Ma Xin, the commander-in-chief of Taizhou in the Qing Dynasty, calmly looked at the chattering boss in front of him, but he was terribly annoyed in his heart.
Tian Xiong, the admiral of Zhejiang Province, seemed not to notice the impatience of his subordinates at all, and continued to gesticulate arrogantly.
"Mr. Ma, tomorrow you and I will join forces and we must capture Maple Ridge. Report the kindness of the court to the court and strive for a future for yourself."
Ma Xinxin was disdainful, bah! Future, future! For the sake of your future, you even arrested the late Emperor Hongguang and dedicated it to the Qing court. You have no ministerial integrity at all, you are such a villain!
Although he looked down upon Tian Xiong's character, Ma Xin still responded respectfully: "The general will definitely follow the commander to the death at the end of tomorrow!"
When he returned to the barracks, he was troubled. Is he really going to have a battle with the Ming army tomorrow? Is he going to live in ignorance like this all his life, keeping money to meet his ancestors?
Ma Xin is very resistant to having pigtails, mainly because their ancestors are too famous.
The Ma family in Fufeng, Shaanxi claimed to be a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. Their ancestor Zhuanxu lived in Emperor Qiu and Gao Tao Boyi until Zaofu. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was granted the title of Zhaocheng and his first surname was Zhao. Later, King Zhao Huiwen named Zhao She as Ma Fujun, Zhao She's grandson.
Zhao Xing then changed his surname to Ma. Qin Shihuang moved the Ma Xing family to Xianyang and named Ma Xing the Marquis of Wu'an. The Ma family in Fufeng settled in Shaanxi.
Famous family, absolutely famous family!
Ma Yuan, Ma Rong, Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Ma Zhou, Ma Lin, Ma Sui, Ma Yin?? They are all great figures who have left their names in history!
Ma Xin, whose courtesy name is Ziyu, is the symbol of jade, a symbol of noble quality. His father gave him this name, which contains great expectations. It’s good now that his pigtails are combed.
There have been frequent battles in the past few months, and all kinds of news are flying all over the sky. What shocked Ma Xin the most was that the Qing Jingnan general Chen Tai was defeated. The Ming army occupied Xianxia Pass and surrounded Fuzhou. The Ming army in Zhoushan also captured Shaoxing.
, and coordinate with Fujian. Ma Xin keenly felt that the time was ripe for returning to Ming Dynasty anyway.
He retreated and wrote a letter to Yang Huai, the admiral of Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Shuai Xunjian: I have admired great talents for a long time and took the liberty to write a letter. I was a servant of the Ming Dynasty. I was forced to surrender because of the situation. I was ashamed of my father's saintliness and my ancestors' name. Gou Quan lived in troubled times. He was frightened, uneasy, ashamed and angry for no reason. Today
I wish to lead everyone back to the Ming Dynasty in order to achieve success. I am so sad that I bear the burden of thorns with my bare body. I only rely on the legend of Hongyan and wait for the faith of Baiyun. That is to say that peace is near. The sinner Ma Xin is respectful.
After writing the letter, he sent it to his confidants to the Ming army camp.
After Li Rubi, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Army stationed at Maple Ridge, received the envoy, he knew that the matter was of great importance and immediately wrote to Zhejiang Admiral Yang Huai, who was fighting a bloody battle with the Qing army in the Chemangshan area of Ningbo.
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Chemang Mountain is said to be the place where Gou Jian, the king of Yue, used to build horses and troops.
Yang Huai led 23,000 defenders to a stalemate with 45,000 men and horses led by Chen Jin, governor of Qing, Zhejiang and Fujian at the foot of the mountain. The battle had been fierce for three days.
The two sides faced off like this, with no one willing to give in. Tired corpses and discarded weapons of fallen soldiers were scattered all over the mountains and plains.
The fighting was fierce on land, and there was no idle battle at sea. The 12,000-strong naval force of Zhang Jie, the commander-in-chief of Dinghai in the Qing Dynasty, and the 10,000-strong naval force of Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi in the Ming Dynasty, who defeated the Xibo Dynasty and defeated Hu Bo and Ruan Jin, also fought fiercely.
Several times, no one can do anything for the time being.
When Yang Huai learned that Ma Xin wanted to surrender, he felt that this was the key to deciding the outcome of the battle on the southern front.
He immediately agreed to Ma Xin's surrender and appointed him as the Commander-in-Chief of the Taizhou Army. He compiled a book with Li Rubi and formulated a battle plan to encircle and annihilate the Qing Zhejiang Admiral Tian Xiong by cooperating internally and externally, and squeezed out 3,000 troops from the already difficult Western Front.
, let General Du Zixiang take command and rush to support the southern front.
"Commander, Chemangshan already has insufficient troops. You have sent 3,000 men to the general. What will you do if your own safety is in danger?"
Du Zixiang is a little worried about Yang Huai.
"It doesn't matter. As long as the southern front can win a big victory, the danger on the western front will be resolved. I am confident that I can hold on for another month. The key to this battle is whether you can annihilate Tian Xiong within one month."
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After receiving Yang Huai's letter and receiving three thousand reinforcements from Du Zixiang, Li Rubi was refreshed.
He originally had 10,000 troops, plus these 3,000 reinforcements, plus the 10,000 troops who defected from Ma Xin, the total force reached 23,000. However, since Tian Xiong failed to aid Fujian, he only had 10,000 remaining troops, and he had not yet
There is time to rest and replenish. As long as the plan is thorough, it is still very possible to annihilate Tianxiong.
According to legend, a long time ago, there was a maple tree as big as a mountain growing on a large ridge.
Of course, this is just a legend. The Ming army has been stationed in Maple Ridge for a month. The big maple tree has not been found, but many small maple trees have been seen.
In Fengshuling Village in the north of Ling Dynasty, Yang Lichang anxiously came to Zhang Huangyan, the right minister of the Ministry of War.
Yang Lichang, whose name is Yang Ji, is sixty years old this year. There was no family in Maple Ridge Village originally. Later, the Yang surname was moved from Shijing, and the Zhao surname was moved from Zhao'ao. Yang Ji's family has been the head of the Yang family for generations.
, and the patriarch surnamed Zhao take turns to be the chief of Maple Ridge Village.
The Ming Dynasty implemented the Lijia system in the countryside, which was divided into three levels: counties, li, and Jia. In the 14th year of Hongwu, "the world was ordered to compile a yellow list of taxes and levies, with one hundred and ten households as one li, and ten households with more grain were included.
He is the chief. The remaining 100 households are divided into ten Jia, and there are ten Jiafan. There is one chief in the annual service, and one person is the head of Jia??"
Emperor Taizu was a master. This kind of Lijia system effectively solved the problem of rural grain collection and taxation in the early Ming Dynasty. Later, with the corruption of the political power and the development of the economy, this system of "drawing the ground as a prison" became more and more popular.
It does not meet the needs of the emerging capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty.
As a result, another master, a famous prime minister, Zhang Juzheng, appeared. In the ninth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng implemented the "One Whip Law" across the country, which promoted the transition from household tax to land and mu tax, and the transformation from physical tax to monetary tax. At the same time,
It gave farmers more personal freedom and career choices, and promoted the development of industry, commerce and commodity production. Mr. Zhang is really a good friend of the newly emerging Ming Dynasty capitalists!
After the "One Whip Law" was implemented across the country, the Lijia system was no longer needed for tax collection, and the Lijia system was gradually declining. However, the tradition of imperial power not going to the countryside, which had been formed for thousands of years, allowed the lijia chiefs, Jia heads, and village elders to
He still occupies an absolute dominant position in the countryside of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Lichang stomps his feet in Maple Ridge Village, making the whole village tremble.
Looking at this cowering old man with his head hanging to the ground, Zhang Huangyan thought of his old father who was still being held hostage in the occupied area.
The tone was very gentle: "Are you the head of this village?"
"It's the little old man."
"Don't be afraid, old man. I'm here to tell you that this place is about to become a battlefield. Take the people and hide in the mountains quickly."
Yang Ji was shocked. He was old and had experienced wars and chaos. He knew the principle of "thieves are like combs and soldiers are like grates". Soldiers these days are more ruthless than thieves! But people are gone, and the villagers have lived there for generations.
What to do with the ancestral home?
As if reading his thoughts, Zhang Huangyan said warmly: "Don't worry about the house. After the war, I will let the captives rebuild the ancestral houses for the villagers."
Yang Ji doesn't believe this. Since ancient times, soldiers have fought in wars, killing people, setting fires, and grabbing food. The people can only consider themselves unlucky. I have never heard of some people helping people repair their houses after the war.
But he said: "Thank you, Master Hongen. I will immediately organize the villagers to hide in the mountains after I return."
"Well," Zhang Huangyan thought for a moment, "you go back and organize one person from each household to go to the gate of the military camp to receive a bucket of rice (12.5 kilograms). Although it is not much, it is enough for the villagers to eat for a few days."
What? Yang Jileng was stunned. After living this long, it is common for the people to pay food and taxes to the government and the army. I have never heard of the government and the army giving food to the people.
He couldn't help but not believe that he really got the white rice.
Looking at the bag of grain he received, Yang Ji wiped away his tears and said to his wife, Yang Zhao, "Shilang Zhang is such a kind man! After all, he is our Master Wang of the Ming Dynasty, so benevolent and righteous!"
"Dad", the youngest son Yang Bao on the side asked curiously, "How old is the right minister of the Ministry of War?"
Yang Ji glared and said, "I asked you to study more, but you refused. You are ignorant and incompetent. The right minister of the Ministry of War is a great person. He is roughly the same as Chen Dianshi in our county."
