Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 699 Poyang Lake

Thanks to their religion, politics, and geography, Europe has changed from a land nation to a sea nation. Christianity has almost 150 days of fasting a year, and meat is not allowed, and fish is not in the list of prohibitions. The demand for fish. Every year, a large number of fishing boats go into the sea along the coast to train the sailors. Moreover, there are too many small countries in Europe, and each country cannot be self-sufficient. Therefore, it is essential to rely on sea transportation to communicate with each other. choose.

In this regard, it can be said that God made a big joke on China. China has always regarded itself as a celestial kingdom rich in products. The icing on the cake is a gift, and because of this, the Chinese people of all dynasties have been confined to this place. Seeing the world is changing, Huaxia can't help but stand still.

Since the Song Dynasty, China has been far ahead of the world in terms of technology and the pace of technological change has been seriously slowed down. In the Ming Dynasty, it is almost standing still, and even the firearms have to be imported from Portugal.

Change is always painful, and this is the case now. Zhou Yanru, who accompanied Song Qingshu and watched Qianfan at the door, climbed to the position of deputy prime minister relying on his past experience, couldn't help feeling worried.

"Marshal, this is not the way to go on like this! More than half of the rural fields in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are empty, and now Fujian is also the same. If this continues, our Daming Kingdom will not be empty. Besides, everyone thinks about profit, which is not in line with the morality of interests, and people's hearts are not old. My Ming Dynasty will be in danger of subjugating the country if it continues like this!"

Having seen manors in Taiwan, Zhou Yanru also supports overseas settlements, but his plan is still to move the refugees out. He never thought of changing the economic model of the entire society. Song Qingshu's plan is too big, and he is already a little scared him.

It's a pity that Song Qingshu didn't take Zhou Yanru's painstaking remonstrance to heart at all. Instead, he laughed and walked a few steps like a balcony, saying indifferently.

"Mr. Zhou, etiquette and morality are enough like before. Donglin was still known as a model of etiquette. Why did I still die in Ming Dynasty? Canglan knows etiquette well enough. This commander believes that the world will be peaceful if everyone has money in their pockets." , and only when they really feel the grace of the country, the people will risk their lives to defend the country, and now this trend of going to sea will make the world full, so what's wrong with it."

"Besides, the prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the world is full of hustle and bustle for profit. Nowadays, there is an overpopulation, which causes the cost of land to be too high. It is better to earn some money by going to sea. When the demand for overseas is saturated, the domestic land profit It’s going to go up again, and then people will come back with money earned overseas! It’s all about supply and demand.”

But when it came to this, Song Qingshu's face suddenly darkened again, and he became depressed. Is this how the house prices will be copied in later generations?Back then, he was a hard-working university monk, doing odd jobs here and there, and his savings for a year didn’t cost much, let alone buying a house in the capital city, it would hurt his muscles and bones even if he walked all the way, thinking about it made him depressed .

I don't understand why the commander-in-chief of my family suddenly turned gloomy again. I thought that what I said just now made Song Qingshu feel unhappy. The biggest taboo of being an official is not to follow the leader's thinking. Thinking of this, Zhou Yanru hurriedly The fart was slapped hard.

"The commander-in-chief has a good opinion, I am ashamed of myself, I am ashamed of myself!"

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, don't be modest. In terms of political experience, I am indeed not as good as you. If it wasn't for..., forget it."

When the words came to his lips, Song Qingshu swallowed them back, and changed the subject casually: "It's time for the Ministry of Rites to appease Guangdong and Guangxi. Let's go."

"Yes, handsome!"

Although he was very curious about this and followed the official rules of not asking too many questions, Zhou Yanru agreed and went downstairs immediately.

The carriage was parked at the door, and Xiaobao, the bodyguard and driver, was also on standby at any time. When he got out of the small building with a unique Jiangnan garden style, he got into the car, and Song Qingshu planned to rush to the city. However, at this moment, the confidential secretary Li Xiangjun unexpectedly ran in from outside the courtyard with a pale face.

"Marshal, Jiangxi urgent report!"

Li Xiangjun's expression immediately made Song Qingshu's heart skip a beat. He hurriedly took the military information of the code that had just been deciphered from her hand, opened the dark cover, and looked at it at a glance. After two glances, he threw the book angrily. on the ground.

"Damn things!"

Fujian has become too prosperous, like Song Qingshu's era. Commercial streets, factories and shops have sprung up, so that Song Qingshu is a little lax, forgetting that it is still a troubled time, and the world is less than one-fifth in his hands. When he was obsessed with the dream of the age of great exploration, others didn't follow his script at all.

The governor of Jiangxi, the national treasure, has been surrendered!
Now Wu Sangui, King of Pingxi, sent a total of 50 people from Huguang to Chu, and more than [-] boatmen. They left Wuchang on June [-]th and went down the Yangtze River to Jiujiang, an important town in Jiangxi. The west half of Jiangxi has been lost, and even more The serious thing is that the effectiveness of Song Qingshu's defense line at Anqing on the Yangtze River has also dropped significantly. Wu Sangui can go straight to Zhejiang from Jiangxi and attack the Yingtian regime from the hinterland.

Although he is not afraid of him, but once Wu Sangui's army approaches the border of Zhejiang, the reforms that Song Qingshu fought so hard for may be repeated again, and the overall plan customized before was stranded because of this change, and even the neighboring Guangdong and Guangxi may be affected. Because of this incident, it became repetitive.

It's not that I haven't considered the issue of the Jiangxi warlords surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, but the consequences are so bad that Song Qingshu subconsciously doesn't want to think about it, but now, it happened bloody, and the lingering anger has not disappeared, Song Qingshu once again punched the hammer to the car.

Just now I was chatting and laughing, but in a blink of an eye my boss came and it turned sunny and cloudy, and Zhou Yanru next to me couldn't help but feel a sudden feeling in my heart, the deputy prime minister also has the right to touch the secrets, watching Song Qingshu throw the black book on the ground, He picked it up easily, but after looking at it twice, a strong smile suddenly appeared on his face, facing Song Qingshu, the old man clasped his fists heavily.

"Congratulations, Commander, Congratulations, Commander!"

"I can't wait! Mr. Zhou is still in the mood to joke!"

"Master, otherwise!"

His expression became serious, and Zhou Yanru opened the military map that was stuck in the military situation, pointed to Jiujiang and said with a smile: "The two biggest forces of Jiannu in the south of the Yangtze River are Wu Sangui and those who fought in Sichuan and attacked the Daxi Army." Luo Keqin County Wang Yuetuo and Wang Yuetuo, among them, Pingxi Wang Wu Sangui is the most powerful."

"However, no matter how strong it is, there are still a few. The Qing army that chased and killed the Dashun army before was about 30. Tian Jianxiu was surrendered, Liu Xiyao and other Dashun troops surrendered about 50 to [-] troops, and Zuo Menggeng's surrendered army was at most [-]. [-], plus some local army leaders, Huguang Chu Town has a [-] army, and even more, Huguang can't support it."

"Now that Wu Sangui's number is 60, and there are 45 troops coming, let's take a discount, [-] will be available. This is equivalent to taking out Huguang's soldiers and horses. As long as Wu Sangui's troops are wiped out, the whole of Jiangnan will be at your fingertips? Who dares to stop the commander in half a step."

"Besides, Marshal, where is Wu Sangui? Jiujiang, Poyang Lake, my emperor Taizu defeated Chen Youliang, Dingding, Wu Sangui, did he kill himself or something? Congratulations to Marshal Zhou, what's wrong?"

Song Qingshu's eyes lit up when he said this, he just thought about the disturbing things, and he forgot to think about the good side, but after thinking for a while, he shook his head again.

"Wu Sangui is not stupid. Even if he has the Chu division in his hands, he still feels unwilling to fight our army in the water at Poyang Lake. Wu Sangui has many Manchu and Han cavalry in his hands. Once he raids our Jiangsu and Zhejiang from Jiangxi, it is still difficult. Now Our army is gathered in Bamin, this battle is not easy to fight!"

Now it is not the same as Zhu Yuanzhang's battle against Chen Youliang. At that time, Nanchang, that is, Hongdu, a strong city in Jiangxi, was in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands. Although Zhu Yuanzhang had only 20 soldiers, Chen Youliang had 60, but the entire Poyang Lake. The governing power is in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Chen Youliang can be said to be alone.

Now the situation is reversed. Most of Song Qingshu's main force is in Fujian, which is farther than Zhu Yuanzhang was in Anqing at that time, and the Jiangxi area has been surrendered. If he were to go deep alone, Wu Sangui, especially Wu Sangui, would not be able to wait for him. Before he mobilized the army At that time, it is estimated that Wu Sangui will continue to march towards the border of Zhejiang. The ideal is to intercept Wu Sangui's army in the Jingdezhen area and fight on the spot.

It is estimated that this battle will be bigger and more intense than the battle of Yixing!No wonder Song Qingshu frowned.

"Marshal, besides these, don't you smell a special breath?"

In the end it was the old fox, Zhou Yanru suddenly showed an inscrutable smile on his face, but he didn't let it go. Before Song Qingshu urged him to ask, Zhou Yanru had already announced the answer.

"Ambition!"

Hearing these two words, Song Qingshu seemed to catch something in his heart...

(End of this chapter)