The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 361
Zhu Linmei was taken aback when she heard the words, and seeing that everyone in the court nodded in agreement, she suddenly understood that the courtiers were all thinking of killing people with a knife, and wanted to eradicate the Lu Wang regime with the hands of Hong Chengchou.

He couldn't help sighing in his heart: In history, an important factor for the rapid demise of Nanming was internal strife. This may be the inherent bad habit of a "rich family" like Daming, who always feels that internal worries are more important than external troubles.

The officials only saw that if the King of Lu was destroyed, the Taizheng Dynasty would be the only Zhengshuo in the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't think about how many people would be enslaved and killed, and how much food, grass and silver would fall into the captives' hands once Zhejiang fell. And these money and food will be the military expenses for the Qing army to attack Daming in the future.

As for King Lu, Zhu Linming knew that he was not a firm self-reliant faction.

In fact, as early as the first year of Longwu, King Lu briefly announced his abdication and returned to the feudal clan to honor Longwu.But later, under the insistence of Zhang Guowei, Wang Zhiren and others, the powerful courtiers in Zhejiang, King Lu had no choice but to withdraw his order and returned to Shaoxing to continue to be called Jianguo.

But right now, Zhang Guowei and Wang Zhiren, the two most radical "Lu Wang self-reliance faction", were killed when Zhejiang fell last time.Without their constraints, if Fujing can send troops to have a decisive impact on the battle situation in Zhejiang, the king of Lu is likely to bow his head and surrender to the Taizheng Dynasty.

As for how to enter Zhejiang under the opposition of the King Lu regime, Zhu Linmi already had a plan in mind.Speaking of it, it was the collapse of the Zhejiang Navy that allowed him to find a breakthrough, otherwise it would probably trigger a civil war.

But in the current situation, as long as his plan can be implemented smoothly, not only can the crisis on the front line of the Qiantang River be resolved, but it can also put great pressure on Shaoxing.At that time, even if King Lu continues to take the route of splitting, Zhu Linmi can force him to submit without causing casualties to the people.

Lu Zhenfei was still talking, "I just need to sit back and watch the captives and strangle them against each other. Even if Lu Fan loses, it will greatly consume the Eastern captives' strength..."

Zhu Linmei glanced at Lu Zhenfei, raised her hand to stop him from continuing, "Lu Ge Department, have you ever thought that if Zhejiang falls, how many people will be slaughtered?
"According to the practice of the captives, all the places that insisted on not surrendering, and surrendered and turned back, were all slaughtered. Anyway, when the Zhejiang region was invading from the south of Boluo, they drove the false officials from the prefectures and captured and killed thousands of bandit soldiers. How could the captives not Holding grudges? Therefore, once Zhejiang falls into the enemy's hands, the tragedies of Yangzhou and Jiading will be repeated!"

Lu Zhenfei hastily said: "Your Highness, it is clear! It is not the officials who have abandoned the people, but even if we send troops to rescue Zhejiang, we will definitely be blocked by the Lu Fan. I am afraid that we will not see the Eastern captives at that time, so we will kill ourselves first!"

Zhu Linmei smiled slightly, waved her hands and said: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way to avoid King Lu's soldiers and horses, and go straight to the bandit army."

Most of the courtiers, including Lu Zhenfei, were taken aback when they heard the words, thinking in their hearts, it seems that His Royal Highness the Co-Prince was already preparing to intervene in the war in Zhejiang.But even if His Royal Highness has a way to avoid fighting with the Zhejiang army, this battle is still impossible.

Lin Zunbin immediately remonstrated: "Your Highness, there is an army of 14 captured from the East, and our army can conscript up to 6 or [-] people. In addition to the constraints of the Lu Fan... the officials think that it is not appropriate to rush forward!"

Someone else said loudly: "Your Highness, I am a widow, and if I work hard to fight in the north of Zhejiang, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win completely."

"Your Highness, it is still risky to defend Quzhou, and it is absolutely impossible to go north to Qiantang..."

"His Royal Highness, once the attack is unfavorable, it will be too late to deploy the Shangrao line of defense..."

"Your Highness, you must not..."

Most of these officials experienced a series of defeats such as the collapse of the Chongzhen state, the capture of Hongguang, and the death of Longwu. They also witnessed tens of thousands of Jian captives fighting all the way from outside the Great Wall to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even almost broke through Jiangxi and Fujing.

In their minds, the Eastern Captives were still very powerful, and the Ming army did not have a force several times that of the enemy, so it was absolutely difficult to fight the enemy.

Although His Royal Highness, the assistant king of the current dynasty, had captured and killed nearly [-] troops of Boluo, in their subconscious mind, it was because Boluo underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, and was captured by the Ming army at Xianxia Pass, so that the food and grass were cut off and he was defeated.But he didn't believe that the Ming army had the combat power to take the Jianlu head-on.

Before Zhu Linming could say anything, Yu Xin glanced around the courtiers with a dark face, and said coldly: "It's only more than a hundred thousand bandits, are you scared out of your wits?"

He didn't wait for someone to refute, and immediately continued: "Now the reform of our military system in Ming Dynasty has achieved results. There are more than ten thousand recruits in the military schools in Longnan and Jian'an, and they have been trained well. Even if they are ordered to fight now, they can be counted against Double Jianlu!
"At the same time, our army's guns, cannons, horses, and equipment are no longer comparable to those in the past. With our tens of thousands of elite troops, why can't we go north to fight?!"

After he finished speaking, many generals, especially the generals from the Dragon Guards or the Polu Camp, expressed their support.

Yang Tinglin, who had never spoken at the side, coughed dryly at this time, stepped out of the class and said: "Your Highness, I know that you use soldiers like a god, so you dare not disagree with the matter of sending troops.

"It's just that the government treasury is already spending too much and spending less. If you want to use troops in Zhejiang, you must at least suspend the transfer of funds from the two shipyards in Nan'an and Yongbeili, and the military bureaus in Jiangxi and Fujian will also reduce their payments. In this way, Fang It can barely support the food and pay of the army."

In fact, he didn't dare to say anything else. Now that officials' salaries are extremely high, if the war drags on for a little longer, even their salaries will be reduced.

Zhu Linming knew that what he said was the truth.With the increasing scale of Ming Dynasty's military use, it is no longer possible to deal with tens of thousands of taels of military expenses as before.

Although there are still more than 70 taels in the treasury, which seems to be a lot, but shipbuilding, blunderbuss making, and cannon casting cost nearly 30 taels a month. If the Northern Expedition is to start, these things must be suspended. .

However, Zhu Linmi did not intend to stop the manufacture of armaments, especially warships. This was his reliance on the Northern Expedition to Nanjing and even the recovery of Beijing in the future.

As for the issue of military expenses, he naturally had a countermeasure, and immediately said to Yang Tinglin: "Yang Ge Department, if the household department can increase the monthly income of 13 taels in the future, is there still a problem?"

Yang Tinglin calculated silently in his mind that at present, Jiangxi and Fujian have more than 6 taels of tax tax every month, Guangdong Customs Department has more than 3 taels of tax silver, the auxiliary government king has privately allocated 3 taels, and Fujing Yuegang City Shipping Department has an income of more than 3000 taels , a total of nearly 13 taels.If the monthly income is doubled, and the expenses are reduced, it will be barely enough.

In the future, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places will gradually recover, and this tight situation will surely improve day by day.

He then bowed his head and said: "Return to Your Highness, if there are 13 taels, the officials will do their best to coordinate and ensure that our army has no worries about food and wages."

When Yang Tinglin retreated into the civil service ranks, Li Hui, a member of the Ministry of War, came forward and said, "His Royal Highness, fighting in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas is disadvantageous without a navy. Now that the Zhejiang Army's navy has been defeated, our army must be controlled by the East in every way in northern Zhejiang." Captive boats, this must not be ignored!"

(End of this chapter)