Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 168 Border Town
Chongzhen will issue an order to Sun Chuanting to use Pingliang Mansion as a key farm area, guide the hungry people in western Shaanxi to the Hetao area, and minimize the number of hungry people flocking to the south.Because the wandering hungry people are the most terrible. When they settle down and stutter, they will think that the court has not abandoned them; if they have hope in their hearts, they will not have the idea of ​​​​rebellion.

As long as the measures and employment are appropriate, coupled with strict supervision, Pingliang Prefecture and Xi'an Prefecture will become the most densely populated major grain-producing areas in Shaanxi in the future.Chongzhen will send a large number of Jinyiwei to the past, and the imperial court will also arrange for the censor to inspect and supervise.

This process will probably take more than three years, and proper supplies from the court will be needed during this period.

The Hetao area is adjacent to Ningxia Town in the north and the Tumed tribe of Tatar in the west. In the future, as long as there is enough food and the huge loss of long-distance transportation by the imperial court is avoided, the frontier army will launch an offensive against the surrounding Mongolian tribes.

Cao Bianjiao is the best general candidate to manage this area.

According to his mysterious way of leading troops, if he is given a cavalry of more than [-] people, it will be a nightmare for the Mongolian tribe.

In the memorial, Sun Chuanting made a self-criticism on Tuo Yangkun's surrender and rebellion, and expressed his dissatisfaction with the arrogance of some generals, implying that Hong Chengchou was too accommodating and indulgent to those arrogant soldiers.

He believes that although Xu Zhong and Liu Yingjie's blackmail and intimidation were the main cause of Tuo Yangkun's rebellion, the two have served under the command of the governors of the five provinces for a long time. .

After all, both Tuo Yangkun and Zhang Wenyao have surrendered and have become officers and soldiers. How can there be a general who openly asks his colleagues for money?
Regarding Sun Chuanting's complaints, Chongzhen expressed his understanding.But Xu Zhong and his like were not the mainstream in the official army, and most generals in this period still did not dare to take too much action.

With his time travel, the former helpless situation of the imperial court's over-reliance on border generals has completely changed.

Now the force in his hands is relatively strong.

Sun Chuanting's 5000 Qin Army, Lu Xiangsheng's [-] Tianxiong Army, [-] Sichuan Army and Huang Degong's [-] troops, Sun Yingyuan's [-] Yongwei Battalion, the [-] Beijing Battalion under training, and Qin Liangyu's white soldiers , These are loyal and obedient elite teachers.

The excellent weapons and armor produced by the Military Weapons Supervision are given priority to these troops, which will be the basis for future conquests against insurgents.

This team of nearly 10 people is enough to deter any side general who wants to support himself.

What's more, there are 7000 troops from Cao Wenzhao's nephew, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei's Xuanda Frontier Army.Once something happens, these are reliable generals who have been proved by actions in history.

The more difficult one is the Guanning Army.

But the current situation is very different from the original history. The Liaodong Army did not do anything excessive, they just kept asking the court for money, and they did not lack food.

Zu Kuan and Li Chongjin, who obeyed Lu Xiangsheng's command, did not violate Lu Xiangsheng's orders at all, and there was no phenomenon of disobeying orders in history.

This has nothing to do with successive victories and few losses.

Wu Sangui and Zu Dale under Hong Chengchou's command have never said that they want to return to Liaodong, at least on the surface they are obedient.

Sufficient rewards are the most important means. With the money given by others, are you ashamed to be disobedient?People in the past paid attention to benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, and they would not pick up the bowl to eat meat and put down the chopsticks to scold mothers like the later generations. Such behavior will make people laugh, it is a pure villain's behavior.

In the later generations without propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame, as long as you have money, you are your own father, and you have no scruples in doing things, and anyone can betray you.

Don't believe in ghosts and gods, don't respect the heaven and the earth, without faith, rituals will collapse and music will collapse.

Brainwashing alone can't solve the problem, people are realistic, if you talk about it for a long time, it's better to pay one person ten taels of silver.

It is too naive to take for granted the ideals and beliefs of future generations to maintain the unity and loyalty of the army.

At this time, the concept of a country and nation had not been formed, and there was no such thing as the subjugation of a country.When the Ming Dynasty died, it was enough to change the court, and when the emperor died, it was not impossible to change another court.

If the Manchus hadn't kept their hair on their heads, the resistance in the south of the Yangtze River would not have been so fierce.

What's more, in an era when the illiteracy rate is as high as 90.00%, if you tell the soldiers what doctrines and beliefs, can they understand?
If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, real money is the most practical thing. Can beliefs and ideals be exchanged for silver and food?

Whoever gives the money and food will do it with whom, most of the soldiers think so.

Serving as a soldier is not to listen to your storytelling, but to earn money to support your family.

What kind of country, nationality, future and destiny have anything to do with cutting people with knives?

If brainwashing works, then send someone directly into the thief's interior to wash it.

You go to Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others to talk about the righteousness of the country and the nation, and he will let you know whether your neck is stiff or your knife is tough.

You go talk to the Liaodong warlord about ideals and try, he will throw you into the fire as a lunatic and burn you to death.

Zhang Wenyao's tribe and the Northwest Bandits' tribe, who were drafted into the army, add up to about [-] people. This group of people must be provided with food, weapons and armor in a timely manner. Only when the supplies are in place can their doubts be eliminated.

Sun Chuanting's thoughts on the strategy of dividing troops in his memorabilia showed his outstanding insights.

It is advisable to use the remaining courage to chase the poor bandits.

Only after the small group of thieves are completely eliminated, will there be businessmen who dare to come out to operate, and the common people will be able to farm and live with peace of mind.

Live without business.

Without the promotion of commercial activities, it would be foolish to want to make people's lives better and better.

Is it impossible for a person to live only by eating?
Needles, threads, brains, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, cloth, shoes and hats all need to be trafficked.

How can there be merchants selling these items over long distances now?Don't die?

These are the necessities of the common people, the most basic living materials, and they will be circulated only after they are completely safe.

And Sun Chuanting personally led the army to Ningxia Town, which made Chongzhen even more admirable.Because this is exactly one step in his plan, unexpectedly Sun Chuanting thought of it and is implementing it.

Although what he didn't know was that Sun Chuanting found another way to make contributions elsewhere because he didn't want to follow Hong Chengchou and listen to his command.

The reason why a celebrity becomes famous is because he has extraordinary vision and ability, and he will always be different in some places. This is the reason why there is no one without a reputation.

I have just transmigrated into the emperor, and I have more knowledge and vision than the ancients. In terms of IQ, I am far behind.

The town of Ningxia is a potential destabilizing factor.

This place has been neglected by the court for many years.

In the past 20 years, the imperial court has focused on Liaodong and the Liu thieves, and has long lost interest in Ningxia Town, which defends against Mongolian tribes.

The Mongolian ministries have been in decline for many years, and they are no longer a threat to Ming Dynasty, and those border troops who have guarded the border for generations have become a tasteless existence.

But the frontier army in Ningxia Town is very powerful.

In history, it was the Ganshan Green Camp in the Manchu Qing Dynasty that wiped out the San Francisco rebellion, and most of these strong soldiers came from Ningxia Town and Yansui Town.

Sun Chuanting must have realized this, so he went to solve the problem as an important minister of the frontier.

It should be Sun Chuanting's plan to restrain the generals with their status, suppress the frontier soldiers with heavy troops, eliminate the unstable in the army, supplement with sufficient food and pay, win the hearts of the soldiers and the people, and create a soldier who dares to fight.

Now we are waiting for Hong Chengchou's battle report. It should be no problem for more than [-] elites to deal with the fledgling Li Zicheng.

The key is not to let the later leader of the rebel army escape from death, he is the famous Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death.

When thinking of Yansui Town, a famous name flashed across Chongzhen's mind like lightning.

Zheng Chongjian!
How could I forget about this old man?

This Sun Chuanting's Township Party is also quite a powerful figure.

After traveling for nearly two years, my mind is full of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Chuanting, and Hong Chengchou. How could I forget this uncle?

The governor of Yansui is very important. The frontier army of Yansui Town poses a direct threat to the northern Shaanxi thieves, but why has Zheng Chongjian not been heard?
No, hurry up and send someone to Yansui Town.The old man is not young. Although he has been in Yansui Town for less than three years, the conditions in the bitter cold place of Bian Town are extremely harsh, so he has to send an imperial doctor to see him.

There are also food, salaries, ordnance, all of which have to be sent.

The frontier army in Yansui Town needs to be reorganized, so there is no problem with Zheng Chongjian's ability.

The reconstruction of frontier troops in Ningxia Town and Yansui Town should be based on cavalry.

Except for the tens of thousands of cavalry in Liaodong, the other generals of the Ming Dynasty lacked horses and cavalry.

A brave general like Cao Bianjiao who loves guerrilla warfare has only a thousand cavalry at most.

These two border towns are close to Mongolia, and they are rich in horse resources, and there are many soldiers who can fight on horseback.

As long as the food and wages are sufficient, it should not be difficult for the two towns to recruit tens of thousands of cavalry.

If you still want to increase the number of cavalry, aren't there still Mongols outside the side wall?
The current Ming Dynasty does not have the concept of a nation, let alone the barbaric, rude and ignorant Mongolian tribes.

Besides, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been a precedent for recruiting Mongols to participate in the war.

There were a lot of Mongols in the early Ming army, and these Mongols who joined the Ming army were merciless when they conquered their compatriots.

In fact, this tradition has been preserved, but the imperial court has been in financial distress these years, and there is no extra expenditure for recruiting foreigners to join the war.

Now that I have money, this glorious tradition must be carried forward.

Jiannu's current Mongolian Eight Banners are basically dominated by Horqin Mongolian tribes, and they haven't gone far to the west to recruit Tumed and other tribes.

In other words, Jianu has not completely conquered Mongolia now.

Thieves can go, so can I.

The Tumed tribe west of Qinghai is the most ideal foreign warrior.

For the poor Mongolian tribe with only pants left, let alone money, as long as there is food, there is no problem in recruiting tens of thousands.

Zheng Chongjian and Yansui Town can just let the Ministry of War send someone, and all I have to do is to take out the money and food.

According to Chongzhen's decree, the cabinet issued a document to all regions, and now the governors of all provinces have begun to farm, which has never happened before in history.

In order to completely stabilize the hearts of the people, Chongzhen took out 100 million taels of silver from his internal funds and delivered them to various places according to the severity of the disaster.

You can't be a miser, because you will feel useless when you die like that. Whether you are for yourself or for the people, you have to be willing to do it.

With Sun Chuanting's successful experience in Xi'an Mansion and the support of the emperor's internal funds, large-scale land reclamation has been carried out.

Never allow another Shaanxi to appear again.As long as the farmers have fields to plant and the government has food support, there will be a harvest in the coming year.

Now it is not short of money, but food.The Zheng family continued to use sea ships to bring in rice, which was reciprocal. The fact that the Fujian General Soldier was able to get such a big reward showed that the Zheng family still had a conscience.

Do you want to give Zheng Zhilong an uncle or something?

If Feng Bo is really granted, the Zheng family should be able to feel the true love and friendship of the imperial court, right?
Chongzhen thinks about it or forget it.Only military exploits can be awarded a title, and this must not be done lightly; the country's most important weapon cannot be taken lightly.

Zheng Zhilong in history was not an ungrateful king and bully. Seeing that the Daming Building was about to collapse, he made a wise choice in line with the general trend, just wanting to maintain the wealth of the Zheng family.It's a pity that I didn't get what I wanted, and I met a ruthless master.

A villain, but not a hypocrite.

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