Chapter 196: Eight Banners Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty
The negotiations with the Dutch ended, and the two sides finalized an agreement to resume normal business and trade activities, ensure the safety of the other party's expatriates, and cease hostilities.
Zhu Hongyu invited Silla to stay for dinner!
Silas did not refuse. At the dinner table, Zhu Hongyu proposed that Silas should represent Batavia and the Dutch East India Company behind Batavia to attend his enthronement ceremony.
Xi Luolai agreed happily!
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Chengdu!
Emperor Yongli sat on the proposed dragon chair, listening to the people below reporting on the battle situation during this period, with an expression on his face full of surprise.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, now our Ming Dynasty King's Division has conquered Jianyang, Lezhi, Anyue, Suining and other places. Neijiang, Zigong, Yibin, Luzhou and other places will be sent to you to return to my Ming Dynasty!"
"Now our army has joined forces with Li Laiheng and other remnants of the Chuang Army, and we are preparing for the attack on Chongqing!"
Habai reported the results of this period to Yongli, his face full of pride and justice.
In his opinion, although he and his men have now rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, they are still invincible Manchu soldiers!
When the Manchu soldiers take action, who dares to resist?
It would be really weird if someone dared to resist!
Yongli asked cautiously.
"Then...then, what kind of reward does the general want for having made such a great contribution? Just tell me, I will definitely accept it!"
Habai said with a grin.
"Then please Your Majesty, please grant me the title of Ming Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen, and change the two blue flags under my command to the Zhenghuang Banner!"
"Then we will allocate manpower, prepare armor and weapons, and prepare to form the Eight Banners Army of the Ming Dynasty!"
Habai is not very knowledgeable. In his opinion, the most powerful army in the world is the Manchu Eight Banners Army!
Among the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the one with the strongest combat effectiveness and the highest status is undoubtedly the Eight Banners of the Zhenghuang Banner under the control of the Manchu Emperor.
Now that I have rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing must be to increase the strength of the army.
Habai planned to use the military system of the Eight Banners Soldiers to form an Eight Banners Soldier of the Ming Dynasty.
The first thing is to change the name of the two blue flags under his command to the Zhenghuang flag.
Even if the combat effectiveness cannot be increased, Habai still wants to be lucky...
Yongli nodded and said.
"It's easy to talk about the reward and name change. I'll ask someone to do it later, but the general will have to worry more about forming the Eight Banners Army of the Ming Dynasty!"
It is true that Yongli is a puppet, but after so many years of being a puppet, he has gained some experience.
That means not forcing anything. He just needs to smile and nod whatever the person below says!
To sum it up simply, be obedient and don’t bother!
On that day, the news spread throughout Chengdu. Everyone in and around the inaccessible city of Chengdu, as well as the surrounding prefectures and counties, heard the news that Ming Dynasty was also going to form the Eight Banners Army...
Habai was also serious about forming the Eight Banners Army of the Ming Dynasty.
It's a pity that no matter how much he cares about it, he can't change the reality that Sichuan and Sichuan are dilapidated and the population is declining.
Gradually, the three most important elements of the army are soldiers, ordnance, and finance and taxation!
But these three elements are quite reluctant for the Yongli small court currently stationed in Chengdu.
First of all, in terms of soldiers, the entire population of Sichuan and Shu, after being massacred by the Manchus on a large scale, may not necessarily add up to one million.
One million people live scattered throughout Sichuan and Sichuan. How many people can there be near Chengdu?
How many young people are there among these people?
Let alone recruiting soldiers, the Yongli court could not capture many soldiers even if they wanted to recruit soldiers.
In the end, in order to solve the problem of soldiers, the method Habai came up with was to directly adapt and integrate the Qing Army's Green Battalion.
You can imagine how much water there is!
In addition, there is also the issue of ordnance.
The combat effectiveness of an army depends on soldiers on one side and ordnance on the other.
However, currently, the Yongli Small Court does not have the ability to independently manufacture ordnance.
Ordinary knives and guns are easy to make, just find a few blacksmiths to knock them out.
However, things like armor, crossbows, muskets, artillery, etc...
The small court of Yongli could not find any craftsmen with this skill.
At present, the newly formed Eight Banners Army of the Ming Dynasty can only continue to use the remaining weapons of the Green Camp.
And the weapons that the Manchu Qing gave to the Green Camp...
In order to limit the force of the Han people, I can only say that I understand what the weapons the Manchu Qing gave to the Green Camp were!
However, the soldiers and ordnance were barely solved!
But there is really no way around the financial and tax issues.
At present, the finances of Yongli's small court depend entirely on what was captured after conquering places.
It's not that the Yongli court didn't want to collect taxes, it's that they simply had no place to collect them.
The Ming and Qing Dynasties saw each other back and forth in the southwest, and Sichuan and Shu were always the main battlefields.
More than ten years of war, coupled with deliberate massacres by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, resulted in severe population losses in Sichuan and Shu.
The people who were lucky enough to survive the war were afraid of being killed and knew that they could not stay in the plains or in the city.
In order to survive, they gave up their farmland on the plains, their houses and their ancestral graves, and took their families into hiding in the mountains.
These mountain people escape war in the mountains and live in villages based on clan blood ties or friendships with fellow villagers.
We even built a lot of simple docks!
Different villages support each other. When one side is in trouble, support comes from all sides.
How did the Yongli court collect taxes and from whom?
The life of these people in the mountains is already difficult. If you want to tax them, you have to do it first!
Without finance and taxation, we cannot raise troops. If we cannot raise troops, we cannot face the counterattack of the Qing Dynasty that may come at any time!
Regardless of the current Yongli small court, it seems to be developing quite well, and it almost took over half of Sichuan and Shu just by word of mouth.
However, once the Manchus officially counterattacked, the Yongli court would probably end up in a state of ups and downs...
Even if the Qing Dynasty does not counterattack Sichuan and Shu for the time being, the internal problems of the Yongli court may cause them to self-destruct at any time.
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Kunming!
Wu Sangui lived in a manor on Wuhua Mountain, with Chen Yuanyuan as his companion every day, and lived a very happy life.
Drink and listen to music, with Chen Yuanyuan playing the piano for him!
Drink tea and watch a play, with Chen Yuanyuan making tea for him!
When reading and writing, Chen Yuanyuan adds fragrance to his red sleeves!
This period of time can be said to be the most comfortable period of time he has lived since he betrayed the Ming Dynasty.
There is no urgent military situation, no stalemate war, no pursuit by the court...
Wu Sangui just wants to be a salted fish, do nothing, think about nothing, and live the rest of his life peacefully with Chen Yuanyuan's company.
He is almost fifty this year. In this era where the average age is not even thirty, he can be considered an old man.
However, Wu Sangui wanted stability, but someone refused to give him stability.
On this day, Wu Sangui was shaking his head, listening to the famous actors on the stage singing a piece of "Dingjun Mountain", while enjoying Chen Yuanyuan's massage.
At this time, Wu Guogui, Wu Sangui's most powerful general and a former soldier and servant, and his second son Wu Shicong came to see him.
"Your Majesty, something big has happened!"
Wu Guogui and Wu Shicong's faces were full of eagerness as if the sky was about to fall.
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Three chapters will be published first, and the remaining chapter is being typed and will be published before twelve o'clock.