The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 747
Zhang Jiayu followed the eyes of the emperor, and couldn't help saying angrily: "Your Majesty, when the captives saw the city was destroyed the day before yesterday, they made people set fires everywhere. More than a dozen palaces in the northeast corner of the Forbidden City were burned, and there are still sporadic fires still burning.

"If Liu Chang hadn't decisively ordered the Zhongcui Palace and Jingren Palace to be blown down, and the source of the fire had been cut off, the consequences would have been disastrous!"

"It's not just the Forbidden City? According to Jinyiwei's report, Jianlu originally wanted to burn the entire city of Beijing!" Zhu Linmei frowned and said coldly, "Dorgon wanted to use the burning of the city to weaken our victory in regaining the old capital and weaken our morale Fortunately, Beizhen handled it properly in the city, so the captives did not succeed."

Zhang Jiayu suddenly remembered something again, and bowed with worry on his face: "Your Majesty, I heard from Liu Chang this morning that all the valuables in the palace were swept away when the captives fled north. It is okay to repair the palace. Do it slowly, but the lack of imperial artifacts may delay the return of the capital to Beijing..."

"The capital is still in Beijing?" Zhu Linmei glanced at him, "Who said I'm going to move the capital?"

Zhang Jiayu was taken aback for a moment, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, Nanjing is still the capital?"

Zhu Linmei smiled, "In the future, sailing the world and connecting the four barbarians is the foundation of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. Yingtian Mansion is near Susong and Ningbo, and the waterways are unobstructed. It is the first choice for the capital. Kuang previously moved from Tianxing Mansion to It’s been less than a year since Nanjing, and it’s a waste of time and money to relocate at this time.”

"However, the northern Tartars are in serious trouble..."

The imperial chariot drove past the Forbidden City and stopped at the Shuntian government office. Zhang Jiayu wanted to say something more. Shi Lintong asked Xu Feihu outside the door to see him, so Zhu Linmei raised her hand and said, "Yuanzi first go to arrange the military affairs at Shanhaiguan." Let’s talk about other things when we return to Nanjing.”

"Yes!"

Xu Feihu was summoned, and immediately knelt down on the ground after entering the back hall, and said extremely nervously: "This subordinate is ineffective, causing the palace to be burned by the captives, and please ask the Holy Majesty to come down..."

"Get up," Zhu Linmi said, "There are only more than a hundred people in Beizhen in the city, so it's hard to keep Beijing from being burned. In fact, I value those three granaries more than the palace ban. If that eight Tens of thousands of grains and rice have been burned, and the imperial court will have to adjust the grain to relieve the people in the city, so you have done nothing wrong."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Xu Feihu heaved a sigh of relief, and took out another roster and handed it to Ma Wensheng, "Your Majesty, these are the captive officials who assisted the army in attacking the city this time. A total of 32 people have made real contributions."

Zhu Linmi took it over and glanced at it. Some of them led people to help capture the city gates, some protected the granary, and some plotted against the green battalion. They really contributed a lot.He told Ma Wensheng: "These 32 people were exempted from the death penalty and sent back to their original places. The rest of the captive officials in Beijing, regardless of whether they are Manchu or Han, will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for disposal."

Officials in Beijing are either "captives" or "captives and traitors". If they are handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, they will inevitably die.

Zhu Linmi didn't stay in Beijing too long, and led the main force of the Ming army back to Nanjing the next day, leaving less than 8000 people to maintain order in Beizhili.

It's not that he doesn't want to regain Liaodong in one go, it's just that there is still Henan that hasn't been recovered yet. Although there are only a few thousand weak troops of the Qing army left there, the area of ​​[-] to [-] square kilometers will take more than two months even if they drive the horses once. .

In addition, there are more than [-] captives under Oboi's command in Shanxi, if they can't be wiped out as soon as possible, they will definitely bring disaster to the local area.There is also Huguang Wang Jincai's rebellious army, which penetrated into the mountains and forests, and it was extremely troublesome to clear them up.

Zhu Linming estimates that it may take less than half a year to completely solve these problems at home.

Moreover, the soldiers sent to Liaodong were different from all the previous battles. Not only was the climate outside the pass cold, but it was also quite barren. In addition to the long distance, the cost of each soldier was even ten times that of inside the pass!

The Ming Dynasty had suffered from wars for a long time, and it was at a time when its national power was weakening. Now it really doesn't have the financial resources to support the army to fight in Liaodong.If troops are forcibly sent, it will inevitably lead to the people's livelihood.

Therefore, according to Zhu Linming's plan, the top priority of Ming Dynasty now is to recuperate and develop overseas colonies so as to quickly recover its vitality, and then continue to move northward.

Fortunately, Daming's maritime trade routes have been opened up. As long as the current momentum continues to develop, all kinds of materials and silver from all over the world will surely flow into Daming.

When the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is restored, it will be a matter of course to go out and defeat the captives!
Zhu Linmei took the imperial battalion all the way southward, passing through the state capitals without stopping, and after more than a month, they passed Zhenjiang and arrived outside Nanjing.

Yang Tinglin led the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty out of the city for fifty miles to welcome the holy driver.The people near Nanjing gather here, as many as 7 or [-] people!

Just kidding, using mere areas of Jiangxi and Fujian to raise troops, conquer the north and south, drive out hundreds of thousands of Tartars in the Central Plains, restore the orthodoxy of China, and save the country and the country from being overthrown. What a feat! !
Looking at the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that only Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the country, can compare with today's today, and the rest are far behind!
Originally, it was the cabinet's intention to go out to welcome Baili, but Yang Tinglin knew that Zhu Linmi didn't like to be greeted and sent off, so he tried his best to change the meeting place to fifty miles away.

Fifty miles was already the limit acceptable to the courtiers.

Although the imperial court did not engage in too much ostentation based on the principle of frugality required by the emperor, the common people picked spring flowers spontaneously, and covered the tens of miles between the welcoming place and the city of Nanjing with bouquets, adding roads There are huge crowds of people on both sides, and it is also spectacular at first glance.

From a distance, I saw the emperor driving, headed by nearly a thousand courtiers, knelt down together with tens of thousands of people who came to greet him, shouting "Long live", the voice was so loud that it went straight to the sky.

Zhu Linmei stood on the imperial chariot, raised her hand and said, "Your honor is flat."

"Thank you!"

The courtiers stood up immediately, but the people beside them still knelt respectfully.Zhu Linmi didn't insist on this. After all, this was the Ming Dynasty in the [-]th century. If ordinary people were to stand in the same place as the emperor, they wouldn't have to break out in a cold sweat. possible.

Then Yang Tinglin took twenty steps forward, unfolded the brocade in his hand, and began to recite aloud the praises of the emperor's great achievements in expelling captives, all kinds of praises, thousands of words, Zhu Lin fell asleep.

Finally, when Yang Tinglin finished reading, the courtiers knelt down again and shouted long live, and Zhu Linmi was congratulated by all the courtiers in turn...

Various ceremonies continued for nearly two hours before the imperial chariot had to drive towards the city of Nanjing again.

When the car arrived in front of Zhengyang Gate, Zhu Linmi saw a huge bulletin board standing outside the gate from a distance, on which was hung the original text of Jianlu's Surrender Form, and beside it was written on a wooden board in big characters for the convenience of passers-by.

But behind the bulletin board, there are more than 20 heads, the head of which is Gang Lin, the Minister of Advising and Advising on Politics and a University Scholar.On the left side of "him" is Tan Bai, the guard of the captive Beijing, and on the right is Dulan, the king of Duoruo County, the clan of Jianlu.

Those people's heads were surrounded by stones, mud, etc., and they had obviously been "observed" by the people in the city for several days.

(End of this chapter)