Nanjing, wharf.

A messenger quickly landed ashore and changed to a fast horse, shouting along the way: "Good news, good news." The 12th Division of the Datong Army was newly formed, and it broke through the Youyang Xuanfu Division, the Pingchadong Division, the Shiye Cave Division, the Yimei Cave Division, and the Rongxi Zhimaziping Cave Division. The revival division marched eastward and broke through the Baojing Prefecture Propaganda Division and the Yongshun Propaganda Division......"

The messenger rode to the gates, showed his badge, and entered the city to shout as he went.

"Won again?"

"Where is the new 12th Division?"

"I don't know, it doesn't matter where it is, as long as you win the battle."

"Listening to those names, I'm afraid they are all toasts, how can they beat the Datong Heavenly Soldiers?"

"In less than two years, Your Majesty will definitely rule the world, and then the price of grain will be lowered."

"Long live Your Majesty!"

“……”

Confidential war reports must not be leaked, but ordinary good news allows messengers to spread news along the way, which can boost the morale of the people and increase the prestige of the court.

As for the place names in the war report, they are all eastern Sichuan and western Xiangsi toasts.

The 12th Division was newly mixed, with half of the soldiers being Sichuan natives and half of the soldiers being veterans of the 9th Division. The recruits didn't have enough firearms in their hands, and many were still using bows and arrows, but they were more than enough to deal with the little toast.

Of course, some toasts are really not small, such as Yongshun Xuanwei Division and Baojingzhou Xuanwei Division. These two places were directly merged into one province, and its tentative name was Yongshun Province.

Tujia, Miao, Zhuang...... Many nationalities live together, all the land is changed and returned to the river, and those in poor mountains and remote areas have to send officials to govern for several years.

The people of Nanjing heard the good news, but Huo Tao, the left attendant of the military department, was worrying: "Your Majesty, I have received news from the 10th Division that the puppet dynasty in the north of Annan has sent troops to occupy more than 30 villages on the border of Siling Prefecture. ”

Under Zhao Han, the first two political envoys, one was named Ouyang Steam and the other was Huo Tao.

After the reform of the central system, Ouyang Steam was promoted to the secretary of the ministry, and Huo Tao was promoted to the left squire of the military department (not qualified enough to be a scholar, but acting as a secretary).

Zhao Han really didn't understand: "The northern puppet dynasty of Annan, even Annan itself accounts for only half of it, how dare they come to encroach on the border of Guangxi?" ”

Huo Tao replied: "The minister has consulted Li Ge Lao (Li Banghua), and according to Li Ge Lao, Annan has been coveting the Chinese border for the past three hundred years. During the Jiajing period, a major war almost broke out, and the Mu family in Yunnan took advantage of the imperial court to take back the lost territory on the border. ”

The Mu family in Yunnan is more anxious than anyone else, because those lost lands are all the private territory of the Mu family!

The Mu family fought and pioneered for generations, destroyed many small toasts, and then replaced them themselves. The newly developed land was not reported to the imperial court, and people were sent to manage it themselves. This led the civil officials in Yunnan to think that these were not Chinese territories, nor were they Vietnamese territories, but the land of savages, which had always been ownerless.

These private territories of the Mu family were historically taken over by Wu Sangui.

After the fall of Ngo Sangui, part of it was occupied by Vietnam, and there was a territorial dispute during the Qing Dynasty. Later, when France colonized Vietnam, the territory was completely carved out of China, and there was never a chance to recover it.

Huo Tao also said: "Now, the Annan and Northern Dynasties are friendly with the Yunnan puppet court, and it is impossible to encroach on Yunnan again. On the Guangxi side, our army has not yet occupied Siling Prefecture, and there are only some small toasts in Siling Prefecture. The monarchs and ministers of the Anbei and Northern Dynasties have always had expansionist ambitions, and it was expected that they would take the opportunity to occupy the border villages. ”

"Since the Tenth Division didn't fight, how did you know?" Zhao Han asked.

Huo Tao replied: "Wei Shi, the local official of Siling Prefecture, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, established himself as a Tusi. This person was extremely ambitious, and brazenly sent troops to Siming Prefecture, and once captured Siming Prefecture. The Tusi of Siming Mansion joined forces to drive Wei back to Siling Prefecture. Now, Annan has entered the border and occupied the village in a big way, and Wei lost the battle, and has a bad relationship with other Tusi, so he asked the 10th Division of the Datong Army to send troops to help. ”

It can probably be understood that a teddy was suddenly bitten by a fierce dog, so he urgently asked someone to help him ask for help.

When Silingzhou was in Zhu Yuanzhang, he had already changed his land and returned to the stream. However, Webster's hereditary Tutongzhi and assisted the Han people to govern the locality, which is not much different from the real Tusi.

Zhao Han asked, "What is the idea of the Tenth Division?" ”

Huo Tao said: "I ask Your Majesty to follow the example of Sichuan and add a division in Guangxi. Some remnants of Tusi in Guangxi often rebelled and attacked officials and people with poisoned arrows in the mountains. The land in Guangxi is barren, mountainous and scarce, and many servants (Zhuang) have been soldiers for generations, so that they can earn a living. There are already some servants who are willing to fight with the Datong army. But they were not even peasants, their morale was inevitably low, and some were even instigated to rebel. ”

Zhao Han thought carefully, nodded and said, "I will set up the 13th Division in Guangxi and recruit servants as soldiers." However, although the soldiers are strong, they are also difficult to restrain them. It is also necessary to recruit some Yao people and Han people to come in and mix with the original 10th Division. ”

Huo Tao said happily: "If there are two divisions in Guangxi, they will be able to pacify the whole territory next year, and they can directly attack the puppet court in Yunnan the year after next!" ”

Zhao Han suddenly said with deep meaning: "The border villages that have been encroached upon by Annan don't need to be in a hurry to take them back for the time being, and we will deal with them after taking Yunnan." ”

"Yes!"

Huo Tao already understood that Zhao Han was retaining the pretext of sending troops to Annan.

Thirteen divisions are 130,000 people. In addition to 7,000 horsemen, 2,000 emperor's personal guards, and garrisons of important seaports, Zhao Han's regular army is about to reach 150,000.

When Sichuan and Guangxi settle down, and the grain and grass are sufficient, two divisions in Sichuan and two divisions in Guangxi can send troops to attack Yungui and wipe out the southwestern warlords with a thunderous force.

Time must be rushed, and the Chinese must go out.

Just this year, Newton was born, and the Dutch discovered New Zealand. And the Dutch felt that New Zealand was the southernmost point of South America......

The woolly bear in the north has also arrived, and the Tsarist Russian Romanov Dynasty, the founding emperor Mikhail, is about to come to the end of his life under the care of his father. However, the Cossack robbers, already approaching Lake Baikal, were constantly encroaching on the territory of Buryat Mongolia.

As long as Tsarist Russia penetrates Buryatia, it will be able to border the territory of the Manchus.

Lake Baikal, known as the "North Sea" in ancient China!

When the Manchus were fighting against the Datong army in Liaodong, Zhao Han's side was mainly busy with internal affairs. The Temple of Literature, the Temple of Wu, and the Temple of the Emperor, after first determining the rules, were repaired one after another, and most of them were repaired to the buildings of the Ming Dynasty.

The Imperial Temple is only owned in Nanjing, the Temple of Literature is found everywhere, and the Temple of Wu is to cooperate with the Military Academy.

The military academy is planned to be built in Nanjing, and the main courses are conscription, drills, armaments, logistics, command, and so on. A small number of officers and men with outstanding performance in each division were selected to come back for further study. At the same time, it is open to primary and secondary school graduates, who can be directly awarded junior officer posts after completing military schools.

Huo Tao, the left attendant of the military department, retired, and the female officer asked, "Your Majesty, have you summoned the Fujian Lin family?" ”

"Let him in." Zhao Han said.

A merchant dressed in silk was soon brought in for an audience, resisted the urge to kneel, and bowed his hand: "Lin Wenyuan, grass people, meet Your Majesty!" ”

"Give a seat."

Zhao Han smiled kindly: "According to the Fujian official, you are acting as a liaison for the Japanese shogun?" ”

Lin Wenyuan replied: "Your Majesty, the Japanese shogunate is closed to the country, mainly in the blockade of the big and small franc machines (Portugal, Spain). They have always wanted to open the sea to trade with China, but they had no choice but to have a bad relationship with the Ming Dynasty because of the Japanese rebellion. Today, I heard that the Ming Dynasty had fallen and His Majesty had established a new dynasty, so he had plans to open the sea to China. However, Japan did not dare to rashly send envoys and wanted to make contact through Fujian maritime merchants. ”

Zhao Han asked, "Have you been doing business with Japan?" ”

Lin Wenyuan replied: "There is a city in Japan called Nagasaki. Nagasaki also has an island called Dejima. Chinese and Dutch merchants were only allowed to live and trade on the island, and they had to pay taxes to Nagasaki every year. It's like that...... Macau is to Daming. ”

Zhao Han did not learn the world history well, and asked: "Why did the Japanese shogunate close the country?" ”

Lin Wenyuan replied: "Teach chaos!" ”

"Religious chaos? Western Jewishism? Zhao Han was surprised.

Lin Wenyuan explained: "Especially the old religion of Yahweh, Spain and Portugal used to have prosperous trade with Japan. In many places along the coast of Japan, Yahwa churches have been built, and there are more than 100,000 Yahist churches. In addition, the feudal lords in various places were cruel and unkind, and the lives of the common people were miserable, and some religious members joined forces with the peasants to rebel. In the eyes of the Japanese shogunate, Western Yahism, like the White Lotus Sect in China, is a sect that demagogies the people to rebel! ”

Zhao Han couldn't help but wonder: "This is somewhat interesting. ”

Lin Wenyuan continued: "Four years ago, a sixteen-year-old boy named Shiro Amakusa led some ownerless ronin, as well as tens of thousands of civilians to revolt. Of the 37,000 rebels, most of them were peasants, and two-thirds were old, weak, women and children. The famous Japanese general Itakura Shigemasa gathered the soldiers and horses of several feudal lords to launch a fierce attack on the rebel army of Amakusa Shiro. The shogunate army suffered heavy casualties, and the commander Itakura Shigemasa was killed. ”

"So powerful?" Zhao Han became more and more surprised, he knew that Amakusa Shiro had been exposed to it in Japanese games.

I don't know if it's true or not: Those who stick to this city now will always be friends in the next life!

Lin Wenyuan said: "The shogunate sent a second commander, and also increased the army to recruit, and sent more than ten feudal lords to form a coalition army. But they still couldn't break through the rebels' city, so they could only besiege and blockade the city, trying to starve the rebels to death. ”

Zhao Han asked, "Hungry?" ”

Lin Wenyuan said: "Amakusa Shiro is a believer in Yahweh, and he sent people to break through and contact the Dutch, wanting to gain the support of the Dutch. But he didn't know that he believed in the old religion and the Holland believed in the new religion. Instead of coming to the rescue, the Dutch sent their fleet to shell the rebels. ”

"That's right." Zhao Han nodded.

Lin Wenyuan said: "There are more than 30,000 rebel troops, sworn to fight to the death, and there are only more than 20,000 left. The shogunate army lost 3,000 dead and tens of thousands wounded, and after breaking the city, all the living rebels were slaughtered. Since then, Japan has closed itself off trade with Spain and Portugal. The shogunate ordered the destruction of all churches, and if they found those who practiced Western religion, they were arrested and sentenced to death. ”

Zhao Han sighed: "The government forced the people to rebel, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, it is the same. It's a pity that this Amakusa Shiro has such courage at the age of sixteen, and can make tens of thousands of righteous soldiers swear to serve their lives. ”

Lin Wenyuan said: "Your Majesty, the Japanese shogunate vaguely put forward the condition, as long as Your Majesty recognizes the rule of the shogunate, Japan is willing to worship Datong China as its suzerain, and all Japanese seaports are open to Chinese merchants. ”

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Go back and tell the shogun that their grievances with the Ming Dynasty are not to blame for in the past." As long as he promised not to cause any more rebellion, he could send an envoy to Nanjing. After I received the letter of state from Japan, I would also send an envoy to canonize the king of Japan. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Lin Wenyuan was overjoyed that once Japan opened its ports, Chinese merchants would have their own business—the Dutch could only trade on the island of Dejima in Nagasaki.