In August of the eighth year of Yongli, autumn in Jiangxi is strong. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Due to the frequent wars in these years, as well as the recent recovery of this occupied area, coupled with the tax exemption policy set by Cai Shiying when he recruited Tuntian in the first year, it inevitably provoked a popular uprising, and Chen Wen also issued a decision to reduce or reduce the summer and autumn taxes in the eighth year of Yongli, Jiangxi.

As soon as the decree was issued, the ten prefectures in Jiangxi were full of joy, and with the support of the people, the rule of the Zhejiang Ming Army Group over Jiangxi Province was further strengthened. Only Sun Yu and Wang Jiang felt the pressure doubled, but there was nothing they could do.

Fortunately, in the previous war, the huge amount of food and salary pulled out of the wreckage of the Nanchang shogunate was still there, and Hong Chengchou had exhausted the treasury in Jiangnan, which was intended to be used as a military supply to attack Zhejiang, but it turned out to be cheaper for him, so even if the taxes were exempted this year, the economic pressure he needed to bear was not as great as imagined.

Since this is the case, let's set up a few more kneeling statues for Hong Chengchou, so that the people can better remember this dog traitor. Well, that's it.

With the foundation of the rule solidified, new investigation teams have set out to survey the abandoned land. The system of awarding fields for military merits is the material foundation of the Ming Army in Zhejiang, and it must not be neglected. According to the preliminary reports submitted by the counties, Jiangxi's population has declined by a relatively large margin, and this once populous province is now full of such abandoned villages, and aside from those that are no longer there, many people have fled to the mountains to live hard, and it will take a long time for the population to recover.

Time passed, and within a day, the Ming army's rule over Jiangxi became more stable. Time was now Chen Wen's enemy, because he knew very well that the Manchus would never give up this land easily, and would definitely send a large army south, and he must make his own strength rise faster before then.

Because of this, even if the tax is no longer collected, the soldiers still have to be recruited, and it is a large-scale recruitment. As the recruitment began, Chen Wen was very pleased to see that many of the people who came to join the army before were those auxiliary soldiers who were forcibly recruited by Hong Chengchou and their fellow villagers who were released not long ago. After returning to their hometown, they not only remembered the strength of the Ming Army in Zhejiang, but also copied this concept into the minds of their neighbors, so that the recruitment of soldiers could be carried out more smoothly.

In contrast, the fate of the other group of captives is not so normal.

According to the agreement before the attack on Guangxin Mansion, a number of Qing troops were eligible for release, and Chen Wen did not spare them, and sent ships to send them across the Yangtze River after the end of the war, and gave each of them ten days of dry food as a parting gift.

With tears in their eyes, they sent off the trustworthy Ming army, and these Ganshan Green Battalion homecoming regiments found that they had just escaped the butcher's knife of the Ming army after crossing the Yangtze River. If you want to return to your hometown, you still have thousands of miles to go. All the way west, they are about to catch up with Journey to the West, but they are not monks, and they can't get lucky, so they can only do their old business after eating the dry food for the past ten days, and they are also familiar with the road.

In the following days, a group of Gansu and Shaanxi Green Battalion returning to their hometown, with a Shaanxi accent and a spear in their hands, and wearing a green battalion uniform, began their journey back to their hometown like locusts crossing the border. Along the way, he grabbed whatever he saw, but he was attacked by those shameless local green battalions.

They are all green battalion soldiers, and they have broken bones and tendons, but the green battalion in those places doesn't care about this, just when they are rogues wearing green camp skins, they will greet them directly.

However, these Ganshan Green Battalions are all from the southeast economic standard, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and most of the green battalion soldiers in various places they have been in peace for a long time, and it is okay to bully and bully the common people on weekdays. In the end, they could only turn a blind eye and pass by this group of homecoming groups, as long as they did not live permanently in their land.

A few months later, when they crossed the river, they were nothing more than a group of beggar-like green battalion soldiers, and by the time they entered the border of Shaanxi, they were already a "horse" infantry composed of pack horses, wagons, donkey carts, and mule carts. The returning regiments were well-fed and drunk, full of energy, well-dressed, and well-armed, not at all like a defeated army that had been released from a defeated battle, but more like a victorious and victorious army in a hundred battles.

However, the only thing that makes people feel strange is that they don't have the habit of robbing women along the way, and there is no bed-warming girl in the team, which is really unreasonable.

After returning to Shaanxi, this Ganshan Green Battalion returned to their hometown, and soon got a meeting with Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, and this "peerless general" did not hesitate to start the work of wooing them after learning about their experience, but this group of bastards was very faceless, and they had to negotiate with Wu Sangui before they were willing to follow Wu Sangui to eat.

"You can say what conditions you have."

Treating these warriors who are worth wooing, Wu Sangui did not hesitate to cherish his generosity, and even he had already planned to set up a special battalion for this group of warriors, led by his son-in-law Xia Guoxiang, compared with the treatment of his own soldiers, and with kindness and righteousness, he would definitely become an elite army under his command that could turn things around on the battlefield. However, the dream is plump and the reality is skinny. When he heard the guys' answers, he almost fainted.

"We have only one request, if we meet the Ming army from Zhejiang on the battlefield, we will never go up to die!"

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In August, at the same time as the tax exemption order was issued, the envoys who had gone south also began to return to Nanchang one after another. Compared with the previous time when I went south, the speed of the return journey has been much faster because of the escort of various forces, and even many levels can swagger directly together, and the words of keeping your head without leaving your hair have begun to become useless.

"The villain knocks on Xiu Guogong."

"Get up."

"Duke Xie Xiuguo."

While plucking his ears with the nails of his little thumb, Chen Wen said: "My father-in-law is very busy, I don't have so much spare time, hurry up and understand what your King Jingnan means, otherwise just give me a fuck." ”

Seeing this, the envoy did not dare to delay Chen Wen's precious time, made a salute, and immediately replied: "The prince of my family is willing to obey the orders of the Duke of Xiuguo and serve the great son of tomorrow." In order to show his sincerity, he hoped that the prince would forgive the prince for being dull and go to the tent to wait for the dispatch. In addition, he also asked the Duke of Guo and the Duke of Zhangguo to make peace on his behalf, after all, he was a minister in the same palace, and it was inevitable that he would hurt the harmony when he moved. ”

Like the letter sent to Shang Kexi, the letter that the envoy brought to Geng Jimao was equally harshly worded. Although there is no joke such as if you don't surrender, Lao Tzu will send someone to help Li Dingguo break the city, but if you don't agree to Lao Tzu's request, Lao Tzu and Zheng Chenggong will join forces to destroy your Geng family, but it still scares Geng Jimao enough.

In fact, Jiangxi was recovered by the Ming army, even if it is still in the hands of the Qing army, but for the Qing army in Fujian, it has fallen into the encirclement of the Zhejiang Ming army that dominates Zhejiang and Jiangxi and the Fujian Ming army that occupies Zhangzhou Prefecture in southern Fujian and the Taiwan Strait.

In terms of warfare, after all, there is a saying of luck, but Fujian Province is a poor grain province with eight mountains, one water and one field, and the largest grain producing area in the province is still in the hands of Zheng Chenggong, and every year it relies on foreign grain to feed the army, as long as Chen Wen jams the grain road, even if the Qing army in Fujian holds the checkpoints everywhere and never lets the Ming army enter Fujian, it will not take long for it to collapse on its own. There's no way, people have to eat, and if they don't have food, they still have to make wool.

In order to prevent his subordinates from selling him to Chen Wen because of lack of food, Geng Jimao decided to take the preemptive action, and under the "exhortation" of Chen Wen's "bitter mouth", he repented, changed his past wrongs, and returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and devoted himself to the Son of Heaven Yongli, drawing a clear line with the Manchu Tartars.

It's just that in the current situation, Geng Jimao wants to do it anyway, but it doesn't mean that it can be done anyway. In the past two years, he has a lot of contradictions with Zheng Chenggong, and there is no direct contradiction with Chen Wen, but listening to Yang Minggao and them, this surname Chen seems to be more difficult to mess with than the one surnamed Zheng.

Now that Chen Wen has threatened him, he can only follow Chen Wen's rhythm, otherwise Zheng Chenggong probably won't mind "not believing in his sincerity anyway", and resolutely join forces with the Zhejiang Ming Army to kill him, an opportunist who wants to blend into the revolutionary ranks.

"The prince of Jingnan? Geng Jingzhong? ”

"Exactly."

Geng Jingzhong is the king of Jingnan who rebelled against Kangxi in the rebellion of the three feudatories, and he originally fought back and forth with Li Zhifang, whom Chen Wen met when he was in Jinhua, but who knew that Zheng Chenggong's son Zheng Jing, that cheat dad thing not only pitted his father, but also made his allies even more choked this time, directly behind Geng Jingzhong's back, and took half of Fujian, causing Geng Jingzhong to jump back again.

"Is he married to Hauge's daughter?"

"Huh?"

The envoy was startled, he didn't know where Chen Wen heard the rumors, so he hurriedly replied: "If you return to the country, this is purely a rumor, and my family has no intention of marrying the Tartars." Besides, my family is only ten years old now, and he is still a child, how can he marry someone. ”

Seeing the aggrieved appearance of the envoy, Chen Wengu also believed it, anyway, he also watched the joke from the TV series, it is only eight years of Yongli now, and it is only eleven years of Shunzhi, and there are still more than 20 years before the rebellion of the three feudatories, and it is possible that this thing will happen in the future.

"Go back and tell your family King Jingnan, my wife is pregnant now, and my father-in-law is about to become a father, and I don't want to separate my flesh and blood." Seeing that the envoy's eyes were a little anxious, Chen Wen then said: "If you want to show sincerity, you can, two people, leave it to me, the imperial court, the Zhangguo duke, and the national duke can make peace on their behalf." Otherwise, nothing to talk about! ”

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Guogong threatens the prince to surrender, and he also threatens two princes who hold military power, which is probably a joke that has not been seen since ancient times. But Chen Wen not only did it, but also almost scared one of them to death, if Sun Kewang, who had already vaguely regarded him as an opponent, knew, I don't know how he, the prince, would feel.

Geng Jimao's messenger came in a hurry, hurried away, and Zhang Jun, who brought him, still took him out. Geng Jimao's envoy needs to go back as soon as possible to restore his life, this is no way, now Chen Wen has blocked the road from Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces to Fujian, as long as he gives an order, his master will immediately be less valuable than food in the eyes of those Qiu Ba.

This envoy left through the side door of his own, but there were two other envoys in the gatehouse who saw him clearly, one of them was the messenger sent by Shang Kexi, Pingnan and Jingnan were in the same city of Guangzhou, Geng Jimao also gave Shang Kexi a beating, the minions on both sides were very familiar with each other, and Shang Kexi's envoy recognized Geng Jimao's messenger almost at a glance.

"Oh my God, that's true."

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After recovering the ten prefectures in northern and central Jiangxi, Chen Wen faced a threat from two major directions, the Qing army on four routes. The first is Fan Wencheng's Changsha shogunate, which is also one of the strongest opponents.

Fan Wencheng's eastward expansion is a very dangerous possibility for Chen Wen. But through history, Chen Wen has seen more. Now Huguang is in chaos, the north of Huguang must guard against the Ming army of Kuidong, and the south must guard against Sun Kewang, and under the plan of the three bureaus of Catalpa, Sun Kewang has long appointed Liu Wenxiu as a big recruit, and only after recovering Huguang can he go down the river and go straight to Nanjing, completing his dream of being the emperor.

On the side of Guiyang, it is impossible for Fan Wencheng not to be meticulous, he must know that Sun Kewang is staring at him with wolf-like eyes, and now that he exposes his buttocks, Sun Kewang will not be Sun Kewang if he doesn't take a bite.

However, between Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu, there is no one heart. Sun Kewang wants to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, Li Dingguo is an opponent on the surface, and Liu Wenxiu is an opponent hidden in the shadows, so Liu Wenxiu will not let him get his wish. However, as long as Liu Wenxiu understands that the Qing army in Huguang is now in danger and is just a group of paper tigers with the enemy on their backs, he will definitely send troops to Huguang as soon as possible, and use the opportunity to recover Huguang to restore the prestige lost in the First Battle of Baoning, so as to contain Sun Kewang.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Wenhui sent another team of messengers to Liu Wenxiu's army at the same time as reporting the victory, and even the next itinerary of the messenger was specially instructed by him to let Liu Wenxiu know, in order to let Liu Wenxiu send troops as soon as possible to relieve the military threat in western Jiangxi.

In this way, when Fan Wencheng and Chen Tai in the west were restrained by Liu Wenxiu, the remaining ones were the Pingnan and Jingnan feudatories in Guangdong and Fujian, as well as the green battalions in these two provinces.

The green battalion soldiers don't matter, the key is that these feudal soldiers attached to the banner of the Han army, many of them have the old foundation of the Tianyou Army and the Tianzhu Army who descended from Dengzhou and Dongjiang Town, and their combat effectiveness is not trivial.

In this regard, Zhou Yueying's strategy was to plot against Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, if the two did not agree, he would use Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong to threaten them, and even give Li and Zheng a certain degree of support, so that they could exert more strength to fight these two diehards and relieve Jiangxi's military pressure through allies.

This strategy is very simple and practical, and Chen Wen originally only completed the details, such as providing sappers to help Li Dingguo break the city, and inviting Zheng Chenggong to eliminate Geng Jimao together. But after thinking about it, too much participation in the Guangdong or Fujian battlefields, with the current strength of the Zhejiang Ming army, it is difficult for Zhejiang and Jiangxi to take care of both. It is far better to adjust this strategy a little to increase the success rate of the counterpolicy as much as possible, so there is the current strategy.

In Chen Wen's letters to Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, in addition to threats, he mentioned one thing, that is, the other party had accepted his conditions and was ready to follow Chen Wen's persuasion after a few days of preparation, and return to Ming anyway. In addition to that, he added another person in, and this person was sure to be anyway, and the two of them must have known about it.

After the appearance of real and false kinds, the touch on them is far greater than the threat of dryness, and the next thing is naturally easier, and the rest is nothing more than conditions.

Shang Kexi's envoy came in a hurry, and he also hurried away, and he was still taken out by the officer who threatened Shang Kexi to die or live on the main hall of the Pingnan Palace.

However, the "transfer" negotiation with Shang Kexi was not smooth, compared to Geng Jimao, who was already in a desperate situation, Shang Kexi now has Nanjiang and the south of Huguang connected with the main force of the Huguang Qing army, and he really can't just leave, Chen Wen wants to help him is far less easy than Geng Jimao.

And he is still gratifying, among the three feudatories, although he is inferior to Kong Youde in martial arts, and because of this, he is despised by Kong Youde and Li Dingguo, who killed Kong Youde, but when it comes to treacherous and cunning, it is incomparable to Kong Youde, Geng Jimao and Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Shun.

Compared with Geng Jimao's overall acceptance, there are still many gratifying conditions, such as Li Dingguo's army withdrawing from Guangdong, dividing Guangdong Province to him as a hereditary fief of their Shang family, Zhejiang aiding a certain amount of military rations every year, but neither listening to the Ming court nor Chen Wenze, to put it bluntly, is to be a native emperor of Guangdong.

Shang Kexi plans to repay the money on the ground with a sky-high asking price, and there is no lack of ideas to delay time to sit and watch the situation change. Chen Wen could see this kind of thinking at a glance, he believed that Shang Kexi also knew that he could see it, and at the same time, there was also a potential intention to test his strength.

Sending away Shang Kexi's envoy, in the Nanchang Xiuguo Mansion, Chen Wen stood up, and then said to the generals in the lobby: "Shang Kexi, this monkey has been jumping too much recently, it seems that it's time to slaughter that chicken!" (To be continued.) )