The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 11
Zhu Linming knew that although this old man was pedantic, he was absolutely loyal to Daming. In history, even his wife brought his wife to the battlefield.

After being captured, the old man refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and even scolded Hong Chengchou, leaving behind the eternal reputation of "historical pens are flowing, although they are not successful, they can be lawed. Hong En is mighty, and you can't serve the country but become enemies." In the end, he resolutely became Daming dead festival.

Looking at the figure of Huang Daozhou leaving angrily, he had no choice but to shake his head. This kind of loyal minister should have a suitable position for him, but it should never be a battlefield.

After Zhu Linmi left the imperial study, Zhu Yujian was still recalling what his nephew had said, and his brows gradually frowned.

"The strategy of going north must not be rushed, but at the same time, it must not move west."

Thinking of Zhu Linmi's words, he was shocked.He said in the enthronement edict that he would send out a five-way army to attack Nanjing in the north, which is well known.But he wanted to go north to confuse the Qing army, and then took the opportunity to move the capital to Huguang, but he didn't mention it to anyone. Could it be that his nephew really has the ability to calculate?

Zhu Linming's words rang in his ears.

"He Tengjiao made good use of his private property and violated the imperial court's policy. He wanted to manage Huguang as his own private land. Huguang must not go.

"Although Ding Kuichu has no obvious intention of separatism, his ability is mediocre and cannot be relied on. In addition, Liangguang is not rich and has no danger to defend, so it cannot be used as a foundation.

"The king of Lu seems to have 20 soldiers, but the people who command them don't know how to fight. As long as the Qing army goes south, Zhejiang will not last long. Therefore, the king of Lu is by no means a serious problem.

"The focus right now is to stabilize Fujian and prevent Zheng Zhilong from surrendering. The second is to take over the whole of Jiangxi as soon as possible, the rich and prosperous land of Jiangxi. If there is chaos in Fujian, we can move to Ganzhou and try to rejuvenate."

Zhu Yujian thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Prince Chen said was reasonable, and vaguely regarded this nephew as an important factor in the revival of Longwu.

The decree of military training will not be issued until after Longwu sacrifices to heaven.These few days, Zhu Linmei has not been idle. The original owner of her body is an ancient nerd, and her mind is full of four books and five classics, and there is too little useful information.

He spent a whole day going around the Tianxing Mansion and found out the prices of various supplies.

There are many pedestrians on the street, there are many shops, and there are even many foreigners among them.At that time, Fujian was the window of Ming Dynasty for foreign trade, and its economy was quite developed.

The next day, he went to Yu Xin's barracks to have a look, and only said that he was an old friend of Mr. Yu, but did not reveal his identity as the eldest son.

Although he was mentally prepared, this army still disappointed him—the soldiers only regarded him as an ordinary person, so he was undisguised, all of them were skinny, their mental state was extremely poor, and their morale was low.

Not to mention weapons and equipment, even the clothes are patched and patched, and the torn straw sandals on the feet.After Zhu Linmi asked, she found out that these soldiers only had four qian per month, not to mention that they hadn't been paid for a long time because of Zheng Zhilong's ostracism.

In fact, even the soldiers who fought on the front line had extremely difficult living conditions, and lack of food and clothing happened from time to time.

Zhu Linmi felt sore in her heart, how could such an army defeat the Qing army?It is no wonder that every time when the generals of the Ming army wanted to surrender to the Qing court, the soldiers below were all in agreement.

For the time being, Zhu Linmi can't do anything about all this, he can only take one step at a time, and training the new army is his first step.

The Ordnance Bureau also has to check the situation, there is only one day left until the shed that Zhu Linmin rents expires.

When he entered the work shed, he was almost stunned—these master craftsmen were honest, and Zhu Linming asked them to make more guns, so they kept making these things, and they have produced nearly twenty sets so far.

The flintlock is a high-tech product of this era. The craftsmen who can make the flintlock are definitely high-level talents, and they are so hardworking and able to endure hardships. Of course, Zhu Linmi will not let them go.

He called all the craftsmen to the front, stated that he wanted to recruit a few, and then offered a very attractive condition: according to the level of skill, four to six taels of silver per month, and board and lodging.If you bring an apprentice, the apprentice can also receive one or two taels of silver.

Several craftsmen blushed with excitement when they heard such a high wage.Only one person hesitated, but after learning that he was working for Prince Chen's Mansion, he immediately agreed.

Just kidding, the craftsmen of the prince's palace!There is absolutely nothing to say about ensuring income during drought and flood, not to mention wages, just saying "work in the palace", ordinary people have to respect him three points.

Zhu Linmi simply asked a few people to pack up their things, and let him go to the palace.

Coming out of the gun-making workshop, Zhu Linmi suddenly heard a heavy yelling on the way, turned her head to look, and saw a dozen people struggling to pull a thick iron pipe out of the mud in a tall workshop not far away. Fan fragments were carried out.It turned out that the newly cast artillery had finished cooling and was ready to be transported away for test firing.

Artillery will definitely be the most important thing in the future. Relying on the upgrade of firearms can only achieve partial suppression, but with powerful artillery, it is enough to turn things around!A buddy named Napoleon in the previous life explained this very well.

It's just that artillery manufacturing involves too much, and there is no time to take care of it right now.Zhu Linmi sighed in her heart, she can only take her time in the future.

Looking at the back of Zhu Lin's carriage going away, Xu Tong happily hummed a ditty, the money has come so easily recently, I hope this dude will come more often in the future.Self-generating guns?Hmph, I've never heard that this thing works, who knows what these young masters are thinking.

In the afternoon, an eunuch from the palace came to Prince Chen's mansion, and announced that Prince Chen's son would attend the morning court the next day.

It was night, a young eunuch sneaked to the palace gate cunningly, and quickly slipped a note through the crack of the door.A guard sergeant outside the door took the note tacitly.

Not long after, a fast horse left in the dust, taking the post road.Three hours later, the fast horse caught up with the driver of Zheng Zhilong, Marquis of Pinglu, who was heading to Xiamen.

Zheng Zhilong yawned and took the note from the young man beside him, "It's midnight, what's urgent?"

The young man was his second son, Zheng Du, and his eyes were still sleepy. "It was sent from the palace. According to the usual practice, he can only wake up the father."

Zheng Zhilong looked at the note and frowned slightly. The content on it was exactly the imperial decree drawn up by Zhu Yujian, one of which was to order Chen Wang Shizi to organize a battalion of soldiers in the outer suburbs of Tianxing Mansion to help Jiangxi, and let all the ministries do a good job of logistical support.The other is to ask the Ordnance Bureau to manufacture a large number of new types of flintlocks. Prince Chen's son will join the Ministry of Science and Technology to be in charge of ordnance matters.

In addition, there is also a note attached, which mentions that at noon, the son of King Chen presented a bird blunderbuss to the emperor, and the monarch and his ministers talked for an hour.

He handed the note to Zheng Du, "What do you think?"

The latter glanced at it quickly, and said with a smile: "If you say that the emperor is willing to spend money, he even disregarded the ancestral system that the clan is not allowed to participate in politics. It would be best for him to find someone to plug the big hole in Jiangxi. He doesn't want to get anything from us."

Zheng Zhilong squinted his eyes and thought, first nodded slightly, then shook his head after a while, "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

(End of this chapter)