This year's weather is a little abnormal, after the autumn harvest, Zhili, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui and most of Shandong rainfall frequently, to the subsequent harvest added a lot of trouble, especially in the impact of the impact on the drying time, originally this matter is not a big deal for the farmers, but because this year the Han military government plans to carry out a war, this small weather change almost brewed into a political disaster.

After more than a year of rule, the vast countryside of Gyeonggi and Zhili and other regions have long recognized the legitimacy of Lin Feng's small court, in fact, in the minds of the peasants and resists, the image of the Han military government seems to be better than the Kangxi regime, at least in 1684 Lin Feng also generously exempted all taxes, but this kind of goodwill is not very strong, the countryside in the seventeenth century is extremely dark, by no means Lin Feng can imagine, originally Lin Feng thought that he should invite a lot of people's hearts, the majority of poor farmers must have received a lot of benefits, But then he soon found out that this was simply his wishful thinking, and in fact last year's "tax exemption" was not at all the same thing as he imagined.

For the peasants, the ups and downs in Beijing have nothing to do with them, in fact, the political change of great historical significance fell on the long-term workers and tenants, just cutting off a braid, the yamen is still the yamen, the owner is still the owner, they still have to sweat and fall into the soil to eat, and Lin Feng's tax exemption is also directly cheaper for the landlords and rich peasants, the only difference is that compared to the *** era, the rent and tax composition they pay are different- In fact, as a small local warlord, he didn't have the courage to challenge this powerful class, so he had to push the boat down, but this was not without any gains, at least now the landlord class in the area ruled by the Han army obviously misunderstood this tax exemption policy as a reward given to them by the Han king.

This year, last year's tax exemption policy led to this year's tax difficulty, as we all know, human beings are a kind of animal that seeks benefits and avoids disadvantages, and there is a certain natural inertia for interests, after enjoying last year's preferential treatment, many fools actually naively tried to maintain this kind of interests, although they themselves think that this possibility is not very large, but still try to challenge it, at least a little reduction is also good, so when the Han army really began to collect taxes, or encountered some fools who did not know the current affairs.

Because the ranks of the bureaucracy had not yet swelled, the taxes of the small court of the Han army were relatively simple, with only two types of taxes: land tax and poll tax, which were levied in kind according to the number of people and the real estate owned by the family. Strictly speaking, the tax rate of the Han army should be very heavy, at least in Lin Feng's eyes, according to the official calculations of Li Guangdi's side, the current harvest of an acre of good dry land is about 300 jin to 400 jin, while the field tax is levied to one-third of the output, and this does not include poll tax and forced labor - when Lin Feng analyzed this data, he was really shocked, it was terrible, according to this calculation, the burden of the peasants can no longer be described by the word "heavy", Even if it is not good or bad land, whether it is cultivated or cooked, if it is calculated at 350 catties per mu, one third of the land per mu needs to be paid, and then the poll tax of the whole family over the age of 14 and under the age of 60 (according to Chinese tradition, "Tongzi" and "Ermao, Huajia" are exempt from tax), and if it is a tenant, then it is necessary to pay a quarter to a third of the land rent - it is hard to imagine what is left of the peasants after paying all this mess?!!

After so many ups and downs, Lin Feng has already become a sane politician under the blow of the cruel military and political reality, although he said that he has the ideal of saving China, but here he does not say that he wants to save the peasants, in any case, whether from the historical point of view or from the experience of Lin Feng's time and space, it is only natural for the government to sacrifice the interests of the peasants, not to mention that he is now preparing to develop industry and commerce, If you don't squeeze the peasants, who else can you squeeze?!

Vulnerable groups, then there should be the consciousness of vulnerable groups, right?!

Although there are some mental preparations, but in the end things still become very tricky, Chengtianfu and other Gyeonggi areas are a little better, this area should have a large number of tax-exempt military families, so the tax process is relatively smooth, but Baoding, Shunde and other areas have some rebound incidents, many landlords strongly asked the Han military government to "sympathize with the people, light tax exemption", these guys even colluded with a lot of scholars, through various ways to hand the petition to the Han Wangfu in Zhongnanhai, of course, the current Han army food shortage, Of course, it was impossible for the king of Han to agree to this absurd request, and under the soft and hard pull and suppression of the yamen, this storm of "asking for the people's lives" barely subsided, but the subsequent series of storms made the matter more complicated.

Because of the weather, a lot of the grain harvested this year has not been dried in time, and the Han army because the war is imminent, so it has to speed up the collection steps, under the pressure of the two phases, the peasants have to hand over the wet grain - this is of course impossible for the officials of the yamen to accept, so the contradiction naturally occurred, as the prescribed payment date approached, the Han army yamen officials were anxious, and the peasants resolutely refused to hand over the weight of the grain, under the crazy urging of the government, Some peasants in the Baiyangdian Lake area first launched a campaign to "hide from officials", these people hid grain, rowed small boats and fled to the depths of the reeds, refusing to contact the officials and officials who collected taxes, so the angry officials immediately organized the officials and strong men to carry out "purging", when the incident developed into an armed conflict, things seemed to be out of control, after several small-scale battles, these farmers even began to build weapons and hoard grain in several small villages in the depths of Baiyangdian for a long time.

When the situation deteriorated sharply, naturally no one dared to hide this matter, and when Lin Feng received this request for help, the rebels in the Baoding area had gathered thousands of people. After learning of the situation, Beijing immediately reacted, in Lin Feng's mind, there is nothing more terrible than the peasant uprising, to be honest, he is not afraid of the Eight Banners Green Battalion, and he does not care about any Mongolian iron cavalry, but he is only in awe of the peasant movement, especially now when the smoke is everywhere in the north.

With a series of orders from Zhongnanhai, the Han military government and the military immediately took action, on the night of receiving the report, the order of 800 miles to expedite immediately set off, the prefect of Baoding Prefecture and the relevant responsible officials threw away their black hats and were ordered to return to Beijing to report on their work, and the second army of the Han army stationed in Shunde Liu Lusi Department received an order from the General Staff at the same time, and the whole army was stationed in the Baiyangdian Lake area. Moreover, Liu Lusi was also ordered to exterminate this "enemy army" within half a month.

In fact, the swiftness of Beijing's response and the speed of the army's advance greatly exceeded the expectations of the rebel army. The rebels still had the opportunity to take advantage of the gap in the Han army's unfinished encirclement to break through and turn in, but unfortunately, at such a dangerous moment, this hastily assembled rebel army was infighting because of several leaders fighting for leadership, and after a short but fierce firefight, the final victor sat firmly in the position of the leader boss, and the encirclement and blockade of the second army was completed.

In fact, when these peasants gathered in the depths of the lake area, the landlords and rich peasants in the surrounding areas were terrified, and many people even took precautions to pack up and prepare to flee at a very early stage. The landlord who had the backbone of the backbone immediately organized a large militia group to report to Liu Lusi's tent, so before the battle began, Liu Lusi not only received a lot of provisions, but also had more than 2,000 "friendly troops" out of thin air.

After four days of siege, the second army of the Han army with the cooperation of the vast number of patriotic landlords collected a large number of ships, and launched an attack on the recalcitrant rebel army under the guidance of friendly troops familiar with the terrain, without any suspense, although the rebel army bravely drove the sampan to launch a suicide attack on the Han army, and also carried out a rather technical "fireboat" attack, but this did not pose a threat to the Han army with a large number of artillery, in fact, when the official army platoon artillery bombardment, the follow-up soldiers did not have time to attack, With the defeat of the rebel sampan, the militia pursued on its own without receiving orders, and the chaotic flow of the enemy and the enemy made the rebels in charge of the anti-landing operation at a loss, so without any fire preparation, a large number of musketeers landed on the island without hindrance and took over the first line of defense of the rebels.

When the official army gained a firm foothold, the rebel army began to surrender in small batches, but this did not prevent the slaughter of the militia strong men, in fact, the strength of this group of rebels was not very strong, almost half of the more than 3,000 people were the old and weak women and children of the rebel army, and after the previous water war and landing battle, the main force of the rebel army almost collapsed, and the rebel soldiers who lost their organization carried out scattered resistance with their neighbors and friends as a link, and their leaders were not familiar with the range of the Han army's artillery in the initial water war, and they took the largest fishing boat, So he was seriously injured and killed in the first wave of bombardment.

When Liu's Chinese army landed on the island, the battle was out of control, and the musketeers lined up in a neat formation, watching in amazement as the friendly troops frantically slashed and slaughtered the old men and children who had lost their ability to resist—and before they set out, the landlords offered their bounties and bought the heads of the rebels in large quantities with white money. These people had apparently entered a state of madness, many of them unscrupulously peeled off their pants and raped women under the gaze of the Han soldiers, and the children who were crying bitterly did not arouse any pity and sympathy, and the soldiers could hardly have imagined that these people were also honest peasants a few days ago.

The battle ended in a frenzy of killing, more than 3,000 rebels were killed, the whole island was covered with red blood, most of the surface was a dark brown, all the buildings on the island were dismantled and burned corpses, and after a few hours, the army could not wait to evacuate this bloody place.

Under the order of the prefect of Baoding of the Han Dynasty, more than 3,000 heads were packed in small cages, lined up along the roads of the state capital, and nailed to the most conspicuous places in various post stations, markets, and county seats.

Due to the brutal repression of the yamen and limited compromises, the sharp contradictions were temporarily shelved, this riot gave a big blow to the yamen at all levels, many officials and officials became a little cautious after going to the countryside, and the bloody repression also made the peasants silent, fortunately, soon after the sky cleared, the taxpayers took this opportunity to dry the grain to complete the obligation, and when the Han government completed the first tax collection, the Han army controlled the area up and down involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Compared with the Zhili area, Suiyuan, Shanxi Datong and Ningjin areas under the control of the Han military government were relatively calm, because of the promise to the Cao brothers in advance, and a certain degree of land revolution had been carried out before, the peasants in Liaodong were obviously more affectionate towards the Han military government, so there were no accidents when the taxes were levied, and what was even more gratifying to Lin Feng was that the displaced people who migrated last year also got a bumper harvest, and the golden potatoes and artichoke were more picky about the raw and ripe of the land than the fragile corn and wheat. And the yield has also increased several times, and this swarthy virgin land is so fertile that it is ecstatic for the homeless, and it is a farmer's paradise compared to the barren land of their homeland.

Originally, according to the plan of the General Staff, at the same time as the tax, the Ma Ying Department of the Sixth Army of the Han Cavalry, as the second echelon of the Northern Expedition, should pull out the camp and go out after sufficient supplies, but due to the relationship between the peasant uprisings, no one in the Han army was sure that the peasants under their rule would not have a second uprising, so the troops stationed in various places did not dare to act rashly, and the Ma Ying Division, as the only mobile strike force now, was naturally on standby as a general reserve.

This feeling of being bound is of course very uncomfortable, this massacre of the peasants completely sobered Lin Feng, before this, Lin Dashuai has been out of a state of good self-feeling, for a long time, deep down, he has fluttering that he is the savior of this world, beyond this era, and this bloody suppression made him have a further understanding of this chaotic world, and also let him further understand what he is, this chaotic emotional conflict made him very lost, After a few days of depression, he simply didn't bother to think about it, it didn't matter, anyway, he had come to the present step by step, and he couldn't be allowed to go back, since he had degenerated into a warlord and dictator, then he would simply do it to the end.

Anyway, isn't there such a saying, what is "put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground", isn't it equivalent to taking the underworld and then opening a company to bleach? We Chinese are popular to become kings and defeat Kou, the so-called red flowers and green lotus are all a family, call him the black and white, as long as he can bleach, who dares to say that Lao Tzu is originally black?!

After the epiphany, Lin Feng obviously felt that his realm was a little higher, it seems that this politics is really a bit like cultivation, and he really can't play without cultivation, in this good attitude, Lin Feng immediately set out to expand Wang Shirong's spy organization, and at the same time set up an internal affairs force in the formal sense - in fact, this kind of internal affairs force was not without before, and it has always been in the hands of Chen Menglei, the imperial envoy of the inspection capital, this matter is really funny, according to China's historical tradition, as far as the bureaucratic system is concerned, Chen Menglei's position is similar to the "Imperial Envoy of the Left Capital" or "Imperial Envoy Zhongcheng" and the like, it is an authentic civilian official, but when it comes to the Han military government, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has become a half-literate and half-military freak, on the one hand, it exercises traditional civilian powers, on the other hand, it has a "government service force" independent of the civilian system, this force is mainly composed of retired military personnel, most of them are the original first to defect to Lin Feng in the capital ruffians and hooligans, before this army was stationed in all corners of Beijing City, Acting as the role of the security army, the whole army is about 1,500 people, Chen Menglei gave it a name, called "Dahan Inspectorate Yawei", in fact, both the military and the government, they used to regard it as the official of Chengtianfu, but it was not commanded by Chengtianfu Yin.

At present, there are only three yamen in the small court of the Han army to carry out internal affairs, that is, the military police of the military system, the Yamen of the Han Dynasty ordnance and grain statistics, and Chen Menglei's Metropolitan Procuratorate, according to the observation during this time, Lin Feng found that the powers of these three systems do overlap somewhat, and it is foreseeable that they will definitely have a power conflict in the near future, and now is the time to correct this mistake. In order to completely solve the problem, Lin Feng summoned Wang Shirong and Chen Menglei and formally divided their powers; the gendarmerie unit under Lin Feng's direct control was only responsible for discipline issues within the army, while Wang Shirong's military command organization was only responsible for conducting spy activities externally, and from now on, internal cases involving rebellion, counterespionage, corruption, bribery, and dereliction of duty in the areas controlled by the Han Dynasty would be handled by Chen Menglei's Metropolitan Procuratorate system.

Unexpectedly, when the division of power was completed, this structure system was questioned by Li Guangdi, and the gendarmerie and military commanders were not enough, Li Guangdi's spearhead was directly pointed at Chen Menglei's Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the day after the restructuring was announced, the civilian system headed by Li Guangdi submitted a recital, strongly opposing the granting of such important powers to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the argument that supported this argument was the notorious precedents of the former Ming Dynasty's "Jinyiwei" and "East Factory" and "West Factory", in fact, there is nothing wrong with this suspicion. Lin Feng's purpose in forming this organization is almost the same meaning, to be honest, this thing does have a bit of a headache, this kind of organization does have the necessity of its existence, but under dictatorial conditions, this dangerous organization is very easy to get out of control, thus evolving into a terrorist group that endangers national security, in the case of hesitation and indecision, Lin Feng had to convene senior officials in Beijing City for a concentrated discussion, after hours of debate and dispute, the various factions of the small court of the Han army reluctantly reached a political compromise, Chen Menglei's Metropolitan Procuratorate has been greatly restricted, and its power to supervise the conduct of officials has been greatly reduced, especially the abolition of the power to arrest suspected officials.

When the dust settled, the various factions made their own gains in this feast of power, and Lee Kwang-di's government administration system was guaranteed security; Chen Menglei's Metropolitan Procuratorate was officially established by two brigades, and was awarded the military flag of "Patrol Guard" by Lin Feng; And the proposal of the General Staff to form a second-line corps was also reluctantly adopted - originally there was nothing to do with the General Staff this time, but this time Zhou Peigong got some inspiration in the battle to suppress the rebels, and it has been proved in practice that the militia group, regimental training and other landlord armies are indeed a useful supplement to the government army, especially in the current situation where the military strength is insufficient, and the only obstacle here is the question of whether the imperial court can control it, if they are to be taken from the hands of the landlords, to achieve the purpose of complete control, That means that the government provides them with part of the military pay and material supplies, but the current Han army's fragile financial revenue is obviously unbearable, under the constraints of this dilemma, Zhou Peigong proposed the "Officer Control Law" - this means that in the Han control area, it is absolutely forbidden for landlords to have private soldiers, but according to the region and population density to select men of appropriate age to form a "Han regiment training", this force is subordinate to the clan forces and landlords in various places, and is not separated from production, In peacetime, you can also accept the landlord's assignment to act as a family guard and the dog's legs, etc., and can also accept the order of the clan patriarch, for the adulterer who violates the traditional good customs of the Chinese nation, he engages in activities such as soaking pig cages and sitting on wooden donkeys, in short, in addition to not allowing large-scale assembly without reason, the government does not interfere too much, farming time, leisure time training, weapons and equipment are mainly lightly armed and cold weapons, and they are kept and controlled by the state in non-wartime, compared to the landlord's private soldiers in the original sense. The only difference is that officers above the platoon level are officers on active duty dispatched by the General Staff.

This compromised co-optation plan was born from the practical experience of not long ago - at first, because of the migration of displaced people, the landlords of the Luanzhou and Luanhe generations were very afraid of this great migration of displaced people, so they established a large number of militia groups with the assistance of the Han army, although in the end this armed force did not play any role, but Zhou Peigong tasted a lot of sweetness from it, and this time General Liu Lusi's action to suppress the peasant uprising also made people see the huge potential of the militia, so take advantage of this opportunity to divide power, The military took the opportunity to make this request.

After thinking about it, Lin Feng was indeed very tempted, although he was very surprised that this militia was not like the militia and the local troops were not like the freaks of the local troops, but it could not be denied that if it could really be established without spending any money, it was indeed tempting, not to mention whether it could fight, at least it was much stronger than the people who were hurriedly recruited, at least it could act as a baggage force, but whether this plan could be realized still needs to be tested, as far as Lin Feng knew, the feudal landlords were not like the citizens of the country in the twenty-first century, The independence is much stronger, and if the implementation of this plan provokes a massive backlash from the landlord class, thus affecting the foundation of its own rule, it will really outweigh the losses.

Out of prudence, Lin Feng authorized the General Staff to first conduct a preliminary pilot test in the area of Baoding Prefecture, the reason why this place was chosen is also because after the last suppression operation, the landlord armed forces in this area have gained considerable combat experience and have some combat effectiveness, and this army is not in the control of the Han military government, after all, it is reassuring, and rather than disbanding in vain, it is better to use this to carry out a pilot.

After all the work was done, when the administrative affairs were properly arranged, the long-planned war plan was immediately and gradually unfolded in an orderly manner. The target of this military attack is mainly the remnants of the Manchurian forces in Liaozhong and Liaoxi, and the key strategic target is set as Shenyang, because the King of Han is also the governor of Ningjin, so this war is personally fought by Lin Feng - this decision has not been opposed by anyone, in fact, from the perspective of the Han army, the generals who are qualified to serve as commanders are Lin Feng and Zhou Peigong, but whether it is due to those factors that cannot be declared or the prestige of the commander, Zhou Peigong is obviously not suitable to leave his post, Therefore, it can only be enlisted by Lin Feng himself.

Lin Feng's personal guard force is composed of two battalions of infantry of the Han Guards, two cavalry battalions and an artillery brigade, commanded by General Rick, a general of Yulin Zhonglang, with a total strength of 4,000 people, accounting for about one-third of the total strength of the Guards.

The second echelon is served by the Ma Ying Department of the Sixth Army of the Han Cavalry, this new unit is composed of three cavalry brigades, an infantry and artillery mixed brigade and a Langzhong battalion, together with the total strength of logistics civilian personnel of about 9,000 people.

The first echelon is served by Wang Dahai, the third army of the Han infantry, Wang Dahai's troops can not invest too many troops in this war, because their defense area is close to the front line, and as we all know, Manqing has a powerful cavalry force, so the Ningjin area also needs to be prepared, so the troops he can put into the attack are only two cavalry battalions and an infantry battalion and a small amount of artillery, in fact, Lin Feng and the General Staff did not think about asking them to make any effort at all, as the troops closest to the front line, The order Lin Feng sent to Wang Dahai was only to ask them to conduct detailed reconnaissance and surveillance, and then harass and exhaust the Qing defenders along the front line of the two armies, so as to ensure the logistics channel for the follow-up main force.

In this war, the Han military government requisitioned more than 90,000 people, more than 22,000 mules and horses, and more than 3,000 carts, most of which were directly requisitioned from the displaced people who migrated to Liaodong. According to the needs of the war and the preliminary prediction of the development of the war, the baggage troops were under martial law along the official road, from Tongzhou to Jinzhou, and a long supply channel was established.

In the autumn of 1685, Lin Feng, the king of Han, led an army of 110,000, known as "150,000", and marched north into Liaozhong.