Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 497: The Kindness of the Emperor and the Kindness of the Common People

Looking at the cavalry charging straight at him, with sharp scimitars~
Qian Fangyang's brain exploded instantly.
The whole person is stiff and mechanical.

Adrenaline was pumping at an unprecedented rate.

A howl not like that of a human rang from his throat, and he rushed at the enemy with his spear raised.

One step, one ride.
Rare hedge.

Under the watchful eyes of all,

The spear pierced the horse's belly, and the warhorse let out a wail and fell down with a bang, pinning its owner who was swinging the sword hard underneath and making him unable to move.

……

Qian Fangyang was also knocked out.
After struggling to get up,
He looked down and saw that his hands were covered in blood and the spear was missing.

He stumbled around and found a spear that had been broken by the huge impact and had no tip at the front. He picked it up and rushed over with unsteady steps.

He stabbed the knight whose leg was pinned by his horse and who was temporarily unable to escape.

The unfortunate knight swung his whip, trying to block the sharp wooden spikes that were stabbing at him.

a bit,
Two times,

He failed to block the third blow and the spear shaft stabbed his face hard.

The sharp wooden thorns pierced deeply into the face.

Qian Fangyang was like a madman, trying hard to increase the pressure on the spear.

at last,

The enemy stopped moving.

Red and white liquid flowed out from the wound.

It was as if all the strength had been drained from him, and he held the spear tightly, not daring to let go. The short-lived and violent effect of the adrenaline had finally passed.

Generally speaking, adrenaline and death go hand in hand.

People in peacetime will never have the chance to experience this magical short-term enchantment phenomenon in their lifetime.

……

A Wu army soldier standing nearby witnessed the scene.

He approached carefully from the side, grabbed the spear shaft, and whispered:

"He's dead! Let him go."

Qian Fangyang then let go, his legs went limp and he sat on the ground.

The skirmisher dropped his spear and patted him lightly on the shoulder.

"Not bad!"

"Bear with it yourself, tear off a piece of cloth to stop the bleeding, and find a doctor to apply medicine when we set up camp at night."

In order to win this battle,
Lin Huaisheng rarely proposed an idea, which was to move all the scattered soldiers to the rear to specifically intercept any fish that slipped through the net.

So far, the effect is good.

……

On the same day,

The encirclement and suppression army killed more than 800 Mongolian cavalrymen and captured more than 200 intact war horses.

this number.

Lin Huaisheng was very dissatisfied.
It is suggested to shoot as many knights as possible and save the horses.

When camping at night,
Each company tried its best to dig some horse traps at the junctions between the campsites, scatter some scattered caltrops, or any other obstacles that could be made from local materials.

At the very least,
It is also necessary to gather the bayonets of the entire company, insert them into the ground, with the sharp blades facing upwards.

The moonlight is as bright as water, and God bless Da Wu.

This night,
There was constant gunfire and screams.

According to the prior agreement,

Before sunrise, no matter what happened, the Wu army would never leave the camp, so the soldiers could safely and boldly shoot at any figure that appeared in the wilderness!
……

At noon on the 3rd day,
As the encirclement was further reduced, the problem of insufficient troop strength of the Wu army was finally completely alleviated.

The army's morale was high and they joined the final hunt.

Everyone quickened their pace and moved forward in big strides.

Whenever they saw the vague silhouette of the Mongolian cavalry in the distance, they would cheer collectively:
"Surrender without killing!"

Then, they lined up to the beat of the drums and launched an attack in unison.

In compliance with General Lin’s order, you are not allowed to hit the horse, you are not allowed to hit the horse, you are not allowed to hit the horse.

Small-scale fighting continued.
Although the Wu army suffered casualties, they were indeed not large.

The Mongolian resistance within the encirclement became increasingly weak, and they surrendered in droves.

……

No way~
Ever since the Yuan Dynasty moved south and saw the colorful world of the Central Plains and was forced to hunt north in a hurry, the grassland has lost its soul.

If you can't beat them, surrender!
For the Mongols today, surrender is no longer a shame.

Because there are so many things that are more shameful than surrendering~
If the tribal leaders were still there at this time, they might have concerns, worrying that the Qing court would vent its anger on their tribes and families.

Ordinary soldiers have nothing to worry about. They themselves are worthless, and their families are worthless too.

Anyway, I'm just a herdsman, so it doesn't matter which tribe I live in.
The imperial court can get gold coins by killing the leader's family, but wouldn't it be a huge loss if they killed the slaves under their command?

Frankly speaking,

There is no room for decline in life.

……

"Surrender without killing!"

Amid the shouts that came one after another~
Groups of Mongols had dull eyes, threw away their scimitars, dismounted and knelt on the ground.

The hungry warhorses paced around restlessly, snorting and paddling their hooves.

The Wu army soldiers drove all the prisoners aside.

As usual, take off your armor!

This process,

Not only people from Jiangxi like to watch it, people from Jiangsu, Hubei and Anhui also say they like to watch it.

It went particularly smoothly. After the captives laid down their weapons, no one thought of resisting. This was very different from the Eight Banners.

The war horses were taken away and raised in a centralized location.

The trough is filled with refined grain mixed with salt.
The horse was so hungry that it didn't even want to raise its head.

So hungry.

Fragrant!
The horses don’t understand the saying “Don’t eat Zhou’s grain”, whoever has grain is their father!
……

Lin Huaisheng rushed to the battlefield and saw a herd of horses that stretched as far as the eye could see.

It's a rare smile!

"All units, clean up the battlefield quickly."

"Find one or two hundred honest prisoners who are willing to cooperate and teach our people how to raise war horses. The rest of the prisoners will be temporarily gathered in the west city of Jingzhou for custody."

The news reached Suzhou Prefecture!
The palace is boiling~
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Good, good. In this way, the Huguang Campaign has won 7% of its victory." Li Yu also breathed a sigh of relief. "Send the victory report to all the prefectures and counties under your jurisdiction. From now on, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guangzhou will cancel the curfew for three consecutive days, and the people can go out and play as they please. In addition, everyone in the palace will be given 3 silver coins."

After thinking about it,
Asked again:
"Where is the Qing Dynasty's peace delegation?"

……

"Your Majesty, the Qing court's peace delegation has arrived in Yizheng County, Yangzhou Prefecture, but~"

"But what?"

"They emphasized that they were negotiating for peace, not begging for peace~"

"Then let them stay in Jiangbei and not cross the river. They have to pay for their own food, clothing, housing, transportation, and all other expenses! If they are not satisfied, they can go home."

Li Yu had no intention of negotiating peace with the Qing court at all.

The Qing court wanted to buy time to rule the country by dividing the country into two parts!

It's pure delusion!

but,

We can still talk.

It was simple at first.
Through peace talks, some people became disappointed with the Qing government!

……

After the Qing Dynasty entered the country, people were killed everywhere and literary inquisitions were launched. The bloodstains are too numerous to mention, but this does not affect the fact that many people today respect and revere the Qing Dynasty.

Human nature is to be strong~
I can barely understand it.

but,

In the time and space before the time travel, they experienced decades of humiliation of "all nations coming to surrender and ceding land in exchange for peace."

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, many people still miss it.

It is understandable that some people miss the Qing Dynasty, because they benefited from it.

It is unreasonable for some people to miss the Qing Dynasty.

can only say,
One kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people.

Where there are hard bones, there are cheap bones.

Human memory lasts only 7 seconds, which will be extended to 70 years after bleeding.

……

What Li Yu is most worried about at the moment is not that he cannot defeat the Qing army, but that after the change of dynasty, he will be shocked to find that there are countless "newly dressed pigtail people" in the new empire.

New skin covers old bones.

From top to bottom, everywhere! Everywhere!

They deeply missed the sharp blades of the Qing Dynasty's swords and the four ways of braiding pigtails.

Read more history,
You will understand that this concern is by no means groundless.

Even after the late Qing Dynasty, which was so rotten to the world, there were still so many filial sons and grandchildren.

Besides,

We are still in the so-called "Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era" and the Qing Empire is in its prime. It is likely that many people will shed tears of regret if it suddenly dies due to its own troubles.

……

Our land has a strange cultural heritage - death is the greatest thing.

Frankly speaking,

There is nothing wrong with respecting the dead.

but,

If a bad person dies, his reputation will inexplicably become three times better~
This is very confusing.

and,
If one can be so magnanimous towards the dead, one must be even more tolerant towards the dead empire.

Li Yu did not intend to understand this kind of "tolerance and magnanimity".

And during his lifetime, he must implant his "ungenerous" character into the genes of the new dynasty.

……

The ministers did not believe the worry that "the Qing Dynasty was dead but not frozen".

The empire in the minds of the ministers is different from the empire in Li Yu's mind.

The painting style of the former is feudal autocracy and all the land belongs to the king.

The latter's painting style is - civilized empire, colonizing the world.

Once you start practicing civilization, it is not appropriate to kill people indiscriminately. You must respect the rules.

that,
The cockroaches will come out and crawl around.

……

Li Yu sat in the carriage, leaning on the cushion and thinking.
Actually,
He had more concerns.

However, the idea is too shocking to be easily expressed.

Even to the most trusted ministers and the most beloved concubines, one could not confide in them.

After 2000 years,
The rusty gate of the Empire State Building
If I want to tear down this "wind and rain shelter" door, I'm afraid everyone in the house will strongly object.

Therefore,
Some reasonable means are needed to let the Qing court act as the repairman.

Repair and patch up,

However, the gate became increasingly dilapidated and finally collapsed during a typhoon, killing many people.

at this time,
Everyone will look forward to stepping forward and building a brand new door for the building!

……

Li Yu never intended to be a "benevolent ruler" in the traditional sense.
The goodness of an emperor and the goodness of the common people are different.

The kindness of an emperor is great love.

The goodness of the common people is universal love.

Fraternity,

It is to have compassion for all poor creatures and to provide help to the best of one's ability.

Big love,

Love is profound, love is rational, love is bloodstained.

……

The wheels of history have long been rusty, and every step forward requires a lot of fuel~
Blood,

It's the only fuel.

Hundreds of years later, Tan Sitong's idea was correct - if you want to become stronger, someone has to shed blood.

It's either me or you.

Either the predecessors or the descendants.

The goodness of the emperor,

Don't be bloodthirsty or faint at the sight of blood. Calmly estimate the amount of bleeding and bandage it in time when the treatment effect is achieved.
……

"Your Majesty, we have arrived."

A soft cry interrupted Li Yu's meditation, and his colorful thoughts returned to the world from the sky.

Dress neatly,

Get off the car slowly.

The guards stood in neat rows around the carriage.

Li Yu looked up.

Suddenly, I saw a sign hanging at the factory gate:
"Jiangnan Textile Factory"

A group of businessmen knelt on the ground and shouted in unison:

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"You are all capable people from our Wu State. Please stand up."

……

There is no three kowtows and nine bows, but there is still kneeling and bowing.

For now,

This is the etiquette most suitable for the Wu State.

Jiangnan Textile Factory was a giant factory funded and built by 20 textile merchants from Songjiang Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture.

Xu Xiang,

As the deputy factory manager in charge of production, he took care of both ends.

He is originally from Ningbo and currently lives in Songjiang. He has a very ideal status and acts as a bridge between the shareholders of the two governments.

"Thanks to your Majesty's care, Jiangnan Textile Factory has used 10 steam engines to drive spinning machines and looms. The production efficiency is amazing. We are considering constantly discovering problems in the production process and constantly improving them."

Li Yu did not slow down his pace, but just nodded slightly.

The factory is very large and impressive!
Red brick walls and green brick workshops.

The floor of the workshop is paved with cement.

There is not a single piece of dirt in the entire factory area, and the worst case scenario is that the ground is paved with coal slag.

……

Steam engines make a lot of noise.

For his own safety reasons, Li Yu did not get too close.

Just turned around and asked:

“Who is responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of the steam engine?”

Industry Minister Du Ren immediately took over the conversation:

“The Machinery Department will assign someone to be in charge, and the factory will be responsible for cooperating.”

Li Yu thought without hesitation:

"Director Xu, your factory will select 20 reliable and smart apprentices to go to Dongshan Mechanical School for short-term training. From now on, your factory will be responsible for the daily operation of the steam engine."

"In addition, the steam engine should also be purchased by your factory and will become your factory's asset in the future and has nothing to do with the court."

Everyone present was stunned.

Your Majesty is so generous as to sell such a valuable military weapon to a merchant?
……

Li Yu looked around:

"I have said that the new empire does not distinguish between scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Studying and becoming an official is to serve the court, engaging in industry and commerce is also to serve the court, and spring ploughing and autumn harvest are also to serve the court."

"I trust you!"

This time,

The merchants around really knelt on the ground with tears in their eyes.

Your Majesty's reliance on merchants is unprecedented in 3000 years.

As soon as the steam plant came out, it became everyone’s “sweetheart”, and the former water-powered and animal-powered plants became “Mrs. Cow”.

Not to mention the older human-powered spinning machines and looms.

Dogs don't care~
……

The canteen and toilet are far apart.

This made Li Yu feel a little relieved.
Advice:

"We must pay attention to water, fire and sanitation issues in the factory area. Workers' monthly wages must not be delayed. We must pay attention to the training of skilled workers."

"Yes Yes."

Xu Xiang nodded rapidly and took out a small notebook for notes.

Half an hour later,
The royal carriage left.

Everyone stretched their necks and walked briskly back to the factory until the convoy disappeared from their sight.

Someone suddenly said:
"In my opinion, our best days are still ahead."

Everyone laughed and approved.

……

The roar of the steam engine sounded like the collision of gold coins in everyone's ears, so pleasant to the ears.

Compared with human power,

Production efficiency has increased by more than 10 times.

Cutting costs means increasing profits.

The price of 500 taels for a steam engine is completely acceptable, and such a big lump of iron is worth a lot of silver.

Once the apprentices have completed their studies, the factory can start the machines on its own.

but,

Special coal and fault repairs still have to rely on the Machinery Department.

Both of these steps are paid.

His Majesty had already figured out the whole story, and he was not worried about the secret being leaked when selling the steam engine publicly.

First of all,

Each steam engine has a number on its casing when it leaves the factory.

Secondly,

Only sold to large factories and mining areas.

At last,
There is little point in keeping it secret.

The probability that a big merchant from Wu would resell the entire machine to the Qing court is very low, unless he and his entire family are prepared to abscond, but this is not common sense.

……

and,

The industries are closely linked together and the Qing government could not handle it.

Even if all the drawings were handed over to the Yangxin Palace Manufacturing Office, they would not be able to build a copycat steam engine.

Because they don't have a boring machine.
Mr. Watt's wailing can prove the importance of boring machines.

After the boring machine solved the cylinder sealing problem, Watt encountered two more obstacles - crank drive and double-cylinder linkage.

Based on his vague impression of history, Li Yu estimated that Watt would have his final technological breakthrough in the next few years.

There is no point in keeping it secret any longer.

Rather,

Be bold and get one step ahead of Mr. Watt.

Popularize the steam engine and get a head start on the Industrial Revolution.

……

The trading houses of various countries in Wu were all located on the banks of the Huangpu River.

They were very curious about the Jiangnan Textile Factory, which rose from the ground and emitted black smoke, on the west bank of the Huangpu River.

In order to confirm his guess, Li Yu summoned William.

ask:

"Have you ever heard of a steam engine?"

(End of this chapter)