I have a cornucopia

Chapter 329: My Qing Dynasty has not yet fallen!

After the funeral of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, everyone quickly moved to the next venue.

There is also Emperor Yongchang’s!

Of course, Emperor Yongchang's was very casual, and it was not even presided over by the Empress, but by his son. As for his son, there was no father-son relationship, and he also acted like a robot with an expressionless face. Although the old brothers were very sad, they now knew their identities and just cried a few times to show their intention, but they dared not show it too prominently, after all, they would all have the golden rice bowl of the Zhu family in the future.

However, many people came to see him off and cried with deep emotion.

“This is what the people want!”

King Yang looked around and saw people all over the mountains and plains bowing before Li Zicheng's imperial tomb.

"They still know who is good to them."

Li Guo said.

This scene also made them very satisfied.

After all, this also shows Her Majesty the Queen the feelings of the Guanzhong people towards Li Zicheng. Similarly, if Her Majesty the Queen wants to ensure the submission of the Guanzhong people to her in the future, she must rely on these people.

King Yang just smiled.

These common people were worshipping Li Zicheng, not his old brothers who were becoming the new elite. Moreover, Li Zicheng worked so hard but in the end he only earned this imperial mausoleum. His sons were not even his own, but his old brothers could enjoy wealth and glory, and it would be wealth and glory for generations. All his hard work would eventually be in vain for them.

There isn't even a temple name.

This is definitely not the case.

He was not an emperor of the Zhu family. It was already very good for him to be buried with the rites of an emperor. How could he have a temple name and be worshipped by the Zhu family, including this imperial mausoleum, which is called the Yongchang Imperial Mausoleum?

As for his sacrifices, they will be performed by his sons according to the rites of a vassal king.

He is equivalent to a vassal king.

Then he just added the title of emperor.

Amid the cries of millions of soldiers and civilians, Emperor Yongchang of the Ming Dynasty was finally buried. The Ming Dynasty, which buried two emperors in one day, also bid farewell to the past and entered the era of the empress ruling the world. On the same day when the two emperors were buried, because the servants of the Pingxi King's family forcibly robbed a certain princess in the street, the latter refused and was hacked to death, which eventually triggered a large-scale rebellion by the iron-clad peasants, and even controlled the imperial city for a time. The Pingxi King urgently dispatched tens of thousands of Han troops from outside to suppress the rebellion, bombarded the palace with heavy artillery, and even fired rockets at the palace, which eventually caused a fire in the palace. Nearly 10,000 iron-clad peasants were burned to death. The Han army attacked the palace, and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty immediately welcomed the Pingxi King, who then conducted a large-scale search and seizure of the rebels again, killed tens of thousands of rebels, and rewarded their wives and daughters to the Han army that quelled the rebellion.

In addition, in order to protect the iron-clad crops, King Pingxi ordered the Han army to move into the homes of the remaining iron-clad crops to provide protection.

After all, they are all the elderly, the weak, women and children.

Be protected.

Even if it's protecting you in bed in the middle of the night.

After this chaos, the iron-clad farmers completely lost their ability to resist, but there were still a lot of them, about 50,000 to 60,000 people, although they were all the elderly, the weak, women and children. This was largely because the number of women increased significantly after entering the Pass.

As for those under Hauge who were still able to fight, there were only two or three thousand of them. They moved their families into the imperial city to avoid being protected by the Han army. Those outside were actually abandoned. After all, not only had they been protected by the Han army in their homes, but they had also lost their money and food. In fact, many elderly people were deliberately starved to death...

Women can use their skills to exchange for some food from the Han army to support themselves and their children, but who will take care of the old people?
Those old guys who once followed Wild Boar Skin and fought on the battlefield to help our Qing Dynasty establish its nation are now forced to become street beggars, and then die of starvation or disease, or are shot to death by the Han army as practice targets.

The capital will become their grave.

Wu Sangui wanted Hauge as a bargaining chip to gain the qualification for surrender. It didn't matter if all the other strong farmers died. In fact, he was already selling some of the ones that could still be sold to slave traders. At his current rate of destruction, it was estimated that within a year, only Hauge and the tens of thousands of strong farmers in the imperial city would be left in the capital. Even these people were in a difficult situation.

After all, whether Wu Sangui gave them food or not depended on his mood.

Therefore, they have reclaimed land and planted vegetables in the imperial city, and some are fishing in the three seas, as if they have returned to the era of fishing and hunting.

In the blockade of Suoyang Pass, the Eight Banners warriors began to walk to the Ming army's defense line in an endless stream, lining up to cleanse themselves, and completing their transformation from hard-core crops to Ming slaves. Those who escaped into the mountains were constantly picked out and killed during the Ming army's search. Those who resisted stubbornly in the Baiyang Forts had no ability to break through, and could only live one day at a time while slaughtering war horses. However, Jirgalang who fled back to Shenyang and Sony, who was originally there, and the Oboi Group, were unstoppable in their crusade against Korea. Oboi led 6,000 Eight Banners warriors to quickly go south and fight to Kaesong.

Li Zong fled Seoul in a hurry and sent envoys to Nanjing for help, but the Ming Dynasty would definitely not send troops, so the responsibility of saving Li Zong was given to Lin Qingye.

But before the latter could go north, Oboi had already captured Seoul and massacred the people.

However, his rapid progress was not simply because of Oboi's strong fighting ability, but because Jirgalang, who proclaimed himself emperor in Shenyang, announced the abolition of the Eight Banners Han Army. After all, there were not many left, and the few remaining could be directly merged into the Eight Banners Manchuria. Then the Eight Banners Korea was added, so a large number of Korean soldiers and northern tyrants joined in, just like the Northern Zhili when Dorgon entered the pass. In the end, although Oboi only had 6,000 Eight Banners Manchuria, he had 40,000 Eight Banners Korea when he captured Seoul.

They stayed in Seoul for ten days without stopping to use their swords...

In fact, it only lasted three days.

After all, Seoul cannot be compared with Yangzhou. In three days, it was almost impossible to find anyone to kill.

This city has been in a miserable state over the years. When it was recaptured from the Japanese army, there were only a few hundred households left. Although it has gradually recovered over the years, there are only tens of thousands of households in total, which is not enough to rob.

However, Oboi also stopped here. After all, going further south would be a bit too deep. In this way, although the Qing Dynasty basically lost the interior, it expanded thousands of miles of territory in Korea and took over more than half of the three thousand miles of territory. Although they are all poor places, they are better than nothing. And Oboi's trip also brought help to the troubled Northern Qing...

There are two Qing dynasties now!
Hauge is still the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

So we must distinguish them. After all, he is also an emperor. In short, our Qing Dynasty has become the Southern Qing and the Northern Qing.

Oboi's plundering of Korea solved the internal problems of the Northern Qing Dynasty. After all, everything would be easy as long as there was food. Then Jirgalang announced the relocation of the capital back to Hetuala. Shenyang was in ruins and Liaoyang was not safe either. Once the Ming army counterattacked Liaodong, they could easily land by sea and attack Liaoning and Shenyang directly. There was no need to worry about moving the capital back to Hetuala.

Then start building the fortress.

They have learned a lot of good things during these years in the interior.

Building small fortresses at several key locations outside Hetuala, such as Sarhu, would be enough to ensure the safety of Hetuala. With the North Korean occupied area behind it, it would also be enough to obtain a stable supply of food.

Of course, the main reason is the sharp decline in population. Jirgalang brought back a total of 15,000 people. Together with those who withdrew from the Liaoxi Corridor and those who conquered Korea by Oboi, there were only more than 20,000 Eight Banners Manchus and Mongols. Although there were 50,000 new Eight Banners Koreans, these can be ignored. They can support themselves. More than 20,000 men, 40,000 to 50,000 old, weak, women and children, this population constitutes the basic base of the current Northern Qing Dynasty. It is enough to get a few hundred thousand shi of grain a year plus fishing and hunting. What's more, they can not only plunder Korea, but also grow some themselves. In addition, smuggling is also indispensable. This cannot be stopped. The price of ginseng is there.

As long as they can control the ginseng producing areas, it will be impossible to stop smuggling.

In short, the Qing Dynasty temporarily stabilized by stepping on the corpses of Koreans. Nanjing.

"I'll deal with them later!"

King Yang, who had escorted the Queen back, looked at the King of Joseon crying for help with satisfaction.

Because the Queen was very busy, there was no need for her to make the same tour to the West as before. She could just take the car summoned by King Yang and go to Xiangyang together, then return by boat from Xiangyang.

As for the single men and single women...

Why, isn’t King Yang a loyal minister?
Since you are a loyal minister, there is no need to consider such issues.

As soon as they returned to Nanjing, Li Jong sent people to ask for help again. In the memorial, His Royal Highness the King of Korea cried out the tragedy of Seoul with tears and blood, and even begged Her Majesty the Queen to be willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty and offer land. The only thing he needed was to be given a title of a prince in the Ming Dynasty. In the future, Korea would be taken over by the Ming Dynasty and turned into the Korean Provincial Administration.

“Why not take advantage of the opportunity to take over North Korea?”

Her Majesty the Queen asked curiously while lying on his back.

The two of them traveled alone. The Empress, who had to consider her image, had now completely let go. When she returned to the capital, she issued an order directly, saying that she was too sad and needed to rest, and the Prince of Qi would be the regent for one year. Of course, it could also be that he was really tired. After all, she had traveled thousands of miles back and forth, and it was easy for a weak woman to get tired. As for the Prince of Qi, he would be the regent in Wuying Palace. In this way, the Prince of Qi would stay in Wuying Palace every day, but he still had to leave at night. After all, there was a difference between men and women, and it was definitely not possible to stay overnight in Wuying Palace, so he went to the cabinet to be on duty at night.

Avoid suspicion!
"Collect? What will you do after you collect them? They are already subjects of the Ming Dynasty. Will you save them if there is a famine? They are also subjects of the Ming Dynasty. Will you also assign official positions to their officials? The Ming Dynasty itself cannot even get enough food! How can you feed them?

They wishful thinking!
If you save them, you will be giving them a blood transfusion. If you don't save them, they will resent you and then rebel. After all, they are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty. You have to treat them equally. If you don't treat them equally, they will feel that they are being bullied. But if you keep Yi Jong, the famine will be their own business. The starvation is due to Yi Jong's incompetence in governing the country. The resentment of the Koreans is due to him, and has nothing to do with us. But as subjects of the Ming Dynasty, our merchants can do business with them, our troops can go to them at any time, and they have to pay tribute to us every year.

In the end, whatever good things they have will become ours, and the burdens will be left for them to bear.

This is a higher level of domination.

This is how we should treat our vassal states in the future. We should support the monarchs as much as possible and let them exploit their subjects. We should let our merchants go there to trade and suck their blood. We should let our people immigrate there and become the masters there. If anyone dares to bully these immigrants, we should let our army go there to beat them up and force them to pay compensation and take away the good places.

To put it simply, we should treat these vassal states like fruit trees. Once they bear fruit, we pick the fruits and leave the rest behind."

King Yang said.

"Then at least the fruit trees still need to be taken care of!"

Her Majesty the Queen said.

As he said this, he deliberately moved his body.

"Yes, we do take care of them. We provide them with protection. If anyone dares to bully or deceive them without our permission, we will stand up for them and send soldiers to drive these bad guys out."

Yang Feng said.

"The fruit tree has an owner, so no one else can touch it?"

Her Majesty the Queen said with a meaningful smile.

"Well, your majesty is the supreme ruler of the world. Even if the fruit tree has an owner, it is yours."

King Yang said.

……

At least for now, there is no need to take over North Korea.

They are really poor there.

If they receive it, they will have to give blood transfusions. The Ming Dynasty hasn’t even solved the famine itself, so why should it give blood transfusions to millions of poor people?

We should draw their blood.

It is certain that Korea will be taken over in the future, but before that, the population must be reduced as much as possible. Let Yi Jong continue to fight against the Jianlu with the support of the Ming Dynasty. When the fighting is so fierce that there is no crowing of roosters for a thousand miles, the Ming Dynasty will come to rescue them with a colorful glow.

What's more, Yang Feng really has no time, as he has to resolve the war in Jiangnan next!

It's just a truce now.

It’s not like we won’t fight anymore.

However, judging from the current situation, even if the truce expires, these guys don't seem to be in the mood to fight.

Because Yang Feng had already told Gao Yigong and others that the most important thing was the people's hearts. As long as the people supported them, it would be easy to conquer Suzhou, so they mainly focused on winning over the people during this period. Now they occupied Zhenjiang, Changzhou and other places, and all the fields were distributed to the tenants and serfs. Although taxes were still collected, they were strictly in accordance with the court's tax rate. All the miscellaneous taxes were cancelled, the fire consumption rate returned to 2 cents, and they even took out the cloth seized from the gentry's homes and distributed clothes to the people.

People everywhere were jubilant.

These same things also made the people in Suzhou, Songjiang, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Hangzhou and other places feel discouraged.

In order to appease them, the Elders had to continue to reduce rents, cancel some exorbitant taxes, donate more money to charity, and continue to increase the soldiers' salaries in order to appease them.

Now the monthly salary of Zhejiang militia soldiers has increased to six taels. For thirty thousand Zhejiang militia soldiers, the monthly salary alone is hundreds of thousands of taels. Six taels is for ordinary soldiers, while officers may receive dozens of taels. Otherwise, it would be impossible to maintain morale.

This made the gentry discouraged.

If you continue like this, your money will be thrown away like water!
You really have to pay for maintaining the army yourself.

And it's hard to predict what the final outcome will be. Once they lose, they will lose everything. Everyone will settle the accounts. The longer the war lasts, the more they will lose. If they win, they will lose, and if they lose, they will lose everything. It can be said that no matter how you calculate it, it's a loss.

and so……

negotiation?

(End of this chapter)