The Ming Dynasty was large enough and had a large population.Presumably, Britain and Germany and other Western countries, Zhao Ming thought that with the advantage of the Ming Dynasty, it was completely possible to develop by land and sea at the same time.Therefore, when commerce was encouraged in the south, Zhao Ming decided to encourage the cultivation of large estates and farms in the north.By planting estates all over the north, Zhao Mingneng united the army, as well as the gentry and Dajia in the south, around him.As long as the army, this gun, as well as the Jiangnan gentry, businessmen, and money bags are controlled in their hands, Zhao Ming's position will be as stable as Mount Tai, and no one can shake it.Of course, for the people in the north, as well as the banner slaves who have been enslaved by the Manchu Qing for many years, Zhao Ming will also give preferential treatment.Although Zhao Ming did not allocate them land, but let them change from banner slaves to tenants of the farm, but because the farm has a share of the imperial court, Zhao Ming will formulate regulations to protect the interests of the tenants and improve their situation.First of all, the flag slaves farmed for the Manchu Qing Dynasty and had no income at all, while for the farm, the farm would pay them.Secondly, the flag slaves had no personal freedom or dignity at all, and the flag people beat and scolded and even killed people at will, while the farm tenants voluntarily signed contracts with the farm, not sold themselves into slavery.Although he didn't get the land, his past situation with the flag slave was already a world of difference, and the people of Huaibei were grateful to Zhao Ming.In this way, Zhao Ming's strategy made the army excited, the gentry and merchants returned to their hearts, and the people were also grateful, which can be described as a three-bird strategy for a while.Zhao Ming was busy with these, and Xuzhou had been captured for more than a month.In this month, Zhao Ming not only dealt with the prisoners, surrendered the army, and the land of Huaibei, but also secretly summoned many ministers from Jiangnan, and mobilized a large number of ordnance, grain and grass to Xuzhou to reserve, and left the scholar Chen Mingyu to sit in Yangzhou.After finishing these, Zhao Ming was ready to continue the northern expedition.In the city of Xuzhou, in the festival hall.Hu Weizong said gloomily: "Your Highness, are you still preparing for the northern expedition?"
”Zhao Ming bowed slightly: "Alone in Xuzhou, they don't dare to launch at all!"
”Hu Weizong thought about it and understood that Zhao Ming wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, so he nodded slightly, "That's true!"
But is it too risky?
”Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Lone has been arranged, this matter is both a danger and an opportunity." ”Hu Weizong saw that Zhao Ming had made up his mind, so he could only bow down and withdraw from the festival.At the end of March, after Zhao Ming stopped in Xuzhou for many days, he left his henchman Wang Yi to lead an army of 100,000 to stay in Xuzhou and monitor Luoyang, and then led an army of more than 200,000 people, falsely claiming to be one million, and continued to go north.Since it was a fraudulent claim, Zhao Ming simply said more to scare Azig, the turtle grandson, to death.At this time, outside the city of Xuzhou, the army of the Ming Dynasty marched north along the canal, and the army stretched for dozens of miles, and the army was mighty.At this time, Wang Yi led a group of generals who stayed in Xuzhou to send them off outside the city."
Your Highness is relieved to go north.There is no need to worry about this matter.Chen calmly exterminated the remnants of the Qing army in Luoyang!
”Wang Yi said as he walked, and his subordinates behind him led the horse to follow.Zhao Ming shook his head and said in a low voice: "Leaving you alone to guard Xuzhou is not for you to attack Luoyang!"
”Wang Yi said: "Is it just to defend Xuzhou?
”The Qing army in Henan was at most 120,000, and the city defense of Xuzhou was strong, just for defense, and the army of 100,000 was more than enough.Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Don't think this burden is very light.Since Gu Jin became the regent, although he has worked hard to govern the Ming Dynasty, there are still many people in the court who oppose King Gu.Now that Gu Xing's troops are going north, compared with the Qing army, Gu is more worried, and some people in the court are taking advantage of Lone's absence to make waves. ”Wang Yi's eyes narrowed, and he didn't need a heavy hammer to sound the drum, he immediately understood, so he said angrily: "Daming has no His Royal Highness, and he has long been destroyed by slaves."
If anyone in the court dares to take the opportunity to cause chaos and affect the great cause of the Northern Expedition, the minister will be the first to twist off his head. ”Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction, "Gu wants you to sit in Xuzhou, in addition to guarding against the enemy of Luoyang and attacking Xuzhou to cut off the canal, you also need to monitor Jiangnan for Gu."
This burden is not light, but it must not be neglected. ”Wang Yi stopped and saluted, "Your Highness is relieved."
There are ministers in Xuzhou, and the guarantee is foolproof. ”Zhao Ming stopped and said, "That's the best."
You have followed Lone for many years, and Lone will no longer say more.As long as you have one requirement, it is a "stable" word!
”Wang Yi saluted again, "The minister knows." ”"If Lone Guang recovers Beijing, and Xuzhou has no problems, Lone will be a great achievement for you!"
Zhao Ming smiled: "Okay!
Let's go back, you don't have to send it. ”At that moment, Zhao Ming boarded the boat, and Wang Yi and others watched each other on the shore.After the Ming army captured Xuzhou, they stayed in Xuzhou for more than a month, but the Eastern Qing did not make any countermeasures.The total strength of the Eastern Qing Dynasty was 300,000, and Xuzhou lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in the First War, and Xie Qian was approaching Shanhaiguan, and Azig had no troops to send.The king of Liangshun in Henan, seeing the Ming army's large-scale northern expedition, had long been frightened and trembled, and only cared about strengthening the city defense, and did not dare to intercept it at all.Zhao Ming led more than 200,000 troops to the north, and Li Yuanyin, the first and general of the Metropolitan Governor's Dynasty, led 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard and entered the Shandong border first.Since the Qing army entered the customs, Shandong has swarmed the righteous army, and has broken out Jiwang Juyi, Qingzhou Rebellion, and Xie Qian's uprising, as well as the huge Yuyuan Army.Now, more than ten years have passed, and Shandong is still chaotic, with bandits, grass bandits, rebels, and Qing troops coexisting.Originally, after the Ming and Qing dynasties negotiated peace, the rebels and bandits in Shandong were gradually suppressed by the Qing army, but when the news of the defeat of the Qing army in Xuzhou came, Shandong became a pot of porridge again.Zhao Ming's army stopped in Xuzhou, and before entering the boundary of Shandong, uprisings broke out in various places.Zhao Ming has led the army into Shandong several times, and now the soldiers and civilians of Shandong, I heard that Zhao Ming, who has been the regent of the Ming Dynasty, personally led a million troops to the Northern Expedition, and insisted on resisting the righteous army of the Qing army.Local tyrants and bandits in various places also took the opportunity to raise the banner of anti-Qing Dynasty, taking the opportunity to whitewash themselves, and preparing to accept the regent's co-optation, so as to mix up their official bodies.For a time, before the Ming army entered Shandong, Yanzhou, Caozhou, Qingzhou, Dengzhou and other places had already been defeated by the rebels.After Wang Chaoxian and Li Yuanyin led the troops into Shandong, the remaining states and counties also fell in the wind, and the soldiers and civilians of various states and counties cut their braids and changed their clothes, and re-dressed the Han family.In less than a month, the color of Shandong has changed, and there are Wusha scarves in the eyes, which shows people's hearts and minds.The Ming army almost did not encounter any resistance, and the forward went all the way to the city of Jinan, and the Manchu governor of Shandong, Fang Dayou, did not wait for the Ming army to kill, he led the officials of the three divisions, thousands of green battalion soldiers, and fled into Cangzhou, Hebei in a panic, and then fled to Beijing without stopping.After Zhao Ming entered the territory of Shandong, he learned that the vanguard had taken Jinan, so he immediately spread the word to all parts of Shandong, and ordered the leaders of the rebel army to rush to Linqing to meet him, and then transferred the rebel army to go out with the army to prepare to take Beijing.
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