Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 276 Recovering Taiwan
In Jinling, I ate, drank, and traveled around like this. At the same time, the war of the Fujian Navy also entered the final juncture.

Ding--

On the high cornices, copper bells and bronze horses make crisp sounds.

The sound was intermittent, making Chen Wenxin drowsy.

Bai Lu stepped forward to close the window, and looked outside again.

The sound of the window panes falling awakened Chen Wenxin who was on the imperial concubine's bed, and she couldn't help shivering, "I almost fell asleep, what time is it?"

"Return to Master, it's almost time for dinner."

The emperor didn't have the mood to play these few days, so he detained the ministers in the main hall all day long.

As soon as there is a report in Fujian, we will discuss it with the ministers and reply quickly.

Fortunately, Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang are both very capable and have a good deal in war.

It is rare to encounter major decision-making issues, which need to be decided by the emperor.

Previously, what the emperor was most worried about was just a matter of time.

Received the good news at the end of June, in the eyes of the emperor, he should take advantage of the victory and pursue it.

It is now the end of August, and for two full months, we still haven't been able to completely win Taiwan.

It wasn't that Shi Lang and the others couldn't fight. According to Yao Qisheng's memorial, it was because Shi Lang didn't concentrate his forces to fight seriously.

The emperor instinctively suspected that this Shi Lang had some kind of conspiracy?
Did he want to rebel, or did he want to delay the war to claim credit?
No matter what the reason is, the emperor cannot tolerate it.

Shi Lang explained several times in the booklet that the reason why he didn't start a large-scale battle was because he was not sure yet.

Although a small victory is not worth mentioning, it can frustrate the spirit of the Taiwan Navy.

If the accumulation of less becomes more, there will be essential changes, and the Taiwanese navy will understand that they cannot win.

When their morale is broken, Shi Lang will attack in one fell swoop.

After hearing this, the emperor was just worried, and hoped that he would attack Treasure Island sooner.

Chen Wenxin walked outside the door and looked at the bronze bell and bronze horse on the high cornice.

The wind blew the copper bells and made a crisp and pleasant sound.

Ding--

She twisted a strand of hair from behind her ear and let it blow in the wind.

"Master, it's getting cold in the afternoon, put on some clothes."

Bai Lu came out from inside, and put a coat on her shoulders.

"Bai Lu, what direction is this?"

Chen Wenxin has a poor sense of direction, she can barely recognize the south, east, north and west after living in the palace, but once she changes places, she can't recognize them clearly.

She pointed to the direction where her hair was blown by the wind, and Bai Lu said, "That's the southeast."

If the hair is flying to the southeast, it means...

She stretched out her hand and grabbed the fluttering hair in front of her, "Fujian navy, it's finally time to send troops."

This is also strange, Fujian is hundreds of thousands of miles away from here, how did she know that the Fujian navy was going to send troops?

Seeing Bai Lu's puzzled face, she said, "Do you still remember the story of Zhuge Liang cleverly taking advantage of the east wind?"

Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, a famous official of the Shu Han Dynasty, had a plan, which was to burn Chibi.

Borrowing the east wind to send several burning warships to Cao Cao's side on the other side, the Wei army used the method of connecting boats with iron cables, and all the warships were burned at once.

Could it be that Shi Lang of the Fujian Navy also used this method?
"Taiwan is in the southeast, and Fujian is relatively northwest of it. In summer, the southeast wind blows. Shi Lang sent a small group of soldiers to sneak attack and was able to win a small victory. Once the enemy finds out, he can quickly retreat to Fujian with the help of the southeast wind. .”

"Now that the northwest wind is gradually picking up, a large group of troops can take advantage of it and go straight to Huanglong. Before the Taiwanese Navy can react, the Fujian Navy has already landed on Treasure Island. When the time comes to fight on the island, the small island of Taiwan will If we are weak, we have already lost in terms of numbers.”

Listening to her analysis, Bai Lu couldn't help but said joyfully, "Master, what you mean is, does General Shi Lang have a good chance of winning this time by taking advantage of the northwest wind?"

There is more than a great chance of winning.

Chen Wenxin raised the corners of her lips and smiled faintly.

The Qing history is too ruthless, but it will not make mistakes in such important military and political matters.

This time, Shi Lang will surely capture Taiwan Island!
Sure enough, ten days later, news of Fujian's success spread to Jinling City.

The emperor looked at the victory report, read it again in disbelief, and then let go of it and passed it on to all the officials.

"Your Majesty has been exhausted from the war recently, and you think your eyes are tired? Eunuch Li, please make more wolfberry tea for your Majesty, it will improve your eyesight."

Chen Xihai spoke calmly, exposing the emperor's gaffe.

He is the emperor, and he strongly advocated the battle to recover Taiwan, and he insisted on using Han soldiers and generals against all opinions.

The emperor's decision cannot be wrong.

Therefore, he should take it for granted that Taiwan was successfully recovered, not be in disbelief.

The emperor was secretly grateful, he understood Chen Xihai's intentions.

Li Dequan glanced at the emperor, quickly bowed and said, "Yes, my servant, thank you, Mr. Chen, for your suggestion."

But how can the emperor deal with it indifferently?
From the beginning of the war in Taiwan to the present, a heavy rock in his heart fell to the ground.

In the past, every decree and every policy of his was discussed repeatedly by the ministers, and finally determined to be the most suitable.

The appointment of Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang in the Taiwan War was strongly prevented by the Manchurian ministers.

The withdrawal of the Manchurian Eight Banners Navy and the use of the Han Eight Banners was also prevented by the Minister of Manchuria.

Even because of this, he dismissed Suo'etu, and those ministers did not dare to say more.

If he fails to win this battle, he will have no face to meet these courtiers.

This is the first major event he has decided on himself in so many years.

Sometimes he was very confident, thinking that the Eight Banners of Han would definitely not rebel, and that Shi Lang would definitely live up to his expectations.

But he was occasionally depressed, fearing that Taiwan would not be able to take it back, and his actions would be ridiculed by courtiers.

Fortunately, Chen Xihai, Xiang Qingyuan and others in the court supported his proposition.

Fortunately, fortunately, Chen Wenxin told him that Yao Qisheng could not be changed.

Fortunately, after all, it lasted until the day when Taiwan was taken back.

There was boundless joy in his heart, and he wished he could run out and laugh into the sky.

But he can't, he is the emperor, and he should take back Taiwan. Taiwan should have belonged to the Qing Dynasty!

All the ministers knelt down and kowtowed, "Congratulations to the emperor, the emperor is wise!"

If you want to say who was the biggest hero in the war to regain Taiwan, it is definitely not Shi Lang, and there are quite a few Yao Qisheng.

But the emperor himself.

His policy has not been approved by most of the courtiers in the court, but he resisted all opinions and finally led to this great victory.

The emperor looked at the kneeling and kowtowing courtiers, and took a deep breath.

He had never been so relaxed and happy, but Chen Xihai's words still echoed in his heart.

Victory is not arrogant, defeat is not discouraged.

He smiled and raised his hand calmly, "Everyone is in peace. This is not just my luck, but the Qing Dynasty's luck, and the luck of all people in the world."

"However, the war has just ended, and there are still many things to deal with. For example, who will be sent to take over the government affairs of Taiwan? Should Taiwan be set up as a government or a province? How to resettle the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty?"

For example, senior local officials such as Yu Chenglong specialize in political affairs in the Liangjiang area, and they don't know much about Taiwan's affairs, so they don't intervene.

These people brought out by the emperor have always been in line with the emperor's wishes, and everyone has made a rough plan after saying something to each other.

Wang Xi advocated that the corvement be light and the tax should be light, and that the survivors in Taiwan should be compensated.

Huang Ji and him were always on good terms, but they disagreed on this point, "Although Taiwan is small, it's just that Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi have invested a lot of money in the war of recovery. Now that we need pensions, where can we get food?"

Chen Wenyi said: "No way. I heard that many of the people in Taiwan have moved to Fujian and have relatives and friends in Fujian. Under Feng Xifan's power these years, coupled with the war, Taiwan has reached the point where the people have no means of living."

"The two sides of the strait used to be of the same root. Now, once they are recovered, many refugees will go to Fujian to join their relatives and friends. Instead of giving them money and food, it is better for Yao Qisheng to formulate a resettlement policy for refugees in Fujian Province and give them land to settle down."

"This is good!"

The emperor clapped his hands and laughed, "It was said in the memorial of the governor of Fujian that many farmlands along the coast of Fujian were abandoned because of the intrusion of Taiwan pirates. Now that Taiwan has been recovered, it would be best to redistribute these fields to the people."

"The mountains on the island of Taiwan are towering, and most of the people live by hunting. Before Zheng's rule, all hunters were classified as military households, and all males from every household were required to join the army. Now they only need to revoke their military registration and let them go back to the mountains to hunt. Better."

Some of the people will move back to Fujian, and some will return to being hunters. There will be only a small number of farmers who need to be resettled.

Chen Xihai said: "I think Taiwan should be set up as a prefecture of Fujian, and it would be too big to be set up as a province. There are several counties under it, which are governed independently."

Taiwan is too small, the real densely populated areas are only the coastal areas, and the foothills are sparsely populated, so it is most appropriate to set it as a government.

The counties below have to be controlled separately and supervised by Fujian officials, so as to prevent the independent island from happening again.

Everyone has no objection to this question, they only say that Taiwan is different from ordinary state capitals, and the emperor's confidants should be sent there.

Nalan Rongruo said: "In my humble opinion, Taiwan is remote and difficult. If the emperor wants to send his beloved ministers there, he can definitely raise his rank. Who stipulates that the county magistrate must be at the seventh or eighth rank? The magistrate must be at the fourth or fifth rank?"

In order to defend Taiwan, the emperor naturally sent his confidants there.

But those confidantes who stay well in the capital, who would want to go to that miserable place in Taiwan?

Not to mention far away from the emperor, Taiwan has just fought a war, and there is nothing to gain.

It will be different if the grade is raised. If you go to Taiwan to be a magistrate, you will be able to enjoy the treatment of the governor.

Who wouldn't be happy then?

The emperor nodded, thinking that what he said was reasonable.

"I have to think carefully about the post of magistrate. There may be three or four county magistrates below, and I need to think carefully. If you think of a suitable candidate, you can recommend it to me."

Recommended?

Recommending colleagues to Taiwan, a place that doesn't shit, isn't the emperor forcing them to offend others?
All of a sudden, everyone learned from Chen Xihai, never opened their mouths when they were not doing their own business, and shook their heads when asked.

The emperor thought about it, his request is a bit harsh?
It seems that one shouldn't ask openly above the main hall.

He coughed, "Okay, this matter is not urgent for now, let Shi Lang take over first, and we can discuss it later."

(End of this chapter)