The weather was bitingly cold.
Just last night the first snow of this winter fell.
After one night, the streets and alleys of Beijing were covered with ice and snow.
Whether it is the mansions of princes and powerful people or the small courtyard houses in ordinary alleys and alleys, they are all covered in silver.
Rich families burned charcoal pots, while poor families could only collect dry firewood to burn for warmth.
No matter how hard life is, it has to go on.
Even the flag soldiers complained repeatedly.
At this time last year, we had already distributed rice, noodles, wine and meat for everyone to spend the winter.
But this year it has been delayed again and again.
That's fine, but since last month, even the monthly salary has been in arrears.
It is natural for soldiers to eat food.
The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.
If it weren't for the hard-core crops, who would be willing to sacrifice their lives on the battlefield?
Now this hardcore crop is gone, and it is not treated the same as the green camp soldiers.
If that were the case, everyone would be nothing but soldiers.
But no one dared to cause trouble at this juncture.
After all, Prince Su Hauge rebelled not long ago, and the regent mobilized all the forces in the capital to put down the rebellion.
Now that people are angry, anyone who makes trouble at this juncture is really seeking death.
We have no choice but to grit our teeth and tighten our belts to get through this cold winter.
After winter is over, the court should allocate some grain and rice, right?
Fortunately, they had more or less food stored at home, so it would not be a problem to survive the winter.
At this moment, in the palace of Prince Rui, the regent Dorgon was equally worried.
What worried him was not only the shortage of food in the capital, but also the reports from Shaanxi.
This is the third time Azig has urged Dorgon to allocate grain.
The whole world is asking for food.
Why don’t you think of a solution on your own?
Dorgon is not a god, so how can he get everything done?
In the past, the reason why Dorgon was able to respond to requests was because Zheng Zhilong was there.
Now that Zheng Zhilong himself is finished, how could he care about Dorgon.
Now Dorgon's hopes are pinned on the potatoes mentioned by Fan Wencheng.
I don’t know if this legendary cold-resistant and drought-tolerant crop with extremely high yield per acre is really that magical.
According to Fan Wencheng, the detailed work arranged in Shandong will start soon.
Hope there will be a good result.
But distant water cannot quench near thirst.
Even if potatoes are really as magical as the legend says, it will be next year until they are sown and harvested.
Dorgon's top priority now is to get through this winter first.
He purchased a batch of grain through Shanxi merchants.
Although the quantity was not large, it was barely enough for the Azige tribe to survive the winter.
As for Dorgon himself, the capital still has some food reserves, so he should be able to survive.
In order to survive the difficulties, Dorgon had ordered the bannermen of the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners to pay and hand over grain.
This led to great dissatisfaction among the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners.
Although they did not say it openly, they secretly criticized Dorgon.
Dorgon knew this very well.
But there is no other way.
The interests of the Eight Banners need to be protected first.
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The green battalion soldiers were so poor that they couldn't squeeze out any profit, so they had no choice but to attack the Han-Mongolian Eight Banners.
If you are poor, you will want to change.
Dorgon was about to write an edict, ordering North Korea to immediately raise grain and transport it to Liaodong, and then transfer the grain from Shenyang to the capital.
Although North Korea is also very poor, it is at least better than the Tatars.
These grassland talents are really poor and have nothing to gain.
As for North Korea, you can squeeze out something if you squeeze.
As the new year approaches, Zhu Cixi finally gets some good news.
Yuan Jixian has captured Guangzhou, captured Ding Kuichu, and will escort him to Beijing soon.
As for Fujian, Zheng Zhilong gave up all important supplies and took the initiative to escape by sea.
It is definitely impossible to catch up, but the firearms left by Zheng Zhilong can be used to equip the Ming army, which is also good news.
Now only Guangxi is still resisting.
King Gui probably also knew the consequences of resisting the imperial court, so he defended desperately.
Zhu Cixi hoped that the rebellion would be put down as soon as possible.
Once you get rid of this worry, you can go on the Northern Expedition without any worries.
Otherwise, you will always feel like there is something stuck in your throat, and nothing you do will feel good.
As for Zheng Zhilong's escape at sea, Zhu Cixiang was not very worried.
Without the foundation, this guy can't make any big waves.
It was only after the imperial court had dealt with the Manchus that they could free up their hands to completely cut them off.
After the recovery of Fujian, the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Zheng Zhilong lost contact.
Without food supplies, their life would probably be difficult.
For Ming Dynasty, it had the right time, place and people.
It would be unjustifiable if it could not defeat the enemy at one fell swoop.
Zhu Cihong decided to wait until spring to launch the Northern Expedition.
It's really not appropriate to start a war in this icy and snowy environment.
Just when Zhu Cixiang was in a good mood and ready to leave the palace for a walk, suddenly the cabinet sent an urgent message.
Zhu Cixiang didn't dare to delay and quickly opened it to take a look.
But I saw that it was a memorial written by Wen'an, the governor of Sichuan.
The content of the memorial is very simple, it is about sacrificing the remnants of thieves.
After the deaths of Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi fled to Jianchang and continued to resist.
Wen Anzhi repeatedly beat and tested them, but they did not waver.
This time, their attitude suddenly changed and they took the initiative to ask for surrender from the Ming Dynasty.
They sent people to Chengdu to submit a surrender statement to Wen Anzhi.
Wen Anzhi did not dare to make a decision, so he wrote a memorial asking the emperor for his opinion.
Zhu Cixiang couldn't calm down for a long time after seeing this memorial.
Li Dingguo has always been a famous general in his mind.
It would be a pity not to have such a famous general in his pocket.
Now Li Dingguo actually asked to surrender.
Although I don’t know if he is sincere, it is definitely good news for Zhu Cixiang.
Perhaps Li Dingguo had really reached an unsustainable point and had no other way out than surrendering to the imperial court.
Zhu Cixiang picked up the ink pen without hesitation and wrote the exact words on the memorial.
After approving the memorial, Zhu Cihong ordered someone to draft a central edict, clearly expressing his thoughts to Wen An.
If Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi can be conquered this time, there will be no hidden dangers in the southwest.
Zheng Chenggong looked at the extremely luxurious Zheng family's mansion and felt extremely sad.
Just ten years ago, the Zheng family were loyal ministers of the imperial court, but now they are traitors that His Majesty wants to suppress.
What an irony.
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Everything seemed like a dream.
Now that he woke up from the dream, everything Zheng Chenggong once cherished was gone.
Fortunately, he chose the right path, and the Zheng family still has seeds.
But the more this happened, the more Zheng Chenggong felt the heavy burden on his shoulders weighing him down.
He cannot make mistakes, and he must not make mistakes again.
If he makes another mistake, the Zheng family will really be doomed.
"Search it" Zheng Chenggong waved his hands and sighed.
He knew that after this order was issued, all the foundation his father had created would be in vain, and the future of the Zheng family would all depend on him
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