I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 264 The situation between the two lakes
As a matter of course, the magistrate of Chenzhou took all his officials to shave their heads and become Ming Dynasty officials.

Hmm, pretty weird.

As soon as he arrived at Chenzhou, Lu Feng immediately began to spread the word in the name of the general of the Eighth Army of the Ming Dynasty's New Army.

Guiyang County was the first place that the Ming army surrendered to when they entered Hunan, and Xingning County was the foothold of the remnants of Zeng Jing's rebel army, so it's no big deal.

With these two counties setting an example, the remaining two counties of Guidong and Yizhang also surrendered one after another. There was no scene of county magistrates jumping from the city to die for their country.

All are smart people.

Even the few suicides encountered by the Ming army in the early stage were all convinced that the Manchu and Qing court could suppress the Ming army.

But now, the battle in Jiujiang is equivalent to completely breaking through this layer of window paper.

Anyone with insight can see that as long as the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers do not fall ill, let alone suppress it, it will be difficult for the Puppet Qing Dynasty to even draw rivers to govern.

In just a few days, the entire territory of Chenzhou was controlled by the Ming army, leaving only some corners of the border unoccupied.

That's where the Guangdong Yao people's uprising took place.

Lu Feng's appetite was not small. After easily capturing Chenzhou, he still refused to be left alone. Before the reinforcements from Southern Gansu arrived, he took his few soldiers and horses north to Hengzhou.

The county magistrates of Ling County and Leiyang County were so frightened that they thought the Ming army had captured Hubei and was preparing to launch troops in Hunan.

Without any hesitation, the magistrates of Lingxian and Leiyang counties switched sides on the spot. ,

Although Ling County is an ancient county, it is not very famous.This area belongs to the alluvial plain of the river valley and is an important grain-producing area in the Spring and Autumn Period.But also because it is an alluvial plain, whenever it rains, there will be floods.

Therefore, as time goes by, Ling County gradually becomes lonely.Especially with the rise of Hengyang, this strategic location with good transportation, abundant grain production, easy to defend and difficult to attack, instantly replaced Lingxian's status.

However, the border of Lingxian County is Jinggangshan.

At the same time that these two counties turned against each other, the magistrate of Guiyang also learned of the message issued by the Ming army in Chenzhou.

The Guiyang magistrate also had no psychological burden at all...a little bit. He was simply frightened by the Yao uprising army in Yongzhou.

There was no hope in the provincial capital. Wang Zhishu, the remote governor, did not only retreat to Changsha, but also ordered them to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible.

Suppress the fart!

If they want to be able to suppress it, they still need to ask for help from the provincial capital.

In order to protect himself, the unlucky Zhizhou had no choice but to send people to Chenzhou to express his allegiance and ask for help.

At this time, Lu Feng finally realized that he seemed to have made a little too much noise.

Occupying a lot of territory is one thing, and the newly invested Guiyang Prefecture is still a pure trouble spot.

Say so!

Lanshan County under the jurisdiction of Guiyang Prefecture is already the territory of the Yao people, and even the county magistrate of Jiahe County has fled.

The Ming army took Guiyang Prefecture, which meant that they would directly encounter the Yao people.

And Yongzhou Prefecture (Lingling) is still in the hands of the pseudo-Qing government. If Yongzhou Prefecture also surrenders.

Thinking of this, Lu Feng hurriedly stopped advancing and only narrowed the battle line to the circle of Lingxian, Leiyang, Changning, and Guiyang Prefecture.

Changning County was simply rushed to the door. Lu Feng was seriously short of troops, so he didn't send troops there at all.As a result, when the defense line was shrinking, the Changning County Magistrate came to ask for surrender.

Jiahe County is now a three-nothing zone. The Yao people have not taken control there for the time being, and the Ming army is not ready to take it.

As for the people of Jiahe County, Lanshan County had already been defeated and all the county magistrates had fled, and everyone who could escape had already fled.

There was no compatriot mentality in this era. The Yao people looked at the Han people just as the Han people looked at the Yao people.

At this point, the situation in Hunan is basically determined.

The Ming army completely controlled Chenzhou, the southern gate of Hunan, plus the city of Guiyang and the southern part of Hengzhou Prefecture.

The puppet governor of the Qing Dynasty, Pian Yuan, controlled the capital of Changsha, and merged with Yuezhou, Changde, and Lizhou.

The remaining state capitals were basically swept away by the rebellion of the minority people. In some state capitals, only the remaining city was still in the hands of the government, and almost all the other counties and towns fell.

...While Hunan is in chaos, Hubei is also uneasy.

Zheng Dingrui's western expedition army broke through Huangzhou Prefecture and marched into Wuchang and Hanyang Prefectures.

In fact, the Ming army could solve the problem by directly transferring troops from Jiangxi without dividing the troops.

But there was another problem. The Ming army did not have enough food.

Although the emperor asked him to command the Western Expedition army and mobilize soldiers and horses from Jiangxi.

Not to mention Southern Jiangxi, if only Nanchang's troops and horses move, plus the fleet of people transporting grain, they will definitely be able to fight a large army of 10 people.

Now, summer has passed, and the climate is suitable for sending troops.

But the famine caused by the disaster caused great trouble to Ming Dynasty.

In the summer of the second year of Jianwu, there was a great famine in Tongzhou.

It was still next to Nanjing. Even though Zhu Yijiong had been prepared for it, the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were also very distressed by the famine, and they finally managed to provide relief.

Not long after Zheng Dingrui sent troops, famine also broke out in Jiaxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

The reason is a severe drought.

In years of calamity, two fools often appear.

Some ministers of the Ming court believed that the emperor had been fighting for years, using weapons and weapons without permission, wasting people and money, causing heaven to be angry, and this was why he brought disaster.

Then he came to report and asked the emperor to issue an edict to punish himself.

The key point is that this rhetoric actually has a market.

Their basis is that if it wasn't for the wrath of God, then why were there only major disasters in Jiangnan, and they continued continuously.

Zhu Yijiong had already expected this. After all, the ancients always liked to have the emperor issue edicts after natural and man-made disasters.

The most intuitive example is Emperor Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty, who was directly forced to issue six sin-related edicts during his 17-year reign, which can be called the most among emperors in history.

Especially in the last few years, almost every year, the problem has not been solved at all, but has accelerated its deterioration.

Zhu Yijiong was definitely not Chongzhen. Anyone who asked him to issue an edict to sin against himself was refuted and angrily rebuked by him: "As an important minister of the country, you should share your worries for the king. Why should you ask your father to issue an edict to sin against yourself? The books of sages are read in the belly of dogs." Have you gone?"

To be so straightforward, these literati should be treated like this.

However, Zhu Yijiong still left some leeway and did not directly demote him in anger, but only gave him a stern warning.

After all, if an emperor dismisses officials and kills people at every turn, then he is a waste (this is what Kangxi said, and I think it is quite right).

But next time, Zhu Yijiong will ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jin Yiwei to conduct an open and covert investigation.

Although famine and natural disasters occurred one after another in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijiong used official power to forcefully promote corn and sweet potatoes last year.

Although it is a bit troublesome, with the Siamese rice bought overseas, it can barely survive, and can even support the army in the war.

However, Emperor Zhu only had the power of this blow.

The northern and southern fronts started fighting simultaneously, and there were successive battles. The Ming Dynasty's treasury was already somewhat unable to make ends meet.

It is true that there will always be food if you squeeze it, but no matter how squeezed it is, it will not be able to sustain such consumption!

The Ming Dynasty is holding on hard now. Not only can the battle of Wuchang not be too loud, but it must be fought quickly and must rest and recuperate after the battle.

After all, the severe famine in Jiangnan will continue next year. It can only be said that Zhu Yijiong is either lucky or not.

But on the Wuchang side, Zheng Dingrui still divided his forces.

However, Zheng Dingrui had a different idea. He did not divide his forces to attack Wuchang and Hanyang.

Instead, they detached a small force and continued to take the water route to Wuchang, while the rest of the army diverted to the Shenjiang River.

He wants to go back.

　tired
　　
　
(End of this chapter)