Now, it is not only Zhu Shichang who is even more uneasy, for these traitors and lackeys who built slaves, it is the aggressiveness of the assassination of the Ming Jinyiwei outside, and the increasingly intense suppression of Huang Taiji inside. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As a result, now these traitors and lackeys who serve Jiannu can no longer have the heart to do their best for this so-called Qing Dynasty, in order not to be easily killed by their masters as spies, they can only grovel more than before, become less assertive, only look at the flag, only hope to be able to sell their personal dignity to seek a chance to survive.

And this Huang Taiji's high-pressure policy did not curb these traitor lackeys yearning for the Ming Dynasty of the homeland, they began to be more active in looking for contact information with Jinyiwei, even Zhu Shichang, who was very active in eradicating the eyeliner of Jinyiwei in Shengjing City, also began to deliberately let go of some suspicious-looking people, hoping to leave a good impression on these Jinyiwei.

In this way, the Great Purge of Huang Taiji made the Manchu regime, which seemed to be still calm as water, even more insignificant, at least there was no way to regroup its forces and compete with the Ming Dynasty again.

After all, now these traitors and lackeys who want to unify the world in the Qing Dynasty have no heart to think about founding the country and building the Yuan Dynasty with Huang Taiji, and the nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have no intention of chasing the world, they are fishing and hunting people are not very interested in the agricultural civilization in the Guan, and now the life brought to them by the Han slaves has also made them very satisfied, so in the Ming Dynasty more and more showed a tough posture, without the active instigation of the traitor lackeys, these Manchu nobles became more and more conservative and self-contained.

Perhaps these Manchu nobles were essentially self-contained, even if in the original history, they later sat on the throne and became the masters of the entire land of China, they only knew how to enjoy the benefits brought by this territory and forgot their historical mission as rulers, and used all their wisdom and wisdom on how to maintain their privileged position, even at the expense of making strict demands on themselves.

Of course, the supreme rulers of the Manchu regime such as Huang Taiji and Dolgon still had ambitions to covet the Central Plains, and under the influence of traitors such as Fan Wencheng, coupled with the fact that they already belonged to the Jianzhou Jurchens with a certain degree of sinicization, their strategic vision was naturally more long-term than that of the conservative Manchu banner lords, and they knew that in this land, they would either become the masters of the entire land of Shenzhou, or they could only become the ruled obedient people.

And it is simply unrealistic to protect the interests of the vast fertile land north of the Liao River, and the Ming Dynasty will not allow anyone with the strength to even challenge their dominance.

Huang Taiji and Dolgon and other highest-level Manchu rulers were well aware of this, so they had to carry out high-pressure policies while still trying to maintain the apparent balance between Manchu and Han, and they were also very distressed, hoping to break the current deadlock as soon as possible.

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the fact that the Manchus were now unable to form a joint force because of their own internal problems, and challenged their Ming rule outside the Guan, although there was not enough strength to get rid of the Manchus in one go.

However, for Zhu Youxiao and Da Ming, they can free up their hands to completely solve the affairs of Haijiang, as long as the north is fine, Zhu Youxiao does not mind fighting with the Zheng pirate group to completely eliminate the private armed forces at sea.

In fact, even if Li Mingrui went to Quanzhou and forced Zheng Zhilong to admit his wrong act of provoking the majesty of the imperial court, there was no way to completely cure Zheng Zhilong's crime, because Zheng Zhilong did not admit that he instructed Zheng Zhihu to do it, and Zheng Zhilong was also vague about the matter of annexation, and secretly showed signs of concentrating Zheng's fleet everywhere, and at the same time purchased a large number of grain and other strategic materials in Japan, Luzon, chicken coops and other places.

Even a blind man can see that this Zheng Zhilong is also preparing with both hands, on the one hand, he is making a false accusation with the imperial court, and on the other hand, he is also accumulating strength to prepare for the final decisive battle with the imperial court.

"No matter what Zheng Zhilong thinks, whether he really wants to join the imperial court and secretly gather forces to prevent my North Sea Fleet from eating him, or really wants my North Sea Fleet to fight another big battle to maintain his maritime supremacy,

I don't have the patience to spend any more time with him, my Royal Industrial Company and the Royal Weaving Bureau, these royal capitals must open overseas markets this year!

Otherwise, my Ming treasury will fall into a deficit again, and the consequences will be unimaginable!

Immediately draw up a decree and summon Li Mingrui back to me, so that Xiong Wencan can alone with this Zheng Zhilong first, and he can't afford to let a dignified cabinet scholar accompany him Zheng Zhilong to drink tea in Quanzhou!

In addition, Yang Sichang and Xu Guangqi, the left attendants of the Ministry of War, personally went to Tianjin to inspect the North Sea Fleet and the Daming Ship Administration, and asked them what they needed, especially in terms of combat readiness resources and technological improvement. ”

Zhu Youxiao very decisively instructed several celebrants and cabinet members on duty in Xinuan Pavilion, and his tone seemed a little anxious and annoyed.

There is no way, Zhu Youxiao really doesn't want to spend it with Zheng Zhilong like this anymore.

Although the Royal Industrial Company and the Royal Weaving Bureau have made a lot of money for Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao has also copied a lot of people's homes, and has also made a lot of money by relying on the Royal Bank, and even collected a lot of money through the implementation of commercial tax reform in the Fengyang area, Zhu Youxiao has spent more!

The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Daming Shipbuilding Bureau, the Royal Military Academy, the Daming Naval Academy, the Ordnance Department and other institutions need Zhu Youxiao to spend countless money almost every month.

Not only that, Zhu Youxiao also directly exempted from forced labor, and even reduced taxes again and again, and then drove a large number of scholars and literati to the west to engage in education and development, and also issued a lot of money in the early stage, and at the same time destroyed the Horqin Department and the Khalkha Department, but no longer came back directly like Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, but had to turn Monan Mongolia into a political envoy of the Ming Dynasty, so that a lot of money was spent on infrastructure construction and the establishment of the administrative system.

Zhu Youxiao is now like Emperor Yang of Sui, engaged in projects and construction everywhere, and at the same time desperately expanded the army and popularized the education of the people at the bottom.

As long as there is a slight imbalance in the chain of fiscal revenue and expenditure, the entire social order of the Ming Dynasty will collapse in an instant, and the social contradictions will suddenly return to the intensified state of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, even more serious than the seventh year of the Apocalypse!

Perhaps in this way, Zhu Youxiao will really become the king of a dead country, and even like Emperor Yang of Sui, he originally wanted to change the rigid and lifeless social pattern but ended up with a reputation for great joy.

In order to avoid this situation, Zhu Youxiao had to rush to break the current deadlock.

Sometimes Zhu Youxiao thinks about it and feels very aggrieved, from the seventh year of the Apocalypse to the present, he has not lived a day of down-to-earth life, he has made a lot of money and spent a lot of money, and finally suppressed the civilian official group, let Huang Taiji honestly lick his wounds outside the gate, and completely erased the existence of Guan Ningjun, but now he has to clean up Zheng Zhilong, a big pirate.

For this reason, in terms of army expansion and strengthening, Zhu Youxiao has also focused on the navy, so that the Praetorian Army has not been expanded on a large scale in the ninth and tenth years of the Apocalypse, and even streamlined and eliminated many guards who originally existed in name only, and asked the household department and the military department to change their military registration from military to civilian registration.

The Praetorian Navy, which is now the North Sea Fleet, was directly expanded twice in half a year, and the outstanding performance of the Zheng He steam-engine ship in the naval battle made the entire Ming military circle excited because of this magical ironclad ship, and therefore the Ming Ship Administration began to continue to expand the scale of production and stepped up the construction of the second steam-powered warship.

However, Zhu Youxiao's indicator to the Ming Ship Administration Bureau was that four steam-powered warships must be built before the Spring Festival in the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, plus the ones that had already been built, and the Ming Dynasty must have six steam-powered ships in the eleventh year of the Apocalypse.

At the same time, in accordance with Colonel Zhu You's instructions, the Ministry of War also ordered other docks to step up the construction of other traditional warships to enrich the naval strength.

Anyway, Zhu Youxiao decided to have a complete showdown with Zheng Zhilong at the end of the eleventh day of the Apocalypse at the latest, and he wanted to use force to expand his financial route. 、

For Zhu Youxiao's decision, the people of the Praetorian Guard system and the royal capital are absolutely supportive, they are already vested interests in trust capital, and expansion is already their instinctive interest demand, so for Zheng Zhilong, they can't wait to fight immediately.

Li Mingrui's sudden departure from Quanzhou also aroused Zheng Zhilong's alarm, and he also realized that the imperial court seemed to not want to play with him anymore, but Zheng Zhilong did not show the slightest worry because of this.

As Zhu Youxiao expected, he Zheng Zhilong also began to prepare for a big fight with the imperial court, after all, he couldn't make him give up his absolute rights and interests at sea, even if he was willing, his generals would not agree.

Zheng Zhilong had even begun to figure out a way to bypass Korea through the current Japan Strait, and then contact the Qing Dynasty at this time, that is, the regime of Huang Taiji.

Obviously, Zheng Zhilong has also begun to be mentally prepared to be a traitor for his own interests, maybe he doesn't think that he is being a traitor, just to better protect his interests from being damaged.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong also knew that he couldn't expect much support from the Jiannu outside the gate at this time, he was just trying to unite as many forces as possible to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

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Xiong Wencan, who is not very sensitive to political smell, still insists on working hard to negotiate with Zheng Zhilong for his dream of being the governor of Fujian, and it is precisely because of this that the two sides still maintain superficial harmony, but they don't know that a big war is about to break out.

Now the difference is not only in the warships but also in the navy, and these require a long time to train and excavate, so the current situation is also a more favorable state for Zhu Youxiao and Daming.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao began to deal with some things that were not so important but were very typical for the people at that time in the calm before the storm.

For example, Li Shutai, the son of the traitor Li Yongfang, dared to use poisonous wine to force his whole family to be martyred in the Qing Dynasty when the city of Guangning was broken, which caused an uproar in the entire Ming Dynasty.

As for whether Li Shuitai is really loyal and worthy of admiration and hopes that His Majesty will let go of such a person, or whether Li Shuitai is too much of his Confucian beliefs and viciously forgets his human feelings, forcing his mother, wife and son to commit suicide, this has to be said to be a very ruthless and cold-blooded performance.

After all, according to the theory of Confucian tradition, a person like Li Shutai is worthy of respect, but now under the intentional guidance of Zhu Youxiao, this Li Shutai can't hide the fact that he is a traitor no matter what he does, and he is also a servile person.

Li Shutai himself was very annoyed, annoyed that he did not succeed in dying, but ended up with a regret that he killed the whole family but did not get any reputation.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't want this Li Shutai to get his name as he wished, and the reason why he recalled Li Mingrui was to ask Li Mingrui to organize forces to start hyping up the evil side of Li Shutai's actions, and directly scolding him as a person who destroys human nature.

Li Mingrui himself personally led someone to pull Li Shuitai out of the edict prison, and directly hung a sign on him: "Hypocritical villain big traitor Li Shuitai" and then took this Li Shuitai to the vegetable market where he was executed before for a criticism meeting.

According to Zhu Youxiao's requirements, in order to get a good assessment in the following Jingcha, every official must criticize this Li Shutai in the most violent way, and even the students and people of Shuntianfu must also come to participate, or they will be directly removed from their fame.

Under the oppression of Zhu Youxiao's power, Li Shutai began to fall into a war of words and scolding from all sides, which made him extremely uncomfortable and helpless, he couldn't even scold Daming loudly in the name of loyalty, and even after seeing his sign on his chest, his original complete will has gradually become depressed.

And at this time, an inner eunuch came with two brocade guards, and the two brocade guards also carried a fast stele, and the inscription also wrote "traitor family - Li family" and other words, the eunuch also read: "By the will of the saints, Li Shutai this person not only does not want to repent but also still thinks of the barbarian state, it is really hateful, when the monument should be erected to remember its sins forever to warn future generations, and at the same time, let you Li Shutai learn Qin Hui to kneel and sit in the filial piety tomb to reflect on his sins!" ”

Li Shutai didn't expect this, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, it stands to reason that he shouldn't sigh that he deserves to be a loyal and good minister, why should he deliberately let his reputation be ruined, and even compared himself to Qin Hui.

"Not only that, Your Majesty also has a will, and the Hanlin Academy and the major newspapers and periodicals should continue to criticize it, and at the same time record it in the actual record. In order for future generations to know its hypocrisy! ”

The little eunuch left after saying that, but Li Shutai himself fainted directly.