In the late Ming Dynasty, it should be said that the Han court was relatively familiar with the geography of Hainan Island, and the map of Hainan was complete and clear.

Haishuzu spread out the map.

Hainan can be roughly divided into three circles from the outside to the inside, and the outermost coastline is where the national counties are located, and the households are all together. The second circle belongs to Shuli, and the Han people have become more and more deeply intertwined, speaking Chinese characters and using the Han production methods, which are almost no different from ordinary people. The innermost circle belongs to Shengli, the Shengli area centered on Wuzhi Mountain, and the Ming Dynasty army has penetrated into it many times, and it is no stranger to geography.

Tang Zhou's "Zhengde Qiongtai Chronicles" has a map of the whole island, up and down to the south, left to the west and right to the east, which is very scientific. The map features are very complete, including county governance, community gates, river berths, inspection divisions, and major mountains and forests in the territory; The distribution of grassroots villages and major bazaars is very clear.

Militarily, the distribution of coastal beacons, school fields, post stations, and tuntian is marked, and even the location of the 26 li yuan in the inner circle is also very clear. Tang Zhou used white characters on a black background to identify Shengli in the map, which was different from ordinary villages and Shuli. Also of military and political importance are rivers and roads, which are clearly shown on the map. Tang Zhou used solid curves to mark roads, water ripples to mark rivers, and black intervals to indicate the width of the river, indicating the place of origin and flow direction.

Keeping order combined with various maps, open "Pingli Shu", and read it line by line.

"Fuqiongdi, Qiongshan County is in its north, Yazhou is in its south, Wanzhou is in its east, and Changhua County is in its west. Turn west from Qiongshan County. Lichengmai County, Lingao County, Danzhou, Changhua County, Thanksgiving County to Yazhou, a distance of 1,100 miles. From Yazhou to the east, Lilingshui County, Wanzhou, Lehui County, Huitong County, Wenchang County and Qiongshan County, a distance of 940 miles. It is the capital of Qiongzhou from the south to the north and from the east to the west. Take the three paths around it. About 700 miles also. …… Li Qi is entrenched in the ground, but it is only four hundred miles away. ”

Attached to Ping Lishu is a map made by Hai Rui himself, which is clearly different from other maps.

After Zhengde, there were more and more chaos in Lai, and the map became more and more military-oriented. When the famous general Yu Dayou was stationed in Hainan, he made a total of 10 maps of Qiongzhou. Respectively marked the famous mountains and rivers, state and county military forts, traffic roads, etc. With 10 pictures, one thing is discussed one picture, which is more concise and more suitable for the Ming Dynasty soldiers. In Yu Dayou's map, Hainan is already an irregular circle, which shows that the army has a near-real understanding of the shape of Hainan.

"The Illustrated Description of the Upper Military Department" is a map given to the military department by Hai Rui, and Hai Zhongsuke has made great efforts. Compared with Yu Dayou's map, the most obvious difference is that the mountain range system is far more complex than it, and the details are staggered at the intersection of each ecosphere, with the Han and Shuli, which is not a simple ring layout in the past.

It can also be seen from the focus of the map that Hai Rui wants to express only one meaning, to completely conquer Li Yuan.

Hai Jui said after geography the reason for the repeated suppression of the Li chaos.

“…… As soon as the soldiers retreated, they rotated and plowed their fields and dealt with their land. After several years of growth and accumulation, it is still a state and county plague, and many of them have declined. ”

Hai Shuzu explained, "Qiongzhou has a population of only tens of thousands, and our dynasty has repeatedly raised a large army, and every time I can plow the court and sweep the caves, but I have never been able to exterminate it. Among them, the ancestor of the family only stopped at the point in "Ping Li Shu", and did not delve into it. ”

Shou Xuan is also very curious about this issue, although Hainan Liyuan is in the deep mountains, but after all, on the island, there is no room for maneuver in depth.

Since the Han Dynasty, the imperial court has set up counties in Qiongzhou, and it has not been done for almost 2,000 years, which is really wonderful. Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was not difficult to transfer tens of thousands of troops, and it was slaughtered on all sides.

The Ming Dynasty never showed mercy to the southern ethnic groups in the war of conquest, slaughtering entire villages and villages, and plundering women and children as slaves and rewarding soldiers.

Of course, it is still much better than the Tatars, and the Ming Dynasty treats the Tusi who obey the kings relatively well. At the same time, the conquest also brought with it advanced production methods and civilizations, and if there was a situation in which soldiers bullied the few people in peaceful exchanges, Beijing would not be soft on punishing its own army. There were many cases in Jiajing and Wanli years, and the emperor issued an order to scold the grassroots officers, and it was their wanton expropriation in the Shaomin area that aroused resistance. The Han nationality is this good, the emperor and the court regard the people of the world as people, as long as they accept the civilization of the Han nationality, no matter where the blood origin is, they are all members of China. It is precisely for this reason that China occupies the most vast and best land in the world.

Whether it is conquest by force or Huairou, it is very strange that Na Shengli has no choice.

Shou Xuan asked, Hai Shuzu sighed slightly, and replied: "There are many reasons behind this matter. The core point is that in the Qiongzhou Prefecture, the Han people have to pay taxes and serve forced labor. Mature Li only pays taxes and does not serve, and Shengli does not pay taxes and servitude. This led to the indoctrination of the imperial court on the one hand, turning Li into Han, and on the other hand, Han was also turning Li. ”

The army went in to exterminate the rebellious Li Yuan, and due to the bad weather, the imperial court did not set up counties to govern. It didn't take long for the fleeing Han Chinese to go deep into the Wuzhi Mountains again. In the absence of a breakthrough in productivity, the production and lifestyle of Li Yuan are most suitable for the local area, and these Han people will quickly become Li. Even many of the leaders who gave birth to Li Yuan were originally Han Chinese.

Shou Xian immediately understood that the Li chaos in Hainan was not a national contradiction at all, but an economic contradiction. The so-called Shengli is just a disguise, which can be understood as a Han rebel army that gathers in the mountains and gives birth to Lihua.

Of course, economic reasons could not be eliminated, and as soon as the army left, in a few years, the new fugitive Han people would occupy the fertile springs and fields in the mountains, multiply, and descend the mountains to plunder after their strength grew.

Hai Rui looked at the problem more directly than Yu Dayou, and Yu Dayou, as a general, only considered military aggression. Hai Rui, a civil official and a native of Qiongzhou, has a deeper understanding of the Li chaos, and the solutions he proposes are straight to the roots.

"If the army is threatened, so that it will be long, open the cross road, and set up the county city. In the middle of it, it will stand in the shape of horns, and it will become a trend of encroachment. The sun grinds and the moon turns into a moon, and today there is a Li Hu. ”

The traffic in Hainan is generally two ring roads, and the official road along the coast is the main surface road, which can be used for business and travel. It's just that the Nandu River, Changjiang River, Wanquan River and other rivers are too wide to build bridges during the summer flood season. The water level has a large seasonal drop, and the pontoon bridge cannot be built. These rivers have to be ferried by boats, which hinders the logistics around the island, and bulk goods have to be transported by sea.

Hai Jui's plan was to open a crossroads, advance from east to west, attack from north to south, meet divisions in the center of the island, and set up a county defense.

According to the classification of the Ming Dynasty, the best place in Qiongzhou is the Quanyong field in the Shengli Mountains, followed by the Omijiang field in the core areas of the Han nationality such as Qiongshan and Wenchang. Even now, the Qiongzhou government will also exchange various production tools, sea salt and Shengli for Li rice, Li Bu and Li Jin every year.

Hai Shuzu put down the teacup, "What the ancestor said, the essence is to enter the mountains through the big crossroads and sweep away the unconvinced Li Yuan. Set up counties and counties, and after that, regardless of Han Li, tax and service will be treated equally, and there will be no more large-scale Li Li of fugitive Han people, and there will be no more Li chaos. ”

"With the current conditions, the crossroads built may be difficult for vehicles to pass. ”

Hai Shuzu waved his hand, "As long as the centaurs can enter." The land in the valleys of the mountains is fertile, and the Li people mostly use slash-and-burn farming, and they are in a state of relocation at any time for the defense of the officers and soldiers, and the yield is very low, so they can still export rice. We set up counties to govern them, import iron tools, build steep ponds, and set up sky cranes (water wheels), and the output will definitely increase. At that time, even if they pay taxes and serve, the people's lives will not be worse than they are now. ”

Hainan's current state is actually a lose-lose situation for the Han and Li clans. The two sides hold their own turf and there is a serious lack of trust. A considerable amount of resources were consumed in vain, and Sheng Li was afraid of the invasion of the official army, so he was always in a state of nomadic farming, and did not dare to invest too much in a certain piece of land. This kind of life is certainly not comfortable.

Hanli gets along, and the influence is mutual. There is a phenomenon of women working and men working in Li'an. On weekdays, most of the people who farm, weave, and gather cloth are engaged in production. This is not because men are lazy, because they have to be ready to fight at any time, and they should pay attention to saving their physical strength in ordinary times, and they will not easily consume it in daily production activities. Sheng Li handed over the production to women, and men were specially prepared for war, which also led to Sheng Li's relatively strong combat effectiveness.

The phenomenon of women working and men working through Shuli actually affected the Han people, and the low yield per mu in Qiongzhou at this time is also related to the lack of men to do it. Of course, this phenomenon among some Han Chinese cannot be explained by war.

Simply through a large-scale military conquest, the estrangement between the two sides will be eliminated, and the men will put down their swords and participate in production, and the production of Qiongzhong must be several times that of the present. At that time, the garrison will be raised with the production of this county, and after seven or eight years of assimilation, there will be no more Li chaos, and Qiongzhou will be able to eliminate the trouble of the heart.

Hai Jui finally estimated how many troops would need to be sent.

"Xu Qi transferred Guangxi native soldiers, Guangdong Handa official army of about 4,000 people. As a result, he was allowed to call about 10,000 people. Half of the silver grain was appropriated for a large levy to cover its expenses. ”

Basically based on the local area of Guangxi and Guangzhou, 4,000 people were transferred to Guangxi Tusi Wolf Soldiers and Guangzhou Prefecture Handa Official Army, and the troops were raised to 10,000 just in case. The military expenditure was limited to a large expedition, about 100,000 taels.

Hai Shuzu said: "I remember, Zeng Zhonghan's army is almost 20,000 now, right?" ”

"Yes."

"There is no war in Guangdong, leaving more than 1,000 people to guard the gate in Leizhou, and 15,000 people are sent to surround Qiongzhong on all sides, and this battle will be won."

Shou Xuan said: "His military spending may be a little insufficient. ”

Hai Shuzu said: "You just brought me 100,000 stone grain. There aren't many new immigrants in Jonesy right now, so you can switch to the Battle of Pingli. ”

Shou Xuan stood up, "I see, father-in-law. Leave this matter to me, and I will definitely make it happen. ”

Say goodbye to Hai Shuzu and take the Yuexiu frigate in order.

There are too many recruits in the Western Guangdong Army, and it is best to have some actual combat experience before participating in the mainland war, and Qiongzhong Pingli is such an opportunity.

With the Battle of Pingli, the entire island's road system can also be renovated by the way.

Now prepare for the autumn and winter season. This winter, we will meet in Qiongzhong, and next winter we will disperse and sweep, and it will take 2-3 years to sweep away the worries.

The weak enemy is strong, and the efficiency must be higher than that of the enemy. Only by taking advantage of the rare respite opportunity to lay a good foundation can we face a long-term war, and Guangxi and Hunan do not have such an opportunity, but Hainan Island does.