The gates of Xuzhou were wide open.Azig, dressed in white armor, rode into the city on a healthy horse, and the Qing army behind him entered the city.Outside the city, a large camp of the Qing army was also set up, and the Qing army returning from Jiangbei, as well as the coerced people, hundreds of thousands of people, were all over the city, and the voices of people were noisy.In the palace of the city, Azig took off his helmet, handed it to the guards, and sat on the throne laughing."
Hahaha~" A hearty laugh sounded, and He Luo laughed and said: "Your Majesty, this time the army has been captured, which is enough for the imperial court to spend a year." ”Azig was also satisfied, "The barbarian dog eats the dog, and I just sit and reap the profits." ”The Tanglu dispute lasted for more than two years, and Azig took the opportunity to enter Jiangbei and plunder, entrenched for more than a year.It can be said that in addition to Yangzhou and the area along the river, the remaining state capitals in Jiangbei have been looted by Azig, whether it is a large household or a common people, all have been looted, and almost a grain of grain and a copper plate in the entire Jiangbei have not been left for the Ming army.This time, the Qing army successively took away 560,000 people, and all of them were strong men and women who could work, as well as more than 4 million taels of silver, and more than 200,000 stone of grain, which was indeed rich.This almost surpassed the successive gains of the Qing army during the Huang Taiji period, and became a historical crime.As a result, the Qing army was greatly encouraged and their confidence was doubled.In the lobby, many Qing generals laughed and their morale was high, as if they had regained their former majesty.Sure enough, it is still plunder, which is more suitable for them, and it is also the most popular with the army.Azig looked at the generals of the Qing army, his face showed smugness, and he laughed and said: "Okay, the captured southern barbarians, each army will be divided into one point, and put it on the grange, and there will be no shortage of manpower next year." ”Under the rule of Azig, the Eastern Qing Dynasty had degenerated into a military colonial state, and almost all the land in the Eastern Qing Dynasty was divided up by the Qing army and bureaucrats, and the people in the territory were either tenants in turn or became banner slaves, cultivating fields for them.This restored some combat effectiveness of the Qing army, but it made the finances of the Eastern Qing deteriorate, and it was necessary to plunder the customs from time to time when they were outside the customs in order for the Eastern Qing to survive.Obviously, the Eastern Qing Dynasty is no longer a healthy country, and unless it can continue to plunder other countries, it will collapse itself.However, Azig was very lucky, in the past two years, he first took advantage of the chaos in the Western Qing Dynasty to rob the rich Shanxi, and then took advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty to rob Jiangbei once, so that he could save a little money and no longer be so flustered.Many Qing generals listened to Azig's words and were overjoyed, "Slaves, thank the emperor for Longen!"
”Azig laughed for a while, he was also very happy, with this batch of flag slaves, the grain output of Dongming will definitely increase, and life should be better.After all, Zhou and Ming are already stable, and the year is not good, so it is estimated that it will not be so easy to grab in the future.Azig and the generals laughed for a while before waving, "Okay!
I'm tired, stand down!
”The Qing army general ordered to salute and exit the hall with a smile, but at this time, Azig said in a deep voice: "Fan Wencheng stays!"
”Fan Wencheng, who had just walked to the door, was stunned when he heard the words, so he had to turn around, walk back to the lobby and bow down, "What does the emperor have to tell the slaves?"
”Azig's face was gloomy, and he scolded: "Everyone is happy, just you, a minion, crying and disgusting, what do you mean as a minion?"
”Unlike many Qing generals with high morale, Fan Wencheng is not a brainless martial artist, short-sighted, and only wants to enjoy the pleasure in front of him.In Fan Wencheng's opinion, if this continues, Dongqing actually has no hope, but the worst thing is that although he knows this, he still has to assist Azig and accompany him to die.knows that there is no future, but he still has to assist, no one can know how painful and helpless Fan Wencheng is in his heart.With this mood, Fan Wencheng really couldn't be happy, so he often collapsed with an old face.Azig was very tired of this, and wanted to scold him for a long time."
Your Majesty, now that the internal turmoil in the Southern Dynasty is over, Zhao Zamao has also become the regent.The minions really don't know what to be happy about.Although the emperor plundered countless money and grain from Jiangbei this time, and abducted hundreds of thousands of people, but now the Southern Dynasty is not the Chongzhen Dynasty, and the servants have already seen that Zhao Zamao Xingbing is going north, and he is really not happy!
”Fan Wencheng kowtowed.The muscles on Azig's face twitched, and his eyes breathed fire angrily, as if he wanted to eat people, which frightened Fan Wencheng and kowtowed.However, Azig was speechless for a while, and said in annoyance: "You dog minion, what a disappointment!"
”At the same time that hundreds of thousands of people gathered under the city of Xuzhou, there were also endless tents outside the city of Yangzhou, gathering hundreds of thousands of refugees from Jiangbei.After the Ming army crossed the Yangtze River and entered Jiangbei, the army did not continue to pursue the Qing army, but immediately plunged into the heavy ranks of disaster relief.I have to say that this time, because of the internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, Azig took advantage of the opportunity and caused extremely tragic disasters to the people of Jiangbei.This disaster is completely man-made, and Zhao Ming can't get rid of it, so he must wipe this ass clean.At this time, the regent Zhao Ming, under the escort of nearly 100 cavalry, walked through the tents one after another.Gu Yanwu, a university scholar next to him, said: "Regent, thirty miles along the river, are all refugees, there are four or five hundred thousand people, and most of them are old and weak women and children. ”Zhao Ming glanced at the camp, and sure enough, he saw that most of the people in the camp were old people and children, and few young people were seen.Gu Yanwu explained: "According to the minister's understanding, Azig not only looted Jiangbei this time, but also abducted most of the young men and women. ”Zhao Ming couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he heard this, "This dog Tartar, Lonely will clean him up sooner or later!"
”After Zhao Ming finished scolding, his eyes swept over the tent area where he couldn't see the end, and couldn't help asking, "How to settle the cabinet discussion?"
”Gu Yanwu said: "The population loss of Lianghuai is serious, many prefectures and counties are empty, the fields are barren, and these refugees are mainly old, weak, women and children, so the cabinet is ready to try to resettle on the spot." ”Zhao Ming asked, "Is there enough food?"
What's the difficulty?
”Gu Yanwu said: "The food is enough for the time being, 100,000 stones have been allocated from the military rations, and there will be several batches of grain later, which will be transported from Taiwan."
However, there are several difficulties, one is that many families have lost their prime-age labor, second, there are many orphans and elderly people who have no one to take care of them, and third, there is a lack of clothing and firewood to survive the winter.The Qing army robbed the people of their quilts and cotton clothes. ”"What a wreck a Tartar!"
Zhao Ming exhaled a few turbid breaths, and then said in a deep voice: "Young women, those who can remarry are encouraged to remarry, as for orphans, the lonely king takes the lead in adopting a hundred people, encourages the officers and soldiers in the army to adopt some, and at the same time, the imperial court allocates funds to establish a shelter and adopt orphans and the elderly." ”Gu Yanwu said in a deep voice: "The minister understands. ”Zhao Ming nodded and pondered: "As for heating, what is the opinion of the cabinet?"
”Gu Yanwu said: "There is no reserve of cotton clothes in the treasury of the imperial court, and the cotton clothes stored in the Han Dynasty Mansion before were also sent to the soldiers because of the reorganization of the army.At present, the only way to do this is to collect some old cotton clothes, purchase a batch from a trading company, and then let the refugees cut down wood and chop wood to survive the winter. ”Zhao Ming knows that today's winter is extremely cold and very long, and if you don't get it right, you will freeze to death, and most of the houses in Jiangbei have been destroyed, which requires burning a lot of firewood to keep warm.Hundreds of thousands of people have to cut down the north of the Yangtze River, and the south side of the Yangtze River also needs firewood for heating.Zhao Ming was silent for a moment, "I heard that there are coal mines in Shouxian and Fengyang, and if you look for someone inside, you must vigorously mine it." ”Gu Yanwu exclaimed: "Regent, it's not appropriate to open a mine in Fengyang!"
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