The massacre of Han people in Liaodong continued until the first month of the year. During the most solemn and festive Spring Festival, the Eight Banners of the Jurchens and Mongolian left and right wings were almost unsealed, and the village fort was killed. In less than two months, a large number of Han people were slaughtered, and those who were lucky enough to have not died began to risk their lives to escape.

Of course, the Jurchens did not have the ability to conduct a census. However, between the fifth year of the Tianqi and the seventh year of the Tianqi, the Han people in Liaodong who survived the war were almost killed, and all the rest were compiled into Zhuang Ding. According to the Khan Order of Nuerhaci, Yizhuang was originally composed of only seven Dings. The surviving Han people either became Zhuang Dings or had their own sub-publics. There were no free people. Until Huang Taiji ascended the throne of Khan, the Han people gradually improved their status, and the Han people gradually recovered their vitality. When the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, they formed the Eight Banners of the Han army. However, by then all the Han people were willing to surrender, willing to fight and kill the Qing Dynasty, and enter the pass to seize the good slaves in the world.

Between February and March, the massacre gradually stopped. It was not that the upper class was ruthless, but that the goal had basically been achieved. At this time, there were no free people on the land of Liaodong ruled by the Later Jin Dynasty. All the people were slaves. The Han people were slaves of the Jurchens, the Jurchens were slaves of Niu Luezhen, Niu Luezhen was slaves of Gushan Ezhen, Gushan Ezhen was slaves of the banner owners, there were big belles above the little belles, and all the big belles were slaves of Nuerhaci alone.

At this time, the entire system of the Later Jin Dynasty was a country with a standard slave tribal system, which was extremely backward. All things that could be called civilization came from the nourishment of the Ming system that had been absorbed in the Ming system for two hundred years. After more than two hundred years of development, these Tungus people who came out of the northern dense forest finally absorbed enough nourishment at this time node at the end of the Ming Dynasty and finally evolved to the level of establishing a slave country.

Another reason is that a large-scale food shortage broke out in Liaodong once again!

Since the second half of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, there has been continuous drought, and there has been severe snow disaster in winter. In spring, there has been no rainfall, and by March, many land has been clearly out of stock.

Originally, there was a spring famine at the turn of spring and summer. Such a serious disaster would only exacerbate the spring famine. By March of the fifth year of the Tianqi period, the land of Liaodong was already short of food everywhere. This time, not only did the Han people's coattails not be able to eat enough, but even the serious armored soldiers and flag directors of the Jurchens were in a famine. The Gongzhong only supplied a small amount of grain to the Eight Banners. Most of the food was in the hands of the upper class. They were all the same trick as the Han grain merchants, and they only released a small amount of grain to raise the price of grain. In February, the grain in Liaoyang City was already twenty taels per stone, and they were often at a price but not at a market.

In March, even if the senior Jurchens were sincerely releasing food, there was not much food to put in. The food convoy of Hutchison was almost stopped when the road was closed in heavy snow last winter. Even though it has been recovered on a small scale, a small amount of food was bought by the Mongolian tribes along the way at high prices. The Mongolians are not as rich as the Jurchens. Fortunately, they have large-scale herds. The Mongolian tribes in the east have not encountered large-scale wars. The herds are relatively well preserved. They use a large number of cattle and sheep to exchange for food, and then they are driven away by Hutchison people. Sometimes the grain team turns back if they can't reach Korqin.

After the food shortage was severe, the upper class of Jurchens realized that killing people was useless, and that it was the Han people who were killed. Unless they were all the Han people who were farming and serving in labor, the food gap was still quite large... The Jurchens were actually farming all the time, fishing, hunting and picking pine cones were just auxiliary. The Jianzhou ministry could become stronger and unify the Jurchen tribes. The reason was that the Jianzhou ministry had been enlightened earlier and accepted the Han civilization earlier. They used various farm tools for arable land, and bought grain and seeds through the Fushun and Kuandian Mashishi trade, as well as plowing ox. At least during the reign of Nuerhaci's grandfather, the Jianzhou ministry bought cows and seeds through the horse market.

There are many records. In order to appease the Jurchens, the Ming Dynasty sold oxen and farm tools to these barbarians at a very low price, and then gave them salt and iron tools, and gave them silver. What they received was the Dongzhu fished out from the river by the Jurchens, the ginseng in the forest, the fur of some prey, the horse market trade, and the generals and officials of Liao Town were fertilized. They harmed the interests of the people of the Ming Dynasty and strengthened the strength of the Jianzhou Ministry. After Nuerhaci rose up, they also paid great attention to farming. In the old Manchu file, there were a lot of records of Nuerhaci going to farmland to inspect and issue various instructions. Judging from various records, Nuerhaci not only knows farming, but is also quite good at...

In March, there were big figures from Liaoyang City inspecting everywhere. The generals of the capital, the officials of the sergeants, the officials of the affairs, and the officials of Gushan Ezhen and Jiala Ezhen of each banner were all riding horses to patrol the farmlands everywhere.

Tabai was also walking through the three villages under his jurisdiction, with a look of confusion and sadness on his face.

He had just been slapped hard by the little Belladger. The wheat fields here generally reduced their yields and were even close to the limit. The wheat on the ground was either shriveled ears or had no ears. The wheat stems grew very long and fell in many places.

The fields are very dry, and the weather is still very cold. In the third month of the lunar calendar, the weather in Liaodong is still below zero. The soil in the wheat fields is still frozen. At noon, the temperature rises and then melts. There are still some ice chips at the roots of the wheat stems. Generally, each farmer has to plant thirty acres of land. After the lack of manpower, there is no increase in the number of oxen. There is also abandoned land everywhere. The Jurchens also have to farm. Including the armored soldiers, only Baijia and Gebushxian do not need to farm. However, Baijia also has its own families and allocated farmland. Baijia is generally well-off and has also helped farm. They also need to hand over the land to the Gongzhong. However, Baijia and Bashiku are much less survival pressure than ordinary Baijia and Wudeng.

There are barren or barren farmland everywhere, and production is reduced everywhere, like this in every Guanzhuang, and so is every Niulu. Every Jiala to every banner, all the reclamation areas in Liaodong and Liaozhong are almost the same everywhere.

From the fifth to the sixth year of the Tianqi period, Liaodong and the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty experienced a huge grain shortage. The Ming Dynasty was full of hungry people and refugees. Even the border troops did not pay wages for several months, and asked their wives to go out as half-closed doors and sell themselves to make money. At this time, because the court still had some relief, the salary could be paid for a while. The border troops still maintained basic stability, and the people could also beg for refugees. In order to stabilize the local area, the large households and governments also opened warehouses for relief. In the past two years, the Ming Dynasty survived the famine. In Liaodong, from the fifth to sixth year of the Tianqi period, Nuerhaci first used massacres, and later took other measures to survive the most serious famine.

Tabai didn't know the Khan's plan at this time, and it was even more impossible to understand the direction of history. In the eyes of Niu Lu'er, everything in front of him was deserted. More than a dozen Guanzhuang 200 or 300 people were responsible for the defense of more than 20 miles in front of him, and more than 160 people were coated with Han people. Everyone's food was dependent on the land in front of him. However, in addition to reducing production, he was also full of despair.

Each Niulu has a task of handing over grain every year, and there are also regulations on handing over various specialties. Everything is stipulated from the day the Guanzhuang was established. Once it is not completed, his Niulu will be beaten and scolded at the very least, and will be dismissed or even beheaded.

Li Mingli stood under the high slope and watched Tabai leave with a sad face. He was wearing cotton armor and arched his bowstrings behind him. Two quivers hung on the left and right sides of his waist, with a knife around his waist, holding a tiger-tooth gun made of iron in his hand, wearing a warm hat on his head, and most of his head was shaved, with only a twig on the back of his head.

Just by his appearance and outfit, he is no different from the serious Jurchen wearing armor.

If the Han people do not carry the flag, they are not qualified to wear cotton armor. Li Mingli deliberately dresses this way, of course, it is deliberately different from ordinary Han people's clothes, and even from ordinary people who carry the flag.

"Li Mingli, have you paid all the food you want to hand over?" Tabuban wore a pointed felt hat, a Mongolian blue robe, a cavalry bow, and an iron spear. There were as many arrow bags on his body. He was dressed as a standard Mongolian cavalry, and there were obviously mail in his robe. At this time, the iron armor of the Jurchen armored soldiers was still about 20% to 30%. There were even quite a lot of armored soldiers without horses. Among the Mongolians, there were only horses and jackets. With mail in their bodies, they were still a symbol of status.

"I have to fight three fights." Li Mingli said: "It's almost done."

"That's right." Tabunang said: "You have the Han brother named Cao to help you."

After the New Year, Cao Zhenyan came twice and brought some food. The entire Songshukou recognized Cao Zhenyan and knew that Li Mingli and Cao Zhenyan were brothers. Cao Zhenyan was saved by Li Mingli on the battlefield, so he often came to help, which made many people envious.

Li Mingli smiled slightly, but didn't explain much.

Tabunang said in dismay: "We patrol the river back and forth every day, but we haven't caught a few spies in two months. The Han people who wanted to cross the river and escaped were arrested several hundred, and I don't know when there will be a war."

Li Mingli smiled and said, "Lord Zhang Jing is different from ordinary Mongolians, and he is very eager to fight."

The ordinary left and right Mongols were bankrupt shepherds who had no herds on the grassland, or escaped criminals, either wandering horse thieves, or Tartar officials who betrayed the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, they were all a group of bastards with no moral integrity. They had no loyalty and honor. In the Later Jin Dynasty, they were forced by the force of the Eight Banners and the cruelty of the Later Jin military discipline, and in the second place they had no place to go, they came to make a living. They were like Mongolians who came to join the support of the attached Jurchen Eight Banners, and their status was the same as that of the Han people, but on the surface they were one level higher than the Han people.

The left and right Mongolia also had its own official village, and ordinary soldiers also had the task of handing over food to the public. While Nuerhaci was distributing food to the Jurchens, the labor undertakings of the Han and Mongolians became increasingly heavy.

Even Niulu Zhangjing like Tabunang has a great burden. In the eyes of Jurgen, Zhangjing with his status is no higher than the flag-holder who holds the flag.
Chapter completed!