Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 227 Rewards for meritorious deeds, the five-year deadline is approaching!
Hearing that Zhu Youjian could not wake up temporarily, Zhou Yanru and the others did not dare to leave, and could only stay in the bedroom.

After a pause, Zhang Yicai went on to say: "Elders, although your Majesty is young, he can't endure this for a long time. Although the medicinal materials can nourish the body and replenish vitality, it is difficult to fully make up for the exhaustion of the mind. I hope all the elders You can persuade Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yi stood aside and carefully observed the changes in Zhu Youjian's complexion.

Hearing Zhang Yi's words, Zhou Yanru and the others were silent. In fact, they were even more reluctant to meddle in everything like Zhu Youjian. It's a mess.

But they also knew that Zhu Youjian would definitely not let go. If they tried to persuade Zhu Youjian to intervene less in government affairs, they would be asking for their own death. With Zhu Youjian's meanness and lack of kindness, they were lucky to be able to return home safely.

At this time, Empress Zhou hurried in, accompanied by the maid of honor.

"Meet the empress!"

Seeing Queen Zhou coming in, Zhou Yanru and others saluted one after another.

"You don't need to be too polite, gentlemen."

Empress Zhou stretched out her hand for a little help, and then hurriedly asked: "Doctor Zhang, how is your majesty doing?"

"Go back to your mother, your majesty's mind is damaged, and you need to rest for a while before you can wake up."

Zhang Yi cupped his hands and said.

But as soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, he heard Zhu Youjian groaned on the hospital bed, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"His Majesty."

"His Majesty."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's voice, everyone gathered around.

At this time, Zhu Youjian also slowed down, and said with a pale face: "My dear friends, now that the puppet Qi rebels have occupied Shenyang City and Liaoyang City, they have established a firm foothold in Liaodong, and I am afraid they will become the next Jian slave. What should I do?"

"Your Majesty, now you should rest in peace and recuperate from your illness. You really shouldn't continue to worry about government affairs."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian was worried about government affairs as soon as he woke up, Queen Zhou quickly persuaded him.

"I know it myself."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian waved his hands and said, "Now the court is in troubled times, how can I slack off!"

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Zhou Yanru and others felt helpless. Zhu Youjian didn't understand anything, but he still liked to intervene everywhere. Rather than being so hardworking, he might as well be like his grandfather and brother and be an idler who doesn't care about government affairs. Lazy emperor, but he wanted to return to his thoughts, but no one dared to speak out.

"Zhou Aiqing, what should I do now?"

Zhu Youjian asked again, but his voice was still weak.

Hearing Zhu Youjian's name-calling, Zhou Yanru pondered for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, now we have negotiated peace with the puppet Qi, if we do it first, it will inevitably provoke criticism from the world, and may damage your majesty's reputation. "

"Besides, the canal is still in the hands of the puppet Qi. If we act first now, once the puppet Qi seals the canal again, the consequences will be disastrous."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yanru couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart. In fact, the imperial court had already reached a consensus on how to deal with Daqi, that is, to drive the Jurchens out of Liaodong first, and then hoard food. The elite who came out of the battle in Liaodong were transferred back to the pass to deal with Daqi.

With these elites, even if Dongchang Prefecture cannot be captured in a short period of time, the canal can be opened and the water transport can be restored. Once the water transport is restored, it will be a matter of time before Da Qi is wiped out.

Originally, this matter is not guaranteed, but it is also very likely to succeed. Over the past two years, the imperial court has formed a fleet in the south of the Yangtze River, and it will soon be able to transport grain by sea, and the imperial court will be able to hoard a lot. food.

Moreover, Sun Chengzong's progress is also good. The Jurchens could no longer defend Haizhou Acropolis and chose to retreat to Liaoyang City. According to this trend, it is only a matter of time before Liaoyang City is recaptured, because after losing a large amount of land, the Jurchens' grain Certainly not enough, the Jurchens will have no choice but to leave Liaodong.

Unexpectedly, something would go wrong at this critical moment. Da Qi took this opportunity to take Shenyang City and Liaoyang City first. As a result, Da Ming was in an extremely awkward situation. In order to defend Liaodong, the soldiers and horses of Liaodong cannot be easily mobilized now. After all, Liaodong is related to Shanhaiguan and the safety of the capital.

"Is it just to let the fake Qi sit up like this?"

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Zhu Youjian was immediately dissatisfied. In this way, when will Shandong be recovered?
"Your Majesty, even if you want to turn against the puppet Qi, you must first find a way to solve the worries about food. Otherwise, if you turn against the puppet Qi, the capital will be in danger of food shortage again."

Zhou Yanru shook his head and said, he has persuaded Zhu Youjian's eagerness for quick success and quick benefits several times. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

"The shipping fleet in Nanzhili arranges to transport grain as soon as possible. In addition, let Sun Chengzong garrison the Weicheng of Haizhou, and never let the soldiers and horses of the puppet Qi threaten the mountains and seas."

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youjian sighed.

...

Time passed a little bit, and after getting Zhu Youjian's will, Sun Chengzong led the Ming army to retreat to Haizhou Acropolis, and one hundred thousand elite recruits were also transferred back to the pass.

.........

Jinan Fucheng.

Zichen Palace.

Su Hao was controlling the three natal paper figurines to review the memorabilia, when Zhou Xian and the others came to Zichen Hall hand in hand.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Zhou Xian, Hou Yuangao, Liang Xue, Hu Shangheng, Tang Shaobo and Du Fengshu bowed and saluted.

"You love yourselves."

Su Hao calmly said: "There is news from Liaodong that Shenyang City and Liaoyang City have been captured. Now the Jurchens have withdrawn from Liaodong, and they have taken all the Liaodong people from the two cities to the grassland. Now Shenyang City has arrived in Liaoyang A large area of ​​cultivated land in the city has been barren, and I plan to move 15 people to Liaodong."

Although this year's farming can't catch up, it must be arranged as soon as possible. Migration of people is not an easy task. It will take at least half a year to relocate 10,000+ people. In addition, it will take more time to provide farming tools for the people. .

"Your Majesty, Shandong is now under His Majesty's governance. The weather is smooth and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. It may not be so easy to suddenly transfer so many people."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhou Xian sighed. The people are very concerned about the difficulty of leaving their homeland. Moreover, Liaodong is a place of bitter cold. It was okay to recruit a little before, but now it is impossible to suddenly relocate 10,000+ people.

"Tell the people that as long as they are willing to go to Liaodong, each person will be allocated [-] mu of cultivated land, and only four buckets of grain will be collected for each mu of land in the first two years."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said, the land in Shenyang City and Liaoyang City is about 600 million mu. If it is to be carefully cultivated, it will require at least 40 people. It's just that there is no way to move so many people now. We can only temporarily relocate 15 people.

However, according to the information sent back from the Black Ice Platform, droughts have occurred in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and a small part of Shandong. I am afraid that some victims will flood into Shandong in a short time, and they can move to Liaodong to develop land. .

Now Daqi has cut off a lot of grain from Daming because of his control of the canal, and the canal has also collected a lot of money. Even if he raises 10,000+ more victims, he can barely support them. After farming and harvesting, these people It will bring a lot of taxes to Daqi.

Moreover, after the land in Liaodong is developed, it will be able to feed back to Shandong. At that time, he can recruit more soldiers and horses, at least about [-] soldiers and horses.

"The minister will arrange it immediately."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhou Xian and the others quickly responded. Although the common people are concerned about the difficulty of leaving their homeland, the conditions offered by Su Hao are really good. Although Liaodong can only cultivate one season a year, there is one person who owns ten acres. One mu of land can at least produce more than one stone of grain. After paying taxes, the food left by the people can completely feed their families.

More importantly, a family has at least several people, even if children are not counted, they have tens of acres of land, and they can live a good life. According to Su Hao's conditions, there may not be more than 10,000+ people going to Liaodong by then. Doubling is possible.

Seeing Zhou Xian and the others retreat, Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. Although he won Liaodong, Daming is probably preparing to turn against him.

.........

As the first batch of people who migrated to Liaodong arrived in Shenyang City, the land outside Shenyang City, which had been barren for more than half a year, became populated again.

Liaoyang City.

"Old Tang, Lao Luo, this time His Majesty called you back to discuss meritorious service and give rewards. I'm afraid you should be knighted this time, right?"

Looking at Tang Xiangjin and Luo Yi, He Liu had a look of envy on his face. Over the past two years, he spent most of his time in Dongchang Fucheng. Now that there is no war in Shandong, he has no chance to make meritorious service.

And Tang Xiangjin and Luo Yi won the Liaodong. This battle achievement is not small, enough to confer a title. Daqi's title system was inherited from Daming, but Su Hao restored the two titles of Viscount and Baron. Tang Xiangjin and Luo Yi's Credit, at least a Viscount.

"It's all His Majesty's grace."

Tang Xiangjin's face was also filled with joy. He took the risk to follow Su Hao in rebellion. Naturally, it was also for the purpose of conferring his wife and son. Now that the conferment is just around the corner, he is naturally equally happy.

After a pause, Tang Xiangjin continued: "Old He, be careful of the Jurchens on the grassland. Those Jurchens are ambitious and will not give up Liaodong willingly. When they recover, they will definitely continue to harass Liaodong."

Although the Jurchens were forced to leave by him, the other party would definitely not be reconciled, and they moved the people to farm here. For the Jurchens, that was a bright temptation.

"Do not worry."

He Liu nodded and said, "Your Majesty has already sent people to Monan to buy war horses. When we have our own cavalry, if the Jurchens dare to come, they will be unable to leave."

Although Tang Xiangjin and the others also captured some war horses in Liaodong, they were not many. They were only enough to arm scout cavalry, but it was far from enough to form cavalry. So after taking Shenyang City and Liaoyang City, Su Hao So they organized some caravans to go to Monan to buy war horses.

Hearing that Su Hao had already made arrangements, Tang Xiangjin nodded and said nothing more. After handing over the power with He Liu, he returned to Shandong with two thousand soldiers.

The bodyguard system was set up by Su Hao imitating the servants of the generals of the Lighting Army. There are 2000 people in the left governor, 1000 in the right governor, and 300 in the governor's office. In the position of Zuo Dudu, these soldiers will always follow him. If he lives, these soldiers will live, and if he dies, these soldiers will also die.

Moreover, the food, armor, weapons, and pensions of these soldiers were all allocated by the imperial court themselves. Even if they died in battle, they would be supplemented by the imperial court.

.........

A month later, Tang Xiangjin returned to Jinan Fucheng together with Luo Yi and Pan Pingping.

On the second day, a grand ceremony of meritorious deeds was held in the Hall of Hanyuan. Tang Xiangjin and Luo Yi were conferred the titles of Viscounts as they wished, and Pan Pingping, the governor, also received their respective rewards.

"Thank you!"

Tang Xiangjin and others knelt down to thank each other.

"You love yourselves."

Su Hao stretched out his hands to help. Although he is quite stingy in terms of power, he is not stingy in terms of money. Tang Xiangjin and Luo Yi also have [-] mu of land in addition to their titles. But they were also awarded the military honors of the second rank, and they also had [-] mu of land.

...

Zichen Palace.

"Dear dears, now that our Daqi has occupied Liaodong, Daming will definitely not let it go."

Looking at Tang Xiangjin and the others, Su Hao said in a deep voice, "Da Ming is currently accumulating strength, and in the next two years, there should not be much movement in Da Ming. I have some precious medicines here, and I will send them to you. Your Majesty, I hope that you can improve in the past two years."

"When the five-year deadline is up, we will have a battle to the death with Daming. At that time, I hope that all my lovers can accompany me to capture the Central Plains and make this unworldly feat."

Now that he has successfully built his foundation, and reached the tendon-changing stage of the second realm, his strength has returned to his previous peak state, and he can remain undefeated even in the face of two or three Xiantian realms.

There are still more than two years to go, and he should be able to make further progress. Now Da Ming has only five people in the Xiantian realm on the surface. Two years later, in terms of top-level combat power, he is sure to block the opponent.

But at the level of martial arts masters and first-class fighters, Da Qi is far behind. Once Da Ming attacks, he can only mobilize most of the masters as before. Many masters were dug from all over the Central Plains, but now that Daqi occupies a large territory and needs many masters, it is impossible to transfer all of them to fight the Ming army.

So in the past few years, he has been trying to increase the strength of his subordinates, but now he only has the demon spirit paper armor that can increase Tang Xiangjin's strength, but the demon spirit paper armor also has limitations, that is, it needs long-term mana accumulation to be To maintain the effect, many warlocks need to cultivate the demon spirit paper armor for a long time. Unfortunately, he can't find so many warlocks. After all, for warlocks, mana is lifespan, and few people are willing to exchange their lives for money.

So he can only rely on Tang Xiangjin and the others. Fortunately, he has collected a lot of precious medicines from the medicinal material trade with Mao Wenlong in the past two years. In addition to his own army, he also saved some precious medicines, and he plans to distribute them all. , but how much progress can be made, it can only depend on Tang Xiangjin and the others.

(End of this chapter)