Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 368 Mongolian East India Company
In the first month of the fourth year of the Republic of China, Jiangxia City.

The wind and snow from the northern kingdom mixed together, making this city, which was ruled by Daming Prince Zhongfu not long ago, look extremely cold and desolate.

Jiangxia King City, Prince Zhong's Mansion, is now in a state of panic.

Li Zicheng fell ill after conquering Jiujiang and killing Wu Yingxiong, and his illness was not very serious.Li Laishun arranged for him to recuperate in Jiujiang, and led his own troops to recover Jiangxia, Hankou, and Hanyang.Later, the news of Wu Sangui's death came, and the servant who served Li Zicheng told the sick "Old Long Live" the good news, so that he could be happy.Unexpectedly, when the old man heard the news, he was happy that night, so he called a group of old brothers to drink with him, and suddenly burst into tears while drinking. After crying, he vomited blood, and then his health deteriorated.

Later, when he heard that Jiangxia City had been recovered, he clamored to go back to Jiangxia's Prince Zhong's Mansion, and to take another look at his own Jiangxia City.Jiangxi Governor Yu Deshui couldn't screw him, so he had to transfer a navy boat to send him back to Jiangxia.As a result, the old man saw that the prosperous city in the past has become dilapidated and depressed. Many places have been overfired, leaving only ruins and ruins.

Until yesterday, the genius doctor named Zhu Guangdan invited by King Zhong's mansion quietly told King Zhong Li Laishun that it was time to prepare for the funeral.

At this moment, Li Zicheng, who was sick and emaciated, was lying on the couch, looking at the room with his eyes open, not saying a word or moving, and he didn't know what he was thinking?
Li Laishun has been guarding this old man who has stretched himself up and made him sit on the throne of the loyal king of Ming Dynasty, tears can't stop streaming down.

There was a sudden noise outside the door, which seemed to disturb Li Zicheng who was thinking about something. He slowly turned his head and asked in a low voice, "How's the talk going?"

Li Laishun knew what the old man was asking, so he sighed and said, "General Li wants us to hand over most of the military power, and reorganize the soldiers in the Zhongwang Mansion into three army towns and one navy town, and the general's mansion will unify them." Command. In addition to the guards of the palace that are still under the jurisdiction of the government, only [-] troops can be given.

In addition, the official land of Jingzhou Prefecture and Jingmen Prefecture can be distributed to the government soldiers. All soldiers and officials will be given the status of nationals, and all officials will be given the status of national soldiers.Including officials, soldiers, and officials, a total of [-] national statuses and [-] national scholar statuses were given to them.

As for those Minzhuang who followed us to fight against Wu, but couldn't get any troops, at most [-] Chinese nationals will be given. "

Li Zicheng smiled wryly: "That's okay, the total number of nationals and national scholars is 16. What about the magistrates and county magistrates of the five prefectures?"

He was already terminally ill, and he was struggling to speak a few words, almost breaking down.

Li Laishun knew that his time was short, but he still had to seize the time to ask for advice, so he said to him: "The magistrates and county magistrates sent by us can stay in office, but the Shangshu Province will appoint the prefects and county magistrates. Also, the Shangshu Province will return to the post." The Department of Education and Political Affairs will be sent to Hubei. In the future, Hubei’s official schools will also have examinations for scholars and candidates. They will be in charge of the Department of Education and Political Affairs, and the official examinations will also be managed by the Department of Education and Political Affairs. If the people we send cannot pass the official examination within three years If you don’t take the exam, then there will be no official to do, anyway, it’s not very satisfactory!”

It turned out that Li Zhongshan, who moved to Jiangxia, was waiting to meet people from Wu Zhou and the Northern Qing Dynasty, and was still presiding over the republican reform of the five provinces of Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

The so-called republic reform is to change the false republic ruled by warlords into a true republic where the people of the country discuss politics and decree the unity.

Among these three provinces, Jiangxi was brought down. The current governor of Jiangxi is Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan's confidants, and the admiral is Li Fuchen's old buddy Shao Lingzhi. The "Four Dynasties Elders" (Qing, Ming, Zhou, Ming); part of the "Reformation School" from Guangzhou and Nanjing - the former is basically Guangdong scholars, the latter is mostly Southeast scholars, and the reform school Those who are born (including teachers) are the backbone.

Therefore, it is relatively easy to unify the government in Jiangxi, but it is a bit difficult to implement the people's discussion of government in Jiangxi, because Jiangxi does not have a large number of people, especially unarmed people. Without people, there is no republic!
The situation in Hubei is the opposite of that in Jiangxi. Under the leadership of Li Zicheng, the five prefectures of Hubei in the Ming Dynasty most thoroughly implemented the "Tian Mu System". Most Chinese are also from this type of family.Coupled with the experience of the "War against Wu", all the small landlords and rich peasants in the five prefectures of Hubei in the Ming Dynasty were armed and participated in the war against Wu and Zhou.So this group of people has grown into the backbone of the Republic!
However, the "Republic of the Five Provinces of Hubei" is not the same as the "Republic of the Ming Dynasty". If the Five Provinces of Hubei cannot be integrated into the system of the Republic of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, but the Five Provinces of Hubei are allowed to form a self-contained body, then the people of the Five Provinces of Hubei will probably support it in the future. Zhongwang Mansion against the Ming Dynasty
As for Hunan, the situation is more complicated. A small half of this province was conquered by Li Zhongshan, about half was forced to land, and two states were controlled by Lao Jia, a warlord force attached to Nanwangfu.

In addition, Hunan's administrative and "quasi-national system" originally centered on the Chu Prince's Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Hunan General Manager's Palace were now beaten and pulled to his side by Li Zhongshan.The Jia family established a feudal system in Chenzhou and Guiyang Prefecture that was firmly controlled by the Jia family. In short, the situation was very complicated.

The situation in Guangdong is also a bit complicated. The Guangzhou, Shaozhou, and Nanxiong prefectures that were originally under Li Zhongshan’s personal control have gradually established the people’s discussion of government and unified them under the military orders of the General’s Mansion and the Minister’s Office.This system is similar to the republican system in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.

But other state capitals in Guangdong have always been under the rule of Nanwangfu.Although there are a large number of national soldiers who have been allocated land in those state capitals, and there are also many national soldiers used by the Nanwangfu, but now they all accept the orders of the Nanwangfu!
The situation in Guangxi is even more complicated. Sun Jiqing and Kong Sizhen were beaten away by Li Jizhen.But the complex feudal system established by Li Fuchen and Kong Sizhen still partially exists!

This feudal system in Guangxi includes the direct leadership of the Nanwangfu, the direct leadership of the Dingfan, the Dingfan retainers (the original slaves), the Dingfan affiliates (the original Dingfan's green camp and bandits recruited), chieftains, and militias (local tyrants) A feudal hodgepodge within.

Now most of Dingfan's retainers have run away, and some of Dingfan's subordinates have also run away, but the chieftain and militia are still there!

Moreover, in order to drive Sun Jiqing and Kong Sizhen away as soon as possible, when Li Jizhen marched into Guangxi, he also sent out many prefects (sub-states), magistrates and chieftain officials, forming many legal separatist forces.

Just looking at it gives me a headache.
Except for Jiangxi, where Li Zhongshan can completely ban it, the "republic" of Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi has to be implemented through government orders and negotiations.

The ones Li Zhongshan wants to talk about now are Zhong Wang Li Laishun, Xi Wang Wu Guogui and Xi Wang's son Wu Shijue, Nan Wang Li Fuchen and Nan Wang's son Li Jizhen.After talking with them, they will go to discuss with the people below. There may be repetitions in the future, and they need to negotiate again.

In short, while this republic unleashes the combat power and enthusiasm of the grassroots, it will cause difficulties in the implementation of the imperial government's decrees.However, the old method of relying on literati and gentry to rule the local area will actually lead to a situation where government orders do not leave the capital, and in many cases it is even worse than a republic.

"There's no such thing as everything you want in this world." Li Zicheng grumbled, and after a while he said in a low voice: "Eh, I thought things were simple back then!"

As if he was returning to the light, his voice became clearer: "Governing a country, especially a big country, is really very difficult. I thought it was difficult to conquer the world back then, but I never thought that governing the world would be more difficult than conquering the world." The world is much more difficult. That Li Zhongshan is not simple, he understands it better than anyone else at a young age, if you don’t know, you would think that he has been an official all his life, and he is still an official. Lai Shun, you compare with him , you can’t do anything. You, listen to him, and if you can’t handle it, tell him honestly that you call him an uncle now, and you must really treat him as an uncle in the future. In this way, the Li family can live forever. If you are rich, you won’t lose money if you follow your old brother.”

After finishing speaking, he turned his head back slowly, not looking at anyone, but muttering to himself: "Mr. Liu, Tian Yufeng, a tiger, do you know? The world will always be peaceful."

His voice became softer and quieter.

On the eighth night of the first lunar month in the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang, died again!

Li Zhongshan, who was receiving envoys from the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Qing Dynasty, looked a little sad in the general's Xingyuan. After he learned of Li Zicheng's death last night, he immediately went to offer his condolences.However, Chuang Wang Li Zicheng is not an ordinary person after all, and a grand burial is not acceptable, otherwise it would be too disrespectful to the emperor of the Republic Zhu Cijiong, so he can only be buried in a low-key manner.

Li Laishun and Li Zhongshan also explained Li Zicheng's last words—that is, let him listen to "Uncle Zhongshan" and the like!

So Li Zhongshan immediately said that everyone will be his own in the future!
After telling Li Laishun to bury Li Zicheng in a low-key manner, Li Zhongshan returned to his place of residence. Not long after he came back, Wu Guogui, Wang Shirong, Fang Ying, Chang Ning, and Mingzhu who arrived in Jiangxia City the day before came together to ask for an audience.

Among them, Wang Shirong and Fang Ying (nephews of Fang Guangchen) were Wu Shifan's envoys, while Chang Ning and Mingzhu were Kangxi's envoys.

And these two groups of envoys all have a disgraceful title, that is, "professor envoys". They came to Ming Dynasty to proclaim themselves ministers and recognize their boss!
Of course, the object of their surrender is not Li Zhongshan, but Zhu Cijiong.It's just that the conditions for being a younger brother have to be discussed with Li Zhongshan first, and then they can go to Nanjing to recognize Zhu Cijiong as the boss.

"What? You want to borrow money to conquer the Western Regions for colonization?"

When Li Zhongshan heard Wang Shirong's conditions proposed by the Great Zhou Emperor Wu Shifan (actually Wu Yingqi's conditions), he was almost stunned.

What is the situation?Da Zhou also borrowed money to colonize?Are they progressing too fast?
"Don't worry, General, the old Wu family is the most trustworthy, and they will pay their debts!" ​​Wu Guogui patted his chest as a guarantee.

There are debts that must be paid. Li Zhongshan said in his heart: Does your family have a gold mine?
Seeing the suspicion on Li Zhongshan's face, Prince Gong Changning said with a smile: "General, this conquest of the Western Regions will definitely make money, and it is impossible to lose the battle! Because this battle was fought by the Zhou Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and Oirat. The Junggar tribe, in the name of the Mongolian Great Khan and the Chagatai Khanate, sent troops together! How can this be defeated?"

Oh, co-authors want to cosplay the Mongolian Western Expedition!
Li Zhongshan was a little dumbfounded, "It's the Mongolian Khan and the Chagatai Khanate. What do you want to do? Want the eldest son to march west? What year is this? Does anyone in the west recognize the legal system of the Mongols? "

"The general doesn't know something," said Fang Ying, who looked gentle and learned, "the area west of the Tianshan Mountains and west of Congling in the Western Regions is now called the land of the Mughals. The land of the Mughals The northern part is the Kipchak Grassland, which is the site of the Golden Horde. The Kazakh Khanate that now rules there is the descendant of the Golden Horde. The land in the river in the south of Mughal is the site of the Chagatai Khanate. , although it is now taken away by the descendants of the Golden Horde Khan, the descendants of Chagatai are the legitimate masters there, and the Yeerqiang Khanate in the Western Regions is actually the Chagatai Khanate that moved eastward. We now control Yeerqiang The Qiang Khanate is equivalent to controlling the Chagatai Khanate.

If we move westward in the name of the Chagatai Khanate, we will get the support of the Mongolian warriors in the southern region of the Mughal who are devoted to the Chagatai Khanate! "

"Really?" Li Zhongshan didn't believe it at all, and he was not interested.

This Fang Ying is Wu Shicong's military adviser, and he has been following him to pacify the Yeerqiang Khanate, so he knows a lot about the Yeerqiang Khanate. He seemed to have little interest, and then said flickeringly: "General, what about the Khanate in the Mughal region? I'm not sure about it, but the Timur dynasty of India will definitely support the Khanate of Chagatai!"

"What did you say?" Li Zhongshan was surprised, "India?"

India is rich!
Now India has risen, the world's largest economic power, and the number one developed country in the seventeenth century was India!

"Yes!" Fang Ying said, "the general doesn't know that the Chagatai Khanate once perished, and later it was restored in Yeerqiang, and Said, the leader of the restoration of Chagatai, led Timu Babur, the lord of ZTE who moved to India from the Er Khanate, was a close relative and friend. He once fought side by side in Mughal. The Timurid Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate also supported each other for a long time in history. The two Khanates The tribes are also married to each other and have a close relationship. If the Khan of the Timur Khanate knew that the Chagatai Khanate had returned to Mughal, he would definitely send troops to support him.”

This is an opportunity!
Li Zhongshan's interest came immediately.

He didn't know much about things in Central Asia and India, and he didn't know that Yeerqiang had such a relationship with the Mughal Empire in India, but he knew very well that based on the knowledge of Wu Zhou, Beiqing, and Galdan Without power, it would be easy to wipe out the Mughal Khanates.It is the same whether there is a Mughal Empire sending troops!
However, if the Chagatai Khanate and the Mughal Empire can really build a relationship, it can open up for the Ming Dynasty. No, it will provide convenience for India's struggle against British colonial aggression.

The British. After all, they are foreign ghosts and animals, and they are not of the "Mo" race, so their hearts must be different!And the Chagatai Khanate also has the Great Khan of Mongolia and the Mughal Empire of India, but the blood of the Mongolian brothers is thicker than water!

If the British can't get India, then British capitalism and industrialization will not be so easy to come, just for this, it is worth a try!
Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan finally nodded: "Since the relationship between the Chagatai Khanate and the Timur Khanate in India is extraordinary, you can invest a little money!"

In order to interfere with the British Indian colonial cause, it is worth losing a few million!
"Invest a little money?" Fang Ying asked, "General, do you mean to borrow?"

"Let's not talk about borrowing," Li Zhongshan said, "Have any of you heard of the Dutch East India Company? Does anyone know about the VOC?"

"I know!" Chang Ning nodded, "General, I know you said this when you gave the impeachment report to the emperor to impeach the Pope. This is a firm that treats money grabbing as a business!"

"Let's do a partnership too!" Li Zhongshan said, "It's justifiable that there is an East India Company to do business in India!"

"General, do you want to build a Ming East India Company?" Chang Ning asked.

"No, no." Li Zhongshan shook his head, "The people of the Timur Khanate of the Daming East India Company don't recognize it! Why don't we build a Mongolian East India Company!"

"Mongolia?"

"The Mongols are the best at stealing money!"

"That's not bad! The Mongolian East India Company went to India's Timur Khanate to do business, and Aurangzeb Khan in India will definitely take care of it."

Li Zhongshan said with a smile: "Then let's form a three-country partnership, let's do it together, use the name of the Mongolian East India Company to develop commercial routes in the Western Regions, and also do business with India. Let's set the company's share capital at 100 million taels first!" Let's set up this company and borrow money from banks in Daming in its name, and it will be no problem to borrow several million from it."

It's so brave!
Wang Shirong, Fang Ying, Chang Ning, and Mingzhu all had bright eyes.

It is much better to borrow money in the name of a company than in the name of a country.How ugly it is for the country to borrow money and not repay it!If the company wants to borrow money but not repay it, it will lose money in the business, so can't it be dumped?

(End of this chapter)