Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 181 Get rid of the evil and keep chasing and killing
"The envoy of the King of Joseon, foreign minister Zheng Minshi, pays homage to Long Live the Son of Heaven."

Seeing Zhu Daohua's gaze, he looked over.

Zheng Min hurriedly bowed his head to see him.

"Are you the envoy of the King of Korea?" Zhu Daohua frowned slightly. North Korea might also be involved in the Battle of Liaodong.

Before that, Zhu Daohua didn't pay much attention to North Korea.

Because the country of North Korea is poor and the people are weak, they can't make much money from doing business, and there is no other benefit in accepting it as a vassal. In addition, Zhu Daohua has other more important things to deal with, so North Korea has been ignored. .

But now people took the initiative to come to the door.

Zhu Daohua would not avoid seeing him.

"The foreign ministers came here this time because they heard that the emperor was coming, so they came here to pay a special visit. In addition, North Korea was the old vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Later, due to the persecution of the Qing Tartars, they were forced to call it the Qing Dynasty. However, the hearts of all Korean countries are to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Daohua waved his hand: "We'll discuss this matter later."

Then Chang Yinghu stepped forward and said: "Your envoy, please come, His Majesty the Emperor will summon you at an appropriate time."

Zhu Daohua's biggest concern now is of course not North Korea.

But the situation on the battlefield.

Starting from the mouth of the Yangtze River, I drifted on the sea for several days.

Of course Zhu Daohua wanted to know how the front line was going.

Just when Zhu Daohua arrived and stationed in Lushunxing.

The battle report from the front line also came immediately.

Surrounding a small Tieling Tunbao, the two sides each assembled tens of thousands of troops.

"Surrounded by tens of thousands of people from the Eight Banners, it seems that General Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty doesn't want to give up the people of tens of thousands of ancestors."

Tao Biquan laughed.

Zhu Daohua sneered: "If you don't want to give up, then take your life for it. I was worried that they would take advantage of the vastness of Mongolia to deal with us. This is a bit troublesome."

Indeed, if the Qing army did not take the initiative to fight a decisive battle, but instead adopted harassment tactics, using the deep mountains and old forests in Manchuria and the Mongolian grasslands to deal with the Ming army and delay time.

It is really not easy for the Ming army to get all the power.

After all, although the Ming army had mule soldiers to make up for part of the problem of insufficient land mobility, the number was too small after all.

There is no way to have a large cavalry army like the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, it is really "easy to defeat but hard to destroy" against this kind of enemy on horseback, which is almost the same as the situation in the Song Dynasty.

"Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan, Your Majesty, we can control the sea. The Liaodong coastline spans thousands of miles. Where can we not fight?"

"Send fleets to attack Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places. The infantry marched step by step, gradually going north, compressing their living space, destroying their cities, expelling their people, and destroying their homes! Gather an army and fight me."

There is a saying in the art of war that those who attack must be saved.

For the Qing Dynasty.

The Eight Banners are fundamental.

And Manchuria is the foundation of the Eight Banners.

If you don't want to watch the Ming Dynasty gradually advance in Liaodong, set up forts in the fields, and gradually occupy and eat away their fundamental land, then you can only start fighting.

But if you hit.
I'm afraid there is a high probability that they are here to die.

"The battle to restore the Liao Dynasty must be won. The key is how to severely injure the Qing Dynasty. Manchuria is so vast, and they still have a lot of room for detours. After the success of the Liao Dynasty, there will inevitably be follow-up battles."

This is inevitable.

Zhu Daohua himself did not have the fantasy of destroying all the Eight Banners in World War I.

The opponent is not a robot, knowing that he is invincible, he will ride a horse to die.

Manchuria and Mongolia stretch across thousands of miles. Historically, the Central Plains regime wanted to fight the grassland regime. The biggest problem was not the issue of combat effectiveness, but how to capture the opponent's main force and destroy them in one battle.

"The battle to restore Liao Dynasty is not the end, but the beginning. Since ancient times, the enemies in the north have been the great troubles of the Central Plains. The Xiongnu, Turks, Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongols are really the nomads gathered on this grassland. The people of the Central Plains will gather hundreds of thousands of horses, which is unstoppable, and the situation of defeat will scatter across the grasslands, which is unpredictable. The people of the Central Plains rarely have a few days of peace, not to mention that there is still a Russia now."

Zhu Daohua said in a low voice: "So even if the Qing Dynasty is destroyed, the prairie is still a hidden danger, and it is still a problem that I, Da Ming, have to face. If Da Ming cannot effectively control the prairie, it won't be long before there will be new ones. The Tartars rose here."

"Moreover, today is different. In ancient times, the only enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty was the strong enemy of the northern grasslands. Now the sea is covered with sails, and powerful enemies from thousands of miles away can come across thousands of miles of ocean by sailing boat. The sea is like a grassland, it is no longer a safe rear, but a dangerous place where danger and powerful enemies come across the sea at any time!"

"The grassland and the sea are the two major problems I will have to face in the future."

Zhu Daohua's words made all the officials present frowned and fell silent. Many historical pictures flashed in their hearts.

It is indeed difficult.

A grassland is already a headache.

Now the enemy can still come across the sea.

Although the Ming Dynasty is strong now, the situation it faces is more complicated than in previous dynasties.

"That's why Qing Da can't just let them run away. Even if they flee to Mobei and flee to the Western Regions, they will continue to hunt and kill them!"

All the ministers were stunned.

That's it
This is what the emperor paid attention to.

He must continue to pursue the reason of killing Man Qing and expand the power of Ming Dynasty to the Western Regions of Mobei.

But how to control Mobei?
Where can I not farm?
Before everyone could figure it out, Zhu Daohua said, "Invite the North Korean envoy."

Zheng Minshi now knows why the Ming Dynasty can come back again.

Just those soldiers and horses seen on Lushun Port, such elite troops.

It is beyond the imagination of North Korea alone.

Such tigers, probably only a few thousand, are enough to sweep the entire North Korea.
After being summoned by the emperor.

This important minister of the North Korean monarch, the nobleman of the two classes, and Zheng Minshi, who is also a well-known big man in North Korea, entered Zhu Daohua's meeting room tremblingly.

I just entered the door, and I haven't had time to salute yet.

He was so frightened by Da Mingzi's words that he almost collapsed to the ground.

"Er Joseon knows that my Great Ming Dynasty rose from the south, why didn't you take the initiative to come back, and wanted to fight against the Ming Dynasty together with the Qing Dynasty?"

Puff.
Zheng Minshi heard this.

Immediately, he fell to his knees, trembling all over.

"Your Majesty, North Korea is a small country and its people are weak. They have always regarded China as their father. How dare they be rebellious sons? It's just that the Tartars were too threatening, and North Korea has no rebellious heart."

"Is the country of Er going back to Daming?"

"Yes, yes, North Korea is willing to return, and my lord is also willing to come to Lushun to meet the great emperor."

Zheng Min began to speak hastily.

Zhu Daohua shook his head: "The rules of Daming are different now. If you want to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, you must abide by the obligations of the vassal state. Have you heard of the rituals of the Ming Dynasty?"

"My servant has seen it." Zheng Minshi said.

If it is said that the North Korean monarchs and ministers have not made up their minds to contact Daming, there is another reason for this vassal obligation.

This new Ming likes to say all the rules in advance, and then sign the contract.

Now that the treaty is signed, in black and white, the degree of freedom of the feudal kingdom is not as great as before.

The rules of paying tribute are exempted.

However, the vassal state has no diplomatic power, and it must send troops to fight with the Ming army under the emperor's order, and it has no autonomy in the tax rate of Ming's goods.

At the same time, the vassal state is also protected by the Ming Dynasty, and attacking the vassal state is equivalent to attacking the Ming Dynasty. If things like the Imchen Japanese Invasion happen now, then the Ming Dynasty sent troops in accordance with the obligations of the suzerain-vassal treaty—but signed After the suzerain-vassal treaty, whether Japan dares to invade is another matter.

"North Korea stooped to serve the Tatars. Although there are difficulties, they had to be punished." Zhu Daohua did not wait for Zheng Minshi to answer, and continued: "If you want to return to the Ming Dynasty, you must raise 200 million shi of grain, and [-] civilians will join the army to fight! If you are willing, then you can allow it to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty again, if you don’t want to, then you can continue to be a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.”

Continue to be a vassal state of Qing Dynasty?

Isn't that the enemy of Daming?

Zheng Min was startled again and again.

But before he could react, he saw Zhu Daohua waving his hand to signal him to back down.

"Go back and tell the king of Joseon that I will give him a chance. If he can't catch it, then North Korea is a country that can do it for itself."

For Zhu Daohua.

He doesn't want to dwell on North Korea now.

The key is still Liaodong, take down Liaodong, and then use Liaodong as a springboard to enter and attack Beijing. After destroying the Qing Dynasty, consider destroying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Thus.

Even if the task of unifying the world is basically completed.

And just after Zhu Daohua sent the North Korean envoy.

Chang Yinghu hurried in.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Nanyang."

Zhu Daohua hurriedly stood up.

Open it up and take a look.

"The Indian Ocean is about to fight"

Zhu Daohua said in a low voice.

"The tortoise is back."

Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal.

A huge fleet is slowly moving forward.

Zhu Xi, the command officer in the Indian Ocean, who was standing on the bombardment gunboat of a three-masted schooner, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news from Li Changgeng, the deputy commander.

"That's good! Didn't the Britons find out?"

"Above this sea, it is difficult to find it. Now the tortoises are hidden inside the fleet. There are no sails and no fire in the boiler. How can they be found?" Li Changgeng said.

"Where is the British fleet?"

"Yesterday, a scout ship reported that they have already set off. It seems that they also have new-style explosive bombs or other weapons. In addition to the first-class battleship Gang Shengli transferred from the West, their fleet also has In addition to twelve second-tier battleships and 48 third-tier battleships, they are also equipped with a large number of light clipper sailboats, which are fast light battleships, and this should be their main force in combat."

In this era when all countries have begun to switch to bombardment guns, the cost-effectiveness of using light fast battleships is far higher than that of large battleships.

"They still have so many large battleships?"

Zhu Xi was a little strange.

"Maybe it's for a show of force."

Li Changgeng said.

They all believed that the Britons did not even know the existence of the turtle.

Nor should so many large battleships be sent out - such battleships are too expensive.

So they all think that the capital ships of the British are the large number of light flying scissor bombardment gunships in their fleet.

(End of this chapter)