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Chapter 1o57 Emperor Chongzhen's Edict of Chan Rang (2)

（1o57）

In the Zichen Hall of the Qin Palace, all the senior officials of the imperial court, the senior commanders of the various legions of the Tiger Ben Army, as well as the representatives of local officials at all levels, as well as the envoys sent by the Tiger Ben Army, were all gathered here. At this moment, the Zichen Hall is extraordinarily quiet. Everyone's breathing seems to be clearly audible.

Inside the spacious hall, everyone's face is different. The people on the side of the Tiger Ben Army naturally held their heads high and smiled. They are victors and have enough qualifications to enjoy the joy of victory at this time. On the contrary, the people in the court looked gloomy. They all drooped their heads listlessly.

Of course, not all court officials were so depressed. At the very least, in Cao Huachun's view, this is a relief. In this way, it is indeed best to settle disputes peacefully. Cao Huachun thanked Zhang Zhun from the bottom of his heart and thanked Chongzhen. In this matter, whether it is Zhang Zhun or Chongzhen, they have chosen a bloodless solution. If the two sides really fight, Guanzhong is afraid that it will be a river of blood.

There are actually a lot of people who have such thoughts with Cao Huachun. In particular, the officers and men of the three major battalions, including the Fifth Army Battalion, the 3,000 Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion. They don't need to fight against the Tiger Army, which is equivalent to saving their lives. After the imperial court surrendered, they could go back to their hometown and live in peace.

"Squeak quack!"

The side door of the Zichen Hall was quietly opened.

Emperor Chongzhen slowly came out of it.

His expression was quite calm.

Now that the decision to surrender has been made, Emperor Chongzhen has no choice. The reading of the edict is only the first step in the procedure. After the edict was read, there was still a lot to be done. However, relatively speaking, the reading of the edict is still the most important.

The side door that opened brought a cold wind, which lifted everyone's spirits in the Zichen Palace. There were scattered snow, blown in by the strong wind, and constantly rolling on the ground. Emperor Chongzhen stood in the wind, his face expressionless. The cold wind kept blowing on his face, blowing his cheeks red, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't notice it. Perhaps, only this cold wind can keep him awake!

In front of Emperor Chongzhen, the old eunuch Wang Chengen, holding the edict in his hand, was ready to read it. This thin edict, in his hands, seems to have a weight of ten thousand pounds. He was already very old, and his body was already seriously rickety. At this time, the spirit was hit, and the body became more and more rickety. The people around were inevitably a little worried, and they didn't know if Wang Chengen had the strength to read out all the edicts.

Fortunately, after Wang Chengen was slumped for a while, he slowly unfolded the edict and read it out in a low tone. Even though it was an edict to abdicate the throne, the court officials present had to kneel down to greet them. Only the officials of the Tiger Ben Army stood all the time. The other person standing was Emperor Chongzhen himself.

"Carried by heaven, the emperor pardoned ......"

Wang Chengen's voice was a little weak in the wind and snow. However, inside the Zichen Palace, it was extremely quiet, and his voice was naturally heard clearly. The howling wind and snow also seemed to have a tacit understanding, and when the edict began to be read, it slowly stopped. In the end, there was silence between heaven and earth, and only Wang Chengen's old voice was echoing.

The content of the edict was quite long, and Wang Chengen read it for quite a long time. In between, he paused several times to gather enough energy. At the same time, it is also to let those who listen to the edict have enough time to reminisce. In fact, there is only one core content of the edict, that is, Emperor Chongzhen thought that he was no longer qualified for the position of emperor, and decided to cede the throne to Zhang Zhun, the governor of the Tiger Army.

In other words, it is the Ming Empire, and it ends here. From now on, the Ming Empire no longer exists. Everything related to the Ming Empire will be severed. The specific example is that after the edict was read, all the forces and personnel under the original control of the imperial court should surrender to the Tiger Ben Army as soon as possible.

“…… Serve this Long. ”

“…… Forgiveness. ”

“…… December 25, 12th year of Chongzhen. ”

Wang Chengen paused slightly, and then read the last part of the edict with difficulty.

"Thank you, Lord Longne!"

The court officials whispered in unison, and then slowly stood up.

After the edict was read, everyone present felt a lot more relaxed. On the Tiger Army's side, it naturally feels that the dust has settled, and there are no other accidents. As for the imperial court, including Yang Sichang, they were all relieved. In the future, they will no longer need to combsp over this mess full of holes; The imperial court, perished.

The Chongzhen era is over.

From the first day of the first month of next year, it will be the first year of Xia Wu.

Zhang Zhun originally proposed that the name of the new empire be called the Tiger Ben Empire, but later, there were too many people who opposed it, so he had to give up. Finally, the Ministry of Government Affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Office of the Tiger Benjun Army specially organized a national name selection activity. Eventually, the name of the country was set as the Chinese Empire. Zhang Zhun was the first emperor with the year name Xia Wu. The capital of the Chinese Empire was preliminarily determined to be in Qingdao.

The capital of Qingdao is entirely due to the need for balance. Whether it's Luoyang, Beijing, or Nanjing, there are a large number of supporters. They quarreled over the issue of the capital. The Ministry of Administration has organized several surveys, but none of the cities received half of the votes. In the end, the decision had to be put into Zhang Zhun's hands.

After a while, Zhang Zhun simply chose Qingdao as the capital of the new empire. It's a completely blank slate, and you can design it for your own needs. Zhang Zhun is confident that he can build Qingdao into a modern city. At the same time, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Tiger Army does not need to migrate, nor does his harem need to migrate, and it is also close to the sea, which is conducive to maritime trade.

Geographically, the new Chinese Empire included Korea, the Japanese archipelago, Liaodong, and even the South Seas. In the future, the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the Great 6 of the Americas, will also be included in the rule of the Chinese Empire. There are also places such as Australia Big 6 and New Zealand, which will also become part of the territory of the Chinese Empire. In a sense, Qingdao was also the geographical relative center of the New Chinese Empire.

Especially in the control of maritime interests, Qingdao has unique conditions. It has enough ports to provide enough berths. To the east of Qingdao, Wulong Bay, Weihaiwei, Dengzhou and other places have a large number of excellent ports. The maritime trade of the new empire could be centered on Qingdao and radiate to the whole world.

The capital of the Chinese Empire is by the sea, and if it does not have a strong sea force, it will definitely be attacked. Therefore, in the future, whoever becomes emperor must find a way to continue to strengthen the power of the navy. It is better to maintain the position of supremacy at sea for a long time, and never waver. This means that we must actively participate in the struggle for supremacy at sea.

After Wang Chengen read out the edict, he gave the edict to other eunuchs and went to various places in Xi'an Mansion to repeat it. Subsequently, there were cavalry of the Tiger Army, accompanied by the eunuchs holding the edict, and went to various parts of Sichuan to read it. This edict is not only known to the people in the Zichen Palace, but more importantly, everyone in the world knows about it.

With the reading of the edict, Emperor Chongzhen also took off his imperial robes. From now on, he is no longer an emperor. A new page in his life will also begin. I don't know what kind of feelings he will feel in his heart at this moment?

"Master Zhu, please."

Yang Qianqiang's face softened slightly.

Since Emperor Chongzhen agreed to Zhang Zhun's conditions, he would not embarrass the other party. However, Emperor Chongzhen absolutely could not stay in Xi'an Mansion. The Tiger Ben Army should clean up Guanzhong in a carpet manner. Emperor Chongzhen's stay here is obviously inappropriate. He will be sent to Qingdao for a while. There are some things that Zhang Zhun needs to talk about carefully with Emperor Chongzhen—well, he can't be called Emperor Chongzhen now, he should be called Zhu Youzhen—carefully.

"Let's go!"

Zhu Youxiao said as calmly as possible.

"Please!"

Yang Qianqiang made a gesture.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and walked out of the Zichen Palace. In front of everyone's eyes, Zhu Youzhen, who was dressed in wind and snow, removed the identity of the emperor, and left Xi'an City under the escort of the Tiger Ben Army. His departure means that the Ming Empire has been completely terminated.

……

Hainan Island, Nanshan Institute.

Nanshan is located in the southeast of Hainan Island, which is near today's Lingshui. This is the southernmost place of the Ming Empire. Due to the constant nuisance of pirates, this thousand-house looks very dilapidated. By the time of Chongzhen, it had almost been deserted. There are only a few dozen desperate old military households, still waiting here to die.

However, at the end of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Nanshan underwent earth-shaking changes. All of a sudden, there were more people here. Xiaoxiao's port was even more crowded with a large number of warships. These huge warships are all military households of Nanshan Institute, and they have never been seen before. Even the oldest qualified military household has never seen it.

In addition to a large number of warships, there are also a large number of transport ships, which are constantly sailing into the port and unloading a large amount of supplies. There are also a large number of people, constantly getting off the ship and joining in the intense construction of the project. For a time, the entire Nanshan Institute near the port was in full swing.

The local military households in Nanshan, as well as the surrounding peasant households, as long as they have the ability to work, have been attracted to it. The price offered by the Tiger Ben Army is very human. A day's salary is fifty yuan, and two meals are managed. When have the local people ever seen such a huge income? Naturally, they are flocking to it.

Due to the slow transmission of news, and Hainan Island is an island, the news is relatively closed, so the military households of Nanshan Institute do not know what the Tiger Ben Army is going to do here. All they knew was that the Tiger Navy was going to build a port here. As for what they will do after the port is built, they don't know.

In fact, the logistics department of the Tiger Army, every time they go to a new place, they expand the port like crazy. Nanshan Institute is no exception. The purpose of this is obviously self-evident, that is, to help the navy and keep moving forward.

For the Huben Navy, Taiwan Island is still a bit far from the South Seas, and Hainan Island is the best. As long as Hainan Island is controlled, it is equivalent to hanging a sword of Damocles in the north of the South Seas. Therefore, after recovering the island of Taiwan, the Huben Navy immediately marched to Hainan Island, and finally chose Nanshan as the forward base.

On December 20, Zhang Zhun's battleship slowly docked here. Zhang Zhun came to Hainan Island at this time, and he was very strong against xìng. Obviously, he will spend this year's Chinese New Year's Eve on this island with the officers and men of the Tiger Navy. There is no doubt that such a move did make the logistics department of the Tiger Ben Navy feel the pressure deeply.

"Lord Governor."

"Lord Governor."

"Lord Governor."

Everyone stepped forward to say hello.

Since Zhang Zhun has come to Hainan Island, it is of course impossible for the top brass of the Huben Army and Navy to be absent. In fact, the top officials of the Tiger Ben Army Navy, Yang Guohua, Li Jicheng, Zhang Haibin, Zhou Zhengyu, Huang Shijun and others are all there. It can be said that before the arrival of the 6th Squadron of the Tiger Army, the current Hainan Island was the world of the Tiger Army's Navy.

"Everyone's worked hard."

Zhang Zhun smiled and said lightly.

He removed the white gloves from his hands and let his fingers feel the local temperature in the wind. As a result, what he felt was a warm sea breeze and warm sunshine. Looking up at the sky, it was blue and cloudless. If you look at the sea, it's also blue. The sandy beaches on both sides are also white and flawless. No matter which angle you look at, the scenery here is on par with the island of Taiwan.

"The weather is good."

Zhang Zhun said with a happy smile.

"That's good."

Li Jicheng and the others all laughed.

In this cold winter, the climate of Hainan Island is indeed good. When the snow is already flying in the north, you can still see the blooming fresh flowers here. Although everyone has no way to go home and spend Chinese New Year's Eve with their families, it seems that it is also a good choice to spend the winter here.

"How's the patrol fleet doing?"

Zhang Zhun asked with concern as he walked forward.

As a result of Rezger's defeat, the Dutch navy had retreated back to Batavia and showed no signs of heading north. Now, Shixing Haitang (Zhongsha Islands), Wanli Haitang (Xisha Islands) and other places have been brought under the control of the Huben Navy.

The so-called patrol fleet is actually a pirate fleet, which is specifically responsible for collecting protection money. This protection fee has a legal name, which is called the Maritime Trade Tax. Of course, for the merchant fleet of foreigners, there is only protection money, which is a name that is understood all over the world.

"My lord, our plan is like this......"

Yang Guohua introduced it in detail.

According to the study of the top brass of the Huben Navy, they decided to carry out uninterrupted patrols between the four places of Wanli Haitang, Shixing Haitang, Hainan Island, and Taiwan Island. The purpose of the patrol is to inspect the merchant fleet that does not pay taxes. As soon as it appears, it will be seized immediately. Both domestic and foreign, all of them were seized.

Taiwan Island, Hainan Island, and Luzon Island just form a zigzag. The distance between the island of Taiwan and Luzon is the closest, and the route between Manila and Moon Port does not need to pass through Hainan Island. However, once the Tiger Ben Navy carried out uninterrupted patrols between Hainan Island and Taiwan Island, it would be tantamount to cutting off this route.

Well, to be precise, not to cut off this route, but to control it. Previously, the Ming State's own naval forces had no way to effectively supervise this route. Or protection. The Zheng family fleet can only play a partial role. Now, the Tiger Army Navy will play its full role.

What are the benefits of taking control of this route? It is a monopoly on maritime trade. In other words, profits can only fall into the pockets of the Tiger Army and Navy, and cannot fall into the pockets of others. If the Tiger Army Navy is not happy, no one will be able to make a penny from here. Similarly, if someone wants to destroy this route, they should also ask the Tiger Navy if they agree.

The competition for interests on the sea, in fact, is, in the final analysis, the competition for shipping routes. Where there are routes, there are profits. The more monopolistic the route, the higher the profits. Those so-called golden routes are naturally one of the targets that all forces are desperately fighting for. For example, the Strait of Malacca in the South Ocean is the target of constant competition among Western powers.

After the Tiger Army took the island of Taiwan, the routes between the Ming Kingdom and Korea, as well as Japan, had been completely monopolized by the Tiger Army. All the profits generated by these routes, of course, fell into the pockets of the Tiger Navy. Now, if the Tiger Ben Navy wants to control more routes, it must snatch these routes from others.

However, due to the influence of geographical location, if the Huben navy wants to go out from Taiwan Island and make an expedition to the South Seas, it will be constrained by Luzon Island. At the moment, it is the Spaniards who control Luzon's largest port. Zhang Zhun was not ready, and at the same time as he went to war with the Dutch, he also went to war with the Spaniards. In other words, at present, the main target of the Tiger Warrior Navy is the Dutch, not the Spaniards.

"Kill the Dutch first."

"Kill the Spaniards again."

This is Zhang Zhun's basic strategic policy.

In such a situation, Hainan Island is very important. Because, when the Tiger Ben Navy came out of Hainan Island, there was no need to fight with the Spaniards. No matter what the Tiger Army did, the Spaniards could not interfere. This is very important if there are any classified operations in the Tiger Navy.

Moreover, the establishment of a base on Hainan Island by the Huben Navy is also conducive to helping the Sun Chuanting Army of the Huben Army to sweep across the entire Southeast Asia. The important port of Ji Adin in Southeast Asia is located in the south of Vietnam. The Tiger Ben Navy controls Ji Adin, so it can provide the most powerful support to Sun Chuanting's army.

While speaking, the group had already arrived at the destination, the thousand-household house of Nanshan. This is the only relatively well-preserved mansion in Nanshan. The thousand households of Nanshan have moved to Haikou a long time ago, and they don't come back once a year. After entering the house of a thousand households, everyone continued to discuss the issue.

"My lord, Mao Huihui and they have arrived."

While he was talking, someone came in to report.

"Okay!"

Zhang Zhun stood up excitedly.

Mao Huihui didn't come on his own. He also brought a large number of new warships. Sure enough, when Zhang Zhun walked near the port, he saw that a large number of warships were already densely lined up in the distance of the port. Due to the large number of ships near the port, those battleships did not yet have a chance to dock. However, from the clairvoyant mirror, you can already clearly see the heroic posture of these battleships.

This is the fifth batch of dragon god ships launched, a total of fifty. They were launched at the second shipyard in Dengzhou at the beginning of the month. After a simple sea trial, these dragon god ships were incorporated into the navy and officially put into service. With the addition of these fifty dragon god ships, the losses in the battle with the main fleet of the Dutch Navy were all made up.

The four fleets of the Tiger Ben Navy, each fleet has more than thirty Dragon God ships. That's a pretty good number. Even in the face of the main fleet of the Dutch Navy, the Tiger Navy can take the initiative to attack. With four powerful fleets, the control of the Tiger Warrior Navy in the South Seas will continue to expand.

According to Zhang Zhun's arrangement, the first fleet will be based on the coastal areas of Fujian, the second fleet will be based on Taiwan, the third will be based on the coastal areas of Guangdong, and the fourth fleet will be based on Hainan to prepare for the attack on the South Seas. The goal of the first phase was simple, to raid the Dutch routes, seize the Dutch merchant ships, and force the Dutch to terminate the routes. The goal of the second phase is to encroach on the Dutch ports one by one. Start with Kiadin in Vietnam, then Brunei, then Pakistan and other places.

If the Dutch could not bear it and sent another main naval fleet to provoke them, the Tiger Warrior Navy swarmed up and wiped out the other main naval fleet of the Dutch. Having knocked out this fleet, the Dutch were like toothless tigers, waiting for death.

During this time, news about the Dutch also kept coming. Forced by the strong strength of the Tiger Army and Navy, there are also changes in the domestic situation. The Dutch East India Company had to agree to redeem all the captured Dutch at a price of ten taels of silver per person. The total price of this ransom is about 200,000 taels.

Due to the weakening of the strength of the Dutch, the situation in the South Seas has changed greatly. Originally, the Dutch continued to attack Malacca, trying to snatch Malacca from the Portuguese. However, due to the defeat, the Dutch had to stop fighting. In other words, the Portuguese kept Malacca and the Strait of Malacca, the chokepoint.

The Spaniards were also greatly relieved. Their black chao route, no one covets it. Even the French and Italians feel a lot more relaxed. They are left and right between the three powers, and their lives are much better than before.

Only a handful of people realize that all the Western powers in the South Seas actually live on craters. The extermination of the Dutch was not necessarily a good thing for them. Because, the Tiger Ben Army Navy is about to explode.

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