Listening to Wang Yan's statement, the money does not need to be borne by Huguang independently, and everyone talks about it for a while, then there is no problem.

In fact, all the officials knew in their hearts that the Ming Dynasty had won several battles in a row, and it was appropriate to chase the poor and brave the rest of the country, and if they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty eased up, the counterattack on Jiangnan would become far away.

The next few years will inevitably be important years of conquest, and it is imperative to expand the army.

Although in the next period of time, the life of the Huguang official mansion will definitely not be easy, but once the south of the Yangtze River is recovered, Jinling is determined, and then the princes will become the minister of Zhongxing who will go down in history.

Wang Yan saw that everyone no longer objected, so he said to Chen Bangyan: "Chen will say the second point when he participates in politics!" ”

"The second point is about the arrangements of the rebel armies such as Qihuang Forty-eight Villages. The Qihuang area is located at the junction of Huguang and Nanzhi, which was originally a barrier for Huguang to resist the Qing soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, but now that Anqing is in hand, the Qihuang area has become a hinterland, and it is no longer threatened by the Qing army, so the Huangzhou government must send officials to govern and restore taxes. ”

Zhang Tongchang, the political envoy of Hubei, stood up and said: "Xianggong, the situation in the Qihuang area is more complicated, and there are many cottages, and it is not easy to be included in the jurisdiction of the government." ”

Zhang Tongchang is the great-grandson of Zhang Juzheng, who died generously with Qu Shiyun in Guilin in history, and now the trajectory has changed, he did not follow He Tengjiao into Guangxi, but became a high-ranking official in Huguang.

Qihuang area, from the beginning of the Chongzhen period, there are many cottages, there are people to protect themselves, there are also thieves and bands against the official army, after a long time, it is difficult to distinguish who is the bandit and who is the people, they are the official army to fight the official army, the thief came to fight the thief, the Manchu Qing came to fight the Manchu Qing.

Although the rebel army helped to resist the Qing Dynasty, it was not a long-term state, and the government did not manage it, and most of them would eventually evolve into a separatist force.

Chen Bangyan explained: "This time Duoduo attacked Huguang, His Royal Highness King Jing fought Chengren, and the 48 villages of Qihuang were scattered, which was the best time for the imperial court to restore the Qihuang region. This time to recruit new soldiers, priority was given to the integration and rectification of the rebel army, and the government military system was first implemented from Huangzhou Prefecture, and the people of the cottage were allocated land and moved down the mountain to resettle. The leaders of the rebel armies in each village can be judged on their abilities and given official positions. As for those who do not obey the government and the tigers roaring in the mountains and forests, they will send a large army to exterminate them and completely wipe them out. ”

The Qihuang Yijun has always been the most active anti-Qing armed force in Huguang, and they supported Zhu Changchao of the Ming clan as the leader, known as the King of Jing, and once cooperated with Wang Yan to attack Wuchang.

Now that Zhu Changchao is dead, Wang Yan is in a hurry to incorporate the forty-eight villages, which is inevitably a little impersonal, but Huguang wants to expand the army, and these righteous troops are indeed the best source of soldiers.

Although these rebels are also a rabble, after all, they have taken swords and guns, fought with the Qing soldiers, and it is easier to reorganize them than to train a new group of people, saving the time to become an army.

In fact, not only Huguang, but also the five provinces under Wang Yan's governor, except for Sichuan, which is in the tug-of-war, all areas that do not fight with the Qing army, all kinds of righteous teachers, cottages, or Tusi armed forces, will be the objects of Wang Yan's integration in the future, and he must put the provinces on the right track.

In fact, at this time, the reorganization of the Qihuang Righteous Army may not be a good thing for them, and it is better to be able to transform from a miscellaneous card to a regular official army that eats imperial grain, which is better than being exterminated as a mountain bandit after the Ming Dynasty is stabilized.

Everyone was talking about it again, if the land of Qihuang could be included in the jurisdiction of the government, the taxes in Hubei in the coming year would be at least more than 100,000 taels, and a hidden danger could be solved.

Chen Bangyan paused for a moment and continued: "This third point is to build weapons and armor. After the two major wars, the loss of weapons, clothing, and various materials was serious, and the army had to be expanded, and the gap was even greater. Although Quang Nam can provide some, the craftsmen of Huguang also have to gather and cast. ”

At this time, Wang Yan saw that everyone was embarrassed again, which is the same as expanding the army, building weapons, armor, and firearms, which are all extremely expensive things.

"I know that it takes a lot of money to build this weapon." Wang Yan waited for Chen Bangyan to close the fold before he spoke: "But this time under Wuchang City, nearly 80,000 people have been arrested, and all of them can be used for mining and metallurgy, at least we don't have to worry about fine iron." ”

He Tengjiao nodded, "In Huguang, Daye and Zaoyang have iron and copper, but because of the lack of manpower and limited mining, these 80,000 people can mine a large amount of iron ore and copper ore every day as long as they are fed, and they can smelt iron, they can build weapons, smelt copper, they can mint money, and subsidize the military posture, which is feasible." ”

Zaoyang is located in the north of Huguang, rich in iron ore, Daye is in the territory of Wuchang Mansion, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, ignited the fire of smelting, the Tang Dynasty set up a Qingshan Field Courtyard here, specializing in smelting copper and iron, the scale of the Southern Tang Dynasty expanded, with the meaning of "Daxing furnace smelting", named Daye County.

Du Yinxi listened, and then said: "Speaking of this mineral, in fact, it is close to Huguang, and there is a big mine, but due to the chaos of Miao, the road is not passable, and it has not been mined much, and it is not under the rule of Huguang, but Wang Xiang is now the governor of the five provinces, but he can consider mining." If the manpower is sufficient, the annual input of hundreds of thousands of taels should be able to be reached. ”

Wang Yan's eyes turned green when he saw Qian, and he raised his eyebrows, "Where?" ”

Plug Yinxi said: "It's in Tongren." ”

"Tongren?" Hearing this place name, he probably knew that what Du Yinxi said was true, there must be a large mine, otherwise he would not dare to be so majestic, using the name Tongren.

In fact, there are still many mines in Yunnan, Guizhou, but the roads are not passable, and the Han people have too few household registrations, and they often conflict with Miao Yi, so the mining is intermittent and has never been used.

Now the energy of the imperial court is focused on resisting the Qing Dynasty, and mining will inevitably need to be invested in the early stage, especially in a place like Guizhou with inconvenient transportation.

First of all, you have to have a road, but also to buy tools, build houses, build smelting furnaces, and recruit manpower, which requires a large amount of silver money first, and there is no return in a short time, not to mention that the court has no money, even if you have money, you can't wait.

At present, the war is so urgent, Wang Yan has not been able to reach Guizhou and Yunnan in a short period of time, but Du Yinxi's words reminded him that the southwest is actually a big treasure house, but the imperial court is not strong enough and there is no silver money to invest, so it seems that he still has to find a business to cooperate in mining.

Wang Yan nodded, "Tongren will put it aside first, there are a lot of mines and tools in Daye and Zaoyang, and it doesn't take much silver to resume mining." Of these 80,000 people, 50,000 stayed in Daye, and the rest were sent to Zaoyang to send troops to supervise mining. ”

The military and civilians under the Ming rule, the government could not squeeze them, and these Qingzhuang who followed Duoduo to attack Wuchang became the object of his oppression.

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