"This is the information detected by the Jinyiwei in Shaanxi. At present, there are twelve large-scale thieves in Shaanxi. Most of them are defeated soldiers who dare not return to the border. The scale is more than 100 people. +◆+◆Point+◆Small+◆Speak,...oThe largest thieves have more than 300 people. The rest have dozens of thieves, with more than ten or dozens of people."&1t;/p>

In this battle, Lu Xiangsheng was the commander-in-chief, and the four cavalry divisions arrived in Shaanxi without any secrets.&1t;/p>

"Previously, the Shaanxi government and the border troops had all had martial law in full force and fully cooperated with the imperial encirclement and suppression operation." Lu Xiangsheng took out all the information collected by the Jinyiwei before the battle.&1t;/p>

In recent years, the Jinyiwei has done a better job compared to the Dongchang, which is in various military and national security intelligence. In contrast, the Dongchang pays more attention to the collection of economic intelligence, especially where there is a fat sheep. Wei Zhongxian understands very well that he cannot do intelligence work, but he knows that the emperor values ​​money bags.&1t;/p>

Tian Ergeng understood that as long as the military and information concerning the safety of the court was done well, his contribution would be indispensable. Therefore, Jinyiwei and Dongchang became increasingly tacit understanding in terms of intelligence focus.&1t;/p>

"For this operation, we are going to set up a net of heaven and earth, and we must not let the thieves run away." Lu Xiangsheng solemnly said to everyone after giving the action instructions to the troops present.&1t;/p>

According to Lu Xiangsheng's arrangement, 20,000 cavalry and 5,000 garrison brigade officers and soldiers will form hundreds of clearance teams to launch a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of bandits in various regions.&1t;/p>

"Yes." The officers present stood up one after another.&1t;/p>

"Action!"&1t;/p>

The operation began, and the court took action this time. Nearly 30,000 troops, most of them were highly mobile cavalry. They began to attack in northern Shaanxi.&1t;/p>

The official road was full of smoke and dust. The merchants were all stunned. They had no idea what they had given birth. However, they had not walked on the official road for long before they encountered the inspection checkpoints of the local government.&1t;/p>

Martial law has been imposed in northern Shaanxi, and local urban people are not allowed to go out for activities at will within half a month unless it is a necessary activity, but they must also pass the government review.&1t;/p>

Passing caravans and passers-by are also the key objects of inspection.&1t;/p>

At the same time, a wanted order was posted in northern Shaanxi. Any suspicious person in any village should be reported immediately. This is simply an exaggerated and extremely cleared operation.&1t;/p>

For a mere thief, such a big fight made many people difficult to understand. Even Lu Xiangsheng, who was responsible for commanding this operation, only thought he was training troops.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao naturally couldn't tell them. These thieves were the deadliest fuses in the late Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

That's right, it's a dangerous group with a fuse.&1t;/p>

If it means that the severe social conflicts and the border troops who cannot survive under natural disasters, the victims are powder kegs, then these thieves are the fuses. This fuse ignited the powder keg, and with a bang, the Ming Dynasty exploded into the west.&1t;/p>

This clearance operation was like a slash of three feet.&1t;/p>

Not only the martial law in northern Shaanxi, a large amount of troops were invested. Four divisions of cavalry and one garrison mixed brigade were formed. Soon even the northern Shaanxi border army joined in.&1t;/p>

What are you doing?&1t;/p>

Most of them came to have a picnic, and I didn't even see a hairy thief during the whole process.&1t;/p>

Those thieves were in a tragedy. Most of the thieves were taken over by the cavalry of the Central Army before they could react. Faced with these fully armed cavalry, most of the thieves were very aware of each other and surrendered obediently. Those who resisted stubbornly were killed on the spot, leaving only a few thieves running away.&1t;/p>

At the same time, some thieves escaped the first wave of clearance because they were wandering around and committing crimes.&1t;/p>

However, what they faced was the government troops searching for them all over the mountains and fields. Such a formation scared them.&1t;/p>

This search activity caught a group of thieves.&1t;/p>

However, some thieves were hiding in any ditch, and they could not really be fully revealed. Some thieves were hungry and ran into some villages and towns, but were caught.&1t;/p>

Nearly a month later, the thieves in northern Shaanxi were basically eliminated.&1t;/p>

More than 1,300 thieves were arrested in this operation, most of whom were Sarhu deserters with certain military qualities.&1t;/p>

After these deserters became a soldier in Shaanxi, they behaved very badly. Once there was a natural disaster, they would attack the towns and villages with the victims, causing extremely serious damage to local production.&1t;/p>

The main reason why the bandits could become bigger in Shaanxi in the late Ming Dynasty was that these deserters were acting as shit-making sticks. At the same time, the border troops who could not afford military salaries and could not survive were also plundering wealthy people.&1t;/p>

After nearly a month of encirclement and search, the group of thieves were basically wiped out. Some of the remaining fish that had escaped the net were scared and they would not dare to come out to commit crimes again for a while.&1t;/p>

The border army can no longer plunder wealthy families. Since the reform of the border military pay last year, each border army can now get half a stone of food a month, 1.5 stone of food can be obtained in the twelfth lunar month, and 7 stones of food will be given to them throughout the year. Save some food, and the whole family will not starve to death. If you hire some more things to do, it is easier to eat and wear warmth.&1t;/p>

Although the border troops' land was still occupied in large quantities, at least life was much better.&1t;/p>

After the clearance results were reported to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao was relieved. Then he wrote the word "kill" on the memorial of handling the thieves, and then gave it to the command headquarters for execution.&1t;/p>

These thieves are unstable factors, so naturally they can make people worry-free after being cut. At the same time, they can also shock the remaining thieves and completely eliminate the existence of thieves.&1t;/p>

Why were the peasant army defeated repeatedly in the late Ming Dynasty, but could it recover quickly? When Li Zicheng was at its most downturn, there were only a few dozen people left.&1t;/p>

The secret lies in those backbones.&1t;/p>

Although the backbone elements were defeated and fled in scattered ways. But as long as the leader's banner was not over, they could immediately bring a group of people back to their command after the war.&1t;/p>

If the boss is destroyed, they can also set up their own business or defect to other thieves.&1t;/p>

Those backbone thieves need to be destroyed the most. Although Hong Chengchou was unethical during the Chongzhen period, he did nothing wrong from this perspective.&1t;/p>

After all, Chongzhen had no experience in managing the country and did not understand the affairs of the people. He also destroyed the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, losing the most important ears and ears. He was only played by a group of Donglin Party, and finally forced the people to rebel step by step.&1t;/p>

When the military and civilians joined the bandit army, the bandits had sharp changes in combat effectiveness, and to a certain extent, they can indeed be called the peasant army.&1t;/p>

Now the powder keg of the border army has been temporarily calmed down, and the fuse of the thief has been cut off. Only the people in northern Shaanxi are left. The Loess Plateau is getting more and more barren, and the people's livelihood in northern Shaanxi is indeed too poor.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao immediately thought of immigration, and he is constantly implementing this policy. How can he say that there are still four years to use as a buffer?&1t;/p>

Four years later, a rare drought will break out in Shaanxi. As long as the imperial court immigrated enough people from northern Shaanxi during this period, it will be fine if the imperial court provides relief at that time, and the thieves will not be able to cause trouble.&1t;/p>

At the same time, within four years, it is also a top priority to fully solve the problems of the border army in Yansui Town.&1t;/p>

With these plans, Zhu Youxiao quickly began to prepare for the future. He first set up strategic reserve warehouses in Yan'an, Mizhi, Suide and other places. The court began to gradually increase grain storage in these warehouses in a planned manner. It is estimated that the grain storage will reach 1.50,000 stones in four years.&1t;/p>

At the same time, it is planned to immigrate from northern Shaanxi every year no less than 30,000 people, and the immigrant population will be more than 120,000 in four years.&1t;/p>

According to the goals set by Zhu Youxiao, the cabinet has a new focus on its work.&1t;/p>

The six imperial ministries have been operating well during this period, and their work efficiency has improved a lot. As for the party struggles, it has been quelled a lot, and the main reason is that the reactionaries of the Donglin Party were suppressed.&1t;/p>

Although Ye Xianggao made a comeback, he was regarded as a traitor by the Donglin Party. The other Donglin Party officials who were imprisoned were also dealt with by Zhu Youxiao6 in the third year of the Tianqi period.&1t;/p>

Some of them were beaten to Guizhou by Zhu Youxiao to teach. These officials were indeed the best in culture when they were admitted to the imperial examination. Guizhou lacked teachers, and exiled these criminals of the Donglin Party to Guizhou to teach was also a waste.&1t;/p>

There are also some who are willing to become Zhu Youxiao's "lack dogs" and show their loyalty to Zhu Youxiao. They are released and returned to the court to serve, with the reputation of "making meritorious service with guilt".&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao was held in his hands step by step. Now Zhu Youxiao has not just ascended the throne. No matter what he wants to do, there are only a few people who dare to jump out of oppose him in the court.&1t;/p>

The most talked about in the court recently is naturally the issue of imposing commercial tax in Guizhou. Although some officials jumped out to oppose it, it was finally left alone.&1t;/p>

The imperial court imposed commercial taxes in Guizhou in the name of insufficient salary suppression, and there were a group of emperor's lackeys agreeing. How could it be opposed?&1t;/p>

Of course, Guizhou is only a remote province, and the imposition of commercial tax does not actually violate the interests of the representative class of the Donglin Party, and the wave of opposition is not too fierce.&1t;/p>

In fact, it is indeed impossible to collect much silver for the levy of commercial tax in Guizhou, but this is obviously a test of Zhu Youxiao.&1t;/p>

The Donglin Party did not take extreme actions to oppose it, which made Zhu Youxiao understand the class bottom line of the Donglin Party.&1t;/p>

Obviously, as long as the commercial tax is not imposed in Jiangnan, these Donglin parties will make a fuss. But if they want to impose commercial tax in Jiangnan, that is a big deal.&1t;/p>

After Zhu Youxiao imposed commercial taxes in Guizhou, he did not make any other big moves.&1t;/p>

His strategic goal is very clear. He first takes Liaodong to solve external troubles. Then open Liaodong into a commercial grain production base in the Ming Dynasty, thereby stabilizing the situation in the Ming Dynasty, expanding the scope of commercial tax collection, and exercising the current vested interest class.&1t;/p>

Therefore, in the third year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao was working hard to train troops and began to continuously transport combat materials to Liaodong, striving to destroy wild boar skins in the next two years.&1t;/p>

Before this, because most of the troops were deployed in Liaodong, many phenomena still needed to be persevered. (To be continued...)&1t;/>&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!