."

"The barbarians are afraid of the Chinese, and they also have firearms, such as cannons and firecrackers. It is only a matter of time before they counterattack and take She Chongming."

Zhu Youjian talked eloquently, but Wang Tiqian could only nod his head repeatedly if he couldn't understand. The two eunuchs next to him were writing hard and writing down everything he said.

For Zhu Youjian, he didn't take She Chongming seriously. It was An Bangyan and Song Wanhua who exceeded his expectations. But at the moment, the two men made a mistake in their strategy. .

As long as Guiyang cannot be attacked for a long time, and the troops from Guangdong advance westward, and Sun Yingyuan's troops move up the river, then the failure of the chieftain of the Sanshi is a certainty.

In history, She Chongming just took advantage of the emptiness of Sichuan to conquer Chongqing, Luzhou, and Zunyi.

At that time, the strength of the Ming army in Sichuan was only about [-] including Shizhu, Long'an, Songpan, and Guizhou in northwestern Sichuan.

Afterwards, Shechongming's offensive declined, and the Ming army was mobilized to the front line, winning consecutive battles.

If An Bangyan and Song Wanhua hadn't rebelled four months after She Chongming's rebellion, She Chongming would have been suppressed in the second year of Tianqi at most.

It is precisely because of the joining of An Bangyan and Song Wanhua that She'an's chaos lasted for seventeen years.

But the situation is different now. In the defense of the Ming army, except for Guangxi and the southern part of Huguang, which are relatively empty, the defensive strength of Yunnan and Sichuan is far stronger than that of the Ming army in history.

Historically, during the She'an Rebellion, the Ming army mobilized a total of no more than [-] troops, and most of them were guard soldiers.

But right now, not counting the guards, the five southwestern provinces have mobilized as many as [-] battalions.

You must know that in the Battle of Bozhou, the number of battalions mobilized by the Ming army was only about [-], but now it has mobilized [-] battalions, plus the guards from the five provinces, nearly [-] soldiers are participating in the encirclement and suppression.

At present, Zhu Youjian is not worried about She Chongming at all, and he even thinks that She Chongming is the first chieftain to be destroyed among the three clans.

The only thing he worries about right now is that An Bangyan and Song Wanhua suddenly wake up, abandon the siege of the thankless Guiyang, and move to Yunnan, Guangxi, and Huguang.

These three places, especially Huguang must not be missed.

Although Ma Xianglin was stationed in Chenzhou and repelled the chieftain of Sizhou who responded to Song Wanhua, as long as Song Wanhua and An Bangyan are awake now, they can leave a small number of troops to besiege Guiyang and lead the troops to Jingzhou in the south of Huguang!
Once Jingzhou is lost, Baoqing Mansion and Guilin Mansion will be in danger.

Especially in Wugang Prefecture, the first state after the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the southwest of Baoqing Mansion, there is still King Min living there.

In case the feudal lord falls, unsurprisingly, civil servants will join forces to attack, and Xungui will seize the opportunity to impeach himself and his brother.

Zhu Youjian frowned, and then said to Lu Wenzhao who was serving beside him:
"How's the follow-up of Lingbi breaking the embankment going?"

"Return to Your Highness..." Lu Wenzhao bowed, then took out the document book in his arms, flipped through it and replied:

"On the [-]th, all breaches have been blocked. Nanzhen Fusi has captured [-] criminals, arrested [-] accomplices and subordinates, implicated more than [-] people, and incorporated [-] criminals into the Yuma prison. More than a thousand acres of cultivated land, more than [-] taels of silver."

"Zongbing Sun has already led his troops to the south and entered Tianchang County yesterday evening. He must have entered Chuzhou by now."

"For Sun Yingyuan to lead the army, he must arrive at Baoying Mansion in mid-November, and then go to Jingzhou to garrison." Zhu Youjian opened his mouth when he heard the words, and asked when Lu Wenzhao nodded:
"Who is in charge of the disaster relief for the people of Lingbi?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Ye Ge ordered Yang Sichang, the new salary officer of the Nanjing Household Department, to receive [-] shi Changping grain from Yingtian, Su, Song, Chang, Hu and other prefectures for disaster relief, and hundreds of thousands of other prefectures in Changping The granaries are on the way to Lingbi."

Lu Wenzhao replied, and continued:
"There is one more thing that you need to know, Your Highness."

"Say!" Zhu Youjian nodded, and Lu Wenzhao said:
"Mu Changzuo, Lord of the State of Guizhou, and Mu Qiyuan, Chief Military Officer of the Governor of Yunnan Province, gathered chieftains from various ministries and assembled [-] troops in Nanning County, Qujing Prefecture, but did not send troops to Guangxi to drive out the rebels."

"Qian Guogong said that the chieftains of all tribes asked the imperial court to issue [-] taels of silver before they were willing to send troops."

"Ridiculous!" Zhu Youjian frowned, and said displeasedly:
"Does the chieftain want it, or does he want it, Mu Changzuo?"

"The thousand households of Nanzhen Fusi's Yunnan Thousand Households' Office said that the chieftain wanted [-] taels of silver, and the Duke of Guizhou asked for more than [-] taels." Lu Wenzhao told the information about Nanzhen Fusi, and Zhu You Dissatisfied with the check:
"He will seize the opportunity, but since he doesn't send troops, there is no need to send troops!"

"If he is not afraid that the rebels will invade Qujing and harass Kunming, then wait."

Can Zhu Youjian know Mu Changzuo's thoughts?To put it bluntly, I just don't want to pay for the rebellion myself.

But the problem is that the Mu family occupies one-third of the fields in Yunnan, and now they want to defend Yunnan, but they still want the court to pay?What a joke in the world.

If he has the ability, he will wait in Qujing, and retreat when the rebels come.

When the rebel army loots Qujing and marches towards Kunming, don't cry for help from the imperial court.

There is a reason why Zhu Youjian thought this way in his heart. He was not afraid at all that the Shean Rebellion would turn Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi into a sieve.

To put it bluntly, with so many chieftains entrenched in the local area, if they responded to the rebellion of An Bangyan and the other three, they would just clean up all of them in one go.

If they defended themselves, they would lose troops and generals after this battle, which would be of great help to the reform of the Southwest after the Ming Dynasty.

The current situation is three defenses and one attack. Yang Wenyue, Du Wenhuan, Wu Aheng, Qin Liangyu, Hong Chengchou and other more than [-] soldiers under the command of Zhu Xieyuan from the north went south to encircle and suppress, while Ma Xianglin, Hu Yingtai, Sun Chuanting, Mu Zeng, and Mu from the east, west and south Chang Zuo guarded.

To put it bluntly, it is to keep the whereabouts of the rebels in Guizhou.

The plains of Guizhou are scarce, and most of the grain is transferred from Changping warehouses in Sichuan and Huguang to stabilize grain prices.

Once they are confined to Guizhou and northern Guangxi, slowly they will start to split among themselves.

This strategy is exactly what Zhu Xieyuan used in history.

Zhu Youjian just mobilized more troops and narrowed the scope even smaller.

Therefore, under his explanation, Wang Tiqian also understood that the matter in the Southwest might be settled within a year or two, so there was no need to worry too much.

As long as it is controlled in Yunnan and Guizhou without affecting Sichuan and Huguang.

Once Sichuan and Huguang are affected, taxes may be reduced by [-]%.

"In that case, the servant girl has retired..."

Wang Tiqian bowed to leave, and Zhu Youjian nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzhao arranged for two Jinyiwei Qianhu to see off the guests. After Wang Tiqian and others left the camp, he said to Zhu Youjian:

"The head counts of His Highness, military households, and battalion families have been counted."

"Tell me..." Zhu Youjian walked to the main seat and sat down, while Lu Wenzhao bowed and said:
"Combining the number of Waigongwei battalion soldiers and their families who did not have land, as well as ordinary military households, the total number is more than [-]."

"The paper-covered military farmland found in yellow books from various places is more than [-] mu."

"Including the military farmland in Northern Zhili, the military farmland on paper is more than [-] million mu."

"According to the ten mu of enlisted soldiers and four mu for each family member, the outer twenty-eight guard camps need to give [-] mu of military land, and more than [-] mu for military dependents."

"There are more than [-] acres of military farmland left, and more than [-] military households whose heads have been counted."

Lu Wenzhao said a general data, and Zhu Youjian nodded slightly after hearing it, and then said:
"There are a lot of military farms in Shanxi, which is helpful to relieve the pressure on the people."

"When there were only Shuncheon and Yongping in the past, there was not enough arable land, so it could only satisfy the [-]th Guards and the [-]th Gongwei Battalion."

"Now it seems that Shanxi can, like Nanchang, distribute fields to the people."

After all, Zhu Youjian said:

"Military households' military registration will be cancelled, and they will be classified as civilians. The relatives of the Outer [-] Gongwei Battalion who stayed in Shanxi, who are already in Beizhili, will be resettled in the army's farmland in the south of Beizhili."

"If there is no one in Beizhili, they will send troops to farm in Shanxi."

"Ordinary people and civilians in military households will be given three mu of land per head, and military members will be given ten mu of military land to their family members. Family members will be given four mu of land per head, regardless of gender."

Zhu Youjian still has the same policy as before, but this time there are more ordinary people.

This is also the biggest move that can benefit the people after the army settles down and becomes rich.

According to the policy of land distribution, military households and ordinary people can get three acres of land per head, and the number of people that can benefit is more than [-] million people.

Just this one move has blessed half of the people in Shanxi.

Of course, Zhu Youjian can also choose the distribution method of one acre per person, so that all the people in Shanxi can get the farmland.

But the problem is that if one person and one mu of land are distributed, it means that the common people will die in Shanxi, and most of the common people will need to be moved to the position where the army garrisoned the fields.

Such a policy may make the common people happy, but it will take time and effort, not to mention, and it will destroy Zhu Youjian's plan to immigrate to the Northeast in the future.

The number of people in Shanxi and Northern Zhili is only [-] million on paper, but in reality it may be two to three times that number.

In other words, the actual number may be between [-] million and [-] million.

The cultivated land in the two provinces is recorded in the yellow book as more than [-] million mu. From this point of view, the common people can live a well-off life of three mu per person.

But if this situation lasts at most one generation, it will declare bankruptcy.

To continue the dynasty and allow the people to enjoy a longer period of peace and stability, relocation is necessary.

If half of the population can be relocated, Daming will be able to actually control the Northeast, grasslands and other places.

If half of the population in Gansu, Shaanxi and Henan migrated out, they would be able to actually control the Western Regions, Central Asia, and the Hetao area.

Therefore, Fatian only satisfied half of the people, and it was also to make other people jealous, and then when the imperial court paid them money and food to allow them to relocate, those people who could not survive could bravely relocate.

After the division of land, the ability of Shanxi and Northern Zhili to resist drought must be higher than that of other provinces, and they may persist for a few more years after encountering drought.

This is already the best policy to do before winning the Northeast and relocating the people.

Now, to extend this policy, the only way to stabilize Liaodong is to take down the Songnen, Sanjiang, and Liaohe plains in the northeast.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at Lu Wenzhao, and said to him:

"Beizhen Fusi must carefully investigate the news of Liaodong, Beishan Jurchen and Jianlu, as well as the Tatar tribes on the grassland."

"The most important thing is to find out the number of Horqin's soldiers and horses. It is best to hand over a map of the city building and grazing of each department."

"Your Highness, please rest assured, Li Ruolian has been handed over to Li Ruolian." Lu Wenzhao responded with a bow, and continued:
"However, Jianlu has been very quiet recently, and merchants from Fusi in Beizhen can't get in. The only way to enter Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places is by instigating rebellion against Liao merchants."

"However, there is no way to know the detailed information about the soldiers and horses stationed in various places. Once there is news, I will inform His Highness as soon as possible."

"Hmm..." Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, pinched his brows and said:
"Now that Shanxi and Northern Zhili have been rectified, the next step is to retake the northeastern part of Liaodong and the Northeast Great Wall, and further reduce the power of Jianlu."

"The Shanxi battalion soldiers under Yang Zhaoji's command told Qin Bangping to keep an eye on them. Presumably the news from Shanxi will reach Liaodong, and they will do something."

"Don't worry, Your Highness." Lu Wenzhao responded, and Zhu Youjian waved his hand to signal him to back down.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzhao left the camp, while Zhu Youjian turned around and rummaged through the box next to the table, and finally took out a roll of maps from it, and spread it out on the table.

With the spread of the map, a vivid northeast appeared on the table, and the map even marked the places that could be developed in this era.

This is his detailed explanation of immigrant places based on his memory and the map of the Northeast region made by the Ministry of War during the Wanli period.

Looking at this map, Zhu Youjian narrowed his eyes:
"Now...just wait for the settlement of Liaodong Town..."

(End of this chapter)