Chapter 204 Entry

After destroying Huang Taiji and swallowing North Korea, the only thing that affected Wang Yan was that the territory was too large, management was poor, and his control over the local area was reduced. Those who are responsible for the trouble cannot be killed immediately, which will affect social stability to some extent. If the population increases by one million or so, basically it won't be a big problem.

The slaves are taking advantage of the warm weather to work, and are seizing the time to build the road from Shenyang to the Transkhinggan Mountains and Eastern Siberia in three sections. Officially married women and children may not be used to it at first, but as long as they live a solid life for a period of time, few people want to go back to the way they were before. Of course I will reminisce, but mostly for the sweetness.

The biggest problem at this stage is that these women and children are foreign barbarians. Although Wang Yan has been emphasizing it, the civilian male old bachelors under Wang Yan are still not very friendly to these women and children. Now the Security Department is doing the job of beating men when not spreading the law. Who doesn’t live a good life with the women and children who are married to the government? Those who do domestic violence will be severely beaten once and directly forced into hard labor for three years the second time...

The land in the entire Northeast, including the Outer Xing'an Mountains and Eastern Siberia, cannot be cultivated by the more than 10 million people under his command...

Of course, no matter how much land there is, Wang Yan will not implement private ownership. He knows the danger. No matter how much land there is, it cannot stop the greed of people. Therefore, all the land on his territory belongs to his king. The land developed by farmers is tax-free for three years, and after three years, it is taxed 10%. If a farmer dies, the land under his name will be inherited by his children paying a portion of the land tax, which is basically passed down from generation to generation.

In the future, he will even have to consider issues such as cheap rice hurting farmers and natural disasters reducing production. However, these things will later become mature and feasible, so he can just follow them. Rice is cheap, so he determines the standard price every year, purchases it financially and then supplies it to the market, stores grain in Changping warehouse, makes wine and other matters. When natural disasters occur, he provides direct financial subsidies and must ensure that farmers are not allowed to lose their homes and sell their land.

The land belongs to someone else, and can be leased or contracted, but there is absolutely no sale or purchase. Whoever dared to take advantage of the land would have his whole family work until death, and then be buried in the soil to fertilize and nourish the magnificent mountains and rivers.

It was also when Wang Yan was digesting the population that the people in the pass became more and more ruthless, and the leaders of the peasant armies from all walks of life became kings one after another.

Multiple peasant armies united and fought to the death with Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others who had come to power in recent years. Since the peasant army has been working for more than ten years, plus the regular army that surrendered, its combat effectiveness is not bad. However, due to factors such as lack of food and wages and war weariness, the regular army's combat effectiveness has declined a lot. For a while, it was still a little bit unable to defeat this gang of peasant soldiers who were wandering around to commit crimes. Not to mention a complete defeat, but the work was quite difficult.

At the same time, Wang Yan was instigating from behind. The rebels he led there led many rebels to Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong. The overall situation was to surround Beizhili. Although the regular army resisted tenaciously, it could not stop the peasant armies from all walks of life from marching towards the capital.

Finally, in October of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, people from all walks of life gathered around the capital to completely end this empire that had lasted for more than two hundred years.

This offensive and defensive battle in the capital lasted for half a month, and the final outcome was naturally without any surprises. Zhu Youjian killed his wife and daughter, and asked his confidants to protect the prince and flee south. Long ago, many members of the Ming Dynasty's clan and loyal ministers' families had already gone south.

Although the time was advanced by more than two years, Zhu Youjian still covered his face with hair and hanged himself in Meishan just like in history. The old eunuch Wang Chengen, a loyal servant, was also buried with him.

Similarly, as the capital was breached, many people still followed Zhu Youjian...

What is different from history is that Li Zicheng originally conquered the capital himself and restrained his subordinates for a period of time to prevent them from disturbing the people and looting. But now it was a group of kings and kings who worked together to do it, so the officials and people in the capital were robbed immediately. This responsibility belongs to Wang Yan...

It is also because people from all walks of life fought against the capital together. Now that the Ming emperor is dead, the Ming Dynasty will naturally end. So who is the eldest brother in this world is the most important question at this stage.

They all came out of rebellion, and now they are sharing the fruits of victory, and no one is willing to give it up to others. As a result, these people began to fight for power among themselves, fighting openly and secretly, and no one wanted to be subordinate to others. Problems at the top seep into the lower levels, and a group of big-headed soldiers who burn, kill, and loot don't like each other. No matter how stupid you are, you know that only when your eldest brother is in power, he is the most powerful to you. So from time to time there would be fights, and it was common for people to die.

Just when the conflicts between these people were getting deeper and deeper, like a bomb waiting for a small spark to explode, news came from the north and diverted their attention. Everyone knows that Wang Yan is a powerful opponent with hundreds of thousands of troops at his disposal. Let’s talk about the future, now they must work together to defeat Wang Yan, they can’t let Wang Yan pick the fruit after all their hard work.

It was already October when Wang Yan received the news that Zhu Youjian had hanged himself in Meishan. Wang Yan has been waiting for this day for fifteen years... Although his state of mind has long been undisturbed by external objects, and although he has long known that such a day will come, this weapon has indeed broken his defense. Wang Yan was quite excited at the thought of taking control of the Central Plains, claiming to be a loner and having no authority over the world...

Likewise, when Wang Yan received the news, he issued several military orders and political orders. He himself told his women to pack up and prepare to move, and then he took a thousand personal guards and quickly took them. Go to Qiantun.

After unifying the northern land outside the Pass, Wang Yan gradually accumulated troops and horses along the Great Wall in the bordering areas. Outside the Great Wall, there are mostly grasslands and sometimes the Gobi. Regardless of whether it is grassland or Gobi, everyone has the surname Wang. His westernmost tentacles have reached the Western Region, which is today's Xinjiang Autonomous Region.

His arrangement was divided into five groups, with 30,000 soldiers along the way, crossing the Great Wall directly to Shanxi, Hetao Plain, Ningxia Wei and other places. Counting the 50,000 soldiers and horses stationed on the Dulu Road in Qiantun under his personal control, there were a total of 200,000 soldiers. , moved all the way south, and immediately controlled the four northern provinces.

He didn't move the navy because he had already mobilized some of his soldiers and returned. If warships are mobilized to land on the coast for a raid, although it is indeed faster, the damage to his overseas interests will be relatively large, and the gain will be more than worth the loss. He is invincible on land, just slowly fight south.

He received the news on October 22, when Tian Wangyan came to Qiantun.

On the 23rd, the rested troops and horses marched directly to Shanhaiguan Pass, and entered the pass without any hindrance to Yongping Mansion, where Sun Chengzong was managing.

In Shanhaiwei, later Qinhuangdao City, Sun Chengzong was grieving for the fall of the Ming Dynasty. He was not surprised when he saw Wang Yan coming in through the door, and even glared at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan said: "Old Sun, what's that look in your eyes? I admit that I was the reason why the Ming Dynasty fell. But even without me, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty fall? What's more, I can take over the world much better than foreigners, right? "

Of course Sun Chengzong knew that Daming could not be saved, but he still couldn't help but feel uncomfortable: "Congratulations, it's not in vain that you have been running for more than ten years. You finally got what you wanted."

Wang Yan smiled and said, "What do you think? Are you going to work with me for a few years, or are you just going to retire like this?"

"I'll forget it..." Sun Chengzong shook his head and sighed: "This world belongs to you young people. My old bones are almost buried in the ground. I will take good care of myself and try to live for a few more years. Looking at you... How capable is the number one rebel?"

Wang Yan lazily followed the dying old man and said, "Then are you going to the capital with me, a rebel, or are you staying here?"

"The late emperor trusted me and asked me to station here just to prevent you from going south. Now that you have arrived in my study silently, how can I have the dignity to come to the capital?"

"Yes, it's up to you. If you don't go to the capital for this farewell, we probably won't be able to see each other... Live well and see how I, a warrior and rebel, rule the world."

After speaking, Wang Yan turned around and waved his hand without looking back: "Let's go..."

He had time to stop by to see that Sun Chengzong was in good condition. His 50,000 soldiers did not stop. After helping to suppress the ignorant people in Yongping Mansion, they marched directly into the city.

Sun Chengzong sat in a chair blankly, looking at the bright sky outside, speechless for a long time...

After Wang Yan left Yongping Mansion, other troops along the Great Wall also got the news and crossed the Great Wall southward. Those who are corrupted by them will have better luck. Those who have not been corroded and who hold on to the city gates and refuse to let them pass will be directly bombarded. At this time, the Ming Dynasty is gone, and those who are still resisting are obviously dangerous elements who have the idea to separate one side, and they will be killed directly.

For the ordinary people who died in this process, Wang Yan could only say sorry. How can anyone not die in a war? What's more, this is the time to compete in the Central Plains and win the world. Everyone who stands in front of him must die.

Of course, Wang Yan's murderous nature is definitely not that great. Except for those who were killed in the first wave of demonstrations, the rest were armed and imprisoned in a centralized place to be used as hard labor in the future. After leaving 1,800 people behind to stabilize order in the city, the large forces advanced directly along the established route.

After a few good days when the news reached the capital, and a group of peasant soldiers were fighting among themselves, the team led by Wang Yan was already less than 500 miles away from the capital.

In the face of a formidable enemy, internal disputes should be put aside first, and defeating Wang Yan should be the first priority.

So instead of defending the city, the peasant army from all walks of life totaled more than 200,000 people. Instead, they went to Tongzhou, fifty miles outside the city, to fight in the field with the 50,000 soldiers brought by Wang Yan...

On November 3, the success was far beyond Wang Yan's expectation. He thought it would take half a month before, but in fact, it only took eleven days to get to Tongzhou even after fighting and taking the city and taking rest. .

The cities we encountered on the road didn't waste much effort, and they basically surrendered directly. Wang Yan can guarantee that although he has infiltrated here, he has never bribed these civil and military officials. They all surrendered directly.

In fact, it's normal to think about it. Now in the entire pass, from south to north, from east to west, the most capable army is the men of Sun Chengzong of Yongping Prefecture. Although it was previously used to suppress the peasant army, many people were still stationed there to prevent Wang Yan from going south. Now that Wang Yan led his men to attack the city, it is self-evident what it means. Either Sun Chengzong died in the battle, or Sun Chengzong surrendered, then there would be no point in them resisting.

Moreover, a country cannot live without a king for a day. Compared with those peasant armies, Wang Yan's rise to power seems to be a better choice. Basically, anyone who cares knows what level of development Wang Yan has there. After all, Wang Yan can't help asking others to find out, just look at it. Therefore, the general knew how Wang Yan's officers and soldiers were treated, and how he treated his subordinates. The civil servants knew that Wang Yan was in dire need of management talents, so they were needed.

Although the knowledge taught in Wang Yan's territory and the girls who entered the school were somewhat disrespectful of saints and etiquette. But it doesn't matter, they will teach this man named Wang later. They are the best at teaching, educating people, and governing the world. This world will belong to people named Wang, and it will also belong to us, but in the end it will be ours...

When he arrived in Tongzhou, he saw a huge crowd waiting for him in formation. Wang Yan really wanted to interview them. Has he always been so brave?

In order to prevent these people from losing money and massacring the city and causing destruction, Wang Yan had someone shoot a letter in the past. The main message was to warn them not to set fire to the Forbidden City or anything like that. Once they did such an action, their skin would tremble...

What followed was a one-sided battle, basically a massacre. Fire a few rounds of artillery, fire a few rounds of gunfire at close range, charge ten thousand cavalry back and forth a few times, and end the battle...

Of course, someone set fire to the Forbidden City. Perhaps Wang Yan's words had the opposite effect. If he didn't say it, these people hadn't remembered it yet. They remembered it as soon as he said it and couldn't leave it to Wang Yan...

In fact, even if Wang Yan didn't say anything, given the conduct of these people, he would definitely have set fire to it. The reason why he reminded them was just in case. In fact, when he wrote the letter, he had already thought about it. This rebellious mentality is quite good, but the problem is not big. Just rebuild it and it will be over. There is plenty of money...

Of course, Wang Yan also kept his word. After investigating and finding out which group of people they were from, the 10,000 cavalrymen were ignored and the leader and other high-level officials were captured, and they were beheaded alive at the Huangji Gate in the Forbidden City for three days. night……

As for the peasant armies, Wang Yan except for the 10,000 soldiers who stayed in the capital to maintain order, the other 40,000 soldiers were well-versed in the route and chased away a bunch of peasant soldiers like dogs.

Wang Yan's order was to drive these people to the southern region north of the Huaihe River. Although his hard power was fully capable of deciding the outcome in a single battle, he could not govern them and it would be useless to defeat them. Even in the area north of the Huaihe River, it would take some time for him to digest it completely.

Besides, the gentry and landowners in the south are so powerful that Wang Yan must let the peasant army cause trouble again. Therefore, Wang Yan can't control the civilians who died in the war, and they will have to go through this. If he really did it himself, even more people would die. After all, it is best for these illiterate civilians to incite. Once they are taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, Wang Yan will be the first to kill them, and he will kill them even more ruthlessly.

Although Wang Yan did not deal with the peasant army in a short period of time, they would not be able to escape in the end. This group of people had to run to Champa and other places in the south, which is today's East Asia Five. The coastal areas there are basically Wang Yan's... So in the end, their wealth, except what they got into their stomachs, Nothing else could be taken away, and hundreds of thousands of people had to do hard labor until death to atone for their sins.

There's nothing wrong with rebelling if you can't survive. You'll die anyway. But they more or less have the lives of civilians in their hands, so it would be wrong to cause enough harm to a bunch of civilians. Wang Yan has a double standard. He has an excuse for killing, and he doesn't harm the people. Killing others is just a matter of course. After all, it's his fists that have the final say...

It took Wang Yan half a year to initially capture the entire area north of the Huaihe River and achieve stability in most areas. It will take even longer to resume production and construction.

After suppressing the noisy voices of his subordinates claiming to be emperor, Wang Yan began to manage the territory.

Governance must be governed by civilian officials. For those who surrender and cooperate, just like Liaodong, Wang Yan happily allowed them to remain in their original posts. If he wants to settle the score, he has to wait until his little babies grow up. It's only been twelve years now, and his first generation of babies haven't even come out yet, so they still have to wait.

Speaking of this, I have to say something about Yan Shenggong. It was not that there were no peasant armies marching into Shandong at that time, but it was just like that. Wang Yan's men wanted to slaughter the Kong family, but they were stopped by others. Let's just say that the Kong family is more powerful than others.

And unlike when Huang Taiji entered the border, now that Wang Yan is in charge, the Kong family's posture is so good that it's really annoying...

Wang Yan was quite well prepared for the rescue of the victims. Not to mention anything else, just the food to survive, which was transported to the interior of the pass by a team of people, one after another. He hoarded enough food to feed 30 million people, three meals a day, all they could eat, for a year. Although there is no census of the population, it has always been around 40 to 500 to 60 million people. For the northern region, these grains are completely enough to last for a year, provided they only have two small meals.

In this year, Wang Yan resumed the production of grain in the northern region, the grain produced in his territory outside the customs, plus the grain produced in the occupied areas in the south, and he had sent troops to attack the Mughal Empire. At that time, The food he got was so much that he had to go back and forth. In addition to hoarding food for the unification of the south, in the end he had to make wine and feed pigs.

As for other cement, bricks, steel, gold, silver, cloth and clothing, they are all stocked up.

At the same time, Wang Yan once again organized manpower to build the city, the Forbidden City, and roads. This time he wanted to build it from the capital to Shanhaiguan, connecting it with the main road in Qiantun. As well as other main roads connecting various provinces, all are equipped with two-way eight lanes as standard.

As for the land inventory, it goes without saying, but because the original civil servants were still used, they colluded with the local gentry. In addition, they had just finished the war, and there were too many bad debts. It was more tedious to catch a few batches. It would be nice to be demoted to hard labor and work until death.

For a time, the entire north of the Huaihe River was full of construction sites, and there was work everywhere.

Wang Yan also did not forget the businessmen who made money from him. Due to geographical reasons, compared to those in the north, businessmen from the north did more business with him.

When it comes to merchants in the north, we have to mention the eight Shanxi merchants that Wang Yan has been thinking about.

Wang Yan didn't care who was there or what power he had, he just sent troops to raid these eight families. The men who were about to reach adulthood were demoted to hard labor, while the women were sent directly to Liaodong with their children, and sent directly to the labor force for pricking.

There was a big civil servant who thought he was superior and wanted to plead with them, but Wang Yan didn't care about that and just ransacked his house. It does not involve any moral tradition or the foundation of governing the country. It is just a simple crime of corruption.

Although many civil servants complained about it, they had just started working under Wang Yan and had not yet figured out his pulse. Another one was Wang Yan's men who had strong soldiers and horses. That was a real killing. So apart from some minor disturbances, a few more lives were added, and after a few homes were ransacked, it was all over.

However, the struggle with the civil servants is coming soon, because he is bound to promote education. If it is like that outside the customs, the result can be imagined, and it will definitely be a river of blood...

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