Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 804 Hu Ma Nan Comes
At the end of October, after the king of Lu entered Beijing, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang gentry fried food case was quickly closed. Xie Sanbin, Song Zhipu and other five people were killed, their family property was taken away from the public, Zhang Gongri was deprived of his title and demoted to common people, and other people who were coerced and implicated, Some were deprived of merit, while others were fined.

In short, Xie Sanbin was defeated, the co-government was enriched, and the assets of more than [-] million taels were obtained, which was enough for the court to squander for a few years. With the conclusion of the major case, the instability caused by the change of regime gradually settled down.

The Ming army regained Nanjing in August, and officially completed the distribution of power by the end of October. The internal turmoil initially stabilized. For more than two months, it can be said that they basically did not do anything serious. It was all internal problems, but they actually wanted to do something. Things can't be done well. From the beginning of the year to the middle of the year, all the armies are tired and need to rest.

A war that lasted for more than half a year was enough to consume all the reserves of the Ming army. Firearms, armor, and weapons all needed to be replenished and repaired. During this period, the Chu Party stabilized its ruling position, which is actually a gratifying thing. things.

In November, the weather became colder and colder, and a thick layer of ice formed on the Xuanwu Lake in the east of Nanjing. Adults could not support it, but children could play on it.

The old people said that decades ago, the weather was not like this. I don’t know why it has become abnormal these years. The emperor issued a sinful edict and it didn’t work. , so that they always delay the farming season and affect the harvest.

On this day, the city of Nanjing was covered with plain makeup, covered with a layer of white snow, and there were still snowflakes floating in the sky.

Wearing a four-clawed dragon robe and a red cloak, Wang Yan led a group of officials through the streets with his hands in his sleeves, his shoes creaking on the snow.

A group of people came to the big camp in Beicheng. At the gate of the camp, several soldiers were wearing bloated war jackets, with their hands tucked into their sleeves, and their feet were stepping on the snow under their feet, pacing non-stop.

Seeing this, Wang Yan asked: "Have the winter clothes of all the troops been distributed?"

"It's all over. The orders placed by the Wude, the workshops in Huguang and Guangnan are producing faster than the Ministry of Industry. Of course, these are the vast areas of Huzhou this year to change rice and cotton. There is enough cotton, otherwise there will be hundreds of thousands of troops. I can’t get out of my winter clothes.” Li Suiqiu said.

Wang Yan nodded, relying solely on the workshops of the imperial court, it must not be able to make it quickly, "Military supplies can also be handed over to them for production, and money can be earned by them, but the quality must be guaranteed. Who dares to play tricks on military supplies? I can't spare him, understand?"

Chen Yonghua knew that this was for him, so he immediately took a step forward, walked to Wang Yan's side, bowed and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the humble job has explained to them, and the company's inspection is very strict, so there will be no mistakes."

As Wang Yan walked to the gate of the camp, the soldiers on duty immediately knelt down on one knee to salute when they saw Wang Yan and his party.

As soon as a soldier got short, he saw a pair of boots approaching, and a red cloak was put on him.

The soldier's mind went blank for a moment, and just as he was about to thank him, Wang Yan had already walked away from the crowd. He heard a distant voice, "Is there enough charcoal fire in the army? Isn't Guizhou opening mines and building roads? Can the felled The trees were burned into charcoal, stored up, and transported to the army."

As the sound faded away, more than a dozen soldiers at the gate of the camp stood up and cast envious glances at the soldier who got the cloak.

In November, due to abnormal weather, it is cold in the south of the Yangtze River and even colder in the north.

Dorgon was reviewing the memorial in the Prince Regent's residence in Beijing, his brows were tightly frowned, and it could be seen that most of the memorial was troublesome.

This is when the door of the warm pavilion was pushed open. Prince Azig entered the room with a few flakes of snow, and a gust of cold wind poured into the room. Ignore it, and continue to lower my head and hold the pen to review the memorial.

Azig hurriedly turned around, closed the door, patted the snowflakes on his body, took off his cloak and bowl hat, put them aside, and then walked to the brazier with a braid on the back of his head.

He dried his hands, let out a sigh of relief, and said to Dorgon: "Fourteenth brother, the price of food has risen again, 20 taels a stone, I have money but I can't buy it, my banner slaves have froze to death and starved to death." More than 2000 people, if this continues, even if they survive the winter, they will not survive the spring!"

The relationship between Dorgon and Azige was not very good at first, but after the Haoge change, after Daishan left the customs, he can now rely on the two brothers Azige and Duoduo, so he intentionally The relationship with Azig was restored, and he basically did not treat Azig as the regent in private.

After listening to his words, Duo'er Gun had a gloomy expression on his face. It wasn't just a matter of the banner slaves freezing to death and starving to death, the whole north was caught in a severe famine.Among the piles of memorials in front of him, there was a snow disaster in Mongolia, countless livestock died of freezing, and people would starve to death if there was no food in the coming year.

The loss of Jiangnan not only caused a shortage of food, but also the loss of cotton cloth and other materials. The blow to the Qing court can be said to be fatal.

Dorgon put down his pen, and said in a deep voice: "I have sent someone to Xi'an to ask Hauge to borrow food. He has occupied Chengdu and has ceased war with the Southern Dynasty, so there should still be some food."

Hauge has already established a name in Xi'an, the country name is Jin, the year name is Yongzhang, and he is enthroned as the Great Emperor. Dorgon and him can be said to be incompatible.

Azig was stunned for a while, "Isn't this a surrender to Hauge? Besides, Hauge is unlikely to help us!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. It doesn't do much good for Hauge if we lose. He should be able to see this clearly. It doesn't matter if you give in. As long as you can borrow food, you can talk about other things after we get over the current difficulties." things."

Although Azige is big, he can understand Dorgon's difficulties now, and sighed, "I used to only know how to grab money and kill people, but now I know that money alone is useless, so it's better to get more food. "

Hearing what he said, Dorgon didn't know how to answer the words for a while. The first few years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were too smooth, just like a pie falling from the sky. Not that capable.

Dorgon was silent for a while, then looked up at Azige, "You can't count on Hauge, that kid is sometimes stunned, he hates me so much, if we don't borrow it, we have to have some Prepare. Some people have proposed to go south to plunder before, I want Brother Eleven to go there, don’t bring infantry this time, if you encounter a big city, go around, and if you encounter a small town, grab it, and you should be able to get a batch of food back.”

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