Tianjin, the Emperor of Heaven is here.
In Zhu Cixiang's study, a man and a woman were sitting opposite each other. The man is of course Zhu Cixiang himself. He has been staying in Tianjin these days. On the one hand, he is paying attention to the war outside the customs, and on the other hand, he is planning and building the Tianjin Development Zone with Shen Tingyang.
The woman is Jin Dongzhu who has just returned from North Korea - she really tried her best to give Doni a ride. She must be Ming Dynasty's good cousin! It is winter now, and Tianjin Weihaikou is frozen. There is no way to reach it by boat. We can only go to Dengzhou first, and then travel more than a thousand miles by land to Tianjin. This journey has been hard. If Jin Dongzhu hadn't participated in physical exercises regularly in Nanjing Elementary School and was now in good health, he would have been tired all the way.
But it was a boat ride and traveling thousands of miles, so I was still very tired. But she still couldn't afford to rest. As soon as she arrived in Tianjin, she hurriedly asked to see Emperor Zhu and brought a letter said to be written by Azig, an eminent monk outside the customs.
"Ajige wants to ask for a card to avoid death..." Zhu Cixiang had already read the letter, thought about it, and then asked, "Dongzhu, do you think Azig can deal with Duny?"
According to the "Chongzhen Code" revised by Zhu Cixiang, Azig's father Nurhachi was guilty of treason and rebellion. Azig himself was not guilty of this unforgivable crime - because Nurhaci had already committed many rebellions when Azig was born. years. However, he is a son, so he is implicated and can be put to death according to the law. But being able to talk about death does not necessarily mean that he will die, because Zhu Cihong had already avoided Shunzhi and Duduo from being implicated in talking about death when Shunzhi first surrendered.
Although Azig is not exempt from death, because he is subordinate to Shunzhi and Duduo, he will not be held accountable - the punishment for an accessory cannot exceed that of the principal offender. The person who benefits the most is the principal criminal. Shunzhi became the emperor, Duduo gained the land outside the customs, and Azige became a monk. The Ming court could not let go of the Qing emperor and the lord outside the pass, and then went to hunt down an old monk.
However, in addition to being implicated in death, Azig also committed other crimes - he was a prince who led troops in the Qing Dynasty. He once presided over a battle to enter the Pass and also presided over the siege of Datong (but Datong was not broken by him. , but was broken by Dorgon). During the war, he killed innocent people indiscriminately and committed heinous crimes. This was the reason why he needed the death-free card.
This brand, from the perspective of political correctness, must not be given... But Zhu Cixiang doesn't talk about this. He just wants to resolve the war in Northeast China as soon as possible.
The Northeast of the Ming Dynasty was divided into the jurisdiction of Liaodong Dusi (General Army) and the Nurgan Dusi. The former was mature land developed over many years. It was a good place with convenient transportation and a lot of developed farmland - Li Chengliang's management Come on, the land in Liao Town can support 100,000 soldiers!
The latter is difficult to do. They are all covered with forests, seas, snowfields and mountains. It is now the Little Ice Age. It is extremely cold, and the value of agricultural development is not high. To develop the Heilongjiang Basin now, it would be better to go to America! At least it is very warm around the Gulf of America, and there is still gold to be mined as far south as California. Moreover, if the American territory is not occupied, it will belong to others, and Heilongjiang cannot escape.
Now the Rakshasa Kingdom is still entangled with the powerful Zhungeer tribe in Mongolistan and does not have much power to compete for the Heilongjiang River Basin.
In addition, the Ming Navy, the French Navy, the Dutch East India Company, and the British East India Company are now jointly exploring the Bering Strait and Kamchatka Peninsula.
If Emperor Zhu remembered correctly, there was an excellent port called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula in later generations, and it seemed to be an ice-free port. As long as this expedition can find it, Ming can establish a naval base and fortress there. In this way, the Rakshasa Kingdom would not be able to exit the Bering Strait from the Arctic Ocean, enter the Sea of Okhots, and then enter Heilongjiang. Without the transit port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the Rakshasa Kingdom's fleet would have to sail from Lena. Starting from the port on the lower reaches of the river, it will take thousands of miles in circles, and looking at the twists and turns of the route, you know that it will not be a smooth journey. If there is no port to stop and add supplies along the way, you will not reach Heilongjiang at all.
As for taking the land route and setting off from Yakutsk to attack Heilongjiang, it will only last a few hundred people. With more people, there is no way to solve the logistics.
As long as the Ming Dynasty controls Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and blocks the sea route of the Rakshasa Kingdom, it can enter Heilongjiang along the Far East coast. The troops sent along this route number in the tens of thousands, and it is impossible to lose to a few hundred Rakshasa soldiers...
But once the remnants of Manchuria headed by Duni defect to the Rakshasa Kingdom, Emperor Zhu will have a headache for a while. Even if few Rakshasa soldiers can come from Yakutsk, as long as the Rakshasa Kingdom can provide gunpowder and guns to the Manchu soldiers in the Heilongjiang Basin, they can rely on favorable terrain to fight the Ming Dynasty for a long time.
For the Ming Dynasty, of course they can win by fighting to the end at all costs, but they will lose the battle - there is no way to save money in winning this kind of battle, and they must develop and set up strongholds step by step from the north and south. Suppress the Eastern captives and prepare for a long war lasting ten or twenty years. The farmland obtained from Liaodong (Liaoyang Province) was not enough to pay for the war, so the court had to be prepared to spend a lot of money!
If the problem can be solved with two internal vassals surnamed Zhu, Zhu Cixiang would certainly be willing.
"Your Majesty," Dongzhu said with a smile, "if the imperial court wants to establish direct provinces in Jianzhou and Heilongjiang, Doni's subordinates may be resistant. After all, once direct provinces are established, there will be no feudalism anymore. People like them don't If the imperial court is willing to set up internal vassals, then what does it have to do with the people below whether the vassal lord's surname is Zhu or Aixinjueluo? They can have a king of the valley who can sell ginseng, leather goods, pearls, wood, and rare birds. That’s why I’m satisfied.”
With the establishment of a direct province, local power and oil and water will be reduced. Of course, there is no problem if it is placed in a place with a dense population and a developed economy - the cake is big enough, and the people below will have many opportunities. On the contrary, they will not support the establishment of a vassal, because the establishment of a vassal is The post-vassal class is easy to solidify.
The area under the jurisdiction of Nurgandusi has dangerous mountains and dense forests, and the weather is cold. The oil and water are ginseng, leather goods, pearls, wood, and rare birds. They look good, but the quantity is limited, so there are not many opportunities.
In this case, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to establish direct provinces, it would be equivalent to depriving a group of valley kings of their interests, and resistance would be inevitable.
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "I originally wanted to establish a vassal in Heilongjiang and Jianzhou... and also planned to make Zhulan and Dorni the vassal lords. It's a pity that they don't understand current affairs and have to resist."
"Yes," Dongzhu said, "Now everyone in Manchuria regrets it and hates Duni as a faint master. As long as His Majesty is willing to establish a vassal, no one will sincerely defend them."
"But I want all the men in Doni's family to die!" Zhu Cihong set the conditions, "Can Azig do it? Doni has a lot of troops!"
"Yes!" Dongzhu said, "As long as His Majesty is willing to lend someone...there is no need to actually lend it, just give him a name. With this person's name, Duny will die."
"A person?" Zhu Cixiang asked, "Who?"
Dongzhu smiled and said: "Aixinjueluo Xuanye!"
Kangxi?
"He is still a child, what can he do?" Zhu Cixiang asked.
"You can be the governor of Heilongjiang!" Dongzhu said, "Doni did not dare to proclaim himself emperor, but accepted Fulin as king. But Fulin died long ago, and Xuan Ye is the legitimate lord of Manchuria. If Your Majesty If Xuanye is granted the title of Military Envoy, will the Manchus still follow Doni? Once the hearts of the people leave, the heads of the men in Doni's family will soon be sent to Tianjin, and the Battle of Pingliao will be a complete victory."
Zhu Cixiang laughed loudly, "Dongzhu, you are truly worthy of being the daughter of the King of Cleverness...Tell me, what reward do you want?"
Dongzhu smiled: "I just want to give birth to a son for Your Majesty!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Are we going to give birth to a Jiedushi?"
