Since the remnants of Azig returned to Beijing, Dolgon also turned his attention back to China, although at this time Dolgon hated Zhu Youzhen deeply.

But Dolgon also knew that if the Qing Dynasty wanted to destroy the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to give the Han people in the north a chance to breathe, consolidate the foundation of his Qing rule in the north, and accumulate strength to prepare for another expedition to the south one day.

Because of this, in the second half of the second year of Shunzhi, Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing court issued an edict to prohibit the bannermen from excessively enclosing land, and all the occupied land should be returned to the people, and officials were also sent to inspect to win the hearts of the people.

At the same time, Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing court also used a large number of Han people as officials, enriched local rule, encouraged agriculture and reclamation, and reduced the punishment of the fugitive law in order to reduce population losses, and no longer implemented the crime of joint sitting.

As soon as the Qing court did this, and the war had ended, the north had basically calmed down, and a large number of Qing court officials also knew that they would rest with the people, and as soon as they arrived in the locality, they began to build water conservancy, reclaim the wasteland, and suppress bandits.

And the Hermes-Epitek who was dressed as a banner man also accepted his fate at this time, after all, even if he changed from a homesteader to a tenant farmer, he could not do without the land, and he also had to farm.

After Dolgon executed several Manchurian officials who had brutalized the people, the Manchurian aristocracy also reduced the degree of exploitation of the Han people, and the Manchurian aristocracy was basically concentrated in the land of Gyeonggi and the big city.

Most of the northern region has not been affected much.

Although this land is stained with the blood of many compatriots, and although this land has become the ruling area of the Hu people, the surviving people still should farm, and the scholars who stayed in the north should still be officials.

Kong Wenzhen, a descendant of Confucius and a former minister of the Ming Dynasty, was named a derivative prince by Emperor Shunzhi, which showed that the Qing Dynasty wanted to follow Confucianism as orthodoxy, and the northern gentry all called this the good governance of the Ming monarch.

At the same time, the Qing court also began to train new soldiers, expand the green battalion, a large number of northern refugees were recruited into the army, at the end of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing court green battalion expanded to more than 300,000 troops.

However, Azig was not punished by Dolgon, and still held the yellow flag, and even took over the white flag that was originally held by Dordor, and a large number of Manchurian iron cavalry outside the pass were also transferred into the pass again, so as to enrich the military power of the capital.

The world seems to be peaceful, and there is a Ming and Qing Dynasty divided the north and the south and the war stopped, not only the people on the Ming side think so, but the northern Han gentry at this time also think so.

However, there were also many Qing court bureaucrats who did not think that the Qing Dynasty could only occupy half of the country, such as Dolgon and Hong Chengchou.

"Lord, the richest place in the world is Jiangnan, and then Huguang, Xishu and other places are all grain-producing areas, such as today's time is not good, the north is getting colder and colder year by year, and the grain production is lower, if I do not occupy Jiangnan, Huguang, Xishu and other places, I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue, and these places, except for Xishu, are in the hands of the Ming court, once the Ming court takes this to recover its vitality, I am afraid that it will not be our southern expedition, but the northern expedition of the Ming court", Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department, seriously raised his concerns to Dolgon.

"You're right, if this Ming court is not destroyed, then the country of my Qing Dynasty will be unstable, but now we have to wait for the opportunity, how to recuperate, how to supervise the construction of firearms and artillery, how to build warships, Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Court has been vigorously developing the navy recently, and he must prevent him from sneaking up from the sea when the time comes, and he must be warned, from Liaodong to Hejian Fu, the coastal area must strengthen coastal defense and prohibit fishermen from going to sea!"

Dolgon's decree to ban the sea, as a Fujian Hong Chengchou is very much in favor, not only Hong Chengchou, but also the northern Han gentry are also in favor, the ban on the sea for the common people is equivalent to the control of the benefits of sea trade in the hands of the rulers, especially in the hands of these coastal gentry.

Therefore, most of the Han bureaucrats in the Qing court called the regent a virtuous king, which was better than Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

"Returning to the prince, the craftsmen have stepped up to imitate the Ming Court's Chongzhen 14-style musket, but I heard the craftsmen say that although this musket is almost similar to the bird's gun, the structure is extremely fine, there are a few components I don't know what kind of good iron is made, and now there are no craftsmen to build it, and the barrel and the handle on the barrel do not seem to be ordinary iron, even if it is made now, I am afraid that it is not the same as that of the Ming Court, maybe worse, I am afraid that it cannot be used as a spear; In addition, the same is true for artillery, Xia Guanxi has been in charge of the military department in the Ming Court for a period of time, and he never thought that their craftsmanship would improve so quickly, not only this musket, but even the artillery does not know how to do it, and the cannon of the same specification, the Ming Court's is much lighter. ”

Hong Chengchou smiled awkwardly, and Dolgon said disapprerovingly: "A heavy reward for people who can be imitated, but it doesn't matter if it can't be completely imitated, as long as the range is long enough and it can shoot continuously, it doesn't matter if it can be used as a spear, the cannon is more bulky and heavy, I still have an iron cavalry in the Qing Dynasty, where do you need his musket to use as a spear to charge, what does this Ming Ting think, he would actually think of using firearms as spears, and this is a big move!" ”

As Dorgon spoke, an official came to report, "My lord, these are the latest news from the south. ”

Dolgon looked at it seriously for a while and handed it to Hong Chengchou: "This Zhu Youzhen is really good at playing, he actually levied commercial taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, and opened his own bank, isn't it just a money village, and he has to get money from the gentry, you see, and he also proposed that agriculture and commerce are their own business, and even encourage commerce and trade, but I don't know what he thinks, Zhu Ming can have today, and the gentry and officials in the south are all engaged in business and profit, and they are not without concern about ruining the foundation of the world, and now it seems that this Zhu Youzhen is only afraid that he is still coerced by the gentry in the south. started the trick of developing commerce, but his business tax can be regarded as good governance, but it is something that offends people, so that this king is really unpredictable. ”

Hong Chengchou also took a closer look, and couldn't help laughing for a while: "No matter what, according to the news on this secret report, Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen's move is to offend the Jiangnan gentry, and the benefits of commerce are the exclusive property of the gentry, but now it has been taken away by Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, can the gentry in Jiangnan agree, it can be seen that at present, we are still winning the hearts of the people by going south again." ”

Dolgon nodded, agreeing with Hong Chengchou's opinion, he was indeed unwilling to give up the opportunity to let himself dominate the world.

Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department, was very happy to see that Dolgon agreed with him, he knew that he was a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and his qualifications were not as good as the status of Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and others in the Qing court, and now he could only hope that when he went south again, he could become the commander and earn a great achievement, so as to achieve his higher status in the Qing Dynasty.

"Chongzhen, Chongzhen, maybe the old man can really only be sorry for you, maybe one day it will be the official who will kill you, but the official is not willing to let you and my monarchs and ministers come to that point, but don't worry, if it comes to that point, the official will not be merciful and change the dynasty, which has been the case since ancient times."

Hong Chengchou looked at the teacup in his hand and was secretly distracted, but after a while, someone from his own came to report: "Master, King Pingxi and Zhang Ge Lao ask to see each other." ”

(End of chapter)