Chapter 115: Fujian Aftermath

Guo Deng tried his best to maintain the frame of the 22nd Guard of the 16th Guards of Fujian.

Remember, it's a shelf, not a full set.

If it weren't for the population density of Fujian, it would be high in the whole country. For the sake of a bite to eat, naturally some people are willing to join the army.

Otherwise, the shelves of the Sixteen Guards would not have been erected.

In the end, Guo Deng asked cautiously: "This time to encircle and suppress the Deng thief, more than 10,000 people have to be captured, and there are as many as 20,000 or 30,000 women and children who are coerced. ”

"I thought I could join the army. It also alleviates the gap. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "No. There is no need to hurry, but if there are 10,000 horses, you must have 10,000 horses, and I can allow you to be dissatisfied, but I don't allow the subordinates to be deceived and concealed, and when it comes to fighting, it will be defeated in a battle. ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured." Guo Deng said: "The minister is in Fujian, no matter how the Fujian army is comparable to the Beijing camp, but the Fujian army is the first in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Zhu Qizhen also knows that the four words "No. 1 in Jiangnan" are simply a tall one among the shorties.

After passing the south of the Yangtze River, it is probably higher than the Yunnan Army, which has just fought, and the Guangxi Army, which has been fighting, has combat effectiveness, and the rest of the guards are no better than the Fujian Guards.

Zhu Qizhen did not let the prisoners fill the army, and he also wanted to improve the status of the soldiers.

It is simply impossible to make military personnel combat effective without improving their status.

If you think about it, if crime can become one of the sources of the army, then where will the army's sense of honor come from? Although he knew that the criminal law of confiscation had long existed.

However, after Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, all the punishments for confiscation were changed to exile. Not to mention, tens of thousands of large-scale conscription of troops. He didn't allow it.

It's also that he doesn't have time now.

If you have time in the future, you have to cultivate the Da Ming Law.

Zhu Qizhen said: "You are guarding in Fujian, I will let Fang Jin be your deputy, and after you are in order, next spring, I will leave Fang Jin to guard Fujian, and when you return to Beijing, I will use you." ”

Zhu Qizhen had the idea of letting Guo Deng inherit the position of Marquis of Wuding, and things had to be prepared in advance.

In the battle of encirclement and suppression of the Jianzhou Jurchens in the spring of next year, Zhu Qizhen decided to push Guo to the throne.

Guo Deng didn't know what Zhu Qizhen was thinking, but the emperor's expression of importance was still moved in Guo Deng's heart, and he said: "The minister will act to rectify Fujian for His Majesty." Build a strong army in the south. ”

After Zhu Qizhen sent Guo Deng, he immediately said to Fan Hong: "Go to the cabinet to see, Jiao Hong is finished, if he is not finished, let him wait in the Wenhua Palace." ”

"Yes."

Zhu Qizhen immediately got up and walked through the entire three major halls square. Come to the Mandarin Palace

Soon, Jiao Hong had already arrived.

Zhu Qizhen first asked some questions about the rectification of Fujian officialdom, and Jiao Hong answered them fluently. Zhu Qizhen was also relieved.

Everyone's energy is limited, and Zhu Qizhen already feels a headache when he touches the pulse of these bigwigs in the six military departments of the cabinet. As for the governor of each place, Zhu Qizhen still paid a little more attention, as for the political envoys, according to the envoys, and the officials of the prefectures and counties, unless they are particularly prominent, Zhu Qizhen will not ask more.

Asking is also routine.

These specific policies are within the purview of the Cabinet.

Zhu Qizhen never thought about it, and it was impossible for him to take power over. Because it is useless to take it back, it is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to govern a country by himself.

Zhu Qizhen turned the question to the question he wanted, and said: "Just now, Min Xibo said that tens of thousands of thieves were captured, and this time in the chaos, I am afraid that many people have been displaced." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Jiao Hong said: "Fujian is a narrow township, and the area around Jianning Mansion, especially the more people and less land, this time in troubled times, Jianning Mansion is full of displaced people, there are more than 100,000. ”

"So much?" Zhu Qizhen was taken aback, he never expected that he underestimated the population of Jianning Mansion.

Everyone calls Fujian, but they never thought about how the name Fujian came from.

In the Song Dynasty, it was called Fujian Road, and the naming principle of the Song Dynasty was that the larger cities in this road were called together. Just like the naming of Anhui and Jiangsu.

So Fujian's blessing is Fuzhou, so where is it built? That's right, it's Jianning.

It can be seen that Jianning is thriving.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Why are these homeless people recruited by the imperial court guard, and not many people have signed up?" ”

Jiao Hong said: "The minister thinks that the people are probably worried, and they have been soldiers for generations and slaves of generals. Not free. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he secretly felt cold in his heart. The army of the Ming Dynasty is such an image among the people. The low-level military households are simply the slaves of the officers?

Asking a group of slaves to win the war and defend the country, can you get it?

Zhu Qizhen also knew that Jiao Hong may not be giving eye medicine to some people again, and he must not believe anyone's words, nor can he believe them. It's just this sentence, Zhu Qizhen's intuition feels that it is true. He straightened his mind slightly, and said: "Anyway, the military households of the guard house must be full, and Qing is the governor of Fujian, the prime minister of military affairs, and there are still some things to do." ”

Jiao Hong said: "The minister understands that after he goes back, he will definitely assist Min Xibo and rectify the military affairs of the guard." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "There are 810,000 households in the Ding Huang Book of Fujian, and from Qing's point of view, how many households are there in the actual population? ”

Jiao Hong said: "Looking at the Fujian household registration, I am afraid that there are more than one million households. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Millions of households? Fujian is narrow and densely populated, and once it arrives with Si, this million households are afraid

It's also said that it's less, I heard that the tradition of infant drowning in Fujian was there in the Song Dynasty, and now it can prevail? ”

Jiao Hong got up from his seat, knelt on the ground, and said: "The minister is incompetent, he can't educate the people, and his majesty is worried, please punish your majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen stepped forward to help him up, and said: "Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, this evil custom has been inherited for a long time, and it cannot be eradicated in a day or two. ”

Jiao Hong said: "Your Majesty, the people of Fujian are suffering. ”

"I know that before the opening of the sea, it was one province and one customs, and Fujian is special, and I decreed that Quanzhou can also open customs." Zhu Qizhen said.

Jiao Hong immediately thanked him.

In the process of quelling the chaos, the customs silver gave Jiao Hong a lot of help. As a result, the governors of the coastal provinces no longer regard customs as a burden.

Even as a benefit.

The reason is very simple, Jiao Hong embezzled the customs silver at the moment of emergency, and the imperial court did not punish him. It was only the customs silver that was included in the imperial court's appropriation to Fujian.

It's just a trip to the household department.

With this precedent, the governors of the provinces were able to usurp the power of the customs silver at a critical juncture. Although there are some troubles at customs, with additional financial support, it is also a good thing for the governors of the provinces.

It's a benefit.

Zhu Qizhen said: "There is no need for this, but this matter is a symptom but not a root cause, and the root cause of the problem is to open up land for the people of Fujian." ”

Jiao Hong said: "What Your Majesty said, Cheng Jinyu said, is just that the places in the mountains of Fujian that can be cultivated terraces have already been occupied by the people, and the ministers really don't know where to open up land for the people. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "There is an island east of Fujian, do you know?" ”

Jiao Hong said: "But Yizhou? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Jinyiwei intelligence, although Yizhou is barren, but the land can be cultivated. ”

Jiao Hong said: "At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tang He, the prince of Xinguo, once went to sea and brought back tens of thousands of remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty. This island is naturally enough to support the people, but it is ------"

Zhu Qizhen didn't know about this matter.

Zhu Qizhen's desire to reclaim Taiwan is not because he has any military ideas, but because he is forced by the situation, after all, Fujian is different from other places, and the population density of Fujian is definitely higher than that of other places.

That is why, other places are not without disasters, everyone can wait for the imperial court to help, but Shaxian County, Fujian pulled the flag and rebelled, Zhu Qizhen went through a lot of data files, and finally determined that the contradiction between Fujian's population and land is much more acute than other provinces.