Chapter 224

After learning the true face of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and knowing the truth about his removal back then, Fu Ming'a gradually became smarter, knew how to be flexible, and was no longer as stupid as he was back then.

Fu Ming'a became smarter, and his heart naturally brightened, and he understood that according to the current situation, there was only one way to die with Duxing'a.

He didn't want to die, of course he had to think about it.

Absconding is naturally the way to survive, but Fu Ming'a, who has become a smart man, does not want to abandon his power, so he resolutely chooses to rebel against the Manchu Qing Dynasty and surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

This is not a fool's dream, because although Fuming'a is a banner man like Duxing'a, but unlike Duxing'a, Duxing'a is a Manchurian bannerman, while Fuming'a is a bannerman of the Han army, and he is a bannerman at the same time, he is also a Han person.

And he is not an ordinary Han person, his ancestor was the famous Yuan Chonghuan Yuan Inspector, of course, this is true or not even Fu Ming'a himself does not know, in short, he heard his father say so, as for whether it is caused by political factors, it is unknown.

Yuan Inspector is a big man, I heard that even Nurhachi had eaten deflated in his hands, although he was later executed by Emperor Chongzhen Ling Chi, and even the meat was eaten by the people, but it was already whitewashed by the Manchu Emperor, so it can be said that he is a hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty, and his descendants are naturally inherited from the legacy of their ancestors.

As for why Inspector Yuan's descendants became the bannermen of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there is no need to ask? Inspector Yuan's death so miserably was caused by the Manchu Dynasty's anti-intrigue scheme, and in order to take revenge on the Manchus, the descendants of Yuan Inspector did not hesitate to serve the thieves with their bodies, lurking in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, waiting for the Manchu Qing to weaken, and to strike a fatal blow to the Manchus.

And now is this time, Fu Ming'a, a descendant of Inspector Yuan, who understands righteousness, finally waited until this time and was ready to raise the banner of rebellion against the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, because of these special identities, Fu Ming'a can meet on both sides, while continuing to fool Du Xing'a, and on the other hand, he is ready to receive the Taiping Army and take Jiangdu City as his own Jin Jin.

When he learned of the death of the monk Lingqin and felt that the Manchu Qing had no future, he immediately began to prepare, obviously he was right.

To be honest, when Duxing'a was dying, he didn't want to believe all this, and the Taiping army who successfully entered the city was naturally dumbfounded.

Who would have thought that in this Jiangdu City, which is controlled by the Eight Banners, there would also be a scene of all the people welcoming the king's division, all thanks to Fu Ming'a!

Therefore, at this time, Fu Ming'a, as a mere general, was promoted to one of the main commanders of the Soviet-Chinese Taiping Army.

The Taiping army in Jiangdu City was jubilant, they were worthy of joy, and Jiangning and Southern Jiangsu, which were ruled by the Central and Northern Jiangsu Empires, were connected to Southern Jiangsu, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was integrated together, and the threat to the north of Jiangning Prefecture was solved, which was of great help to the security of Tianjing.

And the two places in northern and central Jiangsu, Shandong in the north and Henan in the west, are also the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so there is no enemy around them, and it can be said that they can finally live some peaceful lives.

And the recovery of northern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu is a great achievement, the Northwest Taiping Army finally has the face to return to the Kingdom of Heaven, and Tan Tiyuan has also completed his task excellently, as for Fu Ming'a's head to Jiangdu City and Duxing's head as a gift for promotion, has been integrated into the Taiping Army, and the future is also bright.

Anqing, Anhui, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Tianhou temporarily traveled.

Hong Tian received news from the north here, and each one surprised him more than the other, and shocked him more than the other, making him fully feel that the history he knew before had completely collapsed.

Northern Anhui is quite calm, the society is harmonious, the degree of assimilation has been consistent with the previous subordination of southern Anhui and central Anhui, and Anhui Province has been completely incorporated into the Hongtian system.

With almost no resistance, the Twist Army accepted the reorganization of the Taiping Army, and the province of Henan was completely controlled by the Taiping Army, and was integrated with the southern provinces controlled by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Northern Jiangsu and Central Jiangsu have been controlled by the Northwest Taiping Army and the Tan Tiyuan Department supported by the north, because the Tan Tiyuan Department has limited troops, and the Northwest Taiping Army is the old Taiping Army after all, and the reorganization cannot be as free as the Twist Army, so the pace of reorganization is slightly slow, but this is only a matter of time, Northern Jiangsu and Central Jiangsu will soon become one of the core areas of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom like Jiangning Mansion and Southern Jiangsu.

Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and Henan, as well as a corner of Huzhou in northwest Zhejiang, were the actual control areas of the Taiping Army, and the territory of more than six provinces was the rich land of China, and it can be said that half of the wealth of China has been acquired by the Taiping Army.

Moreover, the Central Plains Han Army and Yan Jingming in Shandong, and Liu Changyou and Shi Wenxiu in Zhili, have announced their willingness to belong to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it can be said that these two provinces already belong to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in name.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had more than eight provinces, and it can be said that it was initially qualified to unify China.

And the most shocking news is naturally the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a country that has been in a stalemate with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for more than ten years, and this colonial empire that once enslaved China for more than 300 years, collapsed with a bang.

Hong Tian really didn't expect it to be so soon, although he had already felt the weakness of the Manchu Qing and thought that it would soon fall, but he could not have imagined that it would be annihilated in history like this.

When he first heard the news, he almost thought it was a miscommunication, because in history the Manchu Qing Dynasty continued to hold out for nearly half a century before it fell, but after repeated confirmation, he had to accept this fact.

For the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, as a Han Chinese, he was naturally happy in his heart, but he was also a little nervous in his heart, because in this way, the history he knew would have changed even greater, and the Manchu Dynasty had fallen, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had become the orthodoxy of today's China, which was not only a matter for the whole of China, but also for East Asia and even the world.

It can be said that Hong Tian's greatest advantage over the people of this era has become extremely weak, and from this moment on, he can no longer rely too much on the history he knew in his previous life.

And the sudden fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also caused him to think deeply.

At first, he couldn't understand why this was so, but when he thought of the Xinhai Revolution in his previous life, he was a little abrupt.

Compared with this year's Jiazi Uprising, the Xinhai Revolution of that year can be described as more unsightly, there is no unified leadership core at all, the legendary great man Sun is still washing the pie in the United States, but even such a messy uprising can still lead to big waves, so that half of China declares independence, and finally another great man Yuan someone gently turned his hand, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed.

In this era, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was born; the Twisted Army swept across the Central Plains and Huaibei, galloping for thousands of miles; Dali Du Wenxiu shook the southwest, and the two vast heavens and the earth would rise up; and the people of the northwest were ready to move.

The situation in this era is not many times better than that of Xinhai years, and Hong Tian, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who has been founded for more than ten years, is naturally more prestigious, and he has conquered several provinces, is invincible, and he has conquered all of them.

In such a situation, it is not too strange that the Chinese people are attached to each other.

In the changes in the north, the names of Liu Changyou, Shi Wenxiu and Yan Jingming appeared in Hong Tian's mind.

For Shi Wenxiu, Hong Tian has no memory, maybe there is this person in history, but he should also be an unknown person.

And Liu Changyou and Yan Jingming, Hong Tian has an impression.

Especially Liu Changyou, this person is quite famous in history, in addition to his identity as a veteran of the Hunan Army and the first Han governor of Zhili, what Hong Tian cares about the most is that this Liu Changyou suggested a preemptive crusade against Japan as early as twelve years before the First Sino-Japanese War.

At that time, Japan had already shown its ambitions for China and began to take action.

As early as 1872, Japan began a large-scale invasion of the Chinese vassal state of Ryukyu, preparing to use the Ryukyus as a springboard to attack Taiwan.

In 1874, the Ryukyu drifters were killed by the Taiwanese Gaoshan tribe, which gave Japan an opportunity.

Taking advantage of the confusion of the Manchu officials, Japan launched a large-scale attack on the island of Taiwan under the pretext that the Ryukyus were a Japanese vassal state, and this was Japan's first armed aggression against China in modern history.

However, at that time, there was a huge disparity in strength between Japan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, coupled with the fact that the Japanese army was defeated. Under the "mediation" of the United States and Britain, Japan extorted 500,000 taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty, and forced the Qing court to recognize that the Japanese invasion of Taiwan was a "righteous act to protect the people" (that is, to indirectly recognize the Ryukyuan people as Japanese subjects), and then withdrew its troops from Taiwan.

This is simply a loss of power and humiliation of the country, and in the case of defeat, a small state can tear a piece of flesh off the Manchu Qing, and it is this move that makes the countries of the world realize the weakness of the Manchu Qing and begin further aggression against the Manchu Qing.

Just imagine, after a country wins a war, it will pay compensation to the defeated party, which country will be stupid enough not to step on two feet, even if it is overturned, isn't there still a high cost of decoction?

Later, due to the weakness and incompetence of the Manchus, Japan completely annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879 and renamed Okinawa Prefecture.

Subsequently, Japan began to invade another vassal state of China, Korea.

In 1876, Japan opened the Korean country by force, forced the Korean government to sign the Treaty of Ganghwa, and obtained a series of privileges such as consular jurisdiction. Article 1 of the treaty proclaimed that "Korea is an independent state and retains equal rights with Japan." It openly excluded the Manchu Qing dynasty, the suzerainty of Korea, and fully exposed Japan's ambition to monopolize Korea.

The actions of the small state of Yuer were not taken seriously by the Manchus, who ignored it.

Later, in 1882, the Renwu Mutiny occurred in Korea, and the Qing and Japanese countries sent troops to Korea at the same time, although the Qing army suppressed the Japanese army in this incident, but Japan still obtained the right to send troops and garrison troops in Korea in the "Jemulpo Treaty", which also laid the groundwork for the later Sino-Japanese War. At that time, the Chinese people were ignorant of this, but Liu Changyou was very vigilant, and in a series of events, he saw through Japan's plot to attack China and suggested a preemptive crusade against Japan.

The reason for his suggestion at that time was put forward in conjunction with the situation in Vietnam, when France stepped up its aggression against Vietnam, threatening the southwestern frontier of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which attracted the attention of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and asked Liu Changyou, who was then the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, to eliminate the possibility of war, so Liu Changyou gave a suggestion.

If you want to protect Yunnan, you must make contributions to Japan.

At that time, Liu Changyou analyzed that Japan's attack on Taiwan and the Ryukyus would have violated public international law, and that once the Qing Dynasty and Japan went to war, Japan would not be able to take advantage of international morality, and its aggressive nature would sooner or later annex Korea.

He believed that since the Tongzhi period, the imperial court has paid attention to foreign affairs, set up coastal defense, trained sailors, repaired forts, purchased iron ships, built guns and cannons, and invested a lot of money.

Therefore, in the seventh year of Guangxu, in 1882, 12 years before the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, he put forward a specific plan for Shangshu: "Emperor Fu begged to commit the crime of violence against Japan first, and the prestige of Minister Jian Su would raise troops from the three eastern provinces and go out of the Songhua River to border Sakhalin Island; Or if they are worried about disturbing the seashore, the southeast coast has been training troops for a long time, and it also has its own defense equipment. The subjects of the sulfur ball are happy to regain their territory, and they will surely help the Shun Division. With the length of the temple, there are interceptions overseas, Tiange distant earthquakes, four halberd soldiers, Korea, Siam, and Burma countries can be exempted from encroachment, not only Vietnam. ”

It's a pity that the Manchu Qing Dynasty didn't adopt his suggestion at that time, because the late Qing Dynasty was not an offensive country at all, and it was already great to be able to make up its mind to recover the lost territory.

Whether it was the First Opium War, the Second Opium War, the Sino-French War, or the First Sino-Japanese War, the Manchus regarded themselves as weak psychologically, whether they were on the superior side or the weak side.

I can't provoke first!

This is the purpose of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if other people's gunboats drive to the doorstep, as long as they do not open fire, the Manchu army is not allowed to move, this is not only not to attack, but even the defense is extremely cowardly.

Hong Tian felt extremely sorry whenever he thought that the Manchus had given up the opportunity to attack Japan in a preemptive strike, otherwise modern China would probably not be so bumpy.

The situation was quite good for China, when the civil strife in China had largely subsided, and in 1876 Zuo Zongtang sent troops to the northwest to seize Xinjiang from the colonizer Agubai, and in 1881 forced the Russians to return Ili.

Russia's return of Ili can be said to be something that made the world's diplomatic circles marvel at that time, because the Russians' appetite is known to all countries in the world, and they are greedy and never want to spit out what they swallow, although Ili is not completely returned, but it also makes the countries of the world feel incredible, and out of thin air the Manchu Qing Dynasty has raised a lot of status in the world.

The war at home had subsided, international prestige had risen, and the Manchus could have waged war abroad.

But in the end, because of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's policy of shrinking, this historical opportunity was missed.

The final result can be imagined, the Sino-French war was inevitable, Japan took the initiative to attack in the First Sino-Japanese War, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was completely defeated, so far it was in a slump, and there was no possibility of revival.

Such a good suggestion was wasted in vain, and Liu Changyou, who made this suggestion, failed to make a big difference in the later stage, which is also a waste of talent.

Therefore, for Liu Changyou, Hong Tian attaches great importance to it, even if the plan he proposed may be a little unrealistic at the time, but at least he has ideas.

Moreover, Hong Tian also believed that the Manchu Qing at that time was sure to defeat Japan, and Japan was still weak at that time, and in the face of the huge Manchu attack, the possibility of being able to resist was very rare, of course, this required the Manchu Qing to be determined to defeat Japan, otherwise a small setback would make it lose its motivation, and it would be useless at all.

Just like the Mengyuan expedition to Japan back then, because of the setback of defeat due to typhoons twice, they gave up the attack on Japan, so how can they achieve real victory?

The defeat of Meng Yuan was largely due to the fact that the original belligerent and progressive national character was gradually assimilated by China, and became a person who likes to talk about it, from galloping and killing on horseback to lying on a rattan chair and chanting poetry.

A nation must have an enterprising spirit, otherwise a huge empire will only decay and decay in the end.

Hong Tian likes characters like Liu Changyou very much, and he is very happy that Liu Changyou took the initiative to go north to Liaodong, but at the same time he feels a little disappointed.

For Liu Changyou's active Northern Expedition, Hong Tian felt quite gratified, Liu Changyou withdrew from Beijing and went to Liaodong, which showed that he had no intention of powering China, and it was extremely beneficial to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, because the Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed by Liu Changyou himself, which made it have great prestige in the whole of China, and if Liu Changyou became the king and hegemon in Beijing, it would definitely be a big trouble for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

And Liu Changyou's stay away made Hong Tian, who respected this hero very much, stunned.

He knew that although Liu Changyou was tantamount to competing with himself for the leadership of China, he was not willing to saddle up for himself, this is a person with independent opinions, and it is difficult to really use it for himself.

"I will make you submit to me. Hong Tian said silently in his heart.

And the other person, Yan Jingming, this financial expert, saved the return of the prime minister, and Hong Tian was quite satisfied.

This person understands current affairs and can do things, and he is a rare talent.

Historically, he handled the Yunnan reimbursement case, but he shocked the Manchu government and the opposition.

In that case, Yan Jingming was ruthless with an iron face, and dozens of officials big and small who were implicated in the case were punished as they deserved.

For example, Sun Jiamu, director of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Households, who received stolen goods, was dismissed from his post and compensated for the stolen goods, and was imprisoned for three years; Zhou Ruiqing, the secretary of Taichang Temple, was dismissed from his post and compensated for the stolen goods, and he was exiled for 3,000 miles; Pan Yingzhang, the head of the Ministry of Households, Long Jidong, and Li Yuhua, the head of the Ministry of Households, were also dismissed from their posts and exiled; Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao, ministers of military aircraft, were all demoted, and Wang Wenshao was expelled from the Military Aircraft Department. Others, such as the household servant Xu, Chongli, the Ministry of Works, Weng Tongyong, and the military department, Kuirun, also had the responsibility of negligence or had a certain degree of involvement, and were respectively punished by demotion, fine, salary, etc.

The Minister of Military Aircraft can almost be said to be the prime minister, and Weng Tongyi is the teacher of Emperor Guangxu, that is, the emperor's teacher, and the result is not spared, which shows Yan Jingming's ability.

With this talent, Hong Tian finally has some confidence in the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

To tell the truth, corruption in the current Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is quite serious, whether it is the old Taiping Army or the former Qing Dynasty officials who have been attached to it.

Although Hong Tian tried his best to crack down, he repeatedly banned it, and with the integration of interests, the various forces gradually united, and the big greed and greed of their hands were very greedy, and the entire government and the opposition were in a miasma.

Although this has been the case in all Chinese dynasties, and it is unavoidable until the later generations in which Hong Tian lived, Hong Tian still felt extremely dissatisfied.

The Taiping country he was looking forward to was not like this.

Even if you can't serve the people like servants of the people, you can't do that!

Hong Tian's own ability was very limited, and Li Xiucheng, Hong Renji and the old Taiping army had a close relationship, and Wang Liang was friendly with the Hunan army, so it was inconvenient to investigate and deal with it.

And Yan Jingming has just surrendered to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he has not been entangled with the major forces for the time being, and he is a figure who can make great rectifications to the rule of officials.

Therefore, Yan Jingming's attachment is in line with Hongtian's meaning.

After learning that Yan Jingming had surrendered to the Kingdom of Heaven, Hong Tian had already ordered the Central Plains Taiping Army to go north, led by Li Shixian, and stationed in Shandong to replace Yan Jingming.

Liu Changyou is the main external campaign, and Yan Jingming is the main internal finance.

This is Hong Tian's arrangement for them after learning that the two were attached, although Liu Changyou did not mean to accept his constraints, but since it was the Northern Expedition to Liaodong, it was naturally equivalent to opening up territory for Hong Tian.

Hong Tian didn't believe it, after Liu Changyou captured Liaodong, when he sent people north to collect the territory, Liu Changyou dared to resist, in fact, Hong Tian hoped that Liu Changyou would resist, so that he could justifiably crusade against Liu Changyou's troops, incorporate them into his own system, and let Liu Changyou really use him.

Compared with Liu Changyou, Yan Jingming's importance is not bad at all.

Liu Changyou is to expand the territory and create the Taiping country, while Yan Jingming does a good job in the governance of officials and manages the wealth for Hongtian, that is, to stabilize the Taiping country.

Otherwise, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, although they dare not act recklessly because Hong Tian is alive, but when Hong Tian is not there, they will definitely get worse, and I am afraid that the Taiping country will soon fall apart.

The Taiping Rebellion was a peasant uprising, and Hong Tian didn't want to force the people below to rise up because of a large number of corrupt officials under him.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was established by the peasants, was overthrown by the peasant uprising, which was really a big joke.

It can be said that Hong Tian is full of confidence in the now thriving Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he believes that soon, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will unify China, and he is the monarch of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

He has this kind of self-confidence, naturally it is not arrogant, but he does have this capital.

The territory and power of more than eight provinces, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and because of the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom became the orthodoxy of China, so it was impossible to unify China, and Hongtian was in vain as the greatest emperor in the world.

In addition to these, there are many reasons, one of which is that China's first steamship, the Yellow Bird, is about to be launched.