Mindfulness is what a qualified politician or a wise monarch must have. The Qing court can use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to make Han soldiers and generals use it, and Zhu Yongxing will not be stupid enough to push what can be fought for to the Qing court.
side.
Kong Sizhen, a female prostitute, was only a symbolic old master of the Kong army in Guilin, but had no substantial command power. Moreover, "Sizhen was beautiful but not virtuous. Since she was the Queen Mother's adopted daughter, she was also in charge of the vassal affairs.
"You treat Yanling with contempt." Sun Yanling was not a light-hearted person either. She appeared to be respectful and followed his will, but secretly seized power and became independent.
The unequal political status between husband and wife cannot form the traditional relationship of husband and wife, so it is not surprising that there is an overt and covert struggle for power between husband and wife.
In fact, Kong Youde's old army is no longer as strong as it used to be. First, Xian Guoan died in Yunnan Province, and Ma Xiong fled with only a few dozen cavalry. Sun Yanling's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were demoralized and their morale was in chaos. They could not stop the Ming army.
attack. However, Zhu Yongxing was still willing to make some concessions and tolerance if he could forcefully land his troops without a fight and reduce the casualties of the Ming army.
"Isn't Gu Du as good as the Qing court Tartars?" Zhu Yongxing smiled faintly and said to Ye Hu: "Tell Fang Guangchen that as long as he works hard, whether things are successful or not, Gudu will promise him a prefect. If he governs properly in the future and has outstanding political achievements, he will be the governor.
, the Governor is not extravagant."
"His Highness is as broad-minded as the sea, and your subordinates admire you." Ye Hu bowed in his chair and said confidently: "With the support of people from the Wu family, things will be done."
Although the Intelligence Bureau has been deployed in the north for a long time, it has not penetrated into the key points. Zhu Yongxing asked the Intelligence Bureau to make a plan to rob Wu Yingxiong. It was okay externally, but without the support of Wu Yingxiong's cronies, it was always very difficult. Now Fang Guangchen secretly went to the capital,
It just so happens that you can cooperate inside and outside, and work together. The probability of success is very high.
From Fang Guangchen's attitude, we can see the wavering of the Wu soldiers. Although Fang Guangchen still pretended to be thinking about his old master and repay his kindness, in fact, he lost confidence and began to think about himself.
"It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen. But Gu is open-minded." Zhu Yongxing smiled and waved his hand. He said: "If things don't succeed, Wu Sangui won't have to worry about it. It will just delay the recovery of China for a while. If things happen
If it is successful, it will certainly speed up the war process, but the internal disputes within the army will still cause Gu Gu a headache."
It was originally a good thing to win over Shuo Jun. However, if Wu Jun were to resolve the old accounts between the two families and the grudges between the soldiers, it would be another troublesome matter. However, Zhu Yongxing never gave up on fighting for Wu Sangui, or rather fighting for the Wu soldiers.
But there is a deeper idea.
Liaodong was the place where the Tartars arose. Whether it was climate or water and soil, it was a great difficulty for the Ming army, which mostly came from the south. It took a long time to adapt before they could fight on the black soil.
There are many officers and soldiers of the Wu tribe who are from Liao Dynasty. If they can be won over, it will save a lot of effort, and it is even possible to plow the courtyard and clear holes to attack Huanglong.
"Tell Fang Guangchen that he is loyal to the old master and thinks about Wu Sangui. I admire him very much." Zhu Yongxing changed the topic and said seriously: "But in the future, this loyalty should be placed on the rise and fall of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation, and the people of Li.
On the body."
"Yes, His Highness's teachings will be conveyed to my subordinates."
Zhu Yongxing nodded. After pondering for a long time, he said: "With Gu's warrant, you can ask the navy to dispatch less than ten ships to cooperate. If Wu Sangui goes ahead anyway, Jiangnan can be attacked at a snap, the soldiers will be less killed and injured, and the people will be in peace early. This
This war has caused too much trauma to China."
China was hit hard, but it also gave Zhu Yongxing room to display his talents. When the building was about to collapse, and the resistance from secularity, tradition, pedantry, and corruption was the smallest, it was almost a blank sheet of paper.
He described the chapter. As long as they can win victory and defeat the Qing army, people are very tolerant of other aspects.
"I will do my best to appease His Highness's kindness and kindness." Ye Hu stood up, saluted, and left.
Zhu Yongxing put the documents in one place, took out the drawings sent by the Ministry of Industry and studied them carefully. Then he closed his eyes slightly and searched for relevant knowledge from his memory.
There are many types of military rockets recorded in the history books of the Ming Dynasty. They are more than 200 years ahead of the world in terms of quantity and quality. Rocket technology has always been the most advanced in the world. The names are also very domineering, such as the Shenhuo Flying Crow, the Sky-shattering Thunder Cannon, and even some
The two-stage rocket "Fire Dragon Out of Water".
But what puzzles Zhu Yongxing is that there are almost no examples of rockets performing meritorious service. This refers to land battles, not naval battles. After the gunpowder formula has been improved, it is already the best ratio and can exert the greatest power. Of course, Zhu Yongxing
I hope there can be a breakthrough in rocket performance.
The arsenal did not live up to expectations, and quickly took out samples, conducted tests, and sent drawings and related data. Judging from the drawings, Zhu Yongxing felt that this rocket was almost the same as the "Sky Monkey" launched during the New Year, but
The difference is in size and material.
Replacing bamboo with metal may be the biggest improvement in the Congreve rocket. As for the balance rod, from the "Sky Monkey" to the military rocket, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty may have known it. In other words, what Zhu Yongxing has now obtained
Judging from the relevant data, the drawings are very close to the Congreve rocket more than a hundred years later.
"A cannon soul without a cannon body? It may be an exaggeration, but it is still a relatively practical weapon." Zhu Yongxing thought thoughtfully.
Rockets can carry incendiary bombs and explosive bombs, are highly maneuverable, have a much faster rate of fire than artillery, and the manufacturing process is not more complicated than artillery. The disadvantage is that the accuracy is poor, but it can be made up for in quantity. More importantly,
Rockets can disturb the horses, thereby making up for the Ming army's disadvantage in cavalry.
Of course, according to Zhu Yongxing's memory, there is still room for improvement in current rockets. For example, the long balance rod can be eliminated, and three inclined stable spiral plates can be installed at the tail of the rocket. Due to the effect of aerodynamics, the rocket itself
Rotate to achieve stability and improve accuracy; another is to configure a rocket launch vehicle so that the rocket launch has a fixed track, which not only increases the launch speed, but also reduces the risk of rockets flying around and causing accidental damage to one's own side.
Well, with such a change, we have the prototype of a later vehicle-mounted rocket launcher! Zhu Yongxing took a charcoal pencil to sketch, immersed in it, and was very proud of it.
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"You bastard, in this troubled year, when the court is in urgent need of money, food and soldiers, you still dare to talk nonsense. You really deserve to be killed." Obai threw a memorial to the floor angrily and cursed him endlessly.
Suksaha hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to pick it up and read it carefully.
"Stealing Qingyang belongs to one state and four counties. It is located at the northern edge of the northwest. It was originally an important area of the Three Qin Dynasties. It is bitter, cold and barren, and is different from the inner region. The war in the Ming Dynasty first started in Yanqing and lasted for more than 20 years. No city was slaughtered.
There was no village without killing. In the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the place was slightly settled, and only one out of ten people remained. They were all sent to Jiangding, and there were no ordinary people working in agriculture. Today, there are three counties in Ningzhou, Anhua, and Heshui.
Selling sons and daughters, the years go by, the men cry and the women cry, and the people are in dire straits..."
This was a memorial written by Fu Honglie, the prefect of Qingyang Prefecture, to plead for the people, and it was a memorial at a higher level. According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, memorials from the prefect could only be submitted to the governor for approval. At that time, Liu Bingzheng, the former governor of Gansu, was suddenly ordered to be transferred. It was inconvenient.
The new governor Liu Dou had just taken over the provincial affairs and had no time to inspect. In addition, the imperial court issued a decree prohibiting ministers from going on inspection tours at will, and it was impossible for the people to travel more than 2,000 miles to appeal. In this case, Fu
Hong had no choice but to leapfrog his superiors and go to court. Regardless of the crime of leapfrogging to the imperial court, even though Fu Honglie was an upright official, there was something valuable about him.
Four years after Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty, the war in Gansu and Shaanxi had ended. Society had become more stable. By the time Fu Honglie was appointed the prefect of Qingyang, it had already lasted fifteen years. In such a long time, the trauma of the war should have healed.
Agricultural production and population reproduction should be restored; the descendants placed in the countryside at that time should have become real farmers in more than ten years of agricultural practice. However, in Fu Honglie's memorial, Gan Ding, epitomized by Qingyang,
Why Shaanxi was in such a miserable state can only be found out from the Qing government itself.
Fu Honglie also mentioned the reason in his memorial, that is, the Qing government overtaxed and taxed too much. The land produced only three cents of silver, but you have to collect more than five cents of silver. This is not taxing and taxing too much, it is too much.
What is the tax? If the people are overwhelmed and flee, how can they make a living? Although the Qing government seems to have taken care of it from a policy perspective, for some reason it did not fully repay the abandoned land, and the wasteland was not removed, so the excessive collection of silver was
It was imposed on living households, and later taxes and salaries were added, which made the people even worse.
The memorial also mentioned the bad policy of "accommodating living households". A living household means that there are still living people in the household and are still living in the same place; a dead household means that there is no one in the household, either dead or escaped. In a dead household, there is no one in the household.
If there is no one, but the total amount of taxes has not been reduced, the living households will have to bear the burden. In this way, the taxes on the living households will be heavier, making it difficult for them to survive. "As a result, the living households will also flee, and the familiar land will also be deserted." "Escape from one will harm the other."
The remaining people gradually become no people, and the remaining land gradually becomes wasteland."
Exorbitant taxation, coupled with numerous bad policies, are the fundamental reasons why society has been difficult to stabilize for fifteen years, production and the economy have not been fundamentally restored, and the people are still living in dire straits.
Suk Saha frowned repeatedly and said hesitantly: "Although Fu Honglie is guilty, he is asking for help for the people and may not be dealt with easily. How about -"
"What's worse?" Obei stepped forward eagerly, "If we don't collect taxes, money and food, how can we support the war in the south? If the troops in Gansu, Shaanxi and Henan are not coordinated, how can we defend the coastal areas, the important areas on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"
The development of the situation was completely beyond the expectations of Obai and others. Before the dispatched reinforcements could arrive, Fuzhou fell, Geng Fan was defeated, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang faced threats. The westward advance of the Yangtze River Navy and the rendezvous with the Thirteenth Family made
The Qing government had to consider the safety of coastal towns. The Zhoushan, Chongming and Ming armies had the intention of using the island as a step to approach the north step by step. Even the coastal areas of Shandong and Zhili had to guard against it.
Looking at the situation of the entire war, although the area ruled by the Qing Dynasty was large, there were many loopholes that could not be repaired. No wonder Ao Bai became angry and furious.
Suk Saha fell silent. Gansu and Shaanxi were in decline. They had to pay grain and taxes, and collect Yao and Yao soldiers. How many elite troops could be mobilized? Besides, the Ming army was stationed step by step in Sichuan. Once it conquered Chongqing, it could go straight to Hanzhong.
, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Henan are empty, so how can they resist it? More importantly, the troops in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Henan are not used to water warfare, so transferring them to the banks of the Yangtze River will have little effect. If they are transferred to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they may be able to contain the Ming army's offensive and preserve their wealth.
place.
"Speak!" Ao Bai saw that Suk Saha stopped talking, and became even more dissatisfied. "There has to be a solution to everything, whether it's good or bad. You can't let me take the blame alone, right?"
Suk Saha smiled bitterly and said: "The Ming army was able to cross the Yangtze River because the naval forces along the river were weak and the soldiers were not accustomed to water warfare. Perhaps we could order Jingzhou, Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang and other places to build large warships and train naval armies.
, in order to deter the enemy from moving eastward. In addition, the Dutch have discussed trade and have deep hatred with the Zheng family. They may be able to contact them and use their navy to secure the coast. Furthermore, our army seems to be insufficient in strength, but if
Recruit all the kings in the capital, Beile, Beizi, and the slaves of the banner masters, and we will immediately have tens of thousands of elite soldiers."
"Yes, yes. All the slaves of the Ding family in the prince's palace were originally the elites of the Eight Banners, even the junior banner slaves. They are all very brave and brave -" Yi Bilong heard that it made sense and nodded repeatedly, but he saw Obai glaring over and hurriedly
Shut your mouth.
Obai really didn't expect Suksaha to be able to say four or five things. These measures may not all be feasible, let alone immediate, but they are better than being helpless. This guy really has some brains, so be careful in the future.
Don't be fooled by his tolerance and weakness.
"Building warships and organizing and training the naval force cannot be accomplished in a day, and slowing down will not solve the problem." Obei first verbally disparaged and denied it, but in his heart he had decided to call his staff to improve it, and then regarded it as his own suggestions and suggestions, "
The Dutch trade talks are a thing of the past. Now that the Ming navy is powerful, how can we be willing to become enemies? Although the banner servants are good at fighting, they are used to being domineering in the capital. If they fight far away, I'm afraid there will be complaints, so I won't
Willing to apply."
Suk Saha listened to Obai's strong arguments and rejected all his suggestions. His face turned livid, he snorted in anger and walked away.
Ao Bai looked at Suk Saha's back and sneered again and again. He turned around and said to Yi Bilong: "Mr. Yi, please come to my house to discuss it carefully. We must come up with a perfect strategy, so that we can show our ability as an auxiliary minister."
"Ah. What Mr. Ao said is absolutely true. What he said is absolutely true." Yi Bilong was stunned for a moment and agreed without hesitation.
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Fuzhou was recovered, and the overall situation of Fujian Province was decided. Taking advantage of the victory, the Ming army marched in and successively recovered Yanping (now Nanping), Shaowu (still named today), Funing (now Xiapu), and Jianning (still named today) in the central and northern parts of Fujian Province.
(name), Changzhou (today's Changting) and other strategic places. Many areas, when they heard the Ming army arrived, they responded one after another. It is not too much to say that it depends on the propaganda. In a very short period of time, the whole province of Fujian
It was occupied by the Ming army.
When the Qing army in Zhejiang heard that Fuzhou had fallen, they hurriedly mobilized troops and horses to seize Xianxia Ridge and Fenshui Pass to prevent the Ming army from entering Zhejiang. After this deployment, Zhejiang's defense became even more empty except for a few important areas.
Xianxia Ridge stretches between the vast mountains of Zhejiang and Fujian. More than a thousand years ago, due to the Huangchao uprising army entering Fujian, more than 700 miles of mountain cutting along Xianxia Ridge became the famous Xianxia Ancient Road.
There are nine places including Xianxia Pass and Fengling Pass. Xianxia Pass is also known as the "Key to the Southeast" and the "Throat of Eight Fujian". There is a written record: "Xianxia Pass is so dangerous that it can only accommodate one horse. When it reaches the pass, the mountains become steeper."
Climb up the stairs and ride on the pavilion to reach the sky. Climb into the vast open space, the path is winding and winding, and every step is dangerous. Hanging to the sword pavilion seems to be imaginable, and it is a majestic pass designed by nature. "
The Fuding Fenshuiguan was built during the reign of Wang Shenzhi, the "King of Open Fujian" in the Five Dynasties, in order to ensure the security of Fujian and protect Wu and Yue. It was also a dangerous situation and was known as the "Gateway to Northeast Fujian", which was a battleground for military strategists.
But for the Ming army, the Xianxia Pass and the dangerous Fenshui Pass, which "one man can pass, and ten thousand cannot open", are no longer the only way to enter Zhejiang. With the help of the navy, they can make a detour by sea and go around the back.
After the dangerous pass, they went straight into Zhejiang. If they fought like this, the Qing army guarding Xianxia Pass and Fenshui Pass would be attacked from both sides and would be in chaos if they did not fight.
"Seize the pass and guard it, threaten Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Form the West Road and wait for orders to enter Jiangxi."
King Wei Ma Bao read the letter several times, handed it to Wu Sansheng, frowned, and lay on the map to study it carefully.
"Threatening Jiangsu and Zhejiang, rather than attacking Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Waiting for orders to enter Jiangxi, His Highness wants to attack Jiangxi?" Wu Sansheng confirmed it again, but he was also a little confused.
Ma Bao hummed and studied the map for a long time before raising his head and guessing: "Assault from the north to the west, Your Highness wants to put Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the end. Do you want to wait for the enemy troops to gather together and annihilate them in one fell swoop? Or do you need to direct troops?
Yangtze River, join forces with friendly forces and then join forces to move eastward and take Nanjing directly?"
Wu Sansheng did not dare to answer easily. He also drew and studied on the map. Then he looked at Ma Bao and said tentatively: "Your Majesty's guesses are all reasonable. Maybe His Highness is not able to make a decision and is waiting for the opportunity to change."
Ma Bao shook his head slightly and said: "Just follow the order first! If we can conquer two passes, Fujian Province will have no worries, and we can safely deploy troops to form the West Route Army."
"This is our army's original plan, but there is no need to make any changes." Although Wu Sansheng still didn't quite understand, the action in front of him had to continue, "Your Highness has an overview of the overall situation, but we are only in a corner, and there are always some things we don't know.
, if you don’t understand, there’s no need to speculate.”
Ma Bao agreed with this, but he had another guess in his mind. According to the traditional theory, he was already a one-word king. Did His Highness Min do this intentionally? He didn't want him to make more military exploits, so that he would have no titles and no rewards.
.Thinking of this, Ma Bao was not dissatisfied. Instead, he felt that this was His Highness Min's intention to preserve himself, and that it was beneficial and harmless to him. After all, the concept of "high achievements shake the master" was deeply ingrained in people's minds at that time.
"If a division is good at attacking, it is estimated that the West Route Army will be the main one." Ma Bao guessed along this line of thinking and said with a smile: "Well, the credit will be given to the young people. Furthermore, if we join forces with Tui Shuo's army, the young people will
People who don’t have past grudges are less prone to conflicts.”
"Now only the Mie Shuo Army is fully equipped with more than tens of thousands of troops. It is also a balancing act of His Highness Min to allocate troops and horses to form the West Route Army." Wu Sansheng had different ideas from Ma Bao. He thought that Zhu Yongxing was afraid of causing trouble.
Measures taken by other armies due to dissatisfaction.
"It makes sense, it makes sense." Since Ma Bao couldn't express what he was thinking, he quickly agreed with this idea.