"I may be able to help your majesty ascend as soon as possible, but this method of bringing the dead back to life may not be helpful."
"oh?"
"It's midsummer right now, the heat in Huainan is filled with heat, and the sun is like fire. After a person dies, as soon as half a day or as late as two days, the body will rot... Forgive me for being shallow, I may not be able to resurrect General Lin."
"That's all, what's the point of dying? My body is as strong as a mountain. I'm just saying this."
Despite saying this, Liu Zhaosun still looked disappointed.
He had no hope for Zhenren Zhang's moral conduct.
The so-called Taoism, magic and magic are, after all, just illusions, used to comfort people's hearts.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers who died in Guazhou must be buried there as soon as possible. If the weather is not right these days, if it is too late, both body and soul will be destroyed."
"I understand."
The green smoke of birds rises from the eucalyptus.
Luo Wenwen escaped, but the consequences were endless. If I had known this, I should have sent a large army to directly quell Guazhou.
"I originally wanted to reduce civilian casualties, but I didn't expect more people to die in the end."
Seeing that the Emperor's face was full of exhaustion, Zhang and his party persuaded him:
"Without the water palace dragon boat incident, Gong Yu would not have made much contribution. Pi Rixiu's poem "Reminiscing about the Bianhe River" fully describes the achievements of Emperor Yang in building the canal. Now Huaiyang has been pacified and canal transportation has been abolished. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty He is a tyrant for the ages, and your Majesty will be remembered in history.”
Liu Zhaosun smiled miserably and said: "Famous in history? Is Master Zhang joking?"
"How can a poor monk deceive Your Majesty?"
The Supreme Emperor thought, if you kill Tokugawa Iemitsu, you will become an immortal. Isn't this a lie?
But at this time, he had no intention of blaming Zhang and his party.
Lin Yu died in the battle, the imperial guards suffered all casualties, and a group of old ministers were missing. If a few more died, he would be truly alone.
"Whether it's a merit or a fault, I'll leave it to future generations to comment. It's just that the price paid for this is too heavy."
Zhang Yixing stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Although I am an outsider, I have heard in the past few days that His Majesty has taken control of the Huaiyang salt industry and made tens of millions of profits. In this way, the country will benefit many people. Infinite Heavenly Lord, all the gods and demons, how good, how good!"
Thinking of the Chamber of Commerce confiscating tens of millions of silver and millions of acres of fertile land in Yangzhou, Huai'an and other places, my heavy heart felt a little relieved.
"Fujian has not yet been pacified, and another Emperor Longwu appears. Guangdong and Guangxi are in conflict with each other, and there are several provinces in the southwest... Thinking of these, I feel terrified, and I don't know how many more people will die."
Seeing the sad look on the Emperor's face, Zhang and his party were about to step forward to comfort him, when Francisco's thick nasal voice came from outside the palace.
"Your Majesty, the maids of Cining Palace are waiting for you to come over. The Queen Mother and Concubine Liu invite your Majesty to enjoy the flowers."
The Supreme Emperor asked Zhenren Zhang to pray for Fujian.
"Your Majesty, what's going on in Quanzhou?"
Liu Zhaosun prayed to Zhenwu God, then turned back to Zhang Zhenren and said:
"The remnants of Zheng Sen, who were bewitched by Emperor Longwu, caused trouble in Quanzhou and threatened Fuzhou. The Sixth Corps and the Seventh Corps are working together to encircle and suppress them. I hope fewer people will die."
After leaving the Qing Palace, he led the high priest to the Cining Palace.
Francisco asked about the art of resurrecting the dead. Seeing the Portuguese's expectant expression, Liu Zhaosun shook his head and said:
"How can a dead person be resurrected? It's all fake."
The big-nosed Europeans all groaned, slightly disappointed:
"Oh, I thought that Daozhang Zhang was like the witches in the Middle Ages. He knew magic and could make the dead crawl out of their graves."
"That's not the resurrection of the dead, it's the Dawn of the Dead. @essence\/书馆*First update~~"
Liu Zhaosun suddenly stopped and said solemnly:
"Purify your shortcomings and change them, and you will eventually die. People are going to die eventually, and I will die too."
"If you repair your shortcomings and change them, will you die in the end?"
Francisco thought about it carefully, but he didn't know that this was a famous sentence written by Wang Xizhi in the "Lanting Preface" during the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Liu Zhaosun walked alone in the deserted Forbidden City, without any guards or eunuchs around him.
Those around him were either fighting bloody battles in various battlefields across the empire, or they were already sleeping underground.
Maybe I can live to be three hundred years old, or I can live to be five hundred years old, but at the last moment, I will die.
Cining Palace.
Without waiting for the palace maid to report, the Supreme Emperor pushed open the door and walked straight to the back garden.
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Chapter 658 Battle of Quanzhou
Jin Yuji and Liu Rushi were admiring flowers in the garden.
He came to Jin Yuji's side and whispered:
"Lin Yu died in the battle. In Guazhou, I just learned about what happened a few days ago. Pu Gang ordered the assassination."
The watering can for watering flowers in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cisheng fell to the ground.
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Quanzhou is a city that is not famous in history.
Compared with Chang'an, Nanjing, Luoyang and other long-term works, it seems to be unknown.
Such an ordinary city rose rapidly during the Song and Yuan Dynasties and became an important port city in the world at that time.
According to "Longqing Mansion Chronicles": "The spring is located in the south of Ba Fujian. The mountains are winding and there is no carving. The harbor is winding and there is no wave."
In the first year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song court dismissed the two shipping companies in Zhejiang and Zhejiang because "there are shipping companies in Guangnan, Fujian, and there are vast goods and goods. It is practical to appoint officials and promote them, but Zhejiang and Zhejiang are too redundant." Quanzhou and Guangzhou were left behind. The two places promoted commercial shipping, and the status of the ports in the two places was thus tied.
Quanzhou is located at the estuary of Jinjiang River, which can play an important role in connecting the mainland and the ocean. It has many deep-water ports including Houzhu Port.
In the fourth year of Jiatai in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Pu family, a wealthy family in Guangdong and Guangdong, "lost their assets." Pu Kaizong moved his family to Quanzhou to continue the spice trade.
In the tenth year of Chunyou, the Song Dynasty promoted Pu Shougeng, the son of Pu Kaizong, to be the city captain of Quanzhou. During this period, a large number of Arabs came to Quanzhou, which greatly promoted the economic development of Quanzhou.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, various factions fought with each other in Quanzhou. "The people of Quanzhou were first in trouble by the Hui bandits, and then they were persecuted by their friends." Business was severely damaged.
Coupled with the suppression of the maritime ban policy in the early Ming Dynasty, the Japanese rebellion became more serious, causing this city that relied on overseas trade to gradually decline.
In addition to man-made disasters, the natural reason for the decline of Quanzhou Port is siltation.
When Quanzhou Port was prosperous, ocean-going cargo ships could sail all the way to the foot of Jiuri Mountain and the mouth of the Luoyang River. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the mouth of the Luoyang River had almost become a tidal flat.
In the third year of Taichu, Zheng Sen suffered a disastrous defeat in the Liaonan naval battle. He retreated to Japan and took refuge with the shogunate Tokugawa Iemitsu.
His defeat caused the complete collapse of Zheng's power in Fujian.
Affected by Zheng Sen's defeat, in the third year of Guangde, the Qi army moved south from Zhejiang into Fujian and encountered almost no resistance.
According to historical records, those who surrendered without a fight included "291 officials, big and small, and 23,000 horse and infantry."
In June of the third year of Guangde.
Zhang Yunxiu, the general of Fujian and Zhejiang Province, led the main force of the Seventh Corps across Xianxia Ridge and entered Fujian from Zhejiang.
On June 18, the cavalry regiment defeated the Ming Dynasty army in Tingzhou and beheaded two thousand people. Longwu Emperor Zhu Yujian and Lu King Zhu Yihai led the remaining troops to flee into Quanzhou to fight against the trapped beasts.
In early July, the Seventh Corps threatened Quanzhou from land and surrounded Quanzhou City with the Sixth Fleet. First update@
At this time, the Fujian Admiral Zeng Guozuo of the Ming Dynasty who was stationed in Quanzhou still had 4,000 troops, but at the same time he had to divide his troops to defend the counties and fortresses around Quanzhou.
In Quanzhou Fucheng, the Ming army defenders only had "2,700 direct soldiers from Zhejiang and 500 local soldiers", totaling 3,200 people.
As well as Satsuma warriors, also known as Japanese pirates, a total of seventy people, and four hundred and fifty sailors and merchants from the Franconian countries.
On July 15, the third year of Guangde, Wang Zengbin, the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Corps, ordered the first and second battalions, together with the first part of the Sixth Fleet that landed at Luojiangkou, totaling 8,000 troops, to join forces to besiege Quanzhou.
According to historical records: "At that time, the mountains and seas were combined, and swarms were rising from all sides. The rebels in the villages took their wings and built strongholds. The female cadres in the city were their confidants, with the intention of internal support." The Ming thieves resisted desperately, and the strongholds outside the city were gradually conquered by the Qi army. .
On the fifth day of August, the main force of the Seventh Corps arrived outside Quanzhou Fucheng.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Zeng Guozuo personally led hundreds of cavalry to open the door and attack the Qi army's camp.
Wang Zengbin ordered Zhang Jin, the first battalion officer, and Yang Xiancai, the second battalion officer, to fight. Wu Aheng sent Meng Jinbao and others to attack the Ming army by water.
Zhao Guozuo was defeated and retreated into the city.
After this battle, the Ming army in Quanzhou suffered more than half of its casualties, and more than 70 Japanese pirates were wiped out. The remaining 10 or so Franco soldiers came out at night and surrendered to the Qi army.
The Qi army was invincible, and the remnants of Zheng Sen's surrounding troops were as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog, scrambling to flee towards the Jinjiang River. Quanzhou became an isolated city.
On August 8, the main forces of the Sixth Corps and the Seventh Corps successfully met at Chongfu Temple in the east of Quanzhou City. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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Wu Aheng and Wang Zengbin had not seen each other for many years. The two chief officials sat down in the Zen room of the temple. Without time to reminisce, they immediately discussed the next battle to annihilate the Ming army.
To be on the safe side, Wang Zengbin suggested setting up camp first:
"The enemy is outnumbered and the pirates have no reinforcements. We have sufficient food and grass. We can lay a siege for a long time and wait for them to become chaotic. If we don't attack, we will collapse."
Wu Aheng was not interested in siege. Naval operations strived for quick victory. Blitz warfare was the consistent style of the Sixth Fleet.
"The Sixth Fleet has just finished bombarding Zhangzhou. Several ships have been seriously damaged and are in urgent need of rest and recuperation. Neither the ships nor the people can afford to drag them away. Taking advantage of the fact that Zeng has become discouraged, we will attack with all our strength and we will definitely break through this city."
"indeed."
Wang Zengbin looked pleasant on the surface, but he was a little hesitant in his heart.
The Sixth Corps is a cavalry regiment, and its main unit is cavalry. Letting the cavalry take on such a tough battle was not originally what Wang Zengbing wanted. He planned to siege for a long time, wait for other brother troops to finish their work, transfer them over, and then attack the city with all their strength. Update without error@
Wu Aheng couldn't move Wang Zengbin and had to agree to the siege. However, he could only provide long-range artillery support and would not send sailors to the city.
In this way, the two corps commanders unanimously decided to lay a long-term siege on the defenders in the city.
On August 18, Guo Xian, the son of Quanzhou gentry Guo Bichang, led his servants to set fire to the city. He rode on his horse and shouted:
"The Communist Party will only kill Zeng Guozuo, but not us. We, the good people, must not die together with Zhu Yujian!"
Zeng Guozuo, a native of Xinyang, Henan, was originally a member of the Xinyang Guards Station. He surrendered to Qi in the early years of Wuding. He rebelled against the Qi army in the first year of Taichu and took refuge in Nanming. Later, he fled to Fujian with the rest of Zheng Sen's troops and guarded Quanzhou. After Emperor Longwu entered Quanzhou, he granted Zeng Guozuo the title of General Pingthief and Prince Shaobao. .
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