Chapter 403: North Korea Sends Envoys to Visit Second Watch
After entering the city, Lin Yi was like a tourist, and he had seen enough of the mountains and rivers outside, and then from the outer city to the inner city and then to the palace city and the imperial city, he was full of praise everywhere, these Manchu Tartars really knew how to design, imitating the palace of the Han people, it was so vivid, and it was completely different from the style of the Han people, and it was full of innovation.
In particular, the imperial city and the palace city of Shengshangjing are magnificent, the architectural style is unique, the red wall is large, the decoration is splendid, the carved beams and paintings are painted, the birds and beasts, the dragon and the tiger leap, lifelike.
Lin Yi was full of interest every time he went to a pavilion and palace, of course Xiaoying and Zhezhe didn't know Lin Yi's mood at this time, as a traverser, Shengjing was also Shenyang in the later generations, he had been there.
But as a tourist attraction, the Shenyang Forbidden City is not at all the same concept as the current Shengjing Imperial City.
The current palace city and the imperial city have all been cleaned, and it has now become the office and living area of Lin Yi and the civil and military generals.
Lin Yi saw that the dragon bed of the palace here, the dragon chair and the grass and trees in the Eight Treasures Golden Palace, all of which were used by Nurhachi, Huang Taiji and Xiao Shunzhi, Lin Yi could even imagine in his mind that they stayed in the palace at night and worshiped the civil and military.
Lin Yi even had an idea in his mind, Shengjing, Xijing, and Nanjing can all be used as companions in the future, and even a few more can be added, he really wants to ascend the throne and sit in the palace one day, and it is boring to stay in Yanjing, so he can go to these places to live and turn around, this is the real king of the world.
Taking down Shengjing, seeing the palace dragon bed and Jinluan Treasure Hall here, Lin Yi really had an urge to ascend the throne.
But when I thought that the remnants of Zhang Xianzhong were still tossing in the southwest, and the rebels of the Zheng family group in the southern sea had already reached the banks of the Yangtze River and occupied several provinces in the south, there was a great tendency to resist the Ming Dynasty.
Lin Yi dispelled this thought, he had to pack them up one by one, there was no war in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and he would be sure to sit on the throne at that time.
The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Dolgon returned to Hetuara with the remnants, which is only a few hundred miles away, can you just settle it with them? According to the principle of eliminating evil, since they are unwilling to surrender and become vassals, they must be expelled!
Thinking of this, Lin Yi summoned Song Xiance over to discuss the matter of entering the army......
Within three days of Sheng Shangjing, those old ministers and wealthy people of the Qing Dynasty who could not go for various reasons took out their gold, silver, jewelry, silk and precious medicinal materials at home and sent them to the Ming army.
In the future, they will be the people of the Ming Dynasty, and if they want to count on these Ming officials and soldiers to protect them, of course, they have to show favor with good things.
Now they don't talk about the money, and their lives and prospects are more important than that.
Of course, the soldiers and those civil and military generals did not dare to collect it privately, because Lin Yi was strictly disciplined, who violated military discipline Lin Yi's six relatives did not recognize it, and his guard captain Zhang Hua was almost cut off because of the molesting of the people's daughter, and in the end, because the father and daughter of the people who were molested came to Lin Yi to plead hard, Lin Yi spared Zhang Hua, and this matter is known.
They came to Song Xiance, and Song Xiance didn't dare to make his own decisions, whether these gold, silver, jewelry, property and gifts would be accepted or not? finally came to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi laughed and gave an order, of course this has to be collected, all of it will be put into the account, and it will be taken from the people for the people in the future. If you don't accept it, you will snub the people, disappoint their hearts, and make them uneasy, but remember, it must be voluntary and no coercion is allowed.
Song Xiance and others only passed on Lin Yi's dictation.
The reason why Lin Yi wanted to warn them like this was because of the lessons learned from Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, one of the important reasons why these two people failed to take the exam in Beijing was that they lost the support of the people.
In addition, Lin Yi is not short of money now, but they voluntarily hand over some wealth to show their support for the new dynasty, this can be allowed, and even encouragement and rewards can be given.
In short, stability is the number one priority.
The Qing army is gone, the Ming Dynasty is coming, the huge Shengjing inside and outside, it was originally an earthquake-like change, but now it has not caused the slightest shock, this smooth transition, can be called a wonder that has never been seen for thousands of years.
A few days after Lin Yi's army entered Shengjing, Shengjing began to be lively again, as if nothing had happened, tens of thousands of people lived and worked in peace and contentment, merchants opened their shops, bought and sold, the traffic was busy, bustling, and everything returned to normal.
Of course, Lin Yi hasn't stayed in the palace all these days, he often goes to the outer city and the inner city to walk around, and sometimes he puts on the clothes of ordinary people, just like a private visit to Weifu, and the result is very satisfying.
Sheng Shangjing has completely stabilized, and this thousand-year-old city has returned to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which is of great significance.
Just two months after Lin Yi moved to Shengjing, in order to continue to drive away the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Yi asked his general He Renlong to lead the troops to continue the expedition.
Now that He Ren's injuries have been carefully modulated by the military doctor, he has fully recovered, and he rushed over from Haicheng to listen to it, Lin Yi happened to lack a general's talent here, so Lin Yi handed over this task to him.
Lin Yi asked him to command 100,000 soldiers and horses, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan gave him lieutenant generals, 100,000 soldiers and horses included Lin Yi's musket battalion and invincible battalion and artillery battalion, as well as Mongolian generals and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the dynasty.
The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Let the general Wang Jian be the supervisor of grain and grass, lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and escort them with grain and grass.
Wang Jianzai used to be Lin Yi's old squad leader, of course, this was Lin Yi before Lin Yi crossed, after the border soldiers entered the guard, in the Sanchakou guardhouse, Lin Yi was a big soldier at that time, and he was Lin Yi's flag commander.
Over the years, following Lin Yi, Wang Jian has grown up very quickly, and now he has also become a general in the army from a junior officer at the grassroots level. He is brave and thoughtful, and he is most suitable for the important task of pressing grain and transporting grass, and he has completed this task several times, which can be described as rich experience.
During these two months, Lin Yi was also in the Shengjing area, and also prepared a batch of grain and grass for them.
The consumption of grain and grass for 100,000 horses is of course a large number. There are two main sources of this batch of military spending, one comes from the donations of the wealthy former ministers of the Shengjing Qing Dynasty, and Lin Yi also got more than 100,000 taels of silver in this regard.
The other comes from the seizure income. Not to mention earlier, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty in 1636 to the present, Shengjing has been the capital master of the Qing Dynasty for 10 years, and he has accumulated so many years of savings, which can be said to be very rich.
Among the high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, which one is not a prince of Fubi? There are so many sons of Dorgon, and each son has so many grandchildren, and these princes and sons of Belle Bey, how is their mansion more than magnificent? Such as Daishan, Amin, Azig, Zierharang, Duoduo, Sony, Aobai, etc., as well as Fan Wenchengning, Kong Youde, these famous hardcore traitors, which one is not deep and brilliant?
Although some people are gone, their mansions are still there, and the gold and silver treasures at home are piled up, and they can't be pulled away by saying that they can be pulled away by carts. Hyozhuang and Dolgon had too many valuable things that they hadn't taken away, and of course they were all confiscated.
These gold and silver alone have been obtained millions of taels, as well as brocade clothes and jade food, silk and satin, precious medicinal materials and animal skins, etc., which are piled up like mountains and are innumerable.
Part of these things Lin Yi used as military rations for the consumption of military rations for the 200,000 horses, and the rest was used as a reward for the merits of the generals and the pensions for the dead and wounded, and a part was also used for relief for the poor.
After two months of rest, Lin Yi can now be regarded as a soldier with enough food. After He Renlong left Shengjing with 100,000 horses, there were still 80,000 troops left, including Lin Yi's standard battalion, guard battalion and women's battalion.
These 80,000 troops are equivalent to his temporary Beijing battalion, part of which is responsible for the defense of the outer city and the imperial city, part is responsible for maintaining law and order in the city, and some are mainly women's battalions and guard battalions, which are responsible for the inner part of the palace.
In addition to Xiao Ying and Zhezhe, who are responsible for Lin Yi's personal safety, there is also Su Moer, a first-class personal guard.
On this day, someone came to report that the envoy of the dynasty, Toyotomi Xiu, had arrived outside Shengshang Beijing.
This is the first foreign guest Lin Yi received after coming to Shengjing.
Lin Yi immediately asked Song Xiance to go out to greet the envoy of the dynasty.
Toyotomi Xiu has come to meet Lin Yi for the second time, and when he came to visit Lin Yi for the first time, he still came by boat secretly, and their group can dress up as merchants.
And this time it was different, it was above board, after a group of hundreds of people were accepted by Song Xiance, Lin Yi summoned him in the Qianqing Palace.
Toyotomi Xiu knelt down to pay homage to the ceremony, expressing King Li Liang's congratulations to Lin Yi, and then Lin Yi asked him to sit down, expressed his gratitude, and set up a banquet for hospitality.
This table is quite rich, Lin Yi took Xiaoying and Zhezhe to accompany him, Toyotomi Xiu was very grateful and a little flattered.
"Please forgive me for taking the liberty of the country, the Ming Dynasty is now waiting to be governed, the country cannot be without a king for a day, or please be honored as soon as possible, all the people want, and the people will return, which is also what my Lord His Majesty wants."
"Hahaha," Lin Yi smiled with the lamp in his hand, "Thank you for the kindness of your envoy and Your Majesty, there will be a day, but not now, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty exists in name only, my Ming Dynasty is still in turmoil, the remnants of the thieves in the southwest have not been eliminated, and the southern Xinjiang is not peaceful. ”
"The prison country is more ambitious than the bird, and the heart of the society is really the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, and it is admired below. Please. ”
"Please." ……
Lin Yi and Toyotomi Xiu pushed the cup and changed the lamp and talked loudly.
Toyotomi Shu wandered around Shengjing for a few days, and then returned with a full load.
At this time, good news came from the city of Hetuala, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Dolgon abandoned the city again and fled......