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  Chapter 487 484 [Dongzhu]

   Time came to August.

  The two armies in Guangxi are still dawdling, and the casualty rate increased greatly when they entered the mountains to suppress bandits.

  The main reason is that it is hard to defend against an arrow from the back, and it is also a poisonous arrow.

  The Qing army was devastated by this thing, and the British army was also beaten to death by the Malay natives. In this time and space, the Datong army suffered from poisonous arrows.

   "Your Majesty, a secret letter from the chief assistant of the puppet dynasty in Yunnan." The three cabinet ministers sent it urgently.

  Zhao Han took it and read it carefully, but didn't take it seriously, so he threw it aside and ignored it.

  Li Banghua asked: "Does Your Majesty not want to take Yunnan quickly?"

Zhao Han explained: "The persistent problems of the four regions of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi are not in the puppet imperial court, but in the large and small chieftains. If it is not to reform the land and return it to the people, the Southwest will be able to spread it. How can it be necessary to attack with heavy troops for many years? The Guangxi army fought It’s justifiable to be slow.”

  During the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, every time the land was reformed and returned to the natives, a battle had to be fought first.

   And I dare not take the initiative to propose that it was a chieftain who committed a felony, and after the conquest, he took advantage of the situation and returned to the land. Otherwise, things will hurt their kind, and the chieftains everywhere will rebel—it can probably be understood as the cutting of the feudal clan, and the feudal king can only cut it if he makes a mistake.

  Large-scale land reform in the southwest region, and the Yongzheng period.

  Although Yongzheng didn't use much foreign troops, he did a good job in internal affairs, including reforming the land and returning to the exiles.

   Even in the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, when the court wanted to attack the chieftains, the southwestern chieftains firmly resisted. Fighting guerrillas and shooting poisonous arrows in the mountains caused heavy losses to the Qing army. Yongzheng was so angry that he ordered to cut down more than a thousand blood-sealed throat trees.

   Now is the time of troubled times, how can the chieftains be caught without a fight?

Li Banghua said: "Reforming the land and returning it to the people can be done slowly. According to the book of Wang Shide, the chief assistant of the puppet dynasty, the monarchs and ministers of the puppet dynasty in Yunnan were separated, and the chieftains in various places were scattered. It is only necessary to send one division from Sichuan and Guangxi each. The emperor must surrender. The false emperor wants to surrender, and Mu Tianbo, the former Duke of Guizhou, has no reason to resist. At that time, the morale of the enemy army in Yunnan will definitely drop. I don’t know how many people surrender to our dynasty. It depends on the spread of Yunnan, Guizhou It can also be passed down. After occupying large and small cities, then in the name of suppressing the rebellion, it is also possible to wipe out the chieftains one by one."

  Zhao Han shook his head and said, "It's not the same. Now that the enemy and the enemy are clearly distinguished, the chieftain can be completely wiped out. If it is determined by the spread, it is very easy to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. I am afraid that the chieftain will not clean up cleanly."

  Li Banghua hesitated to speak, but finally gave up on persuasion.

Pang Chunlai changed the topic and said: "According to the report from Liaodong, Dorgon is going to start a war again this year, and it is very likely that he will send troops after the rainy season. In addition, the Huerha tribe sent secret envoys, saying that the barbarian Jurchen tribes are willing to join me towards."

   Savage Jurchen, also known as Donghai Jurchen, was called Woji Zhubu in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

  Hurha belongs to a branch of the savage Jurchen, living scattered in the Heilongjiang area. The tribes around here are collectively called "the sacrificers" in the Qing Dynasty. They lived on fishing and hunting, and they had to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty with mink fur and other items every year.

  Forcing the primitive tribes to offer fur goods, burning, killing and looting if they are not obedient, and killing people if they are obedient.

  The Manchu Qing’s methods of dealing with the savages and Jurchens are not very similar to Russia’s methods of dealing with the Siberian natives, but they can only be said to be exactly the same!

  Now life is difficult for the Qing Dynasty, and the exploitation of savages and Jurchens has become more and more cruel.

  Those savage Jurchen tribes gradually figured out the situation. So they traveled long distances and secretly contacted the Datong Army, asking for submission and surrender, and asking the Datong Army to send troops to destroy the Manchus as soon as possible.

Pang Chunlai held out a small box: "This is the Huerha tribe. They have collected the largest orb this year, and it is also the largest orb in the past ten years. They hid it privately, and instead of paying tribute to the puppet Qing, they sent it secretly. To His Majesty."

  Zhao Han opened it curiously, but it turned out to be a pale golden pearl the size of a pigeon egg.

   It is not only large in size, but also round and flawless.

  Dongzhu has different colors, the light gold is the best, and the ones with the size of pigeon eggs are rare.

  The savage Jurchen tribe not only collected mink fur for the Man Qing, but also collected Dongzhu for the Man Qing free of charge.

   According to legend, when Wanyan Agu fought in the army, the direct reason was that the emperor of the Liao Kingdom forced the Jurchens to brave the severe cold to dig into the ice and dive to collect the East Pearl, which resulted in the death of many Jurchens.

  Manchu Qing claimed to be the late Jin, but it was the story of the Liao Kingdom.

Zhao Han played with Dongzhu and said, "Tell the Donghai Jurchen ministries that it is not easy to collect Dongzhu and mink fur. If I unify the Northeast, I will not force them to pay tribute. They can trade with each other, and the treasures they collect can be sold to merchants at market prices. .The people under my rule, all ethnic groups are equal. Let them endure the Tartars for another year or two, and when there is enough food and grass, they will surely destroy the Tartars in one battle."

   "Follow the order!" Pang Chunlai cupped his hands.

  Zhao Han put Dongzhu back into the box and asked, "How is Sichuan going?"

Pang Chunlai replied: "The remnants of the chieftains in eastern Sichuan and western Hunan have been basically eliminated. In the western part of Sichuan, the cities of Jianchang (Xichang), Dechang, and Huichuan (Huili) have been captured. These places are similar to Guangxi, and they are full of mountains. It is easy to attack a city, difficult to march, and even more difficult to attack bandits in the mountains."

  Although Sichuan has been captured, there are still many corners left, and it is also a mountainous area full of chieftains.

Zhao Han thought carefully and said, "The troops in Sichuan and Guangxi provinces are ordered to count as many chieftains as they can destroy this year. After the summer harvest next year, troops must be dispatched to Yunnan and Guizhou. As for the areas that are easy to be attacked by the remaining chieftains after the army is transferred, set up inspection departments ( The police station similar to the armed police) took precautions, recruited and trained farmers and soldiers on the spot to form an inspection department. Ordered the Ministry of Industry to build soldiers for the inspection departments of Sichuan and Guangxi provinces.”

  Li Banghua smiled, Zhao Han still wanted to send troops, and finally couldn't stand the dawdling.

  In the evening, Zhao Han took Dongzhu back.

   Came to Fei Rulan's courtyard, Zhao Han mysteriously took out a small box: "Guess what it is?"

  Fei Rulan asked curiously, "Jade?"

   Zhao Han said with a smile: "Even if you miss, it's not far away. Guess again."

   "Jewelry?" Fei Rulan said.

   "Open it and have a look." Zhao Han didn't let her guess again.

  The moment the box was opened, Fei Rulan stared straight at her eyes. Sure enough, the woman couldn't resist the temptation of Jingjing.

  Fei Rulan was pleasantly surprised: "What kind of pearl is this? It's so big, so round, and golden."

  Zhao Han explained: "The best Dongzhu, the Donghai Jurchen paid tribute."

   "Jurchen?" Fei Rulan asked confused, "Could it be the Tartars? Could it be that the Tartars surrendered?"

Zhao Han said in detail: "Jianzhou Jurchen are the Tartars who rebelled. Haixi Jurchen has been annexed by Jianzhou Jurchen. As for Donghai Jurchen, they were called Savage Jurchen in the Ming Dynasty. They have the worst life and will be killed by the Tartars. The sons plundered people, and they also paid tribute to the Tartars. When the ice and snow on the river melted a little, they had to go into the water to collect pearls, which often froze to death and drowned the pearl divers.”

  Fei Rulan looked at the Dongzhu in his hand, and suddenly said softly: "They are all poor people. No matter how rare and rare this kind of thing that is contaminated with human life is, please take it back, Your Majesty."

  Zhao Han couldn't help laughing: "Haha, you really want to be a good queen."

  Fei Rulan said: "Your Majesty should be a virtuous emperor, and this concubine should be a virtuous queen. Only in this way can a husband and wife get along well."

Zhao Han put away his smile and said sternly: "It's bitter and cold in the Northeast, and it's not easy to survive. As long as the pearl divers are not forced to pay tribute, Dongzhu is a kind of livelihood for them. From now on, let merchants buy it, and they can also rely on pearl fishing. In exchange for food."

  Fei Rulan really still likes Dongzhu, and said happily: "Then this Dongzhu... belongs to me?"

  Zhao Han nodded and said: "It must be very beautiful if it is made into beads or embedded in hairpins."

   "Donghai Jurchen only pays tribute to this one?" Fei Rulan asked again.

   "Just this one." Zhao Han said.

  Fei Rulan was even happier immediately, she was the only one in the harem.

  Keeping Dongzhu Haosheng in his collection, Fei Rulan hummed a little song in a happy mood. Suddenly, he thought of something again, and ran to Zhao Han's side to chew his ears: "How about calling Rumei to bed together tonight?"

  Zhao Han was taken aback, then teased, "This is not what the Empress Dowager did."

  Fei Rulan blushed and said: "It's not that you like it. According to my opinion, I won't go crazy with you. If it spreads, it will be embarrassing."

  Fei Rumei was called over for dinner, and then dragged into the room to talk in a daze.

   Zhao Han finished approving the memorial and brought it back to the study, asked the female officer to seal it up and take it away, and finally came to Fei Rulan's bedroom.

  Fei Rumei stood up and said, "My husband is here. Sister, I'll go back to bed first, and I'll chat with you tomorrow."

   "What's the rush?" Fei Rulan pulled her sister back.

  Seeing Zhao Han take off his coat, Fei Rumei remembered the embarrassing thing Pan Qimei told her, and immediately understood what he was going to do tonight.

  She blushed up to her ears in an instant, but she didn't say no, she was even a little excited and looking forward to it.

  The second young lady of the Fei family has a very wild personality and often has weird ideas. Even Zhao Zhenfang was led wild by her.

  It was summer, the weather was hot, and Zhao Han was sweating again after just taking a shower.

  He sat on the edge of the bed with his upper body uncovered, and he didn't want the maid to help him fan, so he dismissed the maid casually and left alone.

   "Come, talk to me for a while." Zhao Han ran to the middle of the bed and lay down.

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   Instead, Fei Rulan was shy and changed the subject on purpose: "Xiyue has been out of the palace for almost half a year, and I found her a husband's family. She is a student of Jinling University, five years younger than Xiyue, and the student's family is also happy."

  The court ladies of Zhao Han were usually released to the common people at the age of twenty, which was two years later than the court ladies released in the Qing Dynasty.

   Xiyue is Fei Rulan's maid, and she is already in her twenties. Seeing that Zhao Han didn't accept him for a long time, and he was released from the palace at the beginning of the year, the queen even specially asked someone to find a husband for her.

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   "You're going to die!" Fei Rulan made a gesture to fight.

   "Hahaha!" Fei Rumei was not afraid, and really touched it.

   "Ah, please fight!"

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  (end of this chapter)