Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 103 Semi-Industrialization vs Feudal Empire
Qianlong is indeed under a lot of pressure now.

The news from Hunan and Fujian is very bad.

November [-]rd.

The Ming army occupied Chenzhou Prefecture and Hengzhou Prefecture.

Luo Dian, the head of Yuelu Academy, voted for the Ming Dynasty, and Ni Ming made Peng Jun the prefect of Hengzhou, and Ouyang Hou both were the prefects of Chenzhou. They soon brought the two prefectures under their control. The local gentry supported Ni Ming and sent their sons to go south to Guangzhou. He also sent his family's children to join the army and donated money and food.

November [-]th.

The Ming army occupied Zhangzhou and Quanzhou prefectures in Fujian, and dispatched naval forces to destroy the Fujian navy stationed in Penghu, and Taiwan prefecture was also occupied.

November eleventh.

Feng Guanggui, the magistrate of Changsha, abandoned his official position and left. The gentry from all over the Changsha prefecture returned to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Daohua, the king of the false Ming Dynasty, moved to Changsha.

In the next few days, wealthy families and gentry from various prefectures in Hunan took refuge in Shunming.

As time entered December of the 56th year of Qianlong.

More bad news appeared on the desk of Emperor Qianlong in Jiangning.

In the province of Hunan, the Qing court officials who stayed in Guangxi were basically out of contact, and in all likelihood the whole province had fallen.

And after Hunan was occupied by the Ming army.

The Ming army began to strengthen its offensive in Fujian.

Now it seems.

The consequence of concentrating the troops of the southern provinces in Jiangxi is that Ni Ming took advantage of the vacancy, bypassed Jiangxi, and swaggered to seize Hunan and Fujian.

At this moment.

Qianlong of Jiangning Mansion was here, and the expressions of several important officials of the Qing court were similar to Qianlong's.

His brows were tightly furrowed, his expression serious.

"Your Majesty, in just three months, Ni Ming attacked on two fronts, brought the whole province of Hunan and the southern provinces of Fujian into control respectively, dispatched officials and subordinates, opened Enke, and assumed a posture of long-term occupation."

It was Sun Shiyi who was speaking.

As one of the few Hanchen military planes, Sun Shiyi was Qianlong's most important Hanchen think tank, even if Sun Shiyi had the intention of retreating because of the expulsion of the people in Ganzhou.

Qianlong also did not approve his request to return to his hometown as an official.

"Now if Hunan and Fujian all belong to Niming, then Ganzhou and Nanchang Daying in Jiangxi will be in danger of being cut off from the Jiangning Daying by Niming."

Qianlong nodded solemnly.

"The Ganzhou camp and the Jiangning camp have a total of [-] troops. If the [-] troops are trapped in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan, and Guizhou may not be able to protect themselves. At that time, Ni Ming may be able to own Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Jiangxi south of the Yangtze River. , Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Zhejiang provinces have a total population of over ten million!"

Qianlong looked at the ministers with a solemn expression.

"If that's the case, the Ming Dynasty is really coming back!"

"Everyone, Jiangxi must be guarded. The Qing Dynasty will never lose the south of the Yangtze River!"

Qianlong stood up, showing a bit of cruelty on his cold and thin face: "No matter what price you pay!"

Hunan and Jiangxi were one of the most important grain producing areas in the Qing Dynasty.

Zhejiang and Jiangsu are the biggest pocketbooks.

If the three provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang are lost.

What did the Qing Dynasty use to support the one million Eight Banners, and what did it use to win over the princes of Inner and Outer Mongolia.

The Qing Dynasty was essentially a court in which the Manchu and Mongolian nobles (mainly the nobles and princes of Inner Mongolia) happily lay down in the Han land to suck blood and enrich themselves.

And now the fattest piece is about to be taken by the Ming Dynasty.

How can Qianlong not be in a hurry?
The loss of the south of the Yangtze River was not just the loss of a large piece of land by the Qing Dynasty—in fact, in terms of land, it was not particularly large, only a fraction of it.

The key is wealth and population!

These southern provinces provided at least [-]% of the taxes of the Qing Dynasty, and almost half of the population.

There is no taxation center in the southeast.

We must continue to raise the hard-core crops of the Eight Banners.

We must continue to pull the princes of Mongolia to support the Qing Dynasty.

Then put the courage on the Han people in the north.

In fact.

The burden of the Han people in the north was already very heavy - with the over-development of the north, Guanzhong was dilapidated after the Tang Dynasty, and the Central Plains and other places also had problems of over-development due to population expansion.

The environment in the north has been greatly damaged, soil fertility has been lost, and the sediment concentration of the Yellow River has continued to increase.

These problems have caused the environment of the North China Plain, which was originally one of the best farming plains in the world, to become extremely fragile, and the ability to resist disasters has declined to a very dangerous level.

If the South is lost.

Then push all these guts to North China.

Can the Great Qing Dynasty suppress the Han peasants in North China?

Qianlong was clear about these problems.

The Qing Dynasty lost South China, and it has reached a very dangerous situation.

The collapse of any dynasty.

It all started with financial collapse
"There is always a fight, and it can't be delayed any longer."

Fukang'an said.

"The key is where is the battlefield? If it is to be placed in Nanchang Prefecture, then it is best to retreat directly from Ganzhou and strengthen Nanchang Prefecture. If it is placed in Ganzhou Prefecture, then it is also necessary to increase troops in Ganzhou."

"However. The key is whether Niming will choose to fight. At present, except for the [-] coat marches and tens of thousands of cavalry, other armies do not have the ability to fight against Niming. Niming's artillery is too sharp. If there is no solid Fortifications serve as barriers, and it is really difficult to confront them."

As soon as Fukang'an said this.

It made everyone present have a headache.

Now that the Qing army wants to fight the Ming army in a field battle, either it has enough artillery and can use artillery to form an evenly matched confrontation with the Ming army.

Either.

It is to send a large number of cavalry. The cavalry can cover the infantry and find opportunities to harass the enemy's artillery positions.

However, these two methods are somewhat difficult for the Qing Dynasty.

The first way is that even if you have enough cannons, you don’t have enough gunpowder, and the cost of producing cannons for the Qing court is too high, there is no way to have so many cannons like the Ming army.

The second method is that the Qing Dynasty has an absolute advantage.

However, cavalry is inherently rare, and the logistical pressure is also great.

Now the [-] cavalry who followed Qianlong to the south had to be supported by the Qing Dynasty.

If cavalry were mobilized from Inner and Inner Mongolia to go south, this terrifying logistical pressure could crush the Qing court.
So now the question is.

On the one hand, the Qing army did not dare to take the initiative to go out of the strong city and seek a decisive battle in the wild.

on the other hand.

There is also an urgent desire to fight.

This requires the Ming army to take the initiative to attack the city.

Just in this case.

How likely is it that the Ming army will take the initiative to attack the city?

Hailan inspected Qianlong.

Squinted.

As a native of the savages from the Northeast, he is a fierce general who has climbed all the way to his current position by virtue of being able to fight.

Hailancha is naturally not a brave and foolish person.

"If you want to attract Ming to attack, the battlefield cannot be placed in Nanchang, it can only be placed in Ganzhou City!"

"If our army shrinks back to Nanchang, Ni Ming will have no worries about the future. He can swagger and take all the southern provinces into his pocket, and then mobilize superior forces to besiege Nanchang City."

"So we have to create a condition, or bait, for Ni Ming to attack."

Hailan looked at Qianlong.

bait?

No one here is stupid.

The bait that can make the Ming army abandon the existing plan and choose to break Ganzhou and besiege Nanchang
Perhaps there is only His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Qianlong frowned tightly: "Mr. Chaoyong, are you asking me to go to Nanchang?"

Hai Lancha said: "Long live, this is the only chance. When you arrive in Nanchang, it is impossible for Zhu Daohua to turn a blind eye. He must also lead the army to go. This is called Wang Jianwang!"

"But in fact, my trip to Nanchang was just a bait to attract the Ming army to attack Ganzhou city?"

Qianlong came back to his senses.

The so-called purpose of going to Nanchang is not to fight the Ming army in Nanchang City.

Instead, they made a gesture that the Ming army had to break through Ganzhou City before Zhu Daohua could lead the troops to Nanchang.

This was a move to attract the Ming army to storm Ganzhou.

Lord Qianlong is still hiding in Nanchang Mansion, very safe.

"Will Suiming take the bait?"

"Yes, if there is an opportunity to wipe out all the capable soldiers of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangxi, it is impossible for Ni Ming to give up this opportunity!"

Hailancha said.

"This is currently the only chance for Ni Ming to give up the strategy of conquering various places and instead engage in a decisive battle ahead of time."

Fukang'an sighed in his heart.

He also agrees with Hai Lancha's point of view.

This is the passivity after losing the ability to fight in the field.

When to fight.

how to spell.

It is not controlled by oneself at all.

The initiative of the entire battlefield is controlled by the opponent.

Now there is a way to attract the Ming army to attack Jiancheng.

It is indeed a rare opportunity.

"Sun Shiyi, what do you think? Is it feasible to send troops to Nanchang?"

Qianlong walked back and forth a few steps, then turned to look at Sun Shiyi and asked.

Of course Sun Shiyi knew what Qianlong cared most about.

"Your Majesty, the mouth of the Yangtze River is blocked with iron chains and forts. As long as the navy against the Ming Dynasty cannot enter the Yangtze River, and the Poyang Lake and Gan River are backed, Nanchang City will have no worries about food and grass, and there will be no worries about retreat."

Sun Shiyi said.

No worries, in other words.
Emperor Qianlong's retreat was also worry-free.

Just in case things get to their worst.

Qianlong could also retreat immediately, and perhaps maintain the Northern and Southern Dynasties by returning to the north.
After Sun Shiyi finished speaking, he lowered his head and sighed inwardly.

In just half a year.

The situation has taken a turn for the worse.

The Qing Dynasty actually came to the point of considering maintaining a Northern and Southern Dynasties.

This is the adversity of the south.

It must have risen too fast.
How did Sun Shiyi know.

Today's Guangdong is already one of the most industrialized regions in the world.

Even "high technology" such as railways and trains first appeared in Guangdong.

Although the current Ming Dynasty can only be regarded as a "semi-industrialized" country at best.

But even so.

To deal with the big feudal empires like the Qing Dynasty.

That is also a dimensionality reduction blow.

What limited the speed of the Ming army's advancement could only be the reserve of local management talents.

Sun Shiyi is a smart man, but also a capable and capable minister.

But now this battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It is not a traditional battle between warlords for hegemony and dynasty replacement.

Instead, it symbolizes advanced productivity and the prospect of industrialization. The new Ming Dynasty's attack on the Qing Dynasty.

From the support for industry and commerce, to now Zhu Daohua is planning to improve the political status of industrial and commercial practitioners—at least not worse than the landlord Lao Cai in Hunan.

this series of operations.

Although according to the words of later generations.

It has not touched the fundamental revolution.

It's just improvement and reform.

But that's enough.

The rumbling sound of the steam engine drives the wheels of industrialization to turn rumblingly.

This symbolizes the power of the great explosion of human technological civilization, after the energy of the sun stored by the plants buried deep in the ground hundreds of millions of years ago burst out in the form of combustion.

There is no problem at all when the wheel runs over the Qing Dynasty back and forth.

(End of this chapter)