Chapter 161: The Two Parties Meeting Face to Face (I)
60, 80 and 100.
Huo Chong finally determined the strategic evaluation criteria for dealing with Yongzheng's recent encirclement and suppression. A score of 60 is considered a pass. The pass line is for areas where there is a high probability of a tug-of-war with the enemy in the future, and the Qing army has a dominant position.
In such areas, the autumn harvest had to be completed this year and the grain had to be stored in each household. As long as the people had a good harvest, Huo Chong could forcibly collect grain during the war to maintain the food supply for the troops for a long time.
The area with 80 points completed is the area where the enemy can only enter briefly, and Huo Chong will dominate for a long time. This area must not only complete the autumn harvest, but also complete a certain amount of storage, so that Huo Chong can directly obtain food supplies from the storage area when fighting.
The area that was completed to 100 points was naturally the area completely controlled by Huo Chong. There was no possibility of the Qing army attacking this area, and in theory it should become a strong rear area to provide Huo Chong with food, equipment, and supplies.
The headquarters divided the current control areas according to the new standards proposed by Huo Chong, and found that there was no area that could reach 100 points. Most of the areas controlled by Huo Chong seemed to be between 60 and 80 points, and it was difficult to even reach 80 points.
After considering the map, the headquarters found that the area that could achieve 100 points was not the Yimeng Mountains, but the Jiaodong Peninsula. As long as the passage to the west was blocked, the Jiaodong Peninsula would only have to face the sea. The Qing Dynasty's maritime strength was extremely weak.
The young man was struggling to figure out the details, while Huo Chong started reading the new report sent by Lei Hu.
These guys were assigned to take charge of Mouping County, and he made a big deal. The beginning of the report clearly stated that Lei Hu publicly executed more than a hundred people in Mouping County.
Since the war was over, the troops needed to rest. Huo Chong thought that locking the troops in the barracks was a solution. However, it seemed too detached from the masses. If he wanted to build a people's army, the army had to interact with the people to a certain extent.
Especially at this moment, what the people need is to build trust in Huo Chong. Compared with violent intimidation, making people believe that the army and people of the Han government are one family should be more effective in gaining support.
Therefore, the troops were sent to the grassroots level to participate in the popularization of technology. Doing so would be risky. If the enemy launched an attack, it was possible that the troops dispersed into small teams would suffer losses.
In fact, it really happened. Huo Chong sent troops to Mouping County, and the gentry who had previously had a grudge against Huo Chong became desperate and attacked Huo Chong's troops.
In other areas, Huo Chong was relatively restrained in killing people, trying his best not to disturb the local area. The gentry in Mouping County had a feud with Huo Chong long ago, and this was completely open.
Lei Hu did not hesitate to severely punish the main culprit and publicly explained the reasons why he should be severely punished.
Huo Chong was very satisfied with the notice of execution. This scholar was also very good at writing vernacular Chinese. The accents of Hebei, Shandong and Henan were only different in tone, but the pronunciation and words were very universal. This article can be said to be flawless.
In the announcement, Lei Hu first clearly told the people that Huo Chong had always had fierce conflicts with these people.
Before Yongzheng tried to murder Huo Chong, the gentry of Mouping County had tried to kill Huo Chong through the government several times, but they failed. Huo Chong acted uprightly and broke the conspiracy of these gentry.
Now that Huo Chong was in rebellion, this group of people led their men to attack him with knives and guns.
Huo Chong wanted to kill these people. There were two reasons. The first was that they wanted to kill Huo Chong, and it was natural that they were killed when they failed to kill him. The second was why he killed them after catching them instead of locking them up. This was because if Huo Chong did not kill them, people would only look down on him.
So even though Huo Chong had a kind heart, he couldn't do anything about it. These people deserved it.
Huo Chong praised this very much. Propaganda should be understood by everyone. Ordinary people can fully understand Lei Hu's propaganda, which is good propaganda.
If you choose to be an enemy of Huo Chong, you will die.
If you choose to remain neutral and acknowledge Huo Chong's rule, your life will not get worse.
As long as such impressions and reality can be implemented and deeply rooted in people's hearts, Huo Chong believes that the highest goal of propaganda at this stage has been achieved.
Huo Chong knew this very well, so he emphasized it at the meeting. To achieve such a goal, propaganda and killing alone would be useless. The seed blessing platform must be used to ensure that the grain can be harvested safely this time.
Only when the people can truly benefit can they trust Huo Chong and the platform. I believe that as long as Huo Chong and the platform do not fall, such days can continue.
While Huo Chong was working hard to achieve his goal, the plan to destroy Huo Chong was also being implemented.
Yongzheng's plan was to mobilize the remaining troops of Shandong and the Green Camp from Henan and Zhejiang to form an army. Huo Chong did not expect that these Green Camp soldiers were only fighting in the front, and the Eight Banners Army was supervising them from behind.
At this time, Henan Governor Tian Wenjing was in Henan ordering the mobilization of the Green Camp. Henan is located to the west of Shandong, so it is very convenient to mobilize troops to fight in Shandong. As the highest local official, even the generals have to be controlled by the governor. Therefore, official documents were constantly sent to Tian Wenjing, asking him to make a decision.
The officials were silent and followed Tian Wenjing's lead. He looked completely different from the 40-something man in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty". Tian Wenjing's eyebrows and beard were all gray . In the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign, Tian Wenjing was already 65 years old, not a young man at all.
Although the old man was old and had difficulty in moving, he showed a wonderful spirit in his expression. People say that power is a man's aphrodisiac. At this time, Mr. Tian obviously had enough medicine and the effect was extremely powerful.
Compared to the energetic and fully-staffed Lord Tian, his subordinates were so cautious that they seemed to be in a state of depression. It was obvious that no one liked Tian Wenjing. Similarly, no one dared to go against Tian Wenjing's wishes. Recent events really made Henan officials unwilling to be the first to speak out, and even unwilling to talk to Tian Wenjing.
Li Fu and Xie Jishi, one was the governor of Zhili, the other was the censor of Zhejiang. One was a well-known virtuous man, the other was the son of Xie Cilü, who had just committed suicide before being captured. They were not easy to bring down, but they fell because of impeaching Tian Wenjing.
Compared to the governor of Zhili, the fall of the censor Xie Jishi shocked the officials even more. The censor's accusation was impeachment, and it was the censor's power to report rumors. It was not a problem for the censors to make groundless accusations, at most the emperor simply did not believe what the censors wrote in their memorials.
The censor who was specialized in impeaching people impeached Tian Wenjing, but he was the one who was imprisoned. Who else in the world could touch Tian Wenjing except the emperor?
Faced with Yongzheng's support, Tian Wenjing immediately submitted a memorial, stating that in the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign, Henan would definitely be able to fully implement the land tax system. If anyone opposed, Tian Wenjing would risk everything to carry it out.
After the memorial was submitted, Yongzheng wrote a comment in a nonchalant tone: I understand.
These three words scared the people in the officialdom.
