Luo Luo cheekily begged for a monthly pass again, and asked weakly, is there still a monthly pass?

Just when Xianglin, the governor of Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty, commanded more than 10,000 green battalion soldiers to bravely besiege Baiyun Mountain and change the people, Zhu Jishi had already arrived at the Tung Chung Walled City on Lantau Island - the news that the main force of the Guangdong Navy Division was preparing to attack Lantau Island was sent to Zhu Jishi's desk as soon as possible. At present, most of the Hongmen disciples in Liangguang and Fujian have contact with Daming Mountain. Through them, every move of the Manchu officers and soldiers certainly could not escape Zhu Jishi's ears and eyes.

In fact, the momentum of the Manchu Green Battalion has always been very large, especially when it is necessary to deal with the legendary strong enemy, the rebel against the Ming and the thief to help the army.

"Lord Ryan carrying the coffin on the expedition? The crying in front of the Humen camp shook the sky? There are many people in the Green Camp who are crying to death (in fact, they are crying and fainting)! The three armies marched very slowly, and the morale of the soldiers was completely lost, as if they were going to die? ”

After reading the report, Zhu Jishi couldn't help but smile bitterly. This is the enemy you are about to deal with? It seems to be much weaker than the people of the Liu family in Borneo.

"That's too weak, isn't it? If I knew this, I should have hit Humen directly and put the nest of the Guangdong sailor in one fell swoop! ”

Zuo Zongtang on the side laughed twice, "Ming Gong, it is not difficult to defeat the Tiger Gate, but it is not easy to destroy the Guangdong Navy, these Qing Dynasty powerhouses have always been very cunning." When Guan Zhongjie was killed in the battle of Humen that day, the defenders of the surrounding forts fled in despair. If we take the Tiger Gate, the sky will be Lai Lao'er's death, and the rest will flee. How much territory can we occupy with our three or four thousand? Don't you want to fight this battle in Guangdong for a year and a half? How many people would have to die like that?

It's better to let them come to Lantau Island and send them to death. After Lai Lao'er's promotion is extinguished, no Qing soldier will dare to touch the power of Ming Gonghu in the sea of Guangdong. Wait until Ming Gong has trained 20,000 elite soldiers. Let's do it quickly. Took a province of Guangdong. ”

The desolate island of Lantau Island alone is not enough to shake the world. If Guangdong Province is acquired by Zhu Jishi. Then this world is not the peaceful and prosperous era of Heqing Haiyan, but the troubled era of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"Strategist, why don't you just hang up your sails and go north to fight Yanjing?" Su Yuniang was leaning over the map table next to her to study the situation of the enemy and us, she had been guarding Lantau Island to train and prepare for war during this time, and she faintly had the meaning of being entrusted by Zhu Jishi as a general.

Zhu Jishi shook his head helplessly, "Our rice still needs to be eaten in one bite, and the stall can't be spread too big all at once...... Yu Niang, you yourself are leading the troops. When you know how much money I have in Jishijun. It's okay to toss around in Liangguang, go directly north to Yanjing, and maybe you can beat it down, but what about after it is beaten? Can you really count on the world's rumors? Our forces are still too thin, so we can't be too big. ”

He was really a little worried, there were too many places to use soldiers now. On the one hand, the Jishi Army in Borneo wanted to suppress several sultanate states in the south of West Borneo and expand the living space of the Chinese; On the one hand, it is also necessary to prepare for the use of troops against the Sultan of Brunei - Liu Peng recently held a meeting with King Brooke of the Kingdom of Sarawak and reached a secret agreement to divide Brunei. The Kingdom of Sarawak will receive all of Brunei's territory west of Bandar Seri Bega, and the Grandprincipality of Bandar Seri Bega, including Bandar Seri Bega, to the east of Bandar Seri Bega, will be owned by the Grand Duchy of Lae Fong.

Although Zuo Zongtang, Han Si, Luo Xiangju and others all advised Zhu Jishi to suspend the use of troops against Brunei. And the main force was transferred to Guangdong. However, Zhu Jishi knew that under the land of Brunei that he was about to get, there was a sea of oil! Get it in your hands a day earlier. You can also have peace of mind a day earlier.

Due to the temporary inability of the thousands of troops on Borneo, Zhu Jishi's troops at hand were somewhat stretched, and the two places on Lantau and Ap Lei Chau were 3,600 people. Moreover, the 600 people in the first phase of the Ap Lei Chau Military Academy have not yet finished their studies, so they can only be temporarily transferred to Lantau Island to fight. And the 3,000 people on Lantau Island are unable to form the ideal combat effectiveness because of the lack of qualified officers. The force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is certainly unbearable, and the army of the Ming Dynasty is also a paper tiger!

Zuo Zongtang saw that Zhu Jishi was a little distracted, so he raised his voice and reported: "Ming Gong, Hong Renji has returned to Hong Kong from Guangxi, and he also brought the allegiance of Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yunshan and others......

Zhu Jishi came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Do you want money and guns again?" Yes! But I can't give it right away, let Hong Renji go to Lantau Island, I want him to see with his own eyes how powerful Ji Shijun is.

By the way, Yu Niang, do you still have intersecting heroes in Guangxi? Can someone please come to Hong Kong to help me? ”

"There are two familiar heroes, one is named Zhang Jiaxiang, nicknamed Datouyang, and he is also a Hakka in Yingjiazhou. The other person is Zhang Jiaxiang's brother with a different surname, named Luo Yawang, a native of Jieyang, Guangdong, a ranger in the rivers and lakes when he was young, and now he and Zhang Jiaxiang are in the Nanguan area of Guangxi Town. can let Yun Niang try to contact her, let them lead the crowd to vote, and also follow Ming Gong to fight the world and restore the Ming Dynasty. ”

Yun Niang is Su Yuniang's sworn sister, and joined Zhu Jishi with Su Yuniang, but did not join the Jishi Army, but joined Daming Mountain, and was entrusted with the position of deputy hall master of Guangxi Fuxing Hall, and is currently in Guilin.

Zhu Jishi nodded and said: "Since it is recommended by Yu Niang, it must be a hero." It's a pity that these heroes are all capable of martial arts but not literature...... There are more than 100 counties in Guangdong Province, and there are at least 1,000 local officials needed. ”

At present, there are nearly 2,000 students in Jishi College (excluding Ap Lei Chau Military Academy), and there are less than 200 Chinese students in Jishi University. Of course, these people are the talent reserves for the future Zhu Jishi's founding and restoration, but it is really insufficient to rely on them to support a country. Moreover, the strength of Jese University is not the liberal arts, and even if it is a graduate of the two faculties of law and politics, he has no social experience at all, so he cannot be sent to become a magistrate all at once, otherwise it will inevitably be bad.

"There are no civil officials who can temporarily retain the master as an official, there have always been only the ministers who defended the country who were martyred, and there was no master who was martyred. In addition, the local gentry could also be appointed to official positions if they were willing to take refuge. Zuo Zongtang twisted his beard and said, "In fact, the local officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are mostly mediocre and pedantic, and most of the political affairs are managed by masters and officials...... Ming Gong, in the future, the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty must be taken as a warning, so as not to select some useless pedantic scholars. ”

Although the system of selecting materials for the imperial examination was criticized by later generations, they thought that it was the main culprit of China's weakness. However, if you don't pass the exam, how should this Ming official be produced? Like the current England, use the method of "selling officials" to produce affairs officers? Obviously, it is not feasible, after all, Britain has already achieved the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, and most of the appointees are elected by the bourgeoisie with votes, and there is the supervision of the opposition parties of public opinion, and even if there are "selling officials", the government will not be too corrupt. Moreover, public opinion in England is extremely disgusted by the phenomenon of "buying and selling public office". Zhu Jishi also knew that the affairs officials of Western Europe in later generations were also selected through examinations.

Zhu Jishi nodded silently and began to lose his mind again. After a while, he said thoughtfully: "The general direction of the selection of materials for the imperial examination is not wrong, but there are great defects in the specific implementation. For example, the scope of officials is too narrow, and a large number of officials or masters who are also officials according to European standards are not included in the scope of officials, and naturally they are not talents selected by the imperial examination. In the future, no matter whether an official is on an errand, he should be a part of the official and should be selected through examinations...... Strategist, do you think we should select some people who can serve as civilian officials from all sides, and set up a shelf for the Ming Mansion first? After the Guangzhou Mansion is taken down, we will officially set up the stage to sing against Emperor Daoguang. ”

He looked at Zuo Zongtang, "I'm not worried about Lantau here, there are Pojun and Jade Niang, and it will be a matter of ten days for Lord Lai to sleep in that coffin." What about Yanping Hou? Mutern gathered around the city of Guangzhou, the governor of Guangdong, the governor of Guangdong, the governor of Guangdong, his own army, and the new army of the Eight Banners of Guangzhou, there were 22,000 or 3,000 people! ”

There is no way for Zuo Zongtang to answer this question, and it can only be said by Su Yuniang, who has fought an old battle with the Qing army, she smiled and said: "The New Army of the Eight Banners doesn't need to think about it for the time being, these banner people are all delicate in life, and they are not willing to take it out and fight." The remaining four standard men and horses are certainly cheap, but they are still very afraid of death, and they can't endure hard battles at all. Before Lai Lao'er gave the head, they couldn't beat Baiyun Mountain no matter what. When the promotion of the Guangdong Navy Division is gone, how dare Mu Ten put all the four bidders outside Guangzhou? Unless he really doesn't want the rest of the states and counties in Guangdong. When the Qing troops dispersed, they could let the Marquis of Yanping pull the team out and find a port to transport it to Lantau Island. (To be continued......)