nanming man

Chapter 173
In July, the Qing army, who had been in the pass for more than half a year, withdrew from outside the pass.

It is different from the history that Abatai returned to Shenyang safely with 200 million taels of silver and more than [-] people and livestock.

This time, the Qing army was in a state of disarray and discarded almost all of what they seized. They also lost tens of thousands of horses, thousands of troops, and two generals.

However, the Qing army had completed its strategic goal, and Huang Taiji did not punish Abate for this, which disappointed Dorgon who was about to win over Abate.

Before the Ming Dynasty had time to rejoice for the Qing army's withdrawal from outside the pass, bad news came one after another from inside the pass.

Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor, all of Guanzhong fell into the hands of thieves, Zhang Xianzhong revived, and became the "King of the Great West", causing the Ming Dynasty to suffer.

At this time, a new topic, moving the capital, caused turmoil between the court and China.

As early as when the situation in Henan was corrupt, Hou Xun, the governor who was imprisoned, once advised the court to abandon Henan.

But to say such things, in the eyes of most people, it is a sign of weakness and incompetence, and it is a full-fledged treacherous minister.

Now that several months have passed, many ministers in the court have realized that not only must they abandon Henan, but they may have to move the capital to continue the life of the Ming Dynasty.

Open the history books and look at the choices made by the emperors when the dynasties were in danger. There is usually a lot of nonsense, but there is only one word in the middle, and that is "run".

The emperors of all dynasties in China have run away with one word when encountering such things.There's no shame in that.The emperor belongs to the country, he is not only a person, his safety is related to the country, if he can run, he will naturally run, as long as he does not scare himself to run, then it is not ashamed.

Emperor Chongzhen also wanted to move the capital, and he already had a plan.

It's just about moving the capital, the emperor can't say it himself, he has to have a minister to mention it, and the sad thing about Chongzhen is that he doesn't even have a treacherous minister like Qin Hui who can relieve the emperor's worries.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and where there is loyalty, there will be traitors. Some things cannot be done by loyal ministers, but treacherous ministers must do them.

Under Chongzhen, even loyal and treacherous officials had a hard time.

If you insult me, you have to keep me safe and give me glory and wealth.

With Chen Xinjia and others in front, all the ministers knew that after the capital was moved, once Beijing fell, those who proposed to move the capital would definitely be killed.

For a while, none of the cabinet ministers dared to let go of their consent to the move of the capital.

Some officials with conscience, such as Liang Yizhang who was imprisoned, proposed to send the prince to Nanjing first, but this annoyed the emperor again, thinking that the ministers had discussed whether they should stay in Beijing so that they could go to Nanjing Support the new king.

In July, Beijing was a mess, and Gao Yihuan had already returned to Runing.

After returning to the Runing Mansion, he first arranged for the returned soldiers to rest and recuperate, and then went to pay respects to the soldiers who died in battle, and expressed condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers, and gave them compensation.

Afterwards, while inquiring about news from Huguang, he made preparations, and when the news came, he set off immediately when the time was right.

At this time, with the harvest of winter wheat, Gao Yihuan levied the first tax on the rule, which indicated that Gao Yihuan had finally completed the initial transformation from a bandit to a political power.

With a stable source of taxation, it means that Gao Yihuan's financial revenue has begun to develop in a relatively healthy direction, the administrative system has also been established, and the people can pay food, which means that Gao Yihuan's rule is basically peaceful.

At this time, most of the [-] troops who went to Shandong were sent to garrison in various counties to rest and replace the garrison who was going to go to Xiangyang.

This time, we are going to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, and we need more troops. Five thousand troops have gathered in the barracks outside the city of Runing.

In the early morning, in Gao Jun's camp, Gao Yihuan was wearing armor, holding a knife in one hand, and watching the soldiers training with one hand on his hip.

In June, after Gao Yihuan received Gao Zurong's reminder, he quickly sent back an order for Zhao Daxian to prepare for the battle.

A few days later, when Boluo withdrew, he asked Jin Shenghuan to bring a group of officers back to Runing to take charge of the training of the expedition troops.

Although it is impossible for soldiers to improve by leaps and bounds through training in more than a month, there is no problem in getting more than 3000 soldiers to learn how to ride horses.

"General, this time we are going to attack Xiangyang, I feel that 5000 troops are still not enough!" Jin Shenghuan stood beside Gao Yihuan. He knew Xiangyang very well, so he reminded him.

Xiangyang is one of the most fortified cities in the world. It is indeed a dream if thousands of people want to attack.

Gao Yihuan nodded, but he only has more than 9000 people in total, so he has to keep his troops to watch the house. "The number of troops is a little less. But I have asked Zhao Daxian to continue recruiting new soldiers. In addition, for this expedition, I plan to use the southern Henan defense force to guard the house." As the identity, recruit people from Nanyang to go forward together.”

Jin Shenghuan now has some understanding of the system of the Shun Army. He knows that Gao Yihuan has the status of the Southern Henan Defense Envoy. However, the current regulations of the Shun Army are not very clear, and the departments mainly follow the orders of the army chief.

Nanyang is under the control of Gao Yihuan in name, but in fact, if the other party does not listen, then Gao Yihuan has nothing to do.

"Wang Tizhong has [-] mercenaries, will he obey the general's military orders?" Jin Shenghuan asked a little worried.

Gao Yi smiled happily, but said confidently: "He will walk with the general."

After returning to Runing, Gao Yihuan received a news that Zhang Xianzhong was stimulated by Li Zicheng's proclaiming emperor, and after capturing Huangzhou, he called himself "Daxi King".

In Huangzhou, he set up the governor's office of the six ministries and the five armies, and appointed local officials to try to establish a political power and fight against Li Zicheng.

Gao Yihuan remembered that Li Zicheng was very dissatisfied with Zhang Xianzhong. After learning that Zhang Xianzhong was proclaimed queen, he sent someone to tell Zhang Xianzhong, "Lao Huihui has surrendered, Cao Ge and Zuo are all dead, and I will go as far as you."

It means that Lao Hui has already surrendered, Luo Rucai and He Yilong were all killed by me, and you, Zhang Xianzhong, will be next.

Gao Yihuan had already sent someone to report Zhang Xianzhong's proclaiming the king, and invited him to march south to guard against Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, Li Zicheng was busy attacking various places in Guanzhong. Niu Jinxing was eager to let Li Zicheng go east and seize Beijing. He believed that there would be a decree from above soon.

Wang Tizhong is also a mighty general, but he lacks the title of Southern Henan Defense Envoy than Gao Yihuan.

Wang Tizhong may not be able to listen to Gao Yihuan's orders alone, but if it is under the banner of Li Zicheng, it will be different.

Gao Yihuan stayed in the barracks for a period of time, and after checking the preparations of the 5000 troops, he went to check the situation of the grain and grass reserves.

Thanks to the water conservancy construction in Luyi and other places last year, coupled with the land allocation policy, and finally thanking God for the food, this year's grain production is not bad.

At this time, the yield of wheat per mu in the north is about one stone, but most fields can only produce one hundred catties, and those that can produce two hundred catties are good fields.

In Runing and Luyi, more than [-]% of the land in Runing and Luyi is subject to tax, except for military land that is exempt from tax.

In the whole of Runing, plus Luyi, Chenzhou, Xiangcheng and other places, the land cleared by Lu Yifang totaled more than [-] million mu.

This time, about half of the land has caught up with the planting of winter wheat, which is more than 300 million mu.

Gao Yihuan can harvest 30 shi of grain if the yield per mu is one shi. However, because the water conservancy construction has not been completed, most fields cannot achieve the output of one shi, and can only receive about [-] catties.

At this time, the summer grain delivered to Runing has already reached [-] shi, and the remaining counts have not yet been escorted by the counties.

According to Lu Yifang's preliminary statistics, about 15 shi of summer grain should be expropriated, and autumn grain should be more than summer grain.

Gao Yihuan can now be said to be a strong man with sufficient food and grass, and he can go out immediately when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)