Chapter 258 How can there be an emperor of the sea?
When Zhu Yihai, wearing the golden dragon military uniform of the Supervisor, rode a bay-red horse into Hangzhou City, Yan Igong was also riding into Jiangning City.
In Hangzhou City, after Tian Xiong's death, the more than 3,000 admiral Biao battalions guarding the city, led by generals Xu Xin, Fu Changchun and others, lined up out of the city, handed over their weapons, and collectively asked Zhu Yihai to surrender.
The flagbearer battalion took over the defense of Hangzhou City.
Zhu Yihai entered the city, followed by carts full of grain and vegetables escorted by the auxiliary barracks. The hungry Hangzhou people all crowded on the streets to welcome the prisoner into the city.
The honor guard of Flagbearer Town walked in the front, with flags fluttering, and the tall and handsome members of the guard held their heads high, their armors shiny, and their swords sharp.
One hundred and eight honor guards strode forward in neat lines, marching in unison.
Following closely behind were the cavalry from Jinwu Town. Today, they specially selected a group of tall cavalry. They also deliberately wore a shiny breastplate made in Macau on top of their cotton armor. Each cavalry also had a red flag on their helmet.
So this majestic Ming cuirass dragoon, riding on a white horse with uniform coats, really shocked the people of Hangzhou. They didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty had such a strong emperor's personal army.
Think about it, just a few months ago, the senior ministers and generals who fled from Nanjing supported King Lu to supervise the country in Hangzhou. However, in just five days, King Lu opened the city and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
The eighth day of June, then the eighth day of June, July and August.
Calculating the time, it was exactly three months and less than a hundred days before King Lu came back.
Many Hangzhou gentry, officials and people who had resolutely surrendered to the Qing army like King Lu had experienced these long three months, especially after being besieged and hungry for half a month, now they have completely different feelings.
The Qing Dynasty was not as good as they imagined, and the Ming Dynasty was not without merit.
The musketeers from Shenji Town followed behind the Jianguo cavalry. Every time they walked, they stopped to line up and fired a burst of shots into the sky.
The thunderous blast of muskets makes the city of Hangzhou even more special.
Wherever Zhu Yihai appeared, the gentry and common people on both sides of the street knelt down and shouted long live the prison country.
No matter how true or false these voices are, at least at this moment, they are so neat and unified.
Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng also followed the team entering the city. Looking at the familiar streets, they felt as if they were in another world.
When Ruan Dacheng and Ruan Dacheng brought Empress Dowager Cixi to Hangzhou, Ma Shiying was still the chief minister and Ruan Dacheng was still the minister of the Ministry of War. They took advantage of the status of Empress Dowager Zou and ordered King Lu to supervise the country. They also dreamed of having another emperor in Hangzhou.
Build another court.
However, King Lu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty on the 5th, so they had to flee Hangzhou City in a hurry and hid among Fang Guoan's army. In the end, they were defeated by the Qing army and fled to Yanzhou and Jinhua, spending a very embarrassing time.
Looking back now, everything has changed. The city of Hangzhou has been restored again, but Fang Guoan has long been turned into a withered skeleton in the grave. King Lu was also taken to Beijing as a prisoner. Who can imagine that now they followed King Lu into Hangzhou City?
Woolen cloth.
After Lu Jianguo entered the city, he fulfilled his agreement and did not pursue any punishment for surrendering to the Qing army. He also did not kill the people indiscriminately and plunder the city. The city of Hangzhou was very peaceful.
As cartloads of grain and vegetables enter the market, various markets in Hangzhou are once again bustling with people queuing up to carry rice bags and vegetable baskets for shopping. The market is recovering rapidly.
"What does Your Highness plan to do with these thousands of surrendered troops?"
"All officers from the team commander level and above are transferred out and sent to the officer training camp on Yuhuan Island in Wenzhou first."
Yuhuan is a large island off the coast of eastern Zhejiang. It is also one of the coastal bases planned by Zhu Yihai. The newly built officer training camp here is actually a reform camp for officers who surrendered and captured. Officers who surrendered and captured were sent here first for training.
At least half a year of training and transformation, mainly ideological transformation. After the final assessment and transformation, they will be sent to various military towns in the Ming Dynasty for observation and use. They will first be demoted to deputy positions, and then promoted after good performance.
Those who are not actively reforming and fail to pass the standard will be exempted from military rank and sent to the rear to be transferred to official positions, or directly thrown into mines, workshops or military camps for further labor reform.
Anyway, Zhu Yihai believes that these troops and officers who surrendered or were captured must not be retained. They must be taken out first and undergo a round of profound transformation, especially their thinking, before they can be used with caution.
He will never retain any surrendered or captured army in its official form.
Especially officers.
As for the soldiers, after the officers were removed, the original establishment was disbanded, and then these soldiers were re-evaluated. Those who were strong, brave, and skilled in martial arts were assigned to other military camps according to their abilities. As for the old, weak, and disabled, they were dismissed on the spot.
Or place it in the rear.
The reason for taking special care in handling the officers is because in the future, if the surrendered or captured officers are not used, they may encounter more fierce and tenacious resistance in the future. They must be given a chance to let them think about it. On the other hand, the officers also
Talents and resources are rare and should be used as long as they can be transformed.
"Zhu Shengli suggested killing them at eleven to scare them."
Eleven kills is a very fierce move. When the Chuang army fought against the Ming army, they used this move to defeat some stubborn Ming soldiers. After defeating and capturing them, they would kill one of them with ten kills.
The blood will scare the troops into surrender. After killing a batch, the rest can be used directly to replenish the invasion camp.
But Zhu Yihai didn't want to do this.
Killing is too simple and crude, and the effect may not be good.
Sitting in the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion, many academicians excitedly urged Zhu Yihai to proclaim himself emperor.
But Zhu Yihai had no intention of thinking about this.
"There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city of Hangzhou, and the surrounding towns combined have a population of no less than two million at its peak. Industry and commerce are prosperous, no less than Suning, silk manufacturing and many other industries, and the strength is strong. However, considering that the Tatars may come back at any time, so
I think we should start immediately to move some craftsmen from workshops in Hangzhou city and suburban towns to Ningbo Zhoushan, Wenzhou Yuhuan, and Xiangshan Nantian Islands."
"Ningbo is preparing to build the Zhoushan Gun Foundry and the Zhoushan Cannon Foundry. In addition, the Zhoushan Mint is also under preparation. Professional craftsmen and a large number of workers are needed.
In addition, we now have sea trade, and silk weaving is also a powerful tool for foreign trade. I think we can also move the loom weavers from Hangzhou."
The academicians urged him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and to make Hangzhou his capital.
But Zhu Yihai is talking about taking the craftsmen from Hangzhou City to Zhoushan, Yuhuan, and Lantian Islands.
It's not on the same channel at all.
"Your Highness, the situation is very good now. We have gone to Hangzhou and returned to Huzhou. The whole of Zhejiang is about to recover, and we can even send troops to the north again to regain Nanjing. In such a situation, why did Your Highness make such an arrangement?" Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, was angry.
My beard is trembling, what is so good about those islands that can compare with Hangzhou and Nanjing?
"Your Highness doesn't want to defend Hangzhou and take Nanjing, so why do you always worry about a few islands?"
"Since ancient times, has there ever been an emperor on the sea or a prince on a boat?"
"Your Highness, ZTE is making progress, and Wang's industry is not on the safe side!"