Chapter 2013 Gui Zi Scroll The crisis needs to be solved, the palace has a sudden stroke
Seeing Feng Ziying's face looking a little ugly, Wu Yaoqing certainly knew what the other person was worried about, but there was nothing he could do.
The number of border troops in the three sides and four towns is as many as 400,000. In addition to the guards of various guard posts as reserve troops, the number of troops in the entire Shaanxi Province and Shaanxi Xingdu Division is at least 600,000.
The imperial court simply could not afford to support such a huge force, so it had to use various means to delay or even reduce food and salary, and even used this method to force military towns to reduce their strength.
This directly led to a significant decline in military discipline in the three sides and four towns, and their combat effectiveness was also greatly affected.
After my father became the governor of the three sides, he reorganized Qingyang, judged heroes based on their combat effectiveness, and then brought most of the northwest army to the Central Plains to fight. In other words, this was a way of feeding off foreign enemies, so the three sides were reluctantly allowed to fight.
Biansi Town was maintained.
However, the impact of the drought was still underestimated. Only now did Feng Ziying realize that the direct consequence of this severe drought in northern Shaanxi was that countless people had difficulty eating and had no choice but to rebel.
Shaanxi is not like Shandong or Jiangnan. In times of disaster, refugees can still flee to the capital or to places that have not been affected by disasters. However, Shaanxi is located in the northwest corner. Once a drought like this strikes, basically the entire Shaanxi except the Guanzhong Plain and Hanzhong Basin will be affected.
Except for a slightly better situation, almost all other areas cannot bear it, and the people do not even have a chance to escape.
Because there are disasters everywhere, you may have to flee for half a month just to find a place to eat, and half a month is enough for you or your children to starve to death several times.
The refugee Feng Ziying alone is still confident that after arriving in Shaanxi, as long as he can mobilize the Northwest Army, he can quickly control the situation. However, if a large number of deserters and soldiers who have been eliminated over the years are involved, and even become the main force and backbone, this will not be so
It's simple. If you want to completely eliminate them, it won't be settled in one or two victories.
Once those soldiers from the four towns and guards who had fled and been eliminated were included in these rebel armies, they would soon become the backbone of them. And with their numerical advantage, with a little training, these rebel soldiers could be far away from the border troops.
You can only rely on the guards to gain an advantage in areas with weak defenses, and you can quickly defeat these guards.
"How is the situation in Guyuan Town?" Feng Ziying calmed down. Ningxia Town is not the most dangerous, Guyuan Town is.
Wu Yaoqing licked his lips and seemed to be considering his words. Feng Ziying glanced at him suspiciously: "Why, is there anything you can't say?"
"No, sir, this subordinate is thinking about what to say." Wu Yaoqing rubbed his temples with difficulty and hesitated: "The situation in Guyuan Town is the most complicated. It is a border town, but its jurisdiction involves Gongchang Mansion.
, Pingliang Prefecture, Qingyang Prefecture, Lintao Prefecture, this border town is the most chaotic border town intertwined with the local guards. Many town troops and guards alternate most frequently. What subordinates are worried about is that some town troops and guards have also
Involved in civil unrest,..."
Feng Ziying was horrified, "Yao Qing, are you saying that the establishment is involved?"
This is a big question of right and wrong.
If only deserters or retrenched soldiers were involved, it would be acceptable. After all, the four northwest towns themselves had insufficient food and wages, and mutinies by sergeants were not uncommon. It was also expected that such deserters would be involved in the rebellion...
But if the official system is involved, it's a different story. It means that the internal chaos in Guyuan Town has reached a considerable level, and the management of the local health office has also become corrupt.
Wu Yaoqing's face was tangled again, and he thought for a long time before saying: "I am not sure, but I believe that there are small groups of border troops and guard troops who are involved in the rebellion with some local powerful forces, but how many there are and how large they are.
How big it is is hard to determine, because the drought in some places is really serious, and the dominant families in some local clans may also be desperate because they cannot support the livelihood of a large clan, so..."
Feng Ziying's face was gloomy. If even the local rich farmers and even some small landowners could not survive, it means that the disaster was extremely serious.
However, this point was obviously not mentioned in the news sent back to the court from the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province.
The crises hidden in areas such as Pingliang and Qingyang may not have been truly exposed yet, and now everyone's main attention is still focused on Yan'an Prefecture.
After getting up and walking around with her hands behind her back, Feng Ziying subconsciously rubbed her face again.
This is the situation that I may face next. It is much worse than the situation when I first arrived in Yongping Mansion. At least the basic situation in Yongping Mansion is still controllable, while most areas in Shaanxi are already showing signs of getting out of control.
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"I understand, Yao Qing, I'm going to have to work hard for you in the past two days. At the same time, I have to organize my personal army. My father sent a team of people from the Northwest Army, but they can only deal with daily situations and stay close to them.
You have to find and arrange the manpower. On the other hand, you may have to write down the so-called problems you saw in Shaanxi and possible problems and countermeasures, so that I can take a look and think about it on the way to Shaanxi."
Wu Yaoqing stood up and cupped his hands, "I will do it now. I have a suggestion. You may need to write a letter to the Governor. Please ask the Governor to write to the generals of the four northwest towns, asking them to strengthen their control, especially in Guyuan."
Here in the town, if the Governor has someone you can trust, I might as well give you a list so that you can contact him quickly when he takes office in the future."
Feng Ziying nodded, "Well, I know what I know."
Wu Yaoqing went down, but Feng Ziying felt the pressure.
He has already imagined the situation to be very bad, but the situation is still beyond imagination. I wonder if the situation will worsen after he takes office? This possibility is very high
It will be at least a month before I take office. God knows what will happen in a month.
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"Baoqin, are you saying that Guo Qinyun approached the eldest girl and asked to meet her at Chongxuan Temple?"
Feng Ziying was a little impatient. Although she admired Yuanchun's body and looked forward to reliving old dreams before leaving, Feng Ziying was not happy when she heard that she was fighting for Guo Qinjun.
Feng Ziying's heart moved, "Mei Yuexi is also here to seduce the older girl?"
Baoqin hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "But the empress also knows that Concubine Mei just doesn't want others to help the other concubines, so she is particularly arrogant now. I heard that the court also intends to make Prince Lu the Zuojianguo."
, Concubine Mei is very powerful now, and everyone in the palace is giving in to her."
It seems that Dai Quan's return has indeed given Mei Yuexi the confidence, and Dai Quan does have enough old capital to run Mei Yuexi's business. At least Dai Quan still has some influence in the Shangsanqinjun and the Beijing Camp.
However, if Dai Quan thought that he could still dictate to the court like he did during the Yuanxi period, he would probably be in trouble.