The snow is as heavy as Saibei in the first month, and the winter here is extremely cold, reaching more than minus 20 degrees at the coldest time, even if it is more than ten degrees below zero in the first month. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

However, although the weather is cold, the naturalization city is still full of a strong New Year's atmosphere, the Lantern Festival these days, the streets and alleys are lit up, enjoy the lanterns, guess the lantern riddles, eat the Lantern Festival, one activity after another, so that the city and the outside are full of carnival-like atmosphere.

It has been more than a year since the establishment of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and for more than a year, the development of the Naturalization City has also been changing with each passing day. Piles of nests, tents, shantytowns, vegetable patches and fields everywhere, cattle pens and sheep pens everywhere, and potholed streets......

Now everything has changed, the streets and houses are uniform, the roads are smooth and wide, the uniformly planned drainage ditches, sewers, garbage bins, and the cleaning personnel of the Sanitation Bureau can be seen everywhere, which makes the Naturalization City suddenly change, clean and bright, and become vibrant.

Every day, pedestrians here are hurried but confident, and the streets are full of traffic and horses, according to the rules of left and right traffic, busy but not chaotic. In a short period of time, the city of naturalization is thriving, like a city like the rising sun.

Because the population is larger, the more particularly wealthy households there are, such as in the East Road and Xuanfu Town at that time, a large number of teahouses and restaurants have sprung up. All kinds of opera troupes and storytellers have been stationed, and there are all kinds of entertainment activities in the north and south of the river, inside and outside the Great Wall, which makes the naturalization city show a strange charm.

Stability, affluence, cleanliness, and prosperity are the first impressions of the Naturalization City by outsiders, and everyone who comes here will be deeply impressed, especially for those who are outside the city.

Therefore, they all hope to settle in the city of naturalization.

They also need to follow the regulations of the Metropolitan Protectorate, from temporary residence, to Yi nationality, to naturalized nationality, and finally to Han nationality, and climb up one level at a time.

Of course, for the people of the Central Plains, they have lost one level of Yiqi, and the process of climbing up is a little less difficult.

They are treated the same, that is, those who have children, those of appropriate age, all need to be enrolled in school and compulsory education. They have a unified uniform, a unified textbook, a unified teaching, a unified examination, and then after the exam, they are directly Chinese.

Unlike their parents, they have to work hard, and the most orthodox knowledge changes their fate.

This is also the second annual festival after the establishment of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and this annual festival is more significant, so the grain stores of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have supplied a certain amount of high-quality rice, flour, cloth, meat, eggs, salt and tea to the people of the whole prefecture that can be purchased at a lower price.

So that every household in the whole province can at least eat white noodles, meat and eggs, and children can wear new clothes and have a happy New Year.

For many migrants, a few months ago they were living a life of hunger and hunger, often suffering from eating bark and wild vegetables, surrounded by bandits and thieves. Suddenly arrived at a place that was too peaceful and stable, and lived a rich and warm New Year for the first time, and the sense of belonging in my heart was indescribable.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve and the Lantern Festival, they also let go of all their worries and plunged into the jubilant crowd.

Wang Dou also passed this lively and festive New Year, in the past, every New Year's Day, he always had to be busy greeting others and handing over greetings everywhere. Now not to mention coming to the door in person, there are few people who are worthy of him to hand over congratulatory stickers. On the other hand, a tidal wave of New Year's greetings will break through his threshold.

Needless to say, there are a large number of officials and generals in nearby Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu who have sent condolences and New Year gifts, and even many people in Beijing have sent salutes.

There are also various departments in Mobei, Hetao, Qinghai, Tulupan and other places, a large number of people sent envoys to congratulate, so from New Year's Day to Lantern Festival, Wang Dou spent in a busy time.

However, he did not forget to pay attention to external affairs, and on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, he looked through a few pieces of information in his study.

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Incense is lit in the animal stove, red felt is spread on the floor, a black fox fur is placed on the chair, a large white fox skin mattress is padded underneath, and the fire sandwich the wall and floor heating, the study is warm and comfortable, and the snow is falling outside, but here is like another world.

With Wang Dou's current status, it is too easy to enjoy luxury, but he doesn't care much about this, just be comfortable.

Of course, if there are conditions, he will not deliberately treat himself badly, just pay attention to a degree.

Incense curled up, and after reading the information, Wang Dou lit a cloud of smoke, leaned back in the rocking chair and fell into deep thought.

He got the news that the thieves broke and returned to Germany, and after conquering Xuzhou, they crossed the Yellow River to fight Yanzhou. There is a king of Lu in Yanzhou, presumably the thieves want to use this trick to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and eliminate the reinforcements from all over the Ming Dynasty outside the city.

They are becoming more and more familiar with this set, and it is really a trick that is eaten all over the world, but now the field combat ability of the Ming army is getting weaker and weaker, and this trick can be described as tried and tested.

did not surprise him, Guide and Xuzhou could not be saved, and Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, whom he paid special attention to, did not play a role in turning the tide.

Wang Dou thinks that this is inevitable, the times are different, and now is not their time.

In history, when Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were there, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo did not have any outstanding performance. When the two stood out, it was already the first year of Yongli, when Zhang Xianzhong had just died, and the Great Western Army was chased to the end.

In the face of the strong Qing army, they had a feeling that there was no way to go to heaven and earth, and the shadow of destruction hung over their hearts.

As the original Liukou army, they are still the most important target of the Qing army, and even if they surrender, they often cannot escape the fate of being liquidated. For example, Tian Jianxiu, Zhang Nai, Wu Ruyi and others were all beheaded by Dolgon's order after surrendering, and even their subordinates were killed cleanly.

Therefore, change is inevitable, led by Sun Kewang, they completely changed Zhang Xianzhong's indiscriminate killing policy at the time, and arrested the queen and prime minister Wang Zhaoling, who still stubbornly adhered to the old policy. And took the initiative to unite the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, played the role of a mainstay, exuded a bright light, and belonged to the arrival of their time.

Zheng Chenggong is the same.

But now is not their time.

An era has an era background, and the Manchurian iron cavalry was strong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but if it met Xu Da in the early Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun and other armies, it would naturally be vulnerable.

The times create heroes, but the birth of heroes needs to be in line with the times.

Of course, Wang Dou also noticed Sun Kewang's farming in Shouzhou, and he had an appreciative attitude towards it, and he would be happy to receive his property when the time came.

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The intelligence officers lurking in Shandong, Xuzhou, and other places also found out about the Qing State's liaison with the invading army, and according to the information they gathered, Li Chuang and others did not attach great importance to this.

It seems that the envoy sent by Dolgon met a figure of the rank of General Guo Yi in the camp, and then General Guo Yi informed Li Chuang of the matter, but Li Chuang did not care, and even Dolgon's envoy did not want to see him. Under his command, no one paid attention to this, but no one paid attention to it.

This is essentially a form of ignorance.

Judging from the arrangements of all parties after Li Zicheng occupied Beijing in history, he had no concept of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at all, and even thought that this was a matter of the previous dynasty and had nothing to do with his Dashun State.

It seems that all parties in the Shun Kingdom believe that the Qing State and the Ming Dynasty clashed, and that was the matter of the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Shun State had never fought with the Qing soldiers, so they had no grudges against each other and could be at peace with each other. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and the grievances between the two sides were also settled, and the two countries could not interfere with the river water.

Therefore, in all kinds of ignorant thoughts and considerations, Shunguo's deployment of Shanhaiguan and the disposal of Wu Sangui's department are all jaw-dropping.

When the Qing showed their fangs, they were vulnerable, and they were regarded as their greatest enemies by the Qing and basically did not accept their surrender. Li Zicheng worked hard to build the country, and as a result, he made wedding dresses for others, and the name of the king of wedding dresses was not for nothing.

There are congenital defects in cognition, which is why it has been difficult for rogues to succeed in thousands of years of history.

Like an upstart who wins the lottery and quickly becomes poorer.

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Picking up this piece of information again, Wang Dou looked at it for a long time, and after Li Chuang occupied Xi'an in history, Dolgon immediately sent an envoy to northern Shaanxi to contact the Dashun army, but there was no follow-up. However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty took advantage of the fall of the Ming Dynasty to share the soup and not die, presumably Dolgon and others will not give up.

Wang Dou thought about the information for a long time, and then there was a low voice from the guards outside: "General, Mrs. Ji is invited." ”

Wang Dou said, "Got it. ”

Last year, his wife and family all came to Guihua City, perhaps because they knew about Zhong Susu and others, they were in a hurry, and after arriving at the General's Mansion, several wives and concubines took turns to come up, so that Wang Dou was lacking in skills. Of course, they didn't say anything, and their mother, Zhong, didn't say anything.

For the Zhong family, she was very satisfied with this son, as early as when Wang Dou was promoted to the general banner, she was very proud, and she felt satisfied. I didn't expect that my son's official is getting bigger and bigger, and now he is a general, the Marquis of Yongning, and the existence of super products, this is really a glorious ancestor.

She herself is also the wife of the Taihou, and she is full of children and grandchildren, so let her enjoy the joy of family, what is there to dislike?

So whatever her son does now, she is willing to believe in him unconditionally and support him.

Zhong Susu is also satisfied with the girl Zhong Susu, as early as when she was in the town, Zhong Susu ran the mansion frequently, and asked for peace in the morning and evening, which was quite popular with the old people, and her nickname of "running hard" was dropped at that time. Now that she is with her son, Zhong is quite happy.

And buy one get one free, she also brought a Li Yunluo over.

When they were in Xinzhuang, the Li family was an unattainable existence for the Wang family, and now the prominent people in the past also let their sons take what they wanted, and every time they think of it, they feel like they are in a dream.

Everything satisfies the Zhong family, and her only regret is that her husband died early and can't see the current glory of the Wang family.

The Zhong family used to pay attention to maintaining Xie Xiuniang's status, but now Xie Xiuniang is Mrs. Hou, with the imperial court's decree in her body, and her sister-in-law Wang Zheng, her status is as stable as Mount Tai, and she no longer needs to maintain it.

For Xie Xiuniang, everything now also satisfies her, she has nothing to desire, she just wants to take good children, wait for a good husband, honor a good mother-in-law, and live like this forever. She also showed her virtuous and courteous side, and asked Wang Dou to accompany Sister Ji and them.

However, Wang Dou's principle will not change, every time he accompanies Ji Junjiao for two nights, he will accompany her for three nights, this system has been in use for many years, it is effective, and Wang Dou will not change because of this. Only during the daytime, I accompanied Ji Junjiao and them more raids.

And Ji Junjiao, now Mrs. Zhengyi Shude, no longer talks about Ji when she goes out, but has a name and a name, calling her Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Shude.

She also has her own guard of honor, and even her father Ji Shiwei saw it, and he had to salute her on the surface.

For Ji Junjiao, Wang Dou actually spoiled her a little more in his heart, she was one of the two beauties that Wang Dou saw after coming to the Ming Dynasty, and she was inevitably impressed. And she is luxurious and charming, good at understanding people's opinions, and knows the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which makes Wang Dou feel like a confidant.

What's more, regardless of her name, she ran away from marriage in private and followed, without complaint or regret for many years, which made Wang Dou feel guilty and spoiled her even more.

Of course, the principle is immutable, and Wang Dou will not accompany her for one more night because of this.

And after Ji Junjiao moved into Naturalization City, not long after the first month, her best friend Young Lady also came to the General's Mansion and lived in the Fuzhong Courtyard arranged by her.

When the city of Guide fell, Zheng Wenzhi, an intelligence officer lurking in Guide, rescued Li Zhenting. After returning to his hometown in Shanxi, Li Zhenting seemed to look down on the world, and since then he has lived in seclusion, no longer asking about any affairs, and only sent a letter of thanks.

However, the patriarch of the Li family was very enthusiastic, and dragged his family to Naturalization City to thank him, and left the young lady in the mansion to let her walk around with Mrs. Ji more.

In fact, since the dispute with the profiteers, the rumors have been following the young lady in the past two years, saying that she is the wild food of Yongning Hou, and the two of them have already had a leg and so on.

There are many rumors, and wherever she goes, there are always people looking at her with strange eyes.

In the past, she had to avoid suspicion, but recently, I don't know how, the young lady no longer avoids suspicion, she is with Ji Junjiao all day long, and the two don't know what they are talking about. (To be continued.) )