The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 520 When the times are bad, it is the pig slaughter day

Dorgon knew how rich these eight families were, but he frowned and said, "What if they don't pledge, or take thousands of taels of silver against the court?"

Jin Zhijun sneered sinisterly, "It is their duty to respond to the country's urgent needs. If they don't know how to praise, hehe, which of these businessmen has not done some bribery and tax evasion? Its core figures are imprisoned, if you don't believe them, they dare not submit!

"If you kill a chicken to set an example, the rest will definitely pour their money into the imperial court's army!"

He added slowly, "The pig has been fattened up, so it must be slaughtered for the New Year."

Move the eight giants?Before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, these eight families smuggled prohibited items such as steel and gunpowder, which helped the court a lot.Dorgon thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of any other way. This time the battle with Nanming was related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty, and it seemed that he could only wrong them.

Then he nodded slightly, and told Jin Zhijun: "Leave this matter to you, and don't make too much noise."

"Remember, sir."

After that, several Manchu and Han courtiers offered their advice one after another, which solved many problems.For example, they decided to purchase fine steel from the Japanese country to make the reeds of the gun machine; suspended the strangulation of those who refused to shave their hair to ease the resistance of the Han people in Jiangbei; .

It wasn't until the car drove into Beijing that Dorgon reluctantly let them get out of the car, and told the Hall of Martial Arts to continue the discussion tomorrow.

……

Zhu Linming had approved the memorial sent by Tianxing Mansion, and remembered that she had sent the memorial to invite the emperor to visit the Xiaoling Mausoleum at Yingtian Mansion for several days, even if she was going to pick up the empress dowager and the little emperor's new "royal chariot", it was time to arrive Fujian.

So he greeted Shi Lin and said: "Prepare the car and go to Xiaoling to have a look. Worshiping the tomb is the most important thing."

"Yes!"

Shi Lin responded, and as soon as he exited the study, he saw a soldier rushing to report: "My lord, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Huang, is asking to see you."

Zodiac week?Zhu Linmi was quite surprised, why did he come to Nanjing?Immediately he said to Shi Lin, "Hurry up and ask Mr. Huang Ge to come in."

After a while, Huang Daozhou came quickly, followed by a middle-aged man, and then the two bowed down and saluted together.

"The old minister pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Assistant King."

"The lower official, Huang Wei, pays homage to His Royal Highness the Assistant King."

Zhu Linmei saw that the middle-aged man looked familiar, and immediately remembered the name, isn't this the eldest son of Huang Daozhou?When he was impeached and left Fujing, he even came to see him off, but now he seems to be in the criminal department.

"Mr. Huang Ge didn't preside over the overall situation in Tianxing Mansion, why did he suddenly come to Nanjing?" Zhu Linmi thought again, without saying hello in advance.

Seeing that there was no one else in the study room except Shi Lin, Huang Daozhou bowed his head and said, "Return to Your Highness, because the move of the capital is a serious matter, and the letters are slow and difficult to explain clearly, so the veteran made his own decision and came to report to His Highness in person."

The matter of moving the capital?Zhu Linmi frowned when she heard the words, and couldn't help but think of the memorials she had just approved, most of which were still veiled against moving the capital. It seemed that Huang Daozhou must know some of the reasons.

So he also said bluntly: "Master Huang Ge should have read all the recent memorials. I originally thought that the move of the capital would be a happy event for everyone in the government and the opposition, but who knows that it is the current situation..."

Huang Daozhou hurriedly said: "I return the old capital to the court, which is the hope of the world, and it must be done sooner or later. However, there are many inconveniences at present, and most of the courtiers are worried about the country, so they bluntly wrote the letter.

"The old minister has also discussed this matter with the ministers many times in Tianxing Mansion, so he is aware of everyone's concerns."

Zhu Linmi didn't answer the conversation, just watched him quietly waiting for the next sentence.

"The primary concern was raised by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The previous army's northern expedition cost a lot of money, and the Yongbeili and Nan'an shipyards were working day and night, requiring tens of thousands of taels of money.

"The Ministry of Yang Ge disclosed to the veteran that there is only more than 300 taels of silver left in the treasury. After the money is safely blocked by the people who were hit by the war in Nanzhi, there will not be much left. And the plan to move the capital will cost at least two or three million taels. Right now The imperial court is still using troops, how can such a large sum of money be collected..."

Huang Daozhou breathed a sigh of relief, and said again: "Secondly, Nanzhi has not yet settled down, Changzhou, Suzhou, Wuhu and other important towns are still fighting, and the leader of the bandits and the puppet general Le Ke Dehun has not been captured. When the capital is moved, there must be troops. The luggage stretches for hundreds of miles, if the bandits attack our relocation team, we may suffer heavy losses."

Zhu Linmei also saw these problems in the previous memorial, and was about to express her opinion to Huang Daozhou, when he heard him continue: "In addition, courtiers such as Minister Zeng of the Household Department and Master Li of the Imperial Academy also mentioned that The eastern captives have been poisoned for a long time, and it is time for the people to recuperate. However, moving the capital will require recruiting a large number of civilians.

"By the way, there are still courtiers who are worried that the emperor is already weak. It is thousands of miles away from Nanjing to the north, but they don't know whether the dragon body can bear it..."

Huang Daozhou babbled on a lot, and Zhu Linmi frowned deeply. He had thought about many of these problems and had some countermeasures, but the attitude of the courtiers made him feel that there was something different. It just never got the point.

……

When Mu Zhiqing and his party entered Nanjing City, they saw that the streets were bustling with people, and they were extremely lively, without the slightest slump as if they had just gone through a war.

Then Mu Zhiqing discovered another strange sight—more than half of the pedestrians in the street were wearing dark green clothes, which were similar to the military uniforms of the Dragon Guards.Some people even pointed to their clothes and boasted loudly to their companions, "This is sold by Jiangxi Zhenji! Does Zhenji know? The uniforms of the Dragon Guards are made by them!"

"Mr. Liu's shoes are also extraordinary..."

"Brother Zhang is really discerning. This is made by Xue Ji. The materials and craftsmanship are the same as those of the Dragon Guard military boots."

Immediately cast envious glances from his side, even young girls would cast a glance in this direction regardless of reserve.

It turned out that after the Ming army regained the old capital, the Dragon Guards had become heroes admired by all the people of the Ming Dynasty.Subsequently, their costumes and manners have been widely imitated by everyone, and dark green is the current popular color.

In fact, if it weren't for the weird style of the Dragon Guard's military uniforms, everyone in the city would have been wearing "German military uniforms".

And the shops on both sides of the road are full of paper-made military flags with the sun and the moon on a blue background, and there are vendors holding wigs, military flags, etc. along the street to sell, and the business is very good.

When their cars and horses passed a street corner, it became a bit congested because the road ahead was being repaired on the day of the siege.

Yale brought people to clear the road, but Mu Zhiqing heard a group of passers-by not far from her carriage laughing and chatting.

"Hey, do you know? His Royal Highness is the reincarnation of Erlang Xiansheng and Zhenjun. With just one wave of the three-pointed and two-edged knife in his hand, the Tartar army will be ashamed!"

"Yes, yes! I've heard that too!" Immediately someone responded, "It is said that he had three heads and six arms when he was in battle, and that he had divine eyes on his forehead, and that kind of messy war horse saw him from afar, and immediately knelt down and bowed down. No matter how whipped by the horsewhip, he dare not move..."

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