Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 241 The Two Banks of the Yellow River under the Ming and Qing Dynasties
In the territory of Beizhili controlled by the Qing court, Mao Weizhang naturally did not dare to ride southward on horseback, so as not to attract the attention of the Qing court officials.

Even because Abatai, the king of Duoluo County, was stationed in Baoding, he deployed heavy troops in Cangzhou to confront the First Guards Corps and the Zhu Zhaoming Department of Ming Dynasty. Changed from Hejian Mansion to Shunde Mansion, and then entered the territory of Zhangde Mansion in Henan.

At this time, the northern part of Henan was still barren, with bandits and bandits rampant, wild wolves and dogs everywhere, and most of the landlords and gentry families formed villages to protect themselves. There was no government and no army.

Even Jin Yiwei like Mao Weizhang didn't dare to go alone, but gathered three Tiqi under his command in Shunde Mansion to go south together. After all, in this kind of uninvolved area, walking alone is very likely to be caught and boiled directly food.

The poverty of the people in the north, coupled with the blockage of the north-south trade, not only lacked food but also lacked clothing. Whether it was the Qing army or bandits, basically they not only robbed people but also robbed people of their clothes. Almost all naked.

The same is true for Mao Weizhang and his entourage. Fortunately, they have martial arts skills and are all middle-aged men, so although they are dressed as beggars, they can't even have nothing to hide their shame.

Although the Duduo Department of the Qing Army had been annihilated, Lu Zhenfei, a scholar of the Dongge University, had also been appointed Governor of Henan and Chief Military Officer at the order of Zhu Youjian, and started to recover the lost land in Henan and resume production in Henan.

But in fact, the Ming army (mainly guard troops) led by Lu Zhenfei was mainly in the south of Henan, but did not recover the north of Henan.

Because although the northern part of Henan is still in the third place, it is north of the Yellow River and too close to the Qing army's heavy garrison, so there is no need to resume production for the time being.

That is to say, the actual control dividing line between Ming and Qing in Henan is the Yellow River as the dividing line. Since the Yellow River was diverted, it has traversed Henan, namely Shunqing, Weihui, Zhangdefu and Kaifeng in Henan to the north of the Yellow River. Yuanwu, Yangwu, Fengqiu, Yanjin and other cities in the prefecture are still within the control area of ​​the Qing court, while most of Kaifeng, Henan, Guide, Runing, Nanyang, Ruzhou and other prefectures south of the Yellow River are within the territory of Daming.

Mao Weizhang took three Tiqi into Henan and crossed the river in Kaifeng Mansion before barely entering the Ming-controlled area, but at this time Kaifeng Mansion was still in a state of devastation.

Fortunately, at this time the Governor Lu Zhenfei had entered the territory of Kaifeng Mansion with food and grass for officers and soldiers, and Mao Weizhang waited ashore at Tao's shop.

At this time, there was only one fishing boat beating gongs at the Taojiadian ferry: "There is an order in the road system, Jiannu was defeated by the army, and the people in Henan are immediately registered at the local prefectural and county yamen. Your Majesty decreed that King Fu, Zhou Wang’s vassal land, the land of descended officials and gentry, and the land of no owner will be redistributed according to their mouths, first-come, first-class land!”

Now that the territory of Henan has been fighting for several years, the population has long been sparse, so Zhu Youjian's intention to distribute the land to Lu Zhenfei is to distribute the land according to the mouth, not according to the household or Ding.

One adult man is one Ding, and one man is one mouth, regardless of gender, so that is to say, as long as an individual, regardless of gender, old or young, can get allotment of land when he registers.

It can also be seen from this that Henan at this time is so sparsely populated after years of military disasters.

Just as the people in the mountainous areas would hide in the deep mountains as bandits in troubled times, the people along the Yellow River would also hide in the reed marshes to hide in the reeds. Between rivers and ports, people are urged to return to their hometowns.

One after another, many people who looked like savages came out of the dangling. Seeing that there were no iron hooves in the outside world, they were very relieved and began to gather in the prefectures and counties.

Mao Weizhang and others followed the returning refugees to Xuanwuwei, which is not far from the closed city, and this area was originally the Weisuo area, and most of the fields in the area were owned by officers, but now the officers and soldiers in Henan have long been dead or injured, or Fleeing south or becoming refugees and bandits, most of the fields in Xuanwuwei will be re-divided.

Governor Lu Zhenfei set up a resettlement site in Xuanwuwei. Thousands of households under his command set up porridge sheds here, and set up resettlement sites for refugees who should be recalled to their hometowns. In consideration of the need to resume production immediately, the farm tools that were brought in were re-registered regardless of whether the previous place of origin was local or foreign, and villages and towns were established.

Mao Weizhang and others looked back at the north bank of the Yellow River. There were still Qing army cavalry on the north bank of the Yellow River. Mao Weizhang couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in killing wild wolves and dogs and burying Luye's corpse.

In the end, it was the Ming Dynasty that he was loyal to that was more prosperous. After all, it was the Emperor of the Han Dynasty who was more sympathetic to the sufferings of the people, and even though the Hu people occupied the country, they only cared about enjoying themselves.

Mao Weizhang couldn't help but think so.

The city of Kaifeng has been stationed by officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Although it is still under military control, and houses in various places in the city are waiting to be sold and distributed, Jinyiwei is a special organization. After entering the city of Kaifeng, they found the sign of Jinyiwei's contact point, and followed the sign into the contact area, and found Liu Wensheng, a thousand households of Jinyiwei.

"This is the flying fish suit, this is the embroidered spring knife, and this brown hat. Put it on immediately. The horse has been arranged for you. Once you get the gold medal, you can go straight into Nanjing City and the palace. Set off immediately. After entering Fengyang territory, don’t allow people to see your pig tail. Now people everywhere hate the Tartars so much that they basically kill them when they see them. Be careful yourself.” Liu Wensheng said and then said: “You directly Go to Beijing to see His Majesty's performance, Commander over there, I have sent someone to convey it for you."

Mao Weizhang nodded, and saw that the people on his side were all Ge gowns with wide sleeves and hairpin crowns, and felt very cordial. When he was waiting for him to drive into Fengyang Fucheng wearing a brightly colored flying fish suit that symbolized power, he saw the bustling crowds. The gentry and common people of the Ming Dynasty could not help but burst into tears.

drive!
As soon as Mao Weizhang broke the whip, he took his men and galloped on the streets of Fengyang City.

Suddenly, a heavy rain hit, and the heavy rain hit the trees in an instant.

But Mao Weizhang didn't care at all at this time, and still galloped wildly.

Mao Weizhang is from Northern Zhili, but at this moment he doesn't know why, he always has a feeling of rushing home, and can't wait to see His Majesty Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

It can be said that Mu Yu ran three hundred miles and arrived in Chuzhou city overnight.

And when he arrived in Chuzhou, when he saw the cavalry of the guards rushing away from him with a trail of smoke and dust, he couldn't help showing a face of joy: "It turns out that my Ming Dynasty also has such cavalry, why worry about the failure of the Northern Expedition in the future."

When Mao Weizhang entered Nanjing City, he was even more excited when he saw the bustling city, red sleeves like clouds, and fluttering clothes.

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