Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 70: Northwest Expedition, the army sets out!
Western Investigation Factory.

After Wang Zhi entered the Western Investigation Bureau, he immediately summoned the three top managers under his command.

"Ma Jinzhong, you are responsible for selecting a thousand soldiers and setting off with the Western Expedition Army to Hami Guard and supervise the three armies!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

Ma Jinzhong, with disheveled hair, strange eyes and a half-mask on his face, bowed and accepted the order in a hoarse voice.

Wang Zhi looked at Qin Lu again and said, "Qin Lu, you will lead a thousand foreign troops to work with the Ministry of Revenue to survey the land throughout the country."

"Yes, Mr. Supervisor."

Qin Lu also accepted the order.

"Jisheng, you will lead a thousand soldiers to check the military's dispatch of food and grass. If anyone dares to withhold or embezzle food and grass, he will be killed on the spot. Behead first and report later!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

Jisheng gave an excited smile, with a fierce gleam in his eyes.

Under Wang Zhi's order, the three heads of the Western Factory immediately gathered their men and took up their respective duties.

After more than ten days of intense preparation, the Ministry of War dispatched 300,000 shi of grain and 130,000 donkeys and horses to Hami Wei.

After the food and fodder were delivered, the 130,000 soldiers in the three major camps in the capital were also ready to go.

Among these 130,000 soldiers, 30,000 were in the Formation of Trap Formation as the core, with each 1,000 in the Formation of Trap Formation forming a regiment, for a total of 30 regiments.

Each regiment was equipped with a total of one thousand Xianzhen Camp, three hundred and thirty Shenji Camp, one thousand three thousand Camp, two thousand five hundred Army Camp, and thirty Xichang Military Supervisors.

A complete regiment has 4,360 soldiers.

The purpose of such a large army going out on the expedition is not just to take back Hami Wei.

What Zhu Youtang wanted to take over was the entire Turpan Khanate and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

On the day of the expedition, at 3:15 am, Zhu Youtang had already bathed and changed his clothes with the help of palace maids.

On this day, Zhu Youtang specially wore a bright yellow dragon robe, a gold-thread Yishan crown, and the emperor's sword.

The dragon robe Zhu Youtang is wearing today is not an ordinary court robe or daily wear.

Instead, the imperial robe and crown would only be worn during the coronation ceremony and when offering sacrifices to the heavens, the earth, and the ancestors.

It is embroidered with twelve five-clawed dragons and twelve emblems, including the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, fire, etc.

At 1:00 am, Zhu Youtang mounted the dragon chariot, accompanied by Huai'en and Wang Zhi, and, accompanied by the emperor's ceremonial guards, ascended the north gate of the capital city under the escort of the four Tengxiang guards.

On the city wall, all the civil and military officials of the capital stood still with their hands hanging down.

Outside the city, 130,000 troops were waiting, a huge crowd of people.

When Zhu Youtang walked up to the city gate, the civil and military officials waiting there knelt down and saluted him.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Zhu Youtang walked to the edge of the city and looked at the battlefield outside the city.

The 130,000-strong army was divided into 30 regiments, waiting solemnly.

Zhu Youtang reviewed his army and a feeling of pride surged in his heart.

Zhu Youtang didn't say anything, and for a moment, no one inside or outside the city wall dared to make a noise.

After waiting for a while, Huai'en knelt at Zhu Youtang's feet and reported in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, it is already three quarters past midnight."

Zhu Youtang nodded, glanced at the solemn army of 130,000, and drew out the emperor's sword.

"Drum roll, march!"

The eunuchs from the bell and drum department, who had been waiting for a long time, began to beat the big vermilion drums.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The drumbeats on the city wall led to the drumbeats of the 130,000 troops outside the city.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

For a moment, there was the sound of drums inside and outside the city!
At the sound of the drums, General Wujie and Northwest Governor Xu Chang drew his sword and shouted, "Your Majesty has ordered the entire army to move out to support Hami Guard!"

"The mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty will last forever!" "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will last forever!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The trumpet sounded like a tsunami, and the 130,000-strong army officially set out for Hami Guard!

Ma Jinzhong, the head of the Western Factory who looked like an evil ghost, was also among them.

He has a thousand Western Factory soldiers under his command to ensure that this expeditionary force will not get out of control.

Jisheng, the third head of the Western Factory, was also in the expeditionary team.

But two days ago, he had already gone ahead with the grain transport team.

Ji Sheng led a thousand Western Factory soldiers to supervise all the grain transport teams along the way.

We must ensure that all food and wages are delivered into the hands of every soldier who goes out to fight.

Zhu Youtang stood on the city gate and looked at the 130,000 troops. After accepting his inspection, they set out directly on the expedition to the northwest.

The journey is long and arduous. It may take until next year or the year after next for us to return.

And at that time, those who are able to return alive among the 130,000 troops will be an invincible and unstoppable iron-blooded army!

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In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed since the expeditionary force set out.

The temperature in the capital city is getting lower and lower, and the first snow of the first year of the Hongzhi reign may fall at any time.

The work of surveying the land across the country, hosted by the Ministry of Revenue and supervised by the Censorate and the Western Factory, officially began.

This is a massive inventory operation.

Wang Yan, a Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue, was the main person in charge, and Yang Jizong, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, and Tan Lu, the third head of the Western Factory, were the main supervisory officials. They were in charge of thirty land surveying teams, and they carried out their work simultaneously.

Each of these thirty teams includes officials from three departments.

They assist and supervise each other to ensure the effectiveness and purity of the land survey work.

As the chief officer, Wang Yan led a team of hundreds of people and marched out of the capital in a mighty manner.

Afterwards, this huge team was divided into thirty small teams and headed towards their respective destinations.

Every inch of land in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty had to be re-measured.

The toughest bones to chew, such as the two Zhili provinces in the north and south, will be surveyed by Wang Yan, Yang Jizong, and Qin Lu, who will be personally led by them.

The first area to be checked was Shuntian Prefecture in northern Zhili.

The surveying work in Shuntian Prefecture is neither difficult nor simple.

It is not difficult because a fairly large area of ​​land around Shuntian Prefecture is imperial farm.

The imperial farm was Zhu Youtang's own land, and they did not need to conduct an inventory of all the land belonging to the imperial farm.

It is not simple because the area around Shuntian Prefecture is full of royal relatives.

Previously, Empress Dowager Zhou’s two younger brothers, Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu, owned 7,000 acres of land in Shuntian Prefecture.

Among them, nearly one thousand acres of land were occupied from Zhu Youtang’s imperial estate.

Being so audacious and presumptuous, it can be seen how arrogant the Ming Dynasty's foreign relatives were in Shuntian Prefecture.

Wang Yan and his entourage of fifty-three people, accompanied by Zhang Hai, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and others, immediately began to survey the farmland in Shuntian Prefecture.

With the help of the prefect to organize and coordinate, the initial land survey went very smoothly.

When ordinary people learned that the Ming court was re-surveying the land, they all hid timidly in the distance, their hearts filled with worry.

They don't know whether their burden will increase or decrease after this land survey.

Although he was worried, he had been submissive for a long time, and there were ten Western Factory guards with swords standing guard nearby.

It also made it impossible for them to have the slightest thought of resistance.

After all, the farmers in Shuntian Prefecture, although not rich, at least they could eat enough.

If you can't starve to death, why bother playing with your life?
However, when the survey work reached Jinghai, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, Zhang Hai, stepped forward in person and urgently stopped the work of surveying the land!
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