Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 265 It's impossible to rule the river
The retreat of the Qing army did not gradually stabilize until the main reinforcements of the Xianghuang Banner and Xianghong Banner arrived, with a total of more than [-] people.

Doduo also changed his coping strategy, reducing field battles with the new army, relying on fortified cities to defend, slowing down the attack speed of the new army, and consuming the strength and energy of the new army.

However, in order for the city-defending army to defend the city better, Duoduo dare not use all the Han troops in every city, and must keep a certain amount of full Eight Banners for supervision.

Otherwise, Duoduo has no doubts that as soon as the Eight Banners are full, the defenders in the city will probably surrender the city.

If this is the case, some of the Manchu Eight Banners will have to give up their cavalry advantage and participate in the defense of the city.

The new army also immediately changed its strategy, and when it encountered a county, it tried to concentrate its superior forces to break it.

If it is a well-defended city, monitor but not attack, occupy all the surrounding areas that can be captured, and isolate them.

Of course, this cannot be accomplished overnight, it will take time and step by step.

At this time, the envoys of the Qing court sent from the capital also arrived at Yingtian Mansion, representing Dorgon to express the idea of ​​the Qing court planning to rule the river.

Naturally, Tangning didn't bother to pay attention to it, and didn't even bother to spend time on falsehoods.

However, many people were very moved, and even urged Zhu Yujian to accept the plan of drawing the river to rule, wait for a few years to recuperate, and gather enough strength to plan the Northern Expedition.

He even talked about Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime.

Zhu Yujian couldn't make up his mind at the moment, so he could only ask Tangning. After all, the greatest power was in Tangning's hands.

Tangning calmly expressed her opinion: "The Qing court actually needs more time to stabilize than we do."

"Nowadays, in the south of the Yangtze River, apart from Zhang Xianzhong occupying Sichuan, there are no large-scale rebel forces."

"Jiangnan is richer than Jiangbei, and the impact of the war is far less than that of the north. Now we have exempted farmers from most taxes and corvees, and are working hard to allocate funds for the people to recuperate."

"So we in the South are bound to recover faster than the North."

"For the people of the Central Plains, Manben is a foreign race. It is an unjust act to steal the Central Plains power. Moreover, it has been less than two years since he stole the Central Plains power. People's hearts are unstable, and it is difficult to recognize them in a short time."

"If we rule over the river now, wouldn't it allow them to free up their hands to stabilize their rule? How do the people in the north think of us? How is Tang Jianguo different from Song Gaozong?"

"Dorgon sent the main forces of the two banners to support them. Their thousands of miles of expedition, their strength and supplies are far inferior to our army."

"Wars are fought with materials and supplies. After years of fighting in the north, they have just recuperated for less than a year, and they are far from recovering."

"We must not give the Qing court time to recuperate. With our wealth in the south, we will take advantage of the weakness in the north to seek it with all our strength."

"If the Duoduo tribe can be hit hard again, the rule of the Qing court will definitely become more unstable."

"As for Zhang Xianzhong, as long as he is not stupid, he will not be collaborating with the Qing court at this time, nor will he take the initiative to attack us aggressively. Otherwise, he will force us to attack him first."

"No matter how ambitious Zhang Xianzhong is, he will at least wait until we and the Qing army have almost won the battle before making any moves."

"What if we fight across the river with the Qing court at this time? What will Zhang Xianzhong think? He will definitely think that we want to destroy him first before agreeing to rule with the Qing court."

"Zhang Xianzhong has 60 troops in his hands. Does Tang Jianguo want to use up his limited troops?"

Tangning's words made Zhu Yujian blush.

As a descendant of the Zhu family, there is no king with a different surname as determined to regain his homeland, and I feel ashamed.

Sui was no longer troubled by other bewitching words, and immediately strengthened his determination to make the Northern Expedition, asserting that he rejected the Qing court's proposal to rule the river.

And those who urged to co-operate with the Qing court were also punished to varying degrees.

Seeing that the plan to rule the river failed, the envoys of the Qing court wanted to exchange Azig, and even offered one emperor and four kings, including Emperor Hongguang, as an exchange condition.

This time, without Tangning's suggestion, Zhu Yujian directly refused.

Emperor Hongguang fled without a fight and abandoned the people of the city, so he was cast aside by the people.

And the Zhu family has no shortage of descendants, and these people are not worth as much as an Azig.

More importantly, if Emperor Hongguang was replaced, where would Zhu Yujian be?
Not to mention changing it, even giving him Zhu Yujian for free.

As a result, the envoys of the Qing court were directly sent out of Ying Tian Mansion, and Ying Tian Mansion almost rejected all their negotiating conditions.

At this point, the policy of the Northern Expedition was set, and the cabinet began to serve the Northern Expedition with all its strength.

First of all, various tax laws were formulated that were conducive to increasing tax revenue, but would not increase the burden on farmers.

The reform of the new tax law mainly refers to the tax system reform implemented by Tang Ning in Guangdong and Fujian, which greatly reduces the taxation of farmers and vigorously supports agriculture.

At the same time increase commercial tax, shipping tax and so on.

In order not to overly dampen business enthusiasm and affect the development of the capital market, Minister of Commerce Cheng Gong immediately implemented Guangdong's business model in South Zhili, Zhejiang and other affluent coastal areas.

Cheng Gong was the first to establish the chamber of commerce with Tang Ning. He was the first chairman of the Chaozhou chamber of commerce. He was very familiar with the operation of the chamber of commerce and ocean trade.

This time, he is fully committed to promoting commercial activities, so he is naturally familiar with the road.

Moreover, the silk industry in Nanzhili, Zhejiang and other places is the most developed, and Jiangxi's porcelain is the most famous, which makes him even more useful.

Without the shackles of the former One Piece King Zheng Zhilong, at least [-]% of Daming's overseas trade is now in the hands of the Chamber of Commerce.

Now the chamber of commerce is unified under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce, making the operation of overseas trade more benign.

Since Daxuan was occupied by the new army, the trade via the Daxuan route was completely monopolized by Ming Dynasty.

The ports of Songjiang Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture are being vigorously developed. In the future, it will be more convenient to enter the Oriental trade through the ports of these two prefectures, and there is no need to travel thousands of miles away.

Tang Ning is even planning to send an ocean-going trade fleet to America with the Portuguese as guides.

He knew that Mexica had a large amount of silver mines, and the Spaniards used Mexica's silver to buy a large amount of Ming goods, and then shipped them to the Mexica market for trade.

People there are very fond of Ming products, especially silk and porcelain.

That being the case, if I have the ability, why should I let the Spanish middleman earn a huge price difference?
Spain is now just a declining empire. If it was in its native land, Tang Ning might still have some scruples, but in Mexica, which is also thousands of miles away, he is not so worried.

What's more, the Spaniards have not completely swallowed the current Mexica.

If the Spaniards dared to attack the people they sent to Mexica, Tangning would immediately take away the Luzon occupied by the Spaniards.

For Tangning, the biggest problem now was the number of troops. After all, the number of new troops was still too small, and the Northern Expedition was imminent, so he didn't dare to spare a lot of troops and send them overseas.

Mexica is thousands of miles away, and there are unpredictable changes on the way, and I don't know how long it will take.

Therefore, he immediately changed the method, instead supporting some courageous members of the chamber of commerce and letting them recruit mercenaries on their own.

The new army provided them with simple training and weapons and equipment, and asked them to occupy some strongholds first, open up a good route, and then the merchant ships of the chamber of commerce could sail to the other side of the ocean continuously.

Of course, if they encountered an opponent they couldn't deal with, the new army would be their strongest backing. This made Tangning lose a lot of investment in the early stage, and also reduced the risk of the new army taking over.

Although some benefits would be distributed in this way, only in this way could more people dare to take risks and gradually become Tangning's invisible tentacles.

(End of this chapter)