Chapter 436 Han will seal Jiangnan, Manzhou seal Jiangbei
Bo Luo climbed to the Drum Tower of Xuzhou alone.
Blue sky and white clouds, the weather is fine.
The summer wind was blowing slowly, and this was originally a peaceful scene, but in a remote place, a few wisps of smoke shot straight into the sky, and the beacon smoke came from south to north.
Because of these wisps of smoke, Xuzhou City began to become chaotic.
Tu Laizheng personally dispatched officers to block all the gates and put the entire city under martial law to guard against spies. He also sent cavalry out of the city for reconnaissance and patrolling. The already desolate Xuzhou City was filled with panic and panic.
Many people dragged their families and wanted to escape from the city, but they were stopped by the Qing army. They used knife handles and spear shafts to violently hit the people on the people, and ordered them to retreat immediately.
Looking far into the distance.
The Surabaya River meanders from the north and joins the Yellow River coming from Bian in the northeast corner of Xuzhou City. During the last southern expedition, Boluo once took a boat trip to the Surabaya River at night, listened to the famous prostitutes playing the flute and drank wine, and returned by the moon.
Nowadays, the scenery is still the same, but it no longer has that elegance. What is left is only chaos and panic.
Xuzhou has always been an important town in the southeast.
After Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, the Grand Canal became a golden waterway. Grain from the southeastern region was imported to the capital through the canal. Since Huai'an, Xuzhou, Dezhou, and Linqing had smooth waterways, the grain was first concentrated in these four places and then transported to Beijing.
The four places in Xuzhou have set up transfer stations along the canals, making them the country's four major water transport granaries.
Changyingcang was set up in Huai'an and Guangyuncang was set up in Xuzhou.
There are also Yongfu warehouse, Yongcheng warehouse and reserve warehouse in Xuzhou city. Outside the city are Changping warehouse, Xuzhou Weitun warehouse and Guangyun warehouse. Guangyun warehouse alone can store one million shi of grain.
The warehouseman has one thousand, and the fighting level is one hundred and eighty.
When Shandong and Henan were fully ripe, the grain was sent to the warehouses in preparation for the expedition. The water transportation in Xuzhou during the Ming Dynasty was extremely busy. More than 12,000 ships went north through Xuzhou every year, transporting countless grains.
However, in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the Yellow River burst its banks and Guangyuncang in Xuzhou was buried.
The canal used to be busy, and fights often occurred in order to fight for navigation. But now, Xuzhou is like a dead city.
There are many sections on the outer city wall with completely different colors. They were all demolished after Zhu Yihai invaded Xuzhou last time. After the Ming army left, the Qing army mobilized a large number of manpower and spent a lot of material resources to fill these gaps.
But the different colors of old and new make this big city look ugly.
In fact, Xuzhou City is now a new city.
In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Xuzhou City was rebuilt on the ruins of the war in the late Yuan Dynasty, with a circumference of nine miles. However, in the fourth year of Tianqi, the Yellow River burst its banks at Kuishan and flooded the city. This prosperous city was filled with water.
Xuzhou City was soaked by floods for more than three years, and more than ten feet of sand accumulated.
It was not until the first year of Chongzhen that Tang Huan, the military commander, restored the old city, which was similar and overlapping with Hongwu City, forming the wonder of overlapping cities.
On the ground is Chongzhen New City, but underground there is an identical Hongwu Underground City.
Although the imperial court sent Chen Jiayin, a doctor from the Ministry of Household Affairs, to take charge of the Xuzhou warehouse and repair the warehouse city, the canal was blocked and there was no food to enter the warehouse. The busy canal scene in Xuzhou was no longer there. In the past, ships were blocked and fights were often fought over navigation, but now there are scenes on the canal.
Less than one boat.
The warehouse was so empty that even the mice couldn't stay.
Look around the outside of Xuzhou City. There are cultivated fields outside the city. A little further away, there are large areas covered with grass. People fled in large numbers, making it desolate.
In this situation, how can Bolo fight Zhu Yihai?
When Guangyuncang in Xuzhou was in its heyday, it was full of grain, which could feed the people of Shandong and Henan for three months. During the Jingtai period, there was a flood in Shandong, Henan, and the imperial court used the grain from Guangyuncang to relieve more than 550,000 families and help 5,500 victims.
Many bankrupt families resumed business and resettled tens of thousands of refugees.
But now even if Bolo sends troops to collect food everywhere, he can't collect it.
The food that was forcibly collected by sending troops to the countryside was not enough for the soldiers who were out there, and every time a family's food rations were taken away, a few more hungry people would turn into bandits.
When he went south, Dorgon also hoped that he could get some grain from Huainan, Shandong and other places to Beijing.
Bolo came all the way south and found that it had changed drastically from when he went back and forth last year. Before, it was only slightly dilapidated, but now it is almost without a rooster crow.
He felt that the top priority now was to recuperate, recruit people back to their hometowns to farm, resume production, and even allow the garrison to farm on the spot, but Zhu Yihai obviously did not give them this opportunity.
Boluo, who came from Beijing, knew very well that the princes in Beijing were now fighting among themselves. Everyone knew that Dorgon wanted to be emperor, and that Emperor Shunzhi was just a puppet.
No one was willing to let Dorgon become the emperor, and these battles greatly reduced the fighting power of the Qing Dynasty.
But he also admitted that if Zhu Yihai had not been born in Nanming, it would not matter if he fought. From Nurhachi to Huang Taiji, everyone had fought all the way. Nurhachi fought with his brothers, and Huang Taiji also fought with his brothers.
Dorgon wanted to entrust the provinces south of the Yangtze River to the Han generals, allowing them to recruit troops and raise their own money and food to conquer territory. But now, except for Wu Sangui, who is actively marching into Hanzhong and killing Sichuan, the others cannot cross the river at all.
Kong Youde, who was granted the title of King of Henan, could only garrison Dengzhou first, and Geng Zhongming, who was entrusted with Guangxi, could only garrison Laizhou.
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It is a good plan to use the Han people to attack the Southern Ming Dynasty and drive away the tigers and devour the wolves. But the problem is that now they cannot get through, and instead the Ming army comes across the river to kill them.
He heard a letter from his family in Beijing saying that Dorgon recently planned to abandon Hubei, Hanzhong, and Huainan and entrust them to Han generals. He even planned to establish a Zhu family prince or a Han general and make him the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
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Bo Luo found these rumors too shocking, but if he thought about it carefully, under the current corrupt situation, it was difficult to implement the enfeoffment of Jiangnan as mentioned before. Xuhuai, Hubei and other places also became the front line. These bad lands were given to Han generals to enfeoff them.
The king even proclaimed himself emperor as a inducement to make them fight tooth and nail to defend the Qing Dynasty from the Ming army's attack, so that the Qing Dynasty could rest peacefully in the rear for a few years. This was indeed feasible.
It's just that this kind of thing is too shocking after all. Even if Dorgon is doing it for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, once he brings it up, he will definitely be opposed by the two regents Jierhalang and Daishan, as well as the left-behind auxiliary king in Beijing.
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The areas such as Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan that were not conquered were entrusted to Han generals and allowed them to fight on their own. This was reasonable, but how could Huainan, Hubei, Hanzhong, and other places that were already under the control of the Qing Dynasty be allowed to do so?
If you gave it to the Han people, why not give it to the Manchus?
Although it is a Manchu system, the person who is granted the title of Shi is Zuoling, that is, Niu Lu.
The real enfeoffment of Manchuria was not the princes, princes, and counts, but the two levels of banners and niulu. The banner masters of the eight banners, the small banner masters, and the assistant leaders of each niulu were these two levels.
Now the Eight Banners and the Two Yellow Banners are personally led by the Emperor, so Shunzhi is the banner owner and there are no minor banner owners.
As for the two white flags, Dorgon is the flag owner, and Azig owns part of Niulu with white flags, and he is the minor flag owner.
Duduo, the original owner of the White Banner, became the flag owner of the Zhenglan Banner. Bolo's father, Abatai, owned three Niulu of the Zhenglan Banner, and he was the minor flag owner.
Shortly after Boluo left Beijing, in March, his father Abatai died of illness, and the court asked his son Yue Dong to ascend the throne. The six Niulus under his control were divided between Yue Dong and Boluo brothers. Because Boluo was the auxiliary
Prince Zheng, so he was divided into four Niulu and Yuedong was divided into two.
Don't look at the fact that Boluo is divided into four Niulu, but even if there are four Niulu, they are still small banner masters, and even if there is one Niulu, they are still small banner masters.
The banner masters and subordinates have great management power over the bannermen in Niulu. To put it simply, the bannermen in Niulu have to call themselves slaves. If you get out of Niulu, you will
Even if you become a high-ranking official and get a high-ranking title, you are still a slave when facing your subordinates.
And a flag owner who has multiple Niu Lu, or even all Niu Lu in the entire flag, will naturally have a higher status.
Therefore, the most valuable reward given by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to those clans and ministers was actually the ministerial leadership. The clan kings competed for power to see who had more flags and cow records.
Dorgon now holds two flags, so he naturally has great power. Daishan and his sons hold two red flags, and they are also very powerful. Jierhalang controls the blue flag, so they are naturally powerful.
Hauge used to be in charge of the blue flag, but Dorgon took the opportunity to take it away and gave it to his brother Duduo, who then gave the white flag to Dorgon.
It would be great for other meritorious officials to be able to manage a Niu Lu for the rest of their lives, that is, to serve as the assistant leaders of this Niu Lu for generations to come.
Many of the Tatar niulus have several surnames taking turns to take charge of one niulu. In the past, some tribes came to defect to each other, but the number was not enough. Several tribes made up one niulu, so the chiefs of these tribes took turns to hold the position of assistant leader.
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Of course, there are also some public assistants, but these assistants are not hereditary, but are appointed by the emperor and cannot be passed on to future generations.
There are also people who manage half of Niulu.
A strong family can usually take care of two or three people. This is the foundation of a true identity. Others, such as first-class public servants and third-class nobles, are all empty.
The so-called Eight Banners and Han Army Banners are not based on title, but on the number of world officials.
Taking charge of one Niulu means taking charge of these three hundred bannermen and the families behind them for generations. Even when the population increases, one Niulu can become two, and your family will still be in charge.
The assistant prince Boluo only has four Niulu, but he is also the leader of a small banner. His brother Yue Dong only has two Niulu and is also the leader of a small banner, but they manage too few Niulu and Duduo is in charge.
Compared with dozens of Niulu, the difference is too far, so in the affairs of Zhenglan Banner, Duduo is the one who really has the word.
Of course, in fact, the banner in charge is not only Manzhou Niulu, but also the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Eight Banners Han Army are all managed by the banner master, because only the Eight Banners Manzhou has a banner master, the others do not have a banner master, only Gushan'e
True, but this is just an official position, not a master.
Now because the Dorgon brothers were in charge of three banners and even took charge of the emperor's two yellow banners, everyone was afraid of Dorgon. Some people took advantage of this opportunity to propose a feudal system for Manchuria.
Take the places south of the Yellow River that are said to be undefeable and difficult to defend and enfeoff them to meritorious Manchu clans and generals. Niulu will belong to Niulu, and fiefs will belong to fiefs.
The original banner owner's enfeoffment remained unchanged, but the lands south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River were enfeoffed, and the lands, together with the Han people above them, were enfeoffed to everyone.
The Han people on these lands naturally do not belong to the Han Army of the Eight Banners, and they do not even belong to the Eight Banners' coats and collars.
But Manchuria will be returned to Manchuria, and Han territory will be returned to Han territory. The Eight Banners system will remain unchanged in the directly occupied areas. In these places, just like the feudal princes of the previous dynasties of the Han Dynasty, they will be enfeoffed together with the people. In the end, the fiefdom will benefit, and the princes will
Divide it half and half with the imperial court.
For example, Bolo is the leader of the Zhenglan Banner, but he only has four official records, which obviously does not match his achievements and his status as an auxiliary prince. Then the Xuzhou Prefecture is directly entrusted to Bolo, and Bolo's title is changed to Xu
King, from now on, the Xuzhou Mansion will be owned by his Boluo family for generations. His position as the leader of the Zhenglan Banner and the Small Banner will remain unchanged, and the four Niulu will still be the stewards of his family.
Isn't this great?
In addition, as King Xu, Bolo has the responsibility to guard the fief. If the fief is lost, the title will be taken back. In this way, Bolo will have to fight for his fief, and the court can also reduce expenses.
Is it a hundred times better than sealing these lands to those Han generals?
When he heard this, Bo Luo was actually very moved. He was a descendant of the Qing Emperor, but why did he only have two Niulu? The prince who was an assistant to the government was still a ****, and it was not too much to enfeoff Xuzhou.
The Han generals sealed the south of the Yangtze River, and the Manchu generals sealed the north of the Yangtze River!
