"Why are you here? How is Tuhai? Are you decent?"
When Wang Zhongxiao returned to the south study room with Fu Quan with Tu Hai's bloody and tear-filled legacy, the Kangxi Emperor was already a little impatient with the wait - Tu Hai had been dead for too long!
Kangxi was a little suspicious of Tuhai's lack of dignity and trying to escape. Wang Zhongxiao was busy catching him everywhere in the high wall of Shangfangyuan.
"You are decent, Tuhai is already decent."
Fuquan's answer made Kangxi breathe a sigh of relief, and then he asked: "How come he has been decent for so long? How is he so decent?"
"Hang himself," Fuquan replied, "He hangs himself with dignity."
"How long have you been hanging?" Kangxi asked, "It's been an hour or two. How long can you be hanging for that long?"
"How can it be possible? You can hang for an hour or two before you die?" Fuquan shook his head and said, "It's Tu Hai who had to write a suicide note. He only agreed to hang himself after writing the suicide note. He wrote too slowly, so he was delayed. A decent time.”
"Writing a will?" Kangxi was stunned, "Is he qualified to write a will even if he is willing to die?"
Never heard of it! In the future, can we discuss the discount before going out to the market?
"Isn't this because I have a soft heart!" Fuquan spread his hands, "I saw that he was so pitiful that he was about to die, so I asked him to write a note."
"That's right, you are just a good person," Kangxi didn't mean to blame his brother. He sighed and said, "What about the legacy? Let me take a look."
"Datou, quickly give Tuhai's legacy to the emperor."
"嗻."
Wang Zhongxiao quickly handed over the folded book with Tuhai written on it with both hands. As soon as Kangxi took it and opened it, a piece of paper fell out. Kangxi was also stunned, "Why is there still a folder? Pick it up and show it to me. No. Are you going to scold me?"
Wang Zhongxiao quickly bent down, picked up the piece of paper, and handed it to Kangxi with both hands. Kangxi took it and looked at it. It was not a curse word, but the words "Be careful of Shi Lang, Zhang Yong, and Zhao Liangdong"!
"Be careful of Shi Lang, Zhang Yong, and Zhao Liangdong? This word seems to be from Tu Hai." Emperor Kangxi was stunned for a moment, "What does he mean? Have you asked?"
"No," Wang Zhongxiao looked confused, "I don't even know that Tu Hai secretly stuffed a piece of paper into it. It's probably too late to ask now."
"Your Majesty, beware of Shi Lang means that you have to be careful of Fujian Navy Admiral Shi Lang, Gansu Admiral Zhang Yong, and Datong Commander Zhao Liangdong!" Emperor Kangxi's good brother Fu Quan immediately gave an explanation, "Maybe this Tuhai Tianliang has not been forgotten. I’ll give you a heads up later.”
"Why?" Kangxi still didn't quite understand, "Why should I be careful about Shi Lang, Zhang Yong, and Zhao Liangdong?"
"Your Majesty, the relationship between Shi Lang and Ao Bai seems to be very close." Wang Zhongxiao said, "Shi Lang has many petitions for Ao Bai, second only to King Pingxi, King Pingnan, King Jingnan, General Guangxi and Tuhai. Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong are not only very enthusiastic about fawning over Obai, but they are both Wu Sangui’s former subordinates.”
"Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong are indeed very close to Wu Sangui. But there shouldn't be any problem with Shi Lang, right?" Kangxi didn't seem to be that easy to fool. He shook his head and said, "That Shi Lang didn't just give more gifts to Ao Bai? He gave me more There are a lot of tricks. I remember that he has always opposed the maritime ban and always mentioned this in the memorials. He also clamored to send the Fujian Navy to cross the sea to attack Taiyuan Island (TW), and also said that the pirates on Taiyuan Island were invaded. There are only 20,000 soldiers in total. As long as he can train 20,000 to 30,000 naval troops, he will be able to win the battle. There is no need to impose a sea ban to harm the people."
The executioner Lang was right. The Han population that Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jing brought to Damuan Island was not large, and the total number of soldiers and civilians was only a dozen or two hundred thousand. Adding to this the population of Xiamen, Dahao and other areas under the control of the Yanping Palace or the rebel forces attached to the Yanping Palace, the number could reach more than 300,000. This population can support an army of 20,000 to 30,000, which is the limit! Standing military generals will definitely have to be severely discounted.
If the Qing Dynasty could expand the number of Fujian naval forces to 30,000, they would actually have a good chance of winning by crossing the sea and taking over the islands!
However, the Qing Dynasty chose not to do anything about personnel matters and did not expand the Fujian navy. Instead, it imposed a sea ban on the coastal provinces and moved all the people within dozens of miles of the coastline to the inland. There was only forced relocation without resettlement!
This is simply perverse and disregards the life and death of the people!
In the southeastern provinces such as Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang, where the maritime ban policy is most strictly enforced, coastal people have been displaced and countless people have died of starvation, possibly as high as a million! Millions of acres of fertile land along the coast have been abandoned, and the fishing and shipping industries have suffered a devastating disaster!
People along the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian launched many uprisings in order to resist the maritime ban and move the border. Qiu Hui, who now occupies Dahao and hangs out the Ming Dynasty Chaozhou Prefecture sign, is the leader of the rebels who resisted the coastal relocation.
While the Qing Dynasty was relocating borders along the coast, making life miserable for the people along the coast, it was unwilling to seriously manage the Fujian Navy.
This Fujian Navy is a green camp, and the Qing Dynasty has always used and defended the green camp, and has extremely strict restrictions on the number of troops that each green camp general can actually control. Usually, the number of bids that an admiral can actually control is only three to four thousand, the number of bids under a general soldier is only two to three thousand, and the number of bids for a deputy general is generally less than two thousand.
The Fujian Navy has only 10,000 additional troops, including Tibiao, various towns, and associates. The officers who lead the troops up and down will take some more vacancies. It would be good to have 7,000 in real terms. These seven thousand people are not all under Shi Lang's command. King Jingnan, Governor of Fujian and Duke Haicheng can all have some control. Therefore, what Shi Lang can really control is his supervision standard, which is three thousand soldiers, and the real number is up to two thousand five hundred. There were at least 20,000 soldiers and horses under the Yanping Palace, so it was normal for Shi Lang to suffer repeated defeats along the coast of Fujian.
Faced with the repeated defeats of the Fujian Navy, Jingnan King Geng Jimao came up with a once and for all solution - to abolish the Fujian Navy!
If the Fujian navy is laid off, of course it will be impossible to be defeated by the pirates without it. No matter how powerful Zheng Jing is, he can't defeat a non-existent enemy!
I have to say, this Geng Jimao is really a genius!
However, Obai did not approve Geng Jimao's genius plan, and certainly did not agree with Shi Lang's army expansion plan - to expand the Fujian Navy to 20,000 to 30,000, and all of them would be under the command of Shi Lang, which was really "outrageous".
How many troops does Wu Sangui have? It was only thirty thousand, and it was already a serious problem for the Qing Dynasty. The vassal army under King Geng Jimao of Jingnan was only 3,000. Adding in the four battalions of pacesetters under Geng Jimao's control of the Suppression General and the Central Army, the total strength was only 7,000.
Shi Lang wants to train 20,000 to 30,000 troops. What does he want to do?
"Your Majesty, this servant has something to say."
Wang Zhongxiao had long made up the excuse to deceive the emperor - the note that said "Beware of Shi Lang, Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong" was stuffed into Tu Hai's legacy. The note was still good at it. Written by Zhou Chang who imitated Tu Hai's handwriting.
"Say." Kangxi was confused and wanted to hear Wang Zhongxiao's explanation.
Wang Zhongxiao first asked himself: "Your Majesty, why do you think Ao Bai would rather deal with the pirates by using a stupid method like banning the sea and moving the border, killing one thousand enemies and losing thirty thousand, rather than destroying the Fujian Navy?"
Then he asked himself and answered: "I think the reason why Obai is like this is that he is not at ease with the green camps and vassals along the southeast coast; and secondly, he learned from the pirates of the Zheng family in the 16th year of Shunzhi that they entered the river and besieged Jiangning. Lessons from the city! That time in the 16th year of Shunzhi, our Qing Dynasty was really in danger. If the Zheng family captured Jiangning, and spent more time to change the Zheng family's pirates into river navy, then everyone south of the Yangtze River might have the same surname. Damn Zheng! Thanks to that group of pirates who didn’t know how to fight on land and were not good at attacking cities, our Qing Dynasty was able to stabilize the southeastern half of the wall. But what if sometime in the future, there is another overseas naval force carrying the elites of San Francisco and Zu Ze? The stream of Qing is moving across the sea to the north, and with the addition of the third prince Zhu to call on Jiangnan, can it still be defended?"
Then, I definitely can’t hold it!
Kangxi heard that cold sweat broke out on his little bald head!
The green battalion soldiers in Guangdong, Fujian, and Guangxi are either Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, their old subordinates, or those Ming troops who resisted to the end, including the troops from the pirate Zheng family. Loyalty to the Qing Dynasty is almost zero!
If Wu Sangui and Ao Bai pull Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao to rebel, the Green Camp of the three provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian will definitely follow. If they carry out the Northern Expedition to the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time carry out the golden sign of Prince Zhu San, how can Jiangning City be defended?
Just as Kangxi was thinking of this, Fuquan suddenly said something else: "Your Majesty, if you can't protect Qi, Aobai will personally lead the rebels in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian by sea to protect Prince Zhu San from coming to Jiangnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"
Wang Zhongxiao added: "Perhaps Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong will lead the green battalions from Gansu and Datong to attack Beijing secretly!"
When Kangxi heard the words "Datong Green Camp", he suddenly trembled, and then snorted coldly: "I have now seen everything, Wu Sangui, Obai and the like will be captured sooner or later!"
Talking about the update, many authors and readers have said that a large chapter of 5,000 words is better and looks better than a small chapter of 2,500 words. So starting from noon today, Luo Luo will also post a big chapter. From now on, there will be two chapters a day, one chapter in the morning and one chapter at 12 noon.
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