In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, leaving a deep shadow in the hearts of the Sichuan military and civilians.

In just a few months, Zhang Xianzhong swept through eastern Sichuan, northern Sichuan, southern Sichuan, and western Sichuan like a hurricane landing. The five major towns of He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu, Fierce as a Tiger, Li Guoqi, and Fang Guoan were all broken by Zhang Xianzhong successively. Whether it is the armies of Qin, Chu, Henan, and Sichuan, they have all been defeated repeatedly. By the time of the defeat of Huanghou City, the main and guest departments of the Sichuan official army had no strength to fight again. At this point, the people of the government and government around the country have been extremely afraid of Zhang Xianzhong, and even saying Zhang Xianzhong's name can have the effect of stopping the baby's crying.

The astute Zhang Xianzhong was of course very happy to find out. In real history, Zhang Xianzhong inexplicably abandoned Chu into Sichuan in the first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, which has a lot to do with this.

Because Zhang Xianzhong believed that as soon as the news of his entry into Sichuan reached Shu, the government of Sichuan would flee in despair, and the people of Sichuan would also surrender when they saw the flag. Without paying much price, he can occupy the foundation of the royal industry in Shu, and like Liu Han against Cao Wei, together with Li Zicheng in the north and Nanming in the east, he will repeat a story of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu.

As it turned out, Zhang Xianzhong's idea was half the battle. He thought of the beginning, but not the end.

Before Zhang Xianzhong occupied Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, it could be described as overwhelming; After Zhang Xianzhong occupied Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, the Han Yi soldiers and civilians in Shu saw his true colors and unexpectedly put up stubborn resistance, completely disrupting Zhang Xianzhong's strategic concept of running Sichuan and relying on Sichuan. Li Zicheng's rapid defeat in Gyeonggi and the rapid southward movement of the Qing army through Shaanxi shattered Zhang Xianzhong's long-term dream of separating Sichuan in an instant, and left him dead without a place to be buried. And his remaining army had to abandon Sichuan and enter Yunnan, opening the last glory in the history of the Great Western Army.

Zhu Pingjin attaches great importance to Zhang Xianzhong precisely because Zhu Pingjin and his wife have a deep fear of Zhang Xianzhong. In addition, Zhu Pingjian's generals who fought against Zhang Xianzhong were all defeated by Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, including Liao Daheng, who has been in the limelight recently. Now, in front of Zhu Pingjin, a senior intellectual who has fought with Zhang Xianzhong, fought a war, and took a small advantage. With Zhu Pingjin's consistent pragmatic style, how could he be indifferent?

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In the main room of the inner courtyard, Zhu Pingjin and Li Changxiang put on a posture of playing against the monarch and the minister. The haunting good doctor Zheng Li Liangde slipped in and sat down on Zhu Pingjin's side without a sound, and Zhu Pingjin had to explain to the visitor who this strange man was.

“…… Sacrifice thieves, cunning people, if there is advantage, fight, if there is no profit, go away. His soldier Thomas, accustomed to wandering; Coming and going uncertainly, moving as fast as the wind, is called a thief. In a battle with such thieves, it is always advisable to brake quietly, and it is most forbidden to fight lightly.

The army of the government held the famous cities of the prefecture and county, the mountains and rivers of the passes, the regiment trained the township soldiers to gather the people to build forts to protect themselves, and the strong generals led thousands of elite soldiers to roam between the towns and forts, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and suddenly attacked, how could they be invincible? There is no shortage of food for the soldiers, but there is no shortage of food for the thieves; The soldiers defend the city and the thieves attack the city; A soldier has eyes and ears, but a thief is deaf and blind. IF SO, THE THIEF IS (JIAN)! When the strong and the weak are exchanged, the army will attack the weak with the strong, how can it not be defeated? If so, the thief will die! ”

"In the meaning of Mr., it is the group training, the construction of watchtowers, and the light soldiers cannot attack from afar?"

Li Changxiang's conclusion made Zhu Pingjin a little puzzled.

Bandits are the product of periodic famines, and armed groups that use violent and terrorist means to survive, so they can always achieve practical results by curing hunger and tyrannizing violence with violence.

But Zhang Xianzhong is not a simple bandit.

Zhang Xianzhong has a clear political slogan, a clear target for struggle, and the ability to mobilize the masses. A Ming clan like Zhu Pingjin can't survive if it falls into his hands. He was footed with mules and horses, and his movement was extremely fast, and the officers and soldiers who lacked horses could only generally stay far behind, and could not keep up with their pace at all.

Therefore, it is okay to use a fortress to protect himself, but it is impossible to use a fortress to restrict his maneuvers. The Guanning army built a fortress in Liaodong and spent a lot of money, but it still could not restrict the Tartar cavalry from roaming around, and still could not avoid the defeat of Hong Chengchou.

Besides, the cost of building a fortress is extremely high. Don't say

China's great rivers are north and south, and it is to build a bamboo fence wall around Bashan in Sichuan to surround and kill the dead land rioters, and the consumption of manpower and material resources is also amazing. When the people of Sichuan are generally hungry, it is better to build some forts than to engage in some livelihood projects.

In the face of Zhu Pingjian's doubts, Li Changxiang's answer was not delayed at all.

"Definitely. Water is impermanent, soldiers are impermanent, how can it be immutable? The large army is good for prudent fighting, and the light army is good for quick fighting. As long as the gentry and the government are of one heart and one mind, it is difficult to hide the thief and find the thief's food. There are rivers and cities in front, and there are large armies in the back, and there are people and villagers guarding the fortress to the death, and it is difficult for thieves to flow, so how can they be undefeated? ”

"Well said sir! It is difficult for thieves to flow, the key is the word 'flow'! And to limit the 'flow' of thieves, the essence is the people! ”

Zhu Pingjin couldn't help but applaud.

"The son of the world is too famous!"

Li Changxiang waved his hand generously and took the initiative to turn the topic back to the local tyrants.

"A thief is a thief, but a tyrant is not a thief. The key to dealing with local thugs is the word 'squeeze'. Bashan, the nest of the local tyrants, extends to Qinlong in the east, Wushan in the west, and as far as Guanzhong in the north. ”

Speaking of this, this scholar from Yushu Linfeng sighed for the first time: "It's a pity that Bashan is not unique to my Shu land, and the Sichuan army is not allowed to enter Shaanxi and Chu provinces unless the court decrees, and the local tyrants come and go freely between Qin, Chu and Shu provinces." The official army has won several great victories, and the local rioters can always resurrect, so that the situation gets worse and worse. The Qin people entered Sichuan, forced by famine, and there were many thieves......"

"The destiny of heaven is in my Ming, and the people's hearts are also in my Ming! The situation is collapsing, all in the sluggishness of the dynasty and the abundance of traitors! The world is the land of the Ming Dynasty, what about the junction of the three provinces? It is the reason why the affairs of the dynasty are not harmonious, and they are all in personnel and not in heaven and earth! ”

Zhu Pingjian's words are not only clarifying his position, but also reminding Li Changxiang: It is not that the fate of the Great Tomorrow is extinct, but that the traitorous Ying Dynasty has broken the Dynasty Program!

"The prince is very right! The student lost his word! ”

Li Changxiang suddenly woke up, and was about to get up and take a long wave, but he heard Zhu Pingjin laugh and said: "Besides, there are Sichuan officials and soldiers, both host and guest; Qin and Chu, where can I go? Where can such a thug escape? Mr. doesn't have to care about his Qindi, Chu and Chuandi, it is better to talk to this Shizi in detail, how to squeeze the soil tyrant! ”

squeezing the local tyrants, Li Changxiang's suggestion is to join the villages and townships and organize a group exercise; Consolidate the Lijia and take the yellow book seriously. In short, it is to consolidate grassroots organizations and improve the local military system.

Li Changxiang's method is not new, and Zhu Pingjin's system of protecting the village is a kind of local military system.

This local military system has been extended from the royal government to the prefectures and counties; from squadrons and brigades to corps and formed regiments; From relying on Wangzhuang to expand to the depth of integration with the local government.

For example, yesterday's split of the newly built Boryeong Protector Corps and the Fifth Regiment will be a trinity with Boryeong Mansion and Boryeong Wangzhuang. The Shunqing Guardian Corps and the Fourth Regiment are integrated with Shunqing Mansion and Shunqing Wangzhuang.

The village guards in the two places are not only the armed forces of the localities that appease public order, but also the armed forces that consolidate the grassroots political power organizations. In the face of a big enemy, even if the local military forces are defeated, the three-in-one arrangement means that the county brigades of Thuan Khanh and Boryeong can receive timely support from the permanent mobile forces of the fourth or fifth regiment.

This kind of local military system, which is well-hierarchical, well-organized, and well-trained, is much stronger than the regimental training armed combat effectiveness jointly run by the county officials and gentry. Zhu Pingjin once confidently believed that the local military system he had created with his own hands would be sufficient to meet the needs of a large-scale war. However, the annihilation of a township soldier squadron of Zhu Laopa's township soldiers in Tumen Town still sounded a wake-up call for Zhu Pingjin.

The construction of grassroots units below the county level in rural areas must not only be accelerated, but also raised to a strategic height!

However, the prescription prescribed by Li Changxiang has a familiar flavor of Zhu Pingjian: using the Lijia Yellow Book system to adapt to the current situation of the struggle against bandits, this is clearly the household registration system in his previous life!

"I have been in the Ming Dynasty since Emperor Taizu Gao, and the city is called Fang, the city is called Xiang, and the township is called Li. One hundred and ten households is one mile. In one mile, there are ten people who push more grain, and more than 100 households are

Ten Jia. Each mile compiles a yellow book, and the households are divided into three categories: civilian, military, and craftsman. The yellow book is made once every ten years, and each household sticks it to each household. ”

Zhu Pingjin said the gameplay of his ancestors in his mouth, but in his heart he corresponded to terms such as household registration book and neighborhood committee.

"It's just that now the industry and commerce in western Sichuan are booming, and there are many people, military, and artisan households who abandon their ancestral industries and work as businessmen. Therefore, the system of yellow books and household stickers should also be improved. ”

Li Changxiang did not ask Zhu Pingjin in detail how to improve the Fa, but just said with a smile: "The student has heard that the son of the world is smart for a long time, and he must have a plan in his heart. It's just that the students have a plan to offer here. ”

"Sir, please speak!"

"Bashan spans several provinces, west of Micang, Qinlong; East Choke Kuimen, peep Jianghan; It is separated from the Qinling Mountains in the north. The mountains are thousands of miles, and the villages are scattered. The roads are rugged, the people are fierce, and it has been a place where bandits have been rampant since ancient times.

Since the beginning of the Chenghua year, countless Jingxiang refugees have fled and poured into Bashan, either farming or farming, bandits or thieves. Although the imperial court set up a governor of Yunyang to promote the transfer of soldiers and horses from Qin, Chu, Henan, and Sichuan, and implemented the king, the government ruled the lake and the Yunyang Mansion, and the thieves in Sichuan and Shaanxi were finally beyond the reach of the whip. After the Qin-Shaanxi Rebellion, a large number of Qin people poured in, either as refugees or as thieves.

The students thought that when the Qin people entered Sichuan, they were the people of Sichuan. Compiled into the Lijia, containing the Yellow Book. The same should be true for the displaced people in the rest of the provinces.

The students also thought that it was inappropriate for the imperial court to set up counties based on the number of people. Since ancient times, there is land that means the people, and there is land that sets up court officials. If a ruler rules the people and guards the land, how can he rule the people and not the land?

In ancient times, the county was set up in a hundred miles. It is the old county order, also known as Baili Hou. It can be like Taiping County at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the county area may reach tens of thousands of hectares. There are many people in the townships under the county who have never entered the county seat in their lives.

The mountains and rivers are steep, the roads are far and narrow, and there are three officials in the district, supplemented by one or two inspection divisions, how can they guard the land? How do you govern the people? And why do you want to catch thieves?

Therefore, the students thought that it was appropriate to set up a county here. Where the county is established, the Mingtong Inspection Division of Taiping County can be selected. There is a tributary of the state river here, and there is the benefit of the Mingtong salt field......"

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What Li Changxiang depicts is a big picture, how to achieve long-term peace and stability in the Bashan area.

The land of Bashan is mountainous and sparsely populated. Although the imperial court set up prefectures and counties in the Bashan area to administer it, the management area was too large. In addition to improving the county setting, it is probably more important to improve the grassroots political power organization.

The government management level designed by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang only has four levels: central, provincial (provincial), government (Zhili Prefecture), prefecture, and county, and there is no township level in Zhu Pingjin's previous life. Zhu Yuanzhang's idea was to minimize the harassment of grassroots people by government officials, and at the same time streamline government agencies and reduce administrative expenses, so he implemented a system of gentry autonomy. In order to ensure the implementation of this system, he not only improved the political and economic treatment of the squires, but even imposed a mandatory rule that the local county order must not go to the countryside without incident, otherwise the official clothes will be punished.

However, although Zhu Yuanzhang's original intentions were good, like other systems he designed, such as the Weisuo Shibing system, they had long been deformed and degenerated in the three hundred years of operation, and became an important reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

By virtue of their political and economic status, the local squires went up to the government and down to the people. The policies of the imperial court, at the township level, immediately lost their minimum enforcement power. For example, in the case of taxation, Tian Qian had to mobilize the army many times and go to the countryside to engage in his "one-size-fits-all". If he didn't kill a few of the tax-resistant gentry and put them in chains, Zhu Pingjin's tax policy would have been completely defeated.

On the contrary, the local officials who also have the status of gentry are much stronger in execution than the officials appointed by the imperial court. For example, the Li father and son of Xinzheng Dam posted an order on the hole in the city gate, and immediately the gentry led the tenants to carry the grain to pay the tax. The Protector Army used the Xinzheng Dam as the base of the defense line on the western flank of Bashan, in addition to the geographical advantage, people are the main reasons.

Li Changxiang gushed about the reasons and ideas for setting up the new county. But before he finished speaking, Zhu Pingjin had already woken up from his contemplation.

I saw Zhu Pingjin patting the handrail and standing up, "What Mr. said is very true!" Zhang Wei, please come in, Mr. Cheng! ”

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