377 Toast for land reform
Emperor Chongzhen remembered it very clearly. The arrangement of fate suddenly appeared in front of him on the first day of March last year.
It has only been a little over a year now, but the Ming Dynasty has almost been completely renewed.
At that time last year, the Battle of Songjin was just over, and the imperial army was wiped out. He almost thought that Hong Chengchou would die. It was a pity that he had always trusted him, but he surrendered to Jianlu without saying a word, and helped Jianlu out suggestions, and finally took over the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, if he had paid tribute to him so much, the face of the Emperor Ming Dynasty would have been thrown to the ground and stepped on it again?
At the same time, the situation inside the pass was also very bad. Li Zicheng's dog thief broke through Luoyang and killed King Fu; he attacked and opened the feudal area, and the court had lost control.
There is also the case where Fengyang, Zhongdu, was threatened by the bandits under Zhang Xianzhong's troops, and Huguang and other places in the granary of the world, were also ravaged by them. The generals sent out to suppress the bandits were more than the other. They did not listen to the orders of the court, but they could harm the people more than the bandits. There were more than one governor who was cheated to death by them.
With all this, even if I didn’t watch the magical documentary brought by my husband, I actually knew that the Ming Dynasty was not far from falling!
However, as soon as Mr. arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the situation immediately improved rapidly!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled.
First, I took down a few servants I usually trust. I really know people but not my heart! Under such a severe situation, I don’t know how to help me share my worries, but I’m still making a fortune!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen did not regret his title as Duke Xingguo in one breath! This is what Duke Xingguo deserves!
The factory guards were rectified, the court was strictly enforced, talents were recommended, the policy on Liao, and the cancer of the eight major Shanxi merchants were dug out. They even led troops to fight, defeating the millions of bandits and saving Kaifeng; they went south to Huguang, defeating the Eight Kings and the Five Gates of the Gates, and stabilized the granary of the world. Then, they rushed to Shu, even climbing up the mountain of swords and seas of fire, and overwhelmingly over the Shu Road, saving Chengdu Prefecture, and once again defeated the rebels and bandits' coalition forces, stabilizing the situation in Sichuan.
In addition, the gentleman also selflessly contributed the same recipes as treasure trays such as glass, cement, shuttle, and spinning machines, and also vigorously promoted sweet potatoes, potatoes and other products. All these things are really...
Emperor Chongzhen was a little excited when he thought about this. If it weren’t for the gentleman, there would be the opportunity for civil servants to stand in the court to compete blindly?
But that's true, they don't care about this. At most, they can change their emperors and continue to be their subjects and enjoy their glory and wealth!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt more and more that Zhang Mingwei was so precious to him!
So he simply wrote down everything in the court and went to Chengdu with the original memorial to tell Zhang Mingwei that he was open and trusted Zhang Mingwei. In the court, you can see whoever has had any memorials, and you can also have a goal if you want to deal with them in the court.
Those officials in the court never expected that Emperor Chongzhen would do such a trick, and they were all a little stunned.
Originally, they thought that even if Emperor Chongzhen would not listen to them for the time being, they would throw some sand into Emperor Chongzhen's heart. As a result, they gave them the name to Duke Xingguo.
They may not be afraid of Emperor Chongzhen, but Duke Xingguo was not only the commander of the army, but also the commander of the Jinyiwei. He did not matter how big or small the court officials were, and there were precedents.
The former chief eunuch Wang Dehua, the former chief eunuch Wang Zhixin, the former chief eunuch Luo Yangxing, the former chief eunuch Zhou Yanru, the former chief minister of the cabinet, Chen Xinjia, the former Minister of War, and the former Duke of Chengguo who was passed down from the time of Chengzu...
Anyone who defeated one of them would be a great achievement. However, all of these people were killed by Duke Xingguo alone. Compared with these people, what kind of garlic is they considered?
Thinking of this, many civil and military officials who had submitted the memorials couldn't sleep. While regretting that they had submitted the memorials, many people even felt that the court was no longer safe, so they asked for orders to be sent out, and even just retired and returned home.
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Regarding these situations in the court, when Zhang Mingwei received the things transferred by Emperor Chongzhen, he also received information from Chen Yuanyuan about the collection of Jinyiwei. In this regard, he threw it aside like garbage, and had no time to pay attention to these borers.
However, Zhang Mingwei was still grateful to Emperor Chongzhen, and felt that it was worth it to revive the Ming Dynasty so hard.
So he put more thoughts on matters in Shu.
On the side of Shu, although Zuo Liangyu was not caught in the Chengdu war, he was in a slump and continued to run away with Hou Xun, not knowing where he went.
While Li Zicheng was rectifying the internal affairs, he even sent troops to invade the Chengdu Plain, and was unwilling to let Zhang Mingwei settle the prisoners here and farm and grow grain.
However, Zhang Mingwei was prepared for this. After restoring other cities on the Chengdu Plain, cavalry troops were stationed at key points in various places.
The thief from Li Zicheng's troops was beaten back as soon as he entered the plains.
Zhang Mingwei also sent an order to Sun Chuanting that he no longer just defended the Jianmen Pass area, but had launched a counterattack and recaptured the entire Baoning Mansion. He also attacked Zhang Mingwei's army on both sides, and also restored Tongchuan Prefecture and completely cut off the road for Li Zicheng to attack the Chengdu Plain.
Now, Sun Chuanting is splitting troops to attack Kuizhou Prefecture and Shunqing Prefecture. However, according to the news, the thieves in these two places have strong resistance and did not make much progress for a while.
Zhang Mingwei can understand this.
Kuizhou Prefecture is the road from Sichuan to the outside world from the Yangtze River, and Li Zicheng will definitely not give up. Shunqing Prefecture is the barrier to Chongqing in the north. If it is lost, then Chongqing will be directly exposed to the Ice Hero of the imperial government army, and Li Zicheng will definitely not give up.
It is easy to understand when encountering fierce resistance in these two places.
Zhang Mingwei has not yet planned to liberation of Chongqing Prefecture. As long as Li Zicheng does not run away, he will not actually send troops. He just let Li Dingguo and the others stick to Li Zicheng's troops.
At this time, Zhang Mingwei focused on the territories of chieftains such as northwest and southwest of Chengdu.
These places are all mountains, forests, plateaus, etc., and can be said to be poor and bad waters. Not only is it not conducive to cavalry operations, but it is also difficult for ordinary troops to advance.
In general, it would probably take several years to deal with the remnants of the chieftains here. Because the chieftains are not stupid, they would not wait to fight head-on with the imperial officials and soldiers there.
Then, Zhang Mingwei thought of a solution. At this time, according to the previously registered prisoner information, most of the prisoners in these places were concentrated.
He did not bother to worry about the trouble and came forward in person, one of the comforting departments and the other of the comforting departments spoke.
Now, Zhang Mingwei is in front of the prisoners of the Lizhou Pacification Department, in front of more than a thousand people, and said to them: "You must have known the imperial court's placement of the people during this period. I can tell you a few more points here."
After the war in Chengdu ended, we collected information about the prisoners while reorganizing the prisoners. A small part of them was incorporated into the army, some were reorganized into military farms, and some were reorganized into military farms. Some of them were prepared to be put back.
However, no matter which part, the Jinyiwei School Captain was promoting the national policy of the court. It can be said that during the period when there was no war, the busiest person was the Jinyiwei School Captain. It was not because of arresting people and chasing the house, but because of being busy.
The reason why the work content is different from before is that they met Zhang Mingwei, a commander who was different from any of the former commanders of the Jinyiwei.
At this time, these prisoners were listening quietly to Duke Xingguo's speech.
"The emperor wants all the people of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of ethnicity, to live a peaceful and prosperous life, no longer starve or cold, and no longer to have military disasters. I believe you have already understood the new policies of the court. I can add something here."
The publicity in the past few months has not been ineffective, and the captives belonging to the chieftains are listening carefully.
"The court will never tolerate the chieftain's rebellion. From then on, there will be no chieftain in any place where the rebellion will be directly under the jurisdiction of the court. The chieftain's land will also be taken over to the court." Zhang Mingwei said this, his voice louder, and he emphasized, "When the court conquered the chieftain's territory in the future, as long as you, including others, have made contributions, will be rewarded according to the merits."
"After you go back, you can tell your relatives and friends this good news. If you tie up the head of the chieftain to the court before the arrival of the imperial army, you will naturally have the greatest contribution and the most rewards. If not, make contributions after the imperial army arrives, and help the head of the imperial army to quell the head of the chieftain as soon as possible. The contributions are enough for you to allocate enough land to avoid starvation and freezing."
As he said this, seeing the eyes of these captives in the chieftain territory were lit up, Zhang Mingwei knew that this trick learned from later generations must be effective. After all, they were just serfs under the chieftain.
And among these prisoners who were about to be released, they were identified. Anyone who had something to do with the chieftain would not be released. The only ones who could be released were the oppressed serfs.
Zhang Mingwei continued to say loudly to them: "And I am already making arrangements that all the places directly under the imperial court, whether they have money or not, their children can be sent to the official school to study. One day in the future, your children will be able to walk out of the mountains. If they have a promising future, they can also take you out of the mountains and live a better life!"
Give them hope and give them hope to the next generation. This is the biggest temptation. Zhang Mingwei doesn’t believe that in this case, there will be serfs working for the chieftain!
Chapter completed!