"The dead man has a yellow turban, and the yellow turban cannot have a man;
Those who died in the Sui gang pirates, and gang pirates cannot have Sui;
The Tang dying is Huang Chao, and Huang Chao cannot have Tang. "
Wang Fuzhi's "Reading General Jianlun":
—I am the dividing line —
"That said, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) finally reacted, and completed the series and negotiations, and formed a coalition on the south bank of the Qiantang River that is ready to fight?" Zhou Huaian said, looking at the latest sentiment in his hand.
"However, it's okay to let them gather together, at least it doesn't have to be like when Dong Chang's missing unit has been disintegrated in large numbers, but also to clear up the rebellious soldiers in the village and those who might go up the mountain to gather and hide as bandits."
"Next, we don't have to rush into the army, defend a few important nodes as support, clean up the rural hukou, recruit labor, and replenish soldiers, so as to consolidate the situation in the rear as much as possible. Let's see who can survive who."
After a lot of preliminary preparations and energy storage, the 30,000 troops of the Taiping Army are in a rapid offensive in various states in western Zhejiang, and it is time to reorganize and take turns here.
Otherwise, even if the Hundred Forge Blade should be blunt, let alone the atmosphere of underestimating the enemy's arrogance that the army has raised, it needs to be cooled and adjusted in time.
In fact, after the Taiping Army's sweep in Jiangdong began, there were no shortage of all kinds of mind-boggling generations, and various potential reporting collaborators who wanted to demand changes in existence;
Especially for those who have done business with the Taiping Army, there is always a way to find channels to deliver information that they think is useful, in exchange for corresponding forgiveness or preferential treatment, and even possible privileges.
So the biggest problem right now is to filter out the really useful things, the clues hidden in the vast sea of messy messages, the basic truth and the generalization of things.
For example, in the territory of Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), although a large number of people gathered to form a coalition army, the corresponding pictures and household registers were sent privately; it is like a kind of two-headed betting desire to survive is very common in history. .
As an important part of the Jiangdong's largest (Hangjiahu) plain, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) also has a population of 120,000 households, ranking third after Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Moreover, in the traditional land of fish and rice and the additional attributes of water conservancy irrigation; compared with Suzhou’s tea, silk, and shipbuilding industries, Hangzhou’s rice sericulture, papermaking, and hardware construction, Yuezhou emphasizes fish, salt, mining, smelting, and manufacturing. Porcelain is famous.
For example, there is Xishan in Kuaiji, iron ore in Shanyin, and silver pit in Zhuji, so the local metal smelting is very prosperous; not only can it produce various fine crafts, but also provide corresponding materials to nearby places such as Suhang Huaiyang.
The output of the local Lanting Salt Supervisor is also higher than that of the Jiaxing Supervisor in Suzhou and the Linping Supervisor in Hangzhou; the three together produce 1.5 million shi each year. And Yuezhou is one of the four of the “Four Fields (Distribution Center) and Ten Supervisors (Place of Origin)" of the Southeast Salt Industry.
Because of the high-quality kaolin everywhere in the territory, the Yuezhou porcelain produced is well-known all over the world and exported to overseas. The celadon with Yuezhou characteristics and the white porcelain from Xingzhou, Hebei are the only two producing areas in the world, which are known as "Yueqing Xingbai".
One of the most famous is the tribute known as "clear like water, green like clouds"-secret color porcelain. In contrast, Hongzhou in Jiangxi, Tanzhou in Hunan, and Shaozhou in Lingnan can only be regarded as second-class production areas.
It's like Lu Guimeng, a poet who is currently under Zhou Huaian's hand, who once specially made "Secret Color Yueqi":
"Nine-autumn wind dew the more the kiln opened, and won the green color of the thousand peaks.
It’s good for the midnight to prosper and win the battle, and share the remaining cups of Sandou in the midnight. "
Then there is the shipbuilding industry in Yuezhou. Compared with the inland ships that Suzhou is good at, Yuezhou, which is located on the south bank of the Qiantang River, mainly manufactures floating sea ships. However, the neighboring Mingzhou (Ningbo) is counted together, and it ranks among the world’s cross-border, Guangzhou, and Guangdong provinces. One of Fu, Hong, Yang and other shipbuilding centers.
Therefore, this place is also the place for the observing envoys of eastern Zhejiang in the past dynasties. Du Mu said that the Yuezhou area was "machined to cultivate crops and seal Kyushu, during which the cocoon taxation, fish and salt, and food and clothing for half the world." Although half the world is exaggerated, at least half of the eastern part of Zhejiang is not a problem.
And according to the record on another normal historical line. Before Dong Chang seized the power of eastern Zhejiang and became emperor, he would donate 10 thousand taels of Chang'an gold, one hundred thousand ingots of silver, and a large number of treasures every ten days;
A large part of its financial resources is derived from Yuezhou and Mingzhou Luokuo.
But today, the territory of Yuezhou is a situation where there is no leader. Ever since Cui Miao, who was the predecessor of Zhedong Observatory and the tough Yuezhou governor, was captured by Huang Chao who was passing through and surrendered to the rebels, he is now one of the five ministers of the political affairs hall in the city of Chang'an.
However, the observation and disposal of succession by crossing the sea made Liu Hong, before her butt was hot in this position, once again encountered Huang Chao's aggressive attack by drawing troops out of the mountain. As a result, the Rebel Army under his command simply sent him out to surrender because of his lack of virtue.
Since then, he has become the fifth member of the imperial court captured by the thief army; and these surrendered rebel army old divisions, after being incorporated into the rebel army system, have also become the faction of the Situ and Ping Zhangshi in Chang'an. Where the basic force of force lies.
Therefore, the Zhedong Observatory, together with the position of the provincial governor of Yuezhou, was suspended because of the high risk in a certain sense, and no one was appointed anymore;
Then as the Yellow Nest moved northward, the rebels in eastern Zhejiang began to rush, and then gradually ebb and sink into depression under the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of local soil groups and official army.
In the end, the native volunteers who ran across the territory of Yuezhou were either destroyed, surrendered, or fleeing away, or they rushed to the army and horses of the southern roads of Huzhou to reunite them, and they were never returned.
But this also created the emptiness of force and power in Yuezhou. So much so that the surrounding forces all wanted to compete for the dominance of Yuezhou and the status of Zhedong observation, and they occupied the counties of Zhuji, Yancheng, Shangyu, and Yuyao respectively.
The result is that they have been fighting for years in one breath, and there has never been an absolute advantage in that one. Even Zhoucheng Kuaiji is in the hands of a large family of wealthy families in the city, and desperately resists all foreign coveters and maintains a delicate balance.
This time, the two ends of the first mouse secretly exchanged tunes with the Taiping Army, it is these big merchants who occupy the state city. They also showed their attitude, willing to give up and surrender all land estates and houses in exchange for forgiveness in maritime trade and commercial affairs.
Only in accordance with the experience of later dynasties, when a new regime is established, it must reach an agreement with the local production group in order to maintain the stability and continuity of the regime.
For example, the heroes and heroes of the Three Kingdoms period compromised with the noble families and noble families in each city because these local families have mastered the local production organization and social relations;
Therefore, it is necessary to acquire and appoint each other's children and tribes to obtain the ability to collect and mobilize taxation, and then transform into a part of the bargaining chips/resources that can stand out among the lords who are contending for dominance in the world.
If an agreement cannot be reached with a local production organization, then this organization must be decisively destroyed, and then, before this organization does things for itself, let other organizations take their place and create a new class of vested interests.
The largest vested interest group that the Taiping Army wants to support in Jiangdong is collective farmers with camps and farms in various places as the core. Therefore, of course, these old interest classes should be kept as few as possible, and it is best not to keep any of them.
Otherwise, in the order of the opponent that will be rebuilt by the new regime in the future, greater long-term costs and more political resources will need to be spent to check and maintain internal balance, and to erase and offset the influence of these old forces.
However, as a righteous teacher who hangs on the people and condemns crimes, after all, he also directly attacked or ignored them, who were collaborators who had made a lot of sincerity and contributions on the surface.
Therefore, Li Shicheng, who is in charge of external liaison, dedicated an idea in private. For example, if a suitable opportunity is needed to release the relevant news, there will naturally be people in the enemy-occupied area on the opposite side to clean up the generations at both ends of the first mouse.
Of course, this kind of thing obviously belongs to the private and gray realm, and it can only be understood and not put into practice.
At the same time, on the south bank of the Qiantang River, in Yongxing County, which is across the water from Xiling Town on the outskirts of Qiantang City, is also a gathering of people and horses, flags and spears; there are dense drums and horns, even when standing on the north bank. Can be heard from afar.
And on one of the high platforms surrounded by colorful curtains, there is the current Mingzhou governor Zhong Jiwen, who is also the current leader of the anti-thief coalition army, and is proudly presiding over the oaths of all parties.
He was originally from Zhouzhiyangcheng (now Yinxian, Zhejiang). Since he occupied the old part of Wangying in Mingzhou after Zhao'an, and after the army of General Jinwu on the coast of eastern Zhejiang, Zhang Quanbei was killed, he took advantage of the time to kill Zhang Quan and stayed behind. The remnant party.
In this way, he took control of the state city and occupied most of the four counties in Mingzhou, and made the remaining places armed and gathered around him. Huang Sheng, the general of Wanghai Town he valued, is one of them.
In addition, there are many soldiers and horses from Yuyao Town General Xiangjia, Zhucheng Capital Commander Ma Chuo, Xinchangzhai Town Commander Xu Yue, and Tiantai Town General Supported by the local and other states.
There are also powerful factions in eastern Zhejiang such as Wuzhou (now Jinhua) governor Wangtan, Quzhou governor Chen Ru, Chuzhou (now Lishui) governor Luyue, Wenzhou governor Zhu Bao, Quzhou governor Yuantai, Muzhou governor Du Yuxiu, etc. , The reinforcements sent by.
Among them, there are as few as a thousand people and as many as thousands of people. After working together in one place, they immediately covered as many as ten miles of the river bank all day long. It's full for the resident.
And among the grass on the riverside, the water army brigade responsible for investigating across the river used firewood again, staring at the crowds and flags of these hedgehogs, and the corresponding symbols were placed on the sketchbook.
—I am the dividing line —
In the city of Chang'an, although Huang Chao woke up and settled down on the bright surface; but the blood flowing on the streets is still vivid and lingering in the memory of most people.
And those people who secretly returned to Chang'an City in batches under the orders of the Five Prime Ministers of the Zhengshitang, the Six Shangshu, and the generals did not have the intention or plan to withdraw from the city anymore, but just so stalemate. Come down.
The defeat and retreat of the three-way army and its remnants from the front, respectively, were as if they had been temporarily forgotten by everyone, and no one would bother and comfort them.
The only bright color during this period was the use of a large number of military objects sent from the south in the name of condolences to Huang Chao and gifts to Empress Cao. However, the distribution and disbursement of this large amount of military materials caused the Daqi imperial court to secretly start again. (End of this chapter)