Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 118 Discussion of the Eight Kingdoms [Da Zhang asks for a monthly ticket]

Shi Dakai was very depressed during this time.

Because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's northern attack on the Qing Dynasty did not go well this time.

Since forming an offensive and defensive alliance with Ming Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has no worries at all.

Coupled with the withdrawal of the Hunan Army to the north, the Qing court's various armies in the south were also transferred back to the north one after another, and all of them changed from offensive posture to defensive posture.

This allowed Shi Dakai to mobilize more forces to move northward.

But after he entered Anhui northward, he soon noticed the difference in the enemy.

First of all, the enemy's weapons have changed. In the past, everyone used matchlock guns, or even cold weapons for hedging, but now the Qing court does not know when all the staff have upgraded to flintlock guns.

They were lucky enough to seize two in the First World War. Shi Dakai checked them personally. They were of good quality, fast enough, and powerful enough.

It is completely different from the flintlock guns in their hands now.

The cannon has also changed.

The bulky Hongyi cannons were completely eliminated, and various new models of cannons were brought to the front.

Several times they attacked, they were all beaten up by the opponent's artillery and guns, and suffered heavy casualties.

It can be said that if the Qing court had such weapons and combat power at the beginning, they would probably be encircled and suppressed without even being able to get out of Guangxi.

What's more, because of the hostility between Daming and the foreigners, the foreigners are unwilling to sell weapons to the Taiping Army, which makes the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom worse.

Shi Dakai, who has now become the righteous king of the Taiping Army, couldn't help sighing at this thought, looked down at Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng and said, "Have you got in touch with that Emperor Hongwu?"

"Contacted!"

"The other party said that if we need weapons, Da Ming can sell them to us, but they won't give them away for free, we need to buy them with money!"

When Chen Yucheng said this, he hesitated and said: "It is said that it is very expensive."

Hearing the word expensive, the expression on Shi Dakai's face was distorted immediately.

This is his biggest headache now.

Although they have raised the Ming Dynasty's banner in name, they can only be regarded as a military alliance until now. Both sides control their own territories and have their own armies.

Nominally speaking, he needs to be dispatched by Zhu Yuanzhang, but without any restrictions, even if he doesn't listen, there is no problem at all.

The current situation south of the Yangtze River is that Ming controls Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi and a small part of Zhejiang, while the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom controls most of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, most of Zhejiang and part of Anhui.

Calculated in this way, it should be that the Taiping Army has a larger territory, and it also occupies several major food provinces, so it should be richer.

But the real situation is just the opposite. I heard that the few wealthy people controlled by Daming have been building large factories to recruit workers, and many people are running there from the area they control.

Some even gave up the land at home.

But their Taiping army is now so poor that they can't even eat enough.

Shi Dakai also couldn't figure out why it became like this.

In the early years of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the holy treasury was very abundant, but now it is about to run out of rats.

Shi Dakai knew that there must be something tricky in this, that someone in the Taiping Army was corrupted, and it must have involved senior generals, but he couldn't find anyone.

You can't just kill someone without any evidence, right?

This will only lead to instability in the army.

In this regard, Shi Dakai's solution is simple and rude.

Fight the Qing court.

As long as they can take down the city of the Qing court, they will have everything by simply grabbing a wave of rich households.

The people in the area under your own control are not easy to rob, the Qing court can always do it, right?

The reason why the Taiping Army was rich in the first few years was that it was robbed in this way.

But what he never expected was that the Qing court, which was broken at the first touch in the past, suddenly became violent, especially the Hunan Army and the Huai Army that had just been formed.

Their plan to march north has now come to a head. Not only did they not get any benefits, but they also lost troops and lost their morale.

If the food problem is not resolved, the Taiping Army may run out of food.

At that time, there will be a big mess.

"I'll go to Guangdong myself!" Finally Shi Dakai gritted his teeth and said.

"Yi Wang, you have a noble status, don't move lightly!"

"Why don't I go!" Li Xiucheng said.

"It's okay!"

"I believe that Hongwu Emperor will not do anything to me with his stomach!" Shi Dakai said in a deep voice.

Shi Dakai was a vigorous and resolute person. He said he was going to Guangdong, and he soon embarked on the road to the south.

Half a month later, he met Zhu Yuanzhang in Guangzhou City.

"I knew you would come to us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang signaled Shi Dakai to sit down and said, "Is there a shortage of food?"

"Yes!" Shi Dakai felt ashamed.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has already reminded him about this point, and he also attaches great importance to it.

But the food was still completely exhausted unconsciously.

"Actually, we are also responsible for the food shortage in Nanjing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Shi Dakai and said, "Perhaps you haven't discovered that the price of grain in Guangdong, Fujian and other places is [-] to [-]% higher than yours. If you were a big landlord, where would you sell your grain?"

"Of course we didn't mean to target you!"

"We are opening factories everywhere here, and there is indeed a shortage of food."

"In order to be prepared, we like to store a lot of food. If we don't have enough food and grass for our army to eat and drink for three years in our granary, to be honest, we can't sleep well."

Shi Dakai: "...!"

This is no better than not knowing, one is really startled.

Their current food reserves are enough for the Taiping Army to consume for 20 days.

"If our Taiping Army wants to buy a batch of grain from Daming, but we don't have much money, what are the conditions?" When Shi Dakai said this, he couldn't help but blush.

"Hehe, how about this, in the future we will appoint people to serve as the local officials in the area under your control, and we will also send quartermasters to collect your food and grass, and turn around, you just have to fight with peace of mind, how about it?"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Shi Dakai's eyes twitched.

Of course he understood what it meant.

There is a saying that before soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first.

If Zhu Yuanzhang controlled food, grass and taxes, then the 10 people in the Taiping Army would be pinched by Zhu Yuanzhang, and they would really be at their disposal in the future.

"Let's be honest, whether it's you or Hong Xiuquan who want to bring down the world, there's still a three-point possibility, but if you want to manage the world well, there's no chance."

"But that East King Yang Xiuqing still has some skills!"

"Unfortunately, he is not your king after all."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and continued: "The opinion we put forward is the best choice for the Taiping Army. If you continue to consume it, even if you can survive this crisis, the Taiping Army will be gradually corrupted. Let alone fighting the Qing court in a few years, I’m afraid I don’t even know how to hold a gun.”

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the expression on Shi Dakai's face was uncertain for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang understood this very well.

After all, this is seizing power in a disguised form. Shi Dakai's behavior is already considered good. If it were someone else, they might have met swordsmen by now.

Of course, no matter what choice Shi Dakai makes next, Zhu Yuanzhang is not afraid.

It is best to withdraw troops peacefully, if a fight must be fought, he will accompany him to the end.

Three days later, Shi Da replied to Zhu Yuanzhang, agreeing to all his conditions.

"Although I agree, I'm afraid some generals in the Taiping Army will still be dissatisfied. After all, I don't have many direct descendants in the Taiping Army. Most of them are under the command of the Heavenly King and Eastern King." Shi Dakai said in a deep voice.

"I know this matter well!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, with a flash of killing intent in his eyes.

It has been six or seven years since the Taiping Army, which was a peasant uprising, has been here for six or seven years. During such a long period of time, many of those who shed blood for the common people have lost their previous beliefs.

There is no difference between them and those officials of the Qing court.

Zhu Yuanzhang has only one way to deal with such a guy.

Kill without mercy!

The Taiping Army was completely integrated into the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang did it quietly, without attracting anyone's attention during the whole process.

On the other hand, Chang Yuchun's fleet attacked Japan with great vigor and worldwide attention.

There is no way not to attract the attention of the world. Those Japanese warriors were so brave. Thirty thousand Japanese fought all the way from Nagasaki to Edo (now Tokyo), and besieged Edo Castle for three months.

Xianfeng seven years
In the original history of this year, the British and French coalition forces invaded Guangzhou City with only 6000 people and occupied Guangzhou for four years.

This officially kicked off the Second Opium War.

But now, in the whole of southern China, no foreign ship dares to dock without permission from Ming Dynasty.

In the entire South China Sea, all ships traveling to and from Ming Dynasty must abide by the rules of Ming Dynasty and must pay taxes. No one has any bullshit privileges.

Facts have proved that as long as the fist is hard enough, people from the so-called world powers such as Britain, France, and Tsarist Russia are still easy to speak and kind.

Chang Yuchun has a deep understanding of this.

Three months after the siege of Edo.

Envoys from Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Tsarist Russia, the United States, and Italy arrived in Nagasaki and asked for talks with Chang Yuchun.

After receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's approval, Chang Yuchun also agreed to the eight-nation talks this time.

He really wanted to hear what these people wanted to say.

"Dear Ming general, we all admire the bravery of the Ming warriors, but it is immoral to invade other countries. This time, the seven nations came together to mediate this matter."

As the initiator of the seven-nation meeting, the British Rolls was the first to speak.

Chang Yuchun felt a little tired.

This guy also knows that it is immoral to invade other countries?
Zhen Te Niang has a thick skin enough to speak nonsense with her eyes open!

Chang Yuchun is very upset right now, so he is not going to make these guys in front of him happy.

"Pfft!" Just as the British guy finished speaking, Chang Yuchun suddenly pulled out his knife and chopped off his head.

"I, Daming, have a blood feud with the British guy. I get excited when I see the British guy, and this guy looks too unappetizing. We don't like it, so we killed him. Do you have any opinions?" Chang Yuchun rubbed With the blood on the knife, he grinned and spoke with his teeth bared.

"This...!" The envoys from the remaining six families looked at each other, and at the sword in Chang Yuchun's hand, they all shook their heads expressionlessly.

"it is good!"

"In that case, let's have a meeting!"

Chang Yuchun sat on the first seat and said with a smile: "I know why you came here, did that bastard Emperor Meiji ask you to mediate?"

"We Ming people don't talk dark words, let him take 2 million taels of silver, and then cede Nagasaki to us, completely open up various trading ports in Japan, and allow me to come here to do business, this matter is over, how about it?" Chang said. Yuchun Road.

"This...!" The envoys from the six countries looked at each other, unwilling to speak for a while.

The main reason is that this time they were promised many benefits by the British, so they came to cheer together, but now that the British are dead, and this Ming general is arrogant, they naturally don't want to touch this bad luck.

"What do you mean by not talking?" Looking down on someone? "Chang Yuchun's face suddenly became gloomy.

"of course not!"

"Honorable General Ming, we will pass on your terms to Emperor Meiji of Japan."

"I also hope that you can keep your promise and stop using troops against Japan!" The German envoy dared to speak out, relying on the fact that he had never had an antagonism with Daming, and even had business contacts.

"Good talk!"

"We are reasonable people, as long as you don't disgust us like that British guy just now, we can still talk!"

Chang Yuchun looked at these people and said with a smile: "Our Majesty has always taught us that we can't eat alone, so if you want to bring any benefits to Japan, just mention it, and we will ask for it for you when the time comes."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, and when they looked at Chang Yuchun again, they felt that this person was inexplicably kinder.

A month later, after a series of negotiations, Chang Yuchun returned to Guangzhou with his army to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, luckily, the two hundred million taels of silver and the last general of Nagasaki have already been taken!" Chang Yuchun knelt on one knee.

"Hey, our admiral is back!"

"Come on, pour some tea!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pulled Chang Yuchun up with a smile on his face, sat down with him and asked with a smile, "Did the Emperor of Japan be killed?"

"No, this person is too cunning!"

"Lan Yu and Mu Ying sneaked into Edo several times, but unfortunately they couldn't find him!" Chang Yuchun said helplessly.

"Forget it if you can't find it!"

"There is still a chance next time!"

"The navy has also been fighting for more than half a year. You should make arrangements and let all the soldiers go back to rest for a period of time in shifts. You have no specific combat arrangements for the next six months."

"It just so happens that a new batch of equipment developed by the Academy of Sciences will also be equipped on the battleship." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"What does your Majesty mean to do in half a year?"

"Fight Man Qing or cook Japan again?" Chang Yuchun asked expectantly.

"Haha, old Chang, old Chang, you just finished one game, and now you're thinking about the next one?"

"Don't worry, you are behind!"

"But let me remind you, your girl, the fat grandson born to us by our daughter-in-law will be his first birthday in a few days. You didn't catch up with his birth. If you don't go back for this birthday, be careful of being caught by you." My daughter bears grudges..."

(End of this chapter)