Chapter 3 Yanling Wasteland

Since Wan Rong was attached to the Chen clan, Longyouyi broke away from the jurisdiction of Yongyang Mansion, which made the situation in Yongyang quite passive.

Although the prefecture and county system was nominally implemented, it only added three small counties at key points, which did not greatly affect the old family pattern and power, so the resistance was not very large.

Due to Wan Rong's defection, no one in Yongyang dared to obstruct the reorganization of the military system at this sensitive moment.

Wan Rong rebelled and chose Yongyang City, the water battalion fleet led by Wei Yu had just arrived in Yongyang City, and the fleet of the Donglin Society was approaching Suyi, and the combat power in Yongyang City needed to monitor the movements of the private soldiers of various families in Yongyang. Under such circumstances, Xu Ruyu could not quickly gather a large amount of combat power to directly attack Long You, so he had to go alone to intercept Wan Rong and his party. was blocked by Chen Pre-leader, so he had to return in vain.

In response to Wan Rong's defection, Xu Ruyu, Jiang Lingtian and others had a very tough attitude towards the reorganization of the military system.

The establishment of the Jinghai Sea Camp made Xu Ruyu's direct combat power and penetration in Yongyang have an absolute advantage, and at this time he hesitated in the military system, if Xu Ruyu regarded it as a rebellious heart, no one dared to make a conclusion: Xu Ruyu would not launch a fierce offensive.

Xu Ruyu made the resolution that Yongyang's government affairs should be decided by the political affairs hall, especially the future political system of Yongyang will also be ruled by the political affairs hall, so that the Yongyang families can understand it as his great administrative concession.

The political situation in Yongyang has always been unified and divided, and under such circumstances, each family abolished the Yanwutang according to the resolution and sent the private soldiers to the newly established three counties to be reorganized. Nearly 10,000 troops directly under Zhong Ji, Gong Hao, and Shen Deqian also participated in this reorganization, and the original Mei Clan, Su Gang, Reserve Battalion, and Yuha's 3,000 battalions also broke up the original formation and carried out in-depth reorganization.

After the reorganization, the Yongyang army was formed into three clusters, mainly composed of the original Mei tribe, Su Bang, and reserve battalion soldiers, and formed the Wuwei Army, led by Zhang Zhongdao, and with the rank of general. The Wuwei Army has a staff of 15,000 people, which is the elite combat power of Yongyang Mansion, and it is also the core combat power of Xu Ruyu directly under Yongyang. The defense area of the Wuwei Army included a vast area from Suyi to Yongyang Dongcheng, and the defense object was Xu Bodang's department in Baishi.

With the original Shen clan, Yuza 3,000 battalion army, and Qingpu Guard army as the mainstay, the middle base army was formed, led by Jiang Lingtian, and with the rank of general. The Zhongli Army has a strength of 10,000, which is an important combat force in Yongyang in addition to the Wuwei Army, and the defense area includes a vast area from Guangling to Yongyang Beicheng, and the defense object is the newly rebellious Longyouyi Wanrong Division.

The private soldiers of the Wu lord family's clan, the Xu clan's Nancheng Guard Battalion, and the Yanling Guard Battalion formed the Five School Army, and Xu Ruyu led it himself. The establishment of the five school battalions is 30,000 (including 10,000 in Tunding), which is the focus of this reorganization, and the defense area is the four counties under the jurisdiction of the Jinghai Theater (Yanling, Qingpu, Hailing, and Jinghai), and the defense targets are the Puji pirates who haunt the eastern ocean. There are five schools under the command of the army, namely Mei Liting, Xing Kunmin, Shen Binghu, Shen Yi, Ning Yueshan, Mei Liting controls the remaining four, and the rank of general is added. The remaining four are given the rank of commander.

With the first and second battalions of the Qingjiang Water Battalion as the backbone, the soldiers with the surname of the water from various departments were dispatched to form the Jinghai Sea Battalion, with a staff of 10,000 people, Wei Yu as the commander, Jia Wei as the general, Ji Ziheng as the auxiliary, and the commander as the commander. The main garrison area is the Jinghai waters, and the training place for recruits is in the deep waters of Yongyang.

The Jinghai Theater set up by Yongyang Mansion was in front of Tairu Mansion, where Xu Ruyu gathered nearly 40,000 combat forces on land and water, although in order to guard against Puji bandits, it also caused considerable pressure on the Chen people.

After the East China Sea War, Tairu has not been the focus of the Chen people's defense, and only 10,000 guards and six sentry Pingcheng water battalion warships (5,000 water army) are stationed.

When the Chen clan made every effort to plan for Baishi and focus their troops on Piling, Xu Ruyu was disturbed by the reorganization of the military system, and he suddenly felt troubled.

Chen Yu sent a letter again to invite Xu Ruyu and his wife to Wanling to watch the ceremony, so as to alleviate the conflict between the two families that had escalated suddenly due to Wan Rong's rebellion.

In early September, Yun Qingxu, Jiang Youli, Mei Yingxue and his entourage passed through Qingpu County, entered Tairu Mansion, and went to Wanling to watch the ceremony.

After Yongyang's adaptation, Xu Ruyu's strength really surfaced and appeared in the eyes of the world.

The world was shocked to find that Xu Ruyu had become the second largest force in the southeast after the Chen people.

The combat strength of the Qingjiang Mansion and the Yongyang Mansion under Xu Ruyu was nearly 100,000 people, not including the Baiyi army on Wuling Mountain. At this time, it has only been more than three years since Xu Ruyu appeared in front of the world.

Until late September, the Puji bandits did not appear in the waters near Yongyang as expected.

There are many rumors in the world.

The terrifying atmosphere of the imminent invasion of the Puji bandits in July was nothing more than a deliberate creation by Xu Ruyu in order to control the Yongyang Mansion more conveniently and quickly. That's right.

Xu Ruyu is good at integrating the combat power of various departments in the battle, at this time, Gongliang Youqin Kou attacked Yongyang, undoubtedly helping Xu Ruyu to reorganize the military system of 30,000 combat forces in the Jinghai Theater, Gongliang Youqin is not stupid enough to help the old enemy, so he will not invade Yongyang at this time. It's just that if it doesn't invade at this time, there will be no possibility of invasion in the future. That's right.

Gongliang Youqin was defeated twice by Xu Ruyu, and he had no confidence, Xu Ruyu sat in the Jinghai Theater, and he naturally had no courage to invade. That's right.

No matter what rumors are rumored by the outside world, the people of Qingjiang and Yongyang only believe in the third theory, which also makes the forces hostile to Xu Ruyu quite helpless.

Yanling has recently established a city, and the people who have relocated are only in their early 100,000s, and the land between Yanling and Yongyang in the west of Yanling has been reclaimed, and the large fertile land in the east and north is still wasteland.

In addition to the affairs of Yongyang and the political system that will be implemented next year, the political affairs hall has the most controversy over the disposal of large areas of wasteland in Hailing County, except for the sandbar, to the east and north of Yanling, and to the south of Qingpu.

In the three counties of Yanling, Qingpu and Hailing, the land is the most fertile, except for lakes, ditches, and tidal flats adjacent to the sea, there is almost no uncultivable land. It's just that for decades, that piece was the periphery of Yongyang's defense against Puji bandits, and even if it was fertile, it had no business value.

The county was withdrawn, and Jinghai County was set up on the periphery of Yanling, which made Yanling a place of depth in Yongyang, especially Xu Ruyu Chen with heavy troops on the periphery, and the safety of Yanling was more guaranteed.

The direct consequence of the reorganization of the Yongyang military system was the acquisition of more than 10 million acres of wasteland that could be reclaimed as fertile land around Yanling, Qingpu, and Hailing. If it is Jingping Puji bandits, Dongbu and Hudou can obtain countless fertile fields.

Although it may take decades and two or three generations for these wastelands to be fully reclaimed, the people of the government hall are excited, and seem to have completely recovered from the frustration of being deprived of private soldiers, and they all want to get the most out of it.

After the East China Sea War, a total of nearly 300,000 acres of land were allocated to the Yongyang Guards, of which most of the casualties were compensated, and the average number of active soldiers was only three acres, and in addition to the army directly under the jurisdiction of Xu Ruyu, the land allocation was implemented, and the land allocated by the Beicheng and Nancheng guards to which the Shen and Xu clans belonged was all owned by the clan.

In order to eliminate the influence of the Maison on the private soldiers, it is necessary to reduce the personal control of the Maison clan over his family.

It is also very important to refulfill the promise of allocating land to the Yongyang Guard.

After the Battle of the East China Sea, the Shen and Xu families invaded and occupied the fields allocated by the soldiers of the guards. Shen Deqian, Xu Daofu and others sincerely apologized in a book, and Xu Ruyu handed it over to the political hall for resolution.

As expected, most of the princes of the political hall had been involved in this matter, and how could they delve into it, and finally decided to re-allocate the land in Yanling by the original Wei army, and the fields that were originally encroached upon by the family were bought back by the family at the family's expense, and were fined twice as much. Mei Tierui took this verdict and sent it to Xu Ruyu, who was presiding over the adaptation in Yanling, and said: "The disposal of this double fine is still because everyone is afraid of saving your face. In this matter, most of the people in the political hall have ghosts in their hearts, and it is not bad to have such a result. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said, "Everyone's attention is on the configuration of the land of Yanling, and they don't want to dwell on that matter. In this case, the price is very low. The sale price was returned to the soldiers, and the fine was charged to the government treasury. ”

Mei Tierui watched Xu Ruyu sign the verdict, and did not reject the proposal as she was worried, and said with a sense of relief: "The number of acres of Yanling field is staggering. If it is properly handled, the contradictions arising from the reorganization of the prefectural and county systems, the military system, and even the implementation of the new policy two years ago have been effectively alleviated. ”

Zhong Ji said: "Although the land around Yanling is wasteland, but reclamation does not need to take a lot of effort, heavy troops are stationed outside, coupled with the prestige of adults, Yanling wasteland is the object of competition for the family clan, but Yongyang has always been heavy on business, and in the taxes of Yongyang Mansion, salt tax and commercial tax account for about half. If the families were allowed to hoard the land, the attention of the families would be distracted. It is necessary to impose certain restrictions. Zhong Ji returned to Yanling with Xu Ruyu, and after handing over the military power, he assisted Xu Ruyu in presiding over the government affairs of the four counties of Jinghai.

Xu Ruyu asked Mei Tierui, "What is Shen Deqian's opinion?" "The Xu family and the Mei family are the largest families in Yongyang, and the disposal of the Yanling wasteland has the greatest impact on the interests of the two families.

Mei Tierui said: "Shen De's potential invasion of the soldiers' preparation of fields is very passive, so he is very low-key and unwilling to express his position at this time. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The reclamation of the Yanling wasteland is not something that can be done in one go, so there is no need to make a decision so quickly. ”

Mei Tierui thought to herself: This is probably Shao Haitang's idea. It is more advantageous for the Yanling wasteland to be suspended than to distribute it to everyone. The huge interests of the Yanling wasteland made the Yongyang family not entangled with Xu Ruyu in other affairs, which was extremely beneficial to Xu Ruyu to integrate Yongyang's forces as soon as possible.

The suspense also touched the interests of the Mei clan greatly, but Mei Tierui knew that the growth of Xu Ruyu's forces was the real backing of the Mei clan, so she had no objection and said, "I will explain to Shen Deqian." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "It is a top priority to prepare acres of land for military households in Yanling, and the specific number of acres is decided by the political affairs hall, and Mei Gong should fight for the profits of military households." ”

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