After questioning Zhang Guoxun, Chen Wen had a certain degree of understanding of the inside story of some Manchu officialdom that had happened outside his sight. As for the previous one that had made him a little puzzled, the return of the combat effectiveness of the supervising battalion had decreased, and he also got the answer from it.www.biquge.info

The Supervising Battalion initially practiced the old-style military formation tactics, and the truce in the middle of last year began to change the training of the Mandarin Duck Formation, and then it has always been the case, but when the Qing court's reprimand came, the Supervising Battalion will be in fear of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's punishment and have to revert to the original old-style military formation tactics, as a result, the Ming army soldiers pressed the border, and the fear of the Ming army forced them to reissue the weapons used in the Mandarin Duck Formation, which had been sealed in the warehouse for more than a month, to the hands of the soldiers - back and forth so many times, Before the battle, they did not even do the task of sharpening their guns in battle, and the reactions of the junior officers and non-commissioned officers were chaotic, and their combat effectiveness did not decline.

There is a way that the king of Chu has a thin waist, and many people in the city starve to death. The Manchu Qing Dynasty hindered military reform, and the first victim was the standard camp of the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, which is understandable. It's just that Yang Jie, as well as Wu Dengke's report, once approached the left of the Ming army on the South Road, and then also chose to turn around and run, did the two of them just sit back and watch the friendly army annihilate in order to preserve their strength?

Zhang Guoxun was not able to answer this question, Chen Wen had a vague idea in his mind, but he could not be sure, so he did not continue to think about it for the time being.

As for Zhang Guoxun, Chen Wen originally planned to drag him back to Quzhou to behead him for public display, but since he was so cooperative, he would be locked up for a period of time, and let his family ransom him with the money or information that Chen Wen needed, and also to make some considerations for the future. In addition to Zhang Guoxun, the entire Supervisory Battalion only ran a left battalion general Li Xun, these officers had to be interrogated again, and those who did too much evil were severely punished, and the others were also dealt with according to Zhang Guoxun's example.

After staying in Jiangshan County for two days, Chen Wen received the news that Wang Zhigang had fled back to Xianxia Pass to hold on, so he left Wu Dengke and half of the Lishui battalion to stay for the time being, waiting for the arrival of the newly trained garrison. And he originally planned to bypass Changshan County to attack Yushan County in Guangxin Prefecture, but the Tanma sent to follow Yang Jie came back to report that Yang Jie had already commanded the army and the Jiangxi Admiral Biao Battalion, which had just resumed its formation and was still most of the recruits, had withdrawn to Yushan Town to defend it, and the Huizhou Green Battalion in Kaihua County seemed to be preparing to evacuate. Seeing this, he had no choice but to lead the main force back to Quzhou and make another plan.

After returning to Quzhou, Chen Wen received a report from Jinhua. The anti-corruption investigation, which lasted for nearly a month, was finally coming to an end, and the administrative system in charge of Sun Yu was closely coordinated with the yamen of Han Qizheng's criminal prosecution for the purpose of cracking down on low-level officials and deterring the wealthy gentry in various counties.

According to Chen Wen's previous instructions, for the time being, the gentry and wealthy households were only reprimanded, and if there were those in the family who worked for the Ming army, they would be reprimanded at the same time, but the punishment of low-level civil officials and officials was severe.

Civilian officials are okay for the time being, most of the civil officials at the bottom were reappointed after Cao Conglong's rebellion, because they are not very familiar with the local situation, they are inevitably deceived by the small officials, and their own corruption is slightly less, after all, after quelling the rebellion, the Ming army's large-scale killing of rebellious civil officials is far from dissipating their deterrence, so they naturally dare not do too much.

In contrast, the officials of the counties, as the head of the land, have become even more intensified in the face of the decline in the control ability of civil officials and the continuous expansion of the guards.

With the expansion of the guards, a large amount of land was under the jurisdiction of the officials of the guards, and the vast majority of the land was tax-exempt fields that did not even have to pay taxes, which would undoubtedly lead to a decline in the gray income of the local officials in terms of land endowments; Recently, due to the suppression of the unrest and the rapid expansion of the occupied areas, two large-scale changes of grass-roots civil officials have led to a decline in the ability of civil officials to control the localities, which has given county officials the opportunity to profit from this.

In the name of fire consumption, pouring tips and kicking the dunch, etc., they colluded with the local gentry and wealthy households to apportion taxes to the common people, and used methods such as destroying old grain, fraudulently collecting, and modifying account books to embezzle ink and store it. It can be said that bribery and deception from superiors, coercion and concealment from subordinates, and their hands are all at their best. It is no wonder that Gu Yanwu once denounced and said: "Raise millions of tigers and wolves among the people", and ask the people if they can be bitter.

It can be said that the rule of officials in the national economy and people's livelihood is very important, such as "Daily Knowledge? They are the tentacles of the dynasty closest to the people at the bottom, and it can even be said that the quality of the government is related to the rise and fall of the dynasty, which is not an exaggeration.

This time, taking advantage of the autumn tax case in the sixth year of Yongli, Chen Wen was determined to kill a group of local officials who were evil. It's just that killing people is only a symptomatic but not a cure, and it may be possible to deter for a while, but this is where the profit lies, and I am afraid that it will soon relapse.

But if he wants to improve his official position, when Hong Chengchou is appointed as the Southeast Economic Strategy and tries to force him and Zheng Chenggong into a blind corner step by step, Chen Wen is far from having the time and energy, and now he can only let Sun Yu slowly sort it out.

However, compared with Zheng Chenggong, the greater reason for the stagnation of Chen Wen's offensive last year still comes from himself, the number of troops is too small and he has been fighting for several months, and the soldiers' desire to use the war to obtain the reward of military merits has faded, and the Spring Festival is approaching, the thoughts of the soldiers under his command have already flown back home, looking forward to reaping the rewards of the land in the day of family reunion, rather than dying in the battle seven years before the Yongli calendar.

Because of this, after the expansion of the army, Chen Wen's first blow was able to easily recover Jiangshan County, and by the way, he completely annihilated the Dubiao battalion. Chen Wen believed that the collapse of the Inspector Battalion was a great loss for Hong Chengchou, after all, among the green battalion soldiers in Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, this one was the only one that could still fight with the Ming army. Without this elite force, Hong Chengchou would have a lot less chips in his hands.

It's just that Chen Wen still has some doubts about Wang Zhigang and Yang Jie's reactions in that battle. It is not unusual to say that the two of them have the intention to preserve their strength, and even Chen Wen suspects that this itself is Hong Chengchou's method of dealing with them.

The key to the joint defense of the three counties of Quzhou is the two counties of Changshan and Jiangshan, while Kaihua is not important because it is located in the mountainous area and it is quite difficult for the army to attack Huizhou.

According to the original plan obtained from Zhang Guoxun, Jiangshan County had Wang Zhigang's headquarters in Xianxiaguan, while Changshan County was coordinated by the Huizhou Green Battalion, and behind them was Yang Jie's Jiujiang Green Battalion as reinforcements.

After all, if Xianxia Pass is lost, the Ming army's soldiers can sweep northern Fujian, and join forces with Zheng Chenggong in southern Fujian, and the overall situation of Fujian will be completely eroded. On the side of Changshan County, in fact, geographically, the Ming army captured Jiangshan County, and as long as they bypassed the mountainous area between them, they could cut off their connection with Yushan County, making Liu Guangbi a turtle in an urn.

But the question is, why did Liu Guangbi and Yang Jie just retreat to Yushan County, and why not the capital of Guangxin Mansion, which was obviously stronger and easier to block the road of the Ming army's westward advance. Even if it is because Guangxin Mansion is still building a lot of construction, Liu and Yang will switch to garrison Yushan, but Hong Chengchou behind them has reacted too passively recently, which is quite different from his record in the history books, what are these guys waiting for.

Located in the line of the former governor of Zhejiang and Fujian on Jiaoshe Street, Chen Wen looked at the sand table in front of him over and over again in combination with the information in his hand, and thought about it for a long time.

From Jinhua to Quzhou, the Dongyang River and the Qujiang River will flow through Lanxi County. Anhua Town and Hulu Town both have fortresses, Lanxi has also increased the garrison, and the Yanzhou Green Battalion is not to be feared. Going up the Qujiang River, one is Changshan Port, the other is Jiangshan Port, and it is the mountainous area that Yang Jie once used. And this mountainous area, from the sand table, is also like a fork in the road, to the west is Changshan County, and southwest is Jiangshan County, which is very distinct.

Suddenly, a glimmer of light flashed in Chen Wen's mind, and then the whole train of thought suddenly became clear-it turned out that what Hong Chengchou was waiting for was a fork in the road! (To be continued.) )