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Liu Zeqing was an authentic villain who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in history. Because of his capriciousness, he was executed by Lingchi. According to Li Xin's original intention, he was killed. However, this person was escorted by Huang Degong and Bai Guangen. The profound meaning of it had to be carefully considered, so he spared Liu Zeqing's life, which could be regarded as giving Huang Bai and the other two face.

After all, there are well-known reasons for him to kill Gao Jie. It is impossible for people to compare him with Gao Jie. Gao Jie must die, but Liu Ze cleared the camp and had no connection with him.

Liu Zeqing's rope was untied on the spot, and he was given some silver and food, and let him go.

Xu Yixian bowed and said, "The regent is kind and righteous. When the puppet troops in Guangzhou find out, they will come to surrender."

Li Xin smiled slightly, maybe.

The sky was getting darker and the war was temporarily exhausted. The soldiers were busy cleaning the battlefield and counting the losses. The smoke of cooking fires gradually rose. In the city of Guangzhou, there was a miserable cloud of mist. King Gui vomited blood when he learned the news of Yuexiu Mountain's loss. Before dawn, even more shocking news came. Zheng Zhilong and his fleet fled overnight.

Because he escaped at night, the Humen Fort was unable to locate and could only shoot roughly. The fleet stationed in Xin'an and Macau did not dare to go out to intercept it. However, Zheng Zhilong was also in a dark place, and dozens of merchant ships and eight warships either hit the reef or ransom, and three other ships were shot and injured, causing heavy losses.

After learning the news, King Gui vomited blood and died. Before his death, he passed the throne to the crown prince Zhu Youlang. But do Zhu Youlang dare to be this emperor?

It was dawn, and the news of Zheng Zhilong's escape spread throughout the city, and panic was in the city. Every moment, soldiers were out of the city to surrender and could not be stopped.

In Chengtian Palace, King Gui's coffin was placed in the center of the hall. In front of the coffin, Zhu Youlang and his elder brother Zhu Youyu were kneeling. They were wearing filial piety clothes and cried endlessly. There were also Sun Chuanting, Liu Liangzuo, Hou Xun, Chen Guangyu, some generals of the 36 towns, Liu Yuanbin, Sun Xiangxian and other important members in the hall.

No one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely dull.

"The last emperor died of illness and the country was in danger. I hope all the ministers will work together to overcome the difficulties together!"

Zhu Youlang bowed to everyone.

The ministers looked at each other and all saw helplessness in each other's eyes. The situation was hopeless, what if it was done?

Especially Sun Chuanting, it seemed that he had grown more than ten years old in an instant. When he supported King Gui as emperor in Hangzhou, he was so energetic, but how long has it been, the court was already in turmoil.

When it comes to establishing King Gui, he has personal ambitions, but more so, his political ambitions. He is unwilling to bow to Li Xin, and he does not agree with Li Xin's materialistic dialectics.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, there is no chance of winning this battle. Besides, Guangzhou City was besieged by the bandits, and the morale of the army was gone, so it was better to surrender."

Hou Xun sighed.

Zhu Youlang said anxiously: "The bones of the late emperor are not cold, how can you bear to surrender? Moreover, our army still has 200,000 yuan, and it may not be impossible to fight with a large amount of money!"

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "The morale of the army is in chaos and the hearts of the people are lost. How to fight? His Royal Highness, even if he dies, he can die decently after surrendering."

As he said that, he turned around and said, "Tell the troops to surrender to the bandits!"

“Oh ~~”

Several personal soldiers outside the hall sighed and turned around and left.

...

The Gui court surrendered, and Guangzhou was not affected by war. The people of Guangzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and the defenders even more. After all, the defenders were still the foundation of the Ming army, and the Ming army had always lacked the confidence to fight hard battles, so no one was willing to fight to the death. What's more, the Gui court was not a wise court, so there was no need to die for it.

Although Zhu Youlang was unwilling to do so, he was originally a puppet and could not make the decision. He was surrounded by ministers and surrendered to Li Xin.

Li Xin's eyes swept over, especially on Sun Chuanting for a while, and then asked, "Since Chongzhen ordered you to supervise Nanjing, you have been against me. Today, I have been captured by me. Do you have something to say?"

Sun Chuanting heard that he would die, so he bowed proudly: "I only hate to have the will to kill the thief, but I can't turn the world away!"

“Bold!”

Huang Hai scolded him!

“Hey~~”

Li Xin waved his hand: "You are also a pillar of the country. Unfortunately, Chongzhen is mean and suspicious, eager for quick success and instant benefits, and put you in prison for two years. He missed the best opportunity to wipe out Li Chuang. This is not your fault. I am building a ship now, and I will send Chongzhen to North America to establish a country within three or two years. Are you willing to follow Chongzhen and revive the Ming Dynasty in North America?"

"this……"

Sun Chuanting looked at Li Xin in disbelief.

Li Xin said lightly: "In today's world, white Europeans are rising rapidly. This race values ​​profit over righteousness, is greedy and has strong invasion. I believe you have contacted the Portuguese and the Spanish. You should be clear about what kind of virtues the whites are. Therefore, the future world is a battle between my Chinese and white people. I sent Chongzhen to North America to establish a country because of the expansion of the Chinese ethnic group into the world. North America is a fertile land, and its territory is comparable to that of my Chinese. I hope you can sincerely assist Chongzhen and build a world overseas."

Sun Chuanting's eyes were mixed with emotion, and it was difficult to understand. Li Xin said that he did not understand very well, but he could see that Li Xin really hoped that Chongzhen would gain a successful foothold in North America. After a long time, he bowed and bowed: "Mr. Li's mind is broad, and it is hard to get through. I am willing to follow Mr. Li's order to go overseas to find the country."

"good!"

Li Xin nodded, looked at the others, and asked, "Where are you, those who do not want to follow Chongzhen, will be punished for rebellion."

What else can I say? Everyone responded regardless of whether they wanted it or not.

Li Xin waved his hand and some soldiers took everyone down to guard the prison. He didn't kill the Zhu Youlang brothers and gave them to Chongzhen for disposal.

The people of Guangzhou obtained the peace they had always dreamed of. After the bandits entered the city, they searched the residences of each official. Women under the age of 40 were all assigned to unmarried soldiers in the army. Those who were not selected by the soldiers were then assigned to old bachelors in Guangzhou.

Starting the next day, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen and other prefectures fell one after another. On the same day, Li Xin met with Guangzhou's industrial and commercial representatives and maritime merchants, explained policies, expressed his willingness to support in all aspects, relaxed restrictions on foreign trade, and established the Business Administration Department. All traders who obtain import and export trade qualifications can engage in foreign trade without having to pay 3,000 taels of silver per ship to Zheng Zhilong as before, which immediately won the support of the Guangzhou business community.

You should know that although the sea trade makes a lot of profits, the tax of 3,000 taels of silver per ship will account for at least 30,000% of the profit. Li Xin reduced the money, but paid taxes normally according to the regulations of the court.

Li Xin also announced tax exemption measures and credit support for Guangzhou's foreign trade industry, and promised that the bandit army would set up a South China Sea fleet to sweep away coastal pirates.

The situation in Guangzhou gradually returned to peace. Although the prosperity on the streets was not as good as before the war, it recovered strongly. The statistics of war damage also came out on this day. In the battle of the Bandit Army, 4,612 people were killed, 2,123 people were seriously injured and disabled, 480,000 kilograms of granular gunpowder, more than 30,000 artillery shells, and 51 artillery pieces of each caliber were lost, including four 163 shore defense cannons.

However, the results of the battle were also very gratifying. 18,363 defenders were killed and seriously injured. Nearly 200,000 defenders stationed in Guangzhou were recruited, of which more than 4,000 were to follow Chongzhen to North America.

For the surrendered soldiers, in addition to eliminating the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, Li Xin did not disband, but was incorporated, and a total of 120,000 people were obtained.

The results of the house search were also counted as scheduled. More than 60,000 hectares of fertile land were confiscated, more than 40,000 hectares of forest farms and orchards, more than 600 large, medium and small houses, nearly 20 million taels of silver, more than 50 million taels of silver, million taels of gold, and countless jewelry, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. It can be said that almost all the money collected by the Gui Wang Xiao court in Zhejiang and Guangdong fell into Li Xin's hands.

Five days later, Li Xin invited the owners of various banknotes in Guangzhou to gather, and asked the banknotes to join forces to form a joint-stock South China Commercial Bank, and convert the banknotes as debts into equity to invest.

Silver notes are equivalent to the debt of the banknote number. Li Xin has 50 million taels of silver notes, half of which come from Guangzhou. This move is extremely ruthless. If he disagrees, he asks to repay on the spot. Which one can take out so much money?

If you don’t agree, you must agree.

In addition, Li Xin asked the Guangzhou Money Bank to accept the upcoming banknotes and silver dollars unconditionally. Under the threat of huge debts, he also used gold reserves as a guarantee. The Guangzhou Money Banknote was forced to hand over the right to issue the banknotes and promised to use banknotes to settle the bills.

With the experience of Hangzhou and the preparations for establishing a bank in the early stage, it is not difficult to straighten out the financial order in Guangzhou.

For the army, the long-awaited reorganization arrived three days later. Li Xin established the First Army of the Bandit Army with the garrison in Zhangjiakou. The commander Fei San, and his subordinates were three divisions, including one artillery division.

The troops stationed in Ningyuan were the Second Army, and the commander Li Shengde.

The vacancy of the above two armies will be filled within the year.

The Nanjing garrison merged the Huaiyang troops into the Third Army, commander Zhang Quan.

The garrison in Beijing was the Fourth Army, and Zhang Nai was appointed as the commander of the army.

Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and Hebei are still in the hinterland, and the division level is still in place.

The Guangzhou garrison is the main force of the current bandit army. Huang Degong was appointed as the commander of the Fifth Army, Bai Guangen was appointed as the commander of the Sixth Army, Gao Yigong was appointed as the commander of the Seventh Army, Li Shuangxi was appointed as the commander of the Eighth Army, and the old men who first followed Li Xin, Wu Changgong, Yang Daniu, Wang Qiang, and Lu Yiming were appointed as the commander of the Ninth to Twelfth Army. The main force of the fourth army was the recruited surrendered soldiers.

Hong Niangzi served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Danggang Army.

The personal guard company was renamed the Security Department, Huang Hai was appointed as the director, Xing Wu and Er Ke were appointed as deputy directors, and the civil service was not affiliated with the quota of 3,000, which was not enough to be transferred from the elite troops of each army.

The Forward Battalion remains unchanged and is expanded to a division-level division-level organization. The division commander is still a tiger and enjoys military-level treatment.

The Marine Corps remains unchanged, and its troops will be expanded to full divisions and enjoy military-level treatment.

With the Jianfu Battalion of the Break Army and Huimei’s dowry personnel as the team, the Logistics Support Division of the Bandit Army was established, with the division commander Gao Huiqiong and the deputy division commander Gao Huijian, and enjoying military-level treatment.

Li Xin has not awarded the title for the time being. He plans to award the title for the officers after another great victory, enjoy honors and various benefits, and replace the tradition of vassal since ancient times.
Chapter completed!