In early February of the fourth year of Shaotian's reign, Zhu Zhongyi returned to Henan on a tall horse gifted by the emperor and entered Zhumadian with great enthusiasm.
Zhumadian is an ancient town that has been established for nearly 200 years. It is said that it was built during the Tianshun period and was affiliated to Xiakaibao, Queshan County, Runing Prefecture. During the Chenghua period, Zhu Jianze, the Chongjian King, granted Runing a title and built a village and a post station here.
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It is located in the southwest of the Huanghuai Plain, at the junction of north, south, and east. It connects the east to the west, runs south to the north, and converges in all directions. It is home to merchants and messengers. There are many inns and horse stores in Zhumadian, hence the name Zhumadian.
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During the Chongzhen period, although Zhumadian was not as prosperous and lively as Zhuxian Town, it was not much different. However, it also experienced war, famine, and was destroyed by war.
Zhu Zhongyi rode into the city, followed by a large group of men and horses, all of whom were assigned to him by the emperor, including a cannon mark, a horse mark, and a foot mark.
The elites of the three imperial camps, with a total of nine battalions of men and horses, are like dragons, horses and tigers, and their spirit is incomparable.
Three cavalry battalions opened the way ahead, a battalion of dragoons with mounted infantry fighting musketeers, a battalion of lancers with armored spears charging to break the formation, and a battalion of chasseurs with fast horses and scimitars who could charge and shoot.
Three battalions of men and horses opened the way in front, one man and two horses, tall and tall, with bright armor, so neat that the countless officials and people who came to greet them couldn't help but marvel.
And when the three battalions of the cannon mark appeared, there were even more startling sounds.
The heavy artillery battalion has three posts, each with three rows, each row has three teams, and each team has one twelve-pound field heavy artillery. The whole battalion has a total of twenty-seven heavy guns.
Four horses pulled an artillery cart. The two-meter-long cannon, which the emperor had given the title of Earl of Kru, was majestic and murderous. There were twenty-seven such heavy artillery pieces.
There were two light artillery battalions at the back, equipped with three-pound cannons weighing only a few hundred kilograms. Although they were light, they were still powerful. Each battalion had fifty-four three-pound cannons.
Zhu Zhongyi brought back more than a hundred cannons at once, which shocked everyone.
There are also three battalions of elite cavalry.
When the rear soldiers entered the city in formation, not only were they equipped with cotton armor and shotguns, but they also had cannons. Each battalion was equipped with two three-pound cannons, and each post also had a small French cannon and a small tiger crouching artillery team.
Zhu Zhongyi was the adopted son of the emperor, but he commanded the Guide regiment training town. The emperor had previously given him two thousand imperial soldiers, which made him far more powerful than other training regiments in Henan.
Now they have recruited three battalions and nine battalions, as well as artillery battalions and cavalry battalions. This will undoubtedly become the strongest in Henan immediately.
Master Zhao led everyone to greet him, and he couldn't help but be speechless when he saw this scene.
"How about exchanging shotguns for cannons?" Zhu Zhongyi was a little proud.
"What a strong army and strong horse!" Old Master Zhao Hongsheng couldn't help but marvel.
"From now on, we are no longer the Henan Guide Regiment, but the Royal Camp Henan Expedition. We have been given the title of the Eighteenth Town of the Ming Dynasty by the Emperor. His Majesty has assigned fifteen thousand people to our Eighteenth Town.
Also, old master, you have also been promoted. From now on, you are the inspector-general of Henan, and you are going to take up your post in Kaifeng, the provincial capital."
Returned to Chenxu Rudao, it was newly classified by the imperial court as South Henan Province. The original nine prefectures in Henan were changed to fourteen prefectures. Some directly affiliated prefectures were promoted to prefectures, and some subordinate prefectures were merged into counties.
For example, Kaifeng Prefecture split into Chenzhou Prefecture and Xuzhou Prefecture, and Runing Prefecture split into Guangzhou Prefecture.
The Fourteenth Prefecture is divided into four sub-tour roads, namely East Henan, West Henan, South Henan and North Henan.
Henan East Road has jurisdiction over the five prefectures of Kaifeng, Guide, Chenzhou, Xuzhou and Zhengzhou. A separate patrol road is stationed in Kaifeng. The imperial court awarded Chongzhen a Jinshi in the tenth year. Shen Luxiang, the Taipu Shaoqing in Cixi, Zhejiang Province, is a third-grade minister and a separate patrol in East Henan.
The West Henan Road is divided into three prefectures: Henan Prefecture, Shaanxi Prefecture, and Ruzhou Prefecture, and is stationed in Shaanxi Prefecture. The people from Kunshan return to Zuoming for a separate patrol.
South Henan Road leads to Runing, Guangzhou, and Nanyang prefectures, and is stationed in Xinyang. Jiangxi Juren Wannianshao patrols separately.
The North Henan Province led the three prefectures of Zhangde, Weihui, and Huaiqing, and patrolled north of the Yellow River. They were stationed in Ji County. Qian Bangqi, a native of Zhenjiang, was responsible for the separate patrol.
"His Majesty also appointed Chen Qianfu, the former cabinet co-organizer and associate minister, as the governor and governor of Henan."
The old master was not very familiar with the four newly appointed third-grade sub-inspectors. Zhu Zhongyi told him, "They were all righteous soldiers who rose up to fight against the invaders after the fall of Nandu. For example, Gui Zuoming was actually a good friend of Gu Yanwu. They also joined the army in Kunshan together with Gu Yanwu. His real name was changed from Gu Jiang to Yanwu, and when he returned to Zhuang, he was changed to Zuoming.
Wan Nian Shao's real name is Wan Shouqi, and he was in the same year as Chen Zilong in the provincial examination. Shen Luxiang came out to respond when Yu Ying launched his army in Shaoxing, and Qian Bangqi sold all his property and went south to Zhejiang after the Qing army crossed the Huaihe River. He is also a hero who voted for Zhu Yihai.
These four were basically fourth-rank officials in the imperial court. This time they did not come to take temporary posts, but were directly promoted to third-rank sub-inspectors and minor governors.
Although Chen Qianfu was from Hangzhou and only had a Juren background, after he became a Kaifeng official at the end of Chongzhen, after Li Zicheng broke through Kaifeng, he was able to contact local villages, recruit volunteers, pull up a team, and regain a lot of lost territory. Later, The imperial court appointed him as the patrol commissioner of Henan. If he had not been involved in the child concubine case and was imprisoned, he would have done great things in Henan.
Later, when he returned to his hometown, he received help from his father-in-law, Mr. Meng, to recruit troops, buy horses, escort money, food and equipment to Zhu Yihai for the Northern Expedition. He became a confidant of the emperor and became associate minister and cabinet co-organizer.
This change of cabinet and the appointment of governor and governor of Henan Province also showed that the emperor placed more emphasis on him.
"I had dinner with Mr. Chen and several sub-inspectors in Beijing, and we had a good conversation. Our chief envoy in Henan is Hua Xia, and the inspector is Zhu Tianlin, who was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen and a former Hanlin editor. "
A large number of central government officials parachuted into Henan, and they were basically the Conglong heroes from eastern Zhejiang.
"In the future, the imperial court will send more officials to serve as prefects and county magistrates."
Old Master Zhao Hongsheng understood at once that the imperial court was going to completely take over the governance of Henan and take actual control of Henan. Zhu Zhongyi was the adopted son of the emperor, and his previous performance was also remarkable, especially since he was sent last year. Two thousand imperial soldiers came over, and many officers were sent to serve in Guide Town. Guide regiment training has basically completed the preliminary adaptation.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Now three more imperial camps have been sent, and they have been completely reorganized into the imperial camps in Henan, becoming the ballast stone for the imperial court in Henan.
They were even preparing for the final blow against Yingzhou, and at the same time, they were preparing for the next attack on Nanyang.
The governor-general and governor Chen Qianfu, the patrol envoy Zhu Tianlin, the administrative envoy Hua Xia, and the inspector-general Zhao Hongsheng made separate inspection tours and returned to Zuoming, Wannian Shao, Shen Luxiang, and Qian Bangqi.
Only Zhao Hongsheng was not sent by the imperial court, but he was also from the imperial camp, but he stayed in Henan very early, with the purpose of establishing the Red Spear Association here to develop behind enemy lines.
Speaking of which, in fact, when Old Master Zhao and Zhu Zhongyi came here to establish the Red Spear Association, they reported directly to Chen Qianfu, who was in charge of intelligence.
Now that Chen Qianfu has come to serve as governor, they don't have to worry about not being familiar with him.
"Our Guide Town is now reorganized into the 18th Town, Henan Camp, with 15,000 troops, so now the eastern and southern roads of Henan are designated as our directly controlled defense areas. In addition, Xu Dingguo and Li Jiyu in the north and west of Henan , Ding Qiguang and other team training teams in various towns in Henan are now also under our leadership."
Before he left Beijing, the emperor specially summoned him, Chen Qianfu and Hua Xia and other officials and generals who were transferred to Henan to make plans for Henan's current situation and future.
Xu Dingguo and other Henan regiments will be reorganized. Some will be transferred to Zhu Zhongyi's 18th Town, some will form Henan Provincial Towns, and the rest will be organized into Henan Tun Towns. The rest will be demobilized and returned to their hometowns, or They were resettled on the spot, either for the people, as post soldiers, or recruited into the yamen as servants, etc.
Anyway, the imperial court will take great action in Henan next.
Last year there was a lot of turmoil in Shandong, but there was not much movement in Henan. It can even be said that most of Henan was recovered, but the people did not feel that there was much difference from before.
Several towns formed a regiment and divided Henan into separate countries, each carrying out its own affairs.
In other words, the area of Gui Chen Xu Ru occupied by Zhu Zhongyi was very obedient to the imperial decree.
"To organize the army, we will start with our regiment training in Guide."
It is not just as simple as changing the flag from Guide Tuan Lian Zhen to Royal Camp Henan Xingying.
Nine battalions were sent this time. In addition to the previous two thousand men, the imperial battalion dispatched from the German army now has more than six thousand soldiers and more than two thousand auxiliary soldiers.
However, the imperial camp now has a full strength of nearly 15,000 people, including four infantry, one artillery, and one cavalry. There are also engineering battalions, transport battalions, and auxiliary troops.
This time the emperor not only gave him nine imperial camps, but also gave him a lot of money and equipment, as well as a large number of officers.
The total number of imperial soldiers transferred was almost 9,000. Even if a town had 15,000 personnel, it was actually more than half. The imperial court had transferred several batches of officers, and this time there were even more.
Although Zhu Zhongyi is the admiral, the soldiers and horses in this town are no longer dominated by the Red Scarf Army. However, Zhu Zhongyi does not care about this very much. He thinks it is very good now. The soldiers and horses are strong and the combat effectiveness is greatly improved. Compared with them The grass-roots team was much better in the past.
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Chen Twelve accompanied Mr. Guo to Beijing for the court meeting. After returning to Henan, he first returned to Guide Yongcheng. He brought a lot of Tokyo goods to his family, a lot of food and clothing, and even some books, paper and pens. Children at home.
When he returned to Daeqiu, he deliberately put on the official robe and horse he had received as a reward in Tokyo.
Chen Twelve, who was desperate to cut wheat for others, is now a lieutenant officer of Zhu Zhongyi, the admiral of the 18th imperial camp town, with a garrison rank of fifth rank.
If it had been three years ago, how could he have imagined that he was as prosperous as he is now?
But as the senior brother rose step by step, his status also increased.
The Red Spear Society has developed rapidly in Henan, not to mention the establishment of the Guide regiment training town. It has made rapid progress. On the one hand, it has expanded rapidly, and on the other hand, it has made great achievements in suppressing bandits and reassuring the people. Last year, it sent troops to recapture Runing and Guangzhou, and also fought with the imperial camp.
He retreated from Nanyang and Hubei and came to support Ying's troops.
Senior Brother Zhao became the lord of the country, the adopted son of the emperor, and was promoted to a noble rank. He, Chen Twelve, was also promoted one after another.
Now he is officially appointed as the admiral of the Lieutenant Commander. This Lieutenant Commander is actually quite complicated. Since the late Ming Dynasty, his duties have not been fixed. At first, the Lieutenant Commander was only responsible for publicizing military orders, and later he also led the Guards.
Later, he even also commanded the Biao camp.
Therefore, the officers of the Chongzhen Dynasty, governors, and governors had very high ranks, often with the title of guerrilla, general, or even deputy general.
Now the responsibilities of the Chinese army in the imperial camp have been adjusted, because in the current establishment of the imperial camp, the head of a town is the admiral, and the head of an association is the general soldier. According to the organization of the town association standard camp, there is no special department.
Biaoying, so today's Chinese Army is actually equivalent to the adjutant general.
Each town has four major offices: the Military Command Office, the Supervision Office, the Staff Office, and the Logistics Office. Now there is a new Central Military Office, which is responsible for all general affairs and order communication, security, and conduct and discipline within the army.
The Chinese army leads the guards.
He also has several adjutants under him, and he is actually equivalent to the adjutant chief.
Although the Central Military Room cannot be compared with the other four, it can be regarded as having specialized duties and is quite important.
At the army, town, association, and standard levels, there are central military rooms and central military officers, adjutants, etc., who are responsible for some general affairs of the headquarters at each level.
The admiral's central army was originally a commander-in-chief, equivalent to the deputy battalion level, and he was assigned to the fifth rank of garrison, which was won for him by Mr. Guo Xingye.
Wearing a fifth-grade crimson military attaché uniform, a regimental collared shirt with a strong bear painted on the front and back patches, a silver belt around his waist, and a silver fish bag, he is indeed returning home in glory.
"Uncle Twelve!"
At first, everyone saw the soldiers coming to protect an official with a scarlet robe and a silver belt riding a tall horse. They were a little in awe and did not dare to approach, and they did not recognize it was Chen Twelve Lian.
When he started greeting people, everyone realized it was him.
Two brothers, Agui and Fu, also saw him in the crowd. Agui waved and shouted excitedly, and ran over.