The first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen was a good day. Zhang Yuanheng, the old flag soldier of Songpanwei, returned home in glory.
Although Zhang Yuanheng is from Baoding, the term "returning to his hometown in splendid clothes" is only suitable for Songpanwei, because no one in Baoding needs him to return to his hometown in splendid clothes to earn face, and no one needs his support.
In the yamen of the Xiaohe Guards Office, Mr. Zhang was sitting at the top, wearing a fur robe and a big hat. He used a porcelain tea cover to collect the floating tea leaves in the tea bowl. He blew lightly, raised his head and said, "Huguang also
The earth dragon turned over, and the heavenly army was defeated again at Daling River?"
Qianhu and Baihu, who used to be bossy in the past, stood nearby to accompany them. Qianhu nodded in agreement and added: "In November, the Liao army in Dengzhou mutinied at Wuqiao. Huang Long, who had the most military exploits in the Battle of Luanzhou the year before last,
The general had his ears and nose chopped off by the rebels."
"Oh."
Zhang Yuanheng's heart remained unmoved and he took a sip of tea: "Don't talk about other people's affairs. I have been building the city wall in Songpan for a year. What are you doing now? I heard that when it comes to plowing, the flag army will
Give it to the Fanqiang head people and go to work with them?"
When Zhang Yuanheng said such a shameful thing, the officers in the yamen couldn't hold their heads up, and they deeply hated this eunuch who had no dick.
Is this fucking happening now? It's been normal since you were building the city wall here. It's just that the old man felt sorry for you and didn't have a dick, so he didn't send you there. Now it's better to wear a eunuch suit.
I came to ask for help.
In fact, the generals were not afraid of Zhang Yuanheng. They were cautious and respectful because they did not want to cause trouble to themselves.
After all, eunuchs have a strong sense of revenge. If you can't avoid it, you can hide. If you can't, it's enough to be disgusted by him and send him away like the god of plague.
Songpanwei does not welcome Zhang Yuanheng.
But for Zhang Yuanheng, Songpanwei is even more like his home than Baoding Mansion.
"I also heard that you didn't dare to go against Fan Qiang, but you sent troops to stop General Zhang from the Marshal's Mansion in Qinghai?"
When this matter was brought up, several generals looked at each other, and finally Qianhu spoke up and asked: "Master Zhang said this, we know it, but what is the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion?"
They have been wondering for several months.
The terrain of Songpan is complex, and there are grasslands to the west to isolate the captives. News further west must be relayed by people from Dong Bu Han and Hu Xuan's Envoy Department.
This Dong Buhan Hu Xuan comfort envoy was the superior comfort envoy from around Songpan to the Jinchuan chieftain. But now it has passed its heyday. In the past, the territory could only protect itself from Baili's invasion, and could not protect its subordinates.
Everyone inside has their own thoughts.
For example, the chieftain of Jinchuan paid tribute to Dong Bu, Lijiang Mutianwang, and Qinghai Marshal's Mansion at the same time.
A few months ago, when Zhang Tianlin was chasing Dunyue Duoji, Li Laoji led his army to approach Songpan Grassland. When the Songpan Guard got the news, they thought it was the border between Dunyue Duoji and Chen Bing, and quickly led their troops to intercept it.
As a result, the two sides took a long look across the swamp, and Zhang Tianlin withdrew, leaving Songpan Wei's army, Monk Zhanger, confused... How could it be the Han army?
After many inquiries, no one could find out the reason. The Fanqiang tribesmen who often passed through the territory did not know the truth. Some people said that King Nangqian destroyed King Baili, and some said that the Mongols from Tumed invaded Malkang.
, and some people say it is the army of the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion.
All kinds of news are spreading wildly in Songpanwei, and no one knows which is true and which is false.
King Nangqian and Tumote should not have Han soldiers. They only know that the Qinghai Xuanwei Envoy is the leader of the rebels, but what is the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion?
No one knows.
"You don't know about the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion, but Liu Chengzong should know about it, right?"
Zhang Yuanheng took off his banner soldier's uniform and put on the eunuch's skin. Now he spoke with a strong voice. He pointed at the foreheads of the generals and said: "Everyone is as afraid of the Qiang people as they are of the tigers, but they dare to stop the general's army."
, should I say you are timid or bold?"
Xiaohe Qianhu couldn't hear this the most, and frowned and said: "Huh, Mr. Zhang was once a banner soldier. Don't you know that if we, the soldiers, are afraid of the Qiang people, it is really because the superiors don't ask students to provoke others. If they go to the banner army,
Personally, who wouldn’t dare to fight against the Fanqiang barbarians?”
"But it doesn't matter if you risk your life to fight a war. You won't get any benefits because of the lack of food and grass externally. You waste the lives of the flag troops internally. In the end, you won't be exempted from the punishment of your superiors."
"As for me and the generals, hehe." Xiaohe Qianhu said: "Does Mr. Zhang think that letting the Qiangmu drive the flag army will make us proud of it, so he is willing to do it?"
"Know."
Zhang Yuanheng chuckled, he knew best what these generals were planning.
To put it bluntly, if the court gives them a reward of thirty taels for each Qiang head, and if the reward is equal to the amount of silver, they can first kill the Qiang to extinction, and then disguise the Han people's heads as Qiang Fan, and then kill them all together. But there is no silver reward, no merit if they lose and lose their lives, and no merit if they win, so they are unwilling to go to war. The so-called facelessness and unwillingness are just nice words to say.
After all, generals have to listen to local officials, but the banner army also listens to these generals. Is it possible that they are so innocent?
The flag army is under orders, so being under orders is not being under orders.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanheng really felt that it would be good to follow Liu Chengzong. Although the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion still doesn't have military pay, the lion soldiers can't give them enough rations. If they want to eat good food, they have to try their best, but at least they won't be angry.
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Zhang Yuanheng said: "I know it's not easy for you. I went home this time to have a look, just to think of a way to make the brothers in Songpanwei live a better life."
The generals looked at each other in confusion. Does Zhang Yuanheng still have such a conscience?
To be fair, Zhang Yuanheng was exiled in Songpan because the young eunuch Zhang in the palace gave him a message. On the other hand, because he was a scholar himself, no one in the generals made it difficult for him.
But Zhang Yuanheng could actually regard Songpanwei as his hometown. This was beyond the imagination of the Songpan officers... They thought, do you Zhang Yuanheng have no family and regard Songpan, where the city wall has been built for two years, as your home?
Zhang Yuanheng really has no family.
Xiaohe Qianhu asked: "I wonder what method Master Zhang said?"
"The imperial court ordered me to go to Xining to supervise the tea horses. The affairs of Xining and the origin of the newly established Qinghai Xuanwei Envoy by the imperial court. All generals must have heard about it. No matter what you say, I have no quarrel with the imperial court."
When Zhang Yuanheng said this, the generals in the yamen looked at each other, wondering what Zhang Zhong meant in Mandarin.
They are all serious hereditary officers. They know very little about Liu Chengzong, but based on their consciousness, who can look down on a group of rebels? It is just a luxury to worship Ming An Bangyan, Huang Taiji and his like.
Zhang Yuanheng saw the subtle expressions on everyone's faces and knew what they were thinking. He simply said: "Okay, Liu Shuai comes from a rough background, but don't think of yourself as a hereditary officer. How about Du Wenhuan, the commander-in-chief of Yulin Town?"
,How about He Huchen, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Town?"
"Thousands of families like you, Liu Shuai killed countless people before he entered Qinghai, and he didn't even leave a name behind. Ask yourselves, hereditary officers, just a hereditary one can't control the enemy and the captives outside, and can't protect the country and the people inside."
What?"
Xiaohe Qianhu's hands hanging down around his waist loosened and clenched, clenched and loosened again.
A general's nose is neither a nose nor a face. If Zhang Yuanheng hadn't been an eunuch of the imperial court, these people would have had many ways to kill him.
There is no such thing as a slap in the face.
Zhang Yuanheng didn't care, and looked at the crowd and said: "The pirates who have been harassing the border for decades, pretending to be lucky and have more than 10,000 captives, are now allowed to run freely under Liu Shuai's command, and have already passed Qamdo and entered Tibet." p>
"The annexation of Nangqian scared the chieftain of Jinchuan, Bai Liton, who was building watchtowers. However, he was completely wiped out in a few months. After all, Liu Shuai is a man from northern Shaanxi. He is currently doing great things in Xifan and only waits for the Han people from the mainland to follow him.
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"Songpan is my home, and it has become like this. Don't you want to be better?"
When all the generals came to their senses, Zhang Yuanheng cursed at first to elicit this sentence. Xiaohe Qianhu sneered: "Master Zhang wants us to surrender to thieves?"
The generals were very happy and were already sharpening their knives in their hearts. They could just use this opportunity to kill Zhang Yuanheng, a nasty guy.
No matter how nice the words are, there is no temptation for hereditary generals to follow suit wherever they go. So can Liu Chengzong give Ming Dynasty better conditions?
"What kind of traitor do you want to surrender to? Across the Songpan grassland, even if you raise a flag to rebel, Liu Shuai won't want you. He even wants to help the imperial court suppress the rebellion."
Zhang Yuanheng didn't say anything in a good mood. For Songpan's geographical location, Liu Chengzong accepted it today and will spit it out tomorrow.
Why is a border a border? There must be a natural barrier blocking it, otherwise it would not be a border.
"There are many fields over there that are waiting to be cultivated. There is no shortage of craftsmen in Songpan. Over there, medicinal materials and other materials can be used to buy farm tools at high prices. You can think about it. General Songpan will take the lead and exchange what is needed between the two parties. Don't you want real money?"<
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The general at Xiaohe Qianhu Station immediately relaxed. You said earlier that you just wanted to smuggle and do some business. Do you need so much preparation for this?
Qianhu asked: "How much does he want?"
"He will take as much as you have." Zhang Yuanheng waved his hand and said: "This matter is not urgent. The Marshal said that a family of Songpanwei and Sichuan people came to take advantage of it and gave them one cow, six sheep, and 200 acres of land.
You all have many families, and there are many remnants of the Guards. Do you have any thoughts about earning land in the past?"
Qianhu shook his head and said: "If the farm tools are profitable, Songpan can provide him with a lot of support. Don't even think about it. Songpan is not short of land. What is the purpose of dragging his family and family to look for land?" p>
Zhang Yuanheng chuckled lightly and said nothing.
Songpan is not short of land, indeed there is no shortage; but Songpan is also short of land, very short of it.
It just depends on who it is for. For these hereditary officers, Songpan certainly has no shortage of land. Not only does it have military land, but also the civilian land occupied by them, all belongs to the officer families.
But for bannermen who are like tenant farmers, there are as many families as there are households without land.
However, Zhang Yuanheng felt that there was no need to elaborate on this matter with the officers.
Anyway, in their eyes, the flag army is just a lazy man who is lazy at work, not good at fighting, and not good at farming.
This was not the task Liu Chengzong gave to Zhang Yuanheng. He just mentioned it casually and said with a smile: "It's okay. If you can make farm tools, just make some farm tools for the Marshal's Mansion. When May comes, send them over. You will be rewarded with some wealth."
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Zhang Yuanheng's subordinates are all in the guard station, and they are talking to the banner army about the Qinghai Marshal's government's policy of granting land. He can foresee that by May to August, when the grassland is better, I am afraid that the Songpan Guards will have a few
The unknown bannermen dragged their families to immigrate to the area under the jurisdiction of the Marshal's Mansion.
He wanted to call all the banner troops to Fandi.
Zhang Yuanheng served as a banner soldier in Songpan Wei for a year and knew what a banner army was like.
The Banner Army is cunning and lazy. They won't work if they can. They are also afraid of war. They eat and wait to die every day. They are the scum of the army. Even if they are given military land to cultivate, they can't cultivate it well. p>
Why?
The officers said that the flag army was lazy and inactive.
You're right! There's nothing wrong with you at all, just lazy and not active.
Of course, the Banner Army is not active. When the fields are harvested, the Emperor's grain is harvested first, half, then the commanding officer, half, Qianhu Ye, another half, and Hundred Household Ye, another half. If they sow too little, the Banner Army will never see their own.
,How can you not be lazy?
Zhang Yuanheng knew that Songpanwei's flag army might not have much ability in fighting due to the lax military discipline. They were all real experts in farming, mining and collecting herbs, and they were the best at fighting among the farmers, and they were the best at cultivating the fields.
The perfect candidate.
As long as Liu Chengzong doesn't allow others to exploit them, they can cultivate as many fields as they want, and they will even fight fiercely to protect their own land.
Scholars always think more than others. After all, a scholar is a subordinate identity, and when a scholar has no other identity to attach to, he is a useless person.
And useless people can't do anything except think.
Zhang Yuanheng also discovered a strange thing in his thinking. Songpanwei was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and these banner troops were excellent representatives of those who failed to achieve success but failed more than failed.
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But if in the hands of Liu Chengzong, the guard base was even moved to the deep mountains and old forests that the Ming Dynasty could not reach... they would become very powerful, and might even regain the strength of the guard flag army in the early Ming Dynasty that conquered the world.<
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He didn't know the reason for this, but he thought it was a good thing.
With the arrival of Zhang Yuanheng, just after the fifth year of Chongzhen, the officers issued orders to the banner army.
Whether it was ordering the flag army to transport iron materials from Pingwu County, Long'an Prefecture, or ordering craftsmen to work hard to build farm tools, the lifeless Songpan Wei radiated great vitality.
Even the officers noticed that the lazy flag soldiers were working hard again.
Under this appearance, Songpan Wei's flag army even included small flag officers and several general flags, and every household had a large vat for drying vinegar cloth.
People were immersed in their work and became more and more silent. Some officers discovered that some lazy flag soldiers began to hone their skills in the morning and night.
Some people polished the rusty waist knives carefully, removed the rotten wooden handles, and wrapped them in circles with twine.
Some people found ancestral arrow clusters, polished them to a crisp, and carefully scraped the arrow shafts with their arrow ends.
But whenever the officers asked, the response was always the flag army's giggles and self-deprecation.
Even the officers couldn't help but smile, what can these flag troops do?
Only at night, under the light of an oil lamp, will the eyes of the flag army shine.
The sack was dumped on the bed, and he counted the grains saved in his rough hands over and over again, carefully dividing them into twenty small bags.
Twenty days of dry food, dry vegetables, dry sauce and vinegar cloth.
They are about to rush out of the grassland. Jin Yiwei's reputation will not lie to others. Marshal Liu, who has done great things, is waiting on the other side of the grassland, waiting for them to go and benefit from it!