Chapter 70 The Duke of Qian Mu Tianbo
When these generals left, Takata happened to come back. Takata was sent out by Zhu Cilang to find out the news.
Others may not be able to instruct those from the West Factory. Takata is the factory manager of the West Factory. Now His Royal Highness has entered Nanjing again. There are more people coming to join us around. We have to integrate all these forces, which will be useful sooner or later.
The first target of Takata's inquiry was Zheng Zhilong, who is also famous in modern society, but if compared with his son Zheng Chenggong, there would be a difference.
Zheng Zhilong was the admiral of the Fujian Navy and controlled a large number of naval troops in the Ming Dynasty.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty had wiped out other resistance forces, but the people of the Zheng family had always insisted on the road to resisting the Qing Dynasty.
Later, Zheng Zhilong was tempted by the Qing Dynasty, and his son Zheng Sen continued to persevere, and it was not until the Kangxi period that it was concluded.
Zheng Zhilong is now strong. After entering Nanjing, Zhu Cixuan pointed his first target at him. This guy will surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the future, so he must pay attention to what he should pay attention to.
"What does Zheng Zhilong mean?"
When Zhu Cixuan saw Takata, he did not ask Takata to salute. Everyone is his own family, so don’t waste all their time on these cumbersome etiquettes.
"When the words of the Crown Prince, after seeing Zheng Zhilong, he handed over all the imperial edicts to him. He made a statement on the spot and immediately entered Beijing after the Fujian Navy was settled."
After hearing this reaction, Zhu Cilang felt that it was quite normal.
The reason why I first went to inquire about Zheng Zhilong was also related to Zhu Cilang's future actions.
Zhu Cilang could never be limited to mainland China, and would definitely advance overseas. At that time, people who understand the sea were in great need.
Zheng Zhilong's fleet once visited Nanyang, Goryeo and Fusang, and is considered to be the few people who can sail far away in the Ming Dynasty.
"Have you ever met the Fujian Navy?"
When he went to Fujian, Zhu Cilang also issued an order to Takata to see Zheng Zhilong's attitude, and at the same time, he had to see if the strength of the Fujian navy was the same as he knew in the 21st century.
"When you say to the Prince, Zheng Zhilong is quite honest. After meeting our family, he immediately took everyone to visit the Fujian Navy. There were naval warships everywhere along the coast. He had 80,000 naval troops and 40,000 infantry soldiers. He used to obey Ma Shiying, but now he has been subdued by Zheng Zhilong."
After hearing this, Zhu Cilang nodded with satisfaction, but Zhu Cilang was still a little confused about what Zheng Zhilong thought.
Now that I haven't come to Nanjing, I should be just waiting and watching, but at least I have a good attitude.
If the Fujian Navy is organized, it should be the strongest navy around. With a certain modification, it will be no problem to hammer the enemies of various countries.
Zhu Cixuan walked to the front of the sand table. It took several eunuchs several days to finish it. They didn’t understand what this thing was before. Zhu Cixuan explained it to them and then realized that this was our entire Ming Dynasty.
On this sand table, Zhu Cilang also frowned. On the surface, he seemed to be in control of Jiangnan, but the actual control area was not very large, that is, the four towns in Jiangbei and around Nanjing.
If you want to expand a little more, it may be unlikely.
All the officials around were watching. If Zhu Cilang could defeat the Qing Dynasty, these people would immediately become loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. If they could not win, they would immediately escape. This is human nature.
What is internal and external troubles? Now it is internal and external troubles.
"Your Highness, the Prince of the Qian Kingdom's Mansion in Yunnan has also sent a reply. When Lao Luo left, he wrote a letter to the Qian Kingdom. Now, the Duke of Qian Kingdom has replied. In addition to coming to congratulate him in person, he also sent someone to send him 500,000 taels of silver first."
After hearing this, Zhu Cilang was really happy. Duke of Qian was an exception in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Although they were granted the title of court, they were also independent of the court in some cases, and helped the Ming Dynasty to guard the southwest, which was considered loyal.
But there has been no expression of this situation now. Zhu Cilang was also very worried, and now he has finally felt relieved.
It is really nothing if 500,000 taels of silver were placed in Jiangnan, but it is not a decimal place in the southwest region.
The Duke of Qian felt that Zhu Ciyang had just established a new dynasty and definitely did not have much money in his hand, so he first asked someone to send the money to arrange the southwest affairs, and would go to Beijing to congratulate him soon.
The current Duke of Qian is Mu Tianbo. Zhu Cilang immediately had information about this guy in his mind, and he was a well-deserved hero.
If it weren't for Zhu Cilang, the Hongguang regime would have continued to persevere, being chased by the Qing Dynasty all the way to the south, and eventually fled to Yunnan.
Duke Qian led all his men and Zhu Yousong to Myanmar.
In the end, he was killed by Myanmar, which was considered to be his loyalty.
"Have you ever investigated where you are, how strong is the Duke of Qian's Mansion?"
There are few records of the strength of the Duke of Qian State's Mansion in the Ming Dynasty. It is just that it can suppress the southwest for generations and suppress the southwest countries and those chieftains. It is conceivable that the strength is also good.
"If you go back to the Prince, there are about 60,000 or 70,000 directly under the Duke of Qian, but Duke of Qian has been guarding Yunnan for generations, and there are also chieftain troops fighting with them. If they gather together, there should be about 130,000 people, but these troops cannot move..."
Takata did not continue to say anything, for fear of angering Zhu Cixuan.
Soon Zhu Cilang understood that there was no movement in the southwest countries of the Ming Dynasty, and it was all related to this army.
The Duke of Qian could not do much, and if this army was added, no one dared to act rashly, whether it was the chieftains in the southwest or foreign countries.
This army is like a pillar and must be stationed in Yunnan.
"How powerful is the combat power?"
Zhu Cixuan did not think about mobilizing it, but just wanted to see the specific situation across the country.
He also knew that this part of the army could not be mobilized. If there was any movement, the southwestern border would probably be unstable.
"According to the old slaves, the chieftains in the southwest are not stable, so this army has been in war, but their weapons and equipment are not very good. They rely on the fierceness of the soldiers to maintain the safety of the southwest of the court."
After listening to Takata's words, Zhu Cilang basically understood in his heart.
Chapter completed!