Chapter 462: Xiangyang Reorganization Army

Fu Zonglong couldn't wait to go east through Hanshui, and the rest of these people were relatively well-behaved. At this time, because Xiangyang was occupied by Chen Xie, the room for maneuver of the thieves of the Huguang generation was greatly reduced. Zhang Xianzhong wandered at the junction of the three provinces west of Xiangyang, wanting to penetrate deep into Sichuan, but was blocked by Qin Liangyu and Qin Yiming. To the east, there is Chen Xie, the killing god in Xiangyang. can only go north to Shaanxi and play with Sun Chuanting. Li Zicheng's situation is even worse, he is in the two places of Xiangyang Mansion and De'an Mansion, the space is narrow, and there is not much room for maneuver. Go back to Henan, kill Li Zicheng, don't dare, go to Shaanxi, you have Xiangyang, to the east, Anqing has Wang Qinian, this is also the fierce general of the Dengzhou battalion.

Chen Xie's battle plan was very simple, Chen Gebu was in Xiangyang, Lin Ya was in Xinyang, Wang Qinian was in Anqing, and the Yangtze River was in the south, Li Zicheng would definitely not be able to get by. Even if he wanted to take the risk of breaking in, Chen Xie still had to give him a farewell party. The Yangtze River fleet of the Dengzhou battalion, 30 ships of 500 materials, what ship in the Ming Dynasty can withstand the attack of naval guns? Not to mention, the Huguang direction has already controlled the boat.

It can be said that Li Zicheng has no way out now and is trapped in a small area, which is why Chen Xie dared to delay time in Xiangyang. If Li Zicheng approached the Baitong Mountains, it would not be possible to be a large group of men and horses, and only a sporadic small army could survive. Otherwise, with Li Zicheng's style of marching and fighting and piggybacking on the burden of raising baggage, 20,000 or 30,000 people would not be able to eat every day.

It is precisely because of his understanding of Li Zicheng's combat habits that Chen Xie will set up this formation. Squeeze slowly. It's like putting a rope around Li Zicheng's neck and strangling him little by little. To be honest, Chen Xie doesn't care about Li Zicheng's likes and dislikes, and the general environment of this era is like this. The fall of the Ming Dynasty and the accession of the Qing Dynasty did not change much in essence for the country. As for the germination of capitalism, this person said that it had sprouted. In order for capitalism to develop, the most basic rule is not that there are capitalists, but that private property is sacrosanct and inviolable from the level of law. In Daming. Is there such a grassroots level?

Laws of the Ming Dynasty. In the final analysis, the interpretation is in the hands of the emperor. First promote the emergence of a grassroots level, and then this class will consciously promote the changes of the times for its own interests. This is the inevitable process of change. Only the interest class of faith appeared. Only then will there be the political interests of the class. When the time comes, in this two-thousand-year unified country. What kind of freak will it evolve into because of the emergence of a new class? Chen Xie had no bottom in his heart, so he could only cross the river by feeling the stones.

From the location in the ground. China is a very special country, with all kinds of terrain. The traditional idea of great unification is destined to change this part of China, and it is generally necessary to change it from the top down. In other words, a righteous name is needed. But history is so cruel, and any change in society is destined to shed blood. But it's not much, what Chen Xie wants to do is to bleed less and hurt his vitality less.

After blocking Li Zicheng's way from three sides, Chen Xie did not immediately tighten the noose, but asked Hu Dawei, Liu Guoneng, He Renlong and other generals to bring the troops to Xiangyang and reorganize them on the spot.

Wang Dehua's uneasiness grew stronger, and after Chen Xie slaughtered Zuo Liangyu and his subordinates, he gathered the rest of the main fighting forces in Xiangyang, instead of immediately launching an encirclement and suppression of Li Zicheng, who was trapped in De'an Mansion. This practice, in Wang Dehua's view, is definitely a manifestation of disagreement. You must know that He Renlong, Hu Dawei, and Liu Guoneng are actually troops belonging to different governors. Doing this in Chen Xie is tantamount to hollowing out the governors of various provinces.

Just when Wang Dehua was hesitant whether to write a report to Jingshi, Chen Xie sent someone to ask him to talk about things.

As a prison army, normal rights are great. For example, Gao Qiqian, that is really more powerful than the supervisor. But Wang Dehua can't and doesn't dare to be like Gao Qiqian, Chen Xie is really going to kill Wang Dehua, and it is estimated that it is not a big deal.

With apprehension, Wang Dehua entered Chen Xie's line, and when he saw Chen Xie waiting for him on the steps, Wang Dehua hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The slave has seen the cabinet!" Such a self-proclaimed claim is really not because Wang Dehua is cheap, but because Chen Xie has a princess's wife. The servant of the heavenly family was born half a head short in front of Chen Xie.

Chen Xie didn't put on a show at all, and said politely: "Prison Army, as far as the matter of supervising the war is concerned, your rights are guaranteed. Even transcendent, above the next. Therefore, there is no need to talk like this, everyone is a normal colleague relationship, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, sincere unity, and joint efforts. ”

This attitude made Wang Dehua even more uneasy, which one is this going to sing? Wang Dehua, who was full of suspicion in his heart, followed him into the study, and after Chen Xie and others served tea, he said: "Xiangyang reorganizes the army, this is an inevitable measure for the overall situation of suppressing thieves." The first thing to do for those who are handsome is to be fair, and then they can talk about other things. How can this reorganization be fair? I think there must be a saying in the name. I can do things, but I must first explain the general meaning. What is righteousness, I told His Majesty that the problem of the Ming Dynasty is actually two problems, one is the problem of finance, and the other is the problem of the army. This time Xiangyang reorganized the army, I just want to make a try. ”

Chen Xie said this, and Wang Dehua became more and more confused. What does Chen Xie mean by this? I really don't understand. Can you put it simply? Chen Xie took a sip of tea, took a moment to reorganize, and continued: "This time in the reorganization, the supervising army will be responsible for the distribution of money, food, and ordnance, and I will write down all the accounts and deduct them from the customs tax in the future. In other words, this time the reorganization, the specific things are to be done by me, but the name of righteousness cannot be messed up. Any army must be the army of the imperial court. The overall situation related to the subordination of the army can only be done by His Majesty, the representative of the supervising army. ”

The moment Wang Dehua understood, the blood all over his body was used in his head, his face was red, his neck was also red, and the arteries were obviously jumping and jumping. After Wang Dehua calmed down a little, he stood up and stretched to the ground, and said: "The heart of a slave and a villain, ashamed!" ”

Chen Xie smiled indifferently: "It's just human nature, don't be ashamed." I've already played the Majesty, and the matter will be handed over to the overseer. In fact, you don't have to do anything, just do one thing, go and tell everyone that the whole army is the meaning of His Majesty, and the money and food are also from the imperial court, which is enough. ”

What is the purpose of the reorganization of the army in Xiangyang, the performance reported to the Beijing Division, and Chen Xie explained everything he did very clearly. Finally, the purpose of the whole army was mentioned: why are the officers and soldiers sluggish? Without him, there is injustice! The way of using literature to control martial arts is essentially a kind of greatest unfairness. The military general demanded that Wenchen was the one who fought and died, and the first credit could not fall on his head, and the minister thought that some changes had to be made to this point. The reorganization of the army in Xiangyang is an attempt. The officers and soldiers of the provinces, hedgehogs gathered in Xiangyang, in the name of His Majesty, to remove the chaff, pay people, and supervise rations, these things are what the supervising army should do.

Chen Xie said very implicitly, but in fact there was only one meaning, asking the emperor to hold the army in his hands, instead of handing it over to Wenchen to command blindly. Another point is that Zhu Youzhen needs to understand a truth, rights need to be checked and balanced, and only when there is a balance between the rights of the emperor, civil ministers, and military generals, can it be called balance in the real sense.

The matter of reorganizing the army in Xiangyang is a challenge in the real sense for the civil and chen class. If in other eras of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Xie did this very problematicly. The resistance will be the whole world, and even the generals will not support it. But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he did so with the support of the imperial power and the support of the military generals. The reason is very simple, the entire Wenchen class was too clumsy in the late Ming Dynasty, and the military generals were actually begging the military generals to fight well in the internal and external wars. This point can be seen very clearly in Yang Sichang's treatment of Zuo Liangyu. In fact, this is also the key reason why Chen Xie wants to kill Zuo Liangyu.

Chen Xie himself is essentially a warlord, but he will never allow other warlords to appear. Chen Xie, a warlord, is going out to harm other countries in the future. Other warlords, that's going to harm the Ming Dynasty. This must be clarified.

In the peasant war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in Chen Xie's view, the greatest credit was to wash the grassroots gentry of the Ming Dynasty, and the situation in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Jiangbei, and these provinces was the most obvious. Especially in Henan Province, it can be said that it has been repeatedly washed, which laid the foundation for Chen Xie's attempts in Henan. That's all for later. Things have to be done one by one, the road has to be walked step by step, no one can reach the sky in one step, and there is no good thing that can achieve the four modernizations when you wake up.

The reorganization of the army in Xiangyang was first of all a change in the military system, and Chen Xie introduced a real supervision mechanism into the armies of other provinces. In fact, this supervision mechanism is very simple, that is, it pays people truthfully and is an independent gendarmerie system. Who will pay this salary? The prison army, the prison army representing the imperial power. So how can we put an end to corruption in the prison army? This is the emperor's business, Chen Xie really can't worry about it. As for the gendarmerie, Chen Xie had to do it himself for the time being. After going back and perfecting this system, I handed it over to Wang Dehua, the military supervision system. Isn't that what the army should do? Blind command is not what the prison army should do.

Chen Xie's performance caused a lot of panic in the imperial court. The main reason was that the Wenchen were panicked, because Chen Xie did this, which was equivalent to bypassing the Wenchen group in the army's control, and finding another way, allowing the emperor to take other channels to control the army.

The panic of the Wenchen Group, Chen Xie's mind is not responsible. Anyway, Chen Xie has wanted to do this thing for a long time. Love not panic! (To be continued......)