Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 218 Snowfall
Li Dingguo rode his horse and walked in the front line. He was wearing a military coat, which was very thick, and even his hands were a pair of leather gloves.In terms of material supply, the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army was no different from the troops he had led before. Not only did the soldiers eat well, but they also had more and more supplies.There are many kinds of tools in the army. Take the multi-purpose engineering shovel as an example. When Li Dingguo saw it for the first time, he was shocked.This kind of artifact that can shovel soil, cut down trees, even cut off half of the enemy's head and fry eggs reminded Li Dingguo of a word that His Highness mentioned when he was chatting with His Royal Highness, productivity.

As the most honorable prince of the Ming Dynasty, and with real power in his hands, Li Dingguo's honor is boundless.A little more than a year had passed since he had no choice but to go to Burma to rescue Emperor Yongli. Sometimes Li Dingguo dreamed back at midnight, and what he dreamed about was fighting Sun Kewang in Guizhou, or even fighting Shang Kexi Geng Jimao in Guangdong. During the battle, he had an unreal feeling about everything that happened, fearing that it was all a dream. After waking up from the dream, everything would be empty, the Ming Dynasty was gone, and he was just a wild ghost who died in a foreign land.

His youngest son, Li Runxing, was also riding a horse and reminded his father, "Commander, we can't go too far. We still have a study session at three o'clock in the afternoon."

The Ming Dynasty Restoration Army has a strong temperament of a revolutionary army, and a series of organizational behaviors make travelers feel familiar.In addition to daily training, the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army held group studies at least three times a week. Soldiers studied in units of their own system, generally learning cultural knowledge, and the most important thing was ideological learning.The collective study of officers is mainly to learn new learning, the purpose is to understand the spirit of the Central Committee, and then discuss actual combat methods and tactics.

The longer he stays in this army, the more Li Dingguo can feel the horror of such an army. From the inner thoughts to the outer nails, it seems that every part of the soldiers and officers has been polished. Like the sharpest sword, it can kill the enemy as soon as it is drawn.

Even if you are a prince and the commander of the military region, Li Dingguo will lead by example and must abide by the arrangements and disciplines in the army.During his 20-year military career, he would drink alcohol in the camp. Later, after the prince promulgated the camp regulations and disciplines, Li Dingguo also abruptly stopped drinking.Li Dingguo must also participate in various learning activities organized by the headquarters.

He didn't read much himself, and he didn't have any keen acceptance of new learning, but Li Dingguo must be like other officers and soldiers, sitting below, spreading out the small notebook issued by the army, and using a fountain pen to write words that were not smooth. Take notes.

At the study meeting, he also understood what advanced productive forces are, what science and people-oriented spirit are, and gradually understood why the previous Ming Dynasty was on the verge of extinction, and he also understood that solving class conflicts was no less important to Ming Dynasty than expelling Man Qing big event.Li Dingguo really feels that the more he learns, the sharper his vision of the world will become.

Li Dingguo reined in his horse, looked north at the rivers and mountains, and sighed to his son: "In the next big battle, we will regain the entire south. After more than [-] years of troubled times, this world will finally usher in a new prosperous age."

The young Li Runxing said: "I am a great Ming Zhongxing, my father has made great contributions, and my name will surely remain in history."

But Li Dingguo sighed: "Those things, my father never thought about it. When I was only your age, I followed others to kill officials and rebel, just to have a bite of food for myself. I was about to starve to death. Who can do that?" Waiting to die? My life as a father is always chaotic. The first 20 years of rebellion and murder, and the next 20 years of fighting against the Qing Dynasty and protecting the Ming Dynasty, sometimes I don’t even know what I have done. But after all, in this position today, After reading some books and learning the truth, I understood that the prince’s great wish is the father’s great wish, and if there are 20 more years to be the father, it will be to fight for the realization of the prince’s ideal.”

After all, Li Runxing was still young, and asked: "If the crown prince's great wish is realized, will our Daming no longer suffer from hunger and cold, and the common people can live a good life?"

Li Dingguo said firmly, "I will definitely do it!"

The two father and son looked at the picturesque rivers and mountains, and their moods were generally agitated.At this moment, scattered snowflakes suddenly fell from the sky. Li Runxing stretched out his hand, seeing the snowflakes falling into his hands, he was slightly pleasantly surprised, "It's snowing."

However, Li Dingguo's face was more worried.

Because they are located in northern Guangdong, which is already the southernmost part of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, it was a hot place, but now it is snowing even in northern Guangdong.This winter wasn't very cold at the beginning, but as the spring approached, the weather became colder and colder.

If the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army had not had sufficient winter reserves, thick military coats, and heaters in the camp, this winter would have been very difficult for them.Li Dingguo naturally thought that the conditions of their army were very good, thanks to the care of the prince, but what about the ordinary people?The people in Guangdong can still hold on for the time being, but what about the people in Huguang and the people further north?
Li Dingguo is a person at the core level of power in Nanming, and he has seen a lot of internal documents. Many of the materials that Bai Mingxiu has there are also on his side.He had seen a material once, and there was a part written by the prince in it, and the theme was the Little Ice Age.

The person who wrote the report directly pointed out that the chaos in the world during the Chongzhen period and even the entry of the Qing Dynasty had an inseparable relationship with the extreme weather changes. The cold weather and the frequent and severe natural disasters were called the Little Ice Age.The scholars inside "predicted" that the Little Ice Age may still last for several decades, although the degree may not be as serious as that of the Chongzhen period, but it may still be destructive locally.

The report also said that the serious population loss caused by the war will also reduce the intensity of the disaster to a certain extent, but the country still cannot relax the prevention and control of natural disasters and the relief of victims.

Later, Li Dingguo saw some documents, some of which he did not read carefully.For example, cultivating disaster-resistant crops, strengthening the mutual aid of grassroots organizations and supporting small farmers, and establishing a central heating system across the country are all the methods that the prince expects to allow the common people to survive the Little Ice Age in the future.

But after all, it is still a time of war, and many of the prince's genius ideas are on paper.But just before the arrival of spring, the severe cold devastated China, and Li Dingguo had a very bad premonition that he didn't know how many people would die because of this cold winter.

　The Little Ice Age at the end of the Ming Dynasty lasted until 1720, and the coldest period is believed to be 1640-1660, after which it began to warm up.The time point in the article is already the beginning of 1663, which can be roughly regarded as the small tail of the extreme cold period of the Little Ice Age.

　　
　
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