Wanli 1592

Chapter 844

After sending the reply letter to Ye Mengxiong, Xiao Ruxun did not stop his pace of going north, but speeded up and led the army to gallop towards Wuchang Mansion.

His next strategic goal is to take down the three towns of Wuhan, then follow the Yangtze River to Nanjing, join the Jianghai army that has already occupied Nanjing, and then go northward in an all-round way, advancing both by land and water, all the way to the capital, and take down Shenyiguan.

After winning Shen Yiguan, the world can decide on the news, which is very easy, just like Zhu Di's battle of Jingnan.

Wuchang Mansion is an important town in Huguang, and it is also a town guarding the throat of the Yangtze River. Taking Wuchang Mansion will open the way to march northward to the Central Plains. If Xiao Ruxun is facing an extremely powerful northern enemy, then the existence of Wuchang Mansion is a very important base for the Northern Expedition .

But this is not the case at the moment. From Wuchang to Datong, the road is extremely weak and has no enemies. For Xiao Ruxun, the symbolic meaning of winning Wuchang is a little bit greater than the actual meaning.

When the army marched to Xianning, Xiao Ruxun received a letter from Xie He, saying that he had won the first battle in Yin County, Ningbo, using the method Xiao Ruxun told him to successfully abolish several local big households who resisted the Zhennan Army most fiercely. It is in your hands and has their support.

The first peasant association was established, the first peasant organization was organized, and the first group of peasant households with no way out emerged.

With the development of the progress, this place where the landlords and gentry were the strongest in the past will also become the most staunch supporter of the Zhennan Army. It may even become the second base area no less than Myanmar.

Xiao Ruxun also thinks the same way, the more intense the resistance, the more stable it will be after it is calmed down, and the higher the support rate, because all the rebels have jumped out and been wiped out, there are no more, only supporters are left, so it is naturally stable , the support is naturally high, and it can naturally become a basic disk.

On the contrary, those places where the resistance is not strong are not very useful because they need to be dealt with by gentle means.

But Xiao Ruxun is different this time. This time it is a land reform in the true sense. It needs to start from the root. Whether it is violent robbery or money redemption, it must start from the root. No longer exist, and they cannot move.

Even they need to rely on the protection of the central government to survive.

At this time, Xiao Ruxun felt more and more how far-sighted and positive the mausoleum system of the Han Dynasty was.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun did not wait for Xie He to ask more working groups to go to Ningbo to assist in the work, and took the initiative to send two groups of working groups there. He also hoped that Fujian would send two groups of working groups to carry out land reform in Fujian.

He did this for his own purpose.

In doing so, not only the peasants were completely forced to the opposite of the powerful gentry, but also the members of the working group who presided over the land reform were forced to the opposite of the traditional gentry. This was one of Xiao Ruxun's goals.

These people are also scholars, and they are also the children of Confucianism who read the Four Books and Five Classics, but because they failed to pass the Juren examination, they could not join the group of powerful gentry.

At the top, he was looked down upon by the Jinshi, and felt that he had no future, and at the bottom, he was ridiculed by the farmers as a bookworm who didn't work hard and didn't know the five grains. They laughed at them.

This group of people has used it well, and its lethality is much greater than that of farmers.

What's more convenient is that a considerable part of the 30 scholars are these people. They can be won over, brought into Xiao Ruxun's team, and then seize power through land reform. At the same time, they become traitors and rebels in the eyes of traditional gentry. Had to rely on Xiao Ruxun's force.

Through the experience of land reform, they have deepened their understanding of the people and the place, and thus have the qualifications to become a grassroots official. A few outstanding ones can go further to higher positions and even enter the central government.

The difference between these people and Juren Jinshi is the degree of fame and fame. For officials, they are actually the same. No one is born to be an official. There are many people playing around.

Not to mention those who pass the exam and don't go up for the exam, and they don't have any political experience. The difference between them and poor scholars is that one is rich and the other is poor.

Xiao Ruxun asked the poor talents to carry out the land reform, that is, they were observing politics, they were practicing, and it was a more direct and thorough practice, directly changing their faces or even changing their brains. After the practice was successful, they became skilled grassroots bureaucrats.

Xiao Ruxun didn't know if any of them had already seen his intentions, at least for now, the No.1 Xie He among them didn't realize that he had already handed over the certificate to Xiao Ruxun.

They should still be immersed in the initial intoxication of power, and use this power more and more strongly to attack those gentry, forming an increasingly fierce confrontation. In this way, they will also be firmly tied to the chariot. There was no possibility of getting out of the car again.

Xiao Ruxun wants to use this land reform action to cultivate a civil service team that can be trusted in the future, which is different from the traditional civil service team of gentry.

Naturally, the traditional gentry will not be killed, and a considerable part will survive. After there is no land, they will be accepted if they have knowledge, and even some wise people will be included in the ruling group.

These people must have an incompatible relationship with Xie He and others who relied on the land reform. This will cause divisions and confrontations among civil officials in the future, forming a struggle between old and new factions among civil officials, which will help suppress the power of civil officials, and even help Disintegrate the monopoly of Confucianism.

Xiao Ruxun never believed in the integrity of literati. He will never repeat the mistakes he suffered and made in the former Song Dynasty and Daming Dynasty. This time, no matter what, he must uproot this status quo.

At the same time that all these things were developing in full swing, on October [-]th, Xiao Ruxun led an army to Zhifang Town, which was only half a day away from Wuchang Mansion.

It was probably Ye Mengxiong's arrangement. Since receiving the letter, Xiao Ruxun has not encountered any resistance. Any city has opened its gates honestly. Call for papers, and then continue northward.

After arriving at Zhifang Town, Xiao Ruxun ordered the army to stop advancing, search for ships on the spot, and then cut wood to build ships, preparing to go down the river to Nanjing.

In this place, there should be no need to fight anymore. Since Ye Mengxiong has made a gesture, he must talk about it. If the ownership of the three towns of Wuchang can be resolved through negotiation, it is naturally better than going to war.

So Xiao Ruxun sent someone to Wuchang Mansion to deliver news to Ye Mengxiong.

Soon, news came back from Ye Mengxiong.

Tomorrow, Ye Mengxiong will personally arrive at Zhifang Town to meet Xiao Ruxun, and ask Xiao Ruxun to find a quiet place. He wants to have a good chat with Xiao Ruxun without being disturbed.

Xiao Ruxun shared the news with the generals and staff, and everyone had mixed reactions.

"Marshal, can this Ye Mengxiong really be trusted? Does he have other plans?"

Zhao Hu had a little understanding of Xiao Ruxun's past, but he didn't know much about Ye Mengxiong.

Xiao Ruxun said: "Gong Ye is a literati I respect. In the past few years, he has helped me a lot and is my friend. Even if other people don't believe it, I can't help but trust Ye Gong."

Yuan Huang nodded while stroking his beard.

"Ye Meng Xionggong is trustworthy. Don't say anything else, but let's talk about his status as the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. If he is on our side, our moral position will be more stable. When the time comes, what Shen Yiguan may do to us Moral condemnation, we are better off fighting back."

Zhao Hu curled his lips in disdain.

"These civil servants know how to fire cannons and guns, and they are about to do it with real knives and guns. They are all shrinking heads. If you ask me, no matter what moral condemnation they have, just shoot them directly, and the world will be quiet!"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head and smiled wryly.

"You, are you full of guns after winning many battles? There are always some things that can't be solved with guns!"

Zhao Hu curled his lips and didn't speak any more.

(End of this chapter)