Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 248 Strategy
Chen Qiyu has served as the governor of Fengyang and the governor of water transportation for nearly two years. During this period, in addition to his normal duties, he also had an additional task of supervising the dredging of the silted section of the canal by the thieves and prisoners of war.

After nearly two years of intensive labor, more than [-] of the original [-] prisoners of war have died due to illness or accident, and these dead people have been hastily buried without even a tombstone.

The prisoners of war dredged a total of more than [-] miles of river sections, most of which were concentrated in the Huai'an section of the canal, making the originally heavily silted section of the river unimpeded, and large ships with hundreds of materials can pass unimpeded without manual fiber pulling.

The silt cleared from the river is used as fertilizer, and it is all transported to the fields on both sides of the canal to fertilize the fields.

These fields were newly reclaimed by the victims of the disaster that the imperial court moved from Henan.Millions of disaster victims from many prefectures and counties in Nanyang Prefecture and Ruyang Prefecture, under the organization and management of local officials, took nearly two years to open more than [-] hectares of new fields in the wasteland on both sides of the canal .

Zhu Youjian once decreed that the relocated disaster victims would be given ten mu of land per head, and these fields were rent-free; except for the land of Quekou, each family should pay rent at the rate of twelve for newly cultivated land. The enthusiasm of the victims to open up wasteland is high.

In order to allow the victims to survive the famine, Chen Qiyu was ordered to build a large granary every [-] miles, intercepting millions of stones of grain for storage, and then distributed the grain, rice, salt, and dried vegetables needed by each person to the victims. To ensure that they have enough physical strength to support the daily work.

Fortunately, the successive years of severe drought in the north has not yet spread to the south of the Yangtze River. The grain production in Zhejiang, Huguang, and Nanzhili has not been greatly affected. The grain collection has been smooth. These large granaries are not vacant. There is a guarantee.

Chen Qiyu now spends most of his energy on resettling the newly relocated victims, coordinating the conflicts between them and the local government and people, and taking on more civil responsibilities as the governor of Fengyang.He handed over the dredging of the river and the water transportation to the head of the Ministry of Industry and the Department of Households in the yamen respectively; he took two brothers from the same family and a group of personal entourage to inspect the disaster-affected people's reclamation-related matters. , in order to stabilize the hearts of the victims and prevent civil disturbances caused by conflicts among the people.

Chen Qiyu was not interested in water transport affairs at all.He knew that the Water Transport Yamen would operate as usual without him, and there would be no conspicuous credit.Today, what matters more is whether the resettlement of the disaster victims is properly done. As long as you make some achievements in this matter, it will easily attract the emperor's attention and appreciation.

The relocation of over one million disaster victims is a huge and arduous project.Although Zhu Youjian also allocated a huge amount of money from his own funds for the resettlement of the victims, it required a lot of manpower and material resources as well as planning and organization for each specific matter, including surveying the terrain, rationally building residences, and arranging according to the wasteland. How many people do complicated and trivial work for a village.

Although there were many victims of the relocation this time, the resettlement was relatively reasonable, and there were no major omissions. This was mainly due to the assistance of local officials in Henan who moved with the victims, and the inspection censors sent by the imperial court and a large number of guards from Jinyiwei. Supervision is also indispensable.

That's right, not only the victims of disasters in several prefectures and counties in Henan moved far away, but most of the local officials also followed.

Except for a few big gentry households and some self-sufficient self-cultivated farmers in the disaster-stricken areas, almost all the unemployed people were relocated to the Huai'an section of the canal.Except for the chief officials and a few officials in Nanyang and other places who stayed behind, the rest acted as organizers and led the victims to the places designated by the court.With the assistance of these officials who are familiar with the conditions of the people, this large-scale and batch-by-batch immigration was able to be completed relatively smoothly.

Of course, with the movement of so many people involved, various incidents that occurred during the period were also complicated, and Chen Qiyu only briefly mentioned them in the memorial.

After Chen Qiyu received Zhu Youjian's order to seek opinions, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity for him to return to the center of power in the capital.Since the emperor can consult him on such important military affairs, it fully shows that the emperor values ​​his ability very much.This was originally an honor only enjoyed by important ministers in the court. As long as I put forward unique and wonderful opinions and propositions in the report, I might have the opportunity to participate in the war. As long as I have enough military merits, no one can stop me from returning Beijing's pace.

In the memorial, Chen Qiyu first gave a general description of how he resettled the victims in the past two years, and then touched on the war next year.

I have to say that Chen Qiyu's strategic vision is indeed outstanding.In the memorial, he ingeniously proposed a strategy for cross-sea warfare, which was rare in Ming Dynasty, which generally did not attach importance to landing warfare at that time.

Chen Qiyu suggested that the imperial court deploy troops to the front line of Denglai this year. When the army leaves the customs next year and confronts the main force of Jianlu, Jing Haibo will mobilize ships to transport the Denglai army to Liaodong for landing. When the troops in the area were weak, the landing officers and troops directly attacked Hetuala, completely destroyed the ancestral tombs of Jianlu, smashed the bones of the slave chieftains of the past dynasties into ashes, and demoralized the slave chieftains, and then withdrew to the landing site and returned to Daming.

Chen Qiyu's move was both vicious and vicious.If there is a big war together, in this era that is very particular about luck, the descendants of wild boarskin who hear that their ancestral graves have been dug out, their old nests have been taken over, and the Ming army is also on the left will definitely be in chaos. greatly increased.

Hetuala has a Manchu ancestral mausoleum called Yongling Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty. It was built in the Wanli period and is now called Xingjing Mausoleum. The sixth ancestor Meng Temu, great-grandfather Fuman, and grandfather Juechangan were buried in it. , father Tu Keshi, uncles, uncles, etc., are the places where Huang Taiji and others call "the spirit of the son of heaven", and they are also the spiritual pillars of Jianzhou.Although Huang Taiji moved the capital to Shengjing after he ascended the throne, he still left thousands of elite guards in Hetuala.

Chen Qiyu suggested to Zhu Youjian that the officers and soldiers who landed in Liaodong must select brave generals and soldiers, and the number should be around 5000.Before the war, he was given a lot of rewards to inspire his aspirations, and those who died in battle sympathized with their families, and the generals were allowed to reward them with high positions. The so-called heavy rewards must have brave men. It should not be difficult to choose [-] people, such as the bandits who surrendered in Shaanxi Zhang Wenyao's department and Liu Guoneng's department.

Chen Qiyu made no secret of his contempt and hostility towards the exiles and generals. The reason why he suggested Zhu Youjian to select candidates from these two films clearly meant to kill people with a knife.

In his eyes, none of these surrendered generals could be trusted.The reason why they surrendered to the court at the beginning was also a speculative behavior taken under unavoidable circumstances, and their true intentions are questionable.

Moreover, Zhang Wenyao and Liu Guoneng's Ministry have not made an inch of merit since their surrender, and more than [-] people from the two departments have spent the court's food and pay. As officials and soldiers, they should serve the country.Next year, almost all the elite officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will go out to fight. These two unstable factors remain in the interior, which is really worrying. It is better to choose them and send them to Liaodong bravely. If they win, it will be a surprise; Enemy territory, that is also a sacrifice for the country, this is also the best way to achieve the best of both worlds.

Zhu Youjian expressed his deep appreciation for Chen Qiyu's thoughtful thinking, which is really an old saying.Although he mentioned that such extreme cases are almost impossible to happen, it is always a good thing to prevent problems before they happen.

Chen Qiyu's strategy of crossing the sea is generally feasible, and the specific combat plan needs to be discussed in detail by relevant personnel of the Ministry of War before it can be formulated.After the Ministry of War comes up with a plan, Zhu Youjian will issue an order to send elite soldiers from Zhang Wenyao and Liu Guoneng to Denglai to garrison.Zheng Zhilong had to dispatch ships to the north to explore the landing points and reception points, and to carry officers and troops back and forth between Denglai and Liaodong for drills, so that the generals, officers, and soldiers would adapt to the environment in advance, so that they would not lose their combat effectiveness due to lack of water skills.

When it comes to landing in Liaodong, the first thing Zhu Youjian thinks of is Pidao, which Mao Wenlong once managed.After the start of the Battle of Leaving Customs next year, the Denglai Army should immediately capture Phi Island, and then guide the Liaodong Han people who are familiar with the terrain, from Zhenjiang Fort all the way northward along the west bank of the Yalu River, and drive directly to Hetuala.History has proved that Jianlu's troops in this area are extremely weak, which is directly related to the fact that both sides did not attach importance to the navy and never thought that there would be troops landing across the sea.

Especially since the destruction of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty and the conquest of North Korea by Huang Taiji, Jianlu has regarded Liaodong as the rear area and devoted all his energy to the area in the west of Liaoxi.

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