Chapter 141 The joy of a daughter, the beginning of development
The cry of "Wow!" came from inside the house!
Zhu Yongxing was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot at the door. He had walked countless times. After hearing the cry, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he took big steps and hurried towards the door of the house.
Giving birth to a child in this era is a very dangerous thing, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is going to be on the verge of death. Even though we have already found a stable woman with the best skills and the highest delivery rate, as well as several skilled doctors, things are coming.
, Zhu Yongxing was still so nervous that he was sweating and worried at a loss.
As soon as the door of the room opened, Po Wen inside was about to scream, but when she saw that it was Zhu Yongxing, she paused and said, "Your Majesty, you, you -"
Zhu Yongxing waved his hand, looked inward, and asked anxiously: "How is the princess?"
"Your Highness, I'm not here, it's okay." Mengzhu's weak and hoarse voice came out.
She was in better physical condition, not as good as those weak women, but she was still in a state of confusion due to pain, and her voice was hoarse from screaming. After the pain reached the extreme, she felt her lower body leaking, and her whole body felt much more relaxed. In a daze, she just listened.
Hearing Zhu Yongxing's voice, it was full of concern and a little anxious. I couldn't bear his worry, so I tried my best to respond.
Zhu Yongxing walked quickly behind the curtain, took the sweat towel from the maid's hand, and gently wiped the sweat on his wife's face.
"Your Highness, it's okay, I'm just tired!" Her voice was so hoarse after screaming that she almost lost her voice. Mengzhu smiled weakly and comforted her softly.
"Have a good sleep!" Zhu Yongxing sat on the bedside, holding his wife's hand, gently brushing away the wet hair, and lovingly caressing his wife's forehead and face.
Well, Mengzhu responded softly, with a relaxed smile on her lips, and slowly closed her eyes. But immediately she opened her eyes again, cheered up and asked: "Boy or girl?"
"Congratulations to your highness, congratulations to the princess, you are a little princess." A middle-aged woman from the Mengshan Ke tribe smiled and hugged the wrapped child over.
His eyes were closed. His skin was red and wrinkled - Zhu Yongxing smiled happily, stretched out his hand to touch it lightly and then retracted it. His daughter, there is a gap of hundreds of years. Really, this feeling is a bit indescribable.
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Mengzhu sighed inaudibly, but her eyes did not leave her own flesh and blood. A smile appeared on her face.
Zhu Yongxing knew what his wife was thinking, so he leaned close to her ear, smiled and whispered: "Take good care of yourself, let's continue to work hard, and give birth to seven or eight children, and we will always satisfy you. Okay?"
Mengzhu responded inaudibly. Her face flushed, and she closed her eyes with contentment. After a while, she was extremely tired and fell asleep.
Zhu Yongxing watched his wife sleeping peacefully, and occasionally glanced at the baby in the bundle. He stayed there for an unknown amount of time before quietly getting up and leaving.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your daughter's fortune." He walked out of the inner courtyard. The news had spread, and everyone was sending congratulations and congratulations, making Zhu Yongxing smile from ear to ear.
Back in the study, there were some documents on the table. Zhu Yongxing looked through it and found that there was no latest news about the South China Sea Fleet. Although the combat plan had been sent a few days ago and actions had been launched. Zhu Yongxing was no different about this.
Opinions, and even praise. However, maritime operations are the most difficult to control. Not only do you have to fight the enemy, but you also have to conquer unpredictable factors such as wind, waves, and weather. It is really difficult to feel at ease.
Counting the time, the naval battle should have already started, and the outcome may even have been decided. I hope it will be a double happiness. Zhu Yongxing thought of the small, red-wrinkled baby again, and couldn't help but smile with joy again.
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It had short, bald ears and two shining green wolf eyes. It glanced into the suspicious trees. Then, the beast crept forward furtively, its head tucked into its hunched shoulder blades.
Suddenly, the wolf jumped quickly and slipped past a rotten tree on the ground, as if it was about to lean over.
The bowstring rang, sharp arrows were fired, and the wolf howled. The beast turned its head in the air, toward its buttocks, as if to bite its attacker. However, it fell down, dragging its wounded body, and hurriedly clawed with its front paws.
It moved and whimpered like a puppy.
Gao Wengui, Duke of Chang Kingdom, stood up from behind the tree with a smile. The soldiers behind him had already rushed over and killed the wolf with a spear. He tied it with a rope, picked it up on the spear, and ran back laughing.
"Back, back." Gao Wengui threw the bow and arrow to the soldiers. Although the musket was good, he was used to using a strong bow, so he still felt that hunting with it was more convenient. "Since there are wolves here, the tiger must not be here.
It is useless to wait in vain.”
Tiger? Yes, this rare animal from later generations is abundant in the current Sichuan and has become a scourge. This is all caused by successive years of war. "The fields are barren, the residents are scattered, the hungry tigers are in groups, and the villages and wild markets
, let them roam around.” Especially after the Qing soldiers entered Sichuan, the famine became more severe.
At that time, many people from Chengdu fled to Yazhou to collect wild vegetables for food, and many of them went to be chieftains. When the Qing army withdrew from Chengdu, general Liang Yixun drove the remaining people northward and killed them all as far as Mianzhou, leaving not a single ten alive in central Sichuan.
Under such conditions, even if the Ming army defeated Li Guoying and forced the Qing army to retreat to Chongqing, they could only defend the Yazhou (now Ya'an) and Jiading (now Leshan) areas. Without enough money and food support, it would be difficult to further expand the territory.
In fact, when Zhu Yongxing sent the Ming army to Sichuan, he adopted a strategy similar to that used by Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu. He first occupied a place with sufficient food and wages, namely Yazhou, and then slowly operated until the food and wages were sufficient and the army gathered, or moved north
Harvest Du, Shunqing (today's Nanchong area), or go east to Chongqing to join the Kuidong Thirteenth Family, thereby opening up the southwest situation.
After Liu Wenxiu, King of Shu, returned to Yunnan following the imperial edict, he left his general Wei Ningbo and Gao Chengen to continue to guard and manage the Yazhou area. The results were obvious. History books record: At that time, Gao Chengen was stationed in Ya, soldiers and horses gathered, and there was almost no official administration.
.The grain in the fields is mainly grains, beans and grass, and there is no need for private money to feed the grain. Although the labors are complicated, the people are full and warm in the wells, and the people forget their hard work.
Later, the Qing troops entered Sichuan, and the Ming generals in Sichuan fought internally and attacked each other. Gao Chengen was killed, and his general Hao Chengyi led his army to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and still guarded Yazhou. During this period, the damage to Yazhou was not great, and there were quite a few Chengdu
People took refuge here, and the desolation of the land was not very serious. Therefore, all the food in Sichuan was eaten in Yazhou, where Tusi and Junwei crossed the Dadu River.
Because of this, the Ming army chose Yazhou as its base in central Sichuan. On the one hand, it could raise some money locally, and on the other hand, it could transport from Jianchang (now Xichang City, Sichuan) and Lizhou (in the north of today's Hanyuan County, Sichuan) to Yazhou. In this way
Only then can the logistical pressure be reduced to a minimum.
In addition, Yazhou borders Chengdu to the east, Garze to the west, Liangshan to the south, and Aba to the north. It is known as the "Throat of Western Sichuan" and the "Gateway to Tibet", and its geographical location is very important. Moreover, Yazhou Tibetan tea has a long history.
, the imperial court successively implemented the "tea and horse mutual trade", "tea system", "leading shore system" and other strategies to "use tea to control the border". Yazhou was once the land of tea and horse companies. Over time, with proper management, Zhu Yongxing hoped to develop in Yazhou
The tea-horse trade led to the training of an elite cavalry force in the plains of Chengdu.
Of course, these are all long-term plans. Without two or three years of operation, without a large number of population filling and reconstruction, and without continuous financial and material support, everything is empty talk.
The first step in business operations was the military settlement. Slogans such as "Knife and gun in one hand, hoe in the other", "Self-reliance, adequate food and clothing", "Production is fighting", etc. were naturally copied by Zhu Yongxing from later generations. There was no other way, he had to feed the army.
, and we have to immigrate to cultivate land, which requires too much money and food. If the army is still completely out of production, the money and food in Yazhou may be barely enough, but it will take at least half a year to immigrate, that is, after cultivating the wasteland and harvesting one season of food, we can
There is no need for the government to subsidize food.
This is the difference between conquering Guangxi and developing Sichuan: conquering Guangxi is simple and requires only one word "attack"; developing Sichuan focuses on planning and management, but military affairs are not important for the time being. Conquering Guangxi mainly relies on the combat command of the generals.
, the heroic service of soldiers; the expansion of Sichuan tested the government's planning, the raising of money and grain, transportation, the orderly immigration of immigrants, the governance level of local officials, the supply of cattle, seeds, agricultural tools, etc., etc., it is really a comprehensive test
project.
Gao Wengui, the Duke of Chang State, led his troops to Sichuan first, established a foothold in Yazhou, and started military garrison; a few months later, King Liu Zhen of Qingyang led his troops to Jiading and stationed troops along the road to ensure the smooth flow of the Yunnan-Sichuan channel and to surrender some surrenders.
The old troops of the King of Shu in the Qing Dynasty and Gao Wengui's troops were stationed together; a few months later, the King of Jin Li Dingguo entered Shu from Jianchang, completely stabilizing the situation in southern Sichuan and escorting the first batch of more than 3,000 immigrants.
Entering Sichuan in batches, several months apart, was a helpless move after calculating and weighing the government's financial situation. Although it was slow, it ensured the minimum supply and transportation of money and grain, and it was a rolling development strategy.
After the King of Jin entered Sichuan, he settled in Hongya's Tiansheng City. Gao Wengui, the Duke of Chang State, and Liu Zhen, the King of Qingyang, had the backing, and they slowly developed northward and eastward respectively. The immigrants filling Sichuan continued to pour in at a rate of thousands every month, with some
Annan people, Nanzhang people, Zhenla people, Guangxi people, Dian people, and even veterans of the Ming army. As immigrants came to Sichuan, government money, food and supplies were also constantly shipped, stabilizing people's hearts and rebuilding the place.
After failing to defeat the tiger, Duke Gao Wengui of the Kingdom of Chang returned to Chengdu with his own soldiers. Yes, a month ago he led two thousand Ming troops and escorted more than a thousand immigrants to the capital of Sichuan.
At that time, Chengdu was full of thorns, the tall and magnificent city walls were covered with weeds, and there were less than a hundred households in the city. Who would have thought that this big city of Chengdu once accommodated hundreds of thousands of people. During the Wanli and Tianqi years, Chengdu only had
There are tens of thousands of weavers, and the large weaving factories do not even rest at night, producing the world-famous Sichuan brocade, which is sold all over the country. It was also the commercial center of the western Sichuan plain, and merchants from other places came here to buy Qingcheng.
, tea and various other local products in Emei and other places, and the prosperous commerce also spawned a wide variety of industries. At that time, there was a constant flow of people in front of the many city gates in Chengdu every day.