In November, winter has arrived.
In the land north of the Daqing River in Shandong Province, it's time to change the Dawang Banner again at the top of the city. Since the 17th year of Chongzhen, this land has changed its owners several times. The first one was the change of Ming Dynasty to Shun. The magistrates sent by Dashun replaced the officials of the Ming Dynasty and became the local princes of hundreds of miles. Then there was a period of neglect during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and a group of local powerful people rose up to the occasion, which was regarded as the second crop. Then Gao Hongtu, the governor of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty, came to appease him. Many powerful people became the parents of the people in the Ming Dynasty. This was the third generation. The fourth change of masters was the first southern expedition of the Qing Dynasty. It was the time when Hauge was killed. All the Qing Dynasty and Hebei Province belonged to the Qing Dynasty. Some powerful men shaved their heads and became good slaves of the Qing Dynasty. Others The good landowners of the Ming Dynasty who were not willing to be slaves of the Qing Dynasty ran to the south of the Daqing River and followed Gao Hongtu and Zuo Maodi.
After the fourth change of hands, the situation in Hebei Province of Qing Dynasty gradually stabilized. The Qing Dynasty seems to be "for the long term", and it lasts for several years! Moreover, it also began to implement land transfer through planning in prefectures and counties in Hebei Province during the Qing Dynasty - this is a beautiful thing that the people have been thinking about for many years! King Chuang didn't even succeed for the people of Shandong, but he actually asked the Qing Dynasty to do it...
Of course, there are also people who are dissatisfied! A group of landlords and rich peasants who stayed in their hometowns and did not run away were dissatisfied.
Why should we share a good family fortune with others?
However, they can't make much waves, because the most troublesome among them either voted for Gao Hongtu or Zuo Maodi, or they voted for the Qing Dynasty and became good slaves. The remaining ones are either those who study hard or are dedicated to production.
Of course, if you study hard, you will fall into ruin. If you don't starve to death, you will become the poorest person in the village and become a typical example of the uselessness of studying.
Those who are good at business can always find opportunities to make money. After Dorgon released the green flag quota, many people bought the status of bannermen and moved to Datong. There were still some who did not go to Datong, but later mostly bought the status of bannermen from Kong Youde or Geng Zhongming, or simply crossed the sea to the Northeast. It is easiest and cheapest to go to Northeast China from Shandong to become bannermen. All you need to do is get on a sandboat driven by Koreans or Japanese people who speak Shandong dialect, cross the sea to Liangfangkou (Yingkou), and after landing, find a hair-shaving stall to shave your braided head (Guannei bannermen are lords, so Han people cannot shave their heads casually) , there is no such rule outside the customs), and then went to the Yamen of the Ten Banners outside the customs at Liangfangkou to report. Those who want to farm say that they are slaves of one of the nine banners in Guan Nei, and because their master has become ruined, they have no choice but to leave the customs to make a living. Then you can get your identity and land. If you are willing to perform military service, you are a banner man, and if you are not willing to perform military service, you are a banner slave... If you don't want to farm, but want to do business, then sign up Green flag.
Those with a green flag do not have to perform military service and can move around freely outside the customs, but they are not allowed to own land, are not allowed to lend money to banner people and slaves, and must pay a poll tax. Moreover, the commerce outside the customs is underdeveloped, and the monopoly of the nine imperial merchants is also very powerful, so it is not easy for ordinary merchants with green flags to do business.
Therefore, farming in Guandong is still the mainstream... It is precisely because of this way out that the Qing Dynasty enclosed land in Shandong and granted farmland through oral instructions, without causing much commotion.
Just when everyone thought that the rule of the Qing Dynasty had been stabilized and the Ming Dynasty King would never come again, the King came riding on a mule and firing a black gun!
This is really unexpected! Although the Qing soldiers who rule Jibei Prefecture are not the serious Eight Banners Old Manchurians, their strength seems to be pretty good. The soldiers wearing green cotton armor and green helmets look quite majestic. There are also many horse teams, and they come and go like the wind. Showing off one's power and showing off one's strength is more powerful than the flower soldiers of the Ming Dynasty that everyone remembers.
But no one expected that when Master Wang came riding on a mule, he would be able to drive away the green mule soldiers of the Qing Dynasty with his black guns. The two armies were not even able to fight against each other. The green mule soldiers were all over the place. There are only three strongholds left in Shandong: Liaocheng, Anping, and Dezhou.
This matter seems normal to knowledgeable people. The two major advantages of the Qing Dynasty soldiers are that they can fight in hand-to-hand combat; the second is that the cavalry is powerful and can control the battlefield. Now that the Ming army is familiar with the Morris Square, hand-to-hand combat is of little use. So the cavalry is their only advantage. Now they are always being beaten by the Ming army's "mule soldiers", ambushed, and night attacked... What else can they do if they don't retreat to defend the city?
As soon as the green soldiers of the Qing Dynasty left, the iron soldiers and black spearmen of the Ming Dynasty became more powerful. They began to patrol around Jibei, Dongchang, and Xiyanzhou to declare the authority of the Ming Dynasty. By the way, they also caught a few who refused to cut their pigtails. The Qing soldiers who pretended to be bald and slipped through the net had their heads chopped off to show off to the public, and notices of peace and security with the lyrics of "Welcome to the Ming Dynasty" were posted everywhere - usually a wooden pole was inserted outside the gate of a certain village, with a braid hanging on it, and the side of the wooden pole Put up a notice board and put a notice on the safety of the people.
Outside Haifeng County, which is not too far from the Bohai Bay, a group of farmers had just sent away ten Tianbing soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were carrying terrifying "black guns". Now they gathered in front of a sign that had just been erected, and they were looking for Here comes the last village scholar who is relatively literate in the village. At first glance, I saw that I was almost starving. I quickly fed him some food to give this poor old master some strength, and then asked him to read the notice board...
The old man’s surname is Wang, and he is known as Wang Lao Xiucai. In fact, he has never been a scholar at all. He is just an old boy, that is, a scholar who has passed the county examination and the government examination, but has not passed the academician examination. The examination for scholar is actually not easy!
However, in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Laoxiucai was considered a figure in the village. After all, he had passed many academic examinations and had several well-known friends among scholars in Jinan Prefecture, so his family could occupy a large area of saline-alkali land (belonging to He hid his property, rented it out, and opened a private school to recruit some young boys, so his life was quite comfortable.
But when it came to the Qing Dynasty, the scholars of Wang and Lao were in dire straits. There were no scholars in the Qing Dynasty... Moreover, the land was granted by dictation. After the land was assigned, you had to pay for food and work as an errand. The old scholars did not know how to farm and could not work as errands. They His son was also rebellious and unfilial. He listened to the instigation of his classmates and signed his name on a "Call to the Barbarians". He was afraid that the Qing soldiers would capture him, so he ran away when the Qing soldiers attacked Haifeng County. Lao Wang Xiucai was left alone, surviving by selling his property. In the past two years, he had sold all his property, so he had to go to Haifeng County to beg for food and make do with what he had. During this period of war, Haifeng County did not allow outsiders to enter, so the old scholar had to starve at home.
Unexpectedly, Master Wang came to save his life...
After eating a full meal and grabbing a few large bags of dried sweet potatoes (there are many saline-alkali lands in Haifeng, suitable for growing sweet potatoes, so the sweet potatoes from the Ming Dynasty were passed over), the old man finally began to sing: "Chaoqiu Sheng, seeking unity at dusk, it is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to welcome the Ming Dynasty, and discipline everyone, big and small, with joy. Kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine and pulp, and open the city gate to welcome the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty comes, no food will be paid..."
This song made the surrounding farmers a little confused.
"Why don't you pay for the food? Which royal master is here? Daming or Dashun?"
"Yes, old man, take a closer look. Is it bright or smooth?"
The old man's eyes were dim and he looked carefully again, "It's the Ming Dynasty, that's right... It also said that food is free for three years! Counting from the seventh year of Hongxing, seven and eight years In the past three years of the ninth year, no grain has been paid! Whether it is imperial grain or gentry grain (that is, land rent), one cap is exempted! All miscellaneous sects' additional rations are also exempted! Household-level cloth is no longer charged... "
"Really? You don't have to pay rent to the Texas flag man anymore?"
"Master, the flag returner, look what's on the pole? The heads have been chopped off..."
"Now we have a good life!"
"The Emperor's grace is so great!"
"The Ming Dynasty has given birth to a Mingjun!"
"It's better to be Ming Dynasty!"
The farmers are really happy - because of these years of hard work, the contradiction between man and land in Jibei has completely disappeared. What weighed heavily on the common people was "renting mediocrity", that is, paying grain, working as errands, etc. Because the situation in the Qing Dynasty was not good, more and more burdens were placed on the common people. Nowadays, How can the people be unhappy if the DPRK is exempted?
I can be happy for at least three years... As for three years later, maybe Master Wang will change again!
