Zhou Quansheng led the Shili Reclamation Corps over the mountains and came to Shili Majia Dazhai.
Together with Wang Yanhu, the magistrate of Shidi County, he completed the handover with the garrison responsible for military control, and Shidi ended military control.
The army received an order from the Governor's Office to garrison the border area. It will soon leave Shidui.
Zhou Quansheng hosted a banquet for his subordinates in the evening and explained tomorrow's work.
There are mainly three types of people under his command.
The highest status was the wounded soldier sent by the Governor's Office.
The remaining two types are mainly petty officials who handle affairs and officers responsible for training the reclamation corps.
The petty officials were mainly gentry and their families who were sentenced to exile. In order to reduce their sentences, they actively joined the reclamation corps.
The grassroots officers of the Ming Dynasty, especially those who are single and older.
They did not want to fight on the battlefield and had no other ability to survive, so they chose to join the Reclamation Corps.
"Pouring the wine, we climbed over the mountains and ridges, and finally arrived here. From now on, Shidui will be managed by us."
Zhu Shi Huangcao of the Reclamation Corps glared at everyone and ordered: "Everyone is only allowed to drink one drink. Drinking more is absolutely not allowed.
The officers and soldiers in charge of military control have helped us eliminate all the natives who dared to resist.
Our Shili Reclamation Corps is the most relaxed one.
But it is not easy to make meritorious service in this way. If you want to make meritorious service, you must be more serious."
Zhou Quansheng looked at Huangcao, this was the Zhushi of the Reclamation Corps.
He was the first Ming army general to surrender, and he also went to Hanzhong to study for a period of time.
He knows this army better than anyone else.
The Reclamation Corps is an army under the jurisdiction of the Dudu Mansion.
Zhushi in the military is different from Zhushi in the civilian world.
Zhu Shi in the army is one of the chief officers of the army, especially in non-frontline armies such as the Reclamation Corps.
Master Zhu's authority is still higher than that of his general manager.
Master Zhu is responsible for the military merit reports of soldiers and the payment of military pay.
If the Reclamation Corps wants to use the funds allocated by the Governor's Office, it must have the signatures of the general manager and Master Zhu.
Master Zhu controls the ideology, promotion and financial power of the Reclamation Corps.
Private Zhushi has no position in the government.
But their influence is also very strong, much stronger than the previous Buddhism.
However, these congratulations are not very offensive, they just preach the history of their ancestors.
There are very few Han people who don't believe in their ancestors. If they really don't join the ancestral temple to believe in Yan and Huang, they won't speak ill of them if they congratulate themselves as masters in the ancestral temple.
"Why are everyone looking at me? They all listen to Master Huang Zhu.
I can only drink a little, I have to do big things tomorrow."
On the other side of the camp, Wang Yanhu, the magistrate of Shidi County, also explained tomorrow's affairs to his subordinates.
"Everyone comes to mountainous areas because it is easy to make meritorious deeds here."
Wang Yanhu did not explain that these people were not good enough and had not competed with others, so they came to such a bitter and cold place.
He can only encourage these people.
"This place in Shili is being watched by Commander Su, and it is one of the 100-year plans of the Commander-in-Chief to change his position.
What is the reform of native land and return to local affairs, replacing chieftains with exiled officials to govern local areas, and formally bringing these places under the control of the government.
Commander Su has discussed with us that if places such as Shidui do well, their experience can be extended to Mongolia, Tubo, the Western Regions and other places.
If we can really sum up a classic experience, it will leave a mark in history.
Everyone can get promoted quickly.
We are in a big era, and I am just a village chief because I am most prominent in managing the refugees.
I was directly promoted to be a county magistrate.
If you perform well, you will become a county magistrate, or even a magistrate or a governor. Don't underestimate your potential."
When the officials heard what Wang Yanhu said, they were very excited and full of hope for the future.
the next day.
Wang Yanhu and Zhou Quansheng led their respective teams and walked out of the camp.
Wang Yanhu took the initiative to say hello: "Mr. Zhou, I've disturbed you along the way. We will have to rely on the Reclamation Corps to take care of us from now on."
Zhou Quansheng did not expect Wang Zhixian to take the initiative to greet him.
He was just about to kneel down on one knee as usual, but then he realized that he was no longer under the Ming Dynasty.
Here, civil and military statuses are equal, only based on rank and title.
My rank is the same as Wang Yanhu's, so I don't need to salute him.
Zhou Quansheng clasped his fists at Wang Yanhu.
"Wang Zhixian is welcome. This is what we should do."
Zhou Quansheng, Huang Cao and Wang Yanhu walked towards the Majia Dazhai together.
Because what they had to do today was very important, in order to prevent the chieftain from counterattack, they also borrowed a group of people from the troops who were sorting out their logistics.
All soldiers under the Reclamation Corps are wearing armor.
Everyone was holding a crossbow, and they also had long knives and grenades hanging on their waists.
Zhou Quansheng looked at the troops he had commanded. The troops he commanded now were much stronger than the troops he commanded before.
The spirit of these soldiers is different, and they can still eat enough every day.
The armor and crossbows are both of high quality, and only the elite servants of the Ming Dynasty had them.
These things are now discarded products that are looked down upon by the front-line troops and left to the colonization corps for use.
Huang Cao saw Wang Yanhu a little nervous.
"Wangzhi County, you don't need to be too nervous, there will basically be no fighting here in Shidong.
The toasts here are deeply Chinese, and there is basically no difference between them and us Han people.
The people who work as chieftains in Shitui speak Chinese and use Chinese characters.
Their names are all common naming methods among us Han people.
Intermarriage between Shizhu chieftains and Han people was very common.
For example, Qin Liangyu was born into the Qin family in Zhongzhou, but she was able to control the power of Chieftain Shi Ding.
This shows that Chieftain Shili no longer rejects Han people at all.
You don’t need to regard them as chieftains, just as gentry.”
When Wang Yanhu heard what Huang Cao said, he calmed down.
Zhou Quansheng also smiled and said: "Each reclamation corps has different standards for meritorious service.
Our requirement here in Shidong is to assimilate most of the native people.
At that time, the reform of the land and the return to the army will be successfully completed, the reclamation corps will be transferred out, and we will also be promoted."
They chatted and soon entered the Ma family's stronghold.
The people in the village looked at them with fear.
Ma Wannian, Qin Gongming and others personally came out of the village to greet them.
When Wang Yanhu saw this situation, he was completely relieved.
He stood up and announced to Chieftain Shili and others: "I am Wang Yanhu, the magistrate of Shili County, and this is Zhou Quansheng, the general manager of the Shili Reclamation Corps.
There will be no Shizhu Xuanfu envoy in the future.
The Shizhu area was restored to its original state, and the Sichuan governor's office sent the county magistrate to manage this place."
Someone from the Ma family couldn't help shouting: "You are so disgusting, you actually deprived us of the Ma family's position as the governor."
As soon as he yelled a few words, the person next to him immediately covered his mouth and pulled him down.
Wang Yanhu continued: "Everyone from Shili Tusi who joins the Reclamation Corps will be allocated a piece of land of their own.
From now on, all cases in Shidi will be tried in the junior Dali Temple under the government.
No one should be lynched."
Wang Yanhu only announced these things. As the county magistrate, he was the person who was mainly responsible for the Sinicization of Shidong.
The natives who have not completed Chineseization are managed by the Reclamation Corps.
These native people have been completely Chineseized, and they can choose whether to transfer their household registration to the local area.
Wang Yanhu and Zhou Quansheng acted separately.
Zhou Quansheng led the Reclamation Corps and announced the benefits of joining the Reclamation Corps in Majia Dazhai.
Start measuring the land here and prepare to divide it.
There is no barrier to communication with the people here in Shidong, and they all speak Chinese.
Some lower-class natives asked the Reclamation Corps about the situation. They also wanted to have their own fields.
Wang Yanhu helped the minister of Dali Temple and held a court in the Majia Dazhai.
They accepted all the natives and sued the chieftain and the leaders of the village, but no one came out.
In order to open up the situation, they directly began to judge the prisoners captured by the army.
Except for a small number of officers who surrendered, most of the White Guards were sentenced to more than ten years in prison.
These people were transported to the mountains to mine, and the white pole soldiers disappeared completely in Sichuan.
The lower-class soldiers, young and old, were all sent home.
After complaining and other activities, some of these native soldiers joined the army and some were incorporated into the reclamation corps. They would not be allowed to return to the village.
There were only a few soldiers left, and after being reported by other soldiers, these people did all kinds of bad things.
The junior Dali Temple held court, and the minister of Dali Temple began to sentence the leader of the white pole soldiers and the backbone of the chieftains.
The natives watched these ordinary big shots being hanged.
They were very tempted. There was a native who had a blood feud, and they immediately asked the Minister of Dali Temple to seek justice.
Zhou Quansheng led the team and captured many prominent figures in Ma's Dazhai.
Soldiers from the garrison and the Reclamation Corps were watching, and no one in the Shilima family who had been disarmed dared to cause trouble.
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Ma Wannian was in the village, watching his elders staring at him.
"I'm just a little kid, and now my grandmother is not here, and neither is my father.
When the village faces a life-and-death situation, we cannot let a child like me make up my mind.
My uncle and all my uncles and uncles would like to express their opinions on where to go in our village."
When Qin Gongming saw everyone in the Ma family, he didn't say a word, and his eyes were filled with resentment.
He immediately stared back and said angrily:
"Auntie and dad took all the elite soldiers from the village to the capital to serve King Qin.
There are only the old, weak, sick and disabled left in the village. How can they resist the army of thieves in yellow clothes?
They went straight into the village through a small road, and we had no choice but to surrender.
Are we going to stand by and watch you being killed?"
Someone sighed and said helplessly: "Who knew we would encounter such a situation at that time? It would be fine if Xianglin stayed. At least we have the force to protect ourselves."
Ma Qianyuan said angrily: "Is there a good outcome if you surrender?
The thieves in yellow were so ruthless. They directly removed the most important position in our Ma family, the official position of Shi Ling Xuanfu.
Our Ma family will be ordinary civilians from now on.
Will the other people in the village still listen to our orders?
Those civil servants are still inciting a group of slaves, and through these slaves, they kill members of our family.
It’s just my team, in such a short period of time.
My fifth, seventh and twelfth brothers, as well as my twelve nephews, were all hanged.
They just executed a few disobedient slaves, so what's wrong with that?
The thieves in yellow took them directly to the gate of the village and strangled them with ropes in front of the slaves.
Not only our Ma family, but also many people from your Qin family died.
You just want to take a breath. I listened to them chatting, and those murderous thieves in yellow were gone.
Those who came were all Ming Dynasty sheep, and everyone knew the strength of those military households.
We will kill them directly and flee to Huguang or Guizhou."
Qin Fengming, a branch of the Qin family, couldn't help it and shouted loudly: "If you want to commit suicide, go alone and don't bring anyone else with you.
All our weapons and armor have been confiscated, and you still want to fight with wooden spears.
Look at the serfs in the village. Many of them are attracted by the treatment of the yellow-robed thieves, and they join the yellow-robed thieves' team.
There are also many people who follow the Reclamation Corps to divide the land.
These people are alienated from us.
The Reclamation Corps also has armor and heavy crossbows. If you want to take action, the Reclamation Corps may not be able to defeat them.
The army of thieves in yellow is not far away. If we kill the officials sent by the thieves in yellow, we still have a way to survive."
An old man with all his teeth coughed twice.
He attracted everyone's attention. He was the uncle of Ma Qiancheng, the late Shi Ling Xuanfu envoy.
Shizhu is the most senior person in Majia Village.
He stared at everyone with red eyes and said slowly: "Think about the fate of the Yang family in Bozhou.
Their entire clan was wiped out, and Bozhou was converted to Zunyi Prefecture.
Ask yourselves, if Liangyu and Xianglin really stay in the stronghold, they can block the attack of the thieves in yellow.
The people they killed today were just to intimidate us and establish effective rule.
After killing these people today, I won't raise the butcher's knife again.
If the thieves in yellow are not ready to kill them all now, we can have a way to survive, so we don’t have to worry about it anymore."
Ma Wannian looked at the old man with his immature face and asked: "Grandpa Zu, you mean that we no longer resist and cooperate with the thieves in yellow."
The old man stroked Ma Wannian's head with his wrinkled hands.
"Silly boy, we fought for this territory with knives back then.
If we have the ability to resist, of course we must resist.
To resist now is to die.
Enough young people in the family have died, we need to retain some vitality."
The Shilima family reached a consensus and no longer resisted.
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Wu Hongyi looked at the worn-out third pair of shoes under his feet, and he immediately put on a new pair of shoes.
Fortunately, on the way, there was someone in the team who knew how to make shoes.
He was able to ride in a mule cart at first.
Now mule carts pull patients who cannot walk.
He, a man with sound limbs, can only walk.
"Manager Tian, how far do we have to go to Jianchang?"
Tian Heming looked at Wu Hongyi and didn't expect that this man who looked like a noble son at first sight could persist in walking such a long distance.
"In two more days of walking, we can reach Jianchangwei."
As they walked towards Jianchangwei, the team in front suddenly stopped.
Officer Zhao Ke immediately asked his soldiers to be more vigilant.
His right arm has been amputated, and he holds a command knife in his left arm, staring straight ahead.
He had just recovered from his injury and transferred from the frontline army to the Reclamation Corps, where he specialized in training soldiers of the Reclamation Corps.
The mountains and forests ahead were quiet and there were no birds moving around. He expected there to be an ambush ahead.
He immediately moved out a hot air balloon and directed the soldiers to operate the hot air balloon and rise into the sky.
Almugu saw the team in front of him, which looked more like an army than a caravan.
These people all had weapons in their hands and the team was in good order.
He saw someone riding something and flying into the sky.
He shouted in horror: "Yaofa, let's retreat quickly."
The soldiers on the hot air balloon quickly reported in flag language.
There were about a hundred soldiers lying in ambush on the hilltop ahead.
They saw the hot air balloon taking off and hurriedly retreated.
Zhao Ke asked a group of soldiers to explore the mountains and forests ahead. After confirming that there was no ambush, he allowed the large army to pass through the mountains and forests.
Wu Hongyi watched the team stop and the hot air balloon take off.
He was already used to it. He encountered many soldiers and bandits along the way.
When Tian Heming saw this situation, he sighed: "There are too many local soldiers and bandits here, and normal businessmen have no way to go here.
One of the main tasks of our reclamation corps is to wipe out these local soldiers and bandits who are robbing homes and houses."
Along the way, Wu Hongyi learned about the situation here from Tian Heming.
“In addition to using force to suppress it, the key is to keep people fed.
The grain output here is too small, and farming cannot support a family. Many farmers have no land, so they can only turn to grass and become bandits.
I hope sugarcane and cassava can bring changes here.
I have already written to my family that they will provide seeds and talents."
They chatted while the team marched slowly along the mountain road.
Soon we arrived at the small town of Jianchangwei.
"Brother Tian, why are you back? Where is Boss Mo?"
Tian Heming saw that he was an acquaintance, so he took out Mo Yunbao's letter.
"Boss Mo has been promoted. You will all join the Reclamation Corps. I am now your immediate superior. You will all listen to me from now on."
Tian Heming entered Jianchangwei, and he was very familiar with it.
He immediately made arrangements for the officials from Jianchang County and the people from the Reclamation Corps.
Tian Heming handed over the situation with the local officer in charge of military control.
He took out the military order from the Governor's Office and gave it to the regimental commander.
After they translated the military orders in a code book, they left Jianchang with the army and stationed themselves at Huichuan Guard to defend the Ming army in the direction of Yunnan.
Zhu Hongde watched their family being arranged in a dilapidated thatched house.
His two sons were carrying a wooden box.
Inside the wooden box was all their family's property, more than two thousand taels of silver coins.
This is the capital of their rise.
After Zhu Hongde counted the money, he saw that there was not even one tael of silver coins missing.
He slumped on the ground and looked out the window in a daze.
He suddenly heard scolding coming from next door.
"The crazy thief in yellow confiscated all our family's fields.
We, a large family, were sent to a bitter and cold place.
My poor little grandson died early.
When Emperor Chongzhen comes with the Great Tomorrow Soldiers, I will kill the yellow-clad thieves to extinction."
Zhu Hongde said in a low voice: "You guys, don't imitate the people next door.
Old Man Li hasn't figured out the situation yet, you just wait and see.
Old Man Li and his family will definitely be assigned the hardest and most tiring job.
When people are under the eaves, they have to lower their heads.
I will divide the money now, you three brothers, each of you five hundred taels of silver coins.
Dad, I probably won’t be able to leave Jianchangwei in this life.
You have all joined the Reclamation Corps, and the boss has also become the Zhushi.
These silver coins are the funds for you to marry a wife and have children.
You want to leave Jianchang or get rid of your status as a criminal.
Then give me more wives and more children."
The boss Zhu Xiangyang directly postponed: "Dad, you can keep this money.
With your ability, you can lead our family to rise."
"You stupid head, can our family's ability to rise be used here?
In the Ming Dynasty, people were exempted from taxes.
In order for the imperial court to receive the full amount of land tax, we exempted the common people from taxes and had no choice but to increase taxes.
Especially in disaster years, ordinary people cannot survive at all, so they can only sell their land to us at a low price.
Every time there is a disaster, it is the time when our family gets rich.
In the past few years, I thought it would be another round of disaster, but I didn't expect it to be a military disaster."
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Wu Hongyi selected some local scholars and family members of the gentry of the Reclamation Corps to serve as minor officials and formally established the Jianchang County government.
He began to organize the people of the Reclamation Corps to divide the fields with the original Han people in Jianchang County.
There are very few mature fields here, most of them are uncultivated land, and most of the area is covered with mountains and forests.
He began to organize people to clear up wasteland, cut down forests, and burn weeds.
Land is left to grow sugar cane and cassava.
Set up wood processing plants and paper mills to process felled trees.
Tian Heming is training troops.
He knew that the chieftains here were wild and difficult to train, and if he wanted to change his ways, he had to defeat them first.
Forging iron requires one's own hard work. He took the wounded officers assigned to the Reclamation Corps and was responsible for training the army.
Zhu Shi planted lotuses and did ideological work for the soldiers by complaining and distributing the pay arrears of the Ming Dynasty.
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In the Tusi Dazhai, Ziqi Aguo came to see the leader Almugu.
"Leader, those Han people are burning down the mountains and forests, and the wizard said they have offended the gods.
Our son-in-law captured a dozen Han Chinese, and the wizard is preparing to sacrifice these people to the gods. He said that the gods will lower the price as punishment."
Almugu's eyes were sharp and he said: "These Han people must be taught a lesson to let them know whose territory this is."
Almugu heard rumors that the Han people were going to reform their land and return it to local rule.
He, the Xuanfu envoy canonized by the Ming Dynasty, is no longer recognized by these people.
Almugu immediately contacted other tribes and prepared to make the matter bigger.
Once things get serious, more senior civil servants will come over to appease them.
Some civil servants would execute generals they could not defeat.
They formed an alliance with other villages, and Almugu ordered the warriors of the village to capture a group of Han people to worship the gods.
Amu Yuob, the leader responsible for defending the village, broke into the tent with an anxious look on his face.
"Leader Almugu, the Han people, the Han people are coming, what should we do?"
Almugu's face was ashen and he said angrily: "I came so early, it seems that I was well prepared.
Inform the tribesmen to assemble, we are going to kill these Han people."
Tian Heming trained the army well, and they were already proficient in firearms.
It happened that Zhu Shi Zhonglian of the Reclamation Corps informed him that the men of the Reclamation Corps were logging in the mountains and forests and were attacked and captured by the soldiers.
More than a dozen people were all arrested, and Zhou Quansheng immediately led a team to find the culprit.
The village in front of him is the largest chieftain village in the Daliang Mountains.
"Fire the cannon and break this stronghold for me."
Tian Heming ordered the artillery fire.
The soldiers of the Reclamation Corps ran to the front of the team carrying 75 light artillery pieces.
They quickly loaded the cannon on the gun carriage.
After loading the gunpowder, he fired a solid bullet against the earthen wall of the village in front.
The chieftain's village had low earthen walls and could not withstand artillery bombardment.
The earthen wall was directly blasted to pieces, and Tian Heming looked at the soldiers holding weapons in front of him.
There were only a few of these soldiers, and they were wearing armor.
Most people don't even have iron weapons in their hands.
They used stone spears and wooden spears, and their weapons were very shabby.
Tian Heming often dealt with chieftains, and he knew at a glance that he was a warrior raised by the chieftains and holding an iron weapon.
Carrying wooden spears and stone spears, these are ordinary natives.
The chieftains here in Daliang Mountain are basically all soldiers, and women are no exception.
"Do it."
The cannon fired cannonballs, which directly disrupted the ranks of the soldiers.
The soldiers of the Reclamation Corps were armed with crossbows and muskets. After a volley of fire, the soldiers dropped many corpses.
The remaining people were so frightened that they immediately scattered and fled to the mountains behind the village.
Tian Heming ordered the soldiers to charge and captured many natives, most of whom were old, young, women and children.
Tian Heming looked at the soldiers' results and was stunned.
These soldiers are still the same group of people as before. They fought with the native soldiers before, and the victory was basically mutual. Since the Ming Dynasty had many iron weapons, their chance of winning was more than 60%.
Now these people are still launching the charge, directly crushing the soldiers.
"Firearms and Master Zhu are so awesome."
Wu Hongyi led the county's Dali Temple officials to the village after the war subsided.
He first saw thirteen figures tied to wooden frames and turned into charred figures.
Wu Hongyi said angrily: "These natives deserve to die. What they did is too barbaric."
Master Zhu Zhonglian led his troops to search the village. He soon turned pale and walked out of the wizard's house.
"I wanted to repent, so I couldn't help but kill the wizard in the village."
After Zhonglian finished speaking, he handed them a small drum and drumsticks to see.
Tian Heming understood these two things.
This drum is made of human skin, and the drumsticks are made from children's thigh bones.
After Wu Hongyi learned about the situation, he said with a livid face: "You are so unconscionable!"
The Minister of Dali Temple immediately went to Dazhai to interrogate the captured chieftains.
All the top chieftains were sentenced to death and hanged in Dazhai.
Their minions were sentenced to more than fifty years in prison and served in harsh places such as mines.
All the women in Dazhai were taken away and let men from the Reclamation Corps come for blind dates.
Except for the family members of the gentry, 99% of the people in the Reclamation Corps were old bachelors who were not married.
The Reclamation Corps began to take action, directly using force to subdue the uncooperative villages.
The men were sent to mine, and the women were betrothed to meritorious men in the reclamation corps.
For those villages that are willing to cooperate, the township chiefs will be sent to govern them.
Tian Heming led the reclamation corps to clear out the chieftain's village with Jianchang County as the center.
In the villages near the border, they were afraid of the reclamation corps and fled to the Yunnan area.
