Pianyuan Province mainly produces rice, with two crops a year.
Every year before May, early rice is planted, before August, early rice is harvested, and late rice is planted.
Therefore, the period from mid-July to early August is called the time of double grabbing.
It was only the end of March when the Fubiao Chinese Army and the artillery armor arrived in Chenzhou.
Yuzhu was not in a hurry to march into Jincheng, but ordered the officers of the new army to train the three thousand people of the Fubiao Chinese Army.
Everything else is trivial, but the core is one: orders must be prohibited.
The three thousand green battalion soldiers of the Fubiao Central Army are serious troops directly under the governor. Whether the jade pillars are rounded or flattened, they can do whatever they want.
More than twenty days later, in early April, after all the provisions and ships were ready, following Yuzhu's order, nearly 7,000 troops took boats up Xiongxi River, a tributary of the Yuanjiang River, marched westward, and marched in mightily.
to the Xiangxi region.
Today, in the narrow sense of Xiangxi, the more chaotic areas include the three departments in the west and the Sangzhi Xuanwei Division in the northwest.
In the local government system of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the three levels of province, prefecture, and county, there were actually two levels of government, namely Dao and Department.
The halls are divided into Zhili Hall and San Hall.
In the Kangxi Dynasty, the Ting was not an institutionalized local government, but a transitional temporary government agency.
The Zhili Department of the Qing Dynasty was lower than the government but higher than the county. It was equivalent to the status of a deputy prefecture-level city, and its highest official was Tongzhi.
Santing is at the same level as a county, but is not a county. It is equivalent to a county-level development zone in a prefecture-level city.
The difference between Zhili Hall and San Hall depends on whether the name contains Fu.
For example, the Phoenix Hall is the Zhili Department of the province. The Huangzhou Hall of Yuanzhou Prefecture is the San Hall, which is a county-level government agency affiliated with Yuanzhou Prefecture.
As for Xuanweisi, you can tell at a glance that it is the area under the jurisdiction of the chieftains who have not reformed their native lands and returned to their native land.
After the army was dispatched, Zhou Quan looked at Yuzhu with a smile and said to himself, Dong Weng is indeed a cruel and vicious person!
You know, early April to May is the critical time for rice transplanting.
However, at this time, Yuzhu led the army along the waterway and drove into the large ravine in western Hunan.
At this juncture, whether it is the bandits in the mountains or the indigenous leaders in the Phoenix Hall, they are all going to poke Yuzhu's spine and curse the traitors, right?
Hehe, this is what Yuzhu wants!
Two crops a year, sowing in spring and harvesting in summer, and sowing in summer and harvesting in autumn? Alas, that doesn’t exist!
Yuzhu's battle plan was actually very clear. He didn't even bother to lead his troops and chase the bandits all over the mountains. Instead, he wanted to dig out the food sources that the bandits relied on for survival.
If we cannot successfully plant rice on time and in each season, how will we be able to harvest during the summer and autumn harvests in the future?
No matter how powerful the bandits are, if there is no harvest in the fields, do they have to go hungry and become bandits?
No matter what the people in the mountains thought, Yu Zhongcheng took a boat with an army of 7,000 men and tens of thousands of dans of grain, and stormed into western Hunan in a menacing manner along the waterway.
The bandits in western Hunan are indeed very wealthy.
However, the farmers in western Hunan are in a miserable state of hunger.
Limited by natural resources, they may not die of hunger, but they will never be able to have enough to eat or wear new clothes.
Yuzhu brought a large amount of grain into western Hunan. In fact, he used grain as hard currency.
No matter who it is, as long as they want to have enough to eat, they have to come and help the officers and soldiers pull fiber and drag warships and grain ships against the current.
According to the standards set by Yuzhu, if a worker starts pulling fiber at sunrise and stops at sunset, each person can get three liters of rice per day.
Three liters is five pounds and four taels.
This much grain, mixed with some wild vegetables and the like, is enough to feed a family of five.
In mountainous areas, handing out silver or copper coins is meaningless.
Yuzhu understands better than anyone that in mountains with inconvenient transportation, only by distributing food can we truly touch people's hearts!
As the saying goes, when Yu Zhongcheng fishes, those who wish will take the bait!
Stretching is a physical activity!
However, if you work on Yuzhu's boat for one day, you can get more than one day's rations. On the other hand, if you do hard work and heavy work for the chieftains, not only do you have no money, but you also have to bring your own dry food.
This is just like the sedan bearers in some famous mountain scenic spots. They can earn hundreds of yuan by carrying a sedan chair up a mountain road.
If you look at it from a special point of view, this is a rich man with money in his pocket, exploiting and bullying the weak bearers.
However, from the perspective of making money to support the family, bearers with little education or special skills can earn more than a day's wages on a construction site by exerting only part of their physical strength near their hometown.
How to calculate the gains and losses? I believe there is a steelyard in everyone's heart!
Xiongxi water flows out from western Hunan, and some sections have a relatively large drop.
At this time, the grain must be moved ashore, carried manually across the dangerous shoals, the ship must be dragged up, and then loaded onto the ship to continue westward.
Despite the fact that this process is very troublesome, in fact, due to the large number of people and the strength, the speed of the army's westward march is actually not slow.
Starting from Luxi to Qianzhouting (Jishou), the total waterway is only 180 miles.
Ten days later, Yuzhu led an army and appeared at the official ship dock outside Qianzhou Hall.
After resting for a day in Qianzhou Hall, the army turned south and headed towards Zhenyu Town along the Tuojiang River.
The rebels in Zhenyun heard that the imperial army was coming to suppress them, so they occupied the dangerous valley and confronted Yuzhu.
Yuzhu cherished the lives of his soldiers and did not order a strong attack, so he confronted the rebels in Zhenyun across the mountain pass.
Then, Yuzhu ordered the green battalion officers and troops stationed in Mayang, Chenxi and Yongsui Hall to move into the mountains in large numbers, creating the illusion of attacking from all sides.
The rebels in Zhenzhen had amazing combat effectiveness, but their shortcomings were also obvious. They were seriously insufficient in strength and could not withstand the siege from all sides by several times the official army.
After Zhenyun's rebels retreated, Yuzhu led the main force into the hinterland of Phoenix Hall.
However, unlike other military commanders, Yuzhu did not actively seek a decisive battle with the Zhenyun rebels, but instead focused on forcing the mountain people to come out of the mountains.
The specific method is not complicated.
Wherever the officers and soldiers passed, all the paddy fields and slope fields where rice was being planted were destroyed, and then rations were distributed one by one according to the head of the people.
The amount of food distributed was neither too much nor too little, just enough to get out of the mountain pass.
The terrain of Zhenyun is too dangerous. Not to mention paddy fields, there are not many sloping fields.
There are not many fields, which means that the population cannot be large. If the population is too large, it cannot be fed at all.
Yuzhu was very patient. He only destroyed the fields and forced people out of the mountains. He refused to lead his army into the mountains to encircle and suppress the Zhenyu rebels.
To be honest, this move did not work quickly, but it was extremely cruel, which was equivalent to breaking the foundation for the survival of the Zhenyu rebels.
The rebels also knew that Yuzhu had dozens of cannons in his hands, and the casualties in a head-on battle were likely to be huge.
That's it, both parties are very patient.
As a result, from the time of planting and transplanting in spring to the time of autumn harvest, most of Phoenix Hall's twice-a-year harvest was wasted.
Before the heavy snow closed the mountain, Yuzhu led the troops to exit the mountain of Phoenix Hall.
In early March of the following year, Yuzhu took the main force of the government and army, which was not short of food, into the mountains again.
At this moment, no matter how stupid the rebels were, they understood that Yuzhu was going to be permanently exterminated!
Last year's grain harvest failed in two seasons, and Yuzhu came again this year. Who can bear it?
All in all, Yuzhu would rather slowly deal with the rebels than waste the lives of his direct soldiers.
These are all officers' seeds and cannot be sacrificed casually. This is Yuzhu's basic military principle.
As a result, the rebels couldn't bear it anymore and mobilized in full force to fight Yuzhu.
Facing the new army that was armed to the teeth, the Zhenyu rebels, who were only equipped with broadswords, spears and longbows, were defeated miserably by the Victory Camp in Phoenix Hall.
Among Yuzhu's Fubiao army, there was a cavalry force of less than 400 people.
Alas, the defeated rebels, pursued by hundreds of cavalry, suffered heavy casualties, with corpses strewn across the fields.
In this battle, the army won a complete victory with very little loss.
As a result, more than 90% of the mountain residents in the entire Phoenix Hall area were driven out of the mountainous area under the coercion and inducement of bayonets and rations.
The characteristic of the new army is that it is suitable for positional warfare and queuing to kill, but it is not good at going into the mountains to suppress bandits.
Yuzhu had no intention of entering the mountains. From beginning to end, he had only one idea: to get all the farmers out of the mountains. No matter how many rebels or bandits there were, they would not be able to survive.
In addition, the green camp soldiers transferred from the east have nothing to do with the chieftains in the mountains.
Moreover, Yuzhu sent people to keep a close eye on all the entrances to the mountain.
As a result, in the early spring of the next year, except for a small group of bandits entrenched on a few hills, the large-scale banditry in the entire Phoenix Hall area that had lasted for hundreds of years was wiped out by Yuzhu.
After Yuzhu's memorial was delivered to the capital, Kangxi was so pleased that he immediately issued an order to bring Yuzhu to Beijing to report on his duties.
When arriving in Beijing in the spring, Yuzhu naturally chose to take a boat, follow Dongting Lake, enter the Yangtze River, and then take the canal north to the capital.
This journey is not only extremely fast, but also very comfortable on board the official boat.
A month later, as soon as Yuzhu handed over the sign in front of the palace gate, Kangxi summoned him immediately.
After listening to Yuzhu's report on the entire Pianyuan bandit suppression, Kangxi was very satisfied and praised: "Let the mountain people come out and work hard to build bridges and pave roads in exchange for food rations and money, and then let the wealthy areas buy grain and food for the corvee."
The money and silver are really wonderful. Wei Zhu’s name is Zhang Tingyu.”
After Zhang Tingyu came in, he issued the decree expressionlessly.
"The cabinet issued an order to dismiss Yuzhu from the position of governor of Pianyuan, and to appoint him as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was promoted to Nan Shufang Zong, promoted to the second class of Yongyi Marquis, granted Zhu Lun, and the Marquis's double salary. He was reinstated as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the imperial minister and
The infantry commander appreciates this."
According to the practice of this dynasty, the Minister of Nanshufang, who also serves as the Minister of the First Department, is the Prime Minister of the country.
Zhu Lun means that carriages can use red wheels. This is a privilege that can only be enjoyed by nobles who are members of the clan and above.
After Yuzhu accepted the order, Kangxi said with a smile: "I saw you right, you are indeed a talented man in Manchuria! However, I have not treated Longkodo badly. He is about to serve as the general of Jilin."
No matter how much Kang Mazi liked Yuzhu, there was no way he would allow father and son to share the military power of the capital.
Now that Yuzhu has been reinstated as the nine-door admiral, Longkodo has no choice but to leave the capital and go to Jilin, a miserable place of ice and snow.