Haisheng Mingdi

Halong Bay, Guilin on the sea.

Xin'an House, one of the four prefectures of Gaoping, Lang Son, Wu'an, and Xin'an newly established by the Ming Dynasty in Annan, is located in Halong Port in Halong Bay.

There are more than 3000 islands in Halong Bay, and the beautiful coast looks like the coastal scenery of Guilin.

Halong Port, originally not this name, used to be named Anbang, Lushui, Yuntun, etc. For a long time, it was just a remote northern coastal fishing village. Later, Siam and other countries came to Vietnam for trade and applied for establishment on the island of Halong Bay. Zhuangdian is called Yuntun.

Until the arrival of the Shaotian fleet of the Ming Dynasty, the dragon flags on the naval battleships fluttered and looked mighty and domineering, so the locals called it the arrival of the dragon. The Ming army also felt that the words of these natives were very good, so they named the new port Halong Port .

When Master Mingshui came, there were only four fishing villages with more than 200 households and a population of more than 200.In Halong Bay, there are many Danhus who cannot go ashore and can only live in houseboats on the water. They have been bullied all the time. This is a very special ethnic group. From the southeast coast of China to the coast of Indochina Peninsula, these people are everywhere. , are all suppressed by land.

After the Ming army came, they were also recruited naturalized according to the policy of the Central Plains on Danhu, granted status, allowed them to settle ashore, and even granted them land, etc., canceled the special discrimination policy against them, and a large number of Danhu along the coast for a time households to vote.

Ha Long Bay is bustling, not only because of the Ming army fleet stationed here, but also because of the newly built Ha Long Port for trade here, which facilitates the supply of passing merchant ships. One Honji Coal Mine.

Daming has known for a long time that there are abundant coal reserves here, especially that it can be mined in the open pit, and it is an excellent anthracite coal. What's more rare is that it is close to Halong Bay, which is convenient for transportation.

In Foshan, Guangzhou, the Ming Dynasty had the largest iron smelting and processing industry in the entire Ming Dynasty. The Cantonese pot produced in Foshan was famous all over the world and became an important trade product. It even provided high-quality and sufficient iron materials for the military industry of the Ming Dynasty today.

Foshan’s iron and steel manufacturing industry is inseparable from coal. Traditional charcoal burning is far from enough. The Hongji Coal Mine in the north of Halong Bay is close to Foshan, especially the sea transportation is convenient, the reserves are high, and mining is easy. Before that, Daming began to cooperate in mining here.

After the navy of the Ming army moved in and Annan formally ceded the four prefectures, the Shaofu Supervisor, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry each set up a large coal mine, and many Ming businessmen poured in.

Up to now, there are more than 7 people in the mining area, including more than 2 miners. Many Cochin Yue people also come to the mining area to mine or engage in peripheral services and other industries, making the mining area extremely prosperous and lively.

There are more than 2 Han Chinese who went south from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, etc.

This huge treasure house has attracted countless people. The mining area is more than 200 miles long and 2 to 20 miles wide. The open-air reserves are more than [-] million tons, and the underground reserves are more than [-] billion tons. The topsoil is still thin, and it is near the sea. The sea transportation is convenient, and the Cochin people in the past never thought that the north, which they despised, would have such a treasure.

The distance from Beihai Port is only 260 miles, and from Beihai to Guangzhou is [-] miles, and the whole journey is only [-] miles. However, it is very convenient to transport the coal from Hung Ji Mine to Halong Port for shipment to Foshan, Guangzhou.Because the imperial court took control of this precious coal mine, the iron smelting industry in Foshan, Guangzhou, has risen to a higher level.

Now countless people are gathering in this area, and the two wharves in Halong Port never stop. Countless coal ships leave with full loads of coal, but many commercial ships come, except some of them are for supplies. There are also some for re-export processing. After all, the coal here is cheap, and the labor is also cheap.

Of course, many ships came directly to send slaves.

Mines need a large number of miners, and slaves are the lowest cost. Royal, government-run, and private companies are short of manpower, and they all like to use these slaves, regardless of whether he is from Japan or North Korea. Or come from Cochin Champa, Myanmar, Luzon, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Malay Peninsula or Tianzhu Africa, regardless of whether they are black, white, yellow or brown, there is only one identity here, cheap and easy-to-use miners .

Although the coal mines here can be mined open-pit and the topsoil is still thin, mining is still a very labor-intensive industry that requires young and strong labor, and the loss is staggering. Slaves are undoubtedly the best industrial workers.

Wu Sangui stood on the deck of the ship, and the sailboat was entering the port.

Looking at Halong Bay, which looks like an ink painting, and Halong Port, which is as prosperous and lively as the Qingming Riverside Picture, Wu Sangui stands facing the wind, and the sea breeze blows his face, but the melancholy in his heart cannot be blown away.

As the deputy governor of the Annan Dufu Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of Annan, and the Hussar General with the seal of General Annan, Wu Sangui was just in his early forties, and Wu Sangui, 41, stood on the bow of the boat. Looking back on his life, he was proud of his youth, and he was once He was at a loss, once the most dazzling new star among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the savior that the world was looking forward to in the last years of Chongzhen, and then surrendered to the Manchus and turned to the Manchus, opening Shanhaiguan to lead the Qing army into the Central Plains.

Bearing his infamy, he had no choice but to go all the way to the dark, not only besieging cities and lands for the Jurchens, but even ruthlessly suppressing and massacring cities.

If the Jurchens can secure a stable position in the country, maybe he will also have a place in the new dynasty, and even if the Manchus fulfill their promises, he may become the king of Yunnan or Burma. Even if he bears the infamy, it will be worth it.

"Marshal, the harbor navy has a ship coming to meet you." A flying cavalry lieutenant came up to remind him.

Wu Sangui looked and saw a speedboat approaching, with the navy's Jiaolong flag on it.

His gaze became complicated.

The dragon flag fluttered.

Who would have thought that Daming would be able to rejuvenate?

Maybe it can't be called Daming Zhongxing, but Zhu Yihai should be called to build the country again. Although this Shaotian Dynasty still holds the banner of Daming, he is also a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, but this is not the same dynasty as the previous Daming. Except for retaining the name of Ming, it is still Except for the surname Zhu being the emperor, he feels that the current Shaotian Dynasty is completely two dynasties from the previous Ming Dynasty.

Like Liu Xiu, Zhu Yihai built another dynasty.

He, Wu Sangui, was originally a hero of the new dynasty. After he joined the new dynasty, he also made a lot of efforts and made a lot of contributions.

Not only led Shaanxi and Gansu to join, but also encircled and suppressed the important force of the Tartars in Huguang, Shaanxi and Gansu led by Meng Qiaofang and others, and cut off another pillar of the Tartars.

Even later, he and Hong Chengchou pacified the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion, and did not hesitate to kill millions of rebels, and then came to Annan, with the blood of the Yue people on their hands.

But now, an imperial edict calls him back to Beijing.

"Change clothes for handsome."

Wu Sangui went back to the cabin, changed his official robes, specially the flying fish robes bestowed by the emperor, looked at the man in the mirror, the purple robes and jade belts, the flying fish on the purple robes looked like dragons and pythons, but after all they were neither pythons nor dragons.

"Marshal, Geng Zhongming is dead, and Qian Qianyi is also dead, Beijing is a trap, you can't go there." Zhang Guozhu, who was dressed in a unicorn suit, persuaded him.

"Once we enter Beijing, there will be no more life. We have worked hard for the imperial court, and we have made many contributions. Now that the world is peaceful, we will start to kill rabbits and dogs, cook birds, and hide our bows. How can I agree?"

Wu Sangui glanced at Zhang Guozhu, and continued to stare at himself in the mirror.

Zhang Guozhu was still there to persuade, and he had already persuaded him all the way. Wu Sangui knew that Zhang Guozhu's words were not all for his own benefit, and Zhang was also a surrender.

He was also from the Liaodong Frontier General of the Ming Dynasty, and from the Tieling Frontier Army. After the Qing army entered the pass, he fought for Liu Zeqing.Liu Zeqing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but he did not. He ran to Chongming and together with a group of governors and generals who fled here supported King Yiyang as the supervisor of the country.

Chen Wu attacked Zhu Yihai, Huang Binqinghuo merged with the dynasty first, Zhang Guozhu, as A Wu's subordinate, also had his own calculations, and wanted to seize the opportunity to seize the territory. He pretended to surrender to Wang Mingqian who stayed in Dinghai, but in the end he feigned surrender and seized the city, and finally wanted to seize the territory. In the end, Wang Zhiren returned to help in time, and Zhang Guozhu lost nothing by stealing chickens. Not only did Ningbo not win, Dinghai was also lost, and even the troops under his command were almost completely lost. Go to Hangzhou to drop the Qing army.

Compared with Wang Chaoxian who went south to merge with Zhu Yihai, Zhang Guozhu took many detours. After being deceived by Huang Binqing, Wang Chaoxian joined Zhu Yihai alone. Although he had been sitting on the bench for many years, he still won his trust and slowly took over the post. In fact, he has even become General U-Tsang now.

After Zhang Guozhu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, although he had to be awarded the title of deputy general, he was later promoted to the title of commander-in-chief, and then named admiral, but the battlefield of Zhu Yihai's Northern Expedition was in the land of the Three Wus, and Zhang Guozhu bore the brunt of it.

After that, he was treated worse than Wang Chaoxian, and he sat on the bench longer. Fortunately, he went to Hebei from the sea to guerrilla behind the enemy, and then went to Liaodong to go around. In the name of a titan, he followed Wu Sangui to Shaanxi and Gansu to quell the chaos, and he was the first in every battle. He was called the God of Killing along with Zhang Yong, and each of them had the blood of tens of thousands of people on their hands.

Afterwards, he was transferred to Yunnan, and then to Annan. He and Wu Sangui were old partners.Wu Sangui is the Governor of Annan, and he is the Admiral of the Annan Patrol Battalion.

Wu Sangui is the Duke of Liang, so he also has to be named Duke of Gui.

At the beginning of this year, the imperial court also granted him the crown prince Taibao, and there were [-] households in total before the seal was granted. It is already very good to have such an official title.

But the imperial court issued an edict suddenly, asking them to hand over the seal and enter Beijing immediately, everything changed.

The deaths of Geng Zhongming and Qian Qianyi, especially the appearance of Zuichenlu, let them all know what was going on.

The incident happened suddenly, Ouchi imperial guards escorted the passers-by who announced the decree to arrive suddenly, and first summoned several generals of Annan with the decree, and asked them to transfer elites to come directly to them, without giving them any time to think about the reaction, and urged them repeatedly , and had to hand over the official seal of the soldier talisman, etc., and then followed northward.

Seeing that they are about to enter Halong Port, after supplying supplies here, the next stop is Guangxi Beihai Port, and they will go directly out of the border of Annan Province, and they will have no chance to maneuver.

Zhang Guozhu didn't want to stand still.

The former Liaodong frontier general, and later the military leader in troubled times, Zhang Guozhu was older than Wu Sangui, and he had a very rich experience in this half of his life. He knew very well that if he went to Beijing, he would definitely end up like Geng Zhongming.

He was not reconciled.

This once capricious military leader, when encountering such an emergency, immediately thought of anti-fucking.

It's just that Wu Sangui didn't listen to his persuasion along the way.

"Marshal, turn it around." Zhang Guozhu pleaded again.

"If the emperor is not the emperor, the ministers will not be the ministers. If Emperor Shaotian has no faith, we will no longer be loyal to him."

Wu Sangui tidied up the flying fish clothes, looked at Zhang Guozhu, and asked directly: "Reverse? We are now the lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Humans are the knives and I are the fish. We don't even have a soldier around us now. What do you say is against? I'll take it." You raise your bow with a knife, let us two cut down those few imperial guards, and then cut down the imperial army sent by Annan to escort? Take this ship, and then shoot down Xialong Port, occupy Halong Port, and then tear it down Flag rebellion?"

Today is different.

Zhang Guozhu is not a rule-abiding person, and he, Wu Sangui, is naturally not that kind of general. Since the Chongzhen Dynasty, they have repeatedly repeated, which one is not holding a soldier and horse, and then can turn the clouds and rain, and jump repeatedly. After all, as long as With a knife, a gun, and a horse in his hand, he is the king of grass in troubled times.

But since they surrendered Zhu Yihai, Zhu Yihai didn't give them this kind of money anymore.

After Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Tatars let him command at least half of the old troops, but Zhu Yihai didn't give him the chance at all. Once he returned, he would reorganize the army and transfer personnel. He was reorganized, and later he was simply transferred to the central government to serve, and he broke away from the old tribe.

Later, he quelled the chaos in Shaanxi and Gansu, and then went to guard Annan. Although he had a lot of power, he no longer had real military power.

The construction of the military system of the Shaotian Dynasty itself is different from the original Ming Dynasty. The family troops that the generals relied on most in the past, the Shaotian Dynasty is gone.

The troops directly under the standard battalion of the generals are gone.

Outside the various levels of the Town Association Biao Battalion, even if it is a town admiral or general soldier, he is no longer full power. He has several major departments such as military orders, staff officers, logistics, and supervision. They are completely subordinate to the general, but each has their own duties to supervise and balance each other. The general just has a greater say in command.

Under these systems, even if Wu Sangui was the governor of Annan, it would be difficult to say that he would directly rebel against everyone.

After all, the local army in Daming is divided into several major systems, such as the garrison battalion system, the provincial patrol battalion system, and the regiment training system. In addition, Tunzhen and Yizhen are also local armed forces, but each has its own command system. .

For example, the defense battalions in the provinces are only under the command of the admirals of the garrison defense battalions, the provincial patrol and police battalions are only under the command of the provincial patrol admirals, and the newly restored command divisions are only responsible for regiment training and recruitment and mobilization.

Wu Sangui, as the governor of Annan, actually has less authority than the governor of the interior, and like the governor of the interior, he has no right to directly command and mobilize the defense battalions. The mobilization of provincial battalions, regiment training, and towns must be done through the joint governor and inspector. Department, and through the provincial admiral, the provincial command envoy, regiment training commander and so on.

Among them, the most elite garrison defense battalion could not be adjusted, so they could only ask for cooperation, which had to be approved by the imperial court.

In addition, Annan still has naval forces stationed. The navy is also a type of garrisoned defense battalion and has no right to transfer.

If it was to suppress the indigenous rebellion in Annan, then with complete procedures, Wu Sangui would be able to mobilize the troops under his command, and even request the cooperation of the army and navy stationed in the defense battalion, and he could also recruit troops from the Annan Mo family and the Wu family.

But if he wants to rebel, then he has no procedures.

Not to mention that now that Daming is in full swing, if he wants to rebel, no one will follow him, even his mother's Mo family in Shenglong City, Wu family in Xuanguang, and even the Ruan family in Hue will never openly support him.

If Wu Sangui had a choice, would he stand still?
"You can't sit still and wait for death!" Zhang Guozhu was not reconciled, this kind of military leader came through the troubled times, and still had the idea of ​​turning back if he couldn't do it.

"Perhaps killing at the neck is our best destination, at least we can preserve the family." Wu Sangui sighed.My heart is full of unwillingness, but I am bound tightly, powerless.

Think of Wu Sangui, who is dignified, now guarding Annan, as the governor, but the emperor actually only sent a few imperial guards to escort the ninth-rank passers-by, and issued an imperial edict to take him down.

He didn't even have the slightest strength left to resist.

He actually had some soldiers in Annan, and even some servants of dead soldiers who were raised in secret, but he was taken away without even having the chance to call them.

opposite?
Of course he wants to rebel, but now he has no capital at all, so what can he do to rebel?

Really get emotional for a while, and turn back with this full of anger?
What about the result?

When doing things, Wu Sangui always likes to make decisions before acting, and likes to think twice before acting. He always thinks before and after. He is a man who is good at calculating. Perhaps he still retains the businessman talent of their old Wu family in his bones.

"Commander, I also have my own mine in the mining area. There are many relatives and slaves there. I know that the commander also has many people in the mining area. The guards in the mine also have a lot of weapons. After we enter the port, we will find an opportunity to escape to the northern mining area, recruit people and occupy the mining area first, then incite the miners and slaves to rebel, and promise that as long as they follow suit, we will give them freedom, and even kill the enemy and get rewards for meritorious service. Let's seize the mine first. Take Longgang again..."

Wu Sangui admired Zhang Guozhu's bold adventure, this plan is not ordinary bold.

"How many family guards and slave labor are there in our mines? Do you know how many armed guards there are in the three major mines run by the royal family and the government? Do you know how many soldiers the imperial court stationed there? In Halong Port, do you know how many gunboat sailors there are sailors here?"

It is as difficult as going to the mine to raise the flag and rebel.

But Zhang Guozhu already gritted his teeth and said, "He is willing to cut himself to pieces and dare to pull the emperor off his horse. Since he Zhu Yihai won't give us a way to survive, then we will fight him too. We will die if we lose."

"If you don't, we will die alone. If you lose, you will be executed everywhere." Wu Sangui reminded.

"Why should the commander be so discouraged? We may not be defeated. We raise our flags and raise our troops in the mine. If we can't win Halong Bay, we will go west. There are still opportunities in the [-] mountains. If it doesn't work, we will go all the way to the southwest. It is better to go to that barren land and occupy the land as the king, than to wait to be captured and killed."

Wu Sangui knew that he was talking about the Nanzhang Kingdom in the west of Annan. Nanzhang Kingdom was ruled by the Chenla Kingdom of the Mons before. After Chenla weakened, the Thai city-states in the middle reaches of the Mekong River became independent city-states one after another. Later, the alliance of city-states formed the Thai Nanzhang Kingdom, also known as Lancang Kingdom, was an alliance country, and later Nanzhang was forced to submit to Anguo.

At this time, the strength of Nanzhang was weak, and even internal strife continued. It was faintly divided into four major separatist forces, including Mengzhan. .

If he could pull an army over, Wu Sangui believed that there was a real chance to occupy the land and become king, and the place was inland, remote and backward, and the Ming army might not be able to encircle and suppress it.