The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 186
How could Zheng Fantai admit this foolishness, besides, the time difference between the recovery of Yongping and the recovery of Luanzhou was only half a day.

Who can be sure that someone did it deliberately, and the winner cannot be blamed.

Zheng Guochang's men and horses have made great achievements in being the first to ascend to the first place, beheading two members of Jiannu Jiala, and more than half of the beheadings of the main force, which cannot be wiped out by lip service.

The Ming army did not record their merits with saliva, but with the bloody head of the enemy.

But Huang Han is also very good at swearing at the streets. He called Zheng Xiaowen and Gao Youmou to explain how they were talking. Soon after Zheng Guochang condoned and even fueled the flames, another kind of speech appeared in the capital.

Many civil and military generals, including Jin Yiwei, talked about the gains and losses of Sun Chengzong and Zheng Guochang's formation of troops.The general meaning is that so what if Guan Ningjun suffered a loss?Are you embarrassed to chirp?
Who told you that you have more than ten times the enemy's troops and Hongyi cannons, and you are still afraid to encircle the three ques and not surround the enemy army in Luanzhou.

The Guan Ning army was afraid of going head-to-head and did not dare to fight vicious battles. Instead, they gave way to the Jiannuxu who killed countless Ming people. It is shameless not to cut off more Jiannu's heads and bite the friendly army!
Deliberately letting Jiannu go is very destructive. Although the target is directed at Guan Ning's army, everyone knows that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong.

The land of Gyeonggi has been ruined by slavery for millions of families. Too many Han people hate Jiannu. When they heard that the Guanning Army deliberately left a way for those executioners to escape, there were not many people who scolded their mothers.

Of course, these remarks reached Governor Sun's ears. Even if Sun Chengzong had cultivated himself well, he couldn't help but become angry from embarrassment, and he hated that little guard even more.

He thought that this person was so scheming at such a young age that he might be detrimental to the court in the future, so he made a clear stand to suppress this speculator.

Most of the Donglin party members never distinguish between right and wrong, and their impeachment is against the people, and the party is so straightforward.

Therefore, the high-ranking Zheng Guochang has no one to hold on to him. Huang Han, a small military attache from the fourth rank, can only lie down and get shot, so that it is easy for others to be promoted. Only Huang Han has become the focus. Can't set the tone.

Zheng Guochang used his network to build momentum for Huang Han, and it is estimated that the final decision may be made by the Holy One himself.

Xu Guangqi recommended Huang Han to preside over the relief and resettlement of refugees. This shows how much Xu Guangqi, a minister of the Qing Dynasty, valued Huang Han.

In feudal dynasties, civil servants and military generals recommended officials as guarantees, rather than just talking about it, they had to bear joint and several liabilities, similar to providing guarantees for other people's loans.

This means that Huang Han was guaranteed and recommended by Xu Guangqi. If he messed up the job, Xu Guangqi might be convicted.

Zheng Guochang thought about it and thought that although disaster relief is a tricky job, it is also a job that can make political achievements.

Presumably Huang Han has done this matter well, and Xu Guangqi will definitely serve the country in the court after returning to the court.

He agreed to Xu Guangqi's recommendation on the spot, and appointed Huang Han as the special envoy for disaster relief with a high profile, and he could call officials at all levels in Yongping Mansion.

At the same time, the refugees in Yongping were deliberately guided to Kaiping Town by the officials of various states.

The refugees had no destination in mind, but in order not to die of starvation, the government announced that there would be a "Red Banner Army" in Kaiping Town to provide food for everyone, and the people naturally came to support the old and the young.

As a result, Huang Han got the right to control more than [-] stone and miscellaneous grains, and he needed to resettle close to [-] refugees. It is conservatively estimated that these grains are diluted to less than [-] catties for each refugee.

Even if the elderly, women and children can eat less, the food can only last for two months, even if it is mixed with wild vegetables and bark, it will not last for three months.

What's more, if they eat dilute food, it's mixed with wild vegetables and bark grains. In the long run, ordinary people will suffer from severe malnutrition.
Yongping Mansion would not have any output until the autumn harvest, which meant that [-] refugees could live and produce in Yongping Mansion with peace of mind, and Huang Han was short of three months' rations.

It is true that Huang Han is a prophet, but he is not a god. He is at least facing a shortage of [-] shi of grain. It would be wishful thinking to expect the imperial court to give him more relief. With [-] shi of miscellaneous grain, it is not bad.

After all, Daming in Chongzhen was really not rich. Now there are refugees everywhere in Gyeonggi, Shaanxi rogues have begun to spread, and there are so many places that need money and food.

At this critical moment, when the money earned from robbing Jiannu came into play, Huang Han told Xu Guangqi the account, and this adult who loved the people like a son was very anxious.

He didn't know how troublesome it would be for hundreds of thousands of refugees who couldn't survive. Once these people started to rob or even kill officials and rebel, they would corrupt the whole place, which would make double or even several times the number of ordinary people unable to survive. .

Fortunately, Huang Han proposed the idea of ​​buying grain from Jiangnan and shipping it to Funing quickly.

In the south of the Yangtze River, there are basically two crops, one is winter wheat and one is early rice, and if spring wheat is planted, one is late rice.

At this time, the winter wheat in the south of the Yangtze River is harvesting, as long as you can spend money to buy 10,000+ Shibei transfer, there is no problem at all.In the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan was not the south of the Yangtze River in a narrow sense, but generally referred to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin. Yangzhou and Nantong Prefecture were also Jiangnan.

The key is that the price of grain is high this year, and the cost of sea transportation is not a small number. The price of a stone of wheat arriving at Funing Wharf will not be less than one or two dollars.

It is not difficult for Xu Guangqi, a native of Songjiang Prefecture, to use his network to buy food and organize transportation. The difficulty lies in who will pay 10 taels of snowflake silver, and who can afford so much silver?
Xu Guangqi watched helplessly that Huang Han had invested nearly 10 taels of silver in order to promote the planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes. He didn't think the Huang family could get much more.

He decided to help the closed-door disciples, and took the initiative to say: "Master's family also has hundreds of acres of fertile land. Let the family members find fellow villagers to collect some. It should not be a problem to transport a thousand stones of winter wheat to Funing. No matter how much it is for the master, it will be difficult."

Huang Han said: "One thousand shi of wheat is a cup of water, how can it be enough? My disciple asked Master to send six hundred miles to rush to Jiangnan to entrust a reliable and backed dental firm to purchase [-] shi of wheat. At least [-] shi should arrive in Hong Kong by the end of July, and the rest You can arrive in Hong Kong in early August or late September."

"One hundred thousand shi is probably too much winter wheat. I estimate that before the sweet potatoes and potatoes can be harvested, 6 to [-] shi of grain will be enough. Besides, [-] to [-] shi is not a small number, and the market price may not be less than [-] taels." silver."

"Who can tell if there will be refugees coming from other state capitals? At that time, there will be an extra [-] to [-] people who will not be able to eat. If there is a commotion, the relief work of Yongping Prefecture may fall short. Therefore, there is surplus food. be invincible.

Money is not a problem, it is worth the money if you can use it to save lives.The disciple will immediately send Gao Youmou to the bank to exchange for 10 taels of bank notes that can be exchanged in Songjiang Prefecture, and ask Master to take care of the purchase and transportation of food. "

Of course, one can buy food with money. After all, Daming has a vast land and abundant resources, and national disasters always form when Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits spread.

Xu Guangqi didn't ask Huang Han where he got so much money. In his heart, he believed that even if Huang Han's money was stolen by robbing houses and houses, the Lord would forgive him if he was willing to use it to save [-] refugees.

(End of this chapter)