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And it is impossible to increase troops, because the main force must be stationed in Nanxiong.If troops are deployed to support Longchuan, if Nanxiong falls, it will be equivalent to losing half of Guangdong.

Feng Yushun, a Juren from Nanhai, was Shen Youlong's staff at this time, he looked outside the city and frowned and said, "Master, this is not the way to go, the rebels have been dividing the land outside the city for nearly two months, and Longchuan has essentially become an isolated city. "

"Going out of the city will definitely lose the battle." Shen Youlong said with an ugly face.

Some time ago, Shen Youlong saw that the main force of the Zhao thieves was in Longchuan, so he asked the general Lu Qian to send troops from Nanxiong, trying to capture the three passes of Meiling.

Lu Qian led 300 elite veterans to attack Meiguan, which was garrisoned by [-] men.After the first battle, he threw away his helmet and armor, and suffered more than six hundred casualties. Lu Qian was so frightened that he hurried back to Nanxiong to hide.

Lu Qian also sent news that there are a large number of "enemies of ten thousand people" in Zhao's bandit army.

Moreover, those ten-thousand-thousand enemies are all made of ceramic shells, which can be thrown for a long distance on flat ground.

Shen Youlong said worriedly: "I'm most worried about Lu Qian's side."

"Can Zongbing Lu still be a thief?" Feng Yushun asked doubtfully.

Shen Youlong sighed and said, "He was impeached by the gentry of your hometown."

Feng Yushun was speechless for a moment, secretly cursing his countryman as mentally retarded, and at the same time slandering Lu Qian as a jerk.

Lu Qian, the general of Guangdong, killed a few gentry from the South China Sea when he suppressed the bandits last year, and robbed the gentry of their goods for smuggling.

Coastal smuggling in the Ming Dynasty was not only done at sea, but also by land.

Relying on his status as the commander-in-chief, Lu Qian wanted to forcibly intervene in the land smuggling trade.And it was a bit too much, often sending troops to loot, which angered the land private businessmen in Nanhai County.

Feng Yushun said: "The imperial court is at a time when it is employing people, so it is unlikely that General Lu will be dismissed."

Shen Youlong shook his head and said, "If Lu Qian is not dismissed, the gentry in Nanhai County will join forces with thieves."

"This...is really possible." The more Feng Yushun thought about it, the more frightening he became.

Guangdong has many mountains and little land, and those coastal gentry and wealthy families did not rely on land income to make their fortunes.When goods from Huguang and Jiangxi arrived, they purchased them openly, and then secretly sold them to maritime merchants behind their backs.

It is these people who have been obstructing Daming Kaihai all this time!

As for sea merchants and pirates, they are either their puppets or their partners.

Today, the Datong Army has closed the three Meiling Passes, preventing goods from Jiangxi from entering Guangdong.The Huguang business road was also cut off, Guangdong smugglers suffered heavy losses, and even sea merchants like Zheng Zhilong also suffered huge losses.

In addition, there are salt merchants in Guangdong. Their main sales markets are Huguang and Jiangxi, and they cannot be shipped now.

Salt merchants, sea merchants, and land smugglers are now as anxious as ants in a hot pot.They did not dare to offend the "King of Jiangxi" Zhao Han, because Jiangxi was the source of goods, so they tried every means to backstab Guangdong officers and soldiers in series.

They not only impeached Lu Qian, the general of Guangdong, but also Shen Yulong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

For these merchants, Guangdong can be occupied by rebels, but they must not fight for a long time!

……

A few more days.

Chen Maosheng led the missionaries and the backbone of the peasant association, and came over the mountains, and most of them were Yao people and Hakka people.

Seeing Fei Ruhe, Chen Maosheng couldn't help asking: "You didn't make it clear in your letter, what is the real situation in Guangdong? The town also asked me to spread the word, why did you only capture one county town after sending troops for two months?"

Fei Ruhe said confidently: "Guangdong, every strategic point, is defended by Shen Youlong's heavy troops. If we forcefully attack one by one, when Guangdong is occupied, my soldiers will die. In fact, occupying Guangdong, There is no need to fight at all, I have already found out when I came here."

"Just speak straight, don't go around in circles." Chen Maosheng said.

Fei Ruhe said: "There has been a severe drought in Zhufu and counties in Guangdong for two consecutive years, and this year is only slightly normal. Since the end of Wanli, there have been continuous civil unrest here. Shen Youlong himself has repeatedly suppressed bandits twice. The one in front of him There was also a large-scale suppression once. Until now, the Yao chaos in Lianzhou and Lianshan has not been put down. As long as Zhang Tieniu takes down Lechang, I guess half of northern Guangdong will be in chaos."

"What about East Guangdong?" Chen Maosheng asked.

Fei Ruhe said: "The people in eastern Guangdong live in extreme hardship, and they hate the government to the bone. Under the severe drought for several years, Shen Youlong still has to raise soldiers, and I don't know how many people have been forced to rebel. Seeing that Longchuan County cannot be attacked by force, I just Immediately let the Mission Mission and the Peasant Association preside over the division of land. Now, most of Longchuan County has already divided the land, and Longchuan has long been an isolated city, and the villages and towns outside the city are all our territory."

"Then why do you want me to bring someone here?" Chen Maosheng was puzzled.

"The situation here is too complicated," Fei Ruhe explained, "there are the Hakka people, the Yao people, the Miao people, and the Tong people (Zhuang people). Take the Yao people as an example, and they are divided into Pingdi Yao and Gaoshan Yao. , The mess made me dizzy. Those Gaoshanyao are still cultivating by slash-and-burn, so you must do it yourself."

In the Guangdong and Guangxi regions at the end of the Ming Dynasty, more than half of the prefectures and counties were inhabited by Yao people.

The Pingdi Yao people have a relatively deep degree of Sinicization, and many Yao people even speak Chinese, wear Chinese clothes, and use Chinese names.They set up a household of Qimin, and they had to pay taxes to the court, and even Yao landlords and Yao tenants appeared.

This kind of Yao people can directly divide the land, and they are exploited miserably by Yao officials and landlords.

The degree of Sinicization of Gaoshan Yao is uneven. The most primitive Yao tribe is still slash-and-burn.Burn a forest, cultivate it for two or three years, and then move to another forest and burn it. Anyway, there are many mountains here, so it can be called a "wandering tribe".

There are also some Gaoshan Yao who have learned advanced farming methods, but they can't speak Chinese yet.

This kind of Yao people is ruled by Yao native officials.

The native officials forced the Yao people to collect, excavate, and make various special products. Every few years, they would go to Beijing to pay tribute and exchange the special products of the Yao people for the goods rewarded by the emperor.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was also poor, and the local officials of the Yao nationality gradually became unprofitable. They would take their troops down the mountain to plunder, or simply attack the city and directly rebel.

This kind of Yao people must be treated with caution. They do not speak Chinese and are controlled and exploited by Yao native officials.If the local officials are directly killed, the Yao people will not appreciate it. They must first let them understand the policy.

In many other places, the Han, Yao, Miao, and Zhuang are merging, and it is difficult for you to tell which ethnicity they belong to.

In Guangdong at the end of Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of Yao, Miao and Zhuang nationalities, and they were being sinicized.

Such a complicated situation made Fei Ruhe overwhelmed, so he could only write a letter to invite Chen Maosheng to take charge of the work.

Chongyi County in the southern Jiangxi region is full of Yao people and Miao people. At the beginning of the year, the work of dividing the land was completed and a peasant association was formed.Chen Maosheng went south this time, at the request of Fei Ruhe, he brought more than 300 Yao people and Miao people directly.

As soon as Chen Maosheng arrived, Fei Ruhe immediately divided his troops and led the main force to bypass Longchuan and go to encircle Heyuan County.

……

"Master, the bandits and bandits have divided their troops," Feng Yushun said in bewilderment, "Wouldn't they be afraid of being cut off from the supply chain and being attacked from the north and the south?"

Shen Youlong was very angry at this time: "They are just luring me out of the city, and they don't take me seriously!"

Feng Yushun said: "Since the rebels divide their forces, it is better to send [-] elite troops to attack the rebel camp at night."

"That's exactly what I mean!" Shen Youlong also wanted to let out a bad breath.

There was no action that night, and a few days later, Shen Youlong felt that the thieves had let down their vigilance, so he asked a general of Qian to lead five hundred troops out of the city to attack at night.

I went and never came back...

It's not that Mr. Qian has become a thief, but that he was defeated when he stole the camp, and the soldiers simply took the opportunity to flee back to their hometown.

Fei Ruhe took Chen Maosheng to Heyuan to divide the land. He had already gained experience in Southern Jiangxi.As long as the land outside the city is completely divided, the people in the whole county will be their own people, and they can take the opportunity to suppress the landlords and increase the army rations.

"Report!!!!"

"The Ba Pai Yao uprising has captured the four cities of Lianzhou, Lianshan, Yangshan, and Ruyuan!"

Hearing this news, Fei Ruhe smiled and said, "There is no need to fight in Guangdong, the officers and soldiers will soon collapse."

The three cities of Lianzhou, Huguang in the north, Guangxi in the west, and the transition area of ​​the three provinces are all inhabited by Yao people.

In the eight years of Chongzhen in history, it was not only Liu Xinyu who led the Huguang Yaomin miners to rebel.At the same time, there were also the Eight Pai Yao Uprising in Guangdong, the Huayao Uprising in Huguangjiang, and the Yao People's Uprising in He County, Guangxi.

The Yao people and miners in the three provinces rebelled at the same time, and it took three years before the imperial court sent the coalition forces of the five provinces to encircle and suppress them.

But the Ba Pai Yao uprising was the most troublesome, encircled and suppressed by five provinces, and changed two governors. From the 11th year of Chongzhen to the 15th year of Chongzhen, it was not put down.

Two years ago, Shen Youlong exhausted all his energy and finally beat Ba Pai Yao back to the mountain.

At this moment, Zhang Tieniu led his troops to occupy Lechang, which happened to be the site of Ba Pai Yao next door.They took the opportunity to go out of the mountains, captured all four counties, and cooperated with Zhang Tieniu to fight officers and soldiers.

Guangdong is gone, and the officers and soldiers can't bear it.

Chapter 251 [30 people seize the city]

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a pattern of Yao people's uprisings.

Shuyao's rebellion is usually caused by too much government oppression, which is no different from peasant rebellion.

Shengyao rebelled, usually down the mountain to plunder.Just like the nomadic Kou Bian, because the living environment has become harsh, they come to grab money, food, and supplies, which is extremely destructive when they become large-scale.

The Ba Pai Yao who revolted this time all belonged to the "Shu Yao", that is, the Yao nationality who had already registered as a registered household and had to pay taxes every year.

Liu Xinyu took the Yao people from Qianjiadong to contact the Ba Pai Yao rebel army, and Ba Pai Yao immediately led the troops to join them.

"Brother... General Zhang," Liu Xinyu introduced, "These three are the leader of the Youling Pai, the leader of Tang Fayin Tang, the leader of Pan Chengyun Pan, and the leader of Fangzhi Renfang. These three are the leader of Nangang Pai, Li Liangyong and Li The leader, Pan Enhao, the leader..."

Zhang Tieniu was a little dizzy after hearing a lot about the boss, but luckily the names were all normal.

Zhang Tieniu didn't understand what the leader was doing. After asking in detail, he felt that the management mode of these Yao people was very strange.

Ba Pai Yao has a total of eight large settlements and more than 20 small settlements.

If "Pai" is likened to a big village, "Chong" is a small village, and "Dragon" is a group in a village.

Yao people must first elect Yao elders, which is equivalent to electing members of the village self-government committee.

From among these Yao elders, continue to elect cadres.There are Tianchanggong (big leader), Tougong (small leader), Fangshuigong (management of water resources), Temple Master (sacrifice and education), Burning Incense Lord (worshiping incense), and Guanshitou (commanding battles).

Lord Tianchang, who will be re-elected every two years, and Yao Lao will be in charge in turn.

It is equivalent to the members of the village committee, who take turns serving as the village head, changing every two years.

The head of the public, changes every two years, one new and one old.

Equivalent to each village group, there must be two group leaders.Elections are held once every two years, with an old team leader as positive and a new team leader as deputy.

These Yao people not only practice the electoral system, but also practice monogamy.

And it must be a small family. Within one year of the wedding, the young couple must separate.

There were riots in more than 30 Yao villages, and Tianchanggong (big leader) stayed in the mountains because of his age.However, many bosses (little bosses) were sent, and Tang Fayin was publicly elected as the temporary boss, leading more than 2 Yao soldiers to contact Zhang Tieniu.

Everyone sat down and started discussing.

Tang Fayin asked directly: "Our Yao people rebelled because the government did not abide by the agreement and collected more and more land taxes every year. May I ask the general, if Zhao Tianwang becomes the emperor, how will the taxes here be collected?"

Zhang Tieniu smiled and said, "You don't believe me when I tell you. You can send people to Jiangxi to inquire about it. Zhao Tianwang's land tax is very light. Last year, there was a severe drought in Jiangxi. Not only did he reduce taxes, but he also distributed food to the victims."

"Does King Zhao have a son?" Tang Fayin asked again.

Zhang Tieniu said, "There is one."

Tang Fayin asked, "Have you ever been married?"

"No." Zhang Tieniu said.

"That's good," Tang Fayin said, "Ba Pai Yao 24 agreed with the Yao people to choose the most beautiful Yao woman to marry Zhao Tianwang's son as his wife. As long as the two parties get married, Ba Pai Yao will always be loyal to Zhao Tianwang!"

Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "The marriage may be a bit difficult, Zhao Tianwang's son, I don't know if wean or not."

As soon as this remark came out, all the leaders of the Yao tribe were astonished.

The Yao nationality does not prohibit intermarriage, at least Ba Pai Yao does not prohibit it.

According to the ballads passed down by mouth in Ba Pai Yao, we can probably guess its source——

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo led his troops to march south. In order to consolidate the territory, he encouraged soldiers to marry locals.

Fang Shiliu, the leader of the Sanmiao Legion in Huainan, married King Pangu (female leader) of the Yao nationality and gave birth to three sons. This is the ancestor of the Fang family of the Yao nationality.Fang Shiliu recruited another son-in-law named Tang Huangbai, who was the ancestor of the Tang family of the Yao nationality.

Moreover, before the intermarriage between the soldiers of the Qin army and the aborigines, Ba Pai Yao was probably in the matrilineal clan era of group marriage.

The leaders of these Ba Pai Yao began to whisper, as if they were discussing what to do.

Suddenly, Tang Fayin asked: "How old is Zhao Tianwang, and how many wives does he have?"

Zhang Tieniu replied: "Not very old, a wife."

Tang Fayin actually bowed his hand and saluted: "General Zhang, the Yao people hope to marry Zhao Tianwang himself."

"I can't decide, you should send people to Jiangxi." Zhang Tieniu said with a smile.

Tang Fayin nodded and said, "Okay, let's send people to Jiangxi."

It is too far to take a detour from Huguang to Jiangxi. In order to save the distance, everyone decided to open the main road directly.

These Yao people in the mountains have mastered the technology of terraced fields, and the main responsibility of the water release is to preside over the discharge and storage of water in the terraced fields.If it weren't for the heavy exploitation by the imperial court, Ba Pai Yao's life would actually be pretty good, and even collecting land taxes would be relatively easy.

Their weapons are farm tools, and they also have some weak soil bows.

Zhang Tieniu led Liu Xinyu, Tang Fayin, and logistics troops, and a total of 3 people besieged Shaozhou Fucheng.Liu Zhu led a partial division to attack Renhua County.

"Shoot the arrow in!"

Dozens of letters were shot in, and the content was very simple. Lianzhou Ba Pai Yao rebelled, and the western counties had been captured.Zhao Tianwang captured the whole territory of Huguang, and General Zhang led his troops to kill from Huguang, ordering the defenders of Shaozhou to surrender immediately.

After the surrender, only high-level generals, middle and low-level officers and ordinary officers and soldiers were killed, and all travel expenses were returned to go home.

The person in charge of guarding Shaozhou Mansion was a general named Li Yingsheng.

When he saw the letter that came in, and looked at the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, his face turned pale with fright, and he thought that Zhao Han really occupied the whole of Huguang.