"Hey, this city of Beijing has really changed a lot. There are three levels of bastions coming and going, and the innermost level is still a mountain city. Chongqing, the northern capital of Dashun, can't compare with it. It is still under construction and reinforcement! It seems that His Highness Prince Gong is ready.

We’re going to have a showdown with the people of Zhu Ming’s court in Beijing! Good! Good! Good!”

The person who was expressing his emotions was Huang Shu, the Minister of Dashunli Government. He was now wearing a dull blue official uniform and a black veil on his head. He rode a tall horse and entered the majestic Beijing fortress accompanied by Sony.

Huang Shu was a Jinshi and served as an official in Beijing. He was quite familiar with the city, but when we met again this time, he almost didn't recognize it.

Not only was Beijing transformed into a large fortress with three levels inside and outside, but it also had layers. The Meishan Fortress on the innermost level was layered on top of each other, making it difficult to attack!

"Chongqing, the northern capital? Do you have Dashun and the southern capital?" Sony was also very interested in the Dashun Dynasty in the southwest, so he also inquired about it.

"Yes," Huang Shu smiled, "The southern capital of Dashun is Kunming Prefecture. It is built on Wuhua Mountain in Kunming Prefecture and is called Wuhua Palace. In recent years, the Emperor of Dashun has spent most of his time living in Wuhua Palace.

They also set up a martial arts hall by the Cuiwei Lake outside Wuhua Palace to train new troops and prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains."

Is the military training in Yunnan for the Northern Expedition?

Sony was a little doubtful when he heard this, "Why did the Northern Expedition start from Yunnan? Shouldn't it start from Hanzhong? You can go directly to Guanzhong by sending troops from Hanzhong!"

Huang Shu waved his hand: "Oh no, no, no, it's long past time to conquer the world by relying on Guanzhong. Guanzhong is so cold and drought-ridden that it has long been unable to claim the title of a mighty soldier in the world. Not to mention Sichuan, the land of abundance.

Even Yunnan, which is said to be remote, is far better than Shaanxi due to our government's painstaking efforts."

Yunnan's economy is actually not as good as Shaanxi's, but Dashun and Daxi both had their hearts broken in Shaanxi, so Li Guo, Li Laiheng and the eight political kings were not very interested in the northern expedition to Shaanxi, but were very interested in developing Yunnan

.

The territory of Yunnan is not small, and there is a lot of land that can be cultivated and cultivated. There are also many toasts that have been rich for countless generations to "eat". Therefore, in the past few years, the development focus of the Dashun Dynasty has shifted from Sichuan to Yunnan.

The effective military government system in Sichuan (including Hanzhong Prefecture, Yunyang Prefecture, and part of Gongchang Prefecture) was also transplanted to Yunnan.

In addition, in order to strengthen its control over Yunnan, Dashun also established the southern capital in Kunming, which echoed the northern capital of Chongqing. It also opened a martial arts lecture hall in Kunming to train officers of the imperial army, and also opened an official handicraft workshop for casting cannons and guns.

However, no matter how much Yunnan develops, it is still a bit unbelievable to use it as a base for the Northern Expedition. Using Yunnan as a base, it makes more sense to use Yunnan as a base for the southern expedition to Burma.

Huang Shu was eloquent. He lowered his voice and said to Sony: "Moreover, the use of troops also requires surprise! When our Dashun troops leave Shaanxi, Zhu Ming can think of it even with his eyes closed, so he must be fully prepared. We must not

That’s it!”

"Then send troops from Yunnan?" Sony asked, "attack Guizhou?"

Huang Shu pretended to be mysterious, "This is a military secret. How could I, a civil servant, know about it? But Suo Zhongtang can rest assured that as long as the news of the Ming army's massive siege of Beijing reaches Yunnan, I, Dashun, will definitely launch the Northern Expedition to catch him by surprise!"

"

Sony frowned: "Beijing and Yunnan are thousands of miles apart, and news doesn't spread that fast. If Zhu Ming blocks the news, the news won't reach Yunnan for a year, right?"

"How is it possible?" Huang Shu smiled, "Suo Zhongtang forgot how I came from Yunnan?"

"Are you?" Sony thought for a while, "you came by boat?"

Huang Shu smiled and nodded, "Yes, I came by boat."

"Dashun now has a Haikou?"

"It's been there a long time ago!" Huang Shu said with pride on his face, "It was negotiated by me. Now Myanmar is a foreign vassal of our Dashun Dynasty. My Dashun has a Shalian Concession in Haikou, southern Myanmar. So I started from

Sha Lian of Myanmar went to sea and took a Portuguese speedboat to go north around Malacca. It only took about a hundred days to reach Lushunkou. He chartered a boat at Lushunkou and went to Haikou in Yongping Prefecture, and then came to Beijing from Yongping Prefecture.

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Now Yongping Prefecture and most of Shuntian Prefecture are still under Fulin's rule. Yongping Prefecture is connected to Shanhaiguan, and the land boundary between the Ming Dynasty and the Andong Protectorate is at Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou Pass. If the Ming army now

Driving into Yongping Mansion, Jin Duoduo will inevitably feel nervous, and friction will easily arise.

In addition, the land around Yongping Prefecture is basically banner land, and the people of the Anding Protectorate are working hard to mobilize the "banner people" there to move to the Northeast to become Han Chinese. Emperor Zhu certainly doesn't want to retain those people! The land of Yongping Prefecture

Many heroes who have overcome difficulties have taken a fancy to it, and Emperor Zhu still has to use it to reward people!

Huang Shu continued: "With this sea route, it will not be difficult for us to exchange information. As long as the Portuguese ship we hired can be hidden on Xiangyun Island in Yongping Prefecture, once the Ming army launches a large-scale siege, the messenger can

Take a Portuguese merchant ship to go south to Burma. If the journey goes smoothly, the news will be sent to the Wuhua Palace in Kunming in three months at the earliest. By then, my Dashun soldiers will be heading north to the Central Plains!"

Sony thought for a while, "Can Portuguese ships enter the Bohai Bay?"

"Yes!" Huang Shu said, "If you pay, you can enter. Now the Ming Dynasty's Beiyang Navy does not block the Bohai Bay very much, and the ship I am looking for is a Western ship with hard sails, which is very common in the southeastern sea."

Huang Shu's boat was a small boat with a carrying capacity of less than a hundred tons. It was light and fast. Although it was a hard sailing ship, the sailors who operated the boat were all experienced sailors, so it ran very fast. Moreover, the tax that this boat should pay was not a penny short.

, there are quite a few certificates that need to be applied for, it is a model ship, it is not afraid of people checking, it is very safe.

Sony thought for a while, "It's good that the Ming army will definitely go on the Northern Expedition in the autumn, because they have to take advantage of the southeasterly winds in spring and summer to transport food and equipment to Tianjin. When they send troops before the harvest in early autumn, they can rob us of another season of wheat! And there is more wheat in autumn!

North wind, your ship must be following the wind!"

Not to mention, Batulu, who was last in the Qing Dynasty, still knew how to fight, and his judgment was completely correct.

The time when the Ming army went north to attack Beijing was set in the early autumn of the eighth year of Hongxing (1655). It was almost a full year away from now!

The reason for the long delay was, of course, to dredge shipping on the Wei River and to stockpile supplies.

Now that the Grand Canal is impassable, it can only rely on sea transportation. When the Qing army retreated, they used shipwrecks to block several shoals in the Wei River, and they had to spend some effort to salvage and dredge them.

In addition, the wind direction is now wrong. Although the ship can still forcefully travel north, it is not very convenient after all. Therefore, Shi Kefa can only wait in Tianjin Wei until next spring, when the Wei River freezes, before he can hoard supplies on a large scale.

Only with enough supplies can we be sure to besiege the Beijing Castle!

"What? You want me to surrender to the bandits!? You also need to change your surname to Li. Doesn't this mean that you want to recognize Li Zicheng as your Ama? I don't have enough Ama?"

In Meishan Fortress, Jin Fulin was immediately unhappy after hearing Huang Shu's request.

It turns out that Huang Shu brought Li Guoce and conferred the title of Prince Dashun Gong on Jin Fulin. The imperial edict from Youzhou Jiedushi was correct, and he was also given a national surname.

The surname of Dashun is Li, so Jin Fulin will change to Li Fulin!

However, Li Guo had no intention of accepting a son. He had several sons, so he did not need Li Fulin to be filial to him. He just wanted to become brothers with the same surname as Li Fulin.

"Your Highness Prince Gong, you have misunderstood. Your Majesty did not ask you to recognize me as your Ada." Huang Shu knew that Fulin had misunderstood Li Guo's request for sworn sworn homage, so he quickly explained, "There is no other meaning than to become brothers!"

Sony also spoke up: "Your Majesty, I just want to recognize you as my brother. I didn't ask you to give Li Zicheng, the Emperor Taizu, as your son."
Chapter completed!