Chapter 404: The Battle of Changsha, I Realized, What About You
"The proprietors of the couriers, the ship, and the carriage and horse dealers did not want to be cut off by the Tartar soldiers, and their business was full of men, and the proprietors bought guns and medicines, and also guaranteed pensions, and they all moved. 30,000 troops are on the front line, and there are no less than 100,000 people transporting supplies in the rear, and the Tartar soldiers are in Hengzhou, and tens of thousands of guns have gathered in a few days......"
"Aunt Pan's side is different from the merchants, the handymen of the Ying Tzu Monastery, the scaffolding shop of the Temple and the brick and tile shop, all of them have entered the Catholic Church. The chief priest Xu was also in Hengzhou, and as soon as he greeted, they all picked up their guns, and there were thousands of people. ”
"Everyone is very energetic, like a festival, but Yang joined the army and Xie Zhaojiao was frightened, so many people gathered at once, all of them were former ordinary people, in case there were Tatars who secretly made it bad and caused chaos, it would not be easy to do. After the Tatar soldiers surrendered, Yang Senjun found the proprietors of each family, as well as the Xu chief priest, and asked them to quickly collect the muskets and resell them to the army. ”
"There are Chief Priest Xu and Aunt Pan on the side of the parishioners, and there is no problem with collecting guns, but the businessmen have some opinions, they feel that Hunan is not at peace, and it is very troublesome to defend themselves without muskets, so they should have gone to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to ask for wishes."
In the south of Changsha City, the Heavenly King's big tent, the sporadic cannon sound was still echoing, Li Xian was listening to Long Gaoshan's report, and his mind was not on the battlefield. Yang Junli, the pacification envoy of Hunan, Han Yujie of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Li Zhushou of the Shangshu Hall sent urgent reports at the same time, saying that the people were participating in the battle by bringing their own guns and cannons in Hengzhou.
Both Yang Junli and Li Zhushou were worried that if the muskets were in flux, they would affect the peace of their rule. From the perspective of national governance, Li Zhushou strongly advocated the promulgation of a ban on the possession of muskets by the people. However, Han Yujie said that Hunan is still a battlefield, and when industry and commerce enter Hunan, there is no guarantee of safety. The internal guards of the imperial court were only spread out in Yongzhou and Chenzhou, and other places could not take care of them, and self-owned ordnance was a last resort.
Han Yujie also directly said that the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau purchased gun barrel parts earlier, which gave birth to the folk gun workshop industry and attracted tens of thousands of craftsmen. But now that the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau is making its own barrel parts, their lives are sad, and they urgently need to find another way. Civilians were allowed to own guns, and the industry could also contribute taxes and silver to the imperial court.
Now the Yinghua has not yet made a clear policy on the people's guns, and the people of Hengzhou have spontaneously fought, and the Yinghua court represented by Li Zhushou and the Yinghua industry and commerce represented by Han Yujie are all looking at this matter from their own perspectives.
"What happens to those who want the same way, but what happens to those who benefit from the same interests?"
Li Xi sighed so emotionally, he looked at this matter from a completely different angle. On the one hand, he is secretly sorry for Pan Jinling, and on the other hand, he is also faintly complacent.
The hearts of the people, the hearts of the people under the rule of Yinghua, were finally stirred by him. Militarily, he raised elite soldiers, and in government affairs, he grasped the elite, all of which he wanted was not to violently dismantle the traditional Chinese social order, but to use the free flow of industry and commerce to promote the idea of free flow, and to integrate all social strata step by step, so that this order could evolve spontaneously.
So he never expected the people to stand up and fight for Yinghua themselves. To fight a war, it is up to professional soldiers to fight, and the people live their own lives honestly, so it's okay. What national spirit and what national concept can only penetrate into the hearts of the people step by step after the country's hardware is complete.
But the incident in Hengzhou made Li Shi understand that this process was not long, just as Long Gaoshan relayed what Pan Jinling said, this country, for many people, is already their country. The changes that this country has brought to their lives, and the hope they have in their hearts, have made them feel that it is worth the risk and the price to pay to fight for this country.
Although the direct driving force was Panjinling, Catholicism, and industry and commerce, the soil that gave birth to these driving forces was the Anglo-Chinese country. Thinking of this, Li Xian's heart suddenly brightened.
Twenty months ago, in Qingpu, Guangzhou, when he and Duan Hongshi and others discussed the founding of the country, they all felt that the people's support was unavailable, and they could only strive for the neutrality of the people. For this reason, there is no mention of "expelling the Tatars and restoring China".
Of course, now is not the time, but Li Xi suddenly felt that the people's hearts under his rule could already be used.
Long Gaoshan looked at Li Shi, who was groaning, and his heart was also churning. Originally, when he was introduced by Pan Shiyu, he just regarded Li Shi as a heroic figure, thinking that he had made a career at a young age, and he was still an enemy of the Qing court he hated, and it was worth dying to protect such a person.
This thought is just a transaction, and he also thought so when he sacrificed his life to block arrows for Li Shi in Baihualou. But as time went by, after Yinghua established the country, Long Gaoshan's psychology of seeing his duty as a transaction became weaker and weaker, and he began to feel that this was a task worth paying for his life. The people he saw in Hengzhou were not as heroic and fearless as those who admired the heroes. In his opinion, those people are very timid, and they don't dare to act if they don't get together, and the so-called action is just to release the gun, which is almost the same virtue as the Qing soldiers. But what shocked him was that these people came from all walks of life, all walks of life, and many of them couldn't understand the language. These people also fought spontaneously, and there was no official with a sword behind them to supervise, and no one gave them a reward for silver.
Behind them, there are Pan Jinling, Xu Lingti, Yang Junli and Xie Dingbei, as well as many business owners, it seems that everyone is fighting for the benevolence of Yingciyuan, the belief of the Temple of Heaven and their own jobs, but through them, "Ying", a country name that originally felt a little awkward, is so clear and real, like an invisible giant beast, standing up to the sky. The volunteers who shot against the Qing army, and the ordinary people standing behind them cheering and cheering, were like the breath of this giant beast, and the momentum was extremely majestic.
Behind this giant beast, Li Shi's figure was incomparably majestic, with gunfire, blood and cheers, like a little halo that constituted Li Shi's figure. Long Gaoshan was extremely proud, and he himself was such a little halo. And now that he thinks about it, there is a deep throbbing, and he already feels that guarding Li Xi is a sacred mission.
"Now that the situation has changed, this battle, we have to start a new game, gather the following people and ......"
Li Xi suddenly patted the book case, interrupting Long Gaoshan's thoughts, and it seemed that he had a new plan.
"This game is called a serial game, and it is derived from Huang Longshi......
Yuezhou, Luan was driving, Kangxi was following the army to play in the south study cloth clothes on duty Fang Bao, seeing that Fang Bao's game was quite peculiar, Kangxi asked curiously, Fang Bao replied like this, which immediately made Kangxi's face gloomy.
"Linggao, what kind of evolution did you say about this battle situation?"
Fang Bao is extremely talented, and he is very valued by Kangxi, and he is also polite to him, and he didn't scold, just asked lightly.
"The grass people don't understand military affairs, how dare they talk about ......"
Fang Bao hurriedly shirked, more than 200,000 troops faced off, he was a scholar, what could he say?
Kangxi ignored it, waved his hand to urge, he had to bite the bullet and said: "A small setback in Hengzhou, it should be the collapse of the army's heart, the emperor Zhijian, but the military official Zuo did not make enough effort to tell him, and was sought by thieves." Therefore, this matter of military morale should be the first priority in this battle. ”
Kangxi slapped the chessboard, looking a little excited: "Well said!" It's the heart of the army! ”
Although Fang Bao doesn't understand military affairs, he can see through the key to the current battle situation at a glance, the military heart! Yanxin's subordinates defected, and the three officials were executed, which was the majesty of the Qing court, and his Kangxi's kindness was not thorough. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was able to sit firmly in the country, and he Kangxi also ascended the throne not long ago, and he was still a little hairy, so he naturally couldn't suppress the hearts of the people.
But now that the Qing Dynasty has won China for more than 70 years, and he Kangxi has also been sitting in the country for 56 years, there are still tens of thousands of green battalions, company officers leading soldiers, and defecting in a systematic manner, this person's heart is really outrageous. When Kangxi got to report the day before yesterday, he couldn't believe it, and it was only after several checks that he confirmed the matter.
Kangxi is not annoyed, not sad, still stable mentality, anyway, Li Shi has brought him enough bad news, not bad this one, but he just can't figure it out, why!? Why did I go to the front line in person, and this military spirit still can't be suppressed!?
Seeing that Kangxi's eyes were a little dizzy, Fang Bao coughed lightly and added: "Guangdong Green Camp should have been infiltrated by thieves a long time ago, plus he has been living in a foreign country for a long time, and his family is under the rule of thieves, so it is not surprising that he collapsed like this." ”
A typical hindsight, the Guangdong Green Camp is like this, but what about the Jiangxi Green Battalion? Why did the Jiangxi Green Camp also follow the rebellion? It is said that Zhan Wenda, the mastermind of the anti-rebellion, or Jiangxi raised the standard guerrilla, how can this be explained!?
The more Kangxi thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he felt that his chest was burning like a fierce fire, his vision was a little blurred, and the face of Fang Bud on the opposite side was also a little blurred, as if he was laughing, with a trace of pity and a hint of mockery. Kangxi coughed violently and waved his sleeves in disgust, letting Fang Bao retreat.
"Your Majesty!"
Zhao Hongcan came again, with that panic that Kangxi was all too familiar with.
"Wait......"
Kangxi took a sip of tea, let out a long breath, supported his knees with his hands, and was fully prepared, before nodding.
"The thief army has invaded Jiangxi from Nanxiong Mansion in Guangdong! Nanxiong Mansion and Nan'an Mansion are broken! Ganzhou Mansion ......"
Zhao Hongcan bowed to the ground, watching Kangxi's face gradually turn blue, and he didn't dare to say any more. "Say! Say——! ”
With a bang, Kangxi roared loudly, and slapped the chessboard on the bookcase into chess pieces.
"Yes, yes! Bei Mingji, deputy general of the Ganzhou Association, raised troops to rebel! Welcome the thief into Ganzhou! ”
Zhao Hongcan finished speaking in one breath, his head was clubbed on the ground, and he didn't dare to move for half a minute.
"Huh...... Jiangxi, it's really a good place, Jiangxi ......"
Kangxi suppressed a heat in his throat, and the first thought that rose in his heart was that all the people of Jiangxi should die! When the three feudatories were in turmoil, Jin Shengheng, the chief soldier of Jiangxi, jumped out first.
No, it's not just Jiangxi people, the green camp deserves to die! As I said, the Han people just can't be trusted!
Kangxi shouted in his heart.
"Your Majesty! The thief army Yulin Army abandoned Changde and went straight to Yuezhou, and the vanguard had occupied Yiyang! ”
Marseille, the Minister of the Interior of the Guard, who was in charge of the Guard, rushed in and said with a panicked face.
Bad news always comes one after another, first the hole cards that go to the back of the thief army are destroyed, and then the thief army goes straight to Jiangxi. And the elite of the thief army, although they had long expected to specialize in Yuezhou, but in such a situation, it was themselves who were really stumbling.
"The thief army must be going to sail from Yiyang and attack Yuezhou directly, begging the emperor to move north!"
I didn't care that Kangxi's face was ugly, and Marsey shouted.
"Return to the North! I want to return to the north, and the world is about to slip from my hands! ”
Kangxi was thinking about the instability of the Han people's hearts, and when he heard Marseille's suggestion, he was even more angry.
"Luan drive south! I want to supervise the army and destroy that Li Xi in person! After figuring out something, Kangxi suddenly got up and let out a deep sigh, his eyes spewing with fine light, making Marseille feel weak.