Julu County, Shunde Prefecture.
The Emperor of Heaven, Zhu Daohua, was standing here at this moment.
The army that had been sent out to recruit surrender and pursue the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had basically gathered back.
The 1st Army Brigade and the 7th Dragoon Brigade led by Luo Dingshan have also been ordered to join Emperor Zhu's Guards Regiment.
At this time in Julu County, Emperor Zhu had more than 27,000 soldiers and horses.
After a big battle, it was being renovated in the county.
The arrival of more than 20,000 troops brought far greater prosperity than before to this historic city that was lucky enough to escape the devastation of the war.
On the one hand, it was because the Ming army was highly disciplined and did not commit any crimes in Qiu. After Emperor Zhu entered the city, he immediately issued an Anmin list, which made the people of Julu County put aside their worries about the army's crossing.
On the other hand, it is because the Guards Regiment led by Emperor Zhu will need to repair here for at least ten days.
Let the soldiers who have just experienced the war take a good rest, so now the army has implemented rotating vacations, and every soldier can get five days of vacation.
More importantly.
The soldiers of the Ming Army were well paid, especially the elite ones like the Guards Corps, which were basically all non-commissioned officers. When the New Army was fighting abroad, they had nowhere to spend their monthly military pay.
So these days.
Many temporary industries emerged in Julu County to serve Ming army soldiers.
Food stalls have been set up outside the military camp, as well as Goulan Restaurant in the city, which is also very popular these days.
The people of Julu are all looking forward to Emperor Zhu's army staying here for a longer period of time. It is best to stay here permanently.
But obviously, it is difficult for the people of Julu to realize their wishes.
Because this short-lived prosperity disappeared as the soldiers returned to camp after their holidays.
At this time, Julu County Government Office.
Zhu Daohua, military advisor Tao Biquan, two corps commanders Wang Dayong, Luo Dingshan and several chiefs of staff all had expressions of dumbfounding on their faces.
That heavenly king Liu Zhixie actually came to the door himself.
oh.
It's not delivered to your door yourself.
It was delivered to Julu City in an eight-carat sedan.
It's right behind the county office now.
This was far beyond the expectations of Zhu Daohua and his staff.
The Taiping Heavenly King was not caught on the battlefield.
Instead, he was sent to Zhu Daohua and asked the Emperor of Heaven to punish him.
Also arriving at the same time were the princes of the Taiping Kingdom who jointly submitted a memorial requesting the title of King of the West and a detailed record of the current population and military strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, we have recruited hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops. Liu Zhixie is a scourge after all, so why not..."
Tao Biquan said, making a beheading gesture.
Zhu Daohua frowned slightly, then shook his head and said: "Liu Zhixie raised troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and severely damaged the Eight Northwest Banners. He has merit. How can we kill him at once, make Anle County Duke, and give him a Duke's residence in Zhongdu to raise him."
"An Le Gong? Is it too big?"
Tao Biquan said.
His own title is still that of a marquis.
And now there are only four Dukes of Song, Duke Zhao Si, Duke of Lan, Luo Fangbo, Duke of Jia, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Duke of Yu, Gu Song.
There are a bunch of princes coming down, not even the county princes.
However, these titles are prestigious, but the actual benefits are not great.
On the one hand, there is no tax exemption or lawsuit-free privileges, and only some economic benefits can be obtained.
It’s just an aristocratic annuity and a house.
Moreover, the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty is now very healthy, and it is certainly possible to pay wages to the nobles.
Seeing Tao Biquan's appearance, Zhu Daohua certainly knew what he was thinking.
The White Lotus Sect and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom offended the interests of the gentry.
Therefore, Tao Biquan, as the leader of the Hunan gentry, certainly did not like to see Liu Zhixie.
However, Zhu Daohua did not intend to kill Liu Zhixie.
There are also the princes and generals from the White Lotus Sect.
All of them started by mobilizing farmers and engaging in the peasant movement.
He is one of the rare “experts on Chinese farmers”.
As the saying goes, listening to one's side leads to darkness. Zhu Daohua also wanted to know more about the peasant class. After all, he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It was important to show his love for the people as his own son.
And I also want to use the Taiping Taiguo as a sharp sword to wipe out the demons in the West.
Zhu Daohua picked up the mentioned booklet.
The Ming King of the White Lotus Sect?
Zhu Daohua shook his head, these cult guys are really imaginative.
However, the idea of using the sword of King Ming to wipe out the demons in the West is worthy of recognition.
"Liu Zhixie cannot be killed. The princes, generals and ministers below him are trying their best to recruit and surrender. It is only a matter of hundreds of thousands of yuan." Zhu Daohua waved his hand and said.
Maybe these heavenly warriors will open up territory for China in the Americas in the future.
Otherwise, where would Boss Zhu find so many soldiers with war experience to work in the fields?
Of course.
How to control these heavenly soldiers is also a problem.
But it's not difficult at all, it's just a matter of adding sand and giving benefits.
Anyway, there will definitely be no less than 10 million Chinese people immigrating to America by then.
Therefore, these hundreds of thousands of people are only a small part, and they are all Han Chinese, so they can be easily digested.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. Let these soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven with war experience pioneer and establish a firm foothold, so that subsequent immigration can be easier.
Since the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven are to be used, of course, leaders of the Kingdom of Heaven such as Liu Zhixie and Ran Tianyuan cannot be killed casually.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom entrenched in Guanzhong must also be retained, but its name must be changed.
"As for Qi Lin, let's make him the King of Pingxi, the King of Pingxi, replenish some weapons and food, and set out to the west in August or September this year. Let him first take over the Western Regions. I want a Western Region that is all Han people. Province! If this can be achieved, I can support King Pingxi to take the Fergana Basin of the Kazakh Khanate as his home and the western border of the Ming Dynasty."
The Western Region Province is adding a Pingxi Fan.
Thousands of kilometers away from the core of China.
However, all Chinese unified dynasties will seek to control this area, which is a key area for China to expand its influence westward.
If Pingxi Fan can complete the two tasks of "containing the Western Region Province" and "building the Fergana Basin".
Then the peace of Xifan was really a great contribution to the country and nation.
There is the Western Region Province, which is completely Chinese, and the Pingxi Fan, which can only be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty had two iron fists in Central Asia.
To the west, it can expand its influence to the Middle East; to the south, it can cooperate with many vassals in India to resist the European colonists' coveted hegemony in Central Asia; to the north, it can attack the soft belly of Tsarist Russia.
It can be said that geopolitically, by controlling the Western Region Province and the Fernangan Basin, the two farming paradises in Central Asia, the Ming Dynasty will be able to completely change the population structure of this area through immigration and colonization, allowing the Ming Dynasty to compete for the future. When the Eurasian continent is hegemonic, it can firmly control Central Asia, the geopolitical high ground of the Eurasian continent.
Emperor Zhu's calculation was quite shrewd.
After making a decision on the future of Taiping Taiguo.
Emperor Zhu came to the backyard and summoned Liu Tianwang, the Taiping Heavenly King.
King Liu Tian was sitting on the chair with a calm expression.
It seems that he is convinced that he has lost.
On the other hand, the two people beside him, the Marquis of Tianguo, Luo Siju and Ran Tianyuan, were all crying with tears on their faces. It was obvious that the three of them, the monarch and his minister, had held their heads and cried.
But behind the three of them, there are also many generals from the Kingdom of Heaven.
All of them lowered their eyebrows and waited for Emperor Zhu's final judgment.
They were also completely convinced by the defeat.
I can no longer think of confronting Daming.
Zhu Daohua looked at Liu Zhixie and said: "Liu Zhixie, you are guilty of leading troops to fight against me. However, I hope that you have contributed to the nation by raising troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty. I will exempt you from the death penalty and make you the Duke of Anle County in the Ming Dynasty. You will go to Zhongdu in the future." Stay here for a long time."
Lived in Zhongdu for a long time.
This means that without Emperor Zhu's will, he would not be able to win the capital, and he would even have to live in the Anle County Duke's mansion for the rest of his life.
It was considered a temporary house arrest.
But it’s good if you don’t take it to the market and chop it up.
Moreover, the Anle County government office is quite large, at least it is much more comfortable than going to jail.
If caught by the Qing Dynasty, Liu Zhixie might not even have a chance of being chopped into pieces with a knife. He would have to cut his flesh slowly with a small knife, and he would have to cut three thousand cuts.
So Liu Zhixie bowed with his hands raised and sighed in his heart: "My lord, thank you for your kindness."
Zhu Daohua arranged for Liu Zhixie and then looked at Luo Siju and Ran Tianyuan.
These are the two most capable people in the Taiping Kingdom.
A general born in Yeluzi can march and fight on his own without an instructor, which shows that he is also talented.
"You two will be temporarily granted the title of earl and go to the Ming Army Military Academy to study for three years."
Zhu Daohua said.
There will be many battlefields in the Ming Dynasty in the future.
It's also a good thing to have two good generals.
And he went to a military academy to study for three years.
All disciples and old friends are strangers, and there is no threat.
And it also seemed that Emperor Zhu was magnanimous.
Ran Tianyuan and Luo Siju hurriedly handed over their hands to thank them.
Emperor Zhu had just finished dealing with King Liu Tian.
News that Zhao Si sent someone to report Qianlong's movements also came.
"Qianlong is running away!"
Tao Biquan made a judgment immediately.
"It is probably that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's defeat was so complete that it frightened Qianlong. Now that he is moving north despite his illness, he probably wants to coerce hundreds of thousands of Han people in Beijing to leave the country and make their home in the Western Regions."
Qianlong did not want to settle down and be the Sizong of the Ming Dynasty, so he wanted to make the Yelv Dashi of the Dezong of the Liao Dynasty.
But now there is King Pingxi in Ming Dynasty.
Qianlong's trip to the Western Regions might be Yongli's future.
"Qianlong had a pretty good idea of holding hundreds of thousands of Han people hostage!"
Zhu Daohua now has King Pingxi, so Qianlong can't easily go to the Western Regions.
It was especially impossible for Emperor Zhu to allow Qianlong to retain so much strength to go to the Western Regions.
Otherwise, if Pingxi Fan could not defeat Qianlong and asked Qianlong to become a famous king, wouldn't Ming Dynasty be hampered by the war in the Western Regions?
The Qing court can run away - in fact, Zhu Daohua can't stop him. The Qing court has already transferred many people to Guihua City.
But Qianlong can't run away!
The hundreds of thousands of troops Qianlong had at hand couldn't just run away!
In particular, he cannot be allowed to take hundreds of thousands of Han people with him.
In this way, wouldn't Qianlong's strength far exceed that of Pingxi Fan?
And if they collude with Tsarist Russia, it will be a real big trouble for internal and external forces to collude to deal with the emerging Ming Dynasty.
Think of this.
Zhu Daohua immediately ordered: "Gather all the cavalry and dragoons, join forces to pursue Qianlong, and send an order to Peng Jun to break through Shanhaiguan as soon as possible and block Qianlong's route back to the capital!"
"We must not let Qianlong escape!"
(End of chapter)
