On the third day of the seventh month of the first year of Longwu, the Manchu court, which had been entrenched in Beijing for one year and seven months, officially evacuated. Just like Li Zicheng that day, they also had to withdraw from the center of the world as the defeated side. After a whole night of convening, the bannermen and relatives of the Eight Banners gathered nearly 60,000 people, plus the two elite soldiers of the White Banners who had been defeated from all over the country and Duoduo, the total number was around 100,000, and at the middle of the night on the third day of the seventh month, they left Beijing safely from Xibianmen.

Accompanying them on the road were the coffins of the Daxing Emperor Shunzhi and the Empress Dowager Da Yu'er, including Dai Shan and other important ministers who were killed in the chaos. It was also on this day that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had its own new emperor, that is, Bo Guoer, the king of Xiangjun, and the year name was not determined, so he was hurriedly pushed to the throne of the emperor by everyone.

In an instant, the position of the Emperor lost its original appeal to anyone, and Dolgon was no longer attached to the throne that had once driven him crazy, he just hid in the carriage containing the remains of the Great Jade, licking his wounds alone. The country cannot be without a king for a day, and under his instruction, Bo Guoer became the final candidate.

The Imperial Party, the Later Party, and the Regent's Party have all become yesterday's yellow flowers, and now the Eight Banners have to unite again in order to survive, and now they have only one choice. The Central Plains, Jiangnan, and Liaodong do not have a foothold for the Eight Banners, and perhaps only the far far north is their safest harbor, but there is a premise, and that must be that they can get there alive.

On the fifth day after Dolgon left the Beijing Division, that is, on the ninth day of the seventh month, Zhu Ping'an's Northern Expeditionary Army entered the Beijing Division, and the third guard of the new army of the vanguard Wu Dingguo entered the city first and took over the city defense.

After two years. Jingshi finally returned to the embrace of Daming, but the scenes and feelings he saw after entering the city were very different from what Zhu Ping'an imagined. The originally envisioned scene of the people eating pot pulp and greeting each other did not appear. In the streets and alleys, every house is closed and avoided. Zhu Ping'an and the army under his command actually entered the Jingshi City under such an extremely cold situation.

Not only Zhu Ping'an, but even the generals and soldiers under Zhu Ping'an were surprised. It is inevitable that there will be some voices of confusion and complaints among the troops. The Jingshi was stolen by thieves and Manchu Tartars for such a long time, and the people everywhere looked forward to the Wangshi Beiding Central Plains were all eager for Ganlin to surrender.

But when you think about it, it's human nature. Within two years, the Beijing division "changed the king banner at the head of the city", and the farmers and businessmen of the Beijing division were first tossed by the thieves' recovery of stolen goods, and then the Qing army entered the customs and stole the artifact. The nobles of the Eight Banners stook their land in Beijing, especially the implementation of the shaving order, which made the people complain. Now that the Ming army occupies the Beijing division again, the people inevitably retain suspicion in their hearts, and they only care about the rise and fall of their own families every day, which can know the major affairs of the country, and who can know how long the Ming army can stay in the Beijing division? Actually, let's be honest. What the people care about is not who will do the country, as long as it can make the country and the people safe. In fact, who is sitting on the Ninety-Five Supreme Throne is indeed a matter of irrelevance to them.

The army slowly entered the Beijing division in a deserted atmosphere, and Zhu Ping'an's military orders also reached all departments at the same time. All soldiers and horses who entered Beijing were stationed in the barracks of the original Beijing troops, and they were not allowed to go out without a military order. The Imperial City was completely closed. Zhao Guangluan, the governor of Shandong who followed Zhu Ping'an into Beijing, led Wang Jinfa to guard the right thousand households of soldiers and horses. Due to the previous series of melee and turmoil, some palaces in the imperial city, including the Taimiao, needed to be repaired and rebuilt, and these were also handed over to Zhao Guangluan, who directly allocated money from the Shandong Free Trade Zone Management Committee to start the reconstruction project immediately. In order to welcome the Longwu Emperor Zhu Yu into the main capital in the shortest possible time.

After two disruptions of thieves and the Qing army, the vitality of the imperial court was greatly damaged, and there was no one in ten civil and military ministers, and the original court situation was completely disrupted, including the vassal kings in various places were also greatly injured, and the descendants of Emperor Shenzong had no one except Zhu Youlang who was far away in Guangxi, and the rest of the collateral vassal kings were also killed or wounded seven or eight out of ten. But this situation also made Zhu Ping'an deal with government affairs to reduce a huge burden, from the Hongwu Emperor, Yongle Emperor lineage of the vassal system has always been a boulder on the head of the Ming Dynasty, now, this fast boulder is consumed, it is also the best time for Zhu Ping'an to start from scratch to formulate and implement a new strategy.

As for party struggle, in Zhu Ping'an's view, it is not the most important issue. No matter what dynasty or any period, party strife cannot be absolutely avoided, even within the superpowers that flaunt democracy and freedom in later generations, there are still in it, but it is just a different name and a form. Therefore, Zhu Ping'an believes that party struggle is not terrible, the key is that party struggle cannot be out of the control of those in power, that is to say, party struggle must be within the scope delineated by those in power, if it is out of the circle, it is to break the rules of the game, and any behavior that dares to break the rules of the game will only end up in a dead end. How to operate, Zhu Ping'an has to carefully design it with his own think tank.

At the moment, it is clear that this is not the time to discuss these issues.

"It is advisable to chase the poor bravely", this sentence, Zhu Ping'an has always been regarded as a golden rule. All along, the nomads in the north are the great enemies of the Han people in the Central Plains, from the Qin and Han dynasties to the present, it is the case, the nomads into the Central Plains, there have been many times in history, each time in promoting national integration at the same time, but to the Han people are deep suffering and indelible wounds. Now, the time has come when it must be resolved.

Mongolian steppe, now most of the power has been attached to the Ming Dynasty, the economic lifeline of the grassland is in the hands of Zhu Ping'an, the Mongolian aristocracy has had to become the economic vassals of the Ming Dynasty, next, Zhu Ping'an has a long-term plan to reopen the Silk Road, although now the maritime trade has become the mainstream, and has gradually become the main pillar supporting the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty, but for communication, exchanges and trade with West Asia and Central Asia, it also mainly relies on land routes. The severance of trade routes also indirectly contributed to the barrenness and backwardness of Northwest China. If the Silk Road can be opened up again, it will not only enable the northwest provinces to gain a good opportunity for development, and the Ming Dynasty will expand its territory, but also make the northwest and northeast ethnic groups have to rely on the wings of the Ming Dynasty and become the pawns of the Ming chariot.

And the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Ping'an didn't plan to let it go so easily. After completely annihilating its vital forces, it is necessary to rely on the economic development plans of the northwest and northeast to carry out large-scale migration to these areas. Of course, this is different from the previous way of forcing the people to move to the distant frontier under the order of the imperial court. At this point, Zhu Ping'an is an absolute opponent of the migration system and military household system of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of Hongwu Emperor. In his view, the slight tilt of economic levers is enough to ensure that the people make this choice, as long as the imperial court issues an edict on preferential measures for the development of the frontier areas, the merchants will flock to the barren areas of the frontier, as long as there is profit, they will definitely not ignore it. In this way, the migration tide of the people will begin to spread to the northwest and northeast under their leadership. Maybe it will take a little longer, but it's definitely much better.

With the end of the war, the Ming Dynasty will also usher in a new wave of economic development, the result of which is the re-intensification of the contradiction between land and population. As early as the Shandong period, Zhu Ping'an took advantage of the huge business opportunities of sea trade to attract businessmen, people and even officials for the interest of marine development, over the years, Shandong has flourished, "down to the South Seas" has even become a new trend of population and economic development, a large number of Han people, businessmen have thrown themselves into the wave of marine trade, which has also led to the rapid development of Shandong, Jianghuai and Zhejiang.

For the development of the northwest and northeast border regions, Zhu Ping'an intends to draw on the intensive research of maritime trade to set off a new commercial development path of the Silk Road. After the Ming Dynasty recuperated for a period of time, the population and economy grew and developed, "taking the west exit, wading the ancient road, and breaking through the eastern part of the country" became a new wave of immigration, which could not only restore the productivity of the border areas, but also firmly control all ethnic groups and achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

After completely annihilating the living forces of the Qing army, it is obviously unrealistic to want to destroy the entire Eight Banners. Rather than forcing it to have no way out, hiding in the deep mountains and old forests for generations to fight against the Ming army, I don't know when there are a few strange things similar to Nurhachi and Huang Taiji's luck, and they are fighting with the Ming Dynasty, it is better to stop in moderation and gradually assimilate it under the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Adopting Huairou methods, those sour and rotten scholars can have a way, or in a few decades, Eight Banners Manchuria may only have one name left, or perhaps, there will be nothing left. Daming's mind is broad, it can accommodate all things, and it is only a Eight Banners Manchuria, of course.

Azig was trapped in Xi'an, and it was only a matter of time before he fell. Dongchangbao, Quang Ninh, and Jinzhou had already been captured by Li Dingguo's coalition forces, and the troops were approaching Jinzhou. It's no secret what Dolgon had in mind, and in fact, there's only one way he can go. But Zhu Ping'an will never give him another chance to make a comeback.

Before entering the Beijing Division, Zhu Ping'an had already sent someone to send an order to Li Dingguo to speed up the march, and it was necessary to take Ningyuan before August and enter the front line of Shanhaiguan. After resting for three days in Beijing, Zhu Ping'an's army immediately marched north, blocking the road to the north from the north and south.

Shanhaiguan will become the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it will also be the final battlefield for Zhu Ping'an and Dolgon to face off again. (To be continued......)