Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 226 Supervisor Central Plains
"Your Majesty, you must never agree!"

Liu Zongmin's unruliness broke out, and he raised his voice: "Huguang is ours in the first place, and we should take it back."

Li Zicheng glanced at him sideways, raised his head and said, "It's natural. I, Li Zicheng, have traveled all over the world and never been afraid of anyone. How can I be threatened by this?"

"However, a man can bend and stretch. Now that Wu Sangui is raging in northern Shaanxi, my hometown is there. For the sake of the folks in my hometown, I can only be wronged."

"When Wu Sangui is expelled, someone will teach this young man a lesson."

Once he made a decision, Liu Zongmin was speechless.

His hometown is also in Mizhi, northern Shaanxi, and he can't tell if he allowed Wu Sangui to wreak havoc on his hometown.

"Reply to Zhu Yixi!"

Li Zicheng's eyes were full of brilliance: "I would like to be friendly with him, even if he is willing to surrender, we will not be stingy with Jiangnan."

In this way, the Nanjing court is actually the most powerful among the several parties, and it is only natural that the divisions are reduced.

……

Beijing City.

The New Year's Eve has just passed, but the whole of Beijing has no sense of the year. In the past, the sound of firecrackers can't be heard much. Only the huge inner city exudes a little joy.

Without him, since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered Beijing, all the people and dignitaries in the inner city were moved out and served as houses for noble relatives of the Eight Banners.

Even if the Eight Banners are filled in, the inner city is still empty, and the sporadic atmosphere of the New Year is only emitted from a few Han officials.

"master!"

Hong Chengchou woke up with a start, and looked out of the window, the sky was slightly white, and the servant girl hurried over to serve him.

The huge house was where the relatives of the former Ming emperor lived, and it was rewarded to him when he entered the capital. There were no family members, and it was filled with servants who were rewarded.

Washing and eating are cold and tasteless.

At this time, Hong Chengchou suddenly thought of his family in Fujian again. His mother was well-read in poetry and books, and she was a person who observed etiquette.

Moreover, the atmosphere in Fujian is conservative and there are many readers. I am afraid that my hometown will not be able to accommodate me anymore.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

The joy of the New Year has long since disappeared.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the annual leave was only five days, and after the Manchus entered the customs, they also followed it directly.

It's just that the Han culture of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties was not deep, and the nobles were noncommittal about the Han Festival, and Dorgon was nothing more than Xiao Guicao's follower.

Riding a carriage, he slowly arrived at the imperial city.

In the court hall, the little emperor sat on the dragon chair, and the regent Dorgon sat aside, full of momentum:

"As for the matter of enclosing the fields, you must pay attention to it, and it must be perfected before spring plowing."

"Yes!" The Minister of the Household Department responded.

The so-called enclosure means that in November last year, Dorgon issued an order to enclose the land in order to support the children of the Eight Banners who entered the customs.

Order to Shizhong Yushi and other officials to explore the acres of land in Ji, and follow the public finger circle.

That is, staking.

One is to enclose the fertile land near Beijing to the Qing nobles. In addition, enclosing areas other than Shanhaiguan to allow farmers to cultivate is called "circle compensation".

The second is that the originally encircled land was too far away from Beijing, or because of the "alkali, salt and barren" land, it is called "full exchange" to make up for the encircled farmers near Beijing.

The third is that the "ownerless wasteland" left by the royal family of the Ming Dynasty in Huangzhuang and counties will be assigned to the Manchu nobles and the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, which is called "occupation".

This is the first enclosure of the Qing Dynasty.

Almost all the land in Kinki was occupied by the Manchu Eight Banners, and Dorgon's Zhengbai Banner occupied the largest share.

The common people on the land were reduced to tenants and serfs in large numbers, suffering unspeakably.

The emergence of the enclosure order is also inevitable.

The nobles of the Eight Banners have power, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners need land to support them. It is impossible to take the farms in Liaodong, right?
In the case of a full court, no one dared to object.

This kind of fact is just a small supplement, it is Manchu's own business, Hong Chengchou dare not talk too much.

Which court will talk about business?

After the court, Hong Chengchou was received by Dorgon.

I saw Dorgon sitting in the emperor's exclusive study, swaggering and unrestrained.

Hong Chengchou even heard that the Prince Regent even moved to live in the palace, and the reason to the outside world was to better handle the government affairs.

Who can say anything when the little emperor is ignorant?
Besides, there were quite a few stories that my uncle and sister-in-law had to tell in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which belonged to the remnants of customs.

"Mr. Hong!"

Dorgon has always respected and reused Hong Chengchou.

Unlike Huang Taiji who consulted and guarded against him, Dorgon appointed Hong Chengchou as Prince Taibao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Youdu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate based on his original title when he was an official in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, he was admitted to the Inner Court (equivalent to the cabinet) to assist in military affairs, awarded a Bachelor of the Academy of Secretaries, and became the first Han Chinese prime minister after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

"Prince Regent!" Hong Chengchou was flattered and quickly returned the gift.

Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of the Inner Academy, also exchanged gifts with him.

"It's really a big deal to call the two of you here."

Dorgon sighed, letting the general express his feelings.

When Hong and Fan saw it, they were shocked and turned pale.

It was written on it that Prince Yu was defeated and killed, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming fled in embarrassment, and of the [-] people who went south to Tongguan, only a few thousand people were left when they returned.

More importantly, the Xiangbai Banner suffered heavy losses and was close to destruction, and the two Han army banners were almost completely destroyed.

This was the first time since the Manchu Qing Dynasty had suffered such heavy losses, it could be said to be earth-shattering.

"Geng Zhongming wrote a letter saying that Zhu Yixi, the false king, was armed with dozens of cannons in red clothes, and other firearms were also extremely sharp, with a lot of armor, which was very different from other Ming troops."

"It is indeed a powerful enemy of the Qing Dynasty."

Dorgon didn't care about mourning his brother, and said with a solemn face.

"Nanjing Ming court is established again, and there is such a strong army, it is really no small matter."

Fan Wencheng frowned and said.

"My lord, there is a deep gap between the Nanjing court and that Zhu Yixi, and the two cannot be equated."

Hong Chengchou thought about it: "The only thing I worry about is Huguang's false king of Yu."

As he spoke, he cupped his hands and said, "The imperial court has to make a false appointment with Nanjing to focus on attacking Li Zicheng and Huguang."

"The Xiangbai Banner has been hit hard, and the northern part of Shaanxi may not be able to support it alone!"

"exactly!"

Dorgon said in a deep voice: "The thieves should not be underestimated, and the Han people should not be underestimated. Duo Duo made such a mistake, thinking that he had a cannon in red, and he looked down upon no one."

"Mr. Hong, to preside over the war in the Central Plains, you need an important minister who knows how to fight. In my opinion, you must do this."

Fan Wencheng was taken aback, looked at Hong Chengchou, never thought that this person is so trusted.

But if you think about it, you have to do it.

If the Eight Banners cannot conquer the Central Plains, the Han people can only be allowed to fight the Han people, and Beijing cannot do without the regent even for a moment.

Hong Chengchou himself was also quite touched, wandering around and returning to the original point, the supervisor Zhongyuan, how come he is so familiar.

After taking over the important task, Hong Chengchou left the palace.

At this time, the entire inner city was completely deserted.

Thousands of people with white banners were killed or injured, thousands of households held funerals, and there was a lot of crying.

(End of this chapter)