Chapter 636: Tuogu
Just when Yang Feng began the construction of his capital city with great interest, a life that had been tortured by him for six years finally came to an end.
Changan.
"Monk, monk!"
Daoguang stretched out his hand to Monk Greenqin and said in a weak voice.
Well, he's terminally ill.
Originally, he could actually hold out for more than six years in history, but unfortunately because of Yang Feng's torture, the emperor, who was known for his sorrow in the history of the Qing Dynasty, finally collapsed ahead of schedule, and the pressure of the war lasted for six years, Yang Feng and Victoria, as well as the repeated destruction of the Northwest Rebellion, especially the hardships of fleeing from Beijing......
In fact, there are also crow pians.
Eventually, he collapsed in the bitter cold.
"Your Majesty!"
Monk Greenqin, who still had traces of water after the snow melted, looked at his thin face, couldn't help but feel sad, and knelt down and kowtowed in front of the sickbed without crying.
He was urgently recalled from Dihua.
At this time, the monk king can be called the purple gold beam of the Qing Dynasty.
Led 30,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry and 100,000 infantry, including 30,000 new troops, he had just cleared the rebels in Gansu with iron and blood, re-established the Qing Dynasty's rule in the northwest with millions of heads of men, women, and children and countless ruins, and had already begun to fight the Kokands. Although the latter had the help of the Russians, it was obviously not the opponent of the Qing army that had grown up under the beating of the Ming army, and by this time the Qing army had already recaptured Karasar, that is, Yanqi, and the control area of Yusufu was completely compressed back to the south of the South Tianshan Mountains, and the Qing army was purging with the same methods used to deal with the Dzungar Ministry in the past.
But he had troubles.
The Cossack cavalry of the Russians and the cavalry of the small and medium-sized Yuz began to invade the Great Yuz, and in order to cope with this new group of invaders, he had to increase the number of troops for General Ili.
Of course, the Tien Shan must be recaptured.
No matter how many enemies he has to face, he and his subordinates must firmly control there, after all, that is the last retreat of the Qing Dynasty, no one knows better than him the horror of the Ming army, if the Ming army attacks Guanzhong in a big way, they can't stop it at all, and at that time they must continue to flee west, the rich grassland in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains is the best choice. And the distance of thousands of miles is also the best barrier, the Ming army's dependence on logistics and the long thousands of miles of land transportation will reduce the combat effectiveness of the Ming army to the greatest extent, only in the Tianshan Mountains can he have the confidence to defeat these terrifying enemies.
The worst can also be a Western Liao.
But only if the cleaning is done.
They were followers of the Buddha.
They will not be popular there, in that original Buddhist country, the two faiths continued to fight for hundreds of years, until the demise of the Dzungar Ministry, the last Buddhist forces were eliminated, and the Qing Dynasty, who also believed in the Buddha, would definitely not be welcome if they wanted to really establish a state there. Before, it was nothing more than fetters, and then the Qing Dynasty stationed a small number of troops there, but those princes and the foreign princes of Mongolia managed their own territories the same, but it was different if the Qing court really wanted to run there.
So even if there is no invasion of the Kokands, there will be a rebellion there sooner or later, and since it has already happened, then simply kill all those who are not welcome to them.
Just like when he dealt with the Dzungar Ministry.
All the men who are taller than the wheels are left behind, and the rich land is thoroughly cleansed as a last resort.
This can be said to be the national policy of the Qing Dynasty.
However......
"Monk, monk king, I can't do it, Yi Su will be entrusted to Qing, Daqing will be entrusted to Qing, those Han people can't be trusted after all, we are a family!"
Daoguang said weakly.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are smeared with their hearts and brains to repay the grace of the saint!"
Monk Lingqin lay on the ground and said in a choked voice.
"Did you hear that? After I left, take care of the monk king's life, you don't fight with him, this world is not in the past, we may not be able to keep the Qing Dynasty if we work together, if we fight again, it will really be over, you are all Taizu Taizong, the monk king to protect the Qing Dynasty is to protect you. You don't have the ability to clean up this mess, listen to the monk king in peace, we don't want to recapture the country, as long as we can save the lives of the clansmen, the demon is not something that your generation can solve, if he can agree, he will admit it as a minister, but if he wants us to put down the knife and gun, we can only fight to break the net. ”
Daoguang seemed to return to the light, and said to the princes who were also kneeling in front of the sickbed.
The latter cried.
Daoguang sighed.
Obviously, this halal is coming to an end, except for a Mongolian from a foreign domain, none of the eight banners can be used, all of them are a bunch of waste wine bags and rice bags.
Originally, in history, among the ministers who took care of his life before his death, Zaiyuan died in Tianjin, Duanhua died of illness on the way to escape, Sai Chong'a died on the battlefield in Guangdong, Mu Zhang'a was still in Xuanhua, and Wenqing died in Nanjing, that is, there is still a monk Greenqin, poor ancestors and ancestors conquered Mongolia, and now they have to rely on a Mongol to support the Qing Dynasty, which really has to be said to be an irony!
Fortunately, the Qing Dynasty had this Mongol.
"Yiyi."
Then he said.
Xianfeng, who is only thirteen this year, hurriedly stepped forward.
Devil Six has already gone to Shengjing at this time, although he has also been summoned, but the far away and only ten-year-old Devil Six can not run out of the speed of Monk Greenqin, so this time has not yet arrived, and Daoguang's still alive son In addition to Xianfeng, there is also a successor to Prince Yi, Xiaoyang Yi, who is just three years old this year, and his own father Yixun, who is just three years old this year, are also serving in front of the sickbed at this time.
"Monk King, Yisu will be handed over to you!"
Daoguang took Xianfeng's hand and said to Monk Greenqin.
The latter lay there crying silently.
"So that the Qing Dynasty has come here, I have no shame to face the ancestors and ancestors!"
Daoguang looked up to the sky with grief and sighed.
Then his body twitched, and with the screams beside him, he kicked his legs, and swallowed with his staring eyes......
"Dead? Why did he die? ”
Yang Feng was stunned.
This is indeed a bit unexpected, but thinking about the pressure that Daoguang has been under over the years, with his small physique, it is not surprising that he died a few years early, if he dies, he will die, and it will be considered his fate, otherwise it will be Ling Chi to catch it in a few years, since he is dead, then it will be better to chop his son in the future.
"God-Emperor, the British are here."
His new cabinet chief assistant Dong Wang said.
"Come on, let's talk about it!"
Yang Feng said indifferently.
The negotiator sent by the British side this time was still Davis, but this time he was very humble, Victoria admitted defeat, but the amount of reparations was too large, Victoria could only accept the previous 21 million taels of indemnity, and 100 million taels was obviously exaggerated, at this time, the annual financial revenue of the British Empire was tens of millions of pounds, and 100 million taels of silver was basically equivalent to more than 20 million pounds according to the gold-silver ratio at this time, that is, nearly 200 tons of gold.
It's terrifying.
But Yang Feng was not prepared to give in.
After all, he had the confidence to make an offer, and at this time he had basically completely controlled the main source of goods for the trade between the East and the West, not to mention China, and the control of the Strait of Malacca meant that Britain was about to lose out even the spice trade.
The spice trade in the East Indies was controlled by the Dutch, and Britain was dominated by the Malay Peninsula and Borneo and Siam, and the sea in these places was controlled by the Ming army, without China's tea, silk and porcelain, without the spices of Southeast Asia, and could not export crows to China and cotton cloth to Southeast Asia, the British Empire was still playing fart in the East, even if the Ming army did not continue to attack India, the British economy would have to suffer a fatal blow, and the loss would not be as simple as 20 million pounds.
And the British did not have bargaining chips either.
The only thing Britain could threaten him with was to stop grain exports from Bangladesh.
But it makes no sense.
With the completion of land reform in Daming, especially the innovation of agricultural technology in the main grain-producing areas of Hunan and Jiangxi, coupled with the popularization of guano as fertilizer on the islands of the South China Sea, Daming's grain output has begun to achieve self-sufficiency, and the arrival of the most important grain-producing areas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has completely solved this problem.
The little bit of food in Bangladesh did not affect the Ming Dynasty.
Besides, Yang Feng not only buys rice from Bangladesh, but also exports rice from Myanmar, Siam, and Annam, and has to add grain from the Americas in the future, so he doesn't care about this! The little chip in the hands of the British is useless, on the contrary, the longer he drags on his side, the greater the loss to the British economy, so Yang Feng is not in a hurry, Victoria does not pay 100 million taels of silver, then the negotiations have been slowly talking, anyway, it is not him who is in a hurry, if it is talked about for ten years, the British still don't know how many bankruptcies!
In short, the negotiations will be handed over to the cabinet, 100 million taels of silver is indispensable, and the Straits Settlements must also cede the Ming Dynasty, and Dlindaly must also be added.
That is, the Burmese part of the Kra Isthmus.
It was owned by the British after the Anglo-Burmese War in 1826, and at this time it was called Tanah Salin, itself a sultan dependent on Burma.
Singapore or the newly renamed city of Chao Nam is already the capital of Chao Nam Province, and Chao Nam Province has also added Malacca and Penang, and these three colonies, together with Tanah Salin, form a coastal supply line along the Malay Peninsula to the north. Daming merchant ships can sail straight to Hainan from Guangzhou, and then from Hainan diagonally into Da Nang, from Da Nang along the coast to Saigon, from Saigon south through Zhennan to Chaonan, and then all the way north to Yangon, the distance between all the supply stations is not more than 1,000 kilometers, the most important coal supply system for freight in the coal-burning era will be solved, and a fast shipping connection will be formed between Daming and Myanmar.
It doesn't take a month for a merchant ship to reach Yangon.
And it's not limited by the season.
Of course, it would be faster if it was replaced by a warship.
This supply chain will allow the Ming to truly control the Indochina Peninsula, if you add the colonial cities of West Borneo, as well as Taiwan, a springboard to the south, the whole of Southeast Asia is within the range of the Ming warships for a month.
Including New Guinea and northern Australia.
"It's clear it's time to march on Australia!"
The God-Emperor looked at the map and muttered to himself.
Not only Australia, but also the Wa Kingdom, which is currently in isolation, is even at the top of the list of conquests.
In fact, the operation to open the gate of the Japanese country has begun, and the sixteen cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet have sailed to Edo to open the door to the Ming Dynasty, after all, if you want to operate North America, you must first solve this route, even in modern times, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east of the Japanese country and then take the Kuroshio Tide to the north and turn to the North Pacific Warm Current, which is also the most important route between China and the United States. This arc was the most fuel-efficient, though it was longer than a straight line, and could be pushed almost all the way by the currents to Hawaii or San Francisco, and the Edo area was the most important supply station, where the Ming had to obtain a stronghold such as a leased land.
First go and open the gate of the Wakoku country, ask the Tokugawa family to rent Yokohama, and if the Tokugawa family does not do it, then let the army go out.
In addition, Kagoshima must be taken.
In this way, ships going to the United States in the future can get multiple routes, or north to Alaska to pan for gold, or south to San Francisco, or to Hawaii halfway, and a branch of the North Pacific Warm Current is to go to Hawaii, and then from Hawaii to San Francisco.
In short, the Wa kingdom must be conquered.
Anyway, this time it's a real black ship, the Victorian livery of the Ming Navy, the hull is standard black, which fully meets the standards of the Japanese black ship.
As for whether this black ship will awaken the Wa Kingdom, this kind of trivial matter is not worth mentioning at all, the God Emperor has solved his microbiology problem, although it is still a little difficult for him to make microorganisms, but it is very simple to find a guy with some microorganisms on his body, and then accelerate its reproduction on him, and even artificially cause some mutations, so one day he wants to see the undead natural disaster in the Wa Kingdom, so he will go on a trip.
If he goes to visit the door every once in a while, it won't be long before the Wa Kingdom will become a forbidden area of death.
As for other countries......
In fact, at this time, in addition to Korea, other small states in Annam, Siam, and modern Cambodia and Laos had resumed their tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
But Brunei and the other sultans did not.
The main thing is that the Emperor of God has requirements for matters of faith.
The previous ones were actually Buddhism and Confucianism, although the emperor did not like the Buddha and did not recognize his identity, but according to his theory, it is possible that a certain god in the heavenly realm descended to earth, and then was mistaken by the Tianzhu people, and was formed by mistake, so he still accepted the Buddhist country.
But the Sultans certainly can't.
Therefore, it is impossible for those guys in the Malay Peninsula and the East Indies to be accepted as vassals.
The latter is actually not interested in paying tribute to him, the two sides keep ignoring each other, but the trade is casual, as for the recent battles of the Ming army on the Malay Peninsula, that has nothing to do with other sultans, these sultans are not interested in caring about others, including the mysterious disappearance of several sultans in West Borneo did not cause waves, these sultans in the South Seas have been killing each other, and other sultans who are unlucky will only gloat.
In short, the restoration of the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty over the Nanyang vassal states is currently limited to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
And Burma because of the crime of betraying Yongli that year, the god emperor refused to have a relationship with him, of course, people are not interested in having a relationship with him, the two sides also maintain no official exchanges, but trade between them is prosperous.