Zhu Yicheng has seen many dead people. Whether it was the moment when Yuan Qi was rescued from the escort or until now, he couldn't remember the number of these numbers at all. Among them, there were also many Qing officials who died in battle or suicide. Zhu Yicheng was not surprised by Cao Chong's death, but just a little regretful. However, when Gu Bai committed suicide in this way, Zhu Yicheng was creepy and deeply helpless.

As an official of the Qing Dynasty, Cao Chong's death was inevitable, unless he could cherish his life like Liao Huanzhi and dared to abandon his family and protect himself. The Qing Dynasty system had great binding force on local officials, especially for officials of his level. If he surrendered without land, his family, even three tribes, would be affected.

However, although Cao Chong's death was a bit regretful, Gu Bai's death shocked Zhu Yicheng even more. He couldn't understand why he was so filial and loyal to the Qing Dynasty as a Han man? Did it take only half a century to make the Han people in China, especially scholars, forget the suffering that the Qing Dynasty brought to the Han people?

No wonder Mr. once said that if you kneel too much, your slave will not be able to straighten your knees after a long time. Gu Bai's ending was a tragedy, and it also brought great reflection to Zhu Yicheng. Reversing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, this is not just a slogan, but actually the shouts from the bones of the Han people who were unwilling to kneel down as slaves throughout the Qing Dynasty.

If the fantasies in the hearts of the people of the world, especially those scholars who have regarded the Qing Dynasty as orthodox, let them know who is the real master of the land of China, the anti-Qing and restoring Ming Dynasty is just a slogan.

But to do this, Zhu Yicheng also knew that the responsibility was heavy and the way was long. The rebels who only occupied the two prefectures were still scabies in front of the entire Qing Dynasty. Unless he could directly shake the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the views of the people in the world might completely change.

Because Gu Bai's suicide made Zhu Yicheng dilute the joy of occupying Taizhou. A few days later, when the whole city of Taizhou stabilized, Ma Gongcheng was appointed as the residence of Taizhou, and stationed more than 3,000 troops. At the same time, the Ningbo Navy established a harbor base outside Taizhou City to assist Ma Gongcheng in defending Taizhou. Afterwards, Zhu Yicheng took the army back to Ningbo.

When the army returned to Ningbo, the good news of taking Taizhou had long been spread, and Ningbo was very happy about it. Liao Huanzhi, Dong Dashan and others took all the officials out of the city and greeted each other ten miles. Even some of the top figures in Ningbo appeared in it. Seeing this scene made Zhu Yicheng feel much more excited. After all, he has been in charge of Ningbo for a long time and can be regarded as his base camp. Now that Taizhou has won, the rebel army not only has a quick territory, but its strength will inevitably increase accordingly.

In this case, let alone some people who have already defected to Zhu Yicheng, even those gentry who have always had ambiguous relationships and dare not stand directly, they seemed to see other things in Zhu Yicheng, and they seemed to think that Ningbo was not good at doing it, so they could really win the world. Maybe the anti-Qing and restoration of Ming Dynasty would be really successful. In this case, the attitude they showed was different from the past.

On the day he returned to Ningbo, Zhu Yicheng held a banquet to celebrate. Whether it was Ma Gongcheng, who stayed in Taizhou or other soldiers who had already returned to Ningbo, they all had their merits and rewarded him. They were busy all night. After getting up the next day, Zhu Yicheng then invited people to come to the director.

Less than a month after leaving Ningbo, Ningbo City was operating normally and there was no big problem. With the arrival of winter, in addition to the repair of the military camp and the preparation of winter clothes, it was the arrangement for the Sihai Commercial Bank to go to Nanyang. Not long ago, the materials prepared for the maritime trade were basically complete, and Wang Fan was also ready to go to Nanyang at any time. However, since Taizhou was not captured, the departure time had passed. Now that Zhu Yicheng is back, the fleet for the Nanyang is also able to set off.

"Grandmaster, Taizhou has been taken down now, how about our army next?" During the meeting, someone couldn't help but ask. The capture of Taizhou made everyone ecstatic. Although everyone knew before the war, it should be no problem to take down Taizhou, after all, it was just on paper. Now Taizhou has already bought it, so the rebel army not only gained the land of the two prefectures, but also had room for maneuver. Why not take this opportunity to continue expanding?

"In my opinion, our army can take down the area east of Shaoxing and go south to Yongkang. In this way, our army will be in a three-legged state, advancing and attacking and retreating and defending." Liao Huanzhi was rarely the first to speak, and smiled while saying.

As soon as he finished speaking, many people agreed. Because from a geographical perspective, if the territory in this area was taken down, it would double suddenly, and Ningbo avoided the possible threat from directly facing Hangzhou. Although the rebel army left Shaoxing without moving, in order to maintain a buffer zone, everyone knew that once the Qing court solved the Jiangnan issue, the buffer zone would no longer exist.

"The Jiangnan is still in chaos. If our army takes over this area, how can we manage it after taking over? Besides, the troops are not enough." However, some people have raised objections, thinking that Jiangnan is almost a quagmire now, and it should be possible to capture these places. However, if you occupy the territory, you have to assume the obligation of governance. So many people's food and drink are not good enough, including Taizhou now. Besides, it is not easy to send troops to station, which is simply thankless.

It would be better to continue to attack Taizhou southward and take down Wenzhou. In this way, Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou is connected to a front line, which can be satisfied with expansion and can continue to throw the burden of Jiangnan to the Qing court. Why not do it?

Immediately, the two sides argued over this issue. If you talk about your reason and I talk about my reasons, no one would agree with each other.

"Grandmaster, I have another idea." At this time, Wang Fan spoke.

Zhu Yicheng signaled him to speak frankly, and Wang Fan said: "Now, the Fujian Navy is basically gone, Xiamen's defensive power is weak, so the remaining navy can only rely on the port to barely maintain it..."

"Does Deputy Envoy Wang plan to target Xiamen? Haha, this is too good, Gao Wuyuan?" Before Wang Fan finished speaking, someone present retorted disdainfully. In his opinion, jumping to Xiamen so far is simply a joke. Why don't you say that you will take the navy north to attack Tianjin? Taking Tianjin and then killing to Beijing City, rushing into the Forbidden City and slashing Kang Mazi's head with a knife? In this way, you don't need anything to do in the Central Plains to fight, and you can just hit the final point.

Don’t say that Zhu Yicheng really has the idea of ​​attacking Tianjin. He had thought of this trick as early as when he formed the Ningbo Navy. You must know that Tianjin is an important place in the north and is not far from Beijing. If you rush it quickly, it will be a day's journey. If you can follow the method of the Eight-Nation Alliance and start from Tianjin and attack Beijing in one breath, then the shock to the world will be greatly shocked.

But this idea is just an idea and is simply unrealistic. War is not about signing on the map. The factors of war are complicated. Let’s not talk about whether the Ningbo Navy has the power to take over Tianjin. Even if the surprise attack on Tianjin is successful, the Qing army stationed near Beijing will not be able to attack Beijing at all.

And even if he finally arrived in Beijing, what kind of a mighty city is Beijing? Can it be easily captured? I think that the Jin army bypassed Shanhaiguan and killed from Zhangjiakou, but it was not undefeated to the city of Beijing, but it did not retreat in the end. Unless Zhu Yicheng was confused, or if he wanted to seek death, he would use such a move. Once this move was used, it would not only bring some trouble to the Qing Dynasty, but also to him. As a result, it would not only be the entire Ningbo Navy that attacked Tianjin, but it might even be unable to protect his old nest Ningbo.

"Xiamen? I never said to attack Xiamen!" Wang Fan was stunned at first, and then laughed: "I just said that the Fujian Navy in Xiamen has no power to attack. In this case, I, Ningbo Navy, may be able to do some articles on it."

"I'm afraid what Deputy Envoy Wang is talking about is Taiwan?" Dong Dashan's mind was quickly turned and he suddenly realized.

"General Dong is very insightful!" Wang Fan praised with a thumbs up: "Taiwan is isolated overseas and was taken over by the Qing court for only a few decades. Over the years, in order to prevent the resurgence of the anti-Qing forces in Taiwan, the Qing court has been suppressing and harshly. It not only forcibly levy, but also increased taxes and food for the people, but also extremely guarded against the actions of the Taiwanese people. Many people in Taiwan also have a lot of thoughts about the previous dynasty. Under the current circumstances, it is better to occupy Taiwan than to attack other places. Once Taiwan takes over, the entire Fujian will be under the surveillance of our army, and at the same time, it can also ensure the smooth flow of the Nanyang route!"

Wang Fan's words immediately made everyone think. As a maritime businessman, Wang Fan can be said to have the most say in Taiwan among the people present. In addition, what he said is also the fact. Whether it is Liao Huanzhi or Jiang Jin, they were all officials of the Qing court, so of course they knew how the Qing court prevented Taiwan.

Later generations often say that Kangxi was a benevolent monarch, saying that the Qing Dynasty was the only dynasty that never added tuition, and a well-known author even wrote this sentence in a novel to brag about the Qing Dynasty. But in fact, the Qing Dynasty did not add tuition, but don’t forget that for the Qing Dynasty there were taxes and grains. To put it bluntly, it was a trick of changing soup but not changing medicines.

Looking at the various dynasties in Chinese history, in terms of taxation alone, the entire Qing Dynasty had the heaviest tax and food. If it were not for the increase in productivity and the past of the Little Ice Age, and the gradual promotion of high-yield grains allowed the people to eat and live, the Qing Dynasty's exploitation of the people would have long been overturned.
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