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

Chapter 343 Beijing
Wang Li said: "Your Majesty, given this great opportunity, we should send troops as soon as possible to recover Beizhili!"

Zhu Yijiong only thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Not long after the end of the war, Shandong and Henan still need food and grass resettlement. If there is another army, the price of food in the south will not be suppressed. He ordered the cavalry to be dispatched to the front line to persuade the capitals of Zhili states to surrender. , take as much as you can!"

The previous Northern Expedition had already exhausted all the food Zhu Yijiong had on hand.

In addition, after the war, hungry people all over Shandong and Henan were in need of relief.The food price in the south has been stabilized by the imperial court, but it has also fluctuated to a certain extent.

At least the people in Nanjing have been saying that food prices have risen sharply in the past few months, but at least they are not too outrageous. Zhu Yijiong also trafficked a large amount of coastal salted fish through the Yangtze River to supplement the price.

Beizhili itself relies entirely on blood transfusions from the south. If Zhu Yijiong takes over this mess again, I am afraid that food prices in the south will really be unsustainable.

However, when the Manchus and the Qing evacuated Beijing, the Ming army certainly could not remain indifferent.We can only send cavalry up first to occupy some symbolically, and occupy as much as we can.

And if Beijing can, it must win.

Although Beijing is now an empty city, I would rather occupy it myself than let others occupy it.

Following Zhu Yijiong's order, he was sent to the Northern Army by waterway. Yang Gong and Yu Kecheng quickly sent cavalry troops north to seize the capital of Zhili Prefecture.

In the previous Henan war, although Yongzheng was finally let go.However, the Ming army still gained a lot, not only capturing tens of thousands of Eight Banners, but also capturing nearly [-] fine northern war horses.

These war horses have been ordered by Zhu Yijiong to form a dragoon unit on the spot for the Northern Army.The armor and fire guns used by the dragoons were slowly transferred from the south.

The total number of dragoons under Yang Gong and Yu Kecheng was about [-], but the actual proportion of fire guns was less than one-third.Moreover, many cavalrymen are novices. Not only are they not good at riding, but they also do not know how to wall charge and cooperate with friendly forces.

However, there is no big problem if they just go out to persuade the North Zhili Prefecture to surrender.

The Ming army's dragoons marched northward in an organized form, and in ten months they successively captured Hejian and Baoding prefectures.

Li Wei, the governor of Zhili, had already followed his new master Yinhu and ran out of Luguan with oil on his feet.

Ji Xiaolan has become a Mingren!
The Ming army's dragoons attacked from all sides and successively persuaded Jizhou and Shenzhou to the east of Zhengding Prefecture to surrender.

They could not go further west. Most of the west of Zhengding Prefecture was occupied by Liu Ruhan's troops.After all, Liu Ruhan was in Shanxi, even closer. Even if the civil war broke out, he would not give up this rare opportunity for the Manchus to escape and tear off two pieces of flesh.

If the Ming and Han Dynasties had not just negotiated peace before, and Shen Wenhao was there to dissuade him, Liu Ruhan would have been able to push to Baoding faster than the Ming army.

Those officials from the Northern Zhili Prefecture have completely surrendered, and they will surrender whoever comes first.No one went crazy to exploit the people, and the whole of Beizhili was close to anarchy.

Beizhili is not talking about great governance, but it also has a rare chance to breathe.

The people in Beizhili were even more surprised to find out, why did the official above suddenly turn into a blue sky?
Liu Ruhan was busy "cutting down the feudal vassal and suppressing the rebellion" and did not have enough troops on hand.The Ming army was also short of food, so they had to send out dragoons to persuade them to surrender and take over the city.

Therefore, both sides exercised restraint and took whatever they won, without any direct conflict over territorial issues.

Moreover, both sides only tried to persuade them to surrender and stationed a small number of troops in each state capital.Even the prefect and governor were not changed, but a military general was sent over to watch.

Do whatever you have to do, everything is as usual, as long as you don't go too far and make the place a mess.

The Ming army's dragoons captured Dagukou in Tianjin, and then continued to advance north, taking Shuntian and Xuanhua (that is, Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty) one after another before stopping.

Xuanhua is already a border town within the Great Wall, and further north are Koubei Santing and Chengde (Rehe) Prefecture, which are already outside the Great Wall.

To the east of Shuntian Prefecture is Yongping (Lulong) Prefecture, which is too close to Shanhaiguan. It is not cost-effective to have to station heavy troops to capture it.

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Beijing City.

Although the emergency military report said that Yinhu, Xuantong's small court, and the Eight Banners nobles all evacuated Beijing and retreated to Shanhaiguan.

But in fact, the city of Beijing has not been completely evacuated. There are still many homeless people in the outer city, some of whom are aboriginal people, and some of whom are refugees.

There are also some Han officials who were abandoned by Yinhu, including Mei Yingcheng, Fan Shouyi and their respective families who Zhu Yijiong named.

Yinzhu originally wanted to take these people away, but he had no choice but to have so much money, food and troops on hand. It would be difficult to escape with the family members of the Eight Banners nobles, how could he bring so many burdens with him.

Moreover, in the eyes of the Eight Banners princes and ministers, Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi were useless even to Yinhu.Mei Yancheng was an editor who knew something about astronomy and calculus. He was originally scheduled to participate in the editing of "History of the Ming Dynasty Astronomical Chronicles", and he was not the main person in charge.

Not to mention Fan Shouyi, a religious official, a religious official from a foreign vassal.The Manchus were also religious, but very few believed in Western Catholicism. They generally believed in Shamanic Buddhism.

Yongzheng was an alternative. This guy believed that the previous rituals to the Buddha were only for Kangxi to see, and to cultivate his moral character.

Because Kangxi scolded him for being eager for quick success, Yongzheng had always been resentful about this. Later, he went to ask Kangxi to delete this scolding from the history books.

Therefore, in the eyes of Yinhu and the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners, the Ming Emperor's desire for Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi might be due to pure imperial psychology.

You can do it without it, or you can take it with you.

Dai Duo suggested that Yinsu should not be taken away, because the Ming and Qing Dynasties finally achieved superficial harmony, and it was better to let him and the pseudo-emperor Yongzheng compete with each other.

If possible, it would be best to send Dai Zi away after retreating to Shenyang.

"Master Mei, tell me...why does Fake Ming insist on naming you and me? Is it true that Fake Tomorrow likes astronomical theology?" Fan Shouyi had just drank a bowl of porridge and regained some strength before facing Mei Yingcheng. asked.

Mei Yingcheng said: "No more questions, since the emperor... the Pseudo-Qing Tatars abandoned us, then there is nothing wrong with us defecting to the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Fan, please don't call me Puppet Ming in the future."

Fan Shouyi deeply believed it: "What Mr. Mei said is absolutely true. Fan has learned a lesson."

The situation in Beijing these days, especially when he was almost killed by Yinhu before, it would be a lie to say that he is not resentful.

Even if nothing happened in the end, Fan Shouyi's family's extravagant wealth was basically confiscated by the Manchus.

Not only them, but the entire city of Beijing is like this.

Although the Manchus did not take away the Han people in Beijing, they evacuated all the money and food they could.

The city of Beijing was almost full of hungry people. Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi even fought against those hungry people who couldn't bear the hunger and gathered in crowds to cause trouble, and they barely managed to save their homes.

Fortunately, the Ming army arrived quickly enough.

After the dragoons arrived, they saw the current situation in Beijing and quickly transported a batch of grain from nearby counties to help the hungry people.

Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi were among the few Han officials left behind in Beijing. After revealing their identities, the Ming army immediately sent people to report back.

The two of them were not idle, and together with other Han officials, they all became volunteers in the Ming Army's porridge shed.

The Ming army built a porridge shed directly in Beijing.

Fan Shouyi looked up and saw that hungry people were queuing up and waiting to be given porridge. Ming army cavalry were nearby to maintain order.

"What is your name?"

"Xu San."

"But Beijing citizens?"

"Yes."

"Where is your home?"

"..."

After asking and answering, I felt weak and hungry, but at least I didn't starve to death.

Fortunately, there were not many Han Chinese in Beijing, and many people had fled due to starvation, so it was not difficult to provide relief.

Moreover, the Ming army only provided relief to the urban population, and the rest of the countryside... could only be left to fend for themselves, as there was really no extra food.

Now is the end of the Little Ice Age, especially in the past few years, which has been fluctuating every year.

Not only are the south experiencing ups and downs, but the north is also having a hard time.

For example, last year the situation in Putai, Shandong Province was hit by Xiaoglacier, which made the situation worse and the Qing Dynasty unable to deal with it.

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