Turn over the serfs and sing, sing!

The emperor thought well and beautifully, despite the fact that it was not so simple and easy.

In the mouths of officials in the Ming Dynasty, ethnic minorities were also called motley people, and there was deep-rooted discrimination. Moreover, to have enough land allocation, it is also necessary to wait for a while, or to grab, or to ...... Rob.

The amount of land has long been insufficient, and the great development of industry and commerce in the middle and late Ming Dynasty has a lot to do with the increase in idle laborers who have lost their land.

Xu Hongyu and others led their troops back to Yingzhai, to be precise, it was Shuizhai.

According to the topography of Shuixi, the Ming army adopted the strategy of using the river as a barrier to block and besiege.

Dadukou is set up with a water village, a beacon tower and a fort; The small ferry port either built a water village, or blocked it with wood and stones, and firmly sealed the traitor in the mountains and forests.

In the case of lack of food and salt, the disintegration of the rebels became more and more obvious, and people continued to escape from the control of the traitors and surrender to the Ming army.

Xu Hongyu and the others saw dozens of civilians who had escaped in the camp, all of them were yellow-skinned and tired, and they didn't know how many deep mountains and old forests they had to drill before they escaped.

The Ming army's handling of these people also formed a standard, and after being escorted to the rear for a short rest, they were escorted along the way, took the waterway and land route of Guangxi, boarded the ship at Qinzhou Port, and sailed straight to Mekong Province.

Guangxi has two major ports to the sea, Lianzhou and Qinzhou. With the support of the imperial court and the supervision of Deng Shiliang, the new governor of Guangxi, the work of migrating from Guizhou and Guangxi to Mekong Province was carried out in an increasingly orderly manner.

The Maritime Merchants Association lured them with profits, and the imperial court also issued policies specifically for the Tusi of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces.

If you can recruit thousands of people to settle in Mekong Province, you will be given the title of pacification department, and your power is no different from that of the mainland; 2,000 people, it is the recruitment department. And so on until the Xuanfu Division.

For the Tusi of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Gui, this policy of the imperial court was extremely tempting.

According to the history of the Ming Dynasty: "Its local official titles are called Xuanfu Division, Xuanfu Division, Recruitment Division, Pacification Division, and Chief Lawsuit Division······"

Although there are many titles, the imperial court has extremely strict control, especially when inheriting the throne, often setting up obstacles, hoping that the Tusi will end and the land of the Tusi will be directly subordinate.

Moreover, there is only one title of Tusi, and there are frequent fights within the family, with swords and swords, conspiracies and plots emerging in an endless stream, all of which are unscrupulous for the sake of inheritance.

Now, the imperial court has released the title of Tusi in Mekong Province, which is equivalent to giving a great opportunity for the mainland Tusi to spread its branches.

Who doesn't have children and nephews, who doesn't take great pains to pass them on from generation to generation? Sending sons and nephews to lead some of the clansmen to take root in Mekong Province not only expands the foundation, but also reduces the bloody internal strife.

Of course, the toasts will also think that if they move outside, their strength will be lost. But after weighing the severity, I still feel that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

The territory in the mainland has been fixed, and it is basically impossible to expand again. The use of force to rob is not allowed by the imperial court. It has always been the principle of the imperial court to strike a balance and not let one family dominate, or even to pull the small and fight the big.

For example, the Banzhou Yang clan was known as "two thousand miles of land, the people were fierce and wealthy", but after launching a rebellion, it only lasted two years.

The reason is very simple, after Yang Yinglong raised his army, the surrounding Tusi did not participate in the rebellion with him, but responded to the Ming Dynasty's requisition and sent Tu soldiers to participate in the war together, and Yang Yinglong, who was isolated and helpless, could not resist.

In fact, it was not that other Tusi were more loyal to the imperial court, but that it was profitable to attack Yang Yinglong in Banzhou. From here, it can also be seen that the Ming court's strategy for toast also has certain merits.

For example, the Luchuan Si Tusi was huge, and when it rebelled, the Ming court recruited many Tusi soldiers in the southwest to participate in the battle.

Under the crusade of the Ming army and the Tusi coalition army, the Si clan was defeated, the land of Luchuan was divided, and the Tusi such as Mubang and Mengmi who sent troops received a lot of benefits.

If you don't give benefits, who will work hard?

But after the crusade against the Banzhou Yang clan, the Ming court did not give the soldiers a share of the Tusi, but directly dismantled Banzhou and incorporated it into the provinces under its direct control.

It can be said that the Banzhou counterinsurgency was successful, but it chilled the hearts of the Tusi who sent troops to help the war.

By the time of the Hao'an Rebellion, large and small Tusi either joined the rebels or secretly helped each other, which greatly increased the difficulty of the imperial court to quell the rebellion.

This can't be said to be a mistake of the Ming Court, the relationship with Tusi is both cooperative and guarded against suspicion. For the empire, as long as there is opportunity and strength, it is natural to want to bring the land under direct rule.

For Tusi, he had to listen to the orders of the imperial court on the surface, but also be vigilant against the disintegration and annexation carried out by the imperial court, and try his best to maintain his independent kingdom.

Both sides found it difficult, and the re-establishment of Tusi in Mekong Province seemed to provide an opportunity to ease the suspicions of both sides, as if there was a new way to resolve tensions.

After handing over the task, Xu Hongyu and Xu Rubin, as well as the troops they led, had another five days of rest.

The Ming army relied on its manpower superiority, used combat as a substitute for training, and constantly attacked and harassed, so that the rebels fell into fatigue and could not even carry out their farming life normally.

The rebels counterattacked several times, intending to break the blockade and siege, but they were all thwarted in the face of the increasing firepower of the Ming army, losing a large number of native soldiers and making them fearful.

led the men and horses out of the front-line camp and came to the military camp more than ten miles away to clean up briefly, and Xu Hongyu and other generals made an appointment to go to the town to drink and relax.

In the current Ming Dynasty, wherever there is an army, it has promoted the development of local industry and commerce. The imperial court does not owe salaries, the soldiers have money, food, clothing, housing and transportation, all of which are business opportunities.

Another key factor is the continuous strengthening of discipline in the army.

Whether it is Liaodong or southwest, most of the garrisons in various localities have been replaced by officers who have graduated from martial arts, and they have carried out a strict rectification of military discipline in accordance with the plan of reforming the military system.

This was followed by the establishment of the gendarmerie unit. It is subordinate to the military justice department, and even the supreme commander of the army has no right to interfere. There is also the distribution of salaries, which is also the work of the Supreme Commander.

The barracks were not far from the town, a few miles away. I haven't been here for nearly a month, and the town has changed again, and it seems to be more lively and prosperous.

"A new restaurant?" Xu Rubin reined in the horse's head and stared at the building not far away.

Xu Hongyu raised his whip and said with a smile: "Brothers, a certain Zuodong, how about you go and taste something fresh?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Several officers responded in unison, laughing and galloping away.

The soldiers were rich, the officers were paid more money, and they did not bring their families. Men, fighting outside wars, life and death, it is common to drink freely in their spare time.

The military camp of the Ming army was nearby, which attracted many businessmen to come and make money, and also drove the economic development of the whole town.

"Hey, it's Jinling cuisine." Xu Hongyu was very surprised, he had been away from home for several years, and he really wanted to eat.

Seeing a few officers in front of the door, the guys came forward to greet him attentively, and a Nanjing accent made Xu Hongyu feel even more cordial.