I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 274

Chapter 273

Li Dingguo was sent to Jinzhou together with the captured craftsmen. According to Cheng Shijie's positioning, Luzon is only a raw material production area and a grain production base. Among the tens of thousands of rogues, those captives with certain skills were sent to Jinzhou. .

As soon as they entered Jinzhou, Li Dingguo's eyes were wide open. Now in front of them is a straight concrete road. This concrete road from Jinzhou West Port to Jinzhou was only able to pass four carriages at the beginning. The cement road, but as the traffic volume increased, the road became wider and wider.

The current Jingang Avenue is placed in the later generations and also belongs to the level of expressway. In the middle of the road, there is a green belt. This green belt is composed of a single row of poplars, plus some perennial greens. A rain shelter was built.

The two sides of the road are also green belts and rain shelters that appear not far away. This is a road that seems to be built to the sky. It is flat, hard, and there are directional markings. The road is divided into four wheels. There are roads for horse-drawn carriages, roads for horses, mules and other livestock, as well as pedestrian passages.

There is an endless stream of four-wheeled carriages on this road, and a large number of commodities produced in Jinzhou are transported to Jinzhou West Port, and then sold to Tianjin, Beijing, and Jiangnan by sea, or all over Nanyang, and special products produced from Nanyang, Jiangnan, and Beijing And a large number of immigrant ships also disembarked here and went directly to the Golden State.

Of course, ordinary immigrants no longer have the opportunity to go directly to Jinzhou. Those who can settle in Jinzhou have certain technical talents, or the family members of generals of the Ning Navy. Talented people in Liaodong will also move their families to Jinzhou.

On the road from Jinzhou Xigang to Jinzhou City, there are factories on the roadside, and farmers in the fields are busy with their crops.Spring wheat, corn, soybeans, sweet potatoes, and potatoes have also been planted long ago. They are turning over the greenhouses. In each greenhouse, loads of green vegetables, cucumbers, eggplants, and baskets of tomatoes are constantly being picked out. Loaded into a horse-drawn cart and transported to town.

Seeing this scene, Li Dingguo and the refugees were stunned. They never dreamed that so many vegetables could be grown just after the beginning of spring!

It may be that the same scene has been seen too many times. Seeing officers and soldiers escorting so many refugees passing by, the peasants were not afraid at all. They even took out tomatoes and cucumbers and threw them over.A farmer called a kid and threw two tomatoes over. Li Dingguo caught them and took a hesitant bite. They were sour and sweet, so delicious.

Li Dingguo is young and doesn't know much about the principles, but from the harmonious relationship between the soldiers of the Ning Navy and the farmers, and the many factories in Liaodong, he knows that his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong's defeat is not unjust, even if Wu Qi rises to command , nor can it defeat Ning Haijun, who has the full support of millions of people and has almost unlimited material support.

When they arrived in Jinzhou, the camp had already prepared for them, two sets of brand new clothes for each person, plus a spring and autumn thin cotton coat.The cotton coat is made of linen, filled with a lot of cotton, and it is very long, covering all the way to the knees, so it is very warm to wear.

There is almost no spring or autumn in Liaodong now. The so-called autumn thin cotton-padded clothes can be worn for more than a month. Even in mid-May, the weather here is not hot. Of course, cotton-padded clothes are needed after August.Brand new bedding, sheets, and a huge backpack.

The officer who led the team said: "You can stay here with peace of mind. Three meals a day are provided regularly. The food will not be very good, but at least it will not make you hungry! Someone will come to count and register in a few days. Those under the age of 13 will enter Study at school, young and old go to work, old and weak, women and children look after the house, as long as you work hard, you can always survive!"

Li Dingguo and others once again found out what happened to Ning Haijun's so-called food guys.

Breakfast is milk tea, and there are potato noodles, corn noodles, and wheat flour steamed buns. The porridge is sweet potato and corn porridge, as well as small pickles, corn tortillas, and there is no limit, you can eat whatever you want.

It was not the first time for Li Dingguo to eat this kind of steamed buns with three-in-one noodles, but the problem was that these three kinds of steamed buns with three-in-one noodles were much more delicious than corn buns, especially the sweet potato porridge, which was so delicious.

The milk in the refugee resettlement camp is donated by many people. Milk has a shelf life, and it will be wasted if you can’t finish it. Farmers are not like farmers in the beautiful country. Farmers will pour unsalable milk into the river, but Liaodong will not, they will donate it, and the donated milk will be engraved on the stone tablet, leaving a good name.

Although it can't bring actual results, Liaodong selects good people every year, relying on this method. As long as they are good people, their children are married, join the army, or hold official positions, they will be given priority.

As for lunch, it is pork stewed with potatoes. There is not too much meat. If you are lucky, you can get a small piece. If you are not lucky, it will be gone, but it has a meaty taste, and there is oil and water, as well as cabbage stewed with vermicelli and three-in-one noodles. Steamed buns are also enough.

Dinner is still three dishes and one soup, but the soup is replaced by broth.

All the refugees belched and said that their standard of living was already on par with that of the landlord Lao Cai. If they had known that they would be treated like this if they surrendered, they would have beaten them!

Li Dingguo felt that these guys were really spineless, so he bought you off with just three dishes and one soup, waste... the young master is different, I don't even look at them without five dishes and one soup!

After arriving in Liaodong, Li Dingguo did not see a single beggar. Everyone was well fed and warmly dressed. The children were more or less carrying snacks. Besides, there is really nothing to prove that they were once refugees.

Li Dingguo was at a loss for a while. He was born in an ordinary peasant family. He was three years old in Chongzhen. Because of the drought, the whole family starved to death like countless people in Shaanxi.Li Dingguo, who was only ten years old, became an orphan. He met Zhang Xianzhong. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong led the bandits to attack Yan'an.

Seeing Li Dingguo's extraordinary appearance and outstanding bravery, Zhang Xianzhong adopted Li Dingguo as his adoptive son. At that time, Li Dingguo was nine years old. After he joined the bandits, he was very brave. He was injured dozens of times, and most of his body was covered with scars.

But seeing so many refugees living a prosperous life in Nanyang, he couldn't help being shaken.The father-in-law led tens of thousands of people to kill and plunder all the way. Wherever he went, there were mourners. I don’t know how many people left their homes. However, Cheng Shijie helped the refugees suffering from hunger and cold to find a stable home and live a life of food and clothing.

Is the foster father really right?Will killing Cheng Shijie and overthrowing the court really make the people's lives better?

Li Dingguo was at a loss, while Chongzhen was distressed.

Just when Li Dingguo arrived in Jinzhou, Gao Qiqian sent people to speed up the whip and whip the whip again, and rushed to send the victory report to Beijing. After receiving the victory report and the secret report from Dongchang and Jinyiwei, Chongzhen almost had a heart attack.

Zhang Xianzhong, the bandit who dug up the ancestral grave of the old Zhu family, had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, corrupted dozens of Jianghuai state capitals, and defeated Zhang Xianzhong, who was defeated by Cheng Shijie. How long has it been?

Although Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the bandits who made him hard to eat, did not catch him, but in Gao Qiqian's good news, Cheng Shijie had already chased him into the Dabie Mountains, and sent people to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. Cheng Shijie's opponent, now Zhang Xianzhong only has two or three kittens left around him, how could he be Cheng Shijie's opponent?
Emperor Chongzhen saw that the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty really favored him, and they simply gave him all the good luck of the Ming Dynasty for more than 260 years!Cheng Shijie was too aggressive. He beat up Jiannu in Haizhou, then changed hands and wiped out Zheng Zhilong, who had been rampant in the sea for more than ten years. Zhang Xianzhong had tens of thousands of horses. He almost wiped out his entire army in World War I. Only the prisoners were captured. million people.

With Cheng Shijie standing as the pillar of the country, why worry about the instability of the Ming Dynasty!

However, how should Cheng Shijie be rewarded?

Cheng Shijie's son Cheng Jialong, Emperor Chongzhen immediately came up with this name. He originally wanted to make Cheng Jialong the Earl of Zhenguo, Yongxing Bo, and assign Yongxing Island to Cheng Jialong as a fiefdom.

It's just that with this great achievement, the earl's position may not be available, so what should I do?Emperor Chongzhen had a headache too.So much so that now I don't know how to reward Cheng Shijie!This is not a good thing, the courtier has made a world-class feat, but the emperor can't give a proper reward, it will make people laugh!

Chongzhen discussed with the officials, and the officials learned that Zhang Xianzhong's 10,000+ rogue bandit Cheng Shijie led [-] Ning naval cavalry to wipe out them with lightning speed, their eyes popped out.Is there any mistake, how much painstaking effort did they put in to exterminate the bandits, how many senior officials lost their positions or even lost their heads, one by one elite soldiers were swallowed up by the bandits, famous cities were captured, the more people died, the more the bandits became more troubled The more fierce it is, so that everyone dare not expect to be able to wipe them out. Thank God if they can be calmed down for a few years!
However, Cheng Shijie only led 10,000 cavalry, and Zhang Xianzhong's [-]+ bandits were wiped out. This somewhat made everyone feel illusory.

Wang Yingxiong, a newly promoted cabinet minister, did not know at this time that in history, because Zhang Xianzhong destroyed the imperial tomb, Wang Yingxiong shielded the seat lord, Fengyang governor Yang Yipeng and Wen Tiren's in-laws, and Fengyang inspector Wu Zhenying, who foretold the imperial edict and was arrested. Fan Shutai was impeached, dismissed from office, and returned to Ba County.

At this time, because in this time and space, Emperor Chongzhen had Cheng Shijie available to order Cheng Shijie to put down the rebellion, so internal accountability has not yet been launched.

Wang Yingxiong looked at the good news and asked in disbelief, "This... Could it be a mistake? How can Zhang Xianzhong be so easy to deal with?"

Fu Zonglong said of his background: "This Sima has already experienced it. This good report is written by Gao Qiqian, the supervisor of the Ning Navy, and the inspectors of Dongchang and Jinyiwei have verified it."

Wang Yingxiong said: "Of course I don't doubt the authenticity of this good news, but once the 10,000+ bandits are wiped out, it always makes people feel unbelievable..."

Fu Zonglong said with a faint smile: "It's nothing incredible. Jiannu slave chief Huang Taiji personally led hundreds of thousands of Jiannu elites to attack Haizhou. Cheng Shijie led an army of tens of thousands. After a bloody battle, Jiannu has been seriously injured. Wan Pirates, Xiyi, who are rampant in the world, are vulnerable to Ning Haijun, let alone a mob!"

When Fu Zonglong said this, Emperor Chongzhen looked very proud. He looked at the ministers and said: "My love, Ning Haijun wiped out Zhang Xianzhong with lightning speed and protected the Central Plains from the rogues. What should I do? Reward him? I have been thinking for a long time but I can't figure it out, I hope all the lovers can help come up with a charter."

When he said this, all the important ministers in the cabinet frowned.Wen Tiren's eyelids drooped, Fu Zonglong frowned, Wang Yingxiong blinked, Hou Xun was both envious and jealous, anyway, his expression was wonderful.

After a while, Wen Tiren smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, Hai Guogong has made great achievements, and there is no reward for him. If you want to give him a corresponding reward, you can only make them kings!"

There are three kinds of kings with different surnames in Ming Dynasty. The first is meritorious officials who are crowned kings after death. For example, Xu Da, the founder of Wei Guogong, was named King of Zhongshan after his death, followed by Chang Yuchun, who was named King of Kaiping after his death, and Li Wenzhong, king of Qiyang, Deng Yu, king of Ninghe, Tanghe, king of Dongou, and Muying, king of Qianning.These are the six founding kings of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yingxiong said resolutely: "It is absolutely impossible! Duke Ninghai has been crowned king for less than three years, and he was crowned king again, which is inconsistent with the etiquette! And if Duke Hai calms down the chaos in Huguang again next year, how should he be rewarded?"

Chongzhen had a great headache, it seems that the courtiers couldn't fight, and even if they were too good at fighting, they couldn't do it!They are too good at fighting, so they can't be rewarded.

It's not that Chongzhen has no choice, in fact, he has long thought about ennobling Cheng Jialong, but this problem needs to be brought up by ministers. Unfortunately, all the ministers turned a blind eye to Emperor Chongzhen's eyes, which made Emperor Chongzhen very embarrassed.

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Huangzhou is not famous, but the famous one is Chibi in Huangzhou. Chibi Mountain in Huangzhou is like an elephant sticking its nose into the river to drink water, so it is also called Chibi Mountain.Sangqin of the Han Dynasty recorded in the "Shui Jing" that "the left side of the river flows south of Chibi Mountain".It is also called Chibi and Chian; of course, it is more famous because of the Chibi War during the Three Kingdoms period and Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, who chanted Chibi's one word and two Fu.

There have been different opinions on where the ancient battlefield of the Battle of Chibi was located since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, so six theories of Hubei Hanchuan, Hanyang, Wuchang, Huanggang, Jiayu, and Puqi have been formed. The battle for the ownership of Chibi is very fierce, which represents great interests, the interests of the huge tourism industry.

For example, Yongcheng in Henan Province, because Liu Bang's snake-killing uprising laid the foundation of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, and Yongcheng firmly grasped the name of the snake-killing uprising and created a tourism industry of "the land of Han Xing". Millions of tourists come and bring great economic benefits to the city.

When Cheng Shijie came to Chibi in Huangzhou, he sighed a little: "There is no Erfu Hall here, nor Yishuang Tower, Liuxian Pavilion, Poxian Pavilion, Sleeping Fairy Pavilion, Fujiang Pavilion, Wenhe Pavilion, and Xiyu Pavilion. wait."

Han immediately recorded it quickly, and asked Cheng Shijie, "Marshal, what is Er Fu Tang?"

"It is named in memory of Su Shi's Chibi Fu!"

"Is the Xianpo Pavilion built to commemorate Su Shi?"

"Of course!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "However, this is just a relatively large ferry now. The whole town is even built in the Ninghai Commandant's Mansion in East Jinzhou."

Han thought for a while and said, "If the commander-in-chief likes it, I will build a city for the commander-in-chief!"

"Built the city?"

Cheng Shijie asked curiously: "Why did you build a city?"

"There are more and more refugees arriving here recently. It's not a problem for the commander to let them idle. Why don't you find something for them to do!"

Han said: "Building a city can kill two birds with one stone. One is to attract more refugees, and the second is to give the refugees a way to survive with work in lieu of relief!"

Meng En said: "There is another advantage, that is, you can have a foothold!"

"A foothold?"

Cheng Shijie frowned slightly: "Do we need to establish a foothold in Huangzhou Mansion?"

Cheng Shijie’s most desired foothold is the future Wuhan. Wuhan has not yet been established, and its strategic position in the future Wuhan is very important. The thoroughfare of nine provinces radiates Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, etc. province.

However, the problem is that Meng En didn't know that there would be such a city in the future as Wuhan, a thoroughfare to nine provinces. However, in his opinion, the strategic position of Huangzhou Mansion was very important, and it could be a pawn.

In fact, as early as Cheng Shijie established the General Staff of the Ning Navy, the Ning Navy Staff Department learned Cheng Shijie's so-called war game deduction.However, in the Battle of Baliwan, it was actually a watershed for the Ning Navy. Before the Battle of Baliwan, it was Cheng Shijie or the generals of the Ning Navy who never thought about the possibility of falling out with the Ming court.

However, after the Ning Navy defeated Jiannu, the general staff of the Ning Navy began to deduce. At that time, the possibility of the Ning Navy and the Ming court was already as high as [-]%, especially after the Ning Navy occupied Danshui, the possibility of turning against the court It broke through [-]%. After occupying Luzon and defeating Zheng Zhi, the possibility of the Ning Navy and the court falling apart is as high as [-]%.

At this time, Ning Haijun has actually begun to use more than 100 staff members of the General Staff, and has begun to undertake the formulation of a follow-up plan for the imperial court and Ning Haijun to turn their faces.

In the "Tianzihao" plan formulated last year, it was deduced that Emperor Chongzhen detained Cheng Shijie in the capital under the guise of reporting his duties, and would punish Cheng Shijie for unwarranted charges. plan.

In the Tianzihao plan, the Ning Navy will divide its troops into three groups. First of all, the Ning Navy’s absolute elite main force will raid Shandong with the help of the Navy and cut off the water transportation. The Ning Navy’s main fleet will attack Tianjin and threaten In the capital city, the third route is to use the troops of Dali and Lu Song to go north to Wusongkou, and attack Nanjing together with Wusongkou and Chongming troops.

Threatening the imperial court, negotiating with the imperial court, if the negotiation goes well, welcome Cheng Shijie back, if the imperial court is stubborn, then formulate the "burning sky plan!"

The Ning Navy, which occupied Shandong, once again divided its troops into three groups, heading west all the way to capture Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion to occupy the Central Plains.All the way to the north, the land and sea cooperated to attack Beijing and Tianjin, and the third road went down along the canal to encircle the Jianghuai River with Wusongkou.

Of course, this plan is still being perfected. It is also the best way to take advantage of Cheng Shijie's opportunity to visit Huangzhou Chibi to arrange a chess piece in the middle and middle reaches.

Fortunately, this was proposed by the Han family, and Cheng Shijie did not object. Ning Haijun began to cooperate with all his strength, first of all, to build a permanent water village in Chibi Mountain.

Half of this water village is a camp, and the other half is a water village. The Han family recruited more than [-] people from the captives of the rogues and started construction. of stone to build the city walls and barracks.

In just a few days, the entire Chibi Mountain changed drastically. At the same time, a large amount of materials were transported from the Yangtze River. With the arrival of the reinforced concrete from Liaodong, the number of construction workers suddenly increased by more than ten times. At that time, there were as many as [-] people working at the same time.

These construction workers are not all rogues, and quite a few are the surrounding people.

"The food in the construction camp is rationed. Each person has three catties of cornmeal per day, sometimes rice or potatoes, and two taels of cheese, one tael of sugar, four taels of salt, and one catty of meat every ten days. There is no meat for those who come to eat, and babies and children under the age of six can receive a catty of milk every day!"

This kind of treatment is very attractive to the surrounding people. How much money do you need for such a good treatment?In this year, not to mention so many materials for work, even if it is two full meals, there are many people rushing to do it.

This time, many gentry couldn't sit still, because Cheng Shijie grabbed too many human resources.

(End of this chapter)