After recovering Beijing, Zhu Shuren spent two months staying in Beijing to basically solve the problem of liquidating hardcore traitors and dealing with the problems of demotion of officials on the wall.

Thousands of civil officials and gentry have taken this opportunity to uproot them, which has also made the north less difficult to deal with, and the life of ordinary people may be much better in the future.

But to tell the truth, most of the Beijing civil officials and gentry who were liquidated, exiled, and confiscated into the army were actually not natives in the north, at least one-third of them were passed by Jiangxi that year, and there were other educationally developed areas in the southern Jianghuai provinces.

Historically, it was not until the early Kangxi period that the Qing Dynasty gradually reversed the composition of talents left over from the former Ming Dynasty. Because it was basically in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, the vast majority of the traitors left by the former Ming Dynasty had reached the age of retirement.

And now, according to the algorithm of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, it has only been seven years of Shunzhi, and in just seven years, it is enough for the primitive traitor to die of old age and retire, and it has to be manually removed by Zhu Shuren.

Of course, if it is just a liquidation and combing, there is no need to leave hundreds of thousands of troops in the north, it is too expensive for people to eat horses and chew. Although the north can now rely on local food production to meet the needs of the people, it is unable to support hundreds of thousands of additional border troops.

Zhu Shuren's army was stationed for one more day, and the military rations of the 500,000 army had to be transported from the south. When the war was raging, I didn't feel much about it for a few months, and I thought I would get through it by gritting my teeth. And once the intensity of military operations decreases, and it is necessary to maintain such food all year round, the finances will be very tight.

Therefore, during the two-month liquidation period, Zhu Shuren also did a lot of other things, mainly to slowly clear out the green camp bandits and thieves who regathered in the mountains and forests after the rout and escape, plus the recovery of Xuanfu, Yongping, and even other important places along the Yanshan Mountain.

After the Qing army abandoned the city of Beijing, it did not give up several important passes along the defense line of the Great Wall for the first time, and also wanted to keep these passes.

It is normal for Hauge to have such thoughts, after all, in the eyes of the Qing court leaders, even if they give up Beijing, they only give up their direct rule over the Central Plains, but this does not mean that they will even give up "indirect rule".

Back to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the state of "the Han court helped to rule and collect taxes, and the Manchus were only responsible for the Han people after collecting taxes, and then entering the customs to grab a wave of ready-made", in the eyes of the Manchu high-level, it is still very likely to be done for a long time.

In order to avoid these disasters, Zhu Shuren should of course chase after the poor and clean up every inch of land within the inner Great Wall and even the outer Great Wall.

In February, the Ming army took the entire territory of Xuanfu and recaptured Zhangjiakou. At the beginning of March, he took Jimen and Miyunwei Gubeikou, and completely stabilized the defense line of Juyong Pass. By the end of March, the Great Wall passes such as Xifengkou in Yongpyeong Province were also recovered.

In the end, only one Shanhaiguan remained, which was still in the hands of the Qing army. Because Shanhaiguan is directly connected to Liaodong, the heartland of the Qing army, the Qing army does not need to take a detour from the prairie to reinforce Shanhaiguan, so the defense is very stable and cannot be taken overnight.

Moreover, Zhu Shuren considered that Haoge seemed to have a certain determination to defend the Shanhaiguan Pass and was willing to throw money into it, so he had a plan-

Failed to use Beijing City as a meat grinder, grinding out the last tens of thousands of elites of the Qing army, and letting Haoge directly burn and loot and run away. Then it is time to take Shanhaiguan now, and then use it as the last meat grinder, and strive to eliminate some more living forces of the Qing army on this battlefield.

also let Haoge, a landlubber, know that this kind of majestic pass by the mountains and the sea is not so easy to keep! With the pitiful naval power of the dog Tartars, which is about equal to nothing, daring to defend the coast is looking for death!

After making up his mind, Zhu Shuren did not ask for the immediate recovery of Shanhaiguan, but only stationed a certain amount of heavy troops in Yongping Mansion in front of the pass, and strictly guarded against other Great Wall passes in Yongping Mansion, pretending to grind slowly, temporarily paralyzing the vigilance of the Qing army.

At the same time, after consolidating the defense line of the Great Wall other than Shanhaiguan, Zhu Shuren also ordered a part of the Ming army to withdraw to the south temporarily, and the other part was transferred to the Tuntian soldiers in advance in February.

The rest of the food that is not enough, especially the food needed from the spring famine to the summer grain harvest, is still transported from the south. However, after the recovery of Beijing and Tianjin, the loss of military grain transportation was much smaller than in the previous decisive battles in Daimyo, Handan, Baoding and other places.

Because during the decisive battle in the hinterland of the Hebei Plain, even the Grand Canal could not be used, and the Daimyo's Mansion and the surrounding areas of Handan were not connected to the canal. After arriving in Tianjin, there is not only a canal, but also a complete restoration of the old business that the Shen family has done for many years - the Yellow Sea maritime military rations.

Therefore, in the past few months, Zhu Shuren also ordered the garrison to quickly repair the port facilities in Tianjin and dredge the Yongding River. As soon as the transportation loss is reduced, the problem of feeding hundreds of thousands of people will not become an astronomical number.

Yongding River, Wuqing River and even other rivers connecting Tianjin Dagu Estuary to Beijing have been repaired during the Chongzhen period, after all, the city of Beijing at that time relied on these rivers to maintain the lifeline, once the shallow can not pass through the boat, millions of people around the capital will have to starve to death.

But in the seven years of Shunzhi's rule, because the north and south have always been under the control of the two regimes, the southern Cao Yun Hai was completely cut off, and Dolgon and Haoge did not waste the people's power to dredge the Yongding River and Wuqing River every year.

After seven years of siltation, it will naturally take some effort to reactivate it now. The officers and men of the main combat army of the Ming Dynasty were somewhat resistant to doing this kind of river work, but after the generals explained the demand, everyone knew that this was for their own military rations, so they endured it and temporarily made a cameo appearance as a coolie for a few months.

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After all this was done, Zhu Shuren asked the Nanjing Imperial Court to prepare to withdraw the 500,000 troops of the Northern Expedition to the south, and then divide 100,000 troops to the east coast to station, such as Denglai, Tianjin and other places, and only in the northern inland not near the sea, leaving 200,000 combat troops, so as to reduce military food consumption and maintain a balance of fiscal revenue and expenditure, so as to facilitate a lasting life.

The difficulty of recovering the pass, and the difficulty of the remnants of the northern grassland, are far from the same level, and they must be prepared to fight a protracted war. If you are too eager and eat yourself up, and there will be another wave of thieves from Chongzhen, it will definitely outweigh the losses.

Nanjing's Longwu Emperor Zhu Changshu did not have any ambitious plans, and he was already very satisfied with the fact that he could recover Beijing within half a year this time.

As for the Chinese officials of the DPRK, Shi Kefa, the most hawkish who pays attention to the name of righteousness, also felt that the current progress of meritorious service was fast enough, so he passed all and allowed Zhu Shuren to withdraw some troops to the south first.

On the eighth day of the first month of April, Zhu Changshu officially issued an order to let Zhu Shuren lead 200,000 troops to return to the south temporarily, and bring the main meritorious generals back to Nanjing to report on their work and accept the reward.

In the north, only one governor of Henan and Beizhili, Zhang Huangyan, was left to temporarily preside over the pacification and governance of the newly recovered area, and continued to suppress bandits and sweep away scattered and remnant enemies.

In addition, Zhu Changshu also announced in his will that he would dispose of the remaining palaces, court treasures, and eunuchs and palace maids in Beijing.

The harem of the Forbidden City in Beijing needs to be sealed, and there is no need to repair it, and it is necessary to temporarily save money and food to show compassion for the people, as long as the burned and damaged wreckage is cleaned up.

In the part of the previous dynasty, the three major halls were definitely not used without the emperor coming in person, but the left and right side halls and the original six yamen could be directly used for office, and a temple could also be appropriated as the temporary shogunate of the governor of Beizhili.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, there was originally no governor in the north and south, and there was no yamen for the governor.

In fact, if you don't rebuild the burned Forbidden City building, there is no way to do it, because there is no supply of materials that meet the standards at the moment.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty in history, after many palaces in the Forbidden City were burned down, there could be materials to rebuild, and an important source was the Ming Tombs left by the Ming Dynasty -

From the Kangxi to the Qianlong period, the only remaining golden silk nanmu on the land of China that is large enough to be old enough to build the palace has been completely insufficient. The Qing Dynasty repaired the Forbidden City, a lot of golden silk nanmu, under the guise of "helping the previous dynasty repair the Ming Tombs that had fallen into disrepair for a long time", and then replaced the Ming Tombs with cheap new wood, and then dismantled the old golden silk nanmu from the Ming Tombs to repair the Qing Palace.

But the problem is that now that the Ming Dynasty has returned, the tricks that the Qing Dynasty can use in history and the rulers of the Ming Dynasty absolutely cannot learn. Can't let the descendants of the Zhu family dismantle the wood of the ancestral tomb of the Ming Tombs to build the palace, right? This is a crime of great rebellion and unfilial piety.

And as long as the Ming Tombs are not demolished, the entire land of China will not be able to find enough golden silk nanmu to completely rebuild the Forbidden City in Beijing according to the old standards, and it will not be solved if there is money. Even if you turn over the entire land of 10 million square kilometers, there are not so many golden silk nanmu trees.

In addition, Daming has always had two sets of six teams in the north and south, but the original six departments in Beijing were officially served, and the six departments in Nanjing were supporting spare tires. Now that the imperial court is working in the south, the north does not reset the six departments at all, which is also a bit decent.

Therefore, after discussing with Shi Kefa, Zhu Changshu decided to re-establish the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry in Beijing, so as to prepare and decide on the affairs needed for the future recovery operation and the further expulsion of the Tartars.

Because we have to fight a war, we must deal with the work of preparing money, food, and military supplies, dispatching troops, and supporting infrastructure construction as soon as possible.

As for Beijing's Ministry of Rites, Criminal Department, and Ministry of Officials, for the time being, only one commander with the title of Shangshu will be left, and these three departments have nothing to do with military aircraft affairs anyway. In order to show that the Ming Dynasty did not give up Beijing's status as the companion capital, it also avoided some people from talking about "violating the law of the ancestors".

At the same time, only one Shangshu was left, and only a copy of Shangshu was issued, and there was not much money, and the court naturally had a senior and virtuous deed, but it was inconvenient to hold the real power of the old ministers, which was a very pragmatic way to deal with it, and there was no need to spend money or fight.

After these tasks are done, the face will be passable, and the matter of the imperial court moving back to Beijing will be able to slowly take a long-term view, and no one will chew their tongues if it drags on for a few more years.

After instructing the disposal of the Forbidden City and the Six Ministries in Beijing, the last part of Zhu Changshu's edict was about the placement of the personnel of the puppet Qing court.

Zhu Changshu is not a womanizer either, so he directly announced that all the newly recruited palace maids and eunuchs after the pseudo-Qing Dynasty entered the customs can all be released from the palace and left to be free.

If it is really difficult to make a living, and it is impossible to support himself when he is released from the palace, he can also apply for it by himself, and reward meritorious generals and clans as concubines or slaves, all of which are voluntary.

As for those palace maids and eunuchs who have lived in the palace for more than seven years, that is, they have been in the inner palace since the beginning of the Chongzhen Dynasty, they belong to the old people recruited by the Ming Dynasty themselves, of course, these can't all be kicked away, otherwise it will hurt the dignity and benevolence of the court.

So let's treat them differently and screen them first:

If the eunuchs have taken the initiative to curry favor with the new master of the Tartars and seek promotion in the past seven years, they will also be driven out of the palace, and those who take the initiative to help the masters of the Tartars come up with ideas to kill their compatriots, and if there is evidence, they will be executed, which is nothing to say.

If the eunuchs have not flattered and degraded in the past seven years, and have not been reused and promoted by the Manchurians, then the Ming Dynasty will definitely retain them and give them a pension to show benevolence.

The palace maid part, who has been defiled by the Tartars, Zhu Shuren has been released, and Zhu Changshu also feels that he has done the right thing. And those who have not been defiled should also be divided into years, and those who have entered the palace for more than seven years are recruited by the Ming Dynasty himself, as long as they are not defiled, the Ming Dynasty will be responsible for providing for the elderly, and those who have been defiled will be rewarded to the soldiers, and they can also be old-aged.

Those who have been in the palace for less than seven years are considered to have been recruited by the Tartars, and the loyalty of these people is completely suspicious, and they will all be released back to the people.

Of course, Zhu Shuren strictly implemented this will - in fact, Zhu Changshu's idea, Zhu Shuren had almost thought of it before he received the order, but he was unwilling to overstep his bounds.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu gave someone the handle on this matter, saying that he insulted the concubines and palace maids of the harem of the Yuan court. It's not that it's wrong to insult a woman who is a foreign Tartar, but there are some things that people should not make their own decisions.

Zhu Shuren is only authoritarian, but his dictatorship is to save the world more efficiently, not his natural dominance.

In those places that do not affect the major policies, he can still be modest and modest, and he is not guilty of making a fuss about trivial matters that have no political interests.

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After dealing with the remaining problems in Beijing in strict accordance with the will, Zhu Shuren finally went south with 200,000 teachers on April 15.

The army marched normally, but sixty miles a day. But on the way back to the south, because you don't need to bring food, you can eat wherever you go, so you can go faster, and you can travel at least 80 miles a day by land, and 100 miles by water.

The Ming Dynasty is still more and more scarce in the north now, so if you can eat the southern grain, you will eat the southern grain, so as not to waste the round-trip transportation.

After a short month's march, the 2,000-mile journey was completed, and on May 16, he officially returned to Nanjing.

Zhu Changshu personally went out of the city, all the way to Zhenjiang Jinshandu to greet the army of the class teacher, and then returned to Beijing together, the courtesy is the most prosperous, which can be called the most Ming Dynasty.

Whoever made this a great contribution to the recovery of the northern capital is more worthy of courtesy than the previous victories.

Zhu Changshu also announced that the tax on land would be exempted for one year nationwide to celebrate the restoration of his homeland. However, the commercial tax is not exempted, and the surplus grain also needs to be purchased from the people at the guaranteed price given by the government, after all, the rice still has to be eaten, and if the grain is not collected for a year, the imperial court will not be able to support it at all.

When the people of the provinces heard the news, they inevitably puffed up their bellies and celebrated together. Those who are accustomed to suffering from tartars are even more crying with joy, and the streets of Nanjing and on this road are full of people who sincerely support the welcome of the sandwich.

In order to show his martial arts, Zhu Changshu also rode a rare horse, and wore the same phoenix wings and gold crown and silver scales and gold dragon pattern armor as on the "Police Entry Map". And he gave Zhu Shuren to walk with a bridle, only one horse's head behind.

However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the onlookers did not feel that it was inappropriate, which was deserved for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the old capital.

When he returned to the Forbidden City of Nanjing, it was naturally a cumbersome banquet to catch the wind, and he gave various rewards and promotions to meritorious soldiers.

Suddenly, the Ming court sealed out five or six miscellaneous generals, and seven or eight more marquises.

And Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong were even named dukes - Daming has not been dukes for many years, but when Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country and Zhu Di usurped the throne, they were also dukes. Now that the Central Plains has been restored, of course, he deserves to be a duke.

Liu Guoneng, Li Fuming, Zhang Mingzhen, etc., the heat is more or less worse, and the follow-up has to count on the Northern Expedition to the grassland, or to make more meritorious contributions to the final blow to Liaodong Jiannu, and it may be possible in his lifetime, and the older ones have little hope.

In addition, even with Li Dingguo and other young generals, because of the final decisive battle with Haoge in Neihuang County, outstanding performance, rigorous management of the army, after the main force of the Qing army entered the camp of the Ming army, they were able to maintain those trenches without collapsing, and fought with the Qing army to the end, creating conditions for the final annihilation of the main force of the Qing army.

Therefore, Li Dingguo was also made an earl, as a western thief general, he missed the work of salvation, and it is already very good to be able to do this step now. He is still young, and if the follow-up in-depth attack on Manmeng can make another miraculous achievement, there is still great hope.

After the generals and civil officials rewarded one by one, there was only one Zhu Shuren himself left, but he was hard to reward for his merits, he was already a prince of one word, and the highest military position in the Ming Dynasty had already been, so there was nothing to give.

Fortunately, Zhu Shuren doesn't care about this, as long as he makes a lot of money and has real power, his false name is not important.

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After spending a few days and dealing with all the rewards and promotions, the monarch and the ministers finally had time to discuss the follow-up timetable and the major policies for the next few years.

On 20 May, the fourth day after Zhu Shuren returned to Nanjing, Zhu Changshu once again summoned him to the palace alone to discuss matters, but did not summon other cabinet ministers, but asked his daughter Zhu Yuchan to accompany him, in the form of a family banquet, which was obviously convenient for Zhu Shuren to express his views directly and engage in a speech.

After the banquet was set, Zhu Changshu humbly asked: "Do you think that it will take a few years to sweep away the remnants of the grassland enemy?" Will it deplete the finances for a long time? How many years will it take for the north to recover? Raise your own food to support the army to requisition and suppress the military rations? ”