In the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart in the Forbidden City, Emperor Zhu Youjian looked at the memorial written by Wu Zhiping, the governor of Fujian, and frowned. Tianlai Novel | 2
Li Zhi killed Zheng Zhilong.
Although Zheng Zhilong was just a general in the Fujian army, he had an influence far beyond his position. He used the money he earned from the sea to bribe the big shots in the DPRK and China, and then controlled the province of Fujian with the help of these big shots. He was the uncrowned king of Fujian.
Zheng Zhilong can be said to be a close comrade-in-arms of the civil servants in the DPRK. When Li Zhi killed Zheng Zhilong, not only Wu Zhiping reported it, but also all the civil servants in the DPRK were upset. There were more than ten memorials piled on the imperial case in front of Zhu Youjian, all of which were to impeach Li Zhi.
Planted.
Zhu Youjian threw the memorial on the table and shook his head.
"No one can stop this Li Zhi..."
Wang Chengen also said curiously: "Yes, Your Majesty, Zheng Zhilong's navy is said to have thousands of warships. How did Li Zhi defeat the Zheng family? This is unreasonable! Li Zhi is in the sea business, and only these three or four
Nian. Defeated the Zheng family so quickly?"
Zhu Youjian pondered for a moment and took a breath.
Wang Cheng'en looked at Zhu Youjian's face and asked, "Your Majesty, you pity the Fujian General Soldier?"
Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "Zheng Zhilong is separatist in Fujian. He is like a prince. He doesn't even listen to my orders. How can he be regarded as my subject? If Li Zhi kills him, normal order can be restored in Fujian."
Only the people in Fujian know that we have a court in the Ming Dynasty."
Zheng Zhilong was entrenched in Fujian and did not care about the life or death of the Ming Dynasty. He used his influence to influence the court discussions. Zhu Youjian wanted to recruit Zheng Zhilong to go north to fight against the Qing Dynasty several times. As soon as the idea was expressed, he was opposed by hundreds of officials in the court. On the eve of the Jinzhou War
The emperor tried his best to adjust Zheng Zhilong against all opinions, but Zheng Zhilong remained motionless. The civil servants in the DPRK and the Chinese government defended Zheng Zhilong in every possible way.
When Zheng Zhilong died, Zhu Youjian didn't feel any pity at all.
"What I'm worried about is that Li Zhi is the only one on the sea. With Li Zhi's strong troops and horses, if he monopolizes the sea, it will really lead to a situation where the last one cannot lose."
Shaking his head, Zhu Youjian asked: "Wang Chengen, what's the news about the 100,000 recruits I trained?"
Wang Chengen raised his hands and replied: "Return to the Holy Spirit, one hundred thousand recruits, it can be said that 30,000 have been trained."
"In the past year, the Ministry of Industry has organized manpower to build more than 30,000 Rumi guns, all of which have been equipped by Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji of the Jingying camp. The soldiers have been practicing Rumi guns for some time. Target shooting at a hundred paces can be said to be nineteen times.
middle."
"The Rumi gun is still being built. It is estimated that it will be equipped with 100,000 people in less than two years."
"Although the progress of cannon-casting is not satisfactory, and the domestic craftsmen's skills are not refined, the small cannons produced are okay, but the big cannons are not useful. However, the two hundred Hongyi cannons purchased from Macao are of high quality, but they are a bit more expensive. The five thousand kilograms
The heavy artillery costs four thousand taels per piece."
"The Franji people in Macao are dedicated to making good friends with the Ming Dynasty, and they have also promised to bring us more cannons from the West. In less than two years, the Holy One's 100,000 new troops will be equipped with 400 heavy cannons."
Zhu Youjian asked: "How is the morale of the new army?"
Zhu Youjian replied: "Back to your Majesty, the morale of the new army is high. Even compared with the Huben Division of Jin Guogong, the 50,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing Camp have been organized into the new army, with sufficient food and pay. Every day
Everyone had a meal of broth. After the generals informed the soldiers of the pension system formulated by the Holy Spirit, the soldiers were very generous and their morale was very different from before."
"Your Majesty, when one hundred thousand new troops are trained in two years, the situation will be completely different! Not to mention the effect of using this new army to fight slaves and bandits, just placing it in the capital can also deter people.
Lord Jin, let him not dare to break the rules!"
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In the Qingning Palace of Shengjing Palace, Huang Taiji was lying weakly on the bed, looking pale.
In the first half year of being bedridden, Huang Taiji had lost dozens of kilograms. His formerly fat body had become as skinny as a stick. The violent coughing that sounded from time to time was an announcement that the owner of this body was dying.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a eunuch sang melodiously: "Prince Rui, Dorgon, the kings, and the Belles are here!"
The door of the carved room was opened, and more than 20 princes including Dorgon, Jierhalang, Daishan, the county king and Baylor walked into the bedroom and knelt down in front of Huang Taiji's hospital bed.
During the Battle of Jinzhou, Huang Taiji lost his beloved son Hauge, and knew that after his death, his heirs would not be able to inherit the throne. After returning to Shengjing, Huang Taiji restored Dorgon's princely title. Now Huang Taiji is lying in bed unable to govern the country.
Dorgon has shown his momentum to lead all the kings of Baylor. It is expected that as soon as Huang Taiji dies, Dorgon will be supported by everyone as the new king.
Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon on the bed and remembered that he had forced Dorgon's biological mother to be buried in order to compete for the throne.
After Dorgon ascends the throne, will he take revenge on his own children?
However, it is useless to worry here and now. It is a foregone conclusion that Dorgon will ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. This is the common will of all the kings and Beile. Huang Taiji can no longer stop this.
Huang Taiji sighed and coughed violently.
Dorgon, who was kneeling on the ground, saw this and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body first. Now our Qing Dynasty is in danger and people are scattered. If the emperor cannot recover soon, our Qing Dynasty may be in unpredictable danger."
The other kings, Belle, all kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty, please take care of your dragon body!"
Huang Taiji did not answer Dorgon's words, but waved to the little eunuch by the window. With the help of the eunuch, Huang Taiji stood up with difficulty and leaned on the bed.
Huang Taiji took a breath and said: "My time is running out, I know it myself."
The kings and Baile looked at each other and said nothing.
Huang Taiji looked at a sachet at the end of the bed, which was the relic of Huang Taiji's beloved Concubine Chen, Hai Lanzhu. Concubine Chen was no longer here, and now Huang Taiji was also seriously ill. Huang Taiji didn't know if he could be with him on the road to Huangquan after his death.
Concubine Chen joins hands.
After thinking for a long time, Huang Taiji said: "After the defeat of Jinzhou, the country was filled with mourning, the Mongolian tribes rebelled, and North Korea became disloyal. Our Qing Dynasty was in turmoil. However, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still working hard to train a new army, and Li Zhi also expanded his army to 10,000
.It seems that the situation is no longer promising.”
"However, what I want to tell you today is that the situation is very promising. As long as the operations are done well, taking over the Central Plains is not an empty talk."
The kings and the beile were very surprised when they heard this and looked at each other for a while. The emperor was really optimistic, and he even talked about taking over the Central Plains in such a bleak situation.
Huang Taiji took a long breath and said: "Although Li Zhi is now surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, it is obvious that he and the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty are not the same people. Even he and the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty are not the same people. The contradiction between Li Zhi and the Ming Dynasty
So it hasn’t exploded yet because Li Zhi isn’t strong enough yet, and he hasn’t completely challenged the bottom line of civilian officials.”
"Li Zhi's equalizing land tax in Tianjin made civil servants hate him. This is just an appearance. Li Zhi's biggest problem is that he promoted public morality and emphasized fairness and equality, suppressed Confucianism, and suppressed private morality. It can be said that Li Zhi dreamed of reshaping
The entire Ming Dynasty’s ideological system is doing something that is impossible for human beings to achieve.”
"Li Zhi was born as a businessman. He was successful at a young age and lacked the enthusiasm for work. In time, after Li Zhi completely exposed his public ethics and ideas of fairness, not only the civil servants and gentry will turn against him, but also the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty. Tianjin
Besides, the people of Ming Dynasty who don’t know what’s going on will turn against him.”
"At that time, no matter how the emperor of the Ming Dynasty protects Li Zhi, Li Zhi will really be besieged by the people of the world."
Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon and coughed violently.
After finally suppressing his breath, Huang Taiji said slowly:
"At that time, it will be our opportunity for the Qing Dynasty. As long as we, the Qing Dynasty, hold high the banner of respecting Confucianism and attack Li Zhi, the world will be united. Those civil servants and military officials will fall under the Qing flag like a tide, and it will be easy to take over the Central Plains."
