Zhao Daling said again: "I think, in addition to the Eight Banners, the Green Camp and the future regimental training of the people, we still have a problem now, that is, those guys who feel that the destiny of heaven is in me and the prince and the prince will have a kind of thing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe Mixed Yuan Sect is no longer the only rebel organization that has emerged, and there have been some relatively small-scale civil unrest in North China, the Central Plains, and Sichuan and Chu, which are inseparable from the White Lotus Sect. We do not want such a large-scale peasant uprising, what we need is a moderately stable Qing country capable of normal production and economic life. Of course, in addition to the White Lotus Sect, the strongest and most powerful rebel army is inseparable from our Datang. ”

Speaking of which, everyone knows who they are talking about. Everyone sitting in this conference room knows that although the Tiandihui Righteous Army, which has flaunted the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, has still not conquered the city of Guangzhou under the control of Guilin, the surrounding counties such as Panyu, Nanhai, Dongguan, and Xin'an have been broken by the Tiandihui Righteous Army, and in some local areas of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, it is estimated that there are at least four or five thousand flexible and mobile Tiandihui Righteous Army, attacking everywhere, and some local county towns have also been conquered.

There was surprisingly silence in the conference room, Guangdong can be said to be the province that Datang attaches the most importance to, with a large population and a developed commodity economy, and it is also the first export market developed by Datang. Even if Bai Nan succeeded in pushing Jiaqing to the throne and the puppet Qing court began to operate, Guangdong was also an important trading place for the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, in the cuckoo plan, Datang does not want Guangdong to be too damaged, so that the economic power will decline too much.

But now that the Heaven and Earth Society Righteous Army has emerged, Yang Zhen and Zheng Ji's subordinates are not good birds, although they are shouting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, but every time the Righteous Army passes, the damage to the local area is relatively serious. Although it could not reach the point of burning, killing and looting, the losses suffered were also serious.

What worries Datang even more is that. Now that the Heaven and Earth Society has not yet broken through the city of Guangzhou, if they really break in, it is estimated that there will not be a few tens of thousands of Manchus in the city who will survive. Whether it is from a humanitarian point of view or from the perspective of developing Datang Guwei's overseas territory, Datang does not want a heinous massacre. Especially the growth of Tiandihui and Yang Zhen, which are inseparable from Datang.

Zheng He, who was sitting in the first position on Zhao Daling's right hand, sighed and took the initiative to stand up. said: "I think, Yang Zhen's actual control today, I can't escape the blame, here I need to review my own mistakes, too much emphasis on the identity and status of our Ming Dynasty, and promote Yang Zhen's isolationism, I need to bear the main responsibility, and I am willing to pay the price." ”

After that, Zheng He solemnly bent down and bowed ninety degrees.

Datang is a country built by 130,000 people from three time and space, brick by brick, even today. Even though the fusion is increasing day by day, the traversal people still inevitably carry with them the ideas and thoughts of their original plane. But overall, everyone agrees on one thing, that is, only if Datang is good for them, they can live better.

Zhao Daling shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to hold accountable, I believe that even without Minister Zheng, people like Yang Zhen will get out of control sooner or later." Minister Zheng, please sit down. ”

Zheng He nodded, sat down and said, "After all, he was recommended by me." If it weren't for him who is in this position now, maybe we wouldn't have to face the trouble we have today. ”

Zhao Daling is not without intelligence agencies. Zheng He and Wang Jinghong never gave up uniting the Ming Dynasty, but as time went by, the Ming Dynasty became more scattered. Quite a few people have embraced a new life and are not dwelling much on the past. The Ming Dynasty mainly flowed to several places, and a large number of Ming Dynasty sailors joined the navy and shipping companies, and they were still sailors. Some of the soldiers became the army, and some became workers and peasants. Originally, the organizational structure of the Ming Dynasty was loose, so it became more and more ineffective after the crossing, so in the end, everyone went their separate ways.

After Yang Zhen went out to renegade, he was originally more paranoid in the Ming Dynasty. has basically gone to Hong Kong, so in recent years, Zheng He has no longer maintained a group to ensure the interests of the Ming Dynasty. From a practical point of view, the traversal, Indians, and new immigrants are all integrating into the country and society of Datang in their own forms, and no one's interests are deliberately restricted, and the atmosphere and environment are relatively fair.

Zheng He also realized more that the Ming Dynasty is already a symbol of the past tense, deliberately recalling but not immersed, for him, it is obvious that he has a high status and power in the Tang Dynasty, and it is meaningless to open a new copy in vain.

In fact, Zheng He himself also understands that Zhao Daling and others will not criticize or even punish Yang Zhen because of what he said to him a few years ago, he has not done anything to harm the interests of Datang, and even for so many years, Yang Zhen has not taken the initiative to contact him.

Liu Tian can also be regarded as a round and said: "Shantouism has never been advocated in our Datang, we have always been united, the matter of the Heaven and Earth Society is not directly related to Minister Zheng, in the final analysis, it is Yang Zhen's personal problem, on the one hand, we are negligent in supervision, and on the other hand, we are not paying enough attention." ”

Wang Jinghong, as one of the two bigwigs of the Ming Dynasty, has not expressed his position when Zheng He apologized, he has been relatively loner over the years, living in a simple house, and he can't even talk about official business, he likes to fiddle with flowers, birds, insects and fish, everyone has heard the news, Wang Jinghong will resign before the next cabinet is formed, it can be said that it is from the beginning of the crossing, Wang Jinghong, the old eunuch's heart is not in the struggle for power and profit at all, his attitude is more detached, and there are already some things that are not moved by the heart, so all kinds of don't care.

At this time, Wang Jinghong said: "The top priority is to discuss a charter, how to deal with the matter of the Heaven and Earth Society, after all, the stakes are very high, our Ministry of Commerce in Guangzhou laid the trade channel is the thirteen lines, if the city of Guangzhou falls, the thirteen lines also let the heaven and earth will be robbed and destroyed, our losses can be great, even indirectly, in the future to reopen the entire sales channel, pay a lot of investment." ”

Zhao Daling said at this time: "The cabinet is responsible for this matter, we did not specifically propose to deal with Yang Zhen's matter before, and now he has taken advantage of the loophole." However, Yang Zhen is still a person who came to this world with us, and his connection with Datang is not easy to cut off. Ladies and gentlemen, if we send someone to warn Yang Zhen and ask him not to move the Thirteen Elements, what do you think the effect will be? ”

Zheng He shook his head and said: "With Yang Zhen's temperament, I'm afraid that after being threatened, he will immediately slaughter the thirteen lines, young and old." ”

"Anyway, we still need to get in touch with him, and we can't really watch him establish a new Southern Ming court in Guangdong." Yao Weichun said.

Liu Tian was a little mocking: "Hehe, I just found a monk's son to pretend to be Zheng Chenggong's descendant, and I also became the emperor, I see that Yang Zhen doesn't have much loyalty to Zhu Ming's royal family." ”

Zhao Daling coughed and said, "Pay attention to what you say, Minister Liu." ”

Liu Tian smiled and stopped talking.

Deng Xiyi said: "We must let the people of the Heaven and Earth Society know the attitude of our Datang official." But now we should determine our attitude towards the Heaven and Earth Society, assuming that the Heaven and Earth Society revolt succeeds and a new local court is established, do we choose to cooperate with it, or refuse to recognize him? ”

Yao Weichun asked, "What, does Commander Deng think that we have a basis for cooperation with the Heaven and Earth Society?" Regardless of whether they will succeed in the end, in our interests, we do not want a local government based on the Hui Party, and even if they agree to cooperate with us in business and trade, we will be burdened with many risks. In addition, if Guangdong really becomes Zheng Ming, then it is obvious that there will be irreconcilable contradictions with the Qing state that we have supported, and it will become difficult to carry out commerce and trade, and there will be a war between the two sides. It is true that cultivating two opposing countries will strengthen their dependence on us, but I still think that this is more than worth the loss. ”

Xue Yue also said: "I don't think that Yang Zhen has worked hard to get to this point, and he will return to our Datang plan." Obviously, it is enough for him to be the emperor himself, and he doesn't need another emperor on his head. He may choose to be a slave to us, but he will never want to be completely controlled by us. I think that in the final analysis, this matter will have to resort to force. ”

Deng Xiyi said: "But we are still short of troops, in our overall plan, there is still the Yangtze River Delta to be taken, Bai Nan is planning to send the third brigade of the army and the snow leopard regiment to start the southeast offensive in three months, and the situation in North China itself also requires us to have a certain number of troops, we can hardly take out excess troops, and use them in the Pearl River Delta region." ”

Zhao Daling said: "The best situation is that the training of our armed guard army is relatively smooth, and we can use the armed guard army as the main body of defensive operations in North China, supplemented by two or three Datang corps. However, it is obvious that we will not be able to see the training of the armed guards within half a year, and it will not be an easy task to transform the soldiers lacking combat effectiveness in the green battalion and train new recruits. And if it drags on for too long, it is obvious that we have no way of knowing what kind of power heaven and earth will have. ”

Naturally, the Tang Cabinet could not naively hold on to its plans, and after six months, Tiandihui itself would be defeated by the Qing army, so it was necessary to intervene in the situation in Guangdong as soon as possible.

Xue Yue said with some confidence at this time: "It's not completely impossible, on the one hand, we can transfer the domestic Longxiang regiment to attack, and on the other hand, we can enhance the equipment level of the Borneo garrison, Hu Fakui also has more than 1,000 troops under him, if the situation in the north is better, we can also transfer a cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment, then we can at least invest about 5,000 troops in Guangdong, which is enough to clean up the mud of the Tiandihui." (To be continued.) )