Han’s Son is Not a Slave

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After the Taiping army defeated the Qing army at Sanjiangkou, it immediately spread to the counties under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou government. By the end of September, it actually controlled Xiangshan, Zengcheng, Panyu, Shunde, Dongguan, Sanshui, Xinning, Qingyuan and other counties, as well as Nanhai, Foshan, Counties such as Xin'an and Lianshan Prefecture were either forced to do anything or took the initiative to do so. Please search () to see the most complete! fastest updated novel

Guangzhou Prefecture has jurisdiction over fifteen counties, one Sanzhou, and two counties, Longmen and Conghua, which are self-defense in the city, and are unwilling to surrender to the Taiping army. The Dragon Gate was called by Shang Keyuan's Pingnan Fan under the Han army, and Conghua was called by the deputy general of Nanxiong Sun Yi and a part of the Taiping Army. When the Second Division broke down the city, many people were killed in the city. They said that those with braids were slanderers, and if they were caught, they would be killed, causing the deaths of more than ten thousand people in the two counties.

When the news spread to Guangzhou, Zhou Shixiang immediately issued a strict order, saying that in the future, no matter whether there are braids or no braids, indiscriminate killings are not allowed in any Pofu County. Those with braids are refugees, and those without braids are obedient people. Unless the defenders of the city cause heavy casualties to the Taiping army, the city cannot be massacred.

In order to impose strict military discipline, in the name of the Zhengtaiping Army's Daming King Division, Zhou Shixiang ordered the beheading of a hundred households in the Longmen Army. At the same time, officials were dispatched to take over the affairs of Conghua and Longmen counties, and Song Daming, the head of Yongle Township in Xiangshan County, and Wan Changlong, head of Longyan Township, were appointed magistrates of the two counties. In addition, the Guangzhou government was ordered to immediately transfer money and grain to resettle the refugees in the two counties, help the people, and build the township and village, as a long-term plan.

Anyway, the counties are only nominally under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture. Nanhai, Foshan, Xin'an, and Lianshan Prefecture are still managed by the magistrates originally appointed by the Qing court. And, other than that, nothing has changed.

Nanhai Qianhu Wang Zhaoxing, Foshan Qianhu Zhao Ziqiang, Xin'an Qianhu Lin Xingguo, and Lianshanzhou Qianhu Wu Anyuan are all generals of the green camp. Wang Zhaoxing and Zhao Ziqiang took the initiative to lead the troops. Anyway. Although the four of them were granted the title of Thousand Households of the Taiping Army, their subordinate battalions were still private soldiers, and the county magistrate appointed by the former Qing court was responsible for the affairs of the county. They only obeyed in name to Guangzhou, and the money and grain in the county were not turned over, even within the territory. Neither the military nor the civilians ever cut their braids. Obviously, it was swaying between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. If the Taiping army is defeated, the four counties will change their flags again in an instant.

In this regard, Zhou Shixiang ignored it, and told the Guangzhou government that there was no need to make any apportionment to the four counties, nor did it need to send people to the four counties, and told the four counties to keep the status quo. The reason for this is that the heart is more than enough. It took less than a month to recover Guangzhou. Zhou Shixiang not only wanted to consolidate his troops, but also to consolidate land in the counties he actually controlled. He also had to send troops to suppress bandits, resettle refugees, and resume production. The piles of things were so overwhelming that he couldn't breathe for a moment, and how could he take care of those four counties that were both positive and negative.

Keeping the status quo of these four counties and nominally obeying Guangzhou is already the best outcome. It was Zhou Shixiang who was too angry, or worried that there were hidden dangers, and sent troops to suppress it. In a short period of time, the four counties still have to maintain the status quo, and even the magistrates cannot be dispatched. Since it is impossible to actually control these four counties, why send troops to fight.

The first town of the infantry army of the newly formed army settled in Qingyuan, because the county is the most important town in the northernmost part of Guangzhou and borders Shaozhou. If something happens to Shaozhou, the first town can directly attack Shaozhou. Xinhui and Zhaoqing are the south and west gates of Guangzhou. Qingyuan is the north gate of Guangzhou.

After the formation of the four towns, the bandits and stragglers were eliminated in the garrison area, and the Green Battalion soldiers who were under the banner of the Taiping Army but were unwilling to accept the command of the Taiping Army were also eliminated. The former Zengcheng garrison Hu Mingyi's department was "ordered" to let Zengcheng go to Xin'an County, and Zengcheng was taken over by the third town Jiang He. After more than a month of suppressing bandits, a total of more than 4,000 bandits, large and small, were annihilated, and more than 1,000 young and strong people were selected to join the Taiping Army, and the rest of the old and weak were sent to Xiangshan for resettlement. Allotted to land for reclamation.

In order to effectively control the troops from Pingnan, Jingnan, and Luying, in addition to relocating their families to different places, and cutting off the leadership of the middle and senior generals, Zhou Shixiang also created a rift between the Han army and made them. Can't get together.

The specific method is to designate the Han army who joined the Taiping army before the attack on Guangzhou as the sharp soldiers, the Han army who cast after the attack of Guangzhou city as the selected soldiers, and the last batch of the Han army captured at Sanjiangkou as the reserve soldiers.

The family members of the sharp soldiers, the family members of the selected soldiers, and the family members of the preparation soldiers are not scattered and placed. Instead, focus on one place. For example, if 500 family members of the Han army are placed in Longyan Township of Xiangshan Mountain, the family members of the selected soldiers, the family members of the sharp soldiers, and the family members of the prepared soldiers each account for one-third.

However, the family members of the sharp soldiers and the families of the selected soldiers were given more land, food and farm implements than those of the military preparations, and the staff of the newly-built village offices in the resettlement site mostly selected the family members of the sharp soldiers and a small number of the families of the selected soldiers to serve as their posts. The family members of the Han army who defected to the Taiping Army suppressed the family members of the Han army who defected after their political status, and through a series of privileges, they consciously prepared themselves to be superior to their family members.

People are greedy for profit. After discovering that the Taiping army treats them better than other people, the family members of the sharp soldiers and the selected soldiers will naturally turn to the Taiping army, rather than those who are inferior to them. The Taiping Army was dissatisfied. Even if the Han army in the army surrenders and rebels, it is impossible for them to get the support of all the Han army.

Of course, Zhou Shixiang also did not want to see his army in the rift created by long-term man-made, so he stipulated that all the soldiers who have served in the Taiping Army for three years can enjoy the treatment of sharp soldiers, and the selected soldiers can serve two years. . In this way, it gives those who choose and prepare a way out for better conditions. Three years is enough to change everything. As long as the Taiping Army does not die, it is foreseeable that after three years, the families of these surrendered soldiers will truly be integrated with the Taiping Army. Everything they have is given by the Taiping Army. If they want to keep all this, they must defend the Taiping Army with blood.

Similarly, the Han army in the army is also treated differently according to the time of joining the Taiping army. The Han army who joined the Taiping army in the early stage is given priority to get the appointment and removal of officers, and the latter joins in addition to having major meritorious performance~www.NovelMTL.com~ Otherwise, the same Under the conditions, they could not compete with the group of people who had invested in the Taiping Army in advance.

This policy will remain unchanged for a long time. If the Taiping Army captures more Han soldiers and Green Camp soldiers in the future, the current group of oppressed can also turn over to suppress the next group, and gain a sense of superiority from them.

Power is Wei Chun medicine, to deal with subjugation soldiers, although this ignorant spring medicine is a bit domineering and has great side effects, but at the moment, it is the best way that Zhou Shixiang can think of.

At the beginning, there were seven or eight thousand people who transported food and grass to the Qing army in the three routes. After the capture of Guangzhou, Zhou Shixiang recruited more than 4,000 young men from the city. Now all these more than 10,000 young men have been forcibly incorporated into the Taiping Army. Most of them are unwilling to join the army as cannon fodder, and their sources are also very complicated. Some are from prefectures and counties near Guangzhou, some are from Huizhou, Zhaoqing, and some are even from Chaozhou. These young men did not want to be soldiers, they wanted to go home. When the army was replenishing, the young men expressed their desire to return home to Zhou Shixiang through various means. In this regard, Zhou Shixiang clearly refused, and he told the young men Strong, if they want to go home, they can, but they must serve in the Taiping Army for three years, and they can go home after three years.

This condition does not allow for bargaining, and anyone who is unwilling will be directly beheaded. Zhou Shixiang was reluctant to kill innocent people indiscriminately, but for the growth of the Taiping Army, he needed these young men and women, so he had to be ruthless.

Faced with the threat of beheading, the young men who wanted to return to their hometown had no choice but to agree to stay in the Taiping Army. Fortunately, the Taiping Army gave them a time limit. After three years, they could go home. Those who do not want to be in the army can get a considerable amount of money, and if the place is occupied by the Taiping army after returning to their hometown, they can also get land. Such conditions are definitely much stronger than returning home empty-handed. (To be continued.)

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