"Where is your fifth uncle now?" In the Ye County Mansion, Zheng Zhilong tightened the coat wrapped around his body and said in a slightly tired voice.

Unexpectedly, he got sick again.

On the way to Laizhou with the team in high spirits, a little wind blew and I was cold, and I occasionally felt cold. Zheng Zhilong didn't care about it at first, and then he lived in this county, and he stayed for ten days.

This result really surprised Zheng Zhilong.

The brazier in the house was burning warm, and when this winter came, the temperature in the room could be maintained at about 10 degrees above zero, but Zheng Zhilong's illness seemed to be incurable, and he lay down for two days at first, not only did he not get better, but his brain was confused.

Nose, nasal congestion, uncomfortable all over the body, and the joints of the bones are all sore.

Zheng Zhilong felt that he had a severe cold and was uncomfortable.

He was caught off guard, so he could only stay in Laizhou and hand over the battle ahead to Zheng Zhibao.

However, although his physical condition is not good, Zheng Zhilong still does not plan to rest.

Zheng Sen glanced at Zheng Zhilong, whose nose was reddened, cleared his throat, and replied, "Fifth Uncle has already entered the territory of Qingzhou. Haoge led the army to have a slight confrontation with the fifth uncle, and now he has let go of Changle. ”

"Is there any new information coming from the west? What about Wang Aoyong? What about Zukofa? ”

"Wang Aoyong is still in Jinan. As for Zu Kefa, there is news that he has led 30,000 troops and Cheng Donglai, and the Tartars are afraid that they will not give up Qingzhou. Although Haoge let go of Changle and the east gate of Qingzhou.

Zheng Zhilong closed his eyes.

It's good to fight in Qingzhou, is it close to Denglai? It's much stronger than fighting Jinan. Although Qingzhou City is quite strong, it was not damaged in the last offensive and defensive battle. Li Shiyuan, and Guo Sheng, the two are still nesting in Yimeng Mountain.

However, Zheng Zhilong is not worried about them, and he can think of it with his ass that with Zheng Zhilong's counterattack in Denglai, the life of the two will definitely not be bad.

Now the north and south of the river are in chaos, and the 'million' army of the Southern Ming Dynasty suddenly went on a northern expedition, and at this point in time, the northern expedition, many people's first reaction was that Emperor Chongzhen had hooked up with Li Zicheng.

Otherwise, how could Da Ming come to save Li Zicheng?

But regardless of whether Emperor Chongzhen has reached a secret agreement with the Son of Dashun or not, it is a fact that the 'million' Ming army has gone north. And it's overwhelming along the way.

Take advantage of the weakness, don't fight too hard in this battle.

The multi-way army marched north, completely in a no-man's land. Kaifeng Mansion has been taken by Xu Dingguo; Runing Mansion was also easily captured by Liu Liangzuo; Jin Shenghuan and Li Guoying also succeeded in attacking Luoyang from Ruzhou, and beheaded Jin Yuhe, the governor of the Central Plains of the Qing Dynasty stationed in Heluo. The remnants of the Manchu Qing had no choice but to flee to the west, so they fled west to Shaanzhou (Sanmenxia).

And Gao Jie and Liu Zhaoji also rushed into Yanzhou, and Cao Bianjiao followed up, and the army was directed at Ziyang.

The news has also spread all over the world, but I just don't know if I heard it in Yimeng Mountain, or how many people have heard it. As long as there are a few smart people who are deaf and clear-sighted, the small days of the two will be much more comfortable.

Zheng Zhilong is now counting on Jiang Zhe to pass through Qingzhou as soon as possible, and when his main army is attacking Jinan, Jiang Zhe also leads the army to Qufu for a good walk.

Don't look at Qufu, he is already the fat on Hong Chengchou's mouth, but as far as he knows about Hong Chengchou, I'm afraid this person will not attack Qufu Kong's family.

Emperor Chongzhen's sudden northern expedition broke Zheng Zhilong's abacus. In the matter of Qufu, he actually fell behind the Ming army.

"What about Jiang Zhe? Still no news? ”

Zheng Sen gave an affirmative answer. Since Jiang Zhe led his troops out of Jiaozhou and subdued Gaomi and Zhucheng, the news was cut off.

From Zhucheng to Yanzhou, you need to pass through the huge Yimeng Mountain, and I don't know if he has got in touch with Li Shiyuan and Guo Sheng. In this day and age, it is difficult to keep the news flowing with each other under such circumstances.

As soon as Zheng Zhilong wanted to scold his mother, he felt an itchy nose and sneezed heavily. "Don't fucking someone scolding Lao Tzu, right?"

This is his "horse does not know how long his face is". During this time period, there were thousands of people who cursed Zheng Zhilong openly and secretly.

The gentry of the two provinces of Denglai were the first ones.

With the counterattack of the army on Denglai, the 'Great Reckoning' against the land of the two provinces came at the same time.

The gentry of Denglai and the two prefectures were the first wave of unlucky eggs in Qilu.

They are unlucky and unlucky that they are in Denglai, and these two pieces of land are Zheng Zhilong's eyes early. The gentry, landlords, etc., here, naturally have to be swept clean, so that it is fun to dictate the fields, so that the Zheng family can really take root here.

The Black Ice Terrace had already assessed the 'daily behavior' of the Den Lai gentry, which ones deserved to die and which ones did not, but there were also no small sins, and which ones were really innocent - except for bowing to the tartars, everything was clearly recorded.

In front of the large army to counterattack, the follow-up troops began to 'liquidate'.

Or take people to the county seat and cut them in public, or imprison them, and send them to Nanyang in the next year. For others, 50 to 100 acres of land were left for their families, and the rest of the land was confiscated......

Moreover, the latter number made up the majority among the Denglai gentry. The reason is not that the gentry and landlords of Denglai are kind-hearted, but that they are at the edge of Zheng Jun's knife, one by one for fear of being liquidated by Zheng Jun, although there is a Qingzi flag floating at the head of the city, no one dares to be presumptuous.

But now Zheng Zhilong is no longer poking their lung tubes, but directly cutting their thighs, or everything is a pair.

This drives those 'good gentlemen' crazy, and it kills them.

Even though many people are afraid of death, there are still many gentry who do not hesitate to act, organizing domestic slaves to resist is one of them, and gathering a newly restored Mingzi Yamen to make trouble is the second.

The gentry and landlords were desperate, and the common people were happy.

Although the land they got was not their own, these were the land of the imperial court, but the court rented these lands to them for cultivation. But that's also a great thing, okay!

How much do the official fields of the imperial court pay taxes? How many taxes are paid on the landlord's land?

It's better than it's not better.

At present, as long as the official land has 10% of the agricultural tax, 10% will be paid, and the rest is the common people themselves. After the news came out, I don't know how many people in Denglai cried.

This is a beautiful thing that fell from the sky, and what is even more beautiful is that this golden cake fell directly on their heads.

Those peasants who learned of the announcement, which one would still think about the landlord, the talent, and the master. Real interests come first.

The land tax in the Ming Dynasty was actually very low, especially the official tax, even if it was apportioned, it was not high. The hunger and cold of the common people have nothing to do with the land endowment, and even the harsh taxes that force the people to have no way to live in the imagination. What really drives them to the brink is the extra spending.

However, in the past, they had to pay land rent for more than half of their annual harvest, but now these are saved. and what was saved fell into their own mouths. Even if there are so many harsh taxes and the oppression of corrupt officials, they feel that they can live a very happy life.

Zheng Zhilong asked people to preach about the cancellation of excesses and miscellaneous taxes and corrupt officials, and the skulls of those who were cut off from their brains, but the people didn't believe it. If you don't let them really enjoy the 'real' once, they'll never believe it's real.

And Zheng Zhilong's current propaganda team is not enough to convince the people of this, just a plan to teach the field, it has already kept the propaganda department busy.

The most important thing is that he doesn't need to rush to promote all this now.

It's not the time for the summer grain to be harvested in the autumn, it's October now, and it's still very early for the summer grain to be harvested.

You just told the people what is the apportionment into the mu, what is the cancellation of fire consumption, and what miscellaneous taxes have been cut, but this is not the time to collect taxes, what are you anxious about?

To put it more bluntly, if you are still yelling at Denglai next year, then you may not be sure. It's better to deal with the current matter first, step by step. First of all, the dictation of the field is done perfectly, and then we will do other things.

It is also because of the inaccuracy of this point that there are not many gentry who really want to fight with Zheng Zhilong, and most of them are still silently waiting for their Qing Dynasty Heavenly Soldiers, waiting for the return of the Qing Dynasty's king's army.

"Laughing first is not laughing, laughing last is laughing." Waiting for my Qing Heavenly Soldiers to come back, everything that was lost, let those mud-legged people obediently send me back.

Compared with a series of policies after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, traitors like Zheng Zhilong are the life and death enemies hated by the gentry.

"Zheng Zhilong, it's really worse than Tartar!"

Zheng Zhilong is afraid that he will be divided into thousands of villains now, and he will not be able to escape the curses that are overwhelming.

And just when Zheng Zhilong picked up the butcher's knife at the gentry of Denglai, Dolgon in Yanjing City was smiling, but he was not laughing at Zheng Zhilong, but laughing at Emperor Chongzhen in Jinling City.

For the counterattack of the Southern Ming court, Dolgon was first incredulous, and then thundered. He did immediately send someone to inform Duoduo and Azig, telling them to end the battle with Li Shun as much as possible. But based on the Manchu victory after victory over the Ming army, Dolgon, although angry, was by no means afraid.

Even as the news of the loss of the city and the land kept coming, he laughed.

Emperor Chongzhen, this idiot is really stupid.

The Ming army made many northern expeditions, and the army was indeed overwhelming, easily taking one state capital after another. But with the fall of these state capitals, it was not the gentry's praise of the Ming Dynasty, but the gentry's complaints, but the crying father and mother of the gentry in the north.

The Ming troops of the Northern Expedition simply treated them as fish and meat on the board, slaughtered at will.

It is reported that a large number of gentry from the Central Plains have fled north of the Yellow River, and a large number of gentry from Yanzhou and Dongchang and Jinan are fleeing north.

God is pitiful, Nalu Northwest and Lu Southwest were ravaged by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and killing millions is no joke. But now the gentry in these places actually chose the Great Qing between Zhu Ming and his Great Qing.

This is not a great gift from Emperor Chongzhen, what is it?

What's the point of losing a large piece of territory? As long as the main force is transferred back from Shanxi, even if Li Zicheng is cheaper, as long as the army is in hand, even if the Ming army has been killed under Yanjing City, he is sure to defeat the enemy in one battle.

Dolgon didn't take the current setbacks of the Qing army into account at all, and the empty Central Plains and the western part of Qilu were very important, and what he really valued was the morale of these places.

In the two years since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the policy has been soft again and again, and it can only allow these gentry to settle down temporarily. In the past two years, the subtle effect is not as good as Emperor Chongzhen's Northern Expedition. "This emperor in the Central Plains is the blessing of the Qing Dynasty."

What's more, the Ming army's 100,000 troops were allowed to shrink on the line of the Yangtze River, and they had a geographical topography to defend. It's really better to let them come to Hebei in the Central Plains.