Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 669
After learning that Yang Menglong wanted to help the Dutch fight Japan, Han Peng, Xu Gong and others were all dumbfounded. Boss, what are you doing?Seeing Yang Menglong's beaming expression, Han Peng knew that this idiot had committed an idiot again, so he had to remind him: "My lord, the Taizu once listed Japan as a country not to be expropriated..."

Yang Menglong glanced at him: "So what?"

Xu Gong bite the bullet and said: "The Taizu means that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to conquer Japan..."

Yang Menglong scolded: "Bird, we can't conquer Japan, but Japan can conquer us!? You have forgotten all about the Korean War within a few years?" He slapped the table and shouted: "Japan does the first day of the junior high school, so we will do it." Fifteen, if they can use knives on our fence, we can beat them to their hometown and beat them until they can't take care of themselves!"

Han Peng smiled bitterly: "Sir, what are you trying to do? We won't get any benefit from attacking Japan. We will gain advantage from those red barbarians in vain, and we will also attract many accusations from the officials!"

Yang Menglong said: "Who said that you can't get the slightest benefit from attacking Japan? Do you know the Iwami Silver Mountain in Japan? It is rich in silver, with an annual output of one million taels of silver. It has not been dug for hundreds of years. There is also brass in Japan. , I don’t need to tell you how valuable the brass is, right?”

Xu Gong muttered: "That's what I said, but after defeating Japan, these things still belong to Hongyi, so it's boring to think about it."

Yang Menglong snorted: "The silver is just kept warm in their pockets, and it becomes ours as soon as it changes hands. I said you don't keep staring at that bit of silver, it's meaningless, you have to turn it into a factory , it is valuable only when it is turned into machines and employment opportunities, otherwise it is just a pile of snow-white metal! Besides, as long as Japan is conquered, Hongyi will be able to obtain sufficient human resources from Japan, which can help us develop More mines and more timber will be transported. With these, we can build more factories, roads, and buildings... How about it? Does anyone else think that it is pointless to help fight Japan? Who dares to say that? I will take him. If you leave the mines and stay there for half a year, he will soon realize that this is very meaningful!"

Han Peng and Xu Gong looked at each other, and said nothing.

Yang Menglong patted the back of his head and muttered: "It's true, why am I telling you so much? It's Wu Sheng's business to fight Japan, it's not your turn..."

Han Peng and Xu Gong looked at each other again, both wanting to cry.Since you are not going to let us go, then tell us about these dry hairs!

Yang Menglong has always acted vigorously and resolutely, and decided to act immediately after cleaning up Japan.First of all, he carefully concocted a memorial and handed it to Chongzhen, expressing that the Japanese pirates made a lot of trouble in the coastal areas of Guangdong. In short, let them take over everything.Of course, this was a job on the surface. Secretly, he asked Wu Yong to bring a secret letter to Beijing and told Chongzhen in that secret letter: Japan is actually very rich, and the annual production of silver alone is as many as millions of taels. , and the Japanese army is so weak that the meaning is the same: if such a fat sheep is not to be robbed, who will be robbed?After completing these preparations, he threw a lot of messy things in Guangdong to the tired bureaucrats, jumped on a fast boat by himself, sailed northward, and headed straight to Shandong.

From Guangdong to Shandong, the voyage was only more than ten days. Half a month later, Yang Menglong disembarked in Yantai. Wu Sheng came to the pier to greet him in person. Already?"

Wu Sheng said: "The Denglai new army is always ready for attack, and can be dispatched with an order!"

Yang Menglong asked: "How many troops can be dispatched?"

Wu Sheng said: "At least [-] infantry and [-] cavalry can be dispatched!"

Yang Menglong said: "Only 500 people? Too few! Bring the Tiger Barracks here, and conscript at least [-] prisoners to join the army! This is not fighting Jiannu and coming back after a battle. We are going to establish a The base, which has taken root there for a long time, can't do without fewer people!"

The "prisoners" mentioned by Yang Menglong are the rogues who were captured by the Heluo New Army. In the past two years, Wenxiangjiao has made a lot of troubles, and the Denglai New Army has also captured a lot. These prisoners will have to serve at least five years of hard labor. Of course, if you voluntarily join the army during wartime, your sentence can be halved.

Wu Sheng was a little surprised: "This time more than 1 people will be mobilized, can the court agree?"

Yang Menglong said: "You don't care whether the court agrees or not, just do as I say!"

Wu Sheng had no choice but to do as he said.At this time, the Denglai New Army had expanded to 3000 men. In addition, the 5000 Sauron dead soldiers who surrendered in the Battle of Lushun were also reorganized into the Tiger Barracks, which was an out-of-staff unit of the Denglai New Army. In this way, The strength of Denglai's new army is approaching 5000.Denglai has never been a prosperous place, but such a place can support such a large and well-equipped army without affecting people's livelihood. This is thanks to Denglai's increasingly prosperous sea salt and seafood industry. In addition, There is also the gold mine in Zhaoyuan. If we rely solely on agricultural taxes, it will be very difficult for the entire Shandong Province to raise so many elite soldiers, let alone Denglai.The main task of the Denglai New Army is to keep an eye on Lushun. Under such circumstances, it is of course impossible for them to all dispatch to fight Japan. Six thousand infantry and fifteen hundred cavalry are already the limit.As for prisoners, there are as many as they want. Although the food and clothing provided by hard labor in Denglai is actually ten times better than working as a farmer in the past, everyone yearns for freedom, and has the opportunity to have their sentence reduced by half, and then start a new life in Denglai. , who wouldn’t be happy?As soon as the news came out, the various labor camps immediately became excited. Those who were thrown into the labor camps were all the kind of brave and fierce guys. Fighting and killing were what they liked best. When they saw the opportunity coming, they all immediately With green eyes, scrambling to sign up!Wu Sheng had no choice but to select the best from the best, and select [-] young, strong, experienced, and brave warriors among them, and then gave them crossbow and crossbow armor for assault training.

The Dunley Navy was also mobilized.Since the Denglai Navy had to stare in the direction of Lushun, the Denglai Navy could not spare much strength. Shen Tingyang racked his brains and only squeezed out four warships, namely Decepticons, Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Human Torch, and a dozen ships. Transport ships, compared to an infantry regiment of more than 1 people, this ship is definitely not enough.Fortunately, the Dutch have a lot of merchant ships. The dozen or so transport ships are responsible for transporting food, fodder and weapons. The task of transporting the army is left to the Dutch.

"Do you think the imperial court will agree?" During the busy interval, Shen Tingyang asked Wu Sheng with some anxiety.

Wu Sheng smiled bitterly: "Only a ghost knows... It's not like you don't know, we adults are notoriously unreliable!"

Shen Tingyang also smiled wryly.Neither he nor Wu Sheng has any psychological burden on sending troops to fight Japan. Over the past 100 years, the Japanese pirates have mainly been raging in the south of the Yangtze River, and they have caused great harm to Zhejiang and Jiangsu.What reason!But they are really not optimistic about this action. After all, the power of tradition is huge. Zhu Yuanzhang personally announced that Japan will be listed as a country that will not be conquered. Even if everyone fought a fierce battle in North Korea, the Ming Dynasty just drove Japan out of North Korea. , and did not fight back further. If Chongzhen wants to conquer Japan, he will definitely attract criticism from the Manchu court. Can he withstand this pressure?

Unexpectedly, ten days later, Cao Huachun and Wu Yong came across the sea together, and read the imperial decree of Chongzhen in front of Shandong officials and gentry.

The diction of the imperial decree is quite beautiful, parallel five Li six, citing scriptures and allusions, it is quite enjoyable to watch, but the content is not beautiful at all.The core content is just one: Aren't you going to rob Japan?I agree, let's go grab it!
Zhu Dadian, governor of Shandong Province, almost popped out of his eye sockets, and shouted at Cao Huachun, "How is that possible? Taizu personally enshrined Japan as a land of expropriation. Is your majesty confused and disobeying Taizu's edict!?"

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "At this time, at that time, when Taizu declared Japan a country without conquest, Japan did not send troops to invade the Ming Dynasty, nor did it go to the south of the Yangtze River to kill people and set fire! Since Japan is so ignorant, we Of course I have to pay back!"

Yang Menglong shouted: "Well said! We list them as countries that will not be conquered, and we want to live in peace with them. They are lucky. First, they ran to Jiangnan and made Jiangnan a disaster. After being beaten away, they intensified and dispatched 10,000+ The army is attacking our little brother, who can swallow this breath? In the past, there were years of military disasters, and Da Ming's strength was greatly damaged. We had no way to deal with them. Now that Da Ming's soldiers are well-armed, if we don't let out such a bad breath, when will we wait!"

Zhu Dadian waved his arms and shouted: "The Yuan Dynasty attacked Japan twice, and the result was that the entire army was wiped out. Daming's current state affairs are difficult, can it withstand such setbacks? No, I want to go to Beijing to face the emperor, so that the emperor can withdraw his orders. Daming can't do it again." Follow the mistakes of the past!"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "The Mongols can't beat Japan, but it doesn't mean I can't beat Japan either. I have never lost since I brought my own soldiers, and this time is no exception!" Turning to Wu Sheng and Shen Tingyang, he said, "Get ready, As soon as Hongyi's boat arrives, set off immediately, hurry up, white silver and yellow copper coins are waiting for us!"

The generals of Denglai's new army responded with a bang and went to work separately.

Shandong officials looked at each other, and Zhu Dadian was so angry that he trembled all over.Yang Menglong didn't bother to talk to these old stubborns, so he pulled Cao Huachun aside, and asked in a low voice, "How is the situation in the capital?"

Cao Huachun smiled wryly: "What else can I do? It's all a mess. The eight surnames of Shanxi merchants are devoid of conscience, and they do bad things. Su Yihou had no choice but to kill them all. This incident caused a storm in the capital, and countless words Officials and censors have written letters one after another, saying that Su Yihou saw the wealth, envied the wealth of the Shanxi merchants, and deliberately made accusations..."

Yang Menglong cursed: "Those guys are out of their minds, right?"

Cao Huachun sighed: "Those guys opposed it for the sake of opposition. Marquis Su Yi presented all the evidence in front of them, and even the Eight Great Families confessed truthfully. They still pretended not to see it and just talked about themselves. Tan Gai Su Yihou made the emperor so angry that he killed several censor officials in succession, and finally made them learn a little bit smarter. But even so, the memorials of Tan Gai Su Yihou still flew over like snowflakes. Every day, the family directs the staff to carry several baskets out to burn them. There is no way, the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants have run the business for several generations, and there are their people in every corner of the court. When they see their masters arrested, these dogs will of course jump out and bite People. The emperor was a little bit overwhelmed, so he risked the world and let you lead the army to conquer Japan. First, he would show Emperor Shenzong the evil spirit of North Korea being invaded, and second, he would divert the attention of those crazy people and continue. Let them bite Su Yihou crazily like this, something will happen!"

Yang Menglong nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand! Marquis Su Yi is too kind, that's why he was bullied by those crazy gangs, why didn't they come to bite me?"

Cao Huachun rolled his eyes, your old man is impatient and dares to slash the Minister of the Ministry of War with a dog's leg knife, and dare to use an ivory wat to slap the official's face in front of the emperor when going to court, if you say that the official is a mad dog, you old man is a villain Wolf, who dares to bite you!Of course, this can’t be said, because friends have nothing to do, he said with a smile: “Marquis Su Yi smashed the Tartars at the border, killed and wounded and captured more than [-] enemies. Excited for it. Champion Hou and Su Yihou are peerless twins, this time to conquer Japan, the record will not be inferior to Su Yihou, our family is here to wish Champion Hou a victory!"

Yang Menglong laughed heartily: "I love hearing that!" He lowered his voice and said to Cao Huachun, "I'll get you tens of thousands of taels of silver as pocket money later."

Cao Huachun was taken aback: "Don't, don't, tens of thousands of taels is too much, our family dare not accept it, 1 taels is enough!"

Yang Menglong said: "It depends on luck, if you seize less, you will get [-] yuan, and if you seize more, you will get [-] yuan!"

Cao Huachun thanked him repeatedly, and secretly said in his heart that if Lu Xiangsheng was as tactful as Yang Menglong, and willing to spend part of the money to stop those crazy dogs, now the civil and military people all over the court would be singing his praises!It's a pity that Lu Xiangsheng is too upright and refuses to do this kind of thing. In this world, honest people are always easy to suffer!

After sending Cao Huachun away, the Denglai New Army immediately entered first-level combat readiness. A large number of workers worked in two shifts day and night to transport mountains of crossbows, sharp arrows, armor, grain, artillery shells, and explosives onto the ships one by one.A few days later, more than 200 merchant ships mobilized by the Dutch arrived in Yantai. A total of 9000 people from the Denglai New Army and the Tiger Barracks, plus [-] prisoners from the army, boarded the ships. The huge fleet poured out of Yantai Port until Heading to the East.

(End of this chapter)