Chapter 2076 The fulcrum of Gui Zi Juan is used to plan the whole territory

In Feng Ziying’s impression, northern Shaanxi was the birthplace and base of the great peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. People such as Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong all started their uprisings in northern Shaanxi, then marched into Shanxi and swept across the country.

Although the timeline is a little different now, judging from the current situation, the successive years of drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi and the harsh governance of local officials are also the result of rebels, deserters, and defeated soldiers in the three sides and four towns, plus the abolition of Post soldiers, bandits and thieves who have been gathering for many years have also made the Zhou Dynasty enter a state in this time and space where the fuse of the end of the dynasty has been lit.

Even though his strategy of opening up the sea and suppressing the rebellion in Ningxia had actually extended its life, the Zhou Dynasty had different troubles and weaknesses from the Ming Dynasty in its previous life, such as the division of the north and the south due to internal fighting in the royal family, and the division of Jiangnan Cutting off water transportation and taxation made the imperial court in the capital even more embarrassment and hardship. Similarly, in the northern provinces, the White Lotus Sect also became more powerful.

This makes Feng Ziying feel that the current Zhou Dynasty seems to be no different from the previous Chongzhen period, or even worse.

In such a state, if there are no Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, people like Wang Yingxiang, Zhang Zicheng, and Li Xianzhong will appear. The inevitability of history and the contingency of heroes will definitely bloom in countless collisions to create a tragic and tragic story. , whether these people leap into dragons like Zhu Chongba, or fall into the dust like Huang Chao, even Feng Ziying herself doesn't know yet.

However, Feng Ziying is very clear about her identity role and positioning, that is, the defender of vested interests. The Feng family, her father, and the entire family behind her will not allow him to betray her.

Even though he believed that the Zhou Dynasty was terminally ill, he could not accept its complete destruction through a massive uprising and then rebuild it.

The price to pay is too high, and it may also continue the history of the previous Ming Dynasty, allowing the Jianzhou Jurchen outside the pass to benefit in vain.

Who dares to say that he can completely reverse history? Faced with the sweeping historical trend, what if he really has no grasp of it, gets lost, and becomes a historical sinner in this time and space?

 So the safest way is to promote everything according to the situation that you can control.

In his early twenties, he has become a fourth-rank official and has even stepped into the status of a third-rank minister. As long as he operates correctly, it will be a matter of course for him to join the cabinet and become the prime minister in the next ten years. Moreover, he is also confident that he can create a better Ming Dynasty than that of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Juzheng has more control over the situation, so there is no reason to change course and take another dangerous path.

What's more, although he sympathized with the desperate hungry victims, he could not tolerate these people using more violent methods to destroy the material and cultural accumulation built up over hundreds of years from the Ming Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty.

He would rather work harder, take longer, and reshape everything through gradual but irreversible reform and improvement. That would be more challenging, but it would preserve the material culture of hundreds of years of economic development to a greater extent. accumulation.

Therefore, in this situation, as the governor of Shaanxi, I must of course use all means to completely reverse the situation in Shaanxi. Dealing with the three rebel armies of Jumping Stream Tiger, Waving Sky Flag, and Digging Tiger is only the most insignificant first step. .

Compared with the situation in which the entire Shaanxi civil uprising has evolved to the current situation in which the rebel armies and heroes have joined forces to rebel, the three forces of Jumping Stream Tiger, Waving Sky Flag, and Digging Tiger have no place in it at all.

The real expansion of power has reached a certain scale, such as the little red wolf Wang Zishun who runs rampant between Baishui, Yijun, and Chengcheng, the Zuoguaizi Wang Zuogui and Miao Renmei in Qingjian, Fugu Chongtian Wang Jiayin, and Bu Lin in the Hengshan area. Zhang Cunmeng is responsible for Zhang Cunmeng, Zhao Si'er is the lighting Buddha in Yanchuan and Yichuan, and the king of the pagoda is one day for security.

The size of these rebel armies has exceeded 5,000 people. The teams of Wang Zishun, Wang Jiayin and Zhao Si'er have exceeded 10,000 people. This does not include the rebel armies in Pingliang and Qingyang, and others like Tiao. The rebel armies of one or two thousand people like Jianhu are numerous in various places in Shaanxi, like crucian carp crossing the river.

 Because of this, Feng Ziying not only needs the strong support of the Yulin Army, but also needs to form some troops of his own as soon as possible.

This is why he is eager to get Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting and Chen Qiyu to Shaanxi as soon as possible to help him reorganize the guard army and train the people.

This will become its own basic base, but relying on this basic base alone is far from enough. In the current situation, we have to wait until the guards and minzhuang are trained, and I am afraid that the day lily will be cold.

 So when you have no choice, it is also an indispensable way to choose some rebels who know the basics and can be controlled and commanded to recruit Anna for your own use.

No matter which way you go, people will ask for money. Although you brought 300,000 taels of silver to Shaanxi, what can 300,000 taels of silver do for you?

Whether it is reorganizing the army, relieving victims, or recruiting rebellious troops, it is far from enough. More ruthless means and more unpredictable tricks are needed to do it. Feng Ziying is very clear about this.

The fighting continued until noon. The Waotian Banner troops who had lost their backbone were completely defeated and fled in all directions. This kind of rebel army, which was composed of hungry people, some mountain bandits, local scoundrels, and some deserters and rebels, could still fight with the wind. , once encountering a setback, morale will be greatly reduced, and it can easily turn into complete destruction, and this time is no exception.

Since arrangements had been made in the early stage, some of Wang Chenghu and Gu Xiuzhong's troops were in ambush, so most of the troops waving the sky flag were eliminated, including casualties and prisoners, the ratio was about 30% to 70%, with 30% casualties.

 Injury this year and it's summer, basically not many people can survive.

More than 1,200 people were captured and were added to Wang Chengwu and Gu Xiuzhong's army according to the same ratio of 70 to 30.

It's just that they are no longer rebels (rebels), but have officially accepted the recruitment and formed an auxiliary army. In fact, they are guards who have not yet officially obtained status.

The guard system in Yan'an Prefecture basically exists in name only. The main reason is that Yulin Town is too strong.

The entire northern area of ​​Yan'an Prefecture is basically within the sphere of influence of Yulin Town, while the number of troops at the guard posts under the jurisdiction of the military preparation road in the central and southern parts is also very small, and most of them are field soldiers.

Because of the imperial court's deprivation of the three sides and four towns over the years, the border troops in the three sides and four towns continued to shrink from more than 400,000. For example, the strength of Yulin Town, the most powerful among the four towns, should have been 120,000, but in fact There are less than 100,000 people on the payroll, and the worst numbers in Gansu Town and Guyuan Town are 96,000 people, but in fact there are only more than 70,000 people.

After the Ningxia Rebellion, the actual number of people in Gansu Town has been reduced to more than 50,000, and Guyuan Town has only about 60,000 people. On the contrary, Ningxia Town has remained at about 70,000 people.

However, as Feng Tang's northwest army was formed and headed east from Shandong, all the elites from Gansu, Ningxia, and Guyuan towns were sent out. In addition, a small number of troops from Yulin Town also followed the expedition. The strength of the entire four northwest towns was greatly reduced, and more importantly, the Even the remaining border troops are all troops with poor combat effectiveness, and it is extremely difficult to maintain the current situation.

Therefore, when the chaos in Shaanxi broke out, Yulin Town could barely mobilize some troops to respond. The other three towns were stretched thin. Not only could they not send troops to respond, they were even more worried that the remaining troops of their own would be involved and become part of the rebellion.

What Feng Ziying has to do now is to rebuild the guard system of Yan'an Prefecture.

 This is the responsibility of the Shaanxi Dusi, but the current Dusi system of the Zhou Dynasty is actually similar to that of the late Ming Dynasty, and it feels a bit like it exists in name only.

Perhaps you can see the rosters of personnel, materials, equipment, and residences of various health centers in the files of the provincial capital department. But in fact, the actual situation of various health centers is probably not even clear to the person in charge of the health center himself, let alone Let’s talk about those people from Shaanxi Dusi.

To be honest, Feng Ziying had never expected Dusi's gang to be of any use. All he had to do was to rebuild the guard posts in Fuzhou and County one by one. This kind of work required him, the governor, to personally handle it. It cannot but be said that it was a great spectacle in the official circles of the Zhou Dynasty.

The hustle and bustle outside the city slowly subsided, and the panic inside the city also slowly subsided.

After learning that the three rebel armies were completely "annihilated" in almost one day, the entire Wubao County was filled with excitement of survival in a desperate situation. Those who had previously expressed their regrets about being forcibly disarmed and recruited into the family by the "Long Jinwei" The dissatisfied gentry and country squires became a little uneasy.

The Zeng family and the Qu family were imprisoned, and they were directly labeled as colluding with bandits and rebellious parties. The whole family was searched, and they were only waiting for the county or government to convict them. It seemed that they were only targeted at these two families, but now that the situation has stabilized, in case the county and Long The imprisoned captain still needs to get to the bottom of the matter. How many of the gentry and country gentlemen in the city dare to say that they have no collusion with the rebels outside the city? Even though these two rebel armies have now been transformed into auxiliary armies.

“Sir, several more gentry have come to ask for an audience.” Li Guibao walked in with a smile on his face.

 Other than Wang Chengwu, Wang Chengwu was the first to achieve meritorious service in this battle. Although as the leader of Feng Ziying's bodyguard, doing such a thing was considered extra, but if this kind of credit can be recorded, there may not be no opportunities in the future.

“Oh, shouldn’t we go see Shaowu?” Feng Ziying was still looking at the results of the battle.

The county has already listed all the assets and materials that have been seized by the Zeng and Qu families. If you survive, you will definitely be bitten by a snake. Now that you have done it, Feng Ziying has no intention of giving the Zeng and Qu families a chance to stand up or take a breather. Shanxi Town There must be explanations there, not to mention those in the province.

“Mr. Heading here, there will be a lot of wars coming, and the city wall of Wubao County also needs to be further heightened and reinforced. In addition, the combination of people and soldiers is not performing well. Mr. Xia is also very annoyed and is rectifying it..."

 (End of this chapter)