Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 463 Li Dingguo

The current theoretical knowledge of natural science in Ming Dynasty was provided to Song Yingxing and others based on some materials written by Zhu Youjian based on his knowledge of science in later generations.

Although he was an undergraduate majoring in medical biology at the School of Medical Technology of a certain medical university in later generations, he had studied basic physics, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, molecular biology, genetic biology, introduction to biology, normal human anatomy, advanced mathematics, natural Medicinal chemistry and other subjects, and the grade points of each science are above three, but he doesn't know much about the content now, he can only understand the most basic laws.

A lot of knowledge is scattered, so now he can only wait for the scientific researchers of this era to perfect and supplement for him after the Northern Expedition.

This perfection and supplementation will definitely take a lot of time and energy. Maybe Zhu Youjian has to go to Western countries to dig talents, such as the contemporary physicist and mathematician Descartes, physicist Blaise Pascal et al.

The future scientific construction of the Ming Dynasty will enter a stage where theoretical construction is the main focus, and it is obviously impossible to make great leaps in scientific and technological progress.

Zhu Youjian doesn't know whether he can see the day when cars and computers appear in his lifetime.

The only technological benefit he can enjoy now is a large carriage with a shock-absorbing system, especially after arriving in Changsha by boat and going overland, such a carriage allows him to sleep well on the bumpy Xiangxi official road.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Qing court that Zhou Ze has been appointed governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and has arrived in Hanzhong. Dorgon has also said that he is ill and will not be in court. Now it is Prince Zheng Jierhalang who is in charge of state affairs. After the Qing envoys were executed by us, there is no clear news about how the Qing court reacted."

When it was close to Tongren, Guizhou, Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, reported the information from the Manchu Qing to Zhu Youjian.

Prince Zheng Jierhalang is in power?
Zhu Youjian didn't know much about Jierharang, and he only knew that in the original history, this person died after Dorgon, and he joined forces with Shunzhi to attack the remnants of Dorgon and forced Azig to fail to become the second regent. king.

In addition, Zhu Youjian also knows that Jierhalang is the only force that can contend with Dorgon now. Dorgon is the regent, and he is the assistant king.

However, if Zhu Youjian's predictions are correct, Jierhalang is not as ambitious as Dorgon's. Not only is it based on Zhu Youjian's understanding of the original Ming and Qing history that Jierhalang will not betray Shunzhi, but also because Jierhalang is not the son of Nurhachi, but the nephew of Nurhachi, so he is not qualified to seize the throne.

"If a person does not have the ambition to claim the throne, his thinking will become conservative. It is no wonder that he will send people to negotiate a peace. It seems that Jierhalang really only wants to keep half of the north."

Zhu Youjian then asked Wu Mengming: "Who ordered Zhou Ze to be the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi? With Jierhalang's character, he would not still think about looking forward to Shu at this time."

"Your Majesty is wise. Zhou Ze's appointment as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi came from Dorgon's instruction. Dorgon asked him to store food and raise troops in Hanzhong, waiting for him to change."

After Wu Mengming said this, Zhu Youjian nodded: "Now that Zhou Ze is serving as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the Qing court, he is equivalent to a great official in the frontier. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Naturally, his master of the Qing Dynasty can no longer control him. He will find a way to send more The reliable Jin Yiwei entered him, the governor's superintendent, to take up an important position in the Green Camp, preparing for the more thorough annihilation of Jianlu in the future!
In addition, now that Zhou Ze has left Beijing, has the intelligence source of Jinyiwei in Beijing been affected? "

Zhu Youjian asked again after speaking.

"It doesn't have much influence. Zhou Ze has already made Han Ran his wife. Now everyone in Beijing knows that Zhou Ze loves concubines like their fate, and they all think that he has no ambitions. Now Han Ran has also obtained the status of imperial order, and often has sex with some Manchus. The rich and powerful wives gathered a lot of important news from these women, such as the news about the miscarriage of the Empress Dowager Bumbutai of the Qing Dynasty, which we all know."

After Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, said, Zhu Youjian gave him a rather gossipy look: "Bumubutai's small production, is it Dorgon's seed?"

Just as Zhu Youjian asked this question, Zhang Tongchang's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, the Tongren Mansion is in front of you. The supervisor Ma Ge has led all the civil and military officials from the southwest to welcome you in front."

"I know."

Zhu Youjian responded.

It stands to reason that the Southwest War was just a local war, not to mention that he had already joined the Daming Guards, even if he hadn't joined, Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army could not have fought Huguang and approached Jiangnan.

But Zhu Youjian still decided to come to the southwest to see for himself while he was in the south before the Northern Expedition, and he came to the southwest for nothing else, but only for one person.

This person is Li Dingguo.

Among the Ming figures 17 years after Chongzhen, Li Dingguo was the one Zhu Youjian admired the most.

Everyone knows that Li Dingguo is the most skilled general in the history of Nanming, and he is known as the last military god.

But now Li Dingguo is still Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, and he is even hostile to Zhu Youjian, a bandit who started his family by creating Zhu Youjian's rebellion.

In other words, even if Zhu Youjian Ling Chi Li Dingguo is not an exaggeration.

But Zhu Youjian was really reluctant to Ling Chi Li Dingguo.

This kind of Chinese backbone, although in this era, he is still on the opposite side of himself, but Zhu Youjian can't hold any hatred for Li Dingguo.

However, according to Jin Yiwei's military report.

Now this Li Dingguo is a very troublesome figure for Ming Ting.

Especially Ma Shiying, what Ma Shiying hates most now is Li Dingguo.

Because since Li Dingguo's southern expedition, Ma Shiying lost the city and land, and finally had to retreat to Tongren, Guizhou.

If Li Dingguo's offensive was not blocked because of the appearance of the Seventh Army of the Ming Dynasty Guards and Ma Shiying began to listen to the opinions of Yang Zhan and Li Yan after several losses, Ma Shiying would not even be able to keep Guizhou.

It was also because of this that Zhu Youjian thought of visiting the southwest. He wanted to meet Li Dingguo in person.

Just now Zhou Ze has also become the largest Qing court official in the northwest and southwest regions.

Zhu Youjian felt that the Southwest region was now like a banner of three-party competition, and his biggest goal was to completely stabilize the situation in the Southwest before the Northern Expedition, eliminate Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime and occupy Sichuan at the same time.

Ma Shiying is good at scheming and scheming, but he is really not good at fighting. In the original history, although he held the four towns in Jiangbei, he failed to hold Nanjing. Of course, this is also related to the four towns in Jiangbei not listening to propaganda.

Zhu Youjian also knew that Ma Shiying was not the material, but at the time when the Manchus were going south, Zhu Youjian could only send him to the southwest of the town.

But now that the battle of the Manchus going south has completely failed, Zhu Youjian can also free up his hands and concentrate on dealing with Zhang Xianzhong's troops. Even if Ma Shiying lost the Southwest, Zhang Xianzhong no longer poses any threat to Daming.

Fortunately, Ma Shiying is not really that useless, at least he still saved most of Guizhou and the whole of Yunnan.

(End of this chapter)