The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 662

"Adjutant Yuan." At this moment, someone called Yuan Tian in the distance.

Yuan Tian looked back, but saw a guard calling him, and further away, Huang Taiji was waving to him, signaling him to go over.

Yuan Tian was so overjoyed that he turned around and left.

Hu Xiaofu was overjoyed, and also turned around and took a cannonball behind him.

Then he took the flint from that hand.

"Ba" was knocked directly in the crowd.

Wang Tianxiang was inexplicable: "Mr. Hu Qian, what are you doing--"

Heck, Flint quickly ignited the fuze on the shell, and everyone at the scene stayed in place.

I saw Hu Xiaofu raised the cannonball in his hand high and shouted sharply: "Kill the Tartars—"

"boom"

"boom"

The cannonball in his hand exploded first, and then another cannonball behind him exploded. The two cannonballs exploded among the craftsmen one after another.

Yuan Tian, ​​who had just walked to the periphery, was also blown out, with a plop, flying several meters away.

When he was staggered and helped up, when he looked back, the scene was horrible.

The thirty or forty most powerful firearms craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty were almost wiped out.

After the inspection, 22 people were directly killed on the spot. Wang Tianxiang and Liu Han, who had the best skills, were all killed, and more than a dozen people were injured in varying severity. Fewer than five people were able to make artillery and firecrackers afterwards.

It can be said that Hu Xiaofu made such an explosion. In the past ten years, the Manchus entered the customs many times, and the firearms craftsmen who were robbed countless times were collectively exterminated. The Manchu craftsmen were almost abolished as casting officials. Not very productive on firearms.

But this is still a trivial matter. The craftsmen are gone, and the Manchu Qing can still grab them again.

The most important thing is that this is the craftsman they captured and blew up their craftsman, which made the Man Qing even more jealous of the Ming army's secret work, and even more strictly guarded against the Ming army's secret work.

The artisans caught in the future dare not reuse them easily.

Ding Yi's human bomb deeply shocked the entire Qing Dynasty.

Coupled with the previous case of Li Yongfang being killed, Huang Taiji and other dignitaries understand that although tens of thousands of Ming soldiers surrendered to the Manchu Qing, and millions of people were willing to be ruled by the Manchu Qing, there is always some steadfastness. The unyielding Han people are willing to fight them to the end with blood and life.

The scene after the explosion was full of screams and fear. The nobles of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties left the scene one after another, and the civil and military soldiers of the Han army couldn't believe it. After a while, a large number of guards came from all directions.

Huang Taiji ruthlessly pushed away the guards surrounding him, seeing the mess in front of him, his heart almost dripped with blood.

In the Qing Dynasty, when the old slaves captured Liaoyang, Dorgon entered the customs last year. After two generations of heroes, the excellent craftsmen who plundered their savings for more than 20 years were eliminated in one pot.

Now his goal of building five thousand Lumi blunderbuss is probably far away, and I don't know when it will be completed.

"Yuan Tian, ​​is Yuan Tian okay?" Huang Taiji suddenly thought of Yuan Tian.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my life—" Yuan Tian rushed out of the chaotic crowd in front of him in disgrace, knelt down at Huang Taiji's feet and cried bitterly.

If Huang Taiji hadn't called him just now, he would have been killed by Hu Xiaofu too.

He was really lucky, it was Huang Taiji who called him, no one else could doubt him no matter what.

"As long as Jiaqing is fine, it's fine." Huang Taiji heaved a long sigh of relief, now two of the three officials of the craftsman's workshop have died, and only Yuan Tian, ​​the craftsman's adjutant, is left.

Among the Hanchens not far away, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were standing together at this moment. Looking at the chaotic scene, they suddenly looked at each other, both sides showing terrifying expressions in their eyes.

Almost coincidentally, both of them were thinking in their hearts, Ding Yi must have done this damn thing.

This guy is crazy. He sent someone in to do a suicide bombing. It's horrible.

Originally, Geng Zhongming was quite happy as Er Shun Wang, but when he suddenly saw this scene today, he suddenly felt that everything was not good.

At this time, not only he and Kong Youde, but also many civil and military soldiers of the Ming army who surrendered at the scene were all terrified.
-
At the beginning of July, a large group of cavalry approached Jinan, with a total of six or seven thousand cavalry and a large carriage.

The three people walking side by side in the front row were Wang Weizhong, Liu Yuan, and Zhang Qidong.

Both Wang Weizhong and Zhang Qidong participated in the Battle of Qingshuibo. They had just recovered from their injuries. Wang Weizhong was appointed as the General Army of Shandong and moved to Linqing with [-] soldiers and horses. He was accompanied by the new Shandong Governor Liu Yuan and Zhang Qidong.

In order to control Jinan and protect Liu Yuan, Ding Yi promoted Zhang Qidong, the former general manager of Qianqian, as the chief officer of the battalion. Veterans, this guarantees [-] soldiers, half of which will be combined with old and new.

Now Zhang Qidong's entire army serves as the governor's standard battalion, and Zhang Qidong is called the governor's standard battalion guerrilla to the outside world.

The supervisors of the Ming court, the governors, the governors, and the governors all have their own standard battalions directly under them (not included in the general soldiers of various places), that is, they are counted as their own soldiers, and the supervisors are organized according to the regular battalion ( Vice-general of the standard battalion), the governor of the economy and strategy is organized according to the reinforcement battalion (participant general of the standard battalion), and the governor is organized according to the guerrilla battalion (guerrilla of the standard battalion).

Before Liu Yuan was in Dengzhou, Yan Xiong's soldiers and horses were protecting him, so naturally there was no need to set up a standard battalion.

This time he went to Jinan alone, of course he was afraid, so Ding Yi sent Zhang Qidong's troops to serve as his standard battalion and went to garrison Jinan together.

Generally, the standard battalion of a governor is about 2000 people. In fact, the number of people is even smaller. It is not bad if a governor can support 1000 people.

There are 3000 people in Zhang Qidong's department, which must be more, so there will be 500 people, who will be called the governor's yamen at that time, and they will be stationed in the governor's yamen to protect Liu Yuan.

After the three of them arrived five miles outside Jinan City, Wang Weizhong bid farewell to the two of them and headed for Linqing with [-] soldiers and horses. A doctor and so on.

At this time, Lu Chao and Zhou Yougen were already doing well in the Denglai area, re-measured the land, and started collecting commercial taxes, but Linqing was far away from Denglai, and Ding Yi didn't plan to do it right away.

He wanted to wait for Liu Yuan to completely control Jinan, and then start it step by step in the entire Shandong province.

After Wang Weizhong left, Liu Yuan took Zhang Qidong and another group of civil servants and craftsmen to speed up and entered Jinan. He brought more people. In addition to 1000 soldiers and horses, there were more than [-] people who were going to be officials. Half of them were transferred from Lushun, and the other half were transferred from Dengzhou.

At this time, more than half a year had passed since the Jinan massacre, but after everyone approached Jinan City, they could still feel the desolation around them and the blood in the air.

The Qing soldiers retreated at the end of January, and the imperial court sent people to restrain them in March. At that time, the number of corpses was 18, which was tens of thousands more than in the original history. If he wasn't afraid of Ding Yi's soldiers chasing him, he would have planned to kill him for a few more days.

In May, after the Ming court finished cleaning up Jinan City, the capital of Shandong Province commanded Chang Hui, who imitated Dengzhou, to relocate refugees from outside and live in Jinan City.

At that time, there were countless casualties in Jinan, there were a large number of empty houses, and the wealthy households in the city, Xungui were massacred for the first time because the Qing soldiers robbed wealth.

There was no one left alive in Prince De's mansion, and there were many casualties.

On the contrary, a large number of civilians were taken away at that time, and they were finally intercepted by Ding Yi and moved to Jeju and Dayuan.

Ding Yi had been going to Dengzhou to drain the victims. Chang Hui's doing so was tantamount to robbing him of the population.

But Chang Hui did this according to the request of the imperial court, and he himself was not very willing. The relief food and salaries issued by the imperial court were embezzled from top to bottom, so the actual effect was far inferior to that of Ding Yi. Many refugees came in , found that it is still difficult to survive, and no one manages, and will try to find a way to leave again.

For more than two months from May to July, there were less than 5000 new refugees in Jinan City, and the effect was minimal.

In the same period, Dengzhou and Laizhou gathered at least 1 people.

Because of the military chaos caused by the invasion of the Qing soldiers this year, a large number of places in Shandong lost their harvest. It can be said that, except for Dengzhou, the grain production in Shandong has been greatly reduced. Because Laizhou is close to Dengzhou, the impact is slightly smaller, but the production has also been reduced by at least half. about.

A large number of people lost their income, and the decision of the imperial court to increase the salary by more than 1000 million was still on the way, and did not reach the counties and states, so the wave of refugees did not reach its peak.

Once the decree of increasing the salary by more than 1000 million spreads to all parts of Daming, the number of refugees will only increase.

Looking at the desolation all over the place, Liu Yuan couldn't help sighing: "If the whole world is governed by Zongbing Ding, how could it be so?"

This was the first time he said such a thing in public, and Zhang Qidong and other Lushun Department civil and military personnel around him nodded their heads.

Liu Yuan used to be considered a corrupt official. He knew Ding Yi for ten years and followed Ding Yi for ten years.

From Dengzhou to Jinan step by step, ten years of experience can easily change a person.

Or maybe he has enough money now, and wants to do something practical to leave a name behind him.

Many civil servants in ancient times paid more attention to the reputation behind them.

When Liu Yuangang followed Ding Yi, he could get tens of thousands of silver every year. After that, Ding Yi's forces did not treat him badly, at least 5000 taels to more than 1 taels a year.

Even if Ding Yi is short of money, he will not lose his share.

Over the past ten years, with the thousands of mu of land he allocated in Dengzhou and more than a dozen shops, the Liu family's assets are worth 10 taels.

So Liu Yuan is very upright now. When he was in Dengzhou, the people called him upright and honest Mr. Liu.

After a person has more money, he can't use it all up, and usually becomes more honest. Of course, there are also people who become more greedy, despising small money and only greedy for big money.

Liu Yuan's change is also related to the environment in Dengzhou, because no one in Dengzhou will give him gifts, only Ding Yi will give him gifts.

So over the years, he felt that he should be an upright official.

Before coming to Jinan, he made it clear to Ding Yi that there is no need to give money in the future, and my family will never run out of money.

Now you only need to take the imperial salary.

The governor was originally from the second rank, but Liu Yuan is now the right deputy capital censor and the title of minister of the Ministry of War. He is the second rank, with a monthly salary of 61 shi.

But it doesn't have to be all rice grains. The imperial court will also distribute some silk cloth and cotton cloth to make up for it.

Just looking at the salary, the life of officials in the Ming Dynasty was indeed difficult. It is no wonder that Lao Zhu couldn't stop killing corrupt officials.

Liu Yuan used to be greedy, but he had no money. Now that he has become a wealthy man, he naturally decided to be an upright official and follow Ding Yi closely.

After entering Jinan City, you can see that on the street facing you, there are people cooking porridge to help the victims.

(End of this chapter)