Ming politicians

The tragedy in Beizhili far exceeded Su Tiancheng's imagination. He is still aware of the famines in these years. There are disasters every year, but they occur in different places and in different sizes. This is also caused by the climate. Yes, coupled with the fact that science and technology is not very developed, the government is tired of fighting, and the bureaucrats are greedy for ink. They don't care about the lives of ordinary people at all, resulting in a powerful combination of natural and man-made disasters, leaving ordinary people with no way out.Su Tiancheng is aware of the historical lessons and the gains and losses of misfortunes and blessings, so he emphasizes that the common people have food to eat and clothing to wear. If there is a famine, the government must rescue the common people and stabilize the common people, so that the country can have hope Of course, he is more aware that it is difficult to maintain a huge empire relying on the farming economy, and it is impossible for this empire to take off. In this era, Europe has begun to enter the road of rapid development, but the mighty East, But it's starting to go downhill.

Whether it is proclaiming the emperor, establishing the Great Jin Dynasty, or trying every means to develop the economy, Su Tiancheng's most simple idea is to make this empire stronger, stand proudly on top of the world, and make the Han people the most outstanding people in the world. Let Han culture become the culture of the world and the goal pursued by the whole world. Based on this idea, the first thing Su Tiancheng has to do is to make the empire infinitely stronger.

For a long time in Shandong and the south, Su Tiancheng seldom saw the situation where the common people had no food and clothing. It is said that such a situation is impossible in Shandong. Even if there is a large-scale famine, it is completely Those who can handle it, after occupying Zhejiang, Fujian, and Nanzhili, Zhu Shenxuan, Yang Sichang and others quickly came up with methods to stabilize the people in these places.In addition, the officials trained in Shandong, after taking office, shifted the focus of the government to the lives of the common people, so they were able to stabilize the common people in the shortest possible time.

The demands of the common people are actually not high.If they can have food, even if they are not full, they can get through it, not to mention that the government cares about them. If they are not full, the government will provide relief. Under such circumstances, the common people are absolutely stable and absolutely support the government.

It's a pity about the situation in Beizhili.Su Tiancheng was surprised.

After traveling through so many years, the place Su Tiancheng is most unfamiliar with is Beizhili.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he led an army to fight against the Golden Tartars in Beizhili, and later recruited soldiers in Gaoyang, Sun Chengzong's hometown, Baoding Prefecture, and other places. Since then, he has hardly cared about the situation in Beizhili. Take it for granted.Beizhi belongs to the location of Gyeonggi, and the conditions here should be good.

It's a pity that Su Tiancheng's assumption is not true.

Northern Zhili has long been the hardest hit area.

Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion.When they were invincible all the way, a large number of gentry and wealthy households who did not know the truth fled to Beizhili. They thought that the surrounding area of ​​the capital was the safest. Although some people later learned the truth and began to return to their hometowns, the population of Beizhili increased sharply.The pressure suddenly increased. During the war period, no one would clear the household registration, and no one cared about the life and death of others. The officials in the government tried their best to corrupt ink.It doesn't care about the lives of ordinary people.

The economy of the north is not as good as that of the south, and the food production is much less. A large number of people have poured into Beizhili, but they have not brought much food. This has caused the food shortage in Beizhili, but at this time , the Battle of Cangzhou and the Battle of Tianjin, the imperial court mobilized a large amount of food, and the food in Beizhili began to be in short supply, but during the course of the battle, no one cared about such things. Everyone was paying attention to the court and the Jiangning camp. In this battle, who can win the final victory.

Because of the war, a large number of ordinary people did not dare to go out at will, so as not to die in the flames of war. They could only struggle hard at home. Many farmers had a small amount of food, which exacerbated the famine in Beizhili.

After the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, this situation began to worsen quietly, and more and more people lacked food.

After the Jiangning camp took Tianjin, they originally thought that they would spend their new year in Tianjin with peace of mind, but they did not expect that a large number of hungry people flocked to Tianjin, because these ordinary people had heard that Su Tiancheng would help the people, not Let the people starve to death.

After receiving the report, Su Tiancheng rushed to the south gate to check. There were so many farmers outside the city that they couldn't see the edge at a glance. It was estimated that there were no less than 10 people. These ordinary people were honest. No one wanted to rush into the city, they were all outside. Standing, looking very numb.

Qu Qingze had also just grasped the situation in this regard, and reported it to Su Tiancheng on the sidelines.

Su Tiancheng's scalp became numb when he heard this, he knew that he was in serious trouble, and I'm afraid the most important issue he thought of now was not to continue the conquest of the capital, but how to stabilize the people in Beizhili, this was originally what the Ming court should do I don't know what the civil and military officials in the imperial court are doing. If these people are ignored, riots will start in Beizhili. People who have no food will have no way to survive, and nothing can be done.

Relief for the common people does not need to be negotiated. A huge dining shed has been set up. According to Su Tiancheng's request, the Spring Festival is approaching, and these common people must be fed well. Not only rice and noodles, but also meat, vegetables, and vegetables There must be oil and water in it.

In fact, Su Tiancheng is very clear that it is not enough to just eat rice and facial masks. Without oil and water, the consumption will be huge, and it is not easy for the bodies of these hungry people to recover. With oil, water and meat, food consumption will be much less.

Although the grain and grass carried by the Jiangning camp was abundant, it was far from enough to relieve so many people at once, including the soldiers of the Ming army who surrendered. Su Tiancheng's imperial decree quickly reached Nanjing and Shandong, and a large number of merchants began to transport grain and meat to Tianjin. These were all bought with money from the imperial court, and of course merchants rushed to do such a business.

Part of the Ming army that surrendered was organized to appease the common people. Qu Qingze was in charge of supervising and preventing people from rioting and causing unnecessary riots.

The hungry people did not expect that after they came to Tianjin, they could really have food and meat to eat. Every day, there were a large number of soldiers who were responsible for building temporary huts for them. After all, it was the twelfth lunar month. For the dead, after the hungry people had enough to eat, they became stronger and began to build shacks themselves. According to the requirements of the Jiangning camp, many hungry people began to register. Every family can live in a shack, and the rest will be three or five. People crowded into a shack.

The hungry people quickly settled down. The registration process went surprisingly smoothly without any disturbances. Some ordinary people knew Qu Qingze and knew that Qu Qingze was a high-ranking official. Whenever they saw Qu Qingze appearing outside the city, Many ordinary people knelt down and kowtowed to Qu Qingze, which made it difficult for Qu Qingze to go out to supervise.

Problems still exist, and a steady stream of hungry people are still rushing over.

It is not too difficult to completely solve the problem of the hungry people in Beizhili, but the problem is that the environment in Beizhili is special, and the Jiangning camp has not controlled all the places, and even if it is in the controlled places, start immediately It is too late to carry out rectification, which means that at least one to two months, these ordinary people must be continuously relieved to let them settle down.

The consumption of food and meat is very large, but Su Tiancheng is not very concerned about these consumptions. His eyes saw the capital city and the places around the capital city. This is the situation of Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion. Could it be that Shuntian Mansion and Yong Yong Mansion Will the situation in Pingfu be any better? It must be about the same, which means that there are many hungry people there. Besides, the counties and counties of Beizhili that have been controlled by the Jin Dynasty have not yet undergone corresponding changes. , These places also need relief. I am afraid that in the past two months or so, there can be no negligence in the matter of relief.

Su Tiancheng's plan was originally to start marching towards the capital after the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. Although the information from the Liaodong side has not yet arrived, the Liaodong frontier army has not moved. This is a good sign, but such an opportunity requires Grasp it, it's a pity that a large number of hungry people hindered his footsteps, it is impossible to leave these hungry people alone.

Su Tiancheng had no choice but to stay in Tianjin. At the same time, he asked Zhu Shenxuan, Yang Sichang and others to quickly consider sending officials to enter the occupied places. Spend this Spring Festival with peace of mind, and how to provide relief in the future will have to wait until after the Spring Festival.

On this day of the new year, the common people outside the city ate hot meat, and the government also provided a small amount of white wine. The officials said that this is the emperor's grace. Today is the new year, and I hope everyone can feel at ease and be peaceful. An'an's Chinese New Year.

The emperor mentioned by the officials was of course Su Tiancheng, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty. The common people did not know that the emperor mentioned by the officials was in Tianjin City, not far from them.

Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze, Lu Xiangsheng, and Fan Jingwen, who came from Nanjing, ate this new year's meal together. Fan Jingwen came from Nanjing specially to be in charge of the government affairs of all the places in Beizhili that had been occupied. I went to see the people outside the city, and I feel that the emotions of these people are very stable, and the thoughts revealed, I still want to go back to my hometown to farm. It is impossible to continue like this, which also makes Fan Jingwen feel a heavy responsibility on the shoulder.

During the meal, Su Tiancheng told everyone that the Central Plains must be unified as soon as possible, otherwise there will be many changes in the future. This requires all the soldiers of the Jiangning Camp to work together to take down the capital of Daming in one fell swoop. (to be continued..)