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Chen Maosheng interjected: "These leaders of the field soldiers, what they did is actually beneficial to us. They used to resist the government and hate the landlords, but now they have become big landlords themselves. The fields are connected to each other, the servants are in groups, and there are many concubines, and the common people in the counties have long hated it. When our army arrives, the work of missions and peasant associations will definitely go smoothly!"

"How is the drought relief?" Zhao Han asked again.

Liu Anfeng, the prefect of Ganzhou, said: "The drought is most severe in the deep mountains, but the farmers' associations cannot spread out in the mountains. Those Hakka people, because of water grabbing, have frequent situations. Sometimes they fight in neighboring villages and sometimes in neighboring counties. Hundreds of people, even thousands of people. It is useless for the government to persuasion. They always think that we are sided. They also invited some mountain people to negotiate, but they were not convinced. They also threatened that only Mr. Zhao would come to talk in person. Only then will you be convinced."

"Aren't I here?" Zhao Han laughed.

Liu Anfeng said: "After the town decided to go south for inspection, I sent people to invite prominent people from all over the country. There were Hakka leaders and Jiangxi gentry, and I called them all together to talk. Those who are close have already come here for more than a dozen people. It should be ready by the end of this month."

"very good!"

Zhao Han said to everyone: "The decision of the General Army Mansion is to occupy the entire southern Jiangxi within this year. The Nanchang Mansion, Fuzhou Mansion, and Ruizhou Mansion in the north must also be taken by the peasant association this year."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was delighted.

Nangan area is the collective name of Nan'an Prefecture and Ganzhou Prefecture.

The combined area of ​​the two prefectures is very large, accounting for a quarter of the entire Jiangxi.But most of the places are very poor. During the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there was no real stability here for a few years.

Zhao Han couldn't wait any longer. Since ancient times, there hasn't been any rebels. They have rebelled for several years and still have so little territory.

The ruling foundation is solid, but the expansion speed is too slow.

It has been ten years since Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty has entered the countdown, and there is not much time left for Zhao Han to dawdle.

However, the development situation is very gratifying. Although the territory and the army have not increased much, the reserve officials, mission officers and the backbone of the peasant association have shown an exponential development trend.

It can be said that the officials and soldiers were a little impatient, and even wanted to tear themselves apart from the court.Because only by fighting can soldiers continue to make meritorious service.Because only by fighting can the territory be rapidly expanded, a large number of reserve officials can become regulars, and official officials can be continuously promoted.

The Ming court was afraid of war, but Zhao Han was looking forward to war from top to bottom.

Zhao Han said to Fei Ruhe: "The Military Academy has made another adjustment. The North Academy has jurisdiction over the three prefectures of Ji'an, Yuanzhou, and Linjiang, and the South Academy has jurisdiction over the two prefectures of Nankang and Ganzhou."

"Haha, no problem, I listen to the Commander's Office!"

Fei Ruhe's real power seems to have become smaller, and the territory under his jurisdiction has also become poorer, but this is not a disguised suppression.

Because there is no war in the north, the southern Jiangxi region has to continue to fight.

The future development strategy is also to send troops from southern Jiangxi to capture Fujian and Guangdong. This is the real reuse!

As for the Military North Academy under Huang Yao's charge, most of them will attack in the direction of Huguang from now on.

Moreover, in order to balance the northern and southern theaters and prevent the soldiers from the Northern Academy from feeling left out, the time for dispatching troops to Huguang had to be brought forward.In the past, these practical issues were not considered in formulating strategies, but now they must be put on the agenda.

After discussing with Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua, Zhao Han has made a detailed plan——

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, the entire Jiangxi had to be controlled, because the soldiers and officials couldn't wait.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, he broke his face with the court.At that time, the troops of the North Academy will march west to the south of Huguang, and the troops of the South Academy will march south to Guangdong, connecting Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong into one piece.

Of course, these are rough plans, and the details have to be adjusted according to the current situation.

Hearing Zhao Han's words, Fei Ruhe was full of fighting spirit, and after a few days, he went to fight Huichang, and brought 21 musketeers and [-] Franc cannons with him!

Song Yingxing had built more than 700 firecrackers, of which 200 were allocated to Fei Ruhe, and the remaining [-] were left in the north.

Although the southern Jiangxi region is poor and has many mountains, most of the cities are built by the river, and as long as there are navy divisions, they can quickly move troops to attack.

Going straight to Huichang County along the Gongshui River, it is another confluence of three rivers.

After Fei Ruhe surrounded the county seat, he waited to besiege the city and send reinforcements. It was almost impossible to attack by force, and even if he captured it, he would definitely suffer heavy losses.

These southern Jiangxi peasant troops have become stupid and will not sneak into the mountains at will.Because the leaders of the field soldiers have now become big landlords, they are reluctant to part with their property.

It was still the same old way, Fei Ruhe led troops to besiege the city, and the mission team and the backbone of the peasant association immediately developed the peasant association outside the city and organized the distribution of land.

One trick is fresh, eat all over the sky.

Chapter 219 [Preliminary decision on Southern Jiangxi]

Huichang County.

"Brother, come down."

"Yeah, let's surrender, if you don't surrender, you can't fight."

"What kind of person is Zhao Tianwang, I have long said that he should belong to him. What's the use of occupying more fields? Once others call, all the fields will be distributed to you."

"Brother, you have to say something!"

"..."

Lin Jinshan was disturbed by what he said, and suddenly shouted: "Shut up!"

After venting, Lin Jinshan softened his tone and said: "Even if you want to surrender, you have to bargain and explain the future clearly. First, send a few people to ask the Second General Zhao if he can leave with the money. He came from Fujian, and brought money back to Fujian to build a house and buy land, so it’s not a waste of work.”

"Yes, yes, give him the county seat and the land, and let's go back to Fujian with the money!" Everyone supported this idea and looked forward to returning to their hometown.

Immediately, they hung out a messenger with a basket, and ran to discuss with Fei Ruhe about surrendering.

Fei Ruhe sneered and told the emissary: ​​"You go back and follow my original words. If you want to surrender, surrender as soon as possible. How to deal with it is my business. They are not qualified to negotiate terms!"

If it hadn't been for the selection of five hundred soldiers to train the firecrackers, the dispatch of five hundred soldiers to garrison Meiguan, and the division of troops into the mountains to wipe out the bandits, the entire Southern Jiangxi region would have been defeated by Fei Ruhe long ago.

He didn't pay attention to these field soldiers at all, a group of mobs.

There are so many bandits in Southern Jiangxi, and many of them are Hakkas.

Liu Mianzuo, the magistrate of Yongfeng County, was the one who made the officials follow the thief before his death.He has been suppressing bandits in the mountains for several years. Local chronicles say to suppress "Fujian bandits", but Yongfeng County is next to Jishui, and half of Jiangxi is separated from Fujian. Where did the Fujian bandits come from to suppress him?

The so-called Fujian bandits are actually Hakka people from Fujian.They couldn't survive in southern Jiangxi, so they simply went into the mountains to become bandits, and even fled to the affluent central Jiangxi area.

This is not a Hakka problem, but a problem unique to Southern Jiangxi.

Before the Hakka people moved in large numbers, most of the people Wang Yangming suppressed in southern Jiangxi were natives of Jiangxi.These Jiangxi peasants couldn't survive. They farmed in the mountains and worked as part-time bandits at the same time. As a result, people in every village became bandits, and neighbors helped each other to hide.

Therefore, in the early days of Wang Yangming's suppression of bandits, all the bandits in the mountains knew about it just after he sent troops a few miles away.Not only did the peasants tip off the news along the way, but even Wang Yangming's guide had relatives of the bandits.

Wang Yangming's solution is very rough and practical, Baojia will sit together, and the report will be exempted!

One word, kill!

Fei Ruhe's suppressing bandits also killed many people, some of them were innocent, but in troubled times, heavy codes don't care about so many people.

Let's say that when the messenger went back to report, the leaders of the field soldiers were frowning, and then there were differences and quarrels.

Some said that they would surrender immediately, and the more they dragged on, the worse it would end.

Some said that we have to wait, and that the terms of surrender must be clearly discussed.

After arguing like this for half a month, the leaders of the field soldiers went up to the tower every day, and they could see the land being divided outside the city.It was their own land, and a lot of it was given to ordinary field soldiers, who were divided away right under their noses as before.

The leaders of the field soldiers were anxious, and ordinary field soldiers were also anxious.

These small soldiers are all tenants, and they rebelled with the leaders because they just wanted land.After finally getting the land, and now it's all gone, why are they still rebelling?

It's better not to rebel, and to be tenants honestly, and Zhao Tianwang will give them land.

After Fei Ruhe besieged the city for 20 days, low-level military officers began to join forces in secret.

A small leader named Li Tianbao said: "Why do we rebel and fight? It's not to divide a few acres of land. I heard that Zhao Tianwang also wants to divide the land, so why should we give our lives to Lin Jinshan? Even if we beat Zhao Tianwang's soldiers, We still only have those few acres of land. If we lose, let alone protect the land, we won’t even be able to save our lives.”

"Yes, it's no good if you don't surrender, and there's no harm if you surrender!" Another little leader named Wang Yongsi concluded.

"How about setting fire to the city tonight?"

"Just tonight!"

"..."

Setting fire at night will cause chaos, because many soldiers' families live in the city.

That night, a fire broke out in the city, and countless soldiers rushed down the tower to put out the fire spontaneously together with the people in the city.And those soldiers who surrendered in series took the opportunity to shout "Zhao Tianwang has entered the city", which quickly caused greater chaos, and some soldiers simply opened the city gate and ran out.

Lin Jinshan was also running, and the instant the city caught fire, he knew it must be over.

"kill!"

Fei Ruhe resolutely led his troops to attack the city, but the chaos subsided by dawn, and one-fifth of the entire county was burned by the fire.

At the leader level, all caught beheaded!

The other Tian soldiers will not be liquidated, and this troubled world cannot be counted at all.

It took another month for Fei Ruhe to completely control the situation and lead his troops to wipe out the remaining Tian soldiers in the territory.After the local peasant association was established, Fei Ruhe immediately led troops to attack Ruijin County, repeating the same routine.

Basically, after capturing a county in two and a half months, the casualties of the soldiers under his command are negligible.

According to this method of attacking the city, it will not be fast if you want to. The main reason is that it is slow to form farmers' associations, measure and divide the land (for the time being only around the county), and must constantly absorb local people who can speak Hakka.

But after capturing three counties in a row, the speed suddenly increased!

Because the other Tian Bing leaders were frightened, and when they learned that they had become Fei Ruhe's target, they immediately left Southern Jiangxi with gold and silver and a small amount of confidantes, and entered the borders of Fujian and Guangdong.

They can return to their hometown in Fujian and Guangdong to be rich, or they can return to Fujian and Guangdong to continue their rebellion. No matter which option they choose, it is better than facing Fei Ruhe.

At the end of the year, the whole of Southern Jiangxi finally became Zhao Han's territory.

……

Ganzhou city.

More than 40 Hakka leaders and Jiangxi gentry were invited to a meeting in the lobby of the government office. They were all representatives of nearby counties.

Among them, there is no shortage of enemies, and they will quarrel when they meet.

The moment Zhao Han appeared, the hall was silent for a moment, and all eyes were on the King Zhao.

Young, majestic, handsome, tall and straight!

"Greetings, Mr. Zhao!" Everyone quickly stood up and saluted.

Even the leaders of the Hakka people can speak Jiangxi dialect. After all, they have settled in Jiangxi for nearly a hundred years, and it is inevitable that they have to deal with the local aborigines.

Zhao Han clasped his fists in return and said with a smile, "Everyone, please sit down. I came to Nangan this time because I heard that you have been in constant disputes. I hope I can persuade everyone to let go of their hatred and work together to fight the drought and relieve disasters."

"The kindness of the general town is appreciated now, but there is no way to make peace with this matter," a representative of Jiangxi gentry stood up and shouted angrily, "These Hakkas, who came from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, not only occupied our land in Jiangxi, but also They want to snatch the water source of my Jiangxi people!"

"fart!"

A leader of the Hakka people also stood up and said tit-for-tat: "You locals are used to bullying the Hakka people. Before Mr. Zhao came, when did you not collude with the government to make a black hand?"

"That's why you are being unreasonable!"

"It was you who bullied people first!"

"..."

The conflict between natives and guests cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and it is even hard to understand who bullied whom first, and the enmity that has been forged by generations of people in the past hundred years.

Your village killed my grandfather, and our village killed your uncle. When will the injustice be repaid?

These are major contradictions, and there are also contradictions between the Hakka people and among the Jiangxi gentry.

"boom!"

Zhao Han slapped the gavel violently, scaring everyone to shut up immediately.

Zhao Han said with a gloomy expression, "Let me say a few words first, is it okay?"

"Mr. Zhao, please tell me." These people became obedient again, after all, Zhao Han had a knife in his hand.

Zhao Han said: "It's hard for an honest official to decide on family affairs. Many of you belong to family feuds, and I don't have the ability to judge right from wrong. I don't care about the previous grievances. From next month, if there are criminals, they will be dealt with according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty." If you don’t understand the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", you should understand the principle of killing for life, right?"

As he said that, Zhao Han glanced at the crowd again, and said with a sneer, "Don't think that the law does not blame the crowd. If you gather a crowd to fight, all the blame will be placed on the person who is in line and the leader. Don't think that you won't be punished if you don't kill anyone. As long as If there is a fight, it will definitely be severely punished!"

A representative of the gentry asked: "General Town, what's the solution to the water dispute?"

"Leave it to the peasant association for the time being," said Zhao Han. "In the face of natural disasters, we should help each other instead of fighting each other."

The representatives of the Hakka people quit, and some people said: "Zongzhen, you are helping them. The locals have farmers' associations in their villages, but our Hakka people's villages don't have farmers' associations. Naturally, the farmers' associations should speak for them."

"Then why don't you build a peasant association? Are you afraid that if the peasant association is established, you will lose your prestige in the countryside?" Zhao Han asked back.

No one could answer, because Zhao Han had hit the nail on the head. Of course, there were also factors that the Hakka people didn't believe in Zhao Han.

Zhao Han suddenly said in official Chinese: "I'm not from Jiangxi, I'm actually from the north."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was a little surprised.

Zhao Han continued: "Jiangxi people, Hakka people, to me, there is no difference, they are all Chinese people. I don't favor anyone, and I don't discriminate against anyone. If you do things according to my rules, you are my own people. If you don’t follow my rules, you are not one of your own people. For your Hakka villages and towns, if you don’t cooperate with the settlement first, and then you don’t cooperate with the peasant association after settlement, there is a limit to my tolerance.”

The gentry in Jiangxi gloated over his misfortune, and the Hakka leaders felt uneasy.

"Ordinary Hakka brothers will definitely not boycott the peasant association. You, the leader, are obstructing it all." Zhao Han's tone became more serious. "As punishment, I will forcibly divide the land, instead of allowing you to People can reserve up to [-] acres of land! Now, the people in the mountains can reserve up to [-] acres per person!"