In the first year of Hongwu of the Han Dynasty, on the 23rd day of October of the lunar calendar, Zhu Wu, the king of Han, led 40,000 Han princes and arrived in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province to join Fu Youde.

In the early days of the rebellion of the Tianxia Righteous Army, Jiangxi and other places were occupied by Xu Shouhui's Tianwan army, but later the Yuan court transferred heavy troops from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to destroy Xu Shouhui and then the Yuan court took it back.

During the years of war, the local people suffered unspeakably and the city was ruined. Whether it is the Tianwan Army or the Yuan Army, military discipline is outrageous.

Therefore, when the military discipline was strict, there was no offense with the people, and the Han army, which was under the banner of doing the right thing for heaven and free food in Juntian, did not encounter much resistance in Jiangxi at all.

Shangrao, Hongdu, Fuzhou and other places, except for Hongzhou, which was attacked by artillery and conquered by soldiers, the other two cities were magistrates who went out of the city and surrendered.

This was also a bargain, part of the heavy troops of the Yuan court in the south were drawn to the north, and part of them were all assembled along the line from Xiangfan to Jiujiang, and all were defeated by Zhu Wu. All cities in Jiangxi are local guard troops.

Fu Youde was upright and took pity on the people, and wherever the army passed, in addition to collecting the soldiers, horses, money and food that surrendered the city, he only sent a few troops to station, and the army never entered the city.

Outside the city of Ji'an, the Han army camp stretched for hundreds of miles, and the water and land were full of soldiers and horses. Battle flags fluttered, singing loudly, and the surrounding residents had never seen such a lion.

Especially after Zhu Wu's Han King honor guard arrived, the sound of long live between heaven and earth was endless, and a series of victories had made the morale of the Han army unprecedentedly high, as if there was no battle in this world that they could not win.

"See the lord!"

"See King Han!"

Zhu Wu walked into Fu Youde's big tent with Weiwei, and Fu Youde led the generals to salute.

"Okay, you don't have to do this in the army!"

The successive victories bypassed Zhu Wu's mood, and it was also very comfortable.

After sitting firmly on the main seat, Zhu Wu opened his mouth and asked, "How is the war?" ”

"I sent a letter of persuasion yesterday, and I'm still waiting for a reply!" Fu Youde said.

But the generals under Fu Youde looked a little embarrassed. Guo Xing's side saw who cut who along the way, but his side was slow.

If it is according to their temperament, they will directly push it all the way down, and it will be enough to beat his grandmother, what can they persuade to fall?

The reason why there is such a slander is that in addition to Fu Youde's combat ideas being different from everyone's, Fu Youde is not the old boss of these people.

Among the 70,000 people that Zhu Wu gave to Fu Youde, in addition to the 2,000 horse team he brought in Zhejiang, the rest were Hezhou, and Dingyuan followed Zhu Wu's number one army.

There is also one Guo Xiaosi, one Erhu, and one Han Wang's army. There is nothing to say about combat effectiveness, but these troops have a characteristic, the officers are all diehard loyalists of Zhu Wu, and they have this deep Huaixi brand.

And Fu Youde does not belong to the generals of the Huaixi department, these people may not be convinced by him.

But the reason why Zhu Wu sent Fu Youde to lead the army was because the Huaixi family was dominant in the army. It is impossible to have no mountains in the army, but there must not be only one mountain.

Zhu Wu said with a smile, "This is very good, I said before you came, a complete Jiangxi is better than a dilapidated Jiangxi, and if it is broken, we will go to the relief." It's not worth it! ”

Fu Youde didn't take credit either, just smiled slightly.

Zhu Wu asked again, "If it goes on like this, how long will it take to conquer Tingzhou?" ”

"A month!" Fu Youde replied.

Conquering Tingzhou is almost equivalent to occupying the entire territory of Jiangxi.

Zhu Wu's strategy is to eat it first, and then laugh at it. Eat the big cities around you, and the scattered small cities have no other way but to surrender.

Zhu Wu turned his head and his eyes fell on the map hanging in the tent, so that his territory was not just doubled.

The land of Zhejiang, except for a part of eastern Zhejiang, is in the hands of the pirate Fang Guozhen, and almost all of them are under Zhu Wu's command.

Fujian, although it didn't fight, it was on Zhu Wu's lips at the moment.

Although Hubei did not occupy the entire territory, Zhu Wu's Han army had already controlled the three towns of Jingxiang and Wuchang, and it was only a matter of time before Hubei was taken and digested from these defeated territories.

And the hometown of the Han army, Huaixi!

According to later generations, Zhu Wu's territory included Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hubei. It's not all of it, but it's about two-thirds.

After laying down these places, Zhu Wu no longer needs to make a big move, he just needs to recuperate.

Those places that have not been defeated, except for Hunan, the rest of eastern Zhejiang, Fujian and other places can be annexed by encroachment.

The first task now is not to fight, but to cure. It is easy to win the world, but it is difficult to rule the world.

"I'll give you a month!" Zhu Wu turned his head and looked at everyone, "Jiangxi must take it all." ”

"No!" Everyone agreed.

"After conquering Jiangxi, all localities should set up Tuntian military guards and set up commanders." Zhu Wu lightly sprinkled a little sweetness, "It depends on which of you behaves well!" ”

The generals laughed, their eyes full of longing and joy. Don't put your head on the belt of your pants to fight, isn't it for the sake of glory and wealth?

Tuntian Junwei, Zhu Wu decided to promote it after hesitation. In the early days of the dynasty, military guards were the most effective means of consolidating local power.

Second-line troops, as well as eliminating the old and weak in the army, and reducing troops to give fields. Let them become semi-militarized units that work as farmers in their leisure time and soldiers in wartime.

The fields were not allowed to be bought or sold, and except for a small amount of symbolic grain, the rest of the output went to the soldiers, who were not subject to any forced labor.

The commanders of the guard posts and the local officials restrained each other, and there was no situation in which one hand covered the sky.

The descendants of the deceased grandchildren of the soldiers can choose to continue farming and become soldiers, or they can choose to go into business, study and work.

In fact, there is no perfect policy in this world, and no matter how well it is conceived, after a long time, it will change its flavor or even change its original intention.

But now, the territory is too large, and the national strength is simply not enough to feed hundreds of thousands or even millions of professional soldiers.

Only the streamlining of government is the main direction of the future of the Han Dynasty.

And even professional soldiers who receive military salaries will retire one day. After retiring, these people will also be given land.

Of course, these are only preliminary ideas, and they will be promulgated and implemented after going back to Nanjing to discuss with the ministers.

Sometimes, whenever in the dead of night, Zhu Wu is dizzy by these political affairs, he thinks.

A person's power is limited after all, and each era has different needs and forms, and it may not be good to copy what is in one's head.

And some of the original things of this era are not necessarily wrong.

Just as Zhu Wu and the generals were gossiping in the tent, a personal soldier outside came in.

"King Yuhan! Gao Zhi'an, the prefect of Ji'an, has descended! ”

"The lord is mighty, and the enemy is descending from the wind!" It's rare, Fu Youde also came out with a sycophant.

Zhu Wu smiled, "What does it have to do with me?" What's not awesome! Now that they have surrendered, what should they do? ”

Gao Zhi'an, the prefect of Ji'an, watched from the beginning of the Han army's arrival in the city. There are only 7,000 defenders in the city, how can they withstand the tiger and wolf army of others.

I heard that the military discipline of the Han army is good, and there is no crime in the autumn where it has passed.

It's just that Gao Zhian didn't expect that after surrendering, he actually saw Zhu Wu, the king of the Han army, in the camp of the Han army.

"Get up, I don't like people kneeling!"

Zhu Wu's attitude was gentle, and Gao Zhi was apprehensive and worried.

Being an official in these years is really a high-risk profession, Gao Zhi'an was originally over forty years old before he was the county commander of a place, and after the Yuan army recaptured Ji'an, the original magistrate was killed by the Tianwan army, and he could be promoted.

But the prefect's ass was not hot for a few days, and Ji'an fell into the hands of the Han army again.

Now he only wants that the Han army can really treat the people well. He took his wife back to his hometown to be a clerk and spent this life, and he no longer dared to ask for fame.

"Guilty officer, His Royal Highness King Xie Han!" Gao Zhian glanced at Zhu Wu and stood up. In his heart, he said that this Han King is too young.

"Criminal?" Zhu Wu smiled, "Then tell me, what are you guilty of?" ”

Gao Zhian was speechless for a while.

"How's the autumn harvest in Ji'an?" Zhu asked.

"Ji'an Province has a population of 160,000 and 6.72 million mu of land, of which less than half is rice ........."

Speaking of the autumn harvest, Gao Zhian came as soon as he opened his mouth, how many people, how many fields, what grain was planted, and how much was harvested.

How many big households are strong under the rule, and the people pay for food, one by one, they are like a few treasures.

Gao Zhi'an's face was a little restrained, and the more he talked, the more relaxed he became. He is not a pampered scholar in the traditional sense, but an official who really knows the hardships of the people and understands agricultural affairs.

"In fact, the people are still half hungry and half full of the autumn harvest, right!" Zhu Wu opened his mouth and said, "This is still a good year, if there is a natural disaster, or if our Han army loots in Ji'an for a while, the people will be hungry this year, right?" ”

Gao Zhian couldn't help but be stunned, King Han actually understands people's livelihood so well?

"I was originally a child of a poor family, how could I not know these things!" Zhu Wu sighed, "There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death." ”

"Jiangxi has been fighting wars for many years, and the taxes of the imperial court are getting heavier and heavier year by year." Gao Zhi'an smiled bitterly, "Before the Han King's army came, the imperial court also ordered Ji'an to give grain and grass to the garrison of Jiujiang this year!" ”

"Move him a chair!" Zhu Wu commanded, and said, "You are a good official!" It seems to me that a good official is one who knows the suffering of the people! ”

"The lower officials don't dare!" Gao Zhi was anxious again.

"Since you are a good official, you continue to be the prefect!" Zhu Wu said, "In a few days, the corresponding officials of the household department will come over to help you implement the new policy." All Mengyuan taxes were abolished, and the new law of the Han Dynasty was implemented. ”

"Xiaguan...."

"Don't tell me you won't do it!" Zhu Wu smiled, "Do you think I have a good temper?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare!" Gao Zhian was in a cold sweat.

"If you want to do it, you will do it!" Zhu Wu continued, "Ji'an has almost 7 million people, and the population is only 160,000, and the people still can't eat! What does this mean? The fields are in the hands of Haoqiang, and the population is also hidden by them, right? ”

"This ......," Gao Zhian hesitated, "yes!" ”

Zhu Wu's face was ruthless, Ji'an's land annexation was even more powerful than that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Jiangxi was not as rich as Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

With 7 million fields and a population of 160,000, behind the simple math problems is the tragedy of the people starving and the insatiable greed of the big households.

"Someone!" Zhu Wu shouted outside.

Huayun came in silently.

"Kochifu, this is my personal guard commander!" Zhu Wu pointed at Hua Yun and said, "I'll stay here for two days, and he will dispatch you." In Ji'an, those who should be killed are killed, those who should be punished, and those who fish and flesh the people must not be tolerated! ”