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Xu Nianzu went to Sichuan by boat, and picked up another person on the way: Fei Ruhui.

Fei Ruhui's military position is battalion commander, commanding five hundred troops, the only female commander in the Datong Army.

Being able to visit Qin Liangyu made Fei Ruhui extremely excited, just like the feeling that fans are about to meet their idol.

The boat was loaded with 300 shi of grain and 50 jugs of good wine, and the speed was extremely fast at the beginning. After arriving at Xiling Gorge, the channel is tortuous, there are many strange rocks, and there are many beaches and rapids. It requires an old helmsman to lead the way, and a tracker must be towed at the key points.

If you don't pay attention, the boat will be destroyed and people will die.

Listening to the chant of the trackers on the shore, Xu Nianzu stood on the bow of the boat and said, "Battlemaster Fei, you have to be a little more reserved when you see that General Qin."

"I know," Fei Ruhui said with a smile, "Public is public, private is private, the reason is simple."

"That's good." Xu Nianzu smiled.

After several years in the army, Fei Ruhui's appearance plummeted. Darker, stronger, rougher skin, and callused hands.

Her husband is now the county magistrate of Shimen. The couple get together less often and leave more, and they only have one son.

If it hadn't been for the delay of more than a year in giving birth, Fei Ruhui would have already become the regiment commander (commanding troops 1500) with his military experience.

When the boat arrived at Kuizhou's mansion, there was a loud cry of killing from the other side, but it was Zhang Xianzhong who was besieging Kuizhou city.

Zhang Xianzhong has captured the Nanyang Basin and recruited refugees to cultivate it. Although there was a drought, it was not serious. He didn't need to help the victims, and he didn't need to show compassion to the people.

This is equivalent to saying that both Zhao Han and Zhang Xianzhong are attacking Sichuan.

Zhao Han expanded on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Zhang Xianzhong expanded on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Relatively speaking, Zhao Han was at a disadvantage. Wushan, Fengjie, Kuizhou, Yunyang, Wanxian, Zhongxian, and Fengdu, the throats of Sichuan, were all built on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Zhao Han didn't even have a stronghold to garrison troops, so he had to build a village on the deserted beach, otherwise he would have to go to the cities on the north bank.

All the way to Yunyang, Xu Nianzu looked at the terrain on both sides of the strait, and said to Fei Ruhui: "On the other side of Qutang Gorge, you can station troops and food at Daxikou (market town). After passing Qutang Gorge, Yunyang County must take it, absolutely not Leave it to Zhang Xianzhong. If Zhang Xianzhong takes Yunyang, he must quickly send troops to take Wanxian, otherwise our army will not be able to find a foothold in Sichuan, and the logistics transportation pressure will double."

Fei Ruhui said: "It's already winter, and Zhang Xianzhong is still here to attack Kuizhou. He is sure to win Sichuan. If our army takes Yunyang or Wanxian, we must fight Zhang Xianzhong."

"Sooner or later, we will fight. The land of abundance in Sichuan, how can it easily fall into the hands of bandits?" Xu Nianzu actually had some slander, thinking that Zhao Han was too benevolent.

According to Xu Nianzu's idea, the army should be expanded to ten divisions this year. Or the regular army will remain as it is, and recruit 100,000 peasants and soldiers to fight, quickly penetrate Shandong, and take Beijing next year.

Break through Beijing, destroy the Ming Dynasty, ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor, and the world can be settled!

As for the livelihood of the people within the jurisdiction, it will be restored slowly after the reunification. The victims of disasters in Shandong and Henan, and even the refugees from the Jianghuai River, can be left to fend for themselves. If the people there die, they will slowly migrate from the south in the future.

Occupy Beijing as soon as possible, and destroy Li Zicheng and the Tartars as soon as possible. This is also the means of Zebei common people.

If Li Zicheng and Man Qing were allowed to dance around for two more years, wouldn't there be more deaths?

Zhao Han's answer was: "Slowly expand and take into account internal affairs. First, if you don't destroy people's livelihood, the area under your jurisdiction will prosper; second, you can practice the theory of Datong and twist people's hearts into one rope; third, you can promote officials quickly, reduce corruption, and maintain the status quo. The officials are enthusiastic; four can avoid new land occupation uprisings, what does it look like if there are people under our rule? Five can prosper industry and commerce, organize immigrants and resettle refugees need a lot of supplies, these are the government buys from businessmen. The businessmen make money, the government’s There will be more taxes. Immigrants and displaced persons can live in peace, and can generate new tax sources. The sooner this kind of thing is done, the better.”

Xu Fusheng could understand Zhao Han's explanation, but he didn't agree with it from the bottom of his heart. He still felt that the world should be pacified as soon as possible.

At the end of November, the fleet turned into the Long River on the other side of Fengdu County, and stopped at Nanbinli (Longhe Town, Fengdu County) along the river.

Most of the town's residents are Han people. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was Nanbin County, but now it is the official office of Shijie Xuanweisi.

A young man came on horseback, followed by more than a dozen soldiers, rushed to the river and shouted, "Who are you waiting for?"

Xu Nianzu and Fei Ruhui led the troops off the boat, and the young men were more vigilant, holding white guns and ready to attack at any time.

Xu Nianzu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I am the envoy of the King of Wu, and I have come to visit Madam Qin and General Ma by order of the King of Wu."

"Which king of Wu?" the young man asked suspiciously.

Xu Nianzu smiled and asked, "Have you ever heard of King Zhao?"

The youth suddenly changed color: "You are Zhao's thief!"

"Your Majesty has canonized Zhao Tianwang as the King of Wu," Xu Nianzu said, turning around, "a gift!"

This time a total of six ships came, and the tonnage was not large, mainly because they were afraid of the hidden reefs of the Three Gorges.

Loads of grain and jars of good wine were moved to the shore one after another.

He stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling face, not to mention that he sent a meeting gift, the young man finally softened his face: "I have been dismounted for ten thousand years, and I don't know your name?"

"So it's Madam Qin's grandson," Xu Nianzu cupped his hands, "I'm Xu Nianzu, this is General Fei Ruhui Fei."

Ma Wannian looked at Fei Ruhui and asked in surprise, "Zhao...there are female generals in the Heavenly King's army?"

Xu Nianzu pointed to the soldiers behind him and said, "These are General Fei's soldiers."

Fei Ruhui brought a total of 100 soldiers, 60 melee soldiers, 40 firearms, all armor, and a clean-up of the army.

Ma Wannian nodded in praise and said, "Good soldiers! I'll take you to rest first. If there is anything important, I will see my grandmother and father tomorrow."

Due to the unknown situation, Ma Wannian did not accept the gift, but he did not reject it directly either.

He asked people to move the grain and fine wine to a storeroom and asked Fei Ruhui's soldiers to guard them, then rushed to the back house to meet Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin.

Qin Liangyu is sixty-six years old this year, and has no official position. The imperial court conferred the title of "Second Rank Madam".

Her son, Ma Xianglin, is the serious Shi Jie Consolation Envoy (from the second rank), and he is also named General Hussars.

Ma Xianglin is good at literature and martial arts, wears silver armor and rides a white horse. He is nicknamed "Zhao Zilong" and "Little Ma Chao". During the bloody battle of Hunhe, Ma Xianglin was shot blind in one eye, and he drew his arrows to kill the enemy as before, so he was also called "one-eyed horse".

"Grandmother, father, that guy brought a lot of food and fine wine," Ma Wannian said, "It seems that there is no malice."

Ma Xianglin said: "It's nothing more than courtesy first and then soldiers. Bandit Zhao is coming to beat Shi Jie."

Qin Liangyu asked: "He really said that His Majesty canonized Zhao Han as King of Wu?"

"It's true, but I don't know if it's true or not. By the way," Ma Wannian took out a copy of "Da Tong Ji", "The man asked me to pass this book on to my grandmother."

Qin Liangyu took over and read it carefully, and Ma Xianglin and Ma Wannian didn't dare to disturb him.

Qin Liangyu is not only a Han Chinese, but also the daughter of Gongsheng. She has been studying and practicing martial arts since she was a child. Of course she can understand "Datong Ji".

Shi Jie's white pole soldiers numbered more than 40,000 at their peak.

Fighting wars is about the economy, and training troops also requires money and food.

When Qin Liangyu first married Shi Jie, her father-in-law and her husband were extorted by the eunuch for one hundred thousand taels of silver. One chieftain couldn't get out one hundred thousand taels of silver, so he went to jail for it. How did more than 40,000 white soldiers be trained?

Everyone knows that Qin Liangyu is good at fighting, but few people know that she is a master of internal affairs.

She brought advanced farming techniques and even corn seeds to minority areas. I know that in rainy years, I don't want to grow corn for the time being, but instead grow sorghum and other crops.

She also lightly corvees and pays lightly, exempts a large amount of corvee, and exempts exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes.

For decades, the harvest in Shijie has been bumper year after year, so the local people are willing to fight for the chieftain.

Qin Liangyu, who is good at internal affairs, can understand "Datong Collection", not only literally!

Within an hour and a half, Qin Liangyu read "The Collection of Great Harmony" twice, and finally sighed: "This man will surely take over the world, and the Ming Dynasty will perish."

Ma Xianglin said: "But Daming is not yet dead, do you really want to take refuge? Ma's family has been favored by the court, how can he be that unfaithful and unrighteous generation!"

"We'll talk about it after meeting the envoy first." Qin Liangyu didn't express his attitude.

The entire Shijie, due to Qin Liangyu's development of people's livelihood, has a population of nearly 300,000.

But there were only 20,000 white soldiers left. If Zhao Han hadn't brought about a change in the situation, these white soldiers would have been wiped out this year.

That night, Qin Liangyu hosted a banquet in hospitality.

Seeing Fei Ruhui, Qin Liangyu was quite surprised: "Your army also has female generals?"

Fei Ruhui replied with a smile: "Under Governor Zhao, men and women are equal, regardless of high or low. Not only female generals, but also female magistrates. There are girls' schools in various places, where girls can be teachers, and girls can also read and write. Today Not only girls' schools, but also elementary schools all over the country, there are many female students."

"What is elementary school?" Qin Liangyu was quite interested.

Xu Nianzu explained: "All counties, villages, and towns have elementary schools. Both boys and girls have to study for three years. The content learned is more advanced than Mongolian learning. The purpose is to let children be able to write and count. Some girls graduate from elementary school. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he passed the exam and became a primary school teacher."

Qin Liangyu nodded approvingly: "This is good governance. Zhao Tianwang advocates equality between men and women, so it can be seen that he is a true hero."

"It's not just a real hero," Xu Nianzu said with emotion, "Dudu Zhao decided to become the king next spring. When he learned of the disaster in Shandong, he didn't do the ceremony of being king, and all the money and food saved were sent to Shandong to help the victims."

"Your Majesty really canonized King Wu." Ma Xianglin interjected.

Xu Nianzu said: "Your Majesty not only canonized the king of Wu, but also asked Gu to pass on the country. The prince and princess are all in Nanjing now, and they were sent by His Majesty secretly."

"The prince and princess are all in Nanjing?" Qin Liangyu asked in surprise.

Xu Nianzu nodded and said: "Henan and Shanxi are all occupied by bandits. The Mandarin slaves have attacked Shanhaiguan, Zuo Liangyu in Shandong has become a warlord, and Beizhili is surrounded by groups. Your Majesty has the will to die and is determined to die for the country. Therefore, the prince The princess is sent to Nanjing."

Qin Liangyu was beyond shocked.

She knew that the situation was declining, but she didn't expect the decline to be serious.

Sichuan was already closed, and Shi Jie was even more closed. Even "Datong Collection" was not transmitted.

The connection between the imperial court and Sichuan has long been broken!

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