A large-scale military operation began in Shandong -- to suppress bandits!

This time the bandits were not suppressed on a small scale in the past, but the two major corps of the Liaodong Army and the Denglai Army were mobilized to encircle and suppress the bandits in the whole of Shandong.

Encirclement and suppression are the same, and encirclement and suppression is to make the bandits have no room to escape, and they will be surrounded and annihilated.

The combat effectiveness of those bandits is not very good, and the reason why they are so laborious is just a drill for the regimental cooperation action.

The scale of the dispatch reached 63,000 people!

Such a large-scale military operation spread throughout Shandong, and groups of cavalry galloped like the wind with the sound of thunderous horses' hooves and the smoke and dust in the sky, and groups of soldiers marched on the official road, and horse-drawn carriages carrying grain and grass followed behind.

Cards have been set up everywhere in Shandong to strictly check the passers-by.

The people of Shandong Province were not afraid of these soldiers and horses, but were very active in reporting the hiding places and wandering directions of the bandits to the two major legions.

Even those bandits who went home to farm were often reported.

The reward for reporting bandits is very generous, which the people of Shandong know, and with the help of the people of Shandong, most of those bandits have nothing to hide.

This crackdown on bandits is like sweeping pornography, and those bandits are like scoopers, who dare not resist the slightest when they encounter the police, and generally surrender directly after being surrounded.

Zhao Yan's murderous reputation can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Some bandits are well-informed, and they ran away before the arrival of the bandit army, and as for those who were caught, wait for the labor reform!

At the same time, this is also an operation that also raids the family, and those clans that can be used as bandits have been raided.

Those who surrender on time will have half of their family property confiscated, and those who do not surrender will have all their family property confiscated, plus imprisonment. Bandits caught in urban and rural areas were also confiscated from their belongings and sentenced to prison through labor.

At the same time, the soldiers smashed the door and entered, and there were some large families who refused to return the land of the guard, some of these people were large local families, and many of them had some fame. or have some connections with some powerful people in the DPRK and China, and don't take Zhao Yan seriously at all.

Catch them all!

Then he forcibly returned the cultivated land of the guard, and fined him silver, and fined ten taels of silver for one acre. It doesn't matter who you are, don't try to mention people without paying money.

Those landlords and squires in Shandong, as well as officials and businessmen, did not expect that the anti-bandit action that Zhao Yan had said would come so violently.

Almost all of Shandong can see Denglai soldiers mobilized everywhere, and there are checkpoints everywhere.

Fortunately, these soldiers are very good, never disturbing the people, and never looting everywhere. The checkpoints on the road are only used to contain bandits and escapes, but they do not cause any inconvenience to people.

With the development of the anti-bandit activities, anti-bandit orders were posted all over Shandong, and all the people who reported the bandits could get a reward for the truth.

This military operation lasted for half a month, and the most important thing was to declare strong force to the landlords, squires, and civil and military officials in Shandong, so that they could cooperate a little in the future.

On August 30, a group of thousands of cavalry rushed into the Heze military camp with great vigour.

"On the order of the general, Liu Zeqing resisted the order and disobeyed his order, and for the sake of disaster in the township, he was specially ordered to arrest, and those who blocked him were all killed." The group of cavalry jumped off their horses and went straight to the barracks.

Under the gaze of a group of officers and soldiers who looked at each other, they rushed into the general army mansion and arrested Liu Zeqing, who was unknown for unknown reasons.

Liu Zeqing's family watched from afar, but no one dared to come forward to rescue, just watching these people take Liu Zeqing away.

Liu Zeqing was a very famous figure in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

He was the chief soldier of Shandong during the Chongzhen period, and the day before his death in the Ming Dynasty, he was promoted to Dongpingbo. After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, he was one of the four towns in Jiangbei and the commander of Huaihai Town, which was the military pillar of this regime in the Hongguang Dynasty.

But he was able to rise to such a position not because of his outstanding military achievements, throughout his war experience, he almost never won a few battles, but was easily defeated by thieves.

When attacking Kong Youde, it was because he didn't dare to come forward to fight, so he let the rebels enter and enter the Dengzhou Water Gate freely, and finally put Kong Youde in Liaodong.

The reason why he was able to rise to such a high position was completely due to his ability to preserve his strength.

If there is a place to fight, he will not go, Chongzhen can't adjust it, the Qing soldiers will run south as soon as they come, and the Qing soldiers will surrender as soon as they go south.

At the same time, he also relied on bribing Zhou Yanru to gradually climb up, and Zhou Yanru's bad habit of greedy for money is famous. It is now the ninth year of Chongzhen, and Zhou Yanru has not yet returned, and he is still living in seclusion in the countryside.

After Liu Zeqing was arrested, Denglai sent officers to take over Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses, and they brought the silver, and when the silver was paid, everyone forgot Liu Zeqing to 108,000 miles away, once again interpreting the truth that having milk is a mother.

The news soon spread throughout Shandong, and some people immediately became afraid.

"Liu Zeqing said that he would catch it, this Zhao Yan is simply lawless, does he really want to dominate Shandong?" Yan Jizu was sulking, and questions about Shandong's military affairs came one by one these days.

Zhao Yan first ate the guards, then controlled Qiu Lei's Jinan battalion, and now arrested Liu Zeqing, and by the way, controlled Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses.

In this Shandong, it is impossible to find the first non-Zhao military attache with real power!

"He is opening the curtain and commanding the army to interfere in politics." Yan Jizu shouted angrily: "I have to join him." ”

"Daddy, you're still so confused." Yan Yuyao said on the side: "Daddy can't see that there are faint traces of Ding Ge in the world?" ”

"How do you say that?" Yan Jizu was taken aback, "The thieves are now weak, and the Jianyu Pass has been defeated, how can it cause the disaster of Dingge?" ”

"The thieves are not bad, but the main force to suppress the thieves is the Denglai army, and it is also the Denglai army that defeated the prisoners. If there is no Denglai army, the Ming Dynasty will suffer the disaster of Dingge. Yan Yuyao said.

"That's true, but where does the disaster of Dingge begin?" Yan Jizu asked puzzled.

"It's not the disaster of Dingge, it's just the trace of Dingge. Zhao Yan is the key to the Ding Revolution, he is in Denglai Daxing Tuntian, and involved in sea trade, salt profits, glass mirrors, textiles, trafficking, the annual income of money and grain is not lower than the court, if the court wants to restrain him from the money and grain, it is almost impossible, his army has never relied on the money and grain of the court. There is also an ordnance bureau under his command to build weapons, which are several times sharper than those made by the imperial court. The soldiers and horses of Denglai are strong, and the officers and soldiers from all walks of life are unmatched. If he wants Dingge, who can stop his sharpness? Yan Yuyao summed up what she saw and heard in Denglai, and continued: "Now Denglai is now a system of its own, and the military and political personnel are all vibrant, pragmatic and honest. And Zhao Yan loves the people very much, and knows the way of governance, if he is reformed, it is not a disaster in the world, but a blessing for the people. ”

Yan Jizu was silent when he heard this, and Yan Yuyao continued: "Daddy said that if he is here today, how will he deal with himself when he is talking about Dingge? ”

"If his father helps him act, he will be a dragon when he is in the revolution. If he doesn't want to revolutionize, looking at the prosperity of his martial arts, he will be able to make a feat of expanding the territory, and his father will help him go down in history. Yan Yuyao hypothesized that this woman's scheming and strategy were beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"If it's Dingge, then what will I do with the Ming Dynasty?" Yan Jizu asked loudly, a little emotional.

"Daddy, the Ming Dynasty is like an old and dilapidated house, people living in it will not only be beaten by the wind and rain, but bandits may easily break into the house. Daddy, do you want people to live in a dilapidated house, or do you want to live in a house that is new and bright and free of bandits? Yan Yuyao asked.

"It's a big rebellion, it's a big rebellion, you, you ......" Yan Jizu was so angry that he trembled all over, and he raised his hand to fight, but he raised his hand and didn't want to fight for a long time.

"Since ancient times, there has been much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust. If Daddy only ignores the suffering of the people in the name of loyalty, he will inevitably fall behind. Zhao Yan loves the people like a son, and his martial arts are prosperous, if you help him, he can also leave a name in history. Yan Yuyao continued calmly.

"Hey!" Yan Jizu sighed and walked away.

In the middle of the night, Yan Jizu stayed alone in the study, holding a brush in his hand, and he didn't know how to write.

Before, Yan Jizu compromised with Zhao Yan, but it was only a matter of reform, and he had to compromise when those Taoists agreed. And this time, Zhao Yan arrested Liu Zeqing privately, and he didn't even ask him, the highest governor of a province, which had completely angered Yan Jizu.

But Yan Yuyao's words always echoed in her mind from time to time.

"There is merit from the dragon, and there is much help from the right." Yan Jizu knocked lightly on the table and muttered: "The crime of going against the dragon is heavy, but the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period is not tolerated. ”

"Dragons." Yan Jizu suddenly became excited, "If he is a dragon, how can I go against him?" If he does not become a dragon, I can be both loyal and righteous. ”

Immediately, Yan Jizu wrote hard, counted Liu Zeqing's crimes, and then called the old slave and sent out the chapter, and then Yan Jizu dragged his tired body back to the bedroom, and after falling on the bed, he didn't move much, as if his whole body strength had been drained.

…… Zhao Yan was very surprised when he learned about this, he didn't expect Yan Jizu to take the initiative to help him out of the siege in this matter, although he was the prime minister of Shandong military affairs, but the supreme commander was still Yan Jizu, he arrested Liu Zeqing without Yan Jizu's permission, and it was easy to be jealous of the imperial court.

And if Yan Jizu came forward to take it, Zhao Yan became an order.

Now that the autumn harvest is over, corn and soybean yields are meeting expectations, and sweet potatoes are being dug up and shipped to other places for processing.

Billions of catties of sweet potatoes are obviously not suitable for local processing in Denglai.

With the large-scale recruitment, there has been a shortage of labor, and the people simply have no energy to deal with these sweet potatoes.

After the autumn harvest, it is necessary to do composting, silage and other labor-strong work, and it will not be long before the autumn sowing, where is there so much time. The people in other places are relatively idle, and the workshops in other places have already been opened, waiting for the sweet potatoes to be shipped over for processing.

Chen Zhongsheng is calculating the autumn harvest tax, the autumn harvest and the summer harvest are average, and it is also ten catties of grain per mu, but the grain price has dropped somewhat, and after accounting, it is only one million taels.

plus the rest of the taxes of about 400,000 taels, the total is 3 million taels.

After the tax is paid, the next step is to start reforming.

"If we pay the salt tax together, it will reach 8 million taels, and with these 8 million taels, the reform will be more certain." Zhao Yan said to Chen Zhongsheng.

"That's very good." Chen Zhongsheng nodded.

There is no province in Daming that can pay eight million taels a year, not to mention that it is only Shandong Yanli and the land of a government.

(To be continued)