Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 142: National Fortune Rises
After Sun Chuanting left, Zhu Changgan breathed a sigh of relief.

After much searching, he decided that Sun was the most suitable candidate for the governor of the three borders.

Hong Chengchou is not good enough, Yang Sichang is not good enough, and Sun Chengzong is even worse. They all have their own ideas.

Because this is not just about suppressing bandits, it is also about rectifying the administration of officials, and the interests of all parties are involved.

Choosing anyone else would not completely change the emperor's will.

Boom~
It suddenly started raining in the Forbidden City and extended over the Ming Imperial City. The raindrops hit the eaves, and a rustling sound could be heard from the walls.

The rain was pouring down hard, hitting the window frames.

Several palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were talking there.

Faintly, Zhu Changgan heard words like: "This year's rainfall is more than in previous years and the drought has eased."

Zhu Changgan stared in a daze as the rain and fog spread towards the Qianqing Palace.

Wang Chengen quickly brought an umbrella over and said, "Your Majesty, please go in quickly or you will catch a cold."

"Wang Chengen, is there more rain this year than in previous years?"

"The emperor is wise, so the weather is good and the harvest is favorable."

Zhu Changgan smiled and asked, "Then tell me, with this much rain, how much more will the people harvest than in previous years?"

"." Wang Chengen was speechless.

How could he know that it was several times more than in previous years? This was the business of the Imperial Observatory, and he didn't dare to say anything about it.

Zhu Chang ignored him and concentrated, and a blue attribute box appeared in front of him.

"Main quest: Save the Ming Dynasty Completion: 2189/10000"

"The Ming Dynasty's national fortune value: -28, (the national fortune is negative, but natural disasters and man-made disasters are beginning to weaken, and the trend of the Little Ice Age cooling is also weakening. The people are living in dire straits, and changes are urgently needed."

"The Ming Dynasty has lasted for 500 days"

「Modern lifespan bonus: 500 days」

「Funding reward: 13 yuan」

The biggest change is the national destiny, which is about to turn from negative to positive.
By then, the natural and man-made disasters such as drought and locust plagues in the Ming Dynasty would have been greatly improved compared to the previous situation.

Zhu Changgan's mood suddenly improved. After thinking for a while, he asked Wang Chengen, "Has Song Yingxing submitted any memorials recently?"

"Your Majesty, no." Wang Chengen thought carefully and realized that the reason why he became the second of the Thirteen Guardians besides Wei Zhongxian was that his greatest ability was his good memory.

"Let's go. He doesn't have time. I will go there myself."

Department of Agriculture,
When Zhu Changgan saw Song Yingxing again, he almost didn't recognize him. He was wearing old farmer's clothes and kneeling on the ground checking the growth of sweet potatoes.

When he was in the Armory, Song Yingxing was obsessed with data.

Now that he is in the Agriculture Department, this habit of his has not only not diminished, but has become even more "rampant".

Each field was marked and numbered.

Each number has a corresponding person in charge. Some are responsible for water and fertilizer, some are responsible for weeding, and even the organic fertilizer applied must be accurate to one scoop and not more.

He is responsible for recording and analyzing.

Tens of thousands of acres of sweet potatoes are well organized under his strict planning.

"I pay homage to Your Majesty."

"Song Sizheng, what are you doing now?"

"Your Majesty, we are applying fertilizer, and the next step is to turn the seedlings to prevent the sweet potatoes from growing wildly." Song Yingxing replied truthfully, "Chen Shanqing said that they turn the sweet potato seedlings every time it is around this time in Fujian, saying that it can increase the yield. I want to record it and see how much turning the seedlings can increase the yield."

"Are the seedlings adapting well?"

"Your Majesty, we can adapt to the drought in Northern Zhili. The rain was heavy in the past few days, and we have built drainage canals."

It has to be said that Song Yingxing has a natural keenness in agriculture. In just two months, he has accumulated several stacks of information, ranging from the cultivation of sweet potato seedlings to the application of fertilizers now.

He was meticulous and recorded the conditions of every field.

"Your Majesty, can this thing really produce more than 3,000 kilograms per mu?"

Even now, Song Yingxing still has doubts about the yield of sweet potatoes. Perhaps it is this doubt that makes him more serious.

Zhu Changgan smiled and said, "I want to see the sweet potato harvest more than you do."

Once this thing undergoes a quantitative change, the entire form of the Ming Dynasty will undergo fundamental changes.

During the Ming Dynasty, the population was around 6700 million during the Yongle period. In the middle and late periods, when the population was at its peak, it was just over million. During the Chongzhen period, due to continuous unrest, the population did not increase but instead dropped sharply to less than million.

However, during the Shunzhi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, within a hundred years, the country's total population exceeded 300 million.

What is this concept?
The population increased by three or four times in just a hundred years compared to the Chongzhen period, an explosive growth.

Sweet potatoes play a crucial role!

It can be said that apart from firearms, what Zhu Changgan valued most was the sweet potato. This time, in addition to checking the growth of the sweet potatoes, he also brought 10,000 soldiers with him to protect the Agricultural Affairs Bureau and prevent any accidents from happening.

The person in charge of guarding was Chen Fei's father, Chen Erfa.

After experiencing several things, Zhu Changgan discovered that although his cheap father-in-law was born a butcher, he was very experienced in the ways of the world, and he managed the Wucheng Bingmasi in an orderly manner.

"Captain Chen, the Ministry of Agriculture is related to the country. After thinking about it, I can only hand this matter over to you. If this goes well, I will promote you to a higher position and give you wealth and honor."

"Although I am not very literate, I will do my best in both public and private matters."

Chen Erfa curled up his body and spoke earnestly.

When he came out of the Qianqing Palace, he anxiously asked to see Concubine Chen, his face full of panic.

"My daughter, you have to persuade His Majesty not to send me any more errands."

Concubine Chen was surprised, "Father, what happened again?"

"Your Majesty has given me a great mission today, and he wants to promote me to a higher position, give me wealth and honor. Do you think he is testing me? How could I not know how the Queen and Concubine Yuan's father did it?" Chen Erfa said with sweat on his forehead, "Relatives outside the family cannot interfere in politics!"

"Look at the Ming Dynasty's imperial court today. Which foreign relative still holds a real position?"

Concubine Chen's expression suddenly changed and she paced back and forth anxiously.

She was a woman without any ideas. The Chen family had been butchers for generations, so she had never had to think so much. As a result, she was kind-hearted, plump and lovely.

"Dad, don't worry, I'll ask Sister Chen next door."

Chen Yuanyuan next door, who had struggled out of the mud of fireworks, had more thoughts than herself, so when she couldn't figure out something, she would ask her neighbor.

Even some embarrassing things were learned from next door.

On Hongniang's side, after having a general outline, the entire village began to adjust its strategy and absorb a large number of refugees.

Then they led the refugees to attack the county town.

The target they chose was Qi County, which was a bit far away. This was because they were more familiar with Qi County. Hongniangzi had been thinking about where she should choose as her base.
After much choice, I finally chose this place.

This is where Hongniangzi made her fortune. It has natural geographical advantages. They are familiar with all the bureaucrats and gentry here, and most of the people who came to them in the first place also came from here. There are many fellow villagers and clansmen from the mountain villages.

Moreover, this place is not far from the mountains. Once the government troops attack in large numbers, we can quickly enter the mountains and hide.

When night fell, the city walls of Qi County were still filled with smoke and blood, with a few corpses and arrows sparsely stuck on the walls.

The broken city gate, a mixture of blood and ashes, corpses, oozing black blood, and burnt black flags were all covered by the black mist, and occasionally the sound of a few crows could be heard.

In the dead silence of the night, a few dark shadows occasionally appeared. They were refugees looking for food or looking for some valuables from corpses. In the past, there were many such refugees.

But today these people did not come to dig up the bodies, but rushed into the county town.

Because a group of Hongniangzi's peasant army attacked the county town and opened the granaries to release grain.

The militia formed by officials and gentry only put up a brief resistance before being defeated and all the food was looted.

Food is the most attractive thing in this kind of year.

The newly arrived magistrate of Qi County had just taken office for a month when he abandoned his official uniform and fled. After attacking Qi County, Hong Niangzi took a short rest and then withdrew from the county to make further plans.

When Zhu Changgan returned to the mountain stronghold, he learned that Hongniang had taken her men to Qi County.

In the mountain stronghold, Hongniangzi's junior brother led people to patrol, but his focus was more on the area where Zhu Changgan was.

Zhu Changgan became an idler and was protected.

"Heh~" Through chatting with his junior brother Hongniangzi, Zhu Changgan suddenly discovered that he had taken apart "The Cities Surrounded by the Countryside" and "Guerrilla Warfare" and other things, and the other party had actually absorbed the messy things that were mixed together.

This battle might be her understanding of the so-called guerrilla warfare.

"However, this place does not suit my original intention. Perhaps I should let Sun Chuanting do a little more work and bring her team to a place where they can play a role."

After dinner, Hongniang's junior fellow apprentice took the initiative to teach Zhu Changgan some simple martial arts.

"Last time, the boss said that I have passed the age of martial arts training and can't learn anything."

"The internal strength is definitely not good enough, but the external strength is still OK. It can strengthen the body, replenish Yang energy and boost the spirit." The junior brother deliberately lowered his voice and smiled meaningfully, "It's most suitable for you now."

I’m sorry, senior sister, as a junior fellow student I should be sensible.

"Do you still have this kind of skill?"

When Zhu Changgan heard this, he had an idea. He thought, since he had nothing to do, he might as well learn something.

……

When Zhu Changgan woke up again, there was a whistling sound outside like thunder and lightning.

He understood that Hongniang had returned and was practicing shooting over there.

She didn't tell me how the war was going, and I wouldn't ask.

But since the other party can practice shooting here, it means that it is generally going smoothly.

Even though I have seen it several times, it is still a visual enjoyment to see Hong Niangzi practicing shooting again.

The iron spear weighing dozens of kilograms was like a blade of grass in her hand. She flipped it back and forth, and her body changed like a beautiful dance. The gun flowers fell like a bursting waterfall.

Brush and dot, endless, like a gust of wind or a torrential rain
After Hongniangzi finished her martial arts training, she told Zhu Changgan what had happened. From the limited information, Zhu Changgan discovered that the fighting power of this group of people was not as weak as he had imagined.

Overall, it is developing in the direction that I originally designed.

When the fiery red morning glow covered the sky, Hong Niangzi was still talking to the other party. When she turned around, she found that the other party was already walking towards the school.

Red Lady looked at the figure walking under the brilliant light.

Sure enough, it is like this again.

Every time after the sun rose, he seemed like a different person, unwilling to pay attention to me, let alone talk about those copycat constructions and programs.

Today's village is still too small. If it wants to survive, it must expand.

But disorderly expansion is definitely not feasible, and certain regulations are necessary. She believes that this man has real skills. She put some medicine in his water last night. She thought that when she comes back, it should have taken effect.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't drink the medicine at all.

What made her even more embarrassed was that her junior fellow apprentice was actually teaching him that kind of kung fu, which made her even more embarrassed.

He then hurriedly packed up the medicines.

When putting the sleeping pills in, Hongniang saw the bronze mirror under the box and took it out and placed it on the table.

She looked in the mirror and twisted her waist.

As a woman, she first worked for the opera troupe and later for the village, portraying herself as a decisive and ruthless boss.

So she never wiped off her rouge and powder, and hid her mirror at the bottom of the box to collect dust.

But she is a woman after all, and she longs for a husband who loves her.

"That doesn't make any difference, does it?"

"Why don't you take the bait?"

She is tall and pretty. Although she has many scars on her body from traveling around the world over the years, there is no disfigurement on her face and neck, otherwise she would not have been able to become a mainstay.

In the past, there were more than one or two cases where the landlords and wealthy people tried to do inappropriate things to her.

She took out a few copper coins and threw them on the ground. She saw two of them facing up, then she jumped onto the roof and looked at Zhu Yonggan. Certain thoughts began to ripple in her heart.

"Master once said that love is not something that has always existed. In many cases, marriage comes first, and then cultivation takes place. If he doesn't come, you can just go. There is nothing to lose face about."

Liaodong, Shengjing.

The situation was in great confusion.

The Manchu Emperor Huang Taiji was seriously ill and no one could see him.

The two white flags, the pure blue flag, and the two yellow flags confronted each other.

The ministers of the two yellow flags could not see Huang Taiji, so they all went to the home of Prince Su Haoge, because everyone knew that the last person Huang Taiji would see was Haoge.

No one knows what Huang Taiji said specifically.

Following the two yellow flags, Jirgalang and Daishan also went to meet Hauge, and thereafter openly supported Hauge.

The power behind Hauge included the two yellow flags, the Bordered Blue Banner controlled by Jirgalang, and the shadow of Daishan's Plain Red Banner.

In addition, he also had the support of the Zhenglan Banner which he controlled.

Dorgon was not to be outdone, as he had the support of the two white flags controlled by him and Ajigedoduo.

Because Ajige and Dodo are brothers of Dorgon from the same father and mother.

In addition, there are supporters such as Adali and Luo Luohong, more than three flags
(End of this chapter)