Dashun Yongchang

After the fall of Jinan, the Qingzhou squires united Huang Huan, the former commander of Qingzhou Guards of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Shiyuan, the governor of Qingzhou, to launch an attack on the Shun army in Qingzhou, killing the Shun general Yao Yingfeng and Yidu county magistrate, and offering the city to Jiannu , which caused the Jiaodong Peninsula to lose its barrier.Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Dong Xueli went deep into the Jiaodong Peninsula, and their troops went straight to Jiaozhou, Laizhou and other places. The Shun Army in Shandong seemed to be overwhelmed, so Qingzhou officials could not worry that there were still troops from the Shun Army in Qingzhou, which was far away from the front line.

This is also the reason why they have not been discovered all the way north along the Mi River Valley.Because Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Dong Xueli were busy attacking the front-line resistance forces in Anqiu, Gaomi, Jiaozhou, and Jimo, and had no time to pay attention to their own rear.

When Ma Dai walked back to the village, he went straight to the only courtyard in the village with brick and stone walls, which was also Yang Yufan's temporary residence.The owner and family members of the compound were enclosed in the backyard, and the two front yards became the place where the army was stationed.After passing through the noisy first courtyard, the second courtyard was much quieter. Ma Dai walked towards the west wing along the canopy.

This should be the study of the original owner, but all the sundries have been removed or placed against the wall. A large round table is placed in the middle, a map is hung on one wall, and a desk is placed under the east window. Yang Yufan was sitting at the desk looking at the letter, there was a bed under the west window, and Yang Yan was leaning against the quilt with his eyes closed to rest.

After hearing the sound of footsteps, both of them raised their heads and looked over. Ma Dai saluted Yang Yufan and said, "I just checked around the village, and there was nothing unusual. Sentinels everywhere also reported that no outsiders passed by outside the village. .”

Yang Yufan put down the letter in his hand, nodded to Ma Dai and said, "Is everything normal? OK, I see."

It stands to reason that if there is nothing else to report, Ma Dai should take the opportunity to resign, and then go to the front yard to find someone to gamble and drink to relax.But today Ma Dai didn't back down, instead he stood in place and became dazed.

Yang Yufan asked in surprise, "Brother Ma, is there anything else?"

Ma Dai thought for a while and said honestly: "My lord, although we ventured through Jiannu's blockade, this place has been controlled by Jiannu after all. The longer we stay here, the chance of being discovered will be less bigger.

People like Zhao Shenkuan, Qin Shangxing, Guo Bapai, and Monk Zhai Wu are either local thieves or country tyrants. Although they can pull tens of thousands of horses, they are just country scoundrels or farmers who plow the land. Let them really fight against the army, and it is estimated that a few hundred people will be able to disperse them.

The subordinates thought that there was still a chance of success if we waited for [-] cavalry soldiers to attack Qingzhou City by surprise.But pulling these people to besiege Qingzhou City, I am afraid they will only be dragged down.

And these people kept saying that they were willing to obey the orders of the Marshal's Mansion, but when Jiannu rushed into the Jiaodong Peninsula, they didn't see them stand up to help the Shun Army.They were just waiting and watching between Jiannu and Dashun, watching the situation and making bets. They were really not reliable people. "

Yang Yufan was silent for a few breaths and then said: "Brother Ma probably wants to talk about more than these? We have been friends for many years, and we have lived and died together a few times. If you have any doubts, why not tell them all?" . Otherwise, I always feel that you and I have a quarrel."

Ma Dai and Yang Yufan looked at each other for a few breaths, and finally said calmly: "My lord can return safely, my brothers and I are very happy, and we are willing to continue to fight with you. But, are we fighting for Daming? Or for Dashun?" War? If I don’t understand this issue, I always feel confused in my mind.”

Yang Yan, who was lying on the bed, turned over immediately and said to Ma Dai: "Brother Ma, what do you want to do? Isn't the Marshal's Mansion not treating us well enough now? When we fought for the imperial court, when did we That's how it's treated now."

Ma Dai blushed and said: "That's not the reason. We fought for Daming to serve the country loyally, so what is it to fight for Dashun? It is said that Marshal Wu invited the slaves to enter the customs to destroy the bandits and restore Daming. Guo Ziyi in Tang Dynasty borrowed soldiers from Tubo. I don’t read much, so I don’t know whether Wu Sangui is Guo Ziyi or not.”

Yang Yufan stopped his nephew with his hand to prevent him from continuing, and then said to Ma Dai with a smile: "Wu Sangui is Guo Ziyi, have you ever seen Guo Ziyi refuse to see the prince? That day the prince went to Shanhaiguan. It is said that Wu Sangui is still there." The mansion entertained guests to celebrate his father's return, but he didn't take the matter of the late emperor's death into his heart at all. Can such an unfaithful and unfilial person be called Guo Ziyi?

Moreover, after Jiannu entered the customs, he forcibly occupied the city of Beijing, expelled all the Han people from the inner city, and worshiped the name of Tiandi Jianguo as Qing Dynasty.Is this the appearance of coming to help Daming suppress the thieves?After the little emperor who built slaves ascended the throne, he was awarded the title of minister, and Wu Sangui was granted the title of King Pingxi.The crown prince is still alive, and Hongguang is re-established, but Wu Sangui professes his vassal to the little emperor who built slaves. Is this the act of a loyal minister? "

Ma Dai finally came to his senses, and Yang Yufan went on to say: "Even if Wu Sangui really wanted to be Guo Ziyi, it would be a big mistake for him to introduce Jian slaves into the customs. Emperor Gao of Taizu had a destiny to expel the Hulu, and he Is this what Taizu would like to see to introduce Jiannu into the customs and restore the Ming Dynasty? I am not a late Jin dynasty."

Ma Dai suddenly realized, he nodded and replied: "My lord said this, I understand a little bit, and I was almost confused by those people's words. It's just that we are really going to be ministers of Dashun in the future?"

Chapter 317 Qingzhou II

Looking at Ma Dai's expectant and blank eyes, Yang Yufan knew that this was what Ma Dai really cared about.He thought for a long time, and finally picked up the letter he had been reading and handed it to Ma Dai.

When Ma Dai looked at the letter in front of him and was a little confused, Yang Yan called out in surprise: "Uncle."

Ma Dai looked at Yang Yan subconsciously, not knowing why he was so excited.Here Yang Yufan has already opened his mouth and said: "This is a letter from His Majesty. I don't know how to answer the question you asked just now. But I think you will understand something after reading this letter."

Hearing what the boss said, Ma Dai just hesitated for a moment, and finally took the letter from Yang Yufan's hand, and said with a little shame: "Thank you, my lord."

After finishing speaking, Ma Dai read the letter with the light outside the door.This letter is very thick, with four to five hundred words on a sheet of paper. There must be at least 20 sheets here, which can be read as a booklet.And Yang Yufan also carefully sewed a piece of cotton thread on the side, which really turned the letter into a booklet that can be read.

At first, Ma Dai felt that Yang Yufan paid too much attention to Li Zicheng's words, so he kept Li Zicheng's letter by his side and read it when he had time, which was too flattering.After he saw the contents of the letter, he felt that this letter was really worth spending time and reading it over and over again.That is to say, Yang Yufan was still waiting by the side, and he was embarrassed to read it over and over again, but it took nearly a quarter of an hour to put down the letter in his hand.

Yang Yufan took back the letter and said: "You should understand now, whether we want to be ministers of Dashun or Daming is not up to us to choose. In fact, there is only one choice we can make, whether to stand on the winning side or not."

Ma Dai recalled the contents of the letter, and nodded and said: "Using the city to govern the countryside focuses on differentiation and isolation, because the cities are basically in the traffic points, and controlling the cities also controls the material exchange and personnel exchanges in the villages." ;Using the countryside to control the city, the focus is to limit the flow of materials, because the city cannot survive independently, and there is no city without food. These two words of your majesty are indeed very reasonable. If they can be used, the establishment of slaves will fail."

Yang Yufan also agreed: "For decades since the establishment of slaves and the founding of the country, they have fought for decades, and their soldiers and horses are as good as our Ming Dynasty frontier army. And our inland soldiers are far inferior to the frontier army, just like Kong Youde , Geng Zhongming and other Dongjiang soldiers, thousands of people fought all over Shandong, and it was necessary to mobilize elite soldiers from Liaodong to quell the chaos.

In the past, our Shandong Army was inferior to the Dongjiang Army in its heyday, not to mention the current situation of fragmentation.We wanted to contain Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's attack on Anqiu City from the side, but these two are veterans for many years, and they didn't leave us any chance.I also saw this letter written to me by His Majesty, only then did I realize that it is not the best strategy to go head-to-head with Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, the best strategy is to cut off their food.

No matter how good the troops led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were, their numbers were limited, but if they wanted to obtain supplies such as grain, gunpowder, copper and iron from the local area, they had to rely on the surrendered officers and local gentry, because they could only plunder by themselves. It has neither efficiency nor local advantages in military strength.

Although the soldiers of our army lack training, they are locals after all, so they can naturally get the support of the locals.This time we went up the Mihe River and bypassed Linju and other towns, relying on the guidance and cover of the locals.It can be seen that not everyone is willing to surrender to Jiannu.

With the support of these local people, we have a timely intelligence network, and the next thing we have to do is to destroy the local foundation that maintains the slave rule.We can't beat Jiannu and Liaodong soldiers, but those officers, soldiers and squires who surrendered to Jiannu, can't we still beat them?

There is a very good sentence in His Majesty's letter, no matter at any time, the oppressors are always in the minority, while the oppressed are always in the majority.As long as the oppressed can be organized, the oppressors will no longer be able to suppress the resistance of the majority.

People like Zhao Shenkuan, Qin Shangxing, Guo Papai, and Monk Zhai Wu, the rebel army they lead cannot fight, and they may have two hearts about the Marshal's Mansion.However, as long as they can attract the attention of the Jiannu for us, and keep an eye on the gentry who cooperate with the Jiannu for us, wouldn't we be able to deal with these gentry?

Without the gentry in these places to provide materials for the Jiannu, the Jiannu would have to divide their troops to plunder. When they divide their troops, it is time for us to eliminate them.Can't defeat Jiannu one-on-one, ten-on-one, one-hundred-on-one, can't they be eliminated?

There are tens of millions of people in Shandong, and there are at least 600 million people in the east of Mount Tai. In this area, there are at most 5 Liaodong soldiers such as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Jiannu, and almost one person has to control 1 people.But if they send all their soldiers and horses to deal with the common people, how can our army rely on them to resist?

If they cannot divide their troops to control the common people, or carry out mass killings in the local area, they will only turn the common people into our supporters in the end.And they will become blind and deaf, even lame.

Therefore, whether we can win Qingzhou is not important, what is important is to let people like Zhao Shenkuan, Qin Shangxing, Guo Papai, and Monk Zhai Wu see the hope of victory, and let them know how to win Jiannu.As long as the common people see hope, they will not honestly hand over their rations, nor will they obediently stick their heads out for Jiannu to chop off. "

Ma Dai's heart suddenly brightened, Yang Yufan's understanding of the content of the letter was exactly the same as what he thought.He couldn't help but said: "This is indeed the way to defeat Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. Your Majesty has such an understanding of Jiannu. It seems that Ximian Jiannu will not be able to please him."

Yang Yufan was silent for a few breaths and then said: "Although I don't know how His Majesty will deal with Jiannu's two-pronged attack, once the situation of Jiannu is broken here in Shandong, it will definitely help His Majesty's plan. Because , this is an open conspiracy. No matter what we choose, it will not change the outcome."

Ma Dai suddenly understood what Yang Yufan meant when he just chose the winning side.The Yang family in Yizhou is also a big landlord, and the means that can be used on other squires in the letter can also be used on the Yang family.As for the area they are stationing now, Jin Shengheng's department is on the left and Gao Jie's department is on the right.

Although Ma Dai is not from a big family, he is not a fool. After reading the contents of the letter and thinking about the situation in Shandong, his heart skipped a few beats. Reuse, but it is not without means of prevention.Jin Shengheng and Gao Jie were obviously not willing to let a person with two heads threaten their flanks. With Gao Jie's domineering, I am afraid that Yang Yufan hesitated a little between Shunqing, and that side would call first.

Of course, in addition to these checks and balances, the lower-level soldiers now have a much higher opinion of the Marshal's Mansion than Daming. If something happens, how many of these soldiers will continue to follow the Yang family.Ma Dai was thinking in his heart, but he said goodbye to Yang Yufan, "My lord's words made my subordinates suddenly understand. I don't dare to waste your time, so let's go down first..."

Watching Ma Dai leave, Yang Yan finally couldn't help but said to his uncle: "Uncle, is it really appropriate to show Brother Ma the letter from His Majesty?"

Yang Yufan looked back at his nephew, and asked with a smile, "What? Do you still want to keep it as a family heirloom?"

Yang Yan hesitated for a while, then lowered his voice and said, "It's not that my nephew is thinking too much, but my nephew really thinks that the words in this letter are quite slanderous to Gangchang, and if it spreads out, I'm afraid it will hurt people's hearts."

Yang Yufan got up and walked to the door, looked at the sky outside the courtyard, then let out a long breath and said: "In this world, why talk about breaking people's hearts, it is serious to stabilize the world first. Otherwise, how could There were so many squires who surrendered and became slaves.

His Majesty did see very clearly that the local gentry cared about their families and didn't care who would be the emperor.The people at the bottom care about food and clothing, and they don't care who will be the emperor.Therefore, if the squires do not support us, then we will find the low-level people to be our helpers. How to get the low-level people to help us is only the land.

Establishing slaves to enter the customs to compete for the world requires the support of the local gentry, so they will definitely try their best to protect the real estate and family business of the big households. It is inevitable that they will choose to cooperate with Jiannu.Therefore, the best way to deal with these squires who cooperated with the slaves was to take away their land. Without the land, the squires lost the power to control the people at the bottom.

Therefore, the war between Dashun and Jiannu will eventually be reflected in the power struggle for land distribution.Those who take the right side can retain this power, and those who take the wrong side lose everything.

Do you think that His Majesty may only write his thoughts in a letter to me?Even if we make the right choice now, I'm afraid we won't be able to go back to the past. "

Yang Yan looked at his uncle's back and didn't know what to say for a moment.Just when the room suddenly became quiet, a soldier came to report that the deputy general Shen Yinwei had returned, and Yang Yufan immediately ordered the soldiers to bring him in.

Shen Yinwei was the deputy of Yao Yingfeng, the former defender of Qingzhou. He escaped by chance when Yao Yingfeng was killed.This time when Yang Yufan went north, he was sent to contact the leader of the rebel army near Qingzhou.These leaders of the rebel army are actually land households in Shandong, not pure peasant uprising leaders. The pure peasant uprising army has long been wiped out by the government army, because there is a canal passing by in Shandong, and the imperial court absolutely does not allow thieves in Shandong. Make it bigger, otherwise Beijing will be finished first.

Although the tyrants or cottage owners in these places obey Dashun in name, they almost all "listen to the tune and not to the propaganda". Like most squires, they only work in their hometowns and do not want to travel far.Although they are powerful in the local area, they have no backing in the government, so they are also oppressed by the local gentry, but they have a little more self-protection ability than the common people, and they can use force to fight against these gentry.

Chapter 318 Qingzhou III

Shen Yinwei came in to meet Yang Yufan, and reported to him: "I have visited the heroes of Changle, Shouguang and other places one by one. Others are still hesitating, but Zhao Shenkuan, Qin Shangxing, Guo Bapai, Monk Zhai Wu, etc. Several of them are willing to obey the general's orders, and they even sent their cronies to visit the general, and I placed them in Guangfu Temple..."

Yang Yufan rejoiced and said: "This success, Shen Guerrilla, your contribution is the first. Yang Yan, you take a few people with me to Guangfu Temple, to meet heroes from all walks of life..."

The architectural history of Pishan Guangfu Temple can be traced back to before the Sui Dynasty. The most famous building in the temple is the stupa built by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, and the most magnificent building is the Tathagata Hall.Yang Yufan chose this place as the place to receive heroes from all walks of life. Firstly, the place is big enough, and secondly, he did not want to expose where he lived until he was not sure whether these people really wanted to fight against Jiannu.

Although the monks of Guangfu Temple did not want to suffer from military disasters, they could only treat these people as ordinary pilgrims who came to the door with swords and bows.

Therefore, when Yang Yufan came to Guangfu Temple with his entourage, he calmly walked into the courtyard and met the Qingzhou Qunhao who had been summoned.About 34 representatives of heroes from all walks of life were invited to come. Among them, Yang Yufan only heard of Qin Shangxing and Ge Dongfang, and almost never heard of the names of others.

However, the Qingzhou heroes who were invited here have all heard of Yang Yufan's name. After all, this is the son of General Yang Zhaoji who put down the White Lotus Rebellion in Shandong. .

Shandong people not only attach great importance to their hometown, but also admire heroes. Yang Yufan is almost a role model that Shandong warriors admire now.Even a character like Liu Zeqing who runs away when he sees the enemy is considered a hero in their eyes.Because Liu Zeqing and Yang Yufan are both officials, and they are not reckless like them.

After all, these people did not become heroes voluntarily. If it were not for resisting the oppression of those gentry, they would never have thought of using force to disrupt the law.After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, Shandong became the wing to protect the capital. As long as the Ming Dynasty was not subjugated, the power of the imperial court in Shandong would not be weakened.

Therefore, although these people relied on force to contend with the squires in the countryside, they knew very well in their hearts that the government was not powerless to deal with them, but they were just unwilling to take the risk of riots in the countryside to deal with them.If their behavior exceeds the tolerance of the imperial court, they will be mercilessly attacked by the government. However, no matter how righteous they are, they always hit the government with eggs and stones.

Therefore, as long as there is a slight possibility, these local tyrants are still willing to move closer to the imperial court and become obedient citizens.Of course, the premise is that the government cannot oppress them too much.The city of Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng, and the old government suddenly lost its power. This is naturally a good thing for these local tyrants. It is also the root cause of their active approach to Dashun.

When Li Zicheng was expelled from Beijing by Jiannu, although these local tyrants still expressed their loyalty to Li Zicheng who went south, many of them did not really take action, otherwise the gentry would drive and kill the Shun army When the generals were stationed, it was impossible for them not to receive any rumors. You must know that they were real householders, not outsiders from the Shun Army.

It's just that these local tyrants didn't expect that when the gentry ushered in the establishment of slaves, they immediately used the power of slavery to build a new power system and began to regain control of the localities.

After the Shun army destroyed the Ming government, it mainly took a stance against the local gentry, which was good news for the local tyrants, but at the same time, the Shun army stood on the side of the peasants, advocating that they should allocate land to those landless peasants. This in turn harmed the interests of these local tyrants.

The so-called tyrants are actually small landlords who lack support in their families. Although they are usually oppressed by the squires, they are also oppressed by the peasants.The distribution of land by the Shun army to the peasants actually prevented these tyrants from annexing land in the local area.This is the root cause of their verbal support for the Shun Army, but no actual actions.

But after Jiannu replaced the Shun army, these tyrants immediately began to regret it, because Jiannu was obviously much stronger than the Ming court, and they were not afraid of messing up the place.For Jiannu, the country gentry can be wooed, but it is very dangerous to rely on force to fight against the tyrants of the government, and it is very likely that they will become the core of the local anti-Qing Dynasty. The primary task.

On the other hand, Jiannu needs to collect food and fodder from the local area to support his army. In fact, only the gentry and powerful people in Shandong are able to provide these food and fodder. Ordinary civilians are almost struggling to survive. Many people Because they couldn't pay the rent and tax, they went to the mountains to reclaim the fields.

Since Jiannu regarded the squires as the objects they relied on to govern the local area, the main object of collecting grain and fodder was naturally these local tyrants.It was only at this time that these tyrants who watched the Shun army being expelled before realized that without the Shun army suppressing the squires in the local area, they would really become fish on the squire's table.

Even if Yang Yufan didn't send someone to contact them, these local tyrants would hardly be able to bear it any longer, because so many Qing troops went south, the supplies they needed were astronomical, and Jiannu squeezed the localities even more than Daming's so-called mine supervisors. Ten times more powerful.Moreover, no matter how overbearing the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were, the local government could still appeal, but Jiannu only had one word to kill the tyrants who did not obey the military orders.

With the help of Jiannu, these local tyrants finally figured out one thing. Jiannu is not a son of heaven, and he will not cherish their lives.Under Jian Nu's rule, they either obeyed each other honestly and let the other get what they want; or they could only die.

The news that Yang Yufan summoned people to resist the establishment of slaves naturally immediately received the response from the local tyrants, especially those small landlords who were not well-off. It's just a fuse.

If other people called for it, they might still hesitate, but the summoning order issued by Yang Yufan was a guarantee of confidence for them.Because Yang Yufan's family is a big family in Shandong, and now they are the Shandong generals of Dashun, if he comes to lead the charge, at least everyone doesn't have to worry about being deceived.

Before Yang Yufan arrived, these tyrants began to complain to each other about the arrogance of the slaves and the viciousness of the squires as soon as they met.When Yang Yufan arrived, he found that he didn't need to do anything to encourage him. All the tyrants who came to the meeting gritted their teeth at Jiannu's atrocities, and expressed that they would follow Yang Yufan to fight against Qingzhou City.

Qin Shangxing and Ge Dongfang said to Yang Yufan on behalf of the crowd: "As long as General Yang gives orders, we will follow even if the family is ruined. These slaves have killed countless people in our Shandong area. How can we still watch them continue to poison our hometown? ?"

Seeing this, Yang Yufan omitted the prelude, and straight to the point said to everyone: "It's very good, brothers, to have such an idea of ​​serving the country. Last time Jiannu broke through and poisoned my Shandong area, killing countless thousands of people, and Kong Youde, The Dongjiang soldiers led by Geng Zhongming also plundered our Shandong more than ten years ago. It can be said that they are all our enemies.

Now in some places, the gentry have no sense of shame, sell their compatriots for glory and wealth, and commit themselves to building slaves. In turn, they bully the village, collect food and materials for the building of slaves, and call it protecting the village.These wolf-hearted people pretended not to know that Jiannu took the food and supplies to kill our Chinese people. The so-called protection of the village is actually beggar-thy-neighbor.

I summoned you to come here to eliminate Jiannu and the lackeys who worked for Jiannu.In addition, I was also ordered by the Marshal's Mansion to rebuild the government in Qingzhou, so that the people could not think that Qingzhou had fallen.

Your Majesty has something to say, Qingzhou is now an area behind the enemy, and I am afraid that it will be controlled by the enemy in a short time. Therefore, the officials in Qingzhou don't ask about their background or seniority, but only about their merits.As long as anyone can maintain Dashun's government in Qingzhou, His Majesty will grant him an official position, and there are no restrictions on civil and military positions..."

Everyone present was a little dazed when they heard this. This was a reward they hadn't expected.Before Emperor Yongchang went south, although he called together the gentry from all over the country to meet, he only planned to set up councils in each county government to let them participate in the management of county affairs.As for the official positions, they did not give a few. After all, the local tyrants are not willing to leave their hometown to become a small official.

But now listening to Yang Yufan, Emperor Yongchang intends to let them become officials in his hometown, and this promise is a bit tempting.But Qin Shangxing is still stable, he knows that this official position may not be so easy to get, Yang Yufan might just let them work hard.Therefore, he said cautiously on behalf of everyone: "Your Majesty's love for us, the grass people can only be grateful. But the most important thing right now is to win Qingzhou. I wonder if your lord has any plans?"

Yang Yufan took a look at Qin Shangxing, and then said: "I really have a plan, as long as you follow my instructions, those Qingzhous are actually not difficult."

Everyone looked at each other, feeling a little disbelieving in their hearts. For example, Ge Dongfang asked with some doubts: "Qingzhou City is a big city after all, I wonder how many troops the Chief Soldier has brought this time?"

Yang Yufan smiled and didn't answer, but said instead: "Listen to my plan first, and bring up any problems you think. As for other things, you don't have to worry about them."

Although it seemed that Yang Yufan didn't trust him, everyone kept quiet and listened to Yang Yufan's plan.After less than half an hour, Qin Shangxing was the first to applaud and said: "My lord's plan is really meticulous, and the grass people are willing to obey my lord's orders..."

Chapter 319 Qingzhou IV

On the west side of the south gate of Nanyang City, Qingzhou, there is a magnificent royal city, which is the Prince Heng's Mansion.However, Wang Heng's family, the owner of the mansion, moved to Yangzhou under Li Zicheng's order.

The clans of the Ming Dynasty in Henan and Shandong, and those above the county king were all required to move to Huai'an and Yangzhou.All the officials of the original Wangfu were abolished, and the Wangzhuang occupied by the Wangfu was also limited to [-] hectares, and the excess was nationalized and redistributed by the Marshal's Mansion.

As for the clan below the king of the county, those who are willing to go south to follow the prince will be given a salary, and those who are not willing to go south will be given a piece of land to support themselves. limit.

Li Zicheng opened the cages of these captive canaries. Some clans were grateful to him, and some clans were extremely dissatisfied with him. Some even complained about the prince because they lost their life without worrying about food and clothing.

However, after Jiannu occupied Jinan and Qingzhou, these clans of the Ming Dynasty realized that Li Zicheng's policies could be regarded as benevolent regardless of their policies.Because all the clans of the Ming Dynasty were under centralized supervision by Jiannu, this was obviously not a good omen.

The clan whose brains have not been completely broken can still see that Jiannu has no intention of restoring the Ming Dynasty at all.Otherwise, they would be so wary of the great Ming clan, their blood relationship is actually far away from the Zhengzhi, and it is not their turn to think about the dragon chair.

However, Jianu didn't care about the opinions of these great Ming clans. Even if they were distant clans with low titles, Jiannu would not allow them to escape from his control. What good things did they say.

The gate of Wang Aoyong's department hall is in the Qisong Garden in the northeast of Prince Heng's Mansion, which was originally a corner of the East Garden of Wang's Mansion.In the reign of King Hengxian, he used the open space in the northeast of his mansion to house several couplets, and entered the homes of scholars and officials. The green windows and bamboo bamboo slab doors are by no means similar to the regulations of princes.There are ten circles of pine trees in the middle, and the shade can be counted in acres. The whole garden is full of pine trees. The hometown is named after pine trees, and the scenery is quite good.

When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Wang Aoyong tried to surrender, but these mud-legged people only loved money instead of love, so he had to borrow money to lose money to Dashun, which also eliminated his desire to take refuge in Li Zicheng.When Li Zicheng returned from Shanhaiguan, he hid himself. When Dorgon entered Beijing, he took the initiative to ask for an interview, and recommended 39 talents from Shandong to the other party, which gained Dorgon's attention.

So Dorgon appointed him as the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and went to appease the squires in Shandong and Henan, trying to gain the support of the squires in these two places for the Qing Dynasty.Wang Aoyong was very dedicated to serving the Qing Dynasty, so he quickly ran from the safe Jinan to the not very safe Qingzhou. It can be said that he racked his brains to appease the situation in the Jiaodong Peninsula for the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that it is easy to appease the squires, but it is more difficult to raise food and grass for the army.Dorgon ordered the army to march south. Although he had the intention of eliminating Li Zicheng first, he also had the idea of ​​reducing the pressure on Beijing's food supply.

Li Zicheng did not go to Shanxi to return to his hometown of Shaanxi, but went south along the canal, which was indeed the worst choice for the Manchu Qing.Because this not only put Beijing in a position of enemies on both sides, but also lost the food reserves on the front line of the canal.It cut off the possibility of Beijing obtaining food from Shandong and the South.

Before the Tianjin War, Zu Kefa and Zhang Cunren, who had just entered Beijing, wrote to Dorgon: Shandong is the way of grain transportation, and Shanxi is the way of merchants, so it is urgent to appease them.If the soldiers and people of the two provinces belong to our territory, there will be wealth and wealth, and the country will not be in short supply.

Dorgon quickly accepted the opinions of the two, and first used Fang Dayou as the deputy envoy of the supervising army to appease Shandong, and then ordered Wang Aoyong to appease Shandong and Henan in the name of the servant of the household and the Second Ministry of Industry.

The proclamation issued said: "According to the decree of the Regent, all troops and horses were dispatched to Shandong and other places. The local officials and people who passed by went out of Guo to welcome them. Those who violated them would be punished by resisting the teacher."

In the name of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, he made a big announcement, saying, "The regent Jianxuan chose hundreds of thousands of tigers to go south, and Paiyang Shandong and other places quickly surrendered."Deceit plus intimidation, and then set an example with Wang Aoyong, made the Shandong gentry defect and fall to the Qing Dynasty.

Although there were still some gentry who believed that the support of the Manchus was a scam, and that they should be loyal to His Highness the Crown Prince and assist the Marshal Du’s Mansion to drive the Manchus out of China was the right way, but such voices were not strong, nor did they form a mainstream view among the gentry.Because Fan Wencheng's policy of attracting gentry for the Manchus is obviously more attractive than the one given by the Marshal's Mansion.

Because what Fan Wencheng wanted was to let the Manchus replace the surname Zhu of the Ming Dynasty, and everything else would not change. For the local scholars and people, it would be a return to the peaceful era of the Wanli period. This is of course a very tempting idea.

However, the Dashun regime represented by Li Zicheng couldn't just replace it with an Emperor Li, because the soldiers below didn't want to see a replica of the Ming Dynasty.This point was proved when Liu Zongmin and other generals clashed with Li Zicheng after the Dashun Army entered Beijing.The process of proclaiming emperor that Niu Jinxing planned for Li Zicheng is actually not fundamentally different from that of Fan Wencheng.

However, Dashun's soldiers and horses did not approve of this. They fought with King Chuang for so long, not to let those gentry continue to climb on their heads.This is also the reason why someone immediately abandoned restoring the old system after time travel, because according to the plan of Niu Jinxing and those former Ming officials, it is impossible for the Dashun Army to continue to support him.

However, although Wang Aoyong appeased the squires in Shandong, he could not change the conflict between landlords and farmers that had always existed in the late Ming Dynasty.This contradiction is actually divided into two parts, one is the annexation of the land of the squires, and the other is the unfairness of taxation.When the Manchus chose to win over the squires, it meant that they became enemies of the peasants at the same time.

Especially when the Manchus were also dealing with the war against Li Zicheng at the same time, it was impossible to reduce local taxes in any way.In other words, the surtax that has been complained about by the local government is still to be paid now.

The difference from before is nothing more than that the power of the government in the past was relatively small, so it could only target the least powerful self-cultivating farmers.But now with the support of the Manchu force, anyone who does not cooperate with the Manchus has become the target of additional taxes, including those local tyrants and some anti-Manchu gentry.