Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Zhang Aiqing, my request is that you ensure that these people eat, drink and sleep. They are all your soldiers."

"Bing?" Zhang Dazhong was even more puzzled. He felt that the more he listened, the more confused he became.

"I want to set up a company called "Minsheng Shipping Company". You are the first supervisor of this company."

"Company?" Zhang Dazhong was even more confused, he had no idea what this "company" was.

Zhu Youjian saw that it was a chicken talking to a duck, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense.If Da Ming had to teach him a little bit of everything, he would be exhausted.

"Someone will come to explain to you in half a month." Zhu Youjian thought for a while, and probably Jiu'er could only send two people over to help.

Minsheng Steamship Company is a well-known patriotic enterprise in later generations. It itself is a local enterprise in Sichuan and Chongqing, and it has made outstanding achievements in the Anti-Japanese War.

Zhu Youjian wanted to establish a company with the same name on the Three Gorges Shipping Company, not only with expectations, but also to continue the name of Minsheng Company.

(In the autumn of 1938, Lu Zuofu led the Minsheng Company to organize and direct the Yichang retreat. It took 40 days to transport more than 150 million people and more than 100 million tons of materials, saving the entire national industry of China during the Anti-Japanese War.)

People like Lu Zuofu should be remembered by every Chinese.Zhu Youjian does not expect to be able to transfer 150 million people and one million tons of supplies within [-] days, but he hopes that the Three Gorges waterway will be smooth again.

Chapter 299: Chongqing Zengying

The city of Chongqing is built on the Yuzhong Peninsula, surrounded by the Jialing River and the Yangtze River. The seventeen city gates are built on the hillside, stretching and twisting.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Dai Ding expanded the old city of Chongqing. According to the status of Chongqing at that time and the scale of Chongqing City, there was no need to set up so many city gates. In the end, [-] gates were built. ", "Gossip" like to build, to show the meaning of "Jincheng Tangdi".And among the seventeen city gates in Chongqing, there is a saying that "nine openings and eight closings".

Chaotianmen Chaotianmen is the largest city gate among the seventeen city gates. It is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and Jialing River.

"Chaotianmen, the big wharf, welcome officials and saints."Chaotianmen has been the gateway to Chongqing since ancient times. In the old Chongqing, where waterway transportation was the main mode of transportation, many high-ranking officials and officials who took up or left Chongqing all entered and exited from this wharf. At the same time, Chaotianmen opened in the right direction. Facing Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, this is also the place where officials of all dynasties received the emperor's imperial edict. In ancient times, the emperor was called "Son of Heaven", and "Chaotianmen" got this name.

As for the other sects, I will not go into detail one by one, so I will skip them here.

After Qin Liangyu got old, there were not many generals in Sichuan who could lead the army. The 25-year-old Zeng Ying provoked the leader when Zhang Xianzhong first attacked Shu.In other words, Zeng Ying has been fighting the Daxi Army since the 17th year of Chongzhen, and he is a general with very rich experience in battle.

Zhang Xianzhong invaded Chongqing, and before Chen Shiqi was steadfast and unyielding, he named Zeng Ying as a general, and ordered Liu Linchang to guard Fuzhou and guard the Yangtze River.In June, Zeng Ying was defeated and retreated to Wangjiang Pass in Fuzhou. Zhang Xianzhong chased him and cut Zeng Ying's cheek. Zeng Ying killed several people with his hands and escaped.Zeng Ying and Liu Linchang traveled to Jiangjin, Qijiang, and Nanchuan together. Zhang Xianzhong then broke through Fuzhou, attacked Chongqing, and drove Chengdu for a long time. Everyone in Shu thought of Zeng Ying and said: "Mr. Zeng is here, I will not come here."

Even later, Zeng Ying and Liu Linchang rushed to the rescue from Zunyi, ordered General Dahai and Li Zhanchun to resist the navy, and Zhang Tianxiang to resist the army. The military governor Zhang Guangcai and Liu Wenxiu were defeated.Liu Wenxiu's attack on Jiading (now Leshan, Sichuan) was also defeated.Wang Xiang moved his troops to Qijiang, and made horns with Zeng Ying, and his power shocked the east of Sichuan.

But Wang Yingxiong made others his relatives, and he appointed his servant Wang Xiang as the deputy commander-in-chief, who was above Zeng Ying in the military.

So far, Zhang Xianzhong's comrades-in-arms in the Central Sichuan Plain, Shizhu occupied the mountains in eastern Sichuan, while Yang Zhan and Zeng Ying led by Wang Yingxiong did not occupy southern Sichuan.Taking Chongqing, with the advantage of the navy, can control the entire half of Shu along the Jialing River and block the enemy in Guangyuan.

Since Zeng Ying defeated Liu Wenxiu and occupied Chongqing, Zhang Xianzhong's forces have been shrinking towards Chengdu. Zeng Ying was stationed on the river, and more than [-] merchants and people took refuge in the land to rely on for self-reliance, and the city became a city.

Zhu Youjian sent an imperial decree to Zeng Ying, to the effect that Zeng Ying should join Shizhu's Xinchuan Army, and Zeng Ying was in a dilemma.

"Brother, why are you calling us brothers?" Yu Dahai and Li Zhanchun hurried to Chongqing to meet Zeng Ying.

There is information that Zeng Ying accepted these two as adopted sons, but Zhu Youjian believes that this does not conform to the actual situation.Zeng Yingcai was 25 years old.Even if it is adoptive sons, it is impossible to accept generals who are not much different in age. The three should be sworn brothers.

"Look at this, both of you." Zeng Ying walked away from the left and right, and handed the imperial edict to the two.

"This? Shi Zhu sent it here?" Li Zhanchun asked in a low voice with a slight change in his face.

Zeng Ying nodded, looked out of the window nervously, and dragged the two brothers into the inner room.

"I heard that the emperor in Nanjing has been adding troops to Shizhu since last year, and he is constantly recruiting troops." Li Zhanchun is Zeng Ying's left-wing cavalry general and belongs to the infantry leader.The so-called cavalry generals in Sichuan are not cavalry generals, but infantry generals who have their own horses.And Yu Dahai is the general of the navy in Chongqing.

"I know about this. But Shizhu's behavior is very strange. They changed the land to the brigade, incorporated the six chieftains, and implemented the official and gentry payment of grain. This is completely inconsistent with the ancestral system and messed up the court guidelines."

Zeng Ying wasn't worried about the authenticity of the edict, he felt that Shizhu's behavior was completely different from what Wang Yingxiong and the others did. Shizhu was killing the landlords and squires instead, which seemed to be Zhang Xianzhong's doing.

"Then shall we submit or resist?" Yu Dahai also understood the implication of Zeng Ying's words. The reason why they were against Zhang Xianzhong was because their subordinates were all recruited by the big landlords in central Sichuan. of.

If the imperial soldiers entered Sichuan smoothly, first of all, those who had sponsored them would be disappointed. Zeng Ying still upholds the idea of ​​repaying kindness with loyalty and does not want to betray these people.

"Then don't let them pass through Chongqing. Chongqing was brought down by our brothers, and the people in the court are nothing." Li Zhanchun was young and energetic, and didn't think deeply.

"No, this is blatant disobedience and disrespect, and it is a crime of treason." Yu Dahai hurriedly stopped the conversation.

"Brother, do you think we should take orders from Wang Yingxiong or the emperor?" Yu Dahai decided to let Zeng Ying make up his mind.

"You son of a bitch, I don't want to listen to any of them. That Wang Yingxiong is not a good man! I have such great military exploits that I can't even bear to give him a deputy commander. It's too uncomfortable."

When Zeng Ying heard Wang Yingxiong's name, he became angry. He fought desperately, but in the end he was not trusted. It was really annoying.

"It doesn't work like this, I've become sandwich mice, so I'm getting angry at both ends!" Li Zhanchun sat on the chair angrily and sulked.

Suddenly, the outside door was pushed open, and a young and beautiful daughter-in-law broke in.

"You mother-in-law, didn't you see the old men discussing things?" Zeng Ying saw that it was her daughter-in-law Dong Qiongying, and she was immediately displeased.

"You three melons are discussing something, you think I don't know?" Dong Qiongying glanced at Zeng Ying. She was originally a daughter of a wealthy chieftain. Ape rubbing, Zeng Ying entered the mountain and rose again, the soldiers were swift and swift, and Qiongying followed him with all the people, and he returned to Chongqing.

"Have you received a letter from your godmother?" Zeng Ying understood immediately that Qin Liangyu had sent Dong Qiongying a private letter.

"Look for yourself." Dong Qiongying threw a letter to Zeng Ying, but poured tea by herself.

Zeng Ying took the letter and read it, shaking her body in fright. Qin Liangyu clearly told Dong Qiongying that Shizhu now has [-] elite infantrymen of the imperial court, and the warships of the Yangtze River Navy have entered Sichuan, and the target is not the Ming army in Central Sichuan.

Qin Liangyu hopes that his granddaughter will judge the situation and cooperate with the imperial army to recover Sichuan.In his heart, Qin Liangyu didn't use exaggerated words, but actually spoke about the power of the Xinchuan Army.

"Hmph! It's okay to ask me to hand over my military power. Sichuan can't collect taxes according to Shizhu's method." Zeng Ying was still not afraid, he felt that he could not betray his subordinates no matter what.

Any leader is not afraid of how many times you fail, but he is afraid that you will not be able to benefit his subordinates. A leader who often betrays his subordinates will eventually betray his relatives.No one is willing to be a subordinate to a leader who has no hope.

Qin Liangyu is willing to hand over power because she is loyal to the emperor in her heart, but it does not mean that Zeng Ying is willing to do the same.

"I know you will think so, so please read this again." After Dong Qiongying finished speaking, she handed over another letter.This was sent by her natal chieftain.

Zeng Ying took the letter and carefully read it twice, then sat down on the chair in disappointment.He felt deeply powerless, and a sense of fear that he had never felt before emerged spontaneously.

The chieftain's letter explained in detail the changes after the imperial court changed land and returned to the local people. The most important thing was that with the support of the imperial court, almost all ordinary serf soldiers rebelled and defected to the imperial court.

It turns out that the strength in the hands of the chieftains and officials has been greatly reduced, leaving only the portion to be slaughtered.There are two main reasons why the imperial court was able to reform the land and return it to the local people within one year: first, the soldiers suppressed the border, forcing the chieftains not to act rashly;

To put it bluntly, this is a "land reform" in disguise, but it's not that drastic.Zhu Youjian's attack is not so wide. As long as the chieftain and the chieftain hand over power, he can avoid death, and he will not even be deprived of his property.

Of course, if resistance is encountered, the family will be destroyed.

Chapter 3 Zero Zero: Fuzhou Water Battle

"No! I won't hand over power easily, otherwise I won't be able to explain to my subordinates. But I won't fight desperately either. Since that Xinchuan army is the elite of the imperial court, let us try his strength."

Zeng Ying is not a person who easily admits defeat, otherwise he would not have been stubborn to fight with Zhang Xianzhong to the end. After all, he hated Zhang Xianzhong and his like in his heart.

Zeng Ying released the person sent by the court to declare the decree, and wrote back a letter to Shizhu.Clearly stated the attitude: fight a battle first.

In order to prevent the Xinchuan army from attacking Chongqing, Zeng Ying's first battle was to stop the opponent in Fuzhou (Fuling).The Xinchuan army went out of the stone pillars to Fengdu, and could reach Fuzhou directly all the way, while Zeng Ying could block the Xinchuan army by relying on the Wujiang River and the Yangtze River.