Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 55

No secrets can be hidden in Sijiu City, and in less than half a day, half of the people in the capital knew that the Empress Dowager did not hesitate to reprimand Suo'ertu face-to-face and smashed a vase with a crutch for a Han man named Liu Xun. fun.

This matter is really a bit strange, after all, there is a trace of Kangxi wanting to promote him, and he, the governor of Chaozhou, has to raise his own military expenses. Although the power is great, the pressure is not small, but it makes sense.

But how long has it been since the Empress Dowager took care of things?
Many people thought that unless it was a major event that shook the foundation of the country and the sky fell, the Empress Dowager would never appear in the court hall to ensure the supreme authority of the emperor.

Liu Xun, who is he?
All of a sudden, of course, all kinds of gossips were flying around, talking about everything, and there was even the unreliable claim that Liu Xun was the illegitimate son of the Empress Dowager.

I don't even look at how old Xiaozhuang is.

As for these rumors, Xiao Zhuang naturally didn't bother to answer them, she just wanted to make the civil and military officials in the court mistakenly think that Liu Xun belonged to him.

In this way, if there are any rumors from the south that the Empress Dowager wants to assassinate Liu Xun, everyone will naturally not believe it, and no one will think about it and think of her discord with Kangxi. Come.

As for the bet he secretly made with Kangxi before, there is no need to mention it again, because she was caught cheating.

Naturally, he no longer pointed fingers at Kangxi's withdrawal of the feudal clan, so that the young emperor Kangxi could finally show his ambitions. With Xiao Zhuang backing him, after all, he couldn't screw Kangxi's youth and frivolity.

Only a few days later, Shang Kexi's request to withdraw from the feudal clan, which had been unable to negotiate a result, was finally approved by the court. Kangxi not only approved Shang Kexi's idea of ​​returning to the Liaodong fallen leaves to return to his roots, but also proposed that the benevolent Lord could not bear the father and son. Separation is such a bastard rhetoric, and Shang Zhixin is forced to follow Shang Kexi back to Liaodong to serve and take care of his father.

And those who followed Shang Kexi in the Southern Expedition for dozens of years, helped the Qing court in countless battles, and wiped out the Nanming regime. Shang Kexi has 3 elite direct descendants in his hands, but they didn't mention it. They just allowed Shang Kexi Just select 1 of them to go back to their hometown in Liaodong.

I don't know how many of them are locals from Guangdong. If they return to Liaodong, they won't freeze to death?Even the old Liaodong people, who have been out for so many years, most of them have already married.

Really benevolent and merciful.

In addition, since the Fujian Navy had always been controlled by the Jingnan Prince's Mansion, Kangxi directly took advantage of this to make a fuss, and wrote an imperial decree to scold him severely.

On the pretext that most of Fujian's defenses have been transferred to Chaozhou, Geng Jingzhong's budget has been cut again, and Geng Jingzhong's power to collect taxes has been deprived, and Geng Jingzhong has been ordered to disarm, and part of the military salary will be assigned to Chaozhou for allocation.

To put it simply, Geng Jingzhong was cut into a large general soldier, and he was forced to start reducing the army by cutting the budget.

Unexpectedly, Kangxi really gave Liu Dapao a lot of face, and directly appointed Qiu Hui as the deputy general of the navy. During the training period of Admiral Shi Lang, he temporarily took charge of the affairs of the navy on behalf of Shi Lang, obviously to give Liu Dapao enough trust. It is quite a bit like letting him replace the two feudal lords.

Now, even the most ordinary people in the market can see that the contradiction between the Qing court and the San Francisco has naturally become more and more acute with this series of decrees. Monk Geng Jingzhong is gratifying, It has also been completely cornered by Kangxi.

But Liu Xun became the vanguard of Kangxi's withdrawal from the domain, the double celebrity in front of the emperor and the empress dowager, he was only 28 years old!

The 28-year-old second-rank feudal official is rare in ancient times. At least in the pre-Ming period, it was impossible for ordinary people to rise so fast, especially since he was a Han who had just raised the flag and set him up. The large memorial archway of the Han family has really mixed feelings for those Han officials, especially those who have passed the imperial examination. It is said that there will be more people preparing to take the imperial examination next year.

So, the power of role models is infinite.

I don't know how resounding this slap will be if this example collapses one day.

Of course, at this moment, Zheng Jing may be the unlucky one who feels his face is swollen.

"My lords, how many troops have been lost by each department, and how many ships have they lost?"

Liu Guoxuan, as the coach who lost this battle, had no choice but to bite the bullet and plead guilty: "I really didn't expect that the Dutch would suddenly rush out to help the Qing court. They lost...nearly a hundred ships of all sizes, and countless recruits and veterans drowned and died. Didn't have time to check it out."

Zheng Jing heard the words but did not get angry immediately, but asked: "How many troops did the Dutch dispatch this time?"

"I don't know the soldiers and horses. In terms of boats, a total of 28 plywood boats were dispatched. Suddenly, the brothers were unprepared. They really couldn't beat them. They had to... had to retreat in embarrassment."

As he said that, he lowered his head himself, wishing he could find a crack in the ground and get in.

Huang An saw that Zheng Jing was so angry that his face was deformed, and he quickly spoke up to defend Liu Guoxuan: "Your Majesty, we fought against the Manchu Tartars four times in the Xiamen sea battle, especially the fourth time when Zhou Quanbin, Huang Ting, etc. After the traitors surrendered, we... our entire Yanping Palace was full of calculations, and we could produce three cannon boats. The Qing court banned the sea these years. In order to prevent us from building ships, all the woods a little closer to the coastline Once the fire is set on fire, let alone shipbuilding in Wanwan, even repairing ships will be difficult.”

"As for the Dutch's plywood boat, we all know that the boat is tall, has a deep draft, and cannons that are fast and fast. Although the strength of this ship is far inferior to Brother Guoxuan's, but... in water battles, it is still relying on the boat to speak. "

With a bang, Zheng Jing also dropped a vase.

"I don't know that water battles rely on ships?! I don't know that the Dutch's boats have powerful cannons? But can't they really win because they are small? How did my grandfather win the naval battle of Liuluowan back then? At that time Didn’t my grandfather also fight a big ship with a small boat? Liu Guoxuan, let me ask you, with such heavy losses, was there a warship that destroyed the Dutch? This king is not demanding, one, one, and today I will pardon you! "

Liu Guoxuan knelt on the ground and buried his face in his knees without saying a word.

Of course, I still feel a little dissatisfied in my heart. There is a way for a small boat to defeat a big boat, and that is to light its own boat with fire first, and then bravely hit the big boat, and finally use a special iron hook Hook the big boat, and then jump into the sea to escape.

This is so purely desperate.

Zheng Zhilong really used this trick to defeat the Dutch. At that time, the Dutch Zheng Zhilong was fighting for hegemony, but what kind of soldiers did Zheng Zhilong bring at that time? At that time, Zheng Zhilong was very ruthless. As long as he dared to sit on the fire boat and burn the boat, he would immediately get 20 taels of silver Smash it over, burn the boat and rush over, and each person will give 200 taels, and if you succeed in burning the boat, you will be given a mountain of silver!
To put it bluntly, Zheng Zhilong was the overlord of the sea at that time, although before the battle of Liuluo Bay, the Dutch used a trick to destroy his shipyard and burn all his three-masted ships, but Zheng Zhilong's foundation was not damaged. He is still the overlord of the sea, with a strong military spirit and a lot of money.

What kind of soldiers did I bring!What Jiang Sheng, Zheng Kezang, Xu Yao, who are they, and let them lead the army, can they lead the army?If you don't have the ability to know!

In the final analysis, the Yanping Palace was no longer viable after the death of Zheng Chenggong. After the fourth Xiamen naval battle, all the well-known naval generals surrendered to the Qing court, and only Chen Yonghua and Feng Xifan were left in the dozens of naval forces. The one that was intact retreated to Wanwan.

The out-and-out remnants and defeated generals would have been unable to fight any real tough battles long ago. Even in these years, if Geng and Shang had not been self-respecting and unwilling to kill them all, they might not even be able to get out of the main island of Wanwan, and Penghu would have to be lost. up.

Of course, this kind of truth cannot be used as an excuse to shirk responsibility.

"Back to the king, the fact that the Dutch appeared so suddenly this time, I really didn't hear anything about it, this... I heard that now we are the commander of the navy of the Qing army, and I thought to myself Even if there is really an ambush, he will definitely tell us, so that he neglected to take precautions, and did not send troops to investigate before attacking Xiamen, the minister is guilty, and the minister will die."

Zheng Jing sneered when he heard the words: "Chen Yonghua, did you hear that? We have suffered such a big defeat this time, should you and your apprentice give me an explanation?"

　Because Chen has two names, he is called Chen Jinnan from the perspective of Tiandihui in this book and when he was working in the mainland, and Chen Yonghua from the perspective of Yanping Palace.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)