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It rained heavily, and Duduo gave an order. The Qing troops rushed into Yangzhou City like wild beasts, slashing and killing even babies. There were corpses of babies everywhere in the mud, either lining horse hooves or borrowing human feet. , The liver and brain are wiped out, and the sound of crying fills the field.
This killing lasted for several days. A few days later, as the sky began to break, the corpses on the road were swollen by the heavy rain. The stench is overwhelming, and with repeated exposure to the sun, the unpleasant smell becomes even more nauseating. There were burned houses everywhere. The room was dense and thick, forming like mist, and smelled fishy for hundreds of miles.
Duduo rode alone on his horse. Among the countless corpses, there was not a single living person in the street. The surroundings were so quiet that it was scary. The more Duduo walked, the more panicked he became. "Someone is coming!" he shouted, but there was no soldier under his command. Death.
Suddenly, a cold and creepy voice came from behind: "Prince Yu, you stepped on me..."
Duduo suddenly turned around and saw a man with disheveled hair, a face full of ulcers, and blood all over his body, chewing on a rotten arm. His white teeth made a squeaking sound as he chewed.
"Who are you? You... Don't come here..." The fear from the heart made Dodo feel a cold air from his tailbone to his upper brain, and he was covered in hair. Straight up, he couldn't help shouting hysterically...
With this cry, the entire city of Yangzhou, which was originally silent, was alarmed. However, the festering corpses all over the street stood up one by one and slowly surrounded him. There were creepy calls for life everywhere, "Duduo" , take your life, you owe us 800,000 lives..."
"Don't come here, don't come here!" Duduo's scalp was numb, his hands and feet were weak, and he yelled desperately...
"Ah!" After a scream, Dodo woke up from his dream and nightmare;
There were light raindrops outside the window, and a gust of wind blew in through the window. Duduo felt a chill all over his body. Only then did he realize that all his clothes were soaked with sweat.
After asking his servants to bring him clean clothes to change into, Dodo was still troubled by the horrific scene in his dream;
In the past two months, he had dreamed about the Yangzhou Massacre from time to time, and every time he would wake up to the sounds of countless unjust ghosts calling for their lives.
A few days ago, he asked the monks from Fayuan Temple to perform the practice. Just a few days ago, he had another nightmare;
"These bald donkeys dare to deceive this king." Duduo cursed and was about to send troops to Fayuan Temple to arrest people. A soldier hurried in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, Bachelor Ning said there is something urgent and he wants to see you."
"What's up?"
"I don't know."
"Trash!" Duduo, who was in a irritable mood, scolded coldly, and was so frightened that the soldier fell to his knees with a plop.
Duduo quickly came to the front hall. After Ning Wan and I respectfully paid homage, he stood up and rolled up his horse hoof sleeves and said: "Your Majesty, according to the intelligence sent back from the careful work, there are signs of the Qin army gathering in many places, especially It is Huai'an and Xuzhou, and the Qin army is transporting grain and grass to the two places through the canal;
in addition. There are also more than 200 large ships assembled in Yangzhou, which seem to be used to transport troops. There are various signs that the Qin troops in Fengyang and Shouzhou have made strange movements. The Qin army seemed to have the intention of raising troops and heading north. "
"No way?" Duduo asked uncertainly, "Is the news accurate?"
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. How dare you, a lowly official, talk nonsense?"
Duduo walked a few steps in the hall. He sat down on the Taishi chair and drank some tea while thinking. "How is this possible? According to previous intelligence, the Qin State wanted to provide relief to the people in Huainan last year. There is also a shortage of food, and now the summer grain has not been harvested. It is precisely because of the lack of supply. How could the Qin army raise troops to invade at this time?"
Ning Wan I reminded: "Your Majesty, don't forget, Qin Mu just defeated Zheng Zhilong's navy and took over Fujian. Fujian has not suffered from wars in these years, and there have been few famines. Big families must have a lot of grain reserves. Qin Mu cannot be ruled out." Mu obtained grain and grass from Fujian for the Northern Expedition."
If this is the case, then the Qing Dynasty will be in trouble.
For the Qing Dynasty, now is the most difficult time. The entire north of the Huaihe River is in the midst of a recession. It is difficult;
This year Dorgon also followed the example of Qin in promoting corn, sweet potatoes and other crops. However, in many places the red seedlings and vines were almost eaten before the sweet potatoes could grow. Under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, countless people starved to death every day.
Even the sergeants of the army were half hungry and half full, with no meals at all.
Duduo originally wanted to recruit more troops to increase the strength of the Qing army, but the supply of food and grass was insufficient, and there was no way to recruit soldiers.
"Xueshi Ning, I asked you to secretly send someone to Huguang to buy grain. How is the situation?"
"Back to your lord, we can't count on this. It's not difficult to buy grain at high prices in Huguang. However, the Qin army's inspections are very strict, and only a few can be transported. I just bribed a Qin army guerrilla a while ago to transport a hundred stones." The Qin army's guerrillas were captured by Meng Ke and not many of them were beheaded."
Duduo frowned. Not only was the Qing Dynasty short of food, but the various Mongolian ministries were already inseparable. Two months ago, Teng Jitai of the Sunit Tribe blatantly rebelled, causing extremely bad effects;
Duduo tried his best to win over, promising many benefits;
Dorgon also took a multi-pronged approach in Beijing, allowing two princesses and three princesses to marry to Mongolia, and also arranged for the young emperor Shunzhi and the daughter of Wu Keshan, Prince Zhuoliketu of the Horqin tribe, Borjijit Huimin. Get engaged and prepare to be hired as a queen.
In addition, a large amount of property and slaves were rewarded. In short, after many efforts, the various Mongolian tribes were barely stabilized.
Duduo knew very well that these attempts to tie the Mongolian tribes together were not reliable. Once the Qin army's Northern Expedition and the Qing Dynasty failed again, these Mongolian tribes would probably throw knives from behind.
Feeling that the situation was serious, Duduo asked Ning Wanwo to strengthen the investigation of the Qin army, and at the same time sent people back to Beijing to report to Dorgon for preparations.
The messenger ran all the way north from Bozhou, changing horses but not people. Along the way, he saw that most of the people were hungry and cold and struggling to survive. In the wilderness, crops here and there have not yet been harvested.
Overall, only a small amount of land has been reclaimed for growing crops;
Large areas of wasteland can be seen everywhere, overgrown with weeds and deserted, and bones can be seen everywhere on the roadside with no one to bury them.
When we arrived near Yanjing, most of the land was planted with crops, but it would take longer to harvest.
The Han people around Yanjing had almost no land of their own, and most of the Han people became slaves of the Manchus.
Last year, due to the successive defeats of the Manchus, the Manchus were very dissatisfied with the regent Dorgon;
In order to win over the soldiers of the Eight Banners, Dorgon issued an order: "All the people in the counties and counties near Beijing have unclaimed land, as well as the Ming emperor's relatives, consorts, dukes, marquises, uncles, eunuchs, etc. who died in the bandit rebellion. There is a lot of unclaimed land." ,...distribute all the money to the kings, distinguished ministers, soldiers, etc. from the east."
As soon as this order was given, the Manchu officials and dignitaries immediately sent people to encircle the land. At first, they just enclosed the wasteland, but later they moved to encircle all the land with and without owners;
The enclosures also included cottages and farms, causing a large number of Han landlords and farmers to suddenly lose their land and cottages, and had no livelihood, and could only become slaves of the Manchus.
Dorgon's land enclosure order was enthusiastically supported by the Manchu dignitaries and Eight Banners soldiers, which allowed him to successfully eliminate the crisis of internal division. It can be said that this was a very clever political skill.
In just four days, Dorgon received the 800-mile urgent message from Dodo;
Dorgon did not dare to neglect, and quickly summoned Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of the Academy of Internal Affairs and Communications, Feng Quan, a bachelor of the Academy of Neihongwen and Minister of Rites, Chen Mingxia, a left minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Guarjia Ganglin, a bachelor of the Academy of Chinese History, and Eight people, including Grand Scholar Hershey Xifu and Grand Scholar Feng Guozhu of the Neihong Academy of Literature, discussed countermeasures;
Since Dorgon became the regent of the emperor's father and married the Queen Mother Borzigit Bumubutai, the regent's palace in Nanyuan has officially become the center of power of the Qing Dynasty, and Dorgon's power has also grown. , the intimidating aura on his body makes people dare not look at him.
After Fan Wencheng and others paid their respects, they stood cautiously in the hall. Dorgon asked the eunuch to review Duduo's beliefs, and then sighed: "Qin Mu has been marching here and there all day long, but he has no shortage of money and food. I am sitting in the Qing Dynasty. We have seven provinces in the north, but the situation is so difficult. Why can you teach me?"
Fan Wencheng replied: "Your Majesty, Qin Mu sits in the rich and prosperous lands of Jiangnan and Huguang. In addition, although he continues to conquer east and west, he actually does not use many troops. At first, the troops that entered Guizhou and Yunnan were only 10,000, and they were overwhelming. Fighting to support war is not a problem.
The attack on Zheng Zhilong only required a naval battle. The loss of money and food was extremely limited, and a rich Fujian was easily obtained. With this, he conquered east and west, not only did he not lose his own strength, but his strength increased day by day. "
"In other words, it is true that he is planning to raise troops to go north. What are your countermeasures?"
Fan Wencheng thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, I think that for our Qing Dynasty, the best strategy is just one word."
"What word?"
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