Chapter 32 Three-legged Preparations for the Southern Expedition

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Looking at the shadow of a sail that gradually disappeared into the sea in the distance, Li Peilin knew that whether his family could rise again had taken the first step.

The next thing is how to put forward his own opinions and views on the strategic development of Li Shouhan's emerging political force. Becoming the Emperor of Wang Zuo is actually the almost ultimate goal of the literati in ancient China, not to mention that once this goal is achieved, he will be the founding father of this new dynasty and the hero of the dragon.

So, he locked himself in his study, while flipping through the documents, letters, and maps over the years, trying to familiarize himself with the situation in Annan as much as possible, and at the same time trying to recall the various situations he had heard about Annan and the former old port consolation envoys when he was in Beijing, so as to come up with a practical plan, and then establish his position in the Li Shouhan group.

Mess! You've got me, I've got you!

This was the opinion he finally came to with a wry smile after several days of painstaking study in his study.

Today's Annan, what a mess!

Above the imperial court, it is the Li family who is the emperor. Of course, this emperor only said so in Annan himself, in the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty, Annan was just a commander. Moreover, the envoy of Annan, who was officially recognized and canonized by Emperor Wanli, was surnamed Mo, not Li!

There are two so-called emperors, so what about the powerful ministers above the court?!

Coincidentally, there are two of them.

One surnamed Zheng and the other surnamed Ruan.

The head of the Zheng family in the north is Zheng Jie, and the head of the Ruan family in the south is Nguyen Phuc Yuan. It is said that the ancestors of both families were generals of the Li Dynasty, who made great contributions in the war with the Mo clan and played a role in helping the crisis and resolving difficulties. In the course of the war, the two families each had their own territory and strength, among which the Zheng family controlled the power of the Li court and became the Annan version of Cao Cao. However, Nguyen Huang, a descendant of the Nguyen family, who had developed his influence in Hue, the southern frontier of Annam, had also begun to establish his own power to rival the Trung clan. Nguyen Huang had this ideal long since the day he was sent to Hue. He built fortifications and stockpiled weapons and food in Quang Nam to prepare for battle against the Zheng clan. But this kind of behavior was also noticed by the Zheng family.

Therefore, when the Zheng family planned to destroy the remnants of the Mo clan army in the north, Zheng Song, the head of the Zheng family, led his division to attack Thang Long City, the capital of the Mo Dynasty (that is, Hanoi), and ordered Ruan Huang to cooperate with the division, and after successfully breaking the enemy, he left Ruan Huang in the north and did not allow him to go back to the south, wanting to turn Ruan Huang into Zhang Shaoshuai of ancient Annam.

However, after all, there is only one best like Zhang Xueliang. This Nguyen Huang finally found an opportunity to escape back to his old nest of Hue.

In this way, two centers were formed, the Truong clan with Thang Long as the center and the Nguyen clan with Hue as the center.

The Zheng clan, centered on Thang Long, made adjustments to the internal institutions of the imperial court in order to consolidate their rule and legitimize their position. Tong guΓ² adjusted, canceled the six ministries set up by Emperor Li, and replaced them with his own institution, the Zheng Mansion. From then on, a major national affairs had to be decided by the Zheng government, and the emperor had no right to intervene in the affairs of the court, which was the so-called Le Emperor Truong in Vietnamese history.

In this way, with the Mo Dynasty still not extinguished, Vietnam formed a more complex pattern of the North and South Koreas.

The Linh Giang (present-day Hai River in Vietnam) was the de facto dividing line between the north and the south.

However, what Li Peilin didn't know was that this river happened to coincide with the 17th parallel of north latitude, that is, it was one of the amazing coincidences in history.

Hejing is between the north and the south.

"Your Excellency, please see." Li Peilin spread out a hand-drawn map of Annan, which was marked with three different colors, "Red is the Zheng family in the north, holding the Li clan of Annan hostage, and it can be regarded as a hero for a while, it is Cao Mengde of this Annan." This blue is our southern Nguyen family, which is divided from Hue, and there are dangers of the Ling River, and a long wall is built on the bank of the Ling River, water masters are trained, and it is said that there is also a so-called elephant team. is like Sun Zhongmou who seized Jiangdong. When I heard that the previous head of the Ruan family died of illness, there was a saying: "There is the danger of Hengshan Lingjiang in the north of Shunguang, and the solidity of Haiyun Tablet Mountain in the south. If you can tame the people and fight against the Zheng clan, you will be able to build a business for all eternity.'"

"This yellow is my dignified Chinese state, my lord, we are in Hejing, we can be said to be trapped in a corner, and we are in the middle of the north and south. I heard that both the north and the south wanted to get rid of each other as soon as possible, no matter which side it was, whether it was going south or north, it would have to pass through my river quiet. We are like Liu Xuande in Jingzhou, Jiangling, and Xiakou. ”

"In addition, I have a quiet river, and now there are benefits of salt and iron, and the system of refined salt can make a hundred times more profit overnight, and the furnace of iron smelting can make thousands of sharp weapons. The people of the north and the south all regard me as if they were anointing and want to swallow it. However, they are all afraid that I will be under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and once the war starts, I will be a traitor, so I will be a rat taboo. ”

Shouhan looked at the map and listened to Li Peilin's half-literate explanation, and in his impression, it seemed that in 1627, the so-called First Zheng Nguyen War broke out. In other words, even if you don't do it yourself, in a few years, the two evil neighbors on both sides will fight. Then, the hard work since his own time crossing may come to naught, or even make wedding clothes for others.

"Sect brother, how should I deal with it? In this drama of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I don't want to be the Liu Xuande who is running around! ”

"My lord, in the past, Liu Xuande, but a horseman, disguised benevolence and righteousness, he won three points of the world, and you, there was a field division order before, so that the cultivators have their fields, and there are salt-making, cloth dyeing, iron smelting, steel-making, and fishing methods, which have won the hearts of the people, and they have a lot to do!"

Shouhan scolded secretly in his heart, don't sell your guanzi, if you have something to say, there is a fart!

"Your Excellency, you have ordered the fields to be divided, but everyone who has sworn allegiance to you will receive them? Fifteen acres of paddy fields? No one Ding Tianfu? As long as you pay 10% of the land production? And, if you have a family member who serves in the military, can you be exempt from some taxes? ”

This was announced by Shouhan in the Decree of the Division, and this text was very important for him to establish his position, how could he forget it?

"Not bad. Exactly. ”

"Have you ever thought that there are not enough fields to get now? The Zheng family land in the north was affected by the plague and war, and a large number of displaced people went south, and outside the city of Hejing, at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, there were about nearly 10,000 households, and they intended to swear allegiance to the lord in order to obtain land. The ships that traveled to and from Qiongzhou, Gaozhou, Qinzhou and other places to sell rice, sugarcane and other goods also brought back many settlers. Or is there a place such as a carpentry, a shipyard, a mine, an iron factory, where these people can earn a living? ”

Shouhan wiped the sweat from his head, what does this guy want to say?

"My lord, please look here."

Li Peilin moved the charcoal pen in his hand downward, and quickly and forcefully outlined the two regions on the map.

"Cam Ranh Bay? Mekong Plain? Shouhan almost cried out in his heart.

"The port here is called Pingba by the natives. My lord, the advantage of my sailor is best in Annam, although the officers and soldiers of Liangguang have many ships and guns, they are not as good as me, but if they are trapped in one place, one fort on the top of a ship is used. If you send a naval division general to lead gunboats to garrison Pimpa Port, you can wait for an opportunity to recover the old port to the south, and go north to help us Ha Tinh or attack Hue. ”

"Here, the natives call it Lower Khmer, or Shui Chenla. The place is thousands of miles away, and it is the most suitable for farming. Moreover, the original countries such as Champa and Shuizhenla are all small countries, and they are all borderless lands in the eyes of a certain person! ”

"Another benefit, unbeknownst to him, is that this is where the Mekong River enters the sea, and there are a total of nine estuaries of the sea, which the locals call the Kowloon River. If the water conservancy is provid, the grass will be opened, and in a few years, it will be my land of fish and rice, a big granary! "Li Shouhan still has a sentence to say, if I set up water wheels and water drains along the Jiulong River, and use water power to build a series of processing plants, then the benefits will be thousands of times!

"In this way, my river is quiet, and there is a three-legged momentum. There is Ha Tranh in the north, the port of Pingba in the middle, and the Lower Khmer in the south. This southeast of Annam, I will have it, and then ......"

Outside the house, Li Xiuxiu jumped to the gate of the courtyard, and the two brothers Mo Jin and Mo Yu reached out to stop her.

"Little girl, the Lord is talking to Mr. Li, please wait here."

Xiuxiu pretended to be talking to Mo Jin and Mo Yu, and when Mo Jin didn't pay attention, he slipped and passed by Mo Jin, "Big brother, big brother!" Where are you?! ”

Hearing a faint sound of talking in the study, she followed the sound, walked to the door, and heard Li Peilin's voice in the room, "...... So, we have to build a tunpu,......"

"Big brother, so you're here?!" Xiuxiu excitedly pushed open the door and saw Li Peilin fiddling with maps, account books, abacus and other things with Li Shouhan on the table, and the two were still writing and drawing on paper.

"Little sister! Don't be rude in front of the general. Li Peilin still has to put on some brotherly posture in front of his sister, and at the same time, he must not lose his identity as a scholar in front of Li Shouhan.

"Eh, I just like Xiu'er's delicate and innocent nature!" Shouhan hurriedly stopped Li Peilin's words. Just kidding, every day is a serious Chinese conversation with you, isn't it to suffocate Lao Tzu?

"That's it! Brother, you see, it's still the brother of the Li family who feels sorry for me! ”

"Brother Li, the Siamese cat that Sister Mei'er gave me seems to have a baby! Are you going to see it with me? Li Xiuxiu's red and glamorous face couldn't help but make Li Shouhan stand up and leave with a smile.

"You have a cat and a parrot, so be careful, lest the parrot become a delicacy in the mouth of a Siamese cat!" Li Shouhan felt that he was very evil.

"No, the parrot that Sister Meier gave me, I hung it on the pillars, and the cats would never reach it!"

Looking at Li Shouhan and Li Xiuxiu standing together, Li Peilin suddenly had a thought in his heart. He decided to wait for Li Peiting to come back from Yangzhou and discuss it with him.

Three days later, Xu Huanshan was ordered to come.

"Tiger, how are your subordinates?"

Xu Huanshan had a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, "My lord, the sons and daughters practice artillery every day, practice salvo fire, and practice loading according to the artillery instructions of adults. Practice aiming at enemy ships at sea and firing at enemy cities and ports. ”

According to Li Shouhan's knowledge, the artillery of this era was not as clear as the distinction between the army and the navy, so each battalion of the army was not equipped with artillery detachments, but was prepared to set up a separate artillery division to manage the artillery units in the future. Thinking about the scene when his artillery was concentrated and bombarded with 10,000 artillery pieces of the enemy in the future, Li Shouhan couldn't help but let out a smug lewd smile. Hum! What England, what sea coachmen, what Spain, will tremble and beg for mercy before the mighty artillery fire.

"Don't just practice artillery and neglect the maintenance and maintenance of artillery. In peacetime, you are worthy of artillery, and in wartime, artillery is worthy of you. ”

Xu Huanshan chewed Li Shouhan's words carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. "My lord, after the daily drills, the guns are cleaned and maintained according to the rules of the artillery field taught by the adults. Clean the barrel with vegetable oil, wait for the grease to dry, and then seal the barrel with a cloth-wrapped wooden stopper to prevent the barrel from being corroded by seawater and moisture, and then rusting, which will affect the range and accuracy. ”

Minor maintenance of artillery is carried out every day, and a separate artillery yard day is set up every week except for war to maintain artillery. This was Li Shouhan's requirement for artillery, and it was written into the combat regulations of artillery.

In addition, it is the fixed gunpowder. Before the gunpowder leaves the factory, it is packaged according to the difference between gun propellant and cannon propellant, wrapped in oiled paper, and then placed in wooden powder barrels of uniform specifications for preservation. The advantage of this is to prevent the gunners from being negligent in training or panicking in battle, and from blowing up the guns due to excessive charges.

Each artilleryman only needs to memorize the relationship between the corresponding projectile type and the amount of ammunition according to the gun gauge that measures the elevation angle of the muzzle and the number jΓΉ given by the high and low machine, and according to the rote ballistic table. That is to say, whether at sea or on land, as long as the rangefinder has exploded at a distance and in a certain direction, the gunners will order that each cannon need to be loaded with a certain amount of gunpowder to load a certain type of shell.

In addition, Li Shouhan did not hesitate to invest in artillery training, and hundreds of barrels of gunpowder were transported to the dock and handed over to the artillery for live-fire training. ”

"It's just that, my lord, according to your rules, there is now a shortage of artillery on every ship, a few three or five personnel, and a maximum of six or seven personnel. On average, a boat, that is, twenty guns up and down. ”

"Haha! No way! Who made me poor! Everywhere you have to spend money, everywhere there are big holes that cost money, and the artillery comes out more slowly. However, whether it is shells or gunpowder, they are all used in the open! ”

After a few haha calls, Li Shouhan got to the point.

"Nowadays, how many ships are there that can be dispatched at any time?! What about gunners and sailors? ”

"Back to the words of the adults. There are five ships that can be dispatched at once, and the rest of the ships can only go close to the sea, and it is still somewhat difficult to go to the far sea. ”

"Tiger, you make arrangements, leave five boats to watch the house. The rest of the ships, immediately prepared, went south along the coastline to the port of Pingba and the area of Shui Chenla. ”

"My lord, what are you going to do there?"

"What to do? Sue sΓΉ brothers, grab money, grain, and land! ”

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