In the end, Wang Shouren didn't remember how he left the palace. Anyway, when he woke up, he was in his own mansion. After holding his head and walking around for a while, he bumped into a servant serving in the mansion. The servant told him that the master had gone to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. , waiting for him to come back in the evening.
During the Hongzhi period, Zhu Houzhao rectified the problem of Beijing officials being late and leaving early. Since then, although there are still some officials who should work or not, the Minister of Rites like Wang Hua really attracts attention, so unless something really happens, they usually I won't give anyone any clues.
His cheap son is different. When he comes back from outside, he has no office space, and he is supposed to rest for a few days, so he can probably move around freely.
Wang Shouren was still worried about the Shuofang left and right guards he had brought back, so he went to the military camp first. After everything was normal, he used the next time to visit Wang Hao and meet some of his old friends. This way his life was fulfilling.
He only remembered what he said to the emperor in the palace that day intermittently, but he was deeply impressed by the emperor's lofty sentiments.
For this pride and for the mutual respect between the king and his ministers, he had to take care of Shanxi's affairs.
Five days later.
Wang Shouren led Shuofang's left and right guards and the Yangwei and Zhenwei battalions of the 12th Regiment Battalion to set off.
The commander of the Yangwei Camp is Lu Jin, and the commander of the Zhenwei Camp is Liang Zheng. They were both from the border army and then admitted to the military academy. They were admitted to the school during the Hongzhi period. They are considered an early group. In the past few years, with the ten With the renewal of the Second Regiment Battalion, this group of people also began to gradually assume important positions.
In short, the 20,000-strong army has set off in a mighty manner. Those who didn't know better thought that there was another war with the Tatars. Otherwise, why would there be such a mobilization of troops?
What preceded the army was the emperor's imperial edict, which was urgently delivered from eight hundred miles directly to the Shanxi governor Wang Jing.
There are two main points. The first is to transfer Tian Ze, the commander of the Shanxi capital, to Beijing for appointment. The second is that Wang Shouren's army will enter Shanxi to supervise the cleanup of the military camps in Taiyuan Town and Datong Town, and he will be responsible for the military supply of the army.
However, Wang Shouren's troops did not enter Taiyuan, but wanted to block key passes such as Daoma Pass and Zijin Pass. In other words, Wang Jing had to transport grain across.
Zhu Houzhao believed in Wang Jing when it came to Shanxi, and Wang Shouren also believed in this veteran who had been in power for decades. However, he expected the enemy to be lenient, so he did not enter Taiyuan just in case.
Inside the governor's office.
After receiving the order, Wang Jing did not dare to neglect. On the one hand, he immediately informed Tian Ze, and on the other hand, he began to mobilize grain, refined beans and other materials.
Of course, these are trivial, but Wang Jing doesn't quite understand why he must wait for Tian Ze to leave for Beijing before mobilizing the generals from several guard stations in Shanxi?
Even his staff, although they were thinking hard one by one, could not figure it out.
In fact, their confusion is nothing to worry about. The one who is really in trouble now is Tian Ze.
Suddenly encountering this matter, people gathered around him in his mansion, and everyone found it difficult, even he himself was extremely confused.
Should I go to the capital or not? ?
"... Such a decree suddenly came at this time. It's really strange. It's all right. What needs to be done? How do you ask people to enter the capital?"
Tian Ze sat in the main seat, and his subordinates on both sides were people he trusted, most of whom were officers from various guard posts, and some were staff members he recruited.
Speaking of which, they are all health centers in the mainland and do not belong to border towns. Datong Town and Shanxi (Taiyuan) Town are among the nine borders. If we apply the concept of the early Ming Dynasty, it can be understood that they belong to Shanxi Dusi, and those two towns belong to Shanxi Xingdusi.
In any case, the imperial court's cleanup of the nine-border military settlements does not involve them.
But everyone also knows that after the imperial court has cleaned up the border town, it will be their turn next. It is precisely because they saw this that they were so eager.
Firstly, it is for oneself, and secondly, it is because of the "retrograde behavior" of righteousness, which will be opposed by the people of the world.
When troubled times come, it's time for heroes to appear.
Wu Ren doesn't have much brains or courage, so he can just follow Tian Ze anyway.
However, most of the staff are candidates and scholars who have not been able to win the Jinshi. They are nothing more than a little famous.
A serious Jinshi would ignore him if he had a smooth road in front of him. Secondly, he had read too much about Confucius and Mencius, and had a lot of ethics in his mind such as king, king, minister, father, father and son. Tian Ze wanted to find it, but no one was willing.
When it comes to the eyes of the people, the literati have more eyes, and they will avoid him even if they have a slight edge. In the end, that's all it can do.
Tian Ze is the commander of the Shanxi capital. He was able to become this official because he was originally an officer in the Beijing camp and had meritorious service in the battle against the Tatars, so he moved to this day.
It's a pity that I never met the emperor.
"Commander Tian, do you want our people to inquire? What is the current trend in Jingli?"
Tian Ze shook his head, "It's too late. The imperial edict has arrived. In three to five days at most, Governor Wang Jing will send someone to urge him. Our people haven't arrived in the capital in such a short time. What are we asking for?"
"How many days will it take if you don't claim to be sick?"
This is a solution, but it only treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
"You can't really go!!" Someone shouted, "Can't all the smart people in the room see that this is a trap? Why didn't you announce it earlier, later, and now at this time? Besides, Zhengde is afraid that he himself I can’t tell who the commander-in-chief of Shanxi is, it’s too obvious!”
This is true. It’s not that people don’t want to believe it. It’s just that after they believe it, they have to believe something more terrifying.
"Is there a traitor among us? The news was leaked, so we summoned Commander Tian to Beijing!"
Tian Ze yelled, "Don't make any noise!"
These people feel irritable, and he himself is also irritable.
"Commander Tian, we need to make a decision early!"
"I know this! What I am afraid of is not losing my life, but ruining the situation easily. If Zhengde has indeed grasped the information in advance, then we cannot go to the capital, otherwise we will be harmed by all of us!"
One of the staff rubbed the hair growing on the mole on his chin and said: "For the current plan, we can only delay entering Beijing. But Shanxi Governor Wang Jing is not that easy to deceive, and he can only...have to let Commander Tian eat something It’s really painful. Can you really suffer some accidental injuries? Show Wang Jing the wound clearly, then he will have nothing to say."
Tian Ze was considered a tough guy, so he nodded, "If it's useful, it's worth the pain."
This was indeed a solution, but it made everyone else panic.
The bearded man who previously opposed entering the capital said: "What a critical moment is now? We are asking Commander Tian to take charge of the overall situation and inspire people, but we want him to be injured and bedridden? Besides, lying in bed is nothing more than a drag. What will be the consequences of dragging him down? Or? If we can't delay it, we can only start an uprising, or we can go to the capital and return safely, but we will still start an uprising after returning. What's the difference? We are all men in charge, how can we be so hesitant when doing big things? Can we just do it? Yes, if you want to rebel, then rebel!"
The black mole staff immediately retorted, "That's easy to say! Wang Shouren brought elites. Didn't you hear about the battle in Jizhou? Zhengde's methods are a bit violent, but you can scold him. Have you ever seen him? Did anyone accuse him of being incompetent?"
"According to what you say, it's a waste of time! We might as well go home and wait for Zhengde to come and collect Tian Yi, so that we can live a simple life from now on."
"Commander Tian." Okita, the black mole's staff, handed over his hand, "No matter what, I will always give an answer to the governor's Yamen within two or three days."
"I know."
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Wang Shouren had been reading information on Shanxi during the march.
There is no digital means at the moment. In fact, few people know how many farms there are in the border town. Most people just make an estimate, but that is false.
Fortunately, during the Hongzhi period, Xiaozong ordered people to compile a book called "Da Ming Huidian". This code was written in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi. A series of books of various bureaucracies such as "Zhusi in Charge".
The Huidian Civilian Yamen has 226 volumes, and the Military Yamen only has 2 volumes. However, in these two volumes, some statistics under the official positions of the Fifth Army Governor's Office and Jinyiwei are listed, such as land, household registration, garrison, etc.
The "Da Ming Huidian" records: The farmland in Shanxi Town is 33,714 hectares, 88 acres and 7 cents, and the farmland in Datong Town is 28,590 hectares, 34 acres and 4 cents.
This adds up to 62,000 hectares of land, or more than 6.2 million acres, excluding fractions.
This is more than Jizhou, it is more than Liaodong, which has just opened more than 20,000 hectares of farmland, and it is also more than Shanxi, which has more than 40,000 hectares.
The two towns of Datong and Shanxi are the majority of military villages!
Even in inland areas, the yield per mu is lower. Counting two dan, these fields should be able to grow 12 million dan of grain a year, and the grain amount should be 800,000 dan.
800,000 dan, that’s how much tax and grain the Fujian Province can get in a year!
And how many soldiers can be fed with these tens of millions of stones of food?
In fact, Shanxi itself is not a major grain-producing province.
However, the development of military villages and the construction of towns had strong military and administrative overtones.
Datong is an extremely important place militarily, so at the beginning of Zhu Yuanzhang's occupation in the second year of Hongwu, there was a large-scale city construction and farming movement. The twenty-fifth year of Hongwu was the second climax of farming.
To put it simply, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and later Zhu Zhanji all attached great importance to the construction of the border fortress of Datong, so they set up a wide range of guard posts here. To set up a guard post, it was necessary to cultivate land. So over time, this number There are more.
Perhaps because Shanxi is not as productive as Jiangnan, part of the large-scale expansion of farmland actually spilled over to neighboring provinces. Henan and Beizhili both have farmland affiliated with Shanxi Weisuo, with an estimated number of more than 4,000 hectares. .
This kind of cross-administrative matter is really complicated and it would be useless to say more.
But there should be no doubt that Shanxi and Datong are the focus of cleaning up the military cantons.
Wang Shouren has been studying these books and materials these days. The more he studies, the more excited he becomes. If a more thorough cleanup of farmland can be carried out here, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is another Loop.
"Someone is coming."
With two bangs, the soldiers outside entered the camp, "Here!"
"After the army entered Zijing Pass, they stopped and sent two urgent letters to Datong and Shanxi towns, asking them to quickly report back to the areas where the Qing Dynasty was slow in their jurisdiction!"
Nominally, he came not for the Shanxi rebellion, but for the two towns of Qingtun.
In fact, Wang Shouren didn't pay much attention to the rebels. The counter-rebellion itself was still for the purpose of clearing the settlement.
So while watching the changes, he does not forget his responsibility. This is his purpose.
As for the rebels really causing any trouble... that's unlikely. The emperor's arrangement should have disrupted their position. Even if there was no chaos, he still had 30,000 elite troops at hand.
Therefore, he wanted to wait until the commander-in-chief of the two towns spoke, and then he would send the army over and clear out the villages by force!
