"Shi Lang fought these three battles, defeated and contained hundreds of thousands of horses before and after, and recovered dozens of large and small cities. For your father, you support the Tang Dynasty and supervise the country, that is an excellent thing. How did you have a big problem again? ”

Li Huamei was a little annoyed, she defended her husband in front of her father, and at the same time, she was fighting for merit.

"Erya, you only saw that the three battles of the Honorable Marquis pacified Jiangxi, recovered the city, defeated the hundreds of thousands of horses of the Qing army, stabilized the situation in Jiangxi, and even pushed the troops to the south bank of the Yangtze River, directly threatening the Yangtze River shipping of the Qing army. But you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. ”

"Father, tell me, where is the second one?" Li Huamei handed a bowl of iced sour plum soup sent by her own soldiers to Li Shouhan, the rich osmanthus was chilled by the ice cubes, and with the sugar in the soup, it emitted a faint sweet fragrance, which made people feel refreshed in this sultry solar term.

With two mouthfuls of iced osmanthus sour plum soup, Li Shouhan's thinking is also a lot clearer.

"All over northern Jiangxi, for many years, there have been military disasters and bandits, and it is too much to say that it is a piece of scorched earth and red land for thousands of miles, but it is also dilapidated and cannot feed the army. Otherwise, Shi Lang would not have used the heavy grain and grass in his hand as bait to mobilize Jin Shengheng, Wang Yuncheng and others to take the bait. However, now this region, from Jiujiang and Nanchang on the south bank of the Yangtze River, to Ji'an Province and Gannan Province, is under our control. Then, the responsibility of recuperation, restoration of farming, feeding the people of this side, and feeding these hundreds of thousands of horses is on us. ”

"What's more, in the recent days, your uncle arranged for Lin Kun to negotiate peace with Hong Chengchou and Wei Snake in Nanjing, in order to buy us time for the mobilization and deployment of soldiers and horses. However, Shi Lang made such a dozen, everyone's face was torn off, negotiation? That's impossible. Get ready to fight! This move is the end of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, countless grains, grasses, and salaries being put into it, and it will never die. ”

Seeing that his father talked about the food and salary of soldiers and horses, he couldn't help but suddenly make Li Huamei's chest full of pride.

"Father! Hit the punch! Could it be that our Li family is still afraid that he will not succeed?! When it comes to soldiers and horses, Erchen also checked the documents sent by the military department in the official office a few days ago, and there are nearly 600,000 soldiers and horses in various towns! Among them, 300,000 people have already driven to the border area of Fujian and Zhejiang, and it will only take a few days to enter Zhejiang. Or drive directly into Jiangxi through southern Gansu! ”

"Speaking of grain and grass, we won't mention other places, just in Songjiang Mansion, as well as in this Shanghai Business Zone, on several islands outside Wusongkou, there are enough grains, grasses and oils for 200,000 people to support half a year. Gunpowder, cannons, military equipment, and more! Are we still afraid that we won't be able to defeat him Dolgon? ”

Speaking of soldiers, horses, money and food, Li Shouhan is also quite proud, decades of hard work, and finally saw the effect at this moment. Administrative organs at all levels, which are strictly implemented in accordance with the provinces, prefectures, counties, townships, villages, and A, enforce the laws and regulations on the use of soldiers and the people on weekdays. If you don't want to accept this rule, then it's very simple, and someone from the village will come to your house to help you demolish your house and move. Then, your family's fields will also change owners. "No one can enjoy rights without obligations." Moreover, it is not only an obligation, for the older generation, who are accustomed to digging in the soil, letting their children go out for training will not only save the family food ration for several months, but also make some friends and see the outside world. If you're lucky, it's also an opportunity to move up. There is always news that the old man from the next village and the younger one follow the general out to quell the chaos and fight, and the captured booty and reward money will renovate the family's house, and then get a license from the official's family, and prepare to open up a few hundred acres of wasteland.

After decades of subtle changes, the people of Nanzhong no longer regard serving as a desperate choice for survival, but as a way to change upwards and improve the living status of their families and individuals. Therefore, when a mobilization order was issued, hundreds of thousands of elite divisions who were "able to fight and win" in the eyes of the mainland generals were immediately summoned. That's what it is! These soldiers and horses are not those novices who have raw melons and eggs, they are all characters who have gone through a military career of several months or even more than half a year, familiar with the military system, familiar with all kinds of flag signals, familiar with the equipment in their hands, what is this not elite?

If it weren't for Li Shouhan's scruples that he was worried that the transfer of too many people would cause social turmoil in Nanzhong, which would then affect the industrial and agricultural production in various parts of Nanzhong, he could have summoned two or three million people at once. Anyway, there is food in the storehouse, enough to feed these people.

On more than one occasion, he also heard the head of the household department in charge of grain storage complaining to him, saying that since the sale of grain to various parts of the Central Plains had been stopped, the warehouses in various parts of the southern and central regions had been full of grain, and the official warehouses alone had piled up at least 100,000 stone of rice, not counting the number of local warehouses in various places, and the number of reserves in the Siwucang and other warehouses in various villages.

"So, Shi Lang took the whole of Jiangxi, but I'm not worried about whether I can feed the people on this land." Li Shouhan put down the lily porcelain bowl that could vaguely see the black shadows of a few osmanthus flowers remaining in the bowl, "Gannan has been under our jurisdiction for the past few years, and there have been no major disasters, and it can be regarded as calm. In the past few years, there has also been some food accumulation in the treasury. sent a document to the governor of southern Gansu. He was ordered to transport the surplus grain from all over the country to the north and hand it over to Shi Lang for use. As long as it can last for two or three months, the grain from Guangxi and Guangxi can be transported to Jiangxi, and at the same time, late rice from all parts of Jiangxi can also come in handy. ”

"And. You write a letter to your lord. The letter told him that his father was very pleased with his actions in Jiangxi. However, he also gave him a blow, saying that the general and Liang Guogong would punish General Shi Lang at the court meeting and punish him for not obeying orders and exercising power without authorization. Speaking of this, Li Shouhan made a rare grimace, which made the son held by Ao Lei Yilan giggle and laugh non-stop.

Li Huamei knew that this was her father's desire to characterize Shi Lang's actions in Jiangxi, and then end up for Shi Lang in officialdom and the court. wiped out the hundreds of thousands of former Ming troops who surrendered to the Qing army, not only is this not a crime, but a war exploit, which exterminated the rebellion! However, the hundreds of thousands of people who sheltered the rest of Li Zicheng's army were not a decent achievement. It's not good to say, if you change someone else, you may be charged with killing your head and exterminating your family. Of course, it's just lip service. After all, in the mouths of the Qinglius, Li Zicheng captured the city of Beijing and forced Emperor Chongzhen to go to the coal mountain. But they never said that if it weren't for their various actions, Li Zicheng might not have rebelled at all, but would have been his postman in peace.

However, if they see that Shi Lang Da Lala is still calm after containing the great rebels who killed their fathers and kings in their eyes, then the combat effectiveness that erupted from the mouths of this group of professional trolls is not to mention the recovery of Nanjing, directly crossing the Yellow River to recover Beijing, inviting Emperor Chongzhen out of the loess again, and then re-burying the scenery, and then killing the Shanhaiguan and smashing Shenyang, and then implementing the measures of thatching over the fire and stones and knives and changing the population of Hetuala.

What's more, the hundreds of thousands of people who Shi Lang sheltered broke into the camp and horses, and there were also a lot of grass on the wall. Some people who originally pulled the team out of the team and were ready to go it alone, were originally in a dilemma at both ends of the first rat, and when they were hesitating between whether to occupy the mountain as the king or surrender to the Qing army, suddenly came to break into the camp, oh, no, it was the great good news that the Dashun Army and the Nanyue Army cooperated, and the whole army returned to the Nanyue Army, how could this not let these people immediately step on the soles of their feet and return to the team overnight like Hot Wheels? Everyone knows the wealth of the Nanyue Army, leaning on this big tree, don't say anything about food and equipment, what official positions, once one day Liang Guogong and his old man's python robe have an extra claw, or the color of the clothes is changed, then aren't we people also the founding fathers?

As a result, the wind and clouds gathered, and the rest of the Shun army suddenly returned to the team with more than 100,000 people.

The two groups of men and horses before and after, the remnants of the Dashun Army and the prisoners and surrenders of Jin Shengheng, Wang Yuncheng and others, add up to a terrifying number. Close to a million people! Although there are many people here, according to the standards of Shi Lang and the Nanyue Army, they belong to the strong men who have come to make up the numbers, but nearly a million young and middle-aged people have come together, not to mention how much labor gap and pressure has been caused to the resumption of production in Jiangxi, just eating and drinking every day is an astronomical amount, not to mention the fights, brawls, stealing chickens, touching dogs, and molesting women and other public security problems that occur because there is nowhere to vent their energy.

However, under the strong material foundation of the Nanyue Army, as well as Shi Lang's own "glorious deeds" that swept across the Liaodong Peninsula and paved the road with the bodies of tens of thousands of Tartars, these people were still quite regular, and they honestly rested and replenished in Xiupingjiang and other places, and replenished the tens of thousands of prisoners of war of the former Left Army allocated to them by Shi Lang into the camp, and completed the original empty system.

Shi Lang and Li Shouhan shared the same concern about the administration of these areas that he had just recovered from the Qing army. For this reason, Shi Lang requested in the document that he should be given at least a dozen administrative teams of the prefectures. He could restore the administration in northern Jiangxi, central Jiangxi, southern Hunan and other places. In fact, it is to completely turn this area into a south-central region. At present, in this vast area, most of the prefectures and cities are presided over by the deputy officers and some veteran officers and non-commissioned officers sent by the Nanyue Army stationed here. In fact, it is barely maintained, and the biggest and most important task is to ensure the smooth flow of military supplies and military orders of Shi Lang's department, and it is okay to deal with it temporarily for a while, but it will not work after a long time. As for the county seats, except for some county towns that are located on the main roads of transportation and the key points of soldiers, the rest are handed over to some local gentry close to the Nanyue Army for temporary management. But Shi Lang can only turn a blind eye for the time being.

"Erya, do you think this is good, let the Marquis select capable gentry in the local area and appoint them as officials at all levels, how about it?" Li Shouhan didn't know for what purpose he said such a thing.

"Father, it's hot, are you a little dizzy?" Li Huamei unceremoniously scoffed at her father's words. "Locally selected? There are also provisions in the Ming Dynasty statute to avoid serving hundreds of miles from the place of origin! If you select local officials, appoint them, and give them administrative power, will it be worth it?! Father, haven't you always hated these gentry the most? How can we use them again today? ”

Li Shouhan saw his daughter scolding himself like this, but he didn't think he was angry, but he was happy in his heart. He knew that before the masses were mobilized, the so-called boiled elections were often elected by the representatives and spokesmen of the local wealthy gentry, and even the powerful and bullies. These people run rampant in the township and control the township administration on weekdays, once they have a justifiable official position, then this evil force will still have it?

"What you said is in the form of boiling, and what we are doing is the essence of the people @ the Lord." Li Shouhan remembered the old-timers he had read in an unknown book back then, and in the face of accusations from local leaders in the new district, he questioned their answers when they did not adopt the method of organizing elections and voting in the local area, but used the cadres of the old districts of Taihang Mountain and Shandong to match a complete set of government administrative teams to carry out their work on the same day. The reason is what Li Shouhan thought of just now. That approach doesn't change at all in the intertwined network of relationships in the region. Therefore, if you want to change, you must burn a wildfire completely, and then make great efforts to turn that piece of land deep and sprinkle lime, so that the wasteland can gradually become mature. Then, the ripe land can grow a variety of crops according to the requirements of the sowers. Instead of all kinds of brambles and barnyard grasses, or colorful mushrooms that look good but are extremely poisonous.

Regarding how to set fire to the wasteland in northern Jiangxi, central Jiangxi, southern Hunan and other places, and then dig deep and dig up the roots, Shi Lang said his thoughts in detail on another document that had no title, but just wrote a two-word Chen on the white paper. In addition to asking the Nanyue Army to send more than a dozen administrative teams from the prefectures, he was ready to make full use of the human resources in his hands, that is, he hit the idea on the remnants of the Dashun Army and those prisoners under the command of Jin Shengheng Wang Yuncheng.

This article can be regarded as a feasibility plan in a broad sense, but it makes Li Shouhan quite kind. Inside, Shi Lang classified the hundreds of thousands of Jin Shengheng's captives in his hands, and dealt with them according to different situations. The first category is those who have followed Jin Shengheng, Wang Yuncheng and others under the banner of Zuo Liangyu's army for many years, the so-called veterans who have seen the world, and old thieves. These people may be regarded as elite in the eyes of others, and they are the elite of the Quartet who must be entangled together. However, under the standard judgment of the Nanyue Army, it is a group of rabble who do not know how to cooperate and do not abide by military discipline, and staying in the army can only play a negative role.

For them, Shi Lang gave a very appropriate disposition, but it made Li Shouhan and Li Huamei's father and daughter gasp. "It is planned to be sent to Nanzhong, to break up the establishment, or to the mines, or to the forest, to serve as a slave to slaves, if they are pardoned, they will not be pardoned, and they will not enjoy the treatment of ordinary officials and slaves." That is, let these people work until they are exhausted! This type of person, as the core of Jin and Wang's subordinates, is also a lot, adding up to only more than 10,000 people. Coupled with the middle and lower-level officers and petty leaders at all levels, it is at most 30,000 people. After removing the core and backbone of these 30,000 people, the remaining hundreds of thousands of people, in Shi Lang's eyes, are a piece of fat beef on the board, just let him figure out how to cut and how to cook.

The second type of people are those who have been in the Jin and Wang armies for a period of time, but they are not veterans and elites, these people are about 100,000 people, but they also need to be screened and divided in detail, among which there are also many stragglers, mountain bandits, horse thieves, and group training organized by local officials and gentry. These people are familiar with the local situation, and they are inextricably linked with the local tyrants and inferior gentry families, and some of them are simply the minions of the family. For these people, Shi Lang's opinion, "It is still planned to deal with the above-mentioned core backbone members!" In other words, these people cannot be created or transformed, and since they cannot be used as useful talents, then throw them into the right place to burn their lives and radiate light and heat! After removing these stumbling stones, he Shi Lang could let go of the wasteland in Jiangxi. After removing these people, the remaining more than 100,000 people, Shi Lang will have to calculate carefully. He was going to pick and choose some of them to serve as his auxiliaries or reserves, leaving behind to replenish the losses. In addition, a standing contingent of several hundred people per county and 1,000 people per government has been set up to be responsible for public order within the territory. In this way, soldiers and horses can be freed up to be used as "living soldiers" that can be used in mobility, rather than a large number of troops becoming a garrison and security force. In addition to these people, the remaining tens of thousands of people, Shi Lang is ready to do it to the end, and send them to the rest of the Dashun army to supplement and strengthen their strength, so that they can recover as soon as possible. Of course, in this process, it is unknown whether Shi Lang cooperated with Niu Qiandao Muya Dog and others to send some people to various departments of the Shun army to act as eyes and ears.

And the part with the largest number of people is the strong men brought by Jin and Wang in various places in Jiangnan and Jiangbei. In order to make up the number and strengthen their momentum, these two grabbed the strong men and emptied their minds. What took advantage of the bazaar to surround the polder, and took away all the men who did not wear open crotch pants and could walk without crutches, and what surrounded the villages at night, and separated men, women, and children in the name of interrogating the traitors, and took all the men away. and so on, all kinds of means.

For these people who are basically children of good families, or simply a group of simple farmers, Shi Lang does not intend to let go easily.