Chapter twenty four
Li Mingxun smiled: "It's not difficult. We can use power to exchange the interests of common people's landlords. A large part of the reason we leave common people's landlords is that they have knowledge and can be used as grassroots officials. Then let the liquidation be carried out together with the selection of officials. After the scope of liquidation is determined, the children of common people's landlords' families will immediately participate in the examination of selecting local officials, and promise them that as long as they are not defined as traitors and rioters, even if they encounter other offenses later, their children's examination results will still be effective, and the selection of their children will not be affected. However, one thing is, if you want your children to serve as officials in charge, you must cooperate with the administrative office's measures to ensure the people, that is, reduce, exempt, and reduce tenant rent."
Li Dingguo listened carefully, and the more he listened, the more he felt it made sense. For common landlords, truly reassurance was that they had power in their hands and exchanged power with interests. They were too familiar with it, and through reducing the power exchange for rent, they could also gain the reputation of supporting the new dynasty and stabilizing the place.
For those "troubled people" with bad intentions, if they want to use the opportunity of liquidation to force and harm common people, they have to consider it, because even if the harm is successful, the landlord's sons and nephews are still officials in the new yamen, and they are local parents and local officials, and they will definitely find opportunities to take revenge in the future, so the unruly people dare not act rashly at will.
"Of course, we can't just do this simply. We can do some other things, such as opening up deserted fields. After decades of war, there are few people and many lands everywhere. Some are abandoned land, most of which are in a stateless state. This part is collected as state-owned, and many are owned by gentry. We can open these abandoned land to the poor who rent common people and landlords, and allow them to reclaim them, and exempt them from taxes and rents. Just imagine, if the wasteland is opened in large quantities, who is willing to rent high-tenancy land? This also forces common people and landlords to support our land policy, right?" Li Mingxun said with a smile.
Li Dingguo nodded: "Actually, we are all doing these things, such as selecting officials and reclaiming wasteland. We have always been in the process of putting troops to combat rebellion, encirclement and liquidation. After the peace and stability, we will take administrative measures. Now it seems that military and political affairs must be carried out at the same time to avoid problems."
"That is, in the past, there were not many officials from the Military Control Commission, especially few officials from administrative, tariffs, and inspections. Now that all parties have pacified, the officials who support the base camp and overseas territories are soon to be in place, and the work will naturally be launched." Li Mingxun said.
As he said, Li Mingxun said to the attendant serving the side: "You have heard what I and the King of Jin said just now. Go and have someone write a note. First, try it in the Zhili area for a month. If the results are good, then implement it. The Cleanup Committee should contact the following more. If there are any changes and problems, there should be consultation measures. King of Jin has to go on a long journey and is still worried about planning for them. It is really not."
"Yes, I'll do it now." The attendant put away the shorthand notes and opened the car door and went out.
"My righteous brother is afraid he will ascend to the throne this time. He originally didn't want to mention it, but now he is afraid that people will gossip. When the war in Shandong is destroyed, the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, and my three feudal friars in the southwest have already announced the world and submitted to the new dynasty. Brother Yu's title of King Jin is absolutely impossible to use." Li Dingguo said sincerely.
Li Mingxun smiled, patted Li Dingguo on the shoulder, and said, "Yes, the King of Jin is useless. Since the title of the King of Kuching has been awarded the crown prince, you should think about it with all your name, what should you call the prince of the new dynasty? Hahaha..."
Huguang, Wuchang Prefecture.
The combat command hall changed from the main hall of the government office was filled with smoke. The generals of the Army, Marine Corps, Guards, Local Security Forces, Military Control Commission, and Purge Committee were quarreling at this moment. Among the generals under the Great Southwest War Zone, except for the military officials who were in charge of Shaanxi and Gansu, the rest arrived. Even the military officials were sent to the scene.
"It is better to advance to Bashu from Yunnan to attack, fight low with high and fast!"
"No, Yunnan is too remote and mountainous, and transportation is difficult. If 100% of the materials are transported from Guangdong, 60% of them are probably lost on the road. How can we build a large army? Furthermore, when entering the Sichuan Basin, we will directly face the Yangtze River. If the bandits in Pingxi are arranged in a formation, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are turbulent. How can we pass it? It is better to attack from Huguang, the water route reaches Sichuan directly, the troops advance quickly, and there is water transportation..."
"It's better to go south from Guanzhong. Since ancient times, the rebellion of Bashu has mostly been from north to south. Cao Wei destroyed Shu and Meng destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. Which one is not like this?"
The generals had their own opinions and quarreled endlessly. In the back hall, Li Jundu sipped the fragrant tea and closed his eyes to rest, as if he was not affected by the noisy outside. On his side was He Wenrui, the new top commander of the Huguang Military Control Commission. He Wenrui was the first mainland territory for the United States in his early years. Later, he managed Fujian, liquidated gentry, and stabilized the place. I am afraid that no one could surpass him. This was also the administrative assistant specially dispatched for Li Jundu before Li Mingxun went north.
"When my father was in charge of the military, did these arrogant soldiers quarrel like this?" Li Jundu asked casually.
He Wenrui laughed and said, "No matter how quarrels are, they are just private. Who dares to come to the headquarters to argue?"
Speaking of this, He Wenrui shook his head: "Young Master, you don't need to take it to your heart. Now that Your Highness is heading north to the capital, most of the country is restored, and ascending the throne is determined. At this time, who wants to take the lead in taking over the thief of Pingxi, make achievements, and destroy the Pingxi vassal, why is it a reward for the title of marquis to pay homage to Duke? They also want to make achievements too much."
Li Jundu shook his head and smiled, "How can a group of vulgar and unrestrained people be allowed to do something about military and national affairs? Well, let them calm down first."
"Commander Commander......... Arrive!" the adjutant shouted loudly.
A group of generals threw down their cigarette butts, stood up to tidy up their military appearance. When they saw Li Jundu walking out, they saluted with their hands: "See Your Highness, Commander!"
"Sit down." Although Li Junduo was young, he was grand and had a dignified manner. When everyone sat down, Li Junduo said, "Today, all the generals love me and call me Your Highness. I hope that in a few days, everyone here will be awarded the title, and they will be Your Highness."
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.
After everyone sat down, Li Jundu nodded slightly. The staff opened the mask on the sand table in the combat hall. The huge sand table occupied one-quarter of the lobby. The wide area made the mountains, rivers and rivers above express themselves very vividly. Not only were the prefectures and counties marked, but even important ferries, ports and towns were marked on them. This was also the result of the inspections of the Army Intelligence Department and the Security Bureau in various provinces in China over the past decade.
But after seeing the sand table, the generals' expressions changed, because the sand table did not mark the situation of attacking the thieves in Pingxi with arrows, and even the main attack and feint attack were not marked.
The enemy and us adopted different colors, so we can see that the entire province of Sichuan, eastern and southern Hubei, most of Hunan, most of Guizhou, and most of Shaanxi Hanzhong were all different from the United States. On this huge area, there were four important hostile forces marked, namely, the Pingxi vassal of Sichuan, Shen Yongzhong of Guizhou, the Thirteen Kuidong families, and the Three Feudalists of the Southwest. The generals stared at the Three Feudalists of the Southwest and did not understand their intentions. After all, the Three Feudalists of the Southwest had announced their surrender, and the elite horse stances of each feudalist were still in the north at this moment.
"I know you all want to attack Sichuan before the head of state becomes emperor, and grant his wife and son, but the situation is far from as simple as you imagined. The head of state arrives in the capital this time and will ascend the throne soon. This is a very important political attitude. Before and after the emperor, the country will officially accept the Three Vastrated Southwest. Whether the interests of the Three Vastrated Southwest can be recognized by the state and how much they can be accepted by the various vassals. It is unknown whether the three Vastrated Southwest can be accepted by the Three Vastrated Southwest, and whether the various vassals can be accepted by them. Let's not talk about anything else for now. It is a question whether the titles granted by the Three Vastrated Southwest during the Ming Dynasty can continue to be inherited." Li Jundu said.
Everyone also knew that from the beginning of Chongzhen’s conferring Wu Sangui as the Pacification of Xibo, the former Ming Dynasty entered a state of random titles. There were still some principles in the Hongguang dynasty. From the beginning of Longwu and Lu’s regent, the Duke and Marquis were granted to real power generals like they didn’t have money. In the Yongli era, from the establishment of Sun Kewang as the King of Qin, kings of different surnames also began to appear. Originally, Li Mingxun and Li Dingguo rescued Yongli from Sun Kewang to pacify the Qin vassals and stopped this trend, but also recognized most of the original titles. When Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were preparing for the Jin vassals, they also concentrated military power to pacify the generals who lost power. Another climax of the emergence of various titles was that after Yongli was abducted by Wu Sangui, in order to avoid the Three Feudals being won over by Wu Sangui, Li Mingxun agreed to the Three Feudals to enlist the large-scale feudals, which made the nobles of each feudals not add and advance, stabilizing the situation in the southwest.
Over the past ten years, the three feudal tribes in the southwest can be said to be the princes and marquises walking all over the ground, and there are so many counts. But these titles are still not recognized. If they admit them, then there will be a problem. The three feudal tribes in the southwest can be granted more than a hundred earls. Can the United States that support the world and destroy the Qing Dynasty be granted a thousand? If there are so many counts, then are they viscounts and can there be tens of thousands of barons?
The title is just a title. The key is that the Southwest San Francisco has controlled the three southwest provinces for many years and has many privileges. Can these destined to be taken away?
"Your Highness, your highness, do you mean to shock and appease the three feudal families in the southwest first?" Li Laiheng asked.
Li Jundu spread his hands: "If someone can guarantee that Pingxi Fan will be destroyed within one month, then start fighting immediately!"
"This..." All the generals looked at each other. They were disdainful of Wu Sangui's strength. They claimed to be a 200,000 army, but they could only fight tens of thousands of people. If they fight with real swords and guns, their combat effectiveness will not be higher than that of one army. But now the situation is that there are still a large number of prefectures and counties in Huguang that have not been restored, and the transportation with Guangdong and Guangxi is also in a state of blockage. Only Shaanxi can truly touch the border of Pingxi, but there is also a barrier between Hanzhong. Everyone knows the story of Zhuge Wuhou going to Qishan. I am afraid that even Hanzhong will not be able to defeat him in a month.
"Since no one is sure, let's not fight for it first, and focus on pursuing all parties and maintaining peace and stability in Huguang." Li Jundu said again, which means that the plan of the head of state to resolve Wu Sangui before the rule of the world was ruined.
"General Li Laiheng, how did you contact Kuidong?" Li Jundu asked first.
Kuidong is an anti-Qing force entrenched in western Sichuan and Badong. In the original history, Li Laiheng was also one of them. Of course, because of Li Mingxun's time travel, by chance, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Li Laiheng, the Shun army, integrated into the United Kingdom. However, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi and some local landlord armed forces in the Shun army still insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty in Kuidong. Although this anti-Qing force was weaker than in history, the Qing enemy troops who dealt with them were also weaker, so they developed well. The Kuidong anti-Qing armed forces accepted the title of the former Ming Dynasty very early, but they had never joined the united front of the Anti-Qing Imperial Road, and were also joined by the China-Ming Alliance. The reason was very simple. The United Kingdom had never been able to support Kuidong deep inland, and could not even be able to contact him. However, with the victory of the Shandong battlefield, the two sides established contact again. Considering that Li Laiheng had a deep connection with him, they were always responsible for contacting Kuidong.
"The subordinates contacted Liu Tichun and others in Kuidong. In principle, more than a dozen forces in Kuidong's anti-Qing agreed to join the United States, but there are different ideas on how to join, when to join, and what conditions are there. Relatively speaking, the generals of the Shun Army such as Liu, Hao, and Yuan were more proactive, while the local landlords were a little hesitant. Your Highness also knew that although Kuidong was headed by Liu Tichun, it was only in wartime and they were all in charge on weekdays." Li Laiheng briefly introduced.
Li Jundu nodded slightly and said, "I know the people in Kuidong are just seeking chips to reward you. These methods have been heard a lot over the years. Perhaps they are useful to others, but they are useless to me.
Whether they are referring to Wu Sangui as an example or to raise their own value by occupying more prefectures and counties, it is useless. Regarding Kuidong, you only need to send a message to each family, and then say, I hope they can surrender before the new emperor ascends the throne. As for the conditions, I will not treat it unfairly. First, the titles granted by the former Ming Dynasty, no matter whether the Duke and Marquis admit it, it will only conform to the titles of the New Dynasty and change its honorary titles. Second, as far as I know, the dozens of families in Kuidong resisted the Qing Dynasty, and a total of soldiers
There are about 30,000 horses, with family members on their side, and only more than 200,000 left. As long as they are attached, they can be placed in Guanzhong and Huguang, and Huguang. Each person has five acres of good land and ten acres of good land. There are two silver taels to be placed, which will not be less than one million taels. Third, each family can select three hundred to five hundred elite soldiers and continue to be soldiers, with a total of 10,000 places and 10,000 soldiers and horses. The treatment is equivalent to the First Class of the Army. However, the recipients of the title cannot be a general, and the recipients of the title will be temporarily suspended.
General Li, you send a message to each company, if one wants, you will reorganize the company. If you want, you will reorganize it. But only for one month. After one month, you will be treated as a bandit and wiped out all of them.”
After hearing Li Jundu's order, everyone's faces changed drastically. This was too generous. When he recruited Kuidong, he rewarded one million silver taels and two million acres of fertile land. Not only that, even the dozen titles in Kuidong were admitted, but everyone also understood in their hearts that Kuidong was different from the Three Feudalists in the southwest. Kuidong insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years. Although he had no great contributions, he was also a loyal man. It was extremely rare to be able to achieve this level behind the enemy in the inland.
Chapter completed!