Shuangxi tilted his head and looked at the plaque on the yamen, stretched out his right hand and pressed down, "On the right, go down a little bit, yes, go down a little bit, okay, okay, straight."
The two servants arranged and hung up the plaque, jumped off the ladder and stepped back to look at it, "Well, that's right, these two words are written really well."
Shuangxi smiled and said, "No, that's not the case. This is personally inscribed by Lord Long Live, and given to me by a special servant who traveled thousands of miles away. From now on, we are the people of Zhongxintun Town."
A servant looked at the plaque that had been taken off and put aside. It had the words "Pianqiao and Yuanzhou Governor's Yamen" written on it.
However, now the Pianyuan Governor's Yamen has been officially abolished. In the past, this military and political Yamen, which spanned Guizhou and Hunan and was co-administered by Pianqiao and Yuanzhou, was stationed in Yuanzhou during peacetime and Pianqiao during wartime. Now it is no longer there.
Instead, the newly established Zhongxin Tun Town was located in Zhenyuanfu, Sizhou, Guizhou and Yuanzhou, Hunan.
The Zhongxin Tun Town was a new organization established by the emperor to guard farming and war. It was similar to the original guard station. Places were set up in these three prefectures to guard farming. However, the imperial court also established prefecture offices, county magistrates and other places in the three prefectures.
yamen.
There are even chieftains such as Pianqiaosi, Hengposi, Qiongshui Shififudongsi and so on.
Zhongxin Town actually took over the original Zhenyuan Guard, Pianqiao Guard, Pingxi Guard, Qinglang Guard, Wenxi Guard, Tianzhu Guard and other guard sites.
"I still like the title of Duke of the Founding County of Zhenyuan. As for the Duke, he sounds mighty and domineering!"
Another said, "I think with our commander-in-chief's merits and reputation, we should at least be granted the title of Duke. When our commander-in-chief was in Dashun before, he was one of the nine marquises. Along with Li Shuai and others,
They are tied, King Chuang said that our commander was one of the five tiger generals under his command."
Shuangxi interrupted the two guys who were talking nonsense, "Okay, okay, once the plaque is hung, move the ladder away quickly. Why is there all this nonsense?"
At that time, the Ming Dynasty established the governor of Pianyuan in Pianqiao, which was also caused by the rebellion of Yang Yinglong in Zhengbo Prefecture. Yuanzhou to Pianqiao was an important route from Hunan to Guizhou. Because of the traffic artery, it became an important military supply transfer station in Zhengbo Prefecture.
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Pianqiao in Zhenyuan Prefecture is actually just a small town.
Emperor Wanli commented this way at that time, saying that the governor was stationed far away in Pianqiao, and his whip was not as long as a horse's belly.
Guard and patrol Qing, Ping, Pian, and Bridges in order to respond nearby.
Later, because the Miao bandits were rampant in the late Ming Dynasty and local areas were harmed, it was difficult for the chieftains to control them, so the governor of Pianyuan was moved back to Pianqiao and no longer returned to Yuanzhou. He even trained more than 10,000 troops in Pianyuan, Zhen, Si, Shi and other places.
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Along the Zhenyang River, the Ming Dynasty set up four guards: Pianqiao Guard, Zhenyuan Guard, Qinglang Guard and Pingxi Guard in Zhenyuan Prefecture alone on this important transportation road.
Along the river are Pianqiao Tusi, Zhenyuan Fucheng, Zhenyuan County and Jiaoxiguan.
During the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, immigrants came one after another. The Ming Dynasty still had strong control over Zhenyuan Prefecture, especially on the transportation lines along the route.
There are also sixteen post stations in the mansion.
General soldiers, garrison and other officers were also established, and many local soldiers were trained. However, during the turmoil during the Chongzhen period, the old local order was gone.
Yuan Zongdi had previously led his troops to quell the rebellion and entered the Pianyuan area. He suppressed and exterminated many rebels and bandits who had fled here, and even suppressed some rebellious chieftains. He had a high prestige here.
At that time, Yuan Zongdi was called one of the Five Tiger Generals by Li Zicheng, and he was also the commander-in-chief of one of the five great armies of Dashun. Later, he stayed in Henan to encircle and suppress Tuzhai. His performance was very outstanding, so he was also one of the nine marquises of Dashun.
, this was the top title in Dashun at that time.
Yuan Zongdi was very capable in fighting. Later, he commanded the Jinwu cavalry in the imperial camp and accepted the emperor's new army training methods. Therefore, after returning to Huguang, he fought in Jingzhou, surrounded Wuchang, fought in Pianyuan, and even entered Sichuan to assist in the Western Suppression.
The army, Yuan Zongdi's troops, are getting stronger and stronger as they fight.
There are many fierce generals under his command, and even the equipment is much better than that of other loyal troops.
"Why don't we station in Zhenyuan, but in Pianqiao? Zhenyuan is much larger than Pianqiao, and there are eight streets there!"
Shuangxi was Yuan Zongdi's confidant and adopted son. He also went on a pilgrimage with Yuan Zongdi and stayed in Jinwu Town, so his vision was different from those of the guard servants recruited locally in Guizhou.
"Precisely because Zhenyuan City is so big, Zhenyuan is a branch patrol, and the prefects and their governors are stationed there. We are a garrison town, so it is good to garrison at Pianqiao. Besides, Zhenyuan Acropolis is also under the jurisdiction of our garrison town."
"Our commander-in-chief is doing a good job, but why is it suddenly changed to Zhongxin Tun Town?"
"Don't think wildly. This is the decree of the imperial court. Let's just follow the decree and guard the border."
The line of Pian and Yuan is the most important part of the southwest. Where there used to be governors, there are no inter-provincial governors anymore. But letting them set up a new Zhongxin Town and garrison the town here still shows their trust in them.
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Besides, the emperor granted him the title of Commander-in-Chief and the title of Duke of Zhenyuan County, granted him two thousand acres of land, and granted him eight hundred households with food. Isn't this enough?
The envoy from Fengtian also brought 100,000 pieces of dragon silver to reward the officers and soldiers of Zhongxin Town, and also transferred the garrison, city, city, and farmland of the original Pianyuan Guard Station to the name of Zhongxin Tun Town.
Yuan Shuangxi was also granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Post this time, and was granted fifty acres of Yongye land, and another seventy acres of farmland. He was allotted one hundred and twenty acres of land, of which fifty acres were still Yongye land, which could be hereditary or bought and sold.
, the koufentian must be returned after his death or after he leaves the village.
Yuan Shuangxi was a war orphan. His parents starved to death during the war when he was young. He became an orphan, but fortunately he was adopted by Yuan Zongdi.
Now he has also been awarded the rank of Sixth Grade.
Even not long ago, with the help of his adoptive father, he was engaged to a woman from the An family of Pianqiao chieftain as his fiancée. The wedding date has been set at the end of the year.
The Pianqiao Tusi, whose full name is Pianqiaodong Manchang Guansi, are different from the Shuixi'an clan. The Shuixi'an clan was granted marriage by Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, but the Pianqiao An clan is the descendant of An Chongcheng, who entered Guizhou to quell the rebellion during the Northern Song Dynasty.
An Chongcheng was originally from Xianning, Shaanxi Province. After the Qianping Rebellion, he stayed to guard the area and became a chieftain after generations of guarding.
Yuan Zongdi is also from Shaanxi. The strong dragon crossed the river and Pianqiao An took the initiative to make friends. Of course Yuan Zongdi was also willing to have a good relationship with this local snake.
At that time, An Chongxin led ten generals into Guizhou to quell the chaos. After the rebellion was settled, he stayed in the town of Pianqiao. Therefore, there is a local saying that ten surnames entered Guizhou.
An's Pianqiao Secretary has served for more than ten years, with a 400-year foundation.
Although they were originally Han people, after hundreds of years, they have now become Miao leaders.
Of course, in the end, they were just some Miao barbarians. In front of a fierce general like Yuan Zongdi who once dominated the world, especially with the powerful backing of the Ming Dynasty, they were still not worth mentioning.
An Jia shows goodwill by being aware of current affairs, and he is willing to get along well with her.
The marriage between Yuan Shuangxi and An was the first case, but it was not the only one. It was just the beginning.
In fact, after Yuan Zongdi received the imperial edict, he led his headquarters to be reorganized into Zhongxin Tun Town and stationed at the original guard base of Pianyuan Sanfu. He took advantage of the proactive overtures of the An family and others to smoothly start the Han-Miao marriage.
Married.
In the future, the subordinates of Zhongxin Town will settle down here and marry Miao girls. This is not a bad thing, but will be beneficial to long-term development.
As for the chieftains, although they knew that the imperial court established a garrison town, it was actually the garrison of the year. The immigrants and garrison in the garrison were constantly squeezing the fields and mountains of the Miaoman natives. The conflicts between the two sides continued, and
However, the local officials of the imperial court always turned against the Han people, so Miao rebellion often broke out in the end.
But past experience tells them that rebellion against the imperial court will have no good results. Even if they can cause chaos for a while, they will eventually be suppressed.
Whether it was the rebellion of Yang Yinglong, the great chieftain of Bozhou, or the rebellion of She'an, or the Three Conquests of Lichuan, etc., no matter how difficult the battle was, it would eventually end with the victory of the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention that little chieftains like them actually have no power to resist in front of the court.
The chieftains who survived generally rarely took the initiative to do such things to exterminate their clans. Usually, they were caused by some side branches or even the Miao people in the village. Their chieftains could at most fan the flames secretly, but they rarely ended up in trouble.
In the Yamen.
Yuan Zongdi, who was newly promoted to the founding Duke of Zhenyuan, was still entertaining the angels, along with several generals from Zhongxin Town, as well as several officials such as the censor and censor newly sent by the imperial court to Zhongxin Town.
"Pianyuan is an important place. It is not only an important transportation hub connecting the southwest, but also an important trade route. This place was already an ancient Miao-Xinjiang trade route during the Han and Tang Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, we set up a health post here and settled for settlement.
It has been in business for many years. In the past few years, due to the turmoil in the Central Plains, it was abandoned and chaotic. Now I leave it to the county prince to re-establish this place."
Yuan Zongdi had a very upright attitude in front of the angels, and he also had a good attitude in front of the newly arrived sub-inspectors, prefects, censors and other officials.
He said bluntly, "Your Majesty has foresight and strategizing. Now that the situation requires it, let us station in Pianyuan instead. This is also a reward, care and trust for our soldiers. Now the brothers can finally settle down here with their families and return to their hometown."
If you can get land, a villager can get ten acres of permanent property, twenty acres of land, and the rest of the family can also get another share of land. For such a reward, the brothers are full of gratitude."
"We, Zhongxin Tun Town, absolutely and resolutely support Long Live Lord's will, guard the three Pianyuan Prefectures for the imperial court, guard the borders, be self-sufficient, and not burden the imperial court.
While we are on guard, we will also train hard.
When called by the imperial court, we can go to war at any time."
This good attitude surprised the envoy, who thought he would be a little dissatisfied.
"The Duke is worthy of having served as an admiral in the imperial camp. His consciousness is very high."
"This is not to say enlightenment. My brothers have been following me all these years, traveling here and there, fighting in the north and south, even dragging their children and raising children around. They are indeed tired. Now they are finally able to settle down and divide the fields and teach.
I am indeed very satisfied and grateful.”
"It would be great if everyone could think like the Duke. Your Majesty would be able to rest assured even when he is far away in Fengtian."
The Censor of the Supervisory Army answered, "His Majesty's decree, Zhongxin Town selects 5,000 garrison guards and divides them into five divisions. Each division has 1,000 men and is on duty for one month. In this way, the remaining divisions are divided into 1,800 garrison stations.
Prepare the young people, train them on a regular basis, and then transfer the remaining ones to farmland and resettle them on site, it should be fine, right?"
"There is no problem at all. The 5,000-strong garrison and the 1,800-eighth preparatory garrison can all be selected immediately. After dividing the remaining fields and granting land, I will also train the strong men according to the Baojia method. They will cultivate during the farming season and provide free time.
Training at the time, as a Baoding militiaman, accept the call from the court at any time to serve the country!"
The new censor who oversees the army is a Jinshi from eastern Zhejiang. It is said that he is from Empress Zhang’s family. But unlike Uncle Zhang who was dismissed from office early, it is said that this one has been working in the imperial court for more than a year and is still an official.
A relatively loyal relative.
When he arrived, Yuan Zongdi gave him a meeting gift, which he confiscated, and Yuan Zongdi had a very good impression of him.
And this Zhang Jianjun was also very satisfied with Yuan Zongdi's answers. He was indeed a loyal and honest minister.
