Just when Emperor Chongzhen was happy about the great victory in Liaodong, a fast horse from the south came to report the victory.
The original plan to easily quell the Annan Rebellion through the internal support of the Dutch and Portuguese and by capturing the leaders of the northern and southern forces in Annan suffered a serious setback.
This thing is like this.
After Wu Zhiping, the governor of Fujian, summoned the Dutch and Portuguese to convey the decree, he began to prepare for the recovery of Annan.
Thirty thousand troops were gathered from Fujian and Guangdong, transported by the southern navy, and sent troops from the sea to Annan. Originally, with the support of the Dutch and Portuguese, they captured the leaders of the north and the south in one fell swoop, thus ending it in the easiest way.
Annan Rebellion.
Unexpectedly, the leaders of the north and south of Annan unexpectedly united together and ambushed the Ming army, causing the Ming army to lose about 5,000 forwards. Thanks to the Ming Dynasty's powerful navy, the entire army was not annihilated.
After the army that conquered Annan returned to Guangdong, the news was immediately sent back to the capital.
The memorial stated that the Dutch betrayed the Ming Dynasty and participated in the attack on the imperial army. The Portuguese also suffered heavy losses. The heads of the Portuguese who were originally on the Annan side were hung on the spear points of the Annan people.
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After Emperor Chongzhen received this memorial, he became furious.
In fact, the Annan matter was not taken seriously before.
Sun Chuanting once proposed to mobilize troops from Yunnan to attack Annan and quell the Annan rebellion, but this was rejected by Emperor Chongzhen.
At that time, Emperor Chongzhen felt that with the Dutch and Portuguese as internal collaborators, he could easily capture Annan using beheading tactics. As a result, it failed.
But this matter, no matter how unexpected it is, it can’t be considered a surprise.
When Emperor Chongzhen calmed down after being furious and thought about it carefully, he felt that there were already signs of the matter, but he ignored it because he did not pay attention to Annan's affairs.
The Portuguese have already reported that the Dutch may have dissatisfaction with the Ming Dynasty. Not only are they under great pressure at home, they may not be able to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but the Dutch may also have purchased the steam engine blueprints of the Ming Dynasty.
Although these two things are all speculation, if we had taken precautions at that time or delayed the recovery of Annan, maybe there would not have been the defeat of Annan this time.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it carefully and felt that he was still a little lucky at that time: he felt that the Dutch wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and under the temptation of such great benefits, but he had seen the military power of the Ming Dynasty, if he dared to fight against the Ming Dynasty,
Then the Ming Dynasty will definitely attack the Dutch stronghold in Nanyang. Can they defend it?
As a result, I still underestimated the madness of the Dutch!
Obviously, when the Dutch did such a thing, they must have received news from their country that it was impossible to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Then, they also believed that it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to Nanyang in the short term, right?
Think about it, the Ming Dynasty also needs to solve the affairs of Liaodong, Korea, and Japan. Most people think that it will take at least many years to solve such a big place and so many enemies!
Haha! Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen sneered.
Since the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, with the help of Liu Weichao, he reused loyal ministers and famous generals and crazily clicked on the technology tree. He has basically been smooth sailing and has not suffered any major setbacks. Now this time, the Dutch and Annan people actually let the Ming Dynasty defeat the Ming Dynasty.
Five thousand men and horses were lost. This account must be carefully calculated and let them know that calculating the fate of Ming Dynasty is a burden they cannot bear!
With the successive great victories in Liaodong, it is estimated that the entire Liaodong will be recovered next year, North Korea will be conquered, and the Japanese who have no roots will no longer be a problem. Then the Denglai navy and the navy that conquered the Japanese will be able to mobilize most of their forces for
Clean up the enemies in Nanyang!
If you dare to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, then uproot the Dutch power!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that he had sent Wang Chengen to lead the elite of the West Factory south to investigate whether the Dutch had bought the steam engine blueprints. To be honest, he felt that this time, the East and West Factory was a bit slow.
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If it had been confirmed earlier that the Dutch had purchased the blueprints, perhaps there would have been no Annan defeat.
Although the loss of five thousand men and horses was not serious to the imperial court, and with the successive great victories in Liaodong, no one probably cared about the barbarian land in the south, but Emperor Chongzhen still had some concerns.
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No, he sent a video to Liu Weichao to complain about this matter.
Unexpectedly, after hearing his complaints, Liu Weichao scolded him: "I think you are still mainly responsible for this matter, because you are the most senior leader of the Ming Dynasty! Maybe in your ancient times, the emperor was
It can't be wrong, but you can't take the initiative and think that the responsibility is not yours, but your fault. If you have such a mentality, it will be the same as before, which will make people feel that you are not responsible, and it will probably make you
My subordinates also no longer want to take responsibility!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen blushed.
It is absolutely impossible for other people to say something like this to him, and it is impossible for him to hear it. Only Liu Weichao would say this to him.
Emperor Chongzhen also remembered that when he first contacted Liu Weichao, he once told him that he was not responsible for it.
Thinking of the past, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be alert: Was it because of his repeated successes that his true nature was restored?
No, this shortcoming must be corrected. I can never be the king of a subjugated country. I must not have such irresponsible thoughts. I want to be a famous king for the ages!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said to Liu Weichao with shame: "I know I was wrong, but it's thanks to you, my friend, that I can always be careful not to make mistakes. You are my Wei Zheng!"
"..." When Liu Weichao heard this, he was a little speechless.
I know that if I were not separated from another world, but traveled to the front of Emperor Chongzhen, I might not dare to point out the faults of Emperor Chongzhen to his face like Wei Zheng did. Although loyal words are offensive, what if the emperor is angry?
, what about holding a grudge?
The price of being retaliated is too high, and there is no guarantee at all. It is impossible for him to be Wei Zheng anyway, so there is no problem with being a "keyboard warrior".
Liu Weichao thought for a while with shame in his heart, but on the surface, he smiled and said: "We are friends! Naturally, we know everything we know and talk about it, and we speak out when we have shortcomings in person instead of hiding them.
They’re friends, right?”
"Yes, yes!" Emperor Chongzhen immediately nodded happily in response.
Then, he said to Liu Weichao: "As a friend, I also want to remind you of a shortcoming."
"Ah?" Liu Weichao was a little surprised when he heard this. He still has shortcomings? But it seems so, everyone has shortcomings, right?
Just now, he happened to tell Emperor Chongzhen that as a friend, you should tell everything you know and say everything. So, he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Okay, you can tell me!"
I only heard Emperor Chongzhen say to Liu Weichao seriously: "I always hear you mention, my wife's this, my wife's that. Anyway, I heard that you are a bit too lustful and too addicted to women. Look at me,
When did I tell you what happened to my queen and my concubine..."
"..." Liu Weichao was speechless and had to interrupt Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Stop, stop, my wife is going to have a baby, can I not be more concerned about it? And I am different from you. This is not about being obsessed with women. This is
It's love, do you understand? I understand, you, the emperor, don't even know what love is, and you are still addicted to women!"
"Look, you are sophistical when I mention your shortcomings!" Emperor Chongzhen had a look of disapproval on his face, and he advised earnestly, "Since ancient times, those who approach women have never achieved great achievements...
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Before he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that Liu Weichao had cut off the video, leaving him stunned and speechless for a while.
This is Liu Weichao, who dares not to give him face, and dares to cut off contact first, as if someone dares to walk away in front of him!
This made Emperor Chongzhen sigh with emotion: "It's true that the advice is offensive to my ears, but I can listen to it anyway!"
After saying that, he put away his cell phone and immediately started thinking about his own things.
As for the East and West factories, Emperor Chongzhen no longer wanted to complain. The Annan incident should wait until next year to focus on dealing with them. The most critical thing at the moment is the Liaodong war.
When fighting on the front line, we still have to keep an eye on logistics. This is not to say that we don’t trust Sun Chuanting. But there are many yamen below Sun Chuanting who have dealt with him.
Previously, Liu Weichao had reminded that the previous yamen were plucked by wild geese. After layer upon layer of plucking, the supplies that actually reached the front line would be greatly reduced.
Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried about this. Such a major war could not let the rear Yamen do bad things. He had to keep an eye on it personally.
No matter how much logistics materials are sent out, the logistics materials received by the soldiers at the front must be checked. In addition to asking the Imperial Procuratorate to send censors to inspect, factory guards should also keep an eye on them. Finally, the receipts of various materials will be calculated.
You also need to ask the Supervisor of Ceremonies to verify it.
While Emperor Chongzhen was busy with these matters, another express report was urgently delivered to the capital. Du Yinxi reported it and captured alive the puppet emperor Jianlu and the puppet queen mother. Shengjing was besieged and was also about to fall.
This time, Emperor Chongzhen was happy, and so was the entire capital. Annan's incident, which had never spread, was suddenly overshadowed by Liaodong's victory.
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At the same time, in the capital of Nanjing far to the south, teams of Dongchang fans and Xichang fans appeared majestically on the streets.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Dongchang is doing business!"
"Get out of the way quickly, the West Factory is doing business!"
In the commotion, passers-by were hiding and wondering, what are these people doing with such a huge momentum? It looks like someone is going to be in trouble!