Chapter 271
The refugees in the Ming Dynasty are actually very easy to talk to. If you can feed them, give them a little care, and they will sell their lives to you.
Cheng Shijie's principle for the resettlement of these hundreds of thousands of bandits is based on the family as a unit, as much as possible. There have been too many tragedies of separation of flesh and blood, and Cheng Shijie does not want to cause this evil himself. The bandits were a little worried and a little hopeful.
"I heard that Cheng Shuai wants to allocate land to us?"
"What the hell do you want to eat?"
"No points?"
"It's reform through labor. You must explain yourself. Don't try to hide anything you have committed in the past three years. As long as someone reports you, you will be fined ten times as much!"
"When we attacked Fengyang, I chopped off the heads of two officers and soldiers."
"Any more?"
"Yes, I stoned our Fengyang rich man Zhu to death. His son seemed to be some kind of warehouse ambassador!"
Officer Ning Haijun, who was in charge of recording, did not leave a single word on the paper in front of him: "Is there any more?"
"No, I stole two bowls from the imperial mausoleum and sold them for three coins!"
"Has anyone reported it?"
After finding that no one reported it, Ning Haijun, the manager in charge of recording, finally wrote: "Zhang Hesheng, male, 43 years old, a thief, four months, one year of labor camp!"
After writing the household registration, the person in charge said to Zhang Hesheng: "When you arrive in the military camp area, you need to be reformed through labor for one year. Within one year, you have to work hard and only care about food. You will have enough to eat, but there will be no wages!"
"Didn't you say you would allocate land to us?"
"As a military camp, you still need to farm for three years. During these three years, 70% of the harvest each year must be handed over. At the end of the three years, the military fields you are responsible for planting will automatically be converted into civilian fields. The civilian fields will need to be paid 100%. If you don’t sell the food and eat it yourself, you don’t have to pay tax!”
Zhang Hesheng seemed to understand a little: "What do you mean, sir, I have to work for four years starting from this year and then I will be assigned a land?"
"That's right, you can also understand it this way. Within these four years, your wife and children, whether boys or girls, will be divided into land. Each of them will have sixty acres. The land will be divided after they are born. Even if they are less than a month old, the land will be divided!"
"Thank you, Mr. Qingtian!"
For Zhang Hesheng, four years is not a long time. Unfortunately, his three sons and five grandchildren have died, leaving him alone in the family. But he is only forty-three years old and can still have children.
"Next!"
"Name!"
"Wang Dazhuang!"
"age?"
"Twenty-five!"
"Place of origin?"
"Yaozhou Tile Bridge in Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province!"
"How many years have you been a thief?"
"Three years!"
"How many crimes have you committed?"
"I have never killed anyone. I am a chef. They arrested me three years ago. Because I know how to cook, I have been cooking with them."
"Nonsense, I want to report it!"
"explain!"
"Wang Dazhuang is the brother-in-law of Head He Da. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, he killed several people in Xingyang, Henan, and one of them was his younger brother..."
"Is there any evidence?"
"I can prove it too!"
Ning Haijun, the staff member in charge of recording, wrote: "Wang Dazhuang committed a heinous crime. He tried to conceal it. He will be punished with the ultimate punishment of twenty-five years of hard labor!"
"Next!"
"One year of hard labor!"
"I am innocent of coercion and have to work in the fields for three years!"
Cheng Shijie discovered that Han was actually a talented person. When she was responsible for counting the household registrations of the refugees, she selected thousands of people who could read and write from the refugees. When interrogating the refugees, she conducted repeated checks to avoid misjudgments.
Of course, misjudgments are inevitable. After all, some people only have a single witness and no evidence at all. In this case, she made a judgment based on household registration and the time she joined the bandits.
If you are originally from Shaanxi and have been a bandit for more than three years, you will basically have a life on your hands, otherwise it would be impossible to survive until now, especially because the elimination rate of bandits is too high.
More than 80% of people will not survive more than three months.
Although Cheng Shijie was a woman, Cheng Shijie did not hold any grudge against Han like other officials of the Ming Dynasty. As long as he had the ability, regardless of whether he had fame or not, Cheng Shijie would dare to use any man or woman.
Han also sighed: "Commander, don't you choose some of these people to serve as the army?"
"Choose five thousand people from among them!"
Cheng Shijie said: "These five thousand troops are responsible for managing these immigrants. How about you command them?"
"How can a slave be so virtuous!"
"Old General Qin also led his troops to battle, and was invincible!"
"I heard from the commander-in-chief that there are a lot of wastelands in Luzon. I'm afraid these hundreds of thousands of people are enough. How about we enslave some old thieves to kidnap some people and get hundreds of thousands more? It's not a big problem!"
In front of Cheng Shijie, Han immediately showed that the butt determines the head.
Cheng Shijie stared at Mr. Han and smiled faintly: "Don't be too greedy. This kind of thing cannot be done in one step. First settle these hundreds of thousands of people, give them fields and work, and wait until these hundreds of thousands of people are here Once Luzon has taken root, you will have the ability to relocate hundreds of thousands of people. You can select more of them who are skilled in craftsmanship, which will make it much more convenient."
"Thank you, Marshal!"
Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "The biggest problem facing the Ming Dynasty right now is not bandits or natural disasters, but man-made disasters. In the next period of time, the climate in most parts of the Ming Dynasty will become colder year by year. It is getting drier every year, and this situation will continue for more than ten years. This kind of cold and drought will directly lead to a reduction in food production or even loss of harvests, triggering widespread famine. I don’t know if the Ming Dynasty can survive it."
The real reason why Cheng Shijie did not resettle immigrants in Liaodong was that rare weather also occurred in Liaodong. It was already the end of March, and it was still snowing in Liaodong, making it impossible to start spring plowing.
If there is no spring plowing now, the autumn harvest will definitely be postponed. With the weather in Liaodong, autumn will definitely come early. Whether it is corn, sweet potatoes, or potatoes, it is inevitable to suffer a reduction in production.
The Little Glacier weather had a great impact on the Ming Dynasty, and Cheng Shijie now has no ability to fight against natural disasters. He can only move immigrants to Dayuan, Luzon, and develop Dayuan into a grain production base in Luzon, while Liaodong is only used as a pure industrial base.
Cheng Shijie said: "The rogue bandits are like a swarm of locusts, scurrying around, laying waste to the whole place, and growing like a snowball. Wherever they go, famous cities are burned, the old and the weak are slaughtered, the young and the strong are swept away, and the entire Ming Dynasty is wiped out. The productivity has been completely destroyed. If they cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, I am afraid that Ming Dynasty will eventually die in their hands!"
"Then why don't you..."
Sometimes Cheng Shijie would indulge these bandits and massacre all the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, because these gentry were more annoying than the bandits. Just like this time, if they cooperated with Cheng Shijie and provided food to Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie would not have to live in Heshun Village. With more than 3,000 soldiers left behind, he could pursue Zhang Xianzhong with all his strength.
But the problem is that these gentry have food, but neither sell it nor give it away. They guard Cheng Shijie more closely than they guard against bandits.
Faced with these people who were holding back, Cheng Shijie had to sigh, if you really want to save the country and do something for the people, you cannot be blindly loyal to the emperor himself. Doing so will only arouse the suspicion of civil and military officials. With jealousy, nothing can be accomplished in the end, and even death may occur!
You have to rebel against the court at the appropriate time, or even be tough, to let them know that you are not a puppet at their mercy! Only by making them worry about the strength in your hands and not dare to dictate to you at will can you be free to do what you want to do!
Cheng Shijie looked at the guards beside him and said: "Order the troops to set off, let's go towards Huangzhou Mansion!"
"yes!"
Although Huangzhou Mansion is only more than 200 miles away from Macheng, it can take at most two days for Ning Haijun's infantry to arrive. However, the problem is that these rogue captives are in poor health. Even if they walk more than 30 miles a day, they will suffer from injuries. Many people can’t keep up.
When a heavy rain fell, Ning Haijun and hundreds of thousands of bandit prisoners, no, it should be said to be immigrants from Luzon, went on the road in the light rain, supporting each other towards the unknown front.
Although Ning Haijun had tried his best to provide care for them, from time to time there were still those who were too weak or injured in the battle and died on the roadside.
Ning Haijun's officer angrily scolded the soldiers, asking them to be more careful. These are humans. People whose parents pissed and pooped until they were big, not wild dogs!
The refugees spoke to the soldiers who had been trained like grandchildren, saying that it was their fate to die on the road and that they could not blame these young men. They could just dig a hole and bury them.
Cheng Shijie rode a tall horse and followed the endless procession, looking at the new tombs on the roadside with a look of compassion.
If he hadn't annihilated the main force of the rogue bandits in one battle, these hundreds of thousands of refugees would have been dragged into the state and into the mansion. In the end, they would either die in battle or die of cold and starvation on the way, becoming a delicious meal for wild beasts. In the end, they would have How many people will survive is really unknown!
Suddenly, there was a small commotion in the peaceful queue. The white-haired old man sat down on the rocks on the side of the road and banged his legs with his hands: "Oh, my mother, I'm too tired to walk anymore. Let me die here!"
"Mom, if you don't leave, I won't leave! I will die here with you." The old man's son and daughter-in-law knelt down. The son was also in his thirties and had two children. The family held their heads and cried. A ball.
The people around shook their heads, and a kind person said: "You guys can be a slide pole and lift me up and go."
The old woman shook her head: "It's hard to walk on this mountain road empty-handed. How can I lift my old bones? Son, our Guo family is a single generation of three generations. You can't let the old Guo family lose its incense. You go, you go! If you don't go, , the old woman will die in front of you!"
Everyone sighed, and those who wanted to help were helpless: Who could carry someone on the more than 200-mile mountain road from here to Huangzhou?
As long as you fall behind, you will definitely die!
At this moment, Cheng Shijie came over to ask questions on a tall white horse, accompanied by Han's wife in a white robe, but Han was riding a maroon horse.
When the refugees saw Cheng Shijie dressed in luxurious clothes and stepping out of the BMW Divine Horse, they knew he was a high official. They all told the situation honestly.
"That's right." Cheng Shijie got off his horse and handed the reins to the old woman's son. "Help your mother get on the horse and lead her carefully."
The man hesitated. Don't dare to pick it up.
"Here, help the old man mount quickly!"
The man thrust the reins into his hands. Shi Shiran walked to the front.
All the refugees kowtowed to Cheng Shijie: "You are a good man. You will live a long life. You and your wife will have hundreds of children and grandchildren, and you will live a long and healthy life!"
Han's face turned red and she hurriedly explained: "The slave is not the wife!"
But these refugees didn't care about Han's explanation.
Cheng Shijie didn't care. He actually knew very well that this Han was a very scheming woman. If it weren't for the Shaanxi accent of these refugees who were making noises, Cheng Shijie would have believed that this was an accident.
Obviously, the Han family is taking advantage of Cheng Shijie's influence.
Cheng Shijie is not afraid that he will use this method to take advantage of the situation. After all, as a woman, if she wants to become the leader of a party, she must be a man, or countless men.
Han was very smart. When she saw Cheng Shijie staring at her with a half-smile, she knew that Cheng Shijie had noticed his little move.
In this embarrassing situation, there were waves of horse hooves coming from behind.
"Commander, please forgive me!"
Zhao Wencai knelt in front of Cheng Shijie and said: "I have been chasing him for three days, but Zhang Xianzhong, that dog thief, can run faster than a rabbit!"
As the saying goes, it is said without intention, but it sounds intentional.
Zhang Dingguo, no, Li Dingguo, in the crowd, felt relieved when he heard this.
He saw that there were not many guards around Cheng Shijie. If he attacked Cheng Shijie, as long as Cheng Shijie died, Ning Haijun would be in chaos. When the time came, he would raise his arms and these hundreds of thousands of troops would become his adoptive father's.
Thinking of this, Li Dingguo took advantage of his young age and pretended to fall to the ground.
Cheng Shijie did not see this scene. He looked at Zhao Wencai and said, "Just run away. Zhang Xianzhong is destined to be lucky!"
The fact is that both Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are somewhat capable of Liu Da'er. When they see that the momentum is not right, they will immediately run away.
Just like in the battle of Heshun, Zhang Xianzhong, with tens of thousands of troops, only suffered casualties of less than 7,000 or 8,000, less than 1%, and fled immediately.
Just when Li Dingguo fell to the ground, he pursed his lips and started crying. His tattered pants revealed his bloody knees.
A Ning Navy medical soldier came forward. She was a female soldier. The female soldier helped Li Dingguo bandage his wounds, but Li Dingguo took the opportunity to steal the female soldier's dagger.
Li Dingguo had a knife in his hand, but he rushed towards Cheng Shijie like a leopard.
"Commander, be careful!"
Han quickly stood in front of Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie's bodyguards acted instantly and blocked Cheng Shijie's surroundings with their bodies.
Several guards pointed at Li Dingguo at the same time, and were about to kill Li Dingguo with a knife. Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo actually knocked down four guards in an instant, and snatched a Tang Hengdao from one of the guards.
With a knife in his hand, Li Dingguo seemed like a lion wandering among the sheep. As long as he attacked, Cheng Shijie's guards would fall.
In just one stick of incense, six or seven of Cheng Shijie's guards fell. However, Cheng Shijie had many guards. Even if Lu Bu was alive, he would still be exhausted and die.
Cheng Shijie looked at Li Dingguo, who was moving up and down on the battlefield, his sword flying like the wind, and asked, "Who is this person? Doesn't anyone know?"
Han was slightly startled and said, "I know that he is Zhang Dingguo, the second son of Zhang Xianzhong!"
"Zhang Dingguo, isn't that Li Dingguo!"
Seeing Li Dingguo becoming more and more courageous, the guards who were anxious to capture Li Dingguo took out their revolvers and pointed a dozen revolvers at Li Dingguo. Unless he was like Neo from The Matrix, he would only die.
Cheng Shijie said with some wickedness: "Whoever can capture him alive will be promoted to the third level if he can capture Li Dingguo alive!"
The guards held fishing nets and prepared to catch Li Dingguo in one net.
However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.
"Dingguo, stop!"
Li Dingguo took a look and saw that this was Sun Kewang.
Sun Ke looked at Li Dingguo and said: "Dingguo, those who know the current affairs are heroes. Our foster father was defeated, and we did our best. Cheng Shuai is the most powerful general in the Ming Dynasty. We surrender to him, there is no shame in it!"
Li Dingguo was a little angry.
Sun Kewang walked towards Li Dingguo: "Dingguo, listen to me..."
Li Dingguo slowly lowered his guard. Sun Kewang came within three steps of Li Dingguo. He suddenly stood up and kicked Li Dingguo on the chin.
Sun Kewang kicked Li Dingguo hard on the chin. The sound of teeth clashing could be heard clearly, and a mouthful of blood and two broken teeth burst out.
In fact, after fighting for so long, Li Dingguo was at the end of his strength. With this kick, Li Dingguo was directly kicked away, fell straight down, and passed out.
Sun Kewang turned around and knelt down to Cheng Shijie: "Sun Kewang, pay homage to Cheng Shuai. I am humbled by Li Dingguo, and I am here to revive you!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Sun Kewang, feeling as if he had swallowed a fly. He did not expect that Sun Kewang was not dead.
This is because Zhang Xianzhong ran too fast. The battlefield was very chaotic at that time, and the Ning Navy only had 6,000 troops, less than one-twentieth of Zhang Xianzhong's troops.
Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang were not dead at the time. They took off their armor and mingled with the crowd.
Zhang Xianzhong's old camp men all ran away, and most of their own men died on the battlefield, but no one knew them. If Han was not the sworn brother-in-law of Sun Kewang's general He Jiuyi, she would not have known Li Dingguo.
Cheng Shijie disliked Sun Kewang very much.
But the problem is, he has already said it. Whoever defeats Li Dingguo will be promoted to the third level. Cheng Shijie cannot slap himself, so he can only say helplessly: "Sun Kewang, you did a good job. I can do what happened in the past." If I don’t pursue it, you are not one of my Ning Haijun people, and I can’t promote you to the rank..."
"Shuai Cheng, I hold a humble position and am willing to serve as a pawn for the Marshal, through fire and water!"
Cheng Shijie smiled lightly: "You must also know that our training at Ning Haijun is very hard!"
"Don't be afraid of hardship in a humble position!"
"Very good!"
Cheng Shijie said: "You are by my side as the commander-in-chief of the left bodyguard!"
"Thank you, Marshal!"
Sun Kewang is also a climber. He said with a serious face: "Cheng Shuai, Ke Wang's parents died when he was young, but seeing Cheng Shuai is like seeing his biological father. The child Ke Wang, meeting his adoptive father, also looks forward to his adoptive father." Accomplished!"
"Nima!"
Cheng Shijie thought to himself: "I don't dare to be your adoptive father!"
PS: Everyone, I will update 5,000 words on the company team building trip tomorrow.
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