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His hometown is in Zhejiang. Although the family was divided into fields and the tribe was divided into several groups of immigrants, no one died after all, and the floating wealth and shops were kept.

Wang Shide now just wants to go home for the elderly, and he doesn't want to continue to toss in Yunnan.

Suddenly, Wang Shide came up with an idea, why not write a letter to the Datong Army, asking the Datong Army to send troops to Yunnan quickly, because the loose sand in Yunnan can't stop it.At that time, if I encourage the emperor to surrender again, won't I be able to make meritorious service in the new dynasty?

It wasn't all for himself, Wang Shide felt in his heart that the early collapse of the Yunnan court could be regarded as saving the people and accumulating evil virtues.

Although Wang Shide is the chief assistant of the cabinet, he has no real power at all, otherwise he would have been purged by the eunuch long ago!

Mu Tianbo has succeeded in clearing the emperor, but the chaos in Kunming has not subsided, and there are soldiers or gangsters taking advantage of the chaos to loot everywhere.Mu Tianbo's army arrested Gao Lin's remaining party everywhere, and many innocent people were also blackmailed as the remaining party.

It is normal for generals to take the lead in looting when soldiers are scattered and cannot be retrieved for a while.

In the imperial prison, a group of ministers who were excluded by the eunuchs were released.

The 73-year-old Wu Zhaoyuan, the Zuobu political envoy of Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty and the second assistant to the cabinet of the puppet government in Yunnan, finally left the prison with his old body.

After he figured out the reason, he immediately asked for an official post, wanting to return to his hometown to take care of himself.

No matter how Mu Tianbo and Wang Shide try to persuade him to stay, Wu Zhaoyuan has made up his mind to go.In desperation, Mu Tianbo donated silver and sent his own soldiers to escort Wu Zhaoyuan away.

Wu Zhaoyuan took his family back to his hometown, but he didn't dare to go back to Fujian through the war zone, so he went to Sichuan via Guizhou, and soon found that his appearance was very different.

For the people of Guizhou, it is considered good to have food on the noodles, and many of them are so hungry that they can't walk.Due to the scuffle between chieftain warlords, the fields along the way are often barren, and it is a scene of the end of the world where the people are in dire straits.

But in Sichuan, although the life of the people is also very difficult, they are all in good spirits.Not only can't you see the barren fields, but there are also grassroots officials who organize the people to build water conservancy facilities.It is not the way of conscripts in the Ming Dynasty, but the construction is divided into villages and towns, and the common people are very motivated to bring their own dry food.

Wu Zhaoyuan asked the boatman when crossing the river: "How long has this place been governed by honest officials?"

The boatman smiled and replied: "It's been a year, and the Datong court is doing well, and now there are Qingtian masters everywhere."

In the eyes of Sichuan people, a good official is one who doesn't mess around, and one who does practical things can be called the master of Qingtian.

Wu Zhaoyuan asked in surprise, "Only for one year?"

The boatman said with great anticipation: "Once Mr. Qingtian comes, we will have a bumper harvest this year. If it takes a few more years, how rich will it be? I'm afraid we can eat meat every now and then!"

Wu Zhaoyuan continued to travel north, and then went east along the Yangtze River.

The farther to the east, the better the situation, because the eastern Sichuan region has been governed by Datong officials for more than two years.

The old man was not in a hurry to leave, he dismissed Mu Tianbo's soldiers, and took his family to the countryside along the river to visit farmers.

After walking through several counties, I entered Huguang again by boat.

When he came to the villages and towns in Hunan, he only stayed for two years, and said to his son dancing and dancing: "The world is in great order, the world is in great order, and even if I die, I can rest in peace!"

Wu Yingxi said: "Father will live a long life."

At the beginning of Emperor Chongzhen's accession to the throne, he personally received the four incorruptible officials.

And Wu Zhaoyuan is the head of the four honest officials!

When he was a county magistrate, he reformed the system, cleaned up taxes and servitude, treated the people well, and retried unjust cases.

He is not only good at governing the people, but also good at managing the army. The military pay from him is not bad.

Then, he was sent to prison.

Although he was revived in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was always in circles, and was finally thrown to Yunnan as a political envoy.

Wu Zhaoyuan visited a village primary school in Hunan again and asked about the education of the Xin Dynasty. He went home that night and said to his son: "After returning to Fujian, you should go to the Xin Dynasty to be an official. , Mathematics should also be studied hard.”

Wu Yingxi said: "Kid, remember."

Wu Zhaoyuan laughed suddenly: "I thought it was the end of the dynasty, but unexpectedly the world is about to be ruled. My heart is so happy, my heart is so happy, hahahaha..."

Laughing and laughing, the laughter suddenly stopped.

Wu Yingxi felt that something was wrong, stretched out his hand to sniff, and immediately cried out in grief: "Father!"

The old gentleman, sitting on a chair, died laughing.

Chapter 484 [Dongzhu]

Time came to August.

The two armies in Guangxi are still dawdling, and the casualty rate increased greatly when they entered the mountains to suppress bandits.

The main reason is that it is hard to defend against an arrow from the back, and it is still a poisonous arrow.

The Qing army was overwhelmed by this thing, and the British army was also beaten to death by the Malay natives. This time and space was replaced by the Datong army suffering from poisonous arrows.

"Your Majesty, a secret letter from the Chief Assistant of the Puppet Dynasty in Yunnan." The three cabinet ministers sent it urgently.

Zhao Han took it over and read it carefully, but he didn't take it seriously, so he threw it aside and ignored it.

Li Banghua asked: "Your Majesty doesn't want to take Yunnan quickly?"

Zhao Han explained: "The persistent problems of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan are not in the puppet imperial court, but in the large and small chieftains. If it is not for reforming the land and returning it to the local people, the southwest can be established, so how can it be necessary to attack with heavy troops for many years? The Guangxi army has fought well. Slow, it is justifiable."

In the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, every time the land was reformed and returned to the natives, a battle had to be fought first.

And I dare not take the initiative to propose that a certain chieftain committed a felony, and after the conquest, he took advantage of the situation and returned to the country.Otherwise, things will hurt their kind, and the chieftains everywhere will rebel—it can probably be understood as the cutting of the feudal clan, and the feudal king can only cut it if he makes a mistake, and cutting the feudal clan with any crime will cause trouble.

The large-scale reform of the southwestern region and the return of land to the local people also came to the Yongzheng period.

Although Yongzheng didn't use his troops much abroad, he did a good job in internal affairs, including reforming the land and returning it to the exiles.

Even in the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, when the court wanted to attack the chieftains, the southwestern chieftains firmly resisted.Fighting guerrillas and shooting poisonous arrows in the mountains caused heavy losses to the Qing army. Yongzheng was so angry that he ordered to cut down more than 1000 blood-sealed throat trees.

Now is the time of troubled times, how can the chieftains be caught without a fight?

Li Banghua said: "Reforming the land and returning it to the people can be done slowly. According to the book of Wang Shide, the chief assistant of the puppet dynasty, the monarchs and ministers of the puppet dynasty in Yunnan were separated, and the chieftains in various places were scattered. It is only necessary to send one division from Sichuan and Guangxi each. The emperor must surrender. The false emperor wants to surrender, and Mu Tianbo, the former Duke of Guizhou, has no reason to resist. At that time, the morale of the enemy army in Yunnan will definitely drop. I don’t know how many people surrender to our dynasty. It depends on the spread of Yunnan, Guizhou It can also be passed down. After occupying large and small cities, then in the name of suppressing the rebellion, it is also possible to wipe out the chieftains one by one."

Zhao Han shook his head and said, "It's not the same. Now that the enemy and the enemy are clearly distinguished, the chieftain can be completely wiped out. If it is determined by the order, it is very easy to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and the chieftain may not clean up very cleanly."

Li Banghua hesitated to speak, and finally gave up persuading.

Pang Chunlai changed the topic and said: "According to the report from Liaodong, Dorgon is going to start a war again this year, and it is very likely that he will send troops after the rainy season. In addition, the Huerha tribe sent secret envoys, saying that the wild people and Jurchen tribes are willing to join me towards."

Savage Jurchen, also known as Donghai Jurchen, was called Woji Zhubu in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Huerha belongs to a branch of the barbarian Jurchen, living scattered in the Heilongjiang area.The tribes around here are collectively called "the sacrificers" in the Qing Dynasty. They lived on fishing and hunting, and they had to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty with mink fur and other items every year.

Forcing primitive tribes to offer fur goods, burning, killing and looting if they are not obedient, and killing people if they are obedient.

The way the Manchus dealt with the savages and Jurchens was not very similar to how Russia dealt with the Siberian natives, but exactly the same!

Nowadays, the life of the Qing Dynasty is not easy, and the exploitation of the savage Jurchens has become more and more cruel.

Those savage Jurchen tribes gradually figured out the situation.So they traveled long distances and secretly contacted the Datong Army, asking for submission and surrender, and asking the Datong Army to send troops to destroy the Manchus as soon as possible.

Pang Chunlai held out a small box: "This is the Huerha tribe. They have collected the largest orb this year, and it is also the largest orb in the past ten years. They hid it privately, and instead of paying tribute to the puppet Qing, they sent it secretly. To His Majesty."

Zhao Han opened it curiously, but it turned out to be a pale golden pearl the size of a pigeon egg.

Not only is it large in size, but also round and flawless.

Dongzhu has different colors, the light gold is the best, and the ones with the size of pigeon eggs are rare.

The savage Jurchen tribe not only collected mink fur for Man Qing, but also collected Dongzhu for Man Qing free of charge.

According to legend, the direct reason for Wanyan Agu's rebellion was the spring hunting of the Liao emperor, who forced the Jurchens to brave the severe cold to dig through the ice and dive to collect the East Pearl, resulting in the death of many Jurchens.

Man Qing claimed to be the late Jin, but it was the story of the Liao Kingdom.

Zhao Han played with Dongzhu and said, "Tell the Donghai Jurchen ministries that it is not easy to collect Dongzhu and mink fur. If I unify the Northeast, I will not force them to pay tribute. They can trade with each other, and the treasures they collect can be sold to merchants at market prices. .The people under my rule, all ethnic groups are equal. Let them endure the Tartars for another year or two, and when there is enough food and grass, they will surely destroy the Tartars in one battle."

"Follow the order!" Pang Chunlai cupped his hands.

Zhao Han put Dongzhu back into the box and asked, "How is Sichuan going?"

Pang Chunlai replied: "The remnants of chieftains in eastern Sichuan and western Hunan have been basically eliminated. In the western direction of Sichuan, the cities of Jianchang (Xichang), Dechang, and Huichuan (Huili) have been captured. These places are similar to Guangxi, and they are full of mountains. It is easy to attack a city, difficult to march, and even more difficult to attack bandits in the mountains."

Although Sichuan has been captured, there are still many corners and corners left, and it is also a mountainous area full of chieftains.

Zhao Han thought carefully and said, "The troops in Sichuan and Guangxi provinces are ordered to count as many chieftains as they can destroy this year. After the summer harvest next year, troops must be dispatched to Yunnan and Guizhou. As for the areas that are easily attacked by the remaining chieftains after the army is transferred, set up inspection departments ( The police station similar to the armed police) took precautions, recruited and trained farmers and soldiers on the spot to form an inspection department. Ordered the Ministry of Industry to build soldiers for the inspection departments of Sichuan and Guangxi provinces.”

Li Banghua smiled, Zhao Han still wanted to send troops, and finally couldn't stand the dawdling.

In the evening, Zhao Han took Dongzhu back.

Coming to Fei Rulan's courtyard, Zhao Han mysteriously took out a small box: "Guess what it is?"

Fei Rulan asked curiously, "Jade?"

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Even if you miss, it's not far away. Let's guess again."

"Jewelry?" Fei Rulan said.

"Open it and have a look." Zhao Han didn't let her guess again.

The moment the box was opened, Fei Rulan stared straight at her eyes, as expected, the woman couldn't resist the temptation of the glitter.

Fei Rulan was pleasantly surprised: "What kind of pearl is this? It's so big, so round, and golden."

Zhao Han explained: "The best Dongzhu, the Donghai Jurchen paid tribute."

"Jurchen?" Fei Rulan asked confused, "Could it be the Tartars? Could it be that the Tartars surrendered?"

Zhao Han said in detail: "Jianzhou Jurchen are the Tartars who rebelled. Haixi Jurchen has been annexed by Jianzhou Jurchen. As for Donghai Jurchen, they were called Savage Jurchen in the Ming Dynasty. They have the worst life and will be killed by the Tartars. The sons plundered the population, and they also attacked the goods for the Tartars. When the ice and snow on the river melted a little, they had to go into the water to collect pearls, which often froze to death and drowned the pearl divers.”

Fei Rulan looked at the Dongzhu in his hand, and suddenly said softly: "They are all poor people. No matter how rare and rare this kind of thing that taints human life is allowed, please take it back, Your Majesty."

Zhao Han couldn't help laughing: "Haha, you really want to be a good queen."

Fei Rulan said: "Your Majesty should be a virtuous king, and this concubine should be a virtuous queen. Only in this way can a husband and wife get along well."

Zhao Han put away his smile and said sternly, "It's bitter and cold in the Northeast, and survival is not easy. As long as the pearl divers are not forced to pay tribute, Dongzhu is a kind of livelihood for them. From now on, let merchants buy it, and they can also rely on pearl fishing. In exchange for food."

As expected, Fei Rulan still liked Dongzhu, and said happily, "Then this Dongzhu...is mine?"

Zhao Han nodded and said, "It will definitely look great when it's made into beads or embedded in hairpins."

"Did the Donghai Jurchen only pay tribute to this one?" Fei Rulan asked again.

"Just this one." Zhao Han said.

Fei Rulan was even happier immediately, she was the only one in the harem.

Keeping Dongzhu Haosheng in his collection, Fei Rulan hummed a little song in a happy mood.Suddenly, he thought of something again, and ran to Zhao Han's side to chew his ears: "How about calling Rumei to sleep together tonight?"

Zhao Han was startled, and then teased, "This is not what the Empress Dowager did."

Fei Rulan blushed and said, "It's not that you like it. According to my opinion, I won't go crazy with you. It would be a shame to spread the word."

Fei Rumei was called to have dinner, and then dragged into the room to talk in a daze.

Zhao Han finished approving the memorial and brought it back to the study, asked the female officer to seal it up and take it away, and finally came to Fei Rulan's bedroom.

Fei Rumei stood up and said, "My husband is here. Sister, I'll go back to bed first, and I'll chat with you tomorrow."

"What's the rush?" Fei Rulan pulled her sister back.

Seeing Zhao Han take off his coat, Fei Rumei remembered the embarrassing thing Pan Qimei told her, and immediately understood what he was going to do tonight.

She blushed up to her ears in an instant, but she didn't say no, she was even a little excited and looking forward to it.

This second young lady of the Fei family has a very wild personality and often has weird ideas. Even Zhao Zhenfang was led wild by her.

It was summer, and the weather was hot. Zhao Han, who had just taken a shower, was sweating again.

He sat on the edge of the bed with his upper body uncovered, and he didn't want the maid to help him fan, so he dismissed the maid casually and left alone.The two sisters took off their shirts, leaving only their silk bellybands, with pink shoulders and jade backs exposed.

"Come on, talk to me for a while." Zhao Han ran to the middle of the bed and lay down.

The two sisters lay down on the left and right, with their heads resting on his arms, which made Zhao Han particularly exciting.

Fei Rumei was also very excited, lying sideways on her husband Huahua, she said to Fei Rulan who was on the other side: "Sister, you are so embarrassing."

Shame on you, this girl is still laughing, looking eager to try.

Instead, Fei Rulan was shy and deliberately changed the topic: "Xiyue has been out of the palace for almost half a year, and I have found a husband's family for her. She is a student of Jinling University, five years younger than Xiyue, so the student's family is also happy."

The court ladies of Zhao Han were usually released to the common people at the age of 20, which was two years later than the court ladies of the Qing Dynasty.

Xiyue is Fei Rulan's maid, in her early twenties.Seeing that Zhao Han didn't accept him for a long time, and he was released from the palace at the beginning of the year, the queen even specially asked someone to find a husband for her.

Fei Rumei knew that her sister was shy, so she deliberately teased her: "Sister, your place is so big, it's all exposed." Then she stretched out her hand and said, "Let me touch it to see if it's soft or not."

"You're going to die!" Fei Rulan wanted to hit him.

"Hahaha!" Fei Rumei was not afraid, and really touched it.

"Ah, ask for a fight!"