Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 238 Kangxi: The advantage lies in the Qing Dynasty!

At this moment, thousands of miles away in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi was discussing the war situation in Guangdong with several academicians in the South Study Room.

Eight hundred miles of express delivery has already been opened between Guangdong and the capital, so Emperor Kangxi will know exactly the changes in the battle situation in Guangdong seven or eight days later.

Now he already knows about Zhu Kezang's surprise attack on Macau, and after Zhu Kezang successfully captured Macau, he took advantage of the victory and marched straight to the capital city of Guangzhou.

Originally, he still felt that there was a great hope of defending Guangzhou by dispatching troops from various places.

But the news from Leizhou made him completely desperate, and the western part of Guangdong fell too quickly.

Even Qing's good ally "Holland" said that Ming was too fierce and the navy suffered heavy damage, so they didn't stop it!
The only good news is that several Macau merchant ships that were going to India turned back directly to Fujian, and then went to the capital to join the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that they are Catholics from Macau, because they could not bear the oppression of Zhu Kezang and admired the holiness of the Qing emperor, they wanted to come to the capital to help the Qing suppress the Ming.

It is of course a good thing for Xiyi to seek refuge. After all, they are much more professional in playing with muskets and cannons than the Eight Banners and the Green Camp. When the time comes, let them help train the new army, it is reliable!

Because of Daming's aggressiveness, he recently studied the history of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, and wanted to learn how his ancestors sanctioned Daming.

Through research, he found that the Portuguese were very fierce. If it weren't for the new army of Kong Youde trained by them to join the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty might not have the opportunity to enter the Central Plains.

Therefore, before discussing the troublesome situation with the officials, Emperor Kangxi called Nan Huairen and asked him to translate the above table written in Latin by the archbishop of Macau into Chinese and tell the officials present.

No intention, just to boost everyone's morale.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty, among the Portuguese who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty this time, many of them have real talents and real learning!" After reading the statement from the Archbishop of Macau, Nan Huairen said to Emperor Kangxi with a look of joy. .

After listening to Nan Huairen's words, Emperor Kangxi became very happy and nodded slowly, "Then let them go to Beijing as soon as possible. After I have seen them, there will be arrangements at that time."

Nan Huairen, a missionary, quickly took up the conversation and said with a smile: "Then I will thank His Majesty for your kindness on their behalf."

Nan Huairen was not only Kangxi's first science teacher, but also held important positions in the Qing court.

Among the many missionaries, Nan Huairen was the only one who received the posthumous title of the emperor's grace after his death.

He was sent by the Macau Catholic Church to preach in the capital. Because he was deeply influenced by the traditional Chinese concept of knowing kindness and repaying, it was his duty to help the Macau Portuguese in distress.

However, he still had bad news to report to Kangxi.

"Your Majesty, I've heard people who escaped from Macau describe that the Ming Kingdom seems to be capable of demonic methods!" Nan Huairen said worriedly.

From the beginning of the Battle of Fujian, the battle reports below constantly emphasized the demonic law of the Pseudo-Ming Society, which made Kangxi very headache. He asked, "What kind of demonic law is it?"

Nan Huairen took out a folded letter paper from his pocket, and handed it over with both hands, "This is a letter from the Archbishop of Macau to my minister. The letter mentions the smoke demon method and the fireball demon method."

"What's the matter with the smoke magic and fireball magic?"

Emperor Kangxi frowned, how come there are more and more false demonic methods!

In this way, Emperor Kangxi waited a few more days, and he would hear immediately that Daming had added a new demon method: Kongming Lantern Ascension to Heaven.

"Reporting to the Emperor," Nan Huairen said, "It seems that this smoke demon method can't hurt people directly, it's just to cover the sight."

Kangxi thought to himself: This is incredible!How can you kill thieves with guns, bows and arrows when you can't even see them?I read the battle report, if it wasn't for the smog sorcery that caused the fort to fail to detect the enemy in time, how could Macau be lost so quickly!

"The fake fireball demon technique is extremely exaggerated. It is shot from a distance, and the effect is like a meteorite falling to the ground!"

This is Daming's Black Whirlwind Rocket, which cast a huge psychological shadow on the Portuguese in Macau because it shot at the church by mistake.

Now this psychological shadow has shifted to Kangxi.

Seeing that Emperor Kangxi did not speak, the courtiers and servants below of course also felt heavy.

As a result, the atmosphere in the South study became more and more depressing, and the ministers were all suffocated.

It is not terrible to have demons, what is terrible is not having the courage to deal with them.

Kangxi understood that it was useless to be silent now, and after a while, the cloud that permeated his face gradually dissipated.

He began to pretend to be disdainful: "Hehe, isn't it just some low-level demon arts? Since ancient times, no one has ever heard of anyone who won the world with demon arts and Taoism. It can be seen that the battle of the world depends on bow horse riding and shooting, and the world The hearts and support of scholars are not Taoism or magic. Falsely showing that little skill will never accomplish great things!"

Kang Mazi's rambling words really cheered up the depressed mood of the group of ministers and servants in the South Study Room.

What he said is also right. Since ancient times, who has relied on Taoism and sorcery to survive the world?
Kangxi paused, and then said: "Since ancient times, most of the disputes in the world have been between the north and the south, and Zhu Yuanzhang only once between the south and the north, but Zhu Yuanzhang took Jiangning as the root, not Guangdong and Nanyang. Historians have all noticed that Guangdong and Nanyang, the wild lands and barren lands, have not been the places to raise troops and make fortunes since ancient times!"

"The puppet Ming has now occupied Macau, Foshan, Leizhou, and Gaozhou. Even if we can go one step further and enter the city of Guangzhou, what can we do? I have some elite soldiers and some are food and grass, and I will consume it slowly with the puppet Ming. With that bit of magic and Taoism, I don't even bother to send the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers south to suppress it!"

"Using the power of the world to fight a mere Guangdong, the advantage lies in the Qing Dynasty!"

Kangxi is Kangxi, and he knows best that when the "nuclear weapon" of the Eight Banners is not in use, its deterrence is the strongest.

Not to mention that Guangzhou is in a hurry, even if Zhu Kezang entered Guangzhou, Kangxi would not send the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers!
Here we are talking about the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, not the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty.

Now stationed in the south, it is basically the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty.

Wu Sangui fought all the way to the Yangtze River on the eastern front, and all the way to Shaanxi on the western front.

Kangxi still refused to let the main force of the Eight Banners Celestial Soldiers go to the front line to look for Wu Sangui to fight for their lives.
The main force of the Eight Banners Celestial Soldiers does not move, Wu Sangui is a cowardly traitor, he dare not gamble his life at all.

Kangxi then used a small number of Eight Banners soldiers to escort a large number of Green Battalion soldiers to fight Wu Sangui in a war of attrition, trying to hurt others with his own.

Although fighting back and forth, Wu Sangui's army did not suffer too much loss and was still very strong, but the old traitor was getting old and finally died of diarrhea. Kang Mazi picked up a big victory for nothing.

If Kangxi had rushed to send the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia to Hunan from the very beginning, he might have killed [-] to [-] people in one battle, and then the whole world would know that the Eight Banners were dying, and they would have to rebel, and the Qing Dynasty might be gone.

And this will meet Zhu Kezang, who may be better than Wu Sangui, Kangxi still uses one move to control the Han and another move to hurt others.

Otherwise, there is no other way, those Eight Banners Celestial Soldiers are getting worse and worse, and they can't play in line to be shot at all!
The Eight Banners New Army practiced in vain before!

Emperor Kangxi thought of this, and asked the ministers and servants below: "Everyone, who do you think is more suitable to pacify Guangdong?"

(End of this chapter)