The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 721 Chongzhen 13 Years

Ye Chengjing of Yongping Mansion also used reserves, and sent regiments and soldiers to escort [-] shi of grain to Ningyuan.

The war in Ningyuan will not end in a short time. Of course, 10,000+ villagers are trapped in the city.

He Guilan suggested to evacuate the old and weak women and children who have no combat effectiveness among the villagers, and only leave the young and strong in Ningyuan to help defend. Zhongmingbao and Yongping Mansion have the ability to resettle these ordinary people.

In the northern reclamation area of ​​Huang's family, many reform activists have been treated as free people every year. They know that the immigrant family will get five acres of rice fields as private property, and most of them choose to go south.

Refugees who came to the settlement went through the propaganda team to explain the good policies for overseas immigration, and many families decided to go to the south to seek a living. Therefore, the settlements in Zhongmingbao and Yongping always felt that there was not enough labor.

He Guilan knew that a labor force who went to the south to cultivate land could get more than twice as much grain as that in the north, so of course he would take care of the overall situation.

She knew that many villagers had been inspected and learned discipline in Yongping Prefecture, and those who voluntarily migrated south after passing the qualifications would set foot on the "Nanming" territory to welcome a new life.

With the experienced hands gone, He Guilan will try her best to accept the refugees and continue to train them. The population loss in the north of the Ming Dynasty is serious, and land conflicts are actually not a big problem. Too many good fields have been abandoned.

Of course, Yongping Prefecture has enough land for the people in Ningyuan to work for them to support themselves.

It was the governor of Liaodong who made the big deal, and he had the power to decide whether to remove the common people.

The reason why the imperial court allowed the frontier soldiers to take their families to stand guard was to be able to share the same hatred when the enemy attacked the city, because once the city was broken, the soldiers' families would bear the brunt.

The situation is different now. Ningyuan received too many soldiers and villagers, and the village was harassed by the slave cavalry, so it was feasible to let the common people go to Zhongming Fort and Yongping Mansion to be resettled, and to get a chance to support themselves!

In the following days, food from Yongping Mansion and Zhongming Fort were transported into Ningyuan one after another, and a large number of ordinary people came out to work on farming and field management. The Changming Army would not be short of food in the short term.

As long as Hong Chengchou does not make fatal mistakes, the history of Songshan's defeat should not appear.

The situation in the 13th year of Chongzhen is roughly like this: Li Zicheng, who is organized, talented and disciplined, develops with joy in attacking the city, and the team expands rapidly like a snowball.

The thieves have changed the usual style of the rogues, and began to try to manage the land they have laid down, allocating the land to the refugees for farming, and sending local officials to manage it.

The financial crisis broke out in the Ming Dynasty, and the government was actually on the verge of bankruptcy. The Emperor Chongzhen sold out all the stocks and almost exhausted his internal funds.

He is obsessed with work day and night, and he is prematurely aging, and his temples are already graying at the age of 30. Chongzhen, who is struggling alone, is really bitter and pitiful.

Hong is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, because there is no information that "Nanming" has troops dispatched to the north, and Hong Chengchou's 10,000+ army is not in his eyes, and the target of the aid is him.

The slave chieftain is full of confidence. If Hong Chengchou's tribe is wiped out within a year or two, there will be no strong army in the north of the Ming Dynasty. It is not a dream for the Qing army to sweep the North of the Yellow River.

He felt that the shot was too right this time, but fortunately he was prepared for danger in times of peace and chose to take the initiative to kill Ming regardless of his choice.

The Ming army under Hong Chengchou's command obviously has the courage to fight, and its combat effectiveness has also improved a lot. If the 10,000+ Ming army is not destroyed and allowed to develop, the Qing Dynasty will face another formidable opponent.

Hong Chengchou knocked down his teeth and swallowed his blood. He knew that there was no chance of winning the attack at this time, as if he was looking for death.

The Liaodong Economic Strategy stationed in Ningyuan was like sitting on pins and needles. Fortunately, Liu Yingkun supported him and marched to Jinzhou immediately.

Although He Kegang's department has been besieged for more than a year, their morale is still there. Jinzhou is united, and the eunuch Ji Yong, Tang Daoheng, and Xiong Zhaogui, the general judge of Tunliang, are all seeking to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.

They did not sit still, they continued to organize troops out of the city to attack the Qing army without interruption, and robbed the enemy's food and horses along the way, creating the illusion that Jinzhou's food might be unsustainable, making the slave chieftains unable to stop because of their misjudgment.

He Kegang knew that luring Jiannu to waste money under the city of Jinzhou and eat wind and snow would affect the enemy's production, thereby achieving the result of weakening the enemy's strength. There is no doubt that weakening the enemy is strengthening himself.

The upright He Kegang is more tenacious than in history, and because he often participates in the studies organized by Tang Daoheng and Cheng Shiju, his vision is wider.

He didn't worry about being trapped to death by Jiannu, because he trusted the "God of War" unconditionally. He decided that when the food ran out, he couldn't wait for reinforcements. He would lead the soldiers to attack Jiannu and kill them for meat.

This is not nonsense. In history, He Kegang led his subordinates to really eat human flesh and build slaves in the Daling River, until he was killed by his ancestor's fear of He Kegang preventing him from donating the gold after the surrender of Daling River City.

In order to be prepared, He Kegang has implemented the rationing system early to prevent waste. Why do you have to eat enough? Eating [-]% full is more beneficial to your health.

Tang Daoheng, Xiong Zhaogui and other civil and military officials all strongly supported the decision of the chief general, thinking that it would be better to spend all the savings in the early stage in vain than to be helpless when things come to an end.

The soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou saw that civil and military officials and everyone ate in the same pot, and they had no complaints about not being able to eat because of the ration, because they felt fairness and justice.

The high quality of Jinzhou’s military and civilians is of course the result of Tang Daoheng, Cheng Shiju, Xiong Zhaogui, and Xiong Da who often lead their subordinates to go deep into the grassroots for communication and publicity. The role played by the evening school classes should not be underestimated.

Mao Yuanyi finally became an official in the frontier, and worked hard in the past few years as the governor of Denglai.

After being destroyed by Kong Youde, the Jiaodong Peninsula is in a state of ruins, because it has convenient sea transportation and Fushan City, one of Huang Sheng's earliest window cities, so it has a foundation for development.

Denglai is very close to the free trade island "Huangjiawan Island", so it is of course uniquely endowed with economic development.

Shandong is a province with a large population and a large economy. As long as the officials who come to govern and work hard, it will be no problem to develop Denglai into a prosperous commercial city for domestic and foreign trade.

This is not just imagination. The business opportunities in Shandong alone are enough for Denglai to grow and develop.

Mao Yuanyi, who wanted to make a difference, came to work, and the guarding eunuch Lu Zhi was his own. There was no one to restrain him, and the Huang family consultant assisted him, and he would also get loan support.

Mao Yuanyi abandoned the bad habits of Liaodong generals in the past, and started all over again in the position of governor of Denglai.

He resettled war refugees to farm fields, overhauled water conservancy, developed trade, and supported industry and commerce. After several years of running Denglai, he became richer and richer, and he, the governor, was relatively affluent.

(End of this chapter)