Lord of Ming Dynasty

But it is true that several Ming courts can't help him, and they can't help him much. He is hiding in a place so remote in Yunnan Province, far away from the Central Plains, far away from wealth and resources. A traitor like Wu Sangui who was able to cope with the continuous delivery of various supplies by the Qing army had to be forced to leave Myanmar in the end, and his descendants became Han Chinese and Chinese.

And Wu Sangui, relying on the superiority of Shangguo, forced Baimang to hand over Yongli, and then strangled Yongli with a bowstring, ending the last resisting monarch of the Han people, the Han court.

The Han people have been brainwashed, ruled, and oppressed for more than 260 years, until a new chapter of modern history was opened.

All parties in the Huaxia Army have been properly arranged, and Zhang Qiang also took it easy. He took his men to travel around Huguangzhou and went to various places. Generally speaking, after this month of fighting, Huguangzhou has basically settled down. down.

Tang Dianfeng is very efficient in handling affairs. Within half a month of taking office, he has sorted out Huguangzhou in an orderly manner. Various officials have been deployed in succession with the Jinhua Central. Officials, or officials appointed by the Qing court, were all taken down.

According to the regulations of the Huaxia Army, the officials assigned by the Huaxia Army began to transform the government offices in various places, sorted out the personnel relations, promoted a group, and knocked down a group; it has quickly returned to the stable state before the war.

The officials and intelligence personnel dispatched by the Ministry of Civil Affairs quickly went deep into the fields, government offices, and commercial ports to conduct open and unannounced visits, and soon uncovered a group of landlords, gentry, and officials who were greatly angered by the people, ransacked their homes, arrested them, and sent them to prison.

Soon Zhang Qiang knew how much money he had gained from the ransacking of his home and his imprisonment.

Not counting those supplies, the Guangyin taels reached 1000 million taels, which filled the Huaxia Army’s finances in Huguangzhou at once, throwing away the 200 million taels of military expenses for the battle in Huguangzhou in the early stage, and the cost of sending militia and officials to 100 taels later. Ten thousand taels, consumable materials, ammunition, and the wounded, and 300 million taels of silver used for civilian resettlement, the Huaxia Army gained a surplus of 400 million taels.

These are the amount of silver taels converted from Huaxia Yuan, which means that the Huaxia Army will recover all the investment in Huguangzhou, and earn 400 million taels. No need to hand it in, which means that the Huaxia Army does not have to bear the cost of the early construction in Huzhou and Guangzhou, which saves 400 million taels, which greatly eases the finances of the Huaxia Army.

Although the Huaxia Army has occupied the southeast and southwest of Daming, it is equivalent to occupying the most affluent territory of Daming, and the wealth they have obtained must be more, and because Zhang Qiang has developed various ways to make money, such as selling arms, Commodities from all over the country are collected and sold by the Huaxia Army, making huge profits and filling the Huaxia Army's treasury, but the Huaxia Army's expenditure is also huge.

First of all, the Huaxia Army maintains a huge army, and military expenditure is a huge burden.

Originally in Zhejiang Province, the military expenditure of the three prefectures of the Huaxia Army was 300 million taels, and later expanded to five prefectures, occupying two prefectures in Fujian Province, and the military expenditure reached 500 million taels. Navy, when the navy was small, there were only hundreds of ships, and the expenditure was one hundred thousand taels.

But when Zhang Qiang adopted troops against Zheng, the military expenditure reached one million taels. Fortunately, he obtained tens of millions of taels of supplies and silver, which eased the financial dilemma and made a fortune. After that, he began to overhaul the roads in the territory and dredge Although the river channel is used by captives and prisoners, some tools and expenditures for the supervision of the army are still needed. Later, they began to build ships, expand the navy, and fight with Zheng Hongkui, the Dutch and the Portuguese. There are more and more troops. The territory is getting bigger and bigger.

Military expenditures have risen from 800 to 500 million, and financial expenditures have risen from 3000 million to [-] million.

At that time, except for the taxes and war seizures of the three prefectures in the core area, they could only rely on arms sales to obtain some income from Zheng Chenggong and the Spaniards, and other places needed subsidies. Later, Zhejiang Province was fully recovered, and more than a dozen prefectures Income, but it is not enough to make ends meet, and the taxes collected by the newly established places are not as much as those that subsidize them.

After that, Fujian Province was taken down and the land it won was given to Nanming Longwu, which relieved the huge expenditure of financial subsidies brought about by the continuous expansion of the land. After a period of development, it finally made the income and expenditure balance in front of it.

But then there was another battle with the Qing army. Nanming was almost destroyed by the Qing army, so he had to send troops. The army expanded again, and the expenditure increased. After one battle, Nanming was restored to the country, but Zhang Qiang still did not dare to accept those territories. After completely defeating the Qing army, annihilating the enemy's 60 troops, and obtaining a lot of confiscations, at the same time, Nanming, who couldn't afford it, was driven to Guangdong Province, and the situation was stabilized. Then it slowly developed, and its financial revenue increased dramatically.

This is because there are not many major wars, the commercial roads have been opened, and Zhang Qiang has sold and seized the materials of the Qing army and the Nanming Kingdom on a large scale, and obtained the treasury income of various prefectures and counties on the territory of the Nanming Kingdom. financial pressure.

Now the population of the Huaxia Army has reached 5000 million. This is the result of merging Guangzhou, Jiangxi Prefecture, Fujian Prefecture, half of Anhui Prefecture, half of Suzhou Prefecture, and half of Guangdong Prefecture.

The Huaxia Army's annual income has reached 5000 million Huaxia Yuan, and it can easily take care of those newly occupied territories.

However, if there is no subsidy, it will not be subsidized. It is true to leave more spare funds for the Huaxia Army and do more practical things for the common people.

The common people have been in the territory of the Huaxia Army for two years without war. Now many people have begun to accept the rule of the Huaxia Army. With the gradual expansion of education, the time for children from poor families to receive free education from the Huaxia Army has been extended. , Many middle-aged people have also started to attend free evening classes.

They have also started to read and write, and the people in the Huaxia Army's territory are more and more accepting of the Huaxia Army. It is no longer enough for the Qing Army and Ming Dynasty to play tricks with the Huaxia Army to win the hearts of the people.

One is that the border management of the Huaxia Army is extremely strict. Except for merchants and the army, it is difficult for ordinary people to enter and exit the border.

The other is that the Huaxia Army will never be soft-hearted. If you say good to the Qing army, you will go to jail if you catch it, and you will sit with your family. If you say good to Ming, all benefits will be cancelled. The wages will also be halved, and you will have to go to the government for filing and inspection at any time. If there is any wrongdoing, you will be arrested immediately and sent to prison.

What's more, you can't see the head shape of the Qing Dynasty on the territory of the Huaxia Army. Even if it is a pot head or a pigtail, it will be carefully arrested by the Qing army.

At the same time, those who report will be rewarded. There will be a reward for reporting, and a reward of one hundred Huaxia Yuan.

In the territory of the Huaxia Army, there is no circulation of silver, only the circulation of Huaxia Yuan, which makes them slowly accept the rule of the Huaxia Army and get used to this kind of rule.

Man is an environmental animal. Whatever environment you give him, he will gradually adapt to the environment. Those who do not adapt to the environment will starve to death.

There is high pressure, or there is a big stick plus carrots, how can the people still think about the benefits of others?

As the war continued, the Huaxia Army gradually reduced the number of troops in the core area, making the people forget about the war. In addition to the main garrison troops in the core area, some military restricted areas and militias have been transferred out. Turned into the duty of the police.

At present, most of the field brigades have been mobilized to the territory occupied by Anhui Prefecture and Suzhou Huaxia Army, and the militias have also moved to several important border areas bordering other forces. It is difficult to see militias inland.

Only the key areas in the mountains and the pass still have some militia and garrison troops stationed to prevent the enemy's infiltration and destruction.

There are no militias and combat troops in Fujian Province except for the coastal areas. Of course, there are still some places, such as the disciplinary camps. Where things happen frequently, we have to arrange some militias and garrison troops, and even field brigades , Some small units of the Guards Brigade were stationed.

In order to free up job opportunities for the people in the territory, there are no prison camps and punishment camps in the core areas and some naturalized areas. The captives and hard labor are gradually transferred to the newly occupied areas. Cities, dredging rivers, digging coal, mining, they do not get wages, and the minerals and forests in the core areas where the people go have to pay wages. It is the Huaxia Army who obtain their own living materials and earn their own wealth through labor. advocated.

Half a month later, Xiao Fei and Gu Yuesheng continued to fight. The Huaxia Army was fighting against the Anti-Angle Army, the Rebel Army, He Tengjiao's Ming Army, and Li Guo's Loyalty Camp. At the same time, they also wanted to build the prefectures and counties in the occupied areas and provide relief. People, arresting opponents, it can be said that there are constant news and things.

Kehu Guangzhou has gradually got rid of the shadow of war, the people have returned to their homes, the militia has also been established, the village guards have also been established, and the garrison has gradually been equipped in place. policy.

The captives and hard labor mobilized from the rear came in place one after another. Hundreds of thousands of hard labor entered Huguangzhou, opened mountains and paved roads, repaired cities, dug fortifications at the border, and built cities. For the invasion, Tang Dianfeng arranged a field brigade there. The field brigade was composed of the rear garrison regiment plus the militia troops, plus the backbone soldiers and generals drawn from the first brigade of the Guards Brigade to create the No. 20 Fifth Field Brigade.

The militia units drawn from other places were dispersed and organized into field brigades, or incorporated into the newly established militia units in Huzhou and Guangzhou, and some wounded field brigade wounded in the early battle were even placed at the level of village guards to master the troops and support local construction. .

Since there were basically no battles at sea, Zhang Qiang transferred some of the original field brigades and militia backbones from the navy, and even a complete marine team of 3000 people to form a new No.20 Sixth Field Brigade. Stationed in the border area between Guangzhou and Guangxi, guarding the Nanming Kingdom.

Two newly formed field brigades, plus the No.20 Fourth Field Brigade on the border between Huguangzhou and Hubei Province, three troops, plus the first guard brigade, ensured the safety of Huguangzhou, and at the same time took care of the enemies in three directions , The safety of Guangzhou can be guaranteed.

Soon, the Third Guards Brigade came to Changsha Mansion, and Zhang Qiang led the First Guards Brigade into Wuhan Mansion, Hubei Province, and reunited with Gu Yuesheng. His First Guards Brigade was no longer fully staffed due to the repeated deployment of manpower. Well, considering that the Third Guards Brigade has brother units and does not need so many soldiers and horses, Zhang Qiang transferred from the Third Guards Brigade the manpower that was originally transferred from the First Guards Brigade, plus some newly trained elites, so that nearly The Weiyi Brigade was fully staffed and reached [-] soldiers and horses.

At this time, the First Guards Brigade could not actually be called a brigade, and it would be more appropriate to call it a division.

Soon Zhang Qiang issued an order to let the First Guards Brigade upgrade its establishment and designation, and change its name to the First Guards Division.

Form two brigades, the original Guards 1000st Brigade was organized with 1000 soldiers and horses, and the Guards [-]nd Brigade was organized with [-] soldiers and horses. At the same time, the Artillery Brigade was separated and organized into the Guards Artillery [-]st Brigade, with a strength of [-] people, the cavalry is the Guards Cavalry Brigade with [-] people, and there are also two cavalry battalions directly under Zhang Qiang, the Guards Battalion, and the Scout Battalion.

The original Second Guards Brigade was changed to the Third Guards Brigade, and the original Third Guards Brigade was changed to the Fourth Guards Brigade.However, the establishment and troops remained unchanged, still at [-] troops.

As they marched, they reorganized their troops and deployed troops to supplement the First Guards Division and the Fourth Guards Brigade, which was the original Third Guards Brigade. Of course, the soldiers and horses were drawn from various field brigades.

Field brigades are drawn from front to back, from the first brigade to the tenth brigade, these previously organized troops have various combat experience and have accepted the battlefield test.

As for the manpower drawn from the field brigade, it will be replenished from the eleventh to twenty brigades.

These brigades were drawn from the garrison in the core area.

After half a month of adjustment, replenishment, and marching, a week after arriving in Wuhan Mansion, the First Guards Division took shape, with improved combat effectiveness and improved equipment.

Because of the war, the Huaxia Army is getting stronger and stronger, and the enemy is getting weaker and weaker. Only the Huaxia Army can obtain this kind of war dividend.

Chapter 473

Wuhan Mansion, Gu Yuesheng, Jin Sheng, Xiao Fei, Tong Dawei, Wang Yuqun, Zhu Ge, and Merlin Yu will gather together.

Zhang Qiang has already escaped from the busy reorganization work. The [-]st Guards Division has completed its reorganization and occupied Wuhan Mansion, freeing up more troops for Xiao Fei's attacking troops in Hubei Province to attack their enemies. Outside the command headquarters, other forces have been enriched into the combat troops in all directions.

Zhang Qiang looked at Xiao Fei. This kid has already inherited his commanding skills, and he has reached the full level. Having a system is an advantage. He can pass on the skills he has learned to his subordinates so that they can improve.

Under his command, Tong Dawei, Wang Yuqun, Zhu Ge, Mei Linyu and other generals were obedient, and they did not dare to have a trace of resistance or disagreement. They did not give birth to the most caring comrades-in-arms and the most intimate comrades-in-arms of the Metropolitan Governor and I. , With your rebellious mentality of climbing on my head, you accepted Xiao Fei's leadership with peace of mind.

Xiao Fei's headquarters moved forward to Xiaogan County, with a personal guard battalion, a thousand-household musket battalion, and a cavalry battalion. The Seventh Field Brigade in his hand has already gone out to attack Xiangyang Mansion.

Brother Zhu became the new brigade commander of the Seventh Field Brigade.