Hu Mei was originally a subordinate of Chen Youliang and served as the prime minister of Jiangxi Province, guarding Longxing. Lao Zhu captured Jiangzhou and sent people to recruit Hu Mei to surrender.
Hu Mei is willing to surrender, but the condition is that his soldiers still belong to him and will not be disbanded or divided.
The reason is that these people have been with him for many years and are just like his brothers. He didn't want to be separated from them.
Lao Zhu originally refused.
Because in this case, these soldiers are only loyal to Hu Mei and do not obey the orders of the imperial court. How can they still play?
And it sets a precedent. Anyone who surrenders will do this in the future. Doesn’t that mean digging holes for yourself everywhere? !
Then Liu Bowen decided on the strategy of using the city to trap the general.
Lao Zhu reluctantly agreed and transferred Hu Mei from Longxing to Changsha.
Hu Mei knew it herself, so she sent her daughter to the palace to be Lao Zhu's concubine, and as a hostage to make Lao Zhu feel at ease.
If Hu Mei dares to move, the first unlucky person will be Concubine Hu Shun.
This is also the reason why Lao Zhu doesn't care much about Concubine Hu Shun, but he won't be too dismissive.
This is also the reason why Concubine Hu Shun is extremely low-key and careful.
In fact, the situation and status of Concubine Hu Shun and Wang Xiaoyue are very similar.
Therefore, without the emperor's will, Hu Mei cannot leave Changsha for even half a step.
Even when he picked up Zhu Bai last time, it was Lao Zhu who sent someone to deliver the imperial edict in advance so that Hu Mei could take action.
Kang Duo understood immediately, and all the scruples in his heart were swept away. He quickly stood up and handed over his hands: "I understand. Thank you, Mr. Hu, for your advice."
Hu Mei said: "The King of Xiang asked me to hand over a letter to you and ask you to open this letter if you are still unable to quell the rebellion."
Kang Duo hurriedly took the letter: "Thank you very much."
Hu Mei said: "Fight well. Don't embarrass Master Kang."
Kang Duo's eyes turned red and he bowed deeply: "Yes. This junior will fight to the death to live up to his expectations."
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Kang Duo picked up military rations from the Changsha Second-level Official Tooth Bureau and went straight to Chenzhou without stopping.
Chenzhou guard Yang Zhongmin went out of the city to greet him personally.
Yang Zhongmin sighed: "Ah, Mr. Kang, you are here. We have endured so hard."
Kang Duo: "Master Yang, don't panic. First call the generals of Chenzhou for a meeting and tell me about the situation."
Chenzhou is a mixture of Han and ethnic minorities. The ethnic minority people refused to obey the control of the Han court and were unwilling to pay taxes. Lao Zhu did not like to reason, so he called these ethnic minorities "barbarians."
The officials under their command also beat them if they refused to accept the management methods of ethnic minorities. Once they were convinced, they would collect more taxes.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been many rebellions in Chenzhou.
In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, Chenzhou and Lizhou rebelled. Lao Zhu appointed Deng Yu as the general to conquer the south and lead the army to conquer the south. Deng Yu led Yang Jing and Huang Bin's troops out of Lizhou, captured Forty-Eight Cave, captured and executed the rebels in Fangzhou, and quelled the rebellion.
Small rebellions have continued ever since, for much the same reasons.
This can be seen from the fact that Zhu Bai did not set up a third-level official bureau here.
Because there is no business to do, it will put one's subordinates and industry in danger. It is not cost-effective to invest more, risk more, and gain less.
This rebellion was started by a Miao named Wu Mian. The rebels had a large number of people, and both Dong and Miao people from Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi participated.
The rebels set out from Shanghuang, successively captured various villages in Wukaidong, occupied Liping, defeated the Jingzhou garrison, and killed the Jingzhou garrison commander Guo Xing and his son.
After Guoxing died in battle, the imperial court ordered Chenzhou Guards to command Yang Zhongming to suppress it, but with little success.
Now the two sides are in a stalemate, each has its own victory or defeat, but neither has a clear advantage.
This time Lao Zhu asked Kang Duo to lead 50,000 elite troops to pacify a small Chenzhou. He also spent a lot of money, hoping to solve this problem that has been plaguing the western Hunan region for many years at once.
Kang Duo checked the status of guards and weapons in Chenzhou, and originally thought that the rebellion could not be quelled for a long time because the weapons were backward and the soldiers were weak.
But after checking, I found that was not the case at all.
The 5,600 guards in Chenzhou are all real guards. The equipped bows, arrows and broadswords are also standard equipment for Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers.
According to the customization of the Ming Dynasty Guards, the Jingzhou Guards should also have 5,600 people.
How could he not be able to defeat a few barbarians?
He was also very confused. After careful consideration, he asked: "Master Yang. How many rebels are there in total?"
Yang Zhongmin sighed: "Master Kang doesn't know something. These rebels have gathered at least 30,000 people, and the barbarians are brave and good at fighting. They are good at climbing and using poisonous arrows, spears, choppers, traps and traps. The mountains of Chenzhou are densely forested, full of mosquitoes and wild animals. The rebels are familiar with it. The terrain adapts to the climate. When we gathered and prepared for a big fight, these rebels scattered and hid in the mountains and forests, and no one could be found. If we go deep into the mountains and forests, the advantage of many people will be useless, and we will easily fall into traps and ambushes were defeated one by one. When we were exhausted and retreated, they came out to attack and pursue us. Besides, there is plenty of food in the mountains and forests, so food shortages, fire attacks, and sieges are all of no use."
Thirty thousand...
They attacked Jingzhou together and were very good at climbing walls and trees.
No wonder the Jingzhou Guards was defeated miserably, and even the general was killed...
Kang Duo pondered: "In this case, a reckless attack will not work."
He only has this one chance, he can't fail, he must be careful.
But if the delay continues, military rations will also be a problem.
Kang Duo said: "Everyone is tired from our long journey today. Let's set up camp and rest for a day before making any further plans."
He returned to his tent and took out the letter from his arms. He hesitated for a long time but did not open it.
You can’t rely on others as soon as you arrive.
Besides, what Zhu Bai meant was, don't open it unless you are at the end of your rope.
Then fight first and then talk.
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Last year, more than 100 acres of Zhubai's land was planted with rice to raise ducks and fish. As a result, the rice harvest was bumper, the ducks were fat, and the fish were delicious.
Lao Zhu had also farmed before, but he didn't expect Zhu Bai to be able to do such tricks.
Now he figured out why the ducks only ate weeds and not rice. It was because the seedlings were rougher and less tasty than the weeds. Besides, there are all kinds of insects in the rice fields. Isn’t that more fragrant than the rice seedlings?
The ducks then eat the weeds and their droppings fertilize the rice. When the fish are small, the water in the rice fields happens to be relatively deep. The duck couldn't catch the fish and was too lazy to bother.
When the fish gets bigger, the ducks can no longer eat it.
This kid really used everything.
The key is how he, a young prince who grew up in the palace, knew this.
Seeing that spring has begun and the planting season has come again, Lao Zhu asked Zhu Bai: "Nizi, do you plan to plant rice, raise fish and raise ducks this year?"
Zhu Bai smiled and said, "Yes. This year, I asked people to plant soybeans or mulberry trees on rice field stalks, raise silkworms, and use silkworm excrement as fertilizer to feed fish. Silk can also be used to weave cloth. How wonderful."
This is called a mulberry fish pond, with three-dimensional planting.
Although I can't make much money, I mainly just have fun and relieve my boredom.
Lao Zhu thought for a while: "That's good. Let's ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to promote it in Yingtianfu, Jiangnan, and Huguang."
There was a burst of praise and exclamation from the people.
As a result, the governor impeached Zhu Bai in the morning.
