Chapter 225: The green mountains and green waters see the rise and fall

Since Nanjing changed its name to Jiangning, although the land south of the Yangtze River has not been as peaceful and stable as the Qing court wished, the city of Jiangning is really a lot quieter.

In the past, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty was full of flowers and traffic, and at this time, I can no longer see the white-clothed young man who spits lotus flowers in his mouth and is suave, nor can I see the chivalrous man with a sword and a vast eyebrows, and I can't see the freshly dressed angry horse, the prince and grandson who spend money like dirt and the feather fan square scarf, and the saw in the literary world who writes poems.

The people in the city, now with narrow sleeves and waistcoats and pigtails, are no longer dressed in their homeland, only green mountains and green waters and ancient city walls are still the same as in the old days.

At this time, the world was undecided, and on the Taihu Lake hundreds of miles away, there were still active rebels of Chen Zilong and Wu Yi, and recently on the rivers and lakes, an organization called the Heaven and Earth Society suddenly appeared, often assassinating Han officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, as well as Manchu officials.

A few days ago, Zhao Zhilong, one of the culprits who had been the culprit of the Qing Dynasty, returned to Nanjing, and as soon as he entered the city, he was shot directly, and the righteous man who assassinated him was rounded up by the Qing soldiers, and shouted, "Heaven and Earth Society, oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and kill all the Han thieves in the world", and then drew his sword to stabilize himself in front of the city.

In addition, Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, who knelt down to welcome Duoduo into the city, was also cut off on a snowy night.

The activities of the Heaven and Earth Society in the south of the Yangtze River caused turmoil in the city, and the Qing court's Prince Yu Duoduo ordered the Qing soldiers to strengthen patrols and search for righteous soldiers.

When the Qing army was inspecting, it would not be carefully screened, and if it was not pleasing to the eye, it would be directly thrown into prison, and those who resisted a little would be directly hacked and killed, so the people in the city did not dare to go out casually.

The land south of the Yangtze River, since the Song Dynasty, has been unprecedentedly developed, and in terms of economy and culture, it has completely surpassed the north and become the important tax area of the Central Plains Dynasty.

After the Ming Dynasty established the capital of Beijing, it relied on blood transfusion in the south of the Yangtze River to feed nearly one million people in Beijing, and a piece of luck became the lifeblood of the imperial court.

Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it seized the entire north and the south of the Yangtze River, but the north was erosive, and the Qing court followed the advice of the Han ministers to abolish the three salaries in order to win the hearts of the people, so they could no longer get any tax money.

If a large country wants to be managed, it will definitely not work without money, but for the Qing court, fortunately, they do not have to rely on that pitiful tax to govern the country, and the silver money they took from Dashun is enough to support the financial operation of the Qing court for a period of time, and even if there is no money, the Qing army can solve it by slaughtering the city and plundering and killing the rich.

Using the money of the Han people to buy the hearts of the Han people, the rulers of the Qing court can be described as extremely cunning, but although the Qing court's move attracted ordinary people, the slaughter of the city was unpopular after all, making the gentry class unable to return to their hearts, so it was not a long-term solution to rely on looting alone.

From time to time, Kong Wentan of Hexi Province, Shaanxi Province, who surrendered to the Qing court, said to Dolgon: "If the Holy Dynasty wants to determine the world, it only depends on two things, and it will be peaceful. ”

Although Dolgon immediately dismissed Kong Wentan from his post and never resigned, the Qing court also realized that their policy had to change, and that barbarism alone could not rule China.

At this time, the Qing army occupied the rich Jiangnan and brought an opportunity for the Qing court to change its finances, so after the initial plunder, the Qing court began to vigorously restore the economy of Jiangnan in order to become a stable and reliable source of taxes.

It's just that in Jiangnan under the rule of the Qing court, the people and the people are living under high pressure, economic activities have shrunk seriously, and even the Qinhuai River, which was prosperous in the past, has been completely depressed, and a large number of soldiers have gone bankrupt under the extortion of the Qing soldiers, coupled with social turmoil, the economy of the entire Jiangnan has actually completely collapsed, so in terms of taxes, there is no hope of the Qing court at all.

At that time, the Qing court, Prince Yu Duoduo, was sitting in Jiangning, and in addition to sweeping away the resistance of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he wanted to restore the finances of Jiangnan and enable the Qing court to obtain stable financial revenue.

At this time, in the Pingnan General's Mansion, Duoduo was a little depressed in his heart, the establishment of the Longwu Imperial Court in the south made the Qing court's plan to appease the southern provinces shattered, and the rebel army in Jiangnan, as well as the recent rise of the Heaven and Earth Society, made Jiangnan not very peaceful, and he could not restore Jiangnan's economy at all.

At this time, it was February of the third year of Shunzhi, and Duoduo had been in Jiangning for more than half a year.

During this period of time, he did not make any progress except for the extermination of a few rebel armies, not only did he not restore the economy, but also none of the Southern Ming forces in eastern Zhejiang and Fujian were exterminated, which made him a little anxious.

Not long ago, the Longwu Imperial Court launched the Battle of Jingchu in Huguang, although he sent 100,000 troops to Chu, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

Because if the Ming army succeeds in Huguang, then Jiangning will be completely passive in terms of strategy.

Recently, he got the news that Wang Yan had entered Chu, which made his heart even more worried.

Duoduo is the fifteenth son of Nurhachi, and he has countless military exploits, and basically has never met any opponents, so only Wang Yan let him eat under Yangzhou City, so he has a jealousy of Wang Yan in his heart, and at the same time hopes to fight with Wang Yan again, so as to wash away the shame on him.

At this time, Duoduo was anxious to settle the affairs of Jiangnan, but he was good at fighting and destroying, but he didn't know anything about governing the place, so he recruited the governor Hong Chengchou to discuss.

In Jiangning City, Hong Chengchou was summoned by Duoduo, and hurriedly gave up what he was doing and hurriedly passed over to the palace to meet him.

Duoduo's mansion is the house of Zhao Zhilong, the original garrison minister of the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, the old boy voted for the Qing court, thinking that he could keep the glory and wealth, but was sent to Beijing under house arrest.

Now that his family property has been swallowed up by the Qing court, he has not ended up well, even if he dies, he will be notorious in the history books, which makes Hong Chengchou feel a sigh in his heart.

Hou Fangyu who came with him on the side couldn't help sneering in his heart, he has now become Hong Chengchou's most trusted confidant, and he is also the helmsman of the Jiangning branch of the Heaven and Earth Society, and he is jointly responsible for collecting intelligence on the Qing army with Yu Taichu.

Duoduo presided over several encirclement and suppression of the Taihu rebel army, all because Hou Fangyu obtained the news from Hong Chengchou in advance and passed it on through Yu Taichu, causing the Qing army to be defeated.

Chen Zilong and Wu Yi, because of their effective intelligence, not only killed thousands of Qing troops, but even Wang Maogong, the main general sent by Duoduo, was also killed, which made the rebel army huge for a while, and even approached Suzhou for a time.

Hou Fangyu was still troubled by being trapped in the Qing camp at first, but seeing that his news played a big role, he hid by Hong Chengchou's side with peace of mind.

This time, Duoduo recruited Hong Chengchou to discuss, and Hou Fangyu instinctively felt that something big must be there, so he immediately followed.

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