Le Bao, the governor of the Western Regions of the Qing Dynasty, wanted to go south, and King Pingxi of the Ming Dynasty wanted to go west.
Anyway.
Two of the three parties that ignited the war in the Central Plains, the Taiping Taiguo became the Ming Dynasty and the Pingxi Fan, and went to the west to conquer the world.
Part of the Qing Dynasty surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and the other part that refused to surrender, under the leadership of Le Bao, wreaked havoc on the Western Regions, taking away a large amount of food, population, and wealth. They took the road of Haohan and headed towards Afghanistan, the legendary imperial cemetery - of course, the current Durrani dynasty has no such thing as an imperial cemetery, and Lebao's army can be said to have killed and looted a little along the way. The sinful iron heel of Qing imperialism imposed untold amounts of unwarranted suffering on the people of Central Asian countries.
At this time, the North China Plain.
The summer heatwave has set in.
The wheat and sweet potatoes planted in May are already lush and green.
On the land of North China, we finally experienced a war with sparks flying everywhere.
The war gradually subsided.
But for the Ming Dynasty, which had just taken over the Central Plains.
At this time, the Great Plains of North China was in ruins waiting to be revitalized.
Continuous battles have exhausted this area.
The coercion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the plunder of the Qing army.
As well as the sudden rise of bandits and horse thieves during the three-party war, this great plain was once in a state of anarchy.
For the Ming Dynasty.
It is definitely not easy to establish effective rule in a short period of time.
The hundreds of thousands of Ming troops could only split up to pacify the local areas, suppress the bandit forces, and establish basic government rule in the local areas. Even in Henan and Hebei South (Zhili), two areas deeply affected by war, Emperor Zhu had already issued Martial law orders.
The orders for officers Henan and Hebei were issued in late May.
Song Xiang was appointed as the governor of Henan and Tao Biquan was appointed as the governor of Hebei. Tens of thousands of troops were stationed in the two places respectively to seize the land originally belonging to the bannermen and return all unowned land to the government for distribution.
It was already past spring plowing, and it was unclear whether the wheat that had been sown would be harvested in time.
Fortunately, there are now high-yielding crops like sweet potatoes, and the tubers can be harvested for consumption in about three months.
But this means that for at least three months, hundreds of millions of farmers in the four and a half provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, and northern Jiangsu will have a problem with food rations.
If relief cannot be provided in time, civil uprisings such as the White Lotus Sect, Tianli Sect, and Nianzi may swarm out.
Although Emperor Zhu now has powerful military force and solid financial support, he is not too afraid of this.
But it's better not to happen.
In order to raise food to help the victims in the north, Zhu Daohua canceled his plan to visit the imperial mausoleum on Mount Tianshou and take the Guards Cavalry Brigade on a trip to the grasslands to deter the Mongolian tribes. Instead, he stayed in the northern capital and personally arranged disaster relief matters.
He also set an example and took the lead in donating one million yuan to provide disaster relief.
Under the leadership of Emperor Zhu, wealthy men at all levels also donated generously - now of course the Ming Dynasty is a country where everyone is private, so these high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty all have their own industries. No matter how bad it is, Zhu Daohua, the God of Wealth, Under the leadership of my grandfather, I collected some land and bought some stocks for investment.
You know, compared with Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of Emperor Taizu who was born as a farmer, Emperor Zhu who was born as a businessman was much more generous, and the salary for the officials below was also very high, and the treatment was very generous.
And now there is a Ming Li Lai to set the rules, so everyone does not have to worry about being noticed by the Jin Yiwei after their wealth is exposed.
As a result, donations have increased a lot.
In the [Riyuebao] and [Ta Kung Pao], there are also endless reports on disaster relief in various places.
It's true that disaster has no mercy.
In the newspapers, the situation of the Ming Dynasty court was very good.
But it can be seen from Emperor Zhu’s itinerary.
The situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty was not optimistic.
During this time, he visited Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and other places along the canal.
Went to Henan again to inspect the disaster situation.
Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty worked diligently, at least they ran much more smoothly than the bureaucracy of the former Qing Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty was the first to establish a new dynasty, and many bad rules had not yet been learned.
But the transportation capacity of this era lies here.
A large number of disaster victims poured into major northern cities such as Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Xuzhou, Jinan, Baoding, Tianjin, and even Beidu.
Hungry people can be seen on both sides of the streets throughout the city, hungry and hungry.
Cities like Tianjin that are close to the sea are fine.
Some cities rely on land for material transportation. To supplement so much food, the problem of insufficient transportation capacity can be seen everywhere.
The official ship of the county magistrate of Ji Feng County, Lan Dong Prefecture, Lan Fang Province, which should be the former county magistrate Chen Zhongliang, entered Tanggu Port in June.
When we boarded the ship in Lanfang, we were a family of three.
When we got off the ship in Tianjin, we were already a family of four.
Although the cargo ships that travel between Lanfang and the mainland are large enough, production on board is really a very dangerous thing.
Fortunately, Xu Hongxia has good bones and a strong physique. She is a superwoman who can run for more than ten miles in the dense forest carrying a gun weighing more than ten kilograms.
Therefore, with the help of the doctor on board, the delivery was successfully completed.
Chen Zhongliang was so shocked that he is still at Amitabha.
When he got off the ship in Tianjin, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Then he started complaining again.
"I said I can come alone, but you have to come with me and bring two dolls with me."
Xu Hongxia raised her eyebrows: "Don't think I don't know. It's said in the play that when a scholar comes to Beijing, it's easy for him to abandon his wretched wife and find another rich lady!"
When Chen Zhongliang heard this, his head drooped, he put his baggage on his back, and took his second son, Chen Haisheng, from his wife. This little guy was born on a ship, so he was called Haisheng.
I don’t know why I’m not called Chuansheng.
Maybe it’s because it’s not nice to call me boatman.
He then took his eldest son, Chen Lansheng, and showed his transfer order at the government post station at the port. The post staff arranged for a four-wheeled carriage to take them all the way to the Tianjin magistrate's office.
Follow the command above.
Chen Zhongliang will report to the prefect's Yamen immediately after arriving in Tianjin, and then the Tianjin prefect's Yamen will arrange his board and lodging.
Then he waited for the emperor to receive him.
After entering Tianjin City.
Chen Zhongliang's brows did not relax.
What do you mean by refugees everywhere?
This is!
The shops on both sides of the road are basically closed, because the influx of refugees these days has made the city's security worse than ever.
The Tianjin magistrate's office has been busy registering refugees these days and hired a group of people to build river embankments and official roads. However, there are so many refugees pouring into Tianjin that they cannot take care of them. The tents set up on the walls were so densely packed that it made Chen Zhongliang's scalp numb.
He is from Guangzhou. When has he seen such a scene in Guangzhou?
Later in Lanfang, if there were GDP statistics at this time.
Perhaps Lanfang is now the province with the highest per capita GDP in Ming Dynasty.
Although Lanfang is now just an agricultural province that mainly produces rice and spices.
But Lanfang cannot stand that now there are fewer people and more land, and the per capita cultivated land area exceeds that of the mainland.
So people in Lanfang are basically rich people now.
As a major rice-producing province, Lanfang has never seen such a scene of hungry people everywhere!
I thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to enter its golden age, but I didn't expect that the situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty would be so severe.
"Husband, isn't this Tianjin a famous city in the north? Why are there shacks and refugees everywhere?"
Xu Hongxia was also frightened by this scene.
She hugged Chen Haisheng tightly in her arms, and her hands unconsciously touched her waist.
There may be a six-shooter revolver there.
Chen Zhongliang looked at the sun and moon flag hanging on the carriage and the flag that read "Official carriage of Tianjin magistrate's office, plunderers are punished with death". He couldn't help but feel a little relieved, but he had already put a bayonet and a knife in the bag. A pistol was pulled out.
"It seems that the situation in the Central Plains is not optimistic after the war. No wonder so many official ships came to Lanfang to transport rice a few days ago."
Chen Zhongliang murmured.
Hungry people crowded into the city, refugees were everywhere, public security was chaotic, and all businesses were stagnant.
This is the scene of the end of the dynasty.
Chen Zhongliang lowered the curtain of the carriage and his expression became more solemn than ever.
(End of chapter)
