It's not that Wan Lei doesn't trust literati, but that the literati trained in the Ming Dynasty have different ideas from his and cannot be reused. And the reason why he retains some literati is just to serve as advocates for the united front work. If
If these literati are wise, Wan Lei can give their descendants more special education and employment treatment. If they are shameless, then Wan Lei doesn't mind letting everyone in Beiping despise them, so that their family will never be able to turn around.
Of course, Wan Lei does not reuse only foreign literati. He attaches great importance to the talents he has cultivated. Unfortunately, school education has just begun, and it will take a few years at the earliest to cultivate a group of talents worthy of reuse.
These talents are not like the literati in the Ming Dynasty who can only write poems and compositions. They study the ways of managing the world and the country, which are divided into administration, finance, law, business management and other subjects. They cultivate experts in administration and economy.
.Logos studies science and technology, divided into subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology, and cultivates experts in scientific research.
In addition to attaching importance to school education, Wan Lei also encourages people to engage in creative inventions. All innovative inventions independently developed can receive patent certificates and financial rewards. In the past two years, many small inventions and creations have emerged one after another. The most important thing is
An invention belonging to Chongdaotang - the flying shuttle!
The shuttle, as the name suggests, is a fast-moving shuttle. It has small wheels and is installed on the chute. The two ends of the chute are equipped with strong springs, which can make the shuttle shuttle back and forth at extremely fast speeds. It is the two paths of sincerity and sincerity.
It took half a year of research to come up with it.
Don't underestimate this small machine. It can not only speed up the weaving, but also widen the cloth several times, greatly improving the efficiency of weaving. An improved loom equipped with a flying shuttle can make weaving in one day possible.
It is very difficult for weavers to weave three or even four pieces of cloth from one piece of cloth. Such high productivity has completely overwhelmed the small weavers in Jiangnan.
Unfortunately, the steam engine has not been successfully improved. Not only is the power too low, but the power output is also unstable, so it cannot drive the loom and carry out the industrial revolution.
However, the improvement of looms still brought about a serious problem, that is, the surge in demand for cotton. If the supply of cotton cannot be guaranteed, the four thousand hand-operated looms in Peking City will be shut down, let alone
Looms were mechanized. The Peking Army attacked Baoding and Hejian Prefectures largely because the textile industry needed more cotton land.
In addition, with the current output of more than 10,000 pieces of cloth per day, the sales of cotton cloth are also a top priority. If there is unsalability, it will seriously damage the interests of weavers. For this reason, the expansion of overseas markets has been put on the agenda.
In the military meeting at the beginning of the year, Wan Lei suggested that after the snow melts in spring, the navy should send a detachment to protect the caravans heading to Japan for trade.
Wan Lei also thought about sending cotton cloth to North Korea for dumping, but North Korea was in the midst of a war, and what it needed most was weapons rather than clothes. The Ming Dynasty had already implemented the strictest economic blockade on Shuntian Prefecture and banned smuggling.
The merchants carried out severe crackdowns, which resulted in the Shuntian Prefecture's trade with the Ming Dynasty severely shrinking.
Domestic sales are not strong, and the Tatar market in the north is not big. If you want to expand your sales, you have to go overseas. There are many earthquakes and volcanoes in Japan, and materials are relatively scarce. However, it is still rich in silver, and its sulfur output is also large, and there is even a large amount of it.
Produced by copper mines.
Besides, using renewable cotton cloth in exchange for Japan's non-renewable resources is an advantage anyway. When Japan sells out all its mineral resources, the country will have no future. So,
It would be profitable and harmless to sell cotton cloth to Japan. The only problem was how to enter the Japanese market.
Talking about the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese state is a long story. All in all, the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to the Japanese state at all, and had no intention of doing business with the Japanese state. In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty also allowed the Japanese state to pay tribute to the Japanese state.
, but the purpose was to "restrict" the Japanese country to prevent them from "quarrels".
From the perspective of the Japanese state, paying tribute was an opportunity to make money. Some daimyo even regarded paying tribute as their main source of finance. Therefore, in addition to paying normal tribute, they also brought a lot of private goods for sale, including samurai.
Knives are such forbidden things. When Taizu of the Ming Dynasty learned of these things, he was naturally furious. He repeatedly issued warnings but failed to correct them. Therefore, in the 16th year of Hongwu, he used "collusion with Hu Weiyong" as an excuse to sever the tributary relationship with the Japanese country.
Nearly twenty years have passed, and the political situation on the Japanese side has undergone tremendous changes. The Jingzhong Guards on the Ming Dynasty found out: In early October last year, the Japanese State sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty.
Forced by the new defeat at sea, the imperial court agreed to the Japanese request and established an alliance to jointly destroy the sea pirates.
The Japanese country has fallen to the Ming Dynasty. To break this pattern, I am afraid that a carrot and stick strategy must be used. Wan Lei asked the navy to escort the caravan. While showing force to let the Japanese know their fear, Wan Lei sent them a large amount of goods to let them
See: Shuntianfu is their best partner.
As long as you have money, you can get a lot of high-quality and low-price goods. Shuntian Mansion is not like the Ming Dynasty, which attaches various political overlord clauses to the tribute trade. The relationship between the two parties is purely reciprocal trade, but for the Ming Dynasty
The imperial supply trade will not be interrupted because of this. There are only gains and no losses at both ends, and only fools will refuse.
Wan Lei has no illusions about the level of integrity of the Japanese people. This kind of reciprocal trade is just a temporary solution. He only admits one thing in his heart: there are only interests between countries, but no benevolence and righteousness. The interests of a country always only exist in artillery.
Within the range, without the backing of strong ships and cannons, any trade terms are useless.
After arranging the navy affairs and making a series of adjustments to the army, Wan Lei left Beiping City on the 20th of the first lunar month and headed for the junction between Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion, because in the past few months, the Ming army had been in Zhending Mansion.
Dingfu has accumulated nearly 150,000 troops, and a war will soon break out.
In addition to the main battlefield of Zhending Prefecture, Ming troops are also gathering in the direction of Yongping Prefecture and Datong Prefecture. According to Jingzhong Guard, the Ming Army is going to deal with the Peiping Army this time and has mobilized no less than 250,000 troops in the north.
The grain transport team is said to be worth five hundred thousand.
While the army was pressing down on the border, the Ming Dynasty also sent a large number of Jinyi Guards in an attempt to infiltrate and sabotage the newly established Beiping Province. However, these guys were not elite loyal guards. Almost every one of them was captured. Not only did they not get any information about the Peiping Army.
, on the contrary, he was interrogated and came out with a lot of military information, one of which was the most important information: almost all the elite troops of the Beijing army were mobilized to move north, and the defense of Jinling was empty!
When he first heard this information, Wan Lei didn't pay much attention to it, because Jinling was too far away from Peiping, and separated by two natural barriers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. With the existing strength of the Peiping Army, it was almost impossible to defeat it, so
, the Military Commission’s deliberative meeting decided that the main force of the Peking Army should be to stick to the Beiping Parallel Province.
Of course, there are two types of defense: active defense and passive defense. The Peking Army's land force mainly defends the territory, but the navy can be regarded as a surprise force. It can go south to harass Shandong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, so that the Ming army does not care about each other and cannot attack with all its strength, so as to relieve the army.
combat pressure.
In addition, Wan Lei also conveyed the news about Jinling's empty defense to Mrs. Liu through Liu Wan. As for whether she took the opportunity to start an uprising, he didn't care. In short, the Peiping Army was fully prepared to deal with the Ming Army's crazy counterattack, and Wan Lei
Lei also regarded this garrison battle as a test for the Peking Army.
The sharp edge of a sword is sharpened, and a powerful army is tempered by hundreds of battles in the wild sands! The Peiping army has 60,000 elite cavalry, so why fear the Ming Dynasty's 200,000 miscellaneous soldiers.
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In Zhending Fucheng, Shanxi Province during the Ming Dynasty, a group of people entered the city slowly through the snow. Civil and military officials greeted them from a distance outside the city gate, because the visitor was Chang Sheng, the founding general of the Northern Expedition. Chang Sheng was the second son of Kaiping King Chang Yuchun.
His elder brother Chang Mao died young and had no heirs, so he inherited the title of Duke of the State and changed it from the original title of Duke of Zheng to Duke of Founding.
After becoming a famous general who founded the country, Chang Sheng, although only in his forties, was sent abroad several times to train troops. He was awarded the title of Crown Prince and Taibao for his merit. He was a newly promoted general in the Ming Dynasty. Since he had never personally led troops in battle, no one knew about him.
Is it really true?
However, there are no generals available in the Ming Dynasty. Wei Guogong Xu Huizu was trapped in the Annan battlefield, and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong was cowardly and incompetent. The only one who could be sent as a general was founding Duke Chang Sheng, so the Ming court had no choice but to entrust him to
heavy responsibility.
The imperial court did not fully trust Chang Sheng. Not only did it arrange for a consort and a marquis as deputy generals, it also arranged for nearly ten civilian officials to serve as supervisors, headed by the imperial envoy doctor Lian Zining, and there were several imperial envoys below. So many
They went north together with Chang Sheng, vowing to wipe out the Peiping army. They were very high-spirited, but they may not know what it means to be in danger.
As the general of the expedition to the north, Chang Sheng actually controlled only the 150,000 troops in Zhending Prefecture. The border troops in Yongping Prefecture and Datong Prefecture were not under his command. The reason was that the imperial court was afraid that Chang Sheng would support his own troops.
, and were even more worried that Chang Sheng would be instigated by the Peking Army to rebel, so they created a check and balance situation in which the armies of the three prefectures fought independently.
Of course, Chang Sheng has the largest army and is also the main force attacking the Peking Army. However, it is still winter and it is not suitable to march in the ice and snow. There are not enough military rations and equipment, so no troops are sent out for the time being. Chang Sheng and his party entered the city.
He summoned the generals at all levels in Zhending City to discuss strategies to deal with the Peiping Army.
"General Chang, this is the military information we have learned." A general guarding Zhending Mansion presented a piece of information.
Chang Sheng glanced at it and shouted angrily with dissatisfaction: "What's all this? You have been fighting with the Peking bandits for several months, and you have only found out this little information?"
"General, calm down. The Peking thieves are good at riding and shooting. Most of the sentries sent by our army never returned. This information was also brought back by the defeated army who escaped a few months ago." The general had a constipated expression on his face.
Don’t you know that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles?
It makes sense, but intelligence work is really hard to do. He not only sent out sentries, but also sent many people disguised as refugees into Hejian Prefecture in Baoding, but they were all meat buns who never came back, and there was nothing he could do.
Find out what happened in these two houses.
"Send more people to investigate, and we must know the distribution map of the Peiping bandits." Chang Sheng gave the order, waved his hand to invite the general out of the camp, and continued to discuss the dispatch of troops with his generals.