Seeing that his beautiful biological mother got up to arrange meals, Yaoji looked at the blocky paper window in the distance. Its appearance and practicality were far inferior to that of transparent glass. Most of the light was blocked, making the palace quite dark. If it is a cloudy day, candles must be lit in the room. I am bored, and I have the information of the current world in my mind. At least the names and characters can be matched, so I ask the mother-in-law's personal maid waiting before getting up: "Sister Xi'er. , how long have I been asleep?"
The maid is wearing a dark green satin floor-length horse-faced skirt, covered with a tender green silk jacket. Her pure and pretty face is slightly powdered, and her face is already above average. With the temperament brought up by the queen who is always with her, even though she is a palace The maid with a low status in the palace is still dignified.
This sister's full name is Liu Xi'er. Because she is smart, docile, quick at work, and not easy to leak secrets, she was appreciated by her mother, so she always keeps her with her.
Seeing the two definitely not low peaks bulging on the maid sister's chest, Yaoji couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick his lips. Perhaps in ancient times, a career line could be developed first...
Having such a proud thing can help you serve as a maid for your mother. They really complement each other!
Fortunately, I am still young, so even if I stare hard at my sisters' breasts, others won't be able to gossip.
Upon hearing the young master's question, Xi'er hurriedly replied softly: "It has been three and a half hours since I reported back to Your Highness!"
Fortunately, the prince was so blessed that he woke up safely after a while, otherwise the empress's delicate face would have become a little haggard.
"...Oh, it's not short!"
In this way, it was seven hours. Yaoji agreed without expression, and kept calculating in his mind, and suddenly an extremely terrifying thought came to his mind. Could it be that I passed through the Qingming Festival?
Even just thinking about it can give you goosebumps!
Hearing what the young master said, Xi'er breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from the conversation with His Highness, the Crown Prince should be fairly literate, at least he knew the length of time, and he wasn't completely stupid. That's good, so is the Empress. It can save a lot of tutoring effort.
"Then what day is it today?"
Since I have become a fool in name, it should be okay to ask this, but since I traveled to ancient times, I must be talking about the lunar calendar, which is completely inconsistent with the Gregorian calendar, but the lunar calendar should be one month different from the Gregorian calendar. Or so. If there is a timetable brought by Western missionaries, we should be able to grasp the accurate time.
"Your Highness, today is March 15th, your Majesty's twelfth year!" Seeing the confused look on the prince's face, and fearing that the little one still didn't know what year it was, Xi'er couldn't bear it, so she could only add the year number: "Master Chongzhen's twelve years!"
Seeing the dull look in the young master's eyes, Xi'er's glimmer of hope that had just been ignited was immediately suppressed. His Highness no longer knew what year and month it was. It seemed that the empress was really sick. She didn't know what to do. How much hard work Fei Fei has to do can restore His Highness to his original state.
"oh!"
As expected, Xi'er's answer was not satisfactory to him, but he couldn't say it directly. Yaoji could only listen to a general idea, and then find a way to solve the problem of converting the lunar calendar into the Gregorian calendar.
However, the amount of information in Xi'er's last sentence was too great. For Yaoji, this piece of content was more important than anything else. What he was going to eat in a while was not worth mentioning.
The silly prince did not ask any more questions, but sat on the bed and tried to recall what major events had happened in the twelve years of Chongzhen. This would be of great help to him, and he could not miss any of them.
The biggest thing starts from last winter, because this was the fifth time that the Qing army entered the fortress to plunder. More importantly, the fierce general Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army to fight to the death and was finally killed. The Ming court lost another capable general, and The commander-in-chief Sun Chengzong also died in the war in the same year. Except for Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou who could still be commanders, no one in the court could suppress bandit generals like Zuo Liangyu.
Yang Sichang, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Dynasty, believed that Dezhou was a place where the Qing army must pass through, so he hoarded a large number of troops there, leaving Jinan empty. The Qing army captured Jinan in one fell swoop, captured the German king Zhu Youshu and the Fengguo general Zhu Enshang, and collected millions of taels of silver. After the year, 460,000 people and animals were kidnapped from Northern Zhili and Shandong and returned to the outside of the customs safely. This operation into the fortress can be said to be a victory after repeated battles, and they returned with a full load.
Yaoji now knows the ins and outs, and has no soldiers or generals at hand, so he can't implement the revenge plan. He can only try to get some money first, then recruit troops, and then plan a good strategy. When the Qing army invades next year, he will try to take advantage of the situation and slap a few sap. . The most regrettable thing is that all of King De's millions of property belongs to others. If he can get that huge sum of money, he can start his own business directly. Uncle King De is really a "helper of the enemy"!
With the current strength of the Ming army, it is impossible to attack mainly outside the fortress. In the case of passive defense, it will be considered a victory if it is not completely wiped out by the enemy. As the saying goes, "a small loss is a win." As long as military pay can be paid immediately, Zu Dashou outside the pass should be able to resist for a while. Next year, the Qing army will besiege Jinzhou City. Let him stock up more food in advance, and then relocate the people in the city. It will not be a problem to hold on for a year and a half. If the reinforcements have not arrived for a year, no wonder they left the city and surrendered. .
Although Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing army in the end, he was still loyal to the Ming court before that. If Jinzhou City had not run out of food and had gone to the point of cannibalism, he would not have fought to the death many times to break out of the encirclement and suffered a complete defeat. I had to surrender when I couldn't hold on any longer. Compared with the duplicitous Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, who could only fight the peasant army and surrender directly when they saw the Qing army, Zu Dashou's integrity was undoubtedly much higher.
It's the lesser of two evils. When employing people, you can't behead everyone with ulterior motives. Someone has to be in front of the formation to resist the Qing army's onslaught. What's more, the Wu and Zu families are very powerful outside the pass and cannot be moved lightly. They must be borrowed to act as royal watchdogs. Even if they start from the generals of all walks of life, it will not be Zu Dashu's turn for the time being. As long as the Qing army could not break through Shanhaiguan in one day, they could only detour through Mongolia and then go south to enter the fortress.
As for Wu Sangui, hum...
As long as he holds Chen Yuanyuan's trump card in his hand, he is sure to make the guy who is so angry for his beauty not to surrender. Although Daming is dying of illness and is in urgent need, he is far from the point where the yellow stall is about to go bankrupt. He has to think carefully before he wants to be a traitor. If he could not get enough benefits from the Qing army, given Wu Sangui's IQ, he would probably continue to be his general in the Ming Dynasty.
Wu Sangui, like his uncle Zu Dashou, will not seek death if he sees a little room for maneuver. Even if such a person cannot devote himself to Mingting, he will continue to choose to wait and see for the sake of his own reputation. The conditions for them to work hard are also very simple, that is, money. If the military pay allocated by the court can be paid on time, everything will be easy. It doesn’t matter if you postpone your payment for a few months, as long as you can give it. With the money in place, they can win over the people of Liao and command the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, the Guan Ning Army.
Thinking of what happened in the north, Yao Ji would definitely write to his father who had blamed him for transferring the blame, and wanted to transfer Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, back. This uncle was quite talented, and it would be a pity to surrender to the Qing army. Let him go to the south to fight against Zhang Xianzhong. Defeated and joined the gang...
Zhang Xianzhong, who is currently pretending to surrender in Gucheng in the north of Huguang, is the number one enemy of the imperial court, because in less than two months, he will lead his troops to start another rebellion. The complete eradication of the Zhang Ni gang, which has been suffering from cholera for a long time, is the top priority of the Ming court. , a top priority.
As the Qing army entered the fortress, the main force of the Ming army was hoarded in the North Zhili area. The key was to be able to mobilize troops to fight southward in time. According to the size of Zhang Ni's rebel army, Hong Chengchou would have to have at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops, plus the nearby Ming army, to hope to severely damage or even annihilate them. The Ming army had too few troops to attack, and the final result was to let the tiger return to the mountains, allowing Zhang Xianzhong to lead his ten thousand bandits to plunder various places, causing harm to half of the Ming Dynasty.
Xiong Wencan, the unprecedented idiot, is still dreaming about his spring and autumn dream of getting promoted to an official position. Little does he know that Zhang Xianzhong's temporary dormancy is to prepare for the revolt. According to the time, he should have secretly helped the defeated army by this time. Li Zicheng absconded.
From the beginning, Xiong Wencan's recruitment plan was not feasible because Zhang Xianzhong's IQ was more than one level higher than that of this court official. The conditions for Zhang Xianzhong's surrender were that the troops would not disarm, disband, and be stationed together, and the court would also allocate full military pay.
The meaning is very clear, just wait until my men are full and full before continuing to beat you! The so-called "sincere submission" slogan is used to fool mentally retarded old kids like Xiong Wencan. Sun Chuanting or Hong Chengchou would not be fooled by this.
Comparing the two major scourges, Zhang Ni is easy to catch but hard to fight, and Li Ni is easy to fight but hard to catch. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but there is no doubt that Zhang Ni's gang currently poses the greatest threat to the Ming court and must be eradicated as soon as possible. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles.
It would be great if Zuo Liangyu's troops and Zhang Xianzhong's gang could take advantage of the situation and fight against both sides. General Zuo's character is not much better than that of Liu Zeqing, and sooner or later he will be a scourge. We must get rid of him if we have the chance. It can't be done too obviously.
As the saying goes: There is He Renlong in the north and Zuo Liangyu in the south. Both of them are top-notch. He Renlong was beheaded by Sun Chuanting, and the bandit general Zuo Liangyu died suddenly. I don't know whether it was his enemies or his son Zuo Mengeng who wanted to usurp the throne.
Yaoji's biggest wish this year is to wait until August 15th to make Zhang Ni into mooncakes. If anyone can eat it, eunuchs will be sent to their doorsteps for free!
If his mother had heard such philosophical advice, she would have retched several times immediately...
Another piece of news that was enough to break the camel's back was that as things got worse and the treasury was empty, the imperial court planned to levy a total of more than 10,000 taels of Liao's, Suppression's and Training's wages.
For farmers in the Jiangnan area, there are no natural disasters to hinder them, and they can still support the new taxes and fees. However, production in various parts of the north was either reduced or stopped. The little grain that was finally saved was snatched away by the Qing army, leaving them unable to pay taxes. When they were desperate, they had no choice but to join the ranks of refugees, or simply rebel.
