Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 302 Eat from Mr. Yang and wear Mr. Yang's clothes! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Dagu Port.

A large number of boxes and cattail bags containing ammunition were unloaded from a large bird ship that had just arrived and hung the flag of "Smooth sailing" on the Tianjin Customs Road. The last one was in full swing.

Several "Tianjin masters" (Tianjin masters) and "foreign masters" (foreign servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) on the Jinguan Road are sweating profusely comparing these weapons and military supplies.This time, not only ammunition was transported from Jiangnan, but also a large number of Huaixi Red Scarf armor and flags—these armor and flags are all confidential materials and must be transported to the warehouse of Zhongjian Fort immediately for hiding , The new army that Mr. Yang worked so hard to replace could not be replaced until before going to the battlefield.

As for the ammunition such as flintlock guns, bayonets, and artillery, they must be transported immediately to the regiment training new army camp next to Zhongjian Fort to distribute to a regiment training new army that has been training there for almost a year. You must hurry up to familiarize yourself with the equipment. Otherwise, if you don't know how to use it on the battlefield, you won't be able to display the combat effectiveness of this new army.

Speaking of the strength of this new army, it is quite strong!

First of all, the tactics of this new army are very advanced, adopting the most advanced "coordinated tactics of two gunmen".

This is the latest tactic of the Guangdong New Army, and even the Huaixi Red Army hasn't used it yet!
The so-called double-pistol tactics, of course, is not a big-headed soldier firing two guns, but a mix of fusiliers and pikemen in a one-to-one ratio.

This tactic is actually the transition from the phalanx tactics of the arquebus era to the queuing and shooting tactics of the flintlock era. The long spears cannot be completely abandoned. During the battle, it is necessary to use pikemen to form a sparse formation (phalanx or horizontal formation) to support the front. , and at the same time fire a volley of flintlock guns to output firepower.

Secondly, Yang Qilong also imitated Li Zhongshan's method of running a school and managing the army, recalling more than a dozen Tianjin Weiluo disciples from Li Zhongshan's army who had joined the Jingwumen in Beijing, and let them be the instructors, and opened a school in Zhongjianbao. A Beiyang military training school.

Afterwards, Yang Qilong recruited more than a hundred apprentices from the military training school with his own relationship, basically all of them were the children of the Tianjin Wei Yang family, the children of the Zhili rich family who had an old relationship with the Yang family, and those who could read and write from the Luojiao Daomen along the canal. Young disciples.These apprentices will participate in one-year training in the armed forces school, and after graduation, they will become the backbone officers of the new army together with their teachers.

In addition to these officer apprentices from the northern Zhili clan and the Luojiao Taoist sect, Yang Qilong also recruited a group of "military foreign slaves" from the Ministry of Internal Affairs headed by Luo Dongni to his sect, and let them be responsible for the training of recruits. Serve as an officer in the new army.

Third, the recruits of this new army are all from the rural areas of Zhili.Although Yang Qilong himself was born in a mixed market and the Luo Jiao Taoist sect, he did not accept recruits from the market and the Luo Jiao Taoist sect. All he recruited were rural soldiers with very simple thoughts.They are all honest people who adhere to the simple idea of ​​giving their lives to whomever they take money from, eat from whom they eat, and wear whose clothes they wear!
This honest man is still very powerful when he initiates ruthlessness!
And the last great thing is that Yang Qilong has already thought of a particularly famous name for this new army - Beiyang New Army!
The reason for this famous name is because Yang Qilong, who leads this new army, is the Minister of Commerce and Industry of Beiyang!Moreover, the military expenses for running this new army were all managed by Yamen, the Minister of Commerce and Industry of Beiyang.

Take anyone's money, and crown whoever's name!
At a corner of the pier, the boss of the Beiyang New Army, the Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Qing Dynasty, the Minister of Zhili Tuanlian, Yang Qilong, the Tianjin Customs Road, and the two leaders of the Beiyang New Army, Chen Yi and Zhu Shangxian, were walking around casually. Look, from time to time, I open a box or cattail bag, take out the Foshan-made flintlock inside, play around with it for a few times, nod and smile to the two people around me with satisfaction: "Foshan-made is really good! This workmanship is better than the shotgun made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs." But it’s too strong, is this the kind of musket you used in the Huaixi Army and the Guangdong Army? Is there a better gun?”

Both Chen Yi and Zhu Shangxian were teenagers who joined Fist of Fury together with their elder sister Yang Xiaohuan. They are young now. They have been in the army of Li's father and son these years. Wu Tang served as an instructor, and his experience can be described as very exciting.So they have all grown into quite good officers!Just the straight military posture makes people feel elite.

"My lord, there are better muskets in Foshan, called in-line rifles."

The one who answered this question was Chen Yi. He was two years older than Zhu Shangxian, and he looked very talented, so Yang Qilong relied heavily on him. After returning from Nanjing, Yang Qilong was immediately promoted by Yang Qilong to be the general staff member of the Beiyang New Army and the head of the Beiyang Armed Forces Academy .

Yang Qilong also rewarded him with a sister from the Yang family. Not his own sister, but a cousin, but his mother is also a woman in the circle of N Zifu (it can be regarded as a candidate, if the Ming Dynasty is not over, it will probably be added), so it is also inherited A good figure!

So this Chen Dajun is now a member of the Yang family!

"Is it the kind of musket with slots in the barrel?" Yang Qilong asked.

"Yes, that's it." Zhu Shangxian, who came back from Nanjing with Chen Yi, took up the topic with a smile, "My lord, have you seen it?"

This Zhu Shangxian was not as handsome as Chen Yi, he was just an amiable fat man. His ancestors were also Jinyiwei in Beijing. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, he went to Tianjin to live around. He was born in Tianjin.Because his father knew Yang Qilong's father, he had been a gangster with Yang Qilong since he was a child.Later, he worshiped Li Zhongshan as a master, and now he is also very prosperous. He also married the daughter of the Yang family and became Yang Qilong's "one family", so he also gained Yang Qilong's trust.

"Well," Yang Qilong nodded, frowning, "General Li also gave me some. He also told me in the letter that these slotted guns are very expensive and must be used by sharpshooters, specially for black hands "

His words came to an abrupt end here.

Yang Qilong understands the black hand best, his family is also the ancestral Jinyiwei!
But this matter is not on the same line as the Beiyang New Army
Zhu Shangxian nodded and said: "My lord, in fact, it is not too difficult to manufacture this flintlock gun and rifled flintlock gun. But it is not easy to mass-produce it. Foshan can mass-produce it because the iron industry and copper industry there are extremely Prosperous, at least tens of thousands of craftsmen are looking for food in the iron industry and copper industry.

If we want to compete with Nanming for a long time, we must have our own iron town, otherwise we will not be able to supply so many guns when we really fight a big battle. "

He was in charge of equipment in the Guangdong New Army, so he had a clear understanding of the production of flintlock guns and bronze cannons. These two weapons are actually not difficult to manufacture, nothing more than sufficient materials, sufficient labor and familiar hands.

As for the materials, labor and manual skills, one must be willing to pay the cost, and the purchase unit price should not be too low, otherwise it will be impossible to do business at a loss.The second is to cultivate the metallurgical industry.
The advantage of Foshan is that it has the largest metallurgical industry group in the world, which is incomparable to Qing Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty.If Yang Qilong wants to be "as loyal as Yang Jian", then he has to cultivate the industry as soon as possible.

After all, making muskets and cannons is manual work these days. If you want more guns and more guns, you must have enough craftsmen to do the work.

Yang Qilong nodded, and said: "We'll figure out a solution for this matter later, and now we should hurry up and release all these flintlock guns, and hurry up to let the brothers master the knack of flintlock guns. I will give you fifteen days. Fifteen days later It's the day of payment, when the time comes, I want to see the skills of the brothers!"

"My lord, just look at it!"

"My lord, don't worry, you can't go wrong if you leave it to us!"

At Dagukou, outside Zhongjian Fort, and on the field of the Colonel, the three armies gathered together again on this day, and the tiger was like a forest.

There were almost 48 Beiyang recruits, none of them wearing hats, showing short hair that was growing into a bun, wearing neat blue uniforms, with the word "courage" on their chests, standing silently.Eight battalion square formations and [-] team horizontal formations formed a perfect lineup.

Looking horizontally and vertically, everything is a line.

The five officers in each team were standing at the head of the row with knives on their shoulders, and they all remained motionless despite the sea breeze blowing at Dagukou.

This kind of killing, this kind of queue, if they were dressed as the Huaixi Red Scarf Army, they would probably scare Lord Kangxi to death.

And these "direct line" officers of the Beiyang New Army, who were closely related to Yang Qilong and formed one body long ago, were in the queue, and they were all full of energy!

At a glance, you can tell that they are all masters who fight for themselves!
When more than ten thousand people stood upright, Yang Qilong, accompanied by a few soldiers holding trays of small silver cakes, had already started the monthly payment ceremony.

What he distributed to the soldiers were one-two-weight silver cakes, not 100% pure silver, less than [-]% fine, and the rest mixed with copper and other miscellaneous impurities. About one tael, with the words "one tael silver" on the front and the words "supervised by Guangdong Customs" on the back.

This kind of silver cake was made by Foshan Town according to the requirements of Guangdong Customs Bank (Zhongshan Hall), the purpose is to provide a standardized and legalized currency for Guangdong Customs and Guangdong Customs Bank - although silver has the status of hard currency , but it is not a standardized currency. It is not even accurate to calculate the silver content of a tael of silver, let alone other things.

Therefore, it is very troublesome to use silver as the settlement currency for occasional large-value transactions. Didn't you send a piece of silver for testing?Only the master can tell the color by experience.

The disadvantages of this are great. Among other things, it is difficult to issue a "silver coin standard" bank note (early banknote).It is even more difficult to issue auxiliary coins between one tael of silver and one penny, such as the small silver coin of "one penny".

So after Li Zhongshan took Canton, he began to slowly develop standard silver coins, silver coin standards and silver coin coupons.

And Guangdong Customs, Tianjin Customs, Fujian Customs, Ning Customs, and Jiang Customs, no matter who their masters are, have now accepted the concept of "one or two silver coins"-their "silver one or two" means The most important thing is the one or two silver coins supervised by the Guangdong Customs!
At the same time, the "Four Halls" of Zhongshan Hall, Ruiyin Hall, Ruixin Hall, and Nanyang Hall also regarded the one or two silver coins supervised by the Guangdong Customs as their "silver one or two".Banks and commercial firms that have close capital exchanges with these big banks have gradually accepted the concept that "one tael of silver coin" is equal to "one tael of silver".

In addition, the government of Ming Dynasty also encouraged the subordinates to pay taxes with one or two silver coins, and gradually began to use one or two silver coins or corresponding silver number coupons and bills for the salaries of officials and soldiers.

The Ruiyintang controlled by Yang Qilong also has a large number of one or two silver coins in his hands, and the Tianjin Customs Road under his control also follows the gourd, and also supervises the production of many identical one or two silver coins "supervised by the Tianjin Customs Road".

Therefore, when he paid money to the Ministry of Internal Affairs controlled by Fuquan and paid salaries to the people below, he also used this kind of hand-made one or two silver coins.

Today Yang Qilong will use one or two silver coins to pay the [-] officers and soldiers of the Beiyang New Army, and he will pay it himself!Counting the coins one by one is really hard work, but it is necessary.

At this time, Yang Qilong walked up to a soldier with a flintlock gun on his back, a smile on his face, and joy in his eyes.The soldier straightened his body, and stretched out a thick, powerful hand full of calluses--at first glance, he looked like a farmer doing farm work.

Yang Qilong nodded in satisfaction, picked up two pieces of silver cake from the side plate and stuffed them into his hands.At the same time, a soldier following Yang Qilong asked loudly: "Whose food do you eat? Whose clothes do you wear?"

"Eat Mr. Yang's meal! Wear Mr. Yang's clothes!" The soldier replied loudly.

This is Yang Qilong's third master Yang's soldier!
Yang Qilong then took another step or two, reached another soldier with a flintlock gun on his shoulder, picked up two more silver cakes and handed them over!

"Eat Mr. Yang's meal! Wear Mr. Yang's clothes!"

The cry from the bottom of my heart sounded again.
And just as the cries of "Eat Mr. Yang's meal! Wear Mr. Yang's clothes!" sounded again and again, outside the big school field, there were standing short, with delicate features and bright clothes, A handsome young man with an elegant demeanor.

Yang Qilong's personal soldiers had already spotted this beautiful young man, they rode forward a few horses and surrounded him.One person shouted and asked: "Who are you? Why are you peeping outside the military aircraft?"

The young man smiled: "My official, Cao Yin, is an old friend of Third Brother Yang, and I'm here to visit today, and I want to send a fortune to Third Brother Yang! You guys should report it!"

"Cao Yin?" Some of Yang Qilong's soldiers had heard of this name, "You are Cao Yin at the sticky pole? Aren't you following Kangxi Hunjun?"

The young man who came was Kangxi's confidant Cao Yin. He smiled and said, "Hurry up and report. Brother Yang and I are good friends. He will be very happy to hear that I'm here!"

"My lord, don't worry! Wang Datou has no time to look north now, you can deal with the emperor with all your strength!"

"My lord, although he couldn't send troops to the north, he still gave Yang Sanye [-] flintlock guns and many Huaixi red scarf armor banners, so that Yang Sanye's Zhili regiment could pretend to be the Ming army. This method is comparable to sending It’s really good to invite the Ming army so that it’s not easy to invite the gods, but it’s difficult to send the gods away!”

At the same time, it was Doctor Le and Duolong who were smacking their chests to Fu Quan in the Prince Regent's Mansion.

They arrived in Dagukou, Tianjin together with the batch of arms and military supplies, and they arrived in Beijing ten days ago.However, at that time, Fu Quan was meeting with the princes of the Monan Grassland in the area of ​​the Shangdu Ruins on the Bashang Grassland. At the Shangdu Ruins, he announced to the princes on the grassland in fluent Mongolian that the Qing Dynasty would soon rebuild the Shangdu City. !
In the future, the Qing Dynasty will also implement the north-south system, with Beijing as the capital in the south, and the above-mentioned capitals in the north. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty will continue to travel between Shangdu and Beijing, staying in Beijing for half a year, and living in Shangdu for half a year!
After promising to rebuild Shangdu, Fuquan also got a promise from a group of Mongolian princes that as long as Kangxi is willing to abdicate and become the Great Khan, the big guys are willing to hold a Kuritai meeting and elect Fuquan as the Great Khan of the Mongolian Kingdom!

This is a profuse sweat and an emperor, and it is very promising when you hear it!

However, it is not easy to turn Kangxi into the Supreme Emperor. After all, Kangxi has stronger troops and is likely to get assistance from Wu Sangui-according to inside reports, Wu Sangui will actually send reinforcements!

It's not easy!
Duolong seemed to see Fuquan's intentions, and quickly said with a smile: "My lord, in fact, you still have a sharp weapon that can defeat the emperor!"

"What weapon?" Fuquan asked.

"Silver!" Duolong gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "My lord, money touches people's hearts! You have Ruixintang, Tianjin Customs Road, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in your hand. If you trust me, my lord You can go to the emperor to feign surrender. By the way, help the prince to send letters to the people on the emperor's side. I believe that there must be many people who want to leave the emperor and seek refuge with you, the prince!"

Fuquan, who was frowning, raised his eyebrows and looked at Duolong: "Can I trust you?"

"Yes!" Duolong thumped and knelt down to Fuquan, "My lord, this slave is committing crimes and meritorious deeds! I know that my crime is serious, and if I don't make extraordinary achievements, it will be difficult to be forgiven. My lord, I implore you to give this slave a chance to redeem himself. !"

Fuquan nodded, and asked again: "Will the emperor believe you?"

"Yes!" Duolong said, "Echu has already beheaded and the servants have not brought rescue soldiers from Jiangnan for you."

Fuquan nodded lightly: "That's true! Although Wang Datou gave Yang San a lot of good things, he didn't send troops after all."

"He can't send troops. And the emperor must know!" Duo Long said, "So he will march as soon as possible! The war is imminent!"

Geng Jingzhong rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, how could Kangxi not know about the three alliances of Daqing (Jiangxi's Jieshu), Dazhou, and Dajing?
Therefore, it is reasonable that Li Zhongshan has no reinforcements to send, and Kangxi can guess.

As soon as Wu Sangui's reinforcements arrive, Kangxi will definitely launch an attack as soon as possible in order to make a quick decision.

Because Kangxi couldn't afford it. He didn't have the financial resources to drag it on!
Thinking of this, Fuquan finally made up his mind: "Okay, Duolong, work hard, and when you defeat the emperor, I will let you be the governor of Zhili!"

Duolong's coke was broken, and he quickly kowtowed: "Slave Duolong kowtows to thank God!"

(End of this chapter)