Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Auntie Zhu also knew that driving Qinglu out of the pass was only the beginning of her prosperous Ming Dynasty, and there were indeed many things to do in the future.

She also has her own ideas about the restoration of the northern population by the migrating people.

Hearing the words, he said: "With the current level of transportation in Ming Dynasty, there are many difficulties in large-scale migration. Therefore, I plan to migrate on a small scale first, and increase the scale of migration after the railway from Nanjing to Beijing is completed."

"Yes." Hao Guangming praised, "Practical train technology has just been realized, and you have already thought about where to build the railway. It seems that you have already considered this aspect."

"Of course." Auntie Zhu laughed.

In fact, as early as the steamship was built in Daming, she began to think about trains and railways.

After all, compared with ships and airplanes, railway transportation is the most suitable large-scale transportation method for the development of Ming Dynasty.

Then, the two found a map and studied which section of the railway from Nanjing to Beijing should start to be built, or multiple sections of railways should be built at the same time.

The southernmost end of this railway can only be placed in Jiangbei.After all, it is unrealistic to want to build a railway bridge in Daming. Even with the technical support of later generations, it is estimated that it will take 30 to [-] years...

The first year of Zhaowu, November [-]th.

That is, one month after the Ming army conquered the capital.

Aimee Zhu held a military meeting with the ministers of the Military Affairs Academy in the Hall of Martial Ying.

In the video projection is a military map of Ming Dynasty, and Li Yan is holding a bamboo stick, explaining the current military situation.

"As of three days ago, Ye County, the prefecture of Laizhou, was recovered, and all the prefectures, prefectures, and counties occupied by the Qing captives in the original pass have been recovered.

However, because the retreat of the Qing captives was too sudden and fast, not many Qing captives were actually wiped out.

According to the information we have collected so far, nearly half of the original Shanxi Qing captives escaped into the grassland, and a small half of the original Shandong Qing captives fled to Jinzhouwei in Liaodong through the Qing Lu Navy.

Only the Qing captives in Henan were wiped out by us, and only a small part fled to the grasslands through Shanxi, or fled across the sea to Liaodong with the Qing captives in Shandong.

In addition, some Qing captives scattered into the countryside and forests of Shanxi, Henan, Beizhili, and Shandong, and became bandits. "

Having said that, Li Yan paused for a moment before bowing, and said: "The failure to prepare for the escape of the Qing captives by sea is the result of a miscalculation by the Staff Department of the Military Affairs Council. I hereby apologize to Your Majesty."

Auntie Zhu said: "I never expected this matter, and it was not Li Duli's fault alone. Don't bring up the matter of pleading guilty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Auntie Zhu didn't pursue this matter, and other members of the Military Affairs Academy naturally wouldn't say anything, after all, no one had mentioned this situation before.

Then, Zhu Wei glanced at the officials and said: "Anyway, not only were the Qing captives driven out of the pass, but most of the Eight Banners Army they relied on as their foundation were also wiped out.

It is estimated that the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners combined may not have [-] troops, and many Qing generals were killed or captured by our army.

The loss was so heavy, even if I, Ming Dynasty, let it go, it would be difficult for the Qing captives to recover within 20 years.

What's more, we won't give them time to lick their wounds - I plan to spend half a year to calm the banditry in the pass, and at the end of next summer, I will send troops to Liaodong to try to wipe out the Qing captives in one fell swoop! "

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

All the ministers of the Military Affairs Academy agreed with Zhu Yuxi's idea.

Although it stands to reason that the Qing captives have been defeated now, and some of the Qing captives who escaped into the grasslands probably have not yet fled back to Liaodong.

But objective conditions did not allow Aimee Zhu to make such a decision.

First, this time the Ming army divided into four northern expeditions, mobilizing 60 million soldiers and horses.Although it only lasted for more than a month, it consumed a lot of food and other supplies.

Although Auntie Zhu had raised a lot of grain and grass through the auction before, and Sichuan had a bumper harvest, and let the Zheng family lead other sea merchants to transport grain from overseas, the accumulated grain still could not support a long war.

Because not only the army consumes food, but also the disaster victims everywhere.

Under such circumstances, it is already very good that the Zhaowu court can squeeze out the food and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops to fight continuously for two months.

Second, it is now November, which means it is winter.

The winter in the Little Ice Age was very cold, and it can be said that it was even less suitable for war than summer.

If you have to chase outside the pass at this time and fight against the Qing captives who are more adapted to the severe cold climate outside the pass, you will suffer a lot.Otherwise, the non-combat death rate of soldiers will be very high.

Third, although Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, and Beizhili were recovered, they were far from being peaceful and stable.

In these places, there were many bandits gathered in the mountains and forests because of the troubled times, but now there are many Qing soldiers joining in, which will only make the banditry in these four provinces worse.

Even if we don't seek to eliminate all banditry, we must solve the banditry that threatens the safety of states and counties and affects important road traffic, right?
According to the estimates of Aimee Zhu and the Military Affairs Council, it will take a year and a half to solve even these banditry problems that have a great negative impact.

Finally, regaining Liaodong this year, for Daming, apart from looking good and saying it well, there is actually no real benefit, at least there is no benefit that can be seen immediately.

On the contrary, it will add a lot of trouble at once.

Now, the management of the northern provinces in Guannei is a headache for Aimee Zhu and the cabinet, let alone the management of Liaodong.

Therefore, Aimee Zhu, the Military Affairs Council, and the cabinet all believed that Liaodong was there, and it might as well let the Qing captives occupy it for one or two more years, and then regain it when the time is more mature.

As the meeting continued, Li Yan talked about another very important matter.

"Your Majesty, according to the latest information we have received, during the Northern Expedition, although the Qing Court transferred Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army to Shanxi to participate in the battle, it has always intended to maintain its strength.

After Jiang Xiang and Datong got back together, Wu Sangui was the first to flee north into the grassland, and there were at least [-] soldiers under his command.

At present, he has fled back to Shanhaiguan, and has actually controlled the area from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, that is, the southwest half of the Liaoxi Corridor.

A few days ago, Wu Sangui sent someone to contact Yang Zhan who was stationed in Yongping Mansion, and expressed his willingness to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway. "

Auntie Zhu smiled and said, "He should be conditional, right?"

"Yes." Li Yan nodded, but his expression became strange, "Wu Sangui said that he is willing to go to the Puppet Qing to become a prince, and continue to guard Shanhaiguan for the imperial court with the prince of Ping Xibo."

If it was someone else, Zhu Yuxi might think about it, after all, they returned with over [-] elite troops and important military sites.

But for Wu Sangui, Auntie Zhu didn't want to forgive at all.

This person is not only the big traitor who caused Shenzhou to be occupied by the Qing captives in later history, but also the enemy of many generals of the Shun army in the new Ming army.

If she gave Wu Sangui preferential treatment, what would the many former Shunjun generals in the new army think?
What's more, Auntie Zhu already hated Wu Sangui quite a bit.

She then said: "Beizhen Fusi can send someone to tell Wu Sangui that if he wants to return to Daming, he can only take the Guan Ning Army and accept the reorganization unconditionally.

As for him, I can give him a way to survive, but don't think about titles and official positions.

Just because he let the Qing captives enter the customs, it is not enough for me to kill him ten times.Let him live and be a commoner, that is the greatest forgiveness for him! "

After hearing what Aimee Zhu said, Zhu Dadian, Yang Tinglin and others below couldn't help but secretly startled, thinking: Your Majesty seems to really hate Wu Sangui.

As far as this condition is concerned, Wu Sangui will not accept it if he still has a little bit of greed for power and wealth in his heart.

But if he doesn't accept it, he can only become His Majesty's enemy, waiting to be crushed by the new army of the Ming Army.