It starts from the eastern end of Zhongnan Mountain in the west, to Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain in the southeast, to Funiu Mountain in the northeast, to Jingshan Mountain and the vast Shennongjia in the south. It has rolling mountains, rivers and deep forests. As long as the refugees hide in the mountains and forests, the government will basically have no relief.
There's a solution.
The mountains here are different from the mountains with sparse vegetation in the north. They are full of green bamboos, shrubs and grass half as tall as a man. But they are also different from the mountains further south. There is not so much humidity and there are relatively fewer poisonous insects.
.So it combines the mystery of the northern and southern mountains.
Although there were Yun County, Fang County, etc. in the early Ming Dynasty, there was no Yunyang Prefecture, let alone a Yunyang governor.
Even during the Hongwu period, some resistance forces fled into the mountains, and refugees gathered again. Zhu Yuanzhang once sent the Duke of Wei, Deng Yu, to lead his troops to Fang County to suppress them.
During the Hongwu and Yongle years, bans were implemented successively, "the land was empty and no refugees were allowed to enter".
However, since the mid-Ming Dynasty, due to land annexation and other reasons, coupled with successive years of disasters, a large number of farmers went bankrupt and became refugees. At that time, groups of farmers left their homes and fled everywhere.
During the reign of Baozong, a very large refugee gathering place formed here. Refugees from the four provinces of Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi and Sichuan gathered at this intersection, and the number of refugees reached 1.8 million.
These landless refugees launched two Jingxiang refugee uprisings.
Liu Tong, who launched the first uprising, called himself the "King of Han", and the number of rebels reached hundreds of thousands. The second uprising that followed was even larger.
In the end, the Chenghua period suppressed and eliminated those who raised the army, and decided to pacify the remaining refugees.
And in order to solve this problem, Yunyang Prefecture and Yunyang Guard were established in Yun County, which allowed the refugees to become citizens in the mountainous areas, reclaim wasteland, and make it their own business permanently, and placed the prefect and the guard for daily management.
Considering that Yunxian County is an important place with good connections in all directions but is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has daily military affairs and supervision work, the Governor of Xunyang was officially established in the twelfth year of Chenghua.
From then on, the governor's office was always there, at the junction of the four provinces, managing many surrounding areas.
"So, more than 100 years ago, there wasn't much of a permanent local population here?"
Wang Hongyu asked Zhou Yijie, who was familiar with the local situation, and the Zhou family's guide.
"Indeed..."
Zhou Yijie also sighed. He is also from Yunyang, but his ancestors are from Sichuan.
The same goes for Zhou Dunji.
At this time, more than 80% of the people in Yunyang were actually foreigners.
There are obvious regional differences between local natives and foreign guests in Sichuan and Guizhou, which is called the contradiction between natives and guests.
But when you arrive in Yunyang, there is no big difference between a local and a foreign country.
Except for Yun County, the core of Yunyang Prefecture, many of the local wealthy families in other counties do not have their ancestors here.
"I remember my eldest brother's brother Zhou Zhaoan introduced that their family is in Zhushan County."
"That's right."
The guide introduced it enthusiastically.
Zhushan County is a county southwest of Yunyang. This county goes deep into the Bashu Mountains of Qinling Mountains, with Yun County to the north, Fang County to the east and Zhuxi to the west. All surrounding counties are just a hundred miles away.
There are many mountains and rivers but few roads. There is a very abundant Zhu River, which meanders close to Zhushan County and flows directly to Yun County and joins the Han River. The Zhu River is also the largest tributary of the Han River. Compared with the land route,
Obviously water transportation is more convenient.
Directly south of Zhushan County is the Shennongjia Mountains, which is basically inaccessible. In the vast area in the middle, except for some seedlings and native tribes, only a few old hunters and business travelers know the roads. Going southwest across Shennongjia, you will reach the main town of Kuizhou Prefecture in Sichuan.
Ninghe Wan County.
"Although the head of the family lives in Zhushan, in order to facilitate travel to other places, they also have a courtyard in Yunxian County, a prefecture-level government. Except for festivals and visiting relatives, they usually live in Yunxian County instead of Zhushan."
Wang Hongyu sighed and felt excited at the same time.
Sighing that I ended up in such a place suitable for rebellion and guerrilla warfare.
But I am excited because there are so many places that can be developed and used.
The magistrate, Tongzhi, and magistrate led the officials of Yunyang Prefecture 2 miles out of the city to greet Wang Hongyu and his party, and thanked the Hunhe Army for escorting the coffin of the great hero Zhou Dunji of Yunyang back to his hometown.
At this time, Zhou Dunji's coffin arrived in Junzhou County. The day before yesterday, Yunyang Mansion knew that the Hunhe Army's fleet escorting the coffin had already set off. Yunyang officials and people had already brought supplies to the lower reaches to meet them, and they were probably meeting up soon.
In order to ensure the safety of the body of General Zhou Zheng, they had already sent people to buy ice cubes from the cellars of large households, and a group of boatmen went to greet him. They were familiar with the waterways and knew where there were rapids and reefs.
Because the Hunhe Army was stationed in Yun County, 3,000 soldiers accompanied the fleet to escort them. Zhou Dunji's comrades and fellow villagers were there to support them along the way. No group of refugees dared to attack the fleet.
The prefect also sent government officials to follow him, and supplies were provided in towns and stations along the way, so Wang Hongyu could rest assured.
They also planned to arrange for Wang Hongyu, Zhou Yijie and their entourage to stay in the city, but Wang Hongyu declined politely. He first went to the military camp prepared by Yunyang Guards to have a look, and then went to the government office to visit.
The prefect and general magistrates were always with Wang Hongyu, asking about his welfare.
Looking at the prefect, the judge's face was thin and simple, without any official airs.
When we returned to the government office, Tongzhi had already prepared plain rice with vegetables, but there was no big fish or meat. Magistrate Yuan Jinghao said embarrassedly: "Yunyang is poor and the people are in hardship. I and my parents and officials cannot benefit the people. I am really ashamed."
They are really honest people. They can't even say a hypocritical polite word. When you see their thin bodies, you can tell what their daily life is like. One word: "poor."
Wang Hongyu said, "It will get better, let's eat."
Several people devoured their food, but Qin Ling was the only one who was a bit elegant. Li Tiezhu obviously didn't have enough to eat. Wang Hongyu winked at him and had to eat half full.
Several people usually ate and lived with the soldiers, so they didn't care about the quality of the food. They looked like Qingshui Yamen, and it was too late to be happy when they met an upright official.
Wang Hongyu was very satisfied with a cup of tea after the meal. Then he asked the three people to introduce Yunyang's situation, geographical environment and mineral resources.
At the end of the twelfth year of Chenghua's reign (1476), Yunyang was governed by the first governor Shi Yuanjie, the deputy governor of the capital.
Si, go down to Jingnan Road.
Fuzhi governs the states and counties of Nanyang Prefecture in Henan, Anlu Prefecture of Huguang, Jingmen Prefecture, Mianyang Prefecture, Yunyang Prefecture, Jingzhou Prefecture, Hanzhong Prefecture of Shaanxi, Shangzhou counties of Xi'an Prefecture of Shaanxi, and Kuizhou Prefecture of Sichuan.
Each county has jurisdiction over a total of eight prefectures, nine provinces, nine prefectures, and sixty-four counties.
This resulted in the great integration of Henan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and Sichuan in Yunyang without any region or ethnicity.
Because the government was established just over 100 years ago, there are not many large families who have settled here for several generations. Most of them are people who have recently moved here within a hundred years.
There is no concept of locals and strangers here, which is consistent with the system of the Hunhe Army and is suitable for Wang Hongyu and these newcomers to play.