The two sides reached this consensus, and the subsequent talks were very fast, that is, they worked on the movement routes of the refugees, the release of customs in various places, and how the two sides handed over.
Of course, this is just a preliminary intention. After returning, Sun Ding will definitely report it to Fang Zhenru and ask Fang Zhenru to make a decision. The reason why Sun Ding dared to nod was partly because Sun Ding was Fang Zhenru's confidant. During this visit, Fang Zhenru also gave Sun Ding a lot of power, and he could basically be regarded as his plenipotentiary representative. On the other hand, because Sun Ding knew Fang Zhenru himself and the situation in Guangxi, transporting the refugees to Gao Heng was a win-win situation, which not only reduced the burden on Guangxi, but also satisfied Gao Heng's conditions.
The most important thing is that he feels that although Gao Heng has extraordinary conversation and knowledge, at his core, he is still a military leader. As for the military leader, after all, he is constantly expanding his power and recruiting more troops from the people to ensure his status.
Sun Ding also asked Gao Heng about the population and army under his rule, and Gao Heng also gave half-truths and half-false explanations. But Sun Ding had his own judgment. According to Gaoheng's current population, it should be possible to mobilize one person as a soldier. After all, in troubled times, it is normal for the ratio of soldiers to civilians to be high.
Gao Heng himself said that the number of troops was 3,000, but Sun Ding judged that it was about 5,000 or 6,000. But Sun Ding felt that although there were five to six thousand people, except for a few elite troops, the combat effectiveness of the rest of the soldiers should be similar to that of bandits. They didn't even have the source of weapons. They all came from seizures on the battlefield. Even Li Zicheng now It is not comparable to Zhang Xianzhong. It can only be compared with the two of them in the early stage. There may be many soldiers fighting with wooden sticks and hoes.
The reason why the Annan people failed can only be said to be that they underestimated the enemy and were careless, and Gao Heng was lucky enough to complete a beautiful ambush. This means that Annan's national power is weak, otherwise a force like his would have been wiped out by the imperial court long ago if it were placed in the Ming Dynasty.
Sun Ding made an estimate in his mind. Gao Heng's command of more than 10,000 people would basically be able to perfectly balance the Zheng family. To the north of the Zheng family, there was Mo Chao who also had 30,000 soldiers and horses, plus Gao Heng's men. There are more than 10,000 people and a force of 30,000 to 50,000, which is basically the same as the Zheng family's troops left in the country for defense. The Zheng family will no longer be able to compete. From this point of view, it is entirely possible to transfer another 80,000 to 100,000 refugees to Gao Heng, which is equivalent to fostering a local warlord smaller than the Mo Dynasty on the border. This is acceptable to all parties.
Sun Ding and Gao Heng had reached an agreement. Naturally, there was no need to show off the welcome dinner that followed. In short, it was a feast of wine and dinner, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. Early the next morning, Sun Ding set off back to Guangxi and met Fang Zhenru.
Gao Heng waited until Sun Ding left and immediately held a meeting to formulate a plan. The military generals gathered together, and when they heard that refugees were to be brought in from Guangxi, they all expressed surprise.
Lu Tao asked: "General, are you so sure that the people will come to us?"
Gao Heng smiled and said: "This is inevitable. What you are worried about is that the people are unwilling to leave their homes. If you are a local person in Guangxi, I may not have this confidence, but don't forget that what we want to introduce is from the north. Refugees, these people were originally displaced from their homes. After arriving in Guangxi, they failed to receive better resettlement. Now we have a large amount of ownerless land here, which can be provided to them."
Cheng Zilong said: "The current cultivated land area in Lang Son Prefecture is 500,000 acres. Our tens of thousands of people can only take care of less than 100,000 acres. There are still 400,000 acres of cultivated land. Let alone the introduction of 100,000 people. There is no problem in bringing in a population of 200,000. More importantly, we can also open up wasteland. The land in Annan is fertile. As long as the wasteland development is done well, one million acres of arable land in Lang Son Province can be easily obtained."
Song Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "Military advisor, what you said makes sense. Lang Son Prefecture originally had a large population. Our current population obviously cannot fill the entire Lang Son Prefecture. But I have a question. If we introduce such a With a large population, won’t Guangxi be wary of us? If we become the new leader, I’m worried that the eyes of all parties will be fixed on us, and they won’t give us more people in the future.”
Gao Heng smiled and said: "Haha, that's a good question. In normal times, this would be a big problem. We depend on others, and our expansion and contraction are all controlled by others. But today is different from the past. The population flow situation in troubled times is very complicated. As long as we can With a population of more than 100,000, there is no need to worry about subsequent expansion. At this scale, we are like sweet bait, and countless fish in the pond will smell the smell and come to us."
"Zhang Chao!" Gao Heng pointed out a name.
"The general is here!" Zhang Chao stepped in and said.
"Leave the task of responding to the refugees to your spear battalion. The equipment of the spear battalion is ordinary and not eye-catching. If you go to Zhennanguan to meet the people, it will not arouse suspicion. If you go to the fire gun soldiers of Yishui, you will arouse criticism. During this period of time, your spear battalion will not undertake combat tasks, but will implement this task well." Gao Heng ordered.
"Yes!" Zhang Chao responded.
This arrangement is the result of Gao Heng's careful consideration. The spearmen's battalion is equipped with Annan equipment. If the color of the inner lining had not been changed and the word "Xinghua" was engraved on the wooden helmet, it would be basically the same as the Annan soldiers. They go without attracting attention.
As for the order that Sun Ding handed over at the beginning, Gao Heng also pocketed it at the dinner. Mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. This money and food should be enough to cover the migration of refugees, which means that he does not have to pay a penny. Flowers have expanded a large population, why not?
"What? You said Gao Heng doesn't want money or food, but people?" In the governor's office, Fang Zhenru paced back and forth in the room, and Sun Ding stood beside him.
"Exactly, sir, it seems that Gao Heng has already tasted the benefits of being a warlord and is eager to expand his power. This is the case for such people, and there is nothing surprising." Sun Ding said.
"It seems that Gao Heng's ambitions are not small. In just a few months, he is already thinking about expansion. He wants to be the local emperor." Fang Zhenru said.
"There is nothing wrong with being a Tu emperor. Which of these chieftains on the southwest border is not a Tu emperor within his own sphere of influence? What's more, these chieftains do not contribute to the defense of the imperial court, but Gao Heng is very helpful to the defense of Zhennanguan. Speaking of which, this is also your political achievement. Supporting a chieftain who is pro-Ming Dynasty, who is also a Han, to contain Annan, this is simply a classic case of using a small thing to fight for a big thing." Sun Dingdao.
"But this guy is expanding too much. If so, if it's the opposite to Guangxi." Fang Zhenru hesitated.
"My lord is worried that he will have a bad influence on Guangxi, just like those chieftains who are disobedient and even collude with bandits to backfire on the court, right? Haha, in fact, my lord, don't worry too much. From a relationship point of view, Gao Heng is just a He's just a dog from Guangxi. Even if he has hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of troops, he's not just facing us, his biggest enemy is the Zheng family."
Sun Ding paused and said: "Presumably by this time, Mrs. Zheng already hates him to the core, and will bite Gao Heng whenever he gets the chance. Think about it, we can give him a population or not, you can set it up A number, whether it is 80,000 or 100,000, we will limit it to this. That’s it. If there is no more, as long as we send Zhennanguan to the north of Annan, he can’t recruit people even if he wants to. The scale limit is dead. , he is the Monkey King at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, unable to make trouble."
Fang Zhenru nodded, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. It just so happens that many refugees have entered Guilin Prefecture and Pingle Prefecture recently. Look, all the documents from these two prefectures have been piled up here. Well, the local government is worried. Since Gao Heng has this intention, give him all your people."
Sun Ding bowed and said: "I will accept your order."
The Spring Festival of the 16th year of Chongzhen was particularly bleak. On the second day of the first lunar month, Li Zicheng presented a large gift package to Chongzhen. The Chu army concentrated its forces to attack Chengtian Mansion fiercely, and entered the city on the second day of the lunar month. General Qian Zhongxuan died in battle. Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, committed suicide after the city was broken. Li Zicheng changed Chengtian Mansion to Yangwu Prefecture, and King Chong changed it to Xiangyang Bo, Shaoling The king changed his name to Zaoyang Bo, and the king of Suning changed his name to Shunyi Bo.
Yang Yongyu, a doctor in the Qin Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, surrendered to Li Zicheng and persuaded him that astronomy, geography, rituals, music, and military arts should all be governed. This is to persuade Li Zicheng to establish a political power, that is, the emperor's throne.
As soon as these words came out, the officials responded, and the civil servants and generals who broke into the army wrote letters to persuade them to join. Only Niu Jinxing thought that the time was not yet ripe. But Li Zicheng was moved. He had fought hard for so many years, and it was time to establish a political power. If the time was not ripe before, now the Chu army has captured Huguang and killed the governor of Huguang. Half of the country will soon be paid. With the money in his pocket, Li Zicheng could no longer sit still.
Therefore, Li Zicheng was nicknamed "The Grand Marshal Who Serves Heaven to Promote Righteousness", and Luo Rucai was nicknamed "The Great General Who Promotes Might and Virtue on behalf of Heaven to Promote the People". The plan is to use Jingxiang as the foundation, change Xiangyang to Xiangjing, and change Chengtianfu to Yangwuzhou. Li Zicheng's brother, Li Guo, and his wife's brother, Gao Yigong, were close to him and trusted in everything. With Tian Jianxiu and Liu Zongmin as Quan generals, Li Yan, He Jin, Liu Xiyao as system generals, Zhang Nai, Dang Shousu and others as mighty generals, Gu Kecheng, Ren Weirong and others as Guoyi generals, and there are twenty-two generals in the fifth battalion. . Also put in place the Prime Minister, Zuo Fu, and Right Bi. There are six governments under it: officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and work.
After the establishment of the political power, Li Zicheng was qualified to compete with the Ming Dynasty. For a time, Huguang was shaken, the Central Plains were shaken, and the capital was shaken.
At this moment, not far from the south of Zhennang Pass, Zhang Chao and his people have built a huge camp. This is for the purpose of transferring refugees. It is still the old trick of the Xinghua Army. Before the refugees enter the territory of Lang Son Province, There's camp to be sorted and it's time to bathe and bug out.
These refugees were displaced and carried a large number of germs. The ancients did not know this, but Gao Heng knew it all too well. Therefore, precautions must be taken to prevent the Xinghua Army's good situation from being ruined by the disease.
After the preparations were completed, Gao Heng appointed Jing Zhao to personally go to Guangxi to take people to preach the policy of Xinghua Army, attract the people, and encourage them to sincerely join the army. By the way, he was also given a task to recruit more talents for himself. There must be many craftsmen among the refugees, but craftsmen alone are not enough.
Just like setting up a factory in later generations, it is not enough to just have workers. High-tech talents such as technical directors and production directors are also needed to lead the overall situation. Although people like Bu Mige and Nan Huairen have such talents, they are Westerners after all. If Westerners are mainly responsible for organizing production, there will be many inconveniences. At least high-tech Chinese talents should be involved to achieve a balance.
"Dear fellow villagers, thank you for your hard work. I am Jing Zhao from Lang Son Prefecture. I believe you have heard of that place. This time I am here to guide you to Lang Son." Laibin County, Liuzhou Prefecture, which is far away from Guilin Prefecture and Guilin Prefecture. Pingle Prefecture and Nanning Prefecture are not far away, so Fang Zhenru turned it into a refugee concentration center. He set up a camp outside the city and provided some military tents for the refugees to rest. Of course, it was impossible to transport all 100,000 refugees there at once. Basically, it takes three steps and is transported in three batches.
Prior to this, in order to make the refugees willing to leave their own territory, officials from various places immediately became very excited after receiving the documents from Fang Zhenru. They praised Lang Son Palace in Gaoheng, saying that they would have a good life there. pass.
It is not that there are no knowledgeable people among the refugees. When they heard that Lang Son Palace was in Annam, they instinctively resisted. After all, although Guangxi is also on the southwest border, it is still a land under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. This Annan is a foreign country, and it is a barbaric area. No matter what I do, I am also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, so why did I go to Annan in a daze?
Therefore, many people did not want to go further after arriving in Laibin County. Jing Zhao learned about this situation and immediately came to preach.
Jing Zhao stood on the roof of a carriage, surrounded by refugees. The eyes of these ragged refugees were numb. They were in the same state as the expatriates back then. Jing Zhao was once one of them, so he could understand their situation very well. . But apparently, they were not interested in what they said. He preached the land allocation policy of Lang Son Province, but the people obviously didn't believe it. No matter what his original status was, one person would be allocated three acres of land? Even a child is counted as a head. What kind of landlord and rich man can do this?
Jing Zhao comes from a businessman family. He has a flexible mind and naturally has solutions. He immediately nodded to someone and said, "Excuse me, sir, what do you do? How many people are there in your family?"
"The old man is an ordinary farmer. He makes a living by farming on weekdays. There are five people in his family." The old man replied.
Jing Zhao immediately took out a field deed from his arms. These were a few small props he specially brought with him. The field deed was of course genuine, but he was afraid that others would not believe it. He immediately handed it to the old man and said: "Okay, uncle, I just said that five people have fifteen acres of land. This is the best land near Lang Son City, exactly fifteen acres. You can collect it. If you don't believe it, , go there, and you will know the authenticity at a glance.”
