Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 397
Chongzhen asked: "Yang Qing means to kill them all?"

Yang Weizhi said: "There is no need to kill them all, they can be sent to the silver mine for hard labor."

Chongzhen said: "The silver mine can't use so many people, can it? This is nearly [-] people."

After pondering for a while, Yang Weizhi said: "Your Majesty, you can ask the governor of Guangxi to bring the wives and children of these [-] wolf soldiers to Yunnan, and then register them as households in Qimin and stay in Yunnan for the people!"

Hearing this, Chongzhen almost applauded loudly.

Because Yang Weizhi wanted to go with him.

The best solution to deal with the [-] Guangxi wolf soldiers is to arrange households for Qimin and resettle them in different places.

Letting them go back to Guangxi is definitely not going to let them go back to Guangxi. If they are really allowed to go back to Guangxi and rebel every minute, and hundreds of thousands of wolf soldiers rebel with one heart, it is really no joke.

It would be even worse to kill them all. Population is the most precious resource.

In particular, the Ming Dynasty is about to usher in an industrial revolution. Once the industry develops by leaps and bounds, the demand for hired labor will increase dramatically. How can one hundred thousand strong men be killed at once?

Therefore, they must be kept in Yunnan.

Why keep them in Yunnan instead of other provinces?

The reason is also very simple, because these Guangxi wolf soldiers have committed too many murders in Yunnan. If they want to escape back to Guangxi, they must leave the place of household registration and pass through the territory of the local people in Yunnan. The natives of Guangxi Prefecture will use hatchets and hoes to educate them, and there is no way to escape.

It would be even more clever to move the families of these wolf soldiers to Yunnan.

Because in this way, the [-] wolf soldiers will be fettered, and it will be more difficult for them to abscond.

Yang Weizhi's words seemed to have opened up the thinking of Yunnan officials, Wang Xiyan suddenly stood up and said, "My lord, I also have a suggestion."

Chongzhen raised his hand and said, "Wang Aiqing, please tell me."

Wang Xigun said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that you take this opportunity to forcibly push forward the land reform in Yunnan, abolish the chieftain system, and at the same time cancel the distinction between Han and local people, and treat Han people and native people as equals."

"My ministers also agree." Yang Weizhi said, "There is a cloud in the Spring and Autumn Period. Those who are Di Yi and Hua Xia are from Hua Xia; those who are from Hua Xia to Di Yi are from Di Yi. The people of the Ming Dynasty are all the people of China, and should be treated equally, and there should be no distinction between Tuhan and Han, and create ethnic hatred to check and balance."

Distinguishing between native and Han people and creating ethnic hatred is the Mu family's strategy for governing Yunnan.

If it weren't for this, the three-foot exploitation of the Mu family would not have lasted for two hundred years.

Creating antagonism between Tu and Han is actually beneficial to local officials, because Tu Han is busy with vendettas, so they forget the ruler’s malicious exploitation of them, but it is harmful to the country, because this is internal friction and will seriously Weaken the potential and resources of a country.

For the country, assimilation is the right way.

Tang Zhaoyuan also said: "Your Majesty, you need to promote Yixue. All the people in Yunnan, regardless of Tu Han, their children can go to school. In this way, within two generations, there will be no Tu people in Yunnan, let alone the disaster of Tusi."

This is even more powerful, not only to abolish ethnic divisions, but also to unify culture.

Chongzhen felt a little emotional in his heart, it turned out that the ancients had thought of these measures a long time ago.

Immediately Chongzhen was thinking, should he suggest to the cabinet that a new Southwest Governor be appointed to govern the four provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi, and another admiral to supervise the military affairs of the four provinces to be in charge of Southwest Taiwan?

And Wang Xigun is undoubtedly the best candidate for the first governor of Yungui, Qianchuan.

As for Yang Weizhi, he is the best candidate for the admiral of the Southwest Township, that's him.

At this moment, Wu Wenying stood up and said, "My lord, if the Guangxi wolf soldiers are really converted into civilian households, and they are left in Yunnan, and their wives and children are reunited, it would be too cheap for them, wouldn't it?"

Tang Zhaoyuan also said: "These wolf soldiers should be severely punished."

"This matter is easy." Wang Xigun said, "We can impose heavy taxes on [-] wolf soldiers, pay [-]% of the land rent for the first five years, and then reduce [-]% every year until it is the same as other registered households."

"Yes, let's follow this method." Chongzhen said again, "Except for the native soldiers of the chieftains of Ami Prefecture and Mengzi, the native soldiers of all other chieftains follow this law as a whole."

The [-] native soldiers of the two chieftains of Mengzi and Ami prefectures were bound to perform hard labor.

Let the soldiers of these two divisions go to the silver mines in Dali and Dongchuan Prefecture to mine silver.

Tang Zhaoyuan asked: "The meaning of the Holy Majesty is to distribute the farmland under the name of the Duke of Guizhou to Guangxi wolf soldiers and the native soldiers who rebelled against the chieftains for farming without compensation, and to impose heavy taxes? But there are no native soldiers and native people who participated in the battle. Then there is no need to impose heavy taxes, and only need to pay official taxes as usual?"

"Yes." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Every mu of official land is taxed for five liters, three in one, and five spoonfuls."

"Holy Lord, Holy Ming." Tang Zhaoyuan was overjoyed when he heard the words. This made him a governor of Yunnan much better.

"Holy and holy." Wang Xigun, Yang Weizhi and other Yunnan civil and military personnel also knelt down and sang praises.

Chongzhen also said: "But there is one thing, there are [-] wolf soldiers and [-] combat native soldiers. This field is not allocated to them for farming in vain, but there are conditions, that is, when the imperial court needs troops, these wolf soldiers have It is the duty of enlisting for the expedition, so during the slack time of farming, it is necessary to concentrate on performing, and I will leave scholars to take charge of it."

The same town soldiers, Yunnan town soldiers do not have the treatment of Xuzhou and Guide town soldiers for the time being.

Because the town soldiers in Guide Mansion and Xuzhou do not need to pay taxes, but the town soldiers in Yunnan have to pay taxes.

One is because most of the town soldiers in Yunnan have made mistakes, and the other is because there is not enough land in Yunnan. If the food tax for these town soldiers is directly exempted, Yunnan's tax revenue will be greatly reduced, which is not acceptable.

But when there is more arable land in Yunnan in the future, it can be exempted.

In such a huge Yunnan, there are only more than [-] million mu of arable land in the fish scale book, and the potential for reclamation is huge, because Chongzhen vaguely remembers that in later generations of Yunnan, there are nearly [-] million mu of paddy fields alone.

If dry land is included, there are at least [-] million mu of cultivated land.

At that time, it would be no problem to give five million mu of cultivated land to the town soldiers.

"It's no problem to apply for the army," Tang Zhaoyuan said.

Wu Wenying and other officials also echoed, after all, they had to apply before.

Chongzhen said again: "Tang Zhaoyuan, this matter will be handed over to your governor's office. First clear the acres of land. You listen carefully. Only the land under the name of the Duke of Guizhou and the chieftains will be confiscated. The land of the local gentry and common people will only be cleared without fine , and then count the total number of wolf soldiers, native soldiers, and native Han people, and divide the land according to their mouths. If any chieftain dares to obstruct, report it to me immediately, and I will send a new army to persuade these chieftains to abide by the law."

"Minister, lead the decree." Tang Zhaoyuan left excitedly with all the officials from the Governor's Office.

At this moment, Xu Yingwei suddenly hurried in again: "Your Majesty, something has happened. I just accidentally learned that there are not only thirteen chieftains following Sha Dingzhou's rebellion, but fourteen!"

"There are fourteen?" Chongzhen said, "Is there another chieftain?"

"There is also Xiwushi Cave Division." Xu Yingwei said, "According to the order of Sha Dingzhou, it has gone deep into Guizhou to harass our transportation channel. If there is no accident, it should go to the middle of Guizhou."

"Ah?" Yan Yingyuan, Huaxia, Wang Fuzhi and other scholars suddenly changed their expressions.

Although the overall situation in Yunnan has been settled now, the caravans of the Wang and Hu families are still continuously transporting grain to Pu'an Prefecture on the official road in central Guizhou, and the caravans of the two families are only protected by [-] white soldiers and a female barracks. If it were to be attacked suddenly by the native soldiers of Xiwushi Cave Division, the white soldiers and the female barracks alone might not be able to protect them.

At that moment Yan Yingyuan said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the new army back to help as soon as possible."

Hu Guozhu also asked to fight: "My lord, the new army is too slow, let me lead the cavalry back to help."

Chongzhen said: "It's just that there are not enough cavalry, and the new army is going too. Hu Guozhu, you lead the cavalry to go first, Yan Yingyuan, you lead [-] new troops to follow up, and you must ensure the safety of the two caravans of Wang and Hu!"

There are about 50 shi left in the grain transferred by the two caravans, so nothing will happen to this batch of grain.

Without the 50 shi of food, the [-] wolf soldiers and the [-] Yunnan native soldiers who surrendered would be hungry. Once these wolf soldiers and native soldiers were hungry, they would be able to do anything.

For the sake of Yunnan's overall situation, this batch of grain must not cause any accidents.

At present, Hu Guozhu and Yan Yingyuan each ordered troops to return to Guizhou.

Hu Guozhu was especially excited, he finally got the chance to lead the army alone.

……

At this time, it was in Yongning Prefecture in central Guizhou.

Wang Pingshan is leading a team of [-] mules and horses to transport grain to Pu'an Prefecture.

I saw that the mules, horses and donkeys were all carrying heavy sacks. The sacks on the mules and horses weighed at least three to four hundred catties, and the donkeys' backs also weighed two to three hundred catties.

If it is flat ground, this load is nothing to the animals.

However, the official roads in central Guizhou are mountainous, not only rugged but also steep, so it is very difficult for animals to walk, and if they are not careful, they will roll down into the abyss outside the road.

Wang Pingshan also sighed, this transaction is really difficult to do.

Today, the two caravans of Wang and Hu have been late for nearly a month, and there is no hope of making a profit. I just hope that the Holy One can reduce the fine so that the two of them will not lose too much.

Otherwise, the two of them might go bankrupt because of this.

Even so, Wang Pingshan had to cheer up and shout for the caravan.

"Hold tight, everyone, try to rest at Chacheng Station before evening." Wang Pingshan said as he walked, "When you arrive at Chacheng Station, master, I will treat you to a good meal. Each person has a big bowl of mutton soup. Enough pie!"

"Guys, did you hear that, the young boss is waiting for us to eat haggis soup." The stewards shouted.

The hundreds of guys who were sweating profusely cheered loudly. They only thought that they could go to Zhacheng Station earlier, have a good meal, soak their feet and sleep well. They are really exhausted these days .

At this moment, the horn sounded suddenly in the valley ahead.

"Young master, there's the sound of horns!" A steward said nervously, "Soldiers!"

Wang Pingshan said: "There are two chieftains Dingyingsi and Muyisi nearby. These two chieftains are ripe seedlings and have always been friendly to passing merchants, so they must not be chieftain soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)