The Honghuang Sutra compiled for Taoism is in progress, and now Zhu Ciji has told all the plots to Qian Bu Short, and now there is no shortage of money and no need to come to the imperial study every day, but to close the door at home, and slowly compile the whole book according to the general plot all day long, which will not be short, at least a year and a half.

Of course, Zhu Ci is not in a hurry, the reason why he wants to deeply root the ancient myths of the East and support Taoism is most for those sects in the Middle East and Europe, and now the Ming Dynasty's soldiers will not point to that place for the time being, so take your time.

The top priority was to deal with the Manchurian captives.

It was already October 17th, and the envoys sent by Dorgon to negotiate the exchange of Manchu prisoners had already known about it, and the Manchu envoys would arrive in Nanjing three days later.

The Manchurians would arrive at this time, which was roughly within Zhu Ci's expectations.

Dolgon's attack on the Persian Empire will inevitably raise a lot of money, and the deadline he originally gave Dolgon is the end of this year, after which it will not be a matter of 100 million taels of silver, but will add a lot of interest every day.

The Manchu population was sparse, and it was absolutely impossible for Dolgon to give up the 200,000 Manchu captives, and he even hoped more than anyone else that the 200,000 Manchu captives would return, so as long as he could, Dolgon would not delay.

In fact, after more than four years, the Manchu captives, who were only more than 190,000 at the beginning, have now grown to almost 230,000.

The Ming Dynasty captured them back then, and let them plant trees on the side of the Yellow River in Shaanxi, in exchange for survival food, life is hard, but all the Manchu efforts, but also let them exchange for enough survival food, few people will starve to death, and because there is no need to participate in any war for more than four years, the population of the Manchus has grown steadily, and the original Manchu men who are not yet fourteen years old are also adults, although Zhu Ciji did not ask the specific number of adult Manchu men, But it is estimated that there will be no less than 15,000 people, and 3,000 more will come out every year.

Dolgon has a population of more than 500,000 Manchus around him, and he can add 7,000 adult Manchu men to Dolgon every year to fill the Eight Banners, and if there are nearly 230,000 more people, then the population of the Manchus will recover to the point of nearly 800,000, and if he can add 10,000 adult Manchu men to Dolgon every year, it will be a qualitative change to improve the strength of the Manchu Eight Banners.

After a full 20-day journey, the Qing envoy sent by Dolgon, Jihar, finally arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and was about to cross the river and enter the city of Nanjing.

Looking at the rolling Yangtze River in front of him, the mighty momentum is coming, worthy of being the largest river in the Central Plains, Jihar can't help but sigh in his heart. I think that the Qing Dynasty raised 800,000 troops to the south for the first time, and it was almost about to fight here, but unfortunately it failed in Xuzhou City in the end. If the Qing Dynasty succeeded in capturing Xuzhou and capturing the Ming Emperor, the Qing Dynasty would not only be able to attack the riverside, but even take advantage of the situation to cross the river to destroy the original Nanming Dynasty and unify the splendid rivers and mountains. Da Ming at this moment

Hehe, Jihar suddenly smiled bitterly, the Ming at this moment is no longer the original Ming.

From Isfahan to the Ming Dynasty, Xinjiang, and then through Mongolia into the Guannei, along the way to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty has been beyond his expectations, the people live and work in peace and contentment, each city is extremely lively, people come and go, the people are dressed more than at the beginning I don't know how many times, many ordinary people have seen silk, this is the ordinary people, you know, silk is extremely expensive, there were only two days and more than 1,000 acres of large landowners are money to wear, but now the Ming Dynasty even ordinary people wear silk, Just from this dress, you can also see the life of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, at least it is impossible to lack food and clothing.

After crossing the Yellow River, starting from Luoyang, Jihar saw that the cement road that the Ming Dynasty had built to Luoyang was flat and wide. Zihar didn't know what cement was, he only knew that the horse's hooves couldn't even make a mark on it, and he even tried it with his own hands, and the road was as hard as stone.

Jihar was extremely shocked, I heard that such a cement road was built from Nanjing City, isn't it two thousand miles away?

Could it be that in just a few years, the Qing Dynasty has risen again, but the Ming Dynasty is already so powerful?

Jihar couldn't help but be a little dazed, although the regent was eloquent and strategic, but according to the development of the Ming Dynasty today, even if the Qing Dynasty fought back, it was possible to defeat the Ming Dynasty, recapture the ancestral land of Manchuria, and even destroy the revenge of the Ming Dynasty for the westward migration?

Seeing the current development of the Ming Dynasty, Jihar no longer has the slightest confidence in this.

Looking at the left side of the river, a scene that made Jihar even more shocking appeared.

He saw that about a few hundred meters away, the Ming Dynasty seemed to be building a bridge across the rolling Yangtze River, and most of it had already been repaired, and many craftsmen and coolies were busy on it, and huge stone pillars rose in the river one by one, supporting the huge steel bridge.

This, how did this Ming do it, it can be called a miracle!

At this moment, Zihar was completely silent, and he didn't say a word for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Please come aboard!" A young general who followed Jihar looked at Jihar's shock all the way, and his expression was full of contempt. How arrogant the Manchurians were back then, and now they also have today, beaten like a lost dog by my Ming Dynasty, and now they are shocked by the development of my Ming Dynasty, barbarians are barbarians after all!

Jihar boarded the boat sent by the Ming court to pick him up and cross the river.

Entering the city of Nanjing, the prosperity of the city also shocked Jihar, those tall and incredible cement buildings, as well as the whole city is paved with cement flat roads, the road is full of people, prosperous not like the world.

Zihar was completely silent, and along the way, he had been shocked too much, and he had become a little numb.

"Hey" Jihar sighed secretly, no matter what, it is important to exchange for the clansmen who were captured by the Ming Dynasty at present.

On the same day, Jihar handed over the letter of state that Dolgon had asked him to bring, asking to meet the Ming Emperor to negotiate the return of the captives.

Zhu Ci did not respond, although he had decided to release those Manchu prisoners, but this kind of thing, after all, it is impossible to hide it from the ministers, it is still necessary to put it in the court for a while, there are 100 million taels of silver prepared by the Manchu people in exchange, Zhu Ci hesitates that the courtiers should not be too opposed. After all, 100 million taels of silver for each Manchurian is nearly 50 taels of silver, that is, 5,000 silver dollars, which is not low.