It can be said that the fourth year of Chongzhen was really a confused year. General Zhenguo held a crowning ceremony in a foolish manner and married a beautiful wife with two wives. Macao Yimushiweila fought a foolish lawsuit and ended up owing a large amount of foolish debt.
Immediately afterwards, Reyoz, who was originally staying on Dongfan Island to live his own life, was beaten up and led his enemies to sign a confusing alliance treaty with the Western gentlemen. The Ming Emperor was also confused, okay?
The capital city refused to stay and had to run south, which directly led to the leader of the Donglin Party who made a confused decision to participate in military affairs under high pressure and was imprisoned. However, he himself did not take advantage of it. He held a court meeting and summoned foreign envoys in a confused manner.
Being assassinated even threatened the Empress Dowager's peace under the Nine Springs.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty continued the tradition of being prosperous and prosperous. Although the two young men were confused again, the scholars were very clear-headed. Without the Donglin Party, there would be no Imperial Party, and would the Zhejiang Party still be there? These learned scholars are not that good.
What a fool, they were counting the days on their fingers every day, and they saw that it was February of the fifth year of Chongzhen, and the time when the emperor asked the Japanese leader to give an explanation was getting closer and closer, but they didn't seem to have done anything substantial.
Such a disrespectful behavior finally made the scholars angry. After all, the emperor was their representative. How could he allow the Japanese pirates to humiliate him wantonly?
Therefore, the Zhejiang Party Group, represented by Zhou Yanru, took the lead in launching a sit-in demonstration outside the Nanjing Emperor's City, and held banners strongly condemning the emperor's Ming-Japan friendly policy! The imperial party's traitors were not to be outdone.
They simply launched a vigorous operation to occupy the Fengtian Temple under the leadership of Yan Shenggong, and announced that they would not leave until the emperor declared war on the Japanese! The two groups were afraid of the harm to the world and even issued a joint statement, wanting to stay.
We old men who work for the imperial court must send troops to attack the Japanese country. Otherwise, we will not play with you, an emperor who has a womanly heart. Find someone else to take care of such a big country!
This rude behavior of the scholars actually gained the support of the people all over the world. While the people from all over the country continued to write to the court, they seemed to have lost their patience. If the court does not send troops, then we can do it ourselves! The northern provinces have begun to set up militias with great fanfare.
Organization, although the fishermen and merchants in the south have weaker combat capabilities, they have money, food and boats. In just one month, thousands of fishing boats filled with food have gone north!
The generals who were far away in Luoyang were also under a lot of pressure. Although they could not interfere in domestic political affairs, they could not bear the humiliation of foreign enemies. Sun Chengzong, who was preparing to build the Western Front Corps, united with Zhang Polu from the north and Qin Liangyu from the south to jointly submit a letter, if you
If this damn fat guy doesn't go on to persuade the emperor to declare war, then we'll give up and take the soldiers who are willing to go out and join the militia to beat them up!
What made Chongzhen laugh the most was that no matter how much trouble his family made, it was justifiable. However, the Western gentlemen who had just signed the arms trade agreement in Luoyang and left by sea also left a message before leaving. They thought they had such a person.
They felt ashamed of their cowardly allies and seriously doubted whether the Ming Empire was capable of supporting their actions in the East! The Archbishop of the East even bluntly said that if the emperor of the Ming Kingdom was so cowardly, then he was not qualified to be a slave of God!
In order to maintain his dominance due to internal and external troubles, Emperor Chongzhen was forced to issue an imperial edict declaring war on the Japanese on March 11th! Of course, this unfortunate task eventually fell on the little fat man who was losing weight at home.
"General, what did you say in the letter to Zhou Yusheng that day?" Nan Juyi was very curious. It was enough to say that Zhou Yanru and other Jiangnan scholars were trying to divert the emperor's attention and support the war against the Japanese.
Do they deserve to make such a big fuss? They also took the initiative to dig up old stories in the Jiangnan area to stir up ethnic hatred. If they weren't behind it, I'm afraid no merchants would join in. They aren't afraid of going too far?
"What else can I say? Isn't it just that there was some news that the emperor brother was going to start to deal with them, and then he mentioned by the way that after the Japanese islands are pacified in the future, the court will reward them based on their support and merit!" The kind-hearted Chinese people have always insisted.
The tradition of not doing to others what you do not want others to do to you. Although thousands of years of history are filled with blood and tears in fighting against foreign invasion, it is difficult to find a time when ordinary people would support actively provoking others to launch an aggressive war. Now Zhu
If Cong wants to correct this misconception, he must let the people of the Ming Dynasty know that in an era when communication basically relies on shouting, if you want to get rich, you have to rely on robbery. When will the Ming Dynasty be so powerful that no one dares to grin at the east?
If ordinary people have money in their pockets and are busy reading, writing, doing scientific research and preparing to develop the universe, then they can find two leaves and catch a few unroasted pigeons to start promoting pacifism! But this goal is too ambitious, at least one or two
It cannot be realized within a thousand years, so the most realistic thing is to toss! Keep tossing! Only if the entire nation's consciousness of expansion is completely aroused, then after their generation has finished struggling, the next generation will continue to make trouble!
However, to achieve this, it is obviously not enough to rely on the strength of the three brothers Zhu Youcong. They can control the army and use the magic stick of the White Lotus Sect to fool the people in the north into supporting the imperial court to send troops, but they cannot make people who are used to a comfortable life
The people in Jiangnan formed this idea in a short period of time. Since those corrupt scholars are about to retire from the stage of history, it is better to make a heavy promise to them first and use their prestige to create an atmosphere of public opinion.
"General, it's really meaningless for you to do this! I'm your most loyal and loyal bastard. You can't handle everything from now on by yourself. Don't you have to rely on us people to handle it?" Nan Ju
Yi Cai didn't have time to care whether it was a compliment or a criticism. As long as he could get something out of this little fat man's mouth, he could exchange it for money with the royal party's traitors. Maybe he could still get it after paying off their monthly salary.
Earn that much to support your family.
"Okay! Why don't I tell you?" This Nan Juyi can be regarded as a historical celebrity. Even if there are not many records about him, it does not say that he has any bad habits. How can he be used so pitifully?
Staring at him with that resentful look? Zhu Youcong just felt that the goosebumps he dropped on the ground could be stir-fried for a plate of rice. "Actually, to put it bluntly, it is still the old method, luring them with benefits and threatening them.
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"No, you gave them the job of catching slaves?" It's no wonder that Nan Juyi thought this way. Since the end of the Liaodong Campaign, the people in the North didn't know that once the imperial court occupied a new place, they would not only get more
Land lease rights can still collude with profiteers in the palace to engage in human trafficking? Last year alone, relying on the transportation of strong labor from Liaodong to Shaanxi has made several beggars rich, and the Mongolians responsible for arresting people
The cavalry regiment was even too busy counting money.
"Do you think our Ming Dynasty is a Western ally that doesn't know etiquette and is still trading slaves? I would do such a sinful thing?" Zhu Youcong rolled his eyes and claimed to be a confidant. He didn't know that this kind of thing could only be done.
What can't be said? "The condition I offered them is the right to mine silver on the island for five years. They can dig as much as they want within these five years..."
"It's unreasonable! It's so unreasonable! How can you leave this matter to them? That's one hundred thousand taels of silver!" Hearing this, Nan Juyi could no longer control his emotions, but he was still planning
After taking down the Japanese island and going for a walk, this little fat guy actually made so many enemies.
"What are you yelling about? Without them, can you help the imperial court win the hearts and minds of the people in the south? Without them, how many people can you find out who are violating the imperial court's new policies? Besides, if you dig out the money, you can put it in their pockets
Really? The emperor has set the rules, and 95% of it goes to the court, and they only get half of it!" Zhu Youcong couldn't do what Chongzhen did, asking the donkey to grind and not let the donkey eat grass.
, he has always believed that there is no gain without effort.
"That's a lot..." Indeed, if the court wanted to quickly win over the people of Jiangnan in the shortest possible time, it really had to rely on the reputation and connections of those corrupt scholars. But Nan Juyi still felt sad that such a large amount of money had evaporated.
"You, you really need to learn from those Western barbarians!" In fact, Zhu Youcong himself only figured out why they were thinking about expansion all day long during his transactions with Western allies, but this did not prevent him from learning and selling now.
"Do you know who the guys I took on this expedition are?"
"Aren't they just the demolition brigade and the Tatar eunuchs? You don't allow Jiandou and their regular troops to participate in the war!" When mentioning this matter, Nan Juyi really complained about Zhu Youcong. Those ruffians had promised him that as long as they could
If he persuaded this little monster to take him on an expedition, he would be rewarded generously, but now everything has been ruined.
"To tell you the truth, I have already reported to the imperial court to give these guys a unified designation, called the Overseas Legion!" There is nothing to say about the combat effectiveness of the new army. But even if Zhu Youcong did not consider the need for them to suppress the southern scholar group and help Chongzhen
To implement the reform plan, it is not their turn to fight against the Japanese this time. There is no other reason. The main reason is that the discipline of the regular army is too strong. Moreover, if you want to mobilize the regular army to fight foreign countries, you must find excuses, so it is necessary to establish a force.
The Ming Dynasty Overseas Legion has the same nature as the Western Colonial Legion!
"Overseas legions?" Nan Juyi was really frightened by Zhu Youcong's militaristic ideas. Wasn't he afraid of affecting the domestic construction of Ming Dynasty by creating so many things? "What's the point of this?"
"Actually, these overseas legions are mercenaries to be honest. As long as it does not violate our Ming Dynasty's national policy, we will do things for whomever pays! Why can our Western allies go around grabbing colonies? Isn't it just because they have
Can you recruit soldiers with guns and cannons? I have saved you all these troubles. In the future, if you Master Nan likes someone's land, say hello and I will snatch it for you!" Zhu Youcong was very satisfied with his idea. The regular army
All expenses must be borne by the state. But the overseas corps does not need to consider these at all. They can not only help the Ming Dynasty expand its territory but also earn a considerable amount of military expenses. As for their casualties in the war, the Ming court does not need to consider it.
, except for the demolition brigade under Li Zicheng, whoever hired them is responsible for the rest.
"You...you are so dark!" Nan Juyi really can't imagine what the Ming Dynasty will be like in the future because of this little monster. If you want to rob someone, as long as you can afford the money, there will be overseas corps to help you beat them up.
, even if they were defeated and bullied, wouldn't there still be more terrifying Ming regular troops staying at home? If those ruffians were released, who would not be able to kneel down and kowtow to admit their mistake when they see them?
"Hehe... Do you think that I delayed the war against the Japanese for so long and encouraged those rotten scholars to create an atmosphere just to deal with those dwarves? I just want to take this opportunity to arouse the people's consciousness of expansion and prepare for the establishment of this army.
It's just an army that doesn't cost money!" Zhu Youcong smiled and continued: "The reason why I gave Zhou Yanru and the others such great benefits this time is to tell the world through their experiences, don't keep watching at home.
That's one-third of an acre of land. When you have nothing to do, you all can pool some money and hire people here to rob other foreign tribes and become a master!"
"I understand!" After such a confusing explanation, others may not be able to grasp anything, but Nan Juyi, the third victim of the Ming Dynasty, was enlightened. "I will study the practices of those Western allies and wait until I understand them."
The subordinates of Essence also hired some people to stab them in the back!" (To be continued.)