Fifty thousand prisoners and thousands of officers were singled out and almost all killed.
Their crimes were extremely heinous and they deserved to die. They could just be killed. No one was innocent.
And without a leader, the prisoners seemed to have been beaten to the bone and were left to their own devices.
Ten thousand hectares of land is one million acres, with an average of twenty acres per person, cultivated cooperatively.
If it is as expected, by the summer harvest, it will at least be able to contribute one million shi of food to the Qin army.
The cost of supplying food and farm tools is extremely low, making it almost a pure profit.
Hearing this plan, General Xiao Zhu was filled with emotion:
"Today I finally know why Emperor Taizu favors military camps so much."
If it is cultivated by private households and tax collected by the Yamen, 30% of the income is already burning incense.
Thinking about this, he became even more grateful to Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.
Without them, how could there be so much vacant land in the entire Huguang area?
Assuming that in Jiangnan, military settlements are a joke.
However, the gentry expressed their dissatisfaction with the rude use of a large amount of land as official land and hoped that the rain and dew would be shared equally.
Zhu Yixi directly rejected it, "It's not your land, why should I give it to you?"
Immediately, he issued an order to return the fields:
"As long as the original owner returns within one year, the original land and house will be returned; within two years, it will be reduced by half; within three years, it will be half."
This is done to attract the lost population to come back and settle and create taxes.
There are hundreds of thousands of people fleeing in the mountains, forests, and other places, or even being hidden as tenants.
Bringing these people into the government will have immeasurable benefits in restoring Huguang's productivity.
For Zhu Yixi and the Military Affairs Department, there are currently too many fields and too few people. They wish that the more people the better, so that enough troops and taxes can be generated.
However, the proposal to return the land was not smooth sailing. The most troublesome thing was that it was the feudal lord.
"General Soldier, we are reporting from various places that many people who cultivate the vassal fields want to take back their land with covenants in hand."
Yan Chongxin looked at the young commander-in-chief with emotion in his heart, and said cautiously.
"These people don't have land deeds. The county government wanted to get rid of them, but because there were so many people, the officials thought they had to be cautious."
"What do you think, Mr. Zhao?"
Zhu Yixi turned around and asked Zhao Shu.
"Reporting back to the commander, the situation is very complicated."
Zhao Shu thought for a while and began to elaborate.
According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to having a clan title, the vassal king also had customized "vassal fields".
The so-called "vassal land" can be understood as the food towns of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
For example, if King Fu was given 20,000 hectares of vassal land when he became a feudal lord, it actually meant that the local government would no longer hand over the taxes on the 20,000 hectares, but directly to King Fu.
After all, you can think about it with your head. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, land annexation was fierce. How could the imperial court have so many fields?
As a result, the local government embezzled the revenue from the domain and gave them only 10%.
Therefore, the feudal princes could only annex the land themselves, donate a large number of farmers, and pay rent to avoid taxes.
In this way, it also created a situation in which the land of the vassal kings was crisscrossed by borders in the late Ming Dynasty.
In fact, during the two hundred years of the Chu vassalage, the land that belonged to them was only 200,000 acres, and the rest was donated.
The land belonged to the feudal lord, but most of the land was actually controlled by farmers, who had permanent tenant rights.
By this time, the Chu vassal was extinct and taking back the vassal fields was equivalent to taking back other people's land.
"This is forcing people to die!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yixi shook his head and said, "You can't do such a thing."
However, if he is reluctant to spit out these lands, there is no problem in name.
Zhao Shu also fell into thinking.
"The subordinates thought that after the summer harvest, they could be allowed to leave the land after they paid their rent."
Yan Chongxin said cautiously.
"What happens after that?"
"We can allocate an additional 50% to him from other lands."
Yan Chongxin said hurriedly: "It is hard to find ripe farmland, and there are too many semi-barren lands. As a result, there will be many more households."
"It's okay to be registered as a civilian household."
Zhu Yixi chuckled and said, "That's a good idea. It seems that there are still many talents in the Military and Political Department."
Zhao Shu smiled without saying anything.
Yan Chongxin was overjoyed.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, he slowly retreated knowingly.
Zhu Yixi said in a deep voice: "I intend to send troops to Jingzhou, and I also want to go north to Nanyang. What do you think, sir? Which one is more urgent or slower?"
After hearing this question, Zhao Shu pursed his lips and closed his eyes, thinking about it.
Zhu Yixi waited patiently.
After a long time, Zhao Shu opened his eyes and said with bright eyes: "Go to Nanyang first, and then attack Jingzhou."
"Why?"
Zhu Yixi half stood up, approached and asked.
Zhao Shu slowly said: "Zhang Xianzhong was stubborn and devoted himself to entering Sichuan. Now most of his body has entered, and the remaining tail is not a worry."
"When we arrived in Bashu, there were Qin Liangyu and other Sichuan generals in front of us, and we intercepted them in the back. They were already in a dead end."
“But Nanyang is different!”
Zhao Shu's voice suddenly rose: "Look at the map."
As he spoke, the crude map was spread out, and Nanyang came into view.
"There are Funiu Mountain in the north, Wudang Mountain in the west, and Tongbai Mountain in the east. Only the gap in the northeast is relatively flat with undulating hills, so it is named Fangcheng Summer Road."
"As long as we defend this place and build a strong city, we will be able to defend ourselves from the enemy."
"The north is Fangcheng, the south is Xiangyang, guard the entire Nanyang."
Zhu Yixi looked at the map and murmured: "Fangcheng Xia Road?"
This name is unfamiliar.
"This gap is hundreds of miles long and has several mountain passes. As long as more forts are built, the intruders can be restrained from going south."
"Understood."
Zhu Yixi nodded, looked at the northeast corner of the map, and whispered softly: "Fortress, it's not enough, it's far from enough. The Manchus have red cannons."
"It has to be a bastion to form effective resistance and give the Manchus more experience."
For a moment, he actually laughed to himself and smiled proudly.
…
The south was discussing the throne, but the north gathered at Shanhaiguan.
However, it was said that Wu Sangui led his army back to Shanhaiguan, which represented the breakdown of negotiations, and defeated Tang Tong with a backhand and regained Shanhaiguan.
Helpless, Tang Tong could only evacuate near a stone and wait for reinforcements.
Li Zicheng was furious and took the prince, Wu Xiang and others with him to attack with 200,000 men.
Wu Sangui suddenly became panicked.
He has only 50,000 troops and horses, and lack of food and grass, making the pass unsafe.
Therefore, he hurriedly sent his men to seek help outside the customs.
In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they had already learned the specific news not long after Li Zicheng entered Beijing.
It is clear how he took in concubines, tortured hundreds of officials, and even hung his corpse in Chongzhen.
In particular, the generals headed by Liu Zongmin even ordered their war horses and chariots to rush towards Xi'an loaded with gold, silver and jewelry.
Anyone with a little knowledge will understand that this is not what an orthodox dynasty should do.
Fan Wencheng, who was recuperating in Tangquan, Gaizhou, hurriedly went to Shengjing to discuss decisions.
Fan Wencheng pointed out: "Thieves who invade the Central Plains will be devastated and their queen will be killed. This is a thief who must be punished.
Although he has millions of people and runs rampant without fear, there are three ways of defeating him: forcing his master to death, which makes God angry; punishing and humiliating the gentry and robbing their property, making the officials angry; plundering people's money, promiscuous women, and setting fire to people's houses. The people hate it. Prepare for these three defeats, act with pride, and defeat them in one battle. "
He also strongly advocated and said: "The whole country is united, the soldiers are selected and trained, the crimes are punished, the soldiers are provoked, the people are saved, and the soldiers are mobilized with righteousness, what can be done?"
Then, Dorgon was determined, waved his hand and said: "Everyone in the country who is under seventy and over ten years old will join the army."
After Fan Wencheng submitted the letter, it was the fifth day, the ninth day of April.
Dorgon led more than 100,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, and led the princes and generals of the Eight Banners such as Duduo, King of Yujun, Azige, King of Yingjun, and the "Three Shun King" Kong Youde and other generals to leave Shen and march into the pass.
