Peng Hongshu said: "But now that your Majesty has done this, I can't argue with you."
"Yes, I really can't argue with you." Peng Zhuchao and more than 20 chieftains, big and small, also complained one after another.
"Haha, so it's my fault." Chongzhen sneered, "It's me who has wronged you?"
"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant." Peng Hongshu said quickly, "It's a misunderstanding. This is a misunderstanding."
"Yes, yes, this is all a misunderstanding." Peng Zhuchao also said quickly, "I hope your Majesty can help us clarify it."
"That's enough! Do you yourselves believe this?" Chongzhen said angrily, "You want to receive soldiers' pay and drink their blood, but you don't want to be infamous. Do you really think that everyone else is a fool?"
When Chongzhen became angry, Peng Hongshu immediately fell silent.
Then they suddenly remembered that in front of them was the Ming Emperor.
"Take them away!" Chongzhen said coldly, "First check their residence to see if their salary, money and rice for work and food are still there. If they are still there, that's it. If they are not there, let their family use money and food to redeem them!"
"Accept the decree." Xu Yingwei immediately led the new army to escort Peng Hongpeng and other chieftains away.
After a pause, Chongzhen said loudly: "Where are the Tutongzhi and Tutongpan of each department?"
Peng Tingyu and other dozens of Tu Tongzhi and Tu Tongpan came forward to pay homage to Chongzhen.
"You come with me," Chongzhen said, "to discuss the aftermath of the Baojing Xuanwei Division and the Yongshun Xuanwei Division."
Chongzhen played this trick extremely well. Not only did he detain more than 20 chieftains including Peng Hongshu and Peng Zhuchao in public, but he also did not provoke a mutiny by more than 60,000 local soldiers from the Yongshun Xuanwei Division and Baojing Xuanwei Division.
Not only did it not provoke a mutiny among the soldiers, it even gained a wave of gratitude.
When these local soldiers lined up in a long line to receive money and food from the Wuchang branch of the Royal Silver Company, each one of them was grateful to Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty, and lamented that they had met a good emperor.
Good emperor, I will give you as much as you say, without any discounts.
Not only did they not default on their arrears, but they also paid them the next month's food and salary in advance. Not to mention having seen such a good emperor, I had never even heard of him. This time it was really a good time.
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However, Chongzhen also felt regretful because this operation was not fully successful.
More than 20 chieftains of Baojing Chieftain and Yongshun Chieftain have been detained, and it will be a matter of course for them to be replaced by new chieftains such as Peng Tingyu who are relatively easy to control.
But Shi Nan Chieftain Ran Sanniang and a dozen other chieftains, big and small, had no way of starting.
"It's a pity that we couldn't achieve the full success." Facing Zhu Cijiong, Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan, Chongzhen sighed, "I didn't expect that the little widow Ran Sanniang would have such quick wit and such prestige."
Xu Yingwei said: "It is indeed a pity that Ran Sanniang also deducted salary, and it was quite a lot, but her words calmed down the resentment of the local soldiers in the clan, and no one took the opportunity to cause trouble. In comparison, Peng Hongshu,
Peng Zhuchao and others are far behind, so it's a bit tricky now, I'm afraid it won't be easy to send Prince Qin to Shi Nan Chieftain."
Yes, that's right, dividing the relationship between the chieftains and the native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei is only the first step.
The second step is to directly send Qinwang Shizi to take over the local soldiers of each chieftain. Of course, this will not be clearly stated at the beginning, but only as the food and salary supervisor, which is responsible for distributing food and wages to the local soldiers, equivalent to the logistics minister.
It can be imagined that when receiving food and salary every month, they received it directly from the Qin Wang Shizi. Before receiving the food and salary, they had to shout that they should be soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and eat the food of Long Live Lord. A few months later, the soldiers responded to the Ming Dynasty.
The sense of belonging to the dynasty will be greatly improved, and the loyalty to Chongzhen will also be greatly improved.
Then, after the Shadingzhou Rebellion has been quelled, the most critical step remains—rewarding the land!
As soon as the fertile land by Dongting Lake was given, the chieftains of various sizes in western Hunan and Hubei had more than 100,000 native soldiers, and they immediately became the most courageous Wuchang soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. Then the chieftains in western Hunan and Hubei lost these more than 100,000 soldiers.
After becoming a man, there will no longer be any resistance to subsequent changes in life.
But now, there are outbursts.
The more than 40,000 native soldiers of Shi Nan's Xuanfu Division have not yet been divided.
Zhu Cijiong said: "Father, why don't we just send Prince Qin to Shi Nan Chieftain directly?"
"That's not okay." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Have you forgotten what my father often told you? You must abide by the rules when doing things. The more powerful you are, the more you must have a sense of awe and use your power with caution."
"Now Ran Sanniang has not made any mistakes, but the imperial court insists on sending Qinwang scholars to Shi Nan Tusi. This is an abuse of power."
"If you abuse your power, sooner or later you will be counterattacked by power. Therefore, those in power must use their power with caution and not act rashly by relying on the power in their hands."
Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan both looked solemn.
I thought that having such an emperor in the Ming Dynasty was truly a blessing to all people.
After a short pause, Chongzhen said again: "If you are Zhen and Jianheng, go to Yongshun first. The more than twenty chieftains in Baojing will send Qin Wang's scholars, and each chieftain will send ten scholars."
"Moreover, the safety of the scholars must be ensured."
"Therefore, each soldier must be assigned a new guard as his bodyguard."
Xu Yingwei said: "Your Majesty, should I be transferred from among the thousands of leading soldiers or from the scholars of Xuzhou?"
Du Yinxi had already returned with 100,000 soldiers from Xuzhou and Guide, but only half of the 3,000 soldiers who followed him south went back, and the other half stayed.
This was planned by Chongzhen long ago.
The three thousand Qinwang scholars who were originally left in Xuzhou will serve as officers in four towns, namely Xuzhou, Guide, Wuchang and Yunnan, leaving 750 Qinwang scholars in each town.
"Let's recruit them from Xuzhou scholars," Chongzhen said.
"It's just a good opportunity to let them get familiar with the soldiers."
Yan Yingyuan said: "How to deal with Peng Hongpeng and other chieftains?"
"Keep it locked for now." Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan had just left with their front legs, then jumped up and dived in with their back legs.
"Long live my lord." Gao Qiqian said with a dazzling smile, "Uncle Guo and the others are here."
"Kang Baiwan and the others have finally arrived." Chongzhen was immediately overjoyed and said, "Hurry up and invite them in."
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A shrewd look on his face.
After seeing the ceremony, the monarch and his ministers exchanged a few words of greeting as usual.
"In-laws, how is the health of the Crown Princess lately?"
The Crown Princess is pregnant with the grandson of the Zhu family, so she naturally has to take care of her.
"Replying to the Lord, the Crown Princess is in good health. She can eat and sleep." Kang Baiwan responded respectfully.
"That's good." Chongzhen smiled and nodded, then pointed at the two young people and asked, "My dear, is this the grain merchant you are looking for?"
"Back to the Holy Spirit, it's exactly that." Kang Wanwan pointed at the two young men and introduced, "This is Xiuning Wang Pingshan, and this is Hu Renzhi from Shexian County. Although they are young, they have taken over the family business for many years.
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"What route do you usually take?" Chongzhen asked directly, "Have you ever gone to Yunnan to sell grain?"
"Going back to the Holy Spirit, the common people once went to Yunnan, but not to sell grain." Wang Pingshan said, "They went to sell tea. The common people first bought tea from Fujian, kneaded it into tea bricks, and then took a big ship and took the waterway to Wuchang.
Then transfer to a small boat and take the waterway to Tongguwei in Guizhou. Then you can only take the land route through Pu'anwei into Yunnan. The waterway and land road from Fujian to Yunnan are six to seven thousand miles, and it will take at least half a year to travel, starting from Wuchang.
It is more than three thousand miles and takes about three months to travel."
Hu Renzhi then said: "Grassmen once sold wine to Yunnan, but they took the sea route. They first took a big ship and took the sea route to Guangzhou Prefecture, then transferred to a small boat, then went up the Shuoxi River (Pearl River) to Anlongsi, and finally went to Kunming via the dry road.
, from Nanjing to Kunming is more than 6,000 miles by water and land, and it will take at least four months to travel, and there must be a favorable wind."
Chongzhen said: "In other words, it will take at least four months to transport grain from Nanjing to Kunming, and about three months from Wuhan to Kunming. Is that what you mean?"
Wang Pingshan and Hu Renzhi nodded at the same time: "That's what it means."
"Three months is acceptable," Chongzhen said, "but the total amount of food is a bit too much!"
Wang Pingshan and Hu Renzhi looked at each other, and then asked: "May I ask, Your Majesty, how much grain needs to be transferred to Kunming?"
"You don't need to go to Kunming, you just need to transport it to Pu'an Prefecture." Chongzhen said, "It is the end of May now. You only need to transport 600,000 shi of military rations to Pu'an Prefecture before the end of August."
600,000 shi of military rations can roughly guarantee the consumption of 200,000 troops for nine months. The more than 100,000 local soldiers of the chieftain in western Hunan and Hubei, plus the 100,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers, can quell the Shadingzhou Rebellion within three months.
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Three months of fighting plus three months of marching should be able to put down the rebellion in six months.
The reason why nine months' worth of military rations need to be transferred is to leave enough margin.
The war is fierce and dangerous. If you don't leave enough margin, it will be too late to think of a solution when the problem comes.
Throughout the ages, how many wars have been lost because logistical support could not keep up?
Emperor Chengzuwen Zhu Di's first northern expedition to Mongolia almost failed because he ran out of food.
"Ah, 600,000 dan?" Wang Pingshan and Hu Renzhi were dumbfounded. Obviously, this number has exceeded the limit of their imagination. They used to sell tea or wine for several thousand dan.
600,000 stones of grain, how many grain ships and trackers would be needed?
"The number is too big?" Chongzhen asked with a frown, "Can I accept it?"
Wang Pingshan couldn't help but look at Hu Renzhi. Both of them saw solemnity in each other's eyes, but they also couldn't suppress their excitement. Obviously, they both had a premonition that this would not only affect the two of them, but also Xiu.
The Ningwang family and the Hu family in Shexian County also have a huge opportunity. Once they seize this opportunity, the two families can ride on the wind and rise.
"The common people can take it!" Wang Pingshan and Hu Renzhi agreed without hesitation.
Taking over this business may bring disaster to the family due to missing the date.
But if they don't take this business, they will spend their whole lives in regret.
