Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 257 Oops, this is the end of the dynasty!

The Governor of the Western Regions in the Qing Dynasty, Le Bao, wanted to go south, and King Pingxi of the Ming Dynasty wanted to go west.

In short.

Two of the three forces that ignited the flames of war in the Central Plains, the Taiping Taiguo became the Daming Pingxi Fan, and went to the west to fight the world.

As for the Qing Dynasty, part of them surrendered to Ming Dynasty, and the other part refused to surrender. Under the leadership of Le Bao, they severely harmed the Western Regions, taking away a large amount of food, population, and wealth. He went to Afghanistan via Haohan, the legendary cemetery of the empire—of course, the current Durrani Dynasty does not have any talk of the cemetery of the empire, and Lebao’s army can be said to have killed and looted a little bit along the way. The evil iron hooves of the Qing imperialism imposed unreasonable suffering on the people of the Central Asian countries.

At this time, the Great North China Plain.

The summer heat wave has swept through.

The wheat and sweet potatoes planted in May are already lush.

On the land of North China, finally survived another spark-splashing war.

Gradually subsided from the chaos of war.

But for the Ming Dynasty that just took over the Central Plains.

At this time, the Great North China Plain was in a state of devastation waiting to be rebuilt.

Successive battles have exhausted the area.

The coercion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the looting of the Qing army.

As well as the sudden rise of bandits and horse thieves during the three-party war, this great plain was once in a state of anarchy.

For the Ming Dynasty just now.

It is definitely not that easy to establish an effective rule in a short period of time.

The 10,000+ Ming army could only appease the localities separately, suppress the bandit forces, and establish basic government rule in the localities. Even in Henan and southern Hebei (Zhili), two areas deeply affected by wars, Emperor Zhu has issued military control The command.

The orders of the officers in Henan and Hebei were issued in late May.

With Song Xiang as the governor of Henan and Tao Biquan as the governor of Hebei, tens of thousands of troops were stationed in the two places respectively, and the land that originally belonged to the bannermen was confiscated, and all unowned land was returned to the government for distribution.

At this time, the spring plowing has passed, and the wheat that has been rushed to plant does not know whether it will be harvested in time.

Fortunately, there is a high-yielding crop like sweet potatoes, and the tubers can be obtained for consumption in about three months.

But this means that within at least three months, hundreds of millions of farmers in the four and a half provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, and northern Jiangsu will have problems even with food rations.

If the relief is not timely, I am afraid that civil uprisings such as the White Lotus Sect, Tianli Sect, and Nianzi will swarm.

Although Emperor Zhu, who now has strong military force and solid financial support, is not very afraid of this.

But this kind of thing better not happen.

In order to raise food for the disaster victims in the north, Zhu Daohua canceled the plan to pay homage to the Tianshou Mountain Imperial Mausoleum and take the Guards cavalry brigade to the grassland to deter the Mongolian tribes. Instead, he stayed in the northern capital and personally arranged disaster relief.

And lead by example, took the lead in donating 100 million Ming Yuan to disaster relief.

Driven by Emperor Zhu, rich people at all levels also generously donated their money - now the Ming Dynasty is of course a country where everyone has private interests, so these high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty all have their own industries, no matter how bad it is, Zhu Daohua, the God of Wealth Under the leadership of the master, some land was collected and some stocks were bought for investment.

You know, compared with Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of Emperor Zhu who was born as a farmer, Emperor Zhu who was born as a businessman is much more generous in his actions, and the salary for the officials below is also very high, and the treatment is very generous.

And now there is also a Ming Lilai that sets the rules, so you don't have to worry about being missed by Jin Yiwei after your wealth is exposed all the time.

Therefore, donations have also been enthusiastic.

In the [Sun Moon News] and [Ta Kung Pao], there are also numerous reports on disaster relief in various places.

What a disaster, ruthless people are sympathetic.

According to the newspaper, the situation of the Ming court is very good.

But it can be seen from the itinerary of Emperor Zhu.

The situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty is not optimistic.

During this time, he inspected Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and other places along the canal.

I went to Henan to investigate the disaster situation.

Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty were doing their best, they were at least much smoother than the bureaucratic system of the former Qing Dynasty—after all, the Ming Dynasty was just a new dynasty, and many bad rules had not yet been learned.

But the capacity of this era lies here.

A large number of disaster victims poured into Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Xuzhou, Jinan, Baoding, Tianjin, and even Beidu, these big northern cities.

On both sides of the streets in the whole city, you can see hungry people with hungry stomachs and disheveled faces on both sides of the road.

A city that is close to the sea like Tianjin is fine.

The transportation of materials in some cities depends on land, and the problem of insufficient transportation capacity can be seen everywhere to replenish so much food.

The county magistrate of Jifeng County, Landong Prefecture, Lanfang Province—it should be the official ship of the former county magistrate Chen Zhongliang entered Tanggu Port in June.

When Lanfang boarded the boat, there were three members of his family.

There were already a family of four when we disembarked in Tianjin.

Although this kind of cargo ship between Lanfang and the mainland is large enough, it is really a very dangerous thing to produce on board.

Fortunately, Xu Hongxia has good bones and a strong body. She is a superwoman who can carry a gun weighing more than ten kilograms in the dense forest for more than ten miles.

So with the help of the doctor on board, the delivery was successfully completed.

Surprised that Chen Zhongliang is still in Amitabha.

When he got off the boat in Tianjin, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then started complaining again.

"I said that it's fine for me to come alone, but you have to come with me and bring two dolls."

Xu Hongxia raised her eyebrows: "Don't think I don't know, it's all said in the play, when a scholar comes to Beijing, it's easy to abandon his wretched wife and pick a rich lady instead!"

Chen Zhongliang bowed his head when he heard the words, carried the burden on his back, and took over his second son, Chen Haisheng, from his wife—this little guy was born on a ship, so he was called Haisheng.

I don't know why it's not called a boatman.

Probably because calling a boatman sounds bad.

He also led his eldest son, Chen Lansheng, to the official post station at the port. After showing his transfer order, the post station staff arranged for a four-wheeled carriage to take them all the way to the prefect's yamen in Tianjin.

Follow the command above.

After Chen Zhongliang arrived in Tianjin, he had to go to the prefect's office to report immediately, and then the Tianjin prefect's office would arrange his board and lodging.

Then wait for the emperor to receive.

After entering Tianjin City.

Chen Zhongliang's brows did not relax.

What do you mean by refugees everywhere?

This is!
The shops on both sides of the road are basically closed, because the influx of refugees these days has made the city's law and order worse than ever.

The prefect’s office in Tianjin has been busy registering refugees these days, and hired a group of people to repair river embankments and official roads, but there are too many refugees pouring into Tianjin, so they can’t take care of them at all. The tents built on the walls were densely packed, making Chen Zhongliang's scalp tingle.

He is from Guangzhou. When has he seen such a scene in Guangzhou?

Later in Lanfang, if there are GDP statistics at this time.

Perhaps Lanfang is now the province with the highest GDP per capita in Ming Dynasty.

Although Lanfang is now only an agricultural province that mainly produces rice and spices.

However, Lanfang can't stand the fact that there are fewer people and more land, and the per capita arable land area will crush the inland areas.

So Lanfang people are basically rich people now.

As a major rice producing province, Lanfang has never seen such a scene of hungry people everywhere!
I thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to enter the golden age, but I didn't expect the situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty to be so severe.

"Husband, isn't Tianjin Prefecture a famous city in the north? Why are there shacks and refugees everywhere?"

Xu Hongxia was also frightened by this scene.

She hugged Chen Haisheng tightly in her arms, her hands unconsciously touched her waist.

There may be a six-shot revolver in there.
Chen Zhongliang looked at the sun and moon flag hanging on the carriage and the flag that said "Official carriage of the prefect of Tianjin government, looters will be punished with death", and couldn't help feeling a little relieved, but he had already put the bayonet and A pistol was drawn.

"It seems that the Central Plains has gone through wars. The situation is not optimistic. No wonder so many official ships came to Lanfang to transport rice a few days ago."

Chen Zhongliang murmured.

Hungry people crowded into the city, refugees everywhere, law and order was chaotic, and all businesses were not prosperous.
This is the end of the dynasty.
Chen Zhongliang put down the curtain of the carriage, and his expression became unprecedentedly solemn.

(End of this chapter)