Daming kill

In July of the 17th year of Chongzhen, that is, in August of 1644, Chengdu
Yone Cang rode his horse unhurriedly through the endless fields outside the city.

He doesn't know the way.

Worried about accidentally going the wrong way.

At the same time, he also wanted to enjoy this rare leisure time, instead of rushing just for the sake of traveling.

It rained last night, the vision was clear, and the high temperature in the past few days has also dropped a little. The Chengdu Plain in summer is full of emerald green and fresh.

Although it was almost noon, the sky was still cloudy and there was a slight northerly wind, so riding a horse was very refreshing.

After arriving in Chengdu, although there was no combat mission, Micang did not become more relaxed, but even more tired.

Renovating roads, clearing rubble, repairing houses, dredging rivers, disposing of corpses, etc., the countless work tasks almost overwhelmed people, and the troops were completely turned into coolies.

After Zhang Xianzhong left Chengdu, he may have considered that he could come back if he won the battle. He did not burn Chengdu down like he did in history when he left.However, since the city and surrounding areas of Chengdu were almost wiped out, Chengdu was still terribly destroyed.

Facing the empty Chengdu, facing the city like a ghost town, and facing the corpses everywhere, every officer and soldier of Li Ping's army who arrived at that time was shocked.

Seeing that it didn't rain today, Yone Cang decided to take a leave of absence.

These days, many officers in the regiment have been transferred away, and it is said that they went to the security battalion to work in the management area.In a few days, nearly half of the remaining officers will be transferred to participate in training camps, and the manpower of officers will be extremely tight. He is worried that he will not be able to find time to see old man He at that time.

Old man He got married a few days ago, and he was already very embarrassed that he didn't go.If you don't go, it will be really bad.

But you can't just leave when you ask for leave.

As soon as all the work was arranged, Mi Cang was called to the regiment headquarters again, and then encountered several other things that he couldn't leave for a while. When he finally set off in the morning, it seemed that there was not much time left in the morning.

Fortunately, he successfully borrowed a horse.

Walking on the road, when he no longer has to worry about the endless work for a while, Yicang finds that everything he sees is full of scenery and hope.

In the field, there are figures everywhere, laughter everywhere, and someone even sings a song from time to time.

Although Mi Cang was riding a horse with a knife, none of the people who saw him panicked, and no one tried to avoid him. Few people even paid more attention to Mi Cang, and most of them continued to do their own things.

Just walk to the side, most people will send a smile.

At this time, Yicang would also actively return a smile, he knew it was all because of the military uniform on his body.

Old man He's new home is not far away, and the rice warehouse on horseback will arrive soon.

"Village chief, village chief, someone is looking for you. It's a company commander! He's also riding a big horse." A half-grown child shouted while running to lead the rice warehouse to the gate of a big house.

Looking at the quite imposing courtyard, Yicang was stunned for a moment.

After getting off the horse, Mi Cang was hesitating whether he could go in directly, but the half-grown child who rushed into the courtyard door like a whirlwind just now ran out again quickly, and then pulled Mi Cang in.

It seems that there are no rules here.

As soon as he entered the yard, Micang saw old man He who was surrounded by a few chattering women and was wearing coarse clothes.

Seeing that the person who came was actually Mi Cang, old man He who was frowning suddenly beamed with joy.

"A guest is here! A guest is here! This is Chief Mi, who is on official business in the General's Mansion. He came to see me specially. He must have something important to do. Let's talk about your business later." Old man He began to shove people away with a loud voice. .

The women looked at the silent rice barn, then at the horse led by the rice barn, hesitated for a while, although they were very reluctant, they still started to walk out after complaining a few words .

The general's mansion is obviously very lethal to them.

"I've been in the army for a long time, you know it. You can't talk nonsense!" Seeing a few women go out, Mi Cang glanced at the half-grown child who was smirking and didn't leave beside him and complained.

The old man He laughed, and then said without any taboo: "I don't say that, how could they let me go. Anyway, you have worked in the general's mansion. As for the fact that you are not here now, I am an old man. I don't know, but it's normal. taboo."

Yicang was stunned for a moment, shook his head helplessly, and asked curiously, "What are they pestering you for?"

"Oh! There is no distinction between land and things. We all want to take advantage of it. Whoever has more of this and less of that. How can there be such a good thing, most things cannot be found in every house, only If someone chooses first, someone must choose second. If you are satisfied, you will naturally be dissatisfied. Even if you give each of them a golden mountain, they will have to fight over which one is closer and which one is farther away, and then they will be dissatisfied. The village chief It's not easy to do!" Old man He looked distressed.

"What! Are you really the village head? Such a nice house is not yours, is it?" Mi Cang remembered the most important question, and his eyes turned suspiciously on Old Man He's coarse clothes.

Old man He blushed a little embarrassedly, and said: "It's a long story, let's go into the room first, let's talk in the room."

Then, he patted the middle-aged boy next to him who hadn't walked around to watch the excitement and said, "You have Wen. Go, first tie up Mi Lianchang's horse, and then hurry to find your mother and ask her to come back and cook two good dishes." , get some more wine. I'm going to have a drink or two with my brother."

"Yeah, Dad." The half-child replied immediately.

"This is? He just... called you the village chief?" Mi Cang was a little stunned and confused.

Seeing this, old man He smiled and explained: "The child brought by my mother-in-law will be able to work hard in two years, isn't it good? There is also a girl who is probably spending time with her mother now. In front of Outsiders, I don't let them call me dad. How do you say that word, yes, low-key! Low-key!"

Old man He's woman came back very quickly.

It was a slightly chubby woman, she didn't talk much, she was probably in her early thirties or not, she had an ordinary appearance, but her face was very round and her buttocks were also big.

The little girl following behind was only seven or eight years old, very shy.

Seeing old man He's woman, Mi Cang immediately took out a small bag of broken silver that he had prepared in his arms.

This is all his savings and his current salary.

And the old man He was not polite at all, and let the woman laugh directly.

The woman who passively collected the money didn't change much in her expression, she didn't seem to be a person who sees money, she politely expressed her thanks and quickly went to prepare the food and drinks.

"Not bad, not bad." Seeing the back of the woman leaving, Yicang said sincerely.

Old man He also said proudly: "The woman I chose is not bad. This woman has a good temper and is easy to bear children. I guess I will have a child of my own next year."

"You, the village head, still have a house?" Mi Cang remembered the question just now.

"Actually, it's all thanks to your blessing. The higher-ups knew about our situation and considered me an old man. They said they were the most trustworthy, so I became the village head. As for this house, it was a person in charge of the Shu Palace. The surrounding land also belongs to the Shu Palace. Since I am the village head, the best house in the vicinity will naturally be given to me." Old Man He said hehe.

Mi Cang nodded suddenly, and immediately asked concerned: "How much land have you allocated?"

"My family has fifty acres, all of which are good land."

"Fifty mu? So much?" Micang was stunned for a moment.

Old man He nodded and said: "That's right, it's fifty acres. However, those who divide the land must settle down, and if they don't get married, they won't get married. They also let me be the village head, and they have to get married. I am so anxious to find a wife And get it done."

"Does everyone have so many lands? Or is it only you who have so many lands?" Yicang asked uncertainly.

Since Mi Cang has been in the army all along, and everyone has only arrived in Chengdu for half a month, the specific policies concerning the land entrusted by generals who conscript thieves are still being introduced and adjusted, so naturally the army has not conveyed it.

All the troops know is that these lands will be allocated to the security battalion and ordinary people to cultivate, and then they only need to pay a certain amount of military rations to the general who recruits the thieves, and then they don't have to pay any fees to anyone else.

In fact, it is a bit like the meaning of Juntian. Li Ping, the general who recruited thieves, also said it was Juntian.

Just as old man He was about to continue explaining, his in vain son ran in yelling again.

It turned out that another person came to find the village chief by name.

And this person, Micang suddenly found out that he knew him, was actually Zhang Kuang.

Zhang Kuang is of course a big shot to old man He, since he was preparing the food and wine, he took advantage of the opportunity to invite Zhang Kuang to have dinner together.

Zhang Kuang, who originally wanted to talk to the village chief to understand Li Ping's entrusted land policy and the current implementation situation, was not polite.

Not only chatting while eating, but even chatting while drinking can make it easier and more real for him to get the information he wants to know.

Besides, he happened to be hungry too.

After running in the fields for a few days, Zhang Kuang, who was used to three meals a day, was the first time he could have lunch at noon.

When you live by yourself, the common people can't bear to eat three meals.

If old man He hadn't entertained Mi Cang, he would naturally be reluctant.

And being able to eat with Zhang Kuang, Micang is not honored, but he is not disgusted, and he knows that Zhang Kuang can bring him more information.

After Li Ping arrived in Chengdu, allocating land to the people in his security camp, including the few remaining local people in Chengdu, is the top priority and the most urgent thing to do right now.

It's already July, and Li Ping has to fight for the farming season.

As for the source of the land, it is not a problem at all, and it is not even a problem at all.

Not only have people in Chengdu and the entire surrounding area been almost killed by Zhang Xianzhong, but also as mentioned earlier, the Zhu Zhishu’s mansion farmland accounted for 300% of the irrigated land area of ​​Dujiangyan (about 70 million mu) at that time, probably There are more than 200 million mu.

Knowing that the king of Shu occupies so many good fields, both Li Ping and Zhang Kuang gasped.

Song Baolai even blurted out: "No wonder Daming is dying!"

Zhang Kuang was so angry that he almost smoked, but he didn't know how to refute.

But even if the King of Shu and Daming hadn't messed around like this, the land, especially the land in Chengdu, was nothing to Li Ping.

Because Zhang Xianzhong almost killed everyone.

That is to say, the entire land in Chengdu is now basically under the management of Li Ping. Li Ping can do whatever he wants in the whole of Chengdu, just like painting on a piece of white cloth.

Although the statuses of Mi Cang, Old Man He, and Zhang Kuang are very different, fortunately, Zhang Kuang is not a person who likes to be superior. On the contrary, he is very close to the people and can lower his figure.

Of course, Zhang Kuang's entourage was arranged to deal with it elsewhere.

This village was established on the basis of a farm of the former King of Shu, and it has over 5000 mu of land under its jurisdiction, including more than [-] mu of cultivated land.Since all the surrounding villages are newly established, and the boundaries between villages have not yet been demarcated, there is no very accurate data, so it can only be estimated.

At present, there are 140 villagers in the village, and 35 households, 27 of which are reorganized families, including 50 newly formed families like He Laotou.Each household is allocated at least about 10 mu of cultivated land. Of course, the number of acres varies depending on the quality of the base land. If someone in the family is in the army, an additional [-] mu will be allocated. The rest of the cultivated land will be temporarily returned to the village, waiting for new villagers to make up for it. Divide later.

The villagers come from a wide range of sources, including those from Xiangyang, Wuchang, Changsha, and Henan and Shaanxi. Most of them are from the original security camp, and a small number are from the former Daxi Army. Of course, a few fled to the deep mountains Sichuan natives hiding in the middle of the country.

In addition to the old man He, the village head, the village also has an armed chief, a disabled veteran who retired from the ranks, and is mainly responsible for the security of the village and organizing the militia.There is also an account, which is responsible for the management of public property and accounts in the village.

In other words, there are currently three people in charge of the village.

And these three people are all paid by the Prime Minister's Office, which is equivalent to the leaders directly appointed by Li Ping.

Although the land was divided, and so much was divided, everyone was very happy, and they were even more grateful to the general who recruited thieves.

However, since most of the villagers are women, children, old and weak, and the daily necessities and production tools are very scarce, and the few livestock are publicly owned by the village, everyone is excited, but there are also many headaches. Wanting to rob farm work leads to serious haggling and scrambling.

For example, the few women before had an opinion on the distribution of a batch of old clothes that were handed out yesterday, and they asked him to redistribute them.

It may be that he has been away for a few days, but Zhang Kuang was not as surprised by what old man He said as Mi Cang. On the contrary, he was surprised by Mi Cang and old man He's personal experience, especially what Mi Cang saw in Li Zicheng's Xiangyang Military Government. He showed more interest in what he had heard and later worked in Li Ping's intelligence department, and asked a lot.

At the same time, he did not hesitate to tell Yicang a lot of information he knew, and he said a lot.

For example, in addition to pointing out that the former Daxi Army in Old Man He’s village, including all the currently relocated Daxi Army, are actually Li Rujing’s subordinates, Zhang Kuang also specifically talked about Li Ping’s entire administrative organization system for military fields, including military production.

In fact, Li Ping is re-administratively dividing all entrusted land, not only establishing many new villages, but also establishing the ancient township-level organization, and all these are under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office of the security camp.

The management method is also an appointment system, a management model that can be directed from top to bottom, which is completely different from the current management method of the Ming Dynasty, where imperial power only goes to the county and not to the countryside.

This really shocked Yicang secretly for a long time.

Not to mention that Zhang Kuang has already talked bluntly about issues involving the political power, and Mi Cang is also very clear that Li Ping's attitude is simply eating the land and not planning to spit it out again.

Just now old man He said that this village was established on the land of the King of Shu. He was already very confused, but he didn't dare to ask more questions in front of Zhang Kuang.

Seeing Zhang Kuang speaking calmly now, he also listened calmly.It seems that I didn't think of it at all, and I didn't understand it.

Of course, Zhang Kuang didn't go any further, nor did he intend to see the attitude of the two of them, as if he just wanted to talk casually.

In fact, there was very little wine, and the food was very ordinary, but the three of them still had a lot of fun.

After dinner, Mi Cang planned to stay for a while to catch up with Old Man He, while Zhang Kuang decided to leave, and he would go to another place to have a look.

When Zhang Kuang walked out of the village, he saw a group of men and women talking and laughing being organized by the disabled veteran who was probably the armed commander to level the road at the entrance of the village.

Old man He talked about a lot of troubles, but the village is very peaceful, everything is in order, and everything is running efficiently.

In fact, in the past few days, Zhang Kuang has not seen chaos or fights in one place.

Zhang Kuang suddenly thought of a word.

discipline!

He thought that these villagers were not only the biggest beneficiaries of this land distribution and housing distribution, but also their main body was the people in the security camp. Li Ping has gone through a long journey all the way, and he has already honed and cultivated super discipline.

Correct

discipline!

Zhang Kuang has become accustomed to using these new vocabulary, and he has become more and more cognizant of these new vocabulary.

Of course, Zhang Kuang also understands better that these so-called common people in the military fields, or almost the entire Chengdu people, have become Li Ping's most staunch supporters.