The weather is so cold.

The first snow of this winter fell last night.

One night, the streets and alleys of Beijing City were covered with ice and snow.

Whether it is the luxury mansions of princes and powerful people or the small courtyards in ordinary alleys and alleys, they are covered with silver.

Rich families burn charcoal basins, while poor families can only pick up dry firewood to burn for heating.

No matter how hard life is, we still have to continue.

Even the flag soldiers complained.

At this time last year, I had already given rice, flour, wine and meat for everyone to spend the winter. But this year I have been delaying it again and again.

That's fine, but since last month, even the monthly salary has started to be deducted.

Being a soldier is natural to eat food. The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.

If it weren't for the hardcore crop, who would have been willing to work hard on the battlefield?

Now this hardcore crop is gone, so it is not treated the same as the Green Camp soldiers.

If this is the case, everyone will be a bullshit.

But no one dares to cause trouble at this critical moment.

After all, Prince Su Haoge rebelled not long ago, and the Regent mobilized all forces in the capital to quell the rebellion.

Now that people are angry, anyone who makes trouble at this critical moment would be really a tragedy.

There is no way to get through this cold winter by gritting your teeth and tightening your belt.

When winter passes, the court should allocate some grain and rice?

Fortunately, they have more or less food stored in their homes, so it is still no problem to spend a winter.

At this moment, the Regent Dorgon in Prince Rui's mansion was also worried.

What worried him not only was the shortage of food in the capital, but also the reports from Shaanxi.

This is the third time that Ajige has urged Dorgon to allocate food.

The whole world is asking for food, so why don’t you think of a solution yourself?

Dorgon is not a god, so how could he be able to do everything?

The reason why Dorgon could fulfill all his requests in the past was because Zheng Zhilong was there.

Now that Zheng Zhilong is finished himself, how could he care about Dorgon?

Now Dorgon's hope is placed on the potatoes mentioned by Fan Wencheng.

I don’t know if this legendary crop with extremely high yield per mu is really that magical.

According to Fan Wencheng, the detailed work inserted in Shandong will take action recently. I hope there will be a good result.

But far-flung water cannot quench near thirst. Even if potatoes are really as magical as the legendary one, it will be the next year when they are sown and harvested.

Dorgon's most urgent task now is to get through this winter first.

He purchased a batch of grain through Shanxi merchants. Although the quantity was not large, it was barely enough for the Ajige tribe to spend the winter.

As for Dorgon himself, the capital still has some reserved grain, which should be able to survive.

In order to survive the difficulties, Dorgon had ordered the Han Dynasty, and the bannermen of the Eight Banners of Mongolia paid the food.

This led to great dissatisfaction among the people of the Eight Banners of Han and Mongolia.

Although they did not say it explicitly, they secretly complained about Dorgon.

Dorgon also knew this very well.

But there is no way, the interests of the Eight Banners need priority protection.

The Green Camp soldiers were so poor that they could not get any oil and water, so they could only attack the Eight Banners of Han and Mongolia.

If you are poor, you will think of change.

Dorgon was preparing to write an order to order North Korea to raise grain and transport it to Liaodong immediately, and then transport it from Shenyang to the capital.

Although North Korea is also very poor, it is at least better than the Tatars.

These grassland talents are really poor and have no money to make.

In North Korea, you can still squeeze out some things.

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As the year approaches, Zhu Cilang finally got good news.

Yuan Jixian had conquered Guangzhou and captured Ding Kuichu. He would be escorted to Beijing soon.

As for Fujian, Zheng Zhilong gave up all his needs and took the initiative to go out to sea to escape. He would definitely not be able to catch up, but the baggage firearm left by Zheng Zhilong can be equipped with the Ming army, which is also good news.

Now only Guangxi is still fighting stubbornly.

King Gui probably knew the outcome of the confrontation with the court, so he tried his best to defend himself.

Zhu Cixuan hopes that the sooner the rebellion, the better.

If you solve this worries, you can have the Northern Expedition without any scruples.

Otherwise, I always feel like I am stuck in my throat and I will not be able to do anything well.

As for Zheng Zhilong's escape from the sea, Zhu Cilang was not very worried.

Without foundation, this guy can't cause any big storms.

We just waited for the court to resolve the problem and the Qing Dynasty was freed to completely cut it off.

After the recapture of Fujian, the contact between the Qing Dynasty and Zheng Zhilong was cut off, and it would be difficult for them to live without food supplies.

For the Ming Dynasty, it occupied the right time, place, and people. It would be unreasonable if it could not defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Zhu Cixuan decided to launch a Northern Expedition until the beginning of spring. It is really not suitable to start a war in this snowy and ice.

Just when Zhu Cilang was in a good mood and was about to leave the palace for a walk, the cabinet suddenly sent a hurry to report.

Zhu Cilang did not dare to delay and quickly opened it to see.

But it was a memorial from Sichuan Governor Wen'an.

The content of the memorial is very simple, it is about offering the remnants of the thief.

After Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang's death, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi fled to Jianchang and continued to resist stubbornly.

Wen Anzhi repeatedly beat and test, but they were not shaken.

This time, their attitude suddenly changed drastically, and they took the initiative to ask for surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

They sent people to Chengdu to submit a surrender to Wen Anzhi. Wen Anzhi did not dare to make a decision, so he wrote a memorial to ask the emperor for his opinion.

Zhu Cilang couldn't calm down for a long time after seeing this memorial.

Li Dingguo has always been a famous general in his mind. It is somewhat regrettable if such a famous general is not included in his pocket.

Now Li Dingguo has taken the initiative to surrender. Although he doesn't know if he sincerely wishes, it is definitely good news for Zhu Cixuan.

Perhaps Li Dingguo has really reached an unsustainable point, and there is no other way out except to surrender to the court.

Zhu Cilang picked up the red pen without hesitation and wrote an accurate word on the memorial.

After commenting on the memorial, Zhu Cilang ordered someone to draft a memorial, and clearly explained his intentions to Wen Anzhi.

If Li Dingguo can be conquered this time, Ainengqi will have no hidden dangers in the southwest.

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Zheng Chenggong looked at the luxurious Zheng Mansion and felt extremely sad.

Just ten years ago, the Zheng family was still a loyal minister of the court, but now they are the rebels that His Majesty wants to suppress.

What a irony this is.

Everything is like a dream. Now that I have woken up, the things Zheng Chenggong once cherished have turned into bubbles.

Fortunately, he chose the right path at the beginning, and the Zheng family still has seeds.

But the more Zheng Chenggong felt the burden on his shoulders, so he couldn't breathe.

He can't make mistakes, he can't make mistakes again.

If you make another mistake, the Zheng family will be doomed.

"Seal it!"

Zheng Chenggong waved his hand and sighed.

He knew that after this order was issued, the foundation his father created was gone, and the Zheng family would all depend on him in the future.

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Chapter completed!