Chapter 121 Land Redemption Reform, Jiangnan New Deal
The situation in Jiangnan as a whole is complex, and we cannot adopt a barbaric one-size-fits-all approach. That is absolutely not possible.
Therefore, Zhu Han's Jiangnan Land Reform Prime Minister Affairs Office immediately brought in Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Shi Naian, Hu Weiyong, Jiangnan Kong family and others.
We need to discuss a method that is both safe and effective.
Solve the centuries-old problems of land annexation and hidden property taxes in Jiangnan.
"Deputy Marshal, I believe that everything must be done with justice, and one must have a name and honor before it can work. In this way, the top and bottom are harmonious, and the people's wishes are echoed. This is the key to truly and effectively implementing the Jiangnan New Deal.
Where.”
The person who is talking about this righteous name is Liu Bowen.
He was a scholar from Jiangnan.
Moreover, as a former official of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, he also had a very high reputation among the squires, and Zhu Han had always treated him as one of his own, so he let him speak first.
"Mr. Liu, do you have any mature suggestions? Of course, there is no need to beat around the bush," Zhu Han said.
Liu Bowen smiled slightly, and then said, "The lower official suggested that all the land in Jiangnan should be surveyed to determine that all the figures exceeding the registered number should be returned to the government. However, the owners of these original properties can get a purchase price.
These buyout funds will be compensated by the poor people who will be allocated the land in the future. All land buyout funds can be tentatively set at two years' harvest per mu of land.
The official has already calculated that the harvest in two years is about two to three stones. In this way, it can be paid in installments over five years. It is only less than three to five bushels per year. The total excess farmland in Jiangnan is at least
There are as many as 30 to 40 million. If the average number is three dan, that would be about 80 to 90 million. Use money to redeem the excess land in Jiangnan. In this way, the refugees will get the land, while the wealthy and powerful families who originally owned the land will get the land.
In exchange for harvest compensation, if everyone takes a step back, nothing will happen."
"Moreover, our Jiangnan Land Reform Prime Minister Affairs Office can also levy a tax on these redemption funds. It does not need to be too much. It only needs to levy one-tenth of the tax, and then it can get another eight to nine million.
Stone grain grass!”
"In this way, we can almost guarantee sufficient military rations for several years!"
"And once the redemption system is successfully implemented in Jiangnan, it will not only alleviate the contradiction between Jiangnan's small land and large population, but also gain a large amount of fiscal revenue!"
When Zhu Han heard this method, he found it to be a relatively safe method.
However, this seems to sound familiar. The land redemption reform in later generations seemed to be like this.
This method sounds simple, but it is a bit difficult to actually implement it.
First, sort out the amount of land in Jiangnan, and then make a land redemption contract with the refugees. The supervision of these matters cannot be accomplished by just talking.
"Mr. Liu's method is good!" Zhu Han nodded and said, "I wonder if there are other methods?"
The other people obviously didn't have any opinions.
They were all less familiar with the situation in Jiangnan than Liu Bowen, and they all agreed with the method proposed by Liu Bowen.
However, Li Shanchang quickly put forward his own additional suggestions, "Deputy Marshal, I think that when this method is implemented, it can be allocated to several full-time yamen. First set up a Qingtian yamen, and then set up a redemption yamen.
Then set up a tax collection yamen to sort out the amount of land, distribute the land, and then carry out the redemption and tax payment, and obtain the land contract. This will check and balance each other, prevent people from colluding, and prevent those powerful people from using the left hand to the right hand.
, turn the originally illegal land into your own legal land!"
"Ah, very good!"
After hearing this, Zhu Han immediately agreed, "Mr. Li said it very well, so let's do it like this!"
but.
The land redemption reform that Zhu Han planned to adopt had just become known, but it encountered far stronger resistance than imagined.
The gentry and powerful people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been intertwined for hundreds of years.
Although the Mongols sucked blood from them when they came to conquer.
But most people saved most of their property because they knelt in time.
Now the Red Scarf Army, a bunch of bastards, have come to the south of the Yangtze River to rob the land they have accumulated over generations. It is like digging up their ancestral graves.
Many unwilling powerful people resisted, and even trained their troops and prepared to fight against the Red Turban Army.
Faced with such a situation, even a simple Qingtian cannot be completed.
How could Zhu Han have free time to argue with them and immediately mobilized 20,000 troops from Jinling?
Starting from Wuxing, they swept all the way southward along Suzhou. Anyone who did not cooperate with the settlement of land and property would have their homes confiscated!
All their land was confiscated. As for the men, as for those families with powerful clans, they were broken up and moved to various places to live separately, so that they could no longer stay together to make trouble. For a while, brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were originally in
Jiangnan's very good reputation instantly gained a lot of slander.
Many people have said that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were both beggars in the past. They carried out land reform in Jiangnan to embezzle land just because they hated the rich. They were so stupid that they could not get to the top, and it was difficult for scholars to live a good life! So we must educate scholars.
I would be willing to be knocked down into the quagmire and look like a mud-legged person!
So, for a while, many fools who didn't know the truth started to make fun of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han along with these powerful men.
The policy of land redemption and redemption has been widely vilified.
Not only that, many powerful landowners came to Jinling in series.
They knelt down and petitioned in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's Prince Wu's Mansion, asking the King of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang, to take back his orders and not to destroy the centuries-old cultural tradition in Jiangnan.
After all, if the fields that Gengdu passed down to his family are not cultivated, how can he still study!
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Faced with this group of people's actions that looked like requests but were actually threats, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have already been prepared.
"King Wu, give us scholars a way to survive!"
"That's right, King Wu is so kind to you, please don't rob my family of their ancestral land!"
"Wu Wang Renyi, please take back your life!"
A series of wailing sounds sounded at the door of Prince Wu's Mansion.
Many people who didn't know the truth gathered around him one after another.
They didn't know what happened, but they saw scholars and gentry kneeling outside Prince Wu's Mansion, crying and wailing loudly.
Many people listened for a long time before they finally understood.
It turns out that the land of these landlords will be expropriated by the Wu Palace in the name of "land reform".
As a result, many people sympathized with these gentry.
Many people discussed it privately.
"That's not okay. It's all family property. How can you buy and sell it by force?"
"I heard... King Wu was born a beggar, so he has some hatred for the rich, isn't he?"
"Haha, not only is he a beggar, I heard he also became a monk!"
"Haha, no wonder, I must not see these squires living a good life, so I came to torment them."
Many people expressed their opposition to these people who sympathized with the gentry.
"You fools, you can't even eat two mediocre meals a day, but you feel sympathy for these fat and big-eared landowners, bah!"
"How much of the land owned by the landlords was earned by hard work in farming, and not by plundering the land from the common people!"
"You fools, you are so stupid and bad!"
There was a lot of discussion outside the gate of Prince Wu's Mansion.
Many people were talking about the land reform in Jiangnan. Regarding these people's remarks, spies in casual clothes immediately reported to Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang in Prince Wu's palace.
"These fools don't farm their own land, so they don't know the benefits of my land reform." Zhu Han couldn't help but say.
"They are all common people, living in the city and not farming. Naturally they don't know the benefits of land. They think those gentry and landlords are good men and women!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
"Brother, what are you going to do with these landowners and gentry who are mourning outside the door?" Zhu Han asked.
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the tea cup, took a slow sip of fragrant tea, and then said: "Since they are willing to kneel, let them kneel. We should eat and drink as we should, and don't worry about them."
"I see, there are more and more people watching the fun," Zhu Han said.
"Haha, don't be afraid. The more people watching the excitement, the better. This principle is not unclear. Let people understand this matter clearly, and it will save a lot of trouble in the future land reform." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
Zhu Han understood at this time that his brother was planning to start a public opinion war.
really.
As time goes by, fewer and fewer ordinary people originally had sympathy for the gentry and landlords.
They even felt contempt for the gentry and landlords who were mourning every day.
"I thought that scholars were all decent people, but I never thought that for a few acres of land, I would act violently in the street here."
"What kind of scholar is just a person who has benefited from the honor of his ancestors and learned a few bad books? A real scholar should be someone like Wanhu!"
"Wanhu? Who is Wanhu?"
"You don't even know, Wanhu, that we are the number one scholar in the imperial examination in Jiangnan! What kind of hot air balloon has been made now that can make people fly hundreds of feet into the sky!"
"Really or not? This is also a scholar?"
"Nonsense, of course they are scholars. I think these ten thousand households are the scholars, the talents from heaven to earth!"
In just a few days, a large number of gentry and landlords who came to Jinling from all over the country were disliked by the people.
Many people felt that they were greedy because they already had enough land, so why not sell some land to the government?
What's more, many of those lands are occupied and ownerless fields, and even the contract documents are questionable, so they have the nerve to come to Prince Wu's Mansion to cause trouble.
These gentry and landlords did not have the courage to raise an army to resist Zhu Han's land reform yamen troops, and they could not see the King of Wu Zhu Yuanzhang, so they soon left in despair one by one.
After such a commotion, the gentry and landlords instantly lost the support of public opinion.
Zhu Han's land redemption reform was carried out smoothly immediately.
Millions of acres of fertile farmland throughout the south of the Yangtze River were quickly distributed to the poor.
With the arrival of a frost, the snowless Jiangnan also ushered in a cold winter.
Jinling, inside the Palace of Prince Wu.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were sitting in a pavilion in the garden, with a charcoal-burning brazier placed between them.
It was rare for the two brothers to have free time, and they could finally have a cozy drink around the fire.
Zhu Han had just turned fifteen and still had a limited taste in drinking.
Sister-in-law Ma Xiuying, dressed in ivory brocade, was walking out holding her one-year-old nephew Zhu Biao.
"Sister-in-law." Zhu Han greeted him with a smile.
For Zhu Han, Ma Xiuying really treats him as her own brother. During the cold and summer seasons for twelve months a year, she will sew clothes and shoes for Zhu Han with her own hands.
I make two or three outfits by hand every season.
She is already the distinguished Princess Wu, but she does these things personally, which shows her sincere care.
Zhu Han respects Ma Xiuying from the bottom of his heart.
"Qiwu, hurry up and sit down. Why are you getting up?" Ma Xiuying said with a smile.
"Chongba, I'm here to ask you, how are you thinking about my adoptive father?" Ma Xiuying continued to ask Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was filled with a happy smile and he downplayed the matter.
"Since my adoptive father no longer wants to stay in Haozhou, let him come to Jinling. If he doesn't want to come to Jinling, then go to Suzhou to retire. That is also a good place." Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Guo Zixing finally couldn't survive in Haozhou.
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There are already six princes in Haozhou City, plus a mess of princes, and the whole city is in chaos.
The rebels in Haozhou have no intention of making progress at all. No one is willing to leave Haozhou and go out to conquer territory. They all want to be the boss of Haozhou City.
Guo Zixing was very angry and was repeatedly forced by Sun Deya and others, but he refused to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for help.
Recently, there was another internal strife in Haozhou. Sun Deya and others joined forces and drove Guo Zixing and his son out of Haozhou City.
The father and son had no choice but to run to Dingyuan to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for help.
When asking for help, Guo Zixing was still concerned about his face, so he only asked for help but did not say what he was doing.
After Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he was already very dissatisfied with his cheap father-in-law. It was enough that he could not defeat Sun Deya and others. If he wanted to borrow troops to fight back, wouldn't he be killing his own people by killing his own people?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang always asked Guo Zixing to stay in Dingyuan with good food and drink, but did not give him troops.
Guo Zixing couldn't wait any longer, and after repeated urgings with no results, he asked his foster daughter Ma Xiuying to inquire.
"Sister-in-law, you should advise Uncle Guo again. Haozhou is not a good place. There is no need to go back and make fun of Sun Deya and the others. Why not just come to Suzhou to retire?" Zhu Han said.
Zhu Han didn't have much dislike for Guo Zixing.
It's just that his two sons are really not on the stage.
Now that the father and son have no military power, he does not intend to help Guo Zixing fight for Haozhou.
"My foster father is stubborn and I'm afraid he is not easy to persuade," Ma Xiuying said.
Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han understood that Guo Zixing was extremely greedy for power. Although his fighting skills were not good, he was reluctant to give up power.
"If you don't listen to the advice, you will have to retire in Dingyuan. Anyway, we can't lend him troops to Haozhou!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Sun Deya and others were not considered good people, but they saved some face in their fight with Guo Zixing and did not fight with each other. They gave Zhu Yuanzhang face, so naturally they could not attack Haozhou with real swords and spears.
"Sister-in-law, how about this? You send someone to tell Uncle Guo that if he doesn't want to take care of himself in old age, then give him another job, how about going to Goryeo to become the governor?" Zhu Han said.
"Grand Governor?" Ma Xiuying was confused for a while. Korea was overseas, and I heard it was very poor. She didn't know if her adoptive father would be willing.
"Qiwu, is this appropriate?" Zhu Yuanzhang also asked with some doubts.
"Brother, of course it's appropriate." Zhu Han smiled.
Recently, many leaders of the Red Scarf Army have been forced to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang due to their own fighting.
Regarding the arrangements for these people, Zhu Han had just communicated with Zhu Yuanzhang, and they planned to arrange for these original military leaders to go to Goryeo.
Anyway, Mao Gui, the Northern Expeditionary Army, had just arrived in Korea.
It would be perfect if more military leaders were arranged to go to Goryeo to show off their power.
Zhu Han and others took control of King Wang Qi and others in Goryeo, and used the Eight Banners Army to control the place. However, relying on these alone was not enough. They also had to have enough manpower to monitor the "Eight Banners of Goryeo".
The best candidates are, of course, the Red Turban Army generals like Guo Zixing.
They can not only enjoy being the emperor of Korea, but also monitor the Eight Banners of Korea without having to worry about them being connected together. It is simply perfect.
"Then I'll give it a try. If my adoptive father agrees, I'll send someone to invite them." Sister-in-law Ma Xiuying said.
"Okay, sister-in-law." Zhu Han smiled.
Soon, there was a reply to Ma Xiuying's handwritten letter.
Guo Zixing agreed to the proposal to become the governor of Korea.
Although the distance is a bit far, it is really suitable to satisfy my sense of power and control.
In fact, Guo Zixing was able to serve as the Governor-General of Goryeo, ranking above the Deputy Governor Mao Gui, which made him feel even more satisfied.
Guo Zixing took his family and came to Jinling from Dingyuan City.
In preparation for his appointment in Goryeo, Guo Zixing left his grandson and young daughter in Jinling.
Entrusted to Zhu Yuanzhang to take care of him, he took his sons to Goryeo.
On the sea to the west of Goryeo, a fleet was sailing forward through the waves.
The leading warship was the warship of Admiral Hu Dahai on which Guo Zixing was riding.
Guo Zixing stood on the bow of the ship and saw an island appearing in front of him. He pointed with his hand and asked Hu Dahai beside him: "General Hu, is Korea just ahead?"
Hu Dahai raised his head, looked into the distance for a while, and then said with a smile: "Old General Guo, that's not Goryeo, but Goryeo's Ganghwa Island."
"Ganghwa Island? What's the difference? Isn't it Korea?" Guo Zixing asked doubtfully.
Hu Dahai said with a smile, "Ganghua Island is our territory!"
"The land on Ganghwa Island is fertile, the products are extremely abundant, and the terrain is very flat. There are hundreds of our sergeant farms on it, large and small!"
After another conversation between Hu Dahai and Guo Zixing, Guo Zixing finally understood that Jianghua Island had been completely planned by Zhu Han as a military merit field for the Red Scarf Army soldiers. It was dotted with large and small military merit farms, which were used to house those who could not due to lack of land.
Red scarf soldiers who received land rewards in Jiangnan.
At the same time, Ganghwa Island was also the camp where the Goryeo Red Turban Army was stationed.
Since their fleet saw Ganghwa Island, they quickly sailed to Ganghwa Island. Once they landed on Ganghwa Island, Guo Zixing saw the entire island of Ganghwa Island.
“This is really a very nice island!”
The land on Ganghwa Island is fertile and the vegetation is lush.
It is early spring, and Ganghwa Island is already busy with farming.
Many rebel soldiers dressed as farmers were preparing fields for spring cultivation.
However, Guo Zixing soon discovered a problem, that is, on such a large Jianghua Island, he did not even see a Korean man.
All the Koreans I saw were young women.
These Korean women, each carrying a basin or an earthen jar on their head, shuttled back and forth between farmland and villages.
Although these Korean women look like their clothes are shabby, they are all somewhat pretty.
The clothes they wore were obviously similar to those of women in the Central Plains area. They even had a few silver hairpins in their heads like many Korean women, and their faces were filled with a vaguely happy smile.
When Guo Zixing saw all this, he was already full of doubts.
He asked Hu Dahai next to him: "General Hu, why are there no Korean men on this island?"
Hu Dahai smiled and said: "We heard that this is an order from the deputy commander! The deputy commander has already said that there are no Korean men allowed on Ganghwa Island. All men are Han Chinese!"
Zhu Han had long planned to make Ganghwa Island the most important base for the rebels stationed in Goryeo, which required both military reclamation and fortification.
Since it is both a military reclamation site and a fortress, it is natural to maintain internal stability on Ganghwa Island.
In order to avoid some unnecessary trouble.
On Ganghwa Island, all the Korean men were deported to the Kaekyung area.
These Korean women on Ganghwa Island are all women of rebel soldiers. They are all very hard-working and submissive.
Although many of them look a little different, most of the rebel soldiers come from miserable backgrounds, and no one cares whether a woman is beautiful or ugly.
Anyway, in their words, when the lights are turned on at night, they all look like fuck!
Guo Zixing actually felt the same way in his heart.
He felt that these women from Goryeo looked thin and frail, but they had a pitiful temperament!
An old tree in Guo Zixing actually wants to bloom new flowers!
After resting on Ganghwa Island for a few days, Guo Zixing took a battleship and continued heading north.
They soon arrived at their final destination, Gaijing of Goryeo.
When Guo Zixing and others arrived by boat outside Kaijing City, Goryeo King Wang Qi had already been escorted by Goryeo Eight Banners General Quan Qian and others to greet the chief governor of the Kingdom of Heaven outside Kaijing City!
As soon as Guo Zixing arrived, Wang Qi, the king of Goryeo, took all the civil and military officials of Goryeo and respectfully served him wine outside the city to greet him!
"The little king Wang Qi respectfully welcomes the envoy!"
Guo Zixing seemed to enjoy the welcoming ceremony of these Goryeo monarchs and ministers very much.
Because the monarch of a great country, even though it is a small foreign country.
But being respectful and like a slave in front of him also made Guo Zixing very useful!
He waved his hand, pretending to be an envoy from heaven, and said, "Everyone, get up!"
"Since I came to Korea, I want to cooperate with you a lot, so there is no need to be so generous!"
Guo Zixing's words made Goryeo monarchs and ministers suddenly feel embarrassed.
Because this is simply treating them like real slaves.
However, the powerful military strength of the Red Scarf Army now makes them dare not disobey in the slightest.
King Wang Qi of Goryeo smiled and stepped forward in person, acting as Guo Zixing's guide!
Guo Zixing and others entered Kaijing.
The city's defenses are basically all personally guarded by the Eight Banners of Korea. These Eight Banners soldiers composed of Korean traitors can be said to be loyal to the Red Turban Army, because most of the Eight Banners soldiers of Korea have now changed from civilians to Korean soldiers.
The person has become a master.
In the huge city of Kaijing, the Koryo Eight Banners Army was patrolling everywhere.
Guo Zixing and the others soon entered the Koryo Palace, where a grand welcome banquet was being held.
All the nobles from the capital city gathered together to welcome Guo Zixing.
only.
Guo Zixing looked at the dozens of large and small plates on the table in front of him, but he couldn't use his chopsticks because there was nothing edible in them.
Guo Zixing secretly cursed in his heart, damn, are these Korean barbarians trying to show off to me?
Don’t you know that I am the envoy of the Heavenly Kingdom?
You actually served me with such a bunch of pickles...huh?
He glanced angrily at King Wang Qi of Goryeo.
However, it didn't matter. After seeing it, Guo Zixing immediately felt relieved.
Because Wang Qi, the king of Goryeo, also had nearly a hundred golden copper bowls and plates in front of him, large and small, and the dishes inside were exactly the same as his own.
Either some pickled radishes, some pickled cabbage, pickled dandelions, or pickled green onions.
King Wang Qi of Goryeo still ate pickles like pickled radish with gusto.
Guo Zixing saw that the Koreans were eating a sip of pickles and drinking a sip of wine, and the other Korean civil and military ministers were also looking the same. He didn't think there was anything strange about this sumptuous dinner.
Guo Zixing secretly cursed in his heart, everyone said that the land of Goryeo was barren and the people were ignorant. I still didn’t believe it at the time, but now it seems that they are really so damn poor and shallow. Each and every kimchi on such a table can be eaten more than delicacies from the mountains and seas.
joyous.
Guo Zixing was naturally not interested in having a banquet with carrots on this table.
I had to turn my attention to the drinks.
After he took a sip of Koryo's wine, he almost spit it out.
What kind of wine is this? It's obviously water mixed with wine.
Guo Zixing's two sons also have the same expression.
After they took a sip of the wine, they all showed very uncomfortable expressions and could only quietly spit the wine onto the ground. This scene was seen by Wang Qi, the King of Goryeo, and there was a look of embarrassment on his face.
He felt that Guo Zixing was humiliating himself!
However, the King of Korea did not dare to be angry at all.
"Please enjoy my Korean singing and dancing, Governor Guo!"
Following a burst of shouting, a dozen Korean singers came gracefully to the center of the hall and began to dance.
It has to be said that although the food and drinks in Goryeo are not very good, the young women in Goryeo are very suitable to Guo Zixing's appetite. Even Guo Zixing's two sons, Guo Tianxu, both show great appreciation.
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Guo Zixing, the governor sent by the Red Scarf Army, seemed to be a lecher, as were his two sons.
As long as you are lustful, it will be easy to handle.
Wang Qi knew that Guo Zixing's purpose in coming to Goryeo was to monitor the Goryeo monarchs and ministers, and also to monitor the Eight Banners of Goryeo.
So Guo Zixing was a supreme emperor in Goryeo, as long as he could please Guo Zixing!
By letting Guo Zixing stand on his side, Wang Qi felt that if he could handle his relationship with Guo Zixing well, he could gradually suppress Quan Qian and others from the Eight Banners of Goryeo.
In this way, if you find a way to take advantage of a certain opportunity to deal with Guo Zixing, you can regain control of the power of Goryeo in your own hands.
Wang Qi has always been unwilling to be the puppet of the Red Scarf Army!
Guo Zixing quickly started his duties in Goryeo.
According to Zhu Han's instructions before coming to Goryeo, he first summoned Quan Qian and other Goryeo Eight Banners generals, and specially summoned General Li Chenggui of the Kuancheng General Manager's Office.
This Li Chenggui was originally from Korea, but later defected to the Yuan Dynasty.
When Goryeo attacked Kuang Kuang not long ago, it turned to Goryeo.
For this man, Guo Zixing promoted him according to Zhu Han's instructions and asked him to attack the Mongols in Liaoyang to the north. Moreover, Mao Gui, the general of the Northern Expedition of the Red Scarf Army stationed north of Goryeo, soon led his men there
Arrive in Beijing and meet Guo Zixing.
As old acquaintances of the Red Scarf Army, these two down-and-out brothers immediately sighed with regret as soon as they met.
Mao Gui wandered around Liaoyang Province for several months, but there was no sign of Liu Futong going north to support him.
In desperation, he almost fell into despair.
At the critical moment, Zhu Han sent someone to contact him and led Mao Gui and other Northern Expedition generals to cross the Yalu River and camp in Korea. Only then did Mao Gui and others find a way out.
Regarding Zhu Han's kindness, Mao Gui was not an ungrateful person, so he naturally guarded the defense line of the Yalu River for Zhu Han in Gaoli'an.
Now that Guo Zixing has come to serve as the governor, Mao Gui, as the deputy governor, has no objections.
"Brother, we are in Korea now, and our days are much more comfortable than when we were in the Central Plains!" Mao Gui said when he saw Guo Zixing.
Because Guo Zixing had just given him three stunning singers from King Wang Qi of Goryeo.
Mao Gui held a Goryeo singing girl with one arm, and his eyes narrowed into a thin line when he smiled.
Guo Zixing also hugged the two Korean singers and said with a smile: "Although the Korean country is barren, it has a special flavor!"
The two looked at each other, smiled, and drank happily.
With Guo Zixing as the commander-in-chief, the Eight Banners of Korea, Mao Gui's Northern Expedition Red Scarf Army, and the garrison on Ganghwa Island quickly began to act together.
They recruited grain, grass and civilians from various places in Goryeo and began to attack northward. Suddenly, the entire Mongolian and Yuan Liaoyang provinces were in flames.
Meng Yuan's rule here immediately fell into turmoil. Many Jurchen tribes broke away from Meng Yuan's control and fled back to their respective mountains and forests, no longer participating in the war between the two sides.
In an instant, Liaoyang Province fell into chaos. The Mongolian army in the Xanadu area had to send an additional force to station in Liaoyang to stabilize the situation.
Regarding the chaos in Liaoyang Province, the Yuan Dynasty court, which was far away in Dadu, did not have any good solution other than sending a soldier to take control.
Because most people nowadays are very noisy.
Now Wang Baobao, Chahan Timur, Li Siqi and others are fighting fiercely with the Red Turban Army in Henan.
Seeing that the weather is getting warmer after the beginning of spring, they also plan to encircle Kaifeng Mansion in Bianliang in three ways.
However, the logistics of several Yuan armies encountered serious problems.
Not only was there insufficient food and grass, but there was also a serious shortage of many weapons, armor, and horses, which were not even enough to support a larger-scale war.
Therefore, one letter after another, letters asking for urgent help seemed to be flying in.
Empress Dowager Qi, as the regent empress dowager, summoned the courtiers to discuss this matter.
But none of them could come up with a solution.
Because today's Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties are really too poor. The treasury of the poor metropolis no longer has any extra food and grass. What is left is only enough to feed the civil and military officials of the metropolis.
"Then let all the civil and military officials in the capital donate their own property. If you donate more property, you can save Dayuan even more!" Empress Dowager Qi said.
When everyone heard that they were asked to donate their family wealth, many officials of the Yuan Dynasty suddenly became unhappy.
In order to serve as a demonstration to lead officials to donate their family's financial aid to help the Yuan Dynasty overcome difficulties, Empress Dowager Qi immediately expressed in the court.
"Then let me take the lead here. I will take the lead in donating all the gold and silver jewelry. I will donate all the gold and silver jewelry without leaving any behind. This is considered to be ten thousand taels of silver!"
Empress Dowager Qi's words immediately made the courtiers flatter her.
Since the Empress Dowager has donated 10,000 taels of silver, naturally the civil and military officials cannot fall too far behind.
"Empress Dowager, I am donating eight thousand taels of silver!" Zuo Cheng, the minister of state, said.
Suddenly, the entire court turned into a donation gathering.
Finally, I finally collected five hundred thousand taels of silver.
With these five hundred thousand taels of silver, we could barely support Wang Baobao and others in their expedition.
However, after Empress Dowager Qi returned to the harem, she sighed for a while.
Because relying on raising donations from civil and military ministers is not a long-term solution.
Just when Empress Dowager Qi felt confused about her future.
News that she didn't expect... came one after another.
Wang Baobao, who had just received 500,000 taels of military supplies, sent another letter in person, because this time Wang Baobao did not want food or military pay, but wanted the Yuan Dynasty to set up an arms department specializing in manufacturing new artillery.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Empress Dowager Qi didn’t think much of Wang Baobao’s suggestion at first.
Isn’t it just about making some weapons?
However, when he saw Wang Baobao's last list of the required amount of silver, he was immediately frightened.
"What? Doesn't this simple artillery require nearly one million taels of silver?"
Dayuan's treasury is now completely empty.
Wang Baobao wanted one million taels of silver to make new artillery like the Red Turban Army, so naturally it was impossible for him to get his wish easily.
However, Wang Baobao has already mentioned in the memorial that the Red Scarf Army is now equipped with many new types of artillery that are both light and powerful. No matter how brave the soldiers of the Yuan Army are, they are just a group of mortal bodies when faced with these artillery. They can easily defeat them.
was defeated by the enemy.
Therefore, if the Yuan army did not have these artillery, it would be impossible for the Yuan Dynasty to capture Bianliang City, and even if it captured Bianliang City, it would be difficult to sustain it for a long time.
Manufacturing artillery and then forming a new army that can use artillery has become a top priority for the Yuan army.
Moreover, Wang Baobao also mentioned in the memorial to Empress Dowager Qi that Dayuan's regiments had gradually revealed their weaknesses when they were training soldiers and horses to fight in Henan.
These regiment training troops are basically locals recruited from various places. When they are allowed to fight for their hometown, they are still very effective. Once they leave their hometown and fight in other states, they often become less durable.
Weaknesses of war.
They are either thinking about the harvest at home, or they are thinking about returning home to farm after the war.
Therefore, Wang Baobao wanted the Yuan Dynasty to make another change and give up part of the land to these meritorious soldiers.
Moreover, some local farmers were specially organized in their hometowns to belong to these soldiers.
This allows them to fight outside with peace of mind, without having to worry about harvesting and farming at home.
Wang Baobao also pointed out that brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang of the Red Scarf Army were in the Huaihe River area in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that this kind of military farming system was implemented.
This is similar to the imperial soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and is a good example.
After all, what the Yuan Dynasty lacks most now is land. They occupied a lot of farmland and people in the past, so it is perfect to use it to reward the soldiers.
Wang Baobao, together with Chahan Timur, Boluo Timur, Li Siqi and others, repeatedly wrote letters pointing out that if the Yuan Dynasty does not reform the military system and the land issue of soldiers, then the Yuan Dynasty will really be completely finished.
Faced with such heavy pressure, Empress Dowager Qi defied all opinions and announced in Dadu that Dayuan would implement the new policy of government troops.
And not only the name of a government soldier, they also used a large amount of land owned by the Yuan Dynasty royal family to reward meritorious soldiers who fought against the Red Turban Army. Each person was allocated as little as fifty or sixty acres, and as much as
Hundreds of acres are allocated, all of which are tax-free land.
As a result, the morale of Wang Baobao and other regiments instantly increased during training, and each of them burst out with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
The Yuan army's fierce offensive after the beginning of spring instantly made the war situation in Henan become lively again.
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After the beginning of spring, this year has been the third year of the Red Scarf Army’s success.
The new emperor Aiyou of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty also adopted a new reign name, which happened to be called Zhengtong!
I don’t know whether it was to promote that he was the orthodox son of the late emperor, or to say that Meng Yuan was the orthodox son of the Central Plains. Anyway, the meaning of orthodoxy seemed to many people to be a bit of a boast.
Zhenjiang, the navy camp of the Red Turban Army.
Zhu Hanlai came to Zhenjiang and was reviewing the latest batch of launched warships.
This batch of warships all adopt the latest soft canvas structure, coupled with the diagonal sail in the front, they can sail smoothly.
"Deputy Commander, there are thirty-six ships in this batch. Including the previous ones, we now have seventy-eight ships of various sizes, and a total of more than 14,000 navy officers and men!"
"No one in the entire East China Sea is our opponent!" Hu Dahai said to Zhu Han with a proud look on his face.
