Looking at the latest telegram sent by Yan Shantang, Zhang Xu shook his head vigorously,

"There has been nothing for a thousand years, but it has come out of the British Dynasty!

An emperor dies and a dynasty collapses, and an emperor eventually succeeds an emperor; An emperor died in Jingshi, but the new emperor was going to succeed him in Sichuan, was Zhang Tinghe's brain arched by a pig? How brain-dead does it take to come up with such a trick?

When the second emperor of Huiqin in the Northern Song Dynasty was captured by the Jin people, Gaozong Zhao Gou succeeded to the throne in Shangqiu and crossed to the south, which is not as exaggerated as the British Dynasty today, and even wanted Jin Hong to succeed to the throne in Sichuan, how much feces did Zhang Tinghe have in his head? ”

Lao Yue Li Fengxin also shook his head,

"Actually, I can't blame Zhang Tinghe, according to Yanshantang's previous intelligence, Emperor Shunhe and other high-level officials of the imperial court have long been afraid of the East China Sea Kingdom, and the more people who know about the East China Sea Kingdom, the more timid they are, after all, anyone can see the general trend of the world; Emperor Shunhe also made it clear before that ordering the prince to go to Sichuanzhong was the last hope for the survival of the country and the operation!

The more high-level officials of the imperial court were more afraid of the East China Sea Kingdom, on the contrary, the more the court Qingliu and the middle-level officials were more hostile to the East China Sea Kingdom, because they only saw the compromise of the imperial court with the East China Sea Kingdom, but did not understand the real strength of the East China Sea Kingdom, so the current situation was created;

Many court officials knew Emperor Shunhe's intention to send the crown prince Jin Hong to Sichuan, but they were unwilling to accept it. ”

Fu Ning sighed,

"What I'm worried about now is the decision of the Jin Qing dynasty after he ascended the throne, and the rise of the hardliners in the imperial court in an all-round way, so a foreign war will be the best means to stabilize the new imperial power, and the impact on commerce and trade between the two countries that I am worried about, as well as the military pressure of the imperial court along the Great Wall of the East China Sea Kingdom."

Sheng Shiran said, "If they dare to be tough, we will beat them again, it shouldn't have any big impact; Besides, it shouldn't have much impact on our business, right? Now our foundation is in the fields of industry, mining, energy, etc., coal, iron, fire and oil are the top priority, and we don't need to trade with the imperial court, so we don't need to worry, right? ”

Before Fu Ning could reply, Lao Yue began to refute Sheng Shiran,

"You're wrong! - You only see the coal, iron, and oil that we don't need to import from the imperial court, but you don't see anything else; The sericulture, cotton and linen, tung oil, tea, raw silk and other agricultural products of the imperial court are all we need, and the quantity is very large, once the trade between the two countries is hit hard, our losses will be very large;

To put it mildly, you may run out of oil when you eat vegetables, because the amount of rape and soybeans planted in our East China Sea is very small, and the cultivation of sesame, mung beans, peas, sorghum, millet, buckwheat and other crops is almost non-existent.

In addition, the output of cotton and linen crops in our East China Sea is also insufficient, after all, our development time is too short, and now the annual cotton and linen imports are the top priority, and I am afraid that there will be a little loss; Every year, the divisions are staring at the business department is the cotton and linen, there is no cotton textile industry will scold the mother, no ramie other divisions can run the business department to pretend to be dead to show people, the number of ramie required for the cable alone every year can make people crazy;

This is the same one by one, so can it be separated from the trade between the two countries?! ”

Sheng Shiran was dumbfounded, "So the commerce and trade between the two countries really can't be broken?" ”

"Isn't it!" Lao Yue replied, "A lot of our annual trade with the imperial court is in the fields of cotton, linen, raw silk and other fields, not to mention tea; You ask Zhang Xu, how many of the personnel of the Huaiyang Hall of the Intelligence Department are for the purpose of commerce and trade between the two countries? There are no less than hundreds of sacrifices before and after! ”

Zhang Xu nodded, "Yes!" -- In Yangzhou alone, the Intelligence Department has deployed no less than 300 intelligence personnel for the commercial and trade fields, and as many as 2,000 peripheral personnel; Huaiyangtang intelligence is largely working for the field of commerce and trade! ”

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Zhang Lianxiang looked at the map for a long time,

"Dongjia, you said that now that Jin Qing has ascended the throne, how will Jin Hong in the middle of the river react?"

Fu Ning said, "It's hard to say now, after all, the middle of the Sichuan is too far, and the current strength of the Intelligence Department is only in Wuchang at the farthest, and the strength is not enough, and the middle of the Sichuan has not been able to sneak in;

We can't unilaterally hope that the court will make trouble within itself, and it is more important for us to do our own prevention work; To be honest, we are not afraid that the court will guard against us, what we are afraid of is that the court will take the initiative to attack us;

Now that the new emperor of the imperial court has ascended the throne, the means are nothing more than internal and external, internally, they are to stabilize the regime, fight against the remnants of Emperor Shunhe, and deal with the reaction of Jinhong in Sichuan, and externally, it is the reaction of our East China Sea State;

We cannot wait unilaterally for the imperial court to react, and my opinion is that first of all, let the embassy in Beijing congratulate Jin Qing on his accession to the throne, and at the same time express the desire to live together peacefully for a year; The rest is for our own side to guard against the possibility of the imperial court once again forbidden to the sea, and at the same time to guard against the imperial court's military response along the Great Wall. ”

The crowd nodded;

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After more than ten days, the imperial court was calm, and officials from all over the country successively handed excerpts to the Beijing Division, the underlying meaning was to be loyal to the new emperor, and the few local officials who did not respond, no one knew what their plans were.

A flying pigeon in the middle of the river flew to Beijing and only brought a note, "King Jin Hong of Shu congratulates King Yan on his accession to the throne!" ”

It was more than ten days, and a group of post guards in Sichuan arrived in Beijing through Hanzhong Taiyuan and other places tiredly, and then scattered news gradually spread from the palace, "Prince Jin Hong proclaimed himself the king of Shu in Sichuan, and admitted the fact that Jin Qing of Jingshi ascended the throne as emperor, but Jin Hong was unwilling to go to Beijing to serve allegiance!" ”

"The state is difficult, and the dynasty is in danger; The imperial brother Yu Yanjing succeeded him, and the imperial brother Hong congratulated him in Sichuan;

At the end of the year, the invasion of the East China Sea is about to begin, Hong is very worried, and now he is operating in the land of Sichuan and Shu, hoping to make more weapons and train more elite soldiers, thinking that he will plan for the future!

The enemy of the East China Sea is very noisy, pay close attention to the imperial brother, pay close attention! ”

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A letter of allegiance that does not look like allegiance, a letter of surrender that does not look like surrender, drew a temporary end to the dispute between Jin Hong and Jin Qing on the throne, and the dispute was temporarily shelved, just because there was such a gluttonous beast as the East China Sea Kingdom next to it, which was eyeing it.

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In March, rumors spread in Beijing that the new emperor Jin Qing wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, and public opinion rose one after another;

The gentry and nobles went south one after another because of fear, and for a time the roads were blocked, and the people's hearts were unstable;

News came from Yanshantang that the new emperor Jin Qing intended to move the capital south, but most of the Qingliu and officials from all walks of life resisted, and the two factions continued to argue, so the matter of moving the capital to the south was delayed.

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In April, the military headquarters of the East China Sea State issued a notice that from April to September, the number of soldiers in the Military Affairs Department did not increase; The government affairs and culture base camp issued an order to mobilize and recruit a total of 200,000 reserve personnel for government affairs, cultural propaganda, and basic education personnel for three months of emergency training to serve the all-out war that will begin at the end of the year.

However, what the world has not noticed is that there is also a private order in the intelligence base camp, and the field patrol inspectors, who are jointly managed by the Military Affairs Department and the Supervision Department, suddenly mobilized and increased the number of 100,000 people.

The imperial court is confused about the latest news of the East China Sea Kingdom, a full-scale war is about to break out at the end of the year, and the East China Sea Country has not increased a single number of soldiers, but has increased the number of scholars by 200,000, is it necessary to use these 200,000 scholars to fight the world? It's just weird?!

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Donghai country, a large-scale anti-corruption campaign was originally to be launched in the end or thunder and rain, Fu Ning sighed and sighed, there is always a dilemma between wishes and facts, originally planned to be large-scale anti-corruption this year, but large-scale mobilization has begun, large-scale anti-corruption has become unfashionable, the Intelligence Department, the Supervision Department, the Government Affairs Department, and other departments have no energy to eliminate corruption, because officials everywhere are tired of being dogs because of large-scale mobilization, where is there still the heart to eliminate corruption!

As a last resort, the Intelligence Department and the Department of Irregularities hastily handled several typical corruption cases, and hastily sentenced several corrupt dignitaries to be transferred to the Donghu Hall of Annan Prefecture; The first to bear the brunt was Xin Xinbao, head of the Department of Industry and Textiles, who was sentenced to 20 years of detention in the Donghu Hall of Annan Province for serious corruption, deprived of his rights for life, and pardoned.

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Bilateral relations between the two countries continued to be turbulent this year, and strangely the north became increasingly tense while the south became more relaxed, especially the coastal areas of Fujian, which almost gradually opened the door to the East China Sea and became peaceful;

The Fujian side has been perfunctory to the military and political orders of Yanjing, and they have not listened to the seal, but the imperial court has no way to reach it; There is no doubt that the Zhejiang Mintang of the Intelligence Department has fully infiltrated Fujian, and now even the warships of the East China Sea can arbitrarily dock in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.

In the north, bilateral relations are almost tense and bleeding, especially along the Great Wall, the military conflict between the two sides is gradually intensifying, and it seems that it is about to gradually turn from sporadic conflicts to full-scale wars.

Both sides knew that the autumn harvest would be the last preparations before a full-scale war between the two sides, and once the autumn harvest was completed on both sides, the real big war would begin.

Both sides know that the war in the south can only be encroachment, and the decisive battle can only be in the north, and the imperial court no longer has the strength to pay attention to the south, Lingnan, Fujian, Zhejiang, and southern Jiangsu are all within the scope of the force projection of the southern army of the East China Sea State, and the dense mountains and water networks in the south are destined to the East China Sea cannot be swept quickly, so the decisive battle can only be in the north.

The key question is, where exactly will the decisive battle place in the north be?

The imperial court is the main defense, the Donghae Kingdom is the main attack, and the land of Gyeonggi is the most likely decisive battle, but what if it is not?

The important ministers of the court gathered together, terrified;

Gyeonggi must be defended, Shanxi must be defended, and Shandong and Shanxi must be defended, and any place that is broken through will be a monstrous disaster;

Zhangjiakou is 400 miles away from Beijing, but there are still rugged mountains and bunkers, Shanhaiguan is only 600 miles from Beijing, and one horse is Pingchuan, what method is used to delay the possible attack of the East China Sea State?

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The military of the East China Sea State is also anxious, and it is said that the strategic decision is only issued to the level of deputy minister, and even the commanders of the divisions do not know where the direction of the decisive battle is;

However, many smart people have already guessed the direction of the decisive battle, as long as they know where the military supplies of the East China Sea Kingdom are mainly gathered, where is the direction of the decisive battle!

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The frost flowers are rising, the north wind is blowing, and the people in the barracks are neighing and the horses are singing,

The imperial court finally made a decision, and Guanlong's cavalry tentatively approached the Hetao, which had been wild for half a year, but the military of the East China Sea Kingdom did not have any reaction, so the court ordered that the entire Guanlong heavy army group began to press on it in an all-round way, trying to go out of northern Shaanxi and go north to take the Yinshan North Hall of the East China Sea Kingdom.

Seeing that the only mobile heavy army group of the imperial court had finally moved, the embassy of the East China Sea State in Beijing was ordered to issue an ultimatum to the imperial court.

"Haotian has a fate, and Mu Zhengmiao, now there is the East China Sea China Republic, and the British Empire to fight for the Han Dynasty;

If so, the East China Sea Huaxia Republic gave the British Empire Emperor Jin Qing an ultimatum;

Fu Ning, head of state of the East China Sea and director of the General Staff Department, limited the British Emperor Jin Qing to hand over power to the East China Sea China Republic within three days, and to complete the succession work with him;

If so, Fu Ning, the head of state of the East China Sea, conferred the title of King of the Kingdom of Jin Qing and guaranteed the safety of the royal family.

If not, then the East Sea State will treat both sides as war parties from the end of this ultimatum date, and the East Sea State will solve the problem in the form of war!

Fu Ning,

On October 27, 1735 in the East China Sea calendar, September 12 in the first year of Chengping in the British Empire calendar. ”

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As soon as the imperial court received the ultimatum from the East China Sea, it rejected the ultimatum and declared war on the East China Sea; Immediately expelled the envoys and merchants of the East China Sea Kingdom, took back the embassy of the East China Sea Kingdom in Beijing, and demanded that all the personnel of the East China Sea Kingdom leave the country within three days!

A huge war that decided the ownership of the Central Plains began.

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On 1 November, the Donghai Navy captured Longkou again, and the 1st Field Division and the 5th Cavalry Division of the Donghai State began to land ashore.

The attack spread out like fireworks, and within three days, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Haizhou, Laiyang, Jimo, Jiaozhou, Gaomi, Weixian, Zhucheng and other places fell rapidly.

The follow-up actions of the Donghai State were also carried out at a rapid pace, 50,000 field patrol inspectors and 50,000 government, cultural and educational personnel hurriedly landed ashore, and the policy of dividing land and exempting the occupation area was immediately launched, and all the landlords and gentry in the newly occupied areas, as well as all the scholars, were arrested and detained in Jiaozhou Bay, and then boarded ships and relocated to the military post city hall and Donghu hall of Annan Prefecture.

At this point, the strategic purpose of the East China Sea State was fully exposed, and a heavy punch was struck at the waist of the imperial court,—— Shandong, which could go down to Jinling in the south, attack Henan in the west, and go north to attack the important places in the south of Gyeonggi.

The imperial court was completely panicked, and the heavy troops of the East China Sea Kingdom on the front line of the Great Wall did not move at all, so the Gyeonggi Heavy Army Group and the Xuanda Heavy Army Group of the Imperial Court did not dare to transfer troops to Shandong, and the only remaining mobile troops that could be mobilized were the Guanlong Heavy Troops who had already gone north to attack the North Hall of Yinshan;

The military order changed three times a day, and the heavy troops of Guanlong had to give up the intention of attacking northward, and instead transferred elite troops to quickly go east to Shandong; But it will take at least a month to travel thousands of miles, and no one dares to guarantee that Jinan will not be in the hands of the imperial court at that time.

After Weixian, the eastern part of the country began to slowly move westward, all the way to the west, all the way slowly, but the field patrol inspectors and government affairs, cultural and educational personnel, but they followed quite quickly, and each newly occupied area was quickly stabilized and public order, and at the same time, the landlords and gentry were quickly relocated, and the land was divided.

The footsteps were dense and solid, and it took a month to slowly advance to the east side of Jinan, and at this time, the vanguard of Guanlong had already entered Jinan;

The protracted war revolved around Jinan, and the forces of both sides of the war gathered more and more, and the East China Sea State always accumulated combat power and fought more and more slowly, while the imperial court sent more and more reinforcements.

The East China Sea State has been slowly increasing its troops, not from the mainland, but constantly converting prisoners; Complaining, preaching, dividing the land and land, high military salaries, etc., etc., for every ten court soldiers captured, seven or eight servant troops belonging to the East China Sea State might be conjured up in a few days;

Zibo, Binzhou, Dezhou, Jinan, the land between the four cities, the war around the battle for the Yellow River was going on every day, the East China Sea always bypassed the city to seek field battles, and after the war retreated sharply, while the imperial court always tried to regain control of the Yellow River section, so the war was raging every day.

The imperial court continued to lose blood, thousands of troops disappeared every day, and reinforcements from all walks of life continued to come every day, and the East China Sea State captured the imperial court officers and soldiers every day, and then quickly transformed a large number of captives into servant troops;

The pack horses of the East China Sea State went crazy every day to transport ammunition and logistics to the front, and then they went crazy to transport prisoners to the rear, and all the officers and soldiers of the landlord and gentry were quickly screened among the captives, and then a large number of soldiers from poor peasant families were quickly instigated and transformed into servant troops.

The battlefield situation always gives the imperial court an illusion, every day is precarious, and increasing reinforcements can turn it into peace, and maybe it can also fight the East China Sea army back, but unconsciously, the war lasted for more than three months in the blink of an eye, and the imperial court unknowingly lost more than 300,000 elite soldiers.

The battlefield is like a magnet, constantly attracting the troops of both sides, in the blink of an eye, it has been January 1736, and it is about to be the New Year, and there are careful people in the imperial court who have inadvertently discovered the facts, in the blink of an eye, the most elite soldiers of the imperial court, almost all of them have fallen into the Shandong battlefield, many elite soldiers have disappeared, and more elite soldiers have fallen into the battlefield and cannot be withdrawn; But why did the army of the East China Sea Kingdom fight more and more?

It's the New Year again, the armies of both sides on the battlefield of Shandong are staggered, along the Yellow River between Jinan and Binzhou are constantly consumed, the strength of the East China Sea State is the first field division, the fifth cavalry division, and 50,000 field patrol inspectors, and the servant army, from scratch, has gradually swelled to more than 200,000.

The court continued to lose blood, and in more than three months, the offensive of superiority gradually turned into a weak defense, as if it were an elephant, first into a tiger, then into a fat camel, and finally into a waddling inferior horse;

The deployment of the East China Sea Intelligence Division in the mountainous areas of the interior for many years was finally launched at this moment, and now the Shandong battlefield has been scorched, and the confrontation along the Great Wall has become more intense, so the mainland personnel of the Intelligence Division at this time began to move;

After the New Year, a vigorous peasant uprising broke out in Dabie Mountain, Taihang Mountain, and some parts of Henan; As if overnight, the peasants with their infinite desire for the division of land and exemption from taxation instantly ignited the beacon fire everywhere, and the intelligence department's years of arrangement and forbearance were finally completely lifted at this moment, and the imperial court no longer had the strength to quell the rebellion.

For the imperial court, the sudden outbreak of peasant uprisings in the two mountains of Henan, Taihang and Dabie became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the situation collapsed in an instant;

First the situation in Shandong collapsed, then the Xuanda Great Wall line, and then the Yanbei defense line, which collapsed one after another, and everyone knew that the situation could no longer be recovered;

The imperial court persevered hard for four months, and once saw the hope of leveling the East China Sea, but this hope was destroyed in the blink of an eye;

Shandong was defeated, the peasants of Henan revolted, the Xuanda line collapsed, and the Yanbei Great Wall line also collapsed, and in an instant, all the gentry and landlords in North China did not know where to retreat;

One by one, the imperial court officials and soldiers surrendered, and more imperial court officers and soldiers rushed everywhere after the collapse, and some court officials and soldiers frantically raised their butcher knives, slaughtered and looted the places they were stationed, and then fled in all directions.