However, what Zhu Hongyu didn't expect was that this palace city was not only dilapidated on the outside, but also dilapidated on the inside.
There are ruins everywhere, and there are traces of arson in many places.
Fortunately, the architectural theme is still relatively intact!
After the Manchu Qing Dynasty captured Nanjing, they stationed a group of Eight Banners soldiers in Nanjing.
The headquarters of these Eight Banners soldiers is the inner city of Nanjing next to the Forbidden City of Nanjing.
After Zhu Hongyu fought the decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River, the battle report was sent to Nanjing. The Eight Banners soldiers and their families stationed in Nanjing quickly evacuated Nanjing after receiving the corresponding news.
In the process, the Eight Banners soldiers set a fire in the Forbidden City!
Fortunately, the Forbidden City has not been maintained for a long time, so the snow that fell some time ago is still there.
Only then did the fire fail to expand to the point where it reduced the entire Forbidden City to ashes!
But even so, the Forbidden City in Nanjing today is too dilapidated to be seen.
If Zhu Hongyu wants to live in it, it must be repaired.
Qian Qianyi stood up and said.
"Your Highness, I would like to ask you to take charge of the repair work of the Forbidden City!"
"Until the renovation of the Forbidden City is completed, Your Highness is invited to come to the old minister's residence and stay temporarily!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and agreed.
"Okay, then I'm going to bother Qian Qing's family for a while!"
Zhu Hongyu did not refuse.
Because he has no reason to refuse!
Originally, after learning that the Forbidden City was in ruins, Zhu Hongyu planned to use the former Duke of Wei's Palace, now the Governor's Palace of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty, as his temporary residence.
After all, the Wei Guogong Mansion has been run by eleven generations of Wei Guogong for more than two hundred years. Although the scale of the Wei Guogong Mansion is not comparable to that of the imperial palace.
But the level of prosperity and sophistication are even worse than those of the imperial palace!
However, unfortunately, the Qing government's Eight Banners soldiers did not let go of the Duke's Mansion of Wei when they evacuated.
Since the Duke of Wei's Mansion was used by the Qing Dynasty as the Governor's Palace of Liangjiang, all the snow in the mansion was cleared away.
The fire of the Eight Banners soldiers directly turned the Duke of Wei's mansion into a white field!
In other words, Zhu Hongyu currently either lives in a military camp or can only find a private house to rent.
After much selection, Qian Qianyi's mansion was considered the best choice.
As if he thought of something, Zhu Hongyu spoke again.
"By the way, try not to carry out extensive construction work when repairing the Forbidden City!"
"At present, Ming Dynasty should focus its main energy on the war with the Manchus and the restoration of people's livelihood under the rule. We should not spend a lot of manpower and material resources just to repair a palace."
"As for the renovation of the Forbidden City, we just need to tidy up a few halls and dormitories first."
“Let’s leave it somewhere else for now, and then we can slowly fix it later!”
When Qian Qianyi heard this, he leaned over and said.
"Here, I obey the order!"
He knew that Zhu Hongyu's life style had always been simple, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
The palace has been obtained, but there is no intention to carry out major renovations!
Qian Qianyi knew that he could not do this, but Zhu Hongyu could do it. The more he did it, the more he felt that Zhu Hongyu was a person worthy of admiration.
You know, Zhu Hongyu is the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty!
Based on his status and material comfort, it can be said that there is nothing he cannot gain.
However, his life is still simple!
Really admirable!
Qian Qianyi can only say now that there is absolutely no reason why a person can succeed.
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At the same time, Tianjin, Dagukou!
After the Qing government gathered its main forces to attack Dagukou in Tianjin, the withdrawal of the Ming army became an established fact.
Because Dagokou is really undefendable!
Relying on the naval guns behind them, the Ming army finally evacuated Dagukou after nearly twenty days and a month of fierce attack.
The huge fleet sets sail!
The gun windows on the side were opened, and several rounds of fire were fired in the direction of the land.
The smoke filled the air, as if they were demonstrating to the Qing troops on the shore!
Fei Yanggu stood on the pier at Dagukou, looking at the direction of the Ming army's evacuation, with a scary and gloomy face.
After all, his son's great revenge was still not avenged!
The Ming army quickly withdrew from Dagokou, and the Qing army was unable to pursue it.
During this period, the Dengzhou Navy of the Qing Dynasty once wanted to participate in the battle and repel the Ming Navy.
However, what greeted them was the greeting of countless large-caliber naval guns!
Amidst the rumbling bombardment, the Qing Dynasty's Dengzhou Navy almost collapsed at the first touch.
Fei Yanggu was very angry, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Although the Ming army evacuated Dagukou, it did not leave the Bohai Bay, and the naval fleet was still swimming in the Bohai Bay.
The Qing army led by Fei Yanggu was also dragged into Tianjin and could not evacuate.
Who knows if the Ming army will come back once they withdraw?
Zeng Xueli stood on the deck of the ship and looked at Dagukou not far away.
As well as the densely packed and almost countless Qing military camps on the Daku Port, I couldn't help but speak.
"It seems we have no chance to land in Tianjin again!"
"I want to attack Tianjin City next time, but I don't know when it will be!"
Wu Ming beside him said.
"We can drag tens of thousands of Qing troops into Tianjin. Our goal has been achieved. If we come to Jiangnan for a decisive battle, the pressure on Ming Dynasty will be less."
"As long as the decisive battle in Jiangnan can be won, and with the talents and strategies of His Highness Jian Guo, our Ming Dynasty will be able to recreate the great cause of Emperor Taizu in expelling the Tartars and restoring China sooner or later."
"Don't talk about Tianjin by then, the capital will also be recovered!"
Zeng Xueli thought deeply for a while and then spoke.
"Presumably now is the time when the decisive battle in Jiangnan is in full swing."
"I hope I, Daming, can win!"
In Zeng Xueli's view, it was not an easy task to determine the winner in this large-scale decisive battle involving more than hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides.
It is normal for the two sides to fight fiercely for a year and a half!
He never imagined that this decisive battle would only take more than a month from the offensive and defensive battle of Jiaxing City to the end of the Battle of Zhenjiang, and the Ming Dynasty would win.
They also wiped out all the Qing troops who were marching south!
In fact, not only Zeng Xueli did not expect, but no one else in the entire Ming army could have imagined that the Ming Dynasty could win so quickly!
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The news of the defeat in the decisive battle south of the Yangtze River quickly spread under the Qing government as the Eight Banners troops in Nanjing withdrew to the north of the Yangtze River.
One after another, fast horses sent the news of the defeat in the decisive battle of Jiangnan to the north without stopping.
Yangzhou, Huai'an, Linqing...
Cities along the Grand Canal changed their minds after hearing this.
Many Qing court officials were shocked, but the gentry and common people below were more happy than worried.
There were even many well-off families who were preparing to move to the south of the Yangtze River after learning the news of the Ming Dynasty's victory in the Battle of Jiangnan.