Encircling Qufu and encircling the points to bring reinforcements are all the old methods of the Qing army, but there are times when the old methods don't work!
"My lord, the siege of Qufu will probably last a long time!"
Fan Wencheng reminded in a hoarse voice: "As I know, the Nan bandits have been spending money in Qufu since last year. Shi Kefa, the governor of the seven provinces, directly stationed himself in Qufu, training troops, accumulating food, and building the city. .....Now Qufu may have become a golden city, and we are not afraid that we will surround it."
"There is no city in the world that is not afraid of siege," Dorgon smiled. "There are only cities that cannot be surrounded... But Qufu is not a city that cannot be surrounded! So what if Shi Kefa is training troops in Qufu? The troops he trained are not Can you defeat our Eight Banners soldiers?"
"Impossible!" Duduo laughed and said, "If he had this ability, the Southern Dynasty would not be in the situation it is today."
Dorgon nodded, "Yes, how much food can he accumulate in Qufu? Is it enough to last for several years?"
Fan Wencheng said: "It depends on how many people eat it... If there are only a few thousand defenders, it may be enough to eat in three to five years. If there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of refugees, it may not be enough." .”
Dorgon looked at Dodo with a smile, "Do you know what to do?"
"I got it," Duduo smiled. "This time, kill less Nikans and rush to Qufu... Let's see how much food Shi Kefa has to feed them!"
"It's not about killing less," Dorgon shook his head, "It's about not killing if you can!"
If you can't kill, don't kill? Duduo was stunned, what happened to Brother Fourteen? Sudden kindness? Have you eaten fast and chanted Buddha’s name? Never heard of it!
"Brother Fourteen, what did you say?" Duduo asked.
Dorgon said: "I told you to kill less people. If you can't help it, don't kill...don't kill people wherever you go. Do you understand?"
"Why?" Duduo was stunned, "Our Qing Dynasty has been killing people like this for so many years, why don't we kill them now?"
Dorgon smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "If we continue to kill, no one will pay taxes!"
It turns out that the leeks are gone... The territory of the Qing Dynasty now cannot be compared with that of the same period in history. The stable ruling area within the pass is Beizhili, excluding Datong Prefecture and parts of Shanxi Province in the Luliang Mountains, as well as Zhangde Prefecture, Weihui Prefecture, Huaiqing Prefecture, and Henan Prefecture in Henan Province.
After completing the "package" of enclosing land, occupying houses, surrendering people, and fleeing people in Beizhili, the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers had houses and land, but the Qing court could not even think about collecting much tax from Beizhili. The Eight Banners uncles don’t know how to pay taxes and grain. There are still 30 million acres of land in Beizhili that have not been enclosed, and now less than half of it has been abandoned. Those who can afford it have fled, and those who can’t can’t. I have no intention of farming, I am always worried, I don’t know when I will become a flag slave!
As for the business in Beijing City and Tianjin Wei, it is also in disgrace.
On the one hand, due to the interruption of north-south water transportation, bulk north-south freight has been suspended, and there is no business to be done.
On the other hand, the economic basis of the Eight Banners Group is the manor-serf economy, which emphasizes self-sufficiency and has limited demand for business. It is enough to have the port trade of the Nine Imperial Merchants and Dagukou, because there is not much turnover, and the taxes that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty can receive are also limited - the tariffs of the Qing Dynasty all belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
On the Shanxi side, because Datong Prefecture and Luliang Mountain were still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the war between the two sides was not over. With all kinds of cadres and errands to support the front line, how could there be any spare time to pay taxes to the court? Besides, Shanxi merchants and gentry all supported the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty could not force them to side with the Ming Dynasty because of their excessive greed and hatred!
As for the territory in Henan Province, there is no need to think too much... That area is where the Ming army and the rogue bandits have been fighting for many years. They have fought countless times! Later, the Qing army joined in, showing no mercy, and almost wiped out several prefectures in Henan. If you want to scrape the ground again, you will have to scrape it underground. By then, Hauge will really become a great master!
As for Shaanxi, the three families of Qing, Shun, and Wu are present. Sooner or later, the land will become a white ground. What more money and food do you want...
So Dorgon, the head of the Qing Dynasty, is now beginning to worry about the lack of money and food!
"Brother Fourteen," Duduo also looked embarrassed, "If you want to kill less people, what about the property? Do you also have to rob less?"
Dorgon nodded and sighed: "We have to rob less... After everything is robbed, the Nikans will not be able to survive. They will either run away or starve to death. There will still be no one to pay taxes to the court next year." !
Now the imperial court has little money and food, and it all relies on the old foundation to support it. However, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan are all at war, and Liaodong and western Liaoning are also in trouble. They are moving borders and immigrating, so they have to ask the court to pay money.
And the Battle of Shandong doesn't look like it can be fought in a short period of time... And fighting requires money and food. Not counting Wu Sangui's people, we have two Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers that we can control. One hundred thousand, the money spent every month is really like water!
Old Fifteen, your marching route this time is roughly along the canal, which is a prosperous place. If you can get it all, you can have a lot of money and food in your account this autumn. "
"But if you don't allow killing or robbing, what energy do you have?" Duduo frowned.
Dorgon thought about it. If you don't rob or kill, what energy does the Eight Banners Green Camp have? But the problem is that if they are allowed to kill and rob, what will be captured is a piece of white land. Who will the court turn to to collect money and food?
The Eight Banners soldiers are also supported by flag fields. Without military pay, they can just rely on flag fields and robbery. But now the scale of the Green Camp soldiers is getting bigger and bigger. The Green Camp has no military fields and relies on robbery and military pay. But windfalls from robbery are not coming every day. Without a certain amount of money and food to support them, why would the Green Camp soldiers run away?
"Master Fan, you have many ideas, tell me!" Dorgon had no choice but to ask Fan Wencheng.
But Fan Wencheng, a bachelor, has limited knowledge and is not a master of financial management... Even if he is a master, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice!
"This, this..." Fan Wencheng frowned and thought for a while, and then he actually held back a move, "Your Majesty, how about the heavenly soldiers spare Dongchang, Jinan, and Yanzhou and not rob them, and wait until the soldiers arrive in Xuzhou?" How about grabbing? In fact, Dongchang, Jinan, and Yanzhou have all been robbed by us, and there is not much oil and water left. However, Xuzhou has not been robbed, so we can still rob it well this time. Moreover, Xuzhou is right on the bank of the river and close to the Huaihe River. The rivers are criss-crossed, which is not conducive to the use of the Eight Banners' heavenly troops, so they can be plundered and then abandoned."
Duduo said from the side: "What if there is a city that dares to resist the heavenly soldiers? Will it be slaughtered according to the rules?"
"This..." Dorgon looked at Fan Wencheng again.
"Your Majesty, that's an old rule." Fan Wencheng said, "Not massacring the city is not enough to shock people!
However, we can try our best to appease them. If we can defeat others without fighting, there will naturally be fewer massacres and looting. "
"That's right," Dorgon looked at Duduo, "Fifteen, do you know how to care for him?"
"Me?" Duduo turned around and looked at Fan Wencheng, the slave, "Fan Wencheng, how about you follow me and take care of me?"
"Master, I'm not familiar with Shandong..." Fan Wencheng is not stupid, so he would not accept such a thankless job - if the recruitment is successful, he will not be able to massacre the city and plunder, what an offence! Dorgon was not happy when the recruitment failed, and his head was not safe either.
However, he had to give Duduo an explanation, so he thought about it carefully: "But I can recommend someone."
"Who?" Dodo asked.
"Former Minister of War Sun Zhixian," Fan Wencheng said, "He is from Shandong and must be familiar with the situation."
Sun Zhixian submitted his resignation a while ago, saying that he was in poor health and needed to provide for his retirement. However, Dorgon did not let him leave Beijing, but only exempted him from the mission and allowed him to remain elected. And Sun Zhixian had nowhere to go for a while. His hometown was still the territory of the Ming Dynasty! So I rented a house in the outer city of Beijing, and the whole family squeezed in there to make a living.
"That's fine," Dorgon touched his forehead, "Just let him become an official again... let him be the governor of Shandong! This is his last chance. If he doesn't do it well again, Just kill them all!"
