Chapter 461 459 [Japanese News]
Nanjing, dock.
A messenger quickly landed ashore, transferred to a fast horse and shouted along the way: "Good news, good news. The newly formed 12th Division of the Datong Army defeated Youyang Xuanfu Division, Pingchadong Division, Shiyedong Division, Yimeidong Division, Rongxi Sesamezi Pingdong Division. Commanded the army again to advance eastward and attacked the Xuanwei Division of Baojing Prefecture and the Xuanwei Division of Yongshun..."
The messenger galloped to the city gate, showed his badge, entered the city and continued shouting along the way.
"Won another battle?"
"Where is the new 12th Division?"
"I don't know, it doesn't matter where it is, as long as we win the battle."
"Listening to those names, I'm afraid they are all chieftains. How can they defeat the heavenly soldiers of Datong?"
"In less than two years, Your Majesty will surely rule the world, and by then the price of food will come down."
"Long live your Majesty!"
"..."
Confidential battle reports must not be leaked, but general victory reports allow couriers to spread the news along the way, which can boost the morale of the people and enhance the prestige of the court.
As for the place names in the battle report, they are all chieftains from eastern Sichuan and western Hunan.
The 12th Division was newly formed. Half of the soldiers were natives of Sichuan and half were veterans of the 9th Division. The recruits didn't have enough fire guns in their hands, and many were still using bows and arrows, but they were more than enough to deal with the little chieftain.
Of course, some chieftains are really big, such as Yongshun Xuanweisi and Baojingzhou Xuanweisi. These two places were conquered and directly merged into one mansion, tentatively named Yongshun mansion.
Tujia, Miao, Zhuang... many ethnic groups live together, and all of them have returned to their hometowns. The remote and remote areas have to be managed by officials for several years.
The people of Nanjing heard good news, but Huo Tao, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was reporting worries: "Your Majesty, we received news from the 10th Division that the puppet government in the north of Annan Kingdom sent troops to occupy more than 30 villages on the border of Siling Prefecture."
The first two chief envoys under Zhao Han were Ouyang Zhan and Huo Tao.
After the reform of the central system, Ouyang Zheng was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Huo Tao was promoted to Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War (not qualified enough to be a minister, but he acted as a minister).
Zhao Han really didn't understand: "Annan's northern puppet dynasty only accounts for half of Annan's own country. How dare they come to encroach on the borders of Guangxi?"
Huo Tao replied: "I asked Mr. Li Ge (Li Banghua) for advice. According to Mr. Li Ge, Annan has been coveting the Chinese border for the past three hundred years. During the Jiajing period, a war almost broke out. The Mu family in Yunnan borrowed imperial soldiers Wei, took the opportunity to take back the lost territory on the border."
The Yunnan Mu family is more anxious than anyone else, because all the lost land is the Mu family's private territory!
The Mu family conquered and developed in the past dynasties, and destroyed many small chieftains, and then replaced them themselves. The newly developed land was not reported to the court and was managed by people. This led the civil servants in Yunnan to believe that those territories were not Chinese territory, nor Vietnamese territory, but a savage land that had always been ownerless.
These private areas of the Mu family were historically taken over by Wu Sangui.
After the fall of Wu Sangui, part of it was occupied by Vietnam, and there were territorial disputes during the Qing Dynasty. Later, when France colonized Vietnam, the territory was completely separated from China, and there would never be a chance to take it back.
Huo Tao added: "Now that the Annan and Northern Dynasties have good relations with the Yunnan puppet court, it is impossible for them to encroach on Yunnan. As for Guangxi, our army has not yet occupied Siling Prefecture, and there are only some small chieftains in Siling Prefecture. The Annan and Northern Dynasties monarchs and ministers , has always had expansion ambitions, and taking the opportunity to occupy border villages is expected."
"Since the Tenth Division didn't fight, how did you know about it?" Zhao Han asked.
Huo Tao replied: "Wei Shi, a local official in Siling Prefecture, established himself as chieftain after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. This man was extremely ambitious and brazenly sent troops to Siming Prefecture, which he once captured. All the chieftains in Siming Prefecture joined forces to Drive Wei back to Siling Prefecture. Now, Annan has invaded Jie Zhan Village in large numbers. Wei has lost the battle and has bad relations with other chieftains, so he requested the Tenth Division of the Datong Army to send troops to help."
It can probably be understood that a teddy was causing trouble everywhere and was suddenly bitten by a fierce dog, so he urgently found someone to help him.
At the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, Siling Prefecture had already changed its status and returned to its current status. However, Webster's hereditary Tusi Tongzhi assisted the Han people to know the state and govern the local area, which was not much different from the real Tusi.
Zhao Han asked: "What are the thoughts of the Tenth Division?"
Huo Tao said: "I request your Majesty to follow the example of Sichuan and add a division to Guangxi. Some remnants of the chieftains in Guangxi often surrender and rebel again, attacking officials and people with poisonous arrows in the mountains. The land in Guangxi is barren, with many mountains and little land, and many children The people (Zhuang people) have been soldiers for generations so that they can make a living. Now there are some children who are willing to fight with the Datong Army. But they are not even farmers and soldiers, so their morale is inevitably low, and some of them are even incited to rebel."
Zhao Han thought carefully, nodded and said: "The 13th Division was set up in Guangxi and recruited children as soldiers. However, although the soldiers are strong, they are difficult to control. We also need to recruit some Yao and Han people to join the original army. The 10th Division will be mixed."
Huo Tao said happily: "If there are two divisions in Guangxi, they will surely be able to pacify the whole territory next year, and the year after that they can directly attack the puppet imperial court in Yunnan!"
Zhao Han suddenly said with deep meaning: "There is no need to rush back to the border villages that were encroached by Annan. We will deal with them after we capture Yunnan."
"According to the order!"
Huo Tao already understood that Zhao Han was retaining the excuse to send troops to Annan for war.
Thirteen divisions are 130,000 people. In addition to seven thousand knights, two thousand emperor's personal guards, and the garrison of important seaports, Zhao Han's regular army will soon reach 150,000.
When Sichuan and Guangxi settle down, and there is enough food and grass, two divisions in Sichuan and two divisions in Guangxi can send troops to attack Yunnan and Guizhou, and wipe out the Southwest Warlords with a thunderous force.
Time has to hurry up, and the Chinese must go out.
Just this year, Newton was born and the Dutch discovered New Zealand. And the Dutch feel that New Zealand is the southernmost tip of South America...
The hairy bear from the north has also arrived. The Romanov Dynasty of Tsarist Russia, the founding father of the country, Emperor Mikhail, is about to end his life under the care of his parents. However, Cossack bandits have approached Lake Baikal and are constantly encroaching on Buryat Mongolia's territory.
As long as Tsarist Russia kills Buryatia, it will be able to border on the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
Lake Baikal, known as the "North Sea" in ancient China!
When the Manchus were fighting the Datong Army in Liaodong, Zhao Han was mainly busy with internal affairs. The Temple of Confucianism, Temple of Martial Arts, and Temple of Emperors, after confirming the rules, were repaired one after another, most of which were buildings from the Ming Dynasty.
The Temple of Emperors is only in Nanjing, while the Temple of Confucianism is found in various places, and the Temple of Martial Arts has to cooperate with the Military Academy.
A military academy is planned to be built in Nanjing first, and the main courses are conscription, drill, armament, logistics, command and so on. A small number of outstanding soldiers from each division will be sent back to study. At the same time, it recruits students from primary and secondary schools, and graduates from primary and secondary schools can be directly awarded the post of low-level military officers after completing their military academies.
Huo Tao, the left servant of the Ministry of War, resigned, and the female officer asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to summon the Lin family of Fujian?"
"Let him in," Zhao Han said.
A merchant dressed in silk was soon brought in for an audience. Resisting the urge to kneel down, he cupped his hands and said, "Grassman Lin Wenyuan, pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"A seat."
Zhao Han smiled kindly: "According to the official report from Fujian, it is said that you are working as a liaison for the Japanese shogun?"
Lin Wenyuan replied: "Your Majesty, the Japanese shogunate closed the country, mainly blocking the big and small Francophones (Portugal, Spain). They always wanted to open sea trade with China, but they had an affair with Ming Dynasty because of the Japanese invasion. Today I heard that Ming Dynasty His Majesty has established a new dynasty, so he has plans to open the sea to China. However, Japan dare not send envoys rashly, and wants to make contact through Fujian maritime merchants."
Zhao Han asked, "Have you been doing business with Japan?"
Lin Wenyuan replied: "There is a city in Japan called Nagasaki. Nagasaki also has an island called Dejima. Chinese and Dutch merchants can only live and trade in Deshima, and they have to pay taxes to Nagasaki every year. It's similar... Macau is to Ming Dynasty."
Zhao Han's knowledge of world history was a bit lacking, and he asked, "Why did the Japanese shogunate close the country?"
Lin Wenyuan replied: "Religious chaos!"
"Religion chaos? Western Christianity?" Zhao Han was surprised.
Lin Wenyuan explained: "Especially because of the old Christianity, Spain and Portugal had prosperous trade with Japan. Christianity churches were built in many places along the coast of Japan, and the number of Christianity reached more than 100,000. He was also the lord of various places Cruel and inhumane, the people's life is miserable, some believers united with the peasants to revolt. In the eyes of the Japanese shogunate, the Western Christianity, just like the Chinese White Lotus Sect, is a sect that confuses the people to rebel!"
Zhao Han couldn't help smiling: "That's interesting."
Lin Wenyuan continued: "Four years ago, a sixteen-year-old boy named Amakusa Shiro led some homeless ronin and tens of thousands of civilians to revolt. Among the 37,000 rebels, not only were most of them peasants, but a third The second is the elderly, the weak, women and children. The famous Japanese general Itakura Shigemasa summoned soldiers and horses of several feudal lords to launch a fierce attack on Amakusa Shiro’s rebel army. The shogunate army suffered heavy casualties, and the coach Itakura Shigemasa was killed in battle.”
"So powerful?" Zhao Han was even more surprised. He knew Amakusa Shiro and had come into contact with it in Japanese games.
I don't know if the famous saying of Amakusa Shiro is true or not: Those who stick to this city now will be friends forever in the next life!
Lin Wenyuan said: "The shogunate sent a second commander in chief, and also sent more than a dozen feudal lords to form a coalition army. But they still couldn't break through the city of the rebel army, so they had to besiege the city and block it, trying to starve the rebel army to death."
Zhao Han asked, "Did you starve to death?"
Lin Wenyuan said: "Amakusa Shiro is a Christian believer. He sent people to break out and contact the Dutch, hoping to get the support of the Dutch. But he didn't know that he believed in the old religion, while the Netherlands believed in the Protestant religion. Instead of rescue, the Netherlands Send out the fleet to bombard the rebels."
"That's the truth." Zhao Han nodded.
Lin Wenyuan said: "More than 30,000 rebels fought to the death, and only 20,000 remained. The shogunate army killed 3,000 and injured tens of thousands. After breaking the city, they slaughtered all the living rebels. Since then, Japan has Close the country and cut off trade with Spain and Portugal. The shogunate ordered all churches to be destroyed, and if anyone who believed in Western religion was found, they would be arrested and sentenced to death."
Zhao Han sighed: "Officials force the people to rebel. This is the case in ancient and modern China and abroad. It's a pity that Shiro Amakusa has such courage at the age of sixteen, and can make tens of thousands of volunteers swear to die."
Lin Wenyuan said: "Your Majesty, the Japanese shogunate vaguely proposed conditions. As long as Your Majesty approves of the shogunate rule, Japan is willing to respect Datong China as its suzerain, and all Japanese seaports are open to Chinese merchants."
Zhao Han nodded and said: "Go back and tell the shogunate that the grievances between them and Ming Dynasty are never to be blamed. As long as you promise not to cause Japanese insurrection, you can send envoys to Nanjing. After I receive the Japanese letter of credence, I will also send envoys to Canonize the king of Japan."
"Your Majesty is holy!"
Lin Wenyuan was overjoyed. Once Japan opened its ports, Chinese merchants would do their own business—the Netherlands could only trade on Dejima in Nagasaki.