Chapter 692: Prevention and Control of the Plague

Huang Sheng listened carefully to Wang Ruhai's report, summoned the officers of the Praise Painting Department to study the terrain, and found that the base camp chosen by the Cultist Army was very good.

The original castle where Amakusa Toshisada was entrenched was located in the west of Kyushu Island, east of Nagasaki, a famous port city on the west coast of Kyushu Island.

The island is about equal to the sea on all sides, only seven or eight kilometers connected to the land of Kyushu Island, and the original castle is located on the seaside, and the location is unique, as long as there is a strong sea force, it is convenient and quick to provide reinforcements to the religious army from the sea.

Huang Sheng issued an order to concentrate the Xiyi disciples who had been captured in recent years, give freedom to the Xiyi who were willing to participate in the war of apologetics, and give them smoothbore guns, ammunition and food, and send them to the original city of the Japanese Kingdom to participate in the battle to defend the original city.

Amakusa Tokisada was given weapons and food aid free of charge, and the navy could shell the shogunate army to provide fire support to the Amakusa Tokisada army guarding the original castle.

The "Nanming" navy can send sentinel ships to assist Amakusa Tokisada and send messengers to contact the congregants of other dioceses.

In addition, it is possible to transport believers from all over the world to the original castle by merchant ships and warships to participate in the battle against the shogunate army, and to ensure that this place is not conquered by the shogunate army.

Historically, these rebellious followers were very tenacious, they even had limited iron knives and guns, and they still fought with sharpened bamboo spears.

Under the blows of more than 100,000 shogunate troops, they held out until they ran out of ammunition and food, and refused to surrender, and finally more than 30,000 people were killed.

Now it is definitely not going to be, the Huang family navy has repeatedly attacked the Wa Kingdom, and in Kagoshima has eliminated the Satsuma Domain entrenched there, and the strength of the Wa Kingdom is no longer as good as it is in history.

Historically, the shogunate asked the Dutch merchant ships to provide artillery support to fight the Christian army, because the Dutch were troubled by the war on Java and could not get out, and the island of Taiwan was constantly in conflict with the Spanish.

The Dutch were among the objects whose development was restricted by Huang Sheng, and their merchant ships often disappeared for no reason in the waters of the "Nanming", and there were no decent armed merchant ships in the vicinity of the Wa Kingdom.

Contrary to history, since the Spaniards and the "Nanmei" had a commercial relationship, they had merchant ships operating in the Sea of Japan, and the Spaniards, who were also Catholics, chose to support the Catholic army against the shogunate army.

It has long deviated from history, and now there are still Li Guozhu and the "Nanming" navy pulling the shelf, constantly transporting Japanese Christians from all over the country to participate in the war of apologetics by sea.

The number of Amakusa Shizhen is at least three or four percent more than in history, the food reserves are at least twice as large, and the weapons and equipment are even more incomparable.

With the artillery support provided by the warships at sea, and one or two thousand Xiyi musketeers joining the guardian team, it is very likely that Amakusa Shizhen will form an armed secession.

Wang Ruhai received a clear answer from the head of the family, and immediately returned to "Huaxia Island" to resume his life.

At the same time, warships and merchant ships that traveled to and from the sea began to send Xiyi followers to the original city.

It is said that the Spanish missionaries in 'Huaxia Island', Huangjiawan Island, Zhoushan Island and other places also took the initiative to go to the Japanese country to defend the Christians.

Some of them went to save the dead and help the wounded, and some simply picked up smoothbore guns to fight, because the persecution methods of the Japanese state were too vicious, and the believers hated the same enemy.

Huang Sheng was unable to witness the chaos of the Wa Kingdom in person, and his first task was to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong, who had caused chaos in the Ming Dynasty.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Huang Sheng held a meeting at the Qinhuaihe Grand Theater, and the theater that can accommodate 1,300 people to watch the theater is squeezed in with 2,000 civil and military generals.

Huang Sheng announced the establishment of the sixth department, but it is two levels lower than the Ming specification, there is no Shangshu, the highest level is the third product Lang, Zhao Shimin did not come to the meeting, and was appointed by the teacher as the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, Gu Shanhai is the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry, and Sun Yuanhua is the Langzhong of the Ministry of Works.

Huang Mingli is the left waiter of the Ministry of War, Huang Mingdao is the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Bian Zhiming is Langzhong of the Ministry of Officials, Huang Dongshan is the right waiter of the Ministry of Households, Xu Guangqi is the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Ruan Dan and Shang Muming are Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Guozheng is a part-time right waiter of the Criminal Department .......

The army is organized into 36 battalions, with 144,000 regular soldiers and auxiliary troops, and the officers and men of the navy cannot be organized into battalions, and there are 150,000 sailors, regular soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and marines.

Cheng Quangong, Han Kuan, Li Dagang, Han Guang, and other old brothers did not specifically train the battalions, but entered the general staff and military departments with the rank of general of the second grade.

Huang Mingli and Huang Mingdao received the rank of chief soldier of Zhengyipin, and were knighted, Huang Mingli was awarded the first-class Pingliao Bo, and Huang Mingdao was awarded the first-class Pingyi Bo ....... Huang Dongshan, Gu Shanhe, and Liu Guozheng were awarded the second-class Han Weibo, and Huang Donghai, Heihu, Lu Chengzu, Han Kuan, and more than a dozen others were awarded the third-class loyal and brave uncle.

Anyway, only by obtaining military merits can they be knighted, which is the honor of the soldiers who fought for the country.

Zhao Shimin's hard work and high achievements played a pivotal role in "Nanming", but he only won the official position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Works, and actually led the Ministry of Industry, but did not get the title.

In order to make the researchers, scientists, technicians, craftsmen, and doctors who study technology more hopeful, "Nanming" specially gave honors to encourage everyone to rejuvenate the country through science and technology.

In fact, this is not an official, and there is no real job for the grade, which is to give everyone an honor, so that good craftsmen and scientists can get more treatment.

The mode is equivalent to the canonization of the Ming Dynasty's wife, ranging from one product to seven products.

The scientific and technological workers who have received grade treatment are like the wives who have been given orders, and their lives have not changed much, and they still do what they should do.

But there is an extra halo on the top of his head, an identity and honor, and a few to dozens of silver coins more per month, which is equivalent to a level salary.

After the "Nanming" system, there are two ways to pay it, and the superposition of job salary and grade salary is the actual income. To the extent that society has developed, it is possible to consider the collection of a personal adjustment tax.

Fang Yizhi, Xu Hongzu and other talents have obtained false titles ranging from seven to six grades, and they are more enthusiastic, and they are contributing to the construction of "Nanming".

Hu Jianya and Wu Youxing led the team to make great contributions to epidemic prevention and control, laid the foundation for scientific medical treatment, popularized blood transfusion technology and injection treatment methods, successfully developed and widely produced various injections, and so on.

They have successfully developed a special drug called "Anti-Sadism", so that malaria, a stubborn disease, will no longer be one of the culprits that take the health and lives of the people of "Nanming".

The medical team also found that eliminating rodent infestation, eliminating fleas, washing hands frequently with soap, washing the body, and maintaining personal hygiene would better prevent and control the plague, which is the dreaded Black Death.