I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 328
In the third year of the Jianwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, 1724 AD.

July.

Zhu Yijiong returned to the imperial court, and the decisive battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties lasted from spring and summer to autumn.It's not that the Ming army doesn't want to fight, but that it really can't go on.

Not only was the Manchu and Qing Dynasty's food shortage severe, the Ming army's food and grass supply was also stretched thin.

It turns out that there may be enough food, but who knows that the disaster in Shandong and Henan is more serious than the Ming court officials imagined.Except for big cities, hungry people and bandits are almost everywhere.

Even in those big cities, life is actually not easy.Especially once the war started, the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty did not care about the life or death of the people.If there is food, they will be recruited; if there is no food, young people will be used to compensate.

Not to mention those counties and towns, even in big cities like the state capital, many people starved to death.

In some cities, because too many people died and the bodies were not disposed of, plague broke out, such as Zhucheng County in Shandong Province.

Fortunately, on the frontal battlefield, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had been completely defeated, and the number of Eight Banners prisoners captured alone almost reached [-].

The remaining prefectures in Henan and Shandong encountered little resistance and simply surrendered.

The Ming army won a complete victory in this battle, and the Ming Emperor returned triumphantly.

However, in fact, the emperor only returned with the imperial army, while the other four armies that went out had their own arrangements.

The First Army and the Seventh Army were stationed in Henan and Shandong provinces respectively, not only to prevent the Qing army from taking the opportunity to invade the south, but also to temporarily implement semi-military management in the two provinces, coordinated by the army, and to provide food relief to the local areas.

This is right. Regardless of ancient or modern times, disaster relief requires the cooperation of the military.Otherwise, the hungry victims will not care about order at all. They will only know where the food is, and then...rob it.

Meng Yuan was messing around during disaster relief, only allocating money and food, and not sending disaster relief officials or troops at all, which ultimately led to disaster relief being a complete mess.

This is how the Red Turban Army came about.

This time, the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army, which had fought with the wind all the way to the north, followed the navy, which did nothing, and took the waterway to the two lakes to prepare for Yongzheng in Shaanxi and Yue Zhongqi in Sichuan.

Those rebels who surrendered during this battle were all reorganized.Those who were just coerced were all disbanded and settled in Henan and Shandong provinces.

Don't worry about not having land. Both provinces have been affected by successive wars and the government's apportionment of money and food. Ten houses and nine empty houses have been harmed, and fertile farmland is abandoned everywhere.

The rest of the rebels and Manchu and Qing officials who contributed to the city will be arranged separately according to their merits.

Like Wang Sanmazi, the leader of the rebel army who captured Pizhou at the beginning of the war and offered the city.There is also Pizhou guard Wang Ying who took the initiative to offer the city. His past crimes can be forgotten and he will be rewarded.

This is necessary. In the words of later generations, this is called the value of united front.

If such a war had just begun, and they took the initiative to revolt anyway, or if those who dedicated the city to the Ming army were severely punished and killed, then they would be forcing those Manchu officials to fight to the death.

Even if the Ming army could fight again, they would suffer heavy casualties.

Of course, the Eight Banners must be severely punished. This is a matter of political attitude.

However, the only ones who actually gave the reward of immunity were people like Wang Sanmazi.The remaining Ming troops who came to the city, or even surrendered during the siege, were not so lucky.

If it's okay if he didn't do much evil, he would definitely not be able to do it if he had done meritorious service, but he would still be able to survive.

And those who do evil will take the initiative to surrender.Both civil and military officials were beheaded directly and their heads were displayed to the public.

As for the soldiers below, except for the Eight Banners soldiers, the rest were all classified as sinners.Corvee service has been abolished in the Ming Dynasty, but these criminals still have to continue to serve the government for free. Only if they have not committed any evil within ten years can they be transferred to good status.

Moreover, the descendants of the guilty people are not allowed to take the imperial examination and become officials within three generations.

"Oh, prosper, the people are suffering, death, the people are suffering!" Zhu Yijiong was sitting on the boat, still taking the time to review official documents, mainly the arrangements for the aftermath of the war between the two provinces and a summary of local household registration and other matters.On the side, the accompanying old eunuch smiled and flattered: "But if I don't prosper, then the people in this world will only suffer!"

Zhu Yijiong couldn't help but smile and said: "Haha, your flattery is quite beautiful."

However, the old eunuch still smiled and said: "What the old slave said is from the bottom of his heart. Your Majesty loves the people as your own children. In less than ten years, the world will surely have clean seas and clear rivers, and the people will be prosperous and healthy!"

Zhu Yijiong smiled and said nothing and continued to review the official documents of the two provinces.

Next to her, Fang Sanmei, who was sitting obediently and barefooted as an escort, saw that Zhu Yijiong's tea cup was empty, and quickly got up to refill it.

She has been learning Chinese for almost a few months, and she can almost understand some basic vocabulary, but she still can't understand some of the profound words and some idioms and poems.

Zhu Yijiong watched the tea cup being filled, and saw him sitting on his knees with his eyes open, looking obedient, and couldn't help but smile.

Although this girl is the product of a political marriage between the Han and Yao tribes, she is still a twenty-year-old girl.

Zhu Yijiong suddenly said: "Well... you have almost learned Chinese in the past few months. How about I give you a Chinese name? It turns out that the third sister is still a bit difficult to be refined! Haha."

Fang Sanmei imitated the girl from the Han family, nodded and said, "Yeah... I listen to my husband."

Zhu Yijiong thought for a moment and said, "Let's call her Fang Huilan! Hui Xinlan is a good match for you."

Huixinlanzhi comes from Wang Bo's "Wang Zi'an Ji·Qixi Festival", which means to describe a woman's pure heart and elegant character.

Fang Sanmei didn't know what Hui Xin Lan Zhi meant, and who Wang Bo was. She just thought the name sounded nice and said with a smile, "It all depends on your husband."

Well, looking at this silly look, his heart is indeed "pure".

Zhu Yijiong was sitting on the boat, teasing his concubine and reviewing official documents.

The local officials of Henan and Shandong provinces, as well as the two generals Yang Gong and Yu Kecheng, have followed Zhu Yijiong's orders.

We implemented work-for-relief projects in the two provinces, recruited refugees as civilian husbands, and cooperated with the First Army and the Seventh Army to suppress bandits in the two provinces.

The erosion of these two provinces is too serious, and they have been affected by natural disasters caused by wars, plagues, and the fluctuations at the end of the Little Ice River. The population losses are too serious. There is no need to count on how much food the local areas can produce within this year, and they can only rely on transportation from the south.

The South actually encountered natural disasters caused by the ups and downs of the Little Glacier a few months ago. Fortunately, after experiencing the famine in the previous two years, local officials already had experience.

Overall, the south has been basically unaffected, and production at the Lianghu Granary has resumed.

The goal Zhu Yijiong set for local officials is that within one year, the bandits in the two provinces must be basically eliminated.It is impossible to completely eliminate it. We can only ensure that it will not affect local production, and then slowly suppress and use it later.

By the second year, the two provinces were basically self-sufficient in food. In short, they could not rely entirely on assistance from the south, and they began to immigrate from the south.

By the third year, we will be completely self-sufficient in food and be able to provide part of the military food for the garrisons in the two provinces.

This speed is already very fast. The two provinces of Henan and Shandong are so badly damaged that they must recover slowly.

Moreover, with the new tax laws and the huge population losses in the two provinces, even if the surviving landlords wanted to recruit tenants, they would not be able to raise the land rent too high.

Historically, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, ten households in the north were left empty, and tenants in Shandong Province could even eat at the same table as the landlords.

Because the population was too small, the tenants were not treated well, and the tenants gave up their picks every minute.

I can’t even plant it on my own land!
(End of this chapter)