1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 583 The Princess' Southward Journey ([-])

On December 1646, 12, nine ships of the Qi State, full of immigrants, left the pier of Nanchangshan Island one by one, headed north, and arrived at Penglai Port. A group of more than ten officials including the Yongchu Wenhua University Bachelor and the Minister of Rites Zhu Rentang After getting on the ship, they received the imperial decree, letter of credence, edict and other corresponding documents from Emperor Yongchu. After being greeted by thousands of soldiers and civilians at the pier, the fleet slowly sailed out of the port, and then sailed southeast along the coastline of Denglai. go.

The Denglei battle, which lasted more than a month, came to an end half a month ago.The commander of the Qing army, Duoduo, led the troops and retreated all the way to Jinan. After resting here for more than ten days, he ordered Luck Dehun, Baiyintu, Han Dai and others to lead the troops southward, along the Grand Canal, directly to Huai'an, and first to calm down Jianghuai chaos, and then sent troops to Nanjing and Hangzhou to suppress the resistance forces in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

And Duo Duo himself, under the order of Dorgon, returned to Beijing to take up the post of Prince Shu Deyu, the assistant government, and became the de facto No. [-] figure in the Qing court to assist Dorgon in stabilizing the Beijing court.

Due to the attack on Liaodong, the fall of Shengjing, the murder of the two Khan kings and many concubines, and the massacre of many Eight Banners nobles and women, the old and the weak, Dorgon was criticized by the Eight Banners dignitaries in many ways, and his position was a little unstable.Therefore, he urgently needs his most reliable brother to help him suppress the situation and consolidate and maintain his current monopoly position.

After three military campaigns against Denglai, it has been proved that without the assistance of the navy, it is very difficult for the Qing Dynasty to destroy the small court of Yongchu. Surprisingly difficult.

Therefore, Dorgon planned to continue to adopt the southern strategy proposed by Hong Chengchou, first disintegrate the forces of Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, control part of the naval forces, then destroy Guangdong and Guangxi, then defeat and surrender the remnants of the Shun Army and the Western Army, and finally gather the whole country With great power, build more firearms, and then gather a large army to besiege and kill the small imperial court of Denglai Yongchu, and then unify the world, and set our Qing Dynasty for thousands of years.

Since the Qing army changed its strategy again and transferred a large number of the main forces of the Eight Banners and the Han army to Jianghuai and Jiangnan, the Denglai Yongchu court immediately breathed a sigh of relief.Then, a series of post-war restoration work was carried out to evacuate the people who took refuge in the rear, reoccupy the prefectures and counties abandoned by the Qing army, build and repair a large number of civilian resettlement houses, and prepare for farming next spring...

The Qi State actively assisted the Yongchu court of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to delaying the establishment of slaves to unify the world, the main purpose was naturally to obtain a stable source of immigrants. In December, the northwest monsoon came, and except for four or five professional warships that were not suitable for immigration and most of the small and medium-sized galleys that stayed on the coast of Daming, most of the large ships in Qi State started their annual immigration work again.

It was the second time for Princess Kunxing Zhu Yu to sail in the sea by boat. The last time, when Jiashen changed, the Qi State Mission took all the children of Emperor Chongzhen out of Beijing, and then took a boat in Tianjin to Changzhou. Shandao, one stay is two years.Because of the short voyage and the fleeing, everyone was in a state of tension and never felt any inconvenience in taking the boat.

But now, besides being apprehensive, he was also worried and uneasy about the unknown future when he was married by the emperor's brother and the King of Qi.After less than two days of sailing, a strong feeling of seasickness came to my mind.

Dizziness, dizziness, vomiting, lack of energy all over the body, and unstable standing, accompanied by feelings of fatigue, dizziness, and lethargy, and it is almost impossible to eat.Although the boat that Zhu Yuxi and the others took was the largest ship in Qi State at present - "Han Yun No. 6" special immigration ship, with a full load displacement of [-] tons, she still felt the ship was shaking non-stop, and then she felt the whole body People seem to be floating and shaking with the boat.

The captain, first mate and others heard that the princess was seasick, so they sent the doctor on board to prescribe some cooling and antipyretic traditional Chinese medicine, and also provided some ginger slices, and asked the princess's personal maid to stick it on the navel.At the same time, tell the princess and his party to lie down and rest as much as possible. You can use a towel to wet your forehead, close your eyes and rest your mind. This can somewhat relieve the symptoms of seasickness and vomiting.Usually, do not open your eyes to look at the scene outside the ship, because the visual impact will also aggravate the symptoms of seasickness.

On December 12, two immigrant ships separated from the convoy, sailed into the mouth of the Yangtze River, and arrived at Chongmingsha, where they delivered a large number of Qing army soldiers captured in the Battle of Denglai to Gu Sanmazi (formerly known as Nantong of the Ming Dynasty) Jiangfang guerrilla Gu Rong), at the request of the opponent, unloaded three more artillery pieces to the opponent.

In return, Gu Sanmazi captured more than two hundred craftsmen and artists of various types from Shanghai and Nantong, as well as a large number of antiquities, calligraphy and paintings, and literature and classics.Today, Gu Sanmazi has been awarded the post of Chief Military Officer of Nantong by Emperor Yongchu, and uses Chongmingsha as his base to attack the Susong area of ​​the Qing army.Last month, with the cooperation of the local anti-Qing forces in Nantong, Nantong City was recovered in one fell swoop, and the sound shook the south of the Yangtze River.

On December 12th, Qi Guo and his party stopped in Quanzhou to replenish fresh water. At the same time, in order to take care of the officials of Ming Dynasty and the princess and his party on board, they planned to stay here for a short time.

He Zongping, the prefect of Quanzhou, the city officials and the gentry all came to see Zhu Rentang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and other officials of the Yongchu court, and presented a large number of gifts and princesses.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was in Wenzhou to preside over the counterattack against Taizhou and Jinhua. The eldest son Zheng Sen lived in Fuzhou to raise food and grass for the front line.Zhu Rentang could only hand over the imperial decree awarded by Emperor Yongchu to Zheng Zhilong to He Zongping, the prefect of Quanzhou, and encouraged officials from all over Fujian to fulfill their duties, protect their families and land, and fight against the Qing captives together.

On December 12, the fleet bid farewell to Quanzhou to see off officials and gentry, and continued southward. Three days later, it arrived at Haojing (now Macao), where it joined three armed merchant ships from Qi State.

Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong's divisions of the Qing army entered Guangdong from Jiangxi in August.Although Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, has served as the acting agent for Guangdong affairs for many years, in addition to the fact that the place is located at the southernmost tip of the mainland, with prosperous commerce and business, he will surely be able to build a rear base for resisting the Qing Dynasty.However, he "doesn't repair military equipment for peace and security", and he takes pleasure in his daily affairs. In terms of administrative employment, there are also many disadvantages. "Officials use bribes to advance and retreat."

After the Qing army invaded Guangdong, Ding Kuichu was afraid of the power of the Qing army, avoided the war to protect himself, and did not increase troops on the Jiangxi-Fujian border, allowing the Qing army to break through the natural danger of Shaoguan, and then went all the way south.After only a month or so, Li Chengdong's troops attacked Qingyuan, stationed troops to rest, and waited for Tong Yangjia's troops to come from behind, so as to jointly attack Guangzhou.

Unexpectedly, when Ding Kuichu heard that the Qing army was about to attack Guangzhou, he abandoned the city and fled to Zhaoqing only because of his personal wealth.With such a big advantage, Li Chengdong naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and led the troops to drive straight in and occupy Guangzhou.

Ding Kuichu fled to Zhaoqing. Hearing that the Qing army had occupied Guangzhou, he felt unsafe again. Then he continued to flee to the northwest, went to Wuzhou, and arrived at Cenxi. , the frame stretches for several miles.

I don't know if he knew that Ding Kuichu was carrying a huge treasure, or because Zheng Zhilong in Chaoshan was not easy to fight. After Li Chengdong occupied Guangzhou, he sent a partial division to attack Huizhou, and then led the army to Wuzhou, posing an oath To capture the posture of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi alive.

Now the state of Qi is not very concerned about how the war in western Guangdong and Guangxi is going, but they are very sad that Guangzhou was easily captured by Jianshou.In the Hanzhou Warehouse in Guangzhou, under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible to continue to exist.As early as when the Qing army captured Qingyuan, Tuesday Gui, the chief shopkeeper of the Hanzhou Warehouse, took all the personnel and supplies to Haojing by boat, and waited for the arrival of the immigrant fleet before returning to the mainland of Hanzhou.

In Haojing, for the first time, Princess Zhu Yu of Kunxing saw many blond-haired barbarians with deep eyes and straight noses, as well as short, dark and thin natives, and Kunlun people with dark bodies and valgus lips.I heard the palace people mentioned before that there are some barbarians in the Ming Dynasty, and they seem to come from Haojing.I seem to remember that more than ten years ago, the emperor's father ordered the Ministry of War to recruit hundreds of barbarian Yu Denglai from Haojing to organize a firearms training battalion (Sun Yuanhua used Portuguese instructors to train and organize a firearms training battalion).

However, Ziying, her maid, said that when she arrived in Nanyang, she would see more natives and barbarians.Even in the Hanzhou continent, there are many ugly short black natives.Therefore, in order to ensure the long-term development in Nanyang, the Qi State moved in more Ming people from Daming, just to gather more Chinese people with Han blood, so as to maintain and inherit its own characteristics of Chinese civilization.

It can be seen that the Yi officials here have a very good attitude towards the Qi people. Moreover, they seem to be vaguely discussing the establishment of a joint fleet and the hiring of Qi armed personnel to jointly maintain the land in the area. Security and maritime trade order.This is clearly the territory of our Ming Dynasty. Shouldn't these barbarians go to the Yongchu court for cooperation?
The Jiannu were wantonly attacking the city and occupying land in the Ming Dynasty. These Yi people were probably afraid that the Jiannu army would invade this place and take them all as slaves.Now that he is in a hurry and goes to the doctor randomly, he wants to use the power of Qi State to keep this tiny place.However, with such a small stronghold, how could it resist Jiannu's offensive?I'm afraid it's not the case, Jianu can easily capture this place by sending hundreds of soldiers at will.

Here, the female family members of Yi officials heard that Princess Daming was coming, and wanted to visit and condolences, but they were blocked by the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the former female officials in the palace.What a joke, how could a group of western barbarians approach the princess so easily, and even dare to meet the princess!

Regarding this, Auntie Zhu also sighed lightly. Daming has fallen to this point, and it is even more difficult to restore the country. I don't know why the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty continue to put on a posture of being a kingdom.If the barbarians see it, they will laugh in vain!
In this era, maybe being able to live in peace and dignity is the greatest expectation.In troubled times, the royal family and nobles are the most dangerous.

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