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Chapter 242: Food Shortage


Wu Yizi was born, called Shuoqing, a native of Wujiang, and a Jinshi of Chongzhen for 16 years.The sixteenth year of Chongzhen is the year of life and death of Chongzhen Dynasty, and after this year, it will be the Jiashen National Change.In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Tingjian was on the list, admitting two hundred and five people, and these Jinshi faced the collapse of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Shun army occupied Beijing, and the Qing army also made a different choice when they entered the customs.Chen Mingxia, Song Zhisheng, and Liu Zhaoguo took refuge in the Qing court and served the Manchu Qing Dynasty, while Wu Yi, Zhang Jiayu, and Li Changxiang chose to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty and died to resist the Qing army.Soon after Zhao Ming returned to Zhoushan, news came from Chongming that Wu Yi was killed by Fan Wencheng in Nanjing, and before his execution, Wu Yi worshiped Xiaoling and was executed by Ling Chi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.When Zhao Ming heard the news, he was very sad, set up a mourning hall in the army to worship, and ordered the whole army to stay vegetarian for three days.Zhao Ming went north to contain a part of the Qing army, making the Qing army unable to launch a fierce attack on the Ming Dynasty on the frontal battlefield, but the Qing army was still more than enough to encircle and suppress the local rebel army.After the Manchu Qing Dynasty decided to clear the rebel armies in various places, in addition to the suppression of Wu Yijun in Taihu Lake, the three brothers Wang Guangtai of Yunyang, Huguang, in response to the counterattack of Yinxi in Yuezhou, and launched an anti-Qing uprising, which was also suppressed by the Manchu Qing, and Wang Guangtai led the remnants of the army to flee into the Kuidong area.In addition, He Zhen, Sun Shoufa and others in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, led the anti-Qing rebel army, but were also defeated by the Qing army, Sun Shoufa was ambushed by the Qing army, pacified Guanzhong and Hanzhong, He Zhen led the remnants of the army, and also entered the Kuidong area.If according to the historical development, there are still a few Shun people, after the failure of the anti-Qing struggle, transferred to Kuidong, the formation of more than 10 large and small rebel armies, is the later famous Kuidong thirteen.In July of the third year of Longwu, in the Manchu control area, except for the activities of the rebel army supported by Zhao Ming in Shandong, Liaodong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang coasts, the rebel army in the area under its control, which fought alone and lacked the support of the official army, was either exterminated or drilled into a ravine and temporarily dormant.Although the eastern coast of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now unstable, with the implementation of the policy of banning the sea, and the Manchu economy does not rely on the sea and does not encourage commerce, the handicraft workshops in Jiangnan quickly went bankrupt, the commodity economy was destroyed, and most of the cotton fields and mulberry fields in Jiangnan and Henan were converted to grain planting, and the grain in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was gradually sufficient, and the strength was bound to increase steadily.After the implementation of the policy of banning the sea, a hundred miles of uninhabited land appeared in the coastal areas, which made it difficult for Zhao Ming to attack the Manchus, and it was impossible to interfere with the vast inland areas controlled by the Manchus.If the areas controlled by the Manchus gradually stabilized, then the vast territory controlled by the Manchus, its manpower and material resources will gradually increase, forming a crushing trend for the Ming Dynasty.This made Zhao Ming a little anxious in his heart, recognized the huge gap between the Ming and Qing dynasties, and put away his contempt for the Manchu Dynasty.In mid-July, Chen Zilong and others, who had disappeared for many days, came to Zhoushan, and Zhao Ming got a lot of talents, and they also brought two pieces of news.First, He Tengjiao recovered Yuezhou, and second, Emperor Longwu finally left Fujing and arrived at Tingzhou Mansion in Fujian, east of Ganzhou.These two news made Zhao Ming feel a little surprised, at this time, the situation of the anti-Qing Dynasty was acceptable, Emperor Longwu to Zheng Zhilong, it can be said that it is still a strange commodity to live in, Zhao Ming felt that if he was Zheng Zhilong, he would definitely not let Emperor Longwu leave Fujing.Now that Emperor Longwu has left Fujing, if Longwu is prosperous in the future, how can Zheng Zhilong have a good life.Zhao Ming didn't understand Zheng Zhilong's thinking, but Zheng Zhilong's thinking was originally strange, if the king of the sea didn't do it, he had to go to the lord of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was reasonable that he didn't understand his thoughts.Compared with Longwu leaving Fujing and moving to Tingzhou, what surprised Zhao Ming even more was that He Tengjiao actually recovered Yuezhou.After all, in history, Longwu left Fujing and went to Tingzhou, but He Tengjiao had almost no such a majestic moment in history.Could it be that He Tengjiao was brave after knowing his shame, and finally understood once, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Ming Army in the East China Sea to contain Duoduo, and rose up once and defeated Yuezhou?

Zhao Ming was puzzled, but He Tengjiao recovered Yuezhou, the gateway to Hunan was recovered, and the situation in Huguang was temporarily worry-free, which is indeed a happy thing.In addition, if Emperor Longwu could leave Fujian, go to Ganzhou, and join the army loyal to him, then the situation in the southwest to resist the Qing Dynasty would inevitably improve in the future, and Zhao Ming would not have to work so hard.Most of the Ming troops in Gannan and Huguang were loyal to Emperor Longwu, and if Longwu could get the allegiance of Shun again, then the army that obeyed Longwu would reach more than 200,000 people.In this way, Longwu went down to Wuchang, Jianling went down, Zhao Mingshi entered the Yangtze River, approached Jinling, Zhu Yihai went north and south from Zhejiang, and the strategy of the three-way people and horses meeting Jinling may be realized.Now the Manchus are intent on restoring the north, establishing a solid rule, and taking advantage of their vast territory and large population to widen the gap with the Ming Dynasty.At this time, Zhao Ming was almost unable to get started in the inland war, so he could only develop his strength first and wait for the opportunity to give the Manchus a fatal blow.On Jintang Island, a large number of people have been transferred, and the island is mainly inhabited by craftsmen, sailors and soldiers.At the foot of Jintang Mountain, the workshop stretches for three or four miles, with more than 800 craftsmen and nearly 10,000 apprentices, working day and night shifts to produce all kinds of equipment, as well as military materials, as well as some shoes, clothes and hats used for trade.At this time, Zhao Ming, Chen Mingyu and others inspected the workshop, and Zhao Ming explained: "This governor is based on the sea, and the warship is the foundation.This time, the fleet sailed for a long time, and many ships were damaged, and the shipyard had to repair the ships as soon as possible.In addition, the gunpowder previously stored has been depleted, and the workshop must make an additional batch of gunpowder as soon as possible. ”Chen Mingyu nodded his head, "The governor went north to Lianghuai and Shandong, and obtained a lot of silver money and materials, including 1.2 million taels of silver in the treasury, 50,000 horses of cloth, 300,000 catties of crude iron, 50,000 catties of salt, and 4,000 cattle.With these captures, repairing warships, and making gunpowder, there is no problem, the only problem is the shortage of food. ”Zhao Ming frowned and said, "Is there a big food gap?"

”Chen Mingyu said: "The governor has obtained 400,000 stone of grain from Lianghuai, and the harvest is actually very rich, but these gains have been consumed by the Shandong righteous people who have been appeased.Under the rule of the Commander of Zhejiang, the original population of 650,000 people was supervised in Lianghuai, Shandong, and more than 600,000 people were appeased, the population doubled, and the food gap doubled. ”Zhao Ming muttered: "What is the situation of Taiwan's reclamation?

There is Taiwan's grain, it should be barely enough!

”Taiwan is rich and has no problem feeding seven or eight million people, but now its population is less than two million, and as long as Taiwan is developed, the food problem should not be big.Ma Shiao said: "Governor, Taiwan is not peaceful now, it has been harassed by the Spanish and natives, and this year's summer harvest is very bleak, and the autumn harvest is estimated to be affected." ”Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows, "There is such a thing!"

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