Chapter 53: The Controversy at the Command of the Northern Expedition

Qianlong already had a plan in his heart.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs will make it itself.

Let's not talk about whether the quality can reach such a sophisticated level - anyway, Qianlong has little confidence.

It's just that the cost is unbearable.

It's better to buy it.

But you can't buy it by pointing to one.

It has to be separated.

Eggs cannot be placed in one basket.

After discussing the price of muskets with Macartney and others.

Qianlong signaled that the conversation was over.

Macartney and Bourblon walked out of the palace in a daze.

They didn't even know Qianlong's attitude towards cooperating with Britain and France to fight against the Ming Dynasty...

Of course.

They are not without gains.

Emperor Qianlong at least said that he could buy muskets from Britain and France ...

"This is an Oriental King with a deep city."

Bourblon said.

Macartney shrugged: "It's just a pity that he seems to be overconfident." The empire he ruled was in fact so weak. ”

On these days.

Macartney and others also observed the situation in the Qing Empire.

The country's poverty is staggering – of course, the British Empire and the Qing Empire were also bald monks, and the factory workers in London were not necessarily better off than the peasants of the Qing Dynasty.

But on the same way, it seems that the equipment of the country's army has just stayed in the same way as it was more than a hundred years ago, and it is said that the tactical mode of the Eight Banners of the Qing Emperor's most elite Eight Banners is very old.

The country's most elite armies are even massively armed with shotguns, a small-caliber arquebus.

Macartney easily concluded that the Qing Empire was by no means as powerful as Westerners imagined.

They are big but not strong.

And about the same as Russia.

And their rulers generally have a hidden fear in their hearts - they are always worried about being overthrown by the Han people at the bottom, so they are always ready to withdraw from China.

Such a country.

How can you resist Zhu Daohua's Ming army?

"Wait, after his army is defeated on the battlefield, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qing Empire will know that the country he rules is not the Celestial Empire..."

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire wants to buy muskets....." Macartney rubbed his temples, "it seems... Before we can stand with the Qing Empire, we still have to do a business with His Royal Highness the Ming King."

"He probably won't turn down this opportunity to make money." Bourblon said.

The two of them are helpless.

Who let Zhu Daohua have the final say in Nanyang now.

Without Zhu Daohua's permission.

They don't want to transport any material to the Qing Kingdom.

.........

And Qianlong after a meeting with Britain and France.

He immediately sent an edict to Ming, appointing Fukangan as the general of Fuyuan, and ordered the green battalion of Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guizhou to each lead 15,000 green battalion soldiers, and a total of 45,000 troops to enter Guangdong, which was controlled by Fukangan, the general of Fuyuan.

At the same time, he ordered Fukangan to recruit 30,000 villagers in Guangdong, train 30,000 new soldiers, and also transfer the 5,000 Eight Banner soldiers stationed in Guangzhou to Fukangan for moderation.

So.

Under Fukangan's command, there are 120,000 green battalion soldiers, 30,000 village warriors, and 5,000 Eight Banner Heavenly Soldiers.

The total number of troops is 155,000.

In terms of troops.

The town of Guangdong Province is absolutely sufficient.

In addition, he also gave a secret decree to Fukangan.

Let Fukangan secretly shoot people to go to Nanyang to seek to buy sophisticated muskets and artillery.

It is no secret that the teaching materials of the Eight Banners were trained according to the methods of the Ming army, and Qianlong had already obtained them.

Since Zhu Daohua can use such a military training method to train a new army.

That was used to train the Eight Banners.

Revive the power of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers.

It can also be effective.

As for the purchased muskets ....

Qianlong was also not at ease to hand over to the green battalion soldiers in the south.

In addition to equipping the five thousand Eight Banner soldiers in Guangzhou.

The rest will be sent to Beijing.

to be used as equipment for the formation of a new Eight Banners Musket Battalion.

The rise of Zhu Daohua in Nanyang made Qianlong realize that the glorious prosperity of the Qing Dynasty and Haiyan River Qing was likely to be lost.

The Eight Banners are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

The Eight Banners must restore the power of the heavenly soldiers of the year.

That's the case.

can use the method of the ancestors to use the Eight Banners to suppress the Han people to fight the world to deal with Zhu Daohua.

There are many Han people.

There are few people in the Eight Banners.

Therefore, the Eight Banners rarely fought in Kang Yongqian's previous wars.

And now it is the same, Qianlong does not plan to use the Eight Banners to fight Zhu Daohua.

Otherwise, it's too uneconomical.

But Qianlong also knew.

The Eight Banners pressed the Han people to fight the prerequisites.

It is the Eight Banners soldier, and it must be a tiger.

Even if it's a paper tiger.

As long as you can bluff people.

.........

"Your Majesty allocates 500,000 yuan and asks this official to buy 30,000 muskets....."

In the Liangguang Governor's Palace, Fukangan looked at Vicente, Liu Guangliang, and Wu Dunyuan, the chief merchant of the Thirteen Banks, and others.

"My lord, the Ming Dynasty demands that all trade must be concentrated on Batam.... If you want to buy muskets, you can only go to Batam to find contact with Western merchants. ”

Wu Dunyuan said when he heard this.

"It's just...."

"Just what?"

"Just to trade on Batam, you have to exchange Ming Yuan to trade...."

"As long as you can buy a musket." Fukangan waved his hand and said, "Who can go to this matter?" ”

Fukangan looked at Vicente and Liu Guangliang.

The two also knew.

Here in Fukangan, the two of them are familiar with the affairs of Nanyang.

"Duxian, I'm willing to go."

The two hurriedly came out of the column and bowed and said.

Fu Kangan nodded slightly, and then turned his head to look at Wu Dunyuan: "What is the way for the Thirteen Lines in Nanyang?" ”

Wu Dunyuan's face showed bitterness when he heard this: "Since the Dutch were defeated by the Ming Dynasty, the Thirteen Lines have lost this line, but Jardine Matheson bought a land in Batam in the name of Chinese businessmen in Batam and built a trading house, and now it has begun to contact foreign businessmen from all over the world in Batam. ”

"It may not be difficult to find a foreign merchant with musket goods."

"Good!"

Fukangan had a smile on his face.

"If this happens, you will be considered to have made a great contribution!"

........

Just when Qianlong and Fukangan wanted to send people to buy ordnance and strengthen Guangdong's defensive forces.

On the side of the Ming army.

is already working on the Northern Expedition to Guangdong.

At this moment.

In the newly formed Northern Expedition Headquarters.

The staff officers of the Ming army were fighting for it.

"Guangzhou Mansion is at the mouth of the Pearl River, and the Guangdong Navy Division can't stop my landing army at all, just rush all the way down the estuary to the city of Guangzhou, break through Guangzhou, and Guangdong can be decided!"

"No, no, no! This was too risky, the Qing Tartars had tens of thousands of troops in Guangdong, and if the war dragged on, several surrounding provinces could mobilize troops to help. If it is surrounded under the city of Guangzhou, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

"It's better to be safe, first occupy a stronghold on the mainland, send materials and personnel ashore, and then try to Guangzhou!"

Overall.

The staff officers were divided into "radicals" and "conservatives". ”

The radicals believed that with the combat strength of the Ming army, they rushed directly along the mouth of the Pearl River to the city of Guangzhou, landed under the cover of artillery fire, occupied Guangdong in World War I, and then attacked Shaoguan, Jiayingzhou, and Zhaoqing on the basis of Guangzhou.

The conservative faction believes that the Ming army is still small and cannot take such a risk.

It's best to find a safe landing spot along the coastline first.

After sending materials and personnel ashore and establishing a reliable and stable mainland stronghold, they then moved to Guangzhou, forcing Fu'ankang to mobilize the main force to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army.

In the midst of the controversy.

Neither Zhu Daohua nor Napoleon, the general adviser of the Ming Army, spoke out.

Right now.

Jinyi Wei commanded Gong to push the door in.

The controversy came to an abrupt end.

Jin Yiwei.

Of course, everyone knows what to do.

There were not many officers in the Ming army who wanted to have anything to do with the people of Jinyiwei.

"My lord, it was discovered that Liu Guangliang, the son of Liu Qianxing, was operating on Batam Island, and his purpose should be to help Qing Tatar buy muskets."

"Oh?"

Zhu Daohua showed a look of interest on his face.