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Lu Xiangsheng was also taken aback when he learned that Lu'an Mansion was suddenly captured by the Xingtian Army during the Chinese New Year, and at the same time felt angry, since he arrived and took up the post of Governor of Xuanda, and at the same time supervised the military affairs of Shanxi, he has also been paying attention to this large area controlled by the Xingtian Army in southern Jinnan, and of course he has not forgotten to collect information about Xiao Tianjian's movements in Henan.

He never expected that Xiao Tianjian would dare to suddenly return to Jinnan and personally lead the soldiers and horses of the Jinnan Xingtian Army to carry out such a big operation when Xiong Wencan was sitting in Henan to suppress them, so when he heard the news that Lu'an Mansion was broken, he could be said to be shocked and angry.

Immediately, he wanted to personally lead the 15,000 Tianxiong army under his command to the south, personally go to meet this thief, and see how powerful the Xingtian army under his command was, and actually defeated the official army one after another, even Zu Dale and Zu Kuan, who had obeyed orders under him before, were defeated in his hands, and almost all the thousands of Guanning troops were lost in his hands.

Originally, with Lu Xiangsheng's idea, now compared with this Xingtian Army, the Xingtian Army has become a big problem for the current dynasty, so after he took office at Xuanda, he once gave Chongzhen a special order, asking Chongzhen to give an order, so that Hong Chengchou, Wang Jiazhen and several other parties gathered heavy troops together, launched an attack on the Xingtian Army, completely wiped out the Xingtian Army in one fell swoop, and then attacked Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and other Lu Yi Army.

However, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang had contradictions, after his Chen Tiao was sent to Beijing, he sank into the sea, although Xiong Wencan succeeded Wang Jiazhen as the governor of the five provinces, and launched an offensive operation against the Xingtian Army that had invaded Henan, but the result was that the whole army of the Ancestor Dale Zukuan was wiped out in the Yichuan War, and the foundation of the Xingtian Army was not shaken at all, and although he was also ordered to mobilize Shanxi soldiers and horses this year to carry out the suppression of the area controlled by the Xingtian Army in southern Jin, but because the pressure of building slaves outside the border area was too great, Moreover, the Great Wall in the area of Xuanda was also in disrepair, and the military equipment was lax, so that he did not dare to mobilize too many border troops to the south, and the battle was very unsatisfactory.

After Lu Xiang was promoted to Xuanda and took office, he once went to the imperial court to ask for the Great Wall in the Xuanda area to be rebuilt and the new army to be strengthened, but Chongzhen spent too much money because of his proposal, and his Chen Tiao was also left in the middle again, and his proposal was not successful, plus Yang Sichang always restrained him in the court, and always refused to allocate enough food and salary to supply the army in the area of Xuanda, so that after he arrived at Xuanda, it can almost be said that nothing was accomplished, except for slightly strengthening the garrison here and repairing a few passes on the Great Wall, Even the Tianxiong army under his command is difficult to maintain food and wages, so he has no choice but to order himself to recruit people to cultivate in the Xuanda area, rest the livelihood of the people in the surrounding areas, and make some preparations for the future defense of Jiannu into the Kou, as for the large-scale use of troops in Jinnan under the order, it is nonsense at all.

However, over the past year or so, Lu Xiangsheng still paid great attention to the Xingtian Army in the southern Jinnan area, and in the summer of ten years, he even took out more than 20 days to personally take a few domestic slaves, disguised himself as a trader, and took a great risk to sneak into the area controlled by the Xingtian Army for a short circle.

And this trip, the shock caused by the Xingtian Army to him was so great that Lu Xiangsheng couldn't calm down for a long time, because the scene he saw in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army can be said to be different from the scene in the area controlled by the government, as Lu Xiangsheng, who once served as the governor of the five provinces, has traveled all over the north and south of the Yangtze River over the years, and it can be said that he has a good understanding of the situation in the Ming Dynasty, of course, he knows what kind of life the people live. Forced the common people to make ends meet, had to abandon the land and flee, would rather have land than plant to be a homeless, and then catch up with the natural disasters in recent years, the imperial court and government are also unable to help, or even turn a blind eye, so the world is in chaos, the displaced people have rebelled, it can be said that at present, Shanxi, Henan and other provinces, there is almost no scene where the common people live and work in peace and contentment, there are displaced people everywhere, and bandits are everywhere.

But what surprised Lu Xiangsheng was that in the Jinnan area controlled by the Xingtian Army, he once again saw the scene of the long-lost people living and working in peace and contentment, since he entered the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, among the farmland that kept appearing on both sides of the road, there was almost no abandoned land, large and small villages were dotted here, and the rising smoke could be seen from afar, and a large number of ordinary people were working in the fields, or chatting and laughing, although they were still wearing tattered, but their faces were bloody, There are a lot of dishes missing, which shows that their life here can basically be fed and clothed, and they are more satisfied with the current life, which is a rare sight in other places.

And what makes Lu Xiangsheng even more surprised is that since entering the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, he has never seen any homeless people begging along the road, and the Xingtian Army has opened up special areas to accommodate the homeless people in some places for the displaced people who have poured into the area under their control for temporary resettlement, and then there are special personnel who will give them porridge to ensure that they will no longer be starved to death, and they can't see the scene of dead bodies starving everywhere on the side of the road in other places, even if there are homeless people who die of illness, there are special people responsible for collecting their corpses, Whether it was buried deep or burned, and even at the shelter of the homeless, the Xingtian Army also sent Langzhong to treat the homeless, so that not only the flow of the homeless was controlled, but also the possible spread of the plague was controlled.

As Lu Xiangsheng deepened, he also found that there were often people like Xiangyong and Zhuang Ding in the townships and villages in the area controlled by the Xingtian Army to practice or patrol, and there were no robbers at all here, all kinds of traders could hold the road guides specially issued by the Xingtian Army and walk in the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, and there was no need to be like other places, if they wanted to do business, they would definitely form a gang or hire strong people to escort them, and the small merchants and vendors who did business here dared to walk at night if they wanted to do business. This situation also shows that the law and order situation in the area under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army is good, and the bandits in its territory have basically been eliminated, and a large number of local armed forces similar to Xiangyong have been organized by the people, which can ensure the safety of the ground in the area under its jurisdiction.

These patrolling villagers will also check the passers-by from time to time, but they are not like the small officials or officers and soldiers at the checkpoints in other places to extort money, anyone who has checked the special road guide of the Xingtian Army in the hands of the passing caravan is correct, he will be politely released, but if there is no road guide issued by the Xingtian Army, he will be arrested immediately and sent to the local garrison for strict handling.

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng prepared in advance, and obtained a road guide issued by the Xingtian Army through special channels, not to mention going deep into the inner territory of the Xingtian Army, I am afraid that he should be arrested and interrogated without waiting for him to enter the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army, and fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng is known for his boldness and carefulness, and pretends to be a businessman, so he was not discovered by the Xingtian Army roadcards along the way, which allowed him to go around in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army.

It is precisely because the Xingtian Army has achieved effective management in the area under its jurisdiction, so that the people here have land and food, so it has attracted a large number of displaced people from other places to pour into the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, so the population density in the area controlled by the Xingtian Army is large, don't look at the mountainous land here, there is very little flat land, a rough calculation, can almost top the population of several counties in other places, how much food does this have to produce, in order to feed so many people! On the other hand, it more fully shows that the Xingtian Army has its own set of effective management methods for the areas under its control.

As Lu Xiangsheng went deeper and deeper into the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, the more things he understood, the original method used by the Xingtian Army was nothing more than to capture a land, run a land, drive away the original local tycoons, confiscate their fields for redistribution, so that the common people have land to plant, houses to live in, and then the Xingtian Army used the plunder proceeds as an early investment to feed these ordinary people in their own territory, and then after operating local agriculture, gradually achieve food self-sufficiency.

After communicating with the people here, Lu Xiangsheng learned that Xingtianjun has its own set of methods for collecting land endowments, compared with the field levies set by the imperial court, Xingtianjun only collects high, not low, but the difference is that Xingtianjun does what he says, how much he collects is a fixed amount, and he will never arbitrarily apportionment and additional collection, and whether it is for farmers with more fields or less fields, they are treated equally and taxed, and even the land that is rewarded to the families of Xingtianjun's own generals is also subject to taxes, which puts an end to the disadvantage that the privileged class can be exempt from taxes, so that Although the tax is not low, the common people do not have to worry about making ends meet, in addition to paying the field tax, the harvested grain is enough for them to eat until the next year's harvest, and even have a small surplus, with the surplus grain from the rich in exchange for some necessary daily necessities, such as salt or cloth and farm tools.

Moreover, the Xingtian Army is also allowed to do business in the jurisdiction, but it strictly controls the quality and price of goods, and the price of grain and salt in the market here is much lower than that in other places, and the quality is much better, and the grain in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army is not allowed to be sold out of the country, so as to avoid the grain in the area controlled by the Xingtian Army from being resold by the merchants, so that the grain price here is greatly increased.

When he saw this, Lu Xiangsheng was really completely shocked, Xiao Tianjian was just a reckless person, and the Xingtian Army, as a thief army, was able to take care of the territory they controlled like this, and gave these ordinary people a peaceful place, thinking about the Ming Dynasty and the official mansions in various places, but they were stunned to take care of the world into what it is today, making the people miserable, no wonder every time the official army came to suppress the Xingtian Army, they would be desperately resisted by the Xingtian Army and the people here, They already have something to protect, and no one is willing to obey the control of the government and the court!

After Lu Xiangsheng saw these situations, he was hit quite hard, and after returning to Xuanfu, he thought about it for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh, in his opinion, he was also a local member of the imperial court, but he couldn't even do what the Xingtian Army did, which couldn't help but make him quite ashamed.