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505 [Rebellion everywhere]

The situation in Datong in the mid-Ming Dynasty and Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty was actually very similar.

How was the Datong problem solved?

Just because although Datong was corrupted, the town next door was not. Moreover, two famous generals, Zhou Shangwen and Liang Zhen, came out of the neighboring town. After killing all Ji Nang's sons, Anda Khan was killed so that he did not dare to cross the border.

Anda Khan changed from the protagonist of war blockbusters to the protagonist of romance and ethics dramas, and made a good show of "My daughter's daughter is my grandson's daughter-in-law, but I will marry her as my wife". He forced his grandson to take his followers to the Ming Dynasty.

During the Han Dynasty, Anda Khan agreed to sworn brothers with the Ming Emperor, and the two parties agreed not to invade each other. This was the "Anda tribute".

After I answered the tribute, the right-wing Mongolia was in serious internal strife and was no longer able to organize a southward invasion. The military pressure on Datong Town was instantly relieved.

Without external threats, how could Datong officers and soldiers still jump?

The problem of Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty could not be solved because of the external threat of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. If a strong man could overthrow the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the Liaodong military general group would also have to be blinded, because they have lost their existence value.

It's a pity that there were no strong men like Zhou Shangwen and Liang Zhen in the late Ming Dynasty. It was also due to the geographical location. Next to Datong was Ningxia, Yansui, and Xuanfu. Datong was destroyed but not the next door. Two fierce men happened to come out next door to attack Mongolia.

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But there are no neighbors in Liaodong, so guest troops can only fight in Liaodong. No matter how awesome a tough guy goes to Liaodong, he will only be tricked by friendly forces.

However, in this time and space, Liaodong already has a neighbor, and that is Daning, which Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yuan recovered!

From now on, as long as Daning does not die, even if Liaodong does die, the officers and soldiers of Daning will still be there to support it.

Xi Shu led his troops to beat up the right-wing Mongolia, and even captured the leader of the right-wing Mongolia alive. The right-wing Mongolia suddenly began to fight internally. Brothers Anda and Lao Badu, while annexing their elder brother's tribe, competed for the position of deputy khan, and at the same time they were afraid of the Ming Dynasty.

Put your brother back.

For at least two or three years, the right-wing Mongolia will not go south again. Whoever dares to offend Bian Laozi will release your brother and stage a Mongolian version of the "Second Gate Rebellion"!

This can be regarded as a temporary solution to the external threat. Datong officers and soldiers temporarily lose their existence value, and Xi Shu can rectify border affairs without any scruples.

While clearing the fields, thoroughly clean up the troop positions.

Flag, army, house, and remainder should be clearly distinguished!

Flag, field troops.

Army, combat arms.

I will give up and teach the children of the general school.

Yu, every regular soldier must have a Yu Ding in his family, that is, a "military surplus". He takes care of the daily life of the regular soldiers, assists the regular soldiers in fighting during war, and also has to spend money to purchase military uniforms for the regular soldiers.

The banner and army have long been in disarray. They fight in wartime and plow the fields in leisure time.

When clearing out the number of troops, Xi Shu stipulated that the "banner soldiers" could only farm from now on, and the "military soldiers" could only fight in the future, and they could no longer be mixed together.

Then Xi Shu discovered that there were only more than 20,000 "military soldiers" left in Datong Town, that is, there were only more than 20,000 guard combat troops.

Those who can really fight are all "camp soldiers", which here refers specifically to soldiers recruited from society that do not belong to the garrison system - this is very different from Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty. Liaodong generals relied on servants to fight, and Datong generals relied on recruiting soldiers to fight.

Generally speaking, Datong is better.

But what is nonsense is that Datong generals recruited troops during the war and directly disbanded the troops after the war.

The specific operation is as follows. In the summer, recruit troops quickly to prepare for the Mongolian invasion in the autumn. When winter comes, immediately demobilize the recruited troops to save ration expenses, leaving only a few basic troops.

The imperial military register shows that there have always been a large number of recruited soldiers, and they have been distributing rations and monthly rations. This kind of operation is seasonal empty pay. In fact, even if they do not demobilize the recruiting troops, they do not issue monthly rations, only rations.

That's okay, but the general is so greedy that he even wants to save the rations.

Based on the current situation after the inventory, Xi Shu simply carried out a comprehensive reform of "Yi Wei Wei Ying", that is, the guard system was completely withdrawn from the Datong combat establishment.

Due to the special status of Datong Town, the "Yi Wei Wei Ying" reform began shortly after the town was established. The reform has been going on for decades, otherwise Xi Shu would not have known how to start.

Under the auspices of Xi Shu, the soldiers of the Datong Guard Station will all go back to farming from now on, and all combat arms will be recruited.

Military households in the guard station can also sign up to join the army and enjoy the benefits of recruiting soldiers.

Flag soldiers, cancelled. Military soldiers, cancelled. Military remnants, cancelled!

This approach will lead to a doubling of military expenditures. The advantage is to improve combat capabilities and reduce the exploitation of soldiers by generals as much as possible. The financial cost of corruption will be doubled. In the future, generals who are corrupt will only get empty pay (logistics are not the responsibility of these generals).

, that is the source of income for Dusi officers).

In fact, the Jiajing Dynasty relied on central funds to maintain stability and achieved this kind of reform. By the end of Jiajing, Datong's flag soldiers and military surplus were no longer counted (they did not disappear, they were just dispensable to the court, but the generals were still there)

Continuing to exploit).

The Jiajing period was a forced reform, and the specific operations were all in the hands of the generals. The central government had no initiative at all, which ultimately brought a heavier burden.

Xi Shu took the initiative to reform and suppressed mutinies wherever they occurred. Anyway, he had just driven away the Mongols.

In the process of "changing the guards into camps", Xi Shu liberated more than 20,000 guardsmen who had become serfs and domestic servants. Most of them were assigned to military fields to farm after the fields were cleared.

From the 22nd year of Zhengde to the 24th year of Zhengde, Xi Shu suppressed eight major and minor mutinies, during which he even suffered an assassination.

Anyway, when Xi Shu returned to the capital, he never dared to step into Datong again, and his last words prohibited his children and grandchildren from going to Datong.



Xi Shu defeated the Mongolian cavalry at Baishan Mountain in October.

Let's take some time back.

In the spring, Yao Rong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, commanded 100,000 troops and defeated the chieftain rebels in Guangxi. Only two months later, the chieftain rebels made a comeback, and one-fifth of Guangxi's territory was occupied by the rebels.

Historically, the rebellion was so uncertain that Jiajing had no choice but to use Wang Yangming. Wang Yangming led his troops there. Before a battle was fought, the rebels were so frightened that two of their leaders surrendered directly. Then, Wang Yangming showed the enemy that he was weak and deliberately

The troops were slack, and as soon as Huguang reinforcements arrived, they immediately launched a full-scale attack. The rebels broke up and fled to the mountains. Wang Yangming defeated them one by one, and finally wiped out the main force of the rebels.

Wang Yuan did not dare to let his teacher go to Guangxi to suppress bandits, because Wang Yangming's lung disease relapsed, and going to Guangxi would definitely shorten his life.

In history, Wang Yangming was ill and put down the rebellion. After the rebellion was subsided, his condition worsened and he died of illness on the way back.

Wang Yangming can’t go, what should I do?

There are no military commanders or civil servants available!

Yao Rong was already a first-class military commander and civil servant. He suppressed the rebels for two or three years, but the rebels were suppressing more and more people.

"Erlang, do you have anyone you can recommend to quell the chaos in Guangxi?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Yuan asked back: "Is there no one among Mr. Yang Ge who can be recommended?"

Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Yao Rong was recommended by him. He led the troops for two or three years, but the number of rebels increased."

Wang Yuan said: "My mentor, Duke Yangming, will certainly be able to put an end to this chaos, but Duke Yangming's lung disease has recurred. Your Majesty has a lung disease, and Duke Yangming also has a lung disease. We know that this disease requires a good rest."

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "Yes, this lung disease is very uncomfortable when it attacks. Your teacher really can't go."

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "Yangminggong recommended someone in his letter, and Jian Sugong (Lin Jun) also recommended someone. The two of them recommended the same person."

"Who?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Yuan said: "The right chief envoy of Guangdong, Lin Fu."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said, "I have no impression."

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "When Yao Rong was quelling the rebellion in Guangxi, he specially brought Lin Fu, the right chief minister of Guangdong, there. It can be seen that Yao Rong also trusted Lin Fu very much. Now, Lin Fu is obeying Yao Rong's account."

Zhu Houzhao said in confusion: "Since Lin Fu is assisting Yao Rong in quelling the rebellion, both of them combined are incapable of doing the job. How can you say that Lin Fu can solve this problem alone?"

Wang Yuan said: "Sometimes one person is more convenient than two people in fighting a war. Just transfer Yao Rong back and let Lin Fu lead the army, and the rebellion will naturally be eliminated."

"You said Yao Rong was holding back?" Zhu Houzhao said in surprise.

Wang Yuan nodded: "Exactly."

Yao Rong was a world-famous upright official and a capable minister, but in the final analysis he was a man of the Qing Dynasty. During the Guangxi rebellion, there were situations where it was difficult for the Qing Dynasty to attack him, so he had to find someone who was ruthless and ruthless.

Lin Fu was Wang Yangming's cellmate. They were both imprisoned for offending Liu Jin and were still locked in the same cell. The two discussed the Book of Changes and military affairs in prison. Wang Yangming highly respected Lin Fu.

Lin Fu is also a descendant of Lin Jun's clan. Lin Jun knows soldiers, and Lin Fu also knows soldiers.

Lin Fu was also a proponent of opening up the sea. Historically, during the Jiajing Dynasty's strict maritime ban, Lin Fu took the initiative to request that Franchi merchants be allowed to trade in Guangdong. Therefore, he was impeached and dismissed from office by Fang Xianfu, a disciple of Wang Yangming.

Lin Fu was someone who dared to offend others. He served as the Right Chief Minister in Guangdong a few years ago. As soon as he took office, he encountered the Tixue envoys and the gentry who destroyed temples and secretly took over countless temple fields for themselves. This was none of Lin Fu's business.

However, Lin Fu insisted on interfering and directly snatched the temple property and temple land. The temple property was used to provide relief to the people, and the temple land was designated as a school field, which offended all the academic envoys and gentry.

As long as the troublesome Yao Rong is transferred back to the capital and his deputy Lin Fu is put in charge of quelling the rebellion, the Guangxi rebels will be clearly arranged.

Alas, there are people who can be used to quell the rebellion in Guangxi, but at the junction of Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Huguang, the mountains there are full of rebels, and there is no way to spare any troops to clear them out.

There is also Shandong. The bandits in Shandong have been causing trouble for two years, and they finally calmed down some time ago.

Then, Henan started making trouble again...

There are disasters, but the direct cause is a natural disaster, which is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

In recent years, although the temperature has continued to warm up, it has been followed by widespread drought across the country, and this has been the case for several consecutive years.

As the Minister of Rites, with such disasters happening frequently, Wang Yuan should be impeached and resign according to normal operation.

But Wang Yuan not only did not resign, he even performed a sacrifice only once. He said that instead of praying to the gods for rain, it would be better to save the cost of the sacrifice and use it all for disaster relief in various places.

Yan Guan found another reason for impeachment, accusing Wang Yuan of failing to perform sacrifices. It seemed that it was because he offended God that it stopped raining.

After being captured, most of the Shandong bandits were exiled to Shibian, Daning, and a thousand others were shipped to colonize North America.

The king of the Inca Empire died, the country was divided into two, and the two princes were engaged in civil war.

Spain supports Prince Huascar, the legitimate heir.

Zhu Hai supports the second prince Capac because the second prince lives in the north with the old king all year round. The Ming fleet has been negotiating with the old king and has more exchanges with the second prince. So far, they have never seen what the eldest prince looks like.

At present, the two princes are still fighting on their own. Neither the Ming Dynasty nor Spain took direct action. They only provided iron weapons to help them arm their direct guards.

Ironware naturally requires real money and silver to exchange for it.

Zhu Hai had become an arms dealer. Since Wang Yuan banned the export of ironware, he went to Beijing to obtain a special license.


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