Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 121 Redemption and Land Reform, Jiangnan New Deal

The situation in the whole of Jiangnan is complicated, and it is absolutely impossible to adopt a brutal one-size-fits-all approach.

Therefore, Zhu Han's Jiangnan Land Reform Prime Minister's Office immediately brought in Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Shi Naian, Hu Weiyong, and the Jiangnan Confucian family.

We need to discuss a safe and effective method.

Solve the hundreds of years of land mergers and hidden property taxes in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Deputy Marshal, I believe that everything must be upright and upright, and then it will work. In this way, the harmony between the upper and lower levels, and the desire of the people are the key to the effective implementation of the Jiangnan New Deal. where."

The person who is talking about this righteous name is Liu Bowen.

He was born as a scholar in the south of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, as a former official of Meng Yuan, he also has a very high reputation among the squires, and Zhu Han has always regarded him as his own, so let him speak first.

"Mr. Liu, do you have any mature and good suggestions? Just say it, there is no need to go around the corner." Zhu Han said.

Liu Bowen smiled slightly, and then said, "The lower official suggested that all the land properties in the south of the Yangtze River should be inspected to make sure that all the numbers that exceed the registered number will be owned by the government, but the owners of these original land properties can get a sum of money. These buyout funds will be compensated by the poor people who will get the land in the future. All the land buyout funds can be temporarily set as one mu of land for two years of harvest.

The lower official has already calculated that the two-year harvest is about two to three shi. In this way, the payment can be made in five years and then paid in installments. Each year is only less than three or five dou. There are as many as 4000 to 9000 million. If the average three stones are used, it is about [-] million. The entire Jiangnan area is redeemed with money, so that the refugees and the common people get the land, and the rich and powerful households who originally owned the land get harvest compensation. , take a step back, naturally nothing will happen. "

"Moreover, our Jiangnan Land Reform Prime Minister's Office can also carry out a tax draw on these redemption funds, and it doesn't need to draw too much. We only need to draw one-tenth of the tax, and then we can get another 900 million shi forage!"

"In this way, it is almost guaranteed that the military rations will be sufficient for several years!"

"And once the redemption system is successfully implemented in Jiangnan, it will not only alleviate the contradiction between the small land and large population in Jiangnan, but also obtain a large amount of financial revenue!"

When Zhu Han heard about this method, he thought it was a relatively safe method.

It's just that this sounds a little familiar. The redemption and land reform in later generations seems to be like this.

This method sounds simple, but it can be difficult to implement in practice.

First, sort out the amount of land in the south of the Yangtze River, and then sign a land redemption contract with the refugees. The supervision of these things cannot be done by lip service.

"Mr. Liu's method is good!" Zhu Han nodded and said, "I don't know about the others, what other methods do you have?"

The others obviously had no opinion.

They were not as familiar with the situation in Jiangnan as Liu Bowen, and they all agreed with the method proposed by Liu Bowen.

However, Li Shanchang quickly put forward his own supplementary suggestion, "Deputy Marshal, I feel that when this method is implemented, it can be assigned to several full-time yamen, first set up a Qingtian yamen, and then set up a redemption yamen, Then set up a tax-collecting yamen, so that the amount of the land will be cleared, the land will be distributed, and then the land will be redeemed to pay the taxes and obtain the contract of the land. This will check and balance each other, and prevent people from colluding up and down, preventing those tyrants from turning left and right. , Turn the originally illegal land into your own legal!"

"Ah, very good!"

After Zhu Han heard it, he immediately agreed, "Mr. Li is very good, so let's do it like this!"

but.

The redemption land reform that Zhu Han intends to adopt has just been rumored, but has encountered far stronger resistance than imagined.

The gentry and tycoons in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have all been intertwined for hundreds of years.

Although the Mongols did not suck blood from them when they came to conquer.

But most people kept most of their property because they knelt in time.

Now that the Red Scarf Army, a bunch of mud legs, came to the south of the Yangtze River, they wanted to rob them of the land they had accumulated for generations, which was like digging their ancestral graves.

Many unreconciled tyrants resisted one after another, and even trained soldiers and horses, preparing to fight the Red Scarf Army.

Faced with such a situation, even a simple Qingtian cannot be completed.

How could Zhu Han argue with them when he had free time, and he immediately mobilized [-] troops from Jinling.

Starting from Wu Xing, all the way to the south along Suzhou, all the tyrants who do not cooperate with the settlement of the property will be dealt with by ransacking their homes!

All their lands were confiscated. As for the males, as for those families with powerful clans, they were scattered and moved to different places to separate them, so that they would no longer be able to form groups and make trouble. For a while, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers were originally Jiangnan's very good reputation has won a lot of slander in an instant.

Many people have said that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were beggars who used to be beggars. They carried out land reforms in the south of the Yangtze River and embezzled land for the purpose of hating the rich.So if you want to knock all the scholars into the quagmire, you will be reconciled like mud legs!

As a result, for a while, many fools who didn't know the truth followed these tyrants and began to make fun of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han.

The policy of redemption and land reform has been widely slandered.

Not only that, many powerful landlords came to Jinling in succession.

Kneeling and petitioning in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's Wu Wang's mansion, they all asked Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his life and not to destroy the centuries-old literary style in the south of the Yangtze River.

After all, there is no more land for plowing and reading heirlooms, so how can you study!

Without scholars, how will you two beggars manage Jiangnan!

In the face of this group of people's seemingly pleading, but actually threatening actions, Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have already prepared.

"King Wu, give us scholars a way to survive!"

"That's right, King Wu, please don't rob my ancestors of their land!"

"Wu Wang Renyi, please take back your life!"

. . .

Cries of wailing sounded at the gate of King Wu's Mansion.

Many people who didn't know the truth gathered around one after another.

They didn't know what happened, they just saw scholars and gentry kneeling outside King Wu's mansion, weeping and wailing loudly.

Many people listened to it for a long time before finally understanding it.

It turns out that the land of these landlords will be confiscated by the Wu Palace in the name of 'land reform'.

As a result, many people sympathized with these gentlemen and gentlemen.

Many people discussed in private.

"This can't be done, it's all other people's ancestral property, how can we buy and sell by force!"

"I heard... King Wu was born as a beggar, so he hates the rich."

"Hehe, it's not just a beggar, I heard that he was also a monk!"

"Haha, no wonder, it must be because these country gentlemen don't want to live a good life, so come to torment them."

Many people expressed their opposition to these sympathizers of the gentry.

"You fools, you can't get enough to eat two simple meals a day, but you feel sympathetic for these fat landlords, bah!"

"How much of the land of the landlords is earned by diligent farming, not by small fights and big fights, and searched from the people!"

"You idiots are really stupid and wicked!"

There was a lot of discussion outside the entire Wu Wang Mansion.

Many people were talking about the land reform in the south of the Yangtze River. Regarding the remarks of these people, the spies in plain clothes immediately reported to Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang in Wu Wangfu.

"These fools don't farm the land themselves, so they don't know the benefits of my land reform." Zhu Han couldn't help but said.

"They are all ordinary people living in the city, and they don't farm land. Naturally, they don't know the benefits of the land, and they think those gentry and landowners are good men and women!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Brother, what do you plan to do with these mourning landlords and gentry outside the door?" Zhu Han asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the teacup, took a sip of the fragrant tea slowly, and said, "Since they are willing to kneel, let them kneel. We should eat and drink, and leave them alone."

"I see, there are more and more people watching the excitement." Zhu Han said.

"Haha, don't be afraid, the more people watching the excitement, the better it is. This truth is not clear, let people clearly argue this matter, and the land reform will save a lot of trouble in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

At this moment, Zhu Han understood that his elder brother was planning to play a public opinion war.

really.

As time went by, there were fewer and fewer ordinary people who originally had sympathy for the gentry and landlords.

Even the gentry and landlords who cry every day are contemptuous.

"I thought that scholars were all decent people, but I didn't expect to be here in the street for the sake of a few acres of land."

"What kind of scholar is just a person who has been honored by his ancestors and has learned a few sour books. A real scholar should be someone like Wanhu!"

"Wan Hu? Who is Wan Hu?"

"Thousands of households don't know, we are the number one scholar in the Jiangnan imperial examination! What kind of hot air balloon has been created now, which can make people fly hundreds of feet into the sky!"

"Really? Is this also a scholar?"

"Nonsense, of course they are scholars. I think this Wanhu is a scholar, a talent who has gone to heaven and entered the earth!"

In just a few days, a large number of gentry and landlords who came to Jinling from all over the world were disgusted by the common people.

Many people think that they are greedy and lacking, obviously there are enough fields, so why not sell some land to the government.

What's more, many of those lands are unowned fields, and even the contract documents are problematic, and they have the shame to come to the Wu Palace to make trouble.

These gentry and landlords did not have the courage to rise up against Zhu Han's land reform yamen soldiers, and they could not see Wu Wang Zhu Yuanzhang, so they soon left in despair one by one.

After such a commotion, the gentry and landlords instantly lost the support of public opinion.

Zhu Han's redemption and land reform went smoothly immediately.

The millions of acres of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River were quickly distributed to the poor.

With the arrival of a frost, the snowless Jiangnan also ushered in a cold winter.

Jinling, in the palace of King Wu.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han sat in the pavilion in the garden, and a brazier burning charcoal was placed between them.

The two brothers rarely have free time, and they can finally drink comfortably around the fire.

Zhu Han has just turned fifteen, and he still has a taste for drinking.

The sister-in-law Ma Xiuying, who was dressed in ivory brocade, came out holding her one-year-old nephew Zhu Biao.

"Sister-in-law." Zhu Han hurriedly greeted with a smile.

For Zhu Han's younger brother, Ma Xiuying really treats her as her own younger brother. During the twelve months of the year, she will sew clothes, shoes and socks for Zhu Han by herself. I make two or three clothes by myself every season.

She is already the honorable Princess Wu, but she does these things herself, which shows her sincere concern.

Zhu Han respected Ma Xiuying from the bottom of his heart.

"Sit down, Qiwu, what are you doing up there?" Ma Xiuying said with a smile.

"Chongba, I'm here to ask you, how are you thinking about my adoptive father?" Ma Xiuying continued to ask Zhu Yuanzhang.

With a happy smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, he understated this matter.

"Since the adoptive father doesn't want to stay in Haozhou, let him come to Jinling. If he doesn't want to come to Jinling, then go to Suzhou for the elderly, which is also a good place." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Guo Zixing finally couldn't get along in Haozhou.

After Han Lin'er and Liu Futong's wanton crowning of the king.

There are already six princes in Haozhou city, plus the messy princes, the whole city is in chaos.

The rebels in Haozhou didn't want to make progress at all, and no one wanted to leave Haozhou to fight for territory. They all wanted to be the boss of Haozhou City.

Guo Zixing was very angry, and was repeatedly persecuted by Sun Deya and others, but he refused to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for help.

The last time there was internal strife in Haozhou, Sun Deya and others joined forces to drive Guo Zixing and his son out of Haozhou City.

The father and son had no choice but to go to Dingyuan to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for help.

When asking for help, Guo Zixing was still concerned about face, and only said to borrow troops, but did not say what he was doing.

After Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he was already very dissatisfied with this cheap father-in-law, and he could not do anything with Sun Deya and others, and he wanted to borrow troops to fight back.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has always let Guo Zixing stay in Dingyuan with good food and drink, but he does not give soldiers and horses.

Guo Zixing couldn't wait any longer, and repeatedly urged him to no avail, so he asked his righteous daughter Ma Xiuying to ask.

"Sister-in-law, you'd better try to persuade Uncle Guo that this Haozhou is not a good place, there's no need to go back and make fun of Sun Deya and the others, why don't you come to Suzhou and just retire." Zhu Han said.

Zhu Han didn't dislike Guo Zixing very much.

It's just that his two sons are really a bit out of place.

Now that their father and son have no military power, he doesn't intend to help Guo Zixing fight for Haozhou.

"The adoptive father is stubborn, I'm afraid it's not easy to persuade." Ma Xiuying said.

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han understood that Guo Zixing was extremely greedy for power. Although his level of struggle was not good, he was reluctant to part with power.

"If you don't listen to the persuasion, you will have to retire in Dingyuan. Anyway, we can't lend him troops to go to Haozhou!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Sun Deya and others are not good people, but they saved face when they fought with Guo Zixing. They didn't meet each other with swords and soldiers, so they gave Zhu Yuanzhang face.

"Sister-in-law, how about this, you send someone to tell Uncle Guo, if he doesn't want to retire, then give him another job, how about going to Korea to be the governor?" Zhu Han said.

"Great Governor?" Ma Xiuying was puzzled for a while. Gao Li was overseas, and she was said to be very poor, so she wondered if her adoptive father would like it.

"Qiwu, is this appropriate?" Zhu Yuanzhang also asked with some doubts.

"Brother, of course it's suitable." Zhu Han said with a smile.

Recently, many leaders of the Red Turban Army were forced to join Zhu Yuanzhang in desperation because of their respective struggles.

Regarding the arrangement of these people, Zhu Han had just communicated with Zhu Yuanzhang, and they planned to arrange these original military leaders to go to Korea.

Anyway, Mao Gui, the Northern Expeditionary Army, had just arrived in Koryo.

It would be perfect if some more military leaders were arranged to go to Korea to do their best.

Zhu Han and the others controlled Koryo King Wang Qi and others in Koryo, and used the Eight Banners Army to control the place, but relying on these alone is not enough, and there must be enough manpower to monitor the 'Korea Eight Banners'.

The best candidates are, of course, the generals of the Red Turban Army like Guo Zixing.

They can not only enjoy themselves as the Supreme Emperor in Korea, but also monitor the Eight Banners of Korea, without worrying about them connecting together, it is simply too perfect.

"Then I'll give it a try. If the adoptive father agrees, then send someone to invite them." Sister-in-law Ma Xiuying said.

"Okay, sister-in-law." Zhu Han smiled.

Soon, Ma Xiuying's personal letter was answered.

Guo Zixing agreed to the proposal to go to Koryo to be the governor.

Although the distance is a bit far, it is really suitable to satisfy my sense of power and control.

In fact, Guo Zixing was able to serve as the governor of Korea, and his position was higher than the deputy governor Mao Gui, which made him feel satisfied.

Guo Zixing dragged his family and came to Jinling from Dingyuan City.

As preparations for going to Goryeo to take office, Guo Zixing left his grandson and young daughter in Jinling.

Entrusted to Zhu Yuanzhang to take care of, he took his sons to Korea.

On the sea to the west of Koryo, a fleet is sailing forward through the waves.

The leading battleship was exactly the battleship of Admiral Hu Dahai that Guo Zixing was on.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Guo Zixing saw the appearance of an island in front of him, so he pointed with his finger and asked Hu Dahai beside him, "General Hu, is Koryo just ahead?"

Hu Dahai raised his head, looked into the distance for a while, and then said with a smile, "Old General Guo, that's not Koryo, but Ganghwa Island in Koryo."

"Jianghua Island? What's the difference? Isn't it Goryeo?" Guo Zixing asked suspiciously.

Hu Dahai said with a smile, "Jianghua Island is our territory!"

"The land on Jianghua Island is fertile, the products are extremely abundant, and the terrain is also very flat. There are hundreds of our military farms, large and small!"

Hu Dahai talked with Guo Zixing again, and Guo Zixing realized that Jianghua Island had been thoroughly planned by Zhu Han as a military field for soldiers of the Red Turban Army. Soldiers of the Red Turban Army who received land rewards in Jiangnan.

At the same time, Ganghwa Island was also the camp where the Goryeo Red Scarf Army was stationed.

Since their fleet saw Jianghua Island, they sailed to Jianghua Island soon.As soon as he landed on Ganghwa Island, Guo Zixing saw the whole island of Ganghwa Island.

"This is really a very nice island!"

The land on Ganghwa Island is fertile and the vegetation is lush.

It is early spring now, and the farming scene on Ganghwa Island is already busy.

Many soldiers of the rebel army were dressed as farmers, and they were preparing the fields for spring plowing.

However, Guo Zixing soon discovered a problem, that is, on such a large Jianghua Island, he did not see a Korean man.

All the Koreans I saw were young women.

These Korean women, each with a basin or an earthen jar on their heads, shuttled back and forth between the farmland and the village.

Although the clothes of these Korean women look shabby, they are all a bit pretty.

Their clothes are obviously similar to those of the women in the Central Plains. They even have a few silver hairpins on their heads like many Korean women, and there is a faint happy smile on their faces.

Seeing all this, Guo Zixing was already full of doubts.

He asked Hu Dahai next to him, "General Hu, why are there no Korean men on this island?"

Hu Dahai smiled and said: "We heard that this is the order of the deputy commander! The deputy commander has already said that there are no Korean men on Ganghwa Island, and all males are Han Chinese!"

Zhu Han had long planned to make Ganghwa Island the most important base for the rebels stationed in Koryo, both for military reclamation and fortification.

Since it is both a military reclamation and a fortress, it is natural to maintain internal stability on Jianghua Island.

In order to avoid some unnecessary troubles.

Ganghwa Island, so all Goryeo men were expelled to the Kaijing area.

These Goryeo women on Jianghua Island are all the women of rebel soldiers. They are all very hardworking and submissive.

Although many of them looked a little different, most of the soldiers of the Rebel Army were born with miserable mud legs, and no one cared whether the women were beautiful or ugly.

Anyway, in their words, when the lights are turned on at night, they look like a mother!
Guo Zixing actually felt the same way in his heart.

He felt that these Korean women looked thin and weak, but they had a pitiful temperament!
Guo Zixing, an old tree, has the idea of ​​blooming new flowers again!
After resting on Jianghua Island for several days, Guo Zixing continued to advance north on a warship.

They soon arrived at their final destination, Kaijing of Goryeo.

When Guo Zixing and others arrived outside Kaijing City by boat, Koryo King Wang Qi had already been escorted by Koryo Eight Banners General Quan Qian and others to greet the Great Governor of the Heavenly Kingdom outside Kaijing City!
As soon as Guo Zixing arrived, the King of Korea, Wang Qi, brought all the civil and military officials of Korea, and greeted him respectfully outside the city with wine!
"Xiao Wang Wang Qi welcomes the envoy!"

Guo Zixing seemed to enjoy the welcoming ceremony of these Korean monarchs and ministers very much.

Because the monarch of a dignified country, although it is a small foreign country.

But being respectful like a servant in front of him is also very useful to Guo Zixing!
He waved his hand, put on the appearance of an envoy from the kingdom, and said, "Get up!"

"I am here in Koryo, and I want to cooperate with you a lot, so there is no need to be so generous!"

Guo Zixing's words made the monarchs and ministers of Korea feel awkward for a while.

Because this is simply treating them like real servants.

However, the powerful military strength of the Red Turban Army now makes them dare not violate the slightest.

The king of Korea, Wang Qi, stepped forward with a smile and acted as Guo Zixing's guide!
Guo Zixing and others entered Kaijing.

The city defenses in the city are basically guarded by the Goryeo Eight Banners in person. The Goryeo Eight Banners soldiers composed of these Goryeo traitors are loyal to the Red Scarf Army, because most of the Goryeo Eight Banners soldiers have now changed from ordinary civilians to Goryeo The person is a master.

In the huge Kaijing city, there are Goryeo Eight Banners patrolling everywhere.

Guo Zixing and the others soon entered the Koryo Palace, and a grand welcome banquet was being held in the Koryo Palace.

All the nobles from Kaijing gathered to welcome Guo Zixing.

only.

Guo Zixing looked at the dozens of plates, large and small, on the table in front of him, but he couldn't put down his chopsticks because there was nothing edible in them.

Guo Zixing cursed secretly in his heart, damn it, are these Korean barbarians trying to show Lao Tzu his power?
Don't you know that Lao Tzu is the envoy of the Heavenly Dynasty?
To serve me with such a pile of pickles... huh?

He glanced angrily at the King of Korea, Wang Qi.

However, it doesn't matter after reading it, Guo Zixing immediately felt relieved.

Because there are nearly a hundred copper bowls and plates, big and small, in front of King Wang Qi of Koryo, and the dishes in them are exactly the same as his own.

Either some pickled radishes, or some pickled cabbage, or pickled dandelions, or pickled scallions.

The king of Korea, Wang Qi, still ate pickles like pickled radishes with gusto.

Guo Zixing saw that the Korean people ate a mouthful of pickles and drank a mouthful of wine, and other Korean civil and military ministers looked the same, so he didn't think there was anything strange about this sumptuous dinner.

Guo Zixing cursed secretly in his heart, everyone said that the country of Koryo was barren and the people had little knowledge. At that time, I still didn’t believe it, but now it seems that he is really poor and shallow enough. Such a table of kimchi eats more than delicacies from mountains and seas. joyous.

Guo Zixing was naturally not interested in this table of carrots for a banquet.

I had to turn my attention to the drinks.

After he took a sip of the Korean wine, he almost vomited it out.

What kind of wine is this? It is clearly that the water has been mixed with wine.

Guo Zixing's two sons also had the same expression.

After they took a sip of the wine, they all showed very uncomfortable expressions, and could only quietly spit the wine on the ground again. This scene was watched by the King of Korea, Wang Qi, and his face was embarrassed.

He felt that Guo Zixing was humiliating himself!
However, King Gaoli did not dare to be angry at all.

"Please Governor Guo to enjoy my Korean singing and dancing!"

With a burst of shouting, more than a dozen Goryeo singers came to the center of the hall lightly and began to dance.

It has to be said that although the drinks and food in Goryeo are not very good, the young girls in Goryeo are very suitable for Guo Zixing's appetite. Even Guo Zixing's two sons, Guo Tianxu and Guo Tianxu, both showed admiration.

Seeing this scene, the king of Korea, Wang Qi, felt a little proud in his heart.

Guo Zixing, the governor sent by the Red Scarf Army, seems to be a womanizer, as are his two sons.

As long as you are lustful, it will be easy to handle.

Wang Qi knew that Guo Zixing's purpose in coming to Korea was to monitor the monarchs and ministers of Korea, and also to monitor the Eight Banners of Korea.

So Guo Zixing is an overlord in Korea, as long as he can please Guo Zixing!

Let Guo Zixing stand on his side, then Wang Qi feels that if he handles the relationship with Guo Zixing well, he can gradually suppress Quan Qian and others from the Eight Banners of Korea.

In this way, if he finds a way to take advantage of a certain opportunity and get rid of Guo Zixing, then he can regain control of the power in Goryeo in his own hands.

Wang Qi has always been unwilling to be a puppet of the Red Turban Army!
Guo Zixing quickly started his duties in Korea.

According to Zhu Han's instructions before coming to Koryo, he first summoned Quan Qian and other Koryo Eight Banners generals, and specially summoned General Li Chenggui of Kuancheng General Manager's Mansion.

This Li Chenggui was originally a Korean, but later he took refuge in the Yuan Dynasty.

When Goryeo attacked Kuang not long ago, it turned to Goryeo.

For this person, Guo Zixing promoted him according to Zhu Han's instructions, and asked him to attack the Mongols in Liaoyang to the north with all his strength. Moreover, Mao Gui, the general of the Northern Expedition of the Red Scarf Army stationed in the north of Koryo, soon led his men to come. Kaijing, meet Guo Zixing.

As old acquaintances of the Red Turban Army, when these two down-and-out brothers met, they immediately sighed.

Mao Gui wandered around Liaoyang Province for several months, but there was no sign of Liu Futong's northward support.

In desperation, he almost fell into despair.

In an emergency, Zhu Han sent people to contact them, leading Mao Gui and other generals of the Northern Expedition to cross the Yalu River and come to Koryo to be stationed.

For Zhu Han's kindness, Mao Gui was not an ungrateful person, and naturally he was safely guarding the defense line of the Yalu River for Zhu Han in Korea.

Now that Guo Zixing has come to serve as the governor, Mao Gui, who is the deputy governor, has no objections.

"Brother, we are in Korea now, and these days are much more comfortable than when we were in the Central Plains!" Mao Gui said when he saw Guo Zixing.

Because Guo Zixing just gave him three stunning singers from King Wang Qi of Koryo.

Mao Gui hugged a Korean singing girl with one arm, his smiling eyes narrowed into a line.

Guo Zixing also put his arms around the two Goryeo singers, and said with a smile: "Although this Goryeo country is barren, it has a special taste!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, drinking happily again.

With Guo Zixing, the governor, in command, the Goryeo Eight Banners, Mao Gui's Northern Expedition Red Scarf Army, and the garrison of Jianghua Island quickly moved together.

They mobilized grain, grass, and peasants in various places in Koryo, and began to attack north. For a while, the entire Mongolian Yuan Liaoyang Province was full of wars.

Meng Yuan's rule here immediately fell into turmoil, and many Jurchen tribes broke away from Meng Yuan's control one after another, fled back to their respective deep mountains and old forests, and no longer participated in the war between the two sides.

In an instant, Liaoyang Province fell into chaos, and the Mongolian army in the Shangdu area had to send an additional force to station in Liaoyang to stabilize the situation.

Regarding the chaos in Liaoyang Province, the Yuan Dynasty court, far away in Dadu, had no good solution except to send a soldier to sit in the town.

Because most of today's is already too noisy.

Now Wang Baobao, Chahan Timur, Li Siqi and others are fighting fiercely with the Red Turban Army in Henan.

Seeing that the weather is getting warmer after the beginning of spring, they also plan to encircle Kaifeng Mansion in Bianliang in three ways.

However, there were serious problems with the logistics of several Yuan armies.

Not only was there insufficient food and grass, but many weapons, armor and horses were also in serious shortage, and they were not even enough to support a large-scale battle.

Therefore, it seems that most of the documents for urgent help come flying in one by one.

Empress Dowager Qi, who was the empress dowager regent, called the courtiers to discuss this.

But none of them could come up with a solution.

Because the current Mongolian and Yuan courts are really too poor. Most of the poor's treasury has no extra food and grass, and the only thing left is only enough to keep most of the civil and military officials to eat and fill their stomachs.

"Then let all the civil and military officials of the Beijing Normal University donate their own family property, and if you donate more family property, you can save a little more!" said the Empress Dowager Qi.

When everyone heard that they were asked to donate their family wealth, many officials of the Yuan Dynasty suddenly became unhappy.

In order to serve as a demonstration role for the leading officials to donate their family's financial aid and help the Great Yuan Dynasty survive the difficulties, Empress Qi immediately stated in the court hall.

"Then I will start here first. I will take the lead in donating all the gold and silver jewelry, and donate all of them without leaving any. This counts as 1 taels of silver!"

Empress Dowager Qi's words made the courtiers immediately applaud and flatter her.

Since the empress dowager donated 1 taels of silver, the civil and military officials should not be too far behind.

"Queen Mother, I donate 8000 taels of silver!" Shang Shu Zuo Cheng said.

"Queen Mother, I will donate 7000 taels!"

"The lower officials also donated 7000 taels!"

"Your official donates 6000 taels!"

"Your official donates 5000 taels of silver!"

…………

Immediately, the entire court hall turned into a donation and fundraising meeting.

In the end, I managed to scrape together 50 taels of silver.

With this 50 taels of silver, it is barely enough to support Wang Baobao and others in their expedition.

However, after the Empress Dowager Qi returned to the harem, she sighed for a while.

Because relying on soliciting donations from ministers of civil and military affairs is not a long-term solution.

Just when Empress Dowager Qi felt confused about her future.

The unexpected news... came one after another.

Wang Baobao, who had just received 50 taels of military food and grass, sent another letter personally, because Wang Baobao didn't want food or military pay this time, but wanted the Yuan Dynasty to set up a weapons department specializing in the manufacture of new artillery.

Regarding Wang Baobao's suggestion, Empress Dowager Qi felt nothing at first.

Isn't it just to make some weapons?

However, when he saw the amount of silver taels that Wang Baobao listed at the end, he was shocked and turned pale.

"What? Doesn't this simple cannon cost nearly a million taels of silver?"

Dayuan's treasury is now completely clean.

Wang Baobao wanted 100 million taels of silver to be used to manufacture a new type of artillery like the Red Scarf Army, so naturally it was impossible to do so easily.

However, Wang Baobao already mentioned in his memorial that the Red Turban Army is now equipped with many new types of artillery that are both portable and powerful. crushed by the enemy.

Therefore, if the Yuan army did not have these artillery, it would be impossible for Dayuan to capture Bianliang City, and even if Bianliang City was captured, it would be difficult to maintain it for a long time.

Manufacture of artillery, and then form a new army capable of using artillery, is already a top priority for the Yuan army.

Moreover, Wang Baobao also mentioned to the Empress Dowager Qi in the memorial that when the Dayuan regiment trained soldiers and horses to fight in Henan, they had gradually revealed their weaknesses.

The soldiers and horses of these regiments are basically locals recruited from all over the country. When they are asked to fight for their hometown, they are still very effective. Once they leave their hometown and fight in other state capitals, they will often appear impermanent. Weaknesses in battle.

They were either thinking about the harvest at home, or they were thinking about returning home to farm after the war.

So Wang Baobao wanted the Great Yuan Dynasty to make some changes and give up part of the land to award these meritorious soldiers.

Moreover, some local farmers were specially organized in their hometown to belong to these soldiers.

Let them fight outside with peace of mind, without worrying about the harvest and farming at home.

Wang Baobao also pointed out that the brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang of the Red Turban Army were in the Huaihe River area in the south of the Yangtze River, and they heard that this kind of army farming system was implemented.

This is similar to the Fubing in the Tang Dynasty, which is a good example.

After all, what the Yuan Dynasty lacked most now was land. They occupied a lot of farmland and population at the beginning, and it was perfect to reward the soldiers.

Wang Baobao, together with Chahan Timur, Boluo Timur, Li Siqi and others, repeatedly wrote to point out that if Dayuan does not reform the military system and the land issue of soldiers, then Dayuan will really be completely over.

Faced with such heavy pressure, the Empress Dowager Qi defied all opinions and announced in Dadu that Dayuan would implement the strategy of the new government soldiers policy.

And it's not just the name of a mansion soldier, they also took out a large amount of land owned by the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty, which was specially used to reward the meritorious soldiers who fought against the Red Turban Army. Hundreds of acres are allocated, all of which are tax-free land.

As a result, the morale of Wang Baobao and other regiment training troops rose instantly, and each of them burst out with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

The Yuan army's fierce offensive after the beginning of spring instantly made the battle in Henan lively again.

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After the beginning of spring, this year has been the third year of the Red Turban Army.

Aiyou, the new emperor of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, also adopted a new year name, which happened to be called orthodox!

I don't know whether it is to promote that he is the orthodox son of the first emperor, or that Meng Yuan is the orthodox of the Central Plains. Anyway, the meaning of orthodoxy seems to many people to be quite bragging.

Zhenjiang, the navy camp of the Red Scarf Army.

Zhu Hanlai came to Zhenjiang and was inspecting the latest batch of launched warships.

This batch of warships all adopted the latest soft canvas structure, coupled with the diagonal triangle sails in front, they could sail unimpeded.

"Deputy Marshal, this batch of ships has a total of 36 ships, plus the previous ones, we now have 78 large and small ships, and more than 4000 sailors!"

"In the entire East China Sea, no one is our opponent!" Hu Dahai said to Zhu Han proudly.

(End of this chapter)