Dashun Yongchang

After a few breaths of silence, Li Zicheng still kept a calm tone and said: "The arable land north of the Huaihe River is calculated as one mu of medium-sized land, and the annual grain output is roughly 6 buckets. A family of five, with one man and one woman as the labor force, can spend a year. The ration of the whole family is about 18 shi, which is equivalent to 30 mu of land.

But this has not yet calculated the annual livestock feeding fee and the input of seeds and fertilizers.Therefore, to ensure food and clothing for a family of five, at least 50 mu of land is needed in the north, and about 20-25 mu in the south.

If you care enough about people's livelihood, you will know that no matter in the north or the south, at least 40% of the peasant households do not have enough land to meet the food and clothing standard.The war in the north for more than ten years was the result of these farmers who could not satisfy their food and clothing and had to give it a go under natural disasters.

You say that people will die when opening up wasteland overseas. Could it be that they can survive if they stay in the mainland?You can't expect them to stay at home and wait to die without enough supplies, can you?

Yes, some people may die when going overseas to open up wasteland. Well, I prefer to call them sacrifices.Their sacrifices are worthwhile because their sacrifices can keep their families and many more alive, including yours. "

Be it Ling Ji, Jiang Cai, or everyone else, they were all completely silent now.They heard Li Zicheng's implication. If more land could not be found for the redundant population to produce, then Jiangnan would obviously not be able to live in peace.Thinking of the wars in the north these years, if it happened again in the south of the Yangtze River, no one would be willing to talk for a while. This is obviously not the future they want.

Seeing that the mouths of these officials and gentry were finally blocked, Li Zicheng slowed down his tone and continued: "Of course, the questions you raised are also worthy of consideration. If we can minimize the deaths of our Chinese people, we should naturally go as far as possible. made.

I have looked at the history of North Korea these days, and found that although this vassal state claims to imitate our Chinese system, the system of official slaves and servants it implements is an out-and-out barbarian system.I thought it was time to end the barbaric and decadent system of servants left by the Mongols.Therefore, I hope that everyone will support the Marshal's Mansion to liberate all slaves in the Chinese sequence.

As a representative of Chinese civilization, Dashun would never tolerate this system of treating others as slaves.Of course, I am also willing to give a deadline to gradually solve the problems left over from history.Those liberated slaves will be selected to open up overseas wastelands..."

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Someone felt that the idea of ​​liberating the slaves at this time was a matter of course. After all, the officials and gentry present had already accepted his bribes. If these people were not willing to show a gesture of cooperation with Dashun, then he did not need to give them overseas bought their land.

The officials and gentry who were able to hand over the land and then followed Zhu Cihong to Yangzhou had actually been selected several times. Those officials who showed that they could not cooperate with Dashun had long been transferred from the Wenhua Palace and were left by Li Zicheng. The place has been guarded.

However, he obviously underestimated the significance of slaves to the ruling class of this era.For them, servants are not only property, but also an indispensable necessity of life. No gentry can imagine how a family without servants would live, and for those gentry from aristocratic families, it is impossible for them to let some gentry Servants who control personal freedom intervene in their own family life. The private life in the backyard, the management of the family business, and some private activities require loyal house slaves to keep them secret.

The joint opposition of all the officials and gentry in Pingshan Hall made someone feel that he had miscalculated, and he couldn't help becoming angry, and scolded everyone: "It's really unreasonable. I heard that you wrote letters to Emperor Lie all day long, demanding that Lie The emperor's relatives and gentlemen are far from villains, and they regard the eunuchs in the palace as scourges.

But isn't the eunuch the emperor's domestic slave?Now that I want to liberate my servants, the eunuch system will naturally be abolished. You are not willing to part with your own slaves at this time. Could it be that you were all deceiving the Emperor Lie in the past?Wanting Emperor Lie to stay away from his slaves, but he himself refuses to do so?What does this take Lie Huang to be? "

Li Zicheng's anger really calmed everyone down, but they still had no intention of giving in, they just turned their attention to Chen Mingxia.Chen Mingxia was a bit on the fence now, he really wanted to be everyone's leader, but he didn't want to take the blame for everyone.

However, after thinking for a while, he still bite the bullet and said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, please calm down. In the past, when we wrote letters to Emperor Daxing, it was naturally from the heart. However, we just kept Emperor Daxing away from villains. It's not to drive away the servants who serve the Emperor Daxing. As long as you don't interfere in political affairs and concentrate on serving His Majesty, how can you be a villain?

Besides, His Majesty has to take care of state affairs, so it is impossible that there are no servants around him. The existence of these servants is to let His Majesty not have to worry about trivial matters, so that he can devote his energy to handling state affairs.What's more, for His Majesty's safety, the palace should naturally choose honest and reliable eunuchs and maids. This is also to prevent someone from revealing the forbidden things and bringing unpredictable risks to His Majesty and the country. "

Li Zicheng looked at Chen Mingxia, then at the others, and asked with a more serious expression: "What if I must implement it? Are you going to continue to obstruct it to the end?"

Chen Mingxia lowered his head and looked at the ground in front of him and said calmly: "How dare you, Your Majesty is the Son of Dashun. If you really want to do something, you have to keep your mouth shut. It's just that I think that the gentlemen of the world I'm afraid it will be difficult to accept His Majesty's will. There are not only servants in the Gentlemen's House, even the Sufeng House has one or two old women. If they are really going to be driven out of the Lord's house, what will these people do for a living? Although Your Majesty is Good intentions, but it may not lead to good results. I just want His Majesty to know this."

Li Zicheng stared at Chen Mingxia, and began to re-examine his plan. Even Chen Mingxia, an undercover agent, refused to support him. Obviously, the time to liberate the slaves has not yet come.

After glancing at the others, Li Zicheng softened his tone and said, "Forget it, I will reconsider the decree to liberate the slaves."

Hearing what Li Zicheng said, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. They really didn't want to fight against Li Zicheng at this time, because this kind of confrontation was meaningless. Li Zicheng had the power to issue decrees without their consent, but they had to Stand your ground, because the fact of freeing your slaves is outrageous.

Let's put it this way, if Li Zicheng issued a decree to liberate the slaves today, it is estimated that tomorrow the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will unite to fight against Dashun.It is obviously difficult for a low-level peasant like Li Zicheng to understand the significance of slaves to property owners. The decline of a family actually begins with the dispersal of slaves. It is precisely because of the existence of slaves with their own skills that the master of this family can Enjoy a leisurely life without doing anything productive.The slaves are their siblings, who would agree to cut off their own siblings?

However, Li Zicheng immediately said: "The decree on the emancipation of slaves can be suspended, but the personal safety and property of slaves should be protected, and if they want to get out of slavery, they only need to pay a certain amount of compensation, and the master cannot stop them. They want to redeem The master cannot hinder the freedom of the family. This is my bottom line."

Everyone looked at each other. Before they could think of how to respond to Li Zicheng, Zhu Cihong suddenly said: "I support your majesty's proposition that all things are born, and people are the most important. One person treats another person as a cow and horse. It doesn't seem to be in line with the way of a saint."

The officials and gentry glanced at the prince in surprise, and finally accepted Li Zicheng under the leadership of Chen Mingxia.So Li Zicheng also took advantage of the situation to end the meeting and said: "It's getting dark today, you guys go down the mountain too, and we'll talk about other things later."

Since Li Zicheng left the crown prince and King Lu on the mountain, the officials scattered when going down the mountain. Fang Gongqian and fellow villager Ling Ji fell far behind the crowd, and they were admiring the forest on both sides of the mountain road. Scenery, while chatting a few words.

Fang Gongqian likes to write poems on weekdays, but looking at the beautiful scenery of Shugang and Baohu Lake today, he is also a little absent-minded, and has no interest in poetry at all.This made Ling Ji quite surprised, so he couldn't help asking: "Seeing the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou, is it that Brother Su has no poetry today?"

Fang Gongqian looked at the stone steps under his feet, sighed and asked: "Long Han, do you think Emperor Yongchang will really let the prince go to Nanjing? Besides, the prince has been with Emperor Yongchang for a long time, and it seems that he has not been so Now that I am close to the study of saints, if I go to Nanjing in the future, what will the Ming Dynasty look like in the future?"

Ling He stopped, Fang Gongqian walked down a few steps and realized that Ling He hadn't followed, he immediately stopped and turned around to look, seeing the little fellow standing there frowning and thinking, he also silently He stood there silently and waited.

About one-third of an hour later, Ling Jie finally looked up at him and said, "Actually, regardless of Emperor Yongchang's background and past experience, he is still better than Emperor Daxing. It's not a bad thing to have something to learn around him.

As for the prince's estrangement from the study of sages, this is not the prince's problem, but that it is not the time to get close to the studies of sages.In such a troubled world, what can a saint do?In the past, the saints ran around, hoping to find a monarch who would end the troubled times.

As for whether Emperor Yongchang will let the prince go to Nanjing, I think it is not a good time to go to Nanjing now. The prince's current reputation is based on the military prestige of Emperor Yongchang. Is there any need to be afraid of the prince? "

Fang Gongqian looked at Ling Ji with some surprise and said: "Shi Kefa and the others did not support Fufan's ascension to the throne. Now that Fufan abdicates, would they still oppose the crown prince? Since Ma Shiying and the others have accepted Emperor Yongchang's suggestion, why do they still support him?" Going against your word?"

Ling Ji was silent for a few breaths and said: "What Ma Shiying is afraid of is Emperor Yongchang, not the prince. If Emperor Yongchang loses in the next match against the Northern Army, does he still need to be afraid of Emperor Yongchang? Without the suppression of Emperor Yongchang, who can fight this battle?" Guaranteed not to pursue Ma Shiying's support of Fufan? Would Ma Shiying, who controls the Nanjing army, be willing to let go?"

Fang Gongqian's heart skipped a beat, and he did recall that the crime of supporting Dai Fufan's ascension to the throne cannot be removed from Ma Shiying's head. Therefore, as long as the last moment is not reached, it is obviously impossible for Ma Shiying to completely trust the prince.To put it bluntly, for Ma Shiying, no matter who becomes the emperor of Ming Dynasty, he is probably better than the crown prince, the legitimate heir to the throne, because others will not feel that Ma Shiying has betrayed him.

While Fang Gongqian was thinking, Ling Ji went on to say: "As the ministers whom Emperor Daxing placed high hopes on during his lifetime, the Shi Ge Department didn't want to go north to rescue when Beijing was besieged, and they didn't even send anyone to inquire about the late emperor. With the life and death of the prince and the princes, he succumbed to Ma Shiying's support of Fufan to supervise the country and ascend the throne. I am afraid it will be difficult to face His Royal Highness the prince.

The rest of the Donglin party members are Jiangnan gentry, and they may not support Fufan for the sake of Daming but for their own family business. The crown prince forcibly bought so many real estates of gentry in the north, can they not be worried?Therefore, if Emperor Yongchang is here, the crown prince will be there, and if Emperor Yongchang is dead, the crown prince may not be able to survive alone.

As for Emperor Yongchang's relationship with the prince, he is nearly 40 years old and has no children. From the point of view of the prince presiding over the affairs, I think it is the safest for the prince to be with Emperor Yongchang now. "

Fang Gongqian noticed what Ling Ji didn't say, but he thought it was impossible, but he wouldn't question it at this time.So he simply looked up at the sky, then changed the topic and said: "It's really getting late, let's go down the mountain quickly..."

"That's right, let's go down the mountain." Ling Ji agreed, and the two walked down the mountain hand in hand, without saying a word.The arrival of the coffins of the crown prince and Emperor Chongzhen aroused the attention of the people of Yangzhou, but after the local gentry and citizen representatives paid homage to the crown prince and the gods of the emperor in Shangshou Zhiyuan, the people of Yangzhou soon focused their attention on This large-scale arrest operation in Yangzhou city.

After the vicious incident of picking and cutting off students occurred in the city, the people of Yangzhou became very angry with the city's thugs, subordinate officials, and brokers who bullied the market. What happened later, but the resentment accumulated in the usual time, was completely detonated by this incident.

Especially after Li Zicheng heard about the incident of cutting off students and cutting them off, he issued an announcement to the people in the city, asking the people to report the illegal incidents around him and the gangsters who oppressed the neighbors. The people of the evil forces finally began to stand up one by one to report and help the Marshal's Mansion arrest the evil forces around them.

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On the morning of October [-]th of the lunar calendar in the first year of Yongchang, three days after the prince Zhu Cihong arrived in Yangzhou, Huang Degong finally brought Tian Xiong and Ma Degong to Yangzhou to worship the emperor Daxing and meet the prince.

In terms of origin, Huang Degong's troops came from the Beijing camp system, and they were the real emperor's personal soldiers.Therefore, when Huang Degong issued an announcement to support the prince, the soldiers in the camp not only had no voice of opposition, but were greatly encouraged.Because in the eyes of these soldiers, Emperor Hongguang didn't trust them at all, otherwise he would not have left them in Jiangbei, and let Ma Shiying's Fengyang army accompany him across the river.

After Gao Jie's army seized Yangzhou territory, the Nanjing side did not clearly stand up to stop it. Instead, Gao Jie's army was allowed to wreak havoc in the area, which made the Beijing camp even more disappointed.Many soldiers began to think that if the imperial court strictly restrained the troops who obeyed the law, but retreated step by step to those troops who acted recklessly, then why should everyone obey military discipline?

As a result, some voices of dissatisfaction began to appear in Huang Degong's army, which originally supported the Nanjing court.At this time, the prince's going south gave these soldiers hope. They felt that if they returned to the prince's side, they would not only be able to restore their identity in the Beijing camp, but they would no longer have to bow their heads to thieves like Gao Jie.

Huang Degong didn't understand the minds of his subordinates at the beginning. He regarded the enthusiasm of the soldiers for the prince as his support. As a general who started to have a sense of territory, Huang Degong's support for the prince did not mean that he wanted to give up on himself. independence.

This can actually be seen from his attitude towards Emperor Hongguang's imperial envoy. If the court officials who came to announce the will on behalf of Emperor Hongguang brought news of rewards, then Huang Degong would respectfully accept the will. With the meaning of accusing him, then Huang Degong would stand up and yell at the messenger, saying that there were traitors around His Majesty, and he wanted to take someone to the side of King Qing in Nanjing.

Under Huang Degong's domineering posture, the court officials could only leave with their heads in their hands. After seeing that the court had nothing to do with him, Huang Degong naturally became even more domineering.Of course, as far as the comparison between the four towns is concerned, Huang Degong's attitude is considered good. The other three towns don't even pay attention to the emperor's reward, because they think that the emperor was established by themselves and can be abolished by themselves, so why? Thanks to the emperor, this is their due reward.

Because of this kind of mentality, Huang Degong did not hesitate to abandon the Nanjing court, because he knew that he would not be punished for betraying the Nanjing court, and if he wanted to return to Nanjing, Nanjing would not dare to send him back. shut out.

Therefore, although in the name of being a loyal prince, what Huang Degong thought in his heart was to have a good relationship between Li Zicheng and Nanjing.But what he didn't expect was that the three towns in Jiangbei would be conquered by the Shun army so quickly, which made it impossible for him to take the middle route.

Therefore, he seemed more worried about going to Yangzhou, because he was afraid that Li Zicheng would detain him, and then took the opportunity to annex his subordinates.But Huang Degong's hesitation made his subordinates dissatisfied. Although Huang Degong is a general of the Beijing camp, many of his subordinates are actually frontier troops transferred from Xuanda and Liaodong. After all, the real Beijing camp army has long been rotten. I can't go to war at all.

Huang Degong had such and such thoughts, but the soldiers below did not have such and such thoughts. They abandoned Nanjing and went to the prince sincerely. Huang Degong has been reluctant to go to Yangzhou to meet Yongchang Emperor. They have all arrived in Yangzhou, but Huang Degong is still in Yizheng, which makes the soldiers feel dissatisfied.

Under the urging of Yangzhou sending people over one after another, and the suspicion of the soldiers' intentions, Huang Degong finally came to Yangzhou City at the urging of Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and other subordinates.

Li Zicheng is still very happy about Huang Degong's arrival, which means that the last hidden danger in Jiangbei will be eliminated, and then he will be able to deal with the Qing army in the north with all his strength.

Therefore, Li Zicheng personally went to Tianning Temple in the north of Yangzhou City. This Buddhist temple, which is said to be rebuilt from the old residence of Xie An, is still a large temple outside the north gate of Yangzhou City at this time, and the incense is still at its peak.However, after the Shun army went south, Li Zicheng took a fancy to the geographical location of this place, so he let Zhang Nai and Junyifu station here.

After the empress Zigong went south with the prince, it was also placed in a side hall somewhere in the temple, and then arranged for eminent monks to chant scriptures and pray for blessings.After Huang Degong worshiped the emperor, Li Zicheng invited Huang Degong, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and the prince to hold a meeting with the generals of the military government to discuss the reorganization and garrison of the army.

In a courtyard on the south side of Tianning Temple, more than 30 generals sat together. Li Zicheng sat on the north side of the hall and the west side of the head, the crown prince lived in the east, Huang Degong and other three generals sat on the crown prince's hands, Zhang Nai, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Xu Dingguo and other generals sat under Li Zicheng's command, while other generals sat on the east and west sides. Generals from Gao Jie's line were not present.

Li Zicheng didn't want to cause any misunderstanding to Huang Degong, so he said straight to the point at the beginning of the meeting: "It is a good thing for us all that General Huang can come. I have invited General Huang to come here several times. In fact, the purpose is only One, I just want to know what is General Huang's plan in the future? What do you think of the various conditions given by the Military Council?"

In Li Zicheng's view, the protection and treatment proposed by the Military Council for Huang Degong himself and his subordinates is already quite generous, and Huang Degong's department shrank between Yizheng and Tonghe Prefecture after the break with Nanjing. In fact, the situation is not bad. How many.After Gao Jie surrendered, Huang Degong should be able to see his situation clearly.

Therefore, his meeting with Huang Degong today is just a formality. Huang Degong should use this opportunity to quickly eliminate the previous estrangement with himself, so as to find his new position in the military council mansion, so as to avoid asking him to settle the score.

However, he soon realized that he still overestimated the political vision of these warriors. Facing Li Zicheng's question, Huang Degong replied without thinking: "The last general said before that the last general is loyal to His Royal Highness, not the great prince." Shun Tianzi. Now I still say the same, I only obey the prince's order, as for the military government? It has nothing to do with me."

"Huang Chuangzi, you are too domineering, what is your attitude before His Majesty..."

"Huang Chuangzi, if you don't take Junyi Mansion seriously, you just don't take us seriously..."

"Huang Degong, don't mistake yourself, it's not too late to rein in the precipice..."

Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Xu Dingguo and other generals stood up and yelled at Huang Degong, while Zhang Nai and the others looked at Li Zicheng, as if waiting for him to give orders. Both Gong and Gong had ugly expressions on their faces.

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand to stop the generals from denouncing Huang Degong, he took a careful look at Huang Degong, Tian Xiong, and Ma Degong, and then said with a smile: "It seems that General Huang is indeed a loyal and brave man. I'll give you a chance too. There are no guards around Cihong, and it's time for him to learn a little about the military formation. General Huang has made military exploits many times. It should be no problem to teach Cihong. Why don't General Huang come to serve as Cihong's guard , As for the defense of Chuzhou and Hezhou, why not leave it to Tian and Ma to take charge of it?"

Huang Degong felt even more angry when he heard this. He glared at Li Zicheng and said: "The last general is just a rough man who kills people with all his blood and courage. He doesn't know how to teach others to fight, let alone a prince. I am the town general of Daming. Your Majesty is Emperor Dashun, Your Majesty may not have the right to order Yu to hand over the defenses of Chuzhou and Hezhou."

Zhang Nai finally couldn't bear it and stood up. Huang Degong stood up not to be outdone and looked at each other. Although the guards outside the door turned their eyes to the room, no one dared to step in. The expressions on the faces of Tian Xiong and Ma Degong Even darker.

"Okay, let's all sit down. The Military Council Mansion is a place for discussion. Could it be that you still want to fight?" Li Zicheng watched Zhang Nai and reprimanded him. Zhang Nai could only hold back his anger and sat back. Seeing Zhang Nai Nai sat down, Huang Degong hesitated for a moment before sitting down slowly.

Li Zicheng then looked at him again and asked: "Since General Huang thinks he can't leave the army, I heard that General Huang has 150 fine cavalry around him, all of them are warriors, so please assign 30 people to guard Cihong, Tian, Let the two generals of horses also donate [-] horses each."

The room suddenly fell into silence, and Huang Degong didn't say a word, but Tian Xiong and Ma Degong couldn't stand the pressure anymore. They came here with Huang Degong, not to provoke Li Zicheng.In fact, after Huang Degong angered Li Zicheng twice, the two already had some opinions on Huang Degong. They felt that Huang Degong didn't care about their life or death for their own benefit.

Therefore, although 30 cavalry is not a small number, the two looked at each other and then stood up and said to Zhu Cihong and Li Zicheng: "I am willing to dedicate 30 cavalry to guard the prince. This is also my duty."

The retreat of Tian Xiong and Ma Degong made Huang Degong stand up and said to Zhu Cihong: "I am willing to send someone to protect the prince, this is also my duty."

Li Zicheng waited until the three of them finished saluting, and then said: "Since you insist not to join the military council, you don't have to attend the next meeting. Afterwards, Cihong will send people to take over the civil affairs of Chu, He and Liangzhou. You don't want to be angry." In addition, your defense area is in the two states of Chu and He, and the areas outside the two states are under the management of the Marshal's Mansion, so please withdraw your troops back to the two states within three days, and stay outside the state after the expiry date. The government will treat them as rebels."

Tian Xiong and Ma Degong could only say "yes", Huang Degong stared and wanted to speak, but Zhu Cihong didn't want him to continue to conflict with Li Zicheng, so he got up and said: "Your Majesty's words are very true, the three generals Huang, Tian, ​​and Ma Now go back and do as His Majesty tells you."

Under the gaze of the prince, Tian Xiong and Ma Degong hurriedly pulled Huang Degong out of the main room while saluting.When Tian Xiong and Ma Degong dragged Huang Degong away from Tianning Temple, they were clutching handfuls of cold sweat as they passed the guard posts everywhere, lest these guards suddenly stop them.

Huang Degong was dragged out of Tianning Temple by the two without saying a word. After joining the guards outside the temple, he shook off their hands and said angrily: "You are really generous. The 30 cavalry will send you off as soon as you say." Go out, send me a few cavalry at some point."

Looking at Huang Degong who got on his horse and drove away, Tian Xiong also became annoyed and said: "What is this? We managed to pull him out of it, and he only remembered 30 cavalrymen? It's really kind to treat him like a donkey."

Ma Degong glanced at Huang Degong's retreating back with a gloomy face, got on the horse with the support of the guards, and then said to Tian Xiong: "Let's go too, this place is not safe."

Tian Xiong glanced back at Tianning Temple behind him, hesitated before getting on his horse and chasing the two of them.

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After Huang Degong and others walked out of the yard, Liu Zeqing glanced at Li Zicheng's face, and couldn't help saying in his heart: "Your Majesty, this Huang Degong is so domineering. Letting him go back may be a disaster in the future. It's better to inform Gao Zhen, which saves the trouble." A lot of trouble."

Liu Liangzuo, who had fought side by side with Huang Degong, showed a look of impatience, but he didn't say anything after all. The other generals looked at Li Zicheng, as if they were waiting for his decision.Here, Zhu Cihong finally couldn't take it anymore, and said to Li Zicheng, "Your Majesty, Huang Zhen's crimes do not stop there. With His Majesty's mighty virtue, Huang Zhen can't make any waves. Why should His Majesty's reputation be damaged?"

Li Zicheng looked up at Zhu Cihong, saw that his gaze was calm and did not avoid it, and then smiled and said: "What Cihong said is very reasonable, Huang Degong's crime is really not big enough, and he is not enough to let me do such a thing , because my reputation is much more valuable than his. As I said, you can speak freely during military discussions, and I will not add crimes with your words. There is nothing wrong with Huang Degong opposing me. As long as he does not betray the country or harm the people, I will not argue with him .”

After hearing this, all the generals got up one after another, saluted and congratulated Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty is wise, this is the blessing of Dashun."

Li Zicheng waved them to sit down, and then said: "Don't talk about the scene, let's talk about the business. Originally, I planned to set up Yangzhou, Fengyang, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Anqing, and Luzhou as a military region. Let Huang Degong be in charge of this military region.

What is a military region?It is responsible for leading and commanding all armed forces in the region during wartime.Usually lead and guide the command of the navy and army in the region and the military training, administrative management, and logistics support of the subordinate units, and lead the joint command organization of the militia, military service, mobilization and battlefield construction in the region.I call this joint command structure the Military Region Command.

The superior of the military command is the General Staff of the Marshal's Mansion, and the subordinates of the military command are all the armed forces in the area, such as field troops, garrison troops, military education institutions, logistics institutions, conscription offices, and militias.That is, without an order issued by the Marshal's Mansion, all troops in the military region are under the management of the military region headquarters, even troops entering the military region from abroad.However, without an order issued by the Marshal's Mansion, the military command has no right to move troops out of the country, otherwise it will be regarded as a rebellion by the Marshal's Mansion.

The highest officer of the military region command is the admiral who leads the overall work of the military region. In addition, five deputy admirals are appointed to assist his work and take charge of a professional department.The chief admiral cannot bypass the deputy admiral to command his subordinate departments, and the deputy admiral cannot refuse to implement the resolution passed by more than 4 members of the headquarters, unless the resolution violates the resolution issued by the Marshal's Office...

Do you have any different opinions on the setting of the military area? "

Liu Zeqing thought for a while, and asked Li Zicheng: "Then, should the military headquarters implement the resolution of the Military Council?"

After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng said: "In the future, the resolutions of the Military Council will only be passed on to the General Staff Headquarters, which will formulate plans and implement them. Any document not issued by the General Staff Headquarters can be returned by the Military Region Command. Unless the document is It has my signature on it..."

Several generals stopped talking after asking a few small questions. They knew very well in their hearts that the military region system Li Zicheng talked about was actually going to give them an explanation for the troops who surrendered.Except for Huang Degong's and Gao Jie's ministries, the surrendered officers and soldiers in Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Fengyang and other places can be said to have completely surrendered to the Marshal's Mansion, because they now have neither territory nor the cohesion of Gao Jie's Ministry. The land conferring order issued made these former Ming troops completely obey the reorganization of the Shun Army, so the senior generals in the army could only wait for Li Zicheng's arrangement.

Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing had been separated from their subordinates since they surrendered. Although Li Zicheng said that he wanted them to be by his side for consultation, they knew very well that Li Zicheng did not want them to interfere with Shunjun's reorganization of their subordinates.

In fact, the two are quite envious of Xu Dingguo and Li Chengdong, because the strength of these two men is not strong, but the subordinates who follow them are all old people, so after Li Zicheng sent those recruits home, he still kept the two men. that power.But the two of them are different. Liu Liangzuo is slightly better, but nine out of ten of Liu Zeqing's subordinates are recruits, and Li Zicheng can't send all these soldiers back, otherwise many soldiers with no future will definitely become local officials. of thieves.

Although these people are all recruits, after harming the common people, it is very difficult for them to go back to the countryside and be an honest hired worker.Compared with life in the countryside where one year’s hard work can’t get enough to eat, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can still have enough to eat, and even meat. After all, whoever has a knife now has the final say. Gone are the days when court officials were free to waste military rations and salaries.

Therefore, Li Zicheng did not dare to dismiss these soldiers at will without guaranteeing their survival.Except for those who have just been arrested for a few months, because they have not been completely assimilated by the soldiers, they still want to go back to the peaceful rural life in the past. Such people can be put back, because what they are full of hope is to be with their families Reunion instead of wanting to change your own life.

So the most difficult thing to deal with now is these soldiers who have served in the army for two or three years. They have completely downplayed their family life, but they are used to the current life of serving as soldiers and eating food.However, these people are different from the Ming Dynasty Frontier Army in the past. No matter how bad the Ming Dynasty Frontier Army was in the past, there was still a basic military education and training system, and these people were recruited or captured at will after the Ming Army became inferior. , Their military experience is insufficient, but the technology that harms the common people has been perfected in the military high school.

These people can keep some rules under the strict military discipline, but Li Zicheng feels that his heart is not so big if he wants to let them go to the battlefield to fight Jiannu.Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing were also very aware of the virtues of their subordinates, so they ran away quickly after seeing the Shun army going south again, but they didn't escape.

Of course, although Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing knew that their subordinates could not fight, it did not prevent them from wishing to receive preferential treatment from Li Zicheng. After all, their status was right here, and they were the second of the four Jiangbei towns anyway, so they couldn't just sit idle like this.The other surrendering generals also looked at Li Zicheng with concern.

Under the expectation of these generals, Li Zicheng finally expressed his decision: "I have decided to make Zhang Nai the chief admiral of the Jianghuai Military Region, and Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Li Qifeng, Jia Hanfu, and Zhang Tianlu to be the deputy admirals.

In addition, the five prefectures of Huai'an, Yangzhou, Fengyang, Anqing, and Luzhou each set up a garrison brigade with two regiments under its jurisdiction, with Wang Wenyao, Yi Bangcai, Zhang Heng, Zhang Siyi, and Cao Ying as the brigade commanders.

Zhenjiang, Nantong, and Chongming set up three garrison regiments, headed by Zhang Tianfu, Hu Shoujin, and Tian Gongyi..."

When Li Zicheng’s name was reported, some people were sad and some were happy, but those who heard his name might not like it, because it meant that they could no longer stay with Li Zicheng.However, everyone's hearts are finally at ease. No matter whether this arrangement is in line with their own wishes or not, they at least have a starting point in the Marshal's Mansion. Otherwise, they always feel like a kite floating in the sky. Li Zicheng let go.

Seeing everyone whispering in private about his list of appointments to the military region, Li Zicheng coughed, and after attracting everyone's attention, he continued: "The general staff has also summarized the registration of the personnel of each army before. Those soldiers who have homes to return to, soldiers who are homeless but in good health, and a considerable number of soldiers who are physically disabled or old and infirm.

The various armies keep these soldiers in the army, naturally to give them a way to survive. After all, some people have worked in the army all their lives, and letting them leave the army is undoubtedly letting them die.But we also have to see the problem that these people are no longer suitable for combat, and they can't even follow the army. Keeping them in the army will affect the combat and movement of the entire army.

Therefore, I decided to let them retire, of course not to let them be kicked out of the army just like that.I plan to build Invalids Institutes in various places, and then the state will pay for them and hire people to take care of them until they die.In this way, they can not only save them from the trouble of accompanying the army, but also reduce the burden on the army. What do you think? "

Regarding this question raised by Li Zicheng, except for some generals, many people don't care.Keeping these veterans in the army is mainly to take care of the emotions of the soldiers in the army.But now that the army has been handed over to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng naturally has the final say, even if something goes wrong, he doesn't care about their business.

Seeing that the generals echoed their voices one after another, Li Zicheng didn’t say much, and directly skipped to the next question, “In addition, it’s about the family members of the army. The garrison has a fixed camp, and it’s not a problem to arrange family members, but I think it’s better to place the family members directly in the It is not a good thing to be in the army. Even in the barracks, the living area of ​​the military family should be divided separately, and the sergeant and the military family should not be allowed to live together.

I think that ordinary soldiers should set a service period, such as five to seven years, after which they will be retired to the reserve service for ten years. Unless the country is recruited, the reserve service only needs to set aside 30-40 days a year for the county. Intensive training, after ten years, it will be transferred to civilian management.Soldiers who have completed their service period can also be transferred to volunteers. Those who have served for 25 years plus volunteers can apply for retirement, and the state will issue retirement pay and pensions.