East Factory Governor

Chapter 433 Thinking Further

The army stayed in Hancheng overnight, and then stationed nearby in an orderly manner.

Cao Wenzhao took his more than 500 former guards to station in Yuncheng, southeast of Hancheng, while Du Wenhuan took his troops to station in Jincheng, more than [-] miles east of Hancheng.

Due to the important geographical location of Hancheng, and the heavy losses of the nearby battalions, some even completely wiped out, Qin Shuhuai stationed the Wuyuan battalion in Heyang County next to Hancheng.

At the same time, Qin Shuhuai ordered [-] troops to be transferred from near Taiyuan to be stationed in Hejin, sixty miles east of Hancheng.

In this way, Qin Shuhuai's strategic intention is obvious, that is to transfer the main force near Taiyuan to the south of Shanxi while stabilizing the defense of Hancheng. The purpose is of course to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

However, after Zhang Xianzhong's troops fled, their flags and drums died down temporarily, and they didn't know which mountain they ran to.

However, Qin Shuhuai was not in a hurry. He first asked Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, to take care of the military affairs in southern Shanxi and control the troops of Cao Wenzhao and others.Later, he told Hong Chengchou about his "military-civilian joint defense" model in Dai County, and asked him to mobilize the people in southern Shanxi to "joint defense", and stationed official-military liaison stations in various places. Notify the officers and soldiers immediately.In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people, he also stipulated reward and punishment measures in detail. For example, those who provided the location of a small unit of Zhang Xianzhong's troops could receive 500 taels of silver once verified, and those who found a large troop would be rewarded with 5000 taels of silver once verified.The gentry from all over the country can present merit plaques to those who report meritorious deeds, and even those who have meritorious reputation can be directly recommended as officials, etc.

After staying in Hancheng for two or three days, he returned to the Governor's Mansion in Taiyuan after the general arrangements were made.After all, he is now the supreme commander of the three sides. If he is not in Taiyuan, the generals in other places on the three sides may not be able to find him for a while, and there will be troubles.

After arriving in Taiyuan, he immediately asked Li Jingting to secretly go to "Da Chang Ji" to find Zhang Desheng and ask him if the help he had told him before would work.

Li Jingting went in the dark that night, and took Zhang Desheng to the Governor's Mansion not long after.

Seeing the bitter melon look on Zhang Desheng's face, Qin Shuhuai knew that the situation was not too good.

Sure enough, Zhang Desheng said upon meeting, "Qin Shaobao, Desheng is ashamed! Desheng has come to apologize to you!"

As he spoke, he was about to kneel down.

Qin Shuhuai supported Zhang Desheng, and said calmly, "Boss Zhang doesn't need to do this. Since it's inconvenient, Ben Shaobao can find another way. Don't worry, the officers and soldiers won't force you to do it."

Zhang Desheng sighed and said, "Qin Shaobao, I have 120 people who are willing to serve the court! However, the current patriarch is old and has entrusted all the power of the business to my elder brother. My elder brother is timid. He is afraid that Zhang Xianzhong will retaliate if he becomes powerful in the future. Our Zhang family, so, so..."

Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "Ben Shaobao knows. Since your elder brother disagrees, let's let this matter go. Boss Zhang, Ben Shaobao still wants to thank you for your dedication to serve the country."

Qin Shuhuai believed that even if the Zhang family was unwilling to take the job, there were plenty of businesses in Taiyuan City who were willing to take the job.reason?He, Zhang Xianzhong, even a traitor, can find a firm that is willing to cooperate with him. If he can't find him, the dignified assistant governor, don't mess around!
Don't forget that this was in the Ming Dynasty, when the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor prevailed. Even after Chongzhen hanged himself, there were a lot of wealthy gentry who were willing to help Nanming.

Seeing Zhang Desheng standing there hesitating to speak, Qin Shuhuai said in relief, "Boss Zhang doesn't need to think too much. Don't worry, whether the Zhang family helps or not, this Shaobao will not make things difficult for you. Go back with peace of mind and do your business well." go."

Qin Shuhuai naturally wouldn't make things difficult for them.

He is a modern-educated person who knows that businessmen, or these budding capitalists, like a free commodity economy.Forcing them to do certain things may serve their purpose briefly.But to make them loyal, they must understand who can give them such an environment.

Historically, the embryonic stage of capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty had an excellent start, far better than that of European countries in the same period.Qin Shuhuai believes that if the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not used the brutal and closed small-scale peasant economic policy to forcibly stifle this germination, it might be China that drove warships and forced people to open their trading ports everywhere in 200 years.

Why not?The commodity economy in the late Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous. In order to improve production efficiency, private businessmen had already begun to reform the production process. During this period, many tools to improve efficiency had been invented.If Chongzhen opened the sea ban, the business of the Ming Dynasty would be done all over the world in minutes.In this way, we can be sure that once the industrial revolution represented by the steam engine starts in Britain, these terribly smart "capitalists" in the late Ming Dynasty will get you a few of them within a year or two after they get the news. , and maybe even sneakier than the British!

why?Look at the fact that under the policy of sea ban at the end of Ming Dynasty, there were still a large number of private fleets engaged in international trade, and many government officials along the coast turned a blind eye. This shows that these restless capitalists in China will always have a A heart that wants to seize the domestic and international markets!With such "ambition", when they discovered that the Western "steam engine" has such a huge energy, can they still get it back and tinker with it without racking their brains?
As long as China does not miss this industrial revolution, it is conceivable that these capitalists who urgently need to export commodities to earn real money must hold back their energy and want to learn from the West and encourage the imperial court to build warships and cannons so as to start the era of great navigation as soon as possible.At that time, not to mention raising money to build a navy, but raising money to invade other countries and forcing them to open their treaty ports, they are willing to spend a lot of money!

Every time he thinks of this, his blood boils.On Earth, China, where he lives, has suffered hundreds of years of suffering and humiliation. If there is a chance to change all this, why wouldn't he want to give it a try?
In order for the budding capitalism to thrive, besides defeating the Manchus and pacifying the world, he also needs to use his influence to help Chongzhen formulate a series of national policies and start a free market economy that is at least not behind Europe environment!

Therefore, he will not force the Zhang family to do something for him, he will only use actions to let the Zhang family know that standing on the side of the court will get you unexpected benefits.

When he said this, Zhang Desheng became more and more frustrated the more he heard it.

To be honest, he thought in his heart that as long as the court had the invincible Qin Shaobao around, it would definitely be able to wipe out the bandits on the three sides.At this time, if the Zhang family helps the imperial court, it will definitely be a profitable business, and the benefits to the Zhang family will be countless in the future.

But the wimpy elder brother in the family just disagrees with life and death!
It really pisses me off too!

(End of this chapter)