It has the advantage of fish and salt and is convenient for shipping.
The Ming army had a navy stationed at Langshan in the south of Tongzhou, and an army was also stationed in Tongzhou City, forming a horned force.
In this early winter, the port and dock of this city, which has been renamed Nantong, is busy and lively.
Zhao Fu handed Zhao Gui a freshly roasted sweet potato, "White potatoes are all flour."
Zhao Gui took it, patted it left and right in his hand to remove the dust, and then started to eat. They were all hungry people who had escaped the famine. Although they had now become officials of the imperial camp, Zhao Fu had four taels of silver a month.
Zhao Gui, on the other hand, was given six taels per month and was provided with food and shelter, but both of them seemed to have left behind the sequelae of fleeing from famine. They always had to save some food with them, and they even had to keep their mouths shut if they had the chance.
After a busy day, it is indeed very pleasant to eat a roasted sweet potato.
"I don't know where the girls are already." Zhao Gui said while eating.
"Yes, I don't know if the three girls in my family have married the imperial soldiers."
After the First World War in Shijiazhuang, the two of them were completely separated from their families. They became clerks and grain servants at the Imperial Camp Liangtai, while their wives and children were incorporated into the private camp going south.
They followed the imperial camp all the way north, while their wives and children were moved south in batches.
Fortunately, they went south as members of the imperial camp, so they didn't have to worry about food and supplies along the way.
The imperial camp's Northern Expedition swept through Shandong and moved a large number of craftsmen and scholars to the south, followed by the young girls selected for the imperial camp, and then the families of those craftsmen, scholars, and girls.
It is impossible for the imperial camp to move everyone. To move so many people, they need to provide food along the way, etc., so they can only move in batches, starting with the most needed craftsmen in the south, then the literate scholars, and then the young girls.
, and then their families.
Finally there are the young men waiting.
The earliest one is definitely the safest.
But now Shandong is completely destroyed, and the Qing army has robbed the last bit of food from the people. If the people cannot escape, they will die of cold and starvation in this cold winter.
Zhao Fu was glad that they met the Jinwu Cavalry in Luqiao Town, and he was also glad that he and Zhao Gui helped capture prisoners and so on. Finally, he was lucky enough to enter the Imperial Camp Liangtai. Not only did he find a way to make a living, but he also won valuable food for his family.
of ferry tickets.
After retreating from Shandong Province, Zhao Gui and others retreated all the way to Nantong.
The Ming army has been withdrawing troops southward in the past few months, some from Miaowan Port at the mouth of the Yellow River, some directly to Yangzhou, and some without transporting the Yan River to Tongzhou and Jingjiang.
Every port is crowded with people heading south.
There are limited boats, so you have to wait in line to get on the boat.
In addition to evacuating these people, a large amount of supplies also had to be evacuated. The work of the grain platform was very heavy, and people were sent to various ports and terminals. The two cousins, Zhao Gui, were also too busy to keep their feet on the ground, and even had to stay up all night every night.
Work.
But now we are staying in Nantong after all, which is already the base camp of the Ming army. With Langshan Mountain at its back and Chongming, the Qing army did not dare to approach it.
Even the Ming army supported seven rural regiments formed by Nantong Yishen Ming Wanli, Su Ruzhe and others here. Even the salt fields and kitchen households here all organized and trained militiamen according to Baojia and Baoding.
Zhao Gui and the others at least slept in a house in the city every day. They were warm and safe. They even had good food, and they had fish to eat every day.
Zhao Guidu has grown a lot stronger, and Zhao Fu even has a little belly.
"I have said hello to Director Zhao several times. He said that he has asked someone to inquire. He said that he has been too busy recently and may not have settled down yet. When he settles down, he will definitely get a reply." Zhao Fu sighed,
He is very satisfied with his current life.
I almost fell into bed at first, but now I am doing very well. I have four taels of silver a month. Even if I only receive half of it first, I still have 2 taels and one cent. What's more, the half is not given out, but is paid out in various places.
Issued during New Year's Day.
But now that his wife and children have gone south, he has no worries about food and food in the military camp alone.
The Liangtai just gave them winter clothes, including cotton-padded jackets, cotton shoes, and even a sheepskin vest, as well as bed blankets and cotton hats, which are very good.
Except that I haven't been able to contact my family yet, everything else is going well.
Zhao Gui also missed his wife and children very much. His children were still young. It was not easy for his wife and children to support several children all the way south. But compared with the hungry people who remained in the north, they
happy.
At least we no longer suffer from hunger and cold, and we have more hope.
"They are probably going to Xiangshan or Yuhuan Island," Zhao Gui said. He spent all his free time inquiring about the whereabouts of his wife and children. Now he probably knew that they had already crossed the Yangtze River and went south, and it was basically impossible to go to Chongming or Zhoushan.
"When do you think we should go south?" Zhao Fu asked.
"We estimate that we will have to stay in Nantong this year. There are still so many materials and families of craftsmen who need to be evacuated. Moreover, the salt in Nantong is also an important material. The salt of the kitchen households must be handed over to us. The Lianghuai salt merchants have
To get salt from us, someone has to be responsible."
"Now the salt transport envoy can't control it. Our grain station must help. Besides, most of the money from the salt tax goes to our imperial grain station." Zhao Gui was once a child, and even more because of him
I had also engaged in a small business of selling goods before. He was young and willing to eat and had a flexible mind, so he performed very well during his time in Liangtai and was already a foreign official.
The Liuwai officials in the Ming Dynasty were also called Weirui Liu, and they were divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower, namely instructors, chief officers and miscellaneous officials.
Instructors are mainly Confucian teachers, teaching, teaching, and learning, while chief officials generally refer to classics and history, etc.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the status of miscellaneous officials had been reduced and they were mixed with the officials, from never being in the flow to not being in the flow.
Lu Jianguo had previously redefined some official systems, such as the first-rank academician, governors and governors were changed to local officials, and sub-inspectors were also changed to Tao-level local officials, etc.
Even low-ranking officials and officials also made adjustments.
Generally speaking, officials and officials other than the ninth rank are directly classified as the ninth rank of Liuwai. Instructors, prefecture and county assistants, and some superior officials are all included in this ninth rank of Liuwai system, and there is a corresponding set of selection and promotion assessment rules.
, clarifying the salaries and benefits of these officials who fled abroad.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This means that they are officially included in the system and their status is improved.
Zhao Gui is now in the ninth rank of Liuwai Cong, the lowest Liuwai official, or official, but he has entered the formal system after all, and the treatment is good. The official monthly salary for one month is six taels of silver, and there are some
Other income, not to mention, entering the ninth rank of Liuwai also means that you can be assessed and promoted in the same way as officials.
If you do well, you will be born out of the flow, and after you reach the level of flow outside, you will also have the opportunity to ascend into the flow.
Just like if you are good at county history, you will have the opportunity to be promoted to chief registrar or even county magistrate.
However, Zhao Gui did not think about this for the time being. He was now very grateful to His Royal Highness, Jian Guo, so he was willing to work hard to repay the favor of his life.
"I heard that the Supervisory State is in Yangzhou and is going to cross the river to attack Nanjing. If this battle is successful, Nanjing will be recovered and the situation will be reversed. The Supervisory State may become emperor in Nanjing. Not to mention immediately restoring Beijing, at least they can cross the river and cross the river.
To govern, first stabilize Jiangnan."
Zhao Fu was very excited when he said this. The people who suffered the most in this war were the people. He now very much hoped to divide the north and the south.
"I heard that Emperor Hongguang had been sent to Nanjing by the Qing Dynasty. The Tatar regent in Beijing took the initiative to ask for peace, but the supervisor did not agree."
Zhao Gui snorted coldly, "Even I don't agree, so why should I agree? The Tatars have no good intentions. Isn't it a bad idea to send Hongguang back at this time? Besides, our Highness will sing a song of victory all the way during this Northern Expedition.
, the momentum is great, we are at the upper hand, why should we agree to negotiate a peace."
Zhao Fu said, "I think we should give it up as soon as we see fit. The Tatars' strength is there. If we really fight hard, they won't be able to defeat them. It's better to cross the river and conquer them first, which will also allow the people to recuperate and recuperate. If we continue to fight like this,
Everyone is going to die."
"I believe that the Jianguo country is not willing to fight, and does not want its people to suffer from fire and water. But the Tatars invaded the Central Plains and occupied Beijing. Do we still want to call them brothers and sisters, or even call them ministers and pay tribute?"
"But I'm afraid that we won't be able to defeat them. The situation is good now, and the Tatars are forced to sue for peace, but we didn't agree. If we lose, we won't have this chance."
They are all hungry people who were devastated by the war, and now they are all surviving thanks to the grace of the prison country. Their families have all gone to eastern Zhejiang. They all hope that the Ming Dynasty will win, but they are worried.
"I think the Tatars are nothing more than silver spear heads. We have swept half of Shandong this time. The Jianguo has held the Yanzhou City with eight thousand Jinwu cavalry for almost a month. Do you think the 20,000 Tatars in the city dare to go out to fight?
?The governor of Shandong gathered more than half of Shandong's troops, but he only dared to huddle in Jinan City. We don't need to be too afraid of the Tatars, they are just like that."
At the beginning, the Ming army was repeatedly defeated by the Tatars outside the Pass. They fought for more than 20 years and gradually lost all the troops outside the Pass. Then they broke into Beijing and the Tatars took the opportunity to enter the Pass. In half a year, they swept through most of the Central Plains, making everyone
Everyone once thought that the Qing army was invincible.
But now, Zhao Gui firmly believes that the Tatars are nothing more than this.
They had 30,000 men and were known as elites, but they did not get any advantage from the supervisor. They lost tens of thousands of men and killed a prince. In the end, the general led two princes and held 20,000 men, but they only dared to retreat into the city.
Not out.
"I think the Jianguo will win if they attack Nanjing!" Zhao Gui clenched his fists and said.
"I hope so, but we can't fail." Zhao Fu said worriedly.
Today's life is hard-won and he is finally stable. He doesn't want to lose it again.
At this time, outside the city of Nantong, there were crowds of people, including those who could move to the camp and refugees who had followed them. They all wanted to go south of the Yangtze River and escape to Zhejiang, Fujian, or even Guangdong and Guangxi to stay away from the war.
There are shacks for refugees everywhere, and the refugees are shivering in the cold wind. Fortunately, the food platform has been putting out porridge for relief, which saved their lives.
But the number of refugees who boarded the ship every day was far less than the newly arrived refugees. More and more refugees gathered. Zhao Gui could not imagine what kind of apocalyptic hell this place would become if the prison country failed to attack Nanjing!
If the Tatars win and seize Jiangbei, how can they let them go?
