Although Guanzhong has been heavily guarded throughout Guanzhong, in order to welcome the arrival of Xin Sizhong's reinforcements, there is still a relaxed and joyful atmosphere in the city at this time.
From time to time, people came in groups on the street to watch the Dashun soldiers coming from Hexi for reinforcements. Ding Guodong, the flag and drum captain under Xin Sizhong, saw the people burning incense to welcome the reinforcements into the city. He high-fived and laughed while riding on his horse:
"In the past, we frontier troops went to the mainland to aid and suppress... Hey! I mean, when we frontier soldiers went to other provinces to fight in the past, the people always regarded us guest troops as bandits... I mean, they never welcomed us! Just
——Commander, this is what I mean. You understand, the people in other provinces are most afraid of our guest troops crossing the border, so when we leave the province, we should not say that we are entering the provincial capital, even if we go to a county, a town, or a village, other people
We must all be on guard and keep the city gates tightly closed, treating us as if we are enemy invaders."
Ding Guodong was originally a border army officer stationed in Ganzhou during the Ming Dynasty. He had an upright character and spoke very well to Xin Sizhong's liking. After surrendering to the Dashun Army, he helped Xin Sizhong put down some chieftain rebellions in the Hexi area. He was considered a man with certain talents.
general.
Another surrendered general, Mi Layin, also came from the Ganzhou frontier army. He was the deputy general under Zhang Wenheng, the governor of Gansu.
After the news of Huolu's defeat and Li Zicheng's death spread to the northwest, Lin Weizao, the nephew of Ming Dynasty governor Lin Rirui who had been executed by the Dashun army, took the opportunity to collude with the local chieftains and armed gentry in an attempt to launch a rebellion in Ganzhou.
Mi Layin made a prompt decision and led his servants to guard the gate of Ganzhou City and welcome Xining Jiedu envoy Xin Sizhong's troops into the city. Only then did he put down this major crisis that almost shook Dashun's rule in Gansu.
After this incident, Milayin was appointed as General Guoyi. He was an exemplary figure among the border army generals of the Ming Dynasty who took the initiative to surrender to Dashun and made military exploits for the Dashun army.
Mila Yin was an old acquaintance with Ma Jinzhong, the surrendered general of Yuanzuo Town who followed Guo Junzhen to lead the Huguang reinforcements to Kaifeng at this time. He was not seduced by Lin Weizao to join the rebellion because Mi Layin received several letters from Ma Jinzhong.
We know that the Dashun Army has implemented new laws and strategies in the Huguang area and still maintains a very strong manpower and material foundation.
He believed what his old friend Ma Jinzhong said. It seemed that the defeat of Huolu was just a minor setback, and his destiny remained the same!
"Don't say that they are visiting other provinces as guest troops. Even in Gansu and Xining, the discipline of many frontier troops is really not that good!" After listening to Ding Guodong's words, Mi Layin said with emotion, "The commander is strict in discipline.
According to military discipline, we have been provided with food and pay along the way from Ganzhou to Xi'an, and there is no shortage of food. Therefore, the soldiers will not harass the people. If the two are combined, the people will naturally not reject the officers and soldiers."
When Luo Rucai, a plump man, heard this, his smiling face was so wrinkled that it looked like a flower ball full of patterns. He laughed loudly and said:
"After I followed the late emperor to pacify Shaanxi, I sent people to various places to survey fields and compile yellow records. The old land and field records before the Ming Dynasty were already in a state of chaos. And I really can't read a few big characters myself.
Needless to say, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to sort out the field records and documents in order, and I am afraid that the officials below will be deceived by their ink, and I can't find any clues.
So I simply listened to what Ji Gui said. For those ownerless wastelands, the common people are allowed to collect and cultivate them on their own. Of course, after receiving the ownerless wastelands, they must pay more grain to Dashun! This is not a violation.
The purpose of the late emperor's exemption from taxation for three years.
I also implemented the rest of the military garrison methods in accordance with the practices of the late emperor in Henan. Some time ago, in order to raise the cattle seeds needed for the military garrison, I was quite useless. Fortunately, Chen Jiedu came from Xiangyang.
A batch of grain and supplies were transferred to help us tide over the difficulties.
So take a look, in the whole province of Shaanxi now, even in the northern Shaanxi area where we couldn't survive in the past, there is nothing like a situation where everything is being renovated.
With such good weather, how could I deprive your reinforcements of food?"
Xin Sizhong still had some impressions of Ji Gui. He knew that when Chuang Cao had just joined forces in the past, he was a ruthless and vicious strategist. But he didn't know that Ji Gui actually had several problems with civil affairs management.
Of course, judging from Luo Rucai's words, Shaanxi's crop production was able to recover so quickly because of the strong support of Chen Xin, the military governor of Jingxiang.
After all, Huguang is ripe and the world has enough. Now, several of the main producing areas of Huguang grain have long been firmly and stably controlled by Li Laiheng, and through the camp system, he has ensured that most of the remaining grain can be directly controlled by Dashun.
With such strong support, it was not difficult for Luo Rucai to make drastic changes in politics and restore production in Shaanxi.
On the contrary, Luo Rucai looked vain and powerless on the surface, as if he was addicted to wine and sex. Xin Sizhong did not expect that Nanyang Gong was not slack at all in terms of people's livelihood management.
After all, Luo Rucai was someone who had experienced successive years of famine in northern Shaanxi, not to mention that he traveled south and north, and even pretended to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Whether it was for ordinary hungry people, local gentry with considerable assets, or middle- and lower-level civil servants,
Luo Rucai had a profound and vicious understanding of the behavior and psychological thoughts of these people.
In addition, as the person with the third highest status in Dashun in name - only after the emperor Li Zicheng and the "King of Qin" Zhang Xianzhong - after Zhang Xianzhong decided to support Zhu Youlang, the Gui King of the Ming Dynasty, as the emperor, he was even more important in the Dashun Dynasty.
The nominal second person.
If you use this position of power to implement innovative strategies, you will of course be able to solve all obstacles and problems like the scorching sun melting snow.
Milayin was born as a chieftain officer. In the past, he often interacted with Ming Dynasty officials and said in admiration:
"Nanyang Gong's various methods of management and strategy are all in line with the current situation. In fact, in the past, during the previous dynasty, weren't there people with lofty ideals who wanted to refresh politics and change the situation of decadence and famine in the northwest? In fact, because of collusion everywhere, everyone followed the old ways.
, the relationship between the local gentry, the powerful, and the subordinate officials is intricate. Who has the ability to clear the deadlock?
Fortunately, Emperor Daxing swept through the northwest, Duke Nanyang was in charge of Chang'an, and a sharp sword opened up the chaos. In an instant, the deadlock that had been unresolved for more than ten years in the previous dynasty was solved? It was destiny!"
Xin Sizhong didn't know that his general Guo Yi, Mi Layin, was obviously a chieftain, and he could talk so eloquently when he praised Luo Rucai.
Only Ding Guodong knew that Mi Layin could become a deputy general in the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, it was also related to Mi Layin's sociability, so he teased:
"Mi Guoyi's words are also profound!"
Luo Rucai chuckled: "General, please don't flatter me as a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty. Lao Xin knows what my character is like. I spent all my time drinking and having fun in Xi'an, but in fact I am not a good official. I am just guarding Guanzhong for the late emperor."
There is no way out. As for restoring people's livelihood... I am from northern Shaanxi. I know what it is like to have famine every year and everyone eats each other. I have lingering fears. God has given me a chance to do something. I don't want to do anything for Sangzi.
If you divide profits and return to your hometown in Yan'an, you will be scolded by your parents and fellow villagers!"
Xin Sizhong added a few more words, emphasizing how effective Luo Rucai's management in Xi'an was, and how could he be so drunk and lustful?
But everyone knows very well that Luo Rucai's status in the Dashun Dynasty is very special. Duke Nanyang is indulged in drinking and debauchery in Xi'an, so the late emperor and Li Guo, who are still fighting in Guandong, and others can relax!
If Luo Rucai was arranging the army in Xi'an every day, people would worry about whether Duke Nanyang would be disloyal.
Among all the voices, only Yang Chengzu silently counted the number of soldiers and horses that Xin Sizhong brought into Xi'an City, and whispered to Ji Gui:
"For each of these Gansu soldiers, I estimate that there are many people still outside the city. Those who entered Xi'an city total more than 8,000 people."
Ji Gui smiled coldly: "We still have to be careful... Yuan Zongdi is one of the commanders of Yuan Cong in Chuangying. He is not comparable to young generals like Xin Sizhong. We must always be on guard to the north, otherwise Yuan Zongdi will go south and become a yellow bird.
But it’s not good.”
Yang Chengzu hummed: "There is no need to worry about the north, Yuan Zongdi will have someone to deal with him."