Zhu Youxiao was naturally familiar with people like Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang.
Especially Hong Chengchou.
Zhu Youxiao clearly remembered that although this person had poor integrity in history, his ability was indeed very strong.
In the Chongzhen Dynasty, he and Lu Xiangsheng performed best when encircling and suppressing the peasant army.
In fact, after the latter surrendered to the Manchus, when even the Manchu nobles were preparing to abandon the five southwestern provinces because Li Dingguo was too good at fighting, he helped the Manchus occupy the entire land of China.
It can be said that if it had not been for Hong Chengchou, it would not have been so easy for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to destroy the Nanming forces.
But Zhu Youxiao did not eliminate some characters who had not yet had time to betray the nation and country because of things that had not happened in this era.
As an emperor, in line with the principle of using talents according to their abilities and using as many talents as possible for his own use, he still planned to give some opportunities to people like Hong Chengchou who had outstanding abilities despite their shortcomings in history.
Otherwise, Zhu Youxiao would not have been promoted to their official position and would have been paying attention to their career.
But Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that Hong Chengchou would disappear.
This made Zhu Youxiao feel a little depressed.
You can be a dog to the Manchus, but you can't be a dog to me?
Is it because what you are doing is depriving your class of benefits?
However, aren't you, Hong Chengchou, a speculator who can sell out any nation? Why do you still care about selling out your own class interests?
Zhu Youxiao was puzzled by this.
Then, Zhu Youxiao suddenly thought of what he had learned recently about the gentry training overseas.
Therefore, he hurriedly told Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Zhongxian! Dongchang is determined to find out the whereabouts of this person. He wants to see him alive and his body after death. If this person can no longer be used by the court, then he will try every means to assassinate him!" Are the families of all the missing officials under control?”
"The slaves obey the order! Dongchang decided to carefully find out the whereabouts of Hong Chengchou. However, if we return to the emperor, we have no control over the families of these missing persons, because when the slaves know that they are missing and send people to go, these missing persons will Even his direct clan members have disappeared, and even his land has been sold off.”
Wei Zhongxian replied.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was stunned and said: "You are really thoughtful! It seems that there are many die-hards who are determined to fight against me!"
Zhu Youxiao could basically conclude that Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang, who were very capable people in history, were almost 80% on the opposite side of him as the emperor.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but look at Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Keli who were ordered to return to Beijing to report on their duties, and couldn't help but said: "I don't know if the military ministers around me, such as Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Keli, and Sun Chuanting, will be like Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang in the future." opponent."
"Pass an edict, please invite all the officials such as Xiaojiuqing and others, as well as all the veterans of the Jiangwu Hall who have stayed in Beijing, to meet me at the Qinzheng Hall!"
Zhu Youxiao suddenly gave an order.
He knew that he had to deal with this matter seriously if the reactionary gentry forces at home and the foreigners abroad united.
Therefore, he had to discuss it seriously with his trusted ministers.
…
There is a place called Kuga Island not far from Nagasaki and Hirado.
In a Chinese-style house, Hong Chengchou and other reactionary gentry were sitting.
Hong Chengchou was frowning and glanced in the direction of Zhongtu, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and then glanced at the gentry mercenaries who were being trained by the Yuanyang Formation on the island.
"Hong Gong has always been good at reading military books. How do you rate the bravery of these soldiers?"
Yang Sichang, who was sitting here with him, asked about Hong Chengchou at this time.
"Yes! Mr. Hong, you were good at using soldiers when you were in charge of the Liang Dao in Zhejiang. You captured me with only dozens of people. I, the national treasure, still admire you very much. Tell me, these soldiers I trained are brave." How about it, can you go back to Jiangnan in the future and stir him up?"
Tu Guobao, who was a Taihu pirate, asked about Hong Chengchou at this time.
Hong Chengchou glared at him: "What do you want to do by kidnapping me? What kind of soldiers does Hong know? How can he be considered a soldier by capturing a few pirates?"
Yang Sichang smiled and said, "Why should Mr. Hong be so modest? We have known each other since we were both officials in the capital. From Yang's point of view, Mr. Hong is a man with a lot of strategy in his mind. He is also quite popular among scholars and will surely achieve success in the future." A career.”
"Yang Wenruo!"
Hong Chengchou suddenly stood up, looked at Yang Sichang and shouted, "That's enough! Hong has no intention of joking with you now."
Yang Sichang also frowned: "Yang is not joking with you either. Hong Gong, do you think you can still go back? To be honest, almost all the gentry still in China already know that you, Hong Chengchou, disappeared voluntarily and took your whole family." Go to sea with the intention of forming a new army for a great cause!"
"you!"
Hong Chengchou pointed at Yang Sichang and gritted his teeth.
Ye Chengmin, the son of Ye Xianggao who was also here, stood up quickly: "Okay!"
Then, Ye Chengmin raised his hands to Hong Chengchou and said: "Please calm down, Mr. Hong! Now it has been obvious to all that the tyrant is going against the grain and cruelly abusing the gentry! Today he clears the land of his father-in-law, shares the land with the tenants, and strictly pursues unpaid taxes. Who knows what he will do tomorrow?" What kind of harsh government will there be? That's all. The key point is that government-owned cotton and silk are now popular, and our homespun cloth is seriously unsaleable. If this continues, it will be difficult for us gentry to regain their former wealth! Although the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River has already rebelled, Being brutally suppressed by him does not mean that the gentry in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong and Guangxi will be willing to be exploited by him!"
"It is foreseeable that this tyrant will not be satisfied with this in the future. After seeing the benefits of sea trade, he will definitely increase tariffs and even commercial taxes. The pilot tariff collection in Songjiang and the new commercial tax in Tianjin are proof! We gentry How can we sit back and wait for death, so there are not a few gentry who secretly support and go to sea with their families to directly unite pirates, foreigners, and Japanese pirates like us, and recruit soldiers for training."
Yang Sichang took the words and said.
"In that case, why not unite together and form an alliance, like now, some are training troops in Ryukyu and some are training troops in Japan. How can we become a force if we are scattered? Aren't we afraid of being defeated by the imperial court one by one?"
Hong Chengchou couldn't help but ask.
"None of the gentry is willing to break up their families to form an army. They all seek cooperation with pirate vassals with whom they have connections. They do not all recruit troops at their own expense, so it is difficult to form an alliance. After all, there are many contradictions among the pirate vassals!"
Yang Sichang replied.
Hong Chengchou shook his head after hearing this, thinking to himself that these gentry were still afraid of spending too much money.
But Hong Chengchou was not surprised, because if these gentry were willing to spend money, they would not resist because the court took away some of their benefits.
"But it's not impossible. Now the pirates and foreigners have learned about China's wealth under our inducement, and they have already rekindled their desire to plunder China. As a result, they are gradually willing to cooperate. Once an alliance is formed in the future, It will definitely form a general trend. After all, there are not only 200,000 soldiers and horses, but also 100,000 soldiers and horses being trained in various places. And the sea area of Middle-earth is so vast that the imperial court will be unable to withstand it! It will be exhausted!"
Yang Sichang continued talking, and added: "For this reason, Yang specially planned a strategy to counterattack the mainland and plunder the Central Plains. He also asked Hong Gong for advice. Specifically, Yang's strategy was the Four Right and Six Corners. , attack from all sides, specifically, Shuangyu, Ryukyu, Dongfan, and Kinmen are the four main ones, and Hirado, Kagoshima, Manila, Managa, Borneo, and Annan are the six corners, mainly starting from Shuangyu, Ryukyu They sent out troops to plunder and plunder the four places of Dongfan and Kinmen, while training troops and raising food in six corners such as Hirado and Kagoshima!"
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