In the twenty-nineth year of the Hongxing reign of the Ming Dynasty, in July, the fire was flowing, in Kunming, Yunnan.
The streets of Kunming are finally a bit bustling. The military families who followed Mu Tianbo and Ma Wanchun from Sichuan and Guizhou, as well as the Sichuan people who came to Yunnan to make a living, have settled down and started their new lives.
After two or three months of repairs, most of the houses that were burned down during the evacuation of Li Jicheng's Dashun Army were ready for makeshift use. Most of the shops along the street were rented out, and all kinds of businesses were opened.
Because those who followed Zhu Hexing, Mu Tianbo, Ma Wanchun and others into Yunnan were not all the new troops of "997". There were also many feudal military households who had to live with their families. These people drove into Sichuan with their families, and some of them had already allocated land in Kunming, Wuding, Qujing, Xundian, Chuxiong, Menjiang and other six prefectures, and began to leave Kunming in batches and settle down in various places; but most of them Before it was their turn to divide the land, they all gathered in several large villages in and near Kunming City.
Both the military households who have been allocated land and the military households who are waiting to be allocated have considerable spending power - the former have already received the settlement allowance and have to make large purchases in Kunming before they can settle down; the latter are paid on a monthly basis. With sufficient military pay and rations, it is enough for the family members accompanying the army to live a comfortable life.
Driven by these two purchasing powers, the Sichuan merchants who followed from Chongqing and Chengdu to the south all made huge profits. On the most prosperous long street in Kunming, well-dressed military family members, with swords on their belts, crowded together on the street. Among them, many pedestrians carrying swords were women, holding the hilt of the sword with one hand, looking heroic... This scene really seemed familiar!
It has to be said that although the Dashun Dynasty's more than 20 years of rule in Sichuan and Yunnan ended in failure, it greatly changed the folk customs of Sichuan and Yunnan and cultivated a generation of Sichuan and Yunnan people who were martial and brave.
Seven or eight years after the restoration of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty, the Sichuan rebels who rose up against the bandits and welcomed the king's division have now turned into the type of people they hated the most - Fubing military households!
It's just that they are not the soldiers of Dashun, but the military households of Ming Dynasty!
But as long as they are feudal military households, whether they are from Dashun or Ming Dynasty, they will definitely want to ride on the heads of the working people and dominate them! And this group of feudal soldiers who ride on the necks of the working people and lord it over them will definitely be troubled by the "teenage problem" because they have too many children.
The "Dingyu problem" can not only destroy the economic foundation of military households, but also act as a driving force for the expansion of the military household system. Without "Dingyu", the master would be doing a good job, and who would be willing to leave his hometown to conquer the world?
Of course, if external expansion fails, or the benefits from expansion cannot cover the cost of sending troops, then that is a different matter...
And this Ming Dynasty's battle to pacify Yunnan was not so much about unifying the Ming Dynasty as it was about finding a way out for the military households and Ding Yu in the Liangchuan Military Town - the Liangchuan Military Town itself was a stopgap measure, and once it was recovered Yunnan and the two Sichuan military towns will be merged into Sichuan Province. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty could not, like Dashun, allow military households to expand barbarically and erode civilian fields and households.
Moreover, the foundation of the Ming Empire was different from that of the Dashun Empire. The Ming Dynasty followed the path of capitalism, while Dashun was a feudal military state that exploited a niche. Therefore, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to suppress business in the military towns of Liangchuan and strictly control the flow of people like Dashun - the current Ming Dynasty encourages population flow! If they don’t move, who will grab the colonies? Who will be the cheap labor force? Without colonial resources and markets, and without cheap labor, how could the Ming Dynasty be an imperialist country in the future?
Of course it is not good to be an imperialist, but if we are not an imperialist, how can we still be a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society?
Therefore, the military households in Sichuan under the Ming Dynasty were difficult to maintain after all, and were even worse than the soldiers under the Dashun... The only way to make them last longer was to launch a war! That is...go grab it!
As long as there are enough places to grab, this kind of military system linked to land must be quite easy to use!
And this time the Battle of Yunnan has been fought so far. Although there have been no tough battles, some land and households have been grabbed. So the streets of Kunming are filled with an optimistic atmosphere at this time.
After finding that Dashun was not that difficult to defeat, many military households and their families were eager to give it a try, waiting for the crown prince on Mount Wuhua to issue the order to march south. In this wave, it would not be enough to just conquer Yunnan. Enter Myanmar and grab a big one!
Occasionally, a cavalry would pass by on the street. The knights on the cavalry were all in short clothes and light armor, with muskets on their shoulders, looking like they were fighting in hot areas. The horseshoe bell rang, and the military family members who were shopping all turned their heads and looked expectantly. Everyone knows that these black lancers not only undertake the task of battlefield reconnaissance, but also serve as Tangma, delivering messages to and from the Yunnan front line.
Seeing how urgent they are, is there an opportunity on the front line to send troops in large numbers?
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"His Royal Highness, military report from the 17th Army Division!" A soldier from the governor's office of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan stood outside a pavilion in Wuhua Mountain. Respectfully handed over the box delivering military reports.
Hearing the voice of this report, the two people playing chess in Wuhua Palace turned their heads in unison. Li Dingguo, who was already in his fifties this year, threw a chess piece in his hand into the chess jar, and then reached out and took the box. .
Sitting opposite him was Zhu Hexing. This prince's military talents were fully revealed in this battle to pacify Yunnan.
One of the characteristics of his military use is stability, a steady and steady attack, not seeking a quick victory, but seeking a sure victory. Although it does not conform to the principle of "win more than long" in the art of war, considering that his opponent in this battle, Li Jicheng, is also a master of war, the strategy of not seeking speed but seeking victory is still right.
In addition to the word stability, Zhu Hexing also paid attention to careful preparation when using troops. Military, political, economic, and even diplomatic...all aspects are fully prepared, taking into account all kinds of difficulties. Then crush the opponent steadily!
Of course, this style of play must be based on sufficient national strength and good management - it is not enough to have national strength but a mess of management. Just like when Nurhachi first rose up, the Ming Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Wanli still had a lot of wealth. If it could be managed well, use all its strength, and fight steadily without giving the opponent a chance to win by surprise, the chances of winning would still be great... ....If the current Zhu Hexing were to help Grandpa Wanli fight Nurhachi, Nurhaci would probably be in decline after two or three years!
In the face of Zhu Hexing's steady and thorough style of play, Li Jicheng, who was good at winning by surprise, had no choice but to watch Zhu Hexing slowly digest Kunming, Wuding, Qujing, Xundian, Chuxiong, The land of Minjiang and other six prefectures... Li Jicheng gave up all Kunming just to lure the enemy deeper, but Zhu Hexing didn't follow his tactics at all and was not in a hurry! In fact, he has nothing to worry about. His grandparents are still alive and kicking, and there is nothing wrong with him. How could it be his father Zhu Cixi's turn to die? In the battle of Yunnan, it would be good to fight him for three to five years!
I don’t know if he was forced to panic, but Li Jicheng, who was stationed in Dali, actually sent a military envoy to Zhu Hexing for peace talks.
The military envoy was sent to the 17th Division of the Ming Dynasty Army stationed in Chuxiong. The division commander Cao Desheng (son of Cao Youyi) of the 17th Division met with Li Jicheng's military envoy and read the credentials brought by the military envoy. He immediately wrote a military report and had it delivered to Prince Zhu overnight.
"Huh?" Li Dingguo, who was reading the military report, suddenly showed a strange expression on his face. Zhu Hexing, who was sitting opposite him, saw his expression and asked, "Jiedu, what did the military report say?"
"Li Jicheng is asking for peace!" Li Dingguo said.
"What's so weird about this?" Zhu Hexing asked, "With the war going on so far, they can't win at all, so it's normal to ask for peace!"
Li Dingguo shook his head, "But Li Jicheng claimed to be the emperor of the Dashun Empire of India!"
