Li Zicheng told the prisoners of war that in order to survive, more than 3,000 of them must convert to God and learn the prayer "Our Father in Heaven" in addition to a year of hard labor!

"What is God?"

"Why should we take refuge in God?"

"We only believe in the ...... Buddha"

……

Li Zicheng knew that these soldiers were not monks, they would not be devout Buddhists, they believed in the Buddha, but they gave them a hope to live, and they were the Buddha in their hearts!

He didn't answer, but said in a deep voice: "You are all prisoners of war, in front of the Mandate of Heaven Army, there is no distinction between officers and soldiers, you will be divided into three thousand households according to the establishment of the army, and I will determine three thousand household officials from among you, in addition, there are also hundred household officials and small flag officials!" ”

“……”

Li Zicheng had already calculated in his heart, "Thousands of household officials don't need to engage in labor, they only need to supervise their subordinates, and they will be paid half a tael of silver every month!" ”

"Ah......h

"No labor? And silver? ”

"Can anyone be the official of a thousand households?"

……

Li Zicheng wants this effect, he doesn't believe it, in the face of interests, will the prisoners of war not be moved? And these preferential conditions, for the Mandate of Heaven Army, there is basically no loss.

"The governor of Pontus has just said, each of you is the same, the original status is invalid, and anyone can compete for the position of a thousand household officials, but there are only three thousand household officials, and there are also hundred household officials and small flag officials, although they all need to participate in hard labor, but after four months, the hundred household officials and the small flag officials can receive remuneration, half a tael per month!"

"The number of hundred-household officials and small flag officials is even higher!"

"I want to compete for 100 household officials!"

"How can I become an official of 100 households or a thousand households?"

……

Li Zicheng showed a smile at this time, he waved his hand to quiet the prisoners of war, "The selection method is very simple, that is, to convert to God," he paused, and said: "You will go to Chongqing Mansion along the waterway, along the way, you have nothing to do, you can recite prayers, when you land in Chongqing, I will personally investigate, the three people who are most skilled in reciting prayers are Qianhu officials, and the following are Baihu officials and Xiaoqi officials!" ”

"It's as simple as that?" One of the prisoners of war whispered, "The Governor won't lie to us, will he?" ”

He Mi glared, put his right hand on the hilt of the knife on his waist, and shouted angrily: "What kind of identity is the Grand Governor, how can he deceive you?" Babble again, watch your head! ”

The prisoners of war were frightened and silent.

"If the Governor of Pontus is not true to his word, how can he command the army?" Li Zicheng said slowly: "You and the Governor of Pontus are not related to each other, do you have to take special care of anyone?" ”

After a moment's hesitation, someone whispered, "But we don't have any prayers......

"It doesn't matter, when you get on the boat, the sailor brothers will naturally teach you prayers," Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "There is only one chance, you can take advantage of it!" ”

These prisoners of war need to be managed by people anyway, and whoever is the official of a thousand households, a hundred households, and a small flag official is the same for themselves, as long as they can inherit the gospel of God, and the one who can be the first to memorize the prayers shows that his brain is good, and it is not an exaggeration to reuse him.

Li Zicheng handed over the prisoners of war to the navy for transportation, but he took his own soldiers to ride westward, he did not go to Chongqing Prefecture, but waited for the prisoners of war in Ba County, south of the Yangtze River, Ba County is the starting point of the official road, and they will go south from here.

A few days later, the prisoners of war finally landed in Ba County, and set up camp in Ba County that night, Li Zicheng first conducted an audition, and those who could not recite the prayer in their entirety were directly eliminated, and there were less than 1,000 people left.

Li Zicheng randomly divided these people into two parts, a group of two, a direct duel, if the two of them did not make a mistake, they would compare the length of time, and the time was eliminated.

This was repeated until Hai Shi, and the top three were finally decided: Huang Junhui, Su Dailiang, and Zhan Ligang.

Li Zicheng immediately appointed them as the first, second, and third thousandth household officials, and all the prisoners of war were organized and placed under the names of these three people.

The prisoners of war went to rest with their respective hundred household officials and small flag officials, and Li Zicheng summoned Huang Junhui, Su Dailiang, and Zhan Ligang alone, only to know that Huang Junhui and Su Dailiang were both hereditary hundred household officials and knew a few words, so they recited faster than others, while Zhan Ligang was a pure soldier, who didn't know a word, but his brain was more flexible.

Li Zicheng's heart moved, such three people may be useful in the future......

At dawn the next day, Li Zicheng took the prisoners of war and went south from Ba County, in fact, if you want to widen the road, you can start from Ba County, and build a cement bridge over the Yangtze River in the future, so that you can realize the land communication with Chongqing.

But Li Zicheng wants to go to the south to see, Ma Xianglin and Qin Gongming are suppressing the Tusi in the south, if it succeeds, according to the situation near the Banzhou Xuanwei Division, from the south to the north, you can also start to build the road from the south, and by the way, take a look at the road conditions of the whole process.

From Bashan to the south, it soon entered the banks of the Qijiang River, along the Qijiang River, traced back to the source, and it was already the boundary of the Banzhou Xuanwei Division, but he did not see the white pole soldiers, and sent rangers to inquire, only to know that Ma Xianglin and Qin Gongming had gone to the southernmost part.

Li Zicheng felt strange, since the northern part of the Banzhou Propaganda Division had been taken, why didn't he leave soldiers to garrison? In the event of a rebellion, wouldn't the White Pole Soldiers go deep alone and fall into the encirclement of the Tusi?

Fortunately, along the way, there was no Tusi's army, and after passing the Loushan Pass, he met the rear team of the white pole soldiers, Qin Gongming integrated Li Zicheng into the camp, "The Metropolitan Governor, the General went to Banzhou!" ”

Li Zicheng did not sit down, but smiled faintly and said, "Gong Ming, tell me, what is the situation in Banzhou now?" ”

Qin Gongming bowed down and said: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, we have taken Banzhou, even Zunyi County, and now we are encircling and suppressing Suiyang and Renhuai counties!" ”

"Zunyi?" Li Zicheng's heart moved, the central country of the later generations, that is a well-known place name, however, Zunyi seems to be in Guizhou, how did he come to Sichuan? "Isn't Zunyi in Guizhou, Ma Xianglin has already entered Guizhou?"

"Guizhou?" Qin Gongming was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Governor, Zunyi is not in Guizhou, and the Pingyue Military and Civilian Mansion further south belongs to Guizhou!" ”

"Pingyue Military and Civilian Mansion?" Li Zicheng became more and more puzzled, "Does the Pingyue Military and Civil Government have a subordinate relationship with Banzhou?" ”

"Ah...... Metropolitan Governor, is it like this......" Qin Gongming explained for a while, Li Zicheng only figured out that the Banzhou Xuanwei Division originally belonged to Sichuan, and during the Wanli period, Banzhou Xuanwei made Yang Yinglong lead the rebellion and was suppressed by the imperial court.

The Zunyi Military and Civil Government belongs to the Sichuan Political Division, and the Pingyue Military and Civil Government belongs to the Guizhou Political Division.

Subsequently, in accordance with the will of the imperial court, the two provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou implemented the "reform of the land and return to the stream" of the military and civilian governments of Zunyi and Pingyue, abolishing the situation of the dominance of the local officials and changing the situation of the local officials sent by the imperial court to govern, and the local officials could only be in a subordinate position.

In the Zunyi and Pingyue military and civilian governments, the prefectures and counties were re-established, of which the Zunyi military and civilian governments set up one prefecture (Zunyi Prefecture), one prefecture (Zhen'an), and four counties (Zunyi, Tongzi, Suiyang, Renhuai); The Pingyue military and civilian government set up one state (Pingyue) and three counties (Yuqing, Meitan, Weng'an), bounded by Wujiang Pass, which belongs to Zunyi and Pingyue outside the pass, and belongs to Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.

The imperial court implemented the "lijia system" for the newly established Zunyi Mansion, with every ten households as "one jia", one first as the first, and every one hundred and ten households as "one li", with a lichang, to assist the imperial court in collecting taxes locally......

Li Zicheng was taken aback, it turned out that the imperial court had already changed the land of Banzhou and returned to the stream, and so many things that were not known to outsiders had happened, according to this, the current Banzhou was already a familiar place of the Ming Dynasty, "Gongming, then what you are facing now, is it the army of Tusi or the army of the imperial court?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, it is the army of the imperial court," Qin Gongming bowed and said: "Tusi's army is basically disbanded, even if those Tusi who have helped the imperial court fight the rebellion, although they have kept their land, they also need to pay taxes to the imperial court, and the Tusi left by each family can only serve as officials in various prefectures and counties, not the chief official......"

So that's it...... Li Zicheng is in a good mood, it seems that the imperial court still helps, in the eyes of the local people, the imperial court and the Mandate of Heaven Army, both are foreign conquerors, compared with the two, as long as the policy of the Mandate of Heaven is more preferential than the imperial court, it is possible to capture the hearts of the local people......

Li Zicheng asked Qin Gongming to unfold the latest marching map, and sure enough, as he said, the current Banzhou, only most of the land north of the Wujiang River remains, except for Zhen'an Prefecture hanging in the northeast, Zunyi, Tongzi, Suiyang, Renhuai four counties, surrounded by the north and south of Zunyi Mansion, east and west, the original setter did have some vision!

It doesn't matter whether Zunyi Mansion should belong to Sichuan or Guizhou, on the basis of the imperial court's implementation of land reform and return to the stream, first act in accordance with the rules of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office, whether it belongs to Sichuan or Guizhou in the future, it will be a familiar land.

Li Zicheng's only worry is the terrain, when later generations talk about Guizhou, it is "the sky is sunny for three days, and the ground is five or three feet flat".

"Gongming, around Zunyi Mansion, are the people engaged in farming? Is there enough farmland? ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, his subordinates are not very clear," Qin Gongming is most concerned about the military victory or defeat, and he does not care much about civil affairs, "However, his subordinates have heard that near Zunyi, there were originally fifty-four li, and the people were engaged in farming, and paid taxes to the Ming court......"

"Fifty-four miles?" Li Zicheng instantly understood that this "li" is not the distance, but the number of households, according to the standard of 110 households in "one mile", 54 li is close to 6,000 households, and the population has reached at least 30,000 or 40,000.

Such a population, in the plains of Jingshi and Jiangnan, may be the level of a county seat or even a small town, but in the depths of Da Lou Mountain, it should be very considerable, no wonder the Zunyi military and civilian office is set up as Zunyi Mansion!

With such unique conditions, Li Zicheng naturally refused to let go, and he had already decided to use Zunyi Mansion as a starting point to accelerate the local sinicization.