Chapter 447: Something will happen

Yongping Prefecture Zhongtunwei is a military city with a population of nearly 40,000. Even if Zhang Kun and his more than 500 people were allowed to enter, the possibility of repeated recurrence was very high.

However, Zhang Kun was extremely desperate along the way. He could not see any fear at all. He brought hundreds of people into the city. He directly called on Xiang Fuyi's mansion. This kind of mansion of the general in the city was often an inner city or a simple fortress.

The deputy general's mansion was naturally unavoidable. After driving out all the residents in this small fortress, he led hundreds of people to live in.

To say that the tens of thousands of people and more than 20,000 young and strong people in this city are indeed cowardly. At best, Zhang Kun's advance team has killed less than a thousand people, but these people in the city are already shocked and trembled and dared not resist. If they were put into the city, they would attack them in groups, and they would never let Zhang Kun's group be so peaceful.

Zhang Kun and his soldiers calmly stationed in this small fortress, arranged fortifications, summoned the doctor to the city to treat the wounded, and replenish supplies.

He had documents from the Duke of Qi and the imperial court in his hand. He held these documents according to the rules to dispatch the soldiers and horses in the city. In the first few days, the people in the city followed their orders tremblingly.

According to the army dispatched in the city, the various battalions were all broken up and redistributed by Zhang Kun, causing the city to become a storm, with no subordinates at all, and people were arranged to transport a large number of weapons and supplies into this inner city.

Since entering the Yongping Zhongtunwei, the residents in the city were ordered by these 500 people to wander around. After five or six days, the people who were killed and fled gradually became more and more sensible. The residents in the city also calmed down from the initial fear, and only then did they react. There are so many of us. There are so few evil Han people from Shandong, so they are afraid that they will do anything.

But at this time, the inner castle where Zhang Kun and others were located could not be defeated in one or two days. The supplies inside were sufficient and the fortifications were solid. The troops and horses in the city were completely disrupted. The new and old ones had conflicts and entanglements, and they could not gather strength at all.

It will be almost September. Some respected people in the city can sort out these things. The benefits that we finally earn in Yongping Prefecture cannot be obtained by foreigners. At least we have to give it a sufficiently appropriate price to get it out. We will drive these 500 people out first and then discuss it.

However, they had not taken action yet. The Hebei Army in Hejian Prefecture had already sent 4,000 cavalry to Zhongtun Guard, and there were more than 4,000 cavalrymen. No one dared to make any changes.

Although Ji Town knows that there are many soldiers and horses, whether they have fought or not, they all have this understanding. If you want to defeat the Shandong soldiers, it is best not to expect that if you don’t have ten times the strength of the troops. With ten times the strength of the troops, you must also pay attention to dispatch and command, and you must be stable.

These five hundred people were huddled in Xiang Fu Yi's mansion. The people in the city had made up so long to dare to take action. Not to mention more than 4,000 cavalrymen, they also carried such scary cannons.

The so-called horse bandits and harassment on the road were attracted by Zhang Kun's advance team, and then killed and dispersed by Zhang Kun's risky actions. In this way, the road between Zhongtun Guard and Hejian Mansion was unobstructed. Before entering the city of Zhongtun Guard, Zhang Kun had already sent messengers backwards.

These messengers will definitely be very sure to arrive at Hejian Prefecture. Zhang Kun is confident of breaking the city and entering. He has now occupied a very important stronghold. Next, we need to send subsequent reinforcements to consolidate this point.

The general Zhang Jiang of Hebei did not have much force, but after receiving this news, he was willing to invest in it, because behind Hejian Prefecture is Jinan Prefecture, one of the two prefectures could not see any obstacles. The troops directly under the commander-in-chief sent troops north at any time, and Yongping Prefecture was isolated and had to send troops to stabilize it.

There were 4,300 soldiers who arrived at the city. Among the Jiaozhou camp, there were only about 500 people, which were cavalrymen. The rest of the parts were infantry and artillery and a small number of personnel from various departments. To be more precise, these people should be called horse-riding infantry.

So many horses almost requisitioned some horses in Hejian Prefecture and the southern part of Zhending Prefecture, and even Jinan Prefecture, in order to get these thousands of soldiers to arrive at Zhongtunwei as soon as possible. The situation in Yongping Prefecture changed several times a day, and at this time, it is important to be quick.

This time, Zhang Jiang specially allocated five six-pound cannons to go there, so that if the situation on Zhang Kun changes, he will directly break up and attack the city.

What is ridiculous is that when these soldiers arrived at Zhongtun Guard, in addition to the cavalry and horses pulling chariots, some of the cavalry had to return with their horses and return these requisitioned horses.

With these soldiers and cannons, Zhang Kun's energy finally became thicker after being trembling in the inner castle for several days. He immediately counted the people in the city, registered the books, and confiscated the weapons and horses in the hands of the soldiers in the city.

Since Yongping Prefecture has never been peaceful since the Year of the Apocalypse, it can be described here as "large land and sparsely populated", with only a few cities.

There can be farming outside the places where the soldiers are stationed, and there are no places where the soldiers are stationed, it is desolate. Although the Qing Tartars often enter the pass from the pass in the Ji Town, Yongping Prefecture, they all go through large armies. The real trouble is the Mongolian horse bandits with dozens of people and hundreds of people on the grassland.

Eastern Mongolia was gradually integrated by the Tartars. Under the war, many tribes were also annexed, but they were unwilling to serve their new masters. However, the grassland tribes after the integration were not something they were able to fight. If they wanted to make a living, they had only a few choices. One was the West Mongolia side, but the West Mongolia side was either a feud or a fake Mongolian of Turkic species, and everything was different from the East.

After thinking about it, the best place to make a living is the ground of the Ming Dynasty. The common people who farmed were as soft as sheep and could grab a lot of things.

There are no guards at all in the border passes. These guards are worried every day. If the Tartar soldiers come, it is best to escape early. If the Tartar soldiers do not come, if these Mongolian horse bandits want to enter the pass, they only need to pay a little money, which is a bonus.

Even when leaving the customs, the looted things can be sold to the soldiers at the Pass and then resold them. Anyway, it is much cheaper, and there is even such a deal. People in Yongping Mansion are often plundered by these horse bandits. If their families want to redeem people, they can often make it through these soldiers at the Pass.

It is true that it was the "Mongolian horse bandits rampant" in Yongping Prefecture. But I never told anyone, because this is a means of making money by the generals of Jizhen.

Of course, there are many shameful things. The military generals and officials of Yongping Prefecture also know how to use them well and spend money to invite these desperate Mongolian horse bandits to do it. Afterwards, they either kill people to silence them or give some money to drive them out of the empire. Anyway, the horse bandits are all small shares. Compared with the army in Jizhen, there is no trouble at all.

But because of these horse bandits, there are very few villages and towns in Yongping Prefecture that operate independently. Even if there are one, they are the kind of Dazhai fortress that protects itself, and the tyrants who have their own villages and villages.

The farmers who farm honestly want to have peace of mind can only rely on those generals and cities, pay higher taxes and labor service to these generals, and be dismissed from soldiers at critical moments. In fact, it is a kind of life of a semi-serf.

The people in Yongping Prefecture live in miserable life. The soldiers and generals raised tigers to make profits are miserable to the people of Yongping Prefecture, but it is very beneficial to Shandong. Because it is mostly wasteland, it can divide the land without any resistance and establish a military farm.

Zhang Kun arranged for his troops to be stationed, and the local situation near Zhongtunwei began to stabilize. Zhang Kun understood the specific situation of Hejian Prefecture.

In other provinces of the Ming Dynasty, Jiaozhou camp established military farms, which were because there were few land and many people. As long as the land was occupied, a large number of refugees would naturally come to farm and seek survival.

But in Yongping Prefecture, things are completely different. The fields are everywhere, but not many people are. These people are occupied by military generals at all levels. They become half-serfs who have lost their personal freedom. Jiaozhouying set up a military farm. People must recruit people to farm locally. With the system and rules of military farms in Jiaozhouying, they will definitely be much stronger than these military generals who will be exploited. At that time, these people will flow to Shandong.

The farmers who do not have arable land, have no source of troops to be drawn when fighting, and even withholding military pay cannot cope with it. This is equivalent to taking the lifeline of the soldiers and horses in Jizhen. No wonder they have done something and used such ruthless means to do it right.

Yongping Zhongtunwei is the gateway of Yongping Prefecture, but for the entire Yongping Prefecture, it is relatively independent. The real core part should be from Luanzhou to Shanhaiwei, and this side is under the control of Shanhaiguan General Gao Di and Ningyuan General Wu Sangui.

However, if you can lay a nail here, then things will be very easy. The panic-ridden civilians in Yongping Zhongtun Weicheng were quite surprised when they heard the specifications of the village farm. This surprise was not because of fear of panic, but because they didn't believe in such good things.

All livestock and tools and seeds are supplied by the farm. After the farm is cultivated, the farm will be handed over to the farm after the farm is fed and fed. The males from each household will be regularly selected to participate in training. If you have the opportunity to join the army, you can still enjoy various discounts.

This is much better than working for military generals. For example, the people of Yongping Zhongtunwei work for Xiang Fuyi's farming and living in a white and black manner. It is a luxury to have food and clothing. Moreover, in addition to treating the men from all over the country as laborers, they also have to work in the army, which is a waste of money.

In the entire Zhongtun Guard, there are some benefits that Xiang Fu Yi, his confidant generals and his direct personal soldiers, and the others are all bulls and horses.

Zhang Kun did not expect that the matter of the military farm would be so easy to carry out, but it was easier to understand why the soldiers of Yongping Prefecture hated Shandong's entry.

In early September, the west side of Yongping Prefecture began to measure the land and set up a military farm, but this was just the beginning of the work and a large amount of materials were needed to go north to supplement it.

But Zhang Kun finally achieved great achievements because of his various adventures. According to news from all aspects, Zhang Kun's risk this time allowed Shandong to gain a foothold in Yongping Prefecture three months earlier than expected, and it was a big city like Zhongtunwei, and his contribution was no less than that of Wang Tao.

Currently, Zhang Kun is in charge of about 5,000 troops in Zhongtun Guard. This is actually the power of a deputy general. It is said that the official reward will come at the end of the year.

However, there was also private news in Jinan Prefecture, saying that the general was happy with Zhang Kun's actions, but he did not agree with it. He made contributions to Shandong and earned actual benefits. This is true. But as a commander, he charged forward and took risks with his own life. This is a big taboo. If there is an accident, the loss will be too great.

In any case, the person who benefited the most from this matter was Zhang Kun. Before Xialai, Zhang Kun was already very happy.

Since you have achieved so many benefits by making contributions. You should make greater contributions and earn more benefits by being in Yongping Mansion.

But things were not that simple. Zhang Kun's action of seizing the city was very fast, and the news had not been leaked for a while. At the same time as more than 4,000 soldiers from Hejian Prefecture sent, large and small groups of "Mongolian Horse Bandits" began to enter the area near Zhongtunwei, and the generals of Yongping Prefecture led their troops to gradually approach. They kept saying that in order to help Shandong soldiers and horses to quell the bandits, they realized that Shandong had stationed 5,000 troops on Zhongtunwei, so they were a little restrained.

During this period, Zhang Kun didn't care about making any contributions, but was busy mobilizing his troops to prevent them from being rushed in by the troops of Yongping Mansion, and his previous efforts were wasted.

During these days, I was also a little dumbfounded. For example, the first construction of military farms and recruiting farmers to work in various places. Yongping Prefecture is already on the edge of the northern land. The crops are average, and there are few farmed fields. When the harvest is completed, it is already a shortage of mobilizing so many young and strong men to block the soldiers in Shandong.

Those generals did not care about the lives and death of these people, but Jiaozhou camp military farms had to be established, but they still had to make some plans and could not ignore them. As a result, Xiang Fuyi, a large amount of food and grass reserved by himself and his direct descendants, was sent by Zhang Kun to the newly recruited military farmers such as Zhongtunwei for the winter.

This action was amazingly effective. All the residents of Yongping Mansion who heard this news rushed over from all over the place and came to join in. Anyway, they were always making cattle and horses. Isn’t it better to make cattle and horses for Shandong to spend the winter of food, so it would be better for him to make cattle and horses.

What surprised Zhang Kun was that there were actually scattered Mongolians coming to surrender. Some of them were the Mongolian horse bandits mentioned above.

When it is winter on the grassland, it is snowing heavily. If there is not enough storage, it will be fate that it will be frozen to death. These Mongolian horse bandits are all poor. It is no better to have a place to live than to fight with people. Moreover, seeing that Shandong is so powerful, there are already all those who have been wiped out in front of these Shandong soldiers. Whether they are dead or alive, hungry or full, whether they are Han or Mongolians, they will clearly distinguish them.

In the end, this incident became even more ridiculous. After hearing the news here, many poor Mongolian herders rushed over from the grassland with their families, just to get a place for the farmhouses in this village.

On the grassland, I work for the powerful and nobles, and even serfs are not as good as those who have sex. I don’t have the right to live or die, and I don’t have to think about food and clothing. Since there are such a kind person in the pass, why don’t I come and join me?

Yongping Prefecture lacks manpower, and Shuntian Prefecture to the west was almost completely cut off by soldiers and horses loyal to the capital, while Yongping Prefecture is the defense area for local soldiers and horses to the east.

The Hejian Mansion also needs a large amount of manpower, and long-distance migration is not realistic. The Mongolian herdsmen have different living habits from the Han people. It is hard to say whether herdsmen can farm.

But the lack of people is a real fact. Zhang Kun broke up these Mongolian herdsmen and distributed them to the Han people, but this also has an advantage. Originally, the main military farms established in Yongping Prefecture were all personnel from the garrison and the army. Even if they were broken up, they could communicate with each other.

There are great enemies outside, but we still have to divide our strength to guard against the inside. We will break up these Mongolian herders into various fields, which will have a differentiation and dilution effect, and these people are more in charge.

If Zhang Kun could quickly climb to this position, there was indeed a place where he was extraordinary. Although the revenge of these Mongolian herders was a great thing to add manpower to the farm, Zhang Kun felt that there should be greater benefits in this. For this, he specially wrote a letter to the general Zhang Jiang of Hebei and entrusted his boss to pass it to the commander.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in Jinan City is much more lively than in previous years. At least the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner is more popular than in the past. Because several elders have to meet, the female family has another banquet. The men are having a banquet at the main hall, and there are a few strange faces at the banquet.

Mu Yunyao's father Mu Gonghao, and Mu Yunyao's brother Mu Ci'an, Yan Shenzheng and Liu Fulai were all sitting on the table. This was a pure family dinner, and everyone was a little curious. Mu Yunyao's origin and origin were a mystery in the Jiaozhou camp, because Shandong's actions and policies are currently relatively sensitive. If Mu Yunyao's true identity is exposed, there will definitely be such troubles.

No one expected that the second wife Mu Yunyao would suddenly have such a large family. Mu Gonghao's words and deeds were quite noble, and he saw that his background was extraordinary. Mrs. Mu was the same. Mu Ci'an was gentle and elegant. Such expressions and demeanor would not be considered noble or aristocratic families in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, this noble or noble family must be an extremely noble family. Those who climbed up with military merits certainly would not have such a demeanor.

But it was just a secret guess in my heart. Everyone knew the importance of the characters, and everyone knew what they said and said.

The only thing that doesn't suit the family's demeanor is that the Mu family and son both like to travel. Within a few days of coming to Jinan City, they all traveled around the scenic spots inside and outside the city, and it seemed that they had never seen anything before. They had to ask about everything and ask about everything.

And we also discussed with the people from Lingshan Trading Company. We said that we were planning to go to Jiaozhou after the Mid-Autumn Festival. This action proved the identity of the Mu family as a noble family. But no matter how hard we racked our brains, we could not imagine who would be in line with the nobles at the Ming Dynasty.

After the King of Zhou's family came to Shandong, they saw the scene along the way and thought about everything in Kaifeng City. They knew that it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to make a comeback.

With this son-in-law, perhaps the wealth of the vassal king may not be able to be, but there may not be fewer other places. Perhaps they have to enjoy freedom more than in Kaifeng. People with the status of King Zhou have seen many so-called wealth and honor, and they are just free and easy.

The vassal kings could not leave the city and were closely watched by local officials. Compared to being rich and free in Shandong, it is relatively more comfortable in Shandong.

Moreover, when he was in Kaifeng City, as a royal family member, he always had to think about the survival of the Ming Dynasty. He also thought that if the Ming Dynasty died, he would probably have to be buried with him. This psychological burden was also great. Coming to Shandong would be like throwing away everything.

He completely regarded himself as a carefree and ordinary person. Shandong was protected by Li Meng and his wife was ordinary. The land he wanted to do was to enjoy life well. The King of Zhou, who changed his name to Mu Gonghao, and his family were very happy.

The prince of Zhou, Mu Ci'an, is a rare person among the Ming Dynasty royal family who likes to study, but the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the vassal states that the more foolish you are, the less harmful you will be to the court, and you will be considered loyal and meticulous. The more you want to do something, it means that you are disobedient and have a bad intention.

For example, when the Tartars entered the pass, the King of Tang recruited 3,000 soldiers to go to Beijing to serve the king. This was a rare act of passion, but he was imprisoned in Henan and died in the midst of war. Although the prince of the Zhou Dynasty, Mu Ci'an, studied a lot, had no use, and had always been depressed and tight.

When he came to Shandong, he gave up his identity as a royal family, but found that the world was so vast that he could do what he wanted to do. He heard that Shandong was going to hold an imperial examination next year, so he was also going to try it out to see if he could show his ambitions in his heart. It would be worth it to be a waste of time for the world.

As for Mrs. Mu in Kaifeng City over the years, she always shed tears and sadness when she thinks of her daughter. After she came to Shandong this time, she saw her daughter and grandson, and she threw her wealth behind her. She was very happy every day. As for the grandson of King Zhou, she was having fun with Li Hong and other high-ranking officials from Shandong every day.

Such noble families have tasted the joy of family reunion there, but they don’t know the fun of ordinary life. When they come to Shandong, they all understand it.

Although the Zhou family gave up the throne and noble bloodline, they came to Shandong incognito. Although the family tried to avoid talking about this matter, everyone knew that neither they nor others regretted it.

On the third day of the third day of the arrival of Jinan, King Zhou drank a few more glasses of wine. He once said to his wife and son at the Chef Mountain:

"I thought I had to come to Shandong because I had no choice but to do it. Judging from the general trend, coming to Shandong might be a great blessing. My family has always done good deeds in Kaifeng to help the poor. It seems that this accumulation of virtue will be rewarded."

During the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, Li Hong was originally sitting on the face of a male. In modern times, Li Meng usually had a banquet for elders and would not let children go.

Originally, this kind of thing was just a list of the housekeeper Rossi, and then Li Meng arranged it. As a result, after Li Meng said that there was no need for a child to attend, the entire Duke of Qi's mansion was alarmed, and those who came to persuade were respected people like Sun Chuanting and Liu Fulai.

At this time, Li Meng realized that whether Li Hong was on the table had already vaguely involved his heirs' issue, and many people regarded his arrangement as a hint.

After thinking about this, Li Meng was so amused that he stopped insisting. He returned to the inner house and told the female family that it became a joke, and he laughed for a long time.

After sitting at the banquet, either a literati or an old man was. Li Hong, a lively and active child, stayed there and hadn't eaten a few bites, and he was trying to go out to play. The men at the banquet didn't care about the children, so they simply let him go out and went crazy. During this period, Li Hong got along well with his cousin, who was one year older than him.
To be continued...