Chapter 59: Weaving the Web (II)
In the side hall, there are no samurai who break the cup, and some are just files neatly placed on the cases on both sides of the side hall. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In the upper place, there was a table and a Taishi chair, and the seven copies of the music on the table were lined up, and after Wen Anzhi entered the main hall, he was attracted by the table. It's just that when he picked up one of them and looked at it carefully, the whole person was stunned on the spot, and the other six sat down on the Taishi chair without even looking at it.
Wen Anzhi was like this, and all the generals immediately came to the front, and they all looked through the copies of those notes, especially those who still knew some words, and even their faces turned pale.
In the side hall, from the sound of looking through the paper, to the whispering of the explanation, to the argument and even the angry shouting, in the end there was only a silence that could be heard by the falling pin.
It wasn't until a long time later that Fuhou Tan Wen looked at Tan Yi and Tan Hong, and then at the former Dashun army who they denounced as thieves on weekdays, swallowed his saliva, opened his mouth several times and closed his mouth several times, until a moment later, gritted his teeth and came to Wen An's body, and said in a low voice: "Supervisor, the last general and others will accept the assistance of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and they are also strengthening the force that the court can use in the future." ”
Tan Wen said this, Wen Anzhi sighed, as if the strength in his body had been absorbed by the copy of the music, and the words he said became weak.
"You can go whatever you want, the old man has nothing to say, go, let the old man rest here for a while, be quiet for a while."
In a trance, the 60-year-old Governor who traveled thousands of miles from Guangxi and worked tirelessly to rush to the mountainous area of Kuidong, and traveled all over the garrison of every military general.
Seeing this, there are still some generals who want to persuade them, but they don't know what to say at all, as if whatever they say at this moment will be pale and powerless, and they can't even convince themselves, let alone the old man in front of them.
A moment later, the generals who had entered the hall saluted and exited the side hall one after another. The door of the side hall was quietly closed, and the old man was still sitting there dejectedly, the sound of footsteps coming slowly from the inner room of the side hall, every step was so firm, but the old man was still decadent.
"More than ten years ago, I had a dream, in which there was an old man, who had been framed by the powerful ministers when he was young, and then the Tartars entered the customs, and the old man did not hesitate to re-emerge from the mountain at the age of sixtieth. In the past few years, the old man has been promoted from the head of the cabinet to the governor of the border town, and most of his subordinates are some unruly thieves who have caused trouble in the world, but with their extraordinary prestige and ability, they will soon be able to drive these contradictory thieves to the use of the imperial court, and do their best to fight with the Tartars. ”
However, the best efforts are no match for the general trend. The rebellion of the courtiers was quelled, but the result still pushed the court to the brink of destruction. At that time, there were famous generals in the court, but the Tartars not only had several times or dozens of times the army, but also wrote letters of persuasion from the ministers who surrendered the Tartars, which made the civil officials and generals of the court in the only two remaining provinces abandon their armor and surrender. ”
"The old man did not give up, when the army of the captives went south from Hanzhong and crossed the Sichuan Zhibo Kunming, the old man relied on his prestige to persuade the feudal towns under his command to go west and attack the logistics transfer node of the captive division south, that is, Chongqing Mansion."
"The army was scattered when there was no food, and for the first time, the old man succeeded, Chongqing was besieged, and the captive division had to return to the division to relieve the siege of Chongqing. The imperial court also used this time to breathe as much relief as possible, and remobilized the army to meet the captive division. But containment is containment after all, after the siege was lifted, the city defense was strengthened for several months, and the captives went south again, and the old man had to persuade the generals again to send troops to attack Chongqing. ”
However, in the second time, the thieves who were the vanguard fought with the two official armies who had arrived under the city of Chongqing, and the generals of the official army who wanted to surrender the Tartars plotted against another official and military general who refused to obey, and then joined forces with the Tartars in the city to defeat the thieves who obeyed the old man's orders. The Second Battle of Chongqing was defeated due to internal strife, and the captive division had no worries and soon entered Yunnan. ”
In the years that followed, the famous general tried his best but could not turn the tide, and when he died a few years later, he still told his son to die rather than surrender, and at that time, the Son of Heaven was strangled to death by the Tartar commander with a bowstring in a place that would later be called the Forced Death Slope. When the old man heard the news, he didn't sleep or eat for several days and nights, and finally died of depression. And in that story, the only thing missing is me! ”
"I admire this old man, his noble ambition and indomitable efforts to do so, but if this old man can go to the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to see, he must be able to understand me. The people there had a better life, a better life than even in the early years of the dynasty. And I have come to this point, I have modified too many decaying ancestral systems, and ruined the original moth-like happy life of too many people, and I have no way back at all, because taking a step back is a catastrophe. ”
"I'm sorry, I'm going to ruin your dreams. The only thing I can guarantee is that I won't make too drastic decisions unless I have to. ”
In the side hall, the sound of footsteps turned towards the main hall gate. The old man slowly raised his head and looked away at the back as firm as his footsteps. When the door of the side hall was pushed open, the setting sun hit the man, and it was as majestic as a mountain.
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Early the next morning, Chen Wen watched Wen Anzhi, the governor of Sichuan and Hubei, board the ship to return to Fengjie from the gate tower of Wuchang. Seeing the biggest obstacle gone, Chen Wen also began to consult with the generals of Kuidong, and as far as he knew, the generals who came on behalf of the commander also sent people back to the station as early as yesterday, and they must let the commander come to meet with Chen Wen in order to avoid suffering losses in the next discussion.
In the following days, the coach who did not arrive was delaying time, and the coach who was already in Wuchang was not in a hurry, and Chen Wen waited for the official meeting after they arrived for the sake of fairness. Fortunately, there was a basic intention before that, and many things were just adjusted according to the situation.
At the beginning of winter, Chen Wen and the generals of Kuidong agreed that the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming would provide supplies to the various departments of Kuidong in three batches, mainly grain, money, seeds, farm tools, and agricultural livestock and poultry, so that they could begin to restore the livelihood of the people in Sichuan as soon as possible.
After the meeting, the entire Sichuan Province was completely divided, except for Baoning, which was in the hands of the Qing army, and Zunyi, which had been given to Ma Jinzhong by Chen Wen, other prefectures and counties were within the scope of the division.
According to the results of the meeting, Yuan Zongdi, who was originally stationed in Dachang County, took over He Zhen's original residence, and also had his station in Dachang County, guarding the nodes in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; Daning County was handed over to Yuan Zongdi, and He Zhen took over the territory of Santan in Wanxian County, including Wanxian, Liangshan, and Zhongzhou in Chongqing Prefecture - he had been the Ming army and the Dashun army, and accepting Santan's territory would not cause much contradiction.
These two departments roughly divided the Kuizhou Mansion, and the Kuizhou Mansion between the two, that is, Fengjie, was still in the Governor's Office, and Yunyang and other places also continued to be directly led by the Governor.
Liu Tichun and Ma Tengyun, who were originally stationed in Chenjiapo, Fuba County, Chongqing, were placed in Chongqing Fucheng nearby, before the Qing army evacuated, all the people here were taken away, and a fire was lit in the city, so they did not change their station, and now they want to accept the material assistance of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, so they moved to Chongqing Fucheng, and the water and land where they lived were to rush.
As for the specific division of the two ministries, Chen Wen did not interfere too much, but their control area should be limited to the western part of Chongqing Prefecture to prevent intrusion into other people's jurisdictions. The central part of Chongqing Prefecture, including Xudu, Fuzhou, Wulong and Changshou, was responsible for the two departments of Dang Shousu and Ta Tianbao.
Chen Wen's division of Sichuan was carried out along the Yangtze River waterway, past Chongqing Prefecture, and then upstream to Luzhou Prefecture and Xuzhou Prefecture. Both of these places were the territory of a separate government, and were under the jurisdiction of Hao Shaoqi and Li Laiheng, who inherited the lineage of the Dashun army under Li Guo and Gao Yigong.
These two guys, one is a reckless man with a straight intestine and no brains, and the other is too young, and his prestige is limited to his own army, but he inherited the army of Li and Gao and failed to inherit the prestige of the two, which is actually not suitable for those two places. But other places are not easy to divide, at least they don't plan to be too close to the Qing army and Yunnan, so they can only be divided there for the time being.
Central and eastern Sichuan were generally the territory of the remnants of the Dashun Army, and Chengdu in western Sichuan was still under the jurisdiction of Liu Yao, the commander-in-chief, and Yang Youcai, the deputy general, but they were limited to the capital city. The northern part of Chengdu Prefecture is under Tan Wen, the southern part of Chengdu Prefecture is under Tan Yi, and the Jiading Prefecture to the south is under Tan Hong's jurisdiction.
These four troops are all the Sichuan Ming army, and during the meeting, the three Tan got together to discuss secretly, and finally decided to bring Liu Yang and the two as reinforcements to hold western Sichuan. It's better to be safe than being trapped in a group of "thieves".
The only thing left is Wang Guangxing's department, this person is located in Shizhouwei in the north of Huguang, Fengjie in the north, and Tusi in the south and east, Chen Wenwen plans to move it to Sichuan, who knows that this person seems to be more interested in Chen Wen's plan to ask Tusi for population, and expressed his willingness to continue to station in Shizhouwei, and Chen Wen can only leave him for the time being.
In this way, the occupied areas of all departments of the Kui Dongming Army have basically been expanded, in fact, according to Chen Wen's plan, there is one province per person, even if it is half of the government. However, they all subconsciously wanted to stay away from the Qing army and Yunnan, but fortunately, their own land slowly developed, such as Tongchuan Prefecture, Shunqing Prefecture and a series of prefectures and counties in the south can only continue to maintain a state of no man's land, at least they have no desire for the time being.
This is not a small project, and Chen Wen's plan is to send a fleet of ships to assist in the migration. In general, they are all along the Yangtze River, and the water power is relatively convenient, but inviting them to Sichuan can not only unify the affairs of Huguang, but also add a bunch of trade partners, and the benefits will only be greater, and Chen Wen will not care about this trouble.
After the agreement was completed, the generals also needed to return to their respective stations to prepare, and the alliance was concluded, and it was logical to swear to punish the white horse, but Chen Wen did not plan to slaughter the precious war horse in public, but sent someone to bring Fan Wencheng out of the prison in Wuchang Mansion.
Half a year has passed, Fan Wencheng has eaten well and slept well in the prison, and he has been raised by the jailers and prisoners for nothing. Chen Wen brought this person up, and said to the generals of Kuidong with a smile: "This Fan Jingluo has the reputation of reincarnation Zhuge in the Tartars. ”
Speaking of this, Chen Wen thought about the soldiers who escorted Fan Wencheng and shouted: "Come on, send this dog traitor to the execution table." This time, we should reward this guy with a generous gift of 3,600 knives for his hard work for the Tartars! ”
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Chen Wen left Guizhou and started the operation of western Hubei and eastern Sichuan in Wuchang. After Chen Wen left, Wu Dengke led the troops behind his palace to cover the evacuation of military households willing to go to Huguang in batches, while Li Dingguo always kept a distance from him and completed the reception of Guizhou step by step.
Guizhou took over, and the agreement between the two sides was reached, but the Guizhou left to the Yongli court and Li Dingguo has long been different from what it used to be.
The warehouses all over Guizhou and the Qin Wangfu in Guiyang have been swept away, and rats have begun to move in droves. It's just that there are a lot fewer places left for them to relocate, and the city is fine, but there are already very few military cantonments everywhere, and the rest are basically the officers and supervisors of the guard station and their families - Chen Wen only wants military households as laborers, but Sun Kewang's original grassroots management team has no interest at all.
With the loss of military households in batches, Tuntian was bound to face a barren situation, coupled with the dilemma of the warehouse being hollowed out, Li Dingguo suddenly found that the province he took over did not seem to have any practical benefits for the time being, except that it had geographically avoided the threat of Yunnan facing the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu.
In this way, it is also a helpless thing, even in the report received by Li Dingguo, Chen Wen did not force the military households to relocate, but only instigated, and destroyed Sun Kewang's military system, and the people's hearts have been betrayed to this point, and it is indeed no longer something that can be reversed by manpower.
The financial problems need to be solved, and it will take time for Guizhou to resume production, and it may take a lot of money from Yunnan to invest in it. But there are not only so many troubles in Guizhou, Chen Wen also left two other messes for him, which is enough for him to continue to scratch his head.
At the same time as Chen Wen was moving the military households, he solved the lawsuit of the chief of Ninggu Village, and the Tusi from all over Guizhou did not dare to put pressure on Chen Wen, lest they be targeted by this unreasonable and unreasonable first powerful vassal of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but they had no scruples about Li Dingguo. The reason is very simple, the Yongli Imperial Court previously reprimanded Chen Wen, and there was no need to say anything, at least the position was on their side. Now that Chen Wen is gone, they naturally want to find Li Dingguo to ask for an explanation and compensate for some of their losses.
Sooner or later, those who come out to mix will have to be returned, and the Yongli Imperial Court has won the support of the toasts, so naturally it must be expressed. This problem is very complicated, Li Dingguo was still thinking about how to solve it at first, but within a few days he found that with his political ability, it seemed that he couldn't solve it at all, so he had to push these toasts to the Yongli Imperial Court and let them report directly to the imperial court.
The noise of toast is certainly tiresome, but another problem that Li Dingguo needs to face is more serious. Chen Wen had previously captured a large number of Qin generals and soldiers, but when Li Dingguo took over Guizhou, he found that these people had been let go by Chen Wen, and now led by Ma Jinzhong and Ma Weixing, they have begun to entrench themselves in Sichuan Zunyi Military and Civil Mansion and Chishuiwei and other places.
The reason for this situation is very simple, Chen Wen instigated, there is no need, just the fact that the Yongli Imperial Court killed Sun Kewang was enough to make them, the marshals of the Qin Domain, panic. Especially Li Dingguo's name is Sun Kewang, and he is actually an enemy, which makes them even more uneasy.
Fortunately, these Qin generals basically occupied the border area between Guizhou and Sichuan, which did not affect the overall situation in Guizhou. But with the death of Sun Kewang, not long after taking Guiyang, Li Dingguo, who was slowly advancing eastward, received the news that Wang Ziqi and Wang Shangli, two generals, led the army to ransack the Kunming warehouse and abandoned the city and fled.
Kunming was originally guarded by Liu Wenxiu, but the two generals had more troops, and Liu Wenxiu was only contained. Originally, the legitimacy of the Yongli Imperial Court, Liu Wenxiu's prestige in the Great Western Army and a small number of troops were enough to balance the power of the two generals, but the news of Sun Kewang's death came, and the two generals chose to jump over the wall out of fear, and now they have fled Kunming with the army and are running towards Guangxi.
Wang Shangli and Wang Ziqi each had 5,000 soldiers under their commands, all of whom were the elite of the Qin clan who stayed in Yunnan, and they went to Guangxi to clearly seize the central and southern parts of Guangxi together with He Jiuyi, who had already gained a firm foothold in Nanning, and where they could rely on Chen Wen's territory in eastern Guangxi to "hold on to their own respect".
In this way, after a few months, the Qin Palace, which had previously shrouded the head of the Yongli Imperial Court, collapsed. However, these remnants are still on the side, and the warehousing of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is not optimistic, and economic problems will become the core problem that the Yongli Imperial Court needs to face next, which is completely predictable.
The second general fled from Kunming, and Li Dingguo left behind the army that continued to recover eastern Guizhou and returned to Kunming with the elite of his headquarters to prevent accidents. As for the reception of Guizhou, the central region, including Guiyang, was handed over to Bai Wenxuan, while the eastern region, which was closer to Huguang, was handed over to Feng Shuangli, who had more powerful troops, at least for the time being.
Sun Kewang was executed, Yongli moved from the Gongyuan to the Qin Palace, Li Dingguo returned, in order to boost the morale of the people in Kunming, he also carried out a ceremony for the army to enter the city. just sent troops to quell the rebellion for half a year, but in the end it fell into such a situation, when he arrived at the palace, Li Dingguo knelt down in front of Yongli.
"Minister, incompetent."