It has been several months since we arrived in Sichuan, and Wen Anzhi has gradually adapted to life here.
In addition to stabilizing Chongqing's defense, Wen'an's faction Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang captured Kuizhou Prefecture.
This move was of great significance in Wen Anzhi's view.
It not only connected Chongqing Prefecture and Kuizhou Prefecture together, giving them greater strategic depth, but also made the entire upper reaches of the Yangtze River relatively safe.
Fengjie was also listed by him as an important city second only to Ba County, and was heavily guarded.
His Majesty entrusted Sichuan affairs to him, so he naturally wanted to do his best, and every step he took was as if he was walking on thin ice in an abyss.
In Wen Anzhi's view, Zhang Xianzhong was not destined to win East Sichuan.
This gave him time to solidify his defense.
On the one hand, Wen Anzhi ordered his soldiers to actively train, and on the other hand, he asked the people to reclaim wasteland and actively restore production.
Sichuan has indeed been too chaotic in recent years.
After Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he fought with the Ming army several times.
The common people were either captured by the Western army to be masters, or were captured by the official army to be auxiliary soldiers, so that the young people suffered serious losses.
The first reaction of the people of this generation in eastern Sichuan when they saw the army was to run away.
They ran to hide in the mountains and waited until the army passed through before coming out to live again.
Wen Anzhi experienced such an embarrassing situation when he led the army to Chongqing Prefecture.
It took him a long time to convince the local people that the army was not trying to capture their young men by force.
Many things are much easier to do when you have trust.
Wen Anzhi had two options.
One was to implement military settlements in eastern Sichuan, which was the military household system implemented by Emperor Taizu when he founded the Ming Dynasty.
This system is conducive to centralized distribution during wartime, but its shortcoming is also obvious, that is, military households do not have much enthusiasm.
Anyway, no matter how much you do, it's the same, so you might as well be lazy and rest.
Another way is Mintun.
There are also two types of civilian villages.
One is to allocate land to the people for farming, but the ownership of the land is still owned by the government.
Every year, the people have to pay a considerable part of the grain to the government.
Another method is to encourage the people to reclaim wasteland.
Naturally, all the reclaimed wasteland belongs to the people.
Wen'an chose to combine the two for implementation.
Among them, reclaimed wasteland accounts for a large proportion, which is conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of farmers.
Even for the prime acres of land allocated to farmers for rent, Wen Anzhi tried his best to reduce rent and interest so that the people could have more food.
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, this is what His Majesty specially told him, and Wen'an will always keep it in mind.
Of course, in addition to farming, Wen Anzhi was also responsible for handling the relationship between the old Ming army and the newly surrendered army.
Some conflicts cannot be easily resolved.
In particular, the prejudice between the official army and the Shun army will not be eliminated for a year or so.
Wen Anzhi's approach was to assign them to different defense areas and try not to let them meet each other.
For example, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi were sent to garrison in Kuizhou Prefecture.
Of course, the best way is to gain trust from both sides by fighting side by side.
This can only wait for Zhang Xianzhong to take the initiative to attack.
For now, the Ming army in eastern Sichuan should stick to its defense and wait until it has sufficient food reserves before cooperating with the chieftain of southern Sichuan and Mu Guogong of Yunnan to launch a pincer attack on Zhang Xianzhong.
Wen Anzhi attached great importance to the formation of the navy.
He established a navy in Tongluoxia, Chongqing and Fengjie, Kuizhou.
The navy is not large in size, but it is very useful.
It is more flexible than the navy of the original Ming army.
In addition to these, the biggest change Wen Anzhi brought to the Ming Army in Eastern Sichuan was probably spiritual.
Before the arrival of Wen'an, the mentality of most soldiers in the Ming army was to muddle along and live as long as they could.
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But after Wen Anzhi came to Sichuan, he instilled in these old army soldiers a set of ideas of the new army, especially the Shence Army.
Strictly speaking, this set of ideas was proposed by the Emperor himself, and Wen Anzhi could understand it because he was a close official of the Emperor.
Matching this set of ideas is naturally a brand-new reward and punishment mechanism.
Wen Anzhi changed the situation in the old army where generals beat and scolded soldiers at every turn and forced them to drink their blood.
Ordinary soldiers gradually realized that under Wen Anzhi's rule, they were no longer the officers' slaves, but living people.
They will also be rewarded if they train and perform well, and the officers are unambiguous when giving rewards.
They felt that they had a head start in life, so they gradually changed their previous lazy style, and the morale of the entire army was lifted.
What made them even more delighted was that the governor introduced an art troupe into the army.
It is said that this artistic troupe was established by His Majesty.
At first, it only performed in the Shence Army, and later other armies followed suit.
But Chuandong Mingjun never imagined that he could wait for this day.
The members of the artistic team were all recruited from the local area in eastern Sichuan.
After being trained by the artistic soldiers brought by the governor from Shandong, they gradually began to rehearse some less difficult plays.
Of course, the plays they rehearse are usually about fighting against the Donglu.
However, in order to adapt to the needs of the situation in Sichuan, the governor also ordered people to start rehearsing some scenes of Zhang Xianzhong's violence and cruelty.
The soldiers watched with gusto, and at the same time their hatred towards the thief also increased unknowingly.
Before, they had only heard that Zhang Xianzhong was cruel, but now after watching several plays with their own eyes, the feeling was completely different.
After dinner, the soldiers would gather together in twos and threes to chat, and life became more interesting.
"I heard that Zhang Xianzhong is a heavenly eunuch, so although he has many wives and concubines, he has never had any children.
I guess God saw that he had done too many evil things and punished him specially."
"Who says otherwise?
People say that offering a thief can prevent children from crying at night."
"After this traitor took Chengdu, he slaughtered all the Prince of Shu's palace.
The whole lineage of the Prince of Shu was slaughtered, how miserable it was."
"However, I heard that the adopted sons of Xian Thief are quite talented.
It would be great if the court can recruit them in the future."
"It's difficult.
The imperial court won't recruit thieves until they die.
Don't forget that the ancestral tombs of the Emperor of Heaven were dug up by thieves."
"So what?
Didn't the intruders force Emperor Lie to death?
Didn't the current Holy One still recruit them?"
"Shh, you have no control over your mouth.
If you lower your voice and let others hear it, I don't know what you will do.
Don't forget, there are many intruders and troubles in our Chongqing government. " The atmosphere suddenly became silent.
After a long time, one of them got up and patted his butt: "What are you talking about?
Let's watch our show and go to bed early after watching it.
We still have to practice tomorrow morning."
"Yes, you should go back and rest early.
Now the governor has ordered that you perform exercises every three days.
If you don't get enough rest, you really can't hold on
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