Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 0902 Lima Mobing, encircle and suppress Chongzhen!

"Long live Datong!"

"Long live Datong!"

Inside and outside Yangzhou City, countless common people and merchants actively welcomed the arrival of Datong soldiers.

After experiencing the two dynasties of Tianqi and Chongzhen, the more people and merchants miss the good days when the new party was in power during the Tianqi Dynasty, the more they hate these corrupt officials and lawless nobles in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Since the new party was changed to the Datong Party and returned to the Central Plains, the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Yangzhou have often received news from the Datong Party, such as how the Northeast region is being built by the Datong Party, and the industrial development is no worse than that in the Central Plains; there are also Shandong, Shanxi and other places. How is China's industry and commerce recovering, what policy treatment is available for merchants, and so on.

The more they know about this, the more the wealthy businessmen and gentry are aware of the failure of the imperial court. Right now, the Datong Party is dominating the North, the entire Northeast, and the North and South of Mon, including Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, and Zhili.
Recently, the Datong Party fought with the imperial court in Huaibei for more than two months, successfully taking the whole of Huaibei into its pocket, and now it is marching into Huainan to threaten the Yangtze River. It is not too much to say that it is unstoppable.

Anyone who cares can now see that the Ming court is now the Southern Song Dynasty, a place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the soldiers and horses cannot be compared with Datong. up.

Many storytellers and scholars have commented that today's Datong is the former Cao Wei, and the Ming court is also the Soochow.

I don't know whether this comment is exaggerating or alluding to others. After hearing this, Zhang Haogu just laughed it off.

Someone suggested whether to review these rumors among the people to see if there are people with secret thoughts, but Zhang Haogu refused: "The rumors and rumors among the people are not to be feared. Straightforward, ordinary people naturally know what is right and what is wrong.”

"On the contrary, if we really did something wrong and pretended nothing happened or even blocked Youyou's mouth, wouldn't it be better to hear Fangmin's mouth than Fangchuan?"

The Datong Party itself pays attention to propaganda and understands the power contained in the masses. If something really happens and someone wants to conspire to riot, Datong will naturally not sit idly by, but it is just the gossip of the people, so there is no need to care too much. The people Life is not easy, there is no need to not even give the people the right to speak.

At the regular meeting of the Datong Center, Zhang Haogu even joked to everyone about this matter: "This incident happened. On the one hand, it can be seen that our work is very effective, and the lives of the people are much better than before; On the other hand, the work of the propaganda department is still not in place, and the people are not very clear about the ideology of our Datong Party, so the propaganda department should pay attention to this aspect."

"But then again, it's a good thing that the people can evaluate us. In the future, our work will be indispensable to the people's supervision and evaluation. The people are the parties involved, and they can best know whether our work is done well. This is the best Mirror, we must pay more attention to the evaluation of the people in the future."

Zhang Ruitu said slowly: "Shoufu's words are not bad. Since we captured Zhili and entered the Central Plains, we have indeed slackened a lot of propaganda work. Propaganda is not just a matter of the central and local departments. We All Datong cadres and Datong party members should do it by themselves.”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "We must pay more attention to the matter of publicity in the future. Of course, we must not forget the main issue of today's regular meeting. Mr. Zhou, let's talk about it."

Zhou Jinyong, the head of the Agriculture Department of Datong Central, got up and picked up a booklet, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "Shoufu, everyone, the food crisis we are facing in Datong right now is very serious."

"In the land of Gansu and Shanxi, due to the drought, the harvest of the fields and the people were displaced. The hypocrisy was unable to relieve the victims, resulting in millions of people in Gansu and Shanxi becoming refugees. Under the leadership of Shoufu, we transported food from the northeast three times to support Ganshan. , and only alleviated the disaster situation in Gansu and Shanxi.”

"The main problem in Ganshan is the lack of harvest, which has already affected the food rations of the people in Ganshan next year."

"In addition to the drought in Gansu and Shaanxi, there are varying degrees of drought in Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Zhili, which have had a great impact on the grain fields of the provincial capitals."

"According to the tripartite inspections conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Water Resources, the so-called millions of displaced persons falsely stated are simply not true! In the entire north, there are no less than 500 million displaced persons in Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan!"

"And tens of millions of people were affected by the disaster in the whole of the north!"

"The food in the Northeast is simply not enough for disaster relief."

After Zhou Jinyong finished speaking, he closed the booklet, and the other heads of departments silently looked at the piece of data in front of them with serious expressions.

Zhang Haogu sighed and rubbed the center of his brows: "Hey, we just took over the Central Plains and faced such a food shortage problem. There are still so many people affected by the disaster. I am very sorry for the people's expectations for us."

Lu Xiangsheng said slowly: "The situation in Zhili and Shandong is relatively better. The water conservancy projects in Shandong and Zhili were the most perfect at the beginning, but Shanxi and Ganshan are limited by the actual local conditions. There is nothing we can do. As for Henan, it was not easy to maintain the situation in this province after a few years of recuperation after encountering floods and drought.”

"Not to mention those corrupt officials and unscrupulous nobles who took advantage of their power and disasters to seize the people's fields in the past few years. Right now, the people have no food in their hands, and they have no land in their hands; And in the past two years, we have been continuously collecting food and salaries from the people, and the people are struggling to get by."

This is why Datong wants to suspend the war, not only because the soldiers need to rest, not only because the military supplies are not enough, but also because the Datong center is currently facing a major food crisis, which is an urgent problem that the Datong center needs to solve.

Zhang Haogu murmured, and tapped his fingers on the table: "First of all, it must be to appease the people's hearts by allocating land to the common people. Arrangements have been made for the restoration of Chidao and Zhidao roads in the northern provinces and the restoration of industrial areas, which require a large amount of labor, and the localities will provide food and hire ordinary people to work, so as to prevent ordinary people from becoming refugees again."

"Thirdly, distribute the food reserves of the central center to various places as much as possible, and first try to ensure that the disaster-stricken areas are severely affected. Now that the land of Huainan is under our control, we can first transfer part of the grain from Huainan and Huguang to the north."

"Fourth, Jiandou, we don't need money right now, right?"

Lu Xiangsheng made some calculations and said: "When we were in the Northeast, we had 18 million yuan in silver. After returning to Zhili, we took over the treasury's treasury. Under the treasury, there were [-] million yuan in gold and silver. Now we have enough silver taels on hand. Our Datong treasure banknotes It's pretty strong now."

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Currently our Datong treasure banknotes are not circulated enough outside, so let's send people to North Korea, Japan, and Nanyang to buy grain again, especially in Nanyang. I have to entrust Boss Huang for this."

Lu Xiangsheng pointed out very keenly: "If we want to rely on food from Nanyang and Southeast Asia, then the passage to the southwest and northwest must be opened. The small Liuqiu on the sea is occupied by the Zheng family, and it is not safe to go by water. Our next military focus It will be placed on the first line of Hanzhong and Chengdu.”

Zhang Haogu pondered for a moment and said: "I will discuss this with the bosses at the Military Commission later."

"Everyone, our immediate task is very arduous. The roads connecting the provinces need to be repaired, industries and commerce must be rebuilt, and the ration problem of the people must be solved."

"In this regard, the center should notify the provinces and governments of our meeting decisions as soon as possible, so that the cadres of the provincial governments can comprehend and implement the spirit of the central meeting's decision."

"In terms of the restoration of the straight roads and straight roads, you, Mr. Yuan and Mr. Sun, take the lead in presiding; in terms of industrial and commercial reconstruction, you, Mr. Cui and Mr. Wang, take the lead; you, Mr. Huang, Mr. Zhou, and Mr. Zuo, take the lead when it comes to disaster relief and stability maintenance in various provinces; Mr. Zhang will take the lead in hosting Provide cooperation in publicity, and Chief Lu provides support in terms of money."

"Gentlemen, this is the first problem for us to govern the Central Plains. I hope that all of us in Datong will exert the spirit of hard work and overcome natural disasters and man-made disasters."

"What is the way of heaven? The way of heaven is the human heart. As long as we are united as one, that person will surely conquer the sky!"

In today's Datong, on the basis of the original twelve ministries, two new ministries have been added, namely the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Organization. The former governor of Jiangnan, Wang Wenyan, and the governor of Liaoning, Yuan Chonghuan, are in charge. The fourteen ministries are responsible for various aspects. When working, Zhang Haogu has more energy to coordinate the overall situation and be responsible for the overall situation.

After the regular central meeting was over, Zhang Haogu started the regular military meeting without stopping.

In the military headquarters of Datong Central, the generals Cao Wenzhao, Shi Kefa, Zhou Yuji, Han Yaowei, Fang Yunchu, and Zhao Yuqi were all there. Except for Huang Degong who was in Jiaozhi, who couldn't catch up, the generals from all parties had already arrived.

"Sit down, guys."

Zhang Haogu looked at these generals and said with a smile: "The war has come to an end for the time being. The soldiers need to rest and recuperate. The soldiers cannot be kept tense; on the other hand, it is over for us now." It is also necessary to review and conduct in-depth inspections of our tactics and make appropriate adjustments."

"Speaking of which, our army in Datong used to have 28 towns, but now it has grown to 40 towns, and the total strength has also increased from 60 to more than [-] today."

"This military meeting, first of all, is to carry out the next phase of deployment and adjustments based on the center's overall deployment and consideration of future strategies."

"Second, after the adjustment is completed, the army will enter a period of rest and recuperation. During this rest period, the army cannot be idle. Maintaining training is one aspect, while assisting the central and local governments in disaster relief is another."

"The third is to discuss the focus of our next stage of warfare."

"First of all, everyone, according to the comprehensive consideration of all aspects of our army by the center, it is time to formally establish the various military regions."

The establishment of various military regions to coordinate a general strategic war is something that Zhang Haogu and the military have been doing. From the beginning, let the generals be responsible for one aspect, and then make further adjustments later, and finally completed Huaibei After the battle, the Datong military had enough strength to truly establish various military regions.

"According to the possible military problems and future strategic considerations that we may face in the future, the Central Headquarters has now decided to establish seven military regions in the Northeast, Northwest, Mobei, Central Plains, Southeast, Southwest, and Zhili to coordinate the existing Datong Towns."

"Cao Wenzhao is the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Military Region; Shi Kefa is the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region; Zhou Yuji is the commander-in-chief of the Mobei Military Region; Fang Yunchu is the commander-in-chief of the Southeast Military Region; Zhao Yuqi is the commander-in-chief of the Central Plains Military Region; Served as the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Military Region."

The adjustments in this area are mainly the areas under the responsibility of each military region and the adjustments to the towns, but Zhang Haogu, the person in charge, has not made any adjustments. These generals have been in charge of one aspect for a long time, and they have sufficient and rich experience to do so. To deal with various problems, for example, Shi Kefa and Huang Degong have been cultivating the northwest and southwest for more than ten years. Is there anyone more suitable for these two general directions than them?
And Fang Yunchu was originally the commander of Nanzhili, so it would be perfect for him to be in charge of the southeast military region in the future. The same is true for the appointment of Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yuji and Zhao Yuqi. The matter is in charge of the peripheral military regions. The Zhili and Central Plains military regions, in addition to serving as the guards of Gyeonggi, still undertake preparatory tasks and can support all directions at any time.

The selection and deployment in this area were also discussed and negotiated by Zhang Haogu and the generals repeatedly, in order to go through the adjustment of various military regions stably and not have any impact on Datong's military power.

In this regard, all the generals are also clear in advance, and there is a tacit understanding.

After talking about this aspect, Zhang Haogu continued: "The central government is under a lot of pressure at present. The military must provide assistance to the localities and help the localities relieve the victims, especially in some places that have suffered from wars. The military has to bear part of the battle. Then comes the burden of reconstruction.”

"For quite some time in the future, before we survive this natural disaster, it will be difficult to launch a large-scale war against the puppet Ming Dynasty. In terms of food, grass and military supplies, we can't support us to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to fight together like Huaibei and Northeast. .”

"The people in the south are also my Chinese people. The people are not our enemies. It is unrealistic to feed on the enemy, and it is not the style of our Datong army to plunder and mutilate the people all the way south. So we have to slow down for now, at least Slow down in the land of the south of the Yangtze River."

Regarding this aspect, all the generals have known about it for a long time. Everyone is aware of the difficulties the center is facing at present. It is simply unrealistic to think about organizing a dozen towns for a large-scale decisive battle.

At present, the military is repairing the army, adjusting tactics, and strengthening training.

Zhang Haogu looked at the generals, the commanders-in-chief of the various military regions in Datong, and suddenly smiled: "Speaking of which, the next stage of the center will focus on purchasing food from outside. North Korea and Japan are small and landless, and they don't have much food. It’s okay to buy food for emergency in a short period of time, but if we want to deal with the pressure from the imperial court in the next few years, apart from our own efforts to build water conservancy to deal with natural disasters, on the other hand, we can only buy food from Nanyang.”

"As for the purchase of grain in Nanyang, there are two problems. How to transport the grain to us. Whether it is by land or by water, it will face false interception."

"In terms of waterways, since we evacuated from the Central Plains, Chongzhen handed over the Little Liuqiu to the Zheng family. The Zheng family in Nanyang has a strong army and hundreds of warships. Now it is a big problem to control the small Liuqiu to control the waterway."

"As for the land route, we have not yet opened up with the Southwest. Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Sichuan provinces are no different from Tianzhu for us right now."

"The focus of our next response is these two directions. Is it to open up Hanzhong, Chengdu, and Kunming to connect the borders of Southeast Asia; or to train the navy first to win Xiaoliuqiu and open up the Nanyang waterway."

This is a question related to the general direction of the future. All the generals have fallen into thinking. Judging from the current situation in Datong, no matter what aspect to deal with, it is a bit reluctant.

The southwest area is too large, the territory is too wide and the terrain is complicated, the roads are difficult, and the mountain roads are rugged. It is difficult for Sichuan and Yunnan to pass through the army. To open up the southwest road, Datong must not only invest a considerable part of the elite, but also do a good job of trapping Preparations in the Southwest Mire.

Once trapped in the southwest region, the center will continue to invest money, food, military supplies and troops, and continue to add more weight to this quagmire until it fills up the quagmire and opens up the southwest.

It is also a problem to adapt to the mountains and swamps and poisonous miasma in the southwest. Now the center is used to the army in the southwest, and there are only three towns under Huang Degong.

As for the waterway, the Zheng family's fleet has hundreds of large and small warships, tens of thousands of sailors, entrenched in Xiaoliuqiu, and there are many pirates around to help. strength.

Now those iron-clad ships in Datong are still being repaired in Liaodong, and except for those iron-clad ships, the rest of the warship power, Datong and the Zheng family really have no obvious advantages, because what the Zheng family owns and inherits is actually It was the naval power of the New Party in the south during the Tianqi period. After these were handed over to the Zheng family by Chongzhen, the Zheng family became a real warlord.

Dealing with the Zheng family is equivalent to fighting against the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty during the Tianqi period. Except for the absence of iron-clad ships, the Zheng family is really not bad in other aspects, especially the Zheng family is still expanding in recent years. This force cannot be underestimated. watch for.

The generals have no hope of opening up the Southwest right now. It's not that the Datong army can't do it, it's that the logistics can't support it. Even if troops from three towns are sent there, the logistics pressure is no different from the pressure supporting ten towns in the plain area.

But facing Nanyang's Zheng family
It seems that it is more suitable for the current Datong than opening up the Southwest?
Looking at these generals, Zhang Haogu couldn't help laughing and said: "Why, you bosses, can't you come up with an idea? Three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang, so many generals who have experienced many battles. I'm still hesitating right now."

Cao Wenzhao smiled wryly: "Chief, tell me, we are landlubbers. If you want to talk about large army operations on land, guerrilla warfare, artillery warfare, and cavalry warfare. Then we must be familiar with, and even familiar with the southern strategy. Tactics, we can also say a lot."

"But this sea battle, we are really blind."

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "You guys, it seems that you don't think about opening up the Southwest."

When Cao Wenzhao said this, he vaguely expressed his disapproval of the next war against the southwest, and Datong's next military direction would be aimed at the sea.