Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 689 Sun Chuanting Takes a Concubine

At the end of July in the 11th year of Chongzhen, as the temperature dropped sharply, the news that Shengjing fell and Huang Taiji set fire to himself was also brought by the scattered Eight Banners who fled to Mudan Ula.

The Qing Dynasty died.

Not long after the news spread, the two red flags Mele Zhangjing, who was originally stationed in Mudan Ula, also sent a secret report to Hauge, saying that the two blue flags were showing signs of instability.

The hot-tempered Hao Geli didn't have time to inform Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, so he immediately took some troops to investigate, and was ready to suppress it strongly. The army took back Mudan Ullah, but died of his injuries that night.

On the third day, the Dorgon brothers led two white-flag brigades to the vicinity of Mudan Ula, and their intentions were self-evident.

Ning Wanwo and Fan Wencheng finally unanimously decided that in order to continue the Qing Dynasty, we should focus on the overall situation and resolutely refrain from engaging in internal strife.

Afterwards, Mudan Ula and other high-ranking officials and dignitaries welcomed the only two remaining princes of the Qing Dynasty to settle in.

A few days later, Dorgon officially became the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and then changed the fourth year of Chongde to the first year of Longxing.

Due to the arrival of winter, the road was blocked by continuous heavy snow, and Mudan Ula was too far away from Shengjing, so Da Ming knew nothing about the simple and rude internal strife that happened in Mudan Ula.

Zhu Youjian had unconsciously ignored the existence of this remnant force for a long time, and his main energy had been put on the construction of Daming in all aspects.

At the beginning of May in the 12th year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng returned to the capital successively after finishing their official duties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After Zhu Youjian met with the two courtiers respectively, he specially gave them a ten-day holiday so that they could go on a business trip for several months. The long-time important minister had a good reunion with his family.

The two returned successively, indicating that the New Deal in Jiangnan, the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty, has been fully implemented, and the other provinces with weak officials, gentry and wealthy families are even more out of the question.

Hubei Province, which is undergoing large-scale immigration and land reclamation, has also received good news. As of the end of March 12, the newly established Hubei Province has received and resettled more than 170 million immigrants from Henan Province. While properly resettling the immigrants, , Hubei Province and the local government that received the immigrants, under the guidance of the officials stationed in the Si Nong Temple, also organized the immigrants to vigorously build water conservancy projects and open up wasteland.

According to incomplete statistics, as of the date of the report, governments at all levels in Hubei Province have organized immigrants to reclaim more than [-] million mu of wasteland in the vast Jianghan Plain, and built more than [-] water conservancy facilities such as various ponds and dams. The length of large and small water canals reaches nearly a thousand miles, more than [-] water trucks of various sizes are used for lifting irrigation and drainage, and more than [-] large and small livestock are used to open up wasteland and cultivate fields.

As the summer harvest season is approaching, land reclamation in the Jianghan Plain has temporarily stopped. Governments at all levels are organizing immigrants and local aborigines to use the short free time before the summer harvest to renovate the wheat field, build threshing tools, and build large and small granaries, so that they can carry out food harvesting after the harvest. Threshing drying and storage work.

After the cabinet received the report from Hubei Province, Wen Tiren, the first assistant, immediately convened a meeting with the cabinet ministers, and proposed that while increasing the production of farm tools, the bureau should transfer a large number of high-quality farm tools to Hubei to support the Immigrants shortened the harvesting time and rushed to collect and store grain before the rainy season in the south.

After receiving the report from the cabinet, the supervisor of ceremonies immediately approved it and sent it to Zhu Youjian for review. It took less than an hour for this document to be sent to the General Bureau of Tianjin Wei.

In the afternoon of the second day, the first batch of four-wheeled carriages loaded with sickles, pinches, claw sickles, barley, hoes, shovels, scales, buckets and other agricultural tools drove out of the capital under the escort of relevant officials of Sinong Temple. , along the widened official road to Henan.

After these farm tools are transported to the prefectures and counties bordering Henan and Hubei, they will be transported manually by the local government to Hubei, where the roads are narrow and difficult.

The start of Chongzhen's 12th year was exceptionally smooth, and the good news from all over the world made everyone forget the scene of blood flowing into rivers in Nanjing during the 11th year of Chongzhen's Chinese New Year.

"My lord, the fees for the Wang family and the Cheng family have been delivered. Tomorrow is an auspicious day. I have asked the housekeeper to arrange two carriages. Before noon, the Liu family and the Cheng family will enter our house. The door is closed.

The concubine wants to ask, will the master rest at Wang's place or Cheng's place tomorrow night? "

Located in a five-entry mansion and four-entry residence in the west city of the capital, Sun Chuanting's wife, Mrs. Liu, stood in front of her husband and asked in a soft voice.

"Everything is up to you!

You and I have been husband and wife for more than [-] years, and we have treated each other with respect, and our love is stronger than gold. As a husband, I have never been dissatisfied with my wife. Why did my wife do such absurd things when I didn't know it?
Thinking that my husband's current status, if there is any illegal behavior in the family of the concubine in the future, wouldn't it be asking for trouble? "

Sun Chuanting, who was recuperating at Zhizhi's home, was sitting on the top chair. He was wearing a large cross-collared cyan Taoist robe, which made him not look like a powerful official at the court, and the expression on his face was also slightly displeased. .

Sun Chuanting, who had been away from home for several months, gave an order to return home the next day, the old lady Sun Li, who was over [-] years old, ordered someone to call him, and told him on the spot that he was going to take two concubines for him. In order to make the incense of Lao Sun's family more vigorous, she will be able to be worthy of Sun Chuanting and his father when she goes underground in the future.

In fact, not long after Sun Chuanting was appointed as the second assistant, Mrs. Sun Li found Sun Chuanting's wife, Mrs. Liu, and tactfully expressed the meaning that the Sun family's incense was not strong enough. Although Ms. Liu understood what her mother-in-law meant, she was very upset. Comfortable, but still said on the spot, everything is subject to the meaning of the mother-in-law.

Liu married Sun Chuanting for 20 years and gave birth to two daughters and one son for Sun Chuanting. Unfortunately, the eldest daughter died young, and only her son and second daughter grew up. After that, the two had no children.

As Sun Chuanting's status became higher and higher and his life was completely settled down, Sun Li, who had only Sun Kedi as his eldest grandson, always felt that the old Sun's family had too few heirs, and they were not as prosperous as many wealthy families. The idea of ​​taking a concubine for his son.

Not long after, Sun Chuanting was ordered to go south, and under the help of Sun Li and Liu, Sun Chuanting quickly found two suitable families.

Both of these two were born in small families, and both of them had a good reputation.

The Wang family is over 16 years old. His father is an old boy from Xianghe County. There are two older brothers and one younger brother in the family. The family background is average. The family income depends on Shu Xiu, whose father teaches in a wealthy family, and the income from the family's [-] acres of fertile land. for a living.

The 17-year-old Cheng's family is slightly stronger than Wang's. His family is a local of the capital.

"Master, you and I have been husband and wife for many years, how can I not know what the master wants?
But what my mother said is very true, the master is an extremely personable minister, but there is only one son in the family, if the Sun family wants to become a wealthy and wealthy family, they must have many children and grandchildren!
The concubine is already an old man, unable to give birth to children for the master. If I don't buy a concubine room for the master, I will go underground in the future. How can I see my family?
I only hope that after the prosperity of the family in the future, the master can still remember the love between you and me for many years, and treat the concubine kindly, defeat the enemy and Yan'er, so that the concubine will be satisfied 1"

Sun resisted the discomfort in her heart, and said in a warm voice with low eyebrows and narrow eyes.

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