Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 476 Mrs. Xiangjun
"You don't know how hard these Han will exploit the natives."

"Like Wang Xiang and other greedy people, the local people in Zunyi Mansion probably hate him to the bone."

"That's why killing Wang Xiang can make the natives of Zunyi applaud. It would be a bad thing to spare his life."

"So that's the case." Li Xiangjun nodded lightly and asked again: "Master, is it time to enter Xuzhou?"

"Not in a hurry." Qin Liangyu shook his head and said, "At the beginning, the division wanted to make a quick decision, put down all the rebels in Sichuan in the shortest possible time, and then have a decisive battle with Zhang Xianzhong, so I was eager to enter the army."

"But now that it has been delayed for so long, there is no need to worry."

"Girl, you must understand one thing. The ultimate goal of our dispatch of troops this time is to recover Sichuan."

After a pause, Qin Liangyu said again: "Recovering Sichuan is not just about taking back Sichuan province from various rebels and bandits, but also appeasing the hearts of the local people so that they will no longer rebel."

"So now we need to appease the Zunyi Mansion?" Li Xiangjun said right away.

"That's right, the most important thing now is to appease Zunyi Mansion." Qin Liangyu said, "Make the natives of Zunyi Mansion feel grateful for the court's kindness, and from now on, the place will be peaceful and will no longer be a burden to Ming Dynasty."

Li Xiangjun: "Master, let's send troops quickly."

"Girl, I won't go to Zunyi as a teacher, you can just go."

Qin Liangyu sincerely wanted to pave the way for Li Xiangjun and help her succeed.

Qin Liangyu even planned the future path for Li Xiangjun—that is, guarding the southwest for Daming!
Qin Liangyu has already seen that since Meishan realized Taoism, Chongzhen has become a promising master, so his eyes will definitely not be limited to the original territory of Ming Dynasty.

Next, we must expand the territory!
The main force to open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty must still be the group of Qin Wang Shizi.

Especially Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei, who are both capable and ambitious, but their eyes are more on Liaodong, Mongolia and even the Western Regions. To them, the Southwest is actually a tasteless piece of food. It is tasteless, and it is a pity to discard it, so Li Xiangjun only chooses Southwest, so that no one will compete with her.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Xiangjun to snatch the batch of Qin Wang Shizi no matter what.

Don't think that Li Xiangjun can take advantage of being Chongzhen's favorite concubine, the fact is just the opposite.

It is precisely because Li Xiangjun is Chongzhen's favorite concubine that it is more difficult for her to win the opportunity to lead the army independently.

That's why Qin Liangyu chose the Southwest route for Li Xiangjun, and in the chieftains in the southwest provinces, Qin Liangyu claimed that he still has some influence and can help Li Xiangjun.

"Master, what should I pay attention to when going to Zunyi?"

Li Xiangjun did not reject Qin Liangyu's kindness, she could actually guess the master's good intentions.

"Girl, you don't have to worry about the military affairs in Zunyi. You will definitely be able to recover Zunyi Mansion smoothly." Qin Liangyu has no reservations about Li Xiangjun, "The difficulty is how to win the hearts of Zunyi people."

Li Xiangjun: "What should disciples do to win the hearts of the people?"

"It's hard to say, but it's easy to say."

Qin Liangyu exhorted: "As the saying goes, people have the same heart and the same reason. There is actually no difference between the local people in Zunyi Prefecture and the Han people in the eight prefectures and one prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River. What they want is to have a piece of land and a house. , have clothes to wear and food to eat, other than that, I have no other luxury.”

"If you can give them these, they can give you their lives."

Speaking of this, Qin Liangyu sighed, and said helplessly: "But such a simple request, the local civil and military officials appointed by the imperial court are always unable to meet it, and even exploit it in every possible way."

"That apprentice understands." Li Xiangjun said thoughtfully.

"When I was in Xuzhou back then, my apprentice made a remarkable achievement."

"At that time, the Holy Master asked the disciple what reward he wanted, but the disciple didn't say anything."

"It happened to be used this time, so I wrote a letter, begging the Holy One to spare the Zunyi Mansion three years of money and food."

Qin Liangyu laughed and said, "Good disciple, there is no need to write a letter, because before the Holy Majesty left Wuchang, he once gave the teacher discretionary power, which included exempting a state, a government, and even saving money and food, but it was never useful for a teacher. However, today I will hand over this secret edict given by the Holy Majesty to you."

After Qin Liangyu finished speaking, he took out an imperial decree from his sleeve.

After Li Xiangjun received the imperial decree with both hands, Qin Liangyu continued: "Girl, with this secret edict, you can not only exempt Zunyi Mansion from three years of money and grain, but you can even equal the land in Zunyi Mansion."

"Acres of average land?" Li Xiangjun's beautiful eyes immediately lit up when he heard this.

Although Li Xiangjun was born in a prostitute, he had a chivalrous heart since he was a child.

Qin Liangyu told Li Xiangjun again: "After entering the Zunyi Mansion, don't be too fussy, show your respect to the local officials first."

"The native officials of Zunyi have suffered for Wang Xiang for a long time. When they heard that Wang Xiang was put to death, they would definitely applaud and welcome you to take over the Zunyi Mansion."

"After the situation in Zunyi Mansion is generally stable, we will implement the matter of equalizing acres of land, and it is best to attack the evil gentry and local officials who are the most angry with the people first, and proceed step by step. By the time other local officials and evil gentry realize that something is wrong, you have already won the support of the majority of the local people. , don’t be afraid of them, if they still dare to gather crowds to make trouble, we will resolutely suppress them with an iron fist!”

"I would like to be taught." Li Xiangjun bowed solemnly to Qin Liangyu.

……

The next day, Li Xiangjun mobilized [-] new troops to enter Zunyi.

What happened next also completely verified Qin Liangyu's judgment.

When Li Xiangjun led [-] new troops along Chishui and entered Zunyi Mansion, and showed Wang Xiang's head to the native officials along the way, the native officials in the counties along the way opened the city one after another to surrender.

Zunyi Mansion used to be called Banzhou Xuanweisi.

However, since the Bozhou Rebellion, the Bozhou Propaganda Department was abolished and changed to Zunyi Mansion, which was directly managed by the Sichuan Chief Envoy.

However, although the Xuanweisi of Bozhou was abolished, and the big and small chieftains who followed Yang Yinglong's rebellion were also suppressed, but because Bozhou was located in a remote place and had not been kingized, the local natives were quite resistant to the imperial government's policies. In order not to intensify the Tu Han Contradictions, so still retain a large number of native officials.

Most of these native officials were lowly officials, and because of Yang Yinglong's rebellion, most of the exile officials transferred to Zunyi Mansion disliked the local native officials, beat, scolded and bullied them frequently, so their lives were very aggrieved.

Since Wang Xiang became the general of Zunyi, he has been especially oppressive to the native officials.

If it weren't for the fear of the officers and soldiers in Wang Xiang's hands, these native officials would have gone anyway.

Therefore, when they heard that Wang Xiang was suppressed by a female general named Li Xiangjun sent by the Ming Dynasty, the local officials from all states and counties under the Zunyi Mansion applauded.

Then as soon as Li Xiangjun's army arrived, they opened the city gates one after another to surrender.

It took only half a month for all the prefectures and counties in Zunyi Prefecture to settle down.

Li Xiangjun followed Qin Liangyu's instructions, and did not rush to start equalizing the land, but went to the mountains and went to the countryside to give on-the-spot condolences to the natives of the prefectures and counties under the Zunyi Prefecture.

It may be because Li Xiangjun is a woman, so the natives of Zunyi Prefecture can easily think of Mrs. Shexiang from the Shuixi Xuanwei Division more than 200 years ago, so Li Xiangjun quickly won the support of Zunyi natives.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xiangjun announced the news that Zunyi Mansion would be exempted from the five-year imperial grain.

Now Li Xiangjun's reputation became even better, and the local people began to call her Mrs. Xiangjun.

Then Li Xiangjun began to equalize acres of land in the whole Zunyi prefecture, and the local people loved Li Xiangjun even more. Even the natives of the Shuixi Xuanweisi in the south moved to Zunyi Mansion because of their admiration for Mrs. Xiangjun's name.

Chongzhen took a trip to Yunnan, but he left a bad impression on the indigenous people in the southwest.

It was not until the appearance of Li Xiangjun that the image was finally restored.

……

In mid-April of the 20th year of Chongzhen (1647), Chongzhen returned to Nanjing.

After disembarking from Yanziji Wharf, Chongzhen was not in a hurry to enter the city, but decided to go to the Daming Arsenal at the foot of Lime Mountain to see if the rifled rifle had been manufactured?
I saw Zhu Cihong at the test range of the arsenal.

"Father?" Zhu Cihong was taken aback when he saw Chongzhen.

Immediately, he quickly stepped forward to salute and pay homage: "My son kowtows to my father."

Zhu Cijiong, who was accompanying him, also saluted Zhu Cihong: "See Brother Emperor."

"No." Chongzhen waved his hand and asked with a smile, "A rifled rifle?"

"Yes, this is the first rifled rifle that has just been made." Zhu Cihong quickly handed over the rifle in his hand that looked no different from the standard flintlock rifle.

Chongzhen took the rifled rifle and looked at the muzzle first.

It is easy to see the rifling near the muzzle.

"Father, this is a bullet." Zhu Cihong handed over the cardboard bullet again.

Chongzhen skillfully bit open the paper shell, and after loading the gunpowder, he took another look at the lead bullet, and found that a conical concave cavity was indeed made at the bottom, and a cork was added underneath.

Use a cleaning rod to push the bullet into the barrel and compact it.

Compaction is a technical job, not too tight but not too loose.

Gao Qiqian excitedly moved the humanoid target thirty steps away.

Gao Qiqian was worried that Chongzhen's accuracy was too poor, so he only dared to put it as far as thirty paces.

Chongzhen didn't appreciate it at all, waved his hand and said, "It's too close, just put the target 150 steps away."

150 steps is almost 240 meters. This is just a basic operation for soldiers in another world. Chongzhen's previous life before crossing was able to hit a hundred shots at a distance of 240 meters.

Of course, there is still a big gap between the guns of the two worlds.

But even if the rifled rifle in his hand is not as good as the rifle from another world, it is definitely not a problem to hit a humanoid target 240 meters away, because the high-speed rotating bullet is very stable.

The fact is indeed the case, Chongzhen fired ten shots in a row, all of which hit the target.

Zhu Cihong had already seen the power of rifled rifles, so he didn't react too much.

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback, and said in a low voice: "Father, this rifle is so accurate?"

Gao Qiqian frantically flattered and said: "Long live, your marksmanship is really amazing. You can hit a shot from 150 paces away. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are the best marksman of the Ming Dynasty."

"Okay, this is a good gun, not because I can shoot accurately."

Chongzhen angrily threw the gun to Gao Qiqian: "You have a try."

[There are only two chapters today, so I’m sorry]

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