At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chongming Island was not a whole piece, there were seven or eight sandbars of all sizes.In 696 A.D., the first year of Tang Long Live Tongtian, there were people living on the sandbank, soon the Tang Dynasty set up a town in the sandbank, named Chongming, and then Chongming sandbar after hundreds of years of development, the sandbar area increased, the population gradually increased, and finally the county was set up in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the world was turbulent, but the south of the Yangtze River was peaceful, the economy was prosperous, and Chongming was also fully developed, with a population of two or three hundred thousand.When the Qing army went south, Zhu Chaoyuan, the king of Yiyang of the Ming Dynasty, was entrenched in the Chongming sandbank under the support of the righteous army, claiming to have 100,000 people, but was soon defeated by the Qing army, Zhu Chaoqian fled to Fujian, and Chongming was occupied by the Qing army and was greatly damaged.After the Qing army occupied this place, because it was inconvenient to manage, the cavalry could not go directly to the island, and they were worried that the restoration forces would regain this place, so Chongming was cleaned, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of Chongming and the abandonment of the fields.Now it is February, when the spring ploughing, after Zhao Ming landed on the island, he did not evacuate immediately, but organized the people to set up tents to reclaim wasteland, and at the same time inquired about the news of Jiangnan and Zhejiang.February is the third month of the solar calendar, and it is the season for sowing.Zhao Ming was already short of food, and if he missed farming, he would have to wait for a few months, and more than 100,000 people consumed a lot every month, and if they were harvested one day late, there might be a famine.Therefore, after Zhao Ming came to the island, he immediately organized the people to carry out reclamation, and the army was also invested in it, and Li Chengdong's people were also brought to work together.In this regard, Li Chengdong was quite dissatisfied, he was anxious to leave Chongming to go to Zhejiang and Fujian, but Zhao Ming didn't leave, and he had no choice but to let people help, hoping that Zhao Ming would finish as soon as possible.At this time, Zhao Ming rode a horse to inspect Chongming, and observed the county seat, the city wall is very low, if the Qing army lands on the island, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on.Zhao Ming regarded Chongming as his base, but Chongming was too far away from Zhoushan and close to the Qing army, and if it was attacked, it would definitely not be supported in a short time, so Chongming needed to be able to hold on until Zhao Ming rushed over from Zhoushan.Zhao Ming looked at the city wall, it must be difficult to hold on, so he said to Xia Wanchun: "Xiao Yin, with Chongming in hand, the general will be able to re-enter the Yangtze River at any time and threaten Nanjing."
If the Qing army attacked Zhejiang, it would have been able to enter the Yangtze River, the Qing army would have been able to enter the Yangtze River if it had attacked Fujian, and the Qing army would have been able to enter the Yangtze River.With this place in hand, the Qing army will not be at peace, I expect that the Qing army will attack and try to recapture this place, so I am going to build a city here, what do you think?
”Zhao Ming wanted to build a fortress on the sandbar near Chongming, if the Qing army attacked the island, the army and the people would retreat to the fortress, and then ask Zhoushan for help, Zhao Ming would lead the sailors to come, and the Qing army on the shore would be attacked by the enemy on their backs, lose support, and would inevitably be defeated.Xia Wanchun said with a smile: "The general occupies Chongming, and the northern captives are like mangs on his back, so he must hate the general deeply!"
”According to Zhao Ming's thoughts, whenever the Qing army fought, Zhao Ming would enter Nanjing like this time, and Duoduo and even the entire Manchu court might be annoyed to death by Zhao Ming.Zhao Ming smiled and said: "To be a general is to make the enemy hate, to do things that make them unhappy, and to make Jiannu hate, it means that my strategy is useful." ”Xia Wanchun said: "Xia Guan thinks that the general's policy can be implemented, at least 100,000 Qing troops can be contained, but the cost of building a fort is very high, and stones and wood are needed, Chongming is a sandbar, the materials are not expected, and the people have not yet been settled, I am afraid that in a short time, I will not be able to build a fortress." ”Zhao Ming was stunned when he heard this, was silent for a moment, nodded, and had to admit that what Xia Wanchun said was the truth.Zhao Ming exhaled, shifted the topic to the resettlement of the military and civilians, and asked, "How about the resettlement of the people?"
”Xia Wanchun was actually not Zhao Ming's subordinate, he was a central official, but Zhao Ming treated him as a subordinate and was ready to keep him by his side.Xia Wanchun replied: "Chongming is located on the front line, and the lower officials suggested that the army and civilians should be resettled in the situation of the guard, and all the strong men should be organized into a tun army, allocate land, and garrison various sandbanks. ”Zhao Ming frowned slightly, "The army of the guard is erosive, it is difficult to have combat power, is it inappropriate to organize it as a guard station?"
”Xia Wanchun said: "There are many reasons for the corruption of the guard, and in the early years, the Daming guard was not without combat power.If the general wants to recruit troops, he needs a lot of money and food to raise the troops, and at the same time he needs a large number of people to farm, which is difficult to achieve at the moment, so it is better to organize it into a tun army first!
”Zhao Ming thought for a moment, and knew that Xia Wanchun was right, Chongming was on the front line, and it was best for all the people on the island to be soldiers.Zhao Ming is based on the island, which is different from the land, and perhaps should adopt a different set of systems and strategies."
Xiao Yin is right!"
Zhao Ming nodded, and then pulled out the horse and said, "Just settle it according to the guard." ”When the next group of people left the city and went to the resettlement site, Xia Wanchun walked to the side and said: "On the various sandbanks in Chongming, the original population, regardless of the moment, the more than 100,000 people who followed us have been divided into several shares and placed on various nearby sandbanks, and at that time, each sandbank can set up a thousand households to manage the tuntian and the training of the tun army. ”Zhao Ming nodded and asked, "For Tuntian, is there enough land on the sandbank?"
”Xia Wanchun said: "There is a lot of land on Chongming Island, but the terrain is low, and most of it cannot be cultivated!"
”Zhao Ming couldn't help asking, "Why?"
”Xia Wanchun said: "The sandbar is located in the middle of the river, and if the river rises, as long as the fields are submerged for a few days, there will be no harvest.Therefore, there is not much land suitable for farming, and it is all cultivated by local people. ”While speaking, Zhao Ming and his entourage have come to the edge of the sandbar, the entire sandbar is flat, the terrain is very low, and if there is a little water, a large area will be flooded.In early spring, the upstream rainfall is scarce, and large sandbars are exposed, but once the water is sent upstream, the area of the sandbar may be reduced by half.Zhao Ming frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Can you take advantage of the bare Shazhou to build an earthen embankment and enclose the sandbar." ”The mouth of the Yangtze River is wide, the flood peak from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is raised by one or two feet at most, the earth embankment does not need to be repaired too high, the amount of work is not large, the flood peak is generally only a few days, and the normal water level will be restored after the pass, as long as the earth embankment is blocked for a few days, the crops will not be flooded, and a large sandbar can be used.Xia Wanchun thought about it for a while, and then said: "This method is feasible, but it needs to be hurried, and a large number of people are needed. ”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "I will let the army work together, and strive to pile out the earthen embankment as soon as possible, so as not to affect the spring ploughing!"
”Xia Wanchun immediately smiled and said, "It's best to move all the residents on Chongming Island away." ”Zhao Ming nodded, "Just according to Xiao Yin's words!"
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