Anshanyi, a few miles to the northeast, has fertile fields along the river.
When Wang Yuan was riding across the bridge, he suddenly stopped and said to the old farmer who was harvesting sorghum: "This old man, we are Shuntian scholars. We are here to study in Liaodong. Can I ask for a drink of water?"
"On the edge of the field, sir, take it yourself." The old farmer pointed.
Wang Yuan walked over and found an earthen pot, so he pretended to drink water and chatted casually: "The harvest this year is good."
The old farmer muttered: "No matter how much grain you harvest, it's not mine."
Wang Yuan took the opportunity to ask: "Whose field is this?"
"The Qu family," the old farmer pointed around, "all the land within a radius of ten or twenty miles belongs to the Qu family. I used to be a soldier, and my ancestors were allocated fifteen acres of land. I couldn't afford to pay for the land, so I had to sell the land and give it to
The Qu family lived as sharecroppers."
Wang Yuan asked again: "Are the Qu family officials?"
The old farmer replied: "I used to be a businessman, and later I became a commander."
During the Zhengtong period, Liaodong was in a critical situation and the imperial court was short of troops.
So the emperor issued an edict, ordering the people of Liaodong to recruit warriors. Those who can gather tens of thousands of soldiers will be awarded commanders, and those who can gather thousands of soldiers will be awarded thousands of households... By analogy, if you recruit ten people as soldiers, you can become a small banner. Jingtai, Hongzhi
Both dynasties also frequently "recruited troops" in Liaodong because the phenomenon of military households fleeing was too serious.
Qu Leqi, the richest man in Liaoyang, gathered tens of thousands of troops in the Zhengtong Dynasty and was actually given the command. His family continues to this day and has the largest land property in Anshan.
Wang Yuan rode his horse across the bridge and headed straight for Liaoyang, stopping from time to time to chat with the locals.
After approaching Liaoyang, by asking about the ownership of the land, I found out who owns this place. It belongs to the Han family, the Cui family and the Ma family!
The current Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong is named Han Xi. His father once served as the Staff General of the Central Guards of Liaoning, and his grandfather once served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong. His two sons are both military attachés of fifth rank or above.
The deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong is called Cui Xian. His father was a general in Kaiyuan and his grandfather was the capital of Liaodong.
The founder of the Ma family was named Ma Yun, who rose to the rank of first-grade governor, and was the first governor of Liaodong. The Ma family had already spread out, and had clansmen all over Liaodong, and served as the chief officer of many guard posts.
Judging from Wang Yuan's casual inquiries, at least 60% of the official farmland near Liaoyang has been occupied!
Disciple Wang Chong sighed: "Liaodong has long-standing evils, and something big will happen sooner or later."
Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "The hereditary military attachés have become powerful. It is no wonder that successive governors have called the big families in Liaodong the 'Shijia' or the 'Shi clan'."
Wang Chong said: "With power, wealth, food, soldiers, and land, you are indeed a 'powerful family'."
Power, wealth, soldiers, food, land, any one of these five categories can be called a great clan.
The Liaodong military general family covers all five categories, and it is hereditary!
It is different from the chieftain, who is jealous of the imperial court and has been guarded and suppressed in all dynasties.
It is also different from generals in other places. Each border town has its own prefectures and counties. Soldiers and people live together in Liaodong, but there are only guard posts. You can either be a military household, a craftsman household, or a kitchen household, or you can get out and become a refugee. There is no such thing.
A normal household!
Theoretically speaking, Liaodong's military generals and powerful families can develop all the Han people here into their own serfs!
Liaodong's dilemma is not external, but internal.
Even if Wang Yuan kills Nurhachi's ancestors, Nurha Green and Nurha Bai may still appear. Without Huang Taiji, there will still be Black Taiji, Purple Taiji and Qingtai Ji.
Wang Yuan asked: "Zhongde, how do you think the hidden dangers in Liaodong should be solved?"
Wang Chong thought hard for a long time, and after seeing Liaoyang City, he replied: "Open a prefecture, establish a state, and establish a county!"
Wang Yuan was delighted and praised: "Zhongde is a good prime minister, and he will definitely join the cabinet to assist the emperor one day!"
Hearing Wang Yuan's praise, other disciples were surprised and envious.
Wang Chong cupped his hands and said, "Sir, you are so complimentary."
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "It is not an exaggeration. Just as Zhongde said, Liaodong can completely reform the military system, but it is impossible to solve the actual problem. It must establish prefectures and counties. Otherwise, the people of Liaodong will not be able to become kings.
From generation to generation, the military attachés and powerful clans have always been respected.”
Disciple Fei Yuan interjected: "It may be a bit unrealistic to establish a county in Liaodong."
Wang Yuan analyzed: "We must first recover the land of Duoyan and Sanwei, at least the city of Daning. Once Daning is restored, Liaodong's foreign enemies will be reduced by half. By then, prefectures and counties can be slowly established."
"What you said is absolutely true." Wang Qi was convinced.
What Wang Chong said about establishing prefectures and establishing counties is fundamentally different from those in Yunnan and Guizhou.
In the major cities and areas in Liaodong, the number of Han people has long been enough to establish states and counties. The reason why they have been delayed is because of the ancestral system, foreign enemies, and the military generals' families have become powerful.
Therefore, Daning City must be recovered and the most serious foreign troubles solved.
Then, in areas close to Hebei, counties were slowly established and extended across.
Finally, it is to raise troops to fight and suppress the military generals who want to rebel.
Historically, during the Jiajing period, Lu Jing, the imperial censor, wanted to rectify Liaodong. He did not even mention the withdrawal of guards and the establishment of counties. He only wanted to take back the official pastures and reduce the number of troops (actually to free the serfs), which resulted in the Liaodong Mutiny.
Those generals instigated soldiers to mutiny, beat officials, demolished government offices, and burned books. Lu Jing, the right deputy imperial envoy and governor of Liaodong, was arrested, stripped off his clothes, humiliated, beaten, and imprisoned in the mansion of the Liaodong governor. The generals also colluded with the guarding eunuchs.
, Luo Zhi framed Lu Jing on charges, and successfully got the censor to be exiled to the army.
If Wang Yuan wants to reform the bad governance in Liaodong, he must obtain the emperor's authorization. Who dares to engage in mutiny and directly suppress it with force!
Moreover, the Ministry of War must also be controlled, because "all the people in Liaodong are soldiers." Once the guards are withdrawn and counties are established, it will be equivalent to seizing power from the Ministry of War, and the Minister of the Ministry of War will directly explode.
While the master and apprentice were chatting, they had already arrived at the gate of Liaoyang City.
At this time, Liaoyang belonged to the ruling core of the entire Northeast. The city was twenty-two miles in size, the city was three feet and three feet high, and the moat was one foot and five feet deep.
"Lu Yin!"
It is estimated that the emperor lived in the city and the city gate inspection was strict.
Wang Yuan took out his official certificate. When the defender saw that it was the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, they welcomed him in and hurriedly ran to report the news.
Not long after, Wang Xiaozhong, the commander of the Liaodong capital, and Zhu Lin, the imperial eunuch's young eunuch, came with their entourage to greet him.
"Meet Mr. Wang!" The two greeted each other with cupped hands.
Wang Yuan returned the greeting briefly and asked: "Your Majesty, are you in Liaoyang?"
Zhu Lin replied: "In Liaodong Dusi, three thousand battalions are also stationed in the city."
Wang Xiaozhong behaved very humbly and said: "Wang Shilang please."
Wang Xiaozhong, the commander of the Liaodong capital, was the highest military and political officer in Liaodong, but he could not directly command the troops to fight. The power of commanding the troops was in the hands of the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Han Xi.
This term, the chief officials of Liaodong are all locals!
The commander-in-chief Wang Xiaozhong's military registration is in Dingliao Wei, that is, his home is in the north of Liaoyang City. The military registration of Commander-in-Chief Han Xi is in Dingliao Zhongwei, that is, his home is in Liaoyang City.
This is an extremely irresponsible personnel appointment. The two of them have no great military exploits. They all rely on their family status, connections and bribes. When they are in charge of Liaodong like this, what they think about all day long is not training troops to defend against enemies, but how to occupy more farmland and use them as slaves.
More sergeants, more tribesmen promoted.
While riding on horseback, Wang Yuan observed the situation in the city and asked casually: "Where is General Han?"
Wang Xiaozhong replied: "General Han is already old. It was too cold last winter and he was not very active after falling ill. Therefore, he did not come to greet Shilang Wang today."
Wang Yuan smiled and said nothing.
Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong, it’s time to replace him.
If he is really old and frail, what else can he do with it? If he is deliberately trying to show off, then he needs to replace it, which means that the Han family is in dire straits!