Dominate the Country

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"Changzhou has been broken. Except for a few Eight Banners, the soldiers in the city are afraid that they have no intention to fight."

In front of Chen Ming, the news in the city was delivered like water. When the military report said that the Fu Han army had captured the north and south walls of Changzhou, and the soldiers who broke into the Xiying Gate also rushed to the government office in one go, Chen Ming laughed. The morale of the Qing army in Changzhou was really low, otherwise, with the barricades and forts next to each other in Changzhou City, how could the Fu Han army that broke into the Xiying Gate not see the government office so quickly?

"Your Highness, the morale of the Qing army has been completely lost."

"Well, this governor does not want to cause more killings, but it's a pity that there is no one in the army who is known for his kindness and goodness. Only the old general has a high prestige in the other army. I wonder if the old general is willing to enter the city to recruit one or two?" Chen Ming said.

"Your Highness, please be merciful and spare their lives. I dare not disobey your order. I just want your Highness to say that those who have done something should not be killed?"

"Everyone serves his master on the battlefield. I, Chen Han, will not commit war crimes. All Han soldiers who surrender will not be killed." It will not be considered as his wrong words if he is listed and liquidated in the future, because it is a civilian crime. "The banner soldiers..., wait until they surrender and then we will talk about it." If they surrender, at least Chen Ming will not chop them all, but if they don't surrender, they will definitely die. Chen Ming saw Duan Xiulin's face move, and then turned around and said goodbye without saying a word. He also raised his eyebrows!

——Didn't Duan Xiulin ask Chen Ming for mercy for the banner soldiers? Is his head clear?

"Sir..."

Duan Xiulin's personal guard camp has been disarmed and monitored, but the few people around him, the Fu Han Army did not restrain them, and even let them wear swords and guns, allowing them to continue to follow Duan Xiulin.

"General, you surrendered to the Fu Han Army, and you have already been tainted. If you go to the city to recruit soldiers to surrender, the world will criticize you afterwards..." Duan Xiulin's personal soldier battalion officer looked anxious. This was his nephew.

"I have already become a surrendered general. Can I still keep a good reputation? The more people scold me, the more I can win the heart of the King of Han, Duke Lu." Duan Xiulin's head was not confused at all. Duan Xiulin was indeed the most suitable candidate in the Fu Han Army for recruiting surrenders and traitors.

"Duke Lu has ordered that Chen and Han will not be punished for war. All Han soldiers will surrender and will not be killed!"

"Changzhou has been broken, and you are doomed. General Duan has surrendered, so why don't you surrender?"

"Duke Lu has ordered that all Han soldiers will surrender and will not be killed!"

Chen Ming laughed dumbly when he heard it outside, "General Duan has surrendered, so why don't you surrender?" What a tempting and bewitching persuasion to surrender. Duan Xiulin's contribution in Changzhou is even greater. "Let's go back to the tent. I want to report the victory to Lushan!" The news of the Qing army's siege of Changzhou was sent to Henan by pigeons one by one, aiming for a quick response, and then people emphasized the announcement afterwards. This time, Changzhou was actually taken, and the main force of the Fu Han Army was freed up. What is Chen Ming afraid of? He is not in a hurry, so he will announce it along the way. It will show the prestige of Chen Han and encourage the officers and soldiers of Chen Han who worked hard to resist the attack of the Qing army in Hunan.

"Your Highness, the Changzhou government office has been taken, and Yin Jishan and Feng Sheng'e have both committed suicide by taking drugs!" Ayintu, Changling, Fuchun and other important generals of the Eight Banners have also found their bodies.

Chen Ming has not finished writing the letter to his father, and the victory report has come. He took out his pocket watch and saw that it was not more than 12 o'clock. "Send an order, reward the whole army!"

The Fu Han army stayed under the city of Changzhou for 20 days, and every day the logistics staff sent fat pigs and sheep to the army. There were also boatloads of fresh fish, salted fish, bacon, etc. The food of the Fu Han army was really powerful.

The cheers of the soldiers rang out outside the big tent, deafening, and the joy in the voices could break through the clouds. This was not for rewards, but for Changzhou.

Winning this battle, tens of thousands of them will be completely free. The army is moving south and north, who can be the opponent? As long as they think about the bright future of the Fu Han army in the future, the morale of the whole army is boiling and in full swing.

Then there was a whole afternoon of cleaning work. The Fu Han army spent an afternoon cleaning up the defeated soldiers hiding in the city. Because the Qing Dynasty had advertised that the surrendered soldiers captured by the Fu Han Army would all be forced to do hard labor, such as mining and paving roads, without enough food, and work from morning to night. When they were exhausted, they would be thrown into the iron furnace and turned into ashes.

Such propaganda still attracted some people to believe it. Many defeated soldiers threw away their swords and guns, took off their military uniforms, and hid in civilian houses.

Unfortunately, the difference between being a soldier and not being a soldier is too big.

Whether it is physique, standing posture, or the face of the hand, it is different from ordinary people in the city. At this time, the Qing army musketeers still mostly used bird guns. Combat effectiveness requires frequent shooting. Because of the structure of the bird gun, smoke and fire popped out of the back door when firing. Many bird gunners had burns of varying sizes on their faces and hands, or at least spots from the hot sparks.

Besides, there were only 3000 to 5000 people in Changzhou. When the Fu Han army searched Changzhou, they pulled all the people out and easily found a lot of deserters. Then they told the people that if they could tell the deserters, they would give them a silver dollar. As a result, the Qing soldiers all met with tragedy.

"We have a routine to deal with civilians who are injured, injured or disabled due to the siege. For dead people, twenty silver coins are given. For injured people, depending on the severity of the injury, two to ten silver coins are given; for disabled people, fifteen silver coins are given. Silver dollars. Therefore, the disabled and deceased will be recorded. After the official land is verified in the future, they will be able to rent the land and pay taxes according to the corresponding specifications and years. "

At noon, Chen Ming held a banquet for all the generals, and Duan Xiulin was placed first on the right hand side by Chen Ming. After the banquet, Chen Ming and Duan Xiulin talked about the suffering of the people. The Fuhan Army has a complete set of corresponding regulations for this.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Lu, has a kind heart. Our army is indeed the king's division of the Han family." Duan Xiulin flattered him again.

Hahaha, Chen Ming laughed wildly in his heart, and he couldn't help but smile. Xiulin is really good at flattering her in this episode, and she doesn't feel tired of flattering her at all. It took a long time for him to pay attention, one flattery after another. How could he, as a senior official, not know about the aftermath of the Fuhan Army's war?

At first, Chen Ming thought Duan Xiulin didn't believe the 'rumors'. Later I thought it was flattering!

But no matter what, the words 'Master Wang of the Han Family' made him very happy. "Since I am the king of the Han family, I will not be polite to those foreign barbarians."

"All the flag soldiers who were injured were beheaded." Because being injured means resistance, "Anyone with a rank of assistant or above, or an official with a rank of five or above, will be beheaded; those with official positions below will be killed." Twenty years; Banners serve for ten years. "As for what kind of work they do, there is no difference between Manchu, Mongolian and Han, so it will be determined based on the specific situation.

"Remember, don't cut off their pigtails." Chen Ming's eyes were cold. That braid was a symbol of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty’s humiliation at the hands of the Chinese. Back then, they used knives to force the Chinese to shave their heads and become more submissive. Now that the situation has changed, Chen Ming wants to let the Manchu and Qing Tatars swallow the bitter fruit of this braid. . Let the people always remember the lesson of that braid!

In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Mongolian Semu people living in China to marry Chinese people, but not to marry other people of their own kind. Those who violated the law would have their families confiscated and become slaves in the officialdom. If the Chinese do not want to marry the hh Kipchak, they can marry among themselves, and there is no restriction. This is to assimilate hh.

However, in the ninth year of Hongwu, the Confucian scholar of Haizhou in Huai'an Prefecture Zeng Bingzheng said: "In recent times, Mongolian and Semu people have mostly changed their surnames to Han surnames, which are no different from Chinese people. Some seek to be in charge of official positions, some are promoted to prominent positions, and some are A wealthy businessman . The ancients said, "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different." There should be no hidden evil intentions and slanderous complaints. It is advisable to rename them, and to distinguish them, and to consider their orders and residence. Those who are close to you are allowed to retreat." Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed.

Chen Ming also felt that this was reasonable. Is it impossible for Chen Ming to kill all the bannermen? So in a few decades, we will see them become Chinese people again? Although Qiu Jun, who lived in the Jingtai and Tianshun years of the Ming Dynasty, said: "In the early days of the country's pacification, most of the Mongolian people scattered in various states had changed their surnames and changed their names, and they were mixed among the people, just like one or two ladders of barnyard grass growing in the hills and ridges of rice. Over time, we have forgotten each other, and it is not easy to recognize them." But Chen Ming felt unhappy when he let them go so easily.

In the end, he chose to keep the pig tail braid. This braid serves as a symbol of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If the Tatars want to remove this braid in the future, they must also exchange their blood and lives. Chen Ming would set a harsh standard, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable.

"Let them clean up the inside and outside of Changzhou first."

How refreshed and clear are you now?

Just think about how the Tatars in the future will cry for their fathers and mothers and have to lose the pigtail braids on the back of their heads. For this, they will have to work ten times or dozens of times as hard as the "Han people raising the flag" to change and fight for it, Chen Ming felt in his heart It’s just a blast.

As for whether this will cause hidden dangers? hehe. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, who thought there would be many people left in the Eight Banners?

An incident happened in October of the first year of Hongwu. At that time, Xu Da led an army to conquer the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and escorted the captured Mongolian and Yuan civil and military officials and other large groups to Nanjing. When they arrived in Tongzhou, "there were Uighurs who wanted to cause trouble, and they killed more than 5,000 people, including their wives and daughters, and the soldiers." ”

The Manchu Qing Dynasty would often send people into slavery outside the customs and into armored people. Did their own wives and daughters also want to be enslaved by people?

The total number of Manchu, Mongolian and Han bannermen who surrendered in Changzhou totaled about 2,500 to 600. The main force was of course the three thousand Hangzhou banner men. It is still unclear whether 400 of the 800 or so Eight Banners new troops who defended the Changzhou government office surrendered.

But after being killed like this by Chen Ming, there was no guarantee that there would be 200 people, not to mention 400.

Duan Xiulin on the side was like a deaf man, turning a deaf ear to Chen Ming's orders.

Not to mention the aftermath here in Changzhou, just say that the good news spread all the way from Changzhou to Jiangyin. Immediately, Master Jiang sent out a large sampan, decked out in red and colorful, with big drums and dozens of musicians. Arrangements were made to take turns, those who played gongs, those who played suonas, and those who played trombones, pulled up the sails and headed towards Wuhan. Behind him were two similar large sampans guarding him.

This is a perfect 'advertisement'.

——The Fuhan army has captured Changzhou. Yin Jishan, the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty, and General Feng Sheng'e committed suicide by taking drugs. There were so many Qing troops in Changzhou that every one of them died or surrendered.

As the news ships passed by, the news spread quickly from both sides of the Yangtze River to southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu, then to southern Anhui and northern Anhui, and then to Poyang Lake in Jiangxi. By the time the news reached northern Hubei, it was already April.

All the officers and soldiers on Chen Han's side were full of confidence and were excited. And those gentry and scholars who thought of the Qing Dynasty were all crying and mourning. As the news spread, Chen Han's rule in Jiujiang, Anqing and Hubei was visibly consolidated. Those gentry and landlords who had been watching the rural work teams coldly changed their previous indifference, and some thick-skinned people flattered them. On the contrary, the "armed security strength" of the rural work teams decreased a little, and the "integrity index" was constantly emphasized and raised.

The policy of the rural work teams has been implemented for almost a year. The treatment and circumstances they suffered in the countryside during this year cannot be described in a million-word magnum opus. But one fact cannot be denied. With the growing momentum and strength of the Fu Han Army, more and more gentry and landlords have lowered their heads. More and more township officials straightened their backs and fulfilled their duties, and millions of farmers and people also knew the policies of the Fu Han Army.

Taohuaji in Luotian County.

Zhang Youli drove his small donkey cart and ran happily on the way home. It was almost dusk, and it would be dark again when he returned home. Since he became a postman in Luotian County, although this job was called a postman by some ignorant people, Zhang Youli himself felt that it was very similar to a postman, but did the Tartar postman make as much money as he did?

Apart from other things, the government gave him a subsidy of three silver dollars a month for his donkey cart, and two hundred catties of fodder and three buckets of black beans.

He earned more this month than in the past six months, and there was also Zhang Youli's job. He just started and he earned three silver dollars a month. In the future, his basic salary will increase once a year, and there will be bonuses.

The whole Zhang family does not need to farm anymore. The silver earned by Zhang Youli every month is enough for their family to eat and drink.

Taohuaji saw the Zhang family trembling with naked eyes, and someone teased Zhang Youli that if he had known that he would have a good life now, he should not have let his brothers and eldest son go to the army last year! Zhang Youli spat back at him. If Zhang Youcai and Zhang Dashan didn't join the army, how could he get such a good job?

There are only five postmen in Luotian now. Which one is not a military family or a martyr's family?

A day of hard work did not make Zhang Youli feel tired. A promising life will only make Zhang Youli, who is used to a hard life, full of energy, endless energy. What's more, there are two packages left behind Zhang Youli's donkey cart today, big packages, but they are no longer someone else's, but the Zhang family's own.

"Mom, this is sent by my eldest brother."

The first thing Zhang Youli did when he returned home was to unload the cart and lead the donkey to the shed to eat. The family had already prepared a mixture of fine and coarse materials, as well as clean water. Now that the Zhang family has a better life, the treatment of the donkey is still the best.

Zhang Dahai, who was on a month-long vacation from the technical school, skillfully carried the parcels in the donkey cart home. This thing is the lifeblood of the postman. If it is lost or damaged, Zhang Youli will not only have to pay compensation, but also affect his score. Affecting Zhang Youli's score means affecting his "future". Luotian County Post Office is still in its infancy. There are only ten people including postmen and logistics. The director is a disabled veteran. Other positions, big and small, are vacant. Whoever does the best next year will get the highest score - this trick is learned from the army, whoever wears a hat, a high hat. Even if Zhang Youli wears a hat, he still works as a postman, and his salary has increased.

Zhang Dahai has entered the technical school of Huangzhou Prefecture. He studied blacksmithing with the goal of entering the gun and artillery bureau of the court. As for the qualification, of course, it was obtained because the Zhang family had two soldiers.

In the technical school, Zhang Dahai learned not only the craft of iron forging and iron smelting, but also characters, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It can be said that Zhang Dahai, who has studied in the technical school for a few years, cannot be said to be very knowledgeable, but at least he is not blind. However, the technical school taught simplified characters and used charcoal pencils - pencils "invented" by Chen Ming, which was highly criticized by the "people". Even in the poor place of Taohuaji, there were several students who denounced it.

But from Zhang Youli's point of view, these simplified characters are not good at all, as long as they are easy to recognize, that's the best. His son is a craftsman, not going to take the exam to become a scholar or an official, so it's okay to recognize two characters.

Now Zhang Dahai, who can recognize two characters, saw the three characters "Zhang Dashan" on it when he held the package. This is the package sent by his brother.

Zhang Wangshi in the house was setting up the food, and the whole family was waiting for Zhang Youli to come home before they could start eating. At this time, when she heard Zhang Dahai's cry, tears fell from her eyes.

Zhang Youcai and Zhang Dashan, uncle and nephew, entered the new barracks together, but when they came out of the new barracks, the two could no longer be together. One of the uncle and nephew of the Zhang family went to Hunan and the other went to Anhui. Zhang Youcai went to Anhui and Zhang Dashan went to Hunan.

Now, in all aspects of Chen Han's territory, if you want to talk about the most difficult position, ordinary people with a little knowledge know that it is Hunan.

Since the Fu Han Army made a big move, the Qing troops in Guangdong, Guangxi and Xiangxi, as well as some border troops transferred from Yunnan and Guizhou, have all pounced on Hunan like hungry wolves.

There are news that the county towns of Baoqing and Changde, the three prefectures in southern Hunan, have been broken. And this news comes from time to time. Even now, it is said that the prefecture city of Baoqing Prefecture is also surrounded by Qing troops. Zhang Dashan's unit is the 15th Brigade, and the Zhang family members always feel heartbroken when talking about this.

"The war has been going on for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold. This letter from my brother is really worth ten thousand gold. I won't exchange it for ten thousand gold."

Chen Youli, who had served Uncle Donkey, walked into the house slowly and saw two packages. One was placed on the table as a treasure, and Zhang Wangshi was cutting the oilcloth outside with scissors, while the other victory package was thrown on the ground without being noticed. He bent down and picked up the package.

This was also his own stuff, and it was heavy in his arms.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Since the boss has sent the package back, he is at least still alive. What's the hurry?" Zhang Youli slapped the package in his hand and said, "Let me tell you, His Highness Duke Lu has wiped out all the Tartars in Changzhou. Here are the rewards given by our troops to the military families and martyrs' families. This package is also ours."

Zhang Youli cleared his throat and said what they had said in the morning:

"His Highness Duke Lu is invincible and unstoppable. Our army in Jiangnan will be able to move south soon. By then, Fujian They will sweep down. The troops in Guangdong and Guangxi are too busy defending their hometowns, so how can they fight Hunan? When the 15th Brigade is free, the Tartars in Yunnan, Guizhou and Xiangxi will naturally shrink their heads. "

"Nothing will happen to the boss!"

"When His Royal Highness Duke Lu sweeps the South, the King of Han will be the emperor. The world will be divided into the Southern and Northern Dynasties. We are the Southern Dynasty, just like the Ming Dynasty back then. The army will march north, sweep across the Central Plains, and drive the Tartars back to their hometowns."

"The wealth of our Zhang family, and the wealth of all the military families and military trains, are all thoroughly earned."