"Hey, this city of Beijing has really changed a lot. There are three levels of bastions coming and going, and the innermost level is still a mountain city. Chongqing, the northern capital of Dashun, can't compare to it... Reinforcement work is still underway! It seems that His Highness Prince Gong is ready to have a showdown with the people of Zhu Ming’s court in Beijing! Okay! Okay! Okay!”
The person who was expressing emotion was Huang Shu, the Minister of Dashunli Government. He was now wearing a dull blue official uniform and a black veil on his head. He rode a tall horse and entered the majestic Beijing fortress accompanied by Sony.
Huang Shu had been a Jinshi and had been an official in Beijing. He was quite familiar with the city, but when we met again this time, he almost didn't recognize it.
Not only was Beijing transformed into a large fortress with three levels inside and outside, but it also had layers. The Meishan Fortress on the innermost level was layered on top of each other, making it difficult to attack!
"Chongqing, the northern capital? Do you have Dashun and the southern capital?" Sony was also very interested in the Dashun Dynasty in the southwest, so he also inquired about it.
"Yes," Huang Shu smiled, "The southern capital of Dashun is Kunming Prefecture. It is built on Wuhua Mountain in Kunming Prefecture and is called Wuhua Palace. In recent years, the Emperor of Dashun has spent most of his time living in Wuhua Palace. They also set up a martial arts hall by Cuiwei Lake outside Wuhua Palace to train new troops and prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains."
Is the military training in Yunnan for the Northern Expedition?
Sony was a little doubtful when he heard this, "Why did the Northern Expedition start from Yunnan? Shouldn't it start from Hanzhong? You can go directly to Guanzhong by sending troops from Hanzhong!"
Huang Shu waved his hand: "That's it, that's it. It's long past time to conquer the world based on Guanzhong... Guanzhong is so cold and drought-ridden that it has long been unable to claim the title of the world's most powerful soldier. Mo. Sichuan, the land of abundance, and even Yunnan, which is known as a remote country, are far better than Shaanxi under the painstaking management of our government."
Yunnan's economy is actually not as good as Shaanxi's, but Dashun and Daxi both had their hearts broken in Shaanxi, so Li Guo, Li Laiheng and the eight political kings were not very interested in the northern expedition to Shaanxi, but were very interested in developing Yunnan. .
The territory of Yunnan is not small, and there is a lot of land that can be cultivated and cultivated. There are also many toasts that have been rich for countless generations to "eat". Therefore, in the past few years, the development focus of the Dashun Dynasty has shifted from Sichuan to Yunnan, and the military government system that has been effective in Sichuan (including Hanzhong Prefecture, Yunyang Prefecture, and part of Gongchang Prefecture) has been transplanted to Yunnan.
Moreover, in order to strengthen its control over Yunnan, Dashun also established the southern capital in Kunming, echoing the northern capital of Chongqing. A martial arts hall was also opened in Kunming to train officers of the government army, and a government-run handicraft workshop for casting cannons and guns was also opened.
However, no matter how Yunnan develops, it will still be a bit incredible as a base for the Northern Expedition. Using Yunnan as a base, it would make more sense to march south to Myanmar...
Huang Shu was eloquent. He lowered his voice and said to Sony: "Moreover, when using troops, it is important to be surprised! When our Dashun troops leave Shaanxi, Zhu Ming can think of it with his eyes closed, so he must be fully prepared. We must not That’s it!”
"Then send troops from Yunnan?" Sony asked, "attack Guizhou?"
Huang Shu pretended to be mysterious, "This is a military secret. How could I, a civil servant, know about it? But Suo Zhongtang can rest assured that as long as the news of the Ming army's massive siege of Beijing reaches Yunnan, I, Dashun, will definitely launch the Northern Expedition... .Catch him by surprise!”
Sony frowned: "Beijing and Yunnan are thousands of miles apart, and news doesn't spread that fast... If Zhu Ming blocks the news, the news won't reach Yunnan for a year, right?"
"How is it possible?" Huang Shu smiled, "Suo Zhongtang forgot how I came from Yunnan?"
"Are you..." Sony thought for a moment, "You came by boat?"
Huang Shu smiled and nodded, "Yes, I came by boat."
"Dashun now has a Haikou?"
"It's been there a long time ago!" Huang Shu looked proud, "I negotiated it... Myanmar is now a foreign vassal of our Dashun Dynasty, and our Dashun has a Shalian Concession in Haikou, southern Myanmar. . So I set out to sea from Salim, Myanmar, and took a Portuguese speedboat to go north around Malacca. It only took about a hundred days to reach Lushunkou. I chartered a boat at Lushunkou and went to Haikou of Yongping Prefecture, and then from Come to Beijing from Yongping Prefecture.”
Now Yongping Mansion and most of Shuntian Mansion are still under Fulin's rule - Yongping Mansion is connected to Shanhaiguan, and the land boundary between the Ming Dynasty and the Andong Protectorate is at Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou Pass. If the Ming army marches into Yongping Mansion now, it will inevitably make Jin Duoduo nervous, and it will also easily cause friction.
In addition, the land in the Yongping Prefecture is basically banner land, and the people in the Anding Protectorate are working hard to mobilize the "banner people" there to move to the northeast and become Han people... Emperor Zhu certainly doesn't want to retain those people. ! The land in Yongping Mansion has attracted many heroes who have overcome difficulties, and Emperor Zhu still has to use it to reward people!
Huang Shu continued: "With this sea route, it will not be difficult for the two of us to exchange information. As long as the Portuguese ship we hired can sail to Xiangyun Island in Yongping Prefecture to hide... Once the Ming army If a large-scale siege is carried out, the messenger can take the Portuguese merchant ship to go south to Burma. If the journey goes smoothly, the news can be sent to Wuhua Palace in Kunming in three months at the earliest, and then my heavenly soldiers from Dashun will go north to the Central Plains!"
Sony thought for a while, "Can Portuguese ships enter the Bohai Bay?"
"Yes!" Huang Shu said, "You can get in if you pay... Nowadays, the Beiyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty does not block the Bohai Bay very much, and the ship I am looking for is the Western Ship Hard Sail, which is on the Southeast Sea. Very common.”
Huang Shu's boat was a small boat with a carrying capacity of less than a hundred tons. It was light and fast. Although it was a hard sailing ship, the sailors who operated the boat were all experienced sailors, so they ran very fast. Moreover, the tax that this ship has to pay is not a penny, and it requires a lot of certificates. It is a model ship, and it is not afraid of people checking, and it is very safe.
Sony thought for a while, "That's good... The Ming army must be heading for the Northern Expedition in the autumn, because they have to use the southeasterly winds in spring and summer to transport food and equipment to Tianjin. By sending troops before the harvest in early autumn, they can steal another season from us. Wheat! And there are strong north winds in autumn, so your ship must have a favorable wind!"
Not to mention, Batulu, the last one in the Qing Dynasty, would still fight, and his judgment was completely correct.
The time when the Ming army went north to attack Beijing was set in the early autumn of the eighth year of Hongxing (1655). It’s almost a year away from now!
The reason for the long delay was, of course, to dredge shipping in the Wei River and to stockpile supplies.
Now the Grand Canal is impassable, so we have to rely on sea transportation. When the Qing army retreated, they used shipwrecks to block several shoals in the Wei River, and they had to spend some effort to salvage and dredge them.
In addition, the wind direction is now wrong. Although the ship can still go northward, it is not very convenient after all. Therefore, Shi Kefa can only wait in Tianjin Wei until next spring, when the Wei River freezes, before he can hoard supplies on a large scale.
With enough supplies, we can be sure to besiege the Beijing Castle!
...
"What? You want me to surrender to the bandits!? You also need to change your surname to Li. Doesn't this mean that you want to recognize Li Zicheng as your amma? I don't have enough ama's?"
In Meishan Fortress, Jin Fulin was immediately unhappy after hearing Huang Shu's request.
It turns out that Huang Shu brought an imperial edict from Li Guoce, conferring Jin Fulin the title of Prince Dashun Gong and the envoy of Youzhou... Oh, and by the way, he also gave him a national surname.
Dashun's surname is Li, so Jin Fulin will become Li Fulin!
However, Li Guo had no intention of accepting a son. He had several sons, so he did not need Li Fulin to be filial to him. He just wanted to become brothers with the same surname as Li Fulin...
"Your Highness Prince Gong, you misunderstood. Your Majesty did not ask you to recognize me as your Ada." Huang Shu knew that Fulin had misunderstood Li Guo's request for sworn sworn homage, so he quickly explained, "It means becoming brothers..." No other meaning!"
Sony also helped: "Your Majesty, I just want to recognize you as my brother. I didn't ask you to be Li Zicheng, the emperor Taizu's son."
"Then, why do you want to change your surname to Li?" Fulin said, "Isn't this a slave with three surnames? I, Fulin, don't want to change my surname, just... Aisin Gioro!"
