golden scales

Liao Xing was called Liao Dudi in the East Palace system, not because he went to the mountains to dig the land himself, looking for places where sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn could be grown.It's that he has explored talents to the point of being omnipotent. Although Pingdu Prefecture is not big, it is also not small. It is really rare for him to be able to personally meet every scholar in the state and use his talents according to his ability.

This kind of spirit of digging three feet into the ground is certainly admirable, but not everyone can do it, especially the second place like Wu Weiye, who is somewhat self-confident.In addition, Laizhou under his jurisdiction is the place where the emperor resides. Naturally, the master above has the final say on how to develop. He is called the magistrate, but in fact he is just an errand, and the things he can arrange are very limited.

But this time, Huaiqing and Wei Hui were sent outside, so there were fewer constraints.Wu Weiye felt relieved about this and wanted to show his strength, but he was also apprehensive, for fear of making a mistake.

No matter how dull Wu Weiye was, he knew that the crown prince was stricter with him than other officials of the East Palace.He is also quite puzzled by this.In terms of qualifications and background, he is the earliest old man in the East Palace; in terms of talent and learning, he is not comparable to those of the juren and students.However, the later Zhang Shiqi had already participated in politics in Shandong, but he was still just a magistrate with ups and downs.

There are also three, six, and nine grades of magistrates. For example, Kaifeng prefecture governs four prefectures and thirty counties, while Huaiqing and Weihui prefectures add up to only twelve counties.

Everything can only be said there.

Just as Wu Weiye felt a little slack in his heart, he suddenly remembered that he often heard a Henan accent in Jinan recently, and they were all refugees fleeing from Henan.If you can't dig scribes yourself, can't you also dig farmers?As long as the land is promised, these people are definitely willing to follow him.

If there is a group of farmers who are familiar with the local area, it will be considered a starting point to reclaim the farmland in the spring. At least the old farmers in the counties can use trustworthy people.

— Where does the land come from?

Wu Weiye asked himself secretly, and immediately his mind was full of the situation of officials from the Eastern Palace sweeping up wealthy families in Shandong.

—They did it, and so did I.It is also reasonable to use thunder to act on the heart of a Bodhisattva and kill one to save thousands.

Wu Weiye secretly made up his mind.

How did he know that whether it was Liao Xing, the magistrate of Kaifeng who was born as a merchant, or Hou Fangyu, the great talent, he had already had people buy the "Jin Gentleman Records" of the counties under his jurisdiction, not for the convenience of governing, but for the right to be used as a fat sheep for preparation surgery.

I think Shandong has not fallen into the hands of thieves, and they can still find the guilt to make room for it.This place in Henan is a hard-hit area where trespassers, thieves, and various local thieves frequently come and go. Which family does not have the crime of collaborating with bandits and surrendering to thieves?

As long as people make up their minds and break the bottom line, they can always create miracles.

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On the third day of December in the 17th year of Chongzhen, all the Manchu and Qing troops were dispatched, and the entire capital was empty.Not only were private grain stocks requisitioned as military rations, but even peasants were conscripted into the army in large numbers to become servants, slaves, and human shields to block cannons.

The news of the transfer of the Qing army also fell into Li Zicheng's eyes and ears.In order to resist the attack of more than [-] troops from the West Route Army, Li Zicheng delivered the good horses bought from Hetao in time, and also got the cotton clothes transported by the merchants.

In this transaction, Li Zicheng did not spend any capital.Some of the horses were robbed, and some were exchanged for cotton clothes. In the end, there were still [-] to [-] cotton clothes that fell into their hands.

Tens of thousands of cotton-padded clothes mean tens of thousands of soldiers.

Infantry, only a large number of infantry, is the way to victory for the Dashun Army.

Because of Zhu Cihong's modification of the historical script, the Qing army was unable to annex Shanxi in one fell swoop, and could not attack Shaanxi in the best condition.It also made Li Zicheng not have to run away, and still maintain the dignity of a peasant emperor.

Li Zicheng was sitting in the Cunxin Hall of King Qin's Mansion, which was his imperial palace.He has already sent people to rebuild the Daming Palace on Longshouyuan in the north of the city. Of course, the "Daming" in the name must be a taboo, so it has been changed to an earlier name: Yong'an Palace.

On Li Zicheng's "imperial case", there was a pamphlet sent by Prince Zhu. On the cover was written the words "Fangzheng Tactics". Worried, looking at the heart.

Liu Zongmin stood in front of Li Zicheng, and said: "My lord, the phalanx in this book is indeed sharper than the battle formations commonly used by our army."

Of course Li Zicheng knew the usual tactics of the Shun army: rushing forward is the mainstream, and if you can form a horizontal formation and charge forward, you are considered a strong army.

"If it's as amazing as the book says, why haven't Zhu's family ever seen it before?" Li Zicheng and Zhu Cihong had played against each other several times, and he could recognize that it was Grandpa Qi's mandarin duck formation.In this era, all kinds of military books and battle books can be bought in bookstores, which is very convenient. The problem is that most people can't practice according to the rules even if they buy them.

This is limited by organizational capabilities. There are no detailed evaluation standards and strong execution capabilities. Qi's army cannot be seen just by reading books.

"I'm afraid... this phalanx is aimed at the army of the Eastern Captives." Of course Liu Zongmin couldn't say: It's impossible for us to practice the mandarin duck formation, and the soldiers don't have the ability to practice every day.

After Shanxi settled down, the Dashun Army also began to carry out military training, but the training intensity increased, and the ration consumption also increased.So they naturally adopted the method of reducing the number of training sessions, changing from one day every three days to one day every five days, and now it is even rarer to have one day every ten days.How does this give soldiers a fighting instinct?It's good to remember where you stand.

"Can it be practiced?" Li Zicheng asked.

After Liu Zongmin was captured, his self-confidence was greatly frustrated, but he said safely: "You can start with the Zhongquan personal guards to start training."

"No need, send it directly to the generals and let them practice accordingly." Li Zichang sighed and said, "In this regard, the prince of the Zhu family still has some skills, otherwise how could he annihilate Shi Tingzhu and drive Baha away?" Accept it." Li Zicheng didn't believe the battle results in the "Huang Ming Bulletin" at first, and thought it was a story that was mixed with water to invigorate people's hearts.

Unexpectedly, the lurking spies in Yanjing would soon get the news that the loss of Jiannu might be even more severe than what was stated in the "Huangming Bulletin", so that Dorgon fainted from anger, and felt that Luo Bahana's whole family was shocked. He was fined and sent to Xinzheku as a slave.After experiencing a crushing defeat, Li Zicheng knew that he could not achieve such a result.

"I'm afraid Zhu thief has ulterior motives." Although Liu Zongmin felt that the possibility was extremely small, he had to remind him.

"If Donglu is allowed to occupy Shaanxi, he will be stabbed in the back from Henan, and he still expects us to fight hard with Donglu." Li Zicheng sneered.

"Your Majesty, do you want to bring back the troops from Huguang?" Liu Zongmin said, "This time the Eastern Captives are coming so fiercely, I'm afraid it will be a vicious battle."

After the decisive battle between Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting, he led the main force to go north to capture Shaanxi, leaving 8 troops in the four prefectures of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Chengtian, and De'an.These men and horses are soldiers who are experienced in battle, they can be called elite, and they are used to fight for Huguang and defend "Xiangjing".

It's just that Bai Wang didn't have the talent of a famous general after all, and with such a heavy army in hand, he still couldn't drive Zuo Liangyu away.

Zuo Liangyu sticks to Wuchang, supports the bandits, and has no plan to go north to Xiangyang, so since the world was in chaos, the battle in Huguang has been calm.

Now Jingxiang Four Mansions are the main grain-producing areas of Dashun, and it is already beyond their capabilities to support the hundreds of thousands of troops in Shaanxi.If the troops are transferred to the north again, Zuo Liangyu will definitely not let go of these four prefectures. What will the army eat at that time?

Li Zicheng shook his head: "It's good to be able to defend it, but we can send troops from Ningxia. Isn't Bai Guangen in Ningxia? Let him come. Now none of these Zhu thieves can be relied on. It's better to keep them safe under the nose. Put those Transfer Zhu Chaojiang and let them take the lead!" The successive rebellions of Jiang Yu and Tang Tong made Li Zicheng quite annoyed.

But it's impossible to be the first.Because no one knows where the main force of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will cross the river, they can only defend along the river.

Gao Yigong and Wang Liangzhi guarded Yulin, Li Guo guarded Yan'an, and others such as Bai Guangen and Ma Ke were scattered between Yan'an and Xi'an, guarding tunnels and defending important ferries along the river.Because he suffered from landmines last time, Li Zicheng did not forget to distribute gunpowder and heavy kerosene to the Fanghe ministries to break the ice and ambush them.

Li Zicheng personally led his personal guards to garrison Xi'an, and gave Liu Fangliang 5000 troops and ordered him to guard Tongguan.In his view, with such an arrangement, Shaanxi can be said to be impenetrable, and it will definitely not let the Qing soldiers succeed.What he is worried about now is that Beizhi and Shandong will not be able to carry it, so that the Qing soldiers will march west from Henan and copy his back.

As for counting on the Ming army in Shanxi to contain the Qing army, Li Zicheng never even thought about it. (To be continued.)