In an instant, cold sweat broke out like rain on his forehead, and a large area of his back was wet.
"broken!"
"broken!"
"It's really broken!"
Today he actually showed off his posture and forced Bumbutai to speak softly to him!
Hong Chengchou seemed to have seen the day when he would be in disaster!
According to the Manchu and Qing dynasties, people were employed facing forward and those who were not used were facing backward.
When he is needed, everything will be easy, and Bumubutai probably won't argue with Hong Chengchou over such a trivial matter.
After all, there was something like that between the two of them!
There is some affection!
But once the war in the south ends, Hong Chengchou will probably be executed.
Hong Chengchou slapped his forehead in annoyance. What kind of thing did he do today?
How stupid!
He sighed, after all, Hong Chengchou was old and his mind was a little confused. If he had been young, with Hong Chengchou's IQ, he would not have done such a stupid thing.
…
Kunming, Wuhua Mountain!
Wu Sangui walked out of the hot spring bath naked. At the age of over fifty, he was no longer as strong as he once was and had gained a lot of fat on his body.
The maids beside him dried the water stains on his body and put on his bathrobe.
A pretty maid combed the sparse hair on his head, took out a sharp scraper, and scraped off the excess hair on his head. The remaining small strand of hair on the back of his head was dried with silk cloth and braided into a money rat tail.
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Wu Sangui strode towards the outside of the hot spring. Liu Xuanchu, Fang Guangchen and others were waiting outside the door. When they saw Wu Sangui coming out, they all saluted.
"Students pay their respects to the prince!"
Wu Sangui slowly exhaled a breath, and then asked.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Liu Xuanchu said.
"Your Majesty, something happened over there in Jiangnan!"
With that said, he handed a battle report in his hand to Wu Sangui with both hands.
Wu Sangui glanced at the battle report, his eyes filled with unconcealable surprise.
"Hiss... the Qing Dynasty was defeated so miserably!"
"The combat effectiveness of these Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers is getting more and more impressive!"
Even Wu Sangui, a patient with late-stage Manchurophobia, noticed the decline of the Qing court's military force.
It can only be imagined to what extent the Eight Banners Soldiers have declined!
Fang Guangchen said.
"The prince, students and others estimate that in order to fight the war in the south, the Qing government may dispatch troops from the capital to go south to quell the rebels."
"Let's send a high-level supervisor to oversee the military affairs in the southeast, mobilize the entire Southern Kingdom's troops, and take charge of the war in Guangdong. When the time comes, I'm afraid the prince will have to make some moves!"
Geng Jingzhong had already made up his mind to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but Wu Sangui was still wavering and could not make up his mind.
In Fang Guangchen's view, Wu Sangui had to move as soon as possible.
If the governor sent by the Qing government brought the Eight Banners soldiers from the capital to the south, it would be too late for Wu Sangui to do anything he wanted to do.
If Wu Sangui doesn't have the courage to do something now, he will even less have the courage to do anything when the Qing imperial governor arrives in Jiangnan.
Wu Sangui frowned, but in the end he couldn't make up his mind. After thinking for a while, he spoke.
"I have received the battle report. Li Dingguo invaded the border on a large scale from Mengla. As the Pingxi King of the Qing Dynasty, I naturally cannot sit back and watch Li invade the border!"
"Come here, send the order, gather the army, and prepare to attack Mengla!"
Wu Sangui decided that he wanted to hide for a while. Well, it was time to go to Li Dingguo to have a good relationship.
It is better for him to take the initiative to act with Li Dingguo now than to be forced by the Manchus to go to the battlefield and risk his life against the main force of the Ming army in the future.
He didn't have the guts to raise a flag to rebel, so he could only resort to such small tricks.
…
From the Pearl River Estuary, a huge Ming fleet came over the waves!
Sail battleships lined up on the sea, heading towards the Pearl River Estuary.
The flag of Ming Dynasty is fluttering in the wind!
The fleet sailed up the river and arrived at the dock outside Guangzhou, where troops began to land in an orderly manner.
Zhu Hongyu also got off the boat and personally led the team into Guangzhou City!
Today, the inner city of Guangzhou is still a scorched earth, but the outer city has restored its former prosperity.
Part of the large refugee population formed by the Qing government's relocation of borders and sea bans was moved overseas to Luzon Island.
But more people were placed near Guangzhou City by Zhu Hongyu.
The settlement of a large number of refugees has brought a lot of labor force.
These labor forces have enabled Guangzhou's economy, commerce, agriculture, handicrafts and other aspects to recover to a certain extent.
Pieces of abandoned fields have been reclaimed, and there are large rice fields everywhere around Guangzhou.
The official road, which had been in disrepair for a long time, was simply repaired.
The military government also renovated several satellite cities near Guangzhou City to defend Guangzhou.
Almost all of these satellite cities are cement masonry bastion buildings, which are very strong and serve as horns to each other, allowing them to support each other.
As long as a certain amount of troops are deployed for defense, the security of Guangzhou can be guaranteed to a great extent.
In addition, the military government took the lead, and the landowners and gentry of Guangdong contributed money and efforts to set aside a piece of land near Guangzhou to form an industrial zone.
A large number of small factories and workshops have been built in the industrial zone.
While developing the handicraft industry, it also absorbed a large amount of surplus labor.
To a certain extent, it deeply tied the landlord and gentry class in Guangzhou to the Ming Dynasty through interests.
Looking at the brand-new city of Guangzhou, Zhu Hongyu was in a pretty good mood. At least in his opinion, his governance of Guangzhou had achieved certain results.
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The first thing he did when he arrived in Guangzhou was that Zhu Hongyu ordered the army to rest and reorganize, and together with the logistics department, allocated a large amount of wine, meat, gold and silver to the army as a reward.
The lieutenants of the army got a rare opportunity to renovate. They ate meat, drank fine wine, and gathered together to discuss how many acres of land they would exchange for their military functions. The atmosphere was extremely lively.
Even the soldiers of the Guiyi Army looked at the silver coins, land deeds and other things in their hands, and felt completely reassured. The Ming Dynasty Supervisor kept his word, and all the rewards and land grants promised to them were in place!
Everyone, from beginning to end, the smiles on their faces never disappeared.
Jia Qijin raised his head and drank a glass of high-strength liquor specially provided by the military. The clear wine entered his throat at night, like a burning line of fire, and went straight down the esophagus into his stomach.
"Haha, feel comfortable!"
While he was talking, he saw his team officer counting a stack of beautifully printed pieces of paper in his hand, but there was no land deed or money.
He walked over and asked out of curiosity.
"Captain, didn't you get a reward from above?"
Jia Qijin asked curiously. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. His team officer was transferred from the Liberation Army to serve.
I also spent some time in the Imperial Guard Brigade of His Royal Highness the Supervisor!
He is a true direct descendant of the Supervisor!
No matter what, he should not be left out of the reward.
The team officer smiled, waved the thick stack of vouchers in his hand, and said carelessly.
"Isn't this what it is?"
"Each voucher represents a silver dollar. There are fifty of them here, so that's fifty dollars!"
"Hehe, there are quite a few!"
The shock on Jia Qijin's face became more and more obvious. He looked at the colorful and beautifully printed banknotes in the hands of his team officer and said.
"Voucher? It looks like a Ming Dynasty treasure note!"