Shaanxi, Yulin.

Yang Zhenqing, who was dismissed for violating military discipline, worked as a teacher at the Nanjing Military Academy for two years, and was finally sent to the front line to lead the troops.

went to Shaanxi with Yang Zhenqing, and there were 3,000 hybrid long-haired sheep.

The long-haired sheep shipped from Europe have been bred in Liaoning after years of cross-breeding. Today, he takes 3,000 sheep to the Hetao and slowly replaces the short-haired sheep breed there.

As long as the long-haired sheep are successfully promoted in the Hetao, the Mongolian herders in the Hetao area will establish a strong economic relationship with Shanxi. There are so many coal mines in the Shanxi region, and there are wool producing areas next to them, and after the long-haired sheep, the wool textile industry will be more prosperous. The herdsmen's incomes will also increase, and they will have the money to buy goods south of the Great Wall, and they will not easily go south to plunder unless they are really starving to death.

Fei Ruhe had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as Yang Zhenqing arrived with three thousand sheep seeds, he immediately marched to Hetao with a large army.

Passing by the station of the Ordos Department on the way, the leader Da Zamusu greeted him warmly, and led the crowd to kneel down and said: "Vassals Zamusu, knock on the Governor of the Celestial Empire!" ”

"Huh?" Fei Ruhe raised his eyebrows.

Da Zamusu was stunned, his son knelt behind him and muttered, and the goods finally reacted and said again: "Vassalist Zhao Quanzhong, knock on the Governor of the Celestial Empire!" ”

Fei Ruhe immediately smiled and supported this person with his own hands: "The general doesn't have to be polite, please get up quickly." ”

Dazamusu sweated on his forehead, and then smiled and flattered the whole process.

This product has been ravaged repeatedly by Li Zicheng, and he has been completely convinced, and he doesn't dare to regenerate his two hearts at all.

Historically, Shunzhi implemented the alliance flag system in the Hetao area, and only Dazamusu jumped out to rebel. After jumping back, I found that my brother Xiao Zamusu and the rest of the clan leaders all chose to hide by and watch the excitement. As soon as the Qing army was about to send troops to conscript, Da Zamusu surrendered, where could he fight a tribe? It is precisely because of this that the tribe of Dazamusu became the only foreign Mongolian vassal in the Hetao, and was not treated by the Manchu court from beginning to end.

"Bring the sheep!" Fei Ruhe ordered.

Three males and three females, six sheep, were led to Dazamusu.

Da Zamusu stared at the sheep with his eyes shining, and said in surprise: "Where is this sheep breed?" Wool grows really long. ”

Fei Ruhe said: "Purchased from the west, Your Majesty Hong En is vast, and the Mongolian tribes on this side of the Hetao are rewarded with six heads for each tribe to reproduce. In the future, wool can be sold to Shaanxi, and the price will definitely be higher than that of short wool. ”

Da Zamusu knelt down again: "Minister Zhao is loyal, thank you for the reward from His Majesty the Emperor, and thank you for the grace of the Governor of Dadu for sending sheep." ”

The Tumut Department and the Ordos Department in the Hetao area were subdued by the Ming border army during the Longqing period.

Why did Altan Khan accept the Ming tribute?

Because I was bullied too badly by the border army!

At that time, the biggest obstacle to my contribution came from the Shaanxi border army. The Hetao Mongols asked for a truce and accepted the canonization of the imperial court, but the Shaanxi border army has always been in the way.

Even, the imperial court sent envoys to Hetao to negotiate, and the Shaanxi border army actually went out to make trouble, wanting to create a conflict and disturb the good things of the Huang court.

The governor of the three sides, Wang Zhiyu, gave a letter to the imperial court and clearly pointed out the reason: if the mutual market is not allowed today, even if it is allowed to pay tribute, it will be difficult to resume the nest and drive the horses, not only the border people will be disappointed, and the soldiers will disintegrate.

Translated, Mongolia asks for an armistice, and must not agree. Once agreed, the border army's nest smashing and horse driving operations could not continue, and the officers and men of the Shaanxi border army would be very disappointed, and I would not be able to take the border army full of resentment.

Pounding the nest, the border army slaughtered out of the Great Wall and directly took the garrison of the Mongol tribes.

Driven by horses, the border army fought out of the Great Wall and robbed the pastures of the Mongol tribes.

At that time, the Shaanxi border army, the military salary was deducted layer by layer, and the amount in their hands was very small, and the border generals and family members were counting on robbing the Mongols to make extra money.

During the armistice negotiations, the Ordos Department was attacked and killed by the Ming border army, and the leader Ji Neng not only did not dare to resent the Ming border army, but also took the initiative to patiently explain the reasons for the conflict to the governor of Xuanda. Moreover, Ji Neng ordered to restrain the leaders of all departments, and did not allow troops to go to the Ming border army for revenge, for fear of messing up this armistice negotiation.

In the end, I succeeded in awarding tribute, and there was no war between the Hetao and the Shaanxi border for decades.

The Ming court was able to save countless military expenses every year, but the Shaanxi border army was declining. First, the military salary is getting smaller and smaller, the second is that the Mongols cannot be robbed to make extra money, and the third is that the Mongols can no longer be used for actual combat training.

It's a pity that from the late Jiajing period to the early years of Longqing, the Ming Dynasty can be described as a fierce general.

Although the rotten military household system was not abolished, in order to cope with the war, the conscription system became more and more popular, and the governors and generals relied on recruiting their own soldiers to fight, rather than relying entirely on their families to fight.

After decades of fighting, although the finances have collapsed, the real knives and guns have fed the elite soldiers and strong generals. In the southwest region, along the coast, and in several northern provinces, there are generals rising one after another, and many of these famous generals have never tasted defeat in their lives, pressing the Japanese Kou, Tusi, Mongolians, and Jurchens to the ground and rubbing them.

It's a pity that the decline of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with the military, it is the decay and degeneration of the system.

When the finances collapse, everything is closed.

The Shaanxi border army can bully the Hetao Mongols at will, but the Longqing Emperor must stop fighting, not to mention the military salary, and the imperial court will not even be able to pay the civil officials.

Moreover, conscription is too expensive.

At that time, the civilian governor had personal soldiers, that is, he personally recruited and trained soldiers, and in addition to his own soldiers, he also recruited troops directly under him. Military generals also have personal soldiers and directly subordinate troops, and they are also recruited soldiers to train personally. And the guard system has not been abolished, which means that the imperial court has to spend money to support military households, and it has to spend money to recruit additional troops, where can such a terrible military expenditure be beared?

Emperor Longqing carried out a comprehensive military contraction, and the short-lived era of recruitment in the Ming Dynasty ended, and the generals of the border army could only rely on supporting their families to fight.

The tribal leader of Dazamusu did not dare to jump at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and when he encountered the Datong army, he bowed his head even more.

This thing heard that Fei Ruhe was going to receive Li Zicheng's troops, so he volunteered to lead the army to accompany him. Halfway through, he pulled his younger brother Xiao Zamusu up, and the surrounding canonized Mongolian leaders came to cheer with their troops.

Twenty miles away from the city in the clouds, Fei Ruhe said to the leaders of the Mongol tribes: "You are stationed here, do not go any further." ”

In fact, this is already Li Zicheng's core territory.

Li Zicheng had already received the news and personally led the army to check the situation. These Mongolian tribes have all been subdued by him, but now they are following Fei Ruhe to the north, which inevitably makes Li Zicheng unhappy.

Zhang Nai rode to Li Zicheng's side: "Your Majesty, this guy is too deceitful. obviously doesn't believe us, and it also brings many defeated soldiers, so it's better to fight first! ”

Li Zicheng didn't say anything, only quietly looked at the thousands of cavalry brought by Fei Ruhe.

Suddenly, Fei Ruhe rode out alone, hit the horse and galloped all the way, directly in front of Li Zicheng's formation.

Fei Ruhe rode on horseback, smiled and arched his hand: "In front of the king, I, Fei Ruhe, have admired the name for a long time, and today I can finally see it with my own eyes!" ”

Li Zicheng also rode out on horseback and praised: "Fei Dudu is so courageous, aren't you afraid that if I give an order, the army will come out and arrest you?" ”

Fei Ruhe said: "I have heard that King Chuang is a man who keeps his promises. The subordinate generals under King Chuang are also above board, not the villain who goes back on his word. In that case, what else do I have to fear? ”

This was said beautifully, not only Li Zicheng had a good face, but even the other generals nodded again and again.

"It is worthy of being the world-famous Ferdu, admire!" Li Zicheng was amazed.

Fei Ruhe raised his hand and beckoned, and two more horses rushed over.

One is the deputy general Yang Zhenqing, and the other is the civil official Zhang Yunyi, who came to canonize.

Fei Ruhe said: "If you bring too many soldiers, it will inevitably make King Chuang suspicious, and the three of us will go to Naturalization City (Cloud City)." ”

"Well said," Li Zicheng reciprocated, and instructed, "Prepare wine and food, and ask the imperial army to camp on the south bank of the Tumo River, and send all the grain and grass over by rowing!" Fedurus, please. ”

Fei Ruhe stepped forward and rode side by side with Li Zicheng, and the two of them headed towards Cloud City together.

Fei Ruhe introduced: "This is Zhang Yunyi, the envoy sent by the imperial court, and this is Yang Zhenqing, the deputy general of the army. ”

Li Zicheng ignored the civil official, and looked at Yang Zhenqing with some surprise: "This is General Yang who broke through the Tartar capital and beheaded the Tartar Empress Dowager and the Emperor?" ”

"King Chuang is well-informed." Fei Ruhe said with a smile.

Yang Zhenqing said: "I broke the Tartar capital, but the Tartar Empress Dowager and the emperor were killed by a little eunuch. ”

"Good man!"

Li Zicheng praised it greatly, and he still held a grudge in his heart.

If it weren't for the damn Tartar, he would probably still be the emperor, how could he occupy Beijing for a month and run away?

Li Zicheng's generals also looked at Yang Zhenqing curiously.

Yang Zhenqing's story is too legendary, and there have been many folk interpretations.

Putting aside the gimmicks of the Yang family's descendants, it is roughly the same, a hunter in the mountains, killed his whole family by the Tartars, so he changed his name and was determined to take revenge. With hundreds of soldiers, he even broke several fortresses of Tartar. With 3,000 soldiers, he fought through several checkpoints along the way. In the end, with 5,000 soldiers, he received the task of harassment, but he successively broke through the surrender of the city, and finally succeeded in the surprise attack on the capital of the Tartars, and also blocked the retreat of the main force of the Tartars.

When they arrived in Cloud City, the Han people here watched Fei Ruhe.

Emperor Zhao's hair is small, he is still the younger brother of the empress, and he is the governor of the capital with heavy troops, Fei Ruhe has much more weight than Yang Zhenqing in the hearts of the people.

That night, a feast was held.

Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Fei Ruhe said drunkly: "Brothers, we are all leading troops, and we don't engage in those vain schemes." Your Majesty said that you can each bring ten carts of goods and goods and return to your respective hometowns to settle down and divide the fields. If you don't want to go back to your hometown, you can also go to the city to do business, as long as you are not in the loop, you can go anywhere. If you still want to lead troops to fight, then you can go to the military academy in Nanjing first. If you don't want to go to a military school, you can recommend a son to study, and after graduating from the military school, you can be assigned to the army as an officer. What do you think? Although I didn't make a wish for you to be crowned an official, the court is not kind to you, right? ”

Li Zicheng asked: "What if you go back to your hometown and encounter persecution from corrupt officials?" ”

"Your Majesty is in charge of you!"

Fei Ruhe said with a smile: "You are very close to Shaanxi, you must have heard of the methods of the Datong New Dynasty, and you are ruthless in dealing with corrupt officials and corrupt officials." When you raised righteousness in Shaanxi, and Your Majesty and I raised troops in Jiangxi, weren't they all because of corrupt officials? You and I are actually ordinary people, and they are all our own brothers. Come, come, brothers, and drink this cup to the fullest! ”

"Refreshing!"

"Governor Feida, I respect you for this cup!"

"It's done, it's done!"

“……”

The atmosphere quickly warmed up, and Li Zicheng and his generals happily raised their glasses and drank happily.

Each person can bring ten carts of goods back to their hometown, which is enough to be a rich man for the rest of his life. can also recommend a son to study in a military school, and become an officer after finishing the military school, and the future development of the family will also be settled. This seems to be inferior to their prestige in Hetao, but Hetao can't hold it in the face of the Datong army, and Li Zicheng's troops have long been scattered.

Everyone recommended their sons, saying that their sons were excellent in martial arts.

Only a few young people, such as Zhang Nai, who are only about 30 years old, are willing to go to Nanjing to study at the military academy in person, intending to continue to seek development in the new dynasty of Datong. The rest of the old thieves and generals don't want to toss anymore, isn't it good to return home and enjoy happiness?

Li Zicheng suddenly said: "My brother is back in his hometown, and I want to go to Nanjing to have a look." Zhao ...... in Nanjing Your Majesty the Emperor, I really admire it very much, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I won't be able to sleep well in this life. ”

Fei Ruhe said with a smile: "King Chuang asks to see, Your Majesty will definitely sweep the couch to greet him." By the way, Zhang Xianzhong is a landlord in Taiwan, and King Chuang can also go to Taiwan to catch up. ”

"Zhang thief? It's okay if you don't see that. Li Zicheng said disdainfully.

When Liu Hanyi was still besieging Batavia, Li Zicheng took a group of people who went to study at the military academy and went all the way south to Nanjing to meet Emperor Zhao.

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