The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 196 Eight Banners Soldiers of Ming Dynasty

The negotiations with the Dutch ended, and the two sides finalized an agreement to restore normal business practices, ensure the safety of the other party's expatriates, and stop hostilities.

Zhu Hongyu invited Xi Luolai to stay for dinner!
Xi Luolai did not refuse. At the dinner table, Zhu Hongyu proposed that Xi Luolai represent Batavia and the Dutch East India Company behind Batavia to participate in his promotion ceremony.

Sirole readily agreed!
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Chengdu!

Emperor Yongli sat on a simple dragon chair, listening to the people below report the battle situation during this period of time, the expression on his face was full of surprise.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, now my Master of the Ming Dynasty has conquered Jianyang, Lezhi, Anyue, Suining and other places, as well as Neijiang, Zigong, Yibin, Luzhou and other places, depending on the order, and return to my Ming Dynasty!"

"Now our army has joined forces with Li Laiheng and other Chuangjun remnants, and we are preparing for the attack on Chongqing!"

Habai reported the results of this period of time to Yongli, his face was full of pride and taking it for granted.

In his opinion, although he and his subordinates are now anti-Qing and Ming-ming, they are still full of invincible Manchurian soldiers!

Who dares to resist the Manchurian soldiers?
It would be a real strange thing if someone dared to resist!

Yongli asked cautiously.

"Then...then, what kind of reward does the general want for such a great achievement? Just say it out, I will definitely do anything!"

Habai said with a grin.

"Then please Your Majesty bestow upon me the Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen of the Ming Dynasty, and change my two blue flags to Zhenghuang Banners!"

"Then draw up manpower, prepare armor and weapons, and prepare to form my Ming Dynasty's Eight Banners soldiers!"

Habai doesn't know much. In his opinion, the most powerful army in the world is the Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers!

Among the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the one with the strongest combat effectiveness and the highest status is undoubtedly the Eight Banners under the control of the Manchu Emperor himself.

Now that I have turned against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing must be to strengthen the strength of the army.

Habai plans to use the military system of the Eight Banners soldiers to form a Ming Dynasty Eight Banners soldier.

The first thing is to change the name of the two blue flags under his command to the Zhenghuang flag.

Even if it can't increase the combat power, Habai still wants to make it auspicious...

Yongli nodded and said.

"It's easy to talk about rewards and name changes. I will ask someone to do it later, but the matter of forming the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty will take more care of the general!"

It's true that Yongli is a puppet, but after working as a puppet for so many years, he also has some experience.

That is, everything is not forced, he just needs to smile and nod if the people below say something!
A simple summary is, be obedient and don't toss!

On that day, the news spread throughout Chengdu. Everyone in the inaccessible city of Chengdu, as well as the surrounding prefectures and counties, heard the news that Ming would also form the Eight Banners Army...

Habai was also interested in forming the Eight Banners of Ming Dynasty.

It's just a pity that no matter how hard he tries, he can't change the reality that Sichuan and Sichuan are dilapidated and the population is withered.

Gradually, the three most important elements of the army are soldiers, ordnance, and taxation!

But these three elements are quite reluctant for the Yongli small court who is currently stationed in Chengdu.

First of all, in terms of soldiers, the entire population of Sichuan and Shu, after being massacred by the Qing Dynasty, may not add up to 100 million now.

One million people live scattered throughout Sichuan and Sichuan. How many people can there be near Chengdu?

How many of these people are young and strong?

Not to mention recruiting soldiers, even if the Yongli small court catches people, it won't be able to catch many.

In the end, in order to solve the problem of soldiers, Habai came up with the method of directly adapting and incorporating the green battalion of the Qing army.

One can imagine how much water there is!

In addition, there is the problem of ordnance.

The combat effectiveness of an army depends on the number of soldiers on the one hand and ordnance on the other.

However, at present, the small court of Yongli does not have the ability to independently manufacture ordnance.

Ordinary knives and guns are okay, you can find a few blacksmiths to make them.

However, like armor, crossbows, muskets, artillery, etc...

The small court of Yongli could not find craftsmen with this skill.

From the current point of view, the newly formed Eight Banners soldiers of Ming Dynasty can only continue to use the weapons left over from the green battalion.

And the weapons given to the green battalion by the Qing Dynasty...

In order to limit the force of the Han people, what kind of weapons the Manchu Qing gave to the green battalion would be, I can only say that everyone knows what they understand!
However, the soldiers and ordnance are barely resolved!
But the financial and tax issues, there is really no way.

At present, the finances of the Yongli small court depend entirely on the seizures after the capture of the place.

It's not that the Yongli court doesn't want to collect taxes, but that they have no place to collect them.

The Ming and Qing dynasties fought back and forth in the southwest, and Sichuan and Sichuan have always been the main battlefield.

More than ten years of war, coupled with the deliberate massacre of the Manchu Qing, the population loss in Sichuan and Shu was too serious.

The common people who survived the war were afraid of being killed, knowing that they could not stay in the city on the plain.

In order to survive, they gave up the arable land on the plain, their houses and ancestral graves, and took their families to hide in the mountains.

These mountain people escaped the war in the mountains, and lived in villages with clan blood or fellowship as a bond.

Even built a lot of simple docks!
Different villages cite each other for help, and when one party is in trouble, all parties support it.

How does the Yongli small court collect taxes, and from whom?
The life of these people in the mountains is already difficult, if you want to collect taxes from them, unless you do it first!
Without finances and taxes, it is impossible to raise soldiers, and without raising soldiers, it is impossible to face the counterattack of the Manchu Qing at any time!

Don't look at the current Yongli small imperial court that seems to be developing quite well, almost taking over half of Sichuan and Shu based on rumors.

However, once the Manchu Qing officially counterattacked, the Yongli small court would probably end in a whirlwind...

Even if the Qing Dynasty did not counterattack Sichuan and Shu for the time being, the internal problems of the Yongli small court may cause them to explode at any time.

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Kunming!

Wu Sangui lived in the manor on Wuhua Mountain, accompanied by Chen Yuanyuan every day, and had a great time.

Drinking and listening to music, Chen Yuanyuan played the piano for him!
Drinking tea and watching a play, Chen Yuanyuan made tea for him!
Reading and writing, Chen Yuanyuan adds fragrance to his red sleeves!
This period of time can be said to be the most comfortable period of time since he betrayed Daming.

There is no urgent military situation, no stalemate war, no court pursuit...

Wu Sangui just wants to be a salted fish right now, do nothing, think about nothing, and spend the rest of his life peacefully with Chen Yuanyuan's company.

He is almost fifty this year, and in this era where the average age is not known to be 30 years old, he can already be regarded as an old man.

It's just that Wu Sangui wants to be safe, but someone refuses to give him peace.

On this day, Wu Sangui was shaking his head, listening to the famous actor on the stage singing a piece of "Dingjun Mountain", and enjoying Chen Yuanyuan's massage at the same time.

At this time, Wu Sangui's number one general, Wu Guogui, who was born in a military family, and his second son Wu Shicong came to see him.

"My lord, something serious happened!"

The faces of Wu Guogui and Wu Shicong were full of eagerness that the sky was about to fall.

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Three chapters will be released first, and the remaining chapter is being coded, and it will be published before twelve o'clock.

(End of this chapter)