Chapter XVII: The Beginning of the Civil Unrest
The Qing Dynasty's long years of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have crushed thousands of people, the people's grievances are boiling, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government drink and sing every day, the people of the world are accompanied by the grassroots every day, and the people in Shaanxi and Gansu are desperate, some are forced to go up the mountain to become bandits, and some rise up to resist the rule of the imperial court. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Zhang Yuanzheng took the information in his hand, he knew that troubled times were coming, turned around and walked towards the house, and convened his generals to discuss the matter.
"Xu Zhi, you immediately send people down to recruit soldiers, with our current situation to recruit 120,000 on the line, Huaifang's economic reform must continue to be implemented, increase economic income, this year's economic income allocated one-third to the development of education, one-third allocated to the army, the rest of the development is left, Cong Yi, Gongshu to increase the investigation and punishment of corrupt officials, not to kill a good person by mistake, but also not to let go of any moth."
In the autumn of 1846, Guangxi, Fujian and other provinces, there were people killing officials to occupy the county seat, Emperor Daoguang ordered all departments to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, Zhang Yuanzheng was ordered to lead troops into Guangxi to quell the rebellion.
Zhang Yuanzheng couldn't bear to slaughter this group of people who didn't have decent weapons, he led the troops to drive them all the way, and tried to recruit these chaotic people as much as possible, "My lord, where are we going to drive these people, our supplies are almost unable to keep up." ā
Zhang Yuanzheng said with a smile: "Drive all these people to Guilin, these people will give the governor and governor of Guangxi a headache, and after rushing to their eyes, we will withdraw our troops back to Guangdong." ā
Looking at these ragged people, driven like sheep, tears welled up in the corners of Zhang Yuanzheng's eyes, the people are the most affected people in this society.
A few days later, Zhang Yuanzheng began to return to Guangdong with 30,000 Guangdong children, and saw that the peaceful rebellion in various regions had almost been carried out, and the soldiers in Guangdong had entered intense training.
The Qing court, while anxious to pay off the debts of the last war, collected taxes under various names for its own amusement.
From 1846 onwards, there were no wars of small revolts in various places, and within a few years the country was in a state of devastation.
In 1849, Hong Xiuquan, a civil anti-Qing leader, was arrested in Guangxi, and people were panicked for a while, when one of the peasant soldiers stood up and led everyone to play the banner of anti-Qing, and the peasant army rescued Hong Xiuquan from prison.
Self-proclaimed Taiping Army, the Taiping Army soon developed and expanded, all the way to attack the city, like a bamboo, soon gained a firm foothold in Guangxi, the Qing Dynasty generals all over the country knew the erosion of the army, has been able to support the battle well, the generals, officials and their panic, some officials have been packed, ready to flee.
Upon learning of this, Zhang Yuanzheng immediately ordered all units to enter a tense combat state in case they took advantage of the situation to enter Guangdong.
"Xu Zhi Wang Yong, you immediately lead people to deploy at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi, the chaos is coming, the arsenal must also increase production capacity, and strive to redress all the troops within two years, and in the next five years, we must let the people under our rule live a well-clothed and well-fed life." Zhang Yuanzheng turned to look at the map on the wall, thinking in his heart, "The troubled times are like a go, the years are like a god, how to go on the next road, and what difficulties will be waiting for him in the future." ā