After hearing Zhu Daohua's words, Luo Fangbo began to make plans.
Entering the customs from Liaodong.
We have to prepare an army of 100,000 people.
In addition, soldiers must cross the Yangtze River and enter Huainan.
There's still 70,000 to 80,000 yuan here, right?
This is nearly 200,000 troops.
In addition, Tsarist Russian Cossack cavalry was discovered in Haishengwei, and two thousand more troops were added. The total strength was already three thousand. Although the troops were not large, the journey was long. Although food supplies could be purchased through Japan, But they also mobilized troops thousands of miles away.
The other is the Indian Ocean.
Zhu Daohua was also in a hurry.
But now we have to wait for the envoys of the French Republic to set off together, because although this French Indian colony has been sold to the Ming Dynasty, in this era, there are no telephones and no telegraphs. Only when France's plenipotentiary envoy to the East comes forward can we prove that France It was true that the small colony of French India was sold to the Ming Dynasty.
Liaodong, Huainan, Vladivostok, Indian Ocean.
These are four stalls, four wars.
Fight four wars at the same time.
In the previous dynasty, they would have been accused of being militaristic and so on.
In fact, there are many gentry in the south of the Yangtze River talking about the Ming Dynasty's excessive martial arts, excessive militarism, and lack of consideration for the people's strength.
On the surface, this is indeed the case. There are still large industries in the country, employing hundreds of thousands of workers to build railways and ports.
They also organized immigrants to colonize Borneo, Liaodong, and Haishengwei.
It was enough to attack on all sides, including fighting in the Central Plains and Liaodong. It was also excusable that there were conflicts between Haishengwei and Tsarist Russia.
So why send tens of thousands of soldiers to bully India?
It's really too much martial arts.
But now in the Ming Dynasty, officials from Guangdong and Hunan had the upper hand.
Cantonese people like to go out to sea to make a living.
In addition, the Cantonese who became high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty were not originally from orthodox scholar-bureaucrats. Most of them were from local Guangdong clans that had been wandering in Nanyang. They had some understanding of how Westerners colonized the world, so they did not feel comfortable sending troops there. What is the moral issue with bullying Indian people.
The Hunan gentry were deeply influenced by the pragmatism of the Sanxiang School of Economics, and they did not have much opinion on the expansion in these directions that the Ming Dynasty was currently promoting. They were even regarded as opportunities to make contributions.
Although the gentry in the Liangjiang area have some complaints, they do not have much influence for the time being. This is not the time before the Ming Dynasty when the sages of Donglin were assisting the government.
Therefore, these complaints could not affect the decision-making of the Ming court.
In fact, although there were many stalls, the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty was still very healthy.
The main sources of tax revenue for the new Ming Dynasty came from customs duties and trade taxes at various ports, as well as the means of generating revenue for the Ming Dynasty through monetary and financial policies.
It can be said that the new Ming court was far ahead of the previous Ming and Qing Dynasties in the control and application of resources.
"The army heading north from Huainan already has a budget. Now we need to add a special budget for entering the customs from Liaodong. In terms of finance, we need to make a certain deficit."
Zhu Daohua said.
The fiscal policy of the Ming Dynasty was to maintain a basic balance of revenue and expenditure, and it was not too worried about small deficits.
"When a hundred thousand troops go north, they also need to purchase equipment for fighting in Liaodong. Although the troops are sent in summer, winter begins early in Liaodong, so a batch of thick cotton-padded clothes need to be purchased. In addition, there are also tents and military boots for winter use. In this regard, Just put it out for bidding and send out bidding orders to private factories."
Procurement by the Ming court was also a means of stimulating the economy.
War is not just consumption for Ming Dynasty.
Including the employment of a large number of manpower, the purchase of military supplies, etc., a large amount of money flowed from the treasury of the Ming Dynasty to the private sector, allowing currency to participate in the economic cycle and support the development and growth of more factories.
Since the war was not carried out in the main industrial production areas of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court's investment in the war did not affect the economic development of the Ming court. Instead, the large amount of investment drove the domestic economic cycle, stimulated production capacity, and expanded employment - -This may be the so-called war boom.
This war actually did not make the Ming Dynasty decline, but instead seemed to become more and more prosperous.
It was such a strange thing that many officials of the Ming Dynasty were puzzled to understand.
"Is the situation in Henan really getting out of hand?"
Forbidden City Palace.
Qianlong also received news of Fukang'an's defeat.
Judging from the battle report.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's army was like heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals. Tens of thousands of troops forcibly crossed the river, and then directly launched a hand-to-hand combat attack without rest.
He shot at a distance of about ten paces with shells and bullets, and then launched a hand-to-hand charge.
This is too outrageous.
If this is the case, then Fukang'an's loss is really not unjust.
Just if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is really so powerful.
Then in the current war of the Three Kingdoms, wouldn’t it be that the weakest one becomes the Qing Dynasty?
It doesn't matter if they can't defeat the Ming army in a field battle. Now even the Taiping Army, which teaches the bandits, is somewhat invincible in a field battle.
The situation in the Qing Dynasty is getting worse and worse.
"Your Majesty, the city of Luoyang is high and deep, and the religious bandits cannot capture it in a short time. However, they divided their forces into two groups, besieged Luoyang all the way, and headed north to Huaiqing Mansion, Weihui Mansion, and Zhangde Mansion. They are about to enter Zhili."
The one who was speaking was He Shen, the Minister of Military and Aircraft.
Ever since Sun Shiyi, the governor of Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty and the general manager of the Zhejiang regiment, did not follow the principles of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and fought against the Ming Dynasty in Zhejiang. Instead, he directly retreated to Hangzhou and finally surrendered to seek the position of the Duke of the Ming Dynasty.
Qianlong didn't trust Han Chen very much.
Therefore, those present now are all important Manchu ministers.
People like Liu Yong, Dong Gao, and Wang Jie have all been marginalized.
Qianlong, who was over eighty years old, began to become old and dim.
"Zhili cannot allow the religious bandits to invade. Let Lebao be the governor of Zhili and organize the Zhili gentry to hold a large-scale regiment training to avoid being taken advantage of by the religious bandits." Qianlong stood up and frowned and said, "Agui received thirty thousand Riding south to Henan to make peace with Fukang'an, we must block the religious bandits very far away!"
Now for the Qing court.
The main opponent has become the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which may send troops northward at any time and besiege Beijing with millions of people.
"King of heaven, all the prisoners and seizures have been counted. There are more than 3,600 people with arms and legs. More than 6,000 flintlocks have been captured. Sixty-three cannons have been captured. The cannons seem to be made of iron cast by the Qing Tatars themselves. Cannon, but the musket is a musket produced in Guangdong."
"Made in Guangdong"
Liu Zhixie couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this.
The Ming Dynasty had such lax control over such weapons.
Even the Qing Dynasty could buy thousands of muskets from various channels.
This is really inappropriate.
"I don't know what's going on with the Ming Dynasty. They don't want to use us as guns. When we go north, they follow behind to pick up the leaks, right?"
Yao Zhifu said with a frown.
"Just pick up the leaks. Wait for Beijing. We have a fortified city in hand, so why be afraid." Liu Zhixie took a deep breath and said, "Scatter the prisoners, organize them into the fusiliers in the outer camp, and then head north!"
"Aren't you going to attack Luoyang?"
Yao Zhifu was stunned.
"If we don't fight, the Qing Tartars will definitely send troops south to Henan. Why should our army struggle with them in Henan? The Central Plains is so big that there is nowhere we can't go?"
Liu Zhixie just finished speaking.
There was a horse coming from the south.
"King of Heaven! The Ming army has moved out! A large number of Ming troops have crossed the Yangtze River and entered Huainan. The Anhui and Jiangsu prefectures are watching the wind and descending!"
Liu Zhixie and Yao Zhifu looked at each other.
"The Ming Dynasty is really not willing to be lonely. In this battle in Henan, they made wedding clothes for them!" Yao Zhifu said angrily.
"Three Kingdoms are fighting for hegemony, that's how it is!" Liu Zhixie took a deep breath, "Nan Ming can get more support from the gentry than us. As long as Nan Ming does not cross the Huai River, we will not care! I will take all the land north of the Huai River! If Nan Ming Come, I will lead millions of people to turn around and head south!"
Liu Zhixie gritted his teeth and said.
Before, he was planning to use the Yangtze River as the boundary with the Ming Dynasty, but now that the Ming army was dispatched, he began to push the bottom line to the Huaihe River again.
In the heart of this Taiping Heavenly King.
There is still some fear of the Ming army.
After all, he is already a trump card with tens of thousands of "clear weapons and equipment", and so far the Heavenly Kingdom Army has not really fought against the elite Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty against the Warring States, while the Ming Dynasty has successively annihilated many of the Qing Dynasty's main armies.
Therefore, it is said that we are now facing the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Zhixie was really a little worried.
at the same time.
On the north bank of the Yangtze River, groups of Ming troops wore fiery red military uniforms, and it seemed that the lines beyond them stretched for more than ten miles.
The army rolled forward.
The person responsible for commanding the Northern Expeditionary Army was Zhao Si, Minister of the Ministry of War.
However, according to the orders of the General Staff, this army was going to pick peaches.
Now the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing Tartars are fighting against Henan and the land of Huainan is empty, so the army takes advantage of the opportunity to occupy the Huainan mansions. Along with the army, there are a large number of local officials dispatched to the local areas. The government held imperial examinations to recruit local scholars as preparations for officials.
This time the Ming Army's Northern Expedition, the bottom line is south of the Qinling Mountains/Huaihe River, and it will be adjusted based on the battle situation between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing Army. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is determined to go north.
The Northern Expeditionary Army will also cross the Huaihe River and capture Henan and Shandong.
If the Taiping Army turns around and goes south, we will resolutely block them in Henan and never allow them to cross the Huaihe River!
And the other side.
The Liaodong Front Army, under the personal command of Zhu Daohua, has also begun to board ships in batches and head north. The army will first land at Lushunkou, and then break through Shanhaiguan from the Liaoxi Corridor, and march to the city of Beijing to seize the opportunity to break through the city before the Taiping Rebellion!
At this time, the mobilization order had been sent to the Liaodong Army Tun Division.
The garrison in Liaodong and the local army gathered 6,000 troops. They first moved north to attack Gaizhou, and then moved north to Liaoyang. The peak of the troops was directed at Liaoyang City, forcing the Qing court's garrison in Shengjing to shrink to Fengtian Mansion, and the strength of Shengjing's various prefectures. Unprecedented emptiness.
Letters for help from the Qing Tatar Shengjing general Lin Ning were sent to Beijing one after another.
The sudden large-scale mobilization of the Ming army in Liaodong also caused the Qing court to panic.
The Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army moved north, and suddenly there was another big move in Liaodong.
There is a plan to enter the Pass from the southeast of Liaoning and go north from Huainan, attacking Zhili from both sides!
(End of chapter)
