A messenger quickly landed ashore, transferred to a fast horse and shouted along the way: "Good news, good news. The newly formed 12th Division of the Datong Army has defeated Youyang Xuanfu Division, Pingchadong Division, Shiyedong Division, and Yimeidong Division.
Rongxi Zhimaizi Pingdong Division. Then he sent his troops eastward and defeated the Xuanwei Division in Baojing Prefecture and the Xuanwei Division in Yongshun..."
The messenger galloped to the city gate, showed his badge, entered the city and continued shouting along the way.
"Won another battle?"
"Where is the new 12th Division?"
"I don't know, it doesn't matter where it is, as long as we win the battle."
"Listening to those names, I'm afraid they are all chieftains. How can they defeat the heavenly soldiers of Datong?"
"In less than two years, Your Majesty will surely rule the world, and by then the price of food will come down."
"Long live your Majesty!"
"..."
Confidential battle reports must not be leaked, but general victory reports are allowed to be spread by couriers along the way, which can boost the morale of the people and enhance the prestige of the court.
As for the place names in the battle report, they are all chieftains from eastern Sichuan and western Hunan.
The Twelfth Division was newly formed, half of the soldiers were natives of Sichuan, and half were veterans of the Ninth Division. The new soldiers did not have enough firecrackers, and many still used bows and arrows, but they were more than enough to deal with the little chieftains.
Of course, some chieftains are really big, such as Yongshun Xuanwei Division and Baojing Prefecture Xuanwei Division. These two places were conquered and directly merged into one prefecture, tentatively named Yongshun Prefecture.
The Tujia, Miao, Zhuang... many ethnic groups live together, and all of them have returned to their native lands. The remote and remote areas have to be managed by officials for several years.
What the people of Nanjing heard was good news, but Huo Tao, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was reporting worries: "Your Majesty, we received news from the Tenth Division that the puppet government in the north of Annan State sent troops to occupy more than thirty villages on the border of Siling Prefecture."
The first two chief envoys under Zhao Han were named Ouyang Zheng and Huo Tao.
After the reform of the central system, Ouyang Zheng was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Huo Tao was promoted to Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War (not qualified enough to be a minister, but acting as a minister).
Zhao Han really didn't understand: "Annan's northern puppet dynasty only accounts for half of Annan's own country. How dare they come to encroach on the border of Guangxi?"
Huo Tao replied: "I asked Mr. Li Ge (Li Banghua) for advice. According to Mr. Li Ge, Annan has been coveting the Chinese border for the past three hundred years. During the Jiajing period, a war almost broke out. The Mu family in Yunnan borrowed imperial soldiers
Wei, took the opportunity to take back the lost territory on the border."
The Yunnan Mu family is more anxious than anyone else, because all the lost land is the Mu family's private territory!
The Mu family conquered and developed in the past dynasties, exterminated many small chieftains, and then replaced them themselves. The newly developed lands were not reported to the court, and they sent people to manage them themselves. This led the civil servants in Yunnan to think that those lands were neither Chinese territory nor Vietnamese territory.
, but a savage land that has always been ownerless.
These private areas of the Mu family were historically taken over by Wu Sangui.
After the fall of Wu Sangui, part of it was occupied by Vietnam, and there were territorial disputes during the Qing Dynasty. Later, France colonized Vietnam, and the territory was completely separated from China, and there will never be a chance to take it back.
Huo Tao added: "Now that the Annan and Northern Dynasties have good relations with the Yunnan puppet court, it is impossible for them to encroach on Yunnan. As for Guangxi, our army has not yet occupied Siling Prefecture, and there are only some small chieftains in Siling Prefecture. The Annan and Northern Dynasties monarchs and ministers
, has always had expansion ambitions, and taking the opportunity to occupy border villages is expected."
"Since the Tenth Division didn't fight, how did you know about it?" Zhao Han asked.
Huo Tao replied: "Wei Shi, a local official in Siling Prefecture, established himself as chieftain after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. This man was extremely ambitious and brazenly sent troops to Siming Prefecture, which he once captured. All the chieftains in Siming Prefecture joined forces to Drive Wei back to Siling Prefecture. Now, Annan has invaded Jie Zhan Village in large numbers. Wei has lost the battle and has bad relations with other chieftains, so he requested the Tenth Division of the Datong Army to send troops to help."
It can probably be understood that a teddy was causing trouble everywhere and was suddenly bitten by a fierce dog, so he urgently asked for help to make trouble.
At the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, Siling Prefecture had already changed its status to local chieftains. However, Wei's hereditary Tusi Tongzhi assisted the Han people to know the state and govern the local area, which was not much different from a real chieftain.
Zhao Han asked: "What is the idea of the 10th Division?"
Huo Tao said: "I request your Majesty to follow the example of Sichuan and add a division to Guangxi. Some remnants of the chieftains in Guangxi often surrender and rebel again, attacking officials and people with poisonous arrows in the mountains. The land in Guangxi is barren, with many mountains and little land, and many children The people (Zhuang people) have been soldiers for generations so that they can make a living. Now there are some children who are willing to fight with the Datong Army. But they are not even peasant soldiers, so their morale is inevitably low, and some of them are even incited to rebel."
Zhao Han thought carefully, nodded and said: "The Thirteenth Division was set up in Guangxi to recruit children as soldiers. However, although the soldiers are strong, they are difficult to control. We also need to recruit some Yao people and Han people to come in and join the original army. The 10th Division will be mixed."
Huo Tao said happily: "If there are two divisions in Guangxi, we will be able to pacify the whole territory next year, and the year after that we can send our divisions to directly attack the puppet imperial court in Yunnan!"
Zhao Han suddenly said with profound meaning: "There is no need to rush back to the border villages that were encroached by Annan. We will deal with them after we capture Yunnan."
"According to the order!"
Huo Tao already understood that Zhao Han was retaining the excuse to send troops to Annan for war.
Thirteen divisions, that is, 130,000 people. In addition to 7,000 knights, 2,000 emperor's personal guards, and the garrison of important seaports, the regular army in Zhao Han's hands will soon reach 150,000.
When Sichuan and Guangxi settle down and have enough food and grass, two divisions from Sichuan and two divisions from Guangxi can send troops to attack Yunnan and Guizhou and wipe out the southwestern warlords with a thunderous force.
We must hurry up and the Chinese people must get out.
Just this year, Newton was born, and the Dutch discovered New Zealand. And the Dutch believed that New Zealand was the southernmost tip of South America...
The furry bears from the north have also arrived. The Romanlov dynasty of Tsar Russia and the founding emperor Mikhail are about to end their lives under the care of their fathers. However, the Cossack bandits are approaching Lake Baikal and are constantly eroding the Buri The territory of Yat Mongolia.
As long as Tsarist Russia penetrates Buryatia, it will be able to border the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
Lake Baikal, known as "North Sea" in ancient China!
When the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were fighting the Datong Army in Liaodong, Zhao Han was mainly busy with internal affairs. The Confucian Temple, the Martial Arts Temple, and the Imperial Temple were repaired one after another after determining the rules. Most of them were Ming Dynasty buildings.
The Imperial Temple is only found in Nanjing, the Confucian Temple is found everywhere, and the Martial Temple must cooperate with the Military Academy.
The military academy plans to build one in Nanjing first. Its main courses include recruitment, drill, armament, logistics, command, etc. A small number of outstanding soldiers from each division will be selected to return for further studies. At the same time, it will recruit graduates from primary and secondary schools. After completing military school, you can be directly awarded the position of junior officer.
Huo Tao, the left minister of the Ministry of War, resigned, and the female officer asked: "Your Majesty, have you summoned Lin from Fujian?"
"Let him come in." Zhao Han said.
A businessman wearing silk was quickly brought to see him. He resisted the urge to kneel down, bowed his hands and said: "Lin Wenyuan, a common man, pays homage to your majesty!"
"Give me a seat."
Zhao Han smiled kindly: "According to Fujian officials, you are working as a liaison for the Japanese shogunate?"
Lin Wenyuan replied: "Your Majesty, the Japanese shogunate is closing the country, mainly to blockade the big and small Franji (Portugal, Spain). They have always wanted to open sea trade with China, but they had an enmity with the Ming Dynasty due to the Japanese Rebellion. Today I heard that the Ming Dynasty
After the destruction, His Majesty established a new dynasty, so he planned to open sea to China. However, Japan did not dare to send envoys rashly and wanted to make contact through Fujian maritime merchants."
Zhao Han asked: "Have you been doing business with Japan?"
Lin Wenyuan replied: "There is a city in Japan called Nagasaki. There is also an island in Nagasaki called Deshima. Chinese and Dutch merchants can only live and trade on Deshima, and they have to pay taxes to Nagasaki every year. It's similar...
What Macau is to the Ming Dynasty.”
Zhao Han's knowledge of world history was somewhat inadequate and asked: "Why did the Japanese shogunate close itself off to the country?"
Lin Wenyuan replied: "Teaching chaos!"
"Religion chaos? Western Christianity?" Zhao Han was surprised.
Lin Wenyuan explained: "Especially for the old religion of Christianity, Spain and Portugal once had prosperous trade with Japan. Christian churches were built in many places along the coast of Japan. The number of Christian believers reached more than 100,000. They also served as lords of vassals in various places.
It is cruel and unkind, and people's lives are miserable. Some religious believers unite with farmers to rebel. In the eyes of the Japanese shogunate, Western Christianity, like the Chinese White Lotus Sect, is a sect that incites people to rebel!"
Zhao Han couldn't help but smile: "This is somewhat interesting."
Lin Wenyuan continued: "Four years ago, a sixteen-year-old boy named Shiro Amakusa led some ronin and tens of thousands of civilians to revolt. Not only were most of the 37,000 rebels farmers, but one third
The second was the old, weak, women and children. The famous Japanese general Itakura Shigemasa summoned the troops of several feudal lords and launched a fierce attack on Amakusa Shiro's rebel army. The shogunate army suffered heavy casualties, and its commander Shigemasa Itakura was killed in battle."
"So powerful?" Zhao Han was even more surprised. He knew that Shiro Amakusa had been exposed to him in Japanese games.
I don’t know whether the famous saying of Amakusa Shiro is true or false: Those who defend this city now will be friends forever in the next life!
Lin Wenyuan said: "The shogunate sent a second commander, and also sent more troops to conquer, and dispatched more than a dozen feudal lords to form a coalition. However, they still could not break the city of the rebels, so they could only besiege the city and blockade it, hoping to starve the rebels to death."
Zhao Han asked: "Are you starving to death?"
Lin Wenyuan said: "Shiro Amakusa is a believer in Christianity. He sent people to break out and contact the Dutch in order to gain their support. But he didn't know that he believed in the old religion, while Holland believed in the new religion. Instead of rescue, the Netherlands
Send out the fleet to bombard the rebels."
"That's the truth." Zhao Han nodded.
Lin Wenyuan said: "More than 30,000 rebels fought to the death, and only 20,000 were left. The shogunate army killed 3,000 people and injured tens of thousands. After breaking the city, they massacred all the living rebels. Since then, Japan has
The country closed itself off and cut off trade with Spain and Portugal. The shogunate ordered all churches to be destroyed, and anyone found to believe in Western religion would be arrested and sentenced to death."
Zhao Han sighed: "The government forces the people to rebel, and this has always been the case at home and abroad. It's a pity that Amakusa Shiro has such courage at the age of sixteen, and can make tens of thousands of rebels swear to serve."
Lin Wenyuan said: "Your Majesty, the Japanese shogunate has vaguely proposed conditions. As long as your majesty recognizes the shogunate's rule, Japan is willing to respect Datong China as its suzerain, and all seaports in Japan will be open to Chinese merchants."
Zhao Han nodded and said: "Go back and tell the shogunate that their grudges with the Ming Dynasty will be forgotten by me. As long as we promise not to cause Japanese rebellion, we can send an envoy to Nanjing. After I receive the letter of credence from Japan, I will also send an envoy."
Canonize the King of Japan."
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
Lin Wenyuan was overjoyed. Once Japan opens its ports, Chinese merchants will do exclusive business. The Netherlands can only trade on Dejima in Nagasaki.
