"Appointed, Fuming Hou Lincha is in charge of the military affairs of the Qiongzhou Mansion and commands the ...... of the sailors"

"Appointed, Du Hui, the chief military officer of Zhongchong Town, and the chief military officer of Qiongzhou Mansion, cooperate with Fu Minghou, and be responsible for suppressing and appeasing ...... on land"

"Change, Cai Yuan, the deputy general of Rongqi Town, is the deputy general of Changhua, and the town guards Changhua County......"

“……”

The appointment was discussed with Zheng Chenggong by Chen Kai before he set off. In terms of military affairs, Lin Cha was the mainstay, supplemented by Du Hui, and guarded the land of Qiongzhou. In other counties, Quanzhou soldiers ranging from 200 to 400 were dispatched to defend the town. The only exception is that Changhua County, a county-level administrative unit that is not conspicuous in Qiongzhou Prefecture, Chen Kai sent 1,000 Quanzhou soldiers to guard important matters by Cai Yuan, and the importance is far greater than that of other counties outside the prefecture.

At this stage, the main military task of Qiongzhou Mansion was defense, so Chen Kai directly withdrew Li Jianjie's hussar town. However, Chen Kai, the 400 war horses of Liu Bolu's department, all stayed, and arranged for a Li Jianjie's subordinate general to drill, and it was also used as an assistant force.

"The drills of those local soldiers must be arrested as soon as possible, we don't expect them to be able to cooperate with the army to attack, but if the Li people on the island make a mess, these people will be able to take it out."

"Please rest assured that the last general will do his best."

Most of the original officials of the Qing court in this mansion were sent back to Leizhou Mansion by Chen Kai, and this time Chen Kai was bound to win Qiongzhou Mansion, and he was accompanied by officials brought from Zhongzuo and Chaozhou. These men have taken over the administration of the states and counties by following the army. Only the prefect, Chen Kai has never decided, he is more inclined to Wang Jiang, but with the current situation, Wang Jiang is not suitable - this is not an economic account, this is a political account!

The affairs of this government are still under military management for the time being, and they are under the full responsibility of Fuming Hou Lincha. In addition to the military affairs of this town, Du Hui is also responsible for training soldiers

Du Hui's task is very heavy, and Lin Cha is also not light, the Ming army has just resumed its rule over Qiongzhou Prefecture, and there are countless things that need to be done. Especially in Yu, Chen Kai never intended to just recover such a mansion, he not only wanted to tap the potential of this mansion more, but also to do more things with it. However, no matter what we do, we must first ensure local stability, so that we can gather greater strength. It's just that this Qiongzhou Mansion has one of the biggest problems.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was a saying that the Li people in Qiongzhou Mansion "rebelled and impermanent, and there was no one who did not mess up for ten years", which is not an exaggeration at all. According to records, during the Ming Dynasty, there were as many as 54 large and small Li riots on Hainan Island, which means that on average, there would be one Li rebellion in less than six years. Moreover, the later the Li Rebellion became, the larger the scale, the longer it lasted, and the wider the distribution area.

Qiongzhou is a capital, and the Han people are mainly distributed in the northern and coastal areas. Just like Qu Dajun has a cloud in "Guangdong New Language": the land of Qiong, such as the body of the people, Li Qi, the henchmen, the prefecture and county, the limbs, the diseases of the henchmen are not removed, and the limbs are soaked in the limbs, and it is a problem for the whole body.

Unlike when Chen Kai was in Chaozhou, he faced a situation full of bandits, although the prefectures and counties of Qiongzhou had fallen from the Qing court to the Ming army, Li was still in turmoil, making it difficult to settle down locally.

"Has the list been sent to Ding'an County?"

"If you return to the words of the old man of the Fu Army, the humble post has already been sent."

After the military discussion, Chen Kai returned to the palace, and the first thing he did was to ask the official who took the lead. And the latter also gave Chen Kai a satisfactory answer.

Bangwen is not only sent to Ding'an County, but all the three states and ten counties of Qiongzhou Prefecture have to be sent to the people, and Ding'an County is the closest to the capital city, so it is also the fastest to arrive.

Tracing south and crossing the river, Bangwen was quickly sent to Ding'an County, the magistrate over there was brought by Chen Kai, and the time he took office was relatively long among his peers, and it has been several days. The affairs of the county are still in the dark, and it will obviously take more time to completely control them.

At this moment, when the list of articles arrived, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly sent someone to post it. Soon, those people who Chen Kai needed to see this list saw the content of this list, and it spread quickly.

On the bulletin board in front of the county government, there were officials standing on both sides, and one of his officials read the contents of the list loudly to the people present. Most of the local Han people present, but the more huge ones were the familiar Li who lived in the county seat, there were men and women, all of whom stood there and listened to the explanations of the officials, and soon changed from whispering to loud discussions, and even asked directly to the officials.

"That Chen Fujun is an official in charge of other prefectures, why did he come to our Qiongzhou?"

"This neighbor, Chen Fujun's official title does not have our Qiongzhou Mansion, but the boss of the family saved the people of Guangzhou back then, and no less than 300,000 people survived because of this, and he is the most Buddha-like figure in ten thousand families. Official positions, the imperial court will be appointed in a short time. To have such a capable minister to represent the herdsmen of heaven is a great joy for the people of our Qiongzhou Mansion. ”

The officials behaved very well, because in addition to the magistrate and the county officer, Chen Kai had already said that the chief secretary and the county lieutenant were to be selected from the local officials. In terms of seniority, he has a great opportunity, of course he has to do his best at this moment, but fortunately, he will be good in front of the two masters who followed Chen Kai from eastern Guangdong.

"Lord Chen, who rescued Guangzhou, I've heard of it, that's a character who is wiser than Zhuge , and even the Tartar prince has been played around!"

"Wow!"

Shang Kexi once again became the background board, and a man who had heard of Chen Kai earlier said it loudly, which caused an exclamation.

With this identity as the foundation, if Chen Kai says something more, his credibility will naturally be greatly improved.

“…… Since the 285-year-old practice of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, whether it is Hanmin, Shuli, or Shengli, they can all follow their own traditions. If the evil law of shaving hair and making it easy to obey in the court, it should be abolished immediately! ”

The content of the list is nothing more than to show your identity and position, which is very important, especially for the current situation in Qiongzhou, and it is not enough to just post the list of Anmin.

Li chaos has always been the biggest difficulty in governing Qiongzhou Mansion. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the old system of appointing local officials as governors of prefectures and counties in the Yuan Dynasty was changed, and the large and small toasts were divided into large and small toasts in the whole Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the number of toasts in the whole Qiongzhou Prefecture was as high as 1,203, with thousands of large households and hundreds of small households. As shown in the "Cantonese New Language": there is a mountain in twenty or thirty miles, and there are more than ten villages in the mountain, and the soil is fertile and thick, which is no different from the people in the foreign townships.

The Li people who originally controlled the state and county were abolished, and the big toast was divided into small toasts one by one, supplemented by the Confucian education-style sinicization model, although the Li chaos in the Ming Dynasty was frequent, but the damage caused by it was still smaller than that of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, all this changed its flavor. Regardless of whether they are male or female, whether they are raw or cooked, they attach great importance to clothing and hairstyles and follow traditions. In this regard, the rulers of the Han family in all dynasties have never interfered, not even the tyrannical yuan. However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as they did with the Han Chinese, ordered the Li people to shave their hair and make them easy to wear, which was humiliating, and a strong revolt immediately broke out.

The Li Rebellion in the Ming Dynasty was more due to economic problems and the oppression of the Tusi, while the Li Rebellion in the Qing Dynasty was more manifested in the national oppression represented by shaving hair and changing clothes. As a result, many Han Chinese, who could not accept the ease of shaving their hair and clothes, united with the Li people to resist the Qing court. In the face of the suppression of the Qing army, the ripe Li began to flee into the mountains and forests one after another, and were in the company of the Shengli, which made those who were "also arrogant in nature, and held a knife and bow against each other if they did not agree".

This is a regression of civilization, but the Qing court did not care about this, only suffered Liu Bolu hurriedly sent troops to suppress it, lest it not interfere with the traditional "Great Song Dynasty Restoration Army" and join forces with the Li people, and ended up with a dead army.

Such a bad law, until this Ding'an County returned to the hands of the Ming army, some of the homeland is difficult to leave, and there is really no choice but to shave their hair and change clothes, so they immediately put on traditional clothes, just like the Han neighbors in the county. Because they knew very well that the Ming court would not interfere in this, only the evil Manchu Qing would do. And at this moment, Chen Kai's solemn statement once again completely finalized this in front of everyone.

While Bang Wen explained, many Li people touched the top of their heads, and it seemed that some hair stubble had grown. But it will take more time to get back to the way it was. This good news also spread quickly by word of mouth, from the yamen of the prefecture and county, to the alleys and alleys, to the villages and towns attached to Guo, and to the land controlled by a large number of Shengli Tusi in the Wuzhishan area.

The states and counties are the origin of radiation, and the identity and attitude of the Ming army continue to spread, which is bound to affect the mentality of the people on the island. After all, shaving hair is easy to wear, and the Han people don't like it, and the Li people don't like it either. As long as this evil law can be abolished, both the Han people and the Li people will be grateful for it, and it will inevitably eliminate many of the causes of the Li rebellion.

The time is still short, and there is no effect for the time being, but whether it is Chen Kai, Lin Cha, Du Hui, and Li Jianjie, they are all optimistic about this. Without him, there is a pockmarked face of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and anyone looks smooth-skinned.

In terms of military affairs, Chen Kai has already made arrangements, Lin Cha and Du Hui are both experienced, and there will be no problems. As for civil affairs, at the same time as the list was posted, Chen Kai did not plan to make too many moves for the time being, how to collect taxes in the past, how to get along with the gentry and the common people, how to come now, whether it is sea trade, salt tax, fishing tax, etc., so as not to affect the effect of appeasing the people. But there is one thing that must be acted on now.

"Cai Yuan should be in Changhua soon, right?"

"According to the normal itinerary, it should have arrived."

"Then send him another letter and let him start preparing."

In fact, without Chen Kai's supervision, Cai Yuan also started relevant preparations immediately after arriving in Changhua County.

The county seat of Changhua is located at the mouth of the Changhua River, and after Cai Yuan led his troops to arrive, he accepted the military power of the two hundred soldiers originally brought by Lin Cha to this place to guard, plus the eight hundred soldiers he brought, a total of 1,000. Then, after consolidating his control over the county seat, Cai Yuan immediately took the captives out of the city and traveled upstream, stopping at a place called Jinniuling.

"Is this it?"

"If you go back to Dashuai, this is it. You see, there is a mine over there that was sealed when Zhang Zhixian sent people to expel the mine thieves. ”

The officials are the old men of Changhua County, and compared to those magistrates, including Zhang Sanguang, the magistrate of Changhua County of the Chongzhen Dynasty mentioned in his mouth, these local officials have been here for a longer time, and they are the real head snakes.

At this moment, the old incident mentioned by the officials to Cai Yuan was that in the second year of Chongzhen, Zhang Sanguang, the magistrate of Changhua County, led the local officials, officials and garrisons to expel the mine thieves, and it was strictly forbidden to privately mine the Yayushan copper mine.

Copper is a metal used to mint currency in ancient China. The copper mine here has been known for many years, and there have been many illegal mining during this period. However, before Chen Kai set off, he said that this was an iron mine, and Cai Yuan was convinced at first, but after he arrived in Changhua County, he learned another version from those officials.

While reporting to Chen Kai, Cai Yuan still escorted the captives here step by step - whether it was iron or copper, Cai Yuan felt that since it was a good thing, Chen Kai would not let it go, otherwise why bother to come with such a lot of effort?

"Go, take these coolies to cut down the trees, and we're going to build a camp here."

You have to dig first, you have to have a place to live. This is the most necessary, both for rest and for the sake of guarding the captives. Cai Yuan has rebuilt the Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou twice in history, even if these two times have not happened today, his people can take on this responsibility, obviously have the relevant ability.

However, no matter how great his ability was, he didn't know that this place was named Shiroku in later generations, and it was the largest iron-rich mine in Asia, with reserves of up to 300 million tons, and the quality was extremely rare, and it was also an open-pit mine.

It was first seen here as a copper mine, and it was not until later that it was discovered that copper was only a minority here, and the real rich mineral deposit was iron. However, it was already in 1935, and the Nationalist Government at that time did not mine for various reasons, but instead cheapened the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War, until the end of the Anti-Japanese War, more than 690,000 tons of iron ore were plundered by the Japanese!

At that time, the Japanese were using semi-mechanized operations. However, with the current technology, what Chen Kai gave Cai Yuan for the time being was a bunch of prisoners, purely manual operations. As for how it will be in the future, that's for later. Moreover, this is just the beginning, and the ancillary facilities alone take a lot of time and effort.

Just when Cai Yuan was directing those captives to prepare for the excavation of the Shilu Iron Mine, more than ten days passed, and Chen Kai's side also received the expected results.

The people of Qiongzhou Prefecture, whether they are Han Chinese, or Shuli and Shengli, have shown great enthusiasm for the abolition of the shaving and easy obedience order. Many Tusi from Qiongshan County and Ding'an County came to ask for a meeting, and even many Han anti-Qing forces hiding in the mountains jumped out one after another to express their willingness to accept Chen Kai's moderation.

Cao Junfu, Cao Hongxi, father and son of thousands of households in Wanzhou, Hong Tingdong of thousands of households in Yazhou, Hu Yongqing of Zhenfu, Peng Xingu, the leader of the Huangliu Han people in Yazhou to resist the Qing Dynasty, etc., have lost their sincerity to the Ming army in various states and counties, and one by one they can't wait to put on their wings and rush to Qiongshan County to meet Chen Kai, just to see the Buddha of Wanjia in their eyes once.

These Han people-resistant anti-Qing forces are the most trustworthy, and Chen Kai naturally wants to see them, not only to see, but also to include them in the system of the Ming army. And the Li Min Tusi who came one after another, Chen Kai also wanted to appease properly, for the long-term stability of Qiongzhou Mansion.

Every day I fell into the process of meeting guests, recalling that when I just captured the capital of Chaozhou, the gentry in the city did not give him face, and only when Zheng Chenggong arrived, did they "cure the disease" one by one. And now, just with his name Chen Kai, it is enough to make these people look at the scenery, which is no longer the same.

In a blink of an eye, it was late April, and Cao Junfu and Cao Hongxi, father and son of Wanzhou Qianhu, threw down their troops and rushed to visit, and Chen Kai did not hesitate to appoint Cao Junfu as the general of Qiongzhou Town, and took his troops to serve under Du Hui. And Cao Junfu's son Cao Hongxi was left by Chen Kai to serve as the deputy captain of the guard.

It's a promotion, and it's a great blue-eyed. Cao Junfu didn't say it, even if his son was released in the future, he would take Chen Kai's cronies as the core identity, and his official position would definitely not be low. The father and son originally only planned to take Chen Kai's line, and in the future, they would be able to talk to Zhizhou and the guards in the local area, but they didn't expect to get such a big lottery, when even if they showed their loyalty to Chen Kai and said those words of "go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire", at first glance it was really full of sincerity.

Sending away the Cao family's father and son, Chen Kai stretched his waist, these days are really grinding, endless words every day, endless people, but there is no way. It's just that such a cookie-cutter day soon made waves, and Chen Kai just watched the Cao family's father and son leave, when he received a new military intelligence report. After reading it, I couldn't help frowning.

"It's really fast."