Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 224

Not to mention the Navy, which has no actual tasks and has to find something to do for itself, the battle on the Army's side has progressed to a stage of full swing.

The capture of Jiujiang meant that the Ming Army in East China had started to attack Huguang to the west and the core hub of Jiangxi to the south. More than 2 Qing troops were directly wiped out without any development at all.Originally, in order to defend Jiujiang, the Qing army accumulated [-] troops here and stationed them in different military towns. They echoed each other from a distance and could attack and defend each other.

However, the Ming army came from the river too quickly, and Shi Lang's surrender was too sudden, which exposed the entire flank and rear of the Qing army to the Ming army. The Jiujiang Qing army put up some resistance against the Jiangnan Qing army, but what they faced was The Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army, armed to the teeth.They tried to hold on, but the Ming army's artillery was not fireworks. It not only looked good but was also useful.The Qing army, which was suppressed by the firepower of the Ming army, fought sporadically with the Ming army even after the Ming army entered the city. However, the Ming army, which was generally equipped with M1 rifles and M2 machine guns to provide fire support, basically touched the Qing army. The Qing army would collapse.

This has nothing to do with whether you have the courage to resist, it is a completely natural reaction.

Except for the Jiujiang battlefield, on other battlefields, within a week, each unit of the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army also made gains.

Li Dingguo led the army to march in two directions in Guangdong and Guangxi, all the way from Shaozhou Prefecture to the north. Li Dingguo personally led two divisions of troops to break through the Qing army's defense in one day and successfully captured Chenzhou; the other line was led by Li Laiheng, from Depart from Guilin, pass through Quanzhou, and enter Yongzhou Prefecture.Since Jinyiwei had already planned in Lingling, after the Ming army arrived, the Qing army mutinied, allowing Li Laiheng to successfully take over Yongzhou Prefecture.

Following Li Dingguo all the way north, there were actually civil servants and volunteers from Guangdong. The purpose of Bai Mingxiu's surprise attack was to curb the flow of Manchu refugees and directly enter the areas controlled by the Qing court to substantively solve the problem.Therefore, a large number of Ming Dynasty officials and military officers entered Huguang directly to resettle the refugees on the spot.

A large number of refugees were still scared when they saw the army, and many people ran away. However, the Ming army began to publicize Nanming's refugee policy, and directly began to give porridge, clothes, etc., and still won over a large number of refugees.

After Li Dingguo captured Chenzhou, he did not immediately raise his troops to continue heading north. Instead, he worked with the civil affairs department to deal with a wave of refugee affairs.In fact, the military is not required to do much. They mainly provide manpower, ensure safety and assist in management.

The person who presided over the relevant affairs was a cabinet assistant minister specially sent by Bai Mingxiu, that is, Liang Xiu, the deputy prime minister in name.In the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the first assistant Tang Beilu and the ministers of the cabinet, there were six associate ministers, none of whom had completed their terms of office before. After Bai Mingxiu entered Jiangnan, all six associate ministers had completed their terms by the way. up.Among them were two ministers Yao Hanlong and Lu Shijie from Australia, as well as ministers Guo Zhiqi and Zhang Huangyan from the old Nanming, and finally two system talents, Yang Zhao and Liang Xiu.Zhang Huangyan is still temporarily serving as the Governor of Zhejiang Province as an Associate Minister.

Among the six associate ministers, Guo Zhiqi is basically a mascot. He is old, so this associate minister is more of an honorary title.The remaining five are really considered to have high positions of authority. Even if they are not visible to others, they have actually done a lot of work.

Liang Xiu, the associate minister who followed Jin King Li Dingguo to the north, was such a talent.Bai Mingxiu was recruited more than half a year ago. He is an A-level government affairs talent and is at the same level as Wu Min, who has achieved very brilliant achievements in Myanmar.After Liang Xiu entered the cabinet, most of what he assisted Bai Mingxiu in dealing with was on the ideological front. Liang Xiu took the lead in a series of publications that promoted new learning, such as Guosheng.

After entering Jiangnan, Bai Mingxiu promoted Liang Xiu to associate minister. During this refugee incident, Bai Mingxiu directly sent Liang Xiu to Guangdong, where the refugees had the greatest impact, to supervise the resettlement of the refugees.Judging from the results at this stage, Liang Xiu is indeed a capable person, and the refugees have basically not affected the public security on the ground in Guangdong.As Li Dingguo led his army northward, in order to better solve the refugee problem, Liang Xiu also directly followed the army.

Li Dingguo respected the important ministers in the court very much. He felt that his abilities were all in marching and fighting. In terms of governing the country, he was absolutely inferior to those scholars.Sometimes Li Dingguo would sigh with emotion that the prince is just a fifteen-year-old boy, but his means and abilities are much stronger than those of middle-aged people like them.

Liang Xiu discussed with Li Dingguo and said: "According to His Highness the Crown Prince's idea, this refugee incident is also an opportunity for our Ming Dynasty. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looks at the world, and the world is not just a place like China. Let the Chinese go overseas and colonize. , not only can make the life of the people better, but also can promote the royal teachings outside the country. The prince restored the Cochin Province, which requires more people to colonize and produce there. Around the South China Sea, there are also Managawa (Malay Peninsula), The prince hopes to send compatriots to open up and establish homes in places like Jiugang Xuanweisi and Boni. This time we are expected to accept millions of refugees from the Central Plains of Huguang. The prince has already ordered that 30 refugees be sent to Jiaozhi. Province, 10 people will enter Boni, 10 people will enter Malaka, 10 people will go to Old Port, 10 people will go to Java, and the remaining 30 people will be sent to Sichuan."

After hearing Liang Xiu's words, Li Dingguo was greatly surprised and said, "Is it possible that these millions of victims cannot return to their hometowns?"

Although Li Dingguo has accepted a lot of new learning and new ideas, the influence of the farming civilization of the Chinese people's resettlement and resettlement is still profound and far-reaching.And in this era, such transoceanic migration is no different from exile.

Liang Xiu said: "Believe me, King Jin, when they go to these new places, they will get a better life than in the village before. Most of these victims are people who went bankrupt in this disaster, and many of them have nothing to do. Land and property, that’s why it’s so easy to escape. And we send them to the colonies, not only will each person get the settlement fee issued by the court, but we will also grant them land, and we will build in the colonies no less than the native land. Infrastructure, within a generation, the place where they live can also be as rich as Huguang and Jiangnan; as long as two or three generations, the place where they live will also be Chinese."

Li Dingguo looked at the victims in the resettlement station who were eagerly watching the distribution of meat porridge, and he didn't know what his emotions were in his heart.He believed that these victims, whose survival was in question, would not care about where they were sent, as long as the court gave them a bite of food so that they could survive.

"Is it because the prince saw this and wanted the victims to engage in his so-called colonization?" Li Dingguo had a question in his mind, but he didn't know.

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