Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 190
The Ming army was like a broken bamboo, advancing triumphantly, taking Jinzhouwei, Fuzhouwei, Gaizhouwei, Haizhouwei, Liaoyang City and Shenyang City all the way, and the situation in Liaodong suddenly reversed.

At this moment, Jiannu was just like the Liaodong army back then, completely devoid of fighting spirit, and ran away when they saw the Ming army, fled frantically, and collapsed for thousands of miles.

The advancing speed of the various Ming armies is simply staggering, and the news of the recovery of the lost ground is also coming frequently.

The next day, Cao Wenzhao sent Kuaiqi to report the success. The Shenwu Battalion had taken the Fushun Acropolis, and the defenders in the city had fled. He was leading the army to advance to Fushun Pass.

On the third day, another good news came from Mangui. The Liaodong Army had taken the Tieling Acropolis, and the defenders in the city were about to collapse.

On the fourth day, Yuan Keli sent another good news that the Denglai Navy and Nansiwei Navy had taken Zhenjiang City, and Tong Yangzhen, the guard of the city and the guerrilla general who built slaves, was captured.

On the fifth day, Liu Xingzuo came again with good news. He had led his army to take down Dingliao Youwei, and the guard in the city, Miao Yizhen, a guerrilla general who built slaves, was captured.

When a good news came, Taichang was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he always had a smiling face wherever he went.

Of course, he is not idle these days.

He has ordered people to transport all the first batch of potatoes and sweet potato seedlings cultivated by Xu Ji and him to Shenyang City by wheel boat.

Sooner or later, the land in Huangzhuang in the capital will be sold out, and it is too troublesome to cultivate land in the mountains. When trying to plant a large number of sweet potatoes and potatoes, it is naturally best to find a place with a lot of fertile land.

At this moment, the fertile fields from Shenyang to Liaoyang were basically abandoned, and no one cultivated them at all.

There is no way, the battle of Liaodong, this is the main battlefield, a few years ago it was the Jiannu who almost emptied the Liao people here, and now it is the Ming army that scared all the Jiannu here.

Therefore, there are almost no common people in this area.

His idea was to allow the original [-] Liaodong Army to farm here, and the fertile land from Liaoyang to Haizhouwei and from Haizhouwei to Jinzhou would be allocated to the surviving Liao people and frontier troops and garrison troops transferred from other places. guard.

In this way, not only the common people in Liaodong can support themselves, but the 20 army in Liaodong can almost be self-sufficient.

Once this big burden is gone, the Ming Dynasty can move forward lightly and develop rapidly.

As for potatoes and sweet potatoes, although these two things can be grown anywhere, there are still certain requirements for soil, water, and temperature when raising seedlings.

Combined with the experience he learned from farmers in Fujian, Xu Ji has mastered certain tricks after nearly half a year of exploration. At this moment, the temperature in Liaodong is very suitable for seedlings, and the banks of the Hun River outside Shenyang are the best seedlings.

So, as soon as he ran over, he asked for an order, called dozens of young guards, found the most suitable land on the north bank of the Hun River, dug it carefully several times, and then put the sprouted potatoes and The sweet potatoes were cut into pieces and started to be planted in the ground.

Taichang looked at the more than ten acres of land that were neatly opened, and at the young and strong Tunwei who were plowing carefully on the ground, and couldn't help asking: "Qianli, how many catties do you think this sweet potato and potato can produce per mu? "

Xu Ji thought for a while, and then estimated: "The land in Fujian is not as good as this one. One mu can produce seven or eight hundred catties. Wei Chen estimated that one mu here should be able to produce about one thousand catties."

A thousand catties!

Seems like too little, right?

It seems that the yield per mu of potatoes and sweet potatoes is several thousand catties!
However, the output of one thousand catties is indeed not small at the moment.

Because the grain yield of the best fertile land is only about three stones per mu, which is five or six hundred catties, while the yield of ordinary land is only about two stones per mu, which is three or four hundred catties.

The yield per mu of a thousand catties is equivalent to doubled.

Taichang thought for a while, nodded slightly and said: "Well, it's pretty good to be able to reach a thousand catties now, but the yield of these potatoes and sweet potatoes should be higher after improvement, thousands of miles, think more, and cultivate the seedlings for two more seasons , strive to increase the yield per mu to two to three thousand catties next year, as long as there are more than two thousand catties, the victims in the northwest should be able to support themselves."

Uh, it still doubled!

To be honest, Xu Ji really never thought that the output of potatoes and sweet potatoes could reach two to three thousand catties, because at the moment the entire Ming Dynasty does not have such high-yield crops.

However, the emperor has said so, he can't say no!
He thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and nodded, "I will definitely do my best."

At this time, a fast rider suddenly galloped from the north.

As soon as the Jin Yiwei on the periphery waved, the orderly immediately pulled the reins, flew down, and then quickly walked up to Taichang, knelt down on one knee, held up his passport and panted, "Your Majesty, good news from General Man Guiman!"

Oh, good news again!
Taichang couldn't help accepting the good news with a face full of excitement, and couldn't wait to open it to look.

Man Gui has already led the Liaodong Army to take Anle Prefecture, and Jian Nu fled in all directions, taking tens of thousands of prisoners!

He couldn't help but excitedly said: "Thousands of miles, the entire territory of Liaodong has finally been recovered!"

When Xu Ji heard the words, he cupped his hands excitedly and said, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the recovery of Liaodong is an inexhaustible achievement, and the achievements of the emperor are comparable to the second ancestor of Hongwu Yongle!"

It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that he went straight to the second ancestor of Hongwu Yongle, but the recovery of Liaodong is indeed an unworldly feat!
For such a great achievement, he must be appointed as a general and marquis!
In the battle of the founding of the Hongwu Dynasty, ten dukes, 52 marquises and three earls were entrusted.

In the battle of Yongle Chaojing Nan, five dukes, 23 marquises and 21 earls were entrusted.

You know, in history, Wei Zhongxian gave his nephew Wei Liangqing the Duke of Ning for his feats in taking over Liaodong soldiers, as well as Wei Liangdong, Marquis of Andong, Wei Pengyi, Marquis of Anping, Wei Xikong, Wei Ximeng, Wei Xiyao, Wei Xishun, Wei Pengcheng, etc. , his nephews and grandchildren are either marquis or earl, and they all took the merits of Liaodong soldiers.

In fact, there were only two victories in Liaodong in the Apocalypse Dynasty, and the Ningyuan victory and the Ningjin victory were both won by Yuan Chonghuan's disobedience to the eunuch party's order to fight to the death without retreating.

Wei Zhongxian took all these merits and gave his nephews and nephews a bunch of dukes and earls, but none of the soldiers who really fought bloody battles on the front line won the title, not even a single earl, which caused the morale of the Liaodong generals to drop. No more ambition.

As for the coach Yuan Chonghuan, because Donglin promoted him, Wei Zhongxian was as good as ever. Every time he won a big victory, he was promoted to a small level, and the two victories also promoted him from the fifth rank to the fourth rank. Yuan Chonghuan was so angry that he resigned and went back to his hometown to recuperate!

It can be seen how important it is to award meritorious soldiers after this big victory.

The merits of recovering Liaodong are much greater than those of Ningyuan and Ningjin. Naturally, a group of nobles should be entrusted to boost morale and commend their achievements.

Taichang stood there and thought about it carefully, then waved and led the guards to the city.

This time he is not planning to become a duke, because his campaign in the Taichang Dynasty is only at the beginning stage. At this moment, Jiannu has not been wiped out, and the Southwest Tusi Rebellion has not yet been settled. It is possible to create it, expand the territory and even destroy the Japanese pirates.

If the duke is divided at this time, then there will be no seal at that time.

Therefore, he only intends to confer a marquis and a few earls as a sign of encouragement, so that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will have the motivation to continue to make contributions.

This Marquis, he is planning to give it to Sun Chengzong, because Sun Chengzong has contributed a lot to strategizing, and he is the governor of Jiliao and the coach of Liaodong. If there are a bunch of Marquis below, he is just an earl. In the future, he will command Liaodong soldiers to clean up the slaves. The name is not justified.

As for the earl, he will be the chief general of each army. This time, the performance of all the troops is quite good. The chief general deserves the earl, and Liu Xingzuo has been named an earl, so the chief generals of each army should also be named earls.

The other ones are the left and right governors of the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies in Jin Dynasty, and the military positions of Zhengyi and Congyi, which are also a great encouragement to military commanders.

He led Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou to work for a whole day, and the various imperial edicts were finally completed.

In the early morning of the next day, he ordered Jin Yiwei to set off with the imperial edict and go straight to the place where the chief generals were. After he personally issued the imperial edict of Uncle Dingyuan to Qi Jin, he also awarded the general of the Shenji Camp After reading it again, he took a bunch of imperial edicts and headed straight to the Great Wall north of Shenyang City.

Sun Chengzong is overseeing the restoration of the Great Wall outside the pass right now.

(End of this chapter)