Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1254 Sending Troops to the Rescue
The siege failed, Wu Keshan could only temporarily return the army to the camp.

According to the situation of the siege, he found that the preparations were still insufficient, especially because there were too few catapults, and they were destroyed by the Ming army within a few hits. They failed to contain the artillery of the Ming army, and the artillery of the Ming army caused huge damage to the besiegers. , so the attack failed.

After returning to the camp, Wu Keshan left 1 people to monitor the city, and the rest of the troops went to cut down trees and prepared to make some more equipment before launching a large-scale attack.

At the same time that Wu Keshan led the army to besiege Shenyang, Gao Yigong, who was in Beijing, and Wang Fuzhi, who was transferred to Beizhi by Wang Yan, had already received news that the Mongols had attacked Liaoning.

Wang Fuzhi was sent to Beizhi by Wang Yan, which was a suppression of the Wang clan.

Wang Yan's status is different now. Supervising the country is equivalent to the prince of the country. He considers the whole country, not seeking benefits for a certain family. His primary purpose is to stabilize the world and maintain balance.

To a certain extent, he is on the side of the common people, so it is necessary to restrict the Wang clan, lest they get too big.

However, the Wang clan is the reliance on which he can firmly sit on the treasure of the country, and he can't give up his hands and feet, so he has his own standards. When the Wang clan seeks the interests of the family, they must also have a standard, and they cannot be unrestrained .

Driving Wang Fuzhi out of the central government is a warning to let the clan hold their own.

Wang Fuzhi has no objection to being the governor of Beizhi.Over the years, the Wang family of Hengyang has grown from a second-rate clan in Huguang to a large clan that is incomparably wealthy. The acquisition of Hunan embroidery in Hunan and the comprador of porcelain in Changsha Kiln are almost all monopolized by members of the Wang clan and their relatives. In addition, the fertile land under the name of the Wang clan It is also tens of thousands of hectares, which is indeed a bit excessive.

These things are not necessarily obtained by Wang Yan and Wang Fuzhi. In fact, Wang Fuzhi's family is relatively clean and honest, and they don't care about the money. What they want are political rights and interests.

They have the bonus of eating the Wudehao, which is enough for expenses, but there are even some distant people in other houses, so they don't care so much, and they can't control it even if they want to.

It has been the normal state for thousands of years that one person attains enlightenment, and chickens and dogs rise to heaven. As long as officials know who is from the Wang family, they will be given special treatment. This is not something that Wang Yan can stop and avoid by saying that they are treated equally.

After all, the people below don't know whether Jian Guo's words are true or not, and there are always some people who want to play tricks to curry favor with Wang Yan.

This has been the normal state of the human society for thousands of years, and it has not been resolved even today, and there are always many unspoken rules.

In terms of Wang Yan's attitude towards the Wang clan, even if he relies on it, he must also prevent them from acting recklessly.

In the traditional patriarchal society, Wang Yan can't avoid it, and he must make great use of the tribe and the township party.

He expelled Wang Fuzhi from the central government, which is a kind of restriction, but it can't be too restrictive, so the position of governor of Beizhi is more suitable.

After Wang Fuzhi took over as the governor of Beizhi, there were many things to deal with, but one of the most important tasks was to deal with the problem of emigrating to Liao.

Although Liaoning is a province, it is temporarily supervised by the governor of Beizhi because of its small population.

There are so many land-lost tenant farmers in Henan, Wang Yan put the accounts under him, and he came to Beizhi to be the governor to solve this problem and wipe his ass clean.

Since last year, Wang Fuzhi has made statistics on the landless tenants in Henan and other places. Many of them have already arrived in Beizhi, and only waited for the heavy snow to melt before leaving Shanhaiguan for Liaoning.

At this time, the news of the Mongols attacking Shenyang will undoubtedly affect the plan to relocate people to fill Liao. If the plan is delayed, the imperial court will have to support these tenants for a period of time.

Hundreds of thousands of people have to be transported from the south for food and drink, which is not a small number.

Upon receiving the news, Wang Fuzhi immediately summoned Gao Yigong and many other officials from Beizhi to discuss.

At this time, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun and other generals, as well as the chief envoy Deng Shilian and officials from the three divisions arrived early in the Beizhi governor's yamen.

The small official of the Governor's Mansion led the crowd into the festival hall, which was very spacious, with seats at the top, a carved wooden screen behind it, and mahogany seats on both sides, which looked antique, and a passage was left in the middle of the hall.

Many civil and military officials were quickly seated according to the ranks of civil and military officials. Gao Yigong sat on the right, and the chief envoy Deng Shilian was opposite him.

According to the original trend of history, this Deng Shilian will become a great scholar of the Yongli Dynasty, and finally follow Yongli into Burma and die in the curse of water.

But now his fate has changed. He was originally in Guangxi, and after the recovery of the north in the Ming Dynasty, there was a lack of officials to govern the north, so he was transferred to Beizhi as the chief political envoy.

Tang Shang Gao Yigong slightly clasped his fists at him, the latter nodded and started talking with the people around him.

When all the people who were supposed to come had arrived, Wang Fuzhi, wearing a Wusha hat and a scarlet official robe patched with cranes, strode out from behind the screen and sat down directly in the middle hall.

As soon as he came in, all the civil and military present stood up, and waited for Mrs. Wang, who was a little thin in stature and cheeks, to sit down in his seat. He glanced at them with a pair of very energetic eyes, and everyone hurriedly cupped their hands and said loudly: "See Zhongtang!"

"Sit down!" Wang Fuzhi waved lightly, and when everyone sat back, he said directly: "The imperial court set up Liaoning Province outside the pass to consolidate the territory, resettle the landless tenants in the pass, and resolve the contradiction of land annexation in the pass. , very concerned about it, and handed over the matter of relocating people to Liao Dynasty to this official, and this official dare not neglect."

Wang Fuzhi paused, then continued, "I have discussed this a lot with Deng Fantai. To do a good job of relocating people to Liaoning, there must be two things. One is to ensure the stability of Liaoning, and the other is to ensure the stability of Liaoning. With these two points, the population of Liaoning can grow year by year, and our dynasty can control this place for a long time!"

"In the land of Liaoning, if you want to be stable, you must first have the protection of the frontier army, and then you must encourage farming so that the people have food to eat, but if you want to be rich, you can't just grow food. Deng Fantai said that there are looms in the south of the Yangtze River. , Jiangxi has porcelain, Hunan has Hunan embroidery and cotton, Sichuan has Shu brocade and medicine fields, all have their own characteristics, so they can get rich."

For a place to be stable, it is enough to have food to eat, but if it wants to become rich, it needs to have its own characteristics, special products or products.

With the development of the commodity economy in the society of the Ming Dynasty, and after the Ming Dynasty acquired the economic colony of Nanyang, the food was relatively sufficient. It will make the place poorer and poorer, so they can't help but use their brains to grow cash crops or create new products.

"As far as Liaoning is concerned, after careful research, although the place is bitter and cold, the land is very fertile and suitable for planting soybeans, which can be eaten and used to extract oil, and the remaining soybean meal can be used to feed livestock. This is a special feature. In addition The fur outside the pass is also something that is urgently needed inside the pass. If we plan well, we can make a political achievement in Liaoning!"

The climate outside the customs is cold, and there are not many crops suitable for planting, and soybean is one of them.

"For this reason, I and the Beizhi government have already made a lot of preliminary preparations. I just waited for the ice and snow to melt before letting the people go out. I just didn't expect that at this time, the Mongols would suddenly attack Shenyang, which would affect my plan!"

From the prime minister of the central government, he was placed as the governor of the local government. Although Wang Fuzhi accepted it, he still had a gap in his heart. He didn't want to stay in the local government all the time. He wanted to enter the central government again, but this required political achievements.

Relocating people to fill in Liao is a troublesome thing, but it is also a good opportunity. This is a ten-year plan. If it can be done well, it will be close to this matter. When the four-year assessment period comes, he will have the opportunity to re-enter central.

For this reason, he made careful plans for the future of Liaoning, and he did not allow any accidents to disrupt his plans.

Speaking of this, Wang Fuzhi sat up straight and looked at the generals majesticly, "I plan to switch on and off in February, but the Mongols invaded and ravaged Liaoning, ruining my dynasty's plan, it is extremely abominable! These generals are leading the army to fight, Tell me, how can we drive the Mongols out of Liaoning without affecting the imperial court's plan?"

The meaning of what Wang Fuzhi said is very simple, that is, he has already prepared to open the switch in February and implement the national policy of relocating people to fill Liao. He does not want things to be affected, so he asked the army to resolve the siege of Shenyang within February and drive the Mongols back. Prairie to go.

It is the first month now, and the snow outside the pass is almost knee-deep. The Ming army is not the Mongols and Jurchens who have lived outside the pass for many years, so there is no way to march.

The generals in the hall were completely silent, Gao Yigong and Liu Tichun also looked serious, after a while, Liu Tichun stood up and saluted: "Master Zhongtang, the Mongols are only remnants and defeated generals, so there is nothing to worry about, it's just that the current situation is not good for me. The snow outside the pass is very thick, making it inconvenient for the army to march, and the general finally felt that it is better to wait for the snow to melt before dispatching troops, so as to avoid unnecessary losses for the army."

"The first batch of people who entered Liao was 32 people. If they can't enter Liao in the early spring and plant soybeans, how long will the imperial court have to keep them?" Wang Fuzhi frowned and said without doubt: "Besides , Governor Zhang and Gao Yuanhou are now in the city of Shenyang. The imperial court ordered them to guard this place. If they are abandoned now, it will be conniving to the Mongols externally, but internally it will hurt the hearts of the soldiers and civilians. How will the imperial court drive the soldiers and civilians in the future?"

Hearing what Wang Fuzhi said, Gao Yigong stood up after pondering for a while, "In this case, the only way is to go up by sea and along the frozen Hun River."

The Bohai Sea is surrounded by Shandong and the Liaodong Peninsula, so the wind and waves are relatively small. Although the wind is not favorable now, the boat may be slower, but it is better than going through the snow.

Taking the sea route to the entrance of the Liaohe River, the ice on the river is easier to walk than the road covered with heavy snow. Soldiers can step on the ice, go up the Liaohe River, and then turn to the Hunhe River to Shenyang.The Mongols do not have many troops. As long as the reinforcements arrive, the Mongols will never want to take Shenyang...
(End of this chapter)