Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 866 Tian Zhao
Rewind the time to three months ago.

At that time, Taiwan was still hot, but the north was already covered with lead clouds. From the Hexi Corridor through the Mongolian Plateau to the northeast, it was covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles.

The climate of this year can only be described as "hell". Last winter, there was no snow in Liaodong and Mongolia for two consecutive months. Many died of thirst and disease, and the grasslands were full of wailing.This terrible black disaster not only caused terrible damage to the herdsmen on the grassland, but also caused a huge blow to the agricultural production in Liaodong. The reduction of snowfall means that the water level of the river has dropped, and the snow accumulation is so little. If there is no snow water flowing in, the water level of the river will not drop!As a result, after the beginning of spring, there was a severe drought in Liaodong, and large areas of wheat seedlings and grain seedlings died.Fortunately, through various channels, the Mongols and Houjin have obtained some potatoes and sweet potato seedlings for trial planting over the years, and achieved certain success. While protecting wheat, a large number of relatively drought-tolerant crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and soybeans are planted. Even if the wheat grains fail, with these few things, at least people will not starve to death.At the juncture of life and death, the warriors of Houjin, who claimed to be the proud sons of the sky, no longer cared about being reserved. They threw down their spears, picked up hoes, and worked together with the humble coated slaves to repair the earth from dawn to dusk.They don't have chemical fertilizers, so naturally they don't dare to expect to produce twenty or thirty stones per mu. They are all planting desperately, with the idea of ​​planting a wide variety of crops and reaping only a small harvest. Only 150 million mu of potatoes have been planted!
Thanks to their arduous efforts, a large number of green seedlings finally grew out of large stretches of dry fields in Liaodong. When the crops came out, everyone felt a sense of accomplishment.Probably because they felt that they worked too hard, God decided to rain them a few times. So, in late February, the long-lost rain poured down, and the post-golden warriors and coated slaves who had been tortured by the drought were moved to tears. Kneeling in the heavy rain, crying loudly, pointing at the sky and roaring: "Fuck——"

They were so excited because the hailstones the size of broad beans or even lychees were wrapped in the cold rain and smashed down, smashing the crops that were still somewhat alive. Both the seedlings and bean sprouts were smashed into a mess, it was horrible, watching the result of my hard work for more than a month was ruined like this, anyone would jump three feet high like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

Huang Taiji almost vomited blood when he received reports of disasters from various places.Now almost all the passages for Houjin to enter the customs and looting have been blocked. The Shanxi Merchants Group that sold their stolen goods and trafficked grain, cotton cloth, iron materials and other vital materials for them was taken over by Lu Xiangsheng. Now Houjin has to rely on himself. If the crops fail again, many people will starve to death!However, God seems to be bent on making things difficult for him. When a hailstorm hits, he wants to cry without tears!

What made Huang Taiji feel a little more balanced was that the hailstorms were equally serious in various parts of Daming, and it seemed that this year's life in Daming was also difficult.

In the days that followed, Huang Taiji was always worried about food. He coerced and lured Zhuwen Baylor and the general to hand over the gold and silver treasures they had privately hidden, and then bought food from the Guan Ning army.The lion of Guan Ningjun opened his mouth wide, and asked for a very high price. At the most expensive time, a stone of miscellaneous grains was sold for 12 taels of silver, and Huang Taiji could only hold his nose to buy it.Selling food made the Guan Ning Army earn a lot of money again. In order to make money, they didn't care about anything, selling military food like crazy until the entire Guan Ning Army was unable to organize large-scale military operations!With Guan Ningjun's super hack, coupled with efforts to resume production, Houjin finally survived until June without any major famine.

In June, the harvest season has arrived.The harvest of wheat is almost complete, and the pitiful yield is not enough to make a bowl of noodles for each person in Shenyang.On the contrary, the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes is good. In fact, in the eyes of the farmers in the Heluo area, their yield is a tragedy and tragedy, but the yield of five stones per mu has already made Huang Taiji, who was tossed to death by this natural disaster, overjoyed. .However, they failed to learn the starch processing technology in the Heluo area. Even if they learned it, there may not be so many people. This also means that for the next half a year, they will have to eat potatoes and sweet potatoes to survive, and everyone has to change. Patterns, simmered sweet potatoes, boiled sweet potatoes, fried sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, simmered potatoes, boiled potatoes, fried potatoes, baked potatoes, for different patterns, the role of Niulu Ezhen is stewed with potatoes, stewed with beef, stewed with pork, stewed with potatoes, stewed with lamb, boiled with potatoes, boiled with potatoes Boiled mutton with pork and potatoes, fried beef with potatoes, fried pork and mutton with potatoes... Eat in different ways.One of the consequences of chewing potatoes and sweet potatoes for a long time was that when Huang Daji convened the ministers to discuss state affairs, everyone kept stinking. The sounds were different, but the smells were surprisingly similar.This kind of hard life has naturally made the Jurchen warriors who have long been accustomed to big fish and meat, and sweet and fat meals full of complaints. Mang Gurtai complained more than once that the food they eat now is really not for human consumption. A few farts are gone!
After learning about it, Huang Taiji just smiled helplessly, and said: "Eat more while you still have the strength to fart, I'm afraid you won't even be able to eat this kind of food that keeps you farting!"

This is by no means alarmist talk. As Daming's encirclement of Hou Jin gradually tightened, Hou Jin's life will only become more and more difficult.

In July, taking advantage of the arrival of new grains in the warehouse, Huang Taiji sent Dorgon to lead the Two White Banners to march westward, uniting the Mongolian tribes to launch a fierce attack on Tianxiong's army, trying to destroy the Xuanda defense line, tearing apart the defense line and leaving Hou Jin breathless. Come the siege net.However, this expedition was unceremoniously beaten back by the Ming army. Houjin found nothing except thousands of corpses... Of course, it was not that nothing was caught. Dorgon was captured in the Manchu-Mongolian Alliance. When they were defeated, they took the opportunity to annex many Mongolian tribes, collected a large number of people and livestock and brought them back to Shenyang, which can be regarded as making up for it.This cunning guy allowed the Jurchen nobles to eat the long-lost barbecue, but he also succeeded in bringing Hou Jin's prestige among the Mongols to a new low. It is estimated that after this loss, the Mongols are unlikely to obey them as before. , convinced.

The current Hou Jin is like a buffalo that is tightly bound by a giant python. It seems extremely strong, and the giant python can't bring it down. It suffocated.Everyone is aware that the crisis is approaching, and they are worried. Many slaves try their best to escape to Fuzhou—Houjin seems to be not doing well, but Fuzhou is developing well. They will not Finish with the masters!

Houjin must have some major good news to cheer up the sluggish public morale.

As far as Houjin's current situation is concerned, facing the formidable opponent of the Tianxiong Army, it is a dream to win a big victory to inspire the people.Guan Ningjun... They can provoke them, unless they don't fight, they will win a big victory, but now only Guan Ningjun can still milk the queen and gold, and beating Guan Ningjun is like killing a chicken to take eggs. Isn't this kind of stupid Huang Taiji Will do.What should I do?
At this time, it means that you martial artists are still too young, let me teach you a few lessons!
So, soon, a fisherman fishing in Liaohe caught a big fish weighing more than [-] catties. After neglecting it, he quickly sent it to Shenyang to present to Huang Taiji.Huang Taiji ordered the fish to be killed, and made a whole fish feast to satisfy his appetite, but when he peeled off the belly of the fish, he found that there was a piece of exquisite jade hidden in the belly of the fish, engraved with the words "Fengtian Chengyun" on it. The cook who killed the fish was terrified.This matter soon spread in Shenyang, and everyone talked about it, and they were amazed, while Fan Wencheng, Tong Yangxing, Ning Wanwo, Li Yongfang's son Li Sutai and other Han officials were so excited that they peed all over their faces and wrote letters to contribute. , shouted loudly: "The golden carp is the incarnation of the real dragon, and the real dragon is transformed into a carp to carry the jade seal. Omen of the Lord! King Khan should ascend the throne as soon as possible, this is the destiny of heaven, the hope of the common people!"

Huang Taiji made these guys feel goosebumps all over the floor, he hurriedly expressed that his fortune is poor, his character and talent are not enough, he really doesn't have the confidence to accept this destiny.A group of Han officials repeatedly persuaded him to come in, but he just refused, and finally the matter was left alone.However, word spread, not only Hou Jin, but even Beijing knew that a golden dragon had sent a jade seal to Huang Taiji, which was a sign that Huang Taiji would become an emperor.

After a while, Huang Taiji went hunting with a group of Baylors. A deer with fur as white as snow appeared in the paddock. It was so beautiful that Huang Taiji fell in love with it immediately. Damn it, it dodged left and right in the woods, but couldn't catch up to it, and even so many good archers couldn't shoot it.After chasing for a long time, I finally got lost in a forest. It was getting late at this time, and it must be too late to go back. Huang Taiji simply ordered to camp on the spot for the night. Everyone stewed the hunted game in a pot. It was delicious. Had a meal.After eating, Huang Taiji went behind a big rock to urinate, and then fell asleep soundly.

Originally, this was not a big deal, at most it was just that the old man didn't pay much attention to hygiene.However, when he woke up the next day and went to pee again, he was surprised to find that there were eight big characters on the boulder he peed on:

"There is rain in the dragon's walk, and the mountains and rivers are flooded!"

My dear, this is really incredible.After the news spread, regardless of the Han Chinese, Manchurians, and Mongols, they were all so shocked that they were speechless. They all said that this fat man might really be the destiny, otherwise, how could God send such a sign? If Yang Menglong knew , he will definitely scold her, damn it, why don’t you call me for such a fun thing? If you call me, I can help you play more tricks, such as fish belly collection (daisy fish belly), bonfire fox singing (replacing the call of a fox), Pei Gong Slaying the Snake (replacing the white snake)... and a batch of necessary props for proclaiming the emperor, such as a cyclops man, ganoderma lucidum, unicorn, sword in the stone, holy spear, etc.!Damn it, you are still young when you play this game with me, a three-good student from the 21st century (eat well, sleep well, play well)!However, the people of Hou Jin and even Ming Dynasty, and even the officers and soldiers of Guan Ning's army did not have such high IQs, and they were just fooled into being stunned.The Manchu people were very excited, saying that destiny lies in Dajin, and sooner or later the world will have to have the surname Aisin Gioro!The Mongols and Han people who had begun to renounce were still in shock, and even the Guan Ning army was talking about it. There is no way, the destiny is too mysterious, and everyone is in awe of it. Destiny is in Dajin, so it is impossible not to panic or have strange thoughts at the beginning!

Obviously, Fan Wencheng succeeded, and the two so-called "signs of the sky" re-solidified the hearts of the scattered people and boosted their morale.However, what he wants is not only these, he wants to use these so-called "signs of heaven" to snatch luck from Daming!

(End of this chapter)