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Chapter 452 The purpose of retracting the fist is to make it hurt more
After recovering the city of Beijing, Zhu Shuren spent two months staying in Beijing to basically solve the problems of liquidating hard-core traitors and dealing with scumbags and demoting officials.

Thousands of civil servants and gentry took this opportunity to uproot them, and it also made the north less difficult to deal with. The lives of ordinary people may be much easier in the future.

But to be honest, most of the civil servants and gentry in Beijing who were liquidated, exiled, and exiled into the army were not natives of the north, at least one-third were from Jiangxi, and there were other educationally developed areas in the Jianghuai provinces in the south. It is those places that have always been strong in the imperial examination.

Historically, it was not until the early Kangxi period that the Qing Dynasty gradually reversed the composition of the origins of talents left over from the previous Ming Dynasty.Because basically it was not until the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty that most of the traitors who surrendered from the previous Ming Dynasty reached the age of retirement.

But now according to the calculation of the puppet Qing Dynasty, it has only been seven years since Shunzhi, and just seven years is not enough for the original traitors to die and retire, so they have to be cleared manually by Zhu Shuren.

Of course, if it's just for liquidation and sorting out, there is no need to keep hundreds of thousands of troops in the north. It is too wasteful for people to eat horse chews.Although the north can rely on local food production to meet the needs of the people, it cannot support hundreds of thousands of frontier troops.

Zhu Shuren's army will be stationed for one more day, and the rations for the 50 troops will be transported from the south.When the war was fierce, I didn't feel much after a few months, and I thought that I would survive by gritting my teeth.And once the intensity of military operations drops, it will be very tight financially to maintain such food all year round.

Therefore, during the liquidation period of these two months, Zhu Shuren also did a lot of other things, mainly to slowly clear up the green camp bandits and thieves who regrouped in the mountains and forests after the rout, and to recover Xuanfu, Yongping, and other areas along Yanshan Mountain. The key point of defense.

After the Qing army abandoned the city of Beijing, they did not immediately abandon several important passes along the defense line of the Great Wall. , just enter the customs and loot——

It is normal for Hauge to have such thoughts. After all, in the eyes of the high-level Qing court, even if they gave up Beijing, they only gave up direct rule over the Central Plains, but this does not mean that they will give up even "indirect rule".

Going back to the state of the Chongzhen Dynasty that "the Han court helped to rule and collect taxes, and the Manchus were only responsible for the Han people after they collected the taxes, and then entered the customs to grab a wave of ready-made food". did it.

To avoid these scourges, Zhu Shuren should of course hunt down the remaining brave bandits and tidy up every inch of land within the inner Great Wall and even the outer Great Wall.

In February, the Ming army captured the entire territory of Xuanfu and recaptured Zhangjiakou.At the beginning of March, Jimen was captured, Miyun defended Gubeikou, and the defense line of Juyongguan was completely stabilized.Before the end of March, the Xifengkou and other passes of the Great Wall in Yongping Prefecture were also recovered.

In the end, there was only one Shanhaiguan left, which was still in the hands of the Qing army.Because Shanhaiguan was directly connected to Liaodong, the heartland of the Qing army, and the Qing army did not need to detour from the prairie to reinforce Shanhaiguan, so the defense was very solid, and it could not be taken overnight.

Moreover, Zhu Shuren considered that Hauge seems to have a certain determination to defend Shanhaiguan and is willing to spend money in it, so he had a plan——

Previously, they failed to use the city of Beijing as a meat grinder to grind and consume the last tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Qing army, allowing Hauge to burn, kill, loot and run away.Now it is just time to use Shanhaiguan as the last meat grinder, trying to wipe out some of the Qing army's vital forces on this battlefield.

Let Hauge, a landlubber, know that this kind of grand pass with mountains and seas is not so easy to guard!With the pitiful naval power of the dog tartar, which is almost non-existent, daring to guard the coast is courting death!
After deciding on this idea, Zhu Shuren did not ask for the immediate recovery of Shanhaiguan, but stationed a certain amount of heavy troops in Yongping Mansion in front of the pass, and strictly guarded the other passes of the Great Wall in Yongping Mansion, pretending to be grinding slowly. Paralyze the vigilance of the Qing army.

At the same time, after consolidating the defense lines of the Great Wall other than Shanhaiguan, Zhu Shuren also ordered to temporarily withdraw some Ming troops to the south, and the other part was transferred to the field soldiers in advance in February. Switch to production in the north and strive for self-sufficiency in part of the military rations.

The remaining parts that are not enough, especially the food needed from the spring famine to the summer grain harvest, are still transported by the south.However, after regaining Beijing and Tianjin, the loss of military food transportation was much smaller than that in the previous decisive battles in Daming, Handan, Baoding and other places.

Because during the decisive battle in the hinterland of the Hebei Plain, even the Grand Canal could not be used, and the surrounding areas of Daming Mansion and Handan were not accessible by canals.After arriving in Tianjin, not only will there be a canal, but it will also be able to completely restore the old line of work that the Shen family has been doing for many years-the Yellow Sea Marine Transport of Military Food.

Therefore, in the past few months, Zhu Shuren also ordered the garrison to quickly repair Tianjin's port facilities and dredge the Yongding River.Once the transportation loss is reduced, the problem of feeding tens of thousands of people will not become an astronomical figure.

The Yongding River, Wuqing River and other rivers connecting Tianjin Dagukou to Beijing have been repaired during the Chongzhen period. After all, the city of Beijing relied on these rivers to maintain its lifeline. Millions of people would starve to death.

However, during the seven years of Shunzhi's rule, because the north and the south were always under the control of two regimes, the water transportation in the south was completely cut off, and Dorgon and Haoge did not waste their efforts to dredge the Yongding River and Wuqing River every year. Anyway, there is no food to be brought in after all the manpower is spent, so it is better to save a little effort and eat a few mouthfuls of food.

It has been accumulated for seven years, and now it needs to be reactivated, and it will naturally take a little effort.The soldiers of the main battle force of the Ming Dynasty were a little bit resistant to doing this kind of river work, but after the generals explained the demand, everyone knew that it was for their own food, so they endured it and made a few guest appearances for the time being. Month coolie.

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After all this was done, Zhu Shuren asked the Nanjing court for instructions to withdraw 50 of the 20 troops from the Northern Expedition to the south, and then divide another 10 troops to station on the east coast, such as Denglai, Tianjin and other places, only in the north. Inland not near the sea, 20 combat troops are reserved to reduce the consumption of military food and maintain a balance of financial revenue and expenditure for the sake of longevity.

The difficulty of regaining the customs is far from the difficulty of chasing the remnants of the grassland to the north, and one must be prepared for a protracted war.If you are too eager and eat yourself to death, and there is another wave of thieves from Chongzhen, it will definitely not be worth the candle.

The Emperor Longwu of Nanjing, Zhu Changhao, didn't have any ambitious plans. He was already very satisfied that he could regain Beijing within half a year this time.

As for the officials in the court, Shi Kefa, who is the most hawkish and pays attention to righteousness and reputation, also feels that the current progress of meritorious service is fast enough, so they all pass, and Zhu Shuren is allowed to withdraw part of the troops to go south.

On the eighth day of April, Zhu Changhao formally issued an order to let Zhu Shuren lead 20 troops to return to the south for the time being, and bring the main meritorious generals back to Nanjing to report on his work and accept the reward. How to unfold.

In the north, only Zhang Huangyan, the governor of Henan and Northern Zhili, was left in charge of appeasement and governance in the newly restored area for the time being, and continued to suppress bandits and wipe out scattered and remnant enemies.

In addition, Zhu Changhao also announced his opinions on the disposal of the remaining palaces, palace treasures, eunuchs and maids in Beijing by the way.

The harem of the Forbidden City in Beijing needs to be sealed up and does not need to be repaired. Temporarily save money and food to show compassion for the people, as long as the burnt and damaged wreckage is cleaned up.

In the former dynasty, the three main halls cannot be used without the presence of the emperor, but the left and right side halls and the original six yamen can be directly used for office work, and a hall can also be used as a temporary shogunate for the governor of Beizhili.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, there were no governors in the north and south of Zhili, and there was no yamen for the governor to work. Now the newly established official positions, of course, must be done urgently.

In fact, there is no way not to rebuild the burned buildings of the Forbidden City, because there is no material supply that meets the standards at the moment. If they are forced to build and the standards are lowered in the end, the imperial court will lose their dignity, so it is better not to build.

Historically, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, after many palaces in the Forbidden City were burned down, materials could be rebuilt. An important source is the Ming Tombs left by the Ming Dynasty——

From Kangxi to Qianlong, the only remaining golden nanmu on the land of China that is large enough to be old enough to repair the palace is completely insufficient.In the Qing Dynasty when the Forbidden City was built, a lot of golden nanmu was made under the name of "helping the previous dynasty to repair the Ming Tombs that have been in disrepair for a long time", and then replaced the Ming Tombs with cheap new wood, and then removed the Ming Tombs. Old material, used to repair the Qing Palace.

But the problem is that now that the Ming Dynasty is back, the tricks that the Qing Dynasty could use in history, the rulers of the Ming Dynasty absolutely cannot learn.You can't let the descendants of the Zhu family dismantle the wood from the ancestral tombs of the Ming Tombs to build the palace?This is a crime of treason and unfilial piety.

And as long as the Ming Tombs are not demolished, the entire land of China will not be able to find enough golden nanmu to completely rebuild the Forbidden City in Beijing according to the old standards, and money can't solve it.Even if the entire land of 1000 million square kilometers is turned over, there are not so many golden nanmu trees.

In addition, Daming has always had two sets of six teams in the north and south, but originally the six teams in Beijing were for official work, and the six teams in Nanjing were supporting spare tires.Now that the imperial court is working in the south, it is a bit unreasonable for the north to not reset the six ministries at all.

Therefore, after discussing with Shi Kefa, Zhu Changhao decided to re-establish the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry in Beijing, so as to make nearby preparations and decisions for future recovery operations and further expel the Tartars.

Because there is going to be a war, the work of preparing money, food and military supplies, dispatching troops and generals, and supporting infrastructure construction must be handled as soon as possible.

As for Beijing's Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Punishment, and Ministry of Officials, for the time being, only one polished commander with the false title of Shangshu will be left. Anyway, these three ministries have nothing to do with military affairs.To show that Ming did not give up Beijing's status as the accompanying capital, and also to avoid some people saying that it "violated the law of the ancestors".

At the same time, only one minister is left, and only one salary is given to the minister, and there is not much money. Naturally, there are senior ministers with high reputation and deeds in the court who are inconvenient to hold real power. There is no need to talk about money.

After completing these tasks, I will be able to save face, and the matter of the imperial court's relocation to Beijing can be discussed in a long-term manner, and no one will chew their tongues if it is delayed for a few more years.

After ordering the disposal of the Forbidden City and the Six Ministries in Beijing, the last part of Zhu Changhao's edict is about the placement of the inner court personnel of the puppet Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Changhao was not a lecher, so he directly announced that all the court ladies and eunuchs newly recruited after the puppet Qing entered the customs could all be released from the palace and let them be free.

If it is really difficult to make a living, and the release of the palace is unable to support itself, the person concerned can also apply for rewards to meritorious generals and clans as concubines or servants. Everything is voluntary.

As for those court ladies and eunuchs who have lived in the palace for more than seven years, that is, the court ladies and eunuchs who have been in the inner palace since the Chongzhen Dynasty, they belong to the old people recruited by Ming Dynasty. Of course, they cannot all be kicked away, otherwise they will hurt the court. Decent and benevolent.

So treat it differently, and first screen out:
If eunuchs have taken the initiative to curry favor with the new Tazi masters and seek promotion in the past seven years, they will all be expelled from the palace. If there are any eunuchs who take the initiative to help the Tazi masters with ideas and harm compatriots, they will be executed if there is evidence. There is nothing to say of.

If the eunuchs have not been flattered by bad deeds in the past seven years, and have not been promoted by the Manchus, then Daming will definitely keep them and give them a pension to show their benevolence.

As for the court ladies, Zhu Shuren had already released those who had been defiled by the Tartars, and Zhu Changhao felt that he was doing the right thing.And those who have not been defiled have to be divided into years. Those who have been in the palace for more than seven years are recruited by Daming himself. As long as they are not defiled, Daming will be responsible for providing for the elderly. Those who have been defiled will be rewarded to the soldiers and can also receive pensions .

Those who entered the palace within seven years were recruited by the Tartars, and their loyalty was completely questionable, and they were all sent back to the people.

Of course, Zhu Shuren strictly carried out this decree—in fact, Zhu Shuren had almost thought of Zhu Changhao's idea before receiving the decree, but he was unwilling to do it for him.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu gave someone a handle on this matter, saying that he insulted the concubines and maids of the Yuan court harem.It's not that it's wrong to humiliate the women of the foreign Tartars, but that there are some things that the ministers should not decide on their own.

Zhu Shuren is only a tyrant, but his dictatorship is to save the world more efficiently, not because he is domineering by nature.

In those places that do not affect the major policies, he can still be modest as long as he can, and there is no need to be domineering over trivial matters that have no political interests.

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After dealing with the remaining problems in Beijing in strict accordance with the will, Zhu Shuren finally sent 20 teachers to the south on April [-]th.

The army marched normally, but only sixty miles a day.But on the way back to the south, because there is no need to bring food, you can eat wherever you go, so you can go faster. The land route can travel at least [-] miles a day, and some water routes can cover hundreds of miles.

Nowadays, the food shortage in Daming is still the further north you go, so if you can eat southern food, you can eat southern food, so as not to waste round-trip transportation.

After a short one-month march, the [-]-mile journey was completed, and on May [-]th, I officially returned to Nanjing.

Zhu Changhao went out of the city in person, went all the way to Jinshandu, Zhenjiang, to meet the troops of the class teacher, and then returned to Beijing together. The courtesy was the best in Ming Dynasty.

Whoever made this a great achievement in recovering the northern capital deserves more courtesy than previous victories.

Zhu Changhao also announced that the land tax will be exempted for one year nationwide to celebrate the restoration of the homeland.But the commercial tax is not exempted, and the surplus grain also needs to be purchased from the common people at the guaranteed minimum price given by the government. After all, food is still eaten. If the grain is not collected for a year, the court will not be able to support it.

When the people in all provinces heard the news, they couldn't help praising and celebrating.Those who were used to suffering from the Tartars even wept with joy. On the streets of Nanjing and along this road, there were people who sincerely supported and lined the road to welcome them.

In order to show his meritorious deeds and martial arts, Zhu Changhao also rode on a horse rarely, and put on the same armor with phoenix wings and gold crown, silver scales and golden dragon pattern as in the "Picture of Exiting the Police and Entering the Ridge".He also gave Zhu Shuren to walk side by side, only one horse's head behind.

However, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the onlookers did not feel that it was wrong. This was due to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the old capital.

Back in the Forbidden City in Nanjing, it is naturally cumbersome to give banquets, and give meritorious officers and men various rewards and promotions.

All of a sudden, the Ming court conferred five or six miscellaneous general titles, and seven or eight more marquises.

And Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong were even made dukes—Da Ming hadn’t been made a duke for many years, but when Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country and Zhu Di usurped the throne, they were also made dukes.Now that he has restored the Central Plains, he should of course be a duke.

Liu Guoneng, Li Fuming, Zhang Mingzhen, etc., the fire is more or less worse, and the follow-up will have to count on the Northern Expedition to the grasslands, or the last blow to the Liaodong Jiannu to make more contributions. It may still be possible in their lifetimes. Among them, the older ones have no hope. up.

In addition, even young generals such as Li Dingguo, because of their outstanding performance and rigorous military management in the final decisive battle with Hauge in Neihuang County, after the main force of the Qing army entered the camp of the Ming army, they were able to maintain those lying in the trenches. The trilogy did not collapse, and fought with the Qing army to the end, creating conditions for the final annihilation of the main force of the Qing army.

Therefore, Li Dingguo was also made an earl. As a western thief surrendered, he missed the merit of saving the nation. It is already very good to be able to do this now.He is still young, and if he can make great achievements in the follow-up in-depth attack on Manchuria, there is still great hope.

After the generals and civil servants rewarded each other, there was only Zhu Shuren himself left, but he was too high to be rewarded. He was already a one-word prince, and he had already held the highest military position in Ming Dynasty, so there was nothing to give.

Fortunately, Zhu Shuren didn't care about these things, as long as he made a fortune in silence and took over the real power, his fame didn't matter.

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It took a few days to deal with all the rewards and promotions, and the monarch and his ministers finally had time to discuss the follow-up timetable for suppressing thieves and the major policies for the next few years.

On May [-]th, the fourth day after Zhu Shuren returned to Nanjing, Zhu Changhao summoned him to the palace alone again to discuss matters. That's it.

After the banquet was set up, Zhu Changhao humbly asked for advice: "You think it will take a few years for the Ming Dynasty to wipe out the remnants of the grassland? Will it make the finances dry up for a long time? How many years will it take to recover the north? Raise food to support the army The military rations needed for the conquest?"

(End of this chapter)