Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 407
Early the next morning, it was rare for Chongzhen to sleep late.

"Long Live Lord." Gao Qiqian's shout suddenly sounded from outside the tent.

Li Xiangjun, who was soundly asleep, was awakened suddenly, and quickly sat up to get dressed.

Chongzhen reluctantly looked away from Li Xiangjun, dressed neatly under Li Xiangjun's service, put on his waist knife and walked out of the tent.

"Long Live Lord." Gao Qiqian whispered, "The chieftain from the west of Hunan and Hubei has come to say goodbye to you."

"Farewell? I'm afraid it's just asking for rewards." Chongzhen smiled and said, "However, this time the chaos in Shadingzhou was quelled so quickly. The local soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei have made great contributions. reward."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Let them go to my big tent first and wait."

"Lead the edict." Gao Qiqian received the imperial edict, turned around and left.

Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen again: "Wang Daban, has the prefect of Changde transferred the food?"

"Go back to Long Live, the prefect of Changde dispatched [-] shi of grain early in the morning." Wang Chengen replied respectfully, "The silver has already been paid, at the price of five qian per shi."

"Okay." Chongzhen said again, "Go and call Wang Fuzhi."

Wang Chengen received the order and quickly found Wang Fuzhi.

Chongzhen asked Wang Fuzhi, "Wang Fuzhi, do you have an elder brother?"

Wang Fuzhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Return to the Holy Master, I have two elder brothers."

Chongzhen asked again: "Which elder brother is in the grain business?"

"Food business?" Wang Fuzhi asked in astonishment, "Why does the Holy One say that? The ministers' family has cultivated and studied for generations. The elder brother Wang Jiezhi and the second brother Wang Canzhi are both scholars, and they have never done grain business."

Chongzhen said: "Then it is estimated that some brother of your clan is doing the grain business under your banner. This person is so bold that he even grabbed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to grab the business."

"The minister will go back and investigate clearly."

Wang Fuzhi's face instantly collapsed.

He really remembered that there was a clan brother who was in the grain business.

"This matter is not urgent. I have more important matters for you to deal with now." Chongzhen said, "You have been with more than [-] local soldiers from Xiangxi Yongshun and Baojing Xuanweisi for almost half a year. How's it going?"

"It's not bad." Wang Fuzhi said, "At least it's impossible for the chieftains of Yongshun and Baojing Xuanweisi to rebel."

"That's not enough." Chongzhen said solemnly, "If now I order the soldiers and their families to move out of the mountains and settle down in the lake area around Dongting Lake, how many soldiers do you think will respond?"

"Move the native soldiers from Xiangxi out of the mountains?" Wang Fuzhi asked in amazement, "Is the Holy Majesty going to reform the land in Xiangxi and return it to the exiles? This is a bit too hasty."

Chongzhen said: "You just answer my questions."

After pondering for a moment, Wang Fuzhi said: "It is estimated that half of the soldiers will respond."

Chongzhen said again: "Then if I reward them with twenty-five acres of benevolent land, they can buy the most fertile lake field at a price of one tael per mu, so what?"

"One tael per mu? Or the most fertile lake field?"

Wang Fuzhi said: "In this case, I dare not say everything, but most of the soldiers will happily move their families out of the mountains in western Hunan."

"Okay, then you can go back to the barracks to announce the decree." Chongzhen smiled, "Whoever is willing to move his family out of the mountains will be resettled in the surrounding area of ​​Dongting Lake area, and each person will be rewarded with twenty-five acres of Entian. It’s not too much to force, and you can go home after receiving seven taels of silver and two stones and five buckets of rice per person.”

"Receive the order." Wang Fuzhi left after receiving the order.

Only then did Chongzhen bring Zhu Cijiong, Hu Guozhu and others to the Chinese military camp.

Chongzhen slept in a small tent last night, it is impossible to sleep in a big tent.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, more than [-] chieftains from Baojing Xuanwei Division, Yongshun Xuanwei Division, and Shi Nan Xuanwei Division had gathered together. Standing among a large group of men with their heads wrapped around their heads, Ran Sanniang looked very graceful and supple.

By the way, Qin Liangyu, Shi Jie Xuan Fu Si, also stood among these chieftains.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Chongzhen always feels that Ran Sanniang is winking at him.

The little widows of the Tujia nationality are different from the little widows of the Han nationality, they are very bold.

Seeing Chongzhen come in, chieftains such as Peng Tingyu and Ran Sanniang knelt down and paid respects.

"Pingshen." Chongzhen put his hands down and said with a smile, "It's been hard work for everyone in the past six months."

Ran Sanniang hurriedly said: "It is our duty to serve the imperial court and be loyal to the Holy One."

"I was really moved after hearing what Sanniang said." Chongzhen smiled at Ran Sanniang, and said, "However, as the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. You serve the court loyally and conscientiously, but I cannot let you The blood is shed in vain, the wages and food owed to you should be paid, and the rewards should also be negotiated."

Hearing this, the big and small chieftains present were immediately refreshed.

I just don't know how much the Holy One intends to reward them?
Also, are the silver and working rice distributed directly to the soldiers or handed over to them for distribution?
As chieftains, they naturally hoped that the Holy Master would give them the silver and working food rice, so that they could deduct part of the soldiers' rewards and working food rice.

There is only so much reward money and working rice for each soldier.

But thousands or even tens of thousands of people add up to a huge number.

However, based on His Majesty's usual practice, it is estimated that he would not hand over the silver and working rice to them.

Facts have proved that these chieftains are still thinking too naively. Chongzhen will not only give them money and rice for work, but even deprive them of their soldiers.

"Sit down." Chongzhen said again, "Sit down and talk."

"Thank you, my lord." All the chieftains thanked and took their seats.

Chongzhen pretended to negotiate a reward with the chieftain, but secretly separated Hu Guozhu from inside and outside.

In this way, the local soldiers outside couldn't find the chieftain, and the chieftain inside didn't know what happened outside. After they went out, everything was settled.

Taking the bottom of the pot, Chongzhen played like a thief.

……

Peng Ada and Peng Aer are two brothers, both soldiers of Yongshun Tianjia Dongsi.

Peng Ada has already married a daughter-in-law and has given birth to a son, but Peng Aer has not married yet, because his family is poor, and he really cannot afford the bride price for him to marry a wife.

The land in the mountains is too barren.

Brothers Peng Ada, Peng Aer and their father, the three of them get up early and work in the dark every day, but after a year of busy work, there is not much food left after paying the rent of the chieftain, feeding a family of six. It is very difficult to hunt, but fortunately the two brothers are good at sports, and they can also supplement the family through hunting.

But the day was still very hard.

Peng Ada is only in his early twenties, and looks like he is in his forties.

Because the days are so hard, the two brothers are full of longing for the upcoming salary and rice for work. As for rewards and so on, the two brothers don't even dare to think about it.

"Second brother, I heard that five months' salary and working rice will be distributed all at once. In this way, our two brothers can go home with fifteen taels of silver and five shi of grain! With this money and this With five shi of grain, I can tell you about a marriage." Peng Ada said with a look of longing, "The rest of the money can buy a donkey."

"Who do you want to marry? I don't want to marry." Peng A'er said with a dark face, "First buy the land."

"If you can't buy a few acres of land, and you have to pay [-]% of the rent for the Tusi family's land every year, life will still be bad."

"What kind of land do you want to buy land?" Peng Ada sighed, "The land in Tianjiadong belongs to the chieftain's family. No matter how much money we have, we can't buy it. You should get rid of this idea as soon as possible, second child."

"I just don't understand why all the land in Tianjiadong belongs to the chieftain's family?"

Peng A'er said coldly: "All the native soldiers in Yunnan have given their fields, and it is said that the wolf soldiers in Guangxi have also given their fields. Maybe the Holy One will also give us land in western Hunan."

There are ready-made examples before, coupled with the influence of Qin Wang Shizi for nearly half a year, the vision and thinking of the [-] local soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei have undergone earth-shaking changes, and the biggest change is that they no longer bully the chieftain as before. Resigned, began to yearn for a better life for his family.

People are not stupid, they will compare.

Seeing that Guangxi wolf soldiers and Yunnan native soldiers are living a good life, the native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei will replace themselves. Guangxi wolf soldiers and Yunnan native soldiers have clearly made mistakes, and they can still live like that. The native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei are the heroes of Ming Dynasty, why are they living worse than them?It doesn't make sense.

"Shut up, can you talk nonsense?"

Peng Ada was taken aback, and said in a low voice, "Be careful to be cut off by the chieftain after you go back."

The chieftain is the emperor of the land in the locality, and what he says is the imperial decree. He has the power to seize the power of the natives in the area under his jurisdiction.

"I prefer to say that this time it must be landed."

Peng A'er got on the bar, unafraid.

Peng Ada raised his big slap, and was about to teach his second son a lesson, when the soldiers outside suddenly made a noise and ran outside like a swarm.

"Er Gouzi, what happened?" Peng Ada asked in astonishment.

"Pay is paid! There is still rice for workers!" Peng Ergou said excitedly, "Hurry up and get paid!"

"Pay?" Peng Ada was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he didn't care to teach Peng Aer a lesson, so he quickly turned around and followed.

Seeing Peng Ada and Peng Aer following up, Peng Ergou said excitedly again: "I heard people say that in addition to the salary and working rice, there are additional rewards, [-] mu of land for each person!"

"How much?" Peng Ada yelled out in excitement.

"Twenty-five acres per person." Peng Ergou said, "But it's not free, you have to buy it with silver, one tael of silver per mu."

"One tael of silver per mu?" Peng A Dao said, "Is this different from free gifts? In Yongshun, the cheapest land costs five or six taels of silver per mu, and the top-grade paddy fields cost twenty taels!"

Peng A'er also asked, "Ergou, where is it?"

Peng Ergou said: "I don't know, I'll know if I go there."

When the three of them ran to the open space outside the camp, they saw that more than [-] local soldiers from Baojing and Yongshun had already gathered together, and they were cheering loudly.

(End of this chapter)