The news that Zhu Jie pacified the thieves and pacified Henan and Huguang was brought back by Sony, who had not yet left the capital~щ~~lā

Dolgon regrets it very much now, if he knew that Zhu Jie was so brave and good at fighting and using soldiers like a god, he would never let him leave alive when he was on an envoy, either surrender or kill, and he would never leave him a second way to live, even if he fell out with Da Yu'er, he had to do it!

The threat that this person will bring to the Manchurian Eight Banners in the future is too great, immeasurable!

However, it's too late to say anything now, but fortunately, Wu Sangui has already been dealt with, and now the matter of Chen Yan has been completed, and Chen Yan has been pushed to the position of the second assistant, which will bring huge benefits to the Great Qing Kingdom!

Kaifeng Mansion, now Zhu Jie has led the main force back to the vicinity of Kaifeng Mansion, however, all the army stays here, it is not a good policy, Li Dingguo temporarily stayed in Xiangyang, Xu Yifan temporarily stationed in Luoyang, from two directions, Zhang Xianzhong's eastward and northward route blocked.

Kaifeng Mansion, now after a few months of rectification by Song Yingxing, now Kaifeng has initially recovered its prosperity, population, business recovery is good, however, it is just good, repeated wars, so that Kaifeng Mansion vitality is greatly injured, want to restore to the original scale, not ten years, don't even think about it, the population alone, has been reduced from millions of people to 400,000, although it is still a metropolis, obviously can not be compared with the beginning.

Not only Kaifeng Prefecture, but also the entire Henan Province, has now been greatly injured, the population has decreased by more than forty percent, especially a large number of young and strong people fled, many villages only left a large number of old people and women and children, these people have no power to tie the chicken, even if they are given land, how can they live and work in peace and contentment, barely starve to death is already good.

Zhu Jie was sitting in the Kaifeng Mansion, and Song Yingxing, Fang Yizhi and others looked at Zhu Jie one by one.

"Lord Futai, the rest is easy to do, but this academy is difficult to get, Henan Province has been repeatedly looted by thieves, large families have been looted over and over again, there are too many people who have fled, and now there is no suitable person at all, only to take in some poor teenagers to support temporarily, but these people are rarely literate, if you want to train them, there is no more than three or five years, it is impossible......"

Song Yingxing smiled bitterly.

"Lord Song is right,"

Fang Yizhi continued: "Lord Futai, now Henan is thousands of miles away, wars, natural disasters, plagues, endless, more than ten years ago in Henan, the population even reached 10 million, now, there are only less than four million people, want to base in Henan, to achieve the great plan of the hearts of adults, I am afraid it is unlikely, no one, even if our strategy is good, it will not help......"

Zhu Jie's heart was heavy, he didn't expect that the current Henan had fallen to such a point, with a population of four million, it was too pitiful, right? With such a small population, it is simply unrealistic to burst out with huge production energy in a short period of time, and even if it has its own policy of benefiting the people, it is impossible for Henan to recover its vitality within three to five years.

"My lord, not only these, but also those Western missionaries who live in the Jiangnan area, one by one, do not want to come to Henan, Henan is now too poor, too hard, and there is no way to compare with the outstanding Jiangnan at all, my lord, it is unrealistic to want to add these people to our academy......"

At this time, John Tang made up for it again.

Zhu Jie smiled bitterly: "What, you still want me to take you to Jiangnan?" How is it possible, I am not the emperor, I can choose from the thirteen provinces in the world, where do I want to go, how is it possible, Henan, I am afraid that there will be no three or two years, it is impossible to leave Henan, and now the main threat of the Ming Dynasty is in the north, how can the emperor send me to Jiangnan? ”

"But, Lord Futai, it's really difficult to use your fists and feet in this place of Henan, we have to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong next, and we have to be more severe about the Eight Banners of Manchuria, every time you start a war, you have to consume a lot of money and food, and the land of Henan Province can't guarantee the next big war at all!"

Fang Yizhi said urgently, "Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, it is either the North Zhili or the South Zhili, and there is no other place that can have the potential to turn things around!" ”

Zhu Jie frowned, sighed and said: "Forget it, now Henan is doing it, if there is a chance, I will propose it to the emperor, but you must know that Nanzhili has always been under the control of the six departments of Nanjing, there are many nobles, and the strong dragon is the head snake in the south, and the most important thing is that Jiangnan is rich, and the people worship literature and martial arts, do you really think that Nanzhili is a treasure land?" ”

Zhu Jie is right, Nanzhili is in charge of the six departments, there is no governor, no political envoy, no command envoy, power is scattered, no one can dominate, and as the land of the Ming Dynasty, it is even more mixed, unfathomable, if you want to control the entire Nanzhili, how easy is it?

Just when everyone was discussing affairs, Cha Xuan hurriedly walked in from outside, bowed down and said, "Lord Futai, gentlemen, the holy decree of Beijing City has arrived!" ”

Zhu Jie raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "The emperor's actions are very fast, so fast, the reward for the general has arrived, let's go, gentlemen, let's kneel together to welcome the holy decree......"

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: I heard that the Ministry of Labor, the governor of Henan, and Zhu Jie, who is also in charge of the military and political affairs of the thieves, left Beijing to the south, more than three months, the soldiers pointed out, invincible, irresistible, Lianke Kaifeng, Xuchang, Guide, Luoyang, and even Nanyang Prefectures, sweeping away the demonic atmosphere, hundreds of thousands of thieves were wiped out in one day, the thief chief Li Zicheng was killed, since the founding of the country, there are countless meritorious generals, no one like Qing, although Han Xin's general strategy, Zhang Liang's plan, it is also difficult to reach also, Chu, Yu thousands of miles of land, return to my have, it is appropriate to climb the Taimiao, to worship the ancestors, However, the grand ceremony, how can Aiqing be the only one who lacks Aiqing, and urgently summon Aiqing to return to Beijing to participate in the grand event! The officers and men in the battalion have worked hard and have made great achievements, and I have not spared generous gifts, and they have their own rewards--this! ”

Feng Yuansheng, the eunuch who passed the decree, handed the holy decree to Zhu Jie and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Zhu, congratulations to Lord Zhu, exterminate the thieves, recover Yu Chu, and make immortal achievements, the emperor has been excited these days and can't sleep well, just waiting for you to return to Beijing!" ”

Zhu Jie hurriedly thanked him and asked: Gonggong Feng has worked hard all the way, and please rest for two days, and we will enter Beijing together! “

Feng Yuansheng said with a smile: "Okay, no matter how hard it is, our family doesn't dare to stay and rest, the emperor is in a hurry, and if he misses something, our family can't afford it, Lord Zhu, hurry up and deploy Henan's affairs, we will leave tomorrow, and the Taimiao ceremony in the capital can't wait!" ”

(End of chapter)

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