I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 66 November

Wang Daocheng, the prefect of Quanzhou Prefecture, was captured alive by the Ming army, which also declared that Quanzhou City was completely integrated into the Ming Dynasty.

Coupled with the newly assigned Hui'an County under Zheng Dingrui's command, most of Quanzhou Prefecture has been completely brought under the actual control of the Ming army.

Moreover, as time goes by, the deserters of those traders continue to spread the word.

Not only Fujian's state capitals, but also several surrounding provinces, are gradually beginning to become undercurrents.

Those forces hidden in the darkness of various provinces, people with lofty ideals, or simply careerists, all saw the fragile tip of the iceberg of the Qing court from the Battle of Quanzhou.

The officers and soldiers of the imperial court who had not fought in a war for decades...may not be as scary as they imagined.

At the end of October in the 60th year of Kangxi's reign, the originally chaotic situation in the north gradually calmed down.

As Dai Duo, the adviser of Fourth Elder Brother Yinzhen, speculated, although Kangxi was old, he did not suddenly do such ridiculous things at this time that could easily cause chaos in the north.

The Fuyuan General of the Qing Dynasty, the fourteenth elder brother, Gushanbeizi Aixinjueluo Yinzhen returned to Beijing after being ordered to return to the capital. Apart from making daily pilgrimages to Emperor Kangxi and receiving many rewards incidentally, he never made any major actions. .

Not only did Kangxi not show any intention of appointing him as the crown prince, but his title remained unchanged, and he only gave him a large number of gold and silver utensils.

He even rejected all the memorials that were impatient and wanted to stand in line and bet, that is, to request the appointment of a crown prince.

At this time, those civil and military ministers who originally thought that Kangxi intended to appoint Yinqi as the heir apparent were a little confused.

However, they were confused, but Yinzhen let out a long sigh of relief.

"Thank you sir for your careful planning and timely reminder. Otherwise, I might have made one wrong move and lost everything!"

"The prince is too humble, and I have only fulfilled my duties as a minister. If the prince were not Bole, even if I were alive like Kong Ming, I am afraid that it would be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!" Dai Duo quickly handed over his hand and said modestly.

"Sir, you are serious!" Yinzhen smiled slightly, and was quite pleased with Dai Duo's right flattery.

"In that case, according to what Mr. Wang said, I will wait and see what happens..."

The first year of Ming Dynasty Yonghe, early November.

Zhu Yijiong officially issued an order to move the capital to Quanzhou Fucheng and use the original prefect's Yamen as a temporary palace.

As for the captured Wang Daocheng, the prefect of Quanzhou, and Lu Youlong, the governor of Fujian, Zhu Yijiong did not even meet them. He only ordered them to be under strict supervision and not to commit suicide.

Now these two people are no longer of significance to Zhu Yijiong and the Ming Dynasty. At most, they are just political propaganda.

If these two people had voluntarily surrendered before the Battle of Quanzhou broke out, even if they were captured by prisoners, Zhu Yijiong might still be very happy.

But now, in the Battle of Quanzhou, the Green Camp of the Qing Army in Fujian was not only completely wiped out, but also defeated so quickly, so fast that it was even a bit sloppy, which directly made Zhu Yijiong and the officers on the Ming side see clearly the Qing Army, at least the Qing Army in the South. Strong on the outside but dry on the inside.

How can an army that has not fought in a war for decades still have any fighting capability?

At this time, the Quanzhou magistrate's office and the temporary palace of the Ming Dynasty were also the current military and political center of the Ming Dynasty in Fujian.

"Reporting to the Supervisor, the reorganization of our army has been basically completed. If we add in the new recruits recruited previously, the current strength of the new army has reached more than [-]."

Yang Gong stood in the living room, held up his hands and talked eloquently: "Except for Commander Xu, the third town will be located in Xiamen and Haicheng County. It is not allowed to move without permission. There are also [-] soldiers and horses that can be mobilized. In addition, the gentry of Quanzhou Prefecture is here to help us." With the strong support of the Ming Dynasty, all the food, grass and soldiers are ready, and we can send troops to regain the entire Fujian Province at any time."

After hearing what Yang Gong said, the other nine Ming army generals present nodded in agreement.

Even Chen Fushou, who had been secretly swayed by factions in the previous discussions under the city and had enmity with Yang Gong, was the same.

After all, the Qing army in Fujian has been wiped out, leaving only the garrisoned Eight Banners with more than 3000 people, and the few old and weak soldiers in the various state capitals. Together, they are not enough for the Ming army to suppress it.

Why don't you seize the opportunity quickly? What are you waiting for?
By annexing Fujian, not only could Ming's territory be expanded, but these generals here could also gain a lot of military glory.

Including the five newly surrendered generals, they can also use this to regain their hometown and avoid being threatened by the court... oh no, it's Qing Gou who threatens his family.

It can be described as a feat!
When Chen Fushou saw that Zhu Yijiong was silent, he thought it was because Zhu Yijiong was hesitant, so he quickly helped to persuade him: "Supervise the country, what Commander Yang said is true. At present, all the Qing garrison troops in Fujian have been defeated by the Ming Dynasty. Next, whether each state government recruits and trains its own troops, or mobilizes troops from Zhejiang and Guangdong, it will take at least two months. Moreover, even if they really dare to come, they will all be turned into powder under the attack of our Ming army. That’s all!”

"Reporting to the Supervisor, what Commander Chen and Commander Yang said is absolutely true! This is indeed a great opportunity to capture all of Fujian!"

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister also agrees!"

……

With Yang Gong and Chen Fushou taking the lead, everyone present came out to echo.

Even Lai Chi also stood up and joined the others in asking for orders.

"Well, since that's the case..."

After hearing this, Zhu Yijiong, who was sitting at the top, did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "Yang Gong, where is Zheng Dingrui?"

"Chen is here!"

Yang Gong and Zheng Dingrui stepped forward at the same time.

Zhu Yijiong said: "Yang Gong, I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the North Route Army and Zheng Dingrui as the deputy commander. You two will bring your own troops and horses, together with the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth towns of the New Army, a total of [-] Army. Attack Xinghuafu as quickly as possible, and use this as a stepping stone to wait for an opportunity to regain the capital Fuzhou."

"According to the order!"

Yang Gong and Zheng Dingrui once again responded one after another.

"Chen Fushou, Liu Guoji, Lai Chi, and Ling Yingqi (Eleventh Town)."

"I'm here!" The four people stepped forward quickly.

Zhu Yijiong once again ordered: "The four of you, Gu Ming, will lead an army of [-] people and go south to meet up with the third town of Xu Jin's headquarters. With Xu Jin as the commander-in-chief of the South Route Army, Chen Fushou and Liu Guoji as the left and right vanguards, we must attack Zhangzhou Prefecture. Cut off the road from Guangdong to Fujian within two months!"

"Order!"

Although Chen Fushou was a little regretful that he could not get the major credit for attacking the capital Fuzhou, he did not have any objections at this moment.

After all, when it comes to qualifications, let alone Yang Gong, even Xu Jin can beat him Chen Fushou based on his merits, qualifications and battlefield experience.

The Jianguo appointed Yang Gong as the commander-in-chief of the North Route Army and Xu Jin as the commander-in-chief of the South Route Army. In fact, there was nothing wrong with it. They just maintained the previous appointments.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a while and added: "By the way, there is also the recruitment and training of troops. Not only should we not shelve it and slow it down, we must also increase our efforts. Moreover, this training process can also appropriately arrange new soldiers to participate in the previous battle of Quanzhou. The fleeing defeated troops, as well as bandits and bandits from all over the country..."

Naturally, the generals didn't have much opinion on this, and they all accepted it.

The more troops there are, the stronger the Ming army will naturally be.After handling the military affairs, the next step is the civil affairs.

Yang Gong and other generals retired, and the former Quanzhou magistrate, now the Quanzhou magistrate, came with a large number of civil servants to report on their work.

Basically, it was some trivial political matters after the new rule of Quanzhou, as well as the expressions of goodwill and loyalty from the major gentry and wealthy families.

Naturally, Zhu Yijiong would not kill all the gentry and wealthy families who took the initiative to show their kindness.

Although he covets the other party's property and land, in the early days of starting a business, it is natural that all forces that can be united must unite. This is the long-term solution.

After giving these people a good meal to appease them, Zhu Yijiong ordered the Quanzhou Prefect to use official power to summon as many maritime merchants in Quanzhou Prefecture as possible.

Now that Quanzhou has arrived, it’s time to open Xiamen’s shipping system.

With the port of Xiamen, it is really a loss and inefficient to have Shopkeeper Kang run back and forth alone and only traffic in camphor.

We have to find ways to expand the scale of maritime trade, and at the same time we have to open up coastal trade routes.

Shopkeeper Kang only has the Japanese route and no other way.There are many good things in Southeast Asia, and even the artillery technology of the colonists there can be used in some way.

Moreover, not only military maritime trade, but civilian maritime trade is also important.

After all, when it comes to what is most profitable, it must be foreign trade.

The current financial economy of the Ming Dynasty is actually abnormal, and it basically relies on borrowing (robbing) and copying.

This is not a long-term solution at all, and it is not conducive to the Ming Dynasty gaining a foothold in the world.

An orthodox political power cannot be like bandits and bandits and must have its own internal system.

The reason why Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang in the late Ming Dynasty, was defeated repeatedly in the beginning was not only because he could not defeat him, but also because he did not have a complete internal system, from military to finance.

Later, he suddenly became prosperous, also because Li Zicheng took root in Shaanxi and tentatively established this system.

Now, Zhu Yijiong also has to build this team in Fujian.

Fortunately, he only had to copy it from Taiwan Base Camp with only slight changes.

By the way, speaking of Taiwan, at the same time that Quanzhou Prefecture was newly established, Zhu Yijiong also received a report from Taiwan from Wu Wai.

Good guy, just over a month after he led the army to cross the sea and attack Xiamen, someone on the other side of Taiwan rebelled.

According to the details reported by Wang Li and others, it seems that the excessive borrowing of grain by the Ming Dynasty made the wealthy gentry families in those places feel dissatisfied.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is no longer what it used to be. It is normal for the people below to receive some kickbacks while completing the imperial decrees.

In addition, the fourth town of the Ming Army is full of new soldiers, and it will take a few months once the main force leaves.The order given to the Fourth Town was to suppress bandits everywhere and suppress local areas. According to the thinking of the bandits, this was the court breaking the rules of the game.

In addition, the bandits were joined by defeated troops of the Qing army, so their combat strength may not have increased much, but their confidence was directly boosted.

At this time, the Fourth Town of the Ming Army took the initiative to step on the line and the main force fled. However, some wealthy gentry families had long-standing grievances against the Ming Army.

All factors were mixed together, and the two hit it off.

Ever since, this group of bandits and bandits and landlords and squires hastily rebelled.

Moreover, because they were caught off guard and the rebels gathered in large numbers, the Fourth Town was really caught off guard.

Being ambushed, the fourth town was defeated and defeated, with thousands of soldiers lost. The rest fled to Fucheng and two counties to defend themselves.

Fortunately, the rebels themselves were complex in composition, with varying combat capabilities, and they had many groups. They attacked the city for several days, but were unable to defeat it, and even had disagreements among themselves.

Of course, what surprised Zhu Yijiong the most was that the ones who finally cleaned up the mess were actually Huang Dian and Li Yong, the auxiliary Dukes who he deliberately left to garrison in Penghu.

After these two men received the request for help from Taiwan Bend, they immediately led half of their troops to cross the sea and return to Taiwan.

Then, taking advantage of the disagreements among the rebels, they continued to attack for several days. When the army was exhausted, they suddenly launched a surprise attack. With internal and external cooperation, tens of thousands of rebels were wiped out in one battle.

The rebel leader was beheaded on the spot and many prisoners were taken.

The entire rebellion only lasted seven days from start to finish, which was very fast.

Looking at the report sent from Taiwan in his hand, Zhu Yijiong couldn't help but sigh.

Unexpectedly, in order to encourage these people to fight well, they were given extraordinary titles.

The latter were afraid that the tail would not be lost and they would gain power by the way, so they deliberately suppressed these old people in the rebel army.

But he didn't expect that in the end, if something happened, it would be these old people who helped him clean up the mess.

It seems that these former veterans of the rebel army can no longer be suppressed blindly.

After all, these are all staunch supporters of King Zhu.

Also, we must pay attention to the financial management of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, there will only be more and more chaos like this in the future.

Wang Li also specifically raised this point in the report. While asking how to deal with the rebels, he also pointed out the shortcomings of the grain borrowing strategy.

He also took the initiative to plead guilty, indicating that as a minister, he failed to share the king's worries, which was really a serious crime.

Zhu Yijiong thought about this for a moment, and only gave the instruction "Execute quickly!" and stamped his prison seal.

For the rebels, we definitely cannot tolerate them, otherwise, it will only make people feel lucky, and more and more will follow.

As for the new fiscal strategy, Zhu Yijiong actually has a draft in mind. He just needs to wait for Fuzhou and Fujian to implement it when the overall situation is decided.

After processing the report from the other side of Taiwan, it was already dinner time.

While eating dinner, Zhu Yijiong picked up a letter on the case. This was actually a letter from Wu Alan and him.

Although she is now the prison queen, she is still a newlywed daughter-in-law. She has not seen her for several months, so naturally she misses her very much.

Speaking of which, when Foreigner Wu gave the letter to Zhu Yijiong this morning, the look in his eyes was obviously wrong, complicated, and even a little resentful.

Zhu Yijiong smiled slightly and opened the paint on the family letter with his own hands...

(End of this chapter)