Chapter 18: The Holy Lord Mingjun
"Is there anyone in the army who knows how to build ships?"
Yang Feng asked Li Yutian. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Your Majesty wants to build a ship?"
Li Yutian asked suspiciously.
"What if the Tartar and the rebel are in cahoots? We need to take precautions as soon as possible, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan are isolated in the north, and only the sea route can lead to the south of the Yangtze River, this ship must be built. ā
Yang Feng said.
He had to plan for the long term, what if he could defend Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan? At that time, he had to think about logistics, of course he couldn't count on Xiao Qian, this bastard sent him less than a hundred tons of soybeans, and he still hasn't eased up, he, hundreds of thousands of people in Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, one person can't scoop a bowl of rice and a bowl, even if people eat less at this time, it is estimated that there will be no one in a day. And farming is also a way, when Xiaoqian recovers, he is going to let this bastard get him a batch of potatoes to use as seeds, this is a really good thing, not to mention planting the vacant land in the city first, if it can really survive this year, it is estimated that it can be promoted on a large scale. But this is far from enough, he still has to start the fishing industry, this Liaodong Bay is a top fishing ground, how can he not use this treasure trove? This is where the fishing boat is very important, and with the fishing boat he can meet half of his protein needs by fishing alone.
Of course, the most important thing is that he must establish contact with the south, otherwise he will be a source of water after all, and it will be no problem to last for a year and a half, but after a long time, he will still be consumed to death, and only when this sea transportation line is opened, can he get reinforcements from the south.
And this also requires boats.
"Your Majesty, there are shipbuilders, although there is no one in Ningyuan, but there is no shortage in Shanhaiguan, there are shipbuilders and shipwrights there, but this shipbuilding is not a simple matter, and the wood must be dried for two or three years."
Li Yutian said.
Does he mean you can last two or three years?
"Li Aiqing, do you think that our dynasty is precarious?"
Yang Feng said speechlessly.
Li Yutian was so frightened that his face turned white, and he hurriedly lay on the ground to plead guilty, and the cold sweat came out.
"I know very well what you think, but you don't have to be afraid, not only you, from Wang Yongji to Wu Sangui to Gao Di, I also understand what these people are thinking, I am no longer the same as before, but I still regard you as loyal ministers, because if you are not loyal ministers, you will now be in Beijing. I am about to issue an edict to apologize to the world, and I am very moved that you still do not abandon me in this situation. It's me who has lost the world, not the world that has failed me, at least you are worthy of me, if one day, the situation reaches the point of no return, you are willing to vote for the Ming Lord, I don't blame you, but before that, we still have to be the monarch and the minister. ā
Yang Feng paused for a moment and said: "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven!" ā
"The minister should do his best."
Li Yutian lay there and said.
Yang Feng helped him up.
After getting along these days, he also found that this governor who had been annihilated in the troubled times in the original history was actually very talented, otherwise it would be impossible to hold on in a special place like Liaodong, from the fact that he led hundreds of thousands of ordinary people to drag their families and move inward, but they placed so many people in an orderly manner without the slightest confusion.
Now among Yang Feng's ministers, Wang Yongji is an old fox, in fact, he can't be counted on, he runs faster than anyone else when something happens, Song Quan should be said to be the most loyal, after all, after the Qing Dynasty, among all those ministers of the Ming Dynasty, he is still thinking about taking care of Chongzhen's affairs every day. And it's rare to say the truth, saying how diligent Chongzhen is, and then by the way, he scolded all those wall grass, saying that the reason why Chongzhen died was because there was a king and no ministers, which is really rare, you must know that most of the people he scolded are in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even many officials are higher than him.
But talent......
It seems like that's it.
He is the son of a standard family, his father, ancestor and even uncle are all high-ranking officials at the level of Shangshu governor, Shangqiu Song can be said to be a real family, literary and romantic, poetry and book heirloom of course there is nothing to say, but it may not be possible to do practical things like Li Yutian.
"Your Majesty, but it's really hard to build a ship."
Li Yutian said.
"But if it's just to contact the south, this doesn't need to be so troublesome, Shanhaiguan has the warships of the sailor, you can send a few warships south to Dengzhou, and Huang Fei, the chief soldier of Denglai, also has a large number of warships in his hands, if he is willing to obey the edict, he can be awarded the post of the governor of the left capital of the sailor, and then give him a knighthood. Although this person is really not good at fighting, he still has no problem navigating, and he can be ordered to be responsible for transporting grain from the south to the north, but the warships in his hands are still insufficient, and he can send an edict to Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, and then call him to transport grain to the north, these two people should be enough. ā
Then he added.
Yang Feng is very satisfied with this result.
Huang Fei, this guy is really bad at fighting, but his loyalty is still trustworthy, after all, he also resisted for Nanming until he was captured, and the ending seems to be because he refused to persuade Jiangyin to surrender, or was cut down by the Qing army because it was useless to persuade him to surrender, and Wu Zhikui has always been together, and now he is edicted as an emperor, and it is not a big problem to simply let him be a grain transport officer. In addition, he and Huang Degong later hooked up quite deeply, and Huang Degong could be fooled by him again, it was best to pull a group of reinforcements from Huang Degong, as for the defense of Jiangbei, this Guan Yang Feng's, as long as he held Ningyu, the situation in the whole world would be completely disrupted, who knows what it will develop in the end?
However, Huang Fei is not really important, it is Zheng Zhilong who is really worth his bet on, although Zheng Zhilong is actually not a good thing, but at this time, no one else can control the sea except him.
As for how to bring him here, this one is very simple.
It's nothing more than making a wish to him as an official.
Zheng Zhilong's core requirement is the official position, high enough, so that he can monopolize the maritime trade without being afraid of those officials drinking his blood, then give it to him, if he wants, directly give him the Metropolitan Governor of the Navy, give him all kinds of identity and power he needs, and even follow the example of the East India Company to give him the right to arm the colony, and let him build the Chinese version of the East India Company.
As for his abilities......
There is no doubt about his abilities.
"In that case, the minister will send someone to deliver the decree."
Li Yutian said.
This in itself is indeed necessary, in fact, the defense line of Ningyu has always been a combination of sea and land, and Huang Fei's naval army was responsible for flanking operations before, but this bastard's subordinates are all southerners, and they have no interest in defending the homeland of the Liao people, and the war is simply a one-touch collapse, but they have no problem transporting grain. The most important thing in Ningyu and Yu is logistics, no one can expect Taizu to reward, you must rely on the grain from the south, if you want to transport grain from the south, of course you can't do it without a ship, not only do you have to have a ship, but you also need a large number of ships, if you want a large number of ships, who else can you find if you don't look for Zheng Zhilong, an old pirate?
"Also, pass on my will, give the people of Fujian as good people, and summon them to go north to King Qin, and the prefectures and counties along the way must provide protection!"
Immediately afterwards, Yang Feng added.
"Tan Min?"
Li Yutian was stunned for a moment.
"That's right, Tan Min!"
Yang Feng said.
He also has to build his own sailors, and who better can play with boats than these Tan people?
At this time, Tang Yu's army in the distance came back, Tang Zongbing was ordered to take ten red-clothed cannons and five thousand troops, and went south to expedition thirty miles away from the center of the right station, it is estimated that it is now triumphant, Yang Feng can already see the heads of the middle few carriages, saying that ten times the strength plus ten cannons, if Tang Yu can't beat a small castle guarded by five hundred people, it should really be killed, not to mention that now the morale of the Ming army is booming, and they all screamed when they went out of the city!
"Your Majesty, the minister is fortunate not to be dishonored!"
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Tang Yu to kneel in front of Yang Feng with a red face.
"Pingshen, what is this?"
Yang Feng looked at a burden beside him and said.
There was also an officer kneeling beside the baggage.
"Hu Shouliang, the general of Liaodong, knocked to see Your Majesty, and Wu Sangui, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, played Your Majesty, a few days ago, the traitor Tang Tong came from the captives to incite the armies, and the minister Wu Sangui killed him in the arrest, and now he is dedicated to His Majesty with his head!"
The officer said.
"Okay, this traitor is really innocent, go and hang his head too."
Yang Feng said happily.
Of course, he was happy that Wu Sangui finally surrendered his name.
What he had been worried about before was that Wu Sangui simply surrendered to Li Zicheng, whether it was a miracle or so desperate on the battlefield, to a large extent, he was showing his ability to these wall grasses, in order to strengthen their confidence in being loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and now it is obvious that this goal has been achieved, and the next thing is to stop them from surrendering to Dolgon, as long as this goal is achieved again, from the perspective of historical mission, his task will be completed, as for his own little thing......
This one is left to fate!
Just like he said to Li Yutian, do your best to obey the destiny of heaven!
"Your Majesty, the minister Wu Sangui played a gift, a few days ago, there were slaves who escaped from Beijing to report, rebelled against the city of Beijing to arrest courtiers, and chased family wealth by torture, called pay, and set a standard, with the first assistant, the first level of scholars, must pay 100,000 taels of silver, the ministries, the Jingtang, the brocade officials are 70,000 or 50,000, 30,000, the officials of the Ministry of Science and Taoism are 50,000, 30,000, the Hanlin officials are 30,000, 20,000, the least is 10,000, and the subordinates below are in the thousands, as for the royal family and the families of the relatives are indefinite, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui was tortured to death for offering 500,000 taels of gold, and the former first assistant Wei Zaode was also beaten to death for offering 100,000 taels of gold, and his wife and daughter were also killed by thieves. ā
Hu Shouliang continued.
Everyone, including Li Yutian and Tang Yu, gasped.
"500,000 taels of gold, I took out 10,000 taels of silver when I begged with tears, haha, this is my good father, this is my good ministers!"
Yang Feng couldn't help but laugh.
"They don't as well understand you!"
He patted Wang Chengen and said.
"The slave and the maid said, and the slave and the maid knew that they would have this day."
Wang Chengen also smiled happily.