The battle to recover the southwest is actually two different concepts from the previous pacification of Jiangnan and the fight against Liangguang, because in any case, Jiangnan and Liangguang are familiar land, as long as they are fought down and properly governed, they can quickly be transformed into the source of wealth and soldiers of the Han army.

However, the southwest is different, the people here are strong, large and small toasts are numerous, the toast system that lasts for hundreds of years makes the centrifugal force between the southwest and the central court will become greater, although Shu is rich, but the toast of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is not so easy to settle, so it is necessary to fight wars and govern the people.

Now that the Tusi soldiers of the two provinces have been defeated in one battle, the Tusi of the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou no longer have the strength to resist in front of the Fu Han army, so the opportunity to realize the county system has arrived.

"Cui Qing, now is a good time, the cabinet needs to come up with a proper governance plan, and must not continue to repeat the old Hongwu incident, how to grasp the strength of this, you and the cabinet need to have a clear understanding."

Ning Yu said slowly: "As a new land, all areas involved in the war are exempt from tax for three years, which is our principle. However, in the three southwestern provinces, this tax-free money cannot be directly exempted, and needs to be supplemented by Chinese education, and the assessment is based on the acceptance of Chinese education. ”

"Your Majesty, this method is very acceptable, if you want to cut off the foundation of Tusi rule, it is not enough to defeat the Tusi soldiers, you also need to start from the root, and only by Sinicization can the local area be more actively integrated into the imperial court. And this policy can not only face the three southwestern provinces, but also Shizhouwei. ”

Cui Wancai smiled,It's not that the sinicization of the provinces has not been done before.,But the effect has not been obvious.,But this time it's bound to real money.,No matter what.,There will be a group of people who will take the initiative to come closer.。

"That's right, in this war, Yue Zhongqi even wanted to use Shizhouwei as a springboard to attack my Yichang, and he must not indulge in this place anymore, and ordered the new 17th Division of Yichang to directly occupy Shizhouwei, and change Shizhouwei to Shinanfu, and fully implement the tax exemption and Sinicization education policy."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Ning Yu gave the order, he looked at Ning Zuyi again and advised: "We must emphasize with King Changshan that the first thing in this battle is the people, so when the army is marching, we must strictly abide by military discipline, especially for the people of other ethnic groups, they are also our people, so we must not insult the people and harm the people, and hope that the army will strictly control it." ”

Ning Zuyi immediately replied yes, and then briefly reported the follow-up military plan of the Privy Council, and then retired, after all, since the restructuring of the Privy Council, things have been too heavy, so that the person in charge is often exhausted.

After the ministers retreated, Ning Yu's excitement and excitement in his heart could no longer be concealed, he understood what the smooth outcome of the Southwest War meant, which meant that the Battle of the Southwest would end sooner than imagined, and it also meant that there would be more time to prepare until the day of the Northern Expedition next year.

Thinking of the Northern Expedition, Ning Yu trembled a little, and he finally got closer and closer to this day.......

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At the end of July, when the people of Nanjing were hotly discussing how to refine the new currency, the eight major banks opened the sale of national defense treasury bonds at the same time, and six to eight points did not attract too many ordinary people to participate, but they were very early to be covered by major families and major chambers of commerce, so this year's national bonds are also known as "powerful treasury bonds" in history. ”

Of course, for the people at present, they do not have any objection to this, after all, six to eight points, compared with the 30 points of private debt, the difference is too far and too far, plus many people do not understand the deep intention of the national debt, so when the national debt is sold out, more people just turn their heads and forget.

The Qingliu Bao, which was published in Nanjing, Wuchang, Hanyang, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Fujian, and Guangzhou, published a large number of relevant fragments about the First World War in the southwest, but there was not much strategic stuff in it, so it did not involve confidential matters, and the main chapters were mainly heroic deeds.

In fact, in the Battle of the Southwest, although the war went extremely smoothly, a large number of first-class meritorious martyrs still emerged, and they were awarded the Medal of Loyalty and Bravery, and they were also reported by major newspapers.

For the current people, they are not as resistant to the war as in the past, the most important thing is that the people have gained benefits from the current Ning Chu rule that they did not have in the past, so subconsciously, they also hope to completely unify the whole of China and bring happiness to everyone.

This simple value drove many people to join the Fu Han Army, and the Northern Expedition also began to carry out preliminary propaganda, maybe just a word, maybe just a report, but the Northern Expedition has begun to be deeply imprinted in the hearts of many people, who, like Ning Yu, are eager for the early arrival of the Northern Expedition.

At the same time, the battle in the southwest direction was also steadily advancing, the second division led by Uzhijing arrived at Chongqing Mansion on time, and broke through Chongqing Mansion in one battle, Sichuan Governor Zhang Guangsi led all the guards to die, and when Zhang Guangsi died in battle, his eyes were still looking at the direction of Yue Zhongqi's retreat.

The fall of Chongqing Prefecture, coupled with the gradual encirclement of the Southwest Group Army of the Fu Han Army, also led to the 60,000 Qing troops led by Yue Zhongqi, who began to flutter in the weaving net like a captured cicada.

On the one hand, he calmly judged Yue Zhongqi's true purpose and was not confused by his actions, and on the other hand, he made the divisions further steady and steady, compressing the activity space of the Qing army, and vowed to capture Yue Zhongqi, the cicada.

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On the fourth day of the first month of August, the sky in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places was abnormal, suddenly heavy rain, and even hail fell, such abnormal weather, but it made the people think that the dragon king was angry, and for a time many people went to the dragon temple to worship, praying for the dragon king to calm his anger.

However, this sudden rainstorm and hail weather was tantamount to a complete disaster for the Qing army marching along the Wujiang River.

After Yue Zhongqi decided to withdraw from Shizhouwei, they traveled very unsmoothly along the way, originally it was very difficult for them to pass through Shizhou, and now they crossed Shizhou again to return, but it made everyone's physical strength gradually exhausted, and there were many lodging people along the way, which made people feel miserable.

He Yuqing, dressed in a muddy uniform and carrying a long wooden stick in his hand, was marching along with a long procession, and in front of and behind him were a group of numb and desperate soldiers.

As a thousand generals of the Qing army, He Yuqing is not a big soldier who does not know big words, in fact, he has participated in the martial arts, although he has not achieved a good ranking, but he will also be admitted to a martial arts person, and later assigned to his native Sichuan Zizhou, becoming a thousand generals of the green camp.

Although it is only a small battalion and a thousand generals, after all, he is also a six-rank military general of the imperial court, and He Yuqing's monthly salary is also four taels of silver, and his life is quite passable, but for He Yuqing, he has no further space.

Because in the Qing army, the system of "all generals were promoted" and the "recusal system" were already implemented, and the so-called promotion of all generals meant that in addition to the junior officers below the rank of 1,000 generals, military attachés above the rank of 1,000 generals were transferred to other places after promotion, and soldiers were not allowed to be transferred with the officers. Second, officers at the rank of deputy general and staff general are not allowed to serve in their own provinces, and guerrilla and metropolitan divisions must serve in areas outside 500 li of their hometowns, and garrisons are not allowed to serve in their own provinces. Therefore, once he wants to be promoted, he cannot continue to stay in his hometown.

He Yuqing doesn't care about this, he enjoys the sense of stability brought by his hometown life, and he wants to stay with his family, so as a martial artist, he has always been the president of this green camp.

However, it was not until the Fu Han Army started the war in the southwest that He Yuqing's peaceful days in the past were gone, although he did not fight, but he has always followed Yue Zhongqi as an ordinary Qianzong to continue to march.

"Mr. He Qian, I heard that you used to be a martial artist?"

An older green battalion soldier had a contemptuous smile on his face, because the general manager of Qian and the general were only low-level officers, and when they were really fighting, they needed to tie up with the veterans in the queue, and the status of the two sides was not as big as imagined, and many veterans had no reverence for the general and general of Qian.

When the veteran asked, several other veterans of the Green Battalion were also giggling on the side, their days were not long gone, and it was a little fun to have a little fun.

A hint of shame appeared on He Yuqing's face, of course he could understand the malice hidden in this sentence, so he snorted coldly, "If you are cheap, go to the front to pave the way, and see if you can laugh!" ”

Hearing He Yuqing's words, the faces of several green battalion soldiers changed instantly, and they began to scold He Yuqing, and some even pushed them, because He Yuqing's words were too vicious.

In the current weather, the roads are muddy and slippery, making it difficult to walk, so many green battalion soldiers were ordered to pave the roads, and they could use whatever they could.

Therefore, during this period of time, there were as many as 100 green battalion soldiers who were taken to pave the road every day, and if these people died of exhaustion, their corpses would also become the road when the Qing army marched.

Seeing that there was a commotion in the team, a tall man walked over, and when everyone saw him, their faces changed, and they didn't dare to speak much at the moment, so they could only look at the man in front of them with a look of fear.

This person is Dong Lin, a subordinate general of Jianchang, who is good at dancing guns and sticks on weekdays, so he is often ruthless in the army.

"Hmph, all the things that don't make a difference, if you dare to shout here, all of them will pave the way for me!"

Dong Lin sneered, but then pulled He Yuqing and deliberately said in a loud voice: "Mr. He Qian, in the future, you have to be ruthless to deal with these people, let them know what military law is!" ”

He Yuqing's face showed a trace of gratitude, and he said softly: "What the adults said is very true, thank you for your help." ”

Dong Lin pulled He Yuqing to the side, and then slowly said, "Mr. He Qian, there is one thing that you need to do right now. ”

He Yuqing couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, and he was able to let him, a staff general, personally instruct, afraid that it would not be a simple matter, so he said in a low voice: "If your lord has something to order, whether the subordinate officials can do it or not, they should do their best." ”

Although He Yuqing's words left room for him, Dong Lin didn't care, but whispered in a deep voice: "He Qianhu, do you know that our brothers in the south are all dying under Guiyang City right now?" ”

"What?"

As a low-level officer, He Yuqing certainly didn't know these things, but when he saw Dong Lin's sworn expression, he was a little flustered at the moment, so wouldn't they be very dangerous now?

"He Qianhu, it's urgent now, I won't tell you more, just tell you, if you still want to go back to see your wife and children, we can't continue to go to Guizhou, and if you go again, you will die sooner or later!"

"However, Xiaguan is just a small thousand households, how can he decide the route of the march?"

He Yuqing only felt that he was very powerless, since the start of the war, he had been caught up in this tide, and he could only go with the flow.

Dong Lin smiled coldly, "He Qianhu, at that time, Lord Commander will ask Lord Duxian for an order, and you need to lead your brothers to support!" ”

"This ......." He Yuqing's eyes widened suddenly, this is a naked rebellion.....

Dong Lin snorted coldly, and said with a half-threat: "If you don't want to, it's fine, but I have to remind you, if you don't want to, I'm afraid you will not be far from death, and it will be difficult to see your wife and children again in this life, you have to think clearly!" ”

"Hey....... That's it, the lower officials should obey the will of the adults. ”

After all, it was the hope for life and the care for his family that made He Yuqing choose to compromise.

Due to the defeat in the previous battle, coupled with the fact that he is now in a lonely army, many people in the Qing army are full of resentment, and the general soldiers of each town have even begun to question Yue Zhongqi's strategic line, so this kind of tandem is not only one or two, but also a lot of He Yuqing is being connected by others.

Although these thousands of generals and generals who were connected in series were not very conspicuous and their grades were not high, they were low-level officers who could control the army, and their choices were all their direct superiors, not the distant and untouchable General Yue.

When the army marched to Parrot Pass, there was finally a wave in the Qing army, and many people expressed their reluctance to continue south, because if they walked past it, it was Sinan Mansion, and there was already a Fu Han army stationed there. If you continue to walk, you will have to fight hard with the Fu Han army.

At this time, Yue Zhongqi's tent was also crowded with large and small lieutenants and generals, with silence on their faces, but the meaning was clearly expressed, and it was no longer feasible to go south.

"Do you want to rebel?"

Yue Zhongqi's face was very indifferent, as if he didn't realize the danger at all.