Chapter 59: Weaving the Net
In the side hall, there were no warriors who had thrown cups as their numbers, but only files were placed neatly on the cases on both sides of the side hall. At the top, there were a table and a magistrate chair. On the table, seven copies of memorials were lined up. After Wen Anzhi entered the main hall, he was immediately attracted by the table. However, when he picked up one of them and looked carefully, he was stunned on the spot. The other six were sitting dejectedly on the magistrate chair without even looking at it.
After Wen Anzhi was like this, the generals immediately came closer and looked through the copies of the memorials, especially those who knew some words, and even their faces were pale.
In the side hall, from the sound of looking through the paper, to the whispers of explanation, to the arguments that rise and fall, and even angrily shouting, it finally ended up in a silent silence that could be heard.
It was not until a long time later that Fuhou Tan Wen looked at Tan Yi and Tan Hong, and then looked at the former Dashun Army, who were denied by them as bandits on weekdays. He swallowed, opened his mouth several times and closed his mouth several times. It was not until a moment later that he gritted his teeth before approaching Wen Anzhi and whispered: "The generals, the generals, and others who accept the assistance of His Highness of Qi, are also to strengthen the force that the court can use in the future."
Tan Wen said this to this point, and Wen Anzhi sighed, as if the energy in his body had been absorbed by the copy of the memorial, and his words became weak.
"You can go whatever you want. I have nothing to say. Go and let me rest here for a while and be quiet for a while."
In a trance, the Sichuan-European Supervisor, who was over 60 years old, traveled thousands of miles from Guangxi and worked hard to the mountainous areas of Kuidong, and traveled all the garrisons of every military general. Whenever they talked about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and whenever they talked about the defense of the barbarians and the Xia, they had the vitality that even younger generations could not send. At this moment, it seemed that they had completely become an old man and their vitality disappeared.
Seeing this, there were still some people among the generals who wanted to persuade him, but they didn't know what to say at all. It was as if nothing they said would be pale and powerless, and they could not convince themselves, let alone the old man in front of them.
After a while, after the generals who entered the hall bowed, they all left the side hall. The gate of the side hall quietly closed, and the old man was still sitting there dejectedly, with footsteps slowly coming from the inside of the side hall. Every step was so firm, but the old man was still decadent.
"More than ten years ago, I had a dream. There was an old man who had framed the powerful ministers when he was young. Later, the Tartars entered the pass, and the old man came back to the mountain at the age of sixty. Over the years, the old man went from the cabinet chief to the border town to supervise the army. Most of the underlings were bandits who had once caused trouble and were unruly. However, with his extraordinary prestige and ability, he was able to quickly drive these conflicting bandits to be used by the court and fight with the Tartars with all his might."
"However, the efforts of the people in the court could not resist the general trend. The rebellion of the powerful ministers in the court was quelled, but the result still pushed the court to the brink of destruction. At that time, there were great generals in the court, but not only several times but dozens of times the army, but also a letter of ban and persuasion written by the powerful ministers who surrendered the Tatars, causing the civil officials and military generals in the court to surrender in the only two remaining provinces."
"The old man did not give up. When the army of the barbarians moved south from Hanzhong and crossed Sichuan and directly from Kunming, the old man relied on his prestige to persuade the vassals under his command to go west and attack the logistics transfer node of the barbarians' southward, that is, Chongqing Prefecture."
"The army will be dispersed without food. The first time, the old man succeeded. Chongqing was besieged, and the barbarian army had to return to the army to rescue Chongqing. The court used this period to calm down as much as possible and mobilized the army to welcome the barbarian army. However, the restraint was ultimately restraint. After the rescue, the city defense was strengthened for several months, and the barbarian army went south again, and the old man had to persuade the generals again and sent troops to attack Chongqing."
"However, for the second time, the bandits, as the vanguard, had internal conflicts with two official troops who had arrived at Chongqing City. The generals of the military forces who wanted to surrender the Tartars plotted against another military general who refused to abdicate. Then they joined forces with the Tartars in the city to defeat the bandits who followed the old man's orders. The second battle in Chongqing was defeated by internal conflicts. The captive army lost all their worries and quickly entered Yunnan."
"In the following years, the famous general tried his best but failed to turn the tide. When he died in the desertion a few years later, he still told his son that he would rather die than surrender. At that time, the emperor was strangled by the Tartar commander with a bowstring to death. In the later generations, the old man heard the news and did not sleep for several days and nights and ended up in depression. But in that story, the only thing missing was me!"
"I admire this old man very much, admire his noble ambition and his unyielding efforts for this, but if this old man could go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to see, I would definitely understand me. The people there have a better life and a beautiful life that has not been seen even in the early years of the country. And I have reached this point today, and have modified too many decaying ancestral systems and damaged too many people's originally borer-like happy life. I have no way out, because if I take a step back, I will never be able to recover."
"I'm sorry, I will ruin your dream. And the only thing I can guarantee is that I will not make too intense decisions unless I have to."
In the side hall, footsteps turned towards the gate of the main hall. The old man slowly raised his head and looked at the back as firm as footsteps away. When the gate of the side hall was pushed open, the sunset hit the man, and it was as majestic as mountains.
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The next morning, Chen Wen watched Wen Anzhi, the governor of Sichuan and Hubei, boarded the boat back to Fengjie on the gate tower in Wuchang. After watching the biggest obstacle, Chen Wen also began to discuss with the generals of Kuidong. As far as he knew, the generals who represented the head coach had sent people back to the base yesterday. He must let the head coach come to visit Chen Wen for a while to avoid suffering losses in the subsequent discussions.
In the following days, the coach was delaying the time, and the coach was already in Wuchang, so he was not in a hurry. Chen Wen had a fair consideration and waited for them to officially discuss after they arrived. Fortunately, before this, he had basically had a basic intention, and many things were only adjusted according to the situation.
The consultation ended completely one month later. At the beginning of the winter month, Chen Wen and the generals of Kuidong agreed that the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would provide support to the various departments in Kuidong in three batches, mainly grain, silver, seeds, agricultural tools, agricultural livestock and poultry, so that they could start to restore the livelihood of Sichuan as soon as possible.
After consultation, the entire Sichuan Province was divided up. Except for Baoning, which was in the hands of the Qing army and Zunyi, which had been distributed to Ma Jinzhong by Chen Wen, the other prefectures and counties were all within the scope of division.
According to the results of the consultation, Yuan Zongdi, who was originally stationed in Dachang County, took over He Zhen's original residence and also had his resident in Dachang County to guard the nodes of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; Daning County was handed over to Yuan Zongdi, and He Zhen took over the territory of Santan in Wanxian, including Wanxian, Liangshan and Zhongzhou in Chongqing Prefecture. He had worked as the Ming army and Dashun army, and accepting Santan's territory would not cause too much conflict.
These two parts roughly divide the Kuizhou Prefecture, and the Kuizhou Prefecture between them, that is, Fengjie, is still in charge of the commandership, and Yunyang and other places continue to lead the commandership directly.
Liu Tichun and Ma Tengyun, who were originally stationed in Chenjiapo, Ba County, Chongqing, were placed nearby in Chongqing Prefecture City. Previously, the Qing army withdrew and took away all the people here. A fire was lit in the city, so they did not change their garrisons. Now they want to receive material assistance from the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so they moved their garrisons in Chongqing Prefecture City, and they were in a fortified land and water there.
As for how the two divisions were divided, Chen Wen did not interfere too much, but their control area should be limited to the western part of Chongqing Prefecture to prevent intrusion into other people's jurisdictions. The central part of Chongqing Prefecture, including Fengdu, Fuzhou, Wulong and Changshou, was responsible for the two divisions of Dang Shousu and Ta Tianbao.
Chen Wen divided Sichuan along the Yangtze River waterway. After passing Chongqing Prefecture, the upper reaches are Luzhou Prefecture and Xuzhou Prefecture. These two places are the territory of a separate prefecture, and are under the jurisdiction of Hao Yaoqi and Li Laiheng, who inherited Li Guo and Gao Yigong's direct lineage of the Dashun Army.
These two guys, one is a straight and brainless reckless man, and the other is too young and has a prestige limited to their own army. They have only inherited the army of Li and Gao and failed to inherit the prestige of the two. It is actually not suitable for those two places. But it is not easy to divide other places. At least they do not intend to be too close to the Qing army and Yunnan, so they can only be divided there for the time being.
The central and eastern Sichuan are generally the territory of the remaining units of the Dashun Army. Chengdu in western Sichuan is still under the jurisdiction of General Liu Yao and Deputy General Yang Youcai, but they are only limited to the city. The northern part of Chengdu Prefecture is Tan Wen, the southern part of Chengdu Prefecture is Tan Yi, and the southern part of Jiading Prefecture is Tan Hong.
These four troops were all the Ming army in Sichuan. During the meeting, Santan gathered together to discuss secretly, and finally decided to lead Liu and Yang to help and guard western Sichuan. It was better to be farther away than to be trapped in a group of "bandits".
The only remaining ones were Wang Guangxing's troops. This person was stationed in Shizhouwei, north of Huguang, Fengjie, north of Fengjie, and south and east of the city were all chieftains. Chen Wen planned to move him to Sichuan. Who knew that this person seemed to be interested in Chen Wen's plan to ask for the captain's population and expressed his willingness to continue to station in Shizhouwei, so Chen Wen had no choice but to let him go for the time being.
As a result, the occupied areas of the Ming army in Kuidong were basically expanded. In fact, according to Chen Wen's plan, each person had one mansion, even most of them were from. However, they all subconsciously wanted to be farther away from the Qing army and Yunnan. Fortunately, their land was slowly developing, such as Tongchuan Prefecture, Shunqing Prefecture and a series of prefectures in the south, could only continue to remain in an unmanned land, at least they could not have any desire for the time being.
This is a big project. Chen Wen planned to send a fleet to assist in the migration. In general, it is all along the Yangtze River, and the hydraulic power is relatively convenient, but when they were invited to Sichuan, they can not only unify the power of Huguang, but also add a lot of trade objects, and the benefits will only be greater. Chen Wen doesn't care about this trouble.
After the agreement was completed, the generals also needed to return to their respective garrisons for preparation. The alliance was concluded, and it was logical that the white horse was punished as an oath. However, Chen Wen did not intend to slaughter the precious war horses in public, but instead sent someone to raise Fan Wencheng from the prison of Wuchang Prefecture.
Half a year later, Fan Wencheng ate well in the prison and was able to sleep. He was raised by the prison guards and prisoners. Chen Wen brought this person up and smiled and said to the generals of Kuidong: "This Fan Zhengluo has the reputation of re-generation Zhuge in the Tartars. This time, the king sent you all to Sichuan and used this false Confucius to swear sacrifice."
Speaking of this, Chen Wen thought of escorting Fan Wencheng's personal soldiers and shouted loudly: "Come here, send this dog traitor to the execution platform. This time, we should pay this guy a generous gift of 3,600 yuan for his great achievements to the Tartars!"
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Chen Wen left Guizhou and instead started the operation of western Hubei and eastern Sichuan in Wuchang. After Chen Wen left, Wu Dengke led the troops behind the palace to cover the military households willing to go to Huguang in batches, while Li Dingguo kept a distance from him and completed the acceptance of Guizhou step by step.
Guizhou took over, and the agreement between the two parties was also reached. It was only left to the Yongli court and Li Dingguo Guizhou, but it was no longer the same as before.
Warehouses in various parts of Guizhou and Qin Wang Mansion in Guiyang were swept away, and the mice had already started to move in groups. However, there were fewer places left for them to move. Fortunately, there were already fewer military camps in the city. The rest were basically military officers, supervisors and their families. Chen Wen only wanted military households as laborers, but Sun Kewang's original grassroots management team had no interest.
With the loss of military households in batches, the military farming will inevitably face a barren situation. In addition to the dilemma of emptied warehouses, Li Dingguo suddenly discovered that the province he took over did not seem to have gained any practical benefits for the time being, except for geographically avoiding Yunnan's threat to the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
This is a helpless thing. Even in the report Li Dingguo received, Chen Wen did not force the migration of military households. He just encouraged him, and destroyed Sun Kewang's military camp system. The people's hearts have reached this point, and it is indeed no longer something that manpower can reverse.
Financial problems need to be solved. It takes time for Guizhou to resume production, and it may also require a lot of investment in it from Yunnan. However, Guizhou is not just a little trouble. Chen Wen also left two other messes for him, which is enough for him to continue scratching his head.
While moving to military households, Chen Wen harshly resolved the lawsuit against the Ningguzhai Chief. The chieftains from all over Guizhou did not dare to put pressure on Chen Wen, for fear of being targeted by the unreasonable strong vassal of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but they had no scruples about Li Dingguo and the others. The reason was very simple. The Yongli court had previously criticized Chen Wen, but it was useless. At least the position was on their side. Now that Chen Wen was gone, they naturally wanted to ask Li Dingguo to ask for an explanation and compensate for their losses.
Sooner or later, the Yongli court had to return the support of the chieftains, so naturally they had to express it. This problem was very complicated. Li Dingguo was still thinking about how to solve it at first, but within a few days he discovered that with his political ability, he seemed to be unable to solve it at all. He had to push these chieftains to the Yongli court and let them directly report it to the court.
The chieftain's melon noise is certainly annoying, but another problem that Li Dingguo needs to face is even more serious. Chen Wen had previously captured a large number of Qin vassal generals and warriors, but when Li Dingguo took over Guizhou, he found that these people had been let go by Chen Wen. Now, led by Ma Jinzhong and Ma Weixing, he has begun to occupy the military and civil service offices in Zunyi, Sichuan, and Chishuiwei. He was the main force of following Yongli, and he looked like an independent force that was neither obedient nor obedient to him.
The reason for this situation is very simple. Chen Wen instigated that there was no need. Just the Yongli court killed Sun Kewang, which was enough to make them, the commanders of the Qin vassal. Especially Li Dingguo, who was named Yi Ge, was actually an enemy, made them unable to feel at ease.
Fortunately, these Qin vassal generals basically occupied the junction of Guizhou and Sichuan, which did not affect the overall situation in Guizhou. However, with Sun Kewang's death, not long after he had just collected Guiyang, Li Dingguo, who was slowly advancing eastward, received news that Wang Ziqi and Wang Shangli, the two generals in Kunming led their troops to loot Kunming's warehouses and abandoned the city and fled.
Liu Wenxiu was originally responsible for guarding Kunming, but the two generals had stronger military strength, and Liu Wenxiu was just restraining it. Originally, the orthodox position of the Yongli court, Liu Wenxiu's prestige in the Western Army and a small number of troops were enough to balance the power of the two generals. Unexpectedly, the news of Sun Kewang's death came, and the two generals chose to jump over the wall out of fear. Now they have fled Kunming with their army and fled towards Guangxi.
The two generals Wang Shangli and Wang Ziqi each had 5,000 combat soldiers, both of whom were elite soldiers left by Qin Fan in Yunnan. It was obvious that they wanted to seize central and southern Guangxi with He Jiuyi, who had already gained a foothold in Nanning Prefecture, where they could even rely on Chen Wen's territory in eastern Guangxi to "hold all the people and respect themselves."
In this way, after a few months, the Qin Palace, which had previously enveloped the Yongli court, collapsed. However, these remaining departments were still in the verge of separatist areas, and the warehousing in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces was not optimistic. Economic issues will become the core problem that the Yongli court needs to face next, which is completely foreseeable.
The second general escaped from Kunming, and Li Dingguo left behind the army that continued to recapture the eastern part of Guizhou and returned to Kunming with the elite troops in order to prevent accidents. The central area including Guiyang was handed over to Bai Wenxuan for the responsibility of Guizhou, while the eastern area closer to Huguang was handed over to Feng Shuangli, who had a stronger force, at least for the time being.
After executing Sun Kewang, Yongli moved from the Gongyuan to the Qin Palace in Kunming. Li Dingguo returned. In order to boost the civilian spirit of Kunming, he also held a ceremony for a large army to enter the city. He only sent troops to suppress the rebellion for half a year, but finally came to such a situation. When he arrived at the palace, Li Dingguo immediately knelt down in front of Yongli.
"My minister, incompetent."
Chapter completed!