What? Is Hainan Island the basis for fighting the Qing Dynasty?
Will this work?
Zhu Heji was very suspicious! Although he knew about online time travel novels in his previous life, he had never read them. Of course, he didn't know the legend of "Lingao Five Hundred Gentlemen". So I have no interest in taking Hainan Island as the basis... What does Hainan Island have? An international tourist island?
The anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Ming Dynasty could not rely on tourism, but had to rely on heavy and chemical industries, such as the iron industry in Foshan, the artillery factory in Macau, and Zhu Heji's own sweet gunpowder, black powder and gunpowder.
So what Zhu Heji is thinking about most is the Pearl River Delta!
However, it is good news that this big tiger is still squatting in Guangzhou City. Zhu Heji does not dare to attack Guangzhou... Although his army is very strong, it is too big to attack Guangzhou ten times with one attack.
But Shang Kexi wants to stay in Guangzhou without moving. How should Zhu Heji open the situation? We can't just keep practicing Datongism in half the county here in Chaozhou, right?
But Shang Ke couldn't stop being happy, what could Zhu Heji do? It's better to send a message to Shang Kexi and ask him to come to Jieyang, right?
When Zhu Heji was thinking about how to coax Shang Kexi out of Guangzhou city, Chen Shangchuan spoke again: "Sir, in fact, this Qiongzhou mansion is not that bad, although in the early years everyone thought it was a place where criminals were exiled. It is a far-off place. However, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, immigrants from Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian have been landing on the island, so the Han population on the island has continued to grow. Today, the population of Qiongzhou Prefecture is no less than 300,000 to 400,000. I am afraid it is not in Chaozhou, Under Huizhou!"
"What?" Zhu Heji was surprised, "Why are there so many people in Qiongzhou Prefecture?"
Chen Shangchuan smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "Master, it's not that there are more people in Qiongzhou Prefecture, but that there are fewer people elsewhere... Because Qiongzhou is isolated overseas, it was relatively peaceful in the chaotic times of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition, it was a notoriously plagued place, and the Manchus were reluctant to go there, so the people of Qiongzhou were able to escape.
Moreover, the migration of the Manchus was also limited to Hainan Island. They only built trees around the island and left one port in Haikou to connect to Leizhou.
Because there are no port ships from Qiongzhou Prefecture to Guangzhou, so as long as we seize the ferry from Haikou from the sea, the entire island will be ours! "
It turns out that Qiongzhou's notoriety can also bring benefits to the local area...it's so far away from the world, the Manchurian uncle is naturally not happy to go there, and Shang Kexi is not willing to go there to cause trouble. If things got serious and the court sent him, King Pingnan, to guard Qiongzhou, wouldn't he cry to death?
Therefore, the Qing Dynasty's most ambitious project, the coastal boundary relocation, also left Hainan Island open. Instead of moving away coastal residents, a border was built around Hainan Island for 2,700 miles, leaving only the Jin Ferry at Haikou to allow entry and exit.
Although this approach still brings great inconvenience to the lives of the people of Hainan, there is no need to abandon their hometown and career. Therefore, the population loss of Hainan Island in recent years has not been huge. It only starved to death some fishermen who could not go to the sea and were not good at farming... Well, compared with other places, that is really a huge favor from the emperor!
Zhu Heji became interested after hearing what Chen Shangchuan said. Although Hainan Island is a poor place, its population of three to four hundred thousand Han people is still very popular!
And... only children take multiple-choice questions. Zhu Heji is an adult, so he plans to win the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Island together.
There are two questions now. One is when will the evil Shang Kexi come to Chaozhou to die?
Second, how could the Dingwang Mansion, with its small army and land, swallow up all the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Island?
And whether they can swallow the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Island is related to how much role Prince Zhu San and his son can play in the future anti-Qing war?
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji turned around and asked Chen Yonghua: "Commander Chen, do you think General Chen's strategy for seizing Qiongzhou Mansion is feasible?"
Of course Chen Yonghua supported Chen Shangchuan. After all, Chen Shangchuan was a subordinate of the Yanping Palace.
Chen Yonghua turned to ask Liu Guoxuan for advice. Liu Guoxuan was now the head of Huilai County, but his Huilai County was also trapped in "no one". The situation in Huilai County is similar to that of Chaoyang County. Almost all the land in the county is outside the boundary, and all the good land has been abandoned. The people were either forcibly moved away by the Qing soldiers, or they went to Chaoyang County to join Qiu Hui. There are only some people in Huilai County, and even if Liu Guoxuan owns them all, he is still a bit empty as a county magistrate. What's more, after Prince Zhu's Jieyang court is officially opened, he will be appointed governor of Guangdong!
Therefore, he was also in favor of attacking Qiongzhou Prefecture!
"Military advisor, I think it's okay!" Liu Guoxuan thought for a while and then said, "Now Qiongzhou Prefecture only has one point, Haikou, which can lead to the outside of the island... If our army can attack it with the power of thunder, , I can control the communication between the entire island of Qiongzhou and the outside world. By then, even if Shang Kexi is based in Guangzhou, it will be difficult to rescue Qiongzhou, so I will have the Qiongzhou government!"
Liu Guoxuan finally said vaguely "I have it", but did not say whether this "I" was Dingwangfu or Yanpingwangfu?
On the surface, the current Jieyang court is "two kings co-ruling", but the strength of the Yanping Palace is far greater than that of the Ding Palace. Qiu Hui and Chen Shangchuan were both generals of the Yanping Palace, but the territory of the Ding Palace was only half of Jieyang County, and there were only two to three thousand troops under their command. They only had the name of supervising the country, but they could not actually supervise the country.
Moreover, although Dingqiongzhou Prefecture is isolated overseas and has only one contact with the north, it has a large territory, with three states and ten counties!
Even if Prince Ding's Mansion goes out in force, it would be difficult for him to conquer Qiongzhou Prefecture... and it is impossible for Prince Ding's Mansion to give up the fundamental land of Jieyang Island to attack Qiongzhou Prefecture.
After Liu Guoxuan made his statement, it was naturally Qiu Hui's turn to speak. Although Da Lao Hui was Zhu Heji's father-in-law, he did not dare to offend the Yanping Palace, and he also felt that the third prince Zhu and his son could not reach the Qiongzhou Palace... ...The correct route for Prince Zhu San and his son to achieve the goal of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty is to attack slowly and slowly and swallow up the whole county of Jieyang first.
So Qiu Hui also smiled and said to Zhu Tianwang and Zhu Heji: "My father-in-law, I think the development of Qiongzhou Island is good! Qiongzhou is very close to Leizhou and has a large population. Once I do it, the Tatars will Gao, Lei, Lian and other prefectures, as well as the coastal areas of Zhaoqing and Guangfu, are all under our military front. The current situation is gratifying. How can Mi Sihan care about Jieyang?"
Yeah? Zhu Heji said in his heart: "This is the opposite! Shang Kexi and Mi Sihan will not let go of the Jieyang court even if they don't want Qiongzhou Prefecture!"
"Okay!" King Zhu Tian didn't know whether he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. He smiled and said to his son, "Baby! What matters most to us right now are two things. One is your marriage... .I must marry Miss Qiu Si as soon as possible.
The second is to consolidate the territory in Jieyang... We now say that we have taken over Jieyang, but the actual control is only around Jieyang County! We should still attack steadily, expand our territory, and capture as many townships near Jieyang County as possible. "
"What the father said is absolutely true!" Of course Zhu Heji also knew that he could not share the fate with the Yanping Palace now... Prince Zheng Jing of Yanping had not yet agreed to the "original Confucian academician system" proposed by Zhu Heji. There is also the line of "the world is for the common good" and "the world is unified"!
Moreover, Zhu Heji indeed needed some time to pacify and consolidate the Jieyang base area, and expand his military and economic strength.
So Zhu Heji smiled and asked Qiu Hui: "My father-in-law, Shuzhen and I are getting married..."
When this matter was brought up, Qiu Hui's face looked unhappy and he didn't speak. Chen Yonghua on the other side smiled and said: "Mr. Qiu... let's schedule the marriage between your beloved and the prince after the new year! Liu Guanzhen and I will definitely come back from Taiwan on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month at the latest. When the time comes, we will first drink the wedding wine of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, and then hold a meeting of bachelors to formally establish the new imperial court!"
Now that Chen Yonghua had spoken, Qiu Hui of course walked down the steps and hurriedly sighed and said, "Then just follow Military Master Chen!"
