The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 60
They all have their own ideas.

No one knows the exact reason, but you can make a bold guess.

For example, through the smuggling of the eight major Shanxi merchants, the Manchu Qing would no longer invade Shanxi.

After all, the Eight Great Shanxi Merchants were in Shanxi. Man Qing came to Shanxi for a walk, but all other places were looted and massacred, and nothing happened to the Eight Great Shanxi Merchants.

Anyone who is not a fool can find out that there are problems with the eight major Shanxi merchants!

Coupled with the terrain of thousands of ravines in Shanxi, it is really unfriendly to cavalry operations.

As long as the eight major Shanxi merchants exist, there is a high probability that the Manchu Qing will never invade Shanxi again!

You know, in Shanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were Datong Town and Taiyuan Town (Shanxi Town), two of the nine sides.

As long as the Qing Dynasty does not invade Shanxi, the elite frontier troops from these two towns can be mobilized, whether it is used to fight bandits in the Guan, or transferred to Liaodong to defend against captives.

It can greatly relieve the military pressure of the Ming court.

However, these people did not realize how much the materials provided by the eight major Shanxi merchants had on the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

For example!

Before Jiashen, the Qing army entered and plundered the customs five times on a large scale, but they only invaded Shanxi once in the seventh year of Chongzhen.

You must know that Shanxi at that time had just experienced two years of large-scale wars, and it was a time when people's livelihood was exhausted.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, bandits entered Shanxi, and the officers and soldiers fought fiercely with the bandits, causing corruption throughout Shanxi.

Immediately afterwards, in the sixth year of Chongzhen, Lin Danhan invaded the border, and more than ten thousand Mongolian cavalry entered from the Xuanfu area of ​​Datong to plunder Shanxi.

Within two years, Shanxi was ravaged several times by bandits, officials, and Mongols.

One can only imagine how broken it looked like!

However, in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Manchus invaded the border again, and the Qing army entered the customs from Zhangjiakou and went straight to Shanxi.

What are they here for?
Shanxi has just been harassed for two years, how many things can the Man Qing come to Shanxi to grab?

Besides, as far as Shanxi's terrain is full of ravines, did the Manchus have enough to eat, leaving the North China Plain where they can let their horses gallop, so they have to come to Shanxi to find excitement?

Isn't he afraid that the cavalry who lost their mobility advantage will be severely injured by the Ming army in Shanxi?

Besides, considering the situation in Shanxi at that time, if Man Qing came to Shanxi for a stroll, would he be able to pay back his capital?

Huang Taiji will do things that lose money?
Therefore, Chongzhen of the Manchu Qing Dynasty invaded Shanxi in seven years, not to rob things at all.

The root cause lies in the eight Shanxi merchants!

Shanxi suffered two consecutive years of war, and the eight major Shanxi merchants had no business routes leading to the outside of the pass for two years.

Because, although their protective umbrella can control the Ming army from robbing their caravans, can it still control the rogues and the Mongols?

Two years of war caused the Qing Dynasty to lose the stable source of supplies of the Eight Shanxi Merchants.

Then, there was Chongzhen's entry into Shanxi in the seventh year of the Qing Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, Chongzhen invaded Shanxi in the seventh year of the Qing Dynasty, not to loot at all, but to pick up goods.

It can be seen from this that the importance of the eight Shanxi merchants to the Qing Dynasty!
Therefore, it seems that the plan of some people in the court did not come to fruition.

Their intentional indulgence of the eight major Shanxi merchants seems to have really eased the military pressure on the Ming court.

But, this is complete nonsense!

These people are also really stupid, the kind who have no brains at all!

With Shanxi's terrain full of ravines, why are you afraid of the Qing army entering the pass?
As long as the Qing army dared to enter Shanxi, most of their cavalry would be abolished.

The Ming army mobilized its troops and fought in Shanxi with the Qing army, which had lost its cavalry maneuver advantage.

Infantry fighting infantry!

It's better than using infantry to fight against the cavalry group of the Qing army on the Great Plains in North China, right?
Besides, if the eight major Shanxi merchants were slaughtered, how much money could they steal from their homes?
It is definitely possible to greatly alleviate the financial pressure of the late Ming Dynasty, even if it is only for a while.

To be honest, these officials in the late Ming Dynasty were not even as good as pigs!
Even if they put a pig in their position, they will not do worse than them.

At least pigs are not corrupt!
……

Facing his son's question, the indigenous leader just shook his head and said.

"Grabbing won't work!"

"I ordered people to investigate. This Chinese is very powerful. There are nearly a thousand troops and firearms such as guns and cannons. If we try to grab it, our tribe may not be the opponent."

His son nodded, agreeing with his father.

While they were waiting, the reinforcement team of the Liberation Army came. Shi Yongxin personally led the team, facing a company of troops, to rescue the mining team.

When the reinforcements from the Restoration Army arrived, the aborigines' encirclement of the mining team was automatically lifted.

Shi Yongxin shouted in the direction of the shadowy figures in the forest.

"Didn't you say you want to negotiate?"

"I'm here, why don't you show up?"

At this moment, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly came from the forest.

"Hahaha!"

The leader of the indigenous tribe, Sanchez, walked out of the woods, followed by a large group of guards, staring at the soldiers of the Liberation Army opposite him with vigilance.

Sanchez looked directly at Shi Yongxin, and spoke in fairly proficient Chinese.

"I only speak to your leaders."

Shi Yongxin asked back.

"How do you know I'm not the leader?"

Sanchez didn't argue, just shook his head and said.

"Please don't take us for fools!"

"You suddenly appeared around our tribe's territory, and even violated our tribe's territory, posing a great threat to our tribe."

"Before negotiating with you, it is impossible for us to know nothing about you!"

Shi Yongxin smiled and said nothing more.

Sending out sentries to find out the surrounding situation is not only done by these indigenous tribes, but also by the Liberation Army.

Now the Liberation Army has a certain understanding of the location, population, and force of those tribes around the valley!

Don't let your eyes go black!

"Whatever you want to talk about, you can tell me, and I will pass it on to the general!"

Shi Yongxin said.

Sanchez waved his hand and said.

"No need!"

"Since your leader refuses to come and talk to me, it's the same if I go to him!"

"Lead the way ahead!"

However, Shi Yongxin couldn't believe Sanchez's words. He, the leader of the indigenous tribe, actually went to the camp of the Restoration Army? !
Isn't he afraid of ruining his face in the negotiation and being detained?

Sanchez's son and daughter heard the words and stepped forward to dissuade him.

"Dad!"

"Dad, don't go, it will be dangerous."

"Yes, Dad, what if the negotiation breaks down and they hurt you?"

Sanchez waved his hand and said.

"I believe that general will not do such a thing!"

Sanchez said this not because he had confidence in Zhu Hongyu's character, but because he was sure that even if the negotiation broke down, Zhu Hongyu would not hurt him.

Because there are several indigenous tribes around the river valley camp of the Liberation Army.

Facing the direction of Manila and the pressure from the Spaniards, these tribes have been holding together for warmth and have a very close relationship.

If something happened to him, Sanchez, the other tribes would definitely not sit idly by.

At that time, no matter how strong the recovery army is, it will definitely not be able to please them in the face of the siege of several tribes.

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There is no relevant historical data about the eight major Shanxi merchants. The relevant content of this chapter is just the author's own guess and understanding of history.

But the author feels that this should be the case. Some of the officials in the late Ming Dynasty were really bad, and some were really stupid.

(End of this chapter)