Tongzhou City, inside the Golden Summit Royal Tent.
Kong Sibao, who had ventured out of the city, was now kneeling in front of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cixiang. Behind Zhu Cixiang stood the real Kong Sizhen dressed as a palace maid of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Cixiang was writing something at his desk. In the blink of an eye, he had finished writing. He put down the brush and said to Kong Sibao with a smile: "I've written it... I've written the contract with my own hand. You should rest assured." Right? Just take a look and see if there's anything wrong with it. You can still change it."
It turns out that what Emperor Zhu wrote was a "population sales contract", and the subject of the contract was Fulin or Fulin's designated part-the head!
The price for purchasing Fulin or Fulin's head was to pardon Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun and their lackeys, and appoint the two as Duogan Army's military envoys and deputy envoys, allowing them to serve for life and allowing them to be hereditary for two to three generations. Among them, Kong Tingxun can be passed on to his children, while Shang Kexi can be passed on to his children and grandchildren. After that, the imperial court will appoint Duogan Jiedushi and Deputy Jiedushi...
Such a "human being sales contract" may seem a bit unbelievable at first glance. But writing it down clearly in black and white and following it is actually a low-cost and efficient administrative or business method. That kind of cloudy and foggy approach of not clarifying anything, easily changing the blame and shirk responsibility at any time, and "making a list" at any time, looks very cool, but it is not suitable for the current Ming Dynasty.
That kind of "very comfortable" rule must be based on a high degree of centralization, otherwise there will be a lack of trust between the court and internal and external vassals. Without trust, there will be no basis for coexistence. The Celestial Empire will exist in name only!
Today, the Ming Empire has evolved into the Celestial Empire. With the current transportation and communication methods, it is simply impossible to establish a highly centralized Celestial Empire.
Moreover, Zhu Cixiang, who wanted to quickly open up the situation and compete with the Westerners for territory, was not willing to give up the Ming Dynasty's own Celestial Dynasty system first, shrink the Ming Dynasty into a highly centralized Western European nation-state, and then carry out colonial expansion. So he must establish the good reputation of the Great Tomorrow!
In his opinion, the Celestial Dynasty system owned by the Ming Dynasty actually regarded East Asia and Southeast Asia as a civilization circle.
This kind of colonial rule, even in the West, was generally carried out on outsiders. For example, when Europeans went to Asia, Africa and Latin America to establish colonial rule, Asia, Africa and Latin America were "outside the circle" at that time. It is very difficult to colonize the "inner circle", and it also attracts hatred.
If the Ming Dynasty really wanted to colonize East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia, it would have to first smash the Celestial Dynasty system and exclude all internal and external vassals in the Celestial Dynasty system except the Ming Dynasty and Han Dynasty, and then carry out colonial expansion... ....
However, after Zhu Cixiang had an in-depth understanding of the Eastern Celestial Dynasty system of this era, he no longer planned to engage in this colonial route of shrinking first and then expanding, nor did he intend to abandon the Ming Dynasty circle. Instead, he planned to unite the empire into one within the circle.
He planned to use the demographic advantages of the Han people and the huge economic, cultural, and political advantages of the Ming Dynasty to integrate all ethnic groups and countries in the circle.
The Eastern circles in the 17th century were completely different from the East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia that people in later generations recognized!
Except for the few territories controlled by Western colonists, there are only two truly sovereign and independent countries, China and Japan!
Japan does not have its own "circle" and is an isolated country - the so-called departure from Asia and joining Europe later was simply a false proposition. Japan has not been a member of the East Asian circle since the late Tang Dynasty in China. How could it "leave Asia"? "Say?
In the Eastern Celestial Empire, there are more than 100 million Han people, and the minimum number of other people together is only 20 million. Among the other 20 million people, at least 10 million are Koreans and Annamites - in the 17th century, they were basically "quasi-Han people". If the central dynasty was strong enough, they could be turned into Han people.
As for the remaining less than 10 million people, they are divided into three small circles: Buddhist Mongolia, Theravada Buddhism and Nanyang Tianfang Sect. Among them, Buddhist Mongolia has been competing with the Ming Dynasty for the leadership of the entire Celestial Circle, while the Manchus belong to the corners of the main circle of Buddhist Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty... Now Manchuria has been completely defeated, and Mongolia is divided into pieces. The small circle of Buddhism was basically finished, and the Nanyang Tianfang Sect was destroyed by Westerners.
So a Celestial Empire is placed in front of Emperor Zhu Da, waiting for him to pick it... In fact, after defeating the Qing Dynasty of the Manchus and the Dashun in the southwest, Emperor Zhu will become the Eastern Celestial Empire Civilization The emperor of a unified circle!
Whether he is satisfied or dissatisfied, this is the reality in the Eastern world!
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It was early morning on October 22nd, the eighth year of Hongxing reign in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Cixiang had already had breakfast, and strode into the golden-domed imperial tent in full military uniform, holding a sword in his hand. Inside the imperial tent, there was already a crowd. The generals of the Ming army in front of the Tongzhou Army were already in uniform and waiting. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had also arrived - today he also wanted to watch the battle and witness the Ming Dynasty soldiers capture the enemy Chief Fu alive. Come!
All the officers and officers in the tent saluted Emperor Zhu together and shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Zhu Cixi walked to his throne, with an indescribable look of satisfaction on his face.
After today, it will be a new historical period!
"Pingshen!" Zhu Cixiang roared, then sat down on the throne.
"Your Majesty!" Yan Yingyuan came out to announce to the class, "Every unit that is going to fight today is ready. We only need to give the order from Your Majesty to set off for the battlefield."
The battlefield was not in the east of Beijing - a network of trenches had been dug here, as well as eight large forts and a dozen small forts. The Qing army could not get out of the city at all. Therefore, the battlefield was placed in the north of Beijing according to Fulin's wishes.
The total strength of the Ming army besieging the city, including the Mongolian vassals, was as much as 250,000! Of course it's impossible to drive them all out, otherwise Fulin would be able to escape elsewhere.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu asked Yan Yingyuan, who served as the "former enemy general", to select 50,000 elite troops to participate in today's decisive battle.
Yan Yingyuan chose four infantry divisions, two fusilier regiments, one lancer regiment, and two musketeer regiments. Because the heavy troops of the selected troops did not go out, there were almost 50,000 people. A total of 72 artillery pieces participated in the battle, of which 54 were 3-pounders and 18 were 12-pounders.
Such a luxurious lineup has no chance of being defeated. Even if Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun realize that they will risk their lives for the Qing Dynasty, it will be a dead end!
After Zhu Cihong listened to Yan Yingyuan's report, he nodded with satisfaction: "Okay! Send troops to capture Fulin!"
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Fulin suddenly trembled, not because he heard Emperor Zhu's roar, but because he saw Xuan Ye being held in Tong Jia's arms.
He is now dressed neatly and is about to go down the Meishan Mountain... He is going down the mountain to fight Zhu Cixiang in name, but of course he can't take his wife and children with him.
So Tong Jia and Xuan Ye still have to stay on Meishan!
"If something unexpected happens to me, Xuan Ye will be the emperor!" Fulin took a breath and looked at the group of Qing Zhongliang around him - except for Shang Kexi, who never went to Meishan, they were all here. So Fulin can tell the funeral arrangements.
Although he was prepared to let the golden cicada escape from its shell, the Qing Dynasty could not die in his hands!
Now that Duduo refuses to be the emperor's uncle, he will have to find someone else to take the blame, and that someone else is Prince Xuan Ye!
"Xuan Ye immediately changed the name of the reign after he came to the throne!" Fulin said, "I have already thought about the name of the reign, it is Kangxi! Kang means peace; Xi means prosperity. Do you have any objections?"
You are all stupid... Wouldn't it be nice for the Qing Dynasty to end with you? Why bother with the whole Kangxi Emperor? Without Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty would have had three official emperors: the former emperor, the middle emperor, and the latter emperor. How smooth was that? Now add Kangxi and it becomes the fourth generation of kings. Who is Kangxi? The last master?
"The servants have no objection!"
The ones who spoke were Gang Atai and Sun Zhixian. The two of them should pay attention to Meishan... Of course they don't know that the golden cicada Fulin is about to shed its shell. Only Sony, Suksaha, Banbulshan, Baiyintu, and Yulin Tongxiu can do this. A few people, such as monks, know.
