Chapter 1 Usurping power and seizing power
After conquering the generals of Yangzhou, Tuo Huan immediately reorganized the various units. He organized all infantry and cavalry that had lost their war horses into six thousand-man teams. The cavalry was organized into ten thousand-man teams according to light and heavy cavalry, of which there were only three thousand-man teams. It was obvious that the heavy cavalry suffered the most heavy losses in the previous battle. The remaining part was assigned to the Qiexue Army, thus eliminating the wounds and diseases, a total of more than 17,000 soldiers were obtained.
While mixing the various thousand households, Tuohuan replaced some officers on the grounds of unfavorable combat, and all of them were selected by his Qiexue army. As the saying goes, one person has achieved the Tao and the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, the deacons who accompanied him, including Huoerchi (the one who wears bows and arrows), Yunduchi (the one who has the sword), Xi Baochi (the eagle man), Baoerchi (the chef), etc., were all in the thousand households, and many of those servants also took over the hundred households.
Ma Shao estimated that there were 16,000 newly compiled households, including 10 of Tuo Huan's confidants, so he firmly controlled the military power of Yangzhou. Such a major personnel change did not cause turmoil. All departments accepted the adaptation in a very calm situation and followed the king's order to go to various places to set up defenses.
Ma Shao was very pleased that the military power could be transitioned smoothly. He had been in the court for many years and naturally knew that the members of the Cyrexue army were selected by the Khan himself. They must serve him loyally, live up to his trust in them, and have strict military discipline. But at the same time, they also enjoy extraordinary privileges. An ordinary Cyrexue soldier's status is even higher than that of a thousand household officials, which is widely accepted by Mongolian soldiers. Their attendance will naturally not cause resistance.
As for the ability of these Qiexue generals who took office, Ma Shao could not fully agree with it, but he did not dare to underestimate them. Those who could be selected for Qiexue were all nobles and Nayan's children, among which the Mongolian Nayan's children were the most noble among the hostages. Nayan was in an absolute subordinate position to the Khan and the kings. Senior Nayan also participated in the election of the Khan, discussing national policies and controlling national affairs. These hostages were natural members of the Qiexue army.
Nayan is also a vested interest class in Mongolia. Through rewards and looting in war, they own a large number of livestock, property and slaves. Nayan, who has established special merits, was also granted various privileges. It can be said that the Nayan class is the pillar of Genghis Khan's "Golden Family", so Nayan's children who were selected as the Cyxue are also not simple characters.
Not to mention that they received education on combat skills such as riding and shooting since childhood, they were often excellent in the family, and even trained as candidates for hereditary titles in the family, and had the experience of accompanying their fathers and brothers to lead troops to fight. If they were able to join the QYE, they would regard this as a supreme honor and lay the foundation for future development, because most important officials in the court were born in QYE.
If Ma Shao could tolerate Tuo Huan's actions at this time, and even decisively praised his killing, the next thing would have hit his moral bottom line. After Tuo Huan finished rectifying military discipline, he did not announce his withdrawal, but issued a series of orders.
First, it was ordered to recruit all the private soldiers raised by officials, nobles and merchants in Hangzhou City, and to carry weapons, horses and ten-day food to the Nanmen School before the hour of tomorrow. If there is any intention of concealing, delaying, or not at that time, the property will be confiscated immediately. All males will be expelled, and females will be appointed as official lie, or they will be enslaved into the camp as slaves.
Then he ordered that anyone who has a property in the city should donate 30% of the property as a reward for the military, and transport it to the royal palace within three days to receive the certificate. From now on, all grain merchants will seal the grain and sell it on time and in a fixed quantity by the government office. Anyone who has a private storage shall be executed, and all the property will be confiscated, and the male person will be expelled.
Another order is to sign for Ding Zhuang, which is more complicated. Ma Shao also felt that the reason why he failed to sign for Ding Zhuang was too simple to consider, so he couldn't start. Tuohuan obviously needs to have much experience in this regard, so he should not distinguish it for different households.
As Ma Shao knew, the Yuan Dynasty's household registration system could be said to have included hundreds of schools, which seemed particularly complicated. The Yuan court divided residents across the country into several households according to different occupations and certain other conditions, collectively called the "Second Household Plan". The feudal obligations they undertake were different, and the affiliated and management systems were also different. Once naturalized, they were not allowed to change at will, and they often stayed together for generations. The "Second Household Plan" was mainly divided into the following categories:
Military households, households who go out to work as military service. The number of military households is directly related to the safety and survival of the country. They are particularly valued by the Yuan government in the plan of the Sex House. According to Mongolia, Ma Chi, Han, and New Army, there are also households with Mongolia, Ma Chi, Han, and New Army. In addition to those who work as a station system, the Mongolians who stayed in the north of the desert basically still have tens of thousands of households and thousands of households in a certain area for garrisoning. Generally, when there is a war, the army will start from among them. As for the Mongolians entering the mainland, most of them have registered as military households, which is the Mongolian military household. The number of people who go out to work as military households depends on military needs and the specific situation of military households.
Station households, people who serve in the station system. Military households, station households, within four hectares of land, are exempt from taxes, and outside the four hectares of taxes are subject to the order. Mongolian herders must provide all burdens on the station, including all labor to the station, food and food of the past envoys, and provide station horses, horses, carriages, cows, etc. required for transportation.
Craftsmen are households engaged in various craftsmanship for the state and the royal family. They must pay local taxes and also bear mixed labor services; stovesmen are households who make a living by decocting salt under the state management, also known as salt households and pavilions. They pay salt amounts according to the quantity stipulated by the state, and withdraw workplace bills or rations. It is strictly prohibited to sell salt goods privately. Other taxes and labor services are exempted or preferential.
Monks, Taoists, and other religious professions each have special household registrations. In the land they occupy, all those rewarded by the emperor and old property in the early Yuan Dynasty can be exempted from tax. Continuing land land must still be subject to land verification and enjoy the right of exemption; Confucian households refer to Confucian scholars who study and teach disciples. They also have special household registrations and have to bear mixed services. In addition, there are also households who specialize in hunting animals for royal families and those who use eagle falcons and other animals for hunting and raising hunting. It is stipulated that fur and wild game must be sent to replace the silk material and silver that should be paid.
The households are ordinary farmers, including farmers who have been farmed, royal families and princes, and permanent households affiliated with temples. The households in the north are subject to tax and statutory tax; the households in the south are subject to mixed labor. In addition, there are households such as crafts, skills, doctors, grain transporters, glutinous rice, wealth, fire tenants, shipwrecks, slaves, cotton horses, pearls, pensions, elderly care, fun, weaving, prostitution, gold hunting, banknotes and other households.
In this dynasty, the Cheng Dian was aged fifteen to seventy. Tuohuan ordered all the Cheng Dians and the station Dians to be signed and joined the thousand households to participate in the battle to defend the city. Except for the exemption from the service, the Cheng Dians were all recruited. Those who live in Cheng Dians were bounded by Fangli as the boundary, Fang Sili was the centurion, and the president was the ten-husband leader. Those who live in villages and communities regarded each township chief as the centurion, and the head of the head was the ten-husband leader.
Tuohuan ordered those who were signed to the government office to bring their own tools and food before noon tomorrow to receive a collection. The department will conduct inspections according to the registration points, participate in the construction of city defense, transport materials, build cities and guard equipment, and participate in the battle in critical moments. Those who are insufficient in the number of people can form a community with nearby villages. The area is far away and the number of people is difficult to merge, and although there are less than fifty families, they will be allowed to establish a community on their own. Three villages and five villages are also allowed to merge into one community. However, if one yard is delayed, the militia will be killed, and one society will be killed. Those who resist the signing of the community will be killed.
Then, Tuohuan issued another ten killing orders: if there are defectors, if there are enemies, if there are enemies, if there are rejections, if there are no orders, if there are cowards, if there are rumors, if there are incitement to cause trouble, if there are robberies, if there are hoards, if there are people who are robbed in chaos, if there are people who are hoarded and price gouging, etc. At the same time, a curfew is issued. Every day, from Shen to Mao, those who have no official duties are not allowed to go to the streets, and those who violate the violation are killed without mercy...
"Your Highness, please collect all the Ding Zhuang, and only the elderly, weak, sick and children are left in the household. How can they survive!" The officials took the order and left. Only Ma Shao and Tuo Huan were left in the lobby. After moving to the back hall to sit, he asked with a melancholy face.
"Ma Youcheng, now the Southern Army has just sieged the city and has not yet launched a full-scale attack. At that time, there will inevitably be timid and cowardly people, or those who surrender to the enemy, who will open the city and surrender, kill officials and cause chaos. Only by gathering these men and soldiers in one place, intimidate them with severe punishments, and restraining them with cool laws can we avoid civil strife. As for the elderly, weak, women and children, they can only do their best to provide relief, and it will be left to fate. Whether they can survive to the rescue depends on their personal luck." Tuo Huan said.
"Isn't this too cruel? After all, the people are the foundation of the country!" Ma Shao frowned after hearing this, pondered for a moment and advised him, wanting to change his mind.
"Ma Youcheng, I don't know that, but in order to protect the city, I can only do this. I have to give up what should be given up." Tuo Huan sighed, "Ma Youcheng is in charge of the government affairs in the city. Remember not to be kind to a woman. The warehouse will only be opened for one hour tomorrow, and each household will not give more than one liter of grain every day."
"Even if there are only the old and the young, each household has one liter of rice per day, I'm afraid it's difficult to survive!" Ma Shao said in surprise again.
"Ma Youcheng, if the Southern Army cannot conquer the city, it will definitely be besieged. When we are exhausted, we will surrender without fighting, so we must prepare early." Tuo Huan said, "Not only should the people reduce the distribution, but also the quota should be reduced. The army will issue two liters a day a day, and give it once every five days. If horses cannot be grazed, they will consume a lot of food every day. I am afraid that they can only slaughter the sick horses first to reduce consumption."
"Your Highness, what should those Dings and Zhuang do? They have to bring their own food, and their daily supply is very small. In less than ten days, they will probably lose food. I'm afraid something will happen!" Ma Shao said with concern.
"Oh, the Right Chief thought that there were many Ding Zhuang who could survive ten days. Once the war started, there were more than hundreds of casualties every day. It was like a sea of corpses and blood, and people were filled with their lives!" Tuo Huan sighed again and said helplessly.
"Your Highness wants to consume those young men first to save food?" Ma Shao said angrily after hearing this. This is simply a careless person's life and treats people like grass.
"Ma Youcheng is not because of this king's cruelty, but because of this. When our army conquered Taizhou, the food and grass were exhausted for only more than a month. The bark and grass roots in the city were gnawed away, and people could only change their sons to eat. After the army entered the city, only bones were left on the ground. When our army was exhausted, we would also select one out of every ten people and slaughter them to eat, just so that more people could survive. I strictly control food and grass so that it is to prevent the tragedy of eating each other, rather than being cruel by nature!" Tuo Huan changed into a compassionate look and said in a deep voice.
"Will their Highness order to force the property of wealthy families and sign their private soldiers? Will they make trouble?" Tuo Huan's words made Ma Shao unable to argue, and he said his concerns.
"I believe Ma Youcheng also knows that there must be a brave man under heavy rewards. If you want to defend the city, you must try to boost morale. Only by rewarding can you inspire morale and let the soldiers fight to the end. And how much gold, silver, silk and silk in the Yangzhou treasury should be given by those wealthy families to reward the soldiers and generals." Tuo Huan explained.
"In addition, we have to try to negotiate peace with the Southern Army and delay time to realize Yuxi Timuer's plan. The Right Prime Minister went to the Southern Dynasty camp empty-handedly to seek peace, and could he convince the thieves of the Southern Dynasty with only red mouths and white teeth? Or did he still need to offer gold, silver and treasures to accept our peace. To reach an agreement, I am afraid that I don't know how much it will take. This is equivalent to using gold and silver to redeem the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city. It is not that I and the Right Prime Minister have taken over! And we have recruited all their private soldiers and organized them into the army. Even if they want to cause trouble, they will lose their power."
"Your Highness is such a plan to remove the firewood from the cauldron. I really admire him!" Ma Shao's words were not insincere. Thinking about yesterday, he was helpless in the face of the severe situation, but Tuohuan easily recaptured the generals and controlled all the supplies in his hands, thus further stabilizing his power and being easily undermined by him. These things are implemented closely together, making people unable to resist and unable to start. It is definitely not that he looks so reckless, threatening with power and weapons, but has been carefully considered.
"The Right Prime Minister has praised it. I don't know any strategy, but I am just a clever person. The Right Prime Minister is a wise man. Only by reaching a peace agreement with the Southern Dynasty and allowing him to retreat, can he protect the entire city's military and civilians." Tuo Huan waved his hand and said with a smile.
"I am already in a state of peace talks, and I obey your highness's orders!" Ma Shao knew that the peace talks were reached, that is, he was ruined. He knew that the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty's appetite was the entire Huaidong, not just the gold and silver. Once he agreed to exchange for the Southern Dynasty's withdrawal, he would be regarded as a traitor and would have no place to stand in the court, so he had to bring the King of Zhennan, otherwise he would die without a burial place.
Chapter completed!