Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 326 Banshu
On the sixth day of February in the 28th year of Wanli, March 1600, 3 AD.

It is the vernal equinox season, and in the south of the Yangtze River, it is already the peach blossom flood period with green willows on the bank, warbler flowers and grass, and rainy precipitation.However, in the thousands of miles north, spring rain is still as expensive as oil, and farmers look forward to spring rain as bitter.Drought is still the main threat in the northern zone.

When spring comes, there has been no rain in the whole of Shanxi. In previous years, after summer, there must be refugees everywhere. The experienced Shanxi people must be ready to flee famine again.

However, the situation is different this year. Since last year, the governor of the two towns, Mr. Huang Laifu, has started large-scale military settlements, large-scale construction of water conservancy, large-scale mining, and large-scale construction of roads, requiring a large number of employment opportunities. Many people in Shanxi have a place to live.

So although this year's situation looks very bad, the people are much more at ease than before, and there are many fewer people who are planning to flee famine.Countless people poured into the construction sites everywhere, bustling with each other, making the whole of Shanxi a big construction site.

With the sound of horseshoes, a group of knights whistled into the streets and alleys of Shuiquanyingbao. Look at the wheat ear flags of the standard-bearers in the cavalry, as well as the thick armor equipment on the knights, and the tunnel-fired guns shining on their backs. The high-spirited vigor on the body, needless to say, this is the servants and heroes of the pacesetter battalion under the governor's command.

Seeing these knights coming at a gallop, the soldiers and civilians on the street quickly dodged, and then gathered aside to discuss, seeing these Laifu camp pacesetters marching so fast, what happened?

The knights passed by like the wind, and soon they arrived in front of the government office of Shuiquanying Fort, and soon, an urgent document from the Ministry of War was delivered to Huang Laifu who was checking the topographic map outside the Great Wall in the government office.

After the release of the five-year plan for the two towns, the construction of the various places was vigorously carried out. In the past few months, Huang Laifu led his soldiers to carry out non-stop inspections.From Shanxi Town to Datong Town, he is everywhere.In particular, Huang Laifu devoted a lot of energy to the recovery of the three guards outside the Great Wall.

A few days ago, accompanied by a large number of Laifuying's personal guards, he even visited the three guards in person, and personally solved many problems, especially the dispatch of food and salary support for the three guards from the farms outside the Great Wall.

The three guards are far away from the interior, and supplies are difficult. Without the food support from the farms outside the Great Wall, it is difficult to survive outside the Great Wall. Moreover, the Three Guards have nearly [-] troops and civilians stationed there. is a huge problem.

Fortunately, in these years, more and more Ming refugees immigrated outside the Great Wall. Countless farms and villages and towns were established from the Qingshui River to the Huangpuchuan River. There is still a large amount of wasteland near Wei. In the future, the soldiers of the Three Guards will farm the fields by themselves, which can greatly solve their own food problems.

However, after the restoration of the Three Guards, Huang Laifu was most concerned about the reaction of the Mongolian tribes outside the Great Wall, but unexpectedly, the restoration of the Three Guards outside the Great Wall did not seem to have aroused much reaction from the Mongolian tribes such as the Three Women outside the Great Wall.

Huang Laifu's staff analyzed that there was no response from the Mongolian tribes outside the Great Wall. Perhaps they had accepted their fate. Now the military strength of the two towns is already extremely large, especially the Governor Huang Laifuwei Township. The restoration of guards in various places is beyond what they can stop.

The second is that over the years, through various trades such as wool, they have established a huge interest relationship with the interior of Shanxi Town, and their tribe has benefited from it from top to bottom. It is not in their interests to revive their weapons.Therefore, living in peace with Huang Laifu, and even making concessions, has become the mainstream thinking of the San Niangzi Department.

Taking into account the reactions of the Mongolian tribes outside the Great Wall, Huang Laifu naturally relaxed a little. After returning from the inspection of the three guards, he stayed at Shuiquanyingbao. inspection.

At this time, when Huang Laifu received the urgent official document from the Ministry of War, several relatives of the Laifu battalion and the staff of the Governor's Mansion were surrounding him. These days, after several months of running around, Huang Laifu has lost some weight. , but his eyes are sharper, and his spirit is also very good.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him eagerly, not knowing what the Ministry of War was about to do, Huang Laifu unfolded the official document of the Ministry of War.

Letter: "Tell Huang Laifu, the governor of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, the military ration officer Huang Laifu, that Yang Yinglong, a barbarian in Bozhou, killed the relatives of the local officials, conspired to seize the official position, and the enemy killed the officers and soldiers. He is extremely vicious. Now I am here to order you to go to the admiral to supervise the military affairs. , Set off on a crusade, follow the Ministry of War's discussion and reasoning, collect public opinion, talk about painting strategies, account for money and food, consider the distance of the place, the number of officers and soldiers, recruit and mobilize as appropriate, and join forces to kill. All the towns, patrols and other officials listen to restraint, As soon as the army, horses, money and food, etc., I learned from the cheap area. You must come to dispatch in person, apply for strict orders, and kill the thieves on camera. The property and livestock of the thieves will be given to the soldiers. , in order to reward..."

The following is the timetable for the crusade, the official seal of the Ministry of War, etc.

It turned out to be a document appointing him to go to Bozhou, the governor of the military affairs of the three provinces, and Yang Yinglong, a barbarian in Pingbozhou... Looking at the official document in his hand, Huang Laifu's eyes flashed: "This battle has indeed come, it seems that I am going to lead the army again , but isn’t this what I expected?”

In fact, since a few years ago, Huang Laifu has been paying attention to this historically famous battle in the southwest, which is the Battle of Bozhou, the last of the three major Wanli expeditions. Surprised.

The matter of Bozhou has been going on for several years, and the scale is huge, covering thousands of miles in three provinces. The protagonist is Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Bozhou.

Speaking of Bozhou, at that time, in order to govern the barbarians in the southwest provinces, the Ming Dynasty set up many chieftains in various places. Bozhou was one of the chieftains in the southwest. At this time, Bozhou was the Zunyi area of ​​later generations, located between Sichuan, Guizhou and Lake In the middle, it is farther than Wanghua, with deep mountains and rivers, dangerous terrain, and a radius of two thousand miles. It is the largest among the Southwestern Yi, with strong people and wealth.Since Yang Duan came into the broadcast during the Qianfu period of the Tang Dynasty, the Yang family has remained unchanged for 29 years through the 800 generations of Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming, and has been an official here for many generations.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Yang Jian led the people to join the Ming Dynasty, so he was named Bozhou Xuanweisi.In the fifth year of Longqing, Yang Yinglong's father, Yang Lie, died, and in the sixth year of Longqing, Yang Yinglong took up his post as envoy of propaganda and comfort.The Yang family has ruled Bozhou in successive dynasties, and their forces are intertwined, especially this Yang Yinglong, who is naturally speculative, vicious and bloodthirsty, and has long had the heart of disobedience.Because he had been enlisted to participate in the war many times, he knew the fragility of Sichuan soldiers, so he had the heart to occupy the land of Shu.

In the 14th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong was promoted to the command envoy of the capital because of his meritorious service in the transfer, and he was named General Tuqi.Soon, he was awarded flying fish clothes for donating [-] large and beautiful trees to the court.This made him even more arrogant, despising etiquette, carving dragons and phoenixes in his residence, and making good use of eunuchs, just like a local emperor.

Yang Yinglong is cunning and suspicious, he likes to punish him to establish his prestige, and he has a deep grudge.Yang Yinglong listened to his concubine's slander and killed his wife and mother-in-law. Zhang Shizhao, his wife's uncle, sued him for treason to the Ming court.

In the 18th year of Wanli, Ye Mengxiong, the governor of Guizhou, also played Yang Yinglong's crimes and urged investigation.In the 20th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong went to Chongqing for trial and was executed according to law.When the Japanese invaded North Korea, Yang Yinglong asked to donate money to atone for his sin and lead troops to recruit the Japanese, and the court agreed.

However, Wang Jiguang, the successor governor of Sichuan, insisted on strict inspection and investigation. Yang Yinglong refused to resist, and the imperial court ordered the suppression.In May of the 23rd year of Wanli, the imperial court replaced Yang Yinglong as the envoy of Xuanwei, and his son Yang Chaodong was in charge of Xuanwei.Later, Yang Yinglong gathered his troops and attacked cities and lands in Sichuan and Guizhou, plundered wantonly, mutilated the people, and killed officials and soldiers, which was very rampant.

In the 24th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong sent troops to raid Yuqing, Dahu, and Duba, burned and robbed the second division of Caotang and the guards of Xinglong and Duyun, surrounded Huangping, and killed the home of the chief of Chong'an.In the 25th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong robbed Jiangjin and Nanchuan towns in Sichuan, attacked Hongtou, Gaoping, and Xincun villages in Guizhou, invaded 48 villages in Huguang, and blocked post stations.

In November of the 26th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong plundered the villages of Hongtou, Gaoping, and Xincun in Guizhou.Soon they invaded the acropolis of Pianqiao, Huguang, captured and commanded Chen Tianchong, Luo Chengen and their children.Yang Yinglong's animal nature was very violent. In Dasuo City, he ordered his subordinates to rape the women in the city, or ordered the looted women to sit naked in the bushes, and his soldiers laughed and shot, or burned snakes from the vagina into the belly, and both people and snakes died.The grave was dug up and the corpse was burned, and the ashes flew to cover the sky, and the court was furious.

In February of the 27th year of Wanli, Jiang Dongzhi, the governor of Guizhou, led three thousand troops to attack.Yang Yinglong ordered his younger brother Yang Zhaolong and his son Yang Chaodong to fight in Feilianbao. None of the officers and soldiers survived, and Jiang Dongzhi was dismissed.

At this point, Emperor Wanli was determined to put down Yang Yinglong's rebellion. At this time, the Ming Dynasty's aid to the Korean War against Japan was over. Invasion.At the same time, troops were continuously dispatched from all over the country. In addition to the troops from the three provinces, soldiers from Yunnan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, Ningxia, and Tianjin were all included in the conscripts.

In March 27th Wanli, Li Hualong was ordered to be the governor of the military affairs of Sichuan, Huguang, and Guizhou provinces. He entered Sichuan in May and asked to set up a pacesetter. Bing fortification.

In June of the 27th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong took advantage of the fact that the Ming army had not yet gathered. Dale soldiers invaded Qijiang and besieged the city several times. , the water is red.

In the first month of the 28th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong commanded [-] troops, captured the chieftain of Longquan from the five routes, and bloodbathed Qinjiang City, which shocked the whole country.

At this time, there are many thieves in the imperial court, and the officers and troops cannot be supported. Li Hualong, the governor of the three provinces, has not made any contribution, and he may not be competent. At this time, he is the Minister of the Ministry of War. .1 Huang Laifu, known as the general, led the army to quell the chaos of the bandits.

Although there were many famous generals in the Ming Dynasty at this time, Liu Ting, Dong Yiyuan, Ma Gui, Chen Lin, etc. were all heroes of the moment, but they did not seem to have the ability to stand on their own, nor did they have the talent and prestige to replace literati and governors of several provinces in military affairs.

Therefore, although the proposal of Xing Jie, Minister of the Ministry of War, was quite criticized by the ministers, it seemed that there was no better choice, and Emperor Wanli immediately supported it. After all, Huang Laifu's successful example in North Korea was placed there.

Due to the emergency of the military situation, the government quickly decided. At the beginning of February in the 28th year of Wanli, the Ministry of War issued an emergency document, appointing Huang Laifu to replace Li Hualong as the new governor of Pingbo, and to lead the officers and soldiers of Sichuan, Huguang, Guizhou and other provinces. Yang Yinglong's rebellion.

After the emergency document from the Ministry of War was sent to the Governor's Mansion in Wuzhaibao, because Huang Laifu was patrolling outside, the remaining officials naturally sent someone to notify Huang Laifu urgently, and there was the current scene of Huang Laifu in Shuiquanyingbao.

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Seeing that Huang Laifu was silent after reading the official document, Yang Xiaolu who was beside him tentatively asked: "My lord governor, what is the purpose of this document from the Ministry of War?"

Huang Laifu raised the official document in his hand, smiled at him, and said, "Donkey, we are going to fight again!"

All the subordinates were overjoyed and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Banzhou!"

Yang Xiaolu, Gu Dadao and the others are all happy with each other. Regarding the matter of Bozhou in the southwest, there has been a lot of trouble these years. They have heard of it even in Northwest Shanxi. Several years have passed. The rebellion still depends on their Shanxi Army to quell it, which makes them even more proud.

Unlike the sergeants in Biezhen who were afraid of going out, the army in Shanxi Town has always been the representative of the Ming army who is willing to fight and dare to fight. Over the years, every time the Shanxi Army goes to battle, they have gained a lot of benefits from top to bottom, which makes them more likely to fight. The heart is more eager.

Yang Xiaolu, in particular, was eager to gain military merit. Back then, he and Jiang Dazhong were both members of Huang Laifu's family, but now that Jiang Dazhong is a lieutenant general, he is still a guerrilla. Naturally, he has some ideas in his heart.This time the opportunity came, he naturally hoped to play with Huang Laifu again, and come back so that he could be named marquis and general again.

And Gu Dadao took Huang Laifu as an example, and he was even more ambitious. Although he is the title of a thousand generals, he is of course far from satisfied. At the end of last year, under the pressure of his father Gu Shiyin and others, he finally married a wife, and soon The wife is pregnant with Liujia, and after getting married, she has no worries about the future, and she is eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds so that she can return to glory.

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Huang Laifu led his staff and his staff back to the governor's mansion at Wuzhaibao, where the military officials and the emissaries and eunuchs from the palace had already been waiting in the governor's mansion.

The two were overjoyed to see Huang Laifu come back, but both of them were in a hurry, hoping that Huang Laifu would mobilize troops and set off as soon as possible, at the latest by the end of February.

The envoy and eunuch also took out the imperial decree of Emperor Wanli and read it: "The traitor Yang Yinglong and others corrected the dangers of the public, killed the guards and the officials of the third division, and damaged the officers and soldiers. When the soldiers are at their respective solstice, it is advisable to dispatch them according to their discretion, declare their grace and power, express their rewards and punishments, and make them work bravely, and join forces to kill them. I will serve the rebels as their leader, and the local government will be reassured, and the Si deputy will be appointed. This is yours."

Huang Laifuqin obeyed the imperial edict, and because of the urgent military affairs, Huang Laifu didn't have to go to Beijing to thank the saint.

In order to make things easier, Ming Su ruled the army. On this trip, the eunuch came and brought the Shangfang sword bestowed on Huang Laifu by Emperor Wanli: "Those who do not want to be killed will be punished. Civil and military affairs have no size or distance, but deployment. Soldiers, horses, money, food and equipment Only scheduling."

This kind of privilege provided convenience for Huang Laifu to lead the army, and Huang Laifu was overjoyed. There were nearly 20 officers and soldiers in the southwestern provinces who quelled the chaos this time, and many of them were arrogant soldiers from various provinces. It will be much more convenient to put down Yang Yinglong's rebellion in Bozhou in the future.

The envoy eunuch is the confidant eunuch of Emperor Wanli. He knew that Huang Laifu was favored by Emperor Wanli, so he didn't put on any airs. When he spoke, he was sincere. He said: "The emperor has a strong fighting spirit, I hope Governor Huang can kill the enemy Serve the country and live up to your wishes!"

Huang Laifu said: "Please also tell the emperor that if you are loyal to the country and suppress the thieves, the subordinates dare not do your best? The emperor can just sit in the middle of the capital and hear the good news."

The Ministry of War and envoys of internal officials stayed in Wuzhai Fort for several days, and brought a large amount of money back with satisfaction before leaving.

Huang Laifu mobilized in the two towns. In the battle of Bozhou, he planned to lead [-] troops from Datong Town, Shanxi Town, to quell the chaos. This is a huge plan.Huang Laifu has sent troops over the years, and this is the most important.

Soon, the intelligence department in the army sent a steady stream of information about Yang Yinglong in Bozhou.The staff department also urgently drew up relevant combat plans based on various intelligence materials.

The news that the two towns will send troops to the southwest is also spreading in the territory. Not to mention that the soldiers of Shanxi Town want to go to the expedition, even the officers and soldiers of Datong Town are also very excited.

Over the years, Huang Laifu led the army to fight, and he was invincible in every battle. The soldiers who accompanied the army gained a lot of benefits, and the price they paid was extremely small.The generals in the outer town saw it, and they were also enthusiastic.

At this time, the third-class assessment of the entire army in the two towns has not yet been completed, but at the end of last year, Huang Laifu paid the soldiers in the two towns in full, and the morale of the soldiers in the two towns was high.

Moreover, Datong Town has selected more than [-] first-class troops at this time, and there is nothing wrong outside the Great Wall, and the army is not booming, so Ma Jin, the general soldier of Datong Town, hopes that Huang Laifu can lead a group of Datong Town troops and horses to accompany him to the expedition. .

Huang Laifu agreed to Ma Jin's request and asked him to select [-] Datong sergeants to fight. The relevant list of soldiers and generals was drawn up by him and the governor of Datong Town, Wei Yunzhen.

But in Shanxi Town, the generals of all battalions and forts also robbed their heads. Everyone hoped that Governor Huang would lead him to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. People also hope that this time they can join the army.

Seeing my brother-in-law climbed step by step from a thousand households in a guard to the current high position of the governor of the two towns, it is impossible for the brothers-in-law to have no thoughts in their hearts.

Although in the past few years, they have obtained many benefits in terms of property because of Huang Laifu, of course they will not be satisfied with their current situation, especially the eldest brother-in-law and second brother-in-law. In the official position can go one step further.

Anyway, following my brother-in-law, the danger is small, the chance of meritorious deeds is great, and the good opportunity is right in front of me, so why not go.Under the intercession of several sisters, Huang Laifu finally agreed with several brothers-in-law to lead some of his servants to follow him to fight together.For their safety, let them follow behind their pacesetter battalion.

The final result was that Shanxi Town sent a total of 5000 troops, including some of the Laifu camp members, and together with the soldiers from Datong Town, the two towns sent a total of [-] troops.

For a time, from the beginning of February to the end of February, soldiers and horses from various places in the two towns were frequently mobilized, and many soldiers and horses continued to gather in the Wuzhai Fort of the Governor's Mansion.The sky over Wuzhai Fort was filled with a strange fiery atmosphere.

It is said that the food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are moved, and the war is about money and food. Huang Laifu has a deep understanding of this.

Although he is the counter-insurgency army horse in several provinces of the governor this time, the relevant food and grass mobilized are also his prime minister.However, Huang Laifu is well aware of the virtues of the civil servants in charge of food and grass in the provinces. Not to mention slow and rigid, these people are also full of malice towards themselves.In particular, his new policies in the two towns made many civil servants hate him deeply.

If they make leather from grain and grass, they may bring many variables to their counter-insurgency missions.Therefore, Huang Laifu decided to solve the food and grass supply for this chaos by himself.When it is saved, it is called every day, and the land is not working.

Over the years, after several wars, the merchants in Wuzhaibao and Shanxi Province have cooperated with Huang Laifu very well. Huang Laifu has established a complete logistics system for merchants to supply grain and grass. The news that Huang Laifu will lead the army to fight in the southwest Come.Immediately, various merchants came to the door, hoping to supply food and grass for the army.

In this regard, Huang Laifu will be handed over to Qu Yuanrui to take charge, and I believe he can do a good job.Of course, in this way, it means that this battle of Bozhou is fighting for their own money and food, and the nearly 20 sergeants of the two towns may even be the [-] troops in the entire province of Pingbo. He had to contribute his own capital. Of course, Huang Laifu couldn't agree to this point. He had to pass on the debt.

So he sacrificed his magic weapon again and issued flat broadcast bonds to the outside world. The first installment was 200 million taels of silver, which was mortgaged by Huang Laifu's credit and the resources of Bozhou and other places at that time.

In this regard, Huang Laifu has done it very well, and his credit is excellent. Sure enough, as soon as Huang Laifu's first flat-broadcast bond was issued, it aroused the general attention and interest of merchants and people in Ming Dynasty, even Emperor Wanli paid close attention to it. .Of course, Chen Jue, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was very angry at Huang Laifu for invoking his own authority to issue bonds.

According to Huang Laifu's confession to Qu Yuanrui, don't look at Bozhou, which seems to be a place full of troublesome people, but it is actually very rich in resources.This Bozhou is the Zunyi area of ​​later generations. More than [-] kinds of minerals have been discovered in later generations, among which manganese, pyrite, silica, nickel, molybdenum and barium are more dominant minerals.

Moreover, this place is very rich in natural resources such as agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry. Zunyi City is known as the granary of northern Guizhou in later generations, and in later generations, the quality of tobacco leaves in this place is excellent, and bamboo is also one of the seven major production areas in the country. Bamboo, ulmoides ulmoides, palm slices, and tung seeds are one-third of the province's total. It is also rich in precious Chinese medicinal materials, among which eucommia, coptis, gastrodia elata, Phellodendron phellodendri, and Wuyu are the five famous medicinal materials in Guizhou.

In later generations, Guizhou Province had a large area of ​​forests and grazing grass slopes, which had good conditions for the development of forestry and animal husbandry.In Zunyi, which is the present Bozhou area, the area of ​​grass hills and grass slopes used for forest and animal husbandry is even larger, and it can be used to obtain very good benefits.Taking Banzhou as a point, when the time comes to lay the southwest area, when these areas are developed, there is no need to worry about not getting a return on your investment.

Under Huang Laifu's golden signboard, the sales of Pingbo bonds went very smoothly, and a steady stream of money was exchanged for food and wages, which provided a solid guarantee for Huang Laifu's future quelling chaos.Moreover, Huang Laifu's successful approach has not been done once or twice, and naturally it has attracted the attention and study of interested people. However, although they also want to learn Huang Laifu's approach, they are not anti-dogs.

With the supply of sufficient food and wages, the vanguards of the two towns' anti-insurgency troops had already set off in advance. By the end of February, all the troops and horses of the two towns had gathered in Wuzhai Fort. Under the leadership of Huang Laifu, they swore to set off.

(End of this chapter)