Li Chixin was celebrating his birthday, so Li Laiheng naturally came to pay his respects.
Although he has now changed his name to Zhu Shengli and is still the Admiral of the Royal Camp, it is just like civil adoption. The elder brother has no children and the younger brother has many sons. If a son is adopted to the elder brother, although the biological son will no longer be his son in name, he can only be called
His own uncle, but he is his own flesh and blood after all.
Zhu Shengli was adopted by Li Chixin when he was a child, so this relationship is naturally not to mention.
He now also calls Li Chixin his uncle. After receiving his uncle's message, he immediately prepared to leave Yuezhou.
As the emperor's adopted son and the admiral of the camp who was given the surname of the country, he was very busy during this period. The emperor's decree to confer him the title of Founding Marquis of Yueyang had just arrived, and with it the Huguang camp was split into two and reorganized into Huguanghe.
Jiangxi Liangxing Camp.
This is not just a simple split into two, but also requires the absorption of provincial battalions from Jiangxi, Huguang, and Guangdong provinces for reorganization. Each of the two towns will retain only 8,000 soldiers.
As for Jiangxi and Huguang, there are many soldiers.
In order to reorganize the army, the emperor specially sent an imperial envoy to give guidance. After the reorganization was completed, the commander-in-chief Zhu Dadian would also return to the court.
"This time the imperial court divided Huguang into two provinces, Hubei and Hunan, and officially abolished the posts of governor of Yunyang and governor of Pianyuan. It seems that the move is not small and the intensity is very deep."
In Baling City, Yuezhou Prefecture, Governor Zhu Dadian and Governor Du Yinxi were also there. They came from Changsha and Hengyang respectively, and they also came to discuss this big change in Huguang.
This time involves many aspects, not just reorganizing the army.
The division of Huguang into provinces, the abolition of the two governors, and the abolition of the provincial camp and the governor's standard camp are all no small problems.
There is also Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi downstream, and there are Li Chixin, Gao Bizheng and others upstream, plus those big and small chieftains, all of them are involved, so we must be careful again and again.
Zhu Dadian is about to leave, but he is actually a little disappointed. When he first came, he succeeded He Tengjiao, and he was appointed in the face of danger. He had great ambitions, but the Battle of Wuchang gave him a blow. Five loyalists betrayed three loyalists, and the whole world began to scold him.
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Many censors bluntly said that Zhu Dadian should be killed to thank the world.
Fortunately, the emperor still trusted him and allowed him to get through the most difficult time.
Gritting his teeth, he withstood various attacks, reorganized the defeated troops, rectified the defeated situation, recruited troops, and raised money and food. He not only wanted to stop the Qing army from going south, but also suppressed the rebels with hard teeth.
During that time, there were internal and external troubles, and the supervisor was chased all over the mountains by rebels several times, and even some of his subordinates in the Biao camp mutinied.
Fortunately, I got through it.
Ma Jinzhong, Liu Chengyin and other rebels were wiped out one by one. Although Huguang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places sent troops to assist in the suppression, these rebels were finally suppressed.
After that, it’s time to reorganize the army, restore local order, and restore production, little by little.
Although to this day, he still has not been able to restore Huguang, at least Hunan has been completely restored. He even played a leading role in the previous battles of Xing'an and Jingzhou.
However, Wang Guangen's rebellion still dealt him another heavy blow.
Nowadays, the situation in Huguang is not bad. When he was about to make a big move again, the emperor issued an order to call him back and reorganize the army in Huguang.
What could he say?
The emperor gave him a lot of trust and a lot of time.
In Zhu Dadian's opinion, after all, it was because he did not do a good enough job and failed to regain the entire Huguang, let alone control these troops.
If you want to talk about difficulties, who wouldn’t be difficult?
Wen Anzhi, a scholar, entered Sichuan alone. His difficulties were no less than his own. But Wen Anzhi withstood the difficulties and even managed to put an end to all the governors, governors, admirals, and generals in Bashu. There was no mutiny or rebellion.
thing.
Not only did he deal with the large and small military leaders in central Sichuan, he even stroked and beat Zhang Xianzhong, and almost completely recovered Sichuan from Zhang Xianzhong.
I heard that not long ago, Wen Anzhi even made a deal with Zhang Xianzhong, using 200,000 shi of food in exchange for three million taels of silver.
This news, which sounds like a story, is actually true.
Wen Anzhi actually sold grain to Zhang Xianzhong, but after he found out more details, he was speechless. The 200,000 stone grain not only exchanged for gold and silver worth three million taels, but also gave Zhang Xianzhong another chance.
He sent an adopted son to lead 70,000 troops out of Micang Mountain and into Hanzhong to fight against the Tartars.
After Wen Anzhi entered Sichuan, he basically didn't fight much real battle. He didn't fight much with Zhang Xianzhong, and he didn't fight much with the Qing army. However, he stabilized the situation. The Qing army and the Xian thieves were all held up by him in that dangerous frontier.
Despite the confrontation, he could still calmly clean up the rear areas of Bashu, organize the army, and govern the people, without falling behind.
This doesn't have to make him admire greatly.
In comparison, in Huguang, he counterattacked and suppressed the rebellion, and never stopped, but the results were indeed not as good as others.
Although the emperor's envoy gave him the order, he also specially brought an oral message, saying that the situation in Huguang was now stable and there was no need for a special governor. He returned to the court with success.
But Zhu Dadian always felt uncomfortable.
On the other hand, I was secretly worried about the big move the emperor was going to make.
Du Yinxi, the governor of Huguang and governor of Hunan, has a lot of gray hair. He has just been awarded the title of marquis by the emperor, but this is a lifelong title.
Du Yinxi didn't care much about this. He focused all his energy on Huguang.
Originally, after the last battle of Yiling, he and Zhu Dadian had planned another battle in Jingzhou to capture Jingzhou and advance little by little.
Compared with the original hit-and-run strategy, now we need to advance step by step and never give up once we win.
In the past, we did not have the strength to defend, but now we are approaching step by step, and will eventually completely recover Huguang.
The plan hasn't even started yet, but it turns out it's about to undergo a major reorganization.
"We only have one town in Huguang with 8,000 people, is that enough?"
Given the current situation, eight thousand people are definitely not enough.
Therefore, the reorganization plan given by the imperial court was actually to station 8,000 soldiers in one town in the camp, and then Li Chixin would guard one town outside.
Outside these two towns, the rest of the army will either be reorganized into the two towns, or reorganized into local regiment training, and the guard posts in the Tusi District will be restored.
But it's not called a guard station, it's called a village.
In fact, it is equivalent to a military camp.
Since the Hongwu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has set up many guard posts such as Shizhou and Changde in the Tusi area adjacent to Huguang. The total number of these guard posts is more than 58,000 officers and soldiers, which are distributed in the guard city and its surrounding passes, passes, and forts.
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Huguang chieftains are basically distributed in the west. In addition to the forty-five institutional chieftains granted by the imperial court, there are also many unprinted chieftains who have not been canonized by the imperial court. These chieftains have the title of chieftain, but they have not been ennobled by the imperial court. Even after Yongxuan, they did not pay tribute.
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The Ming Dynasty set up many guard posts around the Huguang chieftains to encircle and intimidate them with military force, restricting their development and expansion, and even encroaching on the chieftains' territory through guard posts and immigration.
Overall, this policy is quite effective.
It's just that by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the guard houses near these chieftains were in a state of decay, just like those in the interior.
Emperor Zhu Yihai had long since abolished the garrison posts across the country, and now has no plans to resurrect the garrison posts. However, based on actual needs, Zhu Yihai plans to reset a number of villages and towns.
Tun towns were established at the old sites adjacent to the chieftain's guard posts, but instead of using the guard post system, a new system was used.
The first batch of garrison towns consisted of Shunying and other troops, as well as some provincial troops from Huguang.
Zhu Yihai planned to establish five villages along the Tusi border in the west of Huguang: Zhongwu, Zhongzheng, Zhongzhen, Zhongyi, and Zhongkai. These villages were equivalent to the Production and Construction Corps.
It is a quasi-active militia organization. Each town is under the jurisdiction of the Xiebiao camp sentry team, which is stationed in various places, including the original guard posts, passes, forts, and so on.
The imperial court set aside land and gave it to them to farm and cultivate.
The men and horses of the Wuzhong, together with their families, directly became the colonists of the villages and towns. However, what was different from ordinary people was that they needed to be the same as the guards. Each household selected one ding as the main ding, and all the main dings were guarded by three points.
City training, planting in seven parts, and garrisoning in turns.
The remaining male members of each household are called Yu Ding and must also receive regular training.
Seventy percent of the land in the villages and towns was rented by the villagers, and one third was divided into military fields. The rent was actually land tax, but the grain paid was reserved for the military rations in the villages and towns.
The three-thirds of the army cultivated the fields, and the soldiers cultivated the fields together, and the harvested food was returned to the army warehouse in the township.
This looks similar to the guardhouse, but there are some differences.
First, the status of military attachés and military household members of the guard station is hereditary. In addition, the soldiers of the guard station are not all locals, but are recruited from various places to serve.
But now this village has an immigrant status, and at the same time it is not a hereditary status.
For example, a battalion under the command of Party Shouxu of Zhongwu Town was stationed at the Dayong Station of the former Yongding Guard next to the Xuanwei Division in Yongshun to establish Dayong Tun Camp. This battalion, together with their family members, all moved to the original Dayong Station.
city, and surrounding villages, etc.
According to the division of the camp and sentry team, five hundred men were selected. Normally, 150 people were responsible for guarding the camp, sentry posts, etc., and the remaining 350 people were responsible for cultivating the collective farmland.
Except for these five hundred people, the rest of the men, women, old and children in the camp were given fields to cultivate and paid the same grain.
Those who are stationed in the camp take turns to go to work, go on duty for training, etc., and they are all paid, and they also receive rations for war, etc.
They farm and fight, they are soldiers but not soldiers.
Their descendants can choose to continue to sign up for Tunding, or not to sign up.
It can even be said that this kind of garrison is actually closer to the imperial army of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. First of all, except for the initial conversion of the Wuzhong into garrison, in the future, the garrison will be recruited through point selection.
Secondly, after clicking, your family can share the land as a tenant. This land cannot be bought or sold, but you can enjoy the right to farm it.
Their main task is to focus on farming, and then undertake some guarding tasks, but they do not need to prepare their own weapons and equipment. They still have rations when they were on duty, and they also have food for war. They also get rewards for meritorious service, and they can also be awarded officers.
etc.
But they are not an official army.
It’s also different from group training.
The regiment training is actually a pure local militia. After the selected soldiers are selected, they will receive training in their free time. They generally do not undertake any tasks and will only be recruited when necessary.
As for the Tuen Town, compared to the Tuan Lian, they have certain tasks, which is to guard the land adjacent to the chieftains and intend to immigrate and cultivate it. They usually have the task of guarding the Tunzhen Pass and intimidating the chieftains.
There are formal military attaches in the towns, but no formal soldiers.
The transformation of Wuzhong into a garrison town was actually a disguised demobilization, with the intention of resettling them on the spot. They also had to use their remaining energy to reclaim frontier wasteland and shock the chieftains.
However, the positions and ranks of these officers were retained, but the soldiers were actually gone.
Disguised right to release troops.
Du Yinxi felt that the emperor's move was a bit too aggressive and might cause trouble.
But judging from the situation in Huguang in the past two years, it is indeed unaffordable to maintain too many troops and horses for a long time. Especially Li Chixin and other Shunying generals and some local generals, they sometimes do not obey the imperial orders very much, and their subordinates
The number of soldiers and horses can be increased at will.
These miscellaneous troops are indeed always a hidden danger, which not only drags down local finances, increases the burden, but also increases factors of uneasiness. Solving them now is also to eliminate hidden dangers, and it can also be regarded as a formal resettlement of Shunying and others.
Settle down and divide the land, and farm with peace of mind.
"I think we still have to go to Yiling in person and have a good chat with Duke Xingguo and Duke Anguo in person, so as to explain His Majesty's will to them and avoid misunderstandings," Zhu Dadian said.
Li Chixin is celebrating his forty-fifth birthday, and all the generals are rushing to Yiling. In fact, Zhu Dadian is very clear about the signal behind this. Those generals are a little uneasy and are holding a group to discuss.
This is a very dangerous signal, and if you don't do it right, something could easily happen.
Du Yinxi also had the same attitude, "It's Duke Xingguo's birthday, so we have to celebrate it in person."
"If the Wuzhong were changed to towns, it would be better than group training. The group training is just the militia. They train in their spare time. There are local police and they can gather and recruit for defense. There is no other benefit.
But in Tunzhen, immigrants settled down, allocated fields, and settled down. The court would give them money to settle down, and give them preferential policies. Not only could they be assigned their own land, they could cultivate the land to support their families, and they could also take turns working to earn food rations.
not bad."
"Of course, the military ranks of the officers of the Wuzhong will be retained, and they can be transferred in the future. Everyone is tired from traveling here and there over the years. It is a good thing that we now have the opportunity to officially settle down." Zhu Dadian told Zhu
Victory said.
Zhu Shengli smiled.
He knew in his heart that this matter would definitely arouse some suspicion among the Shunying generals, and some might even be very dissatisfied. However, he trusted the emperor and this would not be an opportunity to seize military power.
But it's really not easy to convince them.
I'm afraid this trip to celebrate my birthday may not be peaceful.
But he had to go this time, and even he couldn't refuse the two important officials Zhu Dadian and Du Yinxi to go with them.
He just hoped that his uncle and the others could understand the emperor's intentions and accept these arrangements calmly.
"The Tatars will be able to jump around in a few days. The situation is very good. The Ming Dynasty is about to revive. The Zhongzhen Camp and others are also our heroes for the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Dadian said slowly.
Zhu Shengli knew that this was a reminder to him that the strength of the imperial court was not what it used to be, and it was no longer what it was when the Wuzhong of Huguang fought in Wuchang more than a year ago.
If anyone, like Li Zijing, Tian Jianxiu and other Shunying generals, is confused about the situation and dares to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, the consequences will definitely be disastrous. All these things are given by the emperor of tomorrow and are hard-won. Don't
When peace came to the world, all these were ruined.
"I will explain the details clearly to my uncle and others then," Zhu Shengli said.
