Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 639
After Wang Pingshan and Hu Renzhi took over the second order of 200 million shi for transshipment, the Wang and Hu businesses immediately began to go all out to operate, while raising more boats, horses and horses, and at the same time recruiting more civilians.

Although it has entered the busy season of farming in May at this time, as long as the price can be paid, it is still possible to recruit peasant husbands.

The Wang and Hu families really spent a lot of money this time, and even sold the jewelry from the Qian State Mansion at a low price, just to advance funds and transfer military supplies.

Therefore, the government-supervised business office is really powerful.

In the past, Ming Dynasty had to prepare at least 400 million shi of grain before 200 million shi could be transported to Beijing. The people responsible for transporting grain or transporting troops were still miserable, and many families were destroyed.

But now, 100 million stones can be transported to Beijing for only 200 million yuan.

Moreover, the folks responsible for the transportation volunteered and even made money from it.

The only difference between the two is that the transition from government-supervised government offices to government-supervised commercial offices avoids the huge bureaucratic institutions along the way, thereby saving heavy drift costs.

The court saves money, the folks make money, and the merchants don't lose money.

The only loss of interest is the bureaucracy along the way, and there is no way to get the bone out of it.

Then again, businessmen are definitely not good people. If they are left to their own devices and are not supervised, they will definitely earn the last copper coin from the people, so they need to be supervised by the court.

It is to use the power of the court to define the boundaries of merchants.

You are not allowed to cross the line, and once you cross the line, you need to be severely punished.

Here in Chongzhen, you are given the right to operate, but not the controlling stake.

For example, the Weng family, the machinery factory is run by you, and you can get dividends when it is done well.

For example, for the Wang family and the Hu family, the railway will be repaired by you two, and the railway company will be operated by the two of you. After the operation is completed, you can get a large dividend, as much as you want. Chongzhen will never default on debt.

However, machinery factories and railway companies must be controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the royal family.

If you want to start anew, do it yourself?Then it will make it difficult for you to move an inch, and your family will be destroyed!
It is self-evident that the government-supervised business office is more advanced than the government-supervised government office, so the waterway from Nanjing to Dagukou, and then the land road from Dagukou to Beijing, immediately became busy again.

After the North Sea thawed, the navy and tank ships could go directly to Dagukou.

Therefore, after saving the land route from Dengzhou to Dagukou, the freight rate can also be greatly reduced.

This is also an important reason why the Wang and Hu families dared to take the order, otherwise they would really lose their underwear.

This busy scene was quickly reported to Dorgon through Dagukou and the details of slavery along the way. Dorgon immediately summoned Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo to the palace to discuss matters.

"Gentlemen, the Ming army is transporting large quantities of food to Beijing again."

"And the scale of the grain shipment this time is even larger than the previous one."

Speaking of this meal, Dorgon went on to say: "In other words, Chongzhen does not intend to retreat at all, but is determined to continue to besiege Beijing and continue to spend with my Qing Dynasty."

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan couldn't help but sigh.

I said in my heart that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is still stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty.

After nearly half a year of stalemate, the Qing Dynasty is already stretched.

However, Daming seemed to be able to handle it with ease.

As far as grain is concerned, the grain in the Qing treasury is only enough for one month.

However, Daming actually increased the scale of transporting grain from Nanjing to Beijing.

I really don't know how much food is in the Ming treasury?Using 10,000+ troops plus at least 50 civilians, it took half a year in Beizhi, and Daming's treasury still hasn't been exhausted?
That is to say, Dorgon and the others did not know the details of Daming.

If you let them know that Ming Dynasty only needs to afford the supplies of 10,000+ troops, and the rations and wages of more than 50 civilians are paid by merchants, they will probably be very desperate.

If they knew that there were more than 8000 million shi in grain storage in the official warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they would probably be even more desperate.

But at this point in the battle, the Qing government has no way out. Even if they know they are invincible, they can only bite the bullet and continue to fight with Ming. If there are no conditions, they will create conditions to continue to fight with the Ming army.

So Fan Wencheng comforted Dorgon: "Master, although my Qing army failed to cut off the Ming army's food road, and the plague did not break out for a long time, the situation is still in my favor, because the Ming army's logistics channel is a hundred times longer than my Qing army's." Bing, which also means that the consumption of the Ming army is ten times that of mine, so the Ming army must be the first to be unable to bear it in the long run."

"Not necessarily." Dorgon said, "The two gentlemen should be very clear that there is only one month's rations left in the Qing treasury, so will the Ming army collapse after one month?"

Ning finished me and said: "We can only distribute food now!"

"Yes, we must follow the authority." Fan Wencheng also said, "At the moment, we can only distribute food."

"Distribute food?" Dorgon looked strangely at Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo with a strange look in his eyes.

The so-called food distribution, to put it bluntly, is forced donations, that is, to force the common people, officials, or Eight Banners children and even nobles under the rule of the Qing Dynasty to donate food to help the court tide over the difficulties.

Doing so can indeed raise a large amount of food.

Not to mention hundreds of thousands of stones and millions of stones, tens of millions of stones can be raised.

But doing so will also greatly arouse public anger, because no one wants their own interests to be damaged.

So the question is, who will send the food?It is definitely not possible to distribute food to everyone, and there must be a choice, so should it be distributed to the common people, or to the Han officials or the children of the Eight Banners?
These are three cups of poisoned wine, drinking three cups in a row will surely kill you.

If you only drink one of them, you may still have a chance to survive.

After a long while, Dorgon asked quietly: "Who do you think the two gentlemen should distribute food to?"

"Han officials and gentry!" Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I responded without thinking, "The common people don't have much food, and they can't raise much food even if they forcefully distribute food. The target is the Han officials and gentry under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, there is a lot of food and it will not cause serious trouble."

Er Gouzi is Er Gouzi, and he will always attack his own compatriots.

Dorgon was noncommittal: "The two gentlemen coincide with Hong Chengchou, huh."

Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I were shocked for a moment, thinking what does the regent mean?Do you suspect that the two of them are secretly colluding with Hong Chengchou?Internal and external connection?

The two were too scared to speak.

After a while, Dorgon said: "You two gentlemen, don't think too much, that's all I'm going to say."

After hearing Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, I was even more flustered, thinking how could we not think too much?
Dorgon said again: "It's not getting early today, the two gentlemen should go back to the house to rest first."

After Fan Wencheng and the two knelt down, Dorgon asked Cao Eryu again: "Cao Eryu, do you think it is possible that Hong Chengchou did it on purpose?"

"This...shouldn't be the case, right?" Cao Eryu was so frightened that her lips began to tremble.

Although Dorgon asked endlessly, Cao Eryu still understood.

Dorgon suspected that Hong Chengchou had secretly colluded with the Ming army, deliberately continued to clear the army's food supply, and deliberately did not cause a plague, in order to push the Qing Dynasty into today's desperate situation.

In this way, even if the Ming army could not destroy the Qing Dynasty, it could still win the support of the Han officials and gentry in the north.

With the support of northern Han officials and gentry, Daming can quickly pacify several northern provinces.

Then Hong Chengchou could use this feat to atone for his crimes, obtain Chongzhen's forgiveness, and even continue to be an official in the Ming Dynasty. This possibility does exist.

As for why Hong Chengchou didn't directly lead the army to surrender to Chongzhen?

That's because he couldn't do it, after all, Hou Fangyu and the others were watching.

So, has the regent begun to doubt Hong Chengchou's loyalty?

It is not a good thing that the monarch and ministers are suspicious, and he is still an arbitrary king and a minister with a heavy army in his hands. If it is not done well, the Great Mosque will perish.

……

The head of Jinghai city.

Hong Chengchou looked in the direction of Beijing city and sighed faintly.

Hong Chengchou had an ominous premonition, which was exactly the same as nine years ago. He had a premonition that he was about to lose Dorgon's trust, and maybe Dorgon would force him to send troops like Chongzhen back then.

Hong Chengchou sighed, and Hou Fangyu followed suit.

After all, the plague that Hou Fangyu was thinking about never broke out.

If the plague did not break out, the food roads of the Ming army would be unimpeded, and the situation would become a waste.

If it is a hard consumption, with the weak national strength of the Qing Dynasty, it must not be able to consume Nanming, but it will also be consumed if it cannot be exhausted. For the sake of the current situation, the Qing Dynasty has no way out.

"Three cups of poisoned wine, after all, you have to drink one cup."

Hou Fangyu asked: "Which cup does Hong Butang think the regent will choose?"

"Naturally, it's the one with the least toxicity." Hong Chengchou sighed, and then said, "Which glass of wine to choose is not a problem, the question is whether the regent will suspect that we poisoned it?"

"This is impossible, the regent is wise and wise..."

Hou Fangyu subconsciously wanted to deny it, but stopped in the middle of speaking.

Two months ago, Hou Fangyu dared to say categorically that Dorgon would not be suspicious.

But now Hou Fangyu dare not say this anymore, because Hong Chengchou is really "suspicious".

From the standpoint of Dorgon, I have handed over the most elite 10,000+ firearms troops of the Qing Dynasty to you, and the main force of the Ming army has always gathered outside Beijing, and the main pressure of the Ming army has always been on me, but even so However, you, Hong Chengchou, are still unable to cut off the Ming army's food supply. What are you, Hong Chengchou, doing?
Do you want to consume the Qing Dynasty alive and let the Ming army win without a fight?
Hong Chengchou smiled wryly, and said, "Can Hou Canjun go back to Beijing?"

After thinking for a while, Hou Fangyu replied: "Yes, I will do my best to explain for Hong Butang. I also ask Hong Butang to keep the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty in mind, and must not have other thoughts."

"Hou Canjun is too worried." Hong Chengchou said with a wry smile, "As the saying goes, if you make a mistake, you will be hated forever, and if you look back, it will be a hundred years. This department is the same as you, and there is no turning back."

Hou Fangyu really wanted to refute, you are not making a mistake, but you are turning away from darkness to light.

But in the end Hou Fangyu didn't say anything, just gave Hong Chengchou a long bow, turned around and hurried down the tower, and then went straight to Beijing with Meng Xueli and Juziying.

Juziying is Hou Fangyu, a soldier who joined the army.

Travel or go back to Beijing, naturally take it with you.

(End of this chapter)