Chapter 185: Forming a Gang
What made Deng Haonan depressed was that Dai Shan, the second Jurchen figure captured by the Liaodong Governor's Office, returned to Shenyang safe and sound.
"What the hell is going on?"
Wang Zhaoyang replied: "The imperial court requires that Dai Shan be escorted to Jingshi to be beheaded, so as to demonstrate the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and divert the attention of the people in the country. It's a pity that the great change in the capital division on the day of the beheading made Dai Shan escape. ”
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and on the eighth day of July in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, there was a sudden earthquake, like the sky collapsing, and it was as dark as night.
In the Jingshi City, the east is from the Shuncheng Gate to Xuanwumen Street, and the north is to the Xingbu Street, which is three or four miles long. Thirteen miles of the week, all for the powder. Wang Gongchang is now Guangcai Hutong and Yongning Hutong Gunpowder Bureau area is particularly burned, zombies are stacked, filthy breath is smoking, and tile practice is falling from the sky. The elephant house collapsed. The elephants escaped in frenzy. The crowd ran wildly, terrified. After the earthquake, dust, wood and stone, the beams and pillars of the house, and the rubber window walls fell from the air. In the area of Chang'an Street, people fell from the sky, and people fell outside the Desheng Gate. There are big trees flying to the dense clouds. There are five dry catties of stone lions on Shijuma Street that were shocked out of the city. There were clothes that floated to the western mountains and hung on the treetops. Clothes, utensils, ornaments, and silver coins on the Changping Prefecture teaching field fell into piles. After the on-site investigation by Li Canran, the imperial historian of Xicheng, the gunpowder magazine of Wang Gong's factory exploded, collapsing 1,931 houses and crushing 537 men and women.
Deng Hao nodded and said, "The wording of the imperial court has always been exaggerated, I want to listen to your investigation!" ”
Wang Zhaoyang then reported the investigation report of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and it turned out that at the same time that Daming suffered a natural disaster, the Jurchens outside the Guanxi seized the opportunity to make trouble. First, the Jurchen rights of Jianzhou changed, and Huang Taiji devoted himself to production. Consolidation of rights. Second, the Jurchens were defeated after Ningyuan and Jinzhou. There is no way to expedition to the Ming Dynasty, so it is natural to hope that the more chaotic the Ming Dynasty is, the better.
Because the Ming court demanded that Dai Shan be escorted to Beijing for beheading, the Liaodong Governor's Office escorted Dai Shan to Beijing Prison. Although Huang Taiji didn't want to save Dai Shan, he had to make a show. However, Dai Shan's descendants have never given up the idea of rescuing Dai Shan, and Dai Shan's son Wakda personally came to the rescue.
Knowing that Dai Shan was escorted into the capital to be beheaded, Huang Taiji immediately sent them to secretly infiltrate the capital, contact the spies who had been lurking in the capital for a long time, and prepare to rescue Dai Shan. However, Dai Shan was imprisoned in the prison. The defense was very tight. Wakda tried everything to no avail, and the time for the beheading approached day by day. Suddenly, Wacker was stunned by the news of another spy Zhang Cheng lurking in the factory of Wang Gong in Shuntianfu. This Zhang Cheng is a Liao person, and the family surrendered to Houjin. After Nurhachi's defeat at Ningyuan. Concerned about the importance of firearms, he sent a large number of spies to infiltrate the Ming Army. Prepare to steal firearms technology.
This Zhang Cheng is the best mixed, working in Wang Gong's factory, the largest arsenal in Beijing. Served as the manager of a gunpowder warehouse.
The Ming Dynasty has a great exhibition of firearms manufacturing since the year of Shui Le, and the three major stabbing five military camps and three thousand small Shenji battalions set up by the Beijing army stationed in the capital are the main force of the Ming army, equipped with the most advanced firearms and the strongest troops at that time. All the lead and gunpowder required for the firearms in Beijing were prefabricated by Wang Gong Factory for use in Beijing Camp, which shows that Wang Gong Factory was used as a gunpowder depot for the Ministry of Industry to manufacture and store gunpowder. At the same time, it is also the firearms scientific research base with the highest technical level in Daming.
Wacker thought that there was no hope of saving Dai Shan, and learned that Wang Gong had hoarded 100,000 catties of gunpowder in the powder magazine, so he prepared to blow up the powder magazine on the day of Dai Shan's execution to take revenge on Da Ming. First, these 100,000 catties of gunpowder will definitely be unfavorable to Houjin in the future, remembering the fiasco of the two wars. Wakda blames gunpowder for all the causes, and they must be destroyed. Second, Zhang Cheng said that if he took the opportunity to detonate the powder magazine. Maybe it will cause chaos, and you can take the opportunity to rob the Dharma field and rescue Dai Shan.
So WACKER decided to blow up the Wang Gong factory, but they had no idea what the consequences would be of blowing up the powder bank. Zhang Cheng detonated the powder magazine as an internal agent, but Zhang Cheng did not run out and was killed by the explosion.
The violent explosion was like an earthquake, and Dai Shan, who was escorting him to the execution ground, and the officers and soldiers who were guarding him were all shaken to the ground, and they were immediately in chaos. Wacker took the opportunity to kill and save Daizen. and took advantage of the chaos to escape from the capital and return to Shenyang safely.
It turned out that this was the case, Deng Haonan's head was several times bigger. When Dai Shan returned to Shenyang, not only would he not oppose the banquet Taiji Khan, but would support Huang Taiji and become a strong opponent of the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Zhaoyang said: "After Dai Shan returned to Shenyang, Huang Taiji just took the opportunity to return the positive red flag and the inlaid red flag to Dai Shan, so that Azig and Mang Gurtai only had one flag left in their hands, and they could no longer compete with Huang Taiji. ”
Na Haonan nodded and waved his hand to signal Wang Jiangyang to continue.
Soon after the explosion of Wang Gong's factory, the literary circles and the people exaggerated the matter, and the more they talked about it, the more suspenseful it became. In the end, it was exaggerated like a comet hitting the earth. This is exactly their purpose, to take the opportunity to point the finger at the Emperor of the Apocalypse and Wei Zhongxian, saying that they can't stand it.
Wei Zhongxian immediately retorted, but he couldn't argue. Unexpectedly, God really didn't give him face, and in the next half month, there was an earthquake in Lingqiu, Hunyuan Prefecture and other places. Lingqiu has been shaking for more than a month, shaking dozens of times. The whole city collapsed, there was no one left in the houses of the government and the people, more than 5,200 residents were crushed to death, countless merchants came and went, and the water gushing out of the dry wells was black. Datong Mansion belongs to the earthquake, from the northwest to the southeast. Its sound was like thunder, and it shook the city wall for twenty-eight years. Hunyuan Prefecture and other places, from the west, the city shakes and shakes. The sound was like a great thunder, and it shook down the walls of the city and the four official walls. The earthquakes in Ulzhou, Guangchang and Longping were like thunder, the city walls were decaying, and the government and people were shaken and destroyed. Many people were crushed to death, and the ground cracked and water surged. It's the day. Jingshi, Tianjin Sanwei, and Xuanda Ju were shocked dozens of times, and the casualties were even worse. The earthquake affected Xiangyuan, Shouyang, Wuxiang, Pingdingzhou, Shanyin, Guangling and Yushe in Shanxi Province; Jingshi Shuntianfu Dacheng, Jizhou Xiaowen'an, Hejian Fu Renqiu, Xian County, Jiaohe, Nanpi, Jingzhou, Guxian, Ningjin, Cangzhou, Baoding Qizhou, Suning, Shulu Xiaowuyi, Xiaorongcheng, Xiongxian, Zhending Pingshan, Xinle Xiaogaoyi, Longping, Jinzhou, Xin'an. Quzhou, Handan, Yongnian, Shexian, Jize in Guangping Prefecture; Licheng of Jinan Prefecture, Jinan, Wuding Prefecture, Yangxin, Shanghe Prefecture, Jinan, Dezhou, Pingyuan, Caozhou, Dongchang Prefecture, Quzhuo, Kezhou Prefecture, and six counties of Henan Province. It has affected more than 60 prefectures and counties in four provinces.
Wang Zhaoyang continued: "Changzhou Suzhou and other prefectures were flooded, the strong wind started from the northeast of the Jingjiang River, roared angrily, the roof tiles flew horizontally, the wood of the arch stood upside down, the river rose sharply, and the city walls were submerged in the huge flood, and the floating corpses belonged to each other. The flood receded on the eighth day. There were thousands of people crying and complaining, ten and nine people were overwhelmed, and there were many deaths and injuries among the old children. He Qin erosion, the people are difficult, all the elm bark is eaten, the elm bark is all and the wild vegetables, the wild vegetables are all the wheat leaves. There are those who beggars in all directions, there are those who go to the ditch to swear to die, there are those who go through the dead by themselves, and there are "
"Alright, alright!" Na Haonan hurried to the world; Wang Zhaoyang said: "We can't control it if we want to close it these days." Let Zhu You's shyness and seven dogs hurt! I only listen to ** and things that are closely related to us! ”
"Yes!" Wang Zhaoyang hurriedly opened a bunch of texts, and quickly dropped what Deng Haonan didn't want to hear. Deng Haonan looked at the thick dozen texts in Wang Zhaoyang's hand, and sighed secretly in his heart, Da Ming is really a bit back, and he has encountered so many natural disasters**.
"Headmaster!" Wang Zhaoyang said: "Among the people you specially asked us to pay attention to, Wu Sangui has already moved!" ”
In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, on June 29, the Shaanxi refugees revolted, entered Sichuan from Baoning, and were active between Guangyuan and Shenxuan, and were under the command of Wu Sanzhu, the commander of Shenxuan. In July, it attacked from Meilingou again. Attacked by the garrison Wang Hu, one of his leaders, Ji Shouen, was killed in battle. Retreat to the border of Ningqiang Prefecture in Shaanxi.
Wu San hangs!
Di Haonan nodded, and muttered for a while.
"In addition, Mao Wenlong's subordinate of Gaizhou Wei has frequently harassed the people of Fuzhou Wei recently, and intelligence shows that the Lu Gang has used it as a medium to reconcile the contradictions between Houjin and Mao Wenlong, so that they can temporarily live in peace and not invade each other."
Deng Haonan said: "In this way, the Lu Gang is ready to win over Mao Wenlong to deal with us together!" ”
Wang Zhaoyang nodded and said, "It should be like this!" Huang Taiji was at ease, and naturally he didn't want to start a war with Mao Wenlong. And Huang Taiji is most afraid of us, so he uses the contradiction between Mao Wenlong and us to stir up trouble. And the Lu Gang also has a conflict of interest with us, Li Dehai asked to negotiate with you face-to-face, but you have not had time, for fear that you will neglect him and make him dissatisfied. In this way, it is not surprising that Huang Taiji, Mao Wenlong, and Li Dehai temporarily put aside the dispute and dealt with us together! ”
I don't know if I don't study, and I'm shocked when I research.
Di Haonan smiled bitterly: "It seems that our enemies are more and more now!" ”
Wang Zhaoyang smiled: "This is normal, no force wants to see us rise. ”
That's right! No force will stand by and watch Deng Haonan rise, Deng Haonan knows this very well in his heart.
"Is there any news from the British?"
Others ganged up to deal with Deng Haonan. Then Na Haonan will not sit still, and naturally he will gang up. Obviously, there are no forces in China that sincerely want to see Deng Haonan strong, including Fu Huang Liji, who does not want to see that Haonan too strong to control. Then Deng Haonan can only seek foreign aid.
The British and the Spaniards were the targets of Deng Haonan's courtship, and although the British and Spaniards were also at odds with each other, their interests in the Far East were the same, and they both had to face a strong enemy, the Netherlands.
Wang Zhaoyang replied: "Yes! John I. Johnny, Governor of the British East India Company, has agreed to cooperate fully with us in our coalition against the Dutch. For the time being, however, they only have armed merchant ships. The Emperor did not take over the right to give them the right to form an army. So if it was a war against the Dutch East India Company. They won't go to war! But. Governor John offered to build us large warships at the Fort William shipyard in Calcutta! ”
The full name of the East India Company was "The Company of London Merchants Trading in the East Indias", and it was formed by a group of entrepreneurial and influential merchants. These merchants obtained a patent granted to them by the British Crown for the trade of the East Indies. The company has a total of 10,000 shareholders, and the capital is 10,000 yuan. Initially, however, the East India Company was a threat to the Dutch spice trade, and at first it was unable to establish a lasting foothold in the East Indies. In the year of distillation, the company's ships arrived in Surat and established a trading post there. Over the next two years, the East India Company was able to establish its first factory at Mergil Bedne, Sai Cai, Bay of Bengal. The fact that the company reported high profits after the Indian 6 years prompted King James I to grant charters to other companies. In the same year, James I issued an indefinite charter to the East India Company, which would only be cancelled if the company had not made a profit for three consecutive years.
The East India Company consisted of a Governor and a nominal director. They are appointed by all the operators and report to them regularly. All directors have a committee that is responsible for regular reporting. John Johnny was the largest shareholder, so he also became governor of the East India Company, which was also known as John's Company.
British merchants rallied around the East India Company and often engaged in armed conflict with Dutch and Cungola rivals in the Indian Ocean. The victory of the East India Company over the Portuguese in the Old 2 gave them the favor of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. The British recognized that victory or defeat in the ocean-going battles was temporary. As a result, they decided to establish a foothold in India itself with the support of both governments. They demanded that the Emperor take diplomatic measures to achieve this end. In the old occupation year, King James I sent Thomas? Sir Roy visits Jahangir, the ruler of the realm of Aja 6 in India. The purpose of this diplomatic visit was to grant the East India Company a unique right to settle and establish factories in Surat and other regions. In exchange, the company offered Jahangir goods and treasures from the European market.
Under this apparent protection, the East India Company soon overcame the Portuguese people who had bases in Goa and Bombay. In the 7th year of Surat Heart, the Year of Chennai, the Year of the Bombay Scale and the Year of Kolkata, the Year of the Billet, it established its base camp. The big bases are Fort William in Bangladesh, Fort St. George in Chennai and Makumai Castle in Mumbai. The Mughal Emperor extended his preferential treatment to British merchants to the Bengal region.
The East India Company's main trading goods were cotton, silk, indigo, sodium nitrate, and tea. At the same time, the East India Company constantly challenged the Dutch's monopoly on the spice trade in the Strait of Malacca.
"Great!" Deng Haonan was very happy to hear that the British East India Company had agreed to cooperate with him.
In this way, he could unite the British against the Dutch. Since the British Navy has recently been making fleet warships larger, Deng Haonan is eager to obtain the British Navy's shipbuilding technology. At the same time, Deng Haonan knew that Europe had broken out in the war for thirty years, and it would not be long before the British Navy would officially compete for global maritime supremacy, and Deng Haonan needed to know the true strength of the British Navy and prepare for facing the British Navy in the future.
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