After the victory of Xin'an, although the Qin army escaped with 30,000 to 40,000 officers and soldiers, most of the chariots, military supplies, horses, baggage, armored tents, as well as all kinds of blunderbuss, lead and iron cannonballs, and massive amounts of gunpowder were all lost. Seized by the invading army.
A group of returned officials and gentry in Henan who wanted to take advantage of Sun Chuanting's departure to "suppress thieves" and "become masters" again were also wiped out by the partial division of the invading army.
Even the Henan bandits who had always adopted a fence-sitting attitude towards the Intruders in the past, such as Li Jiyu, Shen Wandeng and others, also surrendered one after another, accepted the troops of the Intruders and stationed them in their old villages, and went to Luoyang and Kaifeng sent many family members as hostages.
For example, Li Jiyu, the most sensible person, not only sent the families of the soldiers, but also his old mother and young son to Kaifeng.
Ruzhou, Luoyang, Kaifeng, and the Central Plains have all planted flags of the Progressive Army. Farmers in the countryside have gradually resumed normal farming, and the vast wasteland is slowly coming back to life in late autumn. The sound of cattle and horses neighing, You can hear the noise, the chickens and dogs are noisy, and the seedlings are flourishing, which is a scene of vigorous revival.
Li Laiheng, accompanied by Liu Tichun, a group of people under the command of Qin Junbiao and Liu Tichun had already merged into one army, and everyone headed towards Kaifeng City together.
Along both sides of the road, whether it was civilian fields where refugees were recruited to cultivate land or military camps where invading troops were resettled to resume production, cultivators often walked through the fields and ridges.
Although it is not the season for sowing, it is conceivable that with such a revival scene, after the spring and summer of next year, although the Central Plains may not be able to return to its heyday during the Jiawan period, it will definitely no longer be there. Chongzhen's bones have been covered with bones for more than ten years.
"The Generalissimo originally used the method of exempting himself from military service for three years in Kaifeng. All military supplies were obtained from stolen funds and subsidies. But Military Advisor Niu said that if we always do this, it will not last long. , so we slowly began to distribute farm tools, cattle, and seeds to the hungry people to encourage them to reclaim wasteland and grow food."
Liu Tichun introduced to Li Laiheng the production policy implemented by the Central Plains Army, but what he said about "drinking water without fish" made Li Laiheng puzzled. After thinking for a long time, he said: "Dry the lake and fish?"
"Hey! That's right! You, the little tiger, know better when it comes to fishing in dry marshes, not much worse than Lao Niu and Lao Song! Brother Guo has a son like you, so he won't have to worry about it for the rest of his life."
Liu Tichun said with a grin. He and Li Laiheng were chatting and kept bringing up the past when Li Laiheng just entered the camp three years ago. Everyone recalled the scene of the rough roads in the mountains of Shangyun and some of the original restraints. The feeling gradually dissipated.
Even when the two tigers were talking, they gradually called the original "Niu Military Advisor" and "Song Military Advisor" into Lao Niu and Lao Song.
Liu Tichun's closeness to Li Laiheng was purely due to his deep friendship with Li Guo, and his love for the house was extended to Li Laiheng.
Li Laiheng's deliberate closeness to Liu Tichun was because he had been away from the main force of the Chuang Army for a long time and was not familiar with the current internal situation of the Chuang camp. It was necessary to win over one or two people to avoid some unexpected situations.
Besides, Li Laiheng had been away from Henan for so long that he had no idea about the great development of the Chuang Army in the fifteen years of Chongzhen. He must try to understand the recent organization, production, finance, and military system of the Chuang Army from Liu Tichun as soon as possible. , the development situation in all aspects, getting rid of the unfamiliar fog, and grasping first-hand information as soon as possible can be beneficial to his activities in Kaifeng.
"Uncle Erhu, according to what you said, the Generalissimo has now canceled the purpose of recovering stolen property and providing subsidies? So how is the three-year tax exemption implemented in detail?"
Li Laiheng slowly asked Liu Tichun about his concerns, and Liu Tichun waved his hand and replied:
"How is that possible? It makes sense to drink water without fish, but you can't just throw away all the stolen money and subsidies just because of this, right? Besides, we tell the people of Henan every day that as soon as the intruders arrive, the warehouses will be opened to release grain.
We want to exempt the poor people from taxes for three years so that the poor people can enjoy the joy of coming to Suzhou. How can we not keep the promise? Little tiger, am I right about the joy of coming to Suzhou?"
Lai Su Zhi Le Dian comes from "Shang Shu", and there is a sentence in "Shang Shu Zhong Hui Zhi Gao": "The people of Kuzu, the whole family celebrates each other, saying: 'I will give you to the queen, and later I will Su.'".
It means that people can be reborn from suffering.
Seeing Liu Tichun quoting scriptures like this, Li Laiheng guessed that he should have directly used what Niu Jinxing or Song Xiance had said, so he nodded with a smile.
When Liu Tichun saw Li Laiheng smiling and nodding, he continued: "This is benevolent government! In addition, for officials and gentry who have not done many bad things, as long as they surrender, the general will let them go, and they can also use them according to their talents. This is also
Benevolent government. However, for a group of bureaucrats and squires who committed heinous crimes, like the group of people who massacred the city in Lingbao, neither the general marshal nor Tian Erfu and Guo Ge will easily spare these people! I won't go.
Open the coffin and kill the corpse, I will whip the living person!"
It is a pity that Hao Yaoqi did not return to Kaifeng with Li Laiheng. Otherwise, Liu Tichun's words would have made Hao Yaoqi, who loves to clamp sticks, deeply agree with him and even laugh out loud.
"I was in Luoyang recently to recover stolen goods. I first forced him to hand over the stolen money and then sent him to the West. It was really unpleasant! These people are fucking villains riding on the heads of the common people. Let's kill a few more people, too.
Are you avenging the common people... or later..."
"Later? What happened next?"
Liu Tichun shrugged: "Later, Lao Niu felt that it was not good to kill too many people in this way. The Generalissimo decided on the ninth level of compensation for recovering stolen property. Brother Guo and Chen Xi came up with the idea to hold a public trial like you, Little Tiger.
, there will be fewer people killed.”
Li Laiheng was shocked. He did not expect that after Li Guo and Chen Xin came to Huguang and reported the situation in Huguang to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng actually selected some executable policies and immediately used them to improve the army in Henan.
In terms of governance.
And if, as Liu Tichun said, the Chuang Army has now formulated a nine-level method of recovering stolen property and providing payment, then it is obvious that the Chuang Army's attack on the gentry is better than that of the Chuang Army in history.
It needs to be much more organized.
"That's it. It turns out that my adoptive father and Wang Chen have taught the system and strategies of public trials in Huguang to Henan." Li Laiheng seemed to have no grudge against Li Guo and Chen Xin's actions, and there was even a smile in his eyes.
, said softly, "Uncle Erhu, what exactly is going on in Henan?"
"This thing, what Brother Guo said is really too troublesome. Although Lao Song was particularly appreciative of what you did in Suizhou, Lao Niu doesn't like the public trial thing very much, so
Now in Henan, public trials are not held everywhere, but people are still judged. Brother Guo likes to do this, so the prefectures and counties controlled by the rear camp will basically conduct public trials for the officials and gentry first. The situation in other camps is different.
It’s the same, basically it still depends on the person, generally speaking, it’s all about brother Guo, the focus is on the ninth-level recovery of stolen goods, and public trial is a way to put it aside.”
From what Liu Tichun said, it seems that the Central Plains Advocate Army learned some systems from Huguang, and Song Xiance particularly appreciated some of Li Laiheng's system innovations. However, due to Niu Jinxing's opposition, these systems were not fully promoted in Henan. Later, it was mainly implemented in some states and counties under Li Guo's direct jurisdiction.
While Li Laiheng and Liu Tichun were talking, they had already approached Kaifeng City. Although they could not see the tall towering city wall yet, they could already see people walking on the road and farmland on both sides of the road.
Seeing so much farmland, Li Laiheng couldn't help but admire: "The crops are lush and full of vitality. Only one year has passed, and I can't see the same scenery as when I left Henan, where the bones covered the fields and the wild hazels filled it. La."
In fact, the current agricultural production situation in Henan Province cannot be compared with that of Huguang, which has implemented a large-scale farming system. However, without institutional innovation and technological innovation, and relying only on simple governance, Li Zicheng achieved success in one year It is already very impressive to have Henan return to such a "normal" state from a state where bones were exposed in the wild with no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.
Liu Tichun explained: "Since we launched the three-year exemption from taxation, many refugees have returned to their hometowns to claim their fields. Since almost all the original yellow rolls from the Ming Dynasty were lost, the Generalissimo simply acquiesced to the refugees to claim their fields on their own. Which piece of wasteland you claim will be yours."
Li Laiheng asked: "But in this case, what if someone claims a hundred and eighty acres of land in one go? And with three years of tax exemption, it is impossible for the military resources of the army to be maintained entirely by collecting stolen goods and subsidies, right? Especially since the implementation of the Now that I have learned the method of nine-level salary assistance, the amount of money I can get from chasing stolen money and salary is not as much as I could get in one go."