Chapter Ninety-Four: The Desolation Returns

Chu Yi records in this book: At the beginning of the summer and the end of April in the seventh year of Emperor Yong'an, he was the commander of the Southern Xinjiang Army; In less than two months, the Southern Expedition was defeated by the Southern Xinjiang Army with 100,000 Southern Xinjiang Army, the Yuan family moved north, the Lu family surrendered, and the Zheng family and the Zhang family were wiped out, which became the main topic of discussion among the traveling merchants.

Chu Yi ordered the counselor of the Southern Xinjiang Army who shined in this battle; Changxing Taishou Wang Meng was the commander-in-chief, and led the southern Xinjiang general Liao Hua, the partial general Cao Chun, the partial general Cao Chun, the general Fengyun, and the partial general Lu Dengtong to lead more than 30,000 mixed regiments to go to Yuan County to help the Yuan County guard Liu Chi and Honghai defend against the attack of the barbarian Meng Shu.

Jiang Qin, the general of the command, led the men and horses of his headquarters to capture Yangchang County, allocated a large amount of money, grain and wealth, recruited militia by himself, amounted to more than 10,000 people, and found skilled craftsmen to build warships and train sailors on the riverside of Yangchang County.

Guixing guarded the order to favor the order, commanded three thousand new and old mixed legions to pacify the resistance forces in Huangdong County, and there were large clans and villagers who built a gully dock city to block, and attacked the pet for three days without effect, and he was furious, and shouted angrily with his sword: "You don't know the current affairs, and when the city is broken, the nine clans will be punished." ”

That night, there was a mutiny in the city, and some people were afraid that Chu Yi would send a large army to ask for it, so they had to attack and kill the head of the big clan, open the city and surrender, and send a list to the favored city to settle the people, collect a thousand soldiers in the city, and lead the military administration of the two counties.

The rebellious general Liu Kun led 5,000 elite soldiers, all the way without blood, took Cheng'an County, and had to order to go west to take Huangxi County, and after settling in Cheng'an, he went to Huangxi County, Huangxi County soldiers were less than 1,000, and they were too guarded to surrender, Liu Kun entered the city to settle the people, and reported to Chu Yi.

Chu Yi led the army into the desolate city, and the merchants of the scholar clan in the city saw that the southern Xinjiang army was surrounded by soldiers, the sword was strict, the golden drum was vigorous, and the murderous spirit was soaring, and they all returned by themselves, and did not dare to wait and see.

Chu Yi ordered Xi Zhicai to lead the political affairs of Tianhuang, let Tianhuang not drive, and Feng General Zhao Yun was the general of Dongzhonglang, and brought the soldiers of the headquarters and Zhu Huan, Jiang Wei, Lu Wenlong, Mi Fang, etc. to take Huangbei County in the north, and stationed in Huangbei Pass, repairing the city wall, and building the military, so as to prevent the Tianwu Army of Tianwu Prefecture in the north from marching.

Gao Shun and Hua Rong led an army to Beitun Wujin County, and Zhao Yun's army formed a horn to resist the northern army.

Until mid-May, Chu Yi was able to land in 81 counties in nine counties of Tianhuang Prefecture, with more than 5 million people, nearly 300,000 soldiers, and hundreds of generals.

There are more than 80,000 soldiers in Yuan County! General Wang Meng, deputy general Liu Chi, generals Cao Chun, Fengyun, Liao Hua, Lu Deng; Build a southern military to resist the barbarian attack.

The southwest county, 5,000 soldiers, the general Zhao Yu, the Taishou Zhao Feng, Lin Xuan, Xiao Xuan, Xiao Liu, Meng Qing, Li Shizhen, etc. all live here.

Huangnan City, 15,000 soldiers, the general Dong Ju, the general of the army.

Huangdong City, Guixing City, 15,000 soldiers, the general Xiang Pet, the general of the two counties of Huangdong and Guixing,

The Great Wall of Yang, with 15,000 soldiers, commanded Jiang Qin, built ships, trained sailors, and stifled the road of Tianjing's naval army.

Huangxi City and Cheng'an City, with 15,000 soldiers, Liu Kun, the commander-in-chief, led the military of Huangxi and Cheng'an counties.

Tianhuang City, with 60,000 soldiers, commanding generals Chu Yi, generals Lin Chong, Gao Lan, Hu Che'er, Shanying, etc., guarded the Tianhuang City and crushed the forces with ghosts in their hearts.

Huangbei City, 50,000 soldiers, general Zhao Yun, generals Jiang Wei, Zhu Huan, Lu Wenlong, Mi Fang, repaired Huangbei City and Huangbei Pass, and blocked the Tianwu army from going south.

Wu entered the city, with 15,000 soldiers, and the general Gao Shun assisted Zhao Yun in resisting the army in the north.

When Chu Yi entered the Heavenly Desolate Prefecture, the county scholars did not dare to slack off for fear of Chu Yi's attack, so they released the house slaves one after another, returned the land they occupied, and brought treasures and heavy money to ask Chu Yi to forgive the crime of going to the front war.

When Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Liu Kun and other armies stationed in the fortress and repaired the city walls, Chu Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.

In the face of the huge warrior clan, Chu Yi was also powerless, he found Xi Zhicai and proposed: "Zhicai, I want to implement two competitions in the army to get a military position, and then the talented people in the army will not be buried, the soldiers will work together, and the army will be more vast." Then the imperial examination was carried out, and the local governance was mainly carried out, and the cases were judged, and the scholars of the poor families participated in it, so that the local government could be governed. ”

The imperial examination is not unprecedented, and today's Dayong still implements the three-year examination, but in recent years, Dayong has become more and more corrupt, and there are countless cheating and promotions, but what Chu Yi said is to talk about the desolation alone, and his ambition is not small.

"My lord!"

However, Xi Zhicai, who heard about this, admonished: "Although the whole Dayong now knows that I am resisting the scholar clan and valuing businessmen, medical farmers, establishing schools, and cultivating Han scholars, if you use the imperial examination system, it will be equivalent to cutting off the road of the scholar clan!" ”

I didn't expect Xi Zhicai to be so excited, Chu Yi muttered: "It's not that the children of the Shi clan are not allowed to participate, why did you cut off the road of the Shi clan?" Why not compete fairly? ”

"The officials of the Tianyong Emperor in the past dynasties are mainly based on the children of the scholars, and now the lord does not allow the scholars to raise soldiers, circle grain and grass, and force the people, which has caused a great backlash from the scholars in the world, if the lord implements such a subversive subjective system, I am afraid that it will attract great dissatisfaction from the court."

Xi Zhicai said earnestly: "If this matter can be implemented, it will indeed be a blessing for my southern Xinjiang, but now it is difficult for southern Xinjiang to be the enemy of the world, so it is better to postpone it for a few years, and with a certain buffer, it is not too late to use it." ”

When Chu Yi heard this, he also felt that it made sense, so he had to give up, and convened the scholars with a good reputation in Tianhuang City to discuss, and asked them to elect honest and talented people to serve as county commanders, county magistrates, county officials, county lieutenants, etc.

However, now that the situation has changed greatly, the scholars do not dare to offend Chu Yi too much, in addition to their own children, some talented disciples of the Han Sect have also been able to participate in this selection action, and Xi Zhicai and Dong Ju will personally select the advantages and disadvantages and arrange matters.

There are many mountains and few lands, and there are even fewer fertile lands, and they once fought against the barbarians, and they had to transport grain and rice from Tianwu to fund them.

Although he obtained a large amount of heavy silver grain stored by the scholars after breaking through the city pass, Chu Yi and Xi Zhicai discussed day and night, and still issued a levy order.

Reclamation Order!

Although the sky is desolate and rocky, but it does not prevent him from being vast, the most desolate is the stone mountains, the most lack is the land, where it does not involve military and political important land, the people can reclaim the wasteland by themselves, can go to the Yamen to print the land deed, and exempt the land from tax for three years.

In addition to the extremely bad domineering and heroic, Chu Yi did not collect the land of the Shi clan, which was the wealth left by their ancestors, and now Chu Yi, who is strong, does not dare to be the enemy of the Xia Shi clan, he just collected the land that the Shi clan forcibly bought and bought, and the people did not get much land.

In troubled times, heavy canons must be used, Chu Yi naturally knows that Chu Yi has set up a grievance outside the Taishou Mansion in Tianhuang City, and all the people in Tianhuang Prefecture who encounter or suffer grievances do not have to be afraid of power, do not need to be afraid of officials, they all go to knock it out, complain about their grievances, and if they are found out, they will be severely punished! If there is the slightest deception, it will be severely punished!

However, in a few days, people from all over the world went to the Heavenly Desolate City to complain about their grievances, or sued the bully for forcibly robbing the people's daughters, or sued the Shi clan for forcibly seizing the land, or sued an official for corruption and perverted the law.

Chu Yi showed no mercy, first paraded the prisoners on the street, and then beheaded them all in front of the Taishou Mansion!

After this incident, Chu Yi's cold-blooded and decisive character made the wind of greed in all places reined in, and he no longer dared to be arrogant.

Meng Shu, who was stationed at Tianyun Pass, got the handwritten letter sent by Yuan Shao early, and after understanding what Yuan Shao meant, he hesitated in his heart, he wanted to cooperate with Yuan Shao to attack Chu Yi, but first, he didn't know what his brother Meng Yu meant, second, the three-year covenant just signed by the two armies, and third, he was afraid of the soldiers and generals in southern Xinjiang.

Although Meng Shu had concerns, he didn't want to give up this great opportunity, he first ordered someone to report to his brother who was still fighting in Liangdu, and after hesitating for a few days, he sent a small number of cavalry out of the pass to find out the details of the Southern Xinjiang Army.

The Southern Xinjiang Army really shrank Yuan County! Chu Yi, Zhao Yun and others are already north!

Meng Shu didn't want to wait any longer for this news, he dispatched more soldiers and horses to tour the southern Xinjiang territory, but he did not see the southern Xinjiang soldiers dispatched, and he also confirmed the fact that the main force of the southern Xinjiang army was indeed going north.

Just when Meng Shu was about to lead the army to invade Yuan County, news came that Yuan Shao, who had an army of 300,000, was defeated, Lu Deng surrendered, and Wang Meng led tens of thousands of troops south to reinforce him!

Meng Shu was worried about Chu Yi's retaliation, so he hurriedly collected his troops and returned to Tianyun Pass, and at this time, Meng Yu's handwritten letter also reached Meng Shu's hands.

"Within three years, you can't touch the land of southern Xinjiang!"