Chapter 302 The Governor of the Northern Zhi

In the East Warehouse of the Ten Princes' Mansion, Qu Shixi and Wang Pu secretly discussed.

The first person Qu Shixi wanted to visit after rushing to Beijing was of course Wang Pu.

At present, Beizhili can be said to be poor and deserted. If there is no one, there is no soldier, there is even more no way to talk about money, grain, taxes and taxes. It can be said that what the court gave to Qu Shisi was a mess. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to defend a territory for the court and be the governor of Beizhi.

What Bei Zhili needs most now is the garrison of the Central Army to stabilize the situation!

If the Central Army was not stationed, the Mongolian Tatars and the Jiannu outside the pass might retaliate at any time. Even the great traitor Wu Sangui in Shanxi or the thief in Henan could kill several rounds in Northern Zhili.

After seeing the ritual, Qu Shixi said solemnly: "Marty, the court has issued a decree to kill Hu in various southern provinces. At most, it takes half a year or at least three months. Vacant people from various provinces will flock to it. Therefore, population and labor are not a problem. What the officials are really worried about is the defense of Northern Zhili. After all, Northern Zhili tightly ties with the Ming Dynasty and directly faces the military front of Jiannu and Tartars. They must always be wary of the threats of Wu Sangui and Henan thieves. If there was no Central Army station, it would be impossible."

Wang Pu said: "Don't worry, Lord Qu, Northern Zhili is the gate of the Ming Dynasty and is of great importance. The Central Army will definitely send troops to garrison."

Qu Shixi sighed relieved and said, "I wonder how many troops the Marquis intends to send to garrison Beizhili?"

Wang Pu thought for a while and said, "The Central Army has not many troops, so you know this Lord Qu, so at this stage, you can only draw three mixed battalions to garrison Beizhi."

The three mixed camps are indeed Wang Pu’s limit.

You should know that the total strength of the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty is only 160,000. Huguang Province faces the dual threats of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. Wang Pu only left three battalions of the Central Army. At present, Jiannu and the Tartars have suffered heavy losses. It is already very generous to leave three mixed battalions to station in Beizhili.

"Three mixed camps..." Qu Shixi was embarrassed, "Marty, the three camps are afraid they are not able to defend themselves. The north is surrounded by strong enemies, the north is Tartars, the east is Jiannu, the west is the traitor Wu Sangui, and the south is the Hongniang thief. It can be said that he is surrounded by enemies, and the situation is very difficult."

Wang Pu said: "The Tartars and Jiannu have suffered heavy damage in Jining. It is impossible for them to come and harass the territory of the Ming Dynasty again within at least two years. The bandits of Henan, Lord Qu, don't worry at all. Hongnie has agreed to accept the adaptation of the Central Army. As for Wu Sangui... Hehe, after the adaptation of Henan, Wu Sangui's good days will come to an end."

"Oh?" Qu Shixi said with joy and sorrow, "Is the rumors true?"

"Haha." Wang Pu smiled, "That's not a rumor, that's a fact."

Qu Shixi licked her lips, looking like she was reluctant to speak.

Wang Pu smiled and said, "Mr. Qu, you and I cooperated happily when dealing with Gao Hongtu's rebellion. What's more, your personal relationship is pretty good. No matter what, you are a friend, right? So if you say anything, just say it bluntly."

Qu Shixi pondered for a moment and said, "It should not be said that the officials should say these things, but as the Marquis said, the cooperation between Xiaguan and the Marquis was very pleasant when dealing with Gao Hongtu's rebellion. He admired and supported the Marquis' courageous decision from the bottom of his heart. Because the officials admired the Marquis, he had to say these words."

Wang Pusu said, "Please tell me, Lord Qu."

Qu Shixi said: "It is a good thing for the Marquis to recruit Henan bandits, but the Marquis should not have an affair with Hong Niangzi."

Wang Pu's brows frowned and said in a deep voice: "Why?"

To be honest, Wang Pu doesn't like others to point fingers at his affairs, especially his private life. What kind of woman does he like? Which woman he is willing to sleep with is his private matter, what does it have to do with?

Qu Shixi was a straightforward person. He did not take back his words because Wang Pu was unhappy. Instead, he said more directly: "Marquis, let's just say it clearly. Marquis marrying Miss Yuanyuan as his wife and taking Miss Liu as his concubines is a romantic event. The scholars and people in Jiangnan can only talk about it with relish. These will not affect the reputation of the Marquis, nor will they affect the Marquis' career."

"But Hong Madam is different. First, Hong Madam has married a man, and he is still married to the bandit leader Li Yan. Second, Hong Madam herself is also a bandit leader. Even if she has accepted the court's amnesty, she is still a female bandit leader in the hearts of the scholars and people all over the world. If the Marquis marry her into the family, it will inevitably affect the Marquis' reputation, and will also affect the Marquis' career, and will have an adverse impact on the Marquis' future entry into the cabinet."

Qu Shisi's words undoubtedly represented the voice of the entire Shilin class in Jiangnan at that time.

In terms of their origin, Hong Niangzi, Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Rushi, are incomparable to the famous Nanqu socialites. Although Qinhuai socialites have a low status in name, they are sought after by the entire Jiangnan Shilin because of their outstanding qualities. They are actually infinitely close to the upper class at that time, while Hong Niangzi is not. She was born into a bandit and was not even as lowly as the lowest untouchables.

If Wang Pu was just a small person or just a general commander who was commanding troops outside, it would be fine if he privately took Hong Niang as his concubine. But now Wang Pu is already the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Empire. In the eyes of Donglin Party members such as Qu Shixi, Wang Pu has become the best candidate to replace Sun Chuanting as the next chief minister of the cabinet. With Wang Pu's current status and status, of course, he can no longer be mixed with widows like Hong Niang.

Wang Pu looked straight at Qu Shisi and said nothing for a long time.

Qu Shisi met calmly, and did not avoid Wang Pu's gaze. After a cup of tea, when Qu Shisi thought he had angered Wang Pu, Wang Pu's frown suddenly unfolded, and then laughed: "Mr. Qu, let's not talk about the matter of Hong Madam, let's continue to talk about the Central Army's garrison in Beizhi."

Of course, Wang Pu knew Qu Shixi's concerns, but he did not intend to give in.

As a man, if you can't even give your beloved woman a title, then who is still a man?

However, Wang Pu did not intend to go against the mainstream customs at that time. This matter must be strategic. These backward unhealthy trends and evil spirits must be changed. But now is not the time, so the wisest choice is to avoid the edge for the time being.

However, through this incident, Wang Pu also saw more clearly Qu Shixiu. Qu Shixiu is open-minded, dared to speak, dared to act, and was capable of doing things and never dragged on the slumber. Sun Chuanting and the cabinet chose him to be the governor of Beizhi. There is great hope for Beizhili to have such a governor.

Qu Shishi sighed and continued, "The Lord wants to listen to the Marquis' opinions first."

Wang Pu nodded and said, "The General Staff of the Central Army has discussed it. He believes that the three mixed battalions of the Central Army should be deployed in the shape of a font, stationed in Shanhaiguan, Xuanfu and Beijing respectively, mainly used to prevent Jiannu, Tartar and guard Beijing. In addition, the returning people and refugees migrating from various provinces should be given priority in Yongping, Shuntian, Xuanfu, Baoanzhou and Huailaizhou in the north."

Qu Shixi nodded when he heard this, and he thought so on his way to Beijing to take office.

Wang Pu also said: "Every state and every prefecture must form a security brigade, every county must form a security brigade, every town must form a security squadron, and every village or settlement must form a security squadron. These security teams are not out of stock, they are farmers in daily life and soldiers in wartime. According to the imperial court's killing order, the security team can organize military operations against the Hu people on their own. There are rewards for slaughtering Hu people, but the supplies are provided by the imperial court, and weapons and equipment are provided by the imperial court."

During this Battle of Jining, the Central Army seized hundreds of thousands of weapons and armor, which were enough to arm 200,000 "Northern Cowboys". If the rifle production assembly line of the arsenal is built in the future, the Central Army can also resell the eliminated muskets to these northern cowboys. In this way, the Jiannu, Tartars, and North Koreans who are adjacent to Beizhi will suffer.

There is also the Siberian wasteland in the north, and there is nothing Russians. Long before the Russians colonized the Far East, these areas probably had long become manors and pastures for cowboys in the north.

After hearing what Wang Pu said, Qu Shixi was completely relieved.

Each village has formed a security team, each town has formed a security squadron, each county has formed a security brigade, and each prefecture has formed a security brigade. There are nine prefectures and two prefectures in northern Zhili. How many people have to be added to each prefecture, county, town and village security team? In addition, three mixed battalions of the Central Army, Jiannu and the Tartars dare to provoke the Ming Dynasty? At that time, Jiannu and the Tartars had to be wary of the security teams in the Ming Dynasty, and they would always be wary of the security teams in the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of 1644 of the first year of Longwu, Wang Pu was busy arranging the defense of Beizhi, Wu Sangui was busy arranging the retreat, and Duoduo hid in the ice and snow outside the pass and licked his wounds quietly. While sending people to sneak into the Ming Dynasty to inquire about Dorgon and the Jiannu army, he was waiting for the opportunity to raise his troops to avenge.

Dorgon was escorted to Nanjing in half a month. He was shackled and showed his shackles for three days before being cut alive at the Caishikou, Nanjing.

At this time, something big and small happened in North Korea. Li Yu, the second son of Inzu, the In-zu of the Li Dynasty, North Korea, took advantage of the emptiness of the military forces of the Korean left-behind Jiannu, launched a rebellion in South Ping'an Province. The rebels attacked Seoul. The Qing Dynasty Governor He Luohui was outnumbered and led more than 300 Jiannu remnants to withdraw back to Liaodong.

When Duoduo heard the news, he was furious and personally led two thousand iron cavalry of Zhengbai Banner to attack North Korea, burning, killing and looting.

Li Yu, who had just inherited the throne of Korea, hurriedly condemned the envoy to Nanjing. On the one hand, he asked the Ming court to recognize his throne, and on the other hand, he asked the Ming court to send troops to rescue him. The cabinet informed Wang Pu, who was in Beijing with a letter from flying pigeons. As for whether to send troops to rescue him, Wang Pu Quanquan decided.

When the news came, Wang Pu was packing his luggage and preparing to go to Kaifeng.

After reading the letter, Liu Qingyan asked in a low voice: "Mr. Marquis, the old man said that it is up to you to decide whether to send troops to rescue him. Do you want to send troops to rescue him?"

"Send troops to rescue? Why should we rescue?" Wang Pu said coldly, "What's the matter with us when the Goryeo Bangzi is alive?"

Liu Rushi also said: "We Han people suffered enough losses! In the former Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu came to surrender. Emperor Wu pity his loneliness and rewarded Shuofang County to them to rest and recuperate. But later, when the Five Barbarians invaded China, how did these Xiongnu deal with us Han people after they became stronger? These conscientious Hu people treated us Han women as two-legged sheep, usually raped, and slaughtered them as military rations when they were hungry..."

Liu Qingyan suddenly raised her eyebrows and shouted: "These Hu people are very hateful."

Wang Pu also said in a calm voice: "Ancestors had already taught us the blood lessons thousands of years ago. If they are not my race, their hearts will be different, and their hearts will be different! A white-eyed wolf is a white-eyed wolf. No matter how you raise it, you can't raise it. No matter how you naturalize it, it will be useless. When they are weak, we Han people will be in trouble!"

Liu Qingyan clenched her pink fists and said in a calm voice: "You must never let the barbarians become stronger."

"Yes, we must never let the barbarians become stronger." Liu Rushi said in a narrow voice, "But the old saying goes, thirty years after Hedong and thirty years after Hexi, as long as a race does not die, there will always be a time of prosperity! Therefore, if you want to prevent the barbarians from becoming stronger, the only way is to destroy them and erase them from this world!"

"No, there is another more humane way besides massacre." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "that is to erase their words, erase their language, erase their customs and habits passed down from generation to generation, force them to learn Han culture, force them to speak Chinese, and force them to accept the customs and habits of the Han people. After several generations, these barbarian races no longer exist, and they will be completely integrated into a part of the Han nation, and this... is the true national fusion!"

As a modern person who has traveled through time, Wang Pu does not agree with large-scale genocide!

Compared with the realization of racial unity through genocide, Wang Pu hopes to achieve racial fusion through the "massacre" of alien culture, language, customs and humanities. Although the Han ethnic group that combines the genes of aliens is no longer pure, it is undoubtedly more dynamic. More importantly, the Han ethnic group is not passively integrated by other races, but actively integrates other races. It is the main body of this fusion and is in an absolute dominant position. This is more important than anything else!

Racial fusion is like mating, the race in a dominant position is like a man, and the race in a vulnerable position is like a woman. Men are absolutely dominant in this mating activity, and the breeding offspring can only inherit the man's surname but not the woman's surname.

Of course, Wang Pu did not think that all races should be integrated in this way. For example, Jiannu, Goryeo Bangzi and Japanese pirates are definitely not included in the integration.

Wang Pu was full of deep hatred for Jiannu. It was precisely because Jiannu entered the Central Plains that the backwardness of China in later generations was caused, and the Han people became dogs and sheep that could be slaughtered. After traveling through time, this hatred was transferred to the Jurchens. If possible, Wang Pu would slaughter all the Jurchens without hesitation.
Chapter completed!