The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 694 Prevention and Control of the Plague
Huang Sheng listened carefully to Wang Ruhai's report, summoned the officers of the Zanhua Department to study the terrain, and found that the base camp chosen by the Christian army was very good.

The original castle where Amakusa Tokisada was entrenched was in the west of Kyushu Island, east of Nagasaki, a famous port city on the west coast of Kyushu Island, and its geographical location is the Shimabara area of ​​Japan in later generations.

Shimabara is about [-] or [-] kilometers away from the land of Kyushu Island surrounded by the sea on all sides. The original castle is located on the seaside and has a unique location. As long as there is a strong sea force, it is convenient and quick to provide reinforcements to the Christian army from the sea.

It would be too bad for the Han people not to take advantage of such a good opportunity. Huang Sheng issued an order to gather the Xiyi believers who were captured in the past few years, give freedom to the Xiyi who are willing to participate in the battle to defend the religion, issue them muskets, give them ammunition, and send them to Japan. Yuancheng participated in the battle to defend Yuancheng.

Amakusa Tokisada was given free weapons and food aid, and the navy could bombard the shogunate army to provide fire support to the Amakusa Tokisada Army guarding the original city.

The "Nanming" navy can send sentinel boats to assist Amakusa Tokisada in sending messengers to contact believers in other parishes.

And merchant ships and warships can be used to transport believers from all over the place to the original city to participate in the battle against the shogunate army. It is necessary to ensure that this place will not be captured by the shogunate army.

Historically, these rebel believers were very tenacious. They even had limited iron knives and guns, and they still fought hard with sharpened bamboo spears.

Under the attack of 10,000+ shogunate troops, they persisted until they ran out of ammunition and food, and refused to surrender. In the end, more than [-] people were all killed.

It will definitely not happen now, the Huang family navy has repeatedly attacked the Wa country, and wiped out the Satsuma clan entrenched there in Kagoshima. The strength of the Wa country is no longer as good as history.

The historical example of the shogunate requesting Dutch merchant ships to provide artillery support to attack the Christian army would not happen, because the Dutch were troubled by the war on Java Island and could not withdraw, and Taiwan Island was in constant friction with the Spaniards.

The Dutch were restricted by Huang Sheng's development. Their merchant ships often disappeared for no reason in the "Nanming" waters, and no decent armed merchant ships appeared near the country of Wa.

Contrary to history, since the Spaniards and "Nanming" belonged to a commercial cooperation relationship, they had merchant ships operating in the Sea of ​​Japan, and the Spaniards, who were also Catholics, chose to support the Christian army to fight against the shogunate army.

This ebb and flow has long deviated from history, and now there are still Li Guozhu and the "Nanming" navy pulling sideways, transporting Japanese believers from all over the country by sea to participate in the battle to defend the religion.

The number of people in Amakusa Tokisada is at least [-]% to [-]% more than in history, the food reserves are at least twice as much, and the weapons and equipment are not the same.

With the artillery support provided by warships at sea, and one or two thousand Xiyi musketeers joining the guard team, it is very possible for Amakusa Tokisada to form an armed separatist regime.

Wang Ruhai received a clear answer from the Patriarch, and immediately returned to "Huaxia Island" to report.

At the same time, warships and merchant ships plying the sea began to send Xiyi believers to Yuancheng.

It is said that the Spanish missionaries in 'Huaxia Island', Huangjiawan Island, Zhoushan Island and other places also took the initiative to ask to go to Japan to protect the teachings.

Some of them went to rescue the dying and heal the wounded, and some simply took up muskets to fight, because the method of persecuting the believers in the Japanese country was too vicious, and the believers shared the same hatred.

Huang Sheng was unable to witness the chaos in the Wa Kingdom in person, and his first task was to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, who caused the chaos in Ming Dynasty.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Huang Sheng held a meeting at the Qinhuai River Grand Theater. The theater, which can accommodate 300 people, squeezed in enough [-] civil servants and military generals. Fortunately, it was winter, and it was nothing but warm to be together.

Huang Sheng announced the establishment of six ministries, but they were two levels lower than that of the Ming Dynasty. There was no minister, and the highest level was the third-rank minister. Sun Yuanhua became a doctor of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Huang Mingli is the left servant of the Ministry of War, Huang Mingdao is the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, Bian Zhiming is the fifth-rank doctor of the official department, Huang Dongshan is part-time the right servant of the household department, Xu Guangqi is the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Ruan Dan and Shang Muming are respectively the doctors of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Guozheng works part-time as the right servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice....

The army is organized into 36 battalions, with a total of 14 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. Navy officers and soldiers enjoy rank benefits and cannot be organized in battalions. There are 4000 sailors, main soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and marines.

The 72 guerrilla generals who were actually awarded the third rank, Cheng Quangong, Han Kuan, Li Dagang, Han Guang and other old brothers did not specifically train the battalion. The chief general of the battalion to expand the territory.

Huang Mingli and Huang Mingdao took the rank of first-rank commander-in-chief and were knighted. Huang Mingli received the first-class Ping Liao Bo, and Huang Mingdao received the first-class Ping Yi Bo...Huang Dongshan, Gu Shanhe, and Liu Guozheng were conferred the title of second-class Uncle Hanwei, and more than a dozen others including Huang Donghai, Heihu, Lu Chengzu, Han Kuan, etc. were awarded the title of third-class Uncle Zhongyong.

Anyway, only by obtaining military merits can one be knighted. This is the honor of soldiers who fight for the country.

Zhao Shimin's hard work is of great importance in "Nanming", but he only got the position of the left servant of the third-rank Ministry of Industry, and actually led the Ministry of Industry, but did not get the title of knighthood.

In order to make researchers, scientists, technicians, great craftsmen, great doctors, etc. who study technology more hopeful, "Nanming" specially gave Rong Xun to encourage everyone to rejuvenate the country through science and technology.

This is actually not an official position, there is no real job for the rank, it is to give everyone an honor, so that good craftsmen and scientists can get an extra salary.

The mode is similar to that of Daming conferring a royal wife, ranging from the first rank to the seventh rank.

The scientific and technological workers who receive high-level treatment are like the wives who have been ordered. There is no major change in life, and they can do what they should do.

But there is more halo on the top of the head, and with the status and honor, the monthly income is also a few to dozens of silver coins, which is equivalent to the salary of the rank.

The salary of the "Nanming" system will be distributed in two ways in the future, and the superposition of post salary and rank salary is the actual income.When the society develops to a certain extent, personal adjustment tax can be considered.

Talents such as Fang Yizhi and Xu Hongzu are more enthusiastic after they have won the false titles ranging from seventh rank to full sixth rank. They are adding bricks and tiles to the construction of "Nanming".

The team led by Hu Jianya and Wu Youxing has made great contributions to the prevention and control of epidemics, laid the foundation of scientific medical treatment, promoted blood transfusion technology and injection treatment methods, successfully developed and widely produced various injections, etc.

They successfully developed the "anti-abuse spirit" special medicine, so that malaria, a stubborn disease, no longer became one of the main culprits that took away the health and lives of the people of "Nanming".

The medical team also found that eradicating rats, eliminating fleas, using soap to wash hands frequently, washing the body, and maintaining personal hygiene will better prevent and control the plague, which is the terrifying Black Death.

(End of this chapter)