There are not many weeds left on the city wall, and flags are fluttering in the wind. The city gate that was once blocked has also been briefly repaired, and is guarded by Ming army soldiers. Although there are only a few pedestrians, it is already much more lifeless than a month ago.
Big change.
A lot of wasteland outside the city has been reclaimed, but the new fields in the south of the city are like isolated islands in a sea of wasteland. There is a piece here and a piece there. There are no houses next to the fields. Most of them are a thatched shed standing at the edge of the field.
Further away, there are sentry towers one after another, forming a faint enclosure.
The new fields in the south and west of the city were newly cultivated by immigrants. They did not form villages outside the city. One reason was that there were too many houses in the city and they did not need to spend more effort to build them. They focused on reclaiming wasteland and enjoyed preferential policies;
Another reason is the security issue. The area around Chengdu is deserted and wild animals are rampant. Although there are Ming troops on duty at the sentry tower for protection, it will be safer in the city and it is worth walking more.
This year is just the beginning, and one household or one person will definitely not be able to cultivate land recognized by the government and enjoy preferential policies in such a short period of time. But in their hearts, there is a lot of land beyond the cultivated land.
The enclosed wasteland is also their territory and they do not want it to be occupied by other people.
Therefore, immigrants all choose to cultivate wasteland a little further away from others, and then gradually expand so that they can bring more concentrated land to their names.
To the north of the city is a new land connected in a row, neatly pushed outwards, which was naturally reclaimed by military settlements. Unlike the military households in the past, soldiers are still soldiers, and the reclamation of wasteland is not in vain. According to the number of acres reclaimed,
, is counted as military merit. This can maximize the enthusiasm of soldiers. After completing the military merit, they can retire early, and they can choose among these cultivated fields and claim them under their own names.
Chang Guo Gong Gao Wengui returned to the original Sichuan Governor's Yamen with his soldiers. The generals and officials in the city all worked here. In the backyard, the family members of the prefect Yang Mingzhi and Gao Wengui lived. There were too few people, and it was busy living together.
Some, the wives of the two families get along very well.
Before Gao Wengui entered the door, he saw a mule cart parked in front of the Yamen. It was the car of the prefect Yang Mingzhi, and the driver was his follower.
"The Duke is back." Yang Mingzhi greeted Gao Wengui after getting off the mule cart, and asked with a smile: "Did you catch the tiger that hurt people? The tiger leather chair is very majestic!"
His shoes were stained with mud. The hem of his clothes was also splattered with mud. His face was much darker than when he first arrived. Gao Wengui did not look down on Yang Mingzhi. Although he was a prince, in terms of his future development, Yang Mingzhi would be very good in the future.
Maybe they are higher than themselves. Now it is more difficult and tiring. It is just to work hard for the future. Sichuan is full of waste and is waiting for development, but it is a good place for them to show their talents. Moreover, His Highness Min likes officials who are down-to-earth and hard-working, and will never hesitate to promote and reward them.
, Zong Shouyi, who has been promoted to the governor of Henan and Mekong provinces, is a good example.
"That beast was wounded by a musket and must have fled far away. But today we found nothing." Gao Wengui shook his head, waited for Yang Mingzhi, then entered the Yamen with him, and asked casually: "Mr. Yang came back early today.
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"A messenger came and said that a group of new immigrants were coming, so I rushed back to make arrangements first." Yang Mingzhi slowed down slightly, allowing Gao Wengui to be half a step ahead as a sign of respect.
The route from Jiading to Chengdu has been opened. But for the time being, it all depends on the Minjiang River water transport. It is quite fast to take the Funan River to Chengdu. As for land transportation, it still needs people, money and food before it can be opened.
"If there are not enough manpower, I can dispatch soldiers to help." Gao Wengui nodded, one batch of immigrants and one batch of supplies, and then they have to continue to supply. Until the immigrants can be self-sufficient, these six months are the most difficult period, thousands of miles away
One can imagine the pressure faced by the Yunnan Provincial Government.
"If you need it, of course you have to ask the Duke for help." Yang Mingzhi stopped, cupped his hands, and walked towards the row of houses on the left.
The left is civil and the right is military. Although the bureaucracy of Chengdu Prefecture is pitifully simple, it still needs to maintain its airs. In the current Chengdu, the difference between the military and the civilians is very small. The military not only stands guard, patrols, trains, and also cultivates land; as for the common people, the main
They were engaged in reclamation and colonization, but they also had to receive regular military training and were organized into village warriors responsible for maintaining public order.
After Gao Wengui, Duke of Chang Kingdom, returned to the back house and rested for a while, Yang Mingzhi sent someone to invite him. When he arrived at the government office, Yang Mingzhi handed over the letter with a smile. It seemed to be good news.
"This -" Gao Wengui read the letter, was stunned for a moment, then grinned widely, then looked solemn, bowed his hands, and solemnly said: "His Highness, you are true to your word, and I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the soldiers."
Yang Mingzhi also quickly bowed his hands and said, "Your Highness is wise." After standing up, he smiled and said: "In this way, the morale of the army can be stabilized, the morale can be boosted, and great things can be accomplished by conquering Sichuan."
Gao Wengui felt that things were not that easy, but it was not appropriate to say depressing words at this time. He nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "I will send some steady soldiers to greet you. Don't be frightened by those rough guys."
"That's right. How about I send someone to clean up the house and let them live in the north of the city? The fields in the military camp at that time -" Yang Mingzhi asked Gao Wengui for his opinion.
"Don't worry, Mr. Yang, all the fields in the military camp will be given away. Those guys who can't sleep because they miss their wives are also happy." Gao Wengui waved his hand and turned away with a burst of laughter.
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Hongya, Tianshengcheng.
Historical records: Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, left Yazhou and went to Yuqiuping, Hongya, to build the commander's palace in the royal city. The palace was magnificent and wasted the people and money. He commanded tens of thousands of troops and did not dare to attack Chengdu, so he came to Yuqiuping to build the commander's mansion.
There are officials in Sichuan, and all the gentlemen come to congratulate...
There are two sides to the matter. Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, built a "palace" and barracks in Hongya, and contacted "there are officials and gentlemen in Shu". The purpose was to establish the prestige of the Yongli court among the remaining people in Sichuan, and at the same time, he started to cultivate fields to develop production. Moreover, he
Stopping in Hongya also had practical considerations at the time.
First, after Liu Wenxiu enters Sichuan, his base cannot be too far away from Yunnan, so that if Sun Kewang turns inward, he will not be able to rescue him; secondly, when he leads the army to Sichuan, he must choose an area that will cause less damage to social production and can basically solve the problem of food and wages on the spot; third
Third, only when the foothold is established and there are no worries, can we gradually advance to Chengdu and Chongqing.
Unfortunately, the time left for Shu King Liu Wenxiu was too short. Sun Kewang rebelled and he was ordered to leave Sichuan and enter Yunnan. He was then relieved of military power by Li Dingguo and never returned to Sichuan.
"... Yongli lasted for ten years, at the age of Bingshen... Yu Bingyue went on a special expedition to cut the Tongshu soil and make it the fundamental land. He hoped to separate the water and land routes, restore Shaanxi and Henan, and briefly define the Central Plains... Although the soldiers and civilians left the country,
The family members are united in love, and if they want to resist the foreign barbarians, they must first settle their internal ambitions. If they want to make sure that those who share the same hatred and hatred with the enemy do not have to worry about the Liao Dynasty, then they can march forward with a drumbeat, and their morale will be a hundred times higher.
It is said that to govern a country, one must first govern one's family. From then on, we went on a long expedition to the north, directly to Huanglong, played the skin skill to paint the Lin Pavilion, and planned it with the generals..."
King Li Dingguo of Jin raised his head again and looked at the inscribed "Shengtian Monument" hanging on the wall. He regretted that his late brother Liu Wenxiu, King of Shu, died before his ambitions were fulfilled. He also felt more wronged by the past, so he
I always pay attention to this, not only to commemorate it, but also to wake up and warn against it.
Although he was eager to make progress in his heart, Li Dingguo realized that Zhu Yongxing said that business is greater than war, and the reason why Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, stopped here despite criticism. The biggest enemy was not the Qing Dynasty who had shrunk to Chongqing.
The army, but the grain and grass supplies needed to advance in the sparsely populated Sichuan territory.
If you want to speed up business, the first choice is not the slightly remote place of Yazhou, but the Chengdu Plain. The terrain there is flat, the river network is crisscrossed, the products are rich, and the water system is developed. It has been known as the "Land of Abundance" since ancient times. As long as the initial supply of grain and grass materials is
Yes, the reclaimed wasteland there can produce grain in the first year. According to the calculation of two crops a year, there is no need to reach out to the government.
Of course, it is risky to go straight from Yazhou to Chengdu, completely connected by waterway, and to guard against the Qing army coming again. But considering the overall situation in central Sichuan, this risk is worth taking, and there are countermeasures.
Li Guoying defeated Yazhou and died in Jiading Prefecture. The strength of the Qing army in central Sichuan suffered a great loss. Most of them withdrew to Chongqing and came under the command of Gao Mingzhan. There were not many Qing troops in Chengdu. When they saw the Qing army led by Gao Wengui
When the Ming army arrived, they abandoned the city and withdrew from Deyang and Mianyang to Jiangyou.
In northern Sichuan, Qing soldiers have been entrenched for the longest time, and the people suffered particularly miserably. Kuimen has not yet been opened, and Shu throat is still blocked. Baoning used to be called a remote place, but now this line of sheep intestines is used as the Sanba tunnel, which is needed to supply Chongqing Qing Dynasty.
It is naturally difficult to station a large number of troops in the decaying northern Sichuan.
Sichuan Inspector Hao Yu once advocated reclaiming wasteland from the Chengdu plain and raising Shu soldiers with Shu grain. However, in addition to military strength to ensure local stability, the wasteland reclamation also required a large amount of grain, seeds, cattle, and farm tools to be used as the foundation of the field. There was no clearing.
With the government's financial support, the idea of reclaiming wasteland and farming land turned out to be a way to satisfy hunger.
Therefore, the Qing army that can attack Chengdu is not the small symbolic garrison in northern Sichuan, but the Qing army in Guangyuan, an important area bordering Qin and Shu. Regardless of whether the grain and grass are transported to Baoning or Chongqing, the Qing army is loaded in Guangyuan.
Then it is transported down the river to the front.
If they attack Chengdu, the Qing army will definitely start from Guangyuan, go straight to Jiange along the Jialing River, abandon the ship at Jiange and take the land route, take the Shu Road from Jiange to Jiangyou, and then go to Mianzhu and break into the western Sichuan plain. In the short term, the Qing army will
It is difficult to counterattack Chengdu in terms of troops and supplies. Yazhou is not far from Chengdu and the waterway is smooth. Whether it is mobilizing supplies or adding reinforcements, it is faster and more convenient than the Qing army.