Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 541
Guizhou, Zhenyuan.

Shuangxi tilted his head to look at the plaque on the yamen, stretched out his right hand and pressed down, "Go down to the right side, yes, down a little bit more, it's right, it's right."

The two servants put a plaque upright and hung it up, jumped off the ladder and looked back, "Yes, that's right, Zhongxin, these two characters are really well written."

Shuangxi smiled and said, "That's not true. This is inscribed by the Emperor Longevity himself, and it was bestowed by the special servants from thousands of miles away. From now on, we will be the people of Zhongxin Village."

A housekeeper looked at the land plaque that had been removed and put aside, on which were written the words Pianqiao and Yuanzhou governor's yamen.

However, the Pianyuan governor's yamen has been formally withdrawn now. In the past, this place straddled Guizhou and Hunan, and the military-administrative yamen co-administered by Pianqiao and Yuanzhou. It was stationed in Yuanzhou in peacetime and Pianqiao in wartime. Now it is gone.

It was replaced by the newly established Zhongxin Town, which was stationed in Zhenyuan Prefecture, Sizhou, Guizhou, and Yuanzhou, Hunan.

Zhongxin Tunzhen is a new organization established by the emperor for farming and guarding wars. It is similar to the original guards. Places are designated in the three prefectures to guard and cultivate. However, the imperial court also set up magistrates in the three prefectures, magistrates and other places. yamen.

There are even chieftains such as Pianqiaosi, Hengposi, and Qiongshui Shishidongsi.

Zhongxin Town actually took over the original Zhenyuanwei, Pianqiaowei, Pingxiwei, Qinglangwei, Wenxisuo, Tianzhusuo and other guards.

"I still like the title of Duke of the Founding County of Zhenyuan. As for the Duke, it sounds mighty and domineering!"

The other said, "I think with the merits and reputation of our commander-in-chief, we should at least be given the title of Duke. When our commander-in-chief was in Dashun, he was one of the nine marquises. They are tied, back then King Chuang said that our commander-in-chief was one of the five tiger generals under his command."

Shuangxi interrupted the two blunt guys, "Okay, okay, remove the ladder as soon as the plaque is finished, there's no such thing as nonsense."

At that time, the Ming Dynasty set up the governor of Pianyuan in Pianqiao, which was also caused by Yang Yinglong's rebellion in Zhengbangzhou. Yuanzhou to Pianqiao was an important route for Hunan to enter Guizhou. ,

Pianqiao in Zhenyuan Prefecture is actually just a small town.

At that time, Emperor Wanli commented in this way, saying that the governor was stationed far away in Pianqiao, and the length of the whip was not as long as the belly of a horse. Shou, patrol the Qing, Ping, Pian, and bridges, so as to respond nearby.

Later, because of the rampant Miao bandits in the late Ming Dynasty, the locals were harmed, and the chieftain was difficult to control, so the governor of Pianyuan was moved to Pianqiao instead of Yuanzhou, and even trained more than ten thousand troops in Pian, Zhen, Si, Shi and other places. .

Along the Zhenyang River, Daming set up four guards, namely Pianqiao Guard, Zhenyuan Guard, Qinglang Guard and Pingxi Guard, in Zhenyuan Mansion on this important traffic artery.

Along the river, there are Pianqiao Tusi, Zhenyuan Fucheng, Zhenyuan County and Jiaoxi Pass.

Over the past 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, immigrants came here one after another. The Ming Dynasty still has a strong control over Zhenyuan Mansion, especially on the transportation lines along the route.

There are also sixteen post stations in the mansion.

It also set up general soldiers, garrison officers, etc., and trained many local soldiers. However, during the turmoil during the Chongzhen period, the old local order has disappeared.

Yuan Zongdi led his troops to quell the rebellion and entered the Pianyuan area before, and suppressed and wiped out many rebels and thieves who fled here, and even suppressed some rebellious chieftains. The prestige here is very high.

At that time, Yuan Zongdi was called Li Zicheng as one of the five tiger generals, and he was also the coach of one of the five armies of Dashun. Later, he stayed in Henan to encircle and suppress the Tuzhai. His performance was very outstanding, so he was also one of the nine marquises of Dashun , this was the top title of Dashun at that time.

Yuan Zongdi was very good at fighting. Later, he led the Jinwu cavalry in the imperial camp and accepted the emperor's new army training method. After returning to Huguang, he fought in Jingzhou to encircle Wuchang, fought in Pianyuan, and even went to Sichuan to help suppress the West. The army, Yuan Zongdi's troops, became stronger and stronger as they fought.

There are even more fierce generals under his command, and even the equipment is much better than other Shun troops.

"Why don't we stay in Zhenyuan, but in Pianqiao? Zhenyuan is much bigger than Pianqiao. There are eight streets there!"

Shuangxi is Yuan Zongdi's confidant and adopted son. He also went on a pilgrimage with Yuan Zongdi and stayed in Jinwu Town, so his eyes are different from those of the guards recruited locally in Guizhou. "Because Zhenyuan is a big city, Zhenyuan is the residence of sub-inspectors and magistrates. We are a Tun Town, so it's good to be stationed at Pianqiao, not to mention that Zhenyuan Weicheng is also under the jurisdiction of our Tun Town."

"Our commander-in-chief and admiral are doing well, why did they suddenly change to Zhongxin Township?"

"Don't think about it, this is the imperial court's order, we just follow the order to guard the border."

The line of Pian and Yuan is the most important thing in the Southwest. Where there used to be special governors, there are no inter-provincial governors now, but let them set up a new Zhongxin Town and settle the town here, which still shows the trust in them .

Besides, the emperor conferred the title of Commander-in-Chief of Zhenyuan County, granted [-] mu of land, and sealed [-] households with real food. Isn't that enough?
The envoys from Fengtian also brought 10 yuan of dragon silver to reward the officers and men of Zhongxin Town, and paid Chengguan City and Tuntian Duba of the Weicheng Station of the original Pianyuan Weisuo to Zhongxin Tun Town.

Yuan Shuangxi, this time, was awarded as the head of the post, and he was awarded 120 mu of Yongye farmland, and [-] mu of land was divided into [-] mu of land, of which [-] mu was still Yongye, which could be hereditary or traded. It was to be returned after his death or after he left Tunzhen.

Yuan Shuangxi was a war orphan. His parents starved to death during the war since he was a child. He became an orphan, but luckily he was adopted by Yuan Zongdi.

Now it is also granted the title of the sixth rank.

Even not long ago, under the presence of his adoptive father, he was engaged to a woman from the An family of Pianqiao chieftain as his fiancée. The marriage date has been fixed, and it will be at the end of the year.

Pianqiao Tusi, whose full name is Pianqiao Tongman Chief Judge, they are different from Shui'an family, Shui'an family was married by Ming Yingzong, but Pianqiao An's family is the descendant of An Chongcheng who went to Guizhou to suppress the rebellion in the Northern Song Dynasty. An Chongcheng was originally from Xianning, Shaanxi Province. After entering Guizhou to quell the chaos, he stayed behind to guard, and the guards for generations became a local chieftain.

Yuan Zongdi is also from Shaanxi, and the strong dragon crosses the river, and the Pianqiao An family took the initiative to make friends. Of course, Yuan Zongdi is also willing to establish a good relationship with this local snake.

At that time, An Chongxin led ten generals into Guizhou to quell the chaos. After the peace, he stayed in the town of Pianqiao, so now there is a local saying that ten surnames entered Guizhou.

An's Pianqiao Division has more than ten appointments, with a 400-year foundation.

Although they were originally Han Chinese, after hundreds of years, they have long since become the leaders of the Miao Man.

Of course, after all, they were nothing more than Miao barbarians, and it was not worth mentioning in front of a fierce general like Yuan Zongdi who once ruled the world, especially with the strong backing of the Ming Dynasty.

An Jia is able to show goodwill to the current affairs, and he is also willing to get along well.

The marriage between Yuan Shuangxi and An's is the first case, but it is not the only one. It is just the beginning.

In fact, Yuan Zongdi received the imperial decree, asking him to lead his headquarters to be reorganized into Zhongxin Tun Town, and after he was stationed at the Yuanwei Station in the three prefectures of Pianyuan, he took advantage of An's and others' initiative to start a marriage between Han and Miao. intermarried.

In the future, the subordinates of Zhongxin Town will take root here and marry Miao girls. This is not a bad thing, but it will be beneficial to long-term development.

As for the chieftains, although they knew that the imperial court set up towns, they were actually the guards back then, and the former guards immigrated and settled, constantly squeezing the fields and mountains of the Miaoman natives, and the conflicts between the two sides continued. However, the local officials of the imperial court always turned to the Han people, so Miao chaos often broke out in the end.

But past experience told them that rebelling against the court would have no good results, and even if there was chaos for a while, it would eventually be suppressed.

Whether it was the rebellion of Yang Yinglong, chieftain of Bozhou, the rebellion of She'an, or the battle of the Three Conquests of Sichuan, no matter how difficult it was to fight, it still ended in Ming's victory.

Not to mention that little chieftains like them actually have no resistance in front of the court.

The chieftains who can survive generally seldom take the initiative to do such things of the dead. Usually, some side branches or even the Miao people in the village make trouble. At most, their chieftains fan the flames in secret, but rarely really end up.

Yamen.

Yuan Zongdi, who was newly promoted as the Founding Duke of Zhenyuan, was still entertaining the angels, along with several generals from Zhongxin Town, as well as several officials such as the military supervisor Yushi newly sent by the imperial court to Zhongxin Town.

"Pianyuan is an important place. It is not only an important transportation hub for China Unicom to the southwest, but also an important commercial road. It was already an ancient Miaojiang commercial road in the Han and Tang Dynasties. My Ming Dynasty set up guards here and immigrated to cultivate. It has been in business for many years, and it was deserted and chaotic due to the turmoil in the Central Plains a few years ago, and now I have to ask the county magistrate to resettle the place again."

Yuan Zongdi's attitude was very upright in front of the angel, and his attitude was also very good when facing the new officials such as sub-inspectors, magistrates, and censors.

He said bluntly, "The emperor is far-sighted and strategized. Now the situation requires us to move to Pianyuan. This is also a reward and trust for our soldiers. Now the brothers can finally settle their families here. To be able to share the land, a villager can share ten acres of Yongye, twenty acres of land, and Yu Ding and his family members can also share another piece of land. The brothers are full of gratitude for such a gift."

"We are loyal to Tunzhen, and absolutely firmly support the will of the Long Live Lord. We will guard the three residences of Pianyuan for the imperial court, guard the frontiers, be self-sufficient, and not burden the imperial court.

In addition to guarding, we will also train hard.

The imperial court has a call to go out at any time. "

This good attitude surprised the envoys, who thought they would be dissatisfied.

"The Duke is worthy of being an admiral in the imperial camp. This awareness is very high."

"It's not about enlightenment. The brothers have been traveling with me all these years, fighting in the north and south, and even dragging their children and children. They are indeed tired. Now they can finally settle down and divide the land. Very satisfied and grateful indeed.”

"If only everyone could think like the Duke, His Majesty can feel at ease even in Fengtian."

The supervisor of the military censor answered, "Your Majesty's order, Zhongxin Town will select [-] garrisons to guard Zhengding, and divide them into five divisions. Each division will have [-] people on duty for one month. In this way, they will be guarded in turn. It shouldn’t be a problem for the reserve group to train regularly, and assign the rest to the field, right?”

"There is no problem at all. The [-] garrison guards and the [-] garrison guards can be selected immediately. After the remaining land is allocated to the land, I will also train the strong men according to the Baojia method. Timely training, as a Baoding militia, accept the imperial conscript at any time, and serve the country!"

The new censor of the supervising army is a Jinshi from the east of Zhejiang. It is said that he is still from the family of Empress Zhang, but he is different from the uncle Zhang Guo who was dismissed early. Relatively loyal relatives.

As soon as he came, Yuan Zongdi sent a meeting gift, which he confiscated, and Yuan Zongdi had a very good impression of him.

And this Supervisor Zhang was also very satisfied with Yuan Zongdi's answers, and he was indeed a loyal minister.

(End of this chapter)