Fengdu.
This small town, famous for its ghosts, has completely become the military depot base of the Ming Army from Eastern Sichuan entering Sichuan via the East Road. The entire Kuizhou Prefecture, Shizhou Guards, and even Jingzhou Prefecture and Hanzhong Prefecture have food and supplies, as well as various kinds of food and supplies. All the weapons and armor that can be equipped with the rural warriors' training are being transferred here. Eight brigade-level detachments between divisions and regiments had long been dispatched and began to clean up the entire territory of Kuizhou Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture, and the eastern prefectures and counties of Shunqing Prefecture.
Wushan, Dachang, Daning, Fengjie (Qutang), Jianshi, Yunyang, Kaixian, Wanzhou, Taiping, Dazhou, Dongxiang, Xinning, Liangshan, Dazhu, Linshui, Dianjiang, Zhongzhou, Shizhu, Fuzhou, Wulong , Pengshui, Youyang, Nanchuan... the people of more than twenty states and counties, etc., in just over a month, they all waited for Master Wang, who they were eager to see through.
This time the Master Wang seems to be the real Master Master, and the people of Sichuan who have been waiting for more than ten years are not disappointed at all. Where Master Wang came, he did not commit any crime. He was completely different from Master Wang who used to fight and rob wherever he went. Of course, the few pieces of linen from the farmers' homes in Sichuan were worthless to the new Master Wang. ah! What's there to grab?
In addition to Qiu Wuzuo, the newly arrived Master Wang also met the Sichuan people's needs for exams and land to the greatest extent! Wherever the King's Division fought, the imperial examinations were held - now the King's Division was educated, and the young soldiers in the Guards at least had the education level of graduating from a new primary school. The officers are all from the Jiangwu Hall, and many of them have also served as instructors in the Jiangwu Hall (the instructors in the Jiangwu Hall are not full-time, but are taken in turns by the elite among the officers), and they know how to organize exams.
Therefore, there is no need for the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites to send people down, they can handle the imperial examination themselves! As for what to do next, Ma Wanchun's experience in Shizhu can be generalized - Zhu Cixi asked the imperial palace and the Eastern Sichuan Festival Department to issue a document instructing states and counties to clear households and equalize land, form regiments, and eliminate the remnants of bandits after the imperial examination. All kinds of work...because there are ready-made work instructions, a group of highly motivated officials, and the emperor himself is sitting in Fengdu, what else can't be done?
In just one or two months, the hearts and minds of more than 20 prefectures and counties in eastern Sichuan were all deceived by Emperor Zhu - of course he was deceived! After all, Zhu Cixiang was a semi-feudal and semi-capitalist emperor. He could not truly represent the farmers of Sichuan, and it was impossible for his regime to maintain long-term efficiency. For example, controlling the trade routes into Sichuan may be okay if it lasts for a few months to a year. If you want to control it for five or ten years, it is impossible...
What Emperor Zhu couldn't do was not only control business, but also suppress industry and commerce!
The Dashun Dynasty did a good job in suppressing industry and commerce, and it also brought tangible benefits to the people of Sichuan. The people of Sichuan may seem poor, but their population growth rate in the past 20 years has been higher than that of the Ming Dynasty in the southeast. From eight provinces! Considering that Sichuan's per capita arable land is similar to the average of the eight southeastern provinces, we know that the Dashun Dynasty's suppression of industry and commerce was actually good for Sichuan people.
Because the development of industry and commerce will make people's wealth more and more concentrated, causing the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer. Therefore, not only the feudal dynasties in ancient China had policies to suppress business, but most feudal dynasties around the world suppressed industry and commerce to some extent.
In fact, Zhu Cixiang's dynasty also suppressed industry and commerce. For example, using the Northern Army to suppress Nanshi was a policy to suppress industry and commerce.
But Zhu Cixiang's policy of suppressing business only went so far... because he could not realize the feudalization of the army. His new army was formed in the highly commercialized areas of Yingtianfu and Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces. From the day of its birth, it has been difficult to develop in the direction of feudal land soldiers.
Therefore, Zhu Cixi could only settle for the next best thing and use the central military aristocracy to control elite recruitment. Such an army was very expensive, so Zhu Cixi could only suppress the political power of the southern industrial and commercial landlords while promoting various policies to promote industrial and commercial development in the territory...
With such a foundation, it is impossible to implement the policy of suppressing industry and commerce in Sichuan for a long time - to suppress industry and commerce for a long time, there must be a feudal military class, such as the Fu Bing of Dashun, the military household soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners Soldiers. And if we want to establish a feudal military class in Sichuan, it will take away the land of the Sichuan people, just like the Fubing households in Dashun!
Without such a feudal military class rooted in the countryside to constantly suppress industry and commerce and maintain the feudal order in the countryside, after the completion of the land equalization work in Dongchuan, Dongchuan's rural economy has actually completed the transformation to marketization.
All Dongchuan farmers have become market-oriented operators... In a sense, they are all businessmen!
Therefore, marketization is actually the biggest mercantilist policy!
And market-oriented management will inevitably cause the bankruptcy of some farmers and land annexation! Therefore, sooner or later, the poor farmers in Sichuan will have to be like the poor farmers in the southeast. They will leave the countryside in large numbers and enter the cities. They will even be forced to cross the ocean to make a living in the New World... What a miserable world!
However, in the winter of the 20th year of the Hongxing reign of the Ming Dynasty, the farmers in eastern Sichuan did not know the fate they were about to face, so they were immersed in the joy of being assigned land and meeting the Ming Lord.
With their support, the Ming army that entered Dongchuan was already showing signs of being invincible. When the soldiers arrived, Dashun's defenders could only flee.
By November of the 20th year of Hongxing, except for Chongqing Fucheng, Luzhou City, Hezhou City, and Nanchong City (Shunqing Fucheng), there were no cities heavily guarded by Dashun Dynasty in the entire Dongchuan area. Even though there is still a big banner with the word "Chuang" on the top of the city, there are not many soldiers stationed in the city, and they have all packed their bags early and are ready to leave at any time...
And Chongqing Fucheng, the foundation of the Dashun Dynasty in Sichuan, is now exposed to the blade of the Ming army!
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Zhu Cixiang stood at the head of Fengdu City on the bank of the Yangtze River, looking at the river filled with wooden boats and countless people coming and going, with his hands behind his back, carrying various materials on his shoulders from the fully loaded wooden boats. He came down and raised the corners of his mouth proudly, revealing a smile.
The people in eastern Sichuan have been deceived as they wished. Although the nature of the feudal dynasty determined that Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty was ultimately opposed to the broad masses of the people, the Dashun Dynasty was also an unpopular feudal dynasty, and it also harmed Sichuan. After nearly 20 years... now it's time for people to lose their hearts.
In contrast, the new Ming Dynasty, which was reformed through Emperor Zhu's efforts, can still clamp the fox's tail for the time being.
Therefore, there is no suspense about the outcome of this Sichuan battle...
"Want to defend the city of Chongqing? Well, I will come to a village to surround the city..."
Emperor Zhu put his hands behind his back and muttered. Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying who were following him thought that their father was teaching them something again, so they all pricked up their ears to listen and turned their eyes.
Ding Yuying also asked in a low voice: "Father, what did you say?"
These days, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess supported each other and became the home of Fengdu County. The Crown Prince led his troops around various towns in Fengdu County and wiped out many Dashun Prefecture soldiers who had turned into bandits. It was a good practice.
Ding Yuying, the Crown Princess, stayed in Fengdu County to deal with various miscellaneous official documents, and also convened a meeting with the county magistrate, the chief registrar, and the six county lieutenants - the identities of Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying were made public in Fengdu! The officials below all knew that this woman with a big belly was the Crown Princess of the Ming Dynasty. No one dared to do things carelessly, but there were still two people who were fucked by Ding Yuying before they got things done... Emperor Zhu was right She is very satisfied with the way she treats people with a straight face. Those in a superior position have to make the people below feel a little scared. They would rather be strict than lenient!
As for Zhu Hexing's performance... How can I put it this way? The county's military affairs are well managed. Whether it's managing local heroes or fighting bandits, they are all decent. But he doesn’t care much about government affairs!
Emperor Zhu looked back at his son and daughter-in-law, and said with a smile: "I'm going to test you two, what's the next step?"
