In Feng Ziying's impression, northern Shaanxi was the birthplace and base of the great peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. For example, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong all started their uprisings in northern Shaanxi, then marched into Shanxi and swept across the country.
Although the timeline is a little different now, judging from the current situation, the successive years of drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi and the harsh governance and neglect of local officials are also the result of the rebellion, desertion, defeat, and abolition of soldiers in the three sides and four towns.
Post soldiers, bandits and thieves who have been roaring for many years have also made the Zhou Dynasty enter a state in this time and space where the fuse of the end of the dynasty has been lit.
Even though his strategy of opening up the sea and suppressing the rebellion in Ningxia had actually extended its life, the Zhou Dynasty had different troubles and weaknesses from the Ming Dynasty in its previous life, such as the division of the north and the south due to internal fighting in the royal family, and the division of Jiangnan
Cutting off water transportation and taxation to the imperial court in the capital made the imperial court even more embarrassment and hardship. Similarly, in the northern provinces, the White Lotus Sect also became more powerful.
This made Feng Ziying feel that the current Zhou Dynasty seemed to be no different from the Chongzhen period in his previous life, or even worse.
In such a state, if there are no Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, there will be people like Wang Yingxiang, Zhang Zicheng, and Li Xianzhong. The inevitability of history and the contingency of heroes will definitely bloom in countless collisions to create a tragic and tragic story.
, now even Feng Ziying herself has no idea whether these people will leap from fish to dragon like Zhu Chongba, or fall into the dust like Huang Chao.
However, Feng Ziying is very clear about her identity, role and positioning, that is, the defender of vested interests. The Feng family, her father and the rest of the family behind her will not allow him to betray her.
Even though he believed that the Zhou Dynasty was terminally ill, he could not accept the idea of completely destroying it with a massive uprising and then rebuilding it.
The price paid would be too high, and it might continue the history of the previous Ming Dynasty, allowing the Jurchens of Jianzhou outside the Pass to benefit in vain.
Who dares to say that he can completely reverse history? Faced with the sweeping historical trend, what if he is really not sure, loses control, and becomes a historical sinner in this time and space?
Therefore, the safest way is to promote everything according to the situation that you can control.
In his early twenties, he has become a fourth-rank official and has even stepped into the status of a third-rank minister. As long as he operates correctly, it will be a matter of course for him to join the cabinet and become the prime minister in the next ten years. Moreover, he is also confident that he can create a better Ming Dynasty than that of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng has more control over the situation, so there is no reason to change course and take another dangerous path.
What's more, although he sympathized with the desperate hungry victims, he could not tolerate these people using more violent methods to destroy the material and cultural accumulation built up over hundreds of years from the Ming Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty.
He would rather work harder, take longer, and reshape everything through gradual but irreversible reform and improvement. That is more challenging, but it can preserve the material culture of hundreds of years of economic development to a greater extent.
accumulation.
Therefore, under this situation, as the governor of Shaanxi, I must of course use all means to completely reverse the situation in Shaanxi. Solving the three rebel armies of Jumping Stream Tigers, Wagging Sky Flags, and Digging Tigers is only the most insignificant first step.
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Compared with the entire Shaanxi civil uprising that has evolved to the current situation where the rebels and heroes have joined forces to rebel, the three forces of Tiger Leaping Stream, Waving the Sky Flag, and Tiger Digging into the Ground have no place at all in it.
The real expansion of power has reached a certain scale, such as the little red wolf Wang Zishun running rampant between Baishui, Yijun, and Chengcheng, the Zuoguaizi Wang Zuogui and Miao Renmei in Qingjian, Fugu Chongtian Wangjiayin, and Bu Lin in the Hengshan area.
Zhang Cunmeng from Zhantian, Zhao Si'er from Yanchuan and Yichuan lit the lanterns, and Wang Shentian from the security tower.
The size of these rebel armies has exceeded 5,000 people. The teams of Wang Zishun, Wang Jiayin and Zhao Si'er have exceeded 10,000 people. This does not include the rebel armies in Pingliang and Qingyang, and others like Tiao.
The rebel armies of one or two thousand people like Jianhu are numerous in various places in Shaanxi, just like the crucian carp crossing the river.
Because of this, in addition to needing strong support from the Yulin Army, Feng Ziying also needed to form some troops of his own as soon as possible.
This is why he is eager to get Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting and Chen Qiyu to Shaanxi as soon as possible to help him reorganize the guard army and train the people.
This will become your basic base, but relying on this base alone is far from enough. In the current situation, if you have to wait until the guards and minzhuang are trained, the day lily will be cold.
Therefore, under the last resort, it is also an indispensable way to choose some rebel forces who know the basics and can be controlled and commanded to recruit Anna for one's own use.
No matter which road you take, people will ask for money. Although you brought 300,000 taels of silver to Shaanxi, what can 300,000 taels of silver do for you?
Whether it is reorganizing the army, relieving the victims, or recruiting the rebels, it is far from enough. More ruthless means and more unpredictable tricks are needed to do it. Feng Ziying is very clear about this.
The fighting lasted until noon. The Waotian Banner troops who had lost their backbone were completely defeated and fled in all directions. This kind of rebel army, which was composed of hungry people, some bandits, local scoundrels, and some deserters and rebels, could fight with ease.
, once encountering a setback, morale will be greatly reduced, and it can easily turn into complete destruction, and this time is no exception.
Since arrangements had been made in the early stage, some of Wang Chenghu and Gu Xiuzhong's troops were in position to ambush, so most of the troops waving the sky flag were eliminated, including casualties and prisoners, the ratio was about 30% to 70%, with 30% casualties.
With injuries this year and it being summer, basically not many people can survive.
The more than 1,200 people who were captured were also replenished into Wang Chengwu and Gu Xiuzhong's army according to the same ratio of 70 to 30.
It's just that they are no longer rebels (rebels), but have officially accepted the recruitment and formed an auxiliary army. In fact, they are guards who have not yet officially obtained status.
The guard system here in Yan'an Prefecture basically exists in name only. The main reason is that Yulin Town is too strong.
For example, the entire northern area of Yan'an Prefecture is basically within the sphere of influence of Yulin Town, while the military guard posts under the jurisdiction of the military preparation road in the central and southern parts have a small number of troops, and most of them are field soldiers.
Because of the imperial court's deprivation of the three sides and four towns over the years, the border troops in the three sides and four towns continued to shrink from more than 400,000. For example, the strength of Yulin Town, the most powerful among the four towns, should have been 120,000, but in fact
There are less than 100,000 people on the payroll, and the worst-off places, Gansu Town and Guyuan Town, have 96,000 people on the payroll, but in fact they only have more than 70,000 people.
After experiencing the Ningxia Rebellion, the actual number of people in Gansu Town has been reduced to more than 50,000, and Guyuan Town has only about 60,000 people. On the contrary, Ningxia Town has remained at about 70,000 people.
However, as Feng Tang's Northwest Army formed and marched eastward from the three towns of Shandong, Gansu, Ningxia, and Guyuan, and with a small number of troops from Yulin Town following the expedition, the strength of the entire four northwest towns was greatly reduced, and more importantly, the
Even the remaining border troops are all troops with poor combat effectiveness, and it is extremely difficult to maintain the current situation.
Therefore, when the chaos in Shaanxi broke out, Yulin Town could barely mobilize some troops to respond. The other three towns were stretched thin. Not only were they unable to send troops to respond, they were even more worried that the remaining troops of their own would be involved and become part of the rebellion.
What Feng Ziying has to do now is to rebuild the guard system of Yan'an Prefecture.
This was originally the responsibility of the Shaanxi Dusi, but the current Dusi system of the Zhou Dynasty is actually similar to that of the late Ming Dynasty, and it feels a bit like it exists in name only.
Perhaps you can see the rosters of personnel, supplies, equipment, and residences of various health centers in the files of the provincial capital department, but in fact, the actual situation of each health center is probably not even clear to the person in charge of the health center himself, let alone
Let’s talk about those people from Shaanxi Dusi.
To be honest, Feng Ziying had never expected Dusi's gang to be of any use. All he had to do was to rebuild the guard posts in Fuzhou and County one by one. This kind of work would not be done if he, the governor, personally handled it.
It cannot but be said that it was a great spectacle in the official circles of the Zhou Dynasty.
The hustle and bustle outside the city slowly subsided, and the panic inside the city also slowly subsided.
After learning that the three rebel armies were completely "annihilated" in almost one day, the entire Wubao County was filled with excitement for survival in a desperate situation. Those who had previously expressed their regrets about being forcibly disarmed and recruited into the family by the "Long Jinwei"
The dissatisfied gentry and country squires now felt a little uneasy.
The Zeng family and the Qu family were imprisoned, and they were directly labeled as colluding with bandits and rebellious parties. The whole family was searched, and they were only waiting for the county or government to convict them. It seemed that they were only targeted at these two families, but now that the situation has stabilized, in case the county and Long
The imprisoned captain still needs to get to the bottom of the matter. How many of the gentry and country gentlemen in the city dare to say that they have no collusion with the rebels outside the city? Even though these two rebel armies have now been transformed into auxiliary armies.
"Sir, several more gentry have come to ask for an audience." Li Guibao walked in with a smile on his face.
Except for Wang Chengwu, he was the first to achieve meritorious service in this battle. Although as the leader of Feng Ziying's bodyguard, doing such a thing was considered extra, but if this kind of credit can be recorded, he may not have no chance in the future.
"Oh, shouldn't we go see Shaowu?" Feng Ziying was still looking at the results of the battle.
The county has already listed the assets and materials of the Zeng and Qu families that have been seized. If you survive, you will definitely be bitten by a snake. Now that you have done it, Feng Ziying has no intention of giving the Zeng and Qu families a chance to stand up or take a breather. Shanxi Town
There must be an explanation there, let alone those in the province.
“Mr.
Heading here, there will be a lot of wars to come. The city wall of Wubao County also needs to be further heightened and reinforced. In addition, the combination of people and soldiers is not performing well. Mr. Xia is also very annoyed and is rectifying it...
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This chapter has been completed!