At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 193 The Shanxi merchants can only suffer a little longer
For a time, many important officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty agreed with the strategic decision of retreating outside the pass.

After all, when Li Dingguo became king, the Manchu nobles, who knew that they were weak, had the voice of retreating outside the customs.

Even after a piece of stone, even a powerful prince like Azige advocated burning, killing and looting before returning to his hometown.

There are many Manchu nobles who feel that they cannot conquer the world.

This is true even for the two famous kings.

This was especially true after the great victory in Zhenjiang.

The current situation is so bad, how can they not make their minds wander?

However, there are not really smart people among the top management of the Qing Dynasty.

"Queen Mother! You must not do it!" Prince An Yue Le shouted: "The fight in the world has always been between you and me! Since our Qing Dynasty has entered the border, there is no way out!"

"If I don't destroy the thief, the thief will destroy me someday!"

As soon as this statement came out, it was instantly echoed by a group of ministers.

Judging from the current situation, if our Qing Dynasty gives up fighting for the world.

Neither Sun Kewang nor Li Laiheng nor Zheng Chenggong would let them go.

Sun Kewang's adoptive father died at the hands of our Qing Dynasty, and avenging him is a great cause within Xiying.

Not to mention the grievances between Chuangying and our Qing Dynasty.

If the Qing Dynasty hadn't entered the country, the world would have been theirs long ago.

Three generations of Li Zicheng have already been sitting on the throne for 15 years, so why bother struggling in the land of Kuidong?

As for Zheng Chenggong, his mother was taken over by our Qing Dynasty.

Although those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters.

She was just a mother, but Wu Sangui didn't even want her whole family.

But if Zheng Chenggong had a chance, could he not avenge this revenge?
Once the Qing Dynasty retreats outside the customs, no matter who takes over the world, sending troops to Liaodong will be an inevitable choice.

Even if there are no personal grudges, the hidden danger of our Qing Dynasty must be eliminated.

Yue Le and others are very clear about this.

Retreating outside the pass is just trying to survive!

Once the results of the competition in the Central Plains come out, what awaits us in the Qing Dynasty will be disaster!

"Prince An, haven't you heard about what happened in the Northern Yuan Dynasty? In the past, when the Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains, didn't they also run wild on the grasslands?"

Prince Jian Jidu said slowly: "We, the Qing Dynasty, may not be able to become the second Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. We will withdraw from the colorful country of the Han people. The white mountains and black waters are the home of our Manchurian children!"

As soon as Jidu said this, he was echoed by many people.

This guy always has something to borrow.

After the Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains, didn't they always live well on the grasslands?

When the Qing Dynasty withdraws from the Central Plains and returns to Liaodong, can't it be possible to become the second Mongolian Yuan Dynasty?

Just as Wu Sangui wanted to be like Mu Ying, he would always stay in Yunnan and share the same feelings with the country.

The reason why many people in the Qing Dynasty advocate retreating outside the pass is because they think they can survive like the Mongols!
"Prince Jian! One moment and another! We, the Qing Dynasty, have too much hatred with the bandits. If we retreat outside the pass, we will definitely be driven out and killed! How can we be the second Bei Yuan?"

Yue Le said eloquently: "What's more, even if the Qing Dynasty can succeed in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, there will be a second blue jade among the Han people!"

"Once that time comes, it will be too late for us to regret it!"

Jidu frowned when he heard this. The Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains, although they survived on the grasslands.

But the imperial court of Beiyuan was hunted down and killed by the Ming army!
If the Manchus retreated outside the customs, even if the tribesmen could survive.

But these important officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Han people would never let them go!

"Okay! Even a woman like me knows that the affairs of the world will never end well! If we Manchus can't get this world, the Han people will never let us go!" Xiaozhuang said solemnly.

"Now, although the main force of our Qing Dynasty is trapped in Yunnan and Guizhou, and Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou are secretly rebelling, the matter has not reached the final step yet!"

"Quickly send someone to convey the order, and ask Sichuan Governor Li Guoying to do everything possible to contact the main force of Yunnan and Guizhou, and let King Xin lead the main force of Manchu and Mongolia to break out quickly!"

"Queen Mother, what should we do about Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou?" Yue Le asked with his hands raised.

"What does Prince An mean?"

"Xiao Wang thinks that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui have been secretly rebelling for a long time. If they don't kill the nine clans, it won't be enough to quell this hatred!"

"It's just..." Yue Le changed the subject and said: "At this point, we, the Qing Dynasty, no longer have the power to destroy Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou."

"The matter in Yungui is confusing again. Judging from the previous battle reports, Hong and Wu did provide great assistance to King Xin in dealing with Li Dingguo."

"Even if Hong and Wu have objections, we, the Qing Dynasty, cannot make decisions blindly."

"Then control Wu Yingxiong first, and then send an order to Li Shutai, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to have him control Hong Chengchou's people."

"Let's wait until there is news about Yungui." Xiaozhuang sighed.

Our Qing Dynasty is not strong enough, so we are really constrained in doing this.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the king will be prosperous and blessed. The more than 3 Manchu and Mongolian descendants in Yunnan and Guizhou will return safely, but the court must also make preparations for rainy days." Yue Le said solemnly.

To prepare for a rainy day, it is natural to expand the army.

With the current strength of our Qing Dynasty, all mobile troops are basically trapped in Yunnan and Guizhou.

If we don't expand the army, we will die.

"Although the imperial court has millions of people, it may only have 30 soldiers for the battle. Of these 30 soldiers and horses, less than 20 people need to be garrisoned."

"Now that 16 troops are trapped in Yunnan and Guizhou, our Qing Dynasty must recruit at least [-] new soldiers to be able to protect ourselves." Malji made a calculation for everyone.

With the main force in the southwest trapped, the mobile forces that the Qing Dynasty can use are extremely few.

Only by forming more than [-] new soldiers can we barely have a large army capable of carrying out decisive battles.

Just wanting to organize and train [-] new troops is not easy.

"Empress Dowager, the [-] green battalion elite soldiers trained by Hong Chengchou in Huguang cost millions of dollars every year. If you want to retrain the green battalion elite soldiers, you have to pay them!" the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said.

Xiaozhuang took a breath when he heard this.

Originally, due to the war in Yunnan and Guizhou, the military expenditure of our Qing Dynasty had climbed to more than 3000 million taels.

Compared with the annual revenue of 800 million, this fiscal deficit is already outrageously high.

In order to support the southwest war, our Qing Dynasty also tried its best to maintain the consumption of 10,000+ troops for the expedition to Yunnan and Guizhou.

It's a pity that Yungui was defeated, but with Sun Kewang, Hunan was swallowed up.

The move to capture Yunnan and Guizhou turned into the Qing Dynasty digging its own grave.

The 3000 million was spent on himself.

Now the Qing government's finances are on the verge of reaching their limit, and the Ministry of Revenue has no money left.

Even the 500 million that favored Sun Kewang was obtained from Shanxi businessmen.

As a result, in the battle of Guilin, the 500 million that I, the Qing Dynasty, coaxed out of me, actually gave Sun Kewang an advantage.

At present, if we want to reorganize and train [-] new troops, we can only take extraordinary measures.

"These [-] new troops are related to the life and death of our Qing Dynasty. What can you do?" Xiaozhuang held the Buddhist beads and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, Jiangnan's tax arrears over the years have not been collected yet. Why don't we let the civil and military officials of Jiangnan handle it?" Suk Saha said.

"Your Majesty, you must not do it! People in Jiangnan are already in a state of agitation. It is only thanks to the help of God and the divine wind that Jiangnan did not turn into a battlefield last year!"

Malji quickly said: "If the imperial court launches a large-scale tax case in Jiangnan, which makes the gentry dissatisfied, Dasu's army has been transferred to the west. Once the pirates invade again, I am afraid that the whole Jiangnan will be on fire!" If we don't deal with the Qing Dynasty, during the vigorous Jiangnan Uprising in the past, many local gentry were unwilling to shave their heads, so they dispersed their wealth and organized resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

Although so many years have passed, most of the most courageous thorns have been killed.

But among the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, there were many who had hidden anti-Qing aspirations.

These people naturally do not dare to jump out when the situation is stable.

But once the situation in the Qing Dynasty goes bad, their thoughts will be difficult to decide.

What if we plunder another family's property and handle several major cases?

Doesn't this force people to jump out and resist the Qing Dynasty?

"What Mr. Ma said makes sense. Although the land south of the Yangtze River is rich, it cannot be taxed excessively." Xiaozhuang sighed.

Originally, after the Battle of Beipanjiang, our Qing Dynasty planned to conduct a raid in the south of the Yangtze River.

After all, Nanming cannot even defend Kunming, and the general trend of the entire world has been decided.

Under such circumstances, what can the gentry do when they raid the south of the Yangtze River?

Do they dare to oppose it?
But now Sun Kewang has occupied Hunan, and the situation has become unfavorable to our Qing Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, if you kill the Jiangnan gentry like pigs, they will really dare to rebel if they have hope!

Therefore, the land of Jiangnan cannot be touched lightly!

"Queen Mother, since the taxes owed in the south of the Yangtze River are not collected, we can only apportion them to the northern provinces." Jidu said slowly.

"No! Absolutely no!"

As soon as these words came out, Xiaozhuang and others were all shocked.

"Prince Jian, how did Qian Ming die? It's only been more than ten years!" Yue Lehou said fearfully.

The gentry from the south of the Yangtze River has united front value and cannot be moved. Don't the mud-legged people from all over the north have united front value?

How long has it been since our Ming Dynasty died?Xiaozhuang and others can still remember it vividly!

There have been constant uprisings in the northern provinces. If taxes are added, our Qing Dynasty will become the second Ming Dynasty!

Once the people in the north are driven to a dead end, although Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are dead, the second Li Zicheng and the second Zhang Xianzhong are about to come out!

This doesn't work either, that doesn't work either.

Although our Qing Dynasty controls most of the world, we still have to organize and train a hundred thousand new troops, and there is not much left to do now.

"Right now, we can only suffer the imperial merchants a little longer." Xiaozhuang sighed.

Yue Le, Jidu, Suksas, Ebilong and others all nodded.

The local tyrants and evil gentry in the south of the Yangtze River and the mud-legged people in the northwest all have extremely high united front value.

So we, the Qing Dynasty, dare not push us to death.

But the Eight Imperial Merchants do not have such great united front value.

The reason why businessmen, farmers, and merchants are ranked last is not because they have little power in their hands.

Just like pigs, they are killed whenever the court says?

These imperial merchants are all extremely wealthy and have received a lot of favors from the Qing Dynasty. It is time to suffer them again.

After all, last time I was able to shell out 500 million, it was easy to get used to it. Now it’s no big deal to shell out 1000 million this time to help our Qing Dynasty respond to emergencies.

"Yue Le, you have to supervise this matter. We must let the imperial merchants understand the court's difficulties."

"We, the Qing Dynasty, are not unreasonable. Let the imperial merchants donate 1000 million first, so that the court can save some money. When the world is peaceful in the future, these 1000 million plus the last 500 million, our Qing Dynasty will keep the principal with interest. Give it back to the imperial merchants!" Xiaozhuang said firmly.

"The Queen Mother is so righteous!" Yue Le and others sighed with emotion.

The Qing Dynasty is the master, and the imperial merchants are the slaves.

If the master uses the slave's things, is there any reason to repay it?

Even if the slave's wife is used, the slaves still have to be happy!

The imperial merchants should be honored that Xiaozhuang can agree to pay back the money.

"Queen Mother, are these 1000 million a little too little?" Jidu asked.

Our Qing Dynasty has its own national conditions. Hong Chengchou organized and trained [-] green battalion elite soldiers in Hunan, and our Qing Dynasty's finances were losing millions every year.

This is the result of the great efforts of the Qing Dynasty.

If we just let it go, if we drop 1000 million, we will be able to achieve great success in three cases!

You have to know what kind of stuff the 60 Green Energy, which costs tens of millions of dollars in salary every year, will produce.

If you want to reorganize a new army of 1000, [-] million will not take long at all.

I'm afraid that once the equipment and equipment are purchased, they will almost be used up.

"Shanxi merchants have made great contributions to the country, so it's not appropriate to borrow too much from them!" Xiaozhuang sighed.

These eight imperial merchants made great contributions to our Qing Dynasty.

If they hadn't kept making troubles in the pass, could the Qing Dynasty have been able to maintain its existence in Liaodong?

With such a great achievement, even if you treat someone like a pig and kill him, you can't just stab him to death with a single knife.

Otherwise, it will chill people’s hearts!

Although each of the eight imperial merchants is said to be worth millions, the eight companies are worth tens of millions.

But most of the assets are houses, fields, and shops.

These real estate properties may be useful or useless.

At the critical moment, it is really useless!

The last 500 million had already made the royal businessmen almost cry.

The 1000 million this time will make the royal businessmen completely empty their wealth.

Therefore, it is not appropriate to push any further. The imperial merchants will not be able to rebel if they are forced, but even hanging themselves can embarrass the Qing Dynasty!

"Pass an order for Ao Bai to return to the capital as soon as possible. He will be solely responsible for the training of new soldiers!"

Xiaozhuang said coldly: "These 1000 million are hard-earned. You guys have to remind me that we must use them as much as possible on the recruits!"

"Please rest assured, Queen Mother." Suksas and others said quickly with slightly red faces.

At this point, the Qing Dynasty can only do its best to deal with corruption.

Xiaozhuang obviously planned to swat the flies and train one hundred thousand recruits.

But our Qing Dynasty has its own national conditions, so it’s okay to swat a few flies on the anti-corruption issue.

If you really are hunting a tiger...

You are already a tiger, but why can't you beat me?
In short, with the mentality of giving it a try, our Qing Dynasty decided to train a new army through the hard work of Shanxi merchants and fight to the death with Sun Kewang.

At the same time, Sun Kewang also came to Dongting Lake and declared his rule over Hunan.

"The water in Dongting is getting warmer."

In Yuezhou, Sun Kewang climbed to the Yueyang Tower and overlooked Dongting Lake.

Around them, tens of thousands of soldiers were resting and recuperating.

Since the battles of Guilin and Yongzhou, Sun Kewang's ten-town army has never encountered any decent resistance, and they fought directly to the banks of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River.

(End of this chapter)