Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 208 Surrender and Lose Half, Stubbornly Resist the Whole Family

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing court will be restless when they go to the west. The British and Tsarist Russia are both expanding their influence in Central Asia. I'm afraid they will collude with these two countries." Gu Song said.

"Collusion is just collusion, it's better to have a tighter collusion, when the time comes to beat Tsarist Russia and the British together."

Emperor Zhu waved his hand nonchalantly and said.

After these years of growth, Emperor Zhu's symptoms of oceanophobia have improved.

In his opinion.

The military power of the Ming Dynasty is strong enough, especially on land.

Needless to say, the British, if their lobster soldiers alone faced a country with hundreds of thousands of new-style troops, it would be a joke.

When the British interfere in Europe, they have to form cliques, and they dare to act only after they have a large group of allies.

Otherwise, relying on the strength of their small island country, it would be impossible to fight against a continent.

Tsarist Russia has a large army.

But now is the age of industrialization.

Tsarist Russia's industrial strength is second-rate even in Europe, let alone compared with Daming.

In essence, the current Tsarist Russia is still a serfdom country.

It can have a large number of troops, but in terms of national strength, even if Tsarist Russia has such a vast territory, Tsarist Russia's industrial strength is still not enough to support them in a long-term confrontation with Ming Dynasty.

Especially in the land of the East.

and so.

Emperor Zhu was not afraid of Britain and Tsarist Russia at all.

It would be best for them to collude more tightly with the Qing court and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In the future, if Da Ming moves his hands, he will be able to push the northwest border further towards Europe by the way.

In fact, in the Western Regions, Central Asia,

There is no shortage of land for farming.

For example, the oasis belt at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the Fergana Basin, and the black land of the Tannu Uliang Sea where the Yenisei River flows.

These places are divided by deserts and neighbors, so that it is very difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to completely control them.

But now is the era of industrialization.

The control over territory in the industrial era is not comparable to that in the agricultural era.

Tsarist Russia was able to firmly control Siberia in modern times.

Then why can't China firmly control the Western Regions and Central Asia in the industrialized era?
Since the Manchus were showing signs of fleeing to the west, Emperor Zhu of course wanted to add fuel to the flames. In the end, he used the pretext of chasing the Manchus to move the agricultural land of Central Asia southward, build cities, invest in coal, iron, oil and other minerals, Immigrants to farm and turn Central Asia into a paradise for Han people!
If you can firmly control Central Asia, you can threaten Tsarist Russia in the north, attack the oil fields in the Middle East in the west, and firmly control the Indian feudal clans in the south. It can be said that the strategic level of the entire Eurasian continent is controlled by Ming Dynasty.

in history.

The Red Empire that controls Central Asia, relying on its geographical advantages on the Eurasian continent and its army advantage of the torrent of steel, can compete with the Midi who controls the eastern and western oceans.

"There are four main things in front of us now." Zhu Daohua looked at the ministers under his command and said.

"One is the Battle of the Central Plains!"

Zhu Daohua stretched out a finger: "Now the Ming Dynasty has all Jiangnan, Huguang, and Huaihe Rivers. In the Central Plains, there are only two places in Henan and Zhili that have not yet been recovered. However, these two places belong to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing court."

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has caused too much damage to the local area. We must block them to the west of Kaifeng, block them in Henan, and prevent them from fleeing to Lianghuai, Shandong and other places."

"In this winter, it is necessary to mobilize two armies from the north and the south to attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, drive them back to Guanzhong, and completely eliminate the future troubles. After the spring, the two armies will join forces to form the Northern Expedition Army, and cooperate with the Liaodong Army to attack the Qing court. By next May Before that, the power of the Qing court must be completely removed from the Central Plains!"

Zhu Daohua's voice echoed in the conference room.

The faces of the ministers also became serious.

Since ancient times, the dynasty that won the Central Plains can be called orthodox.

If the Qing court can be completely expelled from the Central Plains, then the Great Qing Dynasty will be reduced to the Northern Qing Dynasty.

And Daming is considered to be the real orthodox dynasty in the world.

However, the goal of driving the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from Henan and the Qing court from Zhili and occupying the Central Plains must be completed before May next year.

From the time point of view, it seems to be a bit difficult.

But this at least shows that Emperor Zhu is determined to completely regain the Central Plains.

"Now Zhao Si's army has [-] soldiers. Next month, we will transfer another [-] dragoons and [-] infantry. I will personally lead the army across the Yangtze River and join forces with Zhao Si. If Liu Zhixie doesn't want to be my King of Pingxi, then he will be in the army first." Let's talk about it after a fight in Henan!"

Gu Song looked at the map, then frowned and said, "Your Majesty, there are only [-] soldiers in total. Isn't that a little too small? The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has [-] old soldiers in Henan, [-] inner soldiers, and cannon fodder from the outer battalion." its number."

"Enough! And we don't have many soldiers left."

Zhu Daohua shook his head and said.

Now the Ming Army has a total of 35 brigades.

The total force is less than 18.

There are eight brigades of 4 people in the Liaodong Army.

There are eight brigades of [-] on Zhao Si's side.

This is the [-] mobile corps fighting outside.

Yingtianfu and Guangzhou each have [-] rotating garrisons.

Then deduct the garrisons in various important places.

It is no longer easy to allocate another [-] soldiers.

"The Taiping Army is only capable of fighting with tens of thousands of government soldiers, but their equipment and training are very backward. Although they are bloody and brave, my [-] soldiers are enough to drive them away."

Zhu Daohua was actually not worried about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The government soldiers were indeed very willing to fight, but they were poorly equipped.

Now the Ming army is equipped with a large number of rifled guns, Minie bombs, as well as a large number of rifled guns, as well as mortars and grenades.

On the other hand, the Taiping Army still generally used matchlock guns, and only about [-] troops directly under Liu Zhixie were equipped with flintlock guns.

It's okay to be so far behind in terms of equipment. In terms of organizational form, the Ming army basically has a unified military order. Under the kneading of the staff at all levels, it has completely modernized the organizational form of the army.

On the other side of the Taiping Army, it was mainly a large collection of feudal lords who each commanded private soldiers by kings and marquises.

Not to mention the huge gap between the two sides in terms of national strength and reserve combat power.

If Liu Zhixie does not accept the position of King Pingxi of the Ming Dynasty, he must fight.

Then Zhu Daohua thought it would not be a bad thing to play a game to let Liu Zhixie see the huge gap between the two sides.

"The Central Plains battlefield can only increase another [-] troops." Zhu Daohua said, "Sichuan province can't be dragged on any longer. You Cheng, why don't you take over Sichuan?"

Zhu Daohua looked at Gu Song and smiled.

Now Zhao Si has made great achievements in the Central Plains.

The old brother Gu Song also needs a little credit. In the future, the earliest civil and military generals around him will be able to make further progress due to merit.

I have to say that Emperor Zhu is really nostalgic.

But Emperor Zhu also had his own considerations. He wanted to create a group of meritorious nobles of the Ming Dynasty around the royal family to balance the power of the landlords and scholar-bureaucrats who still had great influence.

At that time, the Ming court will have three horse-drawn chariots running side by side, one is the meritorious aristocratic group of Fuming, the other is the Confucian scholars who are landlords and scholar-bureaucrats, and the other is the emerging industrial capitalists.

And Emperor Zhu believes that with the development of the times.

The class of landlords and scholar-bureaucrats will decline sooner or later, some of them may become the aristocratic meritorious service of Ming Dynasty, and some of them will transform into capitalists.

and.

The Ming royal family itself is the largest capital group.

In the future, the two forces at the top of the Ming Dynasty will be aristocratic plutocrats or private capitalists representing advanced productive forces
But it's really too advanced. Ah, it's really too reactionary.

"Receive Sichuan?" Gu Song was taken aback for a moment, then immediately reacted,

This is the emperor's chance to make meritorious service.

"I am willing to share the worries of the emperor." Gu Song hastily agreed.

"Your Excellency, if we want to take Sichuan now, the imperial court can only allocate [-] soldiers. How do you plan to use [-] soldiers to take Sichuan Province?" Zhu Daohua asked.

Gu Song smiled slightly, ten thousand soldiers is enough.

"Your Majesty, the trouble in Sichuan Province is not military. Although there are many regiments in Sichuan, the Qing government has no control over the territory of Sichuan. The regiments, large and small, have no leader. What is there to fear?"

"Just step by step, three points to suppress, seven points to control, Sichuan can be settled!"

"How to caress it?"

"Your Majesty, the minister's method is also simple. Surrender and lose half, and stubbornly resist to the death of the whole family." Gu Song laughed.

Emperor Zhu couldn't help laughing.

"Okay! A good one surrenders and loses half, and the whole family dies stubbornly! Sichuan province can be settled."

Arrangements for the Central Plains and Sichuan.

Emperor Zhu looked at the officials in Guangdong and Nanyang again.

"Luo Jiangong, since we won the naval battle in the Indian Ocean, you don't need to take care of the war on the Indian mainland. Sun Shiyi will handle it himself, but you have to send someone to speed up Sun Shiyi. superior."

"I understand."

Luo Jiangong said hurriedly.

After winning the naval battle.

There is no obstacle for Ming's products to enter the Indian market.

Therefore, the expansion on land is not urgent.

Now it is the British who are eager to fight.

Zhu Daohua didn't want Sun Shiyi to rush to war with the Britons before he could gain a firm foothold.

In case of defeat.

Wouldn't Ming's invincible image among the Indian states be greatly reduced?

This is not conducive to Ming's diplomatic offensive in the Indian subcontinent - after getting Maratha.

Ming's fleet has appeared in the Arabian Gulf.

The diplomatic missions of the Ming Dynasty also began to cooperate with the Mughal Empire, the Tarpur Dynasty, and the Karat Khanate in North India.

At the same time, a series of chain reactions after the defeat of the British Eastern Intervention Fleet also appeared.

Several countries in the ancient Persian region, such as the Durrani Dynasty, the Qajar Dynasty, and the Sand Dynasty, also began to contact the Ming Dynasty.

Countries on the Arabian Peninsula and the east coast of Africa also felt the impact of the rise of the Ming Empire.

For whatever purpose.

It doesn't matter whether the mentality of facing Daming is welcome or fear.

For the countries in this area.

The fact that the Ming Empire is the new hegemon on the east and west coasts of the South Asian subcontinent, the waters off the Arabian Peninsula, and the waters west of the east coast of Africa is already a certainty.

How to deal with this new overlord.

It is something that the countries in this region must think about and adapt to.

And with the support of Daming's fleet.

The trade order in this area will eventually belong to the Ming Empire, which owns this area of ​​sea power.

Of course.

This effect deepens over time.

at least
Now the new overlord, the Ming Empire, hasn't made too many waves in the Indian Ocean
because.

For the Ming Empire.

The fundamental purpose of mobilizing troops in the Indian Ocean thousands of miles away is to ensure the smooth flow of business and the financial security of the Ming Dynasty. Now this purpose has been achieved.

Then the main attention shifts to the country that has not yet been fully unified.

That is a matter of course.

After handling and arranging matters against India, Java Island, and Luzon Island in Guangzhou.

Emperor Zhu Daohua of the Ming Dynasty left Guangzhou in late December, went north by boat, and returned to the Central Capital of the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)