The Sun Never Sets Great China

Huang Ziya was afraid that the nearly [-] Manchurian elites would turn around and continue fighting after realizing that they were few in number and cause even greater losses, so he immediately ordered the Tenth, Eleventh, Third, and Fourth Divisions who had relatively small losses to pursue them symbolically. After a while, the four division commanders were so clever that they captured a large number of Manchu Han soldiers who fled behind.

News of Henan Dajie and Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng's surrender to the Manchu Qing arrived in Nanjing almost at the same time. At that time, Zhu Yousong, who had changed, was diligently reviewing the memorial. The guards, suddenly a eunuch ran in and handed the emperor two 7-li rush notes that arrived at the same time.Zhu Yousong picked up the memorabilia on it and looked, "Ah!" The melody fell to the ground. It turned out to be the memorabilia of Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. Zuo Menggeng surrendered to Manqing, and I already knew that it would be no good for the two of you to get together, and it was useless for you to ask me to appoint them high-ranking officials to appease them. Fault, it must be the will of the retreater to kill the two people who are greedy for life and fear of death. It is my idea that made a bad thing. I am too worried that the Manchu Qing will occupy Henan, and the strength of the Manchu Qing is indeed very strong. "Zhu Yousong said: "I don't blame you, they just didn't surrender to the Qing Dynasty and didn't obey my orders." Zhu Yousong picked up the second playbook and looked at it, his face was a little strange. You opened your eyes and found that the words inside had not changed. He suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, Zhang Aiqing, you are such a lucky general! But the casualties are heavy enough." Then, he gave the memorial to Zhang Huahan, Zhang Huahan saw that it was Huang Ziya's good handwriting, which said the great victory in Hunan, killing more than [-] enemies and capturing [-] enemies.[-] soldiers died, [-] were seriously injured, and almost all of the remaining [-] soldiers were slightly injured.Now [-] remnants of the Manchu Qing army fled to Shanxi and southern Shaanxi, and [-] remnants of Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng fled to Shaanxi.Zhu Yousong saw Zhang Huahan's mournful face when he saw the loss of the guard and said: "Okay, don't look pitiful. I made Huang Ziya the Duke of Chu and the general who defeated the enemy. Except for Huguang, Henan It is also managed by Huang Ziya for the time being, but it is agreed that money, food, and young men can be taken from Henan. However, your reforms, land revolution, and industrial development are not allowed in Henan. According to the imperial court system, Look at what you have done in the provinces of Hunan, Guangdong and Zhejiang. The ministers are all participating in your book because of these two places. Guangdong and Guangxi Shangao emperors are far away. There are still a few participating in your book. Many ministers and The powerful rich men are making noise to death, okay, you go and deal with their memorials, sit next to me and deal with these memorials, what are you waiting for? It’s too late, can you still go to court tomorrow morning?” Zhu You Song pointed to a thick stack of memorials on the various reforms of the guards in the ruling area and asked Zhang Huahan to approve them. Zhang Huahan hurriedly sat next to the emperor to approve these memorials.

In fact, these memorials are almost all based on the diehards among the land gentry contacting the ministers to participate in the imperial court, because they don't understand the wealth that commerce and industry can bring, and they just want to stick to their own land, and the imperial court is against the evil. The large criminal households directly confiscated the land, while other large households with a large amount of land forcibly bought the land at a low price, and paid back the credit if they could not give cash.Of course, the diehards among the land tyrants quit, and asked the ministers to submit a memorial to protect the country's foundation. Zhang Huahan had much more reasoning than them, and immediately explained the profits that business could bring.Others are very dissatisfied with the system of protecting democratic elections, saying that it violates the court's laws.And Zhang Huahan replied that such a system itself is a trial implementation, which allows the people to supervise and elect grass-roots officials who they think are working for their own welfare, and also supervises the corruption and corruption of grass-roots officials, because once there is corruption, the people have the right to remove them after a certain period of time. The right to re-elect the right person.Zhang Huahan replied in a reasonable manner according to different situations in all the memorials.While reading the memorial, Zhang Huahan also learned about the progress of reforms in various places. He was very pleased. It seems that Huang Zongxi, Huang Chunyao, Hou Dongzeng, and Huang Ziya have selected many capable talents to reorganize the government, develop industry and commerce, and implement land reform so quickly. Reform and other undertakings have been done so well.

Huang Ziya, who received the imperial decree in Henan, immediately mobilized the army and sent Gu Yanwu to take his four divisions to occupy Wuchang and other Zuo Menggeng's original territory. Entering the army, he found nearly [-] artisans and diggers from the original Dashun Army who were captured by the Manchu Qing, Ma, and Zuo armies, and immediately reorganized them and sent them to places where they were needed, leaving [-] Diggers form special units.

In the Beijing Imperial Palace, there was a piece of white everywhere, and a grand funeral was being held. The happiest person in the funeral was the grown-up Emperor Shunzhi. He saw that the person he hated the most was dead, and his face couldn't help but look sad. There was a smile.

Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou, Leng Sengji, Sony, Ebilong, Dorbo, Tan Tai and other important ministers and generals of the Manchu, Han and Mongolian ethnic groups in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were full of worries, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was behind the scenes. Weeping quietly behind the curtain, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang remembered that Dorgon let the Manchurian Jurchen dominate outside the customs for the sake of herself and not to deplete the strength of the Eight Banners. For Fulin to be the emperor, all of this is not only the reward for his dedication and tenderness, but also shows that Dorgon loves himself and is a true Manchu hero. Now his pillar has fallen, but the country is already in crisis , she now has plans to retreat outside the customs.

After finishing Dorgon's funeral with an incomparably grand ceremony, the Manchu royal family and princes and ministers immediately gathered together to discuss how to deal with the current crisis.Just when the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said she planned to go back outside the customs, not only the civil and military officials objected, but even the Emperor Shunzhi disagreed.

Leng Sengji stood up and said: "The regent asked the princes of Mongolia to lead the whole army and tribes to move south many times before he was alive. The princes of Mongolia did not agree. Now that the prince regent is dead, many princes of Mongolia have been taken care of by the prince regent. The spirit of sacrificing one's life and forgetting to die was moved, and they went south one after another, gathering more than 20 troops, which were used by the Qing Dynasty to destroy Nanming."

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, the Emperor Shunzhi, the royal family of the Qing Dynasty and the ministers all took a breath when they heard this. What kind of assistance is this? The Mongolian army is much stronger than the Han army, and they are all cavalry, very effective in fighting, and now we can only rely on them.

At this time, Hong Chengchou stood up and said: "The emperor and the empress dowager, the regent asked the ministers to buy guns and equipment for the production of guns and ammunition from the Portuguese, as well as the blueprints. The minister has already done it, and there will be a Portuguese fleet the day after tomorrow. Eighty cannons, [-] muskets, and a large amount of bullets, shells, and gunpowder were sent from the sea. The regent said before his death that these guns were equipped for the Han Eight Banners and the Green Army, but no bullets and gunpowder were fired. It was only issued at the right time, and bullets and gunpowder were strictly controlled to prevent mutiny in the army."

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Emperor Shunzhi nodded after hearing this. They knew about this matter. They did not expect Hong Chengchou to do it so quickly, but in this way he paid a lot of gold and silver looted from the pass. So many guns, cannons and The price of ammunition is astronomical.Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said: "I never expected that we would have the strong support of allies like the Mongolian princes and loyal ministers like Hong Qing's family. It seems that we still have the strength to fight Nanming."

At this time, Fan Wencheng stood up and said: "The emperor and the empress dowager think that we should rest and recuperate for a few years now. Tens of thousands of people were persuaded to enter China City, which led to a decrease in the concentration of people under our rule. Later, with the blessing of our ancestors, a magical barrier appeared in China City three years ago that made it impossible for people to enter and exit, and finally prevented the loss of people. However, in the past few years We also encountered floods in the Yellow River, which caused the people in the Qing Dynasty to live near the Yellow River. In addition, the frequent wars in the past two years have led to the loss of a large number of young men. We are extremely short of food and grass. Now we are secretly asking Zheng Zhilong to buy it from Jiangnan at a high price. Food, if things go on like this, the national treasury will be empty one day. I suggest that all the Han troops should now farm the fields, and the strong men should all work in the fields. We should use our current strength to defend first, while building guns and cannons, and build an all-firearms army. Finally, five years from now, we will have enough troops and food, and then we will gather all the firearms troops and the cavalry of the Mongolian lords to flatten Nanming."

As soon as Fan Wencheng finished speaking, generals such as Dorbo and Tan Tai stood up and disagreed with Fan Wencheng's suggestion, and demanded to send troops immediately to avenge the regent.Sony, Hong Chengchou and some Manchu and Han ministers agreed with Fan Wencheng's suggestion.Sony also added an article on the basis of Fan Wencheng. He said: "The emperor and the empress dowager think that we should first negotiate with Nanming and then establish a peace treaty. The Han people are all greedy for pleasure, and they will relax after five years. When we are ready in about five years, we will launch a sudden attack on them, and we will definitely be able to seize the world." The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Emperor Shunzhi immediately adopted their opinions after deliberation.

One morning in the spring of the tenth year of Hongguang in the Ming Dynasty, above the court hall of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, Huang Ziya’s memorial book was placed in front of Emperor Hongguang. They are all suffering from the war. It is better to pacify Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan and cultivate for a few years before dealing with the Manchus. Moreover, armor and ammunition are in short supply. After the last war, armor and ammunition for armor and ammunition were huge. There is no preparation for another big war, and according to reliable sources, Mongolia has dispatched 20 troops to Shanxi and Shaanxi, eyeing the territory of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Once a war breaks out, even if the south supports the transfer of troops from the east to the west, it will be a lose-lose situation. Consequences, please think twice and wait for the emperor.

After Zhang Huahan poked his head behind Emperor Hongguang and looked at the content of the memorial, he thought to himself: Huang Ziya has become more mature and more secure after the last battle.In addition to what Huang Ziya said, Zhang Huahan knew that Huang Ziya did not say the most important thing, that is, if there is four to five years of development, the guards will have at least all the armor, fast guns, and artillery. 38 troops, and at least 10,000+ cavalry, and will have airships and ironclad ships.Zhang Huahan was very excited when he thought about the development prospect he formulated after several letters to Huang Ziya. His current thinking is not limited to unifying the world and becoming a world power, but to let China occupy the territory that can be occupied in the world, so that China became the empire on which the sun never sets.

When Zhang Huahan was daydreaming, Emperor Hongguang suddenly said: "My dear friends, I know that some of you are inextricably related to the rebels Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng." The letter was thrown down the hall.Gao Hongtu, Gao Zhuo and other ministers under the court saw it, and immediately fell to their knees and kowtowed in fright. It turned out that Gao Hongtu, Gao Zhuo and other ministers had exchanged letters with Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng in recent days.Zhang Huahan is next to Emperor Hongguang every day, of course he knows that it is a newly established company that is directly responsible to the emperor after combining and reorganizing the original Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory. , Gao Zhuo and other ministers and the messengers sent by Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng found the letters from them.

Zhang Huahan thought to himself: These people are really stupid. They don’t use codes to tell secrets, but just write in Chinese characters with their first names and surnames. If you write in Chinese characters, you should also write more implicitly, and just write in vernacular. , the content of the letter is that Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng do not want the two countries to negotiate peace, because they want to seize their original territory, but their own strength is too weak, and they can only have a chance when the two countries conflict, so let Gao Hongtu, Gao Zhuo and other ministers who had a good relationship with Ma Shiying tried to find a way.Time, events, and characters are all verbatim. Whereas in all the secrets in the correspondence between myself and Huang Ziya, a string of Arabic numerals is used to represent words or meanings. What are you talking about, these people are stupid.

Emperor Hongguang said: "Get up, I won't kill you now, and I will give you one last chance to correct your mistakes. This time, your crime of treason and collaborating with the enemy has been recorded. Whether you can survive depends on how you behave in the future. Huang Aiqing has sent people to block your house and take care of it. You can take care of yourself. You can decide whether to live or die. At present, your hats are still on your heads, but if I want to take them off, I have to wear them together. Picking things together, do you understand?"

Gao Hongtu, Gao Zhuo and other ministers thought they must be dead, but when they saw that Emperor Hongguang had pardoned them, they all cried out: "The emperor's kindness, the criminals will not be able to repay the emperor's kindness even if they die, thank you, long live, long live, long live. Zhang Huahan looked at Emperor Hongguang and felt that he was becoming more and more like a wise monarch. Zhang Huahan thought to himself: If Emperor Hongguang continues to be so wise, there will only be two paths of confrontation and cooperation in the future. It may not be possible to implement it. Will it really lead to a confrontational situation?It seems that we need to communicate with Emperor Hongguang more about the democratic system.

Emperor Hongguang said: "The benefits outweigh the disadvantages of the current peace talks. The people need to recuperate, and the Zhang bandits in Sichuan need to be wiped out. It will take time. Do you have any different opinions?" They are all treasonous and collaborating with the enemy. Can we say no peace talks?All the ministers shouted: "The emperor is wise, the benefits of the peace talks outweigh the disadvantages, and the ministers have no objection."