1171 The Cause and Effect of King Thalong
The one in Shandong, who is similar to the Qian family, Liu Xingzuo passed by a little in his mind and immediately understood who it was.
Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, is the flagpole in the Shilin. The so-called clear stream is at least very good in reputation. And as Liu Xingzuo knows, as the successor of the Donglin Party, Fushe, he had previously made great connections and wanted to resist scientific and technological knowledge. Behind this, there are shadows of the old men of the Donglin Party, and Qian Qianyi cannot escape.
A few days ago, in the restaurant lobby, the student named Zhu Jinhua revealed that this matter also received support from Shandong.
Once these things are linked, it goes without saying that they must be the Kong family.
As for this, since the emperor began to promote scientific and technological knowledge, as the emperor's confidant, he knew that the emperor would sooner or later take action against the Kong family. Now, these things have been added up, and the Kong family is going to be in trouble.
If the civil officials heard this, they would probably have some scruples and would advise them; however, Liu Xingzuo was a military general, and the Kong family had no natural deterrence to him. Therefore, he had no scruples to agree.
The Chen family's affairs were resolved, and Emperor Chongzhen sat back and had tea with his two beloved concubines. However, as he chatted, he was a little distracted and thought about other things.
For gathering places with more than one thousand households, the court's approach is still too rough, and some details are not taken into account.
For example, in the setting of official yamen, it is generally based on the population. Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this.
But in Jiangnan, many towns with more than one thousand households were formed due to various industries and had great economic benefits. If you were just an ordinary eighth-rank town chief to manage it, any official could be suppressed. Even if you were like Chen Youming, who had his own background, those who wanted to reach out would have some tricks in the open and secret ways.
The solution to this problem can at least prevent the occurrence of this problem to a certain extent. Emperor Chongzhen didn’t need to think too much about it. With experience in later generations, just set these economic towns as special towns and treat them specially.
For example, such township chiefs can be upgraded, and can be equivalent to the county, and are directly under the jurisdiction of the government or provincial level. The staff of the yamen must also be expanded. If necessary, local branches of the Censorate can be set up to supervise economic corruption and so on.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen entered the chat group and came to the Wenhua Hall group. After talking about this, he asked the eunuch Cao Huachun, the chief inspector of the Sili Supervisor, and Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to take the lead in thinking and come up with a specific plan.
One Nanxun Town has a transaction volume of tens of millions of taels of silver. In Jiangnan, there are naturally more than one Nanxun Town like this. This is all money. Whether it is Wen Tiren or Cao Huachun, they dare not neglect it. They quickly responded and began to consider this matter again according to the emperor's wishes.
Not only that, Emperor Chongzhen entered the temporary group of factory guards and gave instructions to Liu Xingzuo and Wang Chengen, asking them to send Jinyiwei and Dongchang military service respectively to secretly inspect these important economic centers from time to time. In addition, the forces in the world must also be controlled.
After finishing this matter and learning about the situation of the Lake Silk Trading this year from Chen Youming, Emperor Chongzhen quietly left Nanxun Town.
This time, the southern tour of the mini-dresses explained the situation of the shipyard in the south, prepared for violent troops, and deal with the future situation of the South Ocean and the wider ocean. Taking the hot air balloon as an opportunity, it greatly promoted the influence of scientific and technological knowledge in Jiangnan; it learned about the situation of the important economic centers in Jiangnan, and further improved the lowest-level government mechanism;
After doing this, the purpose of this southern tour has basically been achieved, which has made Emperor Chongzhen feel very good. Therefore, after leaving Nanxun Town, he fulfilled his promise and went to Yangzhou to accompany Concubine Tian back to his parents' home.
At this time, a huge army was marching in the muddy roads in South Asia.
It's actually a bit of an exaggeration to say it's an army.
Because this army did not have a unified military uniform at all. There were soldiers wearing armor, some were wearing cloth clothes, and even shirtless. No matter what, these were still armed with weapons. There were spears, spears, clamps, or bows and arrows, holding waist knives, etc. But behind the team, there were more, and it was obvious that they were farmers, transporting a large amount of food and supplies. Basically, no one was wearing tops.
There are indeed cavalry in the marching team, but at first glance, they are divided into three parts.
There were about one hundred cavalrymen, with their men and horses in armor, long spears flashing with cold light, and a shield hanging on the side of the horse, with a tall and big horse, and a strong soldier. During the march, the five cavalry and one row of them were basically advancing in unison, and there was no gap. At first glance, they were elite cavalrymen.
The second part of the cavalry is about 300. The horses of these cavalry are no longer covered with armor, but the armored soldiers are still wearing armor.
The third part of the cavalry is also the most cavalry, with about a thousand cavalry, most of which are armorless and have a variety of weapons, but it can be seen that most of them are equipped with bows and arrows.
However, the most eye-catching thing in this team are the ten elephants in the central army. These are the battle elephants.
At this time, the team had just crossed the nominal dividing line between Bengal and Donggo and continued to march towards Awa. Needless to say, this army was the partial division that Shah Jahan finally sent to attack Awa.
Generally speaking, in South Asia, the dividing line between countries is not as clear as in later generations. There are no cities, heavy troops guarding, etc. on this dividing line. Because South Asia was actually not very crowded at this time. There were not many decent cities between Bangladesh and Awa, which was incomparable to the situation in the mainland of Ming Dynasty.
Next to one of the elephants in the central army, the one-armed King Tarot was here. He rode on an old horse, frowned and looked left and right, and looked around. Finally, he sighed in his heart, then raised his head and looked at the army commander Samit, who was sitting on the elephant's back and said, "Master, this has arrived in Donggo's territory. Should I send a scout?"
When Sammit heard this, he looked down at him and said disrespectfully: "This place is several days away from the Mingren's city, and there is not even a person along the way. Why are you panic?"
Speaking of this, he remembered something and couldn't help but say with a little sarcasm: "But it's not your fault. Well, you've lost the entire Donggo. No wonder you're so panicked!"
King Long felt aggrieved in his heart when he heard this. If it were before, he would have been a few whips to such a person. However, the situation is better than others now, and now he is under someone's roof, so he has to bow his head.
After adjusting his mentality, King Long raised his head again, showed a sincere expression on his face, and continued to advise: "Master, the wise man is full of tricks, so you must be careful!"
"What kind of tricks?" Sammit sneered when he heard this, "Didn't you say that you have your people on the side of Togo? You didn't say that all the Ming people in Togo are vulnerable? The Ming Dynasty is now in chaos and the chieftains are rebelling one after another. Do they still have the energy to take care of this remote place?"
King Long was a little stunned when he heard this. In order to persuade Shah Jahan to send troops, he tried his best to belittle the Ming army. Unexpectedly, he finally convinced Shah Jahan to send troops, but he made the generals sent by Shah Jahan look down on the Ming people very much!
He remembered that when he attacked Meng Mi, he had so many troops that he could not defeat Meng Mi, whose city wall was not high. And those who defended the city were now considered the army of the Tang Kingdom and had not been transferred back to Ming Kingdom to suppress the rebellion.
Thinking of this, King Long felt more and more uneasy. It was a bit dangerous for this general of the Mughal Empire to look down on the Ming army so much, and he did not value the Ming army even more than he did at the time!
He raised his head again and advised again: "Terminating troops to fight is the first priority. At the beginning, I didn't pay attention to this point, so I let the Ming army hide in the mountains and finally copied the treasure well where I had piled up food and grass. I must be careful of such a lesson..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the impatient Samit. He heard him shouting coldly: "Shut up, do you think it's you! You've lost all such a big Togo, and you'd rather have the nerve to say. If you had known that you were so incompetent, you should have suggested that the Khan advance eastward. If he occupied Togo, he would not have been occupied by the Aoi."
When King Long heard this, his face suddenly turned into a pig's liver. After all, he was the King of Dongwu and had once said nothing. Even in Delhi, Shah Jahan had never said that. Unexpectedly, this mere general led his troops would humiliate him so much.
Unexpectedly, this was not over yet. Seeing his face, Sammit seemed to continue to attack him with greater pride: "You can't beat the Ming people, it doesn't mean that I can't beat the Ming people. Our Mughal Empire is now dominating the world. If it's a direct confrontation with the Ming Kingdom, then I will be careful and raise a little bit of energy to deal with it. But this Donggo is just a remote place, and the Ming people are new to occupy. How many threats can there be?"
Speaking of this, he stretched his neck forward, stretched out a little more like a seat on his back, stared at the raised face of King Long, and said with confidence: "Believe it or not, it would be fine if the Ming people of Togo don't know. If they knew that the great Mughal Empire actually sent troops to attack, if they were either hiding in the city and trembling, they would have fled back to Ming?"
Hearing this, King Long couldn't help but want to curse. He admitted that the Mughal Empire is indeed powerful now. But his own cave was not weak at the beginning. Otherwise, the Mughal Empire would have left a fat meat and refused to eat it?
Now, Dongwu was defeated by Ming Kingdom. Can you defeat yourself in one battle and swallow Dongwu? Why did Shah Jahan send such a pig-brained general, arrogant and speak wildly, this sign is very bad!
At this time, he forgot how he belittled the Ming Dynasty and how he praised the Mughal Empire. He didn't know that after saying too much and spreading too much, the degree of exaggeration would be magnified.
No matter how anxious or worried King Long was, if he wanted to take revenge, he had to rely on the general of the Mughal Empire. After thinking for a while, he finally understood the problem.
So, King Talong took a deep breath and said, "In fact, Donggo's Ming army is not that weak! Some of their troops, whose elite level may be far superior to the Mughal Empire..."
"What?" Summit's face changed when he heard this, and he shouted sternly, "Do you know what you are talking about? You shouldn't say that what you said before the Khan was all you lied to?"
When King Ta Long heard this, he was not afraid, and even said calmly: "The general misunderstood. How could I have the courage to bully Meng Dahan? What I said was just a part of the army. In the Battle of Baojing, the Ming army had firearms. I heard that their firearms were much better than those of the Mughal Empire. I heard that their firearms did not need to be ignited, they were very powerful, and there were also large firearms, and even the elephants could not resist..."
"Hahaha..." Summit couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "I don't know what you have to rest on. If you blow, just blow it. The firearm does not need to be ignited? Is it still a firearm?"
Speaking of this, without waiting for King Talong to explain, he stretched out his hand and pointed to his army and said, "When you look back at Awa, I will let you see the power of the bronze cannons of our Mughal Empire! And with so many muskets, what a shocking scene would it be to fire together. Let you see, the invincible cavalry of our Mughal Empire..."
King Long saw him blowing, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. Forget it, I won’t persuade him. Now I have just entered Dongwu’s side, and I am still far from Awa. Let’s wait for two days. Two days later, I am a general who leads the army to fight. I should understand that sending scouts is a necessary prerequisite for marching and fighting.
Thinking of this, King Long felt a little strange. Logically speaking, the people he sent to contact Donggo's old subordinates should be rewarded, why is there no news yet?
He was thinking about it, and when Samit saw that he stopped talking, he thought King Long was impressed by the military force he showed, he retracted his head with satisfaction.
But they didn't know that in the distance, someone was staring at them.
The one who used the telescope was either someone else, or the general of the Tang Kingdom, Fu Yuman. At this time, he used the telescope to look at the marching army of the Mughal Empire. On his side was Ye Busuo, who was familiar with the Mughal Empire, introducing the situation to him.
This made him understand that the most elite cavalry of this army was the Imperial Guard of the Mughal Empire, which was somewhat similar to the cavalry of the Ming Jingying Camp. The other two cavalry were fief cavalry and fief cavalry, both sent by the Bangladesh province and belonged to the local army.
Among the entire enemy army, he cared about this cavalry the most. The other troops, whether they were infantry or war elephants, were not worth mentioning in his eyes.
Although in the end, the Bangladesh Governor sent more troops, increasing from the original 15,000 to 25,000 people, these still cannot change the impression of Fu Yuman of this army.
He heard him whisper, "The Mughal Empire marched and fought in wars, and now it is like this, I don't know how it has such a reputation?"
Of course, the reputation he mentioned was only heard after he arrived in Togo.
When I didn't listen, I turned around and understood what Fu Yuman was saying. In the Ming Dynasty, the army of the Mughal Empire had no military discipline. In the marching, there was no scout. In the marching, we could see soldiers rushing out of the team from time to time, or just squatting, or standing there to excrete.
No matter how this happens to the civil servants, even those regular soldiers, it seems that the customs of the people are like this!
Ye Bushang thought for a while and replied to Fu Yuman: "The Mughal Empire has been using troops to the north, and most of their elite troops have been transferred to the north."
Hearing this, Fu Yuman couldn't help but look at the elite forces in the cavalry again and nodded. Only in this way can we explain why the Mughal Empire is considered a powerful country here. We still need to pay attention to this.
Thinking of this, he looked at it for a while and felt that it was almost done, so he sent a general order to let all his subordinates lurk and not make any sound.
After walking for a long time, King Long saw a canyon ahead. There was a river between the canyons, and the official road was close to the foot of the mountain, not very wide. This terrain was also quite dangerous.
He looked for a while and wanted to raise his head to remind Sammit to pay attention. However, when he opened his mouth and wanted to say it, he did not say it in the end. What did he say? Remind him to let him pay attention to the ambush of the Ming Kingdom? If he really had this consciousness, he would not even be sent to the scouts. After all, it was because of this place that Donggo was entered, and it was still far from Awa. How could the Ming army appear here?
Thinking of this, he lowered his head again, feeling helpless. Thinking back then, as the king of Dongwu, he had the final say on what he was doing! But now...
Thinking of this, King Long sighed in his heart.
But he didn't know that Samit sat on the war elephant and saw the terrain of the canyon ahead earlier than him. If he was leading troops to fight Persia and this was a place of war, he would definitely be cautious. But now, he is just going to deal with the Ming people who occupied Togo, and it is still far away. Therefore, Samit just looked at it and didn't care. Otherwise, if there were too many places like this along the way, would he have to check every place first?
After all, this place is still too far from Ava, neither Summit nor King Taron really cares.
When the army passed through the canyon, many soldiers in the team ran out of the team and went to the river to lie down and drink water, wash their faces, and excrete.
But at this moment, suddenly, a huge sound sounded, and everyone turned to look when they heard the sound. But they saw that there were many huge rocks and trees rolling down on the mountains on both sides of the canyon.
The accident happened, making the Mughals below dumb. Many of them were smashed into meat paste before they came to their senses.
Amid the sound of crying and shouting at my parents, the team was cut into two sections. The soldiers of this army were mostly in the canyon. They found in despair that countless figures were exposed on the mountain. Seeing the red dressed in it, King Ta Long was desperate!
Chapter completed!