Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 421 The survival of the Qing Dynasty depends on this battle! (Please vote for me, please subscribe)

Wu Guogui was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay! Princess Pingnan, if you have this consciousness, you can indeed do this job." He sighed again: "Speaking of which, your father actually burned himself after the defeat. If he hadn't Even if he set his house on fire, he might not necessarily die. If he had wanted to break out and escape, the Li family and his son would not have stopped him. After all, there is no greater revenge than a revenge that has already been avenged. It can unite people’s hearts more.”

Kong Sizhen was also helping Wu Guogui to talk: "Well, my father and brother were both killed by Li Dingguo. Didn't I seek revenge from Li Dingguo's son Li Sixing? During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Biao's men killed Sun Jian. Later, didn't Sun Quan still form an alliance with Liu Biao's son Liu Qi? Li Zicheng forced Emperor Chongzhen to death, and Prince Zhu San ascended the throne. Didn't he also let him die? Your grandfather, your uncle, and those of you who can't even enter the family tree Weren't all your brothers and sisters killed by the Qing soldiers? Didn't your father have any intention of avenging this?
Living in troubled times, this kind of thing happens a lot. Who would ignore the present because of the hatred of their ancestors? "

She paused for a moment and said, "As for your brothers who were killed in the Nanjing Incident, I can't even blame the Li family and his sons. It was because they were following Geng Jingzhong and fooling around!"

Shang Shuying's eyes turned red: "You blame me for this! If I hadn't led them to steal Mochou Lake Prince's Mansion, and if they were still here, I wouldn't be the only one left to support the Shang family."

Wu Guogui saw the regret on Shang Shuying's face and knew that she was no longer obsessed with such futile things as revenge for her father due to the pressure of life, so he said to her: "After talking for a long time, we haven't even reconciled yet." You're talking about errands. My son-in-law wants me to go to the New World to be a president, and I will leave the general manager of the Mongolian East India Trading Company to you. This is what my son-in-law wants!"

While talking, Wu Guogui looked at Shang Shuying carefully and said to himself: You are such a graceful lady, you are really quite tasteful.
"General Manager of the Mongolian East India Trading Company" Shang Shuying's heartbeat accelerated, "Is this really what the general means?"

"If it hadn't been for him," Wu Guogui said, "who else in the world would have allowed you to sit in this position?"

The General Manager of the Mongolian East India Trading Company is elected by the Council of the Mongolian East India Company.Theoretically, the only ones Li Zhongshan could control were the six councilors elected by the shares held by the large commercial banks and banks in Ming Dynasty, which only accounted for one-third of the 6 council members.However, since the Mongolian East India Company borrowed several million taels from the three major banks of the Ming Dynasty, and the person who held the shares of the Mongolian East India Company in the Qing Dynasty was actually Yang Qilong, Li Zhongshan could definitely decide on the candidate for the general manager of the Mongolian East India Company. .

In addition, the general manager of the Mongolian East India Company is also in charge of Xuzhou Commercial City in the Central Plains. In fact, he is the city owner of a "free mall"!

Although the Mongolian East India Company did not make much profit, the position of general manager and city lord was a lucrative position, and one could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver every year.Moreover, there are still many positions available in the East India Company and Xuzhou Commercial City. Wouldn’t Shang Shuying’s younger brothers all have errands to do now?

This happiness comes so quickly!
Shang Shuying was so excited that she burst into tears when she thought that she would soon be rewarded with joy. It turned out that the person who was best to her was actually Li Zhongshan!

However, Kong Sizhen on the side immediately realized that something was wrong.How could a person like Li Zhongshan be without such stunning beauty around him?Shang Shuying's princess status will not have much appeal to him. Wu Xiaotuo and Wu Xiaoji both have princess status, and Wu Xiaoji is still a real princess!
Therefore, Li Zhongshan must have other motives for offering such a huge benefit to take Shang Shuying into his account!
And how could Wu Guogui be sent to the New World to be the president?And given Wu Guogui's status, if he didn't want to, Li Zhongshan couldn't force him, right?

But why is Wu Guogui willing to go to a place so far away in the New World?Is there something he wants to avoid?
As soon as Kong Sizhen thought of this, she immediately became enlightened and looked at Wu Guogui blankly: "King Chu (he is the King of Chu of the Great Zhou Dynasty), is there going to be a war? Is the Ming Dynasty going to the Northern Expedition?"

Wu Guogui nodded, "The general trend of the world is that if we unite for a long time, we will divide, and if we divide for a long time, we will unite. Since the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the world has been in chaos for more than 30 years. Although it is not as good as the Three Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it is not much worse than the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms! After all, Shijue and I have received great favor from Emperor Taizu, and we are members of the Wu family, so we are different from you two."

He stopped mid-sentence, but both Kong Sizhen and Shang Shuying understood the meaning of his words!
And they both understood why Li Zhongshan wanted to recruit Shang Shuying with such a good job!

Although Shang Shuying lived in poverty in Wu Zhou, she was familiar, thick-skinned, and had the status of a princess.Moreover, he was not only familiar with people in the Zhou Dynasty, but also had many acquaintances in the Qing Dynasty. If she became the general manager of the Mongolian East India Company, wouldn't she be able to come forward to win over the people of the Zhou Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty on Li Zhongshan's behalf? Are you a military leader?

Wu Guogui sank in for a while and said to Kong Sizhen: "Princess Dingnan, don't just talk about Princess Pingnan, but also advise your son that someone else really has the revenge of killing his father. He just recognized the wrong father! With his appearance, he is not as good as Lu Bu." , little living Lu Bu are all carved from the same mold, how can he find living Lu Bu and young living Lu Bu to avenge his father's murder?"

Kong Sizhen nodded and said with tears in his eyes: "King Chu, you must talk to King Nan and the general when you go back. Ji Qing will definitely realize his mistake and ask them to give Ji Qing a chance."

"You will definitely realize your mistake?" Wu Guogui said with a smile, "As long as you really realize your mistake, how can you tolerate the world if brothers can't get along with each other?"

As he spoke, he turned to Shang Shuying and said: "Princess Pingnan, please settle down at home first. In a few days, you will go to Nanjing with me. Lower your posture and admit your mistake to my uncle first. Later, Things will be easier to handle.”

"Well," Shang Shuying blushed and nodded, "How dare I forget your great kindness to King Chu. From now on, King Chu will only say a word when he is useful to me."

Wu Guogui nodded, then stood up and said: "It's getting late, I have to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to see my good brother, and I have to talk clearly to him. The survival of the Qing Dynasty depends on this battle!"

"The survival of the Qing Dynasty depends on this battle?"

In the study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Chang'an, Wu Yingqi frowned when he heard Wu Guogui's "argument" and seemed to be deep in thought.Wu Yingqi, who has been pretending to be Zhuge Kongming for several years, looks much older. The way he shakes his goose feather fan, he really looks a bit like Prime Minister Zhuge who dedicated his whole life and died.

The problems he is facing now may be more complex and difficult than that of the Shu Han prime minister in history.Although the Zhou Dynasty, like the Shu Han Dynasty, both had insufficient national strength and were unable to shoulder the important task of unifying the world.But there were no muskets and cannons in the Shu Han Dynasty, military production was far less complex than it is today, and industry and commerce were far less developed than today.Therefore, the Shu Han's difficulties are only due to insufficient military and financial resources caused by too small a population.But what the Zhou Dynasty is facing now is not only a too small population, but also all-round backwardness. Not only is it lagging behind the Ming Dynasty, but it also has great shortcomings compared to the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty had the Mongolian grasslands and the mountains and forests of the Northeast as its rear area, and it also had a coastline to develop overseas trade.But Dazhou doesn’t even have these!Dazhou is a landlocked country. Although it has Sichuan, which is known as Tianfu, it is too laborious to develop.

Moreover, there are now relatively large differences within Da Zhou on whether to develop Sichuan - this is another trouble Da Zhou faces!Regarding the development direction of the Great Zhou Kingdom, there are currently different opinions within the Great Zhou Dynasty. One faction is the "Western Zhou Faction", which advocates that the land in the river in the Western Regions should be the center of gravity of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and the imperial court will be moved there in the future; the other faction is the "Western Zhou Faction" The "Eastern Zhou School" advocated maintaining the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains and strived to maintain three parts of the world.

Wu Yingqi, on the other hand, wavered between the two factions. At one time, he sent a large number of soldiers to the Western Regions, and at another time, he talked about building a capital city as the southern capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It seemed that if the Central Plains could not be defended, he would flee to Bashu.

In short, no one knows what he is planning?
"But after the Qing Dynasty died, can the Zhou Dynasty last?" Wu Yingqi looked at his former good brother and asked calmly.

"Yes!" Wu Guogui said, "Second brother, there is only one way out. It is unrealistic for the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty to squeeze in! In the future, the world will either be the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Ming Dynasty, or the Western Qing Dynasty and the Eastern Ming Dynasty! Think about it carefully , which is better, the Western Zhou Dynasty or the Western Qing Dynasty?"

Wu Yingqi snorted: "Will there be a battle in Chibi?"

Wu Guogui shook his head: "It was difficult for Sun and Liu to join forces back then because they had no way out. They were both cornered by Cao Cao and had to fight to the death. But the Zhou Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty shared a way out!"

This retreat is the land in the river, including Samarkand, Bukhara and Khwarezm oases controlled by Wu Zhou, as well as Tashkent and Taiping Valley controlled by the Qing Dynasty.This territory has two countries in it, so it's actually a bit crowded, but with only one country, it's quite spacious.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty both immigrated people to the river. The immigrants from the two countries together already number tens of thousands of households. If they can be combined and a large-scale relocation is carried out, five years later, there will be tens of thousands of households there. It is possible to have more than 20 to [-] households in Shenzhou.

20 households, more than one million people, how can it not be an inheritance?
If you include the Mongols on the Kipchak grassland, the population may have doubled!
Wu Guogui said eloquently: "Second brother, I have been in the Ming camp for a long time, so I naturally know how strong the Ming Dynasty is. The strength of the Ming Dynasty is not only in the military, but from bottom to top, from the inside out, it is better than the Zhou Dynasty and the Great Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty must be strong! Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, while the Zhou Dynasty seems to be getting weaker and weaker. Second brother, you must make plans early, and you must not put all your money into it!"

Wu Yingqi fell silent for a long time.
Beijing, Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Empress, a war that will determine the fate of the whole world is about to begin! In Europe, the ferocious and cruel French King Louis XIV has reignited the war! The Netherlands, England, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, all of them Countries that love justice and respect justice have united to form an invincible anti-French alliance. They will definitely give Louis XIV, the culprit who launched the war, a fatal blow!
In the East, Louis XIV's ally Ming Dynasty General Li Zhongshan was also actively preparing for war. In Nanjing, Baoshan, Xiamen, and Guangzhou, shipyards and arsenals were being built everywhere, and the output of battleships, artillery, muskets, and gunpowder had reached astonishing levels. number.

In addition, Li Zhongshan frantically signed the "Compulsory Education Law", which will gradually arrange for all school-age children in the Ming Dynasty to go to school! "

The person who is accusing the Ming Dynasty and France, the two "cradles" of the world war, of the evils is the outgoing Governor of Batavia of the Dutch East India Company, Spielman.

His words were translated into Chinese by Nan Huairen, and he read them sentence by sentence to Kangxi and Empress Yang.

Although Yang Xiaomi did many things that abused power and disrupted government, Kangxi did not deprive her of her power as soon as she came back. Instead, she continued to have a "two saints' visit" with her - this Yang Guifei had the potential to become Wu Zetian ah!

However, Kangxi also had his reasons for doing this. The war was imminent, and internal unity must be maintained, but there must be no more internal strife.

Moreover, Kangxi is now the Great Khan of Mongolia. After the collapse of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, didn’t all the succeeding Great Khans of Mongolia rely on their wives to help them come to power?That Galdan's wife Anukodun is still his "Forbidden Army Commander"!It is used as a wife at night and as an obeisance during the day. It is both easy to use and safe.

There is no hope for Yang Xiaomi as Oboi, but it is still possible to be a gentle version of Wu Zetian.

"Why is it crazy to let all children go to school?" Yang Xiaomi was also used to going to court. As soon as Nan Huairen finished translating, she asked the question.

"Empress, you don't know the courses of the Ming Dynasty's primary school and middle school. Military courses are openly taught in their schools, including the formation of fusiliers and grenadier throwing skills. After graduating from the middle school, the boys' school The students also have to participate in a month-long military training! These students are training according to the standards of elite soldiers! If this compulsory education law is fully implemented, then hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers will graduate from middle schools in the Ming Dynasty."

"a few millions?"

"Is that too much?"

Kangxi and Queen Yang were both shocked.

Then Empress Yang said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, how about we also learn from Li Zhongshan? No matter how poor we are, we cannot afford education!"

In fact, Yang Xiaomi has already been running elementary schools, middle schools, and universities.But she never thought about popularizing education - the cost would be too high, and the Qing Dynasty had a lot of money to spend!
But now when I heard Spearman talk, I immediately realized the importance of education.

If the education system of the Ming Dynasty can transport hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of outstanding soldiers every year in the future, then the Qing Dynasty will definitely be destroyed!

Kangxi shook his head: "Far water cannot quench near thirst!"

In fact, he didn’t want to implement compulsory education at all. Ming Dynasty was a republic of Chinese people!The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Green Camp Hezhong had different foundations.If education is popularized, the power of the Han people will be stronger, and the Qing Dynasty may become the Northern Zhou Dynasty!

Now it seems that both Empress Yang and Duke Sui have them, so they have to be on guard!

Kangxi thought of this and said: "What Li Zhongshan did will take ten years to see the initial effect, and it will take three to fifty years to see the miraculous effect. The current battle will not be used in any case."

His analysis is quite reasonable. Compulsory education is a long-term investment. If it is done well, the return will be extremely high!However, the results of this investment are relatively slow and cannot be immediate.The Ming Dynasty has been working on it for several years, and compulsory education at the primary school level has just begun to be laid out. It is estimated that it will take ten years to complete it.

After primary school is completed, middle school, university, and vocational education must be provided to all. After all is completed, the scale must be gradually expanded and the level must be improved. When the education level of the entire population is improved, it will be almost 50 to [-] years.

At that point, it really works wonders.

But in the current war that is related to the survival of the Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty's compulsory education is not a decisive factor at all.

Kangxi then said: "Governor Si, I am determined to join the anti-French and anti-Ming alliance, and urge the great Zhou Dynasty to join as well! We, the eleven powerful powers, work together as one to defeat the French thief Ming Ni. We will definitely be able to I'm sure of winning. However, the population of the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty is only half of the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to win in one go. And the competition is long-lasting and the advantage is not mine. I don't know what Governor Si has to do to defeat the enemy. seek?"

Spearman had been waiting for Kangxi's question for a long time. He immediately said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister has an idea. Your Majesty may be able to lure the enemy northward and keep the Ming army away from their homeland. Then the East India Company can And the Qing Dynasty's own ships will transport elites south to attack Baoshan County, seize the Yangtze River Estuary, threaten the Ming Dynasty's most prosperous Jiangnan Plain, and force the Ming Dynasty to retreat. If your army pursues it again, it will surely win a complete victory!"

(End of this chapter)