On the tenth day of the second lunar month in the twelfth year of Yongli, it has been almost a month since Zhu Cixuan arrived in Chengdu. In this month, apart from asking Liu Yao to lead people to clean up the suburbs of Chengdu, and organizing a celebration after hearing the results of the Battle of Zhenyuan, Zhu Cixuan did not
What a big move. For a month, he stayed in the Prince of Shu's Mansion to read books and read information. Well, it has now been renamed the Governor's Mansion. Yongli gave him the power of the military and political affairs of Sichuan as prime minister, but did not grant him an official title. He made himself one
A Sichuan governor conveniently changed the Shu Prince's Palace into the Governor's Palace.
After hibernating for a month, Zhu Cixuan planned to leave seclusion. The campers from Jianchang were about to arrive. Over at Kuidong Shisanjia, Li Laiheng and Liu Tichun led a team to launch a raid on Hubei. They also achieved considerable results. From the Manchu Qing Dynasty,
Tens of thousands of people have been transported and are on their way to Chengdu. In addition, Luo Dashun destroyed several large mansions in Hunan and took away the local people. Liu Wenxiu and the others recruited some young men to join the army, and the rest are also planned
How to resettle these people and what kind of governance method Chengdu will adopt must be decided. Except for expressing his dissatisfaction with the military settlement in front of Yongli, Liu Wenxiu, Wen Anzhi and others, Zhu Cixuan did not express his dissatisfaction to the outside world.
They talked about what Chengdu will be like. Tan Yi, Tan Hong, Liu Yao and others have been exploring around Chengdu for a month, all trying to find a good land for their military garrison. In their opinion, the prince must be carrying out the plan.
In military camps, in times of great conflict, military supplies must come first.
However, "Whether it is the Guanning Defense Line, the fall of Nanming in history, or the failure of collective efforts in later generations, they all prove that military settlements are a dead end for fishing." Zhu Cixuan thought about the practice of infinitely suppressing personal interests and amplifying collective interests.
It must not last long. Fortunately, the education he received in later generations told him how to do it. He could directly use the experience of the base area and the liberated area. "This victory of the King of Shu will at least prevent the Tatars from large-scale attacks for half a year. As long as
Jianmen, Chongqing will not be lost. Even if these two places are turned into meat grinding grounds, Chengdu will still be as peaceful as Mount Tai."
This month, Zhu Cixuan read a lot of information, most of which were about Sichuan's agricultural production. Although many classics were lost during the war, some basic documents were still available. He was originally worried about the level of agricultural production in the late Ming Dynasty.
Whether it is possible to copy the experience of later generations? After all, the production method must adapt to the level of productivity development. He has been reading this sentence since he was a child, but after reading it, he felt relieved.
"No wonder the book written by the British ghost in later generations said that China's per capita GDP had been declining from the Ming Dynasty until 1949. Compared with later generations, there were fewer exotic crops and fewer basic production methods in the late Ming Dynasty.
From now to more than two hundred years later, there has been no progress at all." Zhu Cixuan murmured, "The Manchus and Qing Dynasties really misled me that China is not shallow. What kind of government can make a country that has been under its rule for more than two hundred years like a pool of stagnant water?
There is no change at all...but it’s okay, China in the late Ming Dynasty can indeed directly apply the teacher’s template.”
"Since my father has entrusted me with Sichuan military and political power, today, I will make some arrangements for various future matters in Sichuan." In the Governor's Mansion, there were many civil servants and officials, and Zhu Cixuan was sitting at the head, talking eloquently.
, "In terms of the army, after the people from Jianchang, Kuidong and other places arrive, they will be selected to be strong and strong, and they will be combined with the imperial camp to form the First Division of Western Sichuan, with General Wang Qilong as the division commander." See Tan Yi, Tan Hong, Liu Yao, etc.
Everyone showed a look of perseverance, Zhu Cixuan smiled and said, "Everyone, please be patient and listen to what I have to say."
"The First Division, with a total strength of 5,000 people, consists of two infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment and an artillery battalion." Seeing that the military leaders including Wang Qilong looked puzzled, Zhu Cixuan smiled and said, "Do you feel that
Five thousand people is too few?"
The generals nodded, and Zhu Cixuan explained: "The First Division will be our seed unit. My requirement is that every soldier must be trained as an officer." Seeing everyone looking at each other in confusion, it was clear that they did not understand what he meant, Zhu Cixuan patiently
He said, "We are very poor and cannot afford to support too many troops at the same time, but we will not stay poor forever. We must prepare for future military expansion now. Soldiers are easy to find, but officers are difficult to train. Therefore, the First Division
In my plan, it is the seed for future military expansion. Every soldier in the first division must be able to become a grassroots officer in each division in the future."
Everyone was stunned, and Zhu Cixuan continued: "I designed a new officer and military rank system for the First Division, including each level of the army's organization, and they are all written here. Take a look." He expressed his thoughts on the various chaos of the Ming Dynasty.
The military officer system had long been exhausted. Drawing on the military ranks and positions of later generations, Zhu Cixuan also created a set of military ranks with Ming Dynasty characteristics.
Wang Qilong and others took a look and couldn't help but feel a little confused. Zhu Cixuan completely changed the Ming Dynasty's army organization. In the first division, the smallest combat unit of infantry is the squad, with a full complement of nine to twelve people. Three squads form a platoon.
, with a full strength of thirty-three people. Three platoons form a company, with a full strength of 120 men. Four companies form a battalion, with a full strength of 500 men. Three battalions form a regiment, with a full strength of 2,000 men.
The cavalry regiment is similar, but the number is much smaller. A cavalry regiment has a full strength of 500 men. The artillery regiment has a separate battalion, with a full strength of 500 men. Two infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment and an artillery battalion have a full strength of 5,000.
people.
These are easy to understand, but the key point is that Zhu Cixuan abandoned the Ming Dynasty's small flag, general flag and other officer positions, and replaced them with a long character after the official name. Wang Qilong and others secretly complained, is this to save trouble? However, the camp
Commander, leader or something, it sounds like that.
As for the military ranks, Zhu Cixuan didn't make any changes. He was also afraid that the changes would be too big and Kunming would gossip. Moreover, he was somewhat nationalistic and was quite dissatisfied with the Westernization of China in later generations. Therefore, the military ranks still used the Ming Dynasty.
It is called the traditional small flag, general flag, etc. of the North Korea.
"Your Highness, a junior general understands the military position, but what is the use of this military rank?" Wang Qilong asked after reading. He felt that the military rank was of little use and seemed a bit superfluous.
"Inspire honor, enhance responsibility, and determine treatment." Zhu Cixuan explained, "In terms of its role on the battlefield, in times of chaos, the highest-ranking military officer can temporarily take command to avoid the death of the commander and chaos in the army."
Everyone nodded, agreeing with his explanation. Zhu Cixuan smiled and said: "In this case, the army will probably make such arrangements first. Qilong, please plan carefully, and I will leave the first division to you."
Wang Qilong bowed to accept the order, and Zhu Cixuan continued: "The civil affairs side is the focus of my thinking this month. There will be no military settlements in Chengdu."
"The military settlements seem to be very profitable, but if they are depleting the lake and fishing, they will inevitably become unsustainable over time. Our war with the Tatars has been going on for decades. If we can defeat the Tatars in two or three years, I fully support the military settlements, but who
Can you give me a guarantee that the Tatars can be driven away in two or three years?"
Everyone was silent. How could the Tatars be defeated in two or three years? God be damned, it would be great if the Ming Dynasty was not defeated by the Tatars in two or three years.
"When the campers from Jianchang arrive, I will give them their freedom. There is a lot of land around Chengdu. For every young man, I will give him thirty acres of land. I will take three out of ten for each mu of land every year.
But the land is not allowed to be bought or sold.”
"Every young man's land has only the right to use it but not ownership." Zhu Cixuan said coldly, "I know how ruthlessly some landlords exploited tenant farmers in the past, and I don't want my generosity to become a tool for these bastards to make money.
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Tan Yi whispered: "Your Highness, most landowners are ancestral properties saved by generations of diligent and thrifty people. Some people are particularly good at farming. Your Highness does not allow them to buy land. Where will their money be spent?"
Zhu Cixuan nodded and responded: "These people can rent other people's land and ask people to help with farming, but they have to pay wages."
Tan Yi understood that he actually thought that he had a lot of people in the camp, and if he could occupy the land, he would be able to earn a lot of money every year by collecting rent. Unfortunately, His Highness blocked the road.
"This is the arrangement for the farming work for the time being. Tan Yi, you are doing well in Zhongzhou. How about leaving the farming work to you?"
Tan Yi was stunned, he was a Marquis and an officer, and now His Highness asked him to take care of a few farmers digging for food in the fields? He was completely unhappy, but unfortunately his arms could not twist his thighs, so he had no choice but to accept the order.
"All auxiliary soldiers and campers, including the people you brought, will have their military status cancelled." Zhu Cixuan warned, "Those who can farm should go to farming. Those who can't, arrange for them to learn blacksmithing, carpentry, and salt making.
, with hundreds of thousands of people, there will always be people who can do this...Chengdu is now full of waste and waiting for development, there is a shortage of people everywhere, and it is impossible to find things to do."
"Tan Hong, I'll leave the business to you. Support a few blacksmith shops. The farm tools for farming and the weapons for war all depend on them."
Holding his forehead and thinking for a while, Zhu Cixuan continued: "There is also education. There must be children among the people, and schools must be built. Liu Yao, you will lead someone to do this. As for the master, I will go directly to my father to ask for it."
Come on, there are quite a few scholars in Kunming..."
"The government also needs to be improved. There are no common people in Chengdu now, and you officers can still manage things reasonably. When the common people come, you have to establish an administrative agency. You..." Zhu Cixuan looked at the people in the hall,
It's okay for these crooked people to go into battle and kill people, but it's not reliable to be a parent official. "Forget it, I'll ask Supervisor Wen for a few people. If you're not an official, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, and if you don't do things, you don't realize how little manpower you have."
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Everyone was shocked, it was our fault that we only know how to kill people, His Highness's eyes were really hurtful. This chapter has been completed!