Chapter 118: The first step of the whale swallowing the Qing Dynasty

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The reason why Yang Xiao chose the white-eyed Eagle King as an ally is because the grandfather of the Eagle King Zhang Wuji, let's help his grandson to be the sect leader, he must be happy to see it!

So, Yang Xiao handed Yin Tianzheng a color, which means; Old man, I plan to let your grandson be the leader of the sect and lead our Ming Sect, what do you think?

Yin Tianzheng gave a look back: Okay, this kid is young, his martial arts are so strong, he is the best candidate for the prosperity of the Ming Sect!

The two hit it off and immediately proposed in front of everyone: please ask Zhang Wuji to be the leader.

This is also the reason why Zhou Ding didn't personally resist the six major factions and save the Ming Sect himself!

Zhang Wuji can be the leader of the sect precisely because of his identity!

He is the grandson of the White-eyed Eagle King, the righteous son of the Golden Lion King, and the benefactor of the Blue Winged Bat King.

If Zhou Ding is replaced, even if he has a life-saving grace for Mingjiao, it is difficult for Mingjiao to be regarded as his own person, not his own person, how can he become the leader of Mingjiao?

Yang Xiao proposed to nominate Zhang Wuji as the sect leader, and the only people in the audience who were qualified to oppose it were the Wusan people and the Blue Winged Bat King!

The Blue Winged Bat King naturally wouldn't object, not to mention today's matter, just because Zhang Wuji cleared the cold poison in his body for him, he had no reason to object?

Will the Wusans object?

Don't be funny!

Not to mention that this kid is the grandson of the Eagle King and the righteous son of the Lion King, with today's life-saving grace alone, whoever dares to oppose it is ungrateful!

The people of the Five Elements Banner were even more jubilant, they had long heard that Zhang Wuji was 'willing to be exterminated with three palms, and he saved the disciples of the Ming Sect', so they admired Zhang Wuji very much.

What's more, Zhang Wuji resisted the six major factions, and the Ming Sect was all affected by Zhang Wuji's life, who would object?

Besides, Zhang Wuji is at least much better than the dictatorial Yang Xiao as the leader of the sect, right?

Zhang Wuji symbolically excused himself, and then accepted the position of sect leader, after all, this was the task assigned to him by the master.

The plot is on the right track, Zhou Ding sent Zhu'er to the top of the light, and took Xiao Zhao back to Niutou Mountain.

Subsequently, Zhou Ding left "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" and came to the world of "Huo Yuanjia" in the late Qing Dynasty.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the time was the late spring of 1904.

It has been two and a half years since Zhou Ding occupied Wanwan and established the Great Han Kingdom.

In two and a half years, the Great Han Kingdom already had more than 100,000 elite troops.

In the past two and a half years, a lot of big things have happened in this world!

Two years ago, Japan signed a treaty of alliance with Great Britain to jointly fight against Tsarist Russia.

In the winter of the same year, Japanese students Qin Yuliu, Zhang Ji, Ye Lan, Dong Hongwei, Wang Rongbao, Zhou Hongye, Feng Lifu, Chen Duxiu and others prepared to establish an anti-Qing revolutionary group in Tokyo.

In the same year, when the Chinese New Year was approaching, the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan's nephew, Hong Quanfu, Xie Jitai, Li Jitang and others, contacted the Hongmen Hui Party to revolt in Guangzhou and establish the Ming Shun Heavenly Kingdom.

It's a pity that it failed due to a secret leak.

A year ago, when the Sino-Russian "Treaty on the Settlement of the Three Eastern Provinces" expired, Tsarist Russia not only did not withdraw its troops, but continued to increase its troops by more than 8,000 people and reoccupied Yingkou.

After people from all walks of life in Shanghai received this news, they held an anti-Russian meeting in Zhangyuan and telegraphed to oppose the new covenant of Tsarist Russia.

At the end of last August, Sun Yat-sen secretly set up a military school in Japan.

The Qing Dynasty has begun to show the image of defeat!

Zhou Ding was ready to lead 100,000 troops to occupy Jiangnan in one fell swoop, and then, he could rely on the advantage of warships to cross the river with the Qing Dynasty.

When the Eight-Nation Alliance withdrew, it was met with the details of Zhou Ding, who captured a lot of warships, but these warships were not enough for 100,000 people.

No guns, no cannons, our own enemies make them for us!

Zhou Ding drove his helicopter around the coastline of the Qing Dynasty, slipping around from south to north, and the warships of all countries docked in the Qing Dynasty all entered Zhou Ding's system space.

The purpose of this is not only to need these warships, but also to warn other countries: 'This China is my Zhou Ding's territory, and if I dare to send warships here, I will let it disappear silently.'" ’

In mid-April, Zhou Ding dispatched a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, divided into eight routes, and went straight to various important places in the south of the Yangtze River.

The first group of people, led by Liu Guangdi, with a total strength of 10,000, set out from Qiongzhou (Hainan), occupied Hong Kong and Macao, and then slowly marched north!

The second group, led by Yang Rui with a total force of 10,000, marched directly north from Qiongzhou (Hainan) to control Yongzhou (Nanning).

The third group, led by Yang Shenxiu, with a total force of 10,000, controlled Fuzhou.

The fourth road, led by Lin Xu, with a total force of 10,000, entered the Yangtze River, went straight up along the river, and entered Changsha.

The Fifth Route of People, led by Kang Guangren, with a total force of 10,000, entered the Yangtze River and went straight up the river into Hankou (Wuhan).

The sixth road, led by Tan Sitong, with a total strength of 10,000, entered the Yangtze River and went straight up the river into Yining Prefecture (Jiujiang).

The Seventh Road, led by Fang Youde, with a total strength of 10,000, entered Nanjing along the river.

The eighth road, Zhou Ding personally led 30,000 soldiers, occupied Shanghai, Hangzhou, and at the same time declared the world: the Qing Dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, and the people could not live and work in peace and contentment.

In just ten days, Zhou Ding controlled the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop.

The process of subjugation was very smooth, and there were clashes in some areas, but in the face of the well-armed and well-disciplined Houyi army, this kind of retarded behavior was nothing more than looking for death.

At that time, the Anglo-French coalition army, with a total of more than 20,000 people, was able to directly enter the city of Beijing, and the entire imperial court fled in embarrassment, which can prove from the side: how scumbag the combat effectiveness of the Qing Dynasty troops was.

What's more, the armaments of the Qing Dynasty in the south were even more lax than those in the north of Gyeonggi!

Zhou Ding's 100,000 troops came out together, and countless warships arrayed on the water, and this magnificent scene alone made many generals defending the city surrender without a fight.

The only thing that surprised Zhou Ding was that the local landlords and squires were not opposed to his arrival!

Why is that?

Zhou Ding investigated and found that the timing he chose was really good!

At the end of last year, in order to raise salaries and train troops, the Qing Dynasty issued an edict to rectify the tobacco and alcohol tax, ordering all provinces to follow the regulations of the Zhili and set the tax amount at 6.4 million taels for each province.

Who's going to pay for it? Naturally, it was an apportionment to these landlords and squires.

More than six million taels, distributed to the heads of a hundred families, one family also has more than sixty thousand taels, this is not a small number!

Are these landlords and rich businessmen in Jiangnan rich?

Yes, they are rich!

However, if there is money, there is money, and whoever wants to take their money, they will play with whom!

How could these people pay this tax willingly?

When the people in the government were arguing with them, Zhou Ding came!

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