On October 28th, the officers and soldiers of the Qianhu City in front of Xiahezhai made a disturbance, and Liu Yan, who was the defender of the Qianhu City in Xiahezhai, led the army to suppress it, and captured and killed the leaders of the rebel army Chi Xu, Huang Wenxian, and Wang Yi to pass on everyone, and the soldiers were extinguished in an instant, the army and the people were at peace, and the people of the Qianhu City were in virtue!

When the news reached the Lingshan Acropolis, the defender Hu Zongming was startled, and hurriedly called the commander and the same commander Wang Weizhen to discuss the matter. His subordinate Liu Yan fought so bravely, it must be the result of his Shangguan drills, considering Wang Weizhen's outstanding training ability, so the defense officer Hu Zongming decided to let Wang Weizhen manage the battalion of the Xiahe Zhai Guard.

During the time that Wang Weizhen entered the Lingshan Acropolis, he had been fighting openly and secretly with all the forces in the city, and he finally relaxed in the past two days, and he was trying to take a breath. I heard about the city of thousands of households in front of Xiahe Village.

Hearing this, Wang Weizhen was dumbfounded. This Liu Yan always made such a big move, and when he was the defender of Wangjiazhuang, he made some movements, replaced a lot of armor commanders, and many people came to him to complain. Now not long after arriving in the city of Qianhu, Liu Yan killed half of the officers and soldiers under his rule, this Liu Yan is really a headache, but he is capable of doing things, and he can fight and do, alas.

So Hu Zongming and Wang Weizhen studied the official document handed over by Liu Yan, and after Hu Zongming read the official document carefully, he said: "This matter is okay. The city of Qianhu is already calm, and this matter is over, I don't think the adults over there in Jimo Camp don't want to do much. ”

During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, it was common for soldiers to make trouble in various places, but most of them were menacing, and there were not many days that could not be calmed, and there were very few people like Liu Yan who could do it in such an hour, although they cut off a lot of heads, but they were also the embodiment of outstanding ability and rigorous management of the army, and they were well managed, which was also one of the political achievements.

Wang Weizhen said: "Some people in the Jimo camp will make a big fuss, and Chi Xu and others can make good contacts with some guerrillas. ”

Hu Zongming didn't care, and said: "Don't we also have Li Jiwen and Master Li above, don't worry." ”

Then Hu Zongming sneered and said: "Besides, what can they do? It is a fact that a few people instigated rebellion, and it is also right to punish them on the spot, those adults are smart people, and they know how to avoid suspicion. ”

However, the two talked for a while, Hu Zongming was still a little worried, and said: "After the rebellious soldiers in Qianhu City were eliminated, the defensive strength of Qianhu City was quite insufficient, and Liu Yan had to make up the number of troops and deal with the aftermath. ”

Wang Weizhen said: "Liu Yan has a lot of strong troops under his command, and the guards of the city of thousands of households should not be a problem. ”

Hu Zongming nodded slowly.

Soon at the beginning of November, the official document about the rebellion in the city of Qianhu in front of Xiahe Village was handed to Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong.

At present, Lord Yan Jizu is still in a very good mood, originally this time the Qing soldiers entered the Kou, and under the rule of Lord Yan Jizu, a lot of people and wealth were captured, according to the law, he was going to punish the crime, but he had a great merit of beheading one hundred and thirty-four levels under his rule, and after the military department discussed the merits, the merits and crimes were offset, which was also a great blessing in life.

Once upon a time, Yan Jizu just wanted his wife to be peaceful and leave at the end of his term, but he didn't expect him to have such ups and downs, so his heart and eyes were alive again. And this time his examination class is still competent, you know, when he first arrived in Shandong, his examination class was just ordinary, and he was almost incompetent.

Ming officials served for nine years, three years of examination, the examination for competent, ordinary, incompetent three grades, after the completion of the nine years of examination, the matter is complicated, the second level. If you have a lot of resumes, you will be promoted to one level. If the next exam is still competent, he will be steadily promoted by two levels, and maybe he will have the opportunity to enter the Jingshi court.

Therefore, for the current Yan Jizu, everything in the territory is safe, and the government is harmonious. When he received the official letter that the thousands of households in front of Xiahe Village were in trouble, his first reaction was to press it down, but he breathed a sigh of relief after careful treatment, it turned out that the matter had been settled, and it was within a day, and now the place where the incident happened has been calm.

After reading the official document in detail, Yan Jizu said: "This Liu Yan is good, he is decisive, rigorous in governing the army, brave in battle, and a talent." ”

In November of this year, the weather is getting colder and colder. Snowflakes fell from time to time in the sky, and the biting cold wind swept in, which greatly reduced the number of pedestrians on the streets of Qianhu Suocheng, and even the caravan merchants also reduced the frequency of going out.

The chaos in the city of thousands of households in front of Xiahe Village has faded out of everyone's eyes, and now in this kind of world, countless people die every day. The rebellion of hundreds of soldiers in a small place really can't arouse the interest of many people, and for the officials, as long as the matter is resolved, it will not spread, and even the patrol of the Shandong Metropolitan Division has no spirit to ask.

The matter of the city of thousands of households in front of Xiahe Village, the governor of Shandong, Yan Jizu, reported to the imperial court military department, which was also an understatement, emphasizing that if his command was set, the military rebellion would be resolved within one day. There is peace in the city of Qianhusuo, but the rebellion is due to lack of salary, and I hope that the military department can allocate some money and food to appease the soldiers and soldiers, so as not to cause another incident.

Where is Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, paid? He only asked Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, to restrain the soldiers, not to make any more troubles within the capital, and let Yan Jizu take care of the relevant handling matters by himself, and finally send a report on the matter. As for money and food, he has to think about it.

When it comes to money, all parties are shirking, and no one wants to mention this matter. The official document was delegated to the Shandong Capital Division, which was in line with the mind of Lord Yan Jizu, and he sent an official document to the Lingshan Acropolis, asking the guards to restrain the soldiers and not to cause trouble again, and finally he praised Liu Yan's rigorous and decisive handling of the army, and he was very satisfied. In the end, he asked Liu Yan to make up the number of soldiers in the city of Qianhu in front of Xiahe Village, and the soldiers who were guarding the garrison were indispensable, and then report a military roster. As for the salaries of the garrison soldiers, he is doing his best to find a way to solve it.

At this time, Lingshanwei's group of Shangguan went to the city of Qianhu in front of Xiahe Village, and the rebellious officials and soldiers died if they died, as long as no one made trouble in the follow-up. No one was interested in asking, but the list of the fields and properties of the rebellious officials was copied well.

It is estimated that thousands of acres of land will be deposited into public land, and these fields will have to pay taxes and grain in the future.

The city of Qianhu in front of Xiahezhai has lost two total troops, so it naturally needs to be rebuilt, and no one pays attention to the number of soldiers, but two hundred households and one town magistrate died in the state city. A few places were vacated, which was of interest to many. The Daming Guard has always had many secular officials, and there is a shortage of dispatches, in order to compete for these places. There is an indispensable battle between the open and the dark.

Finally, according to the opinion of Liu Yan, the defense officer of the former thousand households of Xiahe Village, Miao Shao and Xu Ming of the former Thousand Households of Xiahe Village are loyal and honest. has the courage to do things, and can replace Xu Ming and Huang Wenxian. Xun Jingyun, a hundred households of the Ancient Town Inspection Division, is fair and strict, and can be an official for thousands of towns.

After the list was determined, it was reported to Hu Zongming, the acropolis officer, for approval, and finally reported to Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, for approval, and the matter was decided.

On the ninth day of the first day of November, Zhang Yi, the official of the Wangjiazhuang management team, came to the city of Qianhu in front of Xiahe Village. In the Qianhu Official Hall, Liu Yan met with Zhang Yi, and the spacious and luxurious Qianhu Official Hall made Zhang Yi a little uneasy, and his demeanor was just like Liu Yan's appearance when he first saw the defensive officer Zhang Hailin.

Liu Yan greeted him cordially, recalled the years in Wangjiazhuang, and saw that the defense lord looked the same as before, Zhang Yicai relaxed and talked and laughed with Liu Yan.

This time, Zhang Yi came to report to Liu Yan about Wangjiazhuang's work after Liu Yan left.

Zhang Yi first said some miscellaneous things, and then reported to Liu Yan the recent results of Wangjiazhuang's reclamation, he said: "My lord, the slaves and thieves retreated, and from August to November, 64,355 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed in the fort, 3,000 acres of new land reclaimed at the beginning of this year, and 5,000 acres of new land in Dapanbao. Wangjiazhuang has 72,355 acres of new land, and each household can be divided into 30 acres of land. However, in the territory of Wangjiazhuang, there is no land to be cultivated. In addition, there are many irrigation wells and waterwheels that are not being made, and there is also a shortage of cattle farming tools. ”

Wangjiazhuang has a population of more than 12,000 people, and after the vigorous matchmaking in the fort, in addition to the households, those scattered Dingkou have basically formed new families. According to the new census, the total population of the fort is 2,457 households. According to the standard of 50 mu of land for each ordinary military household, 100 mu for officers of 100 households and below, and 150 mu for officers of more than 100 households, a total of more than 100,000 mu of new land needs to be cultivated.

In fact, it is easy to reclaim wasteland, a young and strong laborer. An average of people can reclaim more than one acre of wasteland a day. The difficulty was the subsequent digging of irrigation wells. There are also ploughing cattle, farming tools, and seeds. Wangjiazhuang only has more than 500 ploughing cattle, and each household provides one ploughing cattle, more than 2,000 households, and there are still many gaps.

According to the market price, digging a deep water irrigation well with a water-bearing truck requires 20 taels of silver, and it also needs animal power to pull water. Of course, for Liu Yan, this price can be greatly reduced, but the total amount of money and grain required is very large. Moreover, it is very important to dig irrigation wells, without irrigation wells to provide water for irrigation, the reclaimed wasteland is useless. Wangjiazhuang wasteland has been reclaimed a lot, but it is limited to money and grain, and it is difficult to keep up with the system of irrigation wells.

Liu Yan was silent for a long time, and finally he said: "I will find a way to plough cattle and other things, and you organize the army and civilians to reclaim the wasteland." There was no wasteland in Wangjiazhuang, so he went to the surrounding area to reclaim it, reaching the standard of 50 acres of land for each household. ”

Zhang Yi agreed, and with Liu Yan's support, he was relieved.

Liu Yan smiled and said to him: "Lao Zhang, when you arrive in the city of Qianhusuo, you will live well for a few days, I am about to invite the officers of each fort to discuss the matter, and it is not too late for you to leave after the discussion." ”

Of course, Zhang Yi wants to be close to Liu Yanduo. Hearing this, he hurriedly agreed.

On November 13, Liu Yan recruited all the officers of Qianhu City, as well as Zhang Yi, the defense officer of Wangjiazhuang, and Wang Bo, the inspector of the Guzhen Inspection Department, to discuss the development of the Qianhu City in Xiahezhai in the future.

In the meeting hall of the Thousand Household Official Hall, all the officers gathered together.

In addition to Wang Bo and Zhang Yi, the two officers in charge, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, Chen Xun, and Shen Tuo, as well as Dai Jingbin, the deputy Qianhu, Xun Jingyun, the town magistrate, and Song Gongming, who had just arrived in the city of Qianhu, were also listed.

Liu Yan looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone is an old acquaintance, so I won't go around the corner, let's get down to business first, and after that, I'll prepare a wine banquet, and let's get drunk again." ”

Everyone cheered, only Xun Jingyun smiled slightly, and there was no big reaction.

Subsequently, Liu Yan announced that he would begin to rectify the strength of the entire Qianhu Institute, following the Wangjiazhuang model: eliminating the old and weak soldiers, re-measuring the cultivated land of military households everywhere, forcing officials at all levels to return the encroached cultivated land, recruiting young and strong military households from all over the country as soldiers, and then starting to expand the army.

"With this expansion of the army, the soldiers and horses of my Xiahe Village will not only be more elite, but also the strength of the troops will be doubled!"

Everyone was amazed when they heard this.

Some people died, but not completely......