ads_yuedu_txt(); The five provinces in the west of Korea have a relatively gentle terrain, and there are many plains along the coast, which are suitable for farming, and the population of North Korea is mainly in these five provinces, especially the Han River Plain, and the Qing army has mastered the five provinces in the west, which is basically equivalent to controlling Korea.

Originally, the Qing army wanted to take down the eastern Hamgyong Province, Gangwon Province, and Gyeongsang Province in one go, but these three mountains and forests were undulating, which was not very suitable for the Qing army to fight, and the Korean puppet regime had just been established, and it was also necessary to integrate forces, recruit puppet troops, and control the West Five Provinces, so it was delayed for some time.

The Qing army requisitioned the food of North Korea for the winter last year, which made North Korea starve to death a lot of people, plus several invasions of North Korea, it did kill a lot of people, and the Korean people still hated the Qing army, but the small people of any country are the same, they always want to live, so they soon succumbed and accepted the rule of puppet Korea.

The only trouble is the aristocracy in Korea, only those who have eaten enough will want dignity, honor and disgrace, and pursue better things, and the upper class of North Korea is deeply influenced by Chinese culture, and naturally disagrees with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he has become the main opposition class of puppet Korea.

However, no stratum is monolithic, and the ruling class of North Korea, some of whom are pro-Ming, and some of whom think that they should not oppose the Manchus.

After all, North Korea is weak, and every time it argues with the Manchus, it is beaten to the point that its nose is blue and its face is swollen, and it can't be beaten, so why can't it be honest?

At the beginning, the faction of the Korean Guoguang Haejun wanted to submit to the Manchus, but now Nikan reused them, and it took nearly two or three months to finally put up the puppet Korean shelf and achieve complete control of the five western provinces.

At the end of March, the puppet Joseon gathered 10,000 puppet troops and began to launch a campaign to capture Dongsandao, but unfortunately at this time, the coalition army had been supplied by the Ming Dynasty, Xie Qian changed the Korean army and trained it a little, and then sent to Dongsandao to entangle with the puppet army.

Nikan originally thought that it would be easy to collect the three eastern provinces, but he didn't want to have 10,000 puppet troops, and he was defeated, and Nikan was furious, and personally took 2,000 people to urge the puppet army to attack again, this time he quickly occupied Gyeongsang Province, but as soon as he left, the coalition army came out again, making the war in Korea enter a strange state.

The Nanjing Imperial Court, since the expulsion of the Ming envoys from the Jin State last year, the official exchanges between the two countries have been interrupted, and relations have deteriorated sharply.

As Haoge fell into a tug-of-war in Sichuan, and the Ming Dynasty mobilized a large number of troops into the southwest after the Sichuan Campaign last year, the number of men and horses was close to 150,000, and the materials were piled up, Haoge became more and more uneasy.

In the first war of Sichuan, he got a little profit, but he offended the Ming Dynasty and cheapened Dolgon, and now that he has calmed down, he has to scold himself for being stupid.

Jin Guo could have continued to watch the tiger fight from the mountains, run the Western Regions to the west, further expand his own strength, and then conquer the world in the east, but he was in a hurry, and he followed Dolgon's way, and now it is impossible to run the Western Regions, and whether Sichuan can protect it is a big problem.

Seeing that the Ming Dynasty was strengthening its deployment in the southwest, he became anxious, before it was Dolgon who begged him to make a move and pull him, but now, if the Ming army attacked Sichuan, it became his request that Dolgon must take action in Henan and Huaibei to share the pressure for him.

This really disgusted Hauge, he did not expect that the result of the battle of Sichuan was that he fell into passivity, and the initiative actually fell into the hands of Dolgon.

In order to get rid of the passive situation, Hauge made two preparations, although he was disgusting, but still sent people to Beijing, hoping that Dolgon would advance and retreat with him, on the other hand, he sent an envoy to Nanjing, hoping to make peace with the Ming Dynasty and then restore the past relations.

The Ming Dynasty increased its troops in the southwest, and it was not only Haoge who was afraid, but also one person, that is, Sun Kewang.

Although Sun Kewang had a verbal agreement with He Tengjiao, seeing that the Ming army in the southwest was getting stronger and stronger, he began to fear in his heart.

In order to determine the relationship with the Ming Dynasty and hope that the Ming Dynasty would recognize his status and be able to fight against the Qing army like the Mingxi Alliance against the Qing army, Sun Kewang also sent his henchman Bai Wenxuan to Nanjing to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

As the Ming army advanced the front to the Huai River, the land south of the Yangtze River was completely no threat, whether it was the battle in Korea or the war in the southwest, it could not affect the development of the south of the Yangtze River, and Nanjing was not affected by the war, and it was becoming more and more prosperous and showing its heyday.

Originally, most of the prosperous areas of Nanjing were gathered in the city, but with the political, economic and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty, they all returned to this ancient city, and the power groups in Liangguang and Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places all needed to have a place in the heart of the Ming Dynasty, so a large amount of wealth poured into Nanjing, which promoted the development of Nanjing.

The wealth that poured in made every inch of land in Nanjing expensive, and the imperial court also made a lot of money.

Some of these foreign gentry and wealthy families bought houses and shops from the hands of lonely nobles in the city, and some of them really couldn't buy them, so they had to settle for the next best thing, and began to buy land in the outer city, and built houses and shops on a large scale.

The land along the Qinhuai River has almost all fallen into the hands of various merchants, and shops on both sides have quickly risen from the ground, and the streets along the river have also been built very smooth, as wide as three zhang, so that five carriages can be driven side by side at the same time, and the ground is paved with bluestone slabs and wall tiles.

In addition to the thrust of the merchants, another huge boost to the prosperity of Nanjing is because Nanjing is the center of power in the Ming Dynasty, and the proximity to the center of gravity of power is the instinct of the wealthy gentry everywhere, which has been the case since ancient times.

If there were no houses and estates in the heart of the empire, they would not be embarrassed to call them some wealthy families.

Under the interaction of these two forces, the city of Nanjing is changing with each passing day, including the garrison, the population has reached more than 900,000 people, and is still growing rapidly, the scale of Nanjing city has expanded from the inner city to the outer city.

Bai Wenxuan was sent by Sun Kewang as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, and he went all the way from Guizhou to Guangxi, then to Guangzhou, and rushed to Nanjing by sea.

At the end of March, he was stopped in Zhenjiang, and after getting the customs clearance documents of the Ming Dynasty, he set off from Zhenjiang to the Nanjing wharf, and the Ming Dynasty sent Liu Wenxiu to meet him, which was also a very high treatment.

Liu Wenxiu was also born in the Western Army, and not long ago he was awarded the title of Marquis, and another Western Army general, Li Dingguo, was also named Marquis because of his military exploits, he accompanied Bai Wenxuan into the city, and while walking, he explained the customs of Nanjing.

"This is the world-famous Qinhuai River!" Liu Wenxiu did not directly take Bai Wenxuan into the city, but took him around the city.

He said as he walked: "Yugong, this scene in the south of the Yangtze River, prosperous and rich, the country and the people, we have never seen it in the north and southwest!" You look at the two banks of the Qinhuai River, full of all kinds of shops, the flow of people is like a shuttle, how prosperous, you are looking at the building, covering an area of more than 100 acres, is designed by Xiyi priests, made of marble, the whole body is snow-white, that is the general number of Wude in Nanjing, and it is also the largest business name in Nanjing, you feel like a fortress. ”

Liu Wenxiu was obviously a little proud, and he pointed to the temple on the southernmost mountain, which was faintly visible, and said with a smile: "That is Longquan Temple, when the king of Chu was in trouble there, he was rescued by the master of the temple, but unfortunately the temple was burned down by the Qing army, and now it is rebuilt, and it is said that the roof must be covered with gold paper!" ”

Bai Wenxuan just responded with the voice, the same shock he had seen once in Guangzhou, and he had already been shocked, although Nanjing was more prosperous, but he seemed very absent-minded, in fact, he went to Nanjing this time, the responsibility was extremely heavy, Sun Kewang asked the Ming Dynasty to recognize his succession to Zhang Xianzhong's throne, but the Ming Dynasty could agree?

At the beginning, Wang Yan and Zhang Xianzhong reached an agreement, there was a treaty of alliance, and recognized the Great Western Kingdom, if Sun Kewang inherited Zhang Xianzhong, then naturally inherited the agreement of the alliance.

"I wonder when His Royal Highness the King of Chu will see me?" Bai Wenxuan didn't have the heart to look at the scenery of Nanjing, he asked cautiously.

Liu Wenxiu didn't give a definite answer, but just smiled lightly: "I don't know this matter very well, but since the imperial court has asked Duke Yu to come to Nanjing, he will definitely meet him, and Duke Yu doesn't need to be too anxious." ”