Half a year after the last collective execution of the Eight Banners nobles, the Han military junta carried out a second large-scale massacre, this time most of the targets of the massacre were the Han large landlord families in the Gyeonggi region - in fact, most of the people who were really present to accept the punishment were their families, these people as the upper echelons of society, are extremely well-informed, after the defeat and suicide of Tuhai, many people understood their situation, and had already absconded after hearing the news, of course, in such a dangerous situation, their families naturally lacked such emergency capabilities, So he was soon arrested by Chen Menglei and his army.

For Lin Feng personally, after mixing in this era for so long, the only gain is that he is gradually accustomed to contempt for life, when he issued the order to execute the women and children of the nobles of the Eight Banners, he also had a fierce and painful emotional struggle, but this time he has obviously improved a lot, after receiving the execution document, there is no hesitation at all after the stroke of the pen, and the lives of hundreds of innocent people have no say at all in front of the "Emperor Hegemony".

With the strong cooperation of the smoky smell of blood and the merchants, the prices in the Gyeonggi area were suppressed, and Lin Feng invested great energy in this matter, although the occupied area of the Han army was not very large, but there were also a few small grain-producing units, such as the Baiyangdian Lake area in Baoding Prefecture, etc., this incident Li Guangdi and the merchants organized several large mule and horse teams to buy a large amount of grain in that area to give back to Beijing, and at the same time, the merchants under the organization of the Chamber of Commerce were very coordinated and step-by-step gradually put the hoarded cloth, salt, sauce and vinegar into the marketFor a while, the panicked people's hearts gradually stabilized, and the place within the protection of the city wall seemed relatively stable.

In stark contrast to the city inside, the outcasts who were held back outside the city walls were in dire straits, and their miserable situation was indescribable.

According to the joint statistics of the government presided over by Li Guangdi and the troops stationed in various places, the number of refugees who have now flowed into the areas ruled by the Han army in Zhili has reached about 1.7 million -- this number may not have been as large as it is now, but a few days ago, the Qing army in Tuhai launched a "general economic war" against the Han army, maliciously opening up the gates, and driving a large number of displaced people into the country, resulting in a great increase in this number. Today, although the Han army has achieved a complete military victory, it is now overwhelmed by this huge burden.

The total population of Zhili Province plus Beijing's Shuntianfu is less than 8 million, but now it has to bear an additional 1.7 million mouths.

For Lin Feng and the Han army under his leadership, there was nothing more frightening than this. Although the population of 1.7 million is only a small number on a piece of paper, everyone knows that these people, who have nothing but life, can easily overturn all the walls of Zhili.

This matter has not received enough attention before, mainly for two reasons, one is that the Tuhai army is eyeing the tiger, and the Han army has no time to care about these "ant people" in the face of heavy military pressure, and the other is because of the climate - Chinese mainland is generally high in summer, when the plants in Gyeonggi and Zhili areas are quite luxuriant, in this season, these displaced people live in the wild, some of them are in good physical condition as "wheat ke", working for the landlords and farmers in the Gyeonggi area, and the other part relies on the bark of trees in the wild. Leaves, weeds, and Guanyin soil, and because of the wheat harvest, landlords everywhere opened many porridge sheds under the strict administrative orders of the Han army, so that more than a million people temporarily survived in the social order.

But as the weather gradually turned colder, such a superficial calmness no longer existed, after the first frost fell in the Gyeonggi area there was a large area of "road fall", soon after the grass roots and leaves in the fields died one after another, many displaced couples began to "exchange and raise" children under the age of ten, and the old people who fled with their families began to plan hunger strikes or throw themselves into the river. Moreover, in the course of this operation, they also organized the robbery of the landlords of several villages.

This is the third time that the Han military junta has expanded the corpse collection team - the previous situation was not too serious, Lin Feng organized the eunuchs who survived the last war into a corpse collection team, and in this short month, the more than 1,000 eunuchs were no longer able to collect the more and more corpses outside Beijing.

A very "prosperous" market has comically appeared outside Beijing, with countless withered faces with straw sticks stuck in their heads, lined up in neat sequences, kneeling straight on the ground, accepting the exchange of goods of equivalent value.

The brothels in Beijing gained a large number of employees and developed rapidly, while the wealthy families received a large number of cheap and high-quality newcomers to supplement the ranks of slaves.

Correspondingly, Lin Feng issued an emergency order, Zhao Guangyuan, who was stationed in Datong, Shanxi Province with Zhao Liangdong, was urgently transferred to Xuanhua, and Xuanhua's army of 3,000 people belonging to Wang Dahai's army was ordered to return to the building as soon as possible, Lin Feng's Chinese army was dismantled, and more than 2,000 musketeers carried 20 artillery pieces to the Tongzhou granary to strengthen the defense. The city defenses of Beijing were also greatly strengthened, with all kinds of heavy weapons of destruction being placed on the city walls as quickly as possible, and the Shuntianfu government officials and Chen Menglei's police force (note: the Beijing hooligans who were dismissed from the army in the previous chapter) were fortified along the major gates of Beijing to prevent any displaced people from entering the city walls.

Within a month, the government issued a number of "anti-luxury" decrees, ordering a heavy "Fengyue tax" on Beijing's major brothels, a "liquor tax" on various high-end tea shops and restaurants, and a "national disaster tax" on antiques, curiosities, calligraphy and paintings. In addition, rice shops and grocery stores throughout the Gyeonggi area have received stern warnings from the Chamber of Commerce that if the food is more than 20% higher than the public price of the Han military government, the Chamber of Commerce will no longer guarantee the safety of their lives.

This overall crisis brought two benefits to Lin Feng, before the Han army wantonly slaughtered the big landlords who were directly subordinate to the enemy, it had a very bad impact on his political image, in addition to causing panic among the landlord class under the rule of the Han army, many wealthy families in the capital also had a lot of complaints, but this timely storm of displaced people completely offset all this, in the face of this disaster that threatened the survival of the whole class, these people put aside all their worries, and stood on Lin Feng's side without any reservations, And Wang Dahai's city defense army got the most direct benefit - when he strengthened the defense, these big families mobilized family servants to repair fortifications, help transport artillery ammunition, and even many people directly donated money and food to please the Han army officers.

The second advantage is that the conscription campaign can be carried out smoothly - in fact, the source of soldiers would not have been so tight, if it was in normal times, there were hundreds of thousands of people outside the city for the Han army to choose from, but in such a situation, even Lin Feng did not have the courage to dare to recruit from among these displaced people - no one dared to guarantee what would happen if the strongest of these people were armed.

The conscription activity completed the task in only two days, more than 10,000 strong men from poor urban families cheered and joined the Han army, the previous group of families who joined the army in the Han military government enjoyed good treatment is really envious, although this group of soldiers suffered heavy casualties in the cavalry battle with Tuhai, but under the cover of victory, these dead people did not affect their choice at all, in fact, many of them have long been looking forward to Lin Feng to launch the third conscription, because the capital has been blocked for more than half a year, They have long since lost any job opportunities.

Li Guang, who had completed the task of coordinated conscription, looked heavy on the ground. At first, when Lin Feng saw him, Li Guangdi was still handsome and dignified, like a beautiful son, but eight months later, his facial skin has turned orange and yellow, and his eyes that were once radiant have also been deeply sunken.

"Lord......" Li Guangdi bowed shallowly, and without waiting for Lin Feng to respond, he hurriedly took out a notebook from his boots, and said with a painful face, "Lord, it was cold last night, and more than 900 homeless people died outside the city......"

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry......" Lin Feng's face was also scorched, he also didn't sleep all night last night, he stretched out his hand to take the notebook, he looked at Li Guangdi with concern, "Jin Qing, you don't have a good complexion, do you want to rest for a few days?!" …… My name is Pei Gonghe, and I will be shocked to your side for a few days......"

"The lord doesn't need to worry too much, the humble duty is not confused, this body and bones can make ......" Li Guangdi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The eunuch who went out to collect the corpse today reported that many of the dead people they buried yesterday were dug up today, and now the twenty catties of boy's meat outside the city can be exchanged for a big girl, and the adult's flesh needs thirty catties......" His face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and he forcibly suppressed his feelings, "The porridge shack that we give every day here is of no help at all, and the strong and strong may be able to grab a bowl and a half bowl, But those old people and children don't have half a ...... at all."

"Yes...... Lin Feng lowered his head, unconsciously turning the book in his hand, and sighed, "There are millions of displaced people, how can a few porridge sheds be pasted......

"Please ...... Please also ...... The lord ordered Tongzhou to ......" Li Guangdi looked at Lin Feng's expression cautiously, and seeing that his expression changed greatly when he heard this, he couldn't help but weaken his knees, fell to the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "The lord...... Da Shuai...... Now is the time to wait, please show mercy to the lord......"

"Jin Qing!!" Lin Feng stood up, the muscles on his face twisted, and said in great pain, "Don't you really know that you're here again?!" How can Tongzhou's grain be moved? - Even if I try my best to use military rations, can I deal with these two million mouths if I scatter such a drop in the bucket?! - What should we do when the food is gone? How is our army half? What about our military families?! ……”

“……”

"Even if the food relief is given now, everyone has eaten a winter, so what will happen to the spring next year?! More than a million people are helping the old and the young, and the war in their hometown is endless and they can't return to their hometown, and we in Gyeonggi Naoli have no extra fields, no cattle, no seeds, if there is no army, what do you think we will do?! ”

"But...... But......" Li Guangdi raised his head and said in a trembling voice, "Is it just that these millions of people are starved to death like this?!" ”

"Of course not—even if I wanted to, I wouldn't have the guts to do it!" Lin Feng's face was gloomy, "Do you think they will be tied up?" I expected that if this continued, it wouldn't be long before someone would come out and raise their arms and shout, and then attack the city in a big way! ”

"In that case...... Then, what is the good plan of the lord! Li Guangdi was shocked and immediately woke up from his compassionate emotions.

"I called you over today just for this matter, I have already thought about it here......" Seeing that Li Guangdi's body was shocked, his expression became extremely ugly, Lin Feng hurriedly relieved, "Jin Qing don't be too careful—this matter was thought out by me alone, they didn't know about Pei Gong, Ze Zhen and the sea before, and I never discussed it with them!" He patted Li Guangdi on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Jin Qing is loyal and is my minister, if you really want to discuss, it will never avoid you alone......

Li Guangdi hurriedly interrupted Lin Feng's words and bowed deeply, "The lord's words are serious, and his subordinates will never ......have half a point in their hearts."

"Okay, okay, don't talk about this, hehe......" Lin Feng laughed, then looked solemn, and said in a deep voice, "The reason why I don't want to discuss this matter with you is because it hurts the peace of the heavens too much, but I can't do it now, I am the commander of the Han army and your lord, so this matter can only be carried down by me alone......" His expression was gloomy and he sighed slightly, "If it is mentioned in the history books of later generations, it will only be humiliated by me, and I have nothing to do with you!" ”

Li Guangdi looked up in amazement and looked at Lin Feng in disbelief.