The food and grass for the slaves was indeed very sufficient. It was not difficult to eat for two or three years, let alone one year.
After more than ten years of hard work by Huang Taiji, no less than a million Han people were robbed and sent to Liaodong several times, and they were already self-sufficient.
Coupled with North Korea's annual tribute, a large number of traitor merchants smuggling, and the seizures from the last Songjin battle, the Tatars have hoarded millions of grain and grass.
Apparently he has been accumulating strength in preparation for moving to the Central Plains.
In history, the reason why the Tatars were able to quickly recruit and surrender after entering the customs and drive a large number of Han soldiers to pacify the north was because they hoarded a large amount of grain and grass.
After all, it was already difficult to obtain food and grass in the north at that time, especially near the capital, which shows Huang Taiji's foresight.
It was precisely because of these millions of stones and grains that Hong Chengchou was so confident that he suggested that Dorgon spend all his energy, use defense instead of attack, and use silence to stop the Ming army alive.
The food and fodder carried with the army this time alone amounted to one million dan, which was enough to sustain the army for half a year. This was due to the fact that Jiannu had too many war horses.
After the capture of Shanhaiguan, the grain transport convoy from Shengjing to Shanhaiguan has not stopped, and up to now, no less than one million stones of grain and grass have been stockpiled in Shanhaiguan.
So for two whole months, Dorgun and Hong Chengchou had been playing chess leisurely in the camp.
After two defeats, the proud soldiers of the Eight Banners also completely stopped.
The time has also come to mid-June.
A full three months have passed since the establishment of the slaves and the breaking of Shanhaiguan.
In the past two months, with the decrease in food supply day by day and the scorching hot weather, Zhu Cixiang became more and more anxious and anxious day by day.
During this period, they managed to collect some grain from Hejian Prefecture, but in the end very little was able to be transported back. Instead, Wu Sangui lost nearly a thousand horses.
As for the Jin Yiwei who were sent to Shandong, they received no food at all. It is obvious that the prestige of the Jin Yiwei in Shandong has been greatly reduced, and the gentry and landlords do not buy it very much.
"Your Majesty, good news, Lu Fangna is back after killing him."
"Oh? Hurry, bring it to me immediately."
Zhu Cixi stood up quickly.
As soon as he defeated the invading army, he sent an imperial eunuch to the south of the Yangtze River. Now there is finally news.
Immediately, an extremely embarrassed eunuch was brought in.
As soon as he came in, the eunuch named Lu Fang fell to his knees and burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, this slave is alive to see your Majesty... wu wu..."
"Okay, I know you have endured hardship. Let's talk about the situation in Nanjing. Have the money, food, taxes and taxes arrived?"
Zhu Cihong saw that he was as thin as a bamboo pole and looked like a refugee, so he had no choice but to come to the hall to help him up and comfort him.
"Your Majesty, this slave deserves to die, for failing to complete the task assigned by Your Majesty..." Lu Fang started crying again as he spoke.
"what happened?"
"Where are the others? Are you the only one coming back?"
When he went there, he sent more than 300 Jinyi guards and Dongchang fans.
"Back to the emperor, everything went smoothly after the slave and his people arrived in Nanjing. When the officials of the Six Ministries of Nanjing and Wei Guogong and others heard that the emperor had defeated the Chu army, they all cooperated with the slave and actively prepared food and grass. In just one month,
Two million stones were prepared.
But just when the slaves were about to be loaded onto the ship, news suddenly came out that the emperor, the emperor..."
"What are you talking about me? Say it quickly!"
"The emperor forced the palace to usurp the throne and even killed the Supreme Emperor." Lu Fang whispered tremblingly.
"What? Then what?"
Zhu Cixi's face turned dark.
I am really afraid of what will happen.
"Then the rumors spread more and more widely, and spread throughout the areas around Nanjing in just a few days. The scholars and scholars accused the emperor one after another, saying that the emperor was rebellious, inferior to animals, and a tyrant for the ages..."
"Then what?"
Zhu Cixiang's complexion turned from black to green.
"Then the attitude of the civil servants also changed. Not only did they put the slaves under house arrest, but they also detained food at the dock. Later, the rumors spread more and more widely and became more violent. The whole Jiangnan began to blame the emperor, and many scholars and officials
It was proposed that the emperor was not worthy of inheriting the throne, and that the emperor should be deposed and a new king should be established.
Some people even say that after establishing a new king, they will organize a large army to attack the emperor and capture him in front of the Mausoleum of Taizu in Nanjing..."
At this point, Lu Fang did not dare to speak anymore, and jumped directly and said: "I also knew that something was wrong, so I bribed the guards and escaped. I wanted to go to Duke Wei...
Unfortunately, the Duke of Wei not only disappeared, but also spread the news, causing all the slaves to become rats on the street. The scholars and their slaves chased him all the way, and finally escaped to the north bank.
The slave went to Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying again, but it turned out that the bitch had already colluded with King Fu. As soon as they met, he arrested the slave and others again and asked about the situation in the capital. The slave had no choice but to pretend to join Fu Fan and tell some news about the capital.
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Finally, when they relaxed their vigilance, the servant escaped again, and then disguised himself and fled northward back to the capital, hoping that the emperor would forgive me."
After everyone listened, they all understood why Lu Fang did what he did. He must have had a narrow escape from death along the way. It was a miracle that he could return to the capital alive.
I was also moved by his loyalty.
Even Zhu Cixi was slightly moved.
"How was the situation in Jiangnan when you left?"
"Back to the emperor, when the slaves left, Ma Shiying and others were preparing to support Fufan and go to Nanjing to ascend the throne. However, the civil servants in Nanjing did not agree, saying that Fufan's virtue was lacking, and Lufan was wise and wanted to support him.
Yeah, it was like a pot of porridge."
"Is there no one who has said that the rumors are not credible and wants to come to the capital to confirm them?"
Zhu Cixiang's voice was so cold that the female soldiers around him shuddered.
He never imagined that just a rumor would cause the South to follow the trajectory of history.
"Someone suggested it at first, but then it disappeared." Lu Fang answered honestly.
"bump!"
"These gang of rebellious officials and traitors!"
"Corrupt officials, Confucian scholars, evil gentry and profiteers clearly have bad intentions and are ambitious, and they no longer want to provide taxes and food to the North!"
"Li Ruolian, go and immediately throw all the civil servants in the city into prison and torture them to extract confessions. I want to know who started the rumor and who came up with this idea first!"
"My lord, I accept the decree!"
Li Ruolian was also frightened by Zhu Cixiang's distorted face, but he immediately followed the order and went on errands.
Now even if His Majesty asked him to kill all the civil servants, he would not blink an eyelid.
"Go, send me someone to Tongzhou immediately to convey the decree, and Imperial Concubine Xuan will come to the palace immediately to meet the Holy Emperor!"
Zhu Cixi gritted his teeth and roared again.
This is the first time he has completely lost his composure since traveling through time.
If it was true that he could not defeat the Jiannu, he would have admitted it. But now that he was a powerful and wealthy man, he was being defeated by a barbarian nation with a population of only a few hundred thousand, using the methods that the Han people were best at dealing with. In the end, he was really defeated.
He will be eaten alive by others.
It is simply a great shame and humiliation, and the greatest absurdity in the world.
Throughout ancient and modern times, no Han dynasty in the Central Plains has ever been so humiliated.
At this moment, Zhu Cihong's hatred for the officials, scholars, profiteers and evil gentry in Jiangnan far exceeded that of the slaves.
He would rather lose half of the country for the time being than go to the south of the Yangtze River to kill all those guys and send his wife and daughter into the Jiaofang Division to vent his hatred.
Tongzhou is only seventy or eighty miles away from the capital, and it only takes more than an hour for a quick horse to come and go.
When the red lady rushed to the capital, the Jin Yiwei's arrest operation was also coming to an end.
As long as they were civil servants, regardless of their rank, no one escaped. The supervisors of the Imperial College and the literati with meritorious status were all thrown into the imperial prison.
For a time, the entire prison was filled with wailing and screaming, ghosts crying and wolves howling, and the nobles were frightened by this sudden scene.