Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 500 The Financial Market of Ming Dynasty During the Northern Expedition (Chapter 19)
A Chongzhen Type 22 rifled gun.

An ordinary guard soldier who has just been in the army for one year.

He was able to kill more than ten Manchu Ba Yala and capture a Manchu Prince.

This was unimaginable 30 or even ten years ago.

But at this moment, it did happen to Hua Chunlong.

Hauge didn't know what kind of food Hua Chunlong gave him. He didn't expect the military rations of the Ming army to be so miraculous that not a lot of food would make people feel full. It had to be said that it was a good product for marching and fighting.

He did not expect that the Ming army would be so powerful in all aspects, not to mention the advanced weapons, and the logistics supply far surpassed his Qing Eight Banners. Even the ordinary guard soldier who captured him knew his portrait.

He couldn't help but be amazed at how good the Ming army was in scouting out news. He had to admit that his loss to the Ming army was indeed expected, which made him think of Zhou Zelai again.

Hauge hated Zhou Ze very much, because if it weren't for the trap designed by Zhou Ze, he would never have come to Sichuan and fell into the siege of the Ming army.

However, at this moment, Hauge suddenly realized that Zhou Ze might be the Ming army's eyeliner, the Ming army's spy who broke into his own Qing Dynasty. He couldn't help being proud of his wisdom, and couldn't help shouting:

"Oh my god, why didn't this king think of this? He Zhou Ze went south with Hong Chengchou back then. Could it have something to do with my fiasco in the Qing Dynasty!"

"Haha, Dorgon, haven't you always been smart? You wouldn't have thought that Zhou would be a spy, right? And Jierhalang, it's you, you're the ones who killed me!"

Hauge yelled like he was insane.

Hua Chunlong really thought he was too loud, so he had no choice but to wrap his mouth around him.

After a while, when the sky was completely dark, a long string of torches appeared in the distance, and one of them shouted:
"That's where the gunshots came from!"

Hua Chunlong saw that he was from the Ming army, so he hurriedly blew his whistle.

"It's ours," and soon four or five Ming soldiers appeared: "We belong to the Third Cavalry Battalion of the Second Corps, brother, which subordinate do you belong to?"

"Reporting Sergeant, I am Hua Chunlong, First Class Infantry of the Fourth Infantry Battalion, First Corps of the Guards Army, who has captured Hauge, the Prince of Qingsu, please help."

The epaulets of the cavalryman speaking in front of him are the epaulets of non-commissioned officers. The so-called non-commissioned officer is a unique military rank mark in the Guards. Divided into three levels, the highest level non-commissioned officer status is no less than middle-level officers.

The cavalry in front of him may have superb riding skills, or the veteran cavalry who fought against the Tartars back then has the status of a non-commissioned officer, so Hua Chunlong saluted him to show his respect.

The Guards pay attention to the equality of officers and soldiers, so the non-commissioned officer also returned the salute: "Brother, you are so skillful, you actually caught this guy! If so, we will help you escort him to the headquarters of your army."

At noon the next day, Hauge was escorted to Weng Zhengchun, the headquarters of the First Corps of the Seventh Army of the Guards, and Weng Zhengchun escorted Hauge to Chengdu with a special force. After arriving in Chengdu, Jin Yiwei escorted him to Nanjing.

When Hauge was taken to Nanjing, it caused a great sensation.

Benefiting from the development of the media industry in the Ming Dynasty, in today's Nanjing City, Haoge and other Manchu dignitaries are already familiar with each other, and they all know that Haoge is a very respected prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, almost as respected as Duduo back then. It is the son of the emperor, and the yellow belt of the Qing Dynasty is full of seriousness.

Except for Song Yingxing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who couldn't help complaining that the officers and soldiers of the guards who captured Prince Su Hauge beat Hauge blind and crippled so that he could not use Hauge as a labor force, everyone in Ming Dynasty felt guilty because of the capture of Prince Su Hauge. I am happy about this matter, even more happy than capturing Dodo and others.

The reason for this is that with the issuance of securities such as "Northern Expedition Vouchers", the financial market of the Ming Dynasty has long been hooked on the Northern Expedition. The capture of the Manchu Prince Hauge greatly increased the confidence of all the Ming people in the victory of the Northern Expedition. People continued to buy Northern Expedition coupons in large quantities, causing the value of Northern Expedition coupons to soar again, and the Ming financial market became even hotter for a while.

The household department of the Ming Dynasty also raised more and more funds by issuing a large number of Northern Expedition vouchers. Qu Shixu, who had taken over the post of Minister of the household department, could not help but lament that the greater the war, the more money the household department had. A coupon can be worth hundreds of silver dollars, but a Northern Expedition coupon is actually just a fancy piece of paper.

But because of the people's confidence in the prosperity of the country, the people just trust his value.

Nowadays, the common people of Ming Dynasty no longer compare with anyone else in having tens of thousands of silver dollars, only how many Northern Expedition coupons they hold can be regarded as real wealth.

Even Ruan Dayue, Minister of the Ministry of War, likes to get the Northern Expedition coupons directly from the Ministry of Households as military pay, because as long as these Northern Expedition coupons are held in his hands for a few more days and he sells them, he can earn more silver dollars on top of the military pay Get into your pocket.

"These [-] Northern Expedition coupons were sent to Xu Suitang. Now she is a celebrity in front of His Majesty and the adopted daughter of the Queen's Empress. It is worth spending more money to become king. Even if you can't form an alliance with her, at least Can't offend her."

Ruan Dayue even offered bribes directly with Northern Expedition coupons. There was more than one person like him. After all, it was better than giving silver dollars directly, because that would pass through the Daming Central Bank and be found out by the Dongchang people.

Because the price of Northern Expedition coupons skyrocketed, more and more wealth was concentrated in the central court, enabling Daming to concentrate more manpower, material and financial resources on the Northern Expedition, and the Northern Expedition went more smoothly. At this time, Hauge didn't know why he appeared. Daming made a great contribution to the victory of the Northern Expedition, he only knew that the time left for him in this world was running out.

Hauge was sentenced to [-] knives, which is much more than Duduo at the beginning. Of course, it was not because Hauge was more guilty than Duduo, but because driven by the financial market of the Ming Dynasty, people felt that the harsher the punishment for Hauge The greater the loss of the captured Hauge to the Qing Dynasty, the greater the value to the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, which means that the securities in his hands will rise even higher. This is all a trick played by the new dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty.

And Hauge himself wanted to cry, but he didn't expect to end up in this situation.

The Northern Expedition was still going on, and not long after Li Yan and Zhou Hui met, Li Dingguo's Pingyao Army and some of the Exterminating Puppet Army in the southwest region, Zhou Ze's Punishment Army, and Gao Jie's troops had already left Jianmen Pass as vanguards. The Seventh Army of the Guards has also gone north and arrived at Boryeong Prefecture.

Li Yan, the governor of Sichuan, went north with the army, Liu Wenxiu, the governor of Sichuan, stayed behind, and Ma Shiying, the governor of Sichuan, returned to the court.

This is the latest army to start the Northern Expedition.

At this time, Liu Fangliang, the Third Army of the Guards, had entered Weihui Mansion in Henan.

(End of this chapter)