191st Direction
The time to speak was in June. The imperial government was in chaos, but Xiao Tianjian was not idle. After taking Luoyang City, Xing Tianjun got a lot of replenishment in terms of financial resources and food. In addition, the summer harvest is approaching, and soon the new year's summer grain will be harvested, although not It can ensure that their Xingtian Army will feed more of the exiles, but the food to support their fight is still enough.
What's more, Xing Tianjun is more likely to rely on the dividends of the war to supplement the grain, so it is more cost-effective to fight than to stop and rest.
Of course, Xiao Tianjian did not forget the construction of people's livelihood. He urged Niu Jinxing and other temporary officials in charge of civil affairs to establish effective control as soon as possible on the territory they can already control, and urge the exiles to help the people to resume agricultural production as soon as possible. The reason why there has been famine everywhere in the Ming Dynasty over the years, although There are certain reasons for natural disasters, but the main reason is that the situation is unstable. The government is too aggressive towards the people, so that the people would rather escape from the famine than farm. This has caused a sharp decline in grain production in various places and a large number of arable land. In fact, man-made disasters are the more important reason.
Once the Xing Tianjun controls the situation, it can give the people a relatively stable situation. In addition, as a new force, there is basically no corruption factor. Officials at all levels are down-to-earth. Under such circumstances, the people are still willing to farm, although all places have passed During the spring ploughing season, but once the order was re-established, under the strong military protection of the Xingtian Army, these exiles still burst out with great enthusiasm to resume production, and quickly restored the abandoned land in the new control area of Xing Tianjun. Even if the agricultural tools were not enough, the people just relied on the hoe. The head and shovel also quickly reclaimed a large amount of land.
When it is too late to grow summer grain, the common people grow autumn grain, while Xing Tianjun is responsible for providing the people with seeds such as soybeans and corn for them to sow. Considering that in order to harvest a batch of grain as soon as possible and solve the feeding problem of some of the exiles, the civil officials of Xing Tianjun in various places also guided the people to plant a large number of harvests. Fast buckwheat, after all, this thing can be harvested after two months of planting. If you free up the land, you can plant some other things. Although the yield of buckwheat harvested is low, it can alleviate some of the food shortage, so that some people who have just settled down can reduce their dependence on Xing Tianjun. In this way, six A month ago, Xiao Tianjian's offensive in Henan began to recover agricultural production in a number of areas under his control.
Of course, in order to solve the problem of resettlement of the exiles, the craftsmen were selected in batches and began to open workshop in various parts of the jurisdiction. These craftsmen rely on their crafts to produce things, while obtaining financial resources and providing armor for Xing Tianjun, while exchanging for their living needs, so to a certain extent, Xing Tianjun A large number of publicly-owned workshops have been gradually formed, solving the employment problems of many labor forces.
And the minerals in the west of Henan and Henan are also very rich. In addition to the coal mines in Lushan, Baofeng and Junzhou, there are also iron mines in some places, and there are also gold mines in Lingbao County. Most of these mining and smelting industries, after the arrival of the Xing Tianjun, were confiscated by the Xing Tianjun and became the public property of the Xing Tianjun and became the public property of the Xing Tianjun. Under the auspices of the local officials of Xing Tianjun, these mining and metallurgy industries have been gradually restored. The original miners have also found a way to eat and solved some labor problems.
Of course, there are also many craftsmen who used to be stripped by the government and could not become exiles. Now, after Xing Tianjun provides them with survival security, they also begin to resume production and rely on their own skills to earn living materials, so the family workshop is small. Handicraft workshops, such as porcelain, textile, embroidery, bamboo weaving, woodware and other industries, also began to spring up after the arrival of Xing Tianjun. Although there are not many results at present, Xiao Tianjian encourages them to do so. Sooner or later, he believes that these small handicraft workshops will be greatly The development will provide another solid guarantee for the finance of Xing Tianjun in the future.
And Xiao Tianjian often doesn't have to take care of these things in person. His men are not like before. There is a serious shortage of civil servants. After he sits firmly in Yuxi and expands his territory. After Lien Zhan's defeats, many scholars have to put down the so-called idea of loyalty to Daming and devote themselves to them in order to make a living. In the Xing Tianjun, he entered the civil service system and worked for the Xing Tianjun.
So what does Xiao Tianjian have in mind? As long as he clicks on his civil officials, these people will know what to do, and they will follow his instructions, arrange it, and vigorously implement it.
Xiao Tianjian asked himself that he is not an all-time talent, but many people are not comparable to people in this era. Every time he puts forward some ideas, he always makes his officials admire him very much. Sometimes when you are a leader, you don't necessarily know everything, but as long as you know what to do, the people below will not dare to fool you, more As a new force, the internal officials do not dare to do anything wrong, and they are down-to-earth and willing to do things. Naturally, the efficiency is not in the twilight years. The government of the Ming Dynasty, where the whole official system is completely rotten, is much higher.
After stabilizing Luoyang, Xiao Tianjian immediately began to summon his generals and advisers to discuss the next direction of action. At this time, his generals and counselors began to disagree on this matter.
With Niu Jinxing as one faction, he focuses on Xiao Tianjian's northward strategy. He crossed Hebei and entered Huaiqing Mansion, Zhangde Mansion, Weihui Mansion and other mansions north of the Yellow River. He pointed the front of the army directly to the capital, or facing the east. After attacking and opening of the Feng Mansion and attacking Kaifeng Mansion, it is equivalent to controlling the whole Central Plains. If you continue to go east, you can attack Shandong and two. In the area around Huai, the north and south of the Ming Dynasty will be cut off. At that time, if you go north and attack the capital, you can get the world. At the worst, you can also fight Tongguan and enter Shaanxi. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation in Shaanxi, you can capture Shaanxi and obtain a channel to go south to Sichuan. Sichuan is rich and can provide enough financial resources for the Xing Tianjun.
However, Li Xin, who is newly returned to Xiao Tianjian, has different opinions on the opinions of Niu Jinxing and others. In this regard, Li Xin has a stronger strategic vision than Niu Jinxing. However, he believes that we should not develop to the north at present, but should take the opportunity to go south, first attack Nanyang, and then take Xiangyang and open up a south. The passageway to Huguang is to go south to Huguang. Because Huguang is an important grain production area in the Ming Dynasty, and the water source is sufficient, which is not easy to cause famine. After controlling Jingxiang, you can move along the east of the river, fight Nanjing first, and completely control the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. You can not only get a stable rear, but also get enough. The food supply can also cut off the southern support to the northern capital. At that time, the Ming Dynasty will naturally collapse.
And Li Jinde also expressed his support for the suggestion put forward by Li Xin, which made Niu Jinxing quite unhappy. He felt that Li Xin was just a junior, and he was also a tribute student. Unlike his serious background, he was not as good as him, whether it was knowledge or insight. In addition, he also It was Xinjin who followed Xiao Tianjian, and it was not Li Xin's turn to object to his opinions at all.
And the generals are relatively simple. Like Luo Li and others, they don't think too much about things. Anyway, where Xiao Tianjian points, they can do it wherever they want. Such a brain-consuming job should have been done by people like Niu Jinxing, Li Jinde and Li Xin, so they also listen and make a lot of noise. They will talk about Niu Jinxing for a while. That's right. After a while, he nodded and said that Li Xin was reasonable.
In a word, there is a lot of debate about the next development direction of Xing Tianjun, while Xiao Tianjian sits there and just let them fight, while he just listens and does not express any opinions. If he is not a person from future generations, maybe he really thinks it makes sense to listen to anyone.
Later, Niu Jinxing simply said that he wanted him to be the king of Luoyang. After all, at present, many leaders of the Rebel Army call themselves kings. Li Zicheng became the king of Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong called himself the Eighth King, and there is no such thing as the King of Shuntian. Only Xiao Tianjian still only takes Xing Tian as the title, not the king, and now Xiao Tianjian should also be called Wang, then called on the army and the people to attack Beijing and pull down the current emperor Zhu Youjian and replace him.
For the proposal of Niu Jinxing, the generals unanimously agreed and asked Xiao Tianjian to be the king, and Xiao Tianjian did not wave his hand until this time and said, "The matter of being a king is slow to discuss. Now let's talk about where we should fight next. It's just a false name if we don't call a king. What if we don't call a king?
Well, I understand your opinions, Mr. Niu and Li Xin. As for what to do, I have my own conclusion. You don't have to argue about it anymore! No matter who it is, it is for the future of our Xing Tianjun. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong!
And in the next step, I think we can bring down Huaiqing Mansion and Weihui Mansion first, so that we can connect Jinnan through Taihang Mountain, and then depending on the situation! As for what to do in the future, I have my own moderation!"
As soon as Xiao Tianjian said this, Niu Jinxing was happy, because he felt that in this discussion, he suppressed Li Xin. If Xiao Tianjian followed Li Xin's opinion, he would now order to go south to attack Nanyang Mansion, but Xiao Tianjian still chose to cross the Yellow River north and go to Yubei to fight Huaiqing. After the mansion and Wei Huifu, after taking down these two mansions, won't Xiao Tianjian lead his troops to the north and go straight to the capital? So Niu Jinxing felt that he had won a game this time, so he looked at Li Xin quite complaedly.
After listening to this, Li Xin looked at Li Jinde, and there was more or less a trace of sadness on his face, but since Xiao Tianjian had made up his mind, he, a newcomer, had nothing to say.
As for the generals, there is no problem. Xiao Tianjian will fight wherever he wants. Anyway, they are all generals and eat rice on the edge of the knife. As long as there is a battle, it will be done.
(Today's third update, strive for a ten thousand-word update, I wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival!)