Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 716 Restoration of Beijing
"Summer is busy for half a month, autumn is busy for forty days, autumn is busy and autumn is busy, and the embroidered girl has to leave the boudoir."

On the way back to Tokyo, we walked along the Yellow River, and the two banks were busy and lively in autumn.The sky was clear and the sun was high, and the people were busy harvesting corn and planting wheat.

"The white dew is early and the cold dew is late, and the autumnal equinox is the time for planting wheat. The farming experience summed up by the farmers is very valuable."

Wen Anzhi also rode a horse to accompany the emperor. This young prime minister has fully adapted to the status of Kui chief, and he has done a good job in this position, and even won unanimous praise from the ruling and opposition parties. it is good.

"This year is another bumper year. Even Henan, Shandong, Jiangbei, Hubei, and Hanzhong have bumper harvests. Jiangxi, Hunan, Jiangdong, and Sichuan have a bumper harvest. There are many good harvests in various places. The weather is also beautiful. The weather is good everywhere. Now the grain stations in various places have opened. The warehouses are collecting grain, and the storage warehouses, transshipment warehouses, regular warehouses, and righteous warehouses have also begun to collect and store grain. This winter, there is no need to worry about famine."

In Hubei, where the war has just ended, although there is not much food in the autumn harvest, with the rapid deployment of surrounding areas, there is no need to worry about winter, especially the beans, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, etc. that the common people rushed to plant, can also solve a lot.

"In the provinces of Jiangbei, there should be no problem with the autumn planting this year, right?"

"Everywhere has been mobilized, and officials are busy with this matter. At present, many people have returned to their hometowns and resumed production. The main problem is the lack of cattle, seeds, and agricultural tools after the war. With the problem of seeds, governments in various places have organized them to plant them. Township, interest-free loans.

There is a large shortage of farm cattle and agricultural tools. Although they are allocated from various places by the imperial court and the people, the gap is still very large. Now we are continuing to allocate cattle, horses and mules from various places to farm, and on the other hand, we are encouraging the common people to form associations and change jobs. To pull the plowing, first work together to complete the autumn sowing, and then continue to transfer cattle. "

The south of the Yangtze River is stable, and now it is constantly transporting cattle from the south of the Yangtze River to the north. In addition, it has a good relationship with Heshuote in Qingkang Tibet. It has also established a stable tea-horse trade channel, and a steady stream of cattle and horses are transported in. The newly opened Hexi Corridor leads directly to the Tianshan Mountains. , There are also cattle and horses transported from there.

Whether it is the yaks and yaks in Qinghai-Tibet, or the yellow cattle or even buffaloes in the south, or the yellow cattle in Tianshan or Ordos, and Hetao horses and Qinghai horses, these large animals are good helpers for farming as long as they are taught to plow.

"Cows, horses, and mules are in short supply right now. The court wants to help the people solve this problem. One is to provide special cattle and horse loans. The first head of each household should enjoy no interest or even very low interest. Some subsidies can be given to the people.

Secondly, it is necessary to protect the farm cattle, etc., and prohibit the slaughter of farm cattle, etc., and offenders will be criminalized and severely punished.Private slaughter is not allowed. If you are sick or disabled and can no longer cultivate, you have to report to the government. The government will send someone to check and approve it, and then buy it with money, and then slaughter it and sell it. "

When the officials trade cattle and horses with the Mongols, they must also give priority to agricultural needs. The army’s riding and transporting war horses are the first priority, agricultural cultivation is the second priority, industrial and commercial transportation is the second, and private riding and drawing carts are the last.

It is even required that businesses and private individuals buy and sell cattle, horses, mules and donkeys to collect livestock transaction taxes, and even tax on carriages and horses, and then subsidize farmers to buy cattle for farming.

Wen Anzhi wrote down the emperor's special confession. In fact, there are some relevant regulations in various places, but they are not comprehensive enough.

As soon as he arrived on a fast horse, the guards stopped him from a distance, and after some inspection, he was brought to the front of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, good news from the Xuan Mansion!"

The emperor ordered Shanxi and Zhili to rest and stop using troops.

But now the news came that Ma Guozhu from Shanxi had won the Xuanfu.Li Jiyu, Xu Dingguo, Ding Qiguang, etc. are not extremely brave, but under the current situation, the Tartars are already panicking, especially those Han generals who surrendered to them, whether they surrendered after entering the customs or before entering the customs. , Regardless of whether they entered the flag or not, seeing that the Ming army has fought all the way to Beijing, no one has started to think about the way out.

Ma Guozhu and the others originally planned to rest and recuperate for the winter.

As a result, on the Xuanfu side, Tang Tong, the Duke of Dingguo, who was originally the commander-in-chief of Xibo and Juyongguan at the end of Chongzhen, who first surrendered and then surrendered, came to stay in his arms at this time. Seeing that the situation was not good, he discussed with his confidants and then Anyway, after raising the flag, after taking down Huailai, they quickly marched into Juyongguan.

Tang Tong led his troops, still holding the banner of the Qing army, to Juyongguan, falsely claiming that Xuanhua had been lost, and that the Ming army had killed them, and they were defeated and retreated.

The guard of Juyong Pass guarded Tong Guoding and several clansmen of Aixinjueluo's family, Beile and Beizi, but there were not many troops, especially those clansmen who were either too young or too old, and they had little experience in fighting. Closed, more of a supervisor.

Tong Guoding wanted Tang Tong's troops to be stationed outside the city, so Tang Tong purposely made a noise outside the pass. Those who encircled and suppressed the Shun Army and the Rebel Army in Guanzhong together also received Tang Tong's secret letter.

In the middle of the night, he also sent his servants to set fire to the Guanzhong, and Juyongguan was in chaos. Lei Xing took the opportunity to open and close the gates with his servants, leading Tang Tong to enter the pass.

Tang Tongjun entered Juyongguan, joined forces with Lei Xing and other ministries, and slaughtered everywhere in the pass. At this time, most of the people guarding the pass were Yuding of the Eight Banners, the old and the weak, and many Han army banners and Mongolian banners also defected. If you didn't win, you were all caught in one pot.

After taking Juyongguan, Tang Tong, Lei Xing and others turned around and returned to Xuanhua, quickly swept along the Sanggan River and Yanghe River, and sent people to Tianchengwei to invite the Ming army to come.

The Shanxi Ming army who got the news didn't believe it at first.

But when he saw Tong Guoding and the heads of those Baylors, especially those seal letters, he was skeptical, and finally dispatched people to rush.

The two armies finally converged under the city of Xuanfu.

Xuanfu in the Ming Dynasty was renamed Xuanhua by the Tartars. It was the original Wanquandusi and later the Xuanfu Township, known as the key to the capital.
The capital of Nanping controlled the desert at the back, with the danger of Juyong on the left and the solidity in the middle of the cloud (now Datong) on ​​the right. It was the transportation hub from the inland to Mongolia and the Northwest, and it was also a strategic place to defend against the invasion of the north.

In the Ming Dynasty, this place has always been the top priority.

However, because the Tatars moved their capital to Yanbei, Taiyuan and Datong were lost too quickly, and the surrender of officials and generals from all over the country, etc., it was too late for the Tatars to stabilize this important land.

Those left behind were all second-line troops, and because of Tang Tong's rebellion, this important line of defense quickly fell.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was an important border defense town against the Mongolian Tatars, Wala, and Wuliangha tribes. It was a matter of life and death, and it was the northwest gateway of the capital.

But even the gate of Juyongguan, the first of the three inner gates, was easily taken down, and Datong was also captured long ago. Xuanda was caught in the middle, so how could he survive.

General Lou Guangxian and Daotai Hu Quancai faced the siege of the two armies, especially Lei Xing, who was their old boss. After some persuasion, they all set up a white flag to surrender.

"Lei Xing was originally a talented scholar in Liaodong. Later, Nurhachi took over Liaodong and set up a department to obtain scholars. Lei Xing also went to take the exam and was awarded the deputy director of the Secretariat. Later, he moved to the director of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. , as the right deputy capital censor governor of Tianjin, and then successively served as governor of Shaanxi and governor of Henan.

Zhu Yihai didn't take this Lei Xing seriously, but he was just another traitor like Zhang Cunren and Hong Chengchou, but now he changed his family because of the wind.

In comparison, he is better than Tang Tong. After all, although he used to be a scholar in Liaodong, he voted for Tartar very early and followed him for many years.

And what can Tang Tong say? He is from Shaanxi, a serious general of the Ming Dynasty. He guarded Yulin in the seventh year of Chongzhen. Seniority, deputy general of Lixuanfu, general soldier of Miyun, etc.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen's Songjin War, Tang Tong was one of the eight generals who rescued Jinzhou with 13 people, but was defeated in Songshan. After the war, he was demoted, but he still controlled Miyun.In the winter of that year, Huang Taiji crossed the Great Wall and attacked Shandong to the south, breaking through 88 cities in a row. Tang Tong only dared to follow behind, not daring to fight.

When the Qing army returned to the division, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen were defeated by the Qing army.

In the last years of Chongzhen, although Tang Tong suffered consecutive defeats, he still held important positions such as Miyun Commander-in-Chief and Xuanhua Commander-in-chief.

He even made him the Earl of Dingxi.

Li Zicheng broke the Great Harmony, and Tang Tong entered Jingqin King, and was ordered to guard Juyongguan.Chuangjun arrived at Guanxia, ​​and Tang Tong was right about Chongzhen's knighthood reward, and went out to face the battle, but the eunuch who supervised the army switched behind his back to surrender, and Tang Tong had to surrender.

After surrendering Li Zicheng, Tang Tong was sent to Shanhaiguan to guard. His old friend Wu Sangui sent troops to attack Tang Tong.

Later, Tang Tong led more than [-] people to fight Dorgon in a rock, but returned in a big defeat. He fled to Fugu with Li Zicheng. , Jiading Xihou, granted Suide General Soldier.

After Tang Tong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he followed Lei Xing and others to attack the Chuangjun in Shaanxi, encircling and suppressing the anti-Qing rebels in various places.

Once you understand Tang Tong's experience, you will know that this person is a typical warrior in the late Ming Dynasty. He has no loyalty at all, and they have no integrity.

Whoever surrenders whom.

Tang Tong gave a performance to the emperor, claiming how loyal he was to Daming and so on, that's bullshit.

"What's the specific situation now?"

"Xuanfu, Juyongguan and Zijingguan are all down."

"Ma Guozhu has moved to Xuanda, Xu Dingguo to Yongguan, Ding Qiguang to Changping, Li Jiyu to Xishan, and Tang Tong to Shunyi."

"Tu Guobao in Zhili also led his army northward. The camp of Tu Guobao was established at the Lugou Bridge, Yang Guohai was stationed in Tongzhou, and Li Huajing was stationed in Liangxiang."

"The two armies joined forces on the outskirts of Beijing and surrounded the city of Beijing on all sides."

"There are not many defenders in Beijing right now. Maybe Beijing has already won by now, and the victory is on the way."

With this development, Zhu Yihai was speechless for a long time.

This is just like when Li Zicheng went north, he fought from Xi'an to Beijing in just a few months. Back then, he also sent troops from two directions, and finally encircled Beijing.However, the Ming court that Li Zicheng was facing at that time had a lot of soldiers and horses, and even Zhou Yuji desperately blocked him at Ningwu Pass.

In contrast, the Tartars are now far inferior. When they entered the customs, the Tartars only had about [-] cattle records. They all collapsed and were annihilated or surrendered one after another. The remaining Eight Banners also suffered heavy casualties and continued to reduce their staff.

In the past, the Tartars relied on the Han army for their success, and now they are also defeated by the Han army.

In fact, as early as when Zhu Yihai recovered Nanjing, that critical point was broken. After that, the war was no longer a desperate struggle for one city and one pool, and people's hearts changed.

When Zhu Yihai wiped out the Qing army twice in Jinan and Yanzhou, Shandong last year, and this year he wiped out the Qing army in Yingzhou, and then surrounded the Qing army in Nanyang, Hubei, the whole situation changed.

At this time, everyone understood that the Tartars were slightly better than Li Zicheng, and stayed in Beijing for a few years longer than Li Zicheng, but they were defeated in the end.

And there is no possibility of winning anymore, and no one wants to lose with the Tartars.

It's like a leak in a levee. At the beginning, there was only a little water leakage, and then it gradually burst, and finally the levee directly burst and collapsed completely.

On November [-]th, Ma Guozhu entered Gaobeidian and Xizhimen, bombarded the city with cannons, and attacked Pingzemen, Zhangyimen, and Xizhimen in the afternoon.

In the middle of the night, the Han army of the Eight Banners in the city took the lead in opening the Guangning Gate on the west side of the outer city, and the Ming army entered the Fuxing Gate.The next day, another Han army opened the Zhengyang Gate to welcome Xu Dingguo's troops.

So far, Beijing has recovered.

Although Prince An Yue Le stubbornly resisted, the Ming army came too fast. He was originally stationed in Tianjin and rushed to help Beijing from Tianjin. He only brought back [-] Manchus and Eight Banners, but his morale was low.

The Ming army besieged the city on all sides and bombarded it again and again. The Eight Banners of the Han army in the city and even the Han officials turned their backs and opened their doors to meet the enemy.

At the beginning, the Eight Banners had to defend the city and guard against the Han soldiers. After the outer city was broken, many Mongols also began to backstab. In the end, many desperate Manchu Eight Banners also began to surrender.

Desperate, Yue Le retreated to Meishan, with only 800 people around him.

Tu Guobao and Ma Guozhu came to persuade him to surrender, but Yue Le refused.

The second governor of Tuma ordered to bombard with artillery and encircle and suppress the infantry.

The eight hundred Jurchen were all blasted into pieces along with Yue Le in the end, and Beijing was completely recovered.

After Beijing fell, the remaining cities within the Great Wall were no longer able to resist. The news spread that the few Tartars left in Tianjin, Miyun, and Yongping began to abandon their cities and flee in a hurry.

Many of the Eight Banners who moved into the closed enclosure were unable to escape for a while, and were hunted down and hunted down by Tu Guobao and other ministries, and there was no mercy left.

Tianjin, Jizhou, Miyun, Yongping, Funing, and Zunhua were recovered one after another.

When Zhu Yihai went down the Yellow River and returned to Mukden, Tokyo, it was already December, and there were good news going south every day.

By this time, everything south of the Great Wall had been recovered, including Shanhaiguan.

The Tartars did not dare to defend, and the defeated generals, with the old and the weak, women and children, directly abandoned the pass and went north.

From Shanhaiguan Pass in Yongping Prefecture in the east to Jiayu Pass in the west, all the side walls have been restored.

In the Central Plains, only the Qing army, such as Nikan, who was trapped in the Lanbudao, was still struggling, but it was also dying.

The world shook and the whole country rejoiced.

Many officials and gentry even wrote a letter, requesting the emperor to move to Beijing, restore the old capital, and celebrate the New Year in Beijing this year.

The Tartars were driven out of the Central Plains, and after Beijing fell, Jierhalang did not lead his troops across the Great Wall to seize Beijing. Instead, he embraced Emperor Shunzhi and fled five hundred miles north overnight to Chifeng.

Tokyo, like other cities inside and outside the city celebrate the New Year ahead of schedule, everyone is smiling.

When Beijing was recovered, the Tartars fled, just like when the Taizu sent Xu Da to conquer the north and regain Dadu, the Mongolian Tartars fled to Mobei.

(End of this chapter)