nanming man

Chapter 292 A New Aristocrat Stands Up

Time entered October 1644, and the turbulent Henan was temporarily peaceful because the main force of Duoduo retreated across the Yellow River.

Today, the whole of Henan is still in a situation where the three parties stand together. However, compared with the beginning of the year, the strength of Li Yan and Bai Wang, who originally occupied the most prefectures and counties, has shrunk sharply. Now they only control the Luoyang area, and the Qing army has already passed the Yellow River. , except for one more Yancheng, Gao Yihuan's control area basically remained unchanged.

At this time, among the three forces, the Qing army is still the strongest, lying like a hungry wolf in the north of Henan, staring at it.

But now that the Qing army is short of food, there is basically no possibility of going south in a short period of time, so Li Yan, Bai Wang, and Gao Yihuan can all prepare for the battle again.

At this time, with the temporary end of the war, the harm caused by Gao Yihuan's fortification of the wall and clearing the country began to appear.

The most intuitive consequence of this is that it leads to the emergence of a large wave of exiles.

Originally, the land in eastern Henan has been plagued by treacherous troops for many years, and the people have only just cultivated and lived for less than two years. Gao Yihuan resorted to such a poisonous trick, which made the people in Xuzhou, Xinzheng and other places lose their livelihoods and become refugees again.

Yancheng, here is the junction of Kaifeng, Runing, and Nanyang, and it is also an important channel and the first stop for refugees going south.

At this time, on both sides of the official road outside Yancheng, there were endless tents, there were [-] tents, and nearly [-] refugees lived there.

No way, after burning the city and burning the fields, Gao Yihuan, as the instigator, had to give some relief, and as soon as Gao Yihuan gave relief, the refugees flocked in, all in the posture of eating his mother and wearing his mother.

If they are not resettled and given a way out, they will definitely turn into rogues and rebel against Gao Yihuan.

Fortunately, the land in the east of Henan was ravaged by the invading army earlier, and when Han Jiadi rebelled, some people had already been brought to Yancheng, so the remaining population was not much.

In addition, the Qing army also captured a lot earlier and went to Beizhili to be flag slaves, so there were only about 40 refugees who came south. If [-] or [-] people came, Gao Yihuan would not be able to afford it.

After burning the Qing army's food reserves in Xingyang City and the main force of the Qing army retreating, Gao Yihuan devoted a lot of energy to resettling the refugees.

At this time, Gao Yihuan walked through the tents under the escort of dozens of cavalry. The refugees were lifeless, squatting, sitting or standing in the camp, their eyes were a little dull, without any expression.

While riding a horse, Gao Yihuan asked Lu Yifang, the Hu Cao judge beside him, "How are these refugees resettled?"

Lu Yifang rode his horse forward, half a horse's head behind, "Humble officials will mix the people who escaped from Zhengzhou with the refugees from Xuzhou and Xinzheng. Every thirty households will be one guarantor, and each guarantor will be divided. Several households of Zhengzhou residents also arranged for soldiers to manage the refugees."

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly. The people of Zhengzhou escaped after being harmed by the Tartars. Xuzhou and Xinzheng were mainly harmed by Gao Yihuan. The feelings towards Gao Yihuan are completely different between the two.

According to Lu Yifang's method, the people of Zhengzhou told their experiences, and the refugees of Xuzhou and Xinzheng may have some understanding of Gao Jun's actions of burning cities and fields.

Gao Yihuan was quite satisfied with this weaving method, so he couldn't help but nodded, and then asked the question he was most concerned about, "How is the food situation?"

Nearly 20 rebels were recruited before, and now more than [-] refugees have come. With so many mouths to eat, Gao Yihuan couldn't hold it at all.

Lu Yifang said: "The shortage of food is too big. Although the low-ranking people have snatched part of the wheat in Xuzhou, the food is still only enough to resettle the refugees who were coerced by Li Jiyu and Liu Xuan. If the 10 people have to be resettled, It can only reduce the supply of military rations."

Gao Yihuan waved his hand immediately, "The supply of military rations must not be reduced."

Now Gao Yihuan is relying on the army, and he is also relying on the army to fight the Tartars. Relief for the refugees must not affect the army.

Gao Yihuan directly interrupted Lu Yifang, but then slowed down his tone and asked, "Is there any other way?"

Lu Yifang pondered and said: "Commander, in fact, most of the people who were resettled before can only eat porridge, and many of them have starved to death. These refugees only rely on government relief, and the treasury must not have the ability, but if they can With the help of the gentry and the army, it may be possible."

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, "How to say?"

"The commander-in-chief has governed southern Henan for nearly three years. There has been no war in southern Henan. Not to mention the families of gentry and landlords, but ordinary farmers. Not to mention the salary, there are also a lot of fields, and almost all of them have surplus food."

Gao Yihuan nodded, understanding what he meant, he reined in the horse, "Continue talking!"

Lu Yifang also stopped and said: "These refugees can be distributed to the gentry and landlords, or military members, and they will provide food relief, and the refugees must sign a contract with the gentry or military members to become their tenants until the relief is paid off. food, the employment relationship can be terminated.”

Gao Yihuan's eyes lit up. He has [-] elite soldiers under his command, and each family has a lot of military fields. Moreover, this time he will reward some of the soldiers.In this way, the land property of the military family members will increase, and the family members alone will certainly not be able to farm all of them, which requires hiring labor to help.

If these refugees are distributed to military families as tenants, it will not only resettle the refugees, but also solve a big problem for the military families, so that soldiers and generals will not have to worry about the future.

In this way, it is possible to form a large landowner military aristocrat like Prussia, and of course it is possible to gradually settle for pleasure and eventually become corrupt like the Eight Banners.

The Qing army plundered the people to become banner slaves and help the Eight Banners to farm. If Gao Yihuan did this, the difference would not be that big.

Looking at it this way, his regime is not very advanced, and it is also cannibalistic.

At this time, his thoughts changed sharply, and finally he nodded and said: "This method can be tried, but the safety of the refugees must also be ensured. Laws must be formulated to prohibit employers from bullying and abusing tenants. After the contract expires, tenants can decide on their own whether to stay or not." , the employer cannot stop it.”

"I understand!" Lu Yifang saluted.

Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "Then implement it as soon as possible. In addition, Hu Cao is taking out some silver to see if he can buy some grain. Don't care about the price. Silver is a dead thing, and people are living things. As long as people are alive, they can produce value." .”

"Don't worry, Marshal, I will handle it as soon as possible."

At this time, Gao Yihuan explained the prevention of epidemics and other matters, and rode his horse to an open space.

An officer came up to hold the horse for him, Gao Yihuan got off the horse and asked casually, "Have you called?"

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, all the security chiefs are here!" The officer saluted.

Gao Yihuan nodded, and then walked into the venue, where a large group of refugee leaders sat below.

They saw Gao Yihuan walking towards the high platform in front surrounded by soldiers, and they cast their eyes one after another.

The soldiers maintaining order hurriedly said: "Get up, this is our commander-in-chief!"

Hundreds of refugees stood up from the ground in a panic. Gao Yihuan walked up to the high platform, smiled and waved his hands, "Everyone sit down, don't be nervous. I came here today mainly to accompany the fellow villagers."

Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan's expression became heavy, "I, Gao Yihuan, failed to control my subordinates and let them burn the homes of the villagers. This is my fault. Don't worry, the general who caused the accident has been beaten by me. People from Henan will never allow my subordinates to harm my country party~"

After hearing his words, the refugees below didn't show much emotion on their faces. They certainly hated the people who burned their fields, but now they are more concerned about how to survive.

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, a man below asked, "Marshal Gao, what shall we do from now on!"

"Marshal, you're hungry! I've been drinking porridge for six days!"

Seeing this, Gao Yihuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to press down, and said out of conscience, "Don't worry, folks, I have made a resettlement plan, and I will definitely let everyone have food..."

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