Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 605 Letting the Captives Transport Food

After the British Duke left, Chongzhen looked at Gao Qiqian, "I escorted all the prisoners to Zhao Prison for strict interrogation.

Once the result of the interrogation comes out, report it to me immediately.Also, in the past few days, I have dispatched all the hidden stakes in the Jinyi Weidong Factory to closely monitor the mansions of British Duke Cheng and others.It's better to be able to mix in.

In addition to these people, the major generals in the Beijing camp should also be closely monitored by me. "

Gao Qiqian bowed slightly, "Understood!"

Chongzhen nodded, "Go, I have entrusted this matter to you, as long as you can handle this matter properly, I will remember you as a great contribution."

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At the same time, Zhao Wen, who was far away from the defense line of the Yellow River, was riding on a horse and heading towards the next line of defense.

Today, there are less than two lines of defense left on the Yellow River defense line.

And Sun Chuanting also already knew the news of the collapse of the Yellow River defense line.

Sun Chuanting knew that the Yellow River defense line could not be defended, so he gathered the soldiers and horses in the last two defense lines of the Yellow River defense line and the defeated soldiers, and retreated to the rear.

When Sun Chuanting retreated, he didn't take away all the soldiers and horses in the two lines of defense behind the Yellow River defense line, but only took some of them and kept some.

The remaining part was mainly used to detect Zhao Wen's movements. As for blocking Zhao Wen's progress, Sun Chuanting did not dare to expect extravagantly.

Zhao Wen rode on the horse and looked at the sun in the sky, "It will be dark soon, pass the order down, and set up camp on the spot."

Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaosan who was following him, and said.

Li Xiaosan cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then led a group of messengers towards the rear.

Zhao Wen had previously distributed the soldiers and horses of the Chinese army led by him in addition to the personal guard battalion, and dispersed the remaining troops in units of thousands of households. Therefore, the soldiers and horses following Zhao Wen now are only soldiers and horses of the personal guard battalion. .

It didn't take long for Zhao Wen's order to spread throughout the army.

When the sun set on the western mountain, the camp had already settled down.

Tonight is a clear night, the moon in the sky is hanging in the sky, and the moonlight is shining on the earth.

Zhao Wen stood on a small hillside, looking into the distance.

"The whole of Henan should be taken within two months. After taking Henan, we will start to clean up the gentry in Henan.

Henan is no different than other places. It is a province with a large grain production and a large population. It has a superior geographical location and prosperous culture and education. It is also the place where the gentry problem is the most serious.I am afraid that it will take a lot of time to completely solve the problem of the gentry in Henan. " Zhao Wen let out a long breath and murmured.

Li Xiaosan stood behind Zhao Wen, "My lord, no matter how powerful the gentry in Henan are, can they be stronger than the weapons in our hands? If any gentry is not convinced, he will be killed directly, and whoever dares to stop him will be killed."

Li Xiaosan was murderous, with a frosty face.

"Kill?" Zhao Wen shook his head, "Killing can solve some problems, but not all of them. Although killing is simple and rude, it is not the best way.

If we kill all the gentry on a large scale, then the people in Henan will definitely be worried, afraid that we will kill them all together.

It is bound to make the whole of Henan panic.At that time, it may take longer to completely stabilize the hearts of the people.

Although people's hearts are invisible and intangible, they are extremely important to us.

On the issue of dealing with Henan, we should not just kill people blindly, we must use a two-pronged approach, that is, there must be a big stick and a carrot.

Besides, there are a large number of gentry in Henan, and there are countless people related to the gentry. Could it be possible to kill them all?This is unrealistic! "

The importance of Henan is self-evident. In the war years, no matter what time it is, it is a place where soldiers and horses must fight.

During the peace period, it was also a province with a large grain production and a place where culture and education flourished.

It is for this reason that the Ming Dynasty had a particularly large number of vassal kings and gentry in Henan.

During the reign of Chongzhen, more than half of the land in Henan belonged to these princes.

As for the rest, it belonged to the gentry in Henan.

The earth under the moonlight is covered with a layer of silver frost, and a faint mist flows between the earth.

Several war horses came from behind Zhao Wen, and the sound of horseshoes was heard far away.

Ye Bushou, who was cruising around Zhao Wen's camp, quickly found them.

A team that never stopped at night headed towards the place where the sound of horseshoes came.

"Who is it?" The chief flag officer of the Ye Bu Shou team stopped, pulled out the big black star on his waist, fired a shot into the sky, and shouted with a cold face.

The few cavalrymen who came stopped in front of Yebushou. They took out their identity certificates and shook them in mid-air.

"We are from Xuanzhen. This is our identity certificate. We have important military information, and we need to meet the commander-in-chief. Hurry up and take us to see the commander-in-chief." A soldier with the appearance of a captain rode away on a horse. Come out and yell loudly at this night-buying team.

"Jump off your horses now, put down your weapons, and wait for our inspection." Yebu received the general flag and thanked these cavalry loudly.

These cavalrymen didn't talk nonsense, just as Yebushou General Banner said, they jumped off their horses and unloaded their weapons at the same time.

Seeing this, the Chief Banner Officer walked up with the Ye Bu Shou team.

A moment later, the Chief Banner Officer stood in front of these people and bowed his hands at the cavalry, "Please forgive me, we are also acting in accordance with the regulations."

"It's okay, actually, I'm quite envious of you people. You can make meritorious service with the commander-in-chief, unlike those of us who stayed behind in Xuan Town, who were going crazy after spending a day in Xuan Town." The cavalry captain looked envious. He watched Ye Bu accept the chief banner officer.

"Hey, that's what you said. We still envy you, let's not talk about it, the commander-in-chief is about [-] miles behind. Don't delay the news." From the rear, look at the cavalry captain.

"Thank you!" The cavalry captain thanked him, then got on his horse and galloped towards the camp where Zhao Wen was.

At this time, Zhao Wen had already returned to the big tent. He was sitting on a chair in the big tent, looking at the map of Henan on the table.

"Henan has a flat river, which is suitable for maneuvering soldiers and horses, and is also very suitable for laying railways. The speed of laying railways here may be more than twice that of Shanxi." Zhao Wen looked at the map and kept thinking about taking Henan. things.

At this moment, Li Xiaosan walked into the big tent with a few soldiers.

The soldiers led by Li Xiaosan were the cavalry from before.

"My lord, there is news from Xuanzhen." Li Xiaosan stood in the center of the big tent and cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong.

Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaosan and the soldiers behind Li Xiaosan, "What news?"

"My lord, this is what Master Liu asked us to hand over to you. The two ladies are pregnant! According to the doctor, it has been more than a month." The soldier captain took out a bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Zhao Wen, with a look of excitement at the same time shouted at Zhao Wen.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wen stood up from the chair with a swipe, "What? Pregnant again?"

Zhao Wen's face was first shocked, then unbelievable, and finally excited.

Zhao Wen didn't care about Li Xiaosan taking the bamboo tube from the soldier captain's hand to him, so he stepped over the table, came to the soldier captain, and took the bamboo tube from the soldier's hand.

After checking the wax seal, Zhao Wen couldn't wait to open the bamboo tube and took out the letter inside.

Zhao Wen read the contents of the letter at a glance, and then laughed excitedly, "Hahaha, I didn't expect to be pregnant again, I didn't expect it. The previous efforts were all worthwhile, all were worthwhile, and they were all pregnant It’s been more than a month, haha, I didn’t expect it, I didn’t expect it.”

Before Zhao Wen left, he slept in Li Xiaoying and Hai Lanzhu's room almost every night.

Zhao Wen originally estimated that with his physical fitness and his own efforts, Li Xiaoying and Hai Lanzhu should be able to conceive again.

But since entering Henan, I haven't heard the news.

On the way to attack the Yellow River defense line, Zhao Wen was looking forward to this news most.

Unexpectedly, it was finally expected by Zhao Wen.

"I didn't expect it to be more than a month. I haven't set off more than a month ago. But which time did I win? Which time?" Zhao Wen narrowed his eyes and thought about it with a smile on his face.

Chinese people have a great characteristic, that is, they want to have more children as long as all their own problems are solved.

This belief is deeply rooted even in later generations.

Although many people in later generations did not have a second child, it is not that they do not want to have a child, but that they have not solved all their problems.

If those people in later generations didn't have all kinds of troubles, they would definitely have more children.

Although the current Zhao Wen has not unified the world, but the unification of the world is already a certainty.

Today's Zhao Wen doesn't worry about food and clothing, nor about his future. Of course, he hopes to have more children.

For Zhao Wen, giving birth to one is also giving birth, and giving birth to ten is also giving birth.Even if he gave birth to a hundred, Zhao Wen could still afford them.

"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord!" Li Xiaosan congratulated Zhao Wen excitedly.

To some extent, the more sons Zhao Wen had, the more at ease his subordinates would feel.

In this frightening age with high infant mortality rate, one more son means more security.

"Hahahaha!" Zhao Wen kept circling in the big tent holding the letter.

Although Zhao Wen already had a son and daughter, when he knew that he had another child, he was still too excited to be himself.

"Okay, okay, okay. Little San, take them down to rest, and at the same time give them a credit." Zhao Wenyi pointed to the soldiers who delivered the letter in the big tent, and then sat down again with the letter.

Li Xiaosan cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then led the soldiers down.

Zhao Wen sat on the chair and read the contents of the letter over and over again with the help of the candle on the table, the smile on his face never disappeared from the beginning to the end.

After a while, Li Xiaosan returned to the big tent, and he walked to Zhao Wen's side, "My lord, the arrangements have been made."

"My lord, if the two wives give birth to sons this time, then there will be four sons. Four sons seem like a lot, but for my lord, it's still not enough." Li Xiaosan said cautiously.

Zhao Wen put down the letter in his hand, looked at Li Xiaosan, and scolded with a smile: "Okay, it actually came to my head. Then how many children do you think should be born?"

"My mother once said that more sons are more blessed, and the more sons the better. The foundation you will build in the future will definitely be bigger than any dynasty in history. Therefore, the more sons you have, the better. A prince, guard this immortal foundation for your lord." Seeing that Zhao Wen didn't blame himself, Li Xiaosan spoke up boldly.

"Feng Wang?" Zhao Wen was slightly taken aback when he heard this. "The matter of conferring the king is a bit far away, and it is useless to say these things now."

In ancient times, it was almost a normal thing for the emperor's son to become king.

Especially Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang took the matter of becoming a king to the extreme.

When Zhu Yuanzhang ruled the world, the country had not yet been completely settled down. In order to maintain the rule of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang made his son king, and he was still the kind of real power prince.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a farmer and suffered a lot, so he wanted his sons to live better.

In the early days of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, conferring kings played a significant role in the stability of the country, but as the country stabilized, these princes became unstable factors.

Although Emperor Chengzu confiscated all the rights of the prince after the battle of Jing Nan, and raised the prince as a pig, but even so, the hidden danger is not small.

In the local area, they embezzled local property and enslaved the local people.

In the imperial court, they eat the food and pay of the imperial court and do not serve the imperial court.

During the reign of Chongzhen, the population of the clan had swelled to a very exaggerated number. These clan populations only ate and did not work every year, and they had to eat a lot of state finances.

In the crisis at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the reason of the clan accounted for a considerable part.Zhao Wen doesn't want his descendants to be like these people, who only eat and don't work.

Zhao Wen saw these problems very clearly.

Therefore, the matter of conferring the king can only be cautious and cautious.

"Feng Wang!" Zhao Wen sighed, and kept thinking about various deeds of the princes of the Ming Dynasty in his mind.

"The matter of conferring the king is too long-term, and it is too early to talk about it now." Zhao Wen waved his hand and changed the topic, "Let's not talk about this, now there are only two lines of defense in the middle of the Yellow River. Judging from the incoming news, there are about three of them left.

It won't be long before the Yellow River defense line can be completely taken down.Song Hu also came to the news, saying that they have now arrived around Henan Mansion.

Our speed is very fast. Although this is a good thing, if the speed is too fast, the logistical pressure will increase.

The railway has only been repaired to Taiyuan Prefecture. From Taiyuan Prefecture to the Yellow River defense line, food is transported entirely by manpower.

Although a large amount of grain was hoarded near the Yellow River defense line before, according to previous news, Chongzhen intends to transport or destroy all the grain in Henan. In this way, our food pressure will increase again.

Therefore, I decided to escort all the soldiers we captured these days back, and drive these prisoners to deliver food for us.This matter is very important, and I will leave this matter to you. "

"My lord, why do you let these captives deliver food? What if these captives are disobedient?" Li Xiaosan looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

(End of this chapter)