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Chapter 172: Recovering Beijing

As the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing has always existed and was an important tourist attraction in the Nanjing Forbidden City in later generations.

After entering the pass, the Qing court crossed the river and occupied Nanjing, and changed Nanjing to Jiangning, also known as Jinling. It directly assigned the imperial city of Nanjing to the Eight Banners. In other words, the Imperial City of the Qing Dynasty was the garrison of the Eight Banners in Nanjing. General Jiangning and the yamen of the commander were directly set up in the imperial city. After taking Nanjing, Zhu Yicheng issued two orders. The first order was to restore Jinling (Jiangning Prefecture) to Nanjing (Yingtian Prefecture), and the second order was to clear out all the Eight Banners stationed in the imperial city and restore the original appearance of the Imperial City.

The re-change of Jinling into Nanjing (Yingtian Mansion), which was completed when Zhu Yicheng entered the city. As for the restoration of the original appearance of the imperial city, it took some time. On the one hand, there were quite a few Eight Banners living in the imperial city. Although most of these people were not soldiers of the Eight Banners, but ordinary families and young people, it was impossible to move all of these people from the imperial city to another place to take care of them. Furthermore, due to the decades of Nanjing's demise, so many Eight Banners in the imperial city have brought great damage to the original structure of the imperial city. After these people moved out, necessary repairs were required to be carried out.

Therefore, after entering the city, Zhu Yicheng temporarily moved in with the Governor General Office of Liangjiang as a temporary residence. At the same time, although winning Nanjing was a major victory, the entire battle situation was not completely over. In addition to Su Song's Qing army, it still needs to be resolved, and more importantly, the Ming army fighting hard in Wenzhou was more important.

"My Ming Dynasty is so powerful that it is invincible. Now that Nanjing has been recovered, I am congratulating the country! Long live the country!"

On the second day of Nanjing's recovery, Liao Huanzhi arrived and saw Zhu Yicheng giving a big visit. When Zhu Yicheng asked him to get up, Liao Huanzhi got up from the ground with a smile on his face.

Liao Huanzhi knows more than anyone else what it means to take Nanjing. Now that Nanjing is in hand, relying on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and the power of the navy, half of the south of the Yangtze River is basically in the hands of the Ming army. Su Song's Qing army was in a desperate situation after being captured in Nanjing, and his defeat was in the middle of the night.

After the Qing army of Su Song was resolved, the Ming army completely occupied Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Taiwan, and large areas south of Huizhou. In addition to the controlled areas of other rebels, it can be seen that the army has fully possessed the strength to compete for the world.

Now, although Zhu Yicheng is still a governor, Zhu Yicheng has the capital to officially ascend the throne in Liao Huanzhi's eyes. As Zhu Yicheng's first civil servant, it will be natural for him to rise when the water rises. If nothing else, the prime minister will be stable in the future. Even if Zhu Yicheng does not have a cabinet for the time being, it will be a matter of time before he becomes a marquis and a prime minister. Looking back on just one year, Liao Huanzhi went from an inconspicuous little magistrate to a person who is now galloping in the wind and clouds. All this was like a dream.

"Mr. Liao, what's the situation in Hangzhou now?"

"Please rest assured that all the affairs in Hangzhou have been resettled. The officials sent by Brother Yulu have been in place for me to go north and the rest of the matter is in order..."
Chapter completed!
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