In August of the eighth year of Yongli, Jiangxi was in full bloom. Tianlai Novel | 2 Due to frequent wars over the years, the newly revived this occupied area, and the first-year tax exemption policy set by Cai Shiying when he recruited military farms, it caused civil unrest. Chen Wen also issued a decision to reduce the summer and autumn taxes in the eighth year of Yongli, Jiangxi.

Once the government order was issued, the ten prefectures in Jiangxi were filled with joy. With the support of the people, the rule of the Ming Army Group in Jiangxi was further strengthened. Only Sun Yu and Wang Jiang felt the pressure doubled, but there was no way.

Fortunately, in the previous battle, the huge amount of food and salary pulled out from the wreckage of the Nanchang shogunate was still there. Fortunately, Hong Chengchou spent all the warehouses in Jiangnan. He originally intended to be used as military supplies to attack Zhejiang, but it turned out to be cheaper. Therefore, even if the taxes were exempted this year, the economic pressure needed to be under was not as great as imagined.

Since that's the case, let's set up a few kneeling statues for Hong Chengchou so that the people can better remember this dog traitor. Well, that's it.

With the ruling foundation solidified, new investigation teams have set out and started to investigate wasteland. The military merit teaching of fields is the material basis of the Ming army in Zhejiang and must not be ignored. According to preliminary reports submitted by various counties, Jiangxi's population declined significantly. This province of large population back then can now see abandoned villages everywhere. Putting aside those who are no longer there, many people fled to the mountains to survive hard, and it will take a long time for the population to recover.

Time passed day by day, and before it passed, the Ming army's rule over Jiangxi became more stable. Time was now Chen Wen's enemy, because he knew very well that the Qing Dynasty would never give up this land easily and would definitely draw a large army to go south. He had to improve his own strength faster before that.

Because of this, even if the tax is no longer collected, soldiers still have to be recruited, and they are recruited on a large scale. As the recruitment of soldiers was launched, Chen Wen was very happy to see that many of the first people to join the army were able to release the auxiliary soldiers who were forced to recruit by Hong Chengchou and their fellow villagers. After returning to their hometown, they not only remembered the strength of the Ming army in Zhejiang, but also copied this concept into the minds of their neighbors, so that the recruitment of soldiers could be carried out more smoothly.

In contrast, the fate of another group of prisoners seems not so normal.

According to the agreement before the attack on Guangxin Mansion, a large number of Qing troops were qualified to be released. Chen Wen did not leave any trouble and sent a ship to send them across the Yangtze River after the war came to an end, and gave them each ten days of dry food as a gift before leaving.

The trustworthy Ming army was sent away with tears. The green camp returning groups in Gansu and Shaanxi appeared. After crossing the Yangtze River, they had just escaped the Ming army's butcher knife. If they wanted to return to their hometown, there were still thousands of miles to go. They were almost on the Journey to the West, but they were not monks and could not get along. After eating the dry food for the past ten days, they had to do their old job, and they were familiar with it.

In the following days, a Ganzhou Green Camp Return Group, who spoke a Shaanxi accent, held a spear in his hand, and wore a green camp uniform, began their journey back home like locusts. He robbed whatever he saw along the way, but was attacked by those shameless local green camps.

They were all green camp soldiers, breaking their bones and tendons, but the green camps in those places didn't care about this, just pretending that they were bandits wearing green camp skins, and greeted them directly when they met.

However, these Ganzhou-Shaanxi green camps were all from Southeast Jingtao, and had extremely strong combat power. Most of the green camp soldiers in various places had been peaceful for a long time. They were okay to bully the common people on weekdays. When they met these guys, especially when they formed a "titted" square formation, no local green camp could take advantage of it. In the end, they could only turn a blind eye and let this group of returning home pass by, as long as they did not live in their place.

A few months later, these green camp soldiers crossing the river were just a group of beggar-like green camp soldiers. When they entered the Shaanxi territory, they were already a "riding" infantry composed of pack horses, horse carriages, donkey carriages and mule carriages. The returning group members were all full and full of energy, well-dressed, and well-dressed, and had excellent weapons. They did not look like defeated soldiers who were released after defeat, but were more like a victorious and triumphant army.

However, the only thing that makes people feel strange is that they have no habit of stealing women along the way, and there are no women in the team who warms the bed, which is really unreasonable.

After returning to Shaanxi, this Gansu-Shaanxi Green Camp Returning Group was soon received by Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi. After learning about their experience, the "peerless brave general" started to win over them without hesitation. However, these bastards were very dissatisfied and insisted on agreeing with Wu Sangui before they could make a living with Wu Sangui.

"What are your conditions? You can tell me."

Wu Sangui is not hesitating for these warriors who deserve to be won over. He even planned to set up a battalion of warriors, led by his son-in-law Xia Guoxiang. Compared with the treatment of personal soldiers, he will definitely become an elite force under his command that can turn the world on the battlefield. However, the dream is full and the reality is skinny. When he heard the answers of these guys, he almost fainted.

"We only have one request. If we meet the Ming army from Zhejiang on the battlefield, we will never go up and die!"

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In August, while the tax exemption order was issued, the envoys from the south also began to return to Nanchang one after another. Compared with the previous trip south, the return rate was much faster due to the escort of various forces. Even many levels could be swayed directly, leaving their heads without leaving them, and if they were not leaving their heads, it was already in vain.

"The villain bows to Duke Xiu."

"Get up."

"Xie Xiu Duke."

While using the nails of your little finger to sniff his ears, Chen Wen said, "My Duke is very busy and doesn't have so much spare time. I will quickly explain what your King Jingnan means, otherwise I will get out of here."

Seeing this, the envoy did not dare to delay Chen Wen's precious time. He bowed and immediately replied: "My prince is willing to obey the orders of Duke Xiu and serve the emperor as the chief of the Ming Dynasty. In order to show his sincerity, I hope Duke will forgive the prince's son Yan Dun and wait for the orders. In addition, he also asked Duke and Duke Zhang to make peace on their behalf. After all, they are ministers in the same palace, so it is inevitable that they will hurt the harmony when they start."

Like the letter given to Shang Kexi, the letters given to Geng Jimao by the messenger were also very harsh. Although there was no joke such as if you did not surrender, I would send someone to help Li Dingguo destroy the city, but if I didn't agree to my request, I would join forces with Zheng Chenggong to destroy your Geng family, but the threat of Geng Jimao still scared Geng Jimao to death.

In fact, Jiangxi was restored to the Ming army, even if Nangan still had to be in the hands of the Qing army now, for the Qing army in Fujian, it had been surrounded by the Ming army in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and the Ming army in Fujian that occupied the Zhangzhou Prefecture in southern Fujian and the Taiwan Strait.

After all, there is a saying of luck in combat. However, Fujian Province is a poor grain province with eight mountains, one river and one field. The largest grain-producing area in the province is still in the hands of Zheng Chenggong. Every year, it relies on foreign food to support the army. As long as Chen Wen blocked the grain road, the Qing army in Fujian would never let the Ming army enter Fujian, and it would not take long to collapse on its own. There is no way, people have to eat, and they can still make yarn without food.

In order to prevent the incident of his subordinates selling him to Chen Wen due to shortage of food, Geng Jimao decided to take the initiative. Under Chen Wen's "hard advice", he repented and changed his past mistakes. Anyway, he returned to the Ming Dynasty and ruled the Emperor Yongli, and drew a clear line with the Qing Tartars.

However, Geng Jimao wanted to do so anyway. He had a lot of conflicts with Zheng Chenggong in the past two years, and there was no direct conflict with Chen Wen. However, after Yang Minggao and the others mentioned, this person with the surname Chen seemed to be more difficult to mess with than the person with the surname Zheng.

Now that Chen Wen has threatened him, he can only follow Chen Wen's rhythm. Otherwise, Zheng Chenggong would not mind "not believing in his sincerity anyway". He resolutely joined forces with the Ming Army of Zhejiang to kill him, a speculator who wants to sneak into the revolutionary ranks.

"Crown Prince Jingnan? Geng Jingzhong?"

“That’s right.”

Geng Jingzhong was the King of Jingnan who caused Kangxi to rebel during the Three Feudal Rebellion. He had fought against Li Zhifang when Chen Wen was in Jinhua. But who knew that Zheng Chenggong's son Zheng Jing, the tricking thing not only cheated his father, but this time it even made his allies even more cheated. He directly attacked Geng Jingzhong and seized half of Fujian, causing Geng Jingzhong to jump back.

"Has he married Hauge's daughter?"

"ah?"

The messenger was startled. He didn't know where Chen Wen heard the rumors, for fear of causing Chen Wen to be unhappy, and quickly replied: "If you return to the country, this is purely a rumor. My prince has no intention of marrying the Tartars. Besides, my prince is only ten years old now and is still a child, so how could he get married?"

Seeing the messenger's grievance, Chen Wen believed it. Anyway, he was also watching jokes from TV series. It is only the eighth year of Yongli and the eleventh year of Shunzhi, and there are still more than twenty years before the Three Feudal Rebellion. It is possible that this matter will be born in the future.

"Go back and tell you that the King of Jingnan, my wife is now pregnant, and my Duke is about to be a father, so I don't want to separate my flesh and blood." Seeing that the envoy's eyes were a little anxious, Chen Wen then said: "If you want to show sincerity, you can give it to me, the court, the Duke of Zhang, and the Duke of Zhang, you can make peace on your behalf. Otherwise, everything will be free from negotiations!"

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The Duke of the State threatened the prince to surrender, and threatened two princes with military power. This was probably a joke that had never been seen since ancient times. But Chen Wen not only did it, but also almost scared one of them to death. If Sun Kewang, who had already regarded him as his opponent, knew about it, I wonder what the prince felt.

In his letter to Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, Chen Wen mentioned one thing in addition to threats, that is, the other party had accepted his own conditions and was ready to follow Chen Wen's persuasion after a few days of preparation. Anyway, he added another person to come in. This person would definitely be correct, and the two of them would definitely know.

After the real and false similarities appear, the impact on them is much greater than the dry threat, so the next thing will naturally be easier, and the rest is nothing more than conditions.

Shang Kexi's envoy came in a hurry and left in a hurry. He was still taken out by the officer who threatened Shang Kexi to death and death in the palace of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion.

However, the "transfer" negotiations with Shang Kexi were not going smoothly. Compared with Geng Jimao who was already in a desperate situation, Shang Kexi is still connected to the main force of the Qing army in Nangan and southern Huguang. If it really doesn't work, he will leave. Chen Wen wanted to do anything, he is far less easy than Geng Jimao.

Moreover, he was still very pleased that among the Three Feudalists, although he was not as brave as Kong Youde, he was despised by Kong Youde and Li Dingguo, who killed Kong Youde, but in terms of cunning, Kong Youde, Geng Jimao, and Xu Shun Gong Shen Yongzhong could not compare with him.

Compared with Geng Jimao's full acceptance, Shang Keke had many favorable conditions. For example, Li Dingguo's army withdrew from Guangdong and divided a province of Guangdong to him. As their Shang family's hereditary fiefdom, Zhejiang provided some military rations every year, but he did not obey the Ming court or Chen Wenze, and to put it bluntly, he wanted to be a local emperor in Guangdong.

Shang Kexi was planning to pay the money by asking for a lot of money, and there was also the idea of ​​delaying time to observe the changes in the situation. Chen Wen could see this thought at a glance. He believed that Shang Kexi knew that he could see it, and at the same time he also had the potential intention to test his strength.
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