In the winter of the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse, there was heavy snow and cold wind howling in the north. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Many construction activities have stopped, but the common people are celebrating in their hearts, and after this year, although the food and clothing of the people in the northern provinces have not been completely solved, no one will starve to death or freeze to death.

In this year, the main trunk line of the northern railway has been completed, and the trains have been opened to traffic on a large scale, and many branch railways have also been opened to traffic.

Grain produced from Tohoku was transported by train into Kannai. Cotton produced from the Western Regions was also transported by train to Kannai. At the same time, the tropical cash crops and rice produced in the Nanyang region were also transported into the Ming Dynasty in large quantities, and the amount of rice exported to the Ming Dynasty by the countries of the Indochina Peninsula was also rising rapidly.

The supply of grain and cotton in the north is not a problem, and there are more jobs under a large number of construction activities, so that even if the crops in the fields are damaged, the people can still get food and clothing by working. Even if you are about to starve to death, you can go to the civil affairs bureau opened by the imperial court to eat a bite of food and get a cotton coat.

After so many years of development and hard work, Zhu Youxiao's policy of maintaining stability in the north has finally achieved good results. The common people would not starve to death or freeze to death, and at the same time, enough efforts were put into the control of the plague, and the whole north began to show a stable pattern.

In the south, it is relatively stable. The only problem is grain, and at present, a lot of the grain obtained by the imperial court in the Indochina Peninsula and the Nanyang region is also imported into the southern coastal areas to supplement the problem of food shortage in the southern region.

In addition, in terms of fisheries, there has been a significant increase in the 14th year of the Apocalypse, and a large number of fish catches have been shipped back to China, and these cheap fish products have provided ordinary people with a cheap source of protein and reduced the consumption of grains.

Under the combination of various measures, the north of the Ming Dynasty has been stabilized, as long as the north is not chaotic, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to lose the country.

However, this national salvation operation is obviously not over yet.

The Ming Dynasty still has not completely solved the fundamental problem, that is, the conflict between the budding of folk capitalism and feudal agricultural civilization.

The replacement of feudal agriculture by capitalism is an inevitable historical development trend, so Zhu Youxiao developed a state-owned capital consortium and turned himself into a capitalist class.

Then use state-owned capital as the leading factor to weaken the power of private capital.

Under the retreat of the country, the scholars and chaebols in the Jiangnan region could no longer sit still, and finally launched a powerful popular uprising in the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse.

This popular uprising quickly swept the entire south of the Yangtze River, and Nanjing directly changed its banner.

Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, secretly ran from Huguang to Nanjing, in the winter of the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Huakui announced his accession to the throne, the year name 'Hongguang', and issued a letter of reproach, after a few days of the Apocalypse more than ten crimes, said that he was perverse, angry and resentful, and he Zhu Huakui was for the heavens, crusade against the king.

When this text was transmitted to the capital, Zhu Youxiao almost touched it directly with a sip of tea.

"it, Hiromitsu! Isn't this the era name of the Southern Ming Dynasty? Zhu Huakui, this old boy is also enough! I ran to Nanjing so quickly, I thought he was still on the way! Zhu Youxiao muttered, and then a playful smile appeared on his face.

It's not that he is the greatest, these vassal kings actually don't pose much of a threat to him at all. So recently, Zhu Youxiao has also relaxed the control of these vassal kings, and some vassal kings sneaked out of the city to play as if they didn't see it.

When the king of Chu ran away, Zhu Youxiao had already received information. But he did not give the order to stop it, but let him run away.

So Zhu Huakui not only ran away, but also swaggered away all his gold, silver and jewelry. And he himself quickly ran to Nanjing, and with the support of those scholars and gate lords, he directly came to a yellow robe, ascended the throne, and then held high the banner of rebellion.

The vassal king Zhu Huakui will rebel, and he is still quite appealing. After all, the ascension of a vassal king to the throne, although the name is not justified, also has a certain foundation. With the support of those gentry and chaebols, at least in the Jiangnan area, it was very bluffing.

All of a sudden, everywhere he went, the king's flag changed everywhere in the city.

Of course, there are some local officials who have not surrendered, but they don't have anyone in their hands, and it is impossible for them to rebel or anything. And Zhu Huakui's Nanjing court was in a hurry to organize and train the army, and for the time being, it didn't care about these magistrates who were unwilling to change the banner of the king.

This rebellion seems to be violent, but in reality there are not many military operations.

In addition, the Jiangnan area is well educated after all, so this rebellion looks a bit like a 'peaceful evolution'.

Zhu Youxiao is not in a hurry in the capital, he wants to see who else will jump out.

Rebellions in the South have rarely succeeded. The successful Northern Expedition can only be achieved if we work together.

But at this time, in the Jiangnan region, the gap between the rich and the poor was very large, and there was no decent army, so it was impossible to succeed.

Many people also know this truth, but those scholars and gate lords were indeed forced into a corner by Zhu Youxiao, and if they don't rebel, their interests will be wiped out.

So this time, I finally fooled a vassal king and directly raised the banner of rebellion.

In order to ensure the success of this rebellion, these scholars and gate lords contributed people and money, which can be said to be fully supported.

In terms of military affairs, these nobles and chaebols are also somewhat prepared. That is, in terms of equipment, they also began to make advanced muskets, and they also used paper bullets.

The craftsmen were dug from the military factory opened by Zhu Youxiao, and in addition to the muskets, they also poached several gunsmiths, who were trying to make cannons at this time.

Just when the Jiangnan scholars and chaebols were actively preparing for war, many of the previous court officials resigned from their official positions. They were obviously not very optimistic about this rebellion, thinking of the outstanding martial arts of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, they basically did not have much hope for this rebellion, and hid home as soon as possible to avoid mixing in this troubled waters.

Finally, seven days after the Jiangnan Rebellion, Zhu Youxiao reacted and announced that he would wave his army to quell the rebellion.

More than 100,000 central troops, which had already been prepared, immediately crossed the line of the Huai River and came to the north bank of the Yangtze River. In the Zhenjiang area, a battle to cross the river broke out.

Under the shelling of the Royal Navy warships, the rebels could not resist the Central Army crossing the river, and were immediately routed at the first touch.

The Central Army, with the cooperation of the navy, crossed the Yangtze River in one fell swoop.

In the face of these wolf-like central armies, the rebels were powerless to parry. Even though they had some more advanced muskets in their hands, the Central Army was armed with rifled guns with a longer range. At the same time, in salvo and other training, it is already extremely mature.

The rebel army has just been formed for less than half a month, and where can there be any training, many of them are ruffians who have just been armed, and there are also some officers and men of the guards in the Jiangnan area, whose combat effectiveness is extremely poor, and not only is the military discipline lax, but they also have no courage or combat experience, and their training has long been slackened.

The Central Army almost effortlessly reached the city of Nanjing. (To be continued.) )