Chapter 259: Chasing the Fleeing Enemy and Entering Guangzhou Second Shift

Seeing that everyone is asking for a monthly pass, Rollo is also cheeky to beg, is there still a monthly pass?

After a few thunderstorms, the dark clouds that filled the sky rolled a few times, and the torrential rain finally fell straight down from the sky.

"If only this rain had come a few days earlier!"

The Mongolian prince and monk Gerinqin stood in the big tent of the Chinese army, looking at the heavy rain falling in the sky, looking up to the sky and sighing. If this rain had come a few days earlier, his army would not have been defeated today!

The more than 40,000 Eight Banners and Green Battalions he brought from Guangzhou, now counting the 1,000 people taken away by Ulantai and Xianglin, there are less than 13,000 left, of which the Eight Banners soldiers are less than 8,000. In his opinion, the sharpness of the Ming army's firearms was the main reason for the Qing army's fiasco.

"Lord Wang! Lord, it's not good......" A Goshha ran over with a rolling belt, still holding an emergency military newspaper in his hand, "Guangzhou! The city of Guangzhou is lost! ”

"What? How could it be so fast? Monk Greenqin was stunned, but Fu Fang behind him shouted first. This Guangzhou is a fortified city, and it took 10 months for Geng Jimao's soldiers to break the Guangzhou city held by the Ming army. How could Zhu Jishi's Ming army break the city in one day?

"It was Ye Mingchen who rebelled and dedicated Guangzhou City!" Nagoshha gritted his teeth.

"Traitor! Ye Mingchen, this traitor! Fu Fang stomped his feet and scolded, wishing he could put on his wings and fly to Guangzhou City to chop Ye Mingchen, a big traitor.

"How are they doing?" Monk Lingqin frowned and asked, "There are also banner people in the city of Guangzhou......

"Back to the prince's words, the competition system, Wudutong and Xiangjunmen are all fine. That Ye Mingchen rebelled only after they led their troops to protect the bannermen in the city. ”

Monk Grinqin breathed a sigh of relief. said with a wry smile: "This Ye Mingchen finally has a little conscience. ”

"Lord Wang!" Fu Fang stepped forward. seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Monk Greenqin waving his hand, so he heard Monk Greenqin say in an inaudible voice, "That's okay, Ye Mingchen has descended, and we will have steps down...... The sinner of this defeat in Guangdong is Ye Mingchen, not us! ”

Although Daoguang will definitely protect the monk Grinqin and Saishan, at most, he will not be imprisoned, lose his head, and will not be exiled to the army. It is certain that he will be dismissed from his post and take the title, although he can stay in front of the army to serve and atone for his crimes, but the current battle is not easy to fight, and if he loses a few more times, he may not be able to recover. Now that there is a rebellious Ye Mingchen who has taken all the sins, Monk Lingqin and Sai Shang'a are not worried. This Guangdong was not lost in their hands, but was "sold" to Zhu Jishi by Ye Mingchen......

"By the way, how are the masters of the thirteen lines?" Monk Greenqin suddenly remembered the thirteen lines, there are many relatives and nobles in Beijing who hold dark stocks in the thirteen lines!

"All are rebellious......"

Monk Grinqin sighed, waved his hand and sent the Goshha away. He looked back at Fu Fang and said, "Go and recruit all the generals above the assistant leader." It's time for us to lay out the matter of leaving Guangdong. ”

"Wow!" Fu Fang was also relieved when he heard this, this battle couldn't go on. If you don't leave, you have to stay in Guangdong!

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Zhu Jishi was also standing in the big tent at this moment, watching the rain fall in front of him with a smile on his face, weaving a rain curtain, and the scenery in the distance became blurry.

Guangzhou opened the city without blood, and the news of Ye Mingchen's abandonment of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty had also been sent to him here. Regardless of the inside situation, the Qing Dynasty's Guangdong governor acting governor of Liangguang and other officials, openly took refuge in the Ming Dynasty, which played a great role in stabilizing Guangdong.

Even a feudal official like Ye Mingchen has surrendered, and what reason do the magistrates of the other provinces and counties in Guangdong have to be loyal to the Manchu Dynasty?

However, what made Zhu Jishi happiest was not Ye Mingchen's attachment, but the refuge of the Thirteen Banks of Guangdong! In the words of later generations, these thirteen lines are the channel providers that occupy the downstream of the entire Guangdong industrial chain. Whether it is iron smelting and casting, textile and silk, lacquerware or ceramics, the export channels of their products are all in the hands of the thirteen lines! Among them, the cotton required by Foshan's textile industry is also imported through the thirteen lines. From a certain point of view, the thirteen lines are the food and clothing parents of the Guangdong handicraft industry.

As long as you control the thirteen trades, it is equivalent to controlling the food and clothing of hundreds of thousands of handicraftsmen in Guangdong, and it is equivalent to controlling their largest customers. Anyone who does business on this shijie does not dare to offend the big patrons - this is a truth regardless of whether it is east or west, and Zhu Jishi himself is a businessman, so of course he understands this truth.

It is not easy to promote the upgrading of Guangdong's handicraft industry to a large industry, and people may not be the king of themselves, and their own ideas may not really be in line with the actual situation. But the thirteen lines are willing to help themselves, the situation is different, they control the export channels of the Guangdong handicraft industry, even if the handicraft workshop is awesome, it has to produce products according to the requirements of customers, right? They are not some kind of large state-owned monopolies.

In addition, the Thirteen Lines also understand the actual situation of Guangdong's handicraft industry, and the industrial upgrading plan formulated by them is definitely better than the imagination of their own "returnees". Zhu Jishi knew that he did not know much about the national conditions of China in the mid-19th century, so when formulating policies, he was very willing to listen to the advice of the professionals of this era.

"Your Majesty, Monk Greenqin is about to run away."

Just as he was thinking about how to communicate with the Thirteen Lines, Su Yuniang, who was dressed in a robe, walked in quickly, saluted Zhu Jishi, and then asked, "Do you want your subordinates to lead troops to pursue?" ”

"Monk Lingqin wants to run?" Zhu Jishi looked at the sky outside and smiled, "It's a good weather to run away, but Lao Peel, Han Si and Luo Junqi will deal with it, and I have already handed over the command of the Dongjiang front to them." Yu Niang, you take the second brigade to Guangzhou with me, Guangzhou City is already ours! ”

"Guangzhou has been defeated?" A flash of surprise flashed on Su Yuniang's pretty face, and she reached out to take the joint report from Zhu Jishi's hand, and looked at it, but her eyebrows frowned slightly. "Your Majesty, the merchants of the Thirteen Lines are not good people, they are all profiteers, and the people of Guangdong do not hate them, so it is better to raid their homes, they will be very happy!"

"Profiteers?" Zhu Jishi sneered, reached out and took Su Yuniang's jade hand and led her into the big tent, and helped her take off her robe. "Merchants, where is there anyone who is not traitorous? I can't just order a house raid just because they're profiteers, can I? Speaking of which, these merchants are not even a tenth of what I do! All my net worth was deposited in HSBC, so I had to use it. ”

was held by Zhu Jishi's jade hand, Su Yuniang's cheeks were hot, her mind was also confused, and she replied unintentionally: "How can the king be a profiteer, the king is eloquent." ”

"That being the case, Yu Niang shouldn't question me for recruiting these profiteers." Zhu Jishi looked at this delicate female general with crimson cheeks, and smiled gently, "Shinong industry and commerce have their own uses, and we can't do without businessmen if we want to prosper." There is little land and many people in Guangdong, if there is no industry and commerce, how should those landless people make a living? If they hadn't brought in food from elsewhere, how expensive would the price of rice in Guangdong be? ”

"What the king said is very true." Su Yuniang thought about it seriously and felt that what Zhu Jishi said was reasonable, so she nodded, and said, "Your Majesty, we are soldiers, we should conquer the Quartet for the king, this Guangzhou City is still not going for the time being, and when the Quartet is calm, Yu Niang will go back to Guangzhou to accompany ......" Speaking of this, she suddenly felt speechless, her cheeks were a little ruddy, and she bowed her head and was silent.

Zhu Jishi smiled, stretched out his hand and stroked her jade back, "Yu Niang, your credit is already big enough, and you should give Liu Mulin a chance to make meritorious contributions." After entering Guangzhou, you stayed by my side and asked Liu Mulin to lead the troops to fight western Guangdong. Furthermore...... Yu Niang, you have been widowed for many years, you can't go on like this forever, right? Why don't you make me a concubine? ”

"The king ......" Su Yuniang was coquettish, blushing and bowing her head, "The Huns are not peaceful, and Yuniang still wants to lead the troops to the battle." ”

Zhu Jishi hahadaxiao, "Then continue to lead the troops, you can't lead the troops when you become a princess?" After Guangdong is pacified, my Jinyi pro-army will be expanded, and the position of commander must be you, Su Yuniang, and in the future, we and my wife will be able to lead the troops together! (To be continued......)