Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

Still cheating!

Hearing Prime Minister Zhuge's words, Lu Yifeng just sneered in his heart: "Why did you enter the south of the Yangtze River in August and September, and the wind direction on the sea was wrong in August and September! You clearly want to use these few months to stabilize the interior, and then toss the Northern Expedition... ...If Zhu and Qi are really going to go to the sea route to the north, then they should keep it a secret now, how can they tell everyone when they ask?"

"August and September are fine!" Lu Yifeng said with a smile, "Then please ask the third grandson to write a letter of his own, and then send an envoy and a young minister to Jiangling together, and make an agreement with the president to send troops together. Bar."

Chapter 387 Jiangnan Camp, Jiangbei Camp

"Hong Shiming, what did you say?"

As Qingliu Pass was passing through, the angry roar of Emperor Kangxi, the holy lord of the Qing Dynasty, suddenly sounded.

The one who answered him was a steady voice with Hu Jian's accent: "Your Majesty, the slave has congratulated the Emperor, and Wu Sangui has already let go. As long as the Emperor gives him all the land south of the Huaihe River, he will be satisfied." .In the future, the Northern Qing Dynasty and the Southern Zhou Dynasty will share peace..."

With a sound of "snap", a teacup was thrown out by Emperor Kangxi, and it just landed beside Hong Shiming, smashing it into pieces.

But Hong Shiming didn't change his expression, just shut his mouth and stopped talking.

Kangxi was already trembling with anger, even his voice was trembling, "I have already agreed to draw the river and rule it, why is his heart so dark? How could he let me cut Huainan? Cut Huainan, don't tell me If he can’t pay out the banner salary of 2000 million yuan a year, and can’t even pay out Lumi, is he really going to starve to death all the Eight Banners in Beijing?”

Hong Shiming said: "Your Majesty, when the Eight Banners were outside the pass, they couldn't even collect taxes in Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan. Didn't they die of starvation? There are so many wastelands in the north, and there are still people outside the wicker walls. If you have land, you can plant whatever you want, and just put some cattle and sheep to eat. This is really not a difficult hurdle!

Moreover, Wu Sangui is already old, much older than when I saw him last time... he hasn't lived for a few years.You're still young, and there's plenty of time to do your best.As long as you pass the hurdle in front of you and survive for a few years, when the king of the Southern Zhou Dynasty becomes Wu Yingxiong, are you still afraid that you will not be able to beat him? "

Emperor Kangxi snorted, although his anger had subsided a bit, he still refused to let go: "No, no... I can't cut off Huainan, this is the land of my ancestors, how can I cut it out so generously? If it is cut off, how can I explain to my ancestors, how can I tell the disciples of the Eight Banners in Beijing?"

Hearing what Emperor Kangxi said, Hong Shiming didn't know what to do, so he squinted his triangular eyes and asked for help from the Minister of the South Study Room and the walkers of the South Study Room standing in the hall—he is just a worthless Taichang Shaoqing, and he can't afford it. With such a big relationship, he didn't give Wu Sangui the bad idea of ​​borrowing his teacher for help... What should we do now, you guys have to talk!

"Ahem..." Some people's throats "itched" when they were stared at by Hong Shiming's small triangular eyes.

Kangxi took a glance and found that the person was Zhou Peigong, a "high imitation of Zhou Gongjin", so he waved his hand to Hong Shiming and said, "Kneel down first, since the edict appointing you to be the governor of the south of the Yangtze River has been issued to the world, you should prepare for it." , choose another day and go to Nanjing to take office!"

"Slave kowtows to God!"

Hong Shiming heaved a sigh of relief...Governor of Jiangnan!No matter what, you can make a fortune after all.

After Hong Shiming kowtowed and left, Kangxi exhaled and said to Zhou Peigong, "Mr. Zhou, if you have any clever ideas, just tell me!"

Zhou Peigong hurried out of class and knelt down, and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, if you are really reluctant to hand over Jiangnan and Huainan to Wu Sangui for the time being, then this servant suggests that the emperor should drive a few nails in the most important places in Jiangnan and Jiangbei so that Wu Sangui or The third prince Zhu can eat, but he can't chew. As long as they can't chew and their teeth are broken, Jiangnan and Jiangbei will be able to return to the court sooner or later."

"How many nails to drive?" Kangxi asked, "Is it the nails like Anqing's?"

"Your majesty is wise!" Zhou Pei said fairly, "It's the nails like Anqing's northern and southern cities!

If Anqing's city defenses were not too strong, the army of the third prince Zhuge and the monster Zhuge would have already flowed down the river and reached Jinling.The court's military strength is limited, and the foolish people in the south of the Yangtze River do not know that there is a country. Some people are still confused by the rebels, and I am afraid that they will not stand up when the rebel soldiers arrive.

Therefore, if the court wants to fortify everywhere, most of the rebels will be defeated one by one.For the current plan, we only need to gather our troops and concentrate on defending points, and we must also defend the places that must be attacked.Only in this way can the troops of Wu and Zhu Erni be consumed... As long as their troops are exhausted, Jiangnan and Jiangbei will still belong to the imperial court. "

Kangxi nodded, "It makes sense...then where should the court deploy defenses?"

Zhou Peigong pondered for a while, and he already had the answer, "Your Majesty, I have thought of two places. One is Guazhou Port in the south of Yangzhou City. Heavenly soldiers occupying this place can not only guard the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River waterway, but also threaten Yangzhou, an important city in the north of the Yangtze River, and Jiangnan. The important town of Jingkou... Moreover, Guazhou's terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as it is deployed properly, more than [-] elite soldiers can withstand the attack of [-] enemies for several months.

And another important place is Nanjing Zijin Mountain! "

"Purple Gold Mountain?" Kangxi was taken aback, "Isn't that the place where Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was buried?"

"Exactly!" Zhou Peigong said with a smile, "Nanjing City is too vast to be defended without [-] strong soldiers... But if there are [-] strong soldiers, the cost of food and wages is a huge problem, so Nanjing City is actually impossible. keep.

But this Zijin Mountain is an excellent and dangerous place!Whether it is Wu Sangui or Zhu Cijiong, they took Nanjing to establish their capital.Nanjing has always been the home of the emperors of the Southern Dynasties, and the two thieves Zhu and Wu definitely have no reason to make their capital elsewhere without Nanjing.And if the Zijin Mountain is in the hands of the Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, how will the two thieves Zhu and Wu determine their capital?If they can't even take down Zijin Mountain, how can they convince the people in the south of the Yangtze River?

If it was Zhu Cijiong who came, there would be no reason why he should not take down Zijin Mountain.The ancestral mausoleum is occupied by others, how can he be emperor in Nanjing city?He can't even pay homage to his ancestor's grave! "

"Good plan! Great plan!" Kangxi slapped his hands twice, and laughed again, "As long as I get stuck in the three dangerous places of Anqing, Guazhou, and Zijin Mountain, no matter who eats Jiangnan and Jiangbei, they will not be able to chew them." I can't swallow it... Besides, Wu Sangui and the third prince Zhu will inevitably fight for Jiangnan and Jiangbei. When they are exhausted from fighting and can't chew the nails I laid, then I, Daqing, will be able to easily Jiangnan and Jiangbei have been taken back!

But who can guard the Forbidden Mountain and Guazhou Port for me? "

Now Anqing's general is still Zhuobutai... Oboi's elder brother, Kangxi can give him a super Martial Lord, and give him a chance to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?

But who should guard the two camps of Guazhoubu and Zijinshan?

The slaves guarding these two camps must be loyal and not afraid of death!

Emperor Kangxi's gaze slowly swept across the hall, and landed on a group of servants, big and small, as if asking everyone: "Are you afraid of death? Are you loyal?"

This is really soul torture!

"emperor!"

Someone has already stood up and kneeled down.

When Kangxi saw it, it turned out to be Tuhai!

"Okay!" Kangxi said in his heart, "I really didn't misunderstand you as a slave... When you are martyred, I will give you the posthumous title of Wenzheng, and you will be Tuwen Zhenggong!"

"Your Majesty, this servant recommends Fu Honglie as the guard of the Guazhoubu camp!"

Kangxi nodded, "Fu Honglie, a stupid slave, is indeed suitable for guarding Guazhoubu."

Kangxi asked again: "What about the Zijin Mountain camp?"

Fu Honglie guarded Guazhou port, but what about Zijin Mountain?Isn't it time for you to be fair?

"Purple Gold Mountain?" Tu Hai was taken aback, thinking: "I have already recommended one person...why do I need to recommend more?"

"Your Majesty," Tu Hai thought for a while, and he really thought of someone, "Sun Sike is loyal and reliable, and he is also the son of Sun Degong, so he can take on this important task."

When Kangxi heard this, he was really disappointed. He thought to himself: "Although Sun Sike is a loyal servant, why don't you, Tuhai, refuse to be the righteous man of Tuwen?"

Thinking of this, Kangxi nodded and said: "Sun Sike and Fu Honglie are good slaves of my Qing Dynasty. I am very relieved to hand over the important lands of Guazhoubu and Zijin Mountain to them...but Guazhoubu and Zijin The name of the two battalions on the mountain is too small, I am afraid that it will insult Zhongliang, so it is better to call the camp in Guazhoubu the Jiangbei camp, and the camp in Zijin Mountain as the Jiangnan camp. The guards of the two camps are Called generals, as long as Fu Honglie and Sun Sike are willing to go out of the second battalion, they will be the Jiangbei generals and Jiangnan generals of my Qing Dynasty.

In addition, I have to allow a few months for the construction, arrangement, and stockpiling of supplies for the Second Battalion... The negotiation with Wu Sangui is delayed, anyway, the third prince Zhu and the fake Zhuge Liang are not attacking Anqing now.As long as Anqing is not lost, I can afford to wait. I am still young, but Wu Sangui is getting older day by day.

And I am not afraid of him sending troops to Huainan, if he dares to send troops, I will move to the east and retreat to Huai'an to quietly watch the dispute between Wu and Zhu!

I don't believe it, a small Jiangnan can accommodate the surnames Wu and Zhu! "

Chapter 388 Why Can't Guangzhou Be the Capital?

"Clap clap clap..."

After three blows of the clean whip, the Nine Halls of the Jian Guo Mansion in Guangzhou City, after many days, finally called the Great Court Meeting again!

Although the new Ming court in Guangzhou does not have an emperor yet, it has already established a court system.However, the imperial system of the new Ming Dynasty is not as troublesome as the imperial system of the previous Ming Dynasty... You don't have to get up early in the morning to go to the early court, and there is no rule of the imperial gate to listen to the government.Under normal circumstances, it is just a "small meeting" in the Nine Halls, where a few former Confucian scholars and officials from the Six Departments and Nine Ministers gather together.

Only on some special days, such as the first and fifteenth day of each month, or when there are important events to be announced, will the "Yumen Dynasty" be held, and all civil and military officials from the seventh rank and above in Guangzhou will come In the large courtyard outside the Nine Halls, they were arranged neatly according to the size of the official positions, and Zhu Heqi, Zhu Cijiong, and several great scholars or high officials were listening to talk.

Generally speaking or lecturing, and rarely discussing politics in public - this is because politics in the late Ming Dynasty was often discussed without resolution, and there were many people talking about it, but when it was time to make a decision, everyone wanted to make a decision. Trying to shirk responsibility.

And there are always more people who raise objections than people who propose solutions...

Therefore, the new Ming Dynasty, which has learned its lessons, has the principle of great scholars discussing politics, but when encountering specific problems, it is actually quite centralized.

Now, this fairly centralized imperial court is about to officially change its master—although the imperial edict for Zhu Heqi's appointment as supervisor of the country has been promulgated long ago.But because he and Zhu Tianwang had been on the front line in Jiangxi and could not return to Guangzhou to preside over the court meeting, Zhu and Qi never accepted the pilgrimage of the ministers in the name of Jian Guo.

One of the purposes of his rushing back to Guangzhou this time was to formally take over the position of Jian Guo...so as to become the well-deserved monarch of the new Ming Dynasty.

And in order to congratulate Zhu Heqi for taking over as supervisor of the country, nine of the eleven former Confucian scholars have arrived today, and two of the three major governors (Qiu Hui from Liangguang, Zhuge Sanhe from Liangjiang, and Zheng Jing from Fujian) have arrived.

Several chambers of commerce in Guangfu, Chaozhou, and southern Fujian, as well as representatives of the Macao Foreigners Chamber of Commerce, as well as Haizhu University, Whampoa Military Academy, Guangfu [-] Academy, and the leaders of the two major academies in Chaozhou, all joined together. all here.

People from all walks of life gathered together, waiting for Zhu Dajian to appear!

"The sage who supervises the country is here!" Following the shout of Zhu Hechi's "big disciple" Yan Yuan (he was not the first to join, but he was the oldest), all the leaders and brains of Xin Daming shouted loudly. Long live and worship.Then I heard the sound of footsteps, followed by the voice of Zhu Heqi who couldn't hide his smile: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"

The big guy quickly got up and looked up at Zhu Dajianguo.I saw Zhu Heqi wearing a yellow robe, wearing a yellow scarf on his head, hanging a long sword, and hanging an "empty hammer", sitting on the throne——Zhu Heqi's "Original Confucian Court" is quite rich now, but it is hard and simple. The spirit cannot be forgotten!Therefore, gorgeous official uniforms are not popular, and everyone still wears "Confucius uniforms", and swords and grenade hammers cannot be lost.However, it is not allowed to bring a "real hammer" when going up to court, so as to avoid "accidents", and can only carry an "empty hammer".

Seeing that all the ministers had got up and took their positions, Zhu Heqi smiled and said, "I invite you to come here today for three important matters.

The first thing is of course that the lonely family takes up the post of supervisor of the state. The father and king of the lonely family do not want to be disturbed by worldly affairs, and want to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the great cause of revenge and restoration of the country, so they give up the position of supervisor of the country to the lonely family.

The second major event is about the Northern Expedition. Now the army led by Prime Minister Zhuge has reached Anqing and is currently besieging Anqing.However, the city of Anqing is relatively strong, and it is difficult to get down urgently.That's why the lonely family returned to Guangzhou, preparing to call up another army to go to Fujian and Zhejiang to go north to Nanjing... If Nanjing is not broken, the lonely family vows not to be a teacher! "

return after victory?

What do you mean?

Shouldn't Nanjing be returned if it is broken?Why did you return to Guangzhou?

The courtiers below were all taken aback, looking up at Zhu Dajian, a little confused.

Zhu Hexi continued: "And the third major event is to promote Guangzhou Mansion to Chengtian Mansion...and make it Daming Haijing!"

What does Hai Jing mean?

"Saint," someone immediately asked, "Do you mean to put Guangzhou Mansion and Nanjing Yingtian Mansion together as the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Exactly!" Zhu Heqi gave an affirmative answer.

And there was a soft uproar underneath.

Guangzhou becoming the capital is a bit beyond everyone's imagination... Although Guangzhou is now the capital of the new Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Heqi smiled and asked himself, "Why can't Guangzhou be the capital?"

He went on to say: "How wonderful is Guangzhou. It is a city in the south, with prosperous commerce and industry, rich products, and a warm climate... and there are also Haizhu University, Huangpu Military Academy, and Guangfu No. [-], [-], and [-] Colleges, all of which are talents. Even The accent is nice, isn't it a good place to build a capital and start a business?"

Zhu Heqi likes Guangzhou very much, and he doesn’t want to go to Nanjing at all, let alone Beijing, which is so cold... Now it’s the Little Ice Age, and there is no air conditioner. How cold is Beijing’s winter?

"Jian Guo," You Humane said, "Guangzhou's location is too remote, it is not suitable for the residence of the emperor."

"Cross?" Zhu Heqi smiled, "Is that your bias? Guangzhou is certainly in the south of the world, but isn't Beijing also in the north of the world? Nanjing is actually in the east of the world, while Xi'an is in the west of the world... Moreover, this world is actually not comprehensive. Only our Chinese and Han lands do not include the grasslands, the Western Regions, the East Ocean, and the Southeast Asia. This is not the world in the mind of a lonely family. The homeland of Han and Tang Dynasties in Haidong Korea, Mongolian grasslands, and Western Regions.

And Nanyang is vast, the countries are rich, and it is the hub of commerce with the West, which is more important than Dongyang, Mongolia, and the Western Regions... Shouldn't a capital be established in Guangzhou to develop and control Nanyang? "

If Zhu Heqi's point of view is to be put in the Ming Dynasty, there will be no market, and there will definitely be no one in Kangxi's side who agrees.However, the three pillars of the Guangzhou imperial court are the Chaozhou Gang, the Guangzhou Gang, and the Minnan Gang...all of them are "south-going factions", especially the Chaozhou and Hokkien people, who have always been the main force for Chinese to go to Nanyang.

Of course they support Daming's desire to control Nanyang!

"The sage of Jianguo," Chen Yonghua, a former Confucian scholar, said at this time, "I agree with the expansion of the South Seas. In the past, when King Wu of Yanping was in power, he wanted to expedition to Luzon. Not yet. But now that the Northern Expedition is imminent...if we peek into Nanyang too early, I'm afraid that all the western barbarians in Nanyang will be pushed to the side of Qing Yao."

Yanping King Zheng Jing also said: "Sage Supervisor of the Kingdom, recently there have been many Xiyi warships in Ningbo and Dinghai that were hired by Fan Chengmo, the Governor of Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty. They may hinder our Northern Expedition Army. There are results. If the imperial court openly peeps at Nanyang again, I'm afraid..."

Zheng Jing was talking about the warships of the Dutch and the Spanish. There are about [-] or [-] large and small warships, which are currently operating along the coast of Zhejiang and at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Of course, they did not participate in this war in the name of the East India Company or the Spanish-Philippine Governor's Mansion, but were hired by the Qing court in the name of free merchant ships to act as sea mercenaries... This can avoid conflicts with the new Ming Dynasty. The imperial court was completely torn apart, and it was able to contain the rise of the new Ming Dynasty by helping the Qing court to fight.

The reason why the Dutch and the Spaniards took such a stance was of course related to the "Tengwangge meeting"—Zhu Heqi made no secret of his attempt to Nanyang, which naturally aroused the rebound of the Dutch and Spaniards.

So now they are also joining forces, colluding with the Qing court to oppose the new Ming Dynasty together.

Zhu Hechi smiled and said: "The lonely family doesn't need to hide anything, because the Netherlands and Spain have fallen behind, and now they are the frogs at the bottom of the well!

My Ming Dynasty now has the strongest firearms in the world, and I will also have the best iron weapons in the world... With these two things, my Ming Dynasty’s naval warships will definitely be better than the Netherlands and Spain. Besides, China is far away from the Netherlands, How far is the mainland of Spain?The main force of their navy did not dare to come in full force.Dare to stop my Great Ming's Northern Expedition with mere partisan division, it is extremely arrogant, and you are looking for a dead end! "

Chapter 389

"Long live the prison saint!"

"Tomorrow is invincible!"

As soon as Zhu Heqi's words fell, the cheers outside the Nine Halls rang out.

Although the current new Ming court has absorbed a group of warriors from the north and scholars from the southeast, the foundation of the court in Guangzhou is still the tyrants from Chaozhou, southern Fujian, and Canton. Road toll background.

Moreover, before the overlords of the zero-yuan shopping industry in the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain entered Nanyang, the zero-yuan shopping market in Nanyang was almost monopolized by Chaozhou, Fujian and Cantonese people.

Even when the former Ming Dynasty fell, the Lingyuangou Group led by Zheng Zhilong was still one of the overlords in the Nanyang Sea.

However, after the Zheng Zhilong Group was severely damaged by the Qing Dynasty, the zero-dollar purchase market in Nanyang was gradually divided by the Dutch, the Spaniards, and the newly emerging British.Especially after the Qing Dynasty moved the border along the coast, the Chaozhou, Minnan, Guangfu Maritime Merchants and Zheng Ming Group, which temporarily lost their personnel and ship supplies, fell into a state of barely sustaining themselves on their own. Markets offshore China are shrinking sharply.

Although in the past two years, with the help of the Dongfeng from the new Ming Dynasty and the two powerful weapons of Tianlei and Tianhuo, the influence of Chaozhou, Hokkien, and Cantonese in the coastal waters of China has been restored, but the market is limited to the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian.

However, the Dutch East India Company and the Philippine Governor-General of New Spain had the support of Fan Chengmo, the Governor of Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty, because they stood with the Qing Dynasty in the Ming-Qing War. In the name of barbarians, they entered the ports of Ningbo and Dinghai.

Fan Chengmo even hired engineers from the Dutch East India Company to build forts and naval ports at Yongjiangkou in Ningbo and Shenjiamen in Dinghai.

These Dutch and Spaniards made it clear that with the support of the Qing court, they wanted to rob the Chaozhou people, Hokkien people, and Cantonese people on the coast of China and the East Ocean routes!

Moreover, the Dutch East India Company and the Philippine Governor-General of New Spain also wanted to use this as a threat to demand that New Daming not change the status quo in Nanyang, recognize their rights and interests in Luzon, Java, and Malacca, and not interfere with Vietnam, Siam, Borneo, The internal affairs of Champa, Chenla and other places.

This is a bit deceptive!

Seeing that the morale of the people below was very high, Zhu Heqi nodded in satisfaction, then raised his right hand, and the cheers from below stopped soon.

Outside the nine halls, there was silence, and everyone looked up at Zhu Hechi who was sitting on the throne.

Zhu Hechi said loudly: "The Dutch country in Xiyi was originally a small country on the European continent, with a population of only 300 million, but it can run across the ocean, not only dominating the Atlantic Ocean on the edge of their European continent, but also dominating Malacca. The Little West Ocean to the west, and even the Nanyang sea in front of our house can run rampant... Do you know what their reason is?"

"It's the strength of the ship!"

Someone answered right away.

"No!" Zhu Heyi waved his hand, "Most of the western barbarians are good at building guns and ships, and the Dutch are not the only ones with strong ships and guns. However, the Netherlands can repeatedly defeat the British barbarians, French barbarians, Western barbarians, and Portuguese barbarians at sea... It can be seen that its method of using ships and sharp guns is very desirable. In my opinion, its director is nothing more than the word "company"!