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Chapter 170 Daming's Blockade

In the cold winter of this year, due to the famine, cold wave and continuous outbreak of internal slave uprisings in Jianzhou Jurchen, the Houjin regime was crumbling and had no time to look south, which made the Liao Army enter a period of stable and rapid development.

Except for the envoys from Mongolia and some minor frictions between the Koryo Kingdom and the Dongying Kingdom, there are no major events in Liaonan and Liaodong for the time being.Of course, this is just that there are no major events on the surface, but in fact there are undercurrents surging.

After the officials and guards sent by the Ming court to southern Liaoning disappeared like nothing, coupled with the rumors spread by Houjin in the capital, the entire imperial court sensed that something was wrong in southern Liaoning.Although on the surface Chu Yun still accepted Daming's canonization, but he refused to accept it, and he still refused to leave the land in southern Liaoning.Moreover, the imperial court was unable to send people to take over the recovered land, and Chu Yun became the uncrowned king of southern and eastern Liaodong in a veritable name.

After Emperor Chongzhen cleaned up the eunuchs, he began to think of ways to check and balance Chu Yun's power. Jin Yiwei came in and out more frequently, and ministers in the early court also asked to punish the Liao army.Ever since, a blockade against the Liao army has quietly started...

On the Ningyuan defense line, the frontier army did not decrease due to the shrinkage of the Jurchen forces in Jianzhou, but added thousands of new recruits and 10 taels of military pay.

Ports such as Tianjin Wei began to restrict merchants from going to southern Liaoning for trade, especially important materials such as grain and minerals.

This more stringent ban on sea was sent to Nanjing, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou in an expedited way for [-] miles, strictly prohibiting all places to go to sea for trade, even in southern Liaoning.

As soon as the stricter sea ban was issued, the world was in an uproar.However, merchants on the southeast coast did not pay much attention to this order.During the Chongzhen period, the imperial court's control over the southeast coastal areas was no longer as good as before, and pirates were rampant. Even the Fujian navy was no match for the pirate Zheng Zhilong.And why are pirates rampant?If the shipping in the southeast coast is underdeveloped, what will the pirates grab?
For the merchants in the southeast, foreign trade has become the foundation of their family and life. The so-called cutting off one's fortune is like killing one's parents. These merchants turn a blind eye to the sea ban.They communicated with local officials, set sail as before, and traveled to and from the southeast coast, Western Ocean, and southern Liaoning to form a maritime trade line.

Perhaps it is because the merchants in the southeast still travel to and from southern Liaoning normally, so southern Liaoning did not suffer serious losses due to the stricter sea ban. Of course, Tianjin Wei is close to the capital, so it is most affected, and Shandong is also affected. Denley area.

When the Ming court was playing tricks, Chu Yun was not overly worried.The current Emperor Chongzhen is powerless. Even if he intends to blockade the southern Liaoning area and pass on the order layer by layer, everyone knows how far it can be implemented in the end.

The Fuliao Army is also busy with a new round of reforms recently.During this period of stability, Chu Yun officially confirmed the new management system.At present, the Fuliao Army has management agencies such as the Agricultural Bureau, the Maritime Safety Bureau, the Engineering Bureau, the Propaganda Department, and the Intelligence Department, and the ranks of officials inside should naturally be graded according to their positions in the management organization and the size of their powers. became a vain job.

At the same time, the Liao army began to implement the military rank system.It is divided into three levels: general, school officer, and lieutenant.Generals are divided into upper, middle and junior ranks, school officers are divided into upper, middle and junior ranks, and lieutenants are also divided into upper, middle and junior ranks.The implementation of the military rank system is firstly to give everyone a goal to strive for, secondly, to facilitate command, and thirdly, to facilitate the management of different military units, such as how to balance the treatment of army officers and naval officers.

At present, apart from the special existence of Chu Yun in the Liao Army, only Nelson is qualified to be a major general in the Navy, and everyone else is only a school officer and a lieutenant.According to the army, Chu Yun did not give the only general to Grand Duke Karl, but to Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the [-]rd Infantry Brigade, who had helped Chu Yun reverse the situation and get through the most difficult period when he was in crisis.The remaining infantry brigade commanders are temporarily lieutenant colonels or colonels.

In addition to changing military ranks, Chu Yun also gradually established a military staff system. The military staff, from the infantry brigade to the squadron, is directly responsible to the staff department, and the staff department is responsible to Chu Yun. In addition to military staff, it also has a supervisory role.

Before winter, Chuyun had four infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, one dragoon battalion and other scattered troops, with a total of roughly 2 people.

After winter, it expanded again, and two new infantry brigades were established. The original units were also expanded according to the plan of the military department. The original 3000-person infantry brigade was expanded into a 5000-person infantry brigade, which made the army size of the Fuliao Army expanded to 4 people.

Such a scale can be said to be crazy.This is also Chu Yun's thorough promotion of Jianzhou Jurchen in order to wait until the beginning of spring.

Of course, to double the troops, the production of equipment and materials is very tight, and there is also a training period.Fortunately, this relatively calm winter served as a buffer period.

On the first day of the first lunar month in 1628 AD, on the Zhengdan Festival, the places in southern and eastern Liaoning were decorated with lanterns and festoons, creating a peaceful scene. Peach charm boards, general charcoal, and door gods were posted beside the gates of the common people.Gold and silver eight treasures, Zefan prayer wheels are hung on the bed, or yellow coins are braided like dragons.

The land in southern Liaoning, which was ravaged by the Jianzhou Jurchen for several years, regained its vitality and became a peach garden in this troubled world. This year, the people in southern Liaoning who survived the catastrophe are interested in celebrating Zhengdan Festival.

Except for the officers stationed in Liaodong City, Xining Fort, and Gaizhou City because they had to guard against Houjin's invasion southward, almost all the senior leaders of the Fuliao Army returned to Jinzhou City, the place where the army was launched, to celebrate together.

As soon as the genius was brightened, the festive sound of firecrackers sounded in Jinzhou City.

Hundreds of middle and high-level military officers, administrative officials, and scientists gathered near Chu Yun's mansion.On the outside, tens of thousands of Ming people spontaneously gathered around to watch, and the surrounding area was so tight that it was empty for thousands of people!
"My lord, tens of thousands of people have gathered outside the mansion, and the guards are maintaining order, waiting for you." The captain of the guard, Yu Cheng, came in from outside the mansion and said to Chu Yun.

"What did you say?! Tens of thousands of people?!" Chu Yun, who had just woken up, was dumbfounded.

Isn't it just to celebrate the Spring Festival... Originally, I just wanted to use this opportunity to get in touch with my old subordinates and the newly promoted new officers, but I didn't expect that the curious and fond of doing things would also gather in front of my mansion. Watching the Spring Festival Gala, it's really... so busy...

"Tens of thousands of people, what do I want to say?" Chu Yun was unprepared. Could it be that he could coax them away by saying a few words to the tens of thousands of Ming people?

"Chen Ting hastily made arrangements just now, and he can adapt to the situation after the adults go out." Yu Cheng said.

After Chu Yun finished washing, he came out with Yu Cheng and other soldiers, and as soon as he opened the door of the mansion, Chu Yun saw the crowds of people surging outside, almost flooding the entire street!
(End of this chapter)