After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 61
After Zhu Yiyuan confirmed that the entire army was wearing red scarves, he immediately went to the blacksmith workshop to check the situation. Along with Zhu Yiyuan were Tan Deyu and Zhao Yingyuan. They were the most knowledgeable soldiers in the volunteer army.

At the beginning in Zichuan County, Zhu Yiyuan recruited a group of craftsmen, and when he arrived in Laiwu, he squeezed Yan Zibin dry. Just for the craftsmen, he built a blacksmith furnace by the Dawen River.

But when Zhu Yiyuan and the others came in, they found that the big guys were busy in full swing. After equalizing the fields, the demand for farm tools increased greatly. There was no shortage of iron in Laiwu, and there were three iron mines in the territory.

There are also a large number of craftsmen in the city.

They go all out, eat and live every day, and stay in the blacksmith shop. After all, Zhu Yiyuan is priced on a piece-by-piece basis. If he performs well, he will be rewarded with bonuses, help settle his family, and distribute land to the blacksmith's family.

These poor people from artisan households have never imagined for many generations that they can still get land, so they worked extra hard.

The farm implements they make are of good quality, the swords they make, and even the armor they make is also very good.There are fifty long knives produced every day.

"In two or three months, not to mention soldiers, even militiamen will be able to get decent weapons, so they won't be able to fill up their numbers with sticks." Tan Deyu excitedly said.

Zhu Yiyuan was also very happy, he was very pleased to have this effect in only a few months.

But Zhao Yingyuan frowned, not happy.

"As for Zhu Qian, we also fought two big battles, one against Ma Degong and one against Liu Zhiqian, and we won both. What do you think of Zhu Qian's matter?"

Zhu Yiyuan was slightly taken aback, and lost the joy he had just now, "The success of the war horse is also because he hastily crossed the Great Wall Ridge, allowing General Zhao to find a weak point and succeed in one blow. As for Liu Zhiqian, he recklessly broke into the Qingshiji, but why didn't he come?" The soldiers in the tunnel were attacked by us at night, so they were defeated and captured. The two battles were both intentional and unintentional, and both were sneak attacks. If you use a dignified division, I am afraid that you will not be the opponent of the Qing soldiers..."

"Why?" Zhao Yingyuan asked.

Zhu Yiyuan closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them, he said slowly: "Swords and swords are nothing but self-defense. Martial arts in the past dynasties all tested strength. Riding and shooting, the strength of the Han and Tang Dynasties was the bow and crossbow. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, firearms have been popular. The root cause is that the firearms can shoot far, and they can kill and injure the enemy without meeting them. It is very difficult for a majestic division to have a hand-to-hand combat, or when it comes to a hand-to-hand combat and a hand-to-hand bloody battle, it is already the time to decide the victory."

Seeing that Zhu Yiyuan knew that Zhao Yingyuan was not a fool, he couldn't help but sigh, "At the beginning, King Chuang raised his army and gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. When he met officers and soldiers, he would collapse at the first touch. That is to say, he lacked bows, crossbows and firearms. He could only be beaten. Hundreds of people, the morale of the army immediately collapsed. Fortunately, many Ming troops surrendered in the later period, and we also had firearms, which were better than the Ming army, so we could defeat the enemy. Today's Qing army not only has the Eight Banners, which can shoot horses and bows, but also surrenders who are familiar with firearms. General, if they really mobilize the elite, step by step, and don't make rash mistakes, how can they have a good way to fight against the enemy?"

Zhu Yiyuan smiled and said: "This is also the reason why I hope to transfer the main force to the Yimeng mountainous area, using the terrain to restrain the Qing army's cavalry artillery. But if we want to really fight it, we must develop firearms... To be honest, I have asked Huang Pei, let them find craftsmen, buy iron materials, and prepare to make firecrackers."

Huang Pei is the commanding officer of the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty, so he is a bit overqualified for this job, but Zhu Yiyuan has no other choice.

His subordinates, such as Zhang Lin and Jiang Qi, are also full of people who are small and useful.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it can only be like this.

He erected this banner, the Qing court will definitely not sit idly by, and the next step will be meticulous means... "I don't know how long the governor Fang Dayou can give us to prepare, and I don't know how he will make moves?"

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Zhu Yiyuan exerted all his strength to consolidate and strengthen his strength, and was also staring at every move of the Qing army, thinking hard about countermeasures.It's just that he didn't expect that an unremarkable little person would make a move.

Yan Zibin escaped from Zhu Yiyuan's clutches, this hard-core ruthless man who single-handedly created two big rebels, is not willing to retire from the world.

He wants to make a comeback, to be an official again, and to be an even bigger official.

It's just that he made such a big mess, can this happen?

Yan Zibin didn't think the problem was that big. First of all, although he lost the city of Laiwu, the governor Fang Dayou lost consecutive battles and lost so many soldiers and horses. The crime must be greater than him.

Secondly, the things he negotiated with Zhu Yiyuan were too unbelievable, but not so many people would believe them, he just had to make false accusations all the time.

There is only one problem now, and that is how to blame Fang Dayou.

For more than 20 years, I have turned black and white, shifted responsibility, blamed deer for horses, and deceived the superior and the inferior... Can you, Fang Dayou, be able to handle my skills?

This guy was hiding in an inn in Jinan Mansion, and spent a whole night impeaching Fang Dayou for four major crimes: First, the Zhu thief was originally a son of the Ming clan, who had long been ambitious and plotted against him.Second, Xie Qian once captured Zichuan, and then fled to Gaoyuan. Governor Fang Dayou did not send troops to wipe out the remaining bandits in Zichuan, so that Zhu Yiyuan grew stronger.

Third, the Zhu thief attacked Gaoyuan, killed the family members of the Confucian family, incited the people, and refused to pay the land tax. Such a rebellious act, as the governor, was indifferent.

Fourth, the Zhu bandits are powerful, and they still sit back and watch the general army successfully cross the Great Wall Ridge and enter Laiwu.As the county magistrate of Laiwu, the guilty minister wanted to live with Ma Zongbing, but a civil servant was alone and unable to turn things around.I wanted to live and die with the city and be loyal to the country.

However, the criminals are afraid that the Lord will not know that the governor Fang Dayou is so incompetent that he will harm the country and the people, causing endless disasters.Therefore, I am greedy for life.Risking his life to play, with a table to hear.I ask the sage, my emperor, to observe the situation in Shandong clearly.Select cadres and capable ministers to clean up the chaos in Shandong as soon as possible, otherwise the land of Qilu will no longer be owned by the imperial court...

When this memorial was written, the news of Liu Zhiqian's defeat had not yet reached Jinan, but even so, Yan Zibin was full of confidence.

He took out the county government seal and stamped it firmly.Running away with a big seal, he is indeed experienced and well-prepared.

Hand over this memorial, just wait for Fang Dayou to leave.

Sure enough, only five days later, the Qing court sent an imperial envoy.

Moreover, this imperial envoy has somewhat of a small reputation, his name is Qian Qianyi!
In Donglin Dianjianglu, Qian Qianyi ranked last among the 36 Tiangangs, and was revered as Tianqiaoxing, the prodigal son Qian Qianyi... Hurry up and hold down Yanqing's coffin board, and don't cheat the corpse!

People at the time gave Qian Qianyi such a nickname, and it was well deserved. Although he was born in Donglin, he couldn't get along well with the eunuchs, and he stepped on two boats, which can be called a clever word.

As for how profligate other people are, just look at his concubine who is famous all over the world.

Not long ago, he first took the lead in sacrificing Yingtian City, and then performed two wonderful dramas. The water was too cold, and his head was too itchy... Afterwards, he followed the Qing army into Beijing and was appointed Minister of Rites, responsible for compiling Ming history .

Qian Qianyi was a minister of the Ministry of Rites in the Hongguang Dynasty, which is considered to have dropped a level, and he was not satisfied with compiling the history of the Ming Dynasty.

It just so happened that a few days ago Tianyan Shenggong played, saying that the bandits in Shandong were in chaos, killing the servants of the Confucian family and refusing to pay the land tax.

Later, Yan Zibin's memorial was also sent up to impeach Fang Dayou.

After that, the news that Zhu Yiyuan beheaded Ma Degong, Liu Zhiqian, and Zheng Longfang also spread to the capital, and the Qing court was completely outraged.

Such a vicious bandit appeared in a small Shandong, and the local officials were completely confused.

Seeing the opportunity, Qian Qianyi immediately criticized Fang Dayou, saying that he had harmed the country and the people, that he could not even protect Yan Shenggong, that he was a scholar in vain, and that he should commit suicide to thank the world.

After Dorgon made some calculations, he felt that Qian Qianyi was quite famous, and he used his reputation to appease the gentry. As long as the gentry stood on the side of the Qing Dynasty, the mere common people were not worth mentioning.

In this way, Qian Qianyi won the title of governor of Shandong, and went south to Shandong to kill the Zhu thieves...

(End of this chapter)