Lu Ming

The current strategic situation is as follows: the navy has settled the large pirate groups on the Guangdong ocean, and is currently dispatching troops to prepare for a small frigate suitable for shallow water terrain, and then clean up the coast of Guangdong. Over and over, completely eliminate scattered pirates.

In this process, Nan'ao Island will play the role of a supply base for suppressing bandits in eastern Guangdong.

After that, the strategic position of Nan'ao Island will decline sharply.Because when all the pirates along the coast of Guangdong are wiped out, the next target of the navy will become the Portuguese in Macau, and then they will become the gangsters and lake bandits in the interior of Guangdong and Guangxi.

In short, completely different from history, the entire front in the future will gradually move towards Southeast Asia and the interior of the Ming Dynasty.In this process, Nan'ao Island, which is getting farther and farther away from the war zone, will gradually become a "safe zone". It's really worthless.

So Zhang Dongdong and the others, who are clear about their future plans, will not spend too much time on this island.In the future, after the military and civilians have all moved out, at most the pier will be repaired to maintain the intensity of the army's suppression of bandits.

Sitting in the hall and wearing official robes, several officials quickly finalized the future plan of Nan'ao Island.

After that is the execution.

Soon, 24 hours after Master Zhentai took over the yamen, a group of new lock boats came from Taiwan.

Except for some construction workers, materials and tools, the rest of this fleet is a battalion of regular soldiers.

After the soldiers with muskets disembarked, they quickly surrounded the camps of the two navy battalions under the leadership of the officers.At this time, the generals who were still hesitating were suddenly dumbfounded: So Mr. Zhentai is not playing tricks?

In this way, almost in a semi-forced state, the two battalions of garrison troops were driven into the cabin and sent directly to Taiwan.

There is no need to be so reckless in the next resettlement work.

The General's Mansion first sent people to various fishing villages to smoke some prestigious ones, and then sent these propaganda teams to Taiwan.When these people come back after a while, many people will follow them... Those contractors in later generations will go back to fool their fellow villagers in this way, and they will still owe their wages.

The last wave to deal with is the local guard soldiers.

Ordinary guard soldiers have no choice about going to other places. The key lies in the officers who have actually degenerated into landlords.

Like the two battalions of Fujian and Guangdong battalions, there are also two hundred households on Nan'ao Island.And the biggest obstacle to moving the soldiers of the guard station is that there are two hundred households in the east and the west: who will plant the land of the master of the hundred households when they leave?How else to exploit those beggars?

Seeing that their subordinates are being bullied arbitrarily, and the days of being the emperor of the earth are about to fade away, the two hundred households whose fundamental interests have been touched naturally have the courage to go to the Lord Zhentai to cry and plead for love and explain the truth.

Then the landowner died.

What kind of crime is "Roaring White Tiger Festival Hall"?I think that Lin Chong, the head of the 80 forbidden army, just broke into the Baihutang by mistake, and was thrown into the army by the gods; I think that Dong Ge, who has countless brothers in the future, was only helped into Ms. Liu's apartment, and was jumped by the gods for 5000 million (Dollar) .But now these two gray-headed ants have neither the skills of Coach Lin nor the money of guns like Dong Ge, but they dare to cry loudly in the military plane, no wonder the commander-in-chief is marching.

So the two second-handers were pushed out of the gate and had their heads chopped off.

After the obstacles were removed, the immigration work started smoothly.But after all the fuss, Zhang Dongdong Chuchu brought the situation under control, half a month had passed, and it was mid-November.

Unsurprisingly, in the telegram sent from Dayuan Island, the words asking Zhang Dongdong to "seek opportunities to report on his work" appeared.

Now that the work has been straightened out, there is no need for Zhang Dongdong to stick to the Commander's Mansion.What's more, like Sha Zhengming, they all knew what the cabinet called Zhang Dongdong to do at this time, so Zhang Dongdong returned to Taiwan on a frigate as soon as he received the telegram.

It took less than [-] hours for the motorboat to sail into the Taijiang River, and then Zhang Dongdong disembarked directly at the special wharf on Dayuan Island.

Since there are still some foreign business houses residing on Dayuan Island, Zhang Dongdong entered the palace wearing a windbreaker, hood and mask.

After entering, Zhang Dongdong quickly met Prime Minister Xia Xianze in the largest office.After seeing him, Lao Xia first arranged for him to take a rest, and then a day later, an impromptu enlarged cabinet meeting was held in the Jianyuan Hall on the top floor.

There were many participating units in this meeting, and representatives from almost all government departments attended the meeting.The topic of this meeting is not complicated: Do you want Qin Wang?If so, how should I become king?

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As early as more than a month ago, on October [-]nd, the Houjin Eight Banners soldiers broke through the barrier and began to rush into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

Regardless of the series of defense plans hosted by Yuan Dudu after that, in short, on November [-], more than a month after breaking into the customs wall, which was the day Zhang Dongdong set off to Dayuan, the Eight Banners of the Houjin The tens of thousands of troops once again "sneaked" through Jizhou, the throat of the north of the capital, unscathed, and went straight to the capital.

Note that in Jizhou at that time, Yuan Chonghuan and his [-] "Guan Ning cavalry" who arrived in advance.And the [-] cavalry did not find the tens of thousands of Empress Jin's army at the throat, and let the opponent "sneak" past... This can only be said that Huang Taiji opened the space door, and there is no other explanation.

After that, the Hou Jin army, who was both tailed and escorted by Guan Ning's army, drove straight in. After bypassing Tongzhou, they came to the foot of the capital on November [-]th while passing through the meeting.

By this time, no matter how stupid Chongzhen and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were, they also knew that those reassuring battle reports sent by someone before were all fake, just like the "five-year flat Liao" plan he clamored for before, it was all a joke—— The vast number of savages with pig tails at the foot of the capital is the best evidence.

And Chongzhen, who had a thorough understanding of the situation, also issued an edict at this moment, ordering all the armies in the world to lead troops to serve the king-of course, this would include a certain deputy commander-in-chief far away in the southern country.

In fact, as early as the first day of this month, the capital, which felt that the situation was not good, had already imposed martial law.However, the emperor hadn't figured out the situation at that time, so the governors, governors, and border towns only received urgent military reports, and did not involve leading troops to Beijing.

However, when Hou Jinbing came to the gate of the capital, the imperial court's King Qin order was issued immediately.So while the meeting was being held across the public, the urgent documents for eight hundred miles were already running on the road.

In this way, it won't be long before Xiong Wencan, governor of Fujian, will receive an edict soon.And he is bound to urgently meet with his political ally Cao Chuan to discuss countermeasures.

Therefore, today's enlarged cabinet meeting is to determine the countermeasures for the empire's entry into the Eight Banners, so that people like Zhang Dongdong can operate afterwards.

Chapter 389 Retribution is coming

In the luxurious palace decorated with blue and gold tones, the high-ranking officials of the empire sat in attendance.

There are a lot of people attending the meeting today, ranging from twenty to twenty people.This is rare in the past, because usually if there is any problem, it can be solved by phone calls and small-scale meetings within the cross-border public, and such a big scene rarely occurs.

Wenshanhuihai, or bureaucracy, does not exist in this emerging regime at the moment.

The gentlemen don't even have enough qualified literate clerks now, let alone hold meetings every day...the audience can't even gather applause.

Another most fundamental point is that, as bureaucrats and capitalists, the time-travelers will not cultivate a huge bureaucratic class to cause trouble for themselves in the future.

Bureaucrats are a pure consumer class, every penny they spend is a tax, and the existence of each of them requires the endorsement of rights.

In the future, the country's main tax revenue will definitely be collected from the descendants of the world's top 250 companies, and the real power of the country will also be in their hands.Under such circumstances, wouldn't it be asking for trouble if we cultivated a huge bureaucratic class again-the gentlemen have too much money to spend?Or do you think you have too much power?

Therefore, the people who have a clear vision of the future have worked hard to build the framework of the emerging society from the very beginning-it is right to follow the general path of the industrial revolution in the later generations.On this basis, add some management convenience brought by the technology of later generations. At least for now, the imaginary new society is managed by more than 200 traversing people.

But everything is relative.Seemingly mild, wealthy, and a thriving new world, there are cold slaves, mines, various long-term loans, 996, 997, and daily industrial accidents and deaths hidden behind it.

Immigrants, while experiencing the unparalleled public services of the new society, are also being quickly educated and transformed by the new society—well, in a capitalist society, everything is naturally based on money.

All social activities operate under some kind of ruthless rules.People who violate the rules either go to the mine or go to the mine. In the new society, the cost of stealing a coin is equal to stealing a gold.

Immigrants from agricultural society, all the idleness, slow pace, human feelings and dealing with others that they learned in their previous lives were all strangled in front of the machine-like capital; interpersonal relationships began to become simple and indifferent, and the pyramids of big families Operations began to be replaced by a family-by-household colonial worker bee model.

The employment system is far more stringent than that of later generations, but the 996s shouted that the master is kind. This is the blessing of our dicks' previous lives... It is really a blessing. Those who have no blessings have gone to mines, quarries and dense forests.

Of course, the current highly organized social planning that is accurate to everyone is unsustainable.Relying on the continuous expansion of the territory and the export of capital to cover up internal conflicts will eventually encounter bottlenecks, because the earth is so big.So with the development of society, products like a large number of unemployed workers will appear on the streets one day.

But when that day comes, it is estimated that everyone who travels through will also close their eyes, regardless of his flood.

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The two sides of the long table were full of people, some extra chairs were scattered at the base of the wall, the smell of various kinds of tobacco filled the hall, the throne on the steps was empty, with faintly echoing voices coming. around people's ears.

Standing below the steps and speaking is Army Commander Han Xiaobo.

No matter how deep the time traveler wants to "insert" in King Qin's matter, if they want to intervene, the military must be the main one to play the show.So in today's meeting, the army and navy, including the bosses of the Special Forces, were all present, and generals' uniforms of various colors sat in a conspicuous row on one side of the long table.

And the first to express their opinions on King Qin was naturally the army who should play the leading role in everyone's mind.

As a former military officer, Han Xiaobo, who always adhered to the principle of following the party, managed the army well in peacetime, and the army has also developed in a stable manner, which is in line with the requirements of the cabinet.

However, adhering to principles does not mean that he has no brains, nor does it mean that he disregards the interests of the department.

In the matter of King Qin, although the general will of politicians is to get in the way, Han Xiaobo did not go along with it.To be precise, he himself took a "negative" attitude towards this matter.So as soon as it came up today, Commander Han raised a lot of objective difficulties, and he didn't mean to cooperate with the grand plans of the politicians at all.

"It is now mid-November, and winter has already entered the north. Please pay attention, this is the winter of the Little Ice Age. Although there is no meteorological data, in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the words 'number nine cold days' and 'drops of water into ice' are extremely used. Not too much."

"And what about our troops? I can tell you clearly here that these southern soldiers have not undergone winter field training, and most of the boys have never even seen snow. So if they are sent to the battlefield in a hurry, the overall combat effectiveness of the troops will be reduced. Certainly, substantial non-combat attrition is also foreseeable."

When Han Xiaobo said this, he shook his head slightly, and turned his attention to Zou Guoqing, the Minister of Industry who is in charge of planning industrial production: "In addition, military coats, cotton boots, gloves, Lei Feng hats, antifreeze, and other materials for winter combat, I didn't see it in the army warehouse. I don't know if there is too much time for temporary production of these materials?"

Zou Guoqing, who was sitting at the table, rolled his eyes when he heard the sound.

As far as King Qin is concerned, Zou Guoqing really couldn't be blamed if he didn't prepare supplies in advance.Although the people who traveled through knew the history, but because the farthest tentacles only reached Shanghai before, no one from top to bottom thought carefully about going to the capital King Qin in the winter of 1629.

To put it bluntly, the reason why the incident has reached such a large scale today is due to the opportunistic thinking of some birdmen: since the big move in the north has appeared, can we make a shot and get some benefits?

This kind of mentality is very common before students take exams: cramming for the time being.

However, sending troops to the north, 1500 kilometers away, is not something that can be solved temporarily.No, Han Xiaobo casually raised some difficulties, and the speculators present were caught blind.

"If you really want to make up your mind, these materials can also be processed urgently." Zou Guoqing sighed after feeling the pressured eyes from the surroundings, and hugged the Buddha's feet: "Cotton clothes and trousers are all Female workers can be mobilized for urgent processing. We have all the winter clothing styles of domestic and foreign armies, including cotton, canvas, and bearskin on hats, and these raw materials are not lacking.”

"I'm calling the grandson of the quilt factory now. I dare not say that there are too many. It is no problem to deliver 500 sets of winter clothes to the army within three days."

"In addition, such as cold protection equipment is actually easy to handle. There are glycerin and Vaseline chemical factories, and the laboratory can temporarily deploy a batch of antifreeze oil for soldiers to use."

When Zou Guoqing said this, he glanced at the few people sitting on his left from the corner of his eye—whether or not to turn a temporary speculative act into a real one, and invest a lot of resources in it, you can decide for yourself.

Xia Xianze, who was sitting at the top, stretched out his hand and pressed down.Although he remains neutral on this matter, since the meeting has already been held, he has the responsibility to maintain the order of the meeting: "Okay, the problem of winter clothes has been solved, Han Xiaobo, go ahead, and tell us about any difficulties."

Han Xiaobo nodded and continued: "The number of 500 is very good. This is the number of people I planned, which is exactly one battalion. Our troops are all modern troops with high consumption, so it is impossible to send a large army—a few days across from Taiwan. Transporting supplies thousands of miles north is an exaggeration when you think about it.”

"Let's talk about it." Han Xiaobo said here, and glanced at the people in the front row angrily: "At the beginning of the year, you cut off two battalions from the army's recruiting plan. Hmph, now the retribution is coming: There are only 500 people, I don’t think too much.”

After complaining about some people's short-sightedness, Han Xiaobo asked the last question: "Assume that our 'intervention army' goes well, and these 500 people safely land in Tianjin Acropolis, which is the closest to the capital. Then who will come?" Tell me, what are our strategic goals?"

Looking at Han Xiaobo's glances left and right, Cai Feiming, the foreign minister sitting in the front row, coughed and said, "If the goal is to get a few hundred... preferably a thousand real Tartar heads, then after the withdrawal of the Eight Banners How about going to the capital to receive credit?"

"Sorry, this is difficult to do." Han Xiaobo had a smile of "I knew you would ask for this" on his face.

At this time, he went to the large display board on the side and picked up the pointer: "This is the first time that Houjin entered the customs, and it is also called the "Jisi Change" Eight Banners' marching route map, everyone please see."

After drawing a horizontal line between the capital city and Shanhaiguan with a pointer, Han Xiaobo continued: "Whether the Eight Banners soldiers are attacking or retreating this time, they will follow the line of Yongping, Zunhua, Jizhou, Tongzhou, and the capital. If we start from Tianjin, if we want to reach the above-mentioned areas in the north, the nearest one will be hundreds of miles away."

When Han Xiaobo said this, he put down his pointer, with a schadenfreude smile on his face: "Because you all cut down the army's military horse plan with great foresight, none of our soldiers have received riding training. So don't count on the young man After they floated from the sea to Tianjin, they disembarked and instantly transformed into a cavalry battalion, coming and going like the wind to kill the Tartars."

"It is the 17th century, and there are no high-speed railways or concrete roads around Tianjin. It is necessary to let a mere 500 soldiers leave the rear, march 100 miles on foot, and then find an opportunity to destroy a sufficient number of enemies, and then bring the heads of the enemies to thousands of Back to Tianjin Wei under the siege of the Eight Banners cavalry... Sorry, we can't do this."

When Han Xiaobo said this, he spread his hands: "In my opinion, apart from huddling in the Tianjin Acropolis and waiting for the Eight Banners to collide and die, there is no other reasonable way to use these 500 soldiers tactically."

There was a sarcastic smile on his face: "If you work hard, you will gain. If you don't raise soldiers in the early stage, when it's time to use soldiers, don't expect all soldiers to become Saiyans."

"In fact." Han Xiaobo finally concluded: "In the eyes of our army colleagues, this is a complete military adventure. It was a temporary idea, unprepared, and regardless of objective conditions. It was as stupid as possible to murder yourself. Soldier's crime!"

When Han Xiaobo said this, his voice was stern.

Chapter 390

After being ridiculed and criticized by Han Xiaobo, the speculators sitting here were somewhat embarrassed.

To be honest, this is really a bit embarrassing.Without any intelligence support and preliminary preparations, across the coastline of the entire continent, from the subtropical zone to the frigid zone, and then require soldiers to fight in the field to eliminate a sufficient number of Tartars...

This is not simply a question of hundreds of real Tartars.In this era, if you want to eliminate hundreds of Eight Banners elites, you must get several times more auxiliary soldiers and coats at the same time.

In addition, the Eight Banners soldiers have horses, so such a large loss will inevitably call for a siege by a large group of cavalry; relying on the little supplies they carry, the high-consumption crossing army can't sustain a few battles in the wild.

This is undoubtedly to die.

And where is the most critical problem? In fact, everyone here understands: there is no logistical supply.

If the transmigration forces have built a port base in Tianjin in advance, even if the base is in Shandong, then we can completely send out a field combination of cavalry + infantry + artillery + auxiliary convoy in this kind of Qinwang war.

The Eight Banners soldiers of this kind of troops dare not approach at all. With sufficient supplies of cavalry and infantry, they can take turns killing and wounding the enemy day and night, and drive the enemy one or two kilometers away. The so-called Eight Banners elite company enters the starting point of the attack Can't do it.

However, the problem is stuck here: Taiwan's supplies are sufficient, but unfortunately, the tentacles have not had time to extend that far.

"Let me explain a few words." Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Cai Feiming stood up.

As a cabinet minister in charge of foreign affairs, Cai Feiming is one of the main pushers behind this meeting.Because the bilateral relationship with the Ming Empire is within the scope of his work, he is naturally indispensable among the speculators.

"Judging from the current achievements of the country, there is no doubt that the original recruitment strategy has been a great success. Just look at Fujian now, it has almost become our subsidiary territory, and the circulation of personnel and materials has no trace. No barriers, no effort to penetrate."

When Cai Feiming said this, he stretched out a finger and looked around with a smile: "I can say responsibly that when we raise the anti-flag in [-] years, Fujian will change its color overnight. There will be no waves, and the people are leading the way."

"There is such a good situation, it is entirely because of the recruitment... Some people may disagree with me, so please pay attention to the Shanghai Bund project, which is half dead and waiting for someone to save it."

When Cai Feiming said this, his expression became a little more serious: "Even if it is the worst government, it still has administrative power! Without the support of the government, it is obvious that Shanghai can be described as difficult. It is so difficult to demolish a dilapidated village. Difficult, isn't the contrast obvious?"

"So, to expand our routine in Fujian to the whole country, replace Xiong Wencan with Chongzhen, and exchange military achievements for our political freedom and commercial freedom in the northern coast, is the most fundamental purpose of this Qinwang operation."

"This is a very important action. It involves the overall development strategy and expansion speed of the empire. It cannot be taken lightly. Therefore, please stop complaining and come up with more useful suggestions."

After Cai Feiming finished summarizing, he nodded and sat down.

But before he could sit still, the complaint came.Wei Yuan, who was tall and tall, stretched out his middle finger knuckles and knocked on the table: "Since it is so important, what did you do earlier? Huh, what's the 'army to be patient', are you blind now?"

Sitting there, Wei Yuan, who was a head taller than others, looked disdainful at this moment: "Let me tell you, the first step in any expansion is always the army. Soldiers need time to cultivate, not the masters who reward you today." resources and see the 'finished product' tomorrow."

"So put away those tricks of suppressing the army as soon as possible, and provide enough resources. Otherwise, today's lax scene will continue. I see what you will use to go to Southeast Asia and North America in the future."

Wei Yuan's upright speech immediately aroused the nods and support of all the soldiers present: the policy of controlling the army set at the meeting at the beginning of the year has really disgusted the military leaders this year, and today they were finally caught by everyone. Opportunity.

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"Okay, stop!" Xia Xianze, who was sitting at the top of the long table, had a headache at this moment.Seeing that a good King Qin Action Seminar was going to be turned into a criticism meeting by the army, he quickly opened his mouth to stop this trend: "Before, we had to give priority to development, so we controlled the army's needs. Now that the development has reached a bottleneck, it is natural to consider expansion. .It’s like walking on left and right feet. There can only be one focus in each period, and no one is wrong.

After suppressing the momentum of Qiu Ba and the others, Xia Xianze thought about it and gave Tianzao: "About the construction of the army, well, it seems that it is time for a wave of development, but this needs to be discussed in another meeting. Everyone pay attention, today's In the meeting, there was only one topic, and that was how to get the most benefit from King Qin, so don't get sidetracked!"

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Finally hearing that Xia Zhongtang let go of the matter of army building, the military personnel present immediately switched from the mode of resenting women who were aggrieved just now to the mode of serving the country with loyalty.

Then, after a burst of ambiguous winks at each other, Wang Xiaohui, the deputy chief of staff of the navy who is usually good at dealing with all parties, jumped out in time.

Wang Xiaohui was in the army at the beginning of his travels, but later he decided to realize his childhood dream of playing with a large naval gun, so he switched to the navy again. He is a standard double-faced person.