Chapter 151: By the West Lake
The work of demolishing the whole city began in full swing after the identification that day. The Eight Banners Army and their families who were unwilling to do it were not without them. Liu Da directly threw these people to the people who were forced to be slaves under the banner and endured inhuman abuse for many years. He sincerely invited other potential opponents to watch a drama of how one person was torn to pieces by others. Dingdian novels had the fastest update to this motivation, and the work of demolishing the city himself could be carried out in advance.
As for the rations, Liu Dahe and other supervisors selected said that there was no need for the Ming army to pay even a penny. Chen Wen knew a little about how he was a magician. It was nothing more than the division of labor between men and women and the work of making money. He had no interest in seeing the grand occasion of the two prostitutes outside the city gates of Qiantang Gate and Yongkin Gate, adjacent to West Lake.
"King, what should we do if these Tartars are demolished?"
"Demolition of the city is just to forgive the crime of occupying the city. I will pay it back first and then talk about something else."
Hangzhou was about to go down, and Chen Wen also received news that Huzhou and other prefectures were successfully recovered. After the Qianying who went north recovered Huzhou Prefecture, he immediately ushered in a wave of tide. Huzhou, one prefecture, one prefecture and six counties surrendered, and Guangdezhou in the south of the Yangtze River was also exposed to the military front of the Ming army, but Chen Wen maintained a certain degree of restraint on this.
On the day of capturing the city, Chen Wen issued an order to go westward to restore the four counties of Yuyao, Lin'an, Yuqian and Changhua, and to go east to take Haining County. The defenders of Xincheng and Fuyang received the information that the Ming army had recovered Hangzhou and their families fell into Chen Wen's hands, and surrendered to the Ming army without hesitation.
In this way, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Songjiang Prefecture in southern Jiangsu were all taken into account. In addition, after the efforts of lobbyists, the Yongjia Division also recovered the Huizhou Prefecture, which was abandoned for the defenders. It achieved the miracle that the occupied areas expanded significantly northward in just over ten days.
The territory of these five prefectures, Hangzhou, Jia, Hu and Songjiang, are all important tax areas, and agriculture, commerce and handicrafts are extremely developed. Huizhou is the birthplace of the famous Hui merchants and has a deep commercial tradition. However, the Qing Dynasty has occupied these areas for more than ten years. The Massacre of Haining, Jiaxing, Huizhou, Jixi, and the years of exploitation, plunder, population decline, and sluggishness. The scale of handicrafts is inevitably shrinking. It still takes time to restore the old concept.
However, Chen Wen was not worried about this. The hard work and intelligence of the Chinese are world-famous. Just like in eastern Zhejiang, it is only a matter of time before the local stability and strict administration can be maintained, and prosperity can be reproduced.
However, although time is on Chen Wen's side when defending Hangzhou, it is not the case in the overall environment.
"King, this is the document we found in the office of Prince Yue Le, Lu'an and the Governor Xiao Qiyuan. These are all secret orders sent by the Governor Yue Le and Xiao Qiyuan by the Governor Xiao Qiyuan."
The Qing court issued a secret decree to Xiao Qiyuan relatively early, and the timeliness has passed. If you don’t mention it earlier, Yue Le’s army has been completely destroyed, and there is no need to read the decrees that Xiao Qiyuan prepared in advance.
However, the distance sent to Yue Le is now very close. Although some have been turned into waste paper by Chen Wen's army, there are also some more interesting things.
"...The secret order has been issued to Pingnan, Jingnan and Dingnan vassal left-wing general Ma Xiong, and Guangdong Chaozhou General Hao Shangjiu. In the unfavorable situation, he can temporarily surrender to the thief camp and wait for the iron cavalry to move south and raise righteous troops to pacify Zhejiang bandits..."
Nowadays, the Qing court is at a disadvantage, so it is extremely necessary to leave a way for these fence-bearing plants. The problem is that, not to mention the Shang family, even Geng Jimao and Hao Shangjiu did not inform Chen Wen of the secret order, this is the most suspicious. In terms of the good, they are afraid that Chen Wen will be misunderstood or the Qing court's plan to dissuade them; in terms of the bad, they are going to continue to be fence-bearing, with the power over there.
This is normal. Anyway, Chen Wen has never really believed them. Now they are still keeping them in Jiangnan, and they cannot concentrate enough power at the moment when they are separatist. However, another secret order must be paid attention to, and there is only one thing in it, that is, Prince Heshuo Jian Jidu is already rectifying the Eight Banners Army and the Northern Green Camp, preparing to go south in large numbers, and ask Yue Le to wait for reinforcements to arrive before launching an attack on the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army.
Prince Heshuo Jian Jidu, Chen Wen remembers that it seemed that he was the son of Prince Heshuo Zheng Jiergalang, who was ranked as regent with Dorgon. In these two princes, Prince Zheng's title was still hereditary and was extremely noble in the Qing Dynasty's title system.
Jidu was the head coach in the Shunzhi period, but it seemed that he did not have the ability of Yue Le. Now Yue Le has not grown up yet, so Jidu is not up to mention it. On the contrary, Jiergalang behind Jidu is the only remaining long-lasting general in the Qing Dynasty...
"Tsk, just a savior, come and give the head."
Chen Wen saw this, but he didn't know if Zheng Chenggong was prepared. It was just May 16th. It took Jidu a July and August to reach the Yangtze River, but he decided to send someone to Zhenjiang. However, he had already received the news of the Zhenjiang victory, and his concerns became deeper and deeper.
Worry is not only about the Battle of Nanjing, but more importantly, some people in this world will really suffocate themselves to death if they don’t make trouble for others!
"Appoint the Yongjia Division to repair it on site for two days, the entire army turned around and headed west to Nanchang on standby. Tell Li Ruixin that I can only give him one day to reunite with his family."
This order seems a bit unkind, but Chen Wen has no choice. The current situation is not the time to celebrate victory and enjoy the benefits of the war.
"Order Chen Guobao immediately led the Pujiang Camp westward to control Huizhou Prefecture."
"The Danyang Division marched into Chizhou, and the Wuhu plan was officially cancelled. The troops stationed in Huizhou left a bureau, and the other troops returned to the northwest of Poyang Lake as quickly as possible."
Zheng Chenggong entered the Yangtze River, and the Qing army in Huguang had obviously received news. The army was moving westward, making it clear that the chariots and horses were about to restrain the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
This is a matter of course, but I don’t know if Sun Kewang also got the news. Now the friction between the southwest Ming army and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming army in western Jiangxi has become increasingly fierce. Before recapturing Hangzhou, Chen Wen received an urgent document from Wu Dengke. The patrols of the two armies broke out outside the pavilion of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming army in Pingxiang County, Yuanzhou Prefecture. Although the troops of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming army successfully expelled the Southwest Ming army, the two largest Ming army groups had to return to Jiangxi as soon as possible to take charge.
However, just recovered Hangzhou, and it would take some time to ensure people's hearts stability. So Chen Wen first mobilized troops to Jiangxi, and then he could rush to Nanchang with ease.
The army was in charge of the defense of each battalion and officials, and Hangzhou's civil affairs also had temporary civil servants who came with the army. Since he decided to stay in charge for a few days, Chen Wen simply took time to visit West Lake, and regarded it as a show.
The beautiful scenery of West Lake is famous all over the world. In fact, there are many lakes in China called West Lake, which has the saying that West Lake is thirty-six in the world. Most of these West Lake are picturesque places, but for most people, when they mention West Lake, the first thing they think of is the West Lake in Hangzhou.
I remember that Chen Wen had been to West Lake back then. At that time, sightseeing was already free, but the visit, food, accommodation and other expenses were still very expensive. What’s more serious is that West Lake is beautiful, but no matter how you look at it, you feel that there are more people than water. He looks like this everywhere he goes, and he was speechless at that time.
However, the beautiful scenery of West Lake is indeed well-known and still fresh in my memory. Nowadays, people who visit West Lake are far less than those of later generations. In addition, the war in Hangzhou has just come to an end, and there are not many tourists on the shore of West Lake, and they almost become like a place that is covered by Chen Wen.
"If someone was sent to block West Lake and really book a yard, it would be a bit wonderful. Well, maybe someone in ancient times had done this."
Envying the extravagant desire of feudal society, Chen Wen led the guard to jump out of Qingbo Gate. However, before reaching the lakeside, the lakeside was very famous. The peach trees that Gu Shouli mentioned many times, and only some tree stumps were left in the willow trees. There were mostly exposed ground and dry horse manure on the grass, like a pockmarked face. When we got closer, the lake was full of broken branches and leaves, and there were also many floating horse manure eggs, with a disgusting hot smell coming to our face.
"Why do I feel like I'm here to be a fake West Lake?"
The scene in front of him made Chen Wen feel indifferent. Instead of looking at such a stinky pond, it is better to go back to Jinhua to see the sewage discharged from the workshops. At least it can be regarded as a by-product of industrialization, making people feel hope, and this seems to be of no use except being disgusting.
"The king doesn't know that on the shore of the lake, there were green grass, willow branches swaying lightly in the wind, peach blossoms were burning, and the air was filled with the fragrance of peach blossoms. The green waves on the lake were rippling, making it even more beautiful. Unfortunately, here is the city, and the Tartars simply regarded the West Lake as a horse farm, and even the peach willows were cut down, which was really a waste of resources."
The guide was a local scholar who could ride a horse. Seeing this in front of him, he started to talk about the accusations against the Eight Banners.
According to the information from the Hangzhou Station, the Eight Banners were the smallest, that is, when Jin Li was still the General of Pingnan, there were tens of thousands of war horses and pack horses in the Eight Banners of the 4,000 Han troops and eight banners. When Yuele went south, there were countless horses in the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners. As a result, the uncontrolled grazing of these pests further led to the withering of the beautiful scenery of West Lake and the pollution of water sources.
"Remember to remind me and go back and tell that guy Liu Da that after demolishing the whole city, let the Tartars come over and clean up the West Lake!"
The good mood was gone, but the itinerary was not cancelled. West Lake was 30 miles long, so Chen Wen couldn't have visited every place. This show was to find a few attractions to visit and promote it, so that the people of Hangzhou knew that he was in Hangzhou, that's all. So he found a local scholar who accompanied him with his staff. Their task was to follow him and make records and then contribute to the first Hangzhou liberation magazine reported by Zhejiang.
As for the attractions, Chen Wen didn't have to think about it, so he decided to come down to Leifeng Pagoda, Yuewang Temple and Yu Qian's tomb, both of which are very famous places here. However, these three famous places, Leifeng Pagoda is on the south bank of the lake, Yuewang Temple is on the north bank of the lake, and Yu Qian's tomb is on the west bank of the lake. The most deadly thing is his starting point, Hangzhou City is on the east bank of the lake...
I can't stay on the shore of the lake anymore, and I can't stand the smell of horse manure soaking in water from early summer in Zhejiang. Chen Wen and his party headed straight to Leifeng Tower under the guidance of the guide, which was the first stop.
Leifeng Pagoda was built in the second year of Taiping Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, the King of Wu Yue built this pagoda because the princess had a son, called Huangfei Pagoda. Later generations found the name of Leifeng Pagoda because it was built on Leifeng.
Chen Wen's initial impression of this was that the monk Fahai used this building to suppress Bai Snake. Later, a certain article was widely used in the early and early textbook writers also wrote an article celebrating the fall of Leifeng Pagoda. However, Chen Wen couldn't remember whether the gentleman's original intention was to think that Fahai was meddling in other people's business or to use the past to satirize the present.
However, compared to these, what impressed Chen Wen the most was the popular TV series. The theme song "The mountains and rivers cannot carry too much..." is wrong. It should be the sound of "Waiting for a thousand years" and the aging goddess's figure immediately came to her mind, as if she was hypnotized.
When Chen Wen came to Leifeng Pagoda, he did not see the beautiful scenery of Leifeng sunset, but the lonely brick tower body was red all over, with no wooden structures or decorations on it.
The destruction of Leifeng Pagoda has nothing to do with our Qing Dynasty. It was burned by Japanese pirates besieged in Hangzhou during the Japanese riots in Jiajing. This made Chen Wen feel very unhappy. Today's West Lake has been destroyed by these two barbarians who have carried out large-scale thermal destruction and massacre of China to this field today, which is enough.
In history, the reconstruction of Leifeng Pagoda was not until the 21st century. Chen Wen didn't want to wait, and couldn't wait, so he had the idea of rebuilding Leifeng Pagoda. However, he did not plan to make this money. It would be enough to call on social wise men to join in the grand event. If you have money, you should still use it to raise soldiers and fight wars.
After walking around, Chen Wen left Leifeng Pagoda and headed towards Yu Qian’s tomb. He first went south, then went west, but ran halfway, but Chen Wen suddenly stopped his horse, stopped, and looked at the dense forest in the distance.
"King, that is Nanping Mountain. Nanping Wanzhong, one of the ten scenic spots in West Lake, is talking about this."
"Nanping Mountain."
Chen Wen was silent for a moment, then turned his horse's head and said, "Go back to the city."
"King, aren't you going to pay homage to Yu Shaobao?"
"I won't go today. I'll go there again if the sacrifice is generous. I'd rather be embarrassed."
They had long been accustomed to Chen Wen's jumping thinking, but the only guide was not used to it, but he quickly reacted.
Chapter completed!