Chapter 462 Xiangyang Army Reorganization

Fu Zonglong couldn't wait to go east through the Han River, and the rest of the people were quite obedient. At this time, the situation of suppressing bandits was occupied by Chen Xie, and the room for maneuvering in Huguang was greatly reduced. Zhang Xianzhong wandered at the junction of the three provinces west of Xiangyang, trying to go deep into Sichuan, and was blocked by Qin Liangyu and Qin Yiming. To the east, there was Chen Xie, the killing god here in Xiangyang. He could only go north to Shaanxi and fight for his life with Sun Chuanting. Li Zicheng's situation was even worse. He was in the two prefectures of Xiangyang Prefecture and De'an Prefecture. The space was small and there was no room for maneuvering. When he returned to Henan, he would not dare to kill Li Zicheng. When he went to Shaanxi, you would have to live with Xiangyang. To the east, there was Wang Qinian in Anqing, which was also a powerful general in Dengzhou Camp.

Chen Xie's combat plan was very simple. Chen Ge's troops were in Xiangyang, Lin Ya was in Xinyang, Wang Qinian was in Anqing, and Li Zicheng would definitely not be able to get through. Even if he wanted to take the risk to break through, Chen Xie had to hold a farewell party for him. The Yangtze River Fleet in Dengzhou Camp, 30 lucky ships with 500 materials, what ship could withstand the attack of the ship gun? Not to mention, the direction of Huguang had already controlled the ship.

It can be said that Li Zicheng has no way out and is trapped in a small area. This is why Chen Xie dared to waste time in Xiangyang. If Li Zicheng approached Baitong Mountain, he would not be a brigade of men, and he could only survive in small troops. Otherwise, the style of Li Zicheng marching and fighting with supplies and raising supplies would not be able to solve the problem of 20,000 to 30,000 people eating every day.

It is precisely because of understanding Li Zicheng's combat habits that Chen Xie set up this formation and slowly squeezed it. It was like putting a rope around Li Zicheng's neck and strangling him bit by bit. To be honest, Chen Xie had no likes and dislikes of Li Zicheng, and this was the general environment of this era. The demise of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty took over, and there was little change in essence for this country. As for the emergence of capitalism, this person said it had been germinated. To develop capitalism, the most basic thing is not a capitalist, but from the legal level, that private property is sacred and inviolable. In the Ming Dynasty, is there this grassroots level?

The law of the Ming Dynasty. In the final analysis, the power of interpretation is in the hands of the emperor. First promote the emergence of a grassroots, and then this class consciously promotes the changes of the times for its own interests. This is an inevitable process of change. Only when a trusted interest class appears will there be the political interest demands of the class. At that time, in this unified country for two thousand years, what kind of freak will it evolve into because of the emergence of a new class? Chen Xie was unsure and could only cross the river by feeling the stones.

From the perspective of the local location, China is a very special country with all kinds of terrain. The traditional idea of ​​unification destined that China will undergo changes, and generally change from top to bottom. In other words, it requires a title of righteousness. But history is so cruel, and any change in society is destined to bleed. But it is only a few. What Chen Xie wants to do is to shed less blood and damage his vitality.

After blocking Li Zicheng's way from three sides, Chen Xie did not immediately tighten the noose, but instead let Hu Dawei, Liu Guoneng, He Renlong and other generals bring the troops to Xiangyang and reorganize them on the spot.

Wang Dehua's uneasiness became increasingly intense. After Chen Xie slaughtered Zuo Liangyu and his slaughter, he gathered the remaining main combat troops in Xiangyang, instead of immediately launching an encirclement and suppression against Li Zicheng, who was trapped in De'an Prefecture. In Wang Dehua's view, this practice was definitely a manifestation of dissent. You must know that He Renlong, Tiger Dawei, and Liu Guoneng were actually troops of different governors. In his heart, Chen Xie did this, which was equivalent to undermining the governors of various provinces.

Just when Wang Dehua was hesitating whether he wanted to write a report to the capital, Chen Xie sent someone to ask him to discuss the matter.

As a military supervisor, normal power is great. For example, Gao Qiqian is really greater than that of the supervisor. But Wang Dehua cannot and dare not do anything like Gao Qiqian. Chen Xie really wants to kill Wang Dehua, and it is probably no big deal.

With a nervous heart, Wang Dehua entered Chen Xie's headquarters. Seeing Chen Xie waiting for him on the steps, Wang Dehua quickly stepped forward and said, "I have seen the Pavilion!" Such a self-proclaimed person is not because Wang Dehua is inferior, but because Chen Xie has a princess's wife. The Tian family slave is born to be half a head short in front of Chen Xie.

Chen Xie did not put on airs at all and bowed politely: "Military supervisor, in terms of the matter of supervising the war, your rights are guaranteed. Even transcendent and superior to the next level. So, without saying that, everyone is a normal relationship with colleagues, and for the country of Ming Dynasty, they will unite and work together."

This attitude made Wang Dehua even more uneasy. Which one should I sing? Wang Dehua, who was full of surprise in his heart, followed him into the study, and Chen Xie and others served tea before saying, "Xiangyang reorganized the army, this is an inevitable measure to suppress the overall situation of the thief. Anyone who is the commander must do the first thing is fair, and then talk about other things. How can this reorganization be fair? I think there must be an explanation for the status. I can do things, but I must first explain the righteousness. What is righteousness? I told Your Majesty that the problem of the Ming Dynasty is actually two issues, one is the financial issue and the other is the military issue. This time, I want to make an attempt to reorganize the army in Xiangyang."

After Chen Xie said this, Wang Dehua became more and more confused. What does Chen Xie mean? I really don’t understand. Can you say it simple? Chen Xie took a sip of tea and was exhausted and continued: "This time, the military supervisor will be responsible for the distribution of money, grain and weapons. I will record all the accounts and deduct them from the customs taxes in the future. In other words, this time, the specific things are for me to do, but the title of righteousness cannot be messed up. Any army must be the army of the court. The overall situation of the subordinates of the army can only be done by the military supervisor representative."

The moment Wang Dehua understood, his whole body of blood was used to his mind, his face turned red, his neck turned red, and his arteries were obviously leaping. After Wang Dehua calmed down a little, he stood up and bowed to the ground, saying, "I am ashamed of a villain!"

Chen Xie smiled indifferently and said, "It's just human nature, there's no need to be ashamed. I've reported to Your Majesty, and the matter will be handed over to the military supervisor. In fact, you don't want to do anything. Just do one thing and tell everyone that the military is what Your Majesty means, and the money and food are also paid by the court, which is enough."

What is the purpose of Xiangyang's army reorganization? When he reported to the capital, Chen Xie explained everything he did clearly. Finally, he mentioned the purpose of the army reorganization: Why are the officers and soldiers not revitalized? Nothing else is unfair! The way to control martial arts with civil servants is essentially the greatest unfairness. Military generals demanded civil servants, and they died in wars, and their first contributions were not yet on the head. I thought that some changes were required. Xiangyang's army reorganized in Xiangyang, gathered in Xiangyang, and in the name of Your Majesty, they should remove the waste and save the food, and supervise the food. These are the things that the army should do.

Chen Xie said it was very subtle, and in fact it meant only one thing, asking the emperor to hold the army in his hands, rather than handing it over to civil officials to command blindly. Another point is that Zhu Youjian understood a truth that rights require checks and balances. Only when the rights between emperors, civil officials and military generals appear in a balance, can it be called a true balance.

The matter of Xiangyang's military reorganization was a real challenge for the civil officials class. If Chen Xie had done this in other eras in the Ming Dynasty, the problem of Chen Xie was very high. The resistance would be that the whole world would not be supported by the generals. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, he received support from the imperial power and the support of the generals. The reason was very simple. The entire civil officials class performed too poorly in the late Ming Dynasty, which led to the civil officials in the war between the internal and external forces, in fact, the civil officials were asking the generals to fight well. This can be seen very clearly in Yang Sichang's treatment of Zuo Liangyu. In fact, this is also the key reason why Chen Xie wanted to kill Zuo Liangyu.

Chen Xie is essentially a warlord, but he will never allow other warlords to appear. Chen Xie, a warlord, will go out to harm other countries in the future. Other warlords will harm the Ming Dynasty. This must be clear.

In Chen Xie's view, the greatest contribution of the peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty was to wash away the grassroots gentry of the Ming Dynasty. The situation in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Jiangbei and other provinces was the most obvious. Especially Henan Province, it can be said that it was repeatedly washed, laying the foundation for Chen Xie to make some attempts in Henan. These are all later stories. Things have to be done one by one, and the road has to be taken step by step. No one can reach the sky step by step, and no good thing can be achieved by waking up from the first step.

Xiangyang's army reorganization was first of all, a change in the military system. Chen Xie introduced a real supervision mechanism among the armies of other provinces. In fact, this supervision mechanism is very simple, it is a military police system that truthfully paid the salary. Who is going to pay this salary? The military supervisor represents the imperial power. So how to eliminate the corruption of the military supervisor? This is the emperor's business, and Chen Xie really can't worry about this. As for the military police, Chen Xie had to do it himself for the time being. Go back and improve the system and then hand it over to Wang Dehua's military supervisor system. Isn't the military supervisor doing these things? Blind command is not what the military supervisor should do.

Chen Xie's memorial caused quite a lot of panic in the court. The main reason was that the civil officials were panicked, because Chen Xie did this, which was equivalent to bypassing the civil officials group in the control of the army, taking another way, and letting the emperor take other channels to control the army.

Chen Xie was not responsible for the panic of the Wenchen Group. Anyway, Chen Xie had wanted to do this matter long ago. He was still willing to panic! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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