There are less than 30,000 people left in one prefecture and seven counties of Dengzhou after Kong Youde's rebellion. Including the farmers who were converted into free people, and the people who came from Laizhou and Shandong to vote, the total number of free people in Dengzhou is less than 80,000.
people.
The 170,000 Han people who migrated from southern Liaoning gradually became rural households under the arrangement of the resettlement envoy. With such an influx of people, the land around Dengzhou Prefecture could no longer accommodate it, so Dayongcai restored Penglai and Huang counties.
The four counties of Fushan and Qixia use the wasteland of these four counties to accommodate the relocated people, so that they can digest the 170,000 population.
The Resettlement Division took over the farming affairs from the local area, and all the households in the settlements were managed by the Resettlement Division. They could also be transferred to the household registration of Dengzhou Prefecture County after three years.
When all the land in the four counties is fully utilized, Dayong will restore the abandoned three counties of Zhaoyuan, Laiyang and Wendeng.
The same process was followed in Lushun. The prefect's Yamen was responsible for the management of the freed people, while the Resettlement Envoy took over the affairs of the farming community and centrally managed all the relocated people.
In September of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Dayong asked Si Hedeng to resettle the envoy, and the brigade government made a preliminary population census, which showed that there were more than 112,000 free people and 240,000 farm households, with a total population of about 350,000.
There are more than 90,000 young and strong people, and the rest are old, weak, women and children.
Dayong also established the Refugee Reception Department in Dengzhou in January of the eighth year of Chongzhen, with the intention of absorbing more refugees to enrich the population of Dengzhou.
The resettlement department has jurisdiction over the refugee shelter department. The resettlement department has become a core government office that not only recruits refugees but is also responsible for their management. It manages a population larger than that of the local government in Den and Brigade, and is responsible for many affairs.
It's also more.
Some people say that Song Guanglan, who is responsible for the placement of the envoys, is actually the governor in disguise, and that the placement of the envoys is the governor's Yamen. Dayong said nothing about this statement.
The influx of a large number of immigrants has doubled the demand for iron tools. There are no iron mines in Dengzhou and Lushun, and immigrants need a lot of agricultural tools to reclaim the land. The Liaodong Army itself also needs a large amount of iron tools, even though it does not own iron mines.
Under this situation, Dayong could only buy it from the Laiwu official mine at a high price, and also purchased it from Jiangnan through the relationship between the Zheng family in the south. The cost was naturally high. Someone in the Liaodong Army suggested that Dayong simply take over the Laiwu official mine. This suggestion
Naturally, Dayong scolded him.
Since returning from Shenyang, signs of disobedience to the imperial court have begun to appear in the army. Especially the imperial court pretending to be deaf to the great victory of Liaodong and not granting rewards has made the Liaodong army extremely disappointed with the imperial court. However, few of them would think about why the imperial court
Instead of rewarding them, they just vaguely believed that the imperial court wanted to kill the rabbits and kill the dogs. Some radical generals such as Li Dashan, who was born as a bandit, Geng Zhongming, who was born as a rebel, and others even proposed to support their own troops and establish a country of their own.
Naturally, this bastard formulation was severely reprimanded by Dayong.
For the imperial court, Chongzhen, and Dayong have always felt guilty, because it was not the imperial court, nor Chongzhen, but Shi Dayong who caused the current situation.
For Chongzhen, the recognized leader of the Han people, Dayong supported Chongzhen with a sincere heart. He never had the view of later generations that loyalty to the emperor was ignorant. Instead, he believed that it should adapt to the needs of this era. Since the people of the Ming Dynasty needed the emperor, then
He supported the emperor. In this era when the people were not enlightened and most of the people were still illiterate, any idea of a democratic republic was completely nonsense. The most important thing now is to save the Ming Dynasty from destruction and then restore the national strength. As for those idealistic things, they are still
Let future generations figure it out for themselves. If future generations think they don’t need an emperor, then there is no need for an emperor. If future generations think that without an emperor, this country will still be in disarray. Those guys who advocate freedom and democracy are just for profit, then this
The emperor cannot be deposed. At least, in the face of imperial power, the central government is still the central government, not a tool for a group of guys to seek profit.
Does the imperial power need to be restricted? Of course it does, but this is not what Dayong is considering now. Although Chongzhen's character has shortcomings, it is undeniable that he is an acceptable Han emperor. Whether it is legal principles or people's hearts, Chongzhen, as the emperor,
It is accepted and recognized by hundreds of millions of Ming people.
The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country.
Chongzhen has accomplished this, so he deserves to be supported bravely. If the ancestors of the Li family, Zhao family, and Sun family also rose up to overthrow the Tartars amidst tyranny, then their descendants can also be the emperor, and the same
It is also worthy of brave loyalty.
The reason why Dayong refused to enter the capital was not because he was worried that he would be beheaded. With his achievements, Chongzhen would not want to see him anymore. At worst, he would be given a title to support him in his old age. Chongzhen was never a person who did not reward his merits.
of the emperor.
What Dayong is worried about is that if he really enters the capital, he will not be able to act according to his intentions. Dayong has been extremely disappointed with the Donglin Party in the court. If possible, he even wants to send troops to the capital to flank the Qing emperor and kill those important officials of the court.
We must cleanse them all and wipe out all the group forces they represent, but this is undoubtedly a rebellion.
Dayong did not want to rebel, nor did he want to be controlled by others, so he chose not to go to Beijing. He wanted to be transferred rather than summoned. He wanted to follow the example of his ancestor Dashou. He thought his choice was right. At least he was still willing to sacrifice his life and shed blood for the Ming Dynasty.
With such contradictory motives, Dayong certainly didn't want his subordinates to think of being disloyal to the court, and he didn't want to be crowned with a yellow robe one day.
Thinking that his mutilated and ferocious face would be hung in the Ancestral Temple for sacrifice, Dayong became indifferent.
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The army was reorganized two months before the establishment of the Brigade Resettlement Division. Dayong renamed the army the Liaodong New Army, or the Liaodong Army for short, and consisted of three units: the cavalry, the infantry, and the navy.
The Cavalry Guard integrates all the light and heavy cavalry of the Liaodong Army. The commander is Cao Bianjiao and the deputy commander is Peng Dachui. It has four battalions, each with 2,000 soldiers and 4,000 horses, and the whole guard has 8,000 troops.
The First Guard of the Army was restructured from the former infantry left battalion, two thousand households, and the Pidao Ming Army. The commander was Shang Kexi, and the deputy commander was Xiang Chong. They were stationed in Pidao and had five battalions under their jurisdiction, with each battalion having 2,000 soldiers.
The whole guard has 10,000 troops.
The Second Guards of the Army was reorganized from the other two thousand households of the left camp of the original infantry army, the newly surrendered Han troops in Shenyang, and Qingzhuang, the captives of the original Ming army in southern Liaoning. The commander was Huang An, who was rescued from the Jinzhou prison, and the deputy commander.
The envoy was Geng Zhongming, who also had jurisdiction over five battalions of soldiers, totaling 10,000 people.
The Army's Third Guard was expanded and established on the basis of the Infantry Right Battalion. Commander Li Dashan and Deputy Commander Lin Junyi also had five battalions under their jurisdiction, totaling 10,000 people.
The Army's Fourth Guard was composed of Dayong's personal barracks, supply camp, and Liaonan Qingzhuang. The commander was Shao Wu, and the deputy commander was Song Qing. The whole guard had 10,000 troops.
There is also a Lushun Guard, with commander Li Zhongfu and deputy commander Zhang Cunren. This guard is mainly composed of young people who have migrated from Lushun and a part of the Han army. It is mainly responsible for guarding Lushun. The whole guard only has four battalions of 8,000 soldiers.
The commander of the Dengzhou Guard, Qi Sanbao, and the deputy commander, Wang Tiande, were composed of former transport battalions and immigrant youths. They were not field troops and were mainly responsible for the defense of Dengzhou and local security. There were 10,000 soldiers in the five battalions of the guard.
The former Jinzhou Army Artillery Battalion expanded the artillery guard. The commander was Zhao Kegang who was rescued from Jinzhou. The deputy commander was Lu Jiang. He was assigned to the fourth battalion of light and heavy artillery, with a total of 9,000 people in the third battalion.
The Dengzhou Artillery Command School was newly established, with Guo Cheng, a former Sichuan Army veteran, in charge.
The newly established Dengzhou Firearms Research and Development Bureau is headed by Ma Zhong, a former craftsman from Fusi, Jinyi Weinan Town.
The Liaodong Army Camp Staff Headquarters was newly established, with the commanding officer Jiang Wanli. It was called Liaodong Town Mansion externally and the Staff Headquarters internally.
A new Liaodong Army camp was established to protect the personal guards. The commander was Guo Yi and the deputy commander was Li Gu. There were two battalions of 4,000 soldiers.