Dragon Sea Empire

The extravagant chaos at this time.It's like wildfire.Rapidly spread to Southwest Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and other places.Even Hunan and other places where mature seedlings are located have become unstable.

Apocalypse three years in June.She Chongming's Ministry led Fan Long to force his troops into Chengdu.Sichuan chief envoy Zhu Xieyuan and others saw that the extravagant Ming soldiers were extremely sharp.At night, all the garrisons in the surrounding counties were gathered into Chengdu.She Chongming "Enter the city of Bo. Suspend the clan's hidden account. Attack from all sides."

There are only more than 2000 defenders in Chengdu.In addition to the various soldiers and horses that have just been called.There were no more than 4000 people in total.Under the careful deployment of Zhu Xieyuan and others.He repelled She Chongming's several sieges.The Ming court urgently dispatched reinforcements from various places.The southwestern chieftain soldiers did not participate in the rebellion.Most remain on the sidelines.Although Qin Liangyu, the head of Shizhu Xuanfu Division, is very loyal to the Ming court.Fighting for Ming Dynasty has always been the hardest.Reluctantly, the main force of Shi Jie's white pole soldiers has already attacked along the Yangtze River.Qin Liangyu learned of She Chongming's rebellion.So he sent messengers to summon his nephew Yiming to lead troops from the Yangtze River front to return to Sichuan.only.Although the war along the Yangtze River has ceased.But the Ming army had to maintain its strength to guard against the Chinese army.The white soldiers will not come back for a while.Without any choice.Qin Liangyu had no choice but to take his 1000 soldiers along the river to Chengdu.At this time.The troops of the Ming army transferred back from along the Yangtze River arrived around Chengdu one after another.Recovered Anyue, Lezhi and other counties.

This time the barbarians in the Southwest rebelled on a large scale.It is also related to the Ming Dynasty's ongoing "reformation of the land and return to the natives".It has something to do with those Ming Dynasty officials who acted recklessly, corrupted and exploited.For example, some officials look down on the local aborigines extremely.The subordinate officials beat and scolded the chieftain at will.therefore.More and more minority tribes such as Miao, Yao and Yi joined the She'an rebellion.

at this time.Guiyang and Chengdu were surrounded by She'an rebels.However, the strength of the Ming army along the Yangtze River was still unable to be mobilized.This made all parts of the Southwest complain to the imperial court again and again.

At this time.A slightly wiser person in the Ming court.They all feel that they should reach a peace agreement with the pirate army as soon as possible.And the Wei Zhongxian faction who originally opposed the peace talks.However, they began to clamor that Xu Guangqi and others were harming the country and the people by delaying the negotiations.

end of june.A ship with the flag of Ming Dynasty entered the port of Taiwan.This was after Daming issued the sea ban.It was the first ship to enter here under the flag of Ming Dynasty after more than five years.

This ship was sent by Shen Yourong, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Province of the Ming Dynasty on the other side.On the boat was an envoy sent by Sun Chengzong, Minister of the Ministry of War who supervised the battle in Nanjing.

This emissary is Yuan Chonghuan's colleague.He is also the head of the Staff Department of the Ministry of War.A year ago, he followed Sun Chengzong to the south to prepare for the counterattack against the Chinese army.The full name of the Ministry of War's Zhifang Division is "Zhifang Qingli's Division".It is one of the four divisions of the Ministry of War.In charge of maps (maps) of various provinces, citations of meritorious service, verification, rewards and punishments, pensions, military inspections and tests of military officials.There is one doctor and one Yuanwailang.There are two people in charge.The name of the principal is Xie Xuecheng.In the same year as Yuan Chonghuan, he ranked first in the imperial examination.I am 40 years old this year.He is a descendant of the Xie family in Yuyao.

Ming ships entered the port of Taiwan.Before that, Fujian had already contacted the Chinese Army stationed in Quanzhou.The port has already heard the news.Otherwise, this ship will not be allowed to enter.Anyway.The emergence of the Great Ming banner.Still caused a little commotion.There are many people watching.fine.Yin Feng's personal guards got the news.Quickly sent a sentry team to the pier.Picked people up.

Since Xu Guangqi and others went to sea from Jinshanwei.Due to the long headwind sea voyage.The connection with the Ming Dynasty was once interrupted.After arriving in Taiwan.They had no choice but to discuss with the Chinese Army.Through the Chinese company ships that go back and forth between the two sides of the strait every day.Get in touch with the Fujian government on the other side.

The arrogance and angelic demeanor of Xu Guangqi and others have almost been worn away.The Chinese Army also intends to negotiate well.So agreed to their request.so.Xu Guangqi and others sent letters to the other side every three days.Fujian General Shen Yourong served as a transfer station.Then transfer these memorials and newspapers to the capital.At this time.The Ming court knew that Xu Guangqi and others had arrived in Taiwan safely.

Today, the head of the military department came to Taiwan and Hong Kong.It was the first time that the Ming government sent envoys to contact Xu Guangqi and others on their own initiative.

Sun Chengzong wrote a letter to Xu Guangqi himself.After Xu Guangqi received Xie Xuecheng alone.Couldn't sleep that night.As a result, the next day at the negotiating table, my eyes were red and swollen, and my spirit was not good.

Negotiations of the past few days.The Ming court and the Chinese Army have reached an agreement on the general direction of the truce between the two sides, the Chinese Army's surrender and tribute.The negotiations that follow involve countless issues of specific detail.Yin Feng was impatient to do this.So he entrusted Zeng Yue with carte blanche to represent him.Start today.Yin Feng no longer appeared at the negotiation scene.

This made Sheng Yihong very dissatisfied.They yelled for a long time.

this day.Xu Guangqi put forward a request of the Ming court: the Chinese Army stopped the policy of "humiliating scholars" in the Jiangnan area and other places.Specifically, it refers to the "three-year tax exemption", "gentry and gentry paying grain together" and the cancellation of the poll tax policy of "split Ding to Mu" strongly promoted by the Chinese Army.These policies mainly hit the interests of bureaucratic landlords in the Ming Dynasty.The damage to small and medium landlords is limited.For ordinary tenants and small owner farmers.These policies are entirely in their favor.

Many of the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River are big families that have been passed down for hundreds of years.marry each other.Coupled with the relationship between classmates and hometowns.It can almost be said that they are all in the same spirit, and all are damaged.They all had meritorious service and official status.Enjoy a lot of privileged status.For example, the number and scope of wives, concubines, field house servants are more than that of common people.Land is not taxed.Such a privileged situation has been staged in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.Suddenly these privileges were broken by the Chinese Army.The shock caused in the south of the Yangtze River can be said to be earth-shaking.on the other hand.The Chinese Army did not touch the basic land system.For honest and cooperative landlords.It is still protected; at the same time.The Chinese Army was supported by small owner farmers and tenant farmers.Many wealthy maritime merchants were also introduced to Jiangnan to sell land and buy properties.As a result, the unity of the local gentry and landlord class fell apart.

At the beginning of the Chinese army occupying half of the land in the south of the Yangtze River.The three-year exemption policy has already won them the support of the farmers and tenants.Later, when implementing policies such as "gentry and gentry receive grain in one package" and "split Ding into the mu".The Chinese army suppressed all the rebels by force.Show no mercy to those officials and gentry.Several gentry families that had been passed down for hundreds of years were uprooted.Including Dong Qichang, a master of calligraphy and painting who lived in Songjiang due to his dismissal at this time.It is also because of the resistance to the policy of the gentry paying food in one package.Chen Zhongji ordered people to find out about conniving slaves to break the law.Mobilized the newly established militia to practice copying Tong Qichang's mansion.

therefore.Chen Zhongji, the guardian envoy of Jiangnan Town Guard Mansion, has always been known as "Chen Butcher" in Jiangnan.

Xie Xuecheng, who had just joined the Ming Dynasty negotiating mission, almost tearfully accused Chen Zhongji of his atrocities.Call for pirates.The Chinese army immediately withdrew from Jiangnan.And compensate the losses of the Jiangnan gentry over the years.

Xu Guangqi sat there helplessly and said nothing.Yuan Chonghuan and others were a little confused.And Sheng Yihong's faction stood up to support Xie Xuecheng's opinion.Pointing at the representative of the Chinese Army on the opposite side, he cursed "rogue bandits..."

This time.It was the turn of the Chinese Army negotiators to get angry.Take the lead of Zeng Yue, Xu Hongji and others.Collective exit.Let's not talk about it.

Xu Guangqi had nothing but helplessness at this time.This is simply unnecessary extravagance.He himself is also from a great family in the south of the Yangtze River.I understand the situation in Jiangnan very well.Through Sun Chengzong's letter.He already knew: Xie Xuecheng came up with the terms of the negotiation halfway.It was basically created by the children of the Jiangnan aristocratic families who were hiding in Jinling City.He wanted to take advantage of Daming's opportunity to appease the pirates.Drive the pirates away.It is best to recover some of the losses of the past few years.They simply don't understand what's really going on.Obsessed with profit and blinded his eyes: Daming and the Chinese Army are both in the middle.The one who wanted peace the most and hoped for a temporary truce was the Ming court.The strategic initiative between the two sides is still in the hands of the Chinese Army.These Jiangnan gentry did not see this cruel fact clearly.

that night.Yin Feng ordered his personal guards to dispatch.The blockade encircled the Anhai Pavilion where the imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty lived.Xu Guangqi and others were placed under house arrest again.at the same time.Zeng Yuelai sent a message saying: The captain of the ship, Yin Feng, is now going to send more troops to the south of the Yangtze River.And release all the humble servants in Jiangnan.

A slave is a servant of a rich family.It was called Zanghuo﹑Cangtou in ancient times, Qukou in Yuan Dynasty, and Dalit in Ming Dynasty.Those who are slaves for generations are called servants.A slave belongs to the entire family of the master and has a very low status.In the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", slaves and maidservants can only marry each other.For example, it is not allowed to marry a good family.Unless a good family voluntarily marries the daughter of a slave.As for slaves marrying women from good families.It is absolutely unacceptable by law and by society.One hundred cattle and horse sticks are slaughtered privately.Kill slaves.It is less dead than ordinary people.One hundred and seven sticks.The lives of slaves are the same as those of cattle and horses.

After Jiajing, the economy in the south of the Yangtze River was developed, and it was among the rich families of gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.There are especially many wealthy households, and the number of bankrupt farmers and handicraftsmen who sell themselves as private slaves is increasing.Some wealthy households held as many as 2000 slaves.All such slaves have a contract of sale, and their descendants will not be able to leave their nationality for generations.The servants in Jiangbei were hired by the gentry, and there were slaves in Henan, Shandong and other provinces.But the number is less than Jiangnan.

At the end of Wanli and the beginning of Apocalypse, when the Chinese army reached the south of the Yangtze River.Servants all over the south of the Yangtze River began to rebel against their masters.Slave changes spread throughout Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places.The servants took advantage of the situation and rioted. The servants occupied the property of the master's house, distributed the food of the master's house, tied up his master, and asked, "Why do you call me a slave?"

In this Jiangnan campaign.The area occupied by the Chinese Army in the south of the Yangtze River has expanded further.There are more organized slave rebellions.There is a slogan of "removing masters and servants, high and low, rich and poor, and equality", which directly refers to the oppressive relationship between masters and slaves.The servants in Jiading, Jiangsu and other places fought sochi (the text of selling one's body), and there were tens of thousands of people who were sitting on the contract, and the momentum was huge.In some areas, slaves have their own organizations, such as the "Liren Society" in Macheng, Hubei, the "Oolong Society" in Taicang, Jiangsu, and the "Nose Cutting Class" in Jintan and other places.