Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 192 Although they supported the soldiers and fought civil wars, they were still loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty!
Inside the Cheng Yamen of Nanhai County in Foshan Town, there was silence.

When the reform touched their own core interests, the capitalists in Foshan fell silent.These rich guys in Guangdong have already started to plan. Although everyone hates Shang Kexi, they wish they could catch him and cut him to pieces.

But it would be a bit expensive for them to spend a lot of land to invest in Wang Datou's revolution, and at the same time to contract Foshan's commercial tax to support Wang Datou.And the risk seems to be a bit high. I don't know if I will lose my wealth and life in the end?

Shouldn't it be calculated?
First of all, taking out a large amount of land in exchange for residential land and commercial land in Guangzhou City is actually a very risky investment with little or even negative economic returns.

Because the land they took out is real high-quality assets, all distributed in Nanhai, Sanshui, Shunde and other counties, and some in Xinhui, Xiangshan, Xinning. However, they have been regarded as "unowned land" by Wang Zhongxiao's people. "It's dropped!
As for the land inside and outside Guangzhou that Wang Zhongxiao plans to supply to them, what will happen in the future, but what about now?These assets are not even in Wang Zhongxiao's hands now!
This Guangzhou is still surnamed Shang!
Even if they are optimistic about the real estate in Guangzhou, can't they buy it after Wang Zhongxiao conquers Guangzhou?

The current Guangzhou is not the extremely prosperous Guangzhou city in the Ming Dynasty, but the Guangzhou city that was slaughtered by Shang Kexi once, and its population is far worse than that of Foshan.

Moreover, Guangzhou's status as a millennium sea trade center has also been lost and replaced by Macau.

Even if it can develop in the future, we still have to rely on them, the big businessmen of Foshan, to invest and operate.

Therefore, this investment has no economic value at all. However, no economic value does not mean no political value!
Secondly, it is also unprofitable to win the Foshan port and engage in tax packages.Because Foshan is not a trade center, but an important iron smelting town and a handicraft center.The main supply market for Foshan ironware and handicraft products is not overseas, but domestic.

It seems that they should not pay the customs tax!

Wang Shikai now proposes to set up the Foshan Port, and also hints that the port will be contracted to the Foshan Chamber of Commerce, which means that the Foshan Chamber of Commerce will pay the Foshan Commercial Tax.

Who do you look down upon for a few thousand taels a year?

This Wang Shikai is not a stupid king who sits in the Beijing court, he is now in Foshan, how prosperous Foshan is, you can see it with your eyes.

It is not a big deal to pack several 10 taels or tens of thousands of muskets a year.
It also requires everyone to contribute land to support the equalization of the land, and to contribute money to pay business taxes. This investment is a bit big!

If Wang Zhongxiao can kill Shang Kexi and become King of Guangdong, then everyone can support him. The current chaos may last for many years!

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in history lasted for dozens of years, among which the Southern Han Dynasty was established for 54 years!
And the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty lasted for seventeen or eight years!There is not much chaos here in Guangdong, and there is also a Dongguan Bohezhen who guards the safety of one side.

If you can get the protection of the King of Guangdong of the Wang family before the world is unified again, can't everyone feel at ease to make money and do business?

Moreover, this Wang Shikai seems to be very enthusiastic about opening the sea and going to Southeast Asia, and he also wants to find a Dutch red hairy to rent an island in Malacca as a trading base. If this can be done, that would be great!
Foshan's ironware and various handicrafts, can't they completely win the Nanyang market?

When a group of rich people in Foshan were planning, Wang Zhongxiao's master Zhou Changle came in, leaned into Wang Zhongxiao's ear and whispered a few words, and then Wang Zhongxiao laughed loudly: "Okay, please come in!"

"Yes."

Zhou Chang stepped back quickly, while Wang Zhongxiao smiled and said to a group of capitalists in Foshan handicraft factories: "Fu Zhifu in Guangzhou has come to sue for peace on behalf of Shang Zhixin! On behalf of Shang Zhixin, it's interesting not to be Shang Kexi, let's work together See you there! Remember, don't kneel and kowtow when you see Fu Honglie later, you are all my friends!"

This is all friends!
The Foshan capitalists in the hall thought about it, that Fu Honglie was from Guangzhou, which represented Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin, and the big businessmen in Guangdong. Dear guest, after that Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin will turn the tables, and Foshan will be slaughtered?

This is also on the thief. The king's ship!
Before a group of Foshan capitalists could react, Zhou Chang had already left in a hurry, and soon brought in Fu Honglie, who was dressed in an upright official uniform.Fu Honglie walked in with a frown and a sad face.

Because as soon as he arrived in Foshan Town, he realized something was wrong!

The Guangdong Township Army stationed in Foshan Town all wear round-neck robes with red headscarves and red hoods. The dress of this red scarf army seems to be similar to that of Wu Sangui's army!

Moreover, Fu Honglie also noticed that the officers and soldiers of the Guangdong Township Army had no braids!

This is to rebel!
And when Fu Honglie saw Wang Zhongxiao, his heart sank even more.Because Wang Zhongxiao also put on a round-neck gown, his head was bare, without a hood, but his "beautiful hair" was exposed, it wasn't very long, it couldn't be combed into a bun, it was just scattered there, looking messy .

"Shikai, why are you growing your hair? Are you going to rebel?"

Seeing Wang Zhongxiao's hairstyle, Fu Honglie finally couldn't help questioning him.

Wang Zhongxiao was not happy when he heard this, he patted the table and said: "Fu Zhongmou, you can control whether I grow hair or not? I think a bald head is too ugly, and I even wear a pigtail with a money mouse tail. It's really unsightly. ! Tell me, am I right?"

The next group of Foshan people haven't cut their braids yet, but they only have braids on the back of their heads, not in their hearts-the Qing Dynasty hasn't completely settled Guangdong yet, not even a day!

Because the anti-Qing forces in Guangdong have always stood in such a small area, and the fire is not extinguished!
So when they heard Wang Zhongxiao talk about growing hair, they all nodded in agreement.

"exactly!"

"Braids are ugly!"

"It's not convenient."

"It's better to grow your hair!"

"Fu Futai, why don't you grow your hair too!"

As soon as Fu Honglie heard this, he became angry. He pointed out that a group of Cantonese in the hall who were not as big as him and who refused to kneel when seeing officials wanted to scold him, but Wang Zhongxiao was the first to say: "Fu Zhongmou, if I remember correctly, Are you my Aunt Kong's coat? According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, you are not qualified to call yourself a slave in front of Kangxi!"

Fu Honglie still roared, "You, what do you call Princess?"

Aunt, aunt, and aunt can all be interpreted as the mother's younger sister, but for some reason, the word aunt is used by dutiful sons to refer to the father's concubine.

"Call me Auntie!" Wang Zhongxiao glared, "I always call that in front of Auntie Kong. She has no objection. You are a slave, why don't you meddle in your own business?"

"You" Fu Honglie was almost blown away by Wang Zhongxiao.

"Fu Zhongmou," Wang Zhongxiao yelled, "what are you doing all the way from Guangzhou to Foshan? Do you want to care if I keep my hair or not?"

Fu Honglie snorted, so he had no choice but to not mention the hair. Although the Qing Dynasty had the rule of keeping hair and not letting it go, but now more and more Han people keep their hair. Wu Sangui also kept it, and Li Zicheng I also kept them, their heads are still there—they can’t be chopped off!
"Wang Daotai," Fu Honglie cupped his hands and said, "I was ordered by Prince Pingnan's son to negotiate peace with your lord."

"My father just released Zu Zeqing's [-] defeated troops and is heading for Guangzhou. It will take ten and a half months to arrive." Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile, "Why don't you wait a few more days in Foshan?"

Fu Honglie was taken aback, "What? Let Zu Zeqing go?"

Wang Zhongxiao nodded: "Shang Kexi, that old thief sent troops to attack me, so I asked my father for help, so my father can only let Zu Zeqing go north to Hunan! Hehe, there is a lot of pressure in Hunan! It's Wu Guogui again , it’s Li Zicheng again, and now there’s one more Zu Zeqing. It’s probably going to be over!”

"You guys." Fu Honglie said, "Wang Shikai, don't forget, you also have a part in killing Wu Shilin!"

Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile: "So what? It's not certain who belongs to this world!"

"Not necessarily? You, where are you now?" Fu Honglie asked.

Wang Zhongxiao asked back: "Where is Shang Kexi's letter from Monk? Did he ask Wu Sangui to persuade him two days ago?"

"You, you know?" Fu Honglie was taken aback again.

"Of course I know!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "Wu Sanwei is surrounded by the eyeliner I arranged. If the eyeliner didn't fool me, you would have given Wu Sanwei 100 million taels of silver and 20 stone rice, right?"

"This is just the son's plan to slow down the army." Fu Honglie explained on behalf of Shang Zhixin, "The son has already made a confession to the emperor, and asked the emperor to issue an edict to mediate the war between the Shang and Wang families."

Wang Zhongxiao smiled: "Why does Kangxi need to mediate this matter? Shang Zhixin is right to want a truce, and now Shang Zhixin has the final say in Guangzhou City?"

Of course he knew that Shang Zhixin had seized Shang Kexi's power in history, so now hearing that Fu Honglie only mentions Shang Zhixin's order, not Shang Kexi's decree, he guessed that Lao Shang's family is kind and filial!
Fu Honglie looked at Wang Zhongxiao: "Wang Daotai, as long as you promise to stop the war, Shi Ziye can also give you 100 million taels of silver and 20 shibai rice!"

The Shang family is really rich!

"Want a truce?" Wang Zhongxiao smiled and stretched out two fingers, "One is to give up the Guangzhou mansion and retreat to Shaozhou! The other is to hand over Shang Kexi to me, an old thing that killed millions of Cantonese. Extremely, not killing is not enough for civilians to be angry!"

"What? You asked Shi Ziye to hand over father to you to kill? You also want to hand over the Guangzhou mansion?" Fu Honglie immediately shook his head and said, "This is impossible!"

Wang Zhongxiao laughed: "When my father arrives with the army and joins forces, there will be [-] to [-] troops! Will Guangzhou be able to hold it? If it can't be held, it's not a good thing to die. It's Shang's family!"

"You" Fu Honglie said angrily, "You really want to rebel!"

Wang Zhongxiao shook his head and said with a smile: "Fu Zhongmou, whether I have turned against him or not is something that Kangxi has to consider! What Shang Zhixin has to consider now is whether to accompany his father to die in Guangzhou, or go to the north to live a few more years!"

Wang Zhongxiao's words are so arrogant, but he is actually scaring people. If he can scare Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin away, he can take Guangzhou without bloodshed.

At the same time, he also said this to the Cantonese present!
Let the Cantonese know that he, Wang Datou, wants to avenge the killing of everyone—the current Cantonese are divided into three groups: Tu, Hakka, and Chao. The relationship between them is not very good, but it is gratifying to oppose Shang On the issue, they are consistent.

With Shang Kexi, the public enemy of Guangdong, it is easier for Wang Zhongxiao to integrate Guangdong's human and material resources.

As long as Guangdong can be rectified, then Wang Zhongxiao will have enough strength to launch the Northern Expedition. Although the Northern Expedition starting from Guangdong in history will take more than two hundred years to happen.

But considering the decline of the whole country in the early Qing Dynasty, the proportion of Guangdong's power in the whole country is actually greater than that of two hundred and decades later!

It's just that Wu Sangui, Kangxi, and Li Zicheng didn't realize it
In their view, even if anyone can occupy the entire territory of Guangdong, or even Guangdong and Guangxi, he is nothing more than a troubled warlord who separates one side.Their main opponents are still each other!

Just when the situation in Guangdong began to evolve into a full-scale separatist regime and feudal town, the situation in Huguang, Shaanxi and Gansu was also undergoing rapid changes.

First of all, of course, it was Wu Sangui who had been preparing for the "Battle of Qishan" for nearly a year. After the 45th year of Chongzhen, that is, after the autumn harvest of Kangxi's 11th year, it finally kicked off.

However, unlike Zhuge Liang’s style of play when he first came out of Qishan in history, Wu Sangui did not adopt a large-scale attack tactic, but a "small attack", just let Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong lead the Wu soldiers of the four guards, A total of 2 people went out from Lueyang and Feng counties to attack Cheng, Hui and Liangdang counties in Gansu.

These three counties are roughly located in the southeast of Qishan Mountain, and the terrain is rather awkward, so Yue Le did not dare to deploy a large army, but only set up some Gansu Green Battalion to monitor the Wu army in the direction of Hanzhong.

After Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong dispatched troops, the green battalion soldiers in these three counties all came to "run away only when they see a thief". It was quite brave!
Bravery is bravery, but Chengxian, Huixian and Liangdang counties were still easily won by Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong!
And after these three counties belonged to Wu Sangui, it was impossible to preserve Jiezhou, which is located in the south of Qishan Mountain, and it was also acquired by Wu Sangui in a short time!

After capturing Jiezhou, Wu Sangui's road to Qishan was opened. But at this time, the weather had turned cold, and Wu Sangui did not continue the Northern Expedition, but started Maodong!

This winter, even Yue Le who was stationed in Qinzhou and Kangxi who was far away in Xi'an were a little passive.

Because Wu Sangui obviously adopted a strategy of step-by-step-do not send many troops, and the consumption will not be large.If the consumption is not large, it is beneficial to solve the supply on the spot-the Liangdang counties and Hui counties of Jiezhou and Qinzhou still have some reclaimed fields and people who have not been forcibly relocated by the Qing army.

Therefore, the Wu family army can completely sow wheat in Liangdang and Hui counties of Jiezhou and Qinzhou in the spring of the coming year. After the autumn harvest, they should be able to support Wu Sangui's main force to leave Qishan.

Although this style of play is relatively slow, it is very stable, and it is conducive to lasting, which seems to be better than Zhuge Liang's method in history.

For the Qing army, it would be good if they could hold Qishan. It is impossible to cross Qishan to attack Chengxian, Huixian and Liangdang counties. Even if they go there, they will not be able to fight!But if they don't fight back, they can only watch Wu Sangui garrison fields and valleys in the south of Qishan!

In autumn next year, the Wu family's army, which has enough food and grass, may dispatch [-] people to attack Qishan at a time. At that time, Gongchang Mansion and Qinzhou may not be able to keep it!

And after Wu Sangui took down Gongchang Mansion and Qinzhou, he could continue to paint gourds and garrison the fields again.

After the autumn of the 13th year of Kangxi, I am afraid that Lanzhou and Pingliang will be lost.
Secondly, the enemies in the direction of Huguang are also very stable!

Li Zicheng, a rogue to this day, is still living between the Yuanjiang River, the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, slowly setting up a military mansion and all the land, as if he wants to retire in Lizhou.Up to now, the site is the entire Lizhou, half of Jingzhou, half of Yichang, half of Changde, and half of Yongshun.

And Wu Guogui, who came out of Guizhou, didn't seem to be in a hurry, he took Yuanzhou, Chenzhou, and Jingzhou slowly, and now he just broke into Baoqing Mansion.It's also like I'm not in a hurry and I have time.

Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng are still so stable at a young age, but it makes Kangxi a little bit at a loss
His current military strength is not stronger than Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng. If these two old guys underestimate the enemy and rush forward, it will be easier to deal with them, but they are all at every step now, and Kangxi has nothing to do.

And just when Kangxi was a bit out of luck, news came from Guangdong that made him unbelievable-the memorial of Wang Fuchen and Li Lan, the admiral of Guangdong, almost arrived in Xi'an!
What Wang Fuchen and Li Lan want to tell Kangxi is that the Qing Dynasty has now entered a new era-an era of separatist regimes!

A local governor supported the soldiers and fought a civil war, but it can still be regarded as a good time for the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)