Ang Lee personally picked up the wine pot and poured wine for Ma Shiyao.⊙,

"I wish you a good trip to Brother Ma for this wine." He poured all the wine for Ma Shiyao. Today, Ma Shiyao was wearing a gray robe. Before coming out of the camp, he had just taken a shower, had a dough and haircut, and had a careful beard. He also put on a long gown and a hat, and looked like a landlord.

Seeing that he was not very relaxed, Ang Lee said, "Actually, it's better not to go back to his hometown. Think about it, you have fought a lot of wars in Shaanxi in those years. In your hometown, you have also confiscated many homes of gentry, landlords and wealthy businessmen. They have offended many people and have not had a good reputation. This time, if you become a commoner, someone will come to settle the score with you. Maybe you will have to bear the name of a bandit for the rest of your life."

"This time, the sky is high and the earth is far away, everything starts again. After five years of collective cultivation in the farm, if the fields have land and land, then you will get married again. Wouldn't this life be better? When you have time, you will take your children and go back to your hometown to check in the future, repair the tomb and worship the ancestors."

Ma Shiyao took the wine, drank it all, and gently placed the cup on the table.

"Yes, everything starts over. In other words, I really have no shame to go back. I carry a thief name on my back. I say I have no shame to go back like this. It's better to go to Monan, but I start over again. After five years, I will be free to get rid of it. I don't have to carry this heavy burden. I'm worried every day. To be honest, I haven't slept well in these years and have nightmares. I learned the results of the treatment yesterday. I slept very well at night and slept until dawn all night, and I've never felt as sound as I've ever had."

Ang Lee also raised his glass and drank a sip of wine. It was not just a sip, but just a small sip. Today is a rare time for vacation. You are not allowed to drink alcohol in the military camp, but you are on vacation. As long as you are not drunk, it is still okay. Today is to see off for your fellow villagers, Ang Lee specially ordered a jar of 50 cents for two pounds of daughter-in-law. He didn't have the opportunity to drink such good wine before.

The wine enters the throat, it's a bit hot.

"Let him go over the past, but the newspapers say it every day that it is a new society. It was a corrupt old society in the past. Now it is a new society in the imperial era, and everything is different. In the past, we couldn't survive. You were thieves and I fled. This is nothing to do. But now, everyone has the opportunity to make a new choice and become a new person. Although the frontier is far away, it is also brand new and beautiful."

Ang Lee patted his fellow villager's arm, "You have washed your feet and went ashore. But there are still many fellow villagers who are still following the stubborn thieves, alas."

Ma Shiyao also knew that Li Zicheng was not dead yet. It is said that he fled to Hanzhong and surrendered to Cao Cao and Luo Rucai. They jointly supported Zhu Yousong, the crown prince of Zhu Changxun in Luoyang, and Zhu Yousong also made Li Zicheng a loyal king.

King Zhong.

Thinking of this title, Ma Shiyao felt a little ridiculous. In the past, he was so loyal to Li Zicheng, and felt that Li Zicheng had an unspeakable charm. Now it seems that there is no way out to follow Li Zicheng.

At the beginning, they did rebel for survival. But now Li Zicheng refuses to accept the court's amnesty and still holds the former Ming royal family. This is his personal ambition.

"I heard you are driving too?" Ma Shiyao asked.

"Well, we need to move westward." Li Andao didn't say much about it. Although the Western Expedition Army would enter Gansu after entering Shaanxi. This was a reservation, he tried not to say much about people outside the army.

The above has already issued a task, and the vanguard of the front army will set off soon and be stationed in various prefectures in Shaanxi. The light cavalry troops will enter the front line of the Yellow River.

It is said that the emperor was preparing to establish a new Ningxia Province in the Hetao area. This was another major move by the imperial court after the establishment of Shaanxi Xingdusi in the Ming Dynasty as Gansu Province and Huguang Xingdusi as Hubei Province.

It was also a new province established by the imperial court in the west of Hetao after the establishment of Suiyuan north of Shanxi.

Although Suiyuan Province also includes the Hetao part, it only includes the front part of the east set. Now the imperial court has included the back set and the western part of the front set, namely Lingzhou, Ningxia, Wuyuan and other places, as well as Ordos and Alxa areas on both sides of the Hetao.

Now, the imperial court has established many new provinces outside the past two capitals and thirteen provinces, including Hubei, which was separated from Huguang, Gansu, which was divided from Shaanxi, Jiangbei, which was divided from Southern Zhili, Liaoxi, which was divided from Liaodong, and newly established provinces such as Taiwan, Hainan, Yanbei, Yanyuan, Monan, Ningxia, etc.

He heard from the chief of staff in his bidding that it seemed that this was also a means to consolidate the border. He tried to divide the borders over the Huyi control areas, and then split them into several pieces, and then each piece was accompanied by the original control border areas of Zhongyuan to establish a new province. He sent officials to station troops, which was equivalent to weakening the power of the Hu people on the frontier, allowing the Han people to expand the border and strengthen their control over the border.

According to his words, the court may continue to expand to the border and establish new provinces after controlling the northwest and southwest provinces in the future.

For example, Ningxia and Suiyuan established in Hetao area, and Gansu established in Hexi are equivalent to expanding a circle in the original Shaanxi boundary. Shaanxi is the core province. In order to develop provinces, Ningxia, Suiyuan and Gansu will also set up provinces in the future, but those provinces will not have such strong control, and can only be regarded as a kind of corruption.

Ang Lee doesn't understand these things very well, but he also thinks it's a good thing to expand territory.

It is said that during the Han and Tang Dynasties, they all managed the Western Regions and expanded the border to the Tianshan Mountains in the west. In the military geography class of Ang Lee, he once saw a map drawn by an instructor. There was the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions on it, which was very far away from Xi'an, even further away than Xi'an to Shandong on the east coast.

He is very happy and proud to be a member of the pioneering army.

He had won awards and awards to the Battle of Yanbei and was awarded the honors of the land and officials. He hoped to make new contributions in the operation to open up the Western Regions. If he could make another contribution and receive a medal, he would have a reward of the honors.

Compared to the money rewards received by the medal, he was obviously more interested in the rewards of the land that came with the medal.

The two fellow villagers who came out of the yellow soil drank very happily and returned home with great pleasure.

On the other side of Chang'an City.

Zheng Zhilong, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, was discussing matters with his generals. They had just received a commendation order from the capital. The emperor learned that the successful troops entered Shaanxi and after taking Xi'an, Longyan was very happy.

After giving them a generous reward, Zheng Zhilong was awarded 10,000 silver dollars alone.

"Your Majesty is very satisfied with our progress." Zheng Zhilong's eyes swept over everyone.

Everyone was excited. They didn't care about the reward. Every Han general was very rich. They were happy that the operation went smoothly, far beyond the other three troops. This was a very long-faced thing, which also meant that there would be a better future.

Zheng Zhilong sat down, he stroked his beautiful beard. He then said, "But His Majesty rejected our plan to march into Gansu immediately by victory, and he also disagrees with our pursuit into Hanzhong Shu."

"Your Majesty, let us calm down first and take some time to stabilize our efforts in Shaanxi. The court has selected a large number of local officials and is about to come to take office. We must maintain local stability before they take office, especially the court will build a new Ningxia Province, which requires our preparation and support."

Zheng Zhilong was the general of the Western Expedition. He was also the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. He also served as the governor of Shaanxi as usual. As the highest governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and now he has to be in charge of a Ningxia Province, he has also become the governor of the three provinces.

He had just learned that the emperor had selected two new governors for him, one was Gansu Governor Hong Chengchou and the other was Ningxia Governor Sun Chuanting.

This pair of governors who were originally from Shaanxi and were once famous officials during the Chongzhen period. They were both literary and military, and were especially good at leading troops to fight. They were betrayed by their subordinates during the Songjin Battle. They were captured by their city and never surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Now that the Han and Qing dynasties are peaceful, the Qing people have returned all the Ming officials who have been captured one by one.

The emperor sent these two people to come, which still put Zheng Zhilong in some pressure.

Zheng Zhilong planned to clean up the Guanzhong area before the two arrived so that the two of them could know their abilities.

"Next, we don't rush to move west for the time being. We will straighten Shaanxi first and prepare Ningxia Province. To straighten Shaanxi, the most important thing is to straighten these gentry."

The generals smiled slightly, and it was not easy to deal with a group of landlords and gentry.

Just like when they were in Shanxi, all those who had passed by thieves were arrested and interrogated. If they found out that it was true, all the family moved overseas. If the plot was slightly lighter, the whole family would be moved to the border provinces to make the border.

As for their property, of course they have to be confiscated.

Even those who have not involved in treason and have not followed the thief cannot be easily let go. If they do not knock on one or two, the big tribes in these places are still a hidden danger.

Therefore, as long as the court's laws are used well, the local officials are kept in office, and then they are asked to fill in the five-year accounts, even if they are allowed to pass the threshold first. Then they will recover all the gentry's five-year tax arrears, and then they will clean up the land, clean up the offerings, measure the land, check the hidden fields, and then replenish the summer tax this year.

Then the most important one is to exchange deeds and collect new deeds.

When these knives were stabbed, the army was sent to various prefectures and counties, and the localities were stationed. At the same time, the reserve troops, township troops, and militias were formed. When new officials sent by the court arrived, some unqualified officials would be abolished. At that time, Shaanxi would naturally be stable and controlled.

Of course, this is only for the wealthy and gentry, focusing on suppression and control.

For ordinary people, we mainly focus on comfort and relief, and implement rent reduction and interest rate reduction, and food protection price ordering. We establish township offices, so that local villages and villages can elect local managers and implement the Baojia system.

Distribute relief grain to farmers, provide agricultural loans, rent oxen, seeds, and farm tools, organize farmers to build water conservancy projects, and clean up past unjust cases by the people.

In short, suppress the big people first, and appease the ordinary people first.

With the combination of kindness and power, suppressing and winning over a group of people, and with tens of thousands of elite Han troops, it will naturally be easy to gain a foothold.

This set has been implemented by the imperial court in various parts of the Central Plains.

Once the emperor and the ministers, these local wealthy families have stood in the wrong team. Of course, they have to clean up. Even if they are not in the wrong team, they still have to pay a price to pass.

However, if you only pay a little money, it is actually quite good. At least the Han soldiers entering Guanzhong were well disciplined, without burning, killing, and robbing, and without openly robbing and extorting.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong has repeatedly reiterated military discipline. After all, he has to serve as the governor here in the future. If he has done too much, he will not be a governor.

But if you don’t show your power first, how can you intimidate these people? How can you still lead Guanzhong in the future?

"Everyone is vigilant and always be on the police. Once someone dares to resist the power of the court, we must get rid of them as soon as possible. This Governor doesn't mind this time, kill one to warn a hundred!" (To be continued.)
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