Qu Shichun, the governor of Guangxi, was processing official documents in the government office. Suddenly a clerk came in and reported: "Master Zhongcheng, there is a man who claims to be Chen Bangyan, the scholar of Prince Qin, who wants to see you."
"Prince Qin?" Qu Shichun was surprised when he heard this.
To this day, no official in the entire Ming Dynasty dares to underestimate Qin Wang, because everyone knows that they are the real disciples of the emperor.
These diligent princes and scholars are not imperial envoys but they are better than imperial envoys.
"Please come soon." Qu Shichun stood up as soon as he finished speaking and said, "Forget it, I'll go and greet you in person."
At that moment, Qu Shichun straightened his clothes and went straight to the gate. He saw a scholar standing outside the door with his hands behind his back. Although the scholar only wore an ordinary t-shirt, he had an air of grace when he walked and walked.
This kind of tolerance is not something you are born with, but something you develop later in life.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, the scholar turned back to look at the approaching man.
"This must be Qu Zhongcheng, right?" The scholar bowed his head in a neither arrogant nor humble manner.
"I am none other than Qu Shichun." Qu Shichun didn't show off in the slightest. He returned the salute and then said, "Little friend Chen, please come in."
Although Chen Bangyan's title was only that of a civil servant, he did not feel restrained at all when faced with Qu Shiqi, a high-ranking official in the border area. He immediately raised his legs and entered the governor's office.
As soon as they entered the palace, Chen Bangyan took out an edict from his sleeve and said: "There is an edict."
Qu Shichun said in his heart that it was true, and immediately knelt down on his knees and said respectfully: "I, the governor of Guangxi, Qu Shichun, respectfully greets the Holy Father."
"Holy Holy Gong," Chen Bangyan agreed, and then opened the edict and read, "Qu Shichu, I will immediately rehabilitate all the chieftains under the jurisdiction of the Chief Envoy of Guangxi! If you are undecided on a small matter, you can discuss it with the military department.
Chen Bangyan, Chen Zizhuang and Zhang Jiayu discussed with each other. If the important matter is not decided, they will report to Nanjing to request an edict. I appreciate this."
After listening to the edict, Qu Shichun felt a little confused.
Change the soil and return to the flow? Why did you suddenly change the situation and return to the flow?
I am really not mentally prepared for this. Isn’t this too hasty?
It is a big deal to change the land and return it to the local people. How can we make a decision at once? What if a civil uprising is triggered? The civil uprising of the Zhuang people and the Yao people is much more powerful than that of the Han people.
"Qu Zhongcheng, please accept the order." Chen Bangyan said.
Qu Shishu then took the edict with both hands and said respectfully: "I accept the edict."
However, after getting up, Qu Shichun said with a grimace: "Little friend Chen, it's not that easy to change your life and return to your hometown..."
"Qu Zhongcheng, I don't think this is difficult." Chen Bangyan said calmly, "All the 400,080 wolf soldiers in Zuoyoujiang have been transferred to Yunnan. I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to Guangxi in a short time.
Therefore, at this time, the resistance to the government will be much smaller if we change the status quo."
Qu Shiqi's eyes couldn't help but light up.
All the forty-eight wolf soldiers in left and right Jiang are not at home, so this is an opportunity.
But soon, Qu Shichun shook his head again and said: "Chen Xiaoyou, the chieftains in Guangxi are not only the 48 tribes of Youjiang. There are also a large number of Zhuang people and Yao people in other prefectures and counties. Although the number of strong men is far less than the 48 tribes of Youjiang, it is extremely difficult.
Mao, if these Zhuang people and Yao people rebel in groups, I'm afraid it will not end well."
"The Prime Minister does not need to worry about this matter." Chen Bangyan said, "The Holy One has transferred a new army of 2,000 people to Guangxi, specifically to ensure the smooth implementation of the reform."
"A new army of two thousand people? Two thousand?" Qu Shishu shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Chen Xiaoyou, I am not a timid officer. I am afraid that an army of two thousand people is not enough to ensure the smooth implementation of the reform. If we have to do it in
If Guangxi Province is to forcefully promote the reform of the country, it will need at least 20,000 officers and soldiers, and they must be elite."
"Qu Zhongcheng, suppression by force is only the last option, and suppression by force may not be necessary." Chen Bangyan shook his head.
"This is absolutely impossible." Qu Shishu said flatly, "Xiaoyou Chen, my Ming Dynasty has implemented the reform of the land and returned it to the local people not once or twice, but every time it was not a river of blood. It is absolutely impossible without the use of force."
The biggest obstacle to the transformation of the native land is the chieftain. How can a chieftain in a local prefecture or county be happy?
"Not really." Chen Bangyan said, "If the government can allocate land to the Zhuang people and the Yao people so that they can live a good life, what reason do they have to obstruct the return of native land to local people?"
"Divide the fields?" Qu Shiqi looked confused.
The governor wants to allocate land to the Zhuang people and the Yao people, but where will the land come from?
Under the jurisdiction of the Guangxi Chief Envoy Division, there are eleven prefectures and three states. More than 60% of the land is under the name of the Jingjiang Prince's Palace, 30% is under the name of the local gentry, and 10% is under the name of the equal hundred.
It is of course a great idea to let the strong people and Yao people in the mountains come out, allocate fields to them, and turn them from mountain people into farmers, but where does the fields come from? You can't let the Jingjiang Prince's Palace provide the fields, right?
"Yes, divide the fields." Chen Bangyan said seriously, "According to the Fish Scale Atlas, the eleven prefectures and three states of Guangxi have a total of more than 1.1 million acres of cultivated land, of which 70% of the cultivated land is under the name of Prince Jingjiang.
, 70% of the Han Zhuang people and Yao people in Guangxi are tenant farmers of King Jingjiang. In addition to paying taxes and taxes to the Jingjiang Prince's Palace, the Zhuang people and Yao people also have to endure the exploitation of the chieftains, so they live in extreme hardship. Therefore, Your Majesty
I also issued an edict to the Prince of Jingjiang, ordering the Prince of Jingjiang to donate all the farmland under his name free of charge, so that the Han people, Zhuang people and Yao people in Guangxi can realize that there is land for the tiller!"
"Free donation?" Qu Shiqi's eyes suddenly widened. Is the Holy One so cruel?
Chen Bangyan said: "Chen Zizhuang, another member of the military department, has gone to the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion. If nothing else happens, the Jingjiang Prince should have received the order by now, so Mr. Zhongcheng no longer has to worry about farming."
Qu Shishu still couldn't believe it and asked, "But will King Jingjiang agree?"
"Of course King Jingjiang will agree," Chen Bangyan said, "because the new army will work hard to persuade."
Qu Shishu was stern when he heard this. What kind of persuasion work is clearly intimidation by force? But why am I so happy? By the way, the Holy Spirit should have done this a long time ago.
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Qu Shichun said again: "Little friend Chen, just having land may not be enough. You don't know, the wealth and life of those Zhuang people and Yao people are controlled by the chieftain. Without the chieftain's permission, they can't come out at all."
"That's why the Holy Spirit ordered us to bring two thousand new troops here." Chen Bangyan said, "These two thousand new troops are specially used to deal with the chieftain who is secretly obstructing us."
Speaking of this meal, he added: "However, Master Zhongcheng needs to do a good job in educating people. He must let the Zhuang people and Yao people in the mountains understand that the government has no malicious intentions. The ones who are malicious are the chieftains who want to enslave them forever. This
Once those chieftains have lost the support of the majority of the Zhuang people and the Yao people, there is nothing to worry about."
"There is no problem with the education work." Qu Shishu frowned and asked, "But are two thousand new troops really enough?"
"Two thousand is enough." Chen Bangyan smiled and continued, "But for the time being, only one thousand new troops have arrived, and another thousand new troops have gone to Nanning Prefecture to seize a batch of property there."
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At this time, we were at the Yujiang Ferry in Nanning.
After the left and right rivers merge, it becomes the Yujiang River, which is a tributary of the Xijiang River (Pearl River).
If the caravans coming from Yunnan want to go to Guangdong via Nanning Prefecture, they must pass here. If they choose to take a detour, they will not only have to walk several more miles, but the road will also be rough and difficult to navigate, and there will be bandits on the road.
Ding Kuichu's confidant, Ding Da, led 300 servants, guarding a cavalry consisting of more than 500 mules, horses and donkeys, and was meandering eastward, preparing to return to the Governor's Office of Guangdong via Nanning Prefecture.
A general who was exploring the route suddenly turned back and reported: "Brother, there are officers and soldiers checkpoints at the ferry ahead."
"When did a checkpoint be set up here?" Ding Da frowned, and then said with great disdain, "Ignore him and show them the token from the Governor's Office. If you don't believe them, they dare to check the people in the Governor's Yamen!"
After saying that, he turned around and shouted: "Cheer up, don't embarrass the Governor's Yamen."
After giving the order, more than 300 patrons puffed up their chests and walked forward with their heads held high.
Soon they arrived at the ferry, and a leading scholar shouted: "Stop, please accept the search!"
"Who are you?" Ding Da snorted coldly and shouted sternly, "How dare you investigate people from the Governor's Yamen?"
"From the Governor's Yamen?" The scholar said with a smile, "Don't say you are from the Governor's Yamen, you are the current Chief Assistant. I have also checked it out, and all the mules and horses have been taken aside for search.
Check!"
"Who dares to move?" Ding shouted loudly, and then said, "If you want to inspect the cavalry in the governor's office, first ask if the swords in our hands will agree."
More than three hundred patrons flashed their cold sabers.
"Then I have to ask you this question today." The scholar smiled and raised his right hand.
The next moment, thousands of new troops with guns and live ammunition poured out from the houses on both sides of the ferry, from the reeds and the sugar cane fields, aiming their guns at Ding Da and the three hundred servants.
Facing the black muzzle of the gun, Ding Da suddenly became intimidated.
"Take them all!" the scholar shouted, and the new army immediately swarmed forward.
Ding Da and more than 300 servants did not dare to resist, so they could only restrain their hands.
Needless to say, this Qinwang scholar was naturally Zhang Jiayu. Following Chongzhen's order, he led a thousand new troops day and night to arrive in Nanning three days ago, and then waited at the ferry.
As expected today, we saw Ding Kuichu's cavalry.
The Holy One is really good at predicting things. He had already expected that Ding Kuichu would do something like this.
This time it was true that everyone was harmed, and Ding Kuichu had no excuse even if he wanted to deny it.
However, to be on the safe side, Zhang Jiayu randomly checked the packages on the backs of more than a dozen mules and horses, and found that they were filled with gold and silver, silk, ginseng, Shu brocade and other treasures.
At that moment, Zhang Jiayu called a group of Yiding people forward.
"Master Ba," Zhang Jiayu said, "If you can please repay the Holy Majesty, tell me that the stolen money that Ding Kuichu, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, embezzled from Lin'an Mansion has been intercepted by the New Army, and contains more than 500 mules, horses and donkeys in total."
"I know." Bahanzhen immediately led the Yiding Rufei away.
