They are rebels, but you don’t care about that? You still send an envoy to tell me, are you a funny person? You also send a local to tell me, you must be a funny person, right? Xie Jin, a local man, is also a great Confucian and a civil servant.
If the new banner of the Confucian scholars is to be promulgated, what else can they do except strengthen the determination of the southern Jiangxi gentry to rebel to the end? Maybe even he will never return.
If you do this, all the neighboring governments will follow suit.
Even if you are trying to lure a snake out of its hole, that is not how it works. You must know that the strategic position of Nangan is only inferior to that of Huguang and Henan. In fact, anyone who wants to march towards Guangdong must control Nangan.
With Jiangxi in hand, it is to maintain the strategic offensive against Guangdong. If Nangan is lost, it will be Guangdong's turn to form a strategic offensive advantage over Jiangxi. Once the war starts, it will be impossible to go straight down the river to Nanchang, and then it can even go all the way to the capital.
If you hand over such an important place to others, aren't you afraid that one day Jianwen's army will march down the Gan River and Jiangxi gentry will rise up to welcome the king?
Then the Huguang gentry rose up from the dragon and sent millions of boats straight down to the south of the Yangtze River?
Are you ready to fight the Great Victory Level again?
Even if the snake is lured out of the hole, there is still no one who can put his head into the hole!
Of course, everyone is confused. Since he is playing this way, everyone can rest assured. Originally, they were worried that the loyalists in Southern Gansu would rush to act righteously. Once Yang Feng struck with thunderous force, they would not be able to support Jianwen's reinforcements, but now
There is no need to worry. Xie Jin went to tell us a few months ago. Jianwen had already completed all the preparations, and then left Meiling and went straight to Ji'an.
Then, as if they had read the wrong script, the civil servants in the capital praised the move of taking office one after another.
Kindness!
Absolute benevolence.
They don't even attack the rebels, but instead send people to warn them. What is this but benevolence?
How can there be such a benevolent monarch since ancient times?
Some people also proposed to give the ruler a title...
A princess can also have a title!
She is already a princess, so having a title is nothing. The Queen is her grandson, so wouldn't it be reasonable to give her aunt a title?
Of course, the ruling government rejected their good intentions.
The consequences of this news spreading are also obvious. Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Baoqing, Guiyang Prefecture, which belongs to Hengzhou Prefecture, and Tingzhou in Fujian Province, can almost switch sides at the speed of light. In addition, Nan'an Prefecture, which was previously occupied by the Jianwen Dynasty,
, most of the state capitals at the junction have defected to the Jianwen Dynasty. Their purpose is the same as that of Southern Gansu. If they do not surrender to the Jianwen Dynasty, they will have no choice but to resist when Yang Feng implements the public land law. Otherwise, they will not be able to wait for death. Now they surrender to the Jianwen Dynasty.
Jianwen Dynasty means asking Jianwen Dynasty to send troops to protect them.
The latter must share the cost of defense with them. After all, as long as they can hold on, Jianwen will be safe behind them.
If Yang Feng immediately sends troops to attack Nangan, they have to think about it. After all, time is short and they don't have much preparation time. They may not be able to wait for Jianwen's reinforcements before fighting.
Yang Feng's reputation is still very worrying.
But what is there to be afraid of?
He didn't care anymore.
Why not quickly switch sides, and then ask Jianwen Dynasty to quickly send troops to improve their defense, provide them with arms, money and food, so that they can recruit troops and buy horses to build a fortress.
Especially the new fortress.
The kind that King Yan built when he was stationed in Kaifeng.
The gentry had long been eyeing this new type of fortress that could obviously wear down attackers.
Then Jie Jin made the announcement for a full two months and failed until the end of the year. After returning to the capital with infinite melancholy, the ruler still refused to conquer. Instead, he sent a great eunuch in the name of the Queen Mother to go to Nangan and other places to issue an announcement again, and
The king of Chu, who was stranded in Wuchang, ordered to go to Hengyang in person. However, after the news spread, even Hengyang also voted for Jianwen.
When the King of Chu arrives in Hengyang, it will be difficult for everyone to vote.
The main reason is that his father-in-law's army is opposite, but his father-in-law obviously does not want him to go back. It is good for Wang Bi to be King Annan himself, and there is no need to let his son-in-law go back. Therefore, if the King of Chu comes to Hengyang, it is obviously not good for the Hengyang gentry to kill him.
Facing his father-in-law, coercing him will also embarrass his father-in-law, so you might as well get ahead of him and join the Jianwen Dynasty!
In this way, Huguang invested another important town.
Moreover, the Minister of Rites of the Jianwen Dynasty, Huang Kui from Ji'an, Jiangxi, and the Minister of War, Hu Zhao, who was also a student of Fang Xiaoru, led 10,000 imperial troops to Ji'an. It is said that the army was majestic and armored in the sun, and he also brought 20 cannons and 5,000 cannons for Ji'an loyalists.
All the magic guns are made in Foshan. Now Foshan's steel industry has entered a rapid development. In the mountainous areas of western and northern Guangdong, the gentry developed small iron mines, smelting pig iron with high-quality high-grade ore and charcoal, and then
The iron ingots are shipped to Foshan by waterway, and the private smelters in Foshan smelt the high-quality pig iron into high-quality wrought iron or even low-carbon steel.
Then processed into various weapons.
The same control over overseas trade also gives them enough funds...
In fact, Jianwen is also a treasure, but he is not a gold and silver standard. This is something that the Guangdong gentry is reluctant to take out.
They are pepper-based.
The Guangdong gentry copied Zhu Di's method and used pepper to support the currency. They controlled the source of this stuff to go to Nanyang. They also blocked the foreign merchants who went north from Nanyang to the south, so pepper could only be exported to ports controlled by the Jianwen Dynasty.
Enter. In this way, they can use pepper to support the treasure banknotes. If northern merchants want to buy pepper, unless they exchange the same materials needed by Guangdong, Guangxi and Annan in exchange for Guangzhou banknotes, they can only exchange precious metals such as gold, silver and copper for Guangzhou banknotes.
As a result, the currency value became stable.
Guangdong and Guangxi are abundant in food, and there is no sharp currency depreciation caused by food shortage.
These gentry are very shrewd and know many things by themselves without a teacher.
Free capitalism!
In fact, Jianwen Chao's performance was comparable to that of Yang Fenghua.
The main reason is that he can't control it. Neither he nor those ministers from the Dragon City are just refugees. He can have the final say on how to formulate court etiquette, take imperial examinations, and run schools, but how to develop the economy must be decided by Guangdong.
It belongs to the gentry.
It goes without saying what the result will be after the latter has the final say.
They entered capitalism much faster than Yang Feng, and they have even discovered that Yang Feng's system has hidden dangers. Although he seems friendly to the industrial and commercial gentry, he actually harbors evil intentions. In fact, a large part of the reasons why the Guangdong gentry supports Jianwen now have changed.
It has become this.
They found that it was true that Yang Feng encouraged industry and commerce, but this bastard seemed to have uneasy intentions. While he encouraged industry and commerce, he also put shackles on industry and commerce, especially regarding land, minerals, and the monopoly of some industries. This was obviously not good.
No. If he really encourages industry and commerce, he should not continue to have such restrictions, especially the control of land and minerals, not to mention the financial monopoly of the banking industry. Just a land equalization system will make these guys who are starting to transform realize that Yang Feng and they are not
People all the way.
Encouraging industry and commerce must also encourage land annexation, because only in this way can farmers be forced to move to cities and become ashes for the development of industry and commerce.
But the equalization of land obviously runs counter to this.
Under the land equalization system, farmers all have land and can make a living by farming, so why do they go to cities to become ashes for industry and commerce?
Since Yang Feng claims to be from later generations, he should be familiar with everything, but he encourages industry and commerce while putting shackles on industry and commerce. This is obviously intentional, although the current minds of the Guangdong gentry are not developed enough to understand the true meaning of these things.
meaning.
but……
But they knew very well that there was definitely something wrong with Yang Feng.
Compared with Jianwen, who had no power and could only let them do whatever they wanted, Yang Feng was not a good choice for them.
Jianwen is the one.
Of course, these are not important at the moment. Anyway, the Guangdong gentry is currently happy, and their military industry is supporting the great cause of Emperor Jianwen.
The latter, headed by the He family, together with the military households of the Guangdong Guards Station, especially the Semu military households in Guangzhou, have established 30,000 imperial camps, which are similar to the Shenji Battalion. Although they are only organized, they are not actually
It can't really be used in field battles, but it can still be used to bluff people. As for its real pillar of force, it is Wang Bi's Annan Army. The latter has been promoted to the county king and the governor of the governor's office. He is personally in charge of Guilin, and the governor of Guangzhou
The Governor's Mansion was run by He Rong as the Governor's Tongzhi.
The latter was also promoted to the rank of Duke.
Duke of Guangdong.
There is also a separate navy, and the commander of the navy is He Di. This navy is quite strong.
In short, Emperor Jianwen did not live up to the expectations of the loyal people. He really sent troops to protect those subjects who had defected to the light.
Of course, the most important thing is that the latter has a population.
Jiangxi was the third most populous in the Ming Dynasty, second only to Zhili and Zhejiang. Even if it was just the three prefectures in southern Jiangxi, it brought more people to it than the entire province of Guangxi.
In fact, after this round of defections, the population under his control immediately doubled.
This is the source of troops.
In the past, what he lacked most was soldiers.
As for the capital, it continues to ignore this, and the ruling party openly sneers at these unruly people...
"This generation has lived in poor mountains and harsh waters for a long time. They don't know kindness and obedience. They are like moths throwing themselves into the fire. They will be torn to pieces in the future and it is their own fault. Good words can't persuade the damn ghosts. Let them go! The court will gain nothing but lose.
It is not a loss. Even if the imperial court loses these two provinces, it will not lose thousands of miles of territory. Why should it matter? It is the birthday of the Empress Dowager and the whole country should be happy. No matter what!"
Her Royal Highness the ruling princess said as if she was possessed by Mutipo.
"Your Highness is wise, the Queen Mother's birthday is indeed the most important thing at this time. This person is not as sick as scabies. In the future, the army will come with the power of heaven and it will naturally fall apart."
Xie Jin quickly praised him.
"Your Highness, Holy Ming!"
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Then a group of ministers praised Her Royal Highness the Princess.
At this time, in the distant Western Regions, Zhu Di was riding his horse. In the white snow of the Ili River Valley, the Tianshan Mountains were all white in winter.
Behind him were the cavalry guards in formation.
The three escorting cavalry were divided into three formations. Each formation was ridden with armor in front, and the men and horses were equipped with equipment. The large polished steel plates of the new armor reflected light in the sun, and the horses with face armor were like monsters. These armors
The riders hold long spears with a flag on them for hunting, forming a dense forest above their heads. However, unlike traditional armored cavalry, in addition to whips and maces for close combat, these armored cavalry also hang short flintlock spears next to their saddles.
Behind the armored cavalry are the flying cavalry on both wings, which are actually light cavalry.
They don't even need armor, they only wear leather robes, and they don't even carry spears. In addition to bows and arrows, they only have knives and short spears, but each person carries multiple short spears.
In the middle of the flying cavalry and behind the armored cavalry are the hussars.
In fact, it is the main formation composed of the Tuocheng. All the cavalry are mounted cavalry and dismounted infantry. Rapid-fire cannons are mounted on the Tuocheng, and the soldiers carry magic guns on their backs.
There were even specialized artillery battalions that used camels to carry light field guns and mortars.
The three guards formed three independent cavalry groups, forming huge characters on the white snowfield.
In front of Zhu Di, groups of nomadic cavalry arrived. In front of these nomadic cavalry were their chiefs.
King Yan stopped and looked at them majestically from his horse.
The chiefs quickly dismounted and hurriedly walked to his horse as if they were worshiping gods and Buddhas. Then they knelt down in fear and bowed their heads to him.
"King Khan, you have finally returned to your land!"
The leader, Gui Lichi, said excitedly.
King Khan is the honorific title they gave Zhu Di.
After all, Zhu Di is not an emperor, so calling him Tian Khan is a bit like framing him, but calling him a king is obviously not weighty enough. After all, the king's level is still low. There were many kings in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Khan is in line with their habits, but this is obviously not the case.
It was appropriate. After all, he was not the Great Khan of Mongolia, so he simply combined khan and king, so the khan king became his exclusive use. These tribes respected him as khan, but his identity was king.
"Everyone get up!"
Zhu Di looked at these chiefs.
Guilichi, Mahamu, Taiping, and several other tribes, basically all the tribal chiefs in the North Oara system came.
At present, the Wara Clan is divided into two parts. One part is Ugeqi Hashha, who leads several tribes to command the envoys in Dawandu, while those in the north command the envoys in Kunling and Hanhai.
The Oara are actually a mixture of Oara and Mongolia, and there are even some tribes from Siberia.
They are now nomadic in the Ili Valley and the Land of Seven Rivers.
This is winter.
Zhu Di allowed the nomads from the Hanhai Capital Command to spend the winter in this relatively warm area, and there was enough food here. For the herdsmen who could only struggle in the severe cold of the Mongolian Plateau in winter, this was undoubtedly a gift.
What the Mongolian herdsmen long for most is food. Livestock is the most insecure food. It can be lost at any time due to various disasters, but food will not get sick. Food can allow them to survive the winter safely, and Zhu Di is the one who brought them food.
their gods.
"From now on, I will have the final say in this Western Region. Last time you followed me, you made a lot of money. I will continue with you in the future. Is there anyone from the Xiban family?"
Zhu Di asked.
Guilichi shouted quickly.
One of the chiefs quickly crawled forward.
"King Khan, he belongs to the Xiban family, but he is following me now."
Guilichi said.
Zhu Di looked at this guy.
"Who are you from Yuejibiehan?"
he asked.
"King Khan, he is the great-grandson of Yue Jibie Khan."
Guilichi said quickly.
It is obvious that this Xiban family does not understand Chinese.
"So, do you want to be a Khan of the Golden Horde like your great-grandfather?"