lied to Kangxi

Chapter 389 Upgraded to Phase Storage
Pianyuan Province mainly produces rice, which is harvested twice a year.

Every year before May, early rice is rushed to be planted, and early rice is harvested before August, and late rice is rushed to be planted.

Therefore, the period from mid-July to early August is called the time for double grabs.

After the Fubiao Chinese Army and the artillerymen arrived in Chenzhou, it would be the end of March.

Yuzhu was not in a hurry to enter the town of Qiongcheng, but ordered the officers of the new army to be responsible for training 3000 people from the Fubiao Chinese Army.

Everything else is trivial, and the core is one, which must be prohibited.

The [-] Green Battalion soldiers of the Fubiao Chinese Army are serious troops directly under the governor. Whether Yuzhu wants to be rounded or flattened, he can do whatever he wants.

More than 20 days later, in the first ten days of April, after the food, grass and ships were all ready, following Yu Zhu's order, nearly [-] troops sailed against the Xiongxi River, a tributary of the Yuan River, marching westward, and marched in mighty force. Xiangxi area.

Today, in the narrow sense of Xiangxi, the more chaotic areas are the three halls in the west and the Sangzhi Xuanweisi in the northwest.

In the local government system of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the three levels of province, government, and county, there were actually two levels of government, the Taoist and the Department.

The halls are divided into Zhili Hall and San Hall.

In the Kangxi Dynasty, the hall was not an institutionalized local government, but a transitional temporary government agency.

The Zhili Office in the Qing Dynasty was lower than the government and higher than the county, which was equivalent to the status of a sub-prefecture-level city, and its highest chief was Tongzhi.

Santing halls are at the same level as counties, but not counties. They are equivalent to county-level development zones in prefecture-level cities.

The difference between Zhili hall and San hall depends on whether there is a mansion in the name.

For example, the Phoenix Hall is the Zhili Hall in the province.The Huangzhou Hall of Yuanzhou Prefecture is Santang, a county-level government agency affiliated to Yuanzhou Prefecture.

As for Xuanweisi, one can tell at a glance that it is the chieftain's jurisdiction that has not been reformed.

After the army was mobilized, Zhou Quan looked at Yuzhu with a smile, and said to himself, Dong Weng is indeed a cruel and vicious person!

You know, from early April to May is the critical moment for rice transplanting.

However, at this time, Yuzhu led the army, along the waterway, and drove into the big valley in western Hunan.

At this juncture, whether it is the bandits in the mountains or the indigenous leaders in the Phoenix Hall, I am afraid that everyone will poke Yu Zhu's spine and scold the traitor, right?

Hey, this is what Yu Zhu wants!
Spring planting and summer harvesting and summer planting and autumn harvesting for two crops a year?Alas, it does not exist!
Yuzhu's battle plan is actually very clear.He didn't bother to lead troops at all, chasing and killing bandits all over the mountain, but wanted to dig out the food roots that bandits depended on for survival.

If rice cannot be planted smoothly on time and in season, how can there be harvest in the summer and autumn harvests in the future?

No matter how powerful the bandits are, there will be no crops in the fields. Do you want to be hungry and become bandits?
Regardless of what the people in the mountains thought, Yu Zhongcheng took a [-]-strong army and tens of thousands of shi of grain, took a boat along the waterway, and rushed into Xiangxi aggressively.

The bandits in Xiangxi are indeed very rich.

However, the self-cultivators in Xiangxi are in a state of bitter hunger.

Limited by the constraints of natural resources, although they will not starve to death, it is absolutely impossible for them to have enough food and wear new clothes.

Yuzhu brought a large amount of grain into Xiangxi. In fact, he regarded grain as hard currency.

No matter who it is, as long as they want to have enough to eat, they will come to help the officers and soldiers pull the fibers, dragging the warships and grain boats, and going against the current.

According to the standard set by Yuzhu, the fiber-pulling workers start to stretch at sunrise and rest at sunset, and each person can get three liters of rice per day.

Three liters is five catties and four liang.

So much food, with some wild vegetables and the like, is enough for a family of five to chew.

In mountainous areas, it is meaningless to distribute silver or copper coins.

Yuzhu understands better than anyone else that in the mountains with inconvenient transportation, only by distributing food can truly move people's hearts!
This is the so-called Yu Zhongcheng fishing, those who wish to take the bait!
Fiber stretching is physical work!
However, for Yuzhu's boat, one day of pulling fiber can get more than one day's rations.Conversely, to do hard work and heavy work for the chieftains, not only do you have no money, but you have to bring your own dry food.

This is like the bearers in some famous mountain scenic spots. They carry their sedan chairs and climb a mountain road, and they can get hundreds of dollars.

If you look at it from a special point of view, this is the rich people with money in their pockets exploiting and oppressing the weak bearers.

However, from the perspective of earning money to support the family, bearers with little culture and special skills can get wages for more than a day's work on the construction site with only part of their physical strength near their hometown.

How to calculate the gains and losses, I believe everyone has a steelyard in their hearts!

Xiongxi water flows out from the west of Hunan, and the drop in some areas is relatively large.

At this time, it is necessary to move the grain ashore, carry it over the dangerous shoal manually, drag the boat up, and then load the boat and continue westward.

Although this process is very tossing, in fact, due to the large number of people and the strength, the speed of the westward march of the army is actually not slow.

From Luxi to Qianzhou Hall (Jishhou), there are only 180 miles of waterway in total.

Ten days later, Yuzhu led the army and appeared on the official ship dock outside the city of Qianzhou Hall.

After resting in the Qianzhou Hall for a day, the army turned south and marched along the Tuo River towards Zhendiao Town.

The rebels who suppressed Zhui heard that the imperial army had come to suppress them, so they occupied the treacherous valley and confronted Yuzhu.

Yuzhu cherished the lives of the soldiers and did not order a strong attack, so he confronted the rebels in Zhendui across the mountain pass.

Then, Yuzhu ordered that the green battalion officers and troops stationed in Mayang, Chenxi and Yongsui halls move into the mountain in a large scale, making the illusion of attacking from all sides.

The rebel army in Zhenzhu has amazing combat effectiveness, and its shortcomings are also obvious. It is seriously insufficient in strength, and it is difficult to withstand the siege of several times the official army.

After the rebels in the town had retreated, Yuzhu led the main force and marched into the hinterland of the Phoenix Hall.

However, unlike other commanders of the army, Yuzhu did not take the initiative to seek a decisive battle with the Zhendui rebels, but focused on forcing the mountain people to come out of the mountain.

The specific method is not complicated.

Wherever the officers and soldiers passed by, the paddy fields and slope fields that were being transplanted were all destroyed, and then rations were distributed one by one according to the head.

The amount of food distributed is not too much, just enough to get out of the mountain pass.

The terrain of Zhenzhu is too dangerous, not to mention paddy fields, even if there are not many slope fields.

There are not many fields, which means that the population cannot be large.The population is too large to feed at all.

Yuzhu was very patient, he only destroyed the fields and forced people out of the mountains, and he refused to bring a large army into the mountains to encircle and suppress the rebels.

To be honest, this trick didn't work quickly, but it was extremely ruthless, and it was tantamount to breaking the foundation for the survival of the suppressing rebels.

The rebels also knew that Yuzhu had dozens of cannons in his hands, and the casualties from the frontal fight were likely to be huge.

That's it, both sides are very patient.

As a result, from the time of planting in spring to the time of harvest in autumn, most of Phoenix Hall's two crops a year were ruined.

Yu Zhu led the troops out of the mountain of Phoenix Hall before the heavy snow closed the mountain.

At the beginning of March of the following year, Yuzhu led the main force of the government army with no shortage of food, and once again entered the mountain in a large scale.

At this moment, no matter how stupid the rebels are, they can understand that Yuzhu is an extinct household that needs to be sustained!
Last year's grain crops failed in two seasons, and the jade pillars came again this year. Who can bear it?

All in all, Yuzhu would rather slowly deal with the rebels than to waste the lives of his direct soldiers at will.

These are the seeds of officers, and they cannot be sacrificed casually, which is Yu Zhu's basic principle of using troops.

As a result, the rebels couldn't bear it anymore, and they all mobilized to start a decisive battle with Yuzhu.

Facing the new army armed to the teeth, the suppressing rebels armed only with broadswords, spears and longbows were defeated miserably in the Victory Camp area of ​​the Phoenix Hall.

Among Yuzhu's Fubiao Chinese Army, there is a cavalry force of less than four hundred.

Alas, the retreating rebel army, under the pursuit of hundreds of cavalry, suffered heavy casualties and corpses littered the field.

In this battle, the officers and soldiers won a complete victory with little loss.

As a result, more than [-]% of the mountain people in the entire Phoenix Hall area were driven out of the mountain area under the coercion and temptation of bayonets and rations.

The characteristic of the new army is that it is suitable for queuing up and shooting in positional warfare, but it is not good at going into the mountains to suppress bandits.

Yuzhu also had no intention of going into the mountains at all. From the beginning to the end, he had only one idea to get all the farmers out of the mountains. No matter how many rebels or bandits there were, they would not be able to survive.

In addition, the green camp soldiers transferred from the east have nothing to do with the chieftains in the mountains.

Moreover, Yuzhu sent people to stare at the pass of the mountain.

In this way, in the early spring of the following year, except for a small group of bandits entrenched on a few hilltops, the large-scale banditry in the Phoenix Hall area that had lasted for hundreds of years was actually wiped out by Yuzhu.

After Yuzhu's memorial was handed over to the capital, Kangxi was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Yuzhu to go to Beijing to report on his duties.

When going to Beijing in spring, Yuzhu naturally chose to take a boat along Dongting Lake, enter the Yangtze River, and then travel north to the capital.

This journey is not only extremely fast, but also very comfortable on board the official ship.

A month later, just as Yuzhu handed over the sign in front of the palace gate, Kangxi summoned him immediately.

Hearing Yuzhu's report of the whole situation of suppressing bandits in Pianyuan, Kangxi was very satisfied, and praised: "Let the mountain people come out, contribute to building bridges and paving roads, in exchange for rations and money, and then let the rich areas take out grain and money for corvee labor." Money and silver are really wonderful. Wei Zhu's name is Zhang Tingyu."

After Zhang Tingyu came in, he announced the decree expressionlessly.

"The cabinet issued a decree to dismiss Yuzhu from the post of governor of Pianyuan, and appointed Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Households, promoted Nanshufang to walk, second-class brave and resolute Marquis of Jin Dynasty, granted Zhu Lun, Marquis of Food and Marquis double salary, and resumed the post of chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, former minister of the imperial court and Commander of the infantry, hereby."

According to the practice of this dynasty, the minister of the South Study Room, who is also the minister of the first department, is the prime minister of the country.

Zhu Lun means that carriages can use red wheels. This is an honor that can only be enjoyed by relatives and nobles of the clan who have entered the Bafenfu State Duke or above.

After Yuzhu accepted the order, Kangxi said with a smile: "I saw you right, you are indeed a talent in Manchuria! However, I did not treat Long Kedo badly, he will soon be appointed General of Jilin."

No matter how much Kang Mazi liked Yuzhu, it was impossible for him and his son to share the military power in the capital.

Now that Yuzhu was reinstated as the admiral of the Nine Gates, Longkodo had no choice but to leave the capital and go to the bitter place of ice and snow in Jilin.

(End of this chapter)