Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 398 Rebellion?

In order to unite all the forces that could be united to fight against the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty made great concessions to the chieftain forces in the southwestern provinces.

The most important point is to completely abolish the policy of returning natives to locals and returning them to foreign lands implemented by the Qing court, allowing those chieftains to continue to govern themselves.

This is undoubtedly an act that goes against the general trend.

In a short period of time, Ming Dynasty, with the cooperation of local chieftains, did quickly eliminate the Qing government's resistance and established Ming Dynasty's rule in the southwest.

This is a plus.

But as time went by, the hidden dangers of the Ming court's actions began to gradually become apparent.

That is when the local separatist forces caused by the excessive expansion of chieftain power began to show signs.

Unrest began to occur in the local area!
This is the disadvantage.

As the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Li He naturally knew this very well.

Soon, Ding Yi was taken to the Yangxin Hall.

How should I put it? It is only the eighth year since the Ming Dynasty raised its troops.

We can only continue to sit back and watch local forces control the place for the time being, and defy the imperial court.

"It won't be too late for the imperial court to end the war in the north and spare its energy to start rectifying the situation in the southwest."

However, this won't last long.

Then he arranged for Li He to resign and let him return to Yunnan and Guizhou as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation of Yunnan and Guizhou.

In the same way, if a country wants to develop, it must first overcome internal and external troubles.

In just eight years, the Ming Dynasty completed the unification of the Han Dynasty and began to use troops outside the Han Dynasty. This efficiency was very high.

"Your Majesty, the current railway construction process of the imperial court is proceeding very smoothly. In at most ten days, the railway line connecting Beijing and Tianjin will be successfully opened to traffic."

"At worst, we can make appropriate concessions to the chieftains first!"

Hearing this, Ding Yi sat down opposite Zhu Jianzhuo as he was told, and then spoke.

For example, the chieftains in the southwest, the landlords and gentry forces in various provinces...

Local forces are even more deeply entrenched!

After saying this, he presented a report in his hand to Zhu Jianzhuo through the little eunuch waiting at the side, so that Zhu Jianzhuo could read it.

When Zhu Jianzhuo heard this, his face looked solemn, but he still spoke.

"I have understood the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou."

"Come here, give Ding Qing a seat!"

It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty still has to focus its main efforts on external war, and is temporarily unable to carry out internal rectification and reform.

There are hidden dangers within the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Jianzhuo is aware of this.

"What the Qing family has to do now is to focus on the overall situation and stabilize the situation in the southwest for the time being."

Zhu Jianzhuo said.

In almost four months, Ming Dynasty built a railway line connecting Beijing and Tianjin.

And the railway must be as straight as possible!
If construction can continue at this pace, this north-south artery connecting the economic center and heavy industry center of Ming Dynasty may be completed in only two years.

The railway construction project officially started only after the end of this year. It is already April of the sixth year of Xuanwu.

"But now the main force of the imperial court is being used in the northern battlefield, sending troops to the northeast, grassland, and northwest. It is temporarily unable to take into account the situation in the southwest."

But there is absolutely nothing wrong with uniting all forces within the country that can be united under the premise of external aggression.

When he returned to Beijing this time, he reported the matter to Zhu Jianzhuo.

Zhu Jianzhuo stayed with Li He to have lunch together, which was considered a feast.

Although on the surface, the territory belongs to the Ming Dynasty, the place is still the same as before.

It is a hidden danger that may endanger the ruling order of Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Jing'an finished solving the hidden dangers in the north, it was almost time for the Ming Dynasty court to start rectifying its internal affairs.

These are all hidden dangers!

Zhu Jianzhuo took the report and read it, nodding with satisfaction.

After Li He resigned, Zhu Jiazhuo did not go to rest immediately, but ordered someone to bring Ding Yi in again.

This speed of dominating the world is among the fastest in all dynasties.

This speed is actually not slow!
How should I put it? The distance between Beijing and Tianjin is about 140 kilometers.

The straight-line distance from Beijing to Nanjing is approximately eight to nine hundred kilometers.

It doesn’t even last two years!
Because, as the construction progress continues, there will be more and more skilled workers on the construction site.

One hundred and forty kilometers were built in four months, which was more than 400 kilometers in twelve months of the year.

"This is a construction report. Your Majesty, please take a look at it."

However, it is precisely because of this efficiency that Ming Dynasty only relied on propaganda in many places and was not able to achieve actual control.

The more skilled workers there are, the faster the construction speed will naturally be.

After reading the report, Zhu Jiazhuo nodded and said.

"So good."

"When the railway connecting Beijing and Tianjin is completed, I will personally take the train to Tianjin to inspect..."

After the Ming Dynasty regained the capital, Tianjin quickly resumed its operations.

In the past two years between last year and this year, Tianjin Customs has been developing in full swing. Especially with the entry of Shanxi merchants from Shanxi, the development speed of Tianjin Port is quite astonishing.

Zhu Jianzhuo naturally thought of going for an inspection.

When Ding Yi heard this, he just spoke.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Zhu Jianzhuo talked to Ding Yi for a while, asked him a few questions, and then sent him away.

Just as Zhu Jianzhuo was about to continue meeting other officials, Yang He quickly walked in from the outside and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Mr. Wang, wants to see you!"

Zhu Jianzhuo nodded slightly when he heard this.

"Quick pass!"

When Yang He heard the words, he said "Hey" and ran out quickly, and soon brought Wang Shun in.

Wang Shun walked quickly to Zhu Jianzhuo and said eagerly.

"Your Majesty, please report urgently from the direction of Huai'an. There seems to be some unusual movement in the canal waterworks. The water transport officials may be rebellious!"

When Zhu Jianzhuo heard this, he couldn't help but look surprised and disbelieving, and asked with a frown.

"Is this true?"

"How dare such an ambitious man do this?"

As for the reason for the incident, Zhu Jiazhuo probably knew it in his mind.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to build railways, which undoubtedly cut off the foundation of water transportation.

Once the railway is built, the importance of water transportation will be greatly reduced, if not abolished.

Water transportation will eventually be replaced by railways.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the relevant personnel who have huge interests in water transportation.

If those people don't want to sit back and watch the Ming Dynasty build the railway and take advantage of them, then taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Ming army is no longer in the Central Plains, but fighting Mongolia on the northern battlefield, raising a flag to rebel may be their only choice at the moment.

Otherwise, once the main force of the Ming army led by Zhu Jing'an returns from the grasslands, they will not even have a chance to rebel.

When Wang Shun heard this, he nodded vigorously. "Your Majesty, this is the news sent back by the Jinyi Guards in Huai'an. It should not be false."

"The imperial court should prepare early!"

Zhu Jiazhuo pondered for a while, then turned around and said.

"Send the order and summon the generals from the Fifth Army Commander's Office to come and discuss matters."

"Send a quick horse to Suiyuan City to report the news to the prince, and ask the prince to lead the army back as soon as possible after receiving the news. There must be no mistakes."

Hearing this, Yang He turned around and left.

Wang Shun on the side saw this and asked.

"Is Your Majesty planning to recall His Highness the Crown Prince to lead the troops to put down the rebellion?"

When Zhu Jiazhuo heard this, he just said calmly.

"Now the imperial court only has three divisions of troops in the capital, and the capital's defenses are empty. If those cannibals on the water transport take this opportunity to incite millions of water workers to rebel, the capital will be in danger."

"It's better to recall the prince first!"

"If the prince leads his troops back to Beijing, the situation will definitely be settled."

In fact, when the Ming Dynasty first started to build the railway, some people in the DPRK and China raised objections.

The main ones who opposed it were the water transport officials!

Because these water transport officials have also realized that once the railway is completed, water transport will really be over.

In order to preserve their wealth, wealth and lives, they could only oppose it desperately in the court.

The excuse used is nothing more than that building railways is a waste of money and people, and now that the Ming Dynasty has been established, it must not be a grand achievement.

However, under the will of Zhu Jing'an and Zhu Jianzhuo's father and son, the construction of the railway was finally implemented.

Zhu Jianzhuo thought that the water transport officials would continue to quarrel in the court, but unexpectedly, they chose the path of rebellion.

Now, all the Ming court can do is to urgently summon Zhu Jing'an to lead his army back to stabilize the situation in the pass.

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Huai'an.

As the most important node of water transportation, Huai'an is the location of the Water Transport Governor's Mansion.

The current governor of water transportation in the Ming Dynasty is named Gao Huaiyu. He was once the prefect of Huai'an appointed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After the Ming army launched the Northern Expedition, he wisely chose to kill the supervisors sent by the Qing court and then surrendered to the Ming army.

After Zhu Jing'an accepted the surrender of Gaohuai Island, he first allowed him to stay as the prefect of Huai'an. Because of his effective performance in disaster relief during the Ming Dynasty, he was later promoted to the governor of water transportation.

Gao Huaiyu was sitting in the lobby of the Water Transport Governor's Mansion, and in front of him sat a water transport official under the Governor's Mansion.

These people are all vested interests closely related to water transportation interests!
This Cao Gong rebellion was officially organized by them.

Looking around, Gao Huaiyu asked.

"Everyone, how are you preparing?"

After Gao Huaiyu finished speaking, an official in a green robe stood up and spoke.

"Don't worry, Lord Governor, the officials and others have already arranged the matter."

"Soon, those canal workers will be making trouble along the canal."

"I believe that as long as those water workers can cause trouble, the imperial court will eventually realize that water transportation is the lifeblood of millions of water workers and is irreplaceable. In the end, the court will definitely choose to stop the railway construction project."

In fact, these officials on the water transport were not prepared to rebel.

Most of these officials still know how much they weigh.

They can't do rebellion.

To put it bluntly, even if they succeed in raising the flag, no one in the world will agree with them.

You know, the reason why Lao Zhu's family is now the emperor is due to their achievements in driving out the Tartars twice and restoring China.

And this is the origin of the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also where the great righteousness lies and what the people want.

But what do these water transport officials have?

They have no righteousness and no strength. If they really dare to rebel, the only outcome waiting for them is to be annihilated by the imperial army and wipe out the nine tribes.

Therefore, they actually had no intention of rebelling at all.

All they have to do now is to organize a riot among the workers to force the Ming Dynasty to make concessions and terminate the plan to build the railway.

No one really wants to make a big deal out of it!
For example, during the Qianming Dynasty, the gentry and merchants in Jiangnan used this method to resist taxes.

By coercing public opinion and creating riots, they forced the court to make concessions to them.

As long as the court gives in, the riots will naturally subside and they will not really raise the flag for rebellion.

However, neither Zhu Jianzhuo nor Wang Shun had much experience in politics.

They didn't expect this.

As soon as I received the news, I subconsciously thought that someone on the water transport might want to rebel.

So much so that they hurriedly prepared to summon Zhu Jing'an back to Beijing to take charge of the overall situation!

Of course, Huai'an doesn't know the court's decision yet. Otherwise, they might not even dare to organize a riot and would disperse on the spot.

They, a ragtag group of people, did not dare to face Zhu Jing'an directly.

Hearing this, Gaohuaiyu nodded slightly.

"Very well, let's let the various ministries start making trouble now."

"Block the canal, cut off the water transport, and then send people to tell the court that unless the court orders the completion of the railway construction project, we will not be able to quell the riots caused by the indignation of the water workers."

When everyone heard this, they all clasped their fists in response.

Seeing this, Gao Huaiyu continued to speak with great ambition.

"I think everyone should know that once the imperial court is allowed to build the railway, water transportation will be finished."

"Everyone, the life and death of water transport, and the food and clothing of millions of water workers, all depend on this!"

"You all should encourage each other!"

After everyone heard this, they clasped their fists again.

"Don't worry, sir, I'll understand later!"

Soon, under the indulgence and secret organization of these officials, a riot broke out among the Cao workers.

First in Huai'an, the canal workers came to both sides of the canal, built embankments on the canal, and cut off the canal.

A number of canals were blocked and unable to pass.

Some lower-level officials were unaware of Shangguan's plan and came to stop the troublemakers. However, they were beaten to death by the angry cannon workers.

"Kill him, beat him to death! Beat that dog officer to death."

"The imperial court wants to build a railway and cut off water transportation, which will cut off our livelihood. Today we will cut off the canal and cut off water transportation, so that the officials will know the consequences of losing water transportation."

"That's right, we and the water workers are not easy to bully."

"Unless the imperial court orders a halt to the construction of the railway, this water transport will never be opened again. It is useless for anyone to say."

"..."

In the crowd, countless people were making noise together.

Extremely angry!
Under the deliberate guidance of some people, these workers were like powder keg, almost ready to explode.

Moreover, this wave of violence is spreading rapidly along the canal.

(End of this chapter)