Things are both sides, and you must look at problems with dialectical thinking. You can reasonably recognize the pros and cons of things themselves, so that you can see the essence of problems more effectively.

The attendant of the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince and the grand tutor of Zheng, Wei Zheng, once said: "The king is a boat; man is water; water can carry a boat and can also overturn the boat!" From the perspective of the country, Wei Zheng is a loyal minister, but from the perspective of the Shandong aristocratic race, wasn't Wei Zheng betrayed his own class?

Kong Youde was an unscrupulous minister. He was not really good to the people, but for revenge. After conquering Dengzhou, he did not think about occupying land to be king, because he knew very well that his strength was too weak to catch Shandong Dusi off guard, because Shandong had been suppressed by Qi Jiguang, and the shogunate of a small life had opened the country to close the country. In the late Ming Dynasty, Shandong could no longer see people to be invaded.

The army formed in Shandong for the Anti-People Commission was the same as the army of other provincial and military institutions in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and was invincible. However, the Ming Dynasty still had very capable troops, such as the Tianxiong Army, the Daning Army, the Guanning Army, the Qin Army on the side of the trilateral governor, the Sichuan Army, and the Zhejiang Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. These troops were all very capable.

Although he could break the manor of the gentry and landlords, or rob the gentry and landlords of gold, silver, silk, silk, antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other treasures, he could not take away the house and fields. In order to alleviate the hostility of the people and cause trouble for the imperial court to quell the rebellion army, he distributed the land to the people, and among the people, he asked the people to elect officials.

What Liu Mingyu met now is the county magistrate of Shouguang County appointed by Kong Youde. Shouguang County originally had a population of more than 100,000, but most of the young and strong men were surrounded by Kong Youde, leaving more than 80,000, most of them were old, weak, women and children.

As one of the prefectures and counties that Kong Youde took the lead in capturing, the people of Shouguang County did gain benefits. That is, after spring plowing, Kong Youde's troops took over Shouguang County and distributed more than one million acres of land that had already grown grain, about two-thirds of the entire Shouguang County, to these people. He also divided it according to the number of people, even if a newborn baby could obtain eight acres of land.

Although after the autumn harvest, Kong Youde sent people to collect grain, taking away most of the food in the hands of the people, leaving only some of the food that can fill the stomach, these Shouguang people actually gained benefits.

Kong Youde also promised them that as long as they plant their own food next year, they would only receive 30% of the tax. You should know that the people of Shouguang, like the people from other places, who can get land, are refugees without land, and now they are immediately proletarians.

After learning that the army led by Liu Mingyu entered Qingzhou, these people were very worried. Kong Youde was a rebel, and many of these people's nephews were also among the rebels. Once the court quelled the rebellion, they were also liquidated. What's more important is that the land they just obtained would be taken away by the imperial army. In this case, the Shouguang people took up weapons and prepared to defend their fields.

As a traditional agricultural country, a land-based way of thinking has long been formed. There is a proverb in the countryside: "People do not give in to their wives, children, and the edges of the fields." Whoever touches their wives, children or fields will fight desperately.

Yuan Shijun, the magistrate of Shouguang County, came to block Liu Mingyu with the people. Could he beat Liu Mingyu? This is the obvious thing about the lice on the bald man's head, and he must not be able to beat him. But can they not resist? If they do not resist, they will be taken away by the imperial army represented by Liu Mingyu. Once these fields are taken away, they will still die.

The difference is that it is to die early or late...

Just when Liu Mingyu was having a headache, the sound of gongs and drums sounded in the village about ten miles away, and wolf smoke rose into the sky, and more than one place, as if it was like a baton. A village was burning with wolf smoke, and wolf smoke rose into the sky. It can be seen that a large group of people rushed towards this side in groups.

These people have received some training. Although they are busy, they still consciously line up and they are really a bit of an army when they are driving in one go. In the blink of an eye, all roads are filled with surging people. When they get closer, Liu Mingyu looks at these people, basically holding hoes, hatchets or guillotines, and holding wooden guns or shields temporarily modified with chopping boards.

These farmers emerged from the village, from the farmland, and even from the mountains, forming a stream of people flowing here, and the momentum that would trample you to death was rushed over, making Liu Mingyu and others laugh bitterly.

All the people are soldiers.

The people have been very martial since ancient times, and as long as someone organizes it, a very terrifying force can be erupted. Many people laugh at the cowardice of the Chinese people. In fact, this is prejudice. In the later generations, armed battles occurred in two villages in Hunan, and more than 5,000 people participated in the melee. Not only did they have guns but also used artillery. The scene was comparable to a small war.

The local people are similar. Kong Youde learned everything that Liu Mingyu had in Daning. He learned that Liu Mingyu had established three-level institutions below the county, including ten households as one a. A. A. The length of the A. is equivalent to a small flag, ten A. A. is equivalent to a hundred households in the Ming Dynasty, and ten insurances are one town, which is equivalent to a thousand households in the Ming Dynasty.

Every town has a flag, and you can vaguely see "Shuangqiao Town, Liujiaying Town, Baliwan Town, Sanwan Town, Tianliu Town, Makou Town" and so on.

Liu Mingyu looked at the militia formed by these people. Their equipment was only worse than that of Daning. You should know that the militia in Daning were better than the regular army equipment in the pass, including long spears, broken swords, goose feather swords, crossbows, even elm cannons, pine cannons, mines, and grenades.

Liu Mingyu looked at the people in front of him and said, "There are almost everyone here? Is there anyone in charge? Come out and speak!"

In fact, at this time, the people of Shouguang were still coming one after another, with 30,000 or 40,000 people. To be fair, although there are many of these people, as long as Liu Mingyu is willing to attack, he can solve the battle with a quick charge. But the problem is that Liu Mingyu does not want to do this, and human resources are the most scarce thing in Daning.

At this moment, an old man with gray hair and crutches, supported by two young men, went out, and the people consciously spread the road and let the old man come out.

The old man asked in an old age: "I dare to ask, sir, but I will lead the troops to wipe out us!"

Liu Mingyu asked, "Who are you?"

"I am not talented, my surname is Yuan Shijun, and I am loved by my fellow villagers and elected as the magistrate of Shouguang County!"

Yuan Shijun asked, "I dare to ask if it's..."

"My name is Liu Mingyu!"

"Oh, I haven't heard of it!"

"Champion Hou"

Yuan Shijun's eyes were wider than those of a bull's eyes: "Crown...Campoke Marquis...You...You...Marty, give us a way out, little old man kneels down for you!"

The ancients did not like to call it a name. If you want to say who Liu Mingyu was, you can only know who he has a certain identity, but if you want to say who the champion Hou was, no one would not know. If those Ming troops were rotten to the bones, they would still have the confidence to resist, just like Shandong General Zhang Keda, who led more than 20,000 troops to recover Dengzhou.

When he led his army into Huangxian, he was beaten up by the people of Huangxian, killing and injuring more than 4,000 Ming soldiers. Zhang Keda himself was almost killed by the stone thrown by the people.

"Old man, please get up, please get up!"

"We really have no way to live..."

Before everyone could finish their words, Liu Mingyu said, "No rules can be achieved without a circle. The court is the law of the court. The country has its laws. Kong Youde rebelled against the court and slaughtered the people very much. Not killing them is enough to calm the anger of the people. And you are also followers, so don't be obsessed with it."

"But after returning those fields, we can't live!"

"Old man, the world cannot be separated from the word "reason". If you have reason, you can travel all over the world, but you can't move in an inch without reason!" Liu Mingyu smiled and said, "Or someone killed your family and distributed your land to others. Are you willing?"

Yuan Shijun turned around and looked at the people behind him, and the despair was indescribable on his face.

"Champions, the villagers are all preaching that you are the living Bodhisattva in heaven. You are the most unwilling to see the people suffering. We are suffering now and there is no way to live. Can you pity us..."

"Liu Mingyu sighed and said, "There is a way to live, but it's not in Shandong. The court will send people to take charge of the matters in Shandong. The duty of this marquis is to annihilate all the rebels of Kong Youde's troops. Your way to live is not in Shandong, but in Daning. This marquis is the governor and appeasement envoy of Daning. All things in Daning are in Daning. This marquis can be the master of Daning. As long as you arrive in Daning, you can farm when you want to farm and work when you want to work. There are no corrupt officials bullying you. If anyone bullies you, you can find this marquis, and this marquis can make the decision for you!"

Yuan Shijun thought for a while and discussed with the villagers around him.

Soon some people were willing to follow Liu Mingyu to migrate to Daning, while others were unwilling.

Liu Mingyu didn't care. Everyone has the right to choose. Since he made a choice, he would accept the result of the choice.

About 20,000 people are willing to migrate, and more than two-thirds are unwilling to leave.

Liu Mingyu understood this result quite well, and he was inferior to people who left his hometown.

But the problem is that the military discipline of the Ming army is not very good. The Liu family army is not bad, and the Tianxiong army is not bad. As for other armies, one is counted as one, which is not much stronger than the bandits. What is killing good and taking credit for the best, which is commonplace.

These Shandong people who are unwilling to leave will soon taste the bitter fruits of their choice. Liu Ming only needs to make a breakthrough in Shandong. No need to think that other Ming troops will flock to Shandong to pick peaches.

The happiest person now is Wang Yong of the Daning Army. When Liu Ming went to war, he did not follow the army to Dengzhou at all. This dead eunuch was like the soldiers of the Liu family army, seasickness and very serious. He couldn't stand it by just riding on the canal boats of the Luan River, let alone sea boats. The wind and waves on the sea were much larger than the Luan River, which was only more than one hundred meters wide.

Wang Yong went directly to the house bought by Funinggang. The house covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, with seven inches and more than two hundred houses. The adopted son and daughter he adopted now have used up all the names of the adopted son and daughter. Now he has to use the name of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, drinking small wine in the warm room, eating a large supplementary medicinal meal, and taking the dog-headed military advisors to discuss how to make up stories.

When Liu Mingyu took over Penglai Water City and Dengzhou City, he could only know the result. As for how he really fought at that time, Wang Yong didn't care. He just needed to consider that Emperor Chongzhen liked it.

After receiving the news of the recovery of the entire territory of the nine counties and two prefectures in Dengzhou, he took the good news that had been written in advance and rode a carriage all the way to the capital.
Chapter completed!