Dominate the Country

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When the ice in the Bohai Sea melted, boatloads of Fuhan Army soldiers and arms were quickly transported from Shandong to Caofeidian. Soldiers and materials had all been gathered in Shandong before, and the ships had been concentrated in Shandong by the Logistics Department long ago. Similarly, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also gathered all its flag soldiers, training troops, elite green battalions, as well as the precious Eight Banners New Army and Mongolian cavalry in Beijing and Tianjin.

From the Central Plains to the South, from the Yangtze River to the Yellow River, on the front line that traveled thousands of miles, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had fallen into the predicament of total defeat. Especially in the upcoming decisive battle between Beijing and Tianjin, the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty was thrown into an unprecedented crisis. Now They could only try their best to fight to the death under the walls of Beijing. Similarly, the rapid development of the situation has also caused many "fence-riding factions" who are "at both ends of the spectrum" to fall into extremely embarrassing situations.

Just when the decisive battle between Beijing and Tianjin was imminent, just when the saying "On February 2, the dragon raises its head" was spread throughout the country, the Tiandihui in central and southern Fujian, and the powerful local factions in the southwest and northwest had to face Facing the cruel reality, everyone discovered that their continued 'persistence' was likely to bring them a death crisis right away!

In the Battle of Beijing and Tianjin, can the Manchu and Qing Dynasties win? Even if such a victory only delays the fall of the Qing Dynasty a little, this is what countless "fence-riding factions" long to see. Because such a failure would dampen the morale and prestige of the Fuhan Army, they could take this opportunity to gain a little more benefit.

However, the result of the war between Manchu and Han last winter caused many people to lose confidence in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Many people knew clearly that their "hope" was just "extreme hope". If the Manchu and Qing Dynasty could really win the Fuhan army, When it comes to the decisive battle under the walls of Beijing, will they still lose such a huge power in just three or four years?

In the same way, if the Fuhan Army captured Beijing and Tianjin in one fell swoop, Chen and Han would be able to dominate the world just around the corner. Even Chen Ming himself could not predict how the Tiandihui in central and southern Fujian would react, but at least they still had a close relationship with the Fuhan Army. The powerful factions in the southwestern provinces, northwest and other places are the real ones. They were under the command of the Manchus before, because just a year ago, the Manchus were still in control of the situation in most areas of the southwest and northwest. These people could only please the Manchus. They really had no deep connection with the Fuhan Army. of 'communication'. Now that the situation has developed, how many of these people are still willing to be buried with the Manchus?

Anyway, in the years before and after, secret reports after secret reports were sent to Nanjing from the secret camps in the southwest and northwest. Those local powerful factions are really local powerful factions and cannot appear in too big a scene. The power in the hands of many people is mainly based on the militia training, and their positions are not full-time military attachés, but civil servants in local state capitals.

But you can't really underestimate such people. They don't succeed enough and fail bad enough, but they can cause a lot of trouble to the Fuhan Army's establishment of local ruling order. Who makes the mountains in the southwest more numerous? . This is the experience and lesson learned by the Fuhan Army after they captured Guizhou.

According to the statistics of the famous list that Chen Ming already held in his hand, Dong Tianbi, who had the largest number of troops, only had six or seven thousand men left.

Dong Tianbi was from Beijing, Daxing. Wu Jinshi was born, and was awarded the garrison of the Sichuan Tibiao Front Camp. When the Qing Dynasty conquered Jinchuan, Dong Tianbi served in the army and was promoted to deputy general of Weizhou Association, later to commander-in-chief of Songpan Town, and to admiral of Sichuan.

However, the defeat of the Qing army in Guizhou wiped out all the elite Qing troops in the three southwestern provinces. Dong Tianbi, the dignified provincial admiral, only had six to seven thousand men left.

The Fuhan Army is connected to a few people on these lists. They have good official reputation and strong abilities. Even if such bureaucrats are old-fashioned, the Fuhan Army will be happy to accept them. Including Dong Tianbi! But these people had previously been polite to the Fuhan Army's emissaries and treated them extremely favorably. But when it comes to practical issues, he always makes excuses without leaving a single word of truth behind. Now they feel embarrassed too.

If Beijing is captured by the Fuhan Army, Daqingguo will be doomed. What other reason do they have to continue to die for Aisin Gioro? But they had generally rejected the Fuhan Army's attempts to win over them before. This kind of practice, which neither the left nor the right can offend, is very despicable. Because the Fuhan Army is now strong.

In Chen Ming's previous life, there was a saying that was widely circulated on the Internet: If you don't seek death, you won't die. It can be said that these are the people we are referring to.

These people and the Tiandihui rebels in central and southern Fujian who have always maintained their 'independence' have fallen into the current embarrassing situation. No matter how you look at it, it is their own fault and they do not deserve sympathy at all. Chen Ming was very willing to accept the best of this small group of old bureaucrats, as well as the Tiandihui rebels in Fujian, but they themselves were reluctant. Time has dragged on until now, and the capital owned by these people has become lighter and weightless as time goes by.

Therefore, whether in the southeast, southwest, or northwest, they are about to face the most difficult choice in their lives.

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Time goes back half a month. The wind is howling and snowflakes are flying. In the first month of the year, North Korea is still immersed in the cold winter years. A heavy snowfall hit hard after the New Year, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere. It was so cold that dripping water turned into ice, and it was impossible to see clearly what was happening a hundred meters away.

This cold air swept over the mountains of North Korea and swept into South Korea, causing the southern part of North Korea, where the temperature had just warmed up a bit, to be shrouded in severe cold again. The climate in North Korea has been very cold this year, causing the Korean people who were plundered by the Qing army to suffer another heavy blow. Including half of the rebels' winter clothing, they were shipped from China.

At the same time, a large number of Chinese civilian merchant ships also arrived in Busan, South Korea. What did they get from North Korea in exchange for food, cloth, cotton, tea, salt, sugar and other materials that North Korea continued to supply?

People! Only people!

The current economic trade between North Korea and China is no longer ginseng, fur, medicinal materials, Korean paper and Chinese cattle and horses, daily necessities, various metal products, gold, silver, copper coins, textile raw materials, various cotton cloth, various dyes, etc. In the face of the urgent needs sent by Chinese merchants, the only thing they can pay is population.

Besides, what is the most worthless and worthless thing in North Korea now? Population. The "two kings" of Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province can't even feed their own soldiers and horses, so how can they have the spare energy to take care of the Korean civilians? If these people can survive after going to the upper country, it would be a good deed.

Especially after Chen Han issued the "Chinese people shall not be slaves" decree, foreign manpower in North Korea seemed to become more popular.

Compared with Shanghai Port, Busan Port is crowded, dirty, messy, and small...

There is not even a decent building. Apart from a bunch of shabby shacks, there are only low Korean wooden houses.

There is no way. This place has been burned down again and again by war, and all the original buildings have become ruins. And many Chinese merchants' footholds here are just like the small wooden houses built by the North Korean government, short and cramped.

But at least this is a place for one person to live.

And those shabby shacks made of bamboo and wood are not clean at all. They are just places to live. There are drafts everywhere in winter. Throughout the winter, people starved to death and froze to death here every day.

The two Korean kings based in Gyeongsang Province and Jeolla Province are unable to take care of these people. Their troops are still hungry. Where can they provide food for refugees? So in the face of the Chinese merchants' "taking advantage of the fire to rob", except for a few idiots with their heads stuck in the door who think it is harmful to the country, North Korea is happy to see Chinese merchants transport people away by ship.

To be honest, this is a good deed. At least they can have something to eat and survive.

Many high-ranking officials in North Korea know that these Koreans will become slaves after arriving in China, and young and beautiful women will become popular in the market. But what about being slaves? Aren't these people also worthless in China? Didn't the Korean Peninsula also produce "Silla slaves" during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago?

Rather than being hungry and becoming starving, it is better to go to the upper country to be a slave.

So, the rise and fall of the world is the suffering of the people. When war breaks out, the swords and weapons are added, and the most unlucky are always the weakest people.

In China, with the development of industry and commerce over the past year, there are more and more factories in Chenhan, and there are also provincial military cooperatives after the division. They are all major buyers of Koreans. Especially the latter! It has become a trend for the farm to be a farm!

And the local dignitaries in North Korea have gone from "turning a blind eye" at the beginning to actively participating now. The food and other urgently needed materials made them actively sell their goods to every Chinese merchant ship that docked, just like slave traders.

Now there is a "labor market" outside the Busan Port. Hundreds of ragged men and women look at the Chinese merchants wandering in the market with an expectant look. In their eyes, these Chinese merchants wearing scattered silks are not hateful slave owners, but the most respectable "good" masters.

There are only a few guards with knives and guns around them, and none of them will really run away. Here, the "slave owners" will not really starve them to death, but how can they survive outside?

Even the eyes of the Chinese merchants wandering in the market are all shining with golden light.

"There are so many Chinese people here, can they..., sell them?" Jin looked at the labor market from a distance, but did not have the courage to step in and take a look.

"My queen, the Celestial Empire is vast and rich in resources. Even if the entire Korea were to move there, it would be like a drop in the ocean. Especially when the new dynasty was first established, it was vigorously developing mines in various places and repairing roads. The labor camps were no longer sufficient, and labor was urgently needed everywhere."

"My Koreans are a minority in foreign countries. Whether it is treatment or compensation for casualties, they are far lower than those of the upper nations. Many merchants and wealthy families are very happy to employ our people." No matter how beautifully Jin Jida spoke, it could not change the fact that Korean lives were cheap.

The tears that Jin had just wiped away could not help flowing out again.

"The Qing invaders destroyed our country. I don't know when my Korea can restore its country and people." Before the Qing invasion, Korea had a population of more than 10 million. So can Koreans still have 10 million now? Can they still have 8 million? Even if the Korean slaves in the northeast are counted.

Jin Jida had already recognized the reality. He did not surround Enyanjun Yi Qi, nor did he support Yanlingjun Yi Zhen, but tied himself tightly to the big ship on Jeju Island. Jin Jida even thought that after the restoration of Korea one day, he would not have to stay in Korea anymore. Wouldn't it be better and easier to move to the upper country and live in peace? Anyway, Qingfeng Jin also has other children. Just like he wants to send Jin to China this time. The struggle between Enyanjun and Yanlingjun is becoming more and more intense. Because the Qing Dynasty's momentum in China is waning, the two who feel that the Qing Dynasty's tail is a rabbit card that cannot be long, the competition in all aspects is becoming increasingly fierce. In this case, it is better for Jin, who has a special status, to avoid China.

At the same time, this is also a declaration of the Qingfeng Jin's position that they will not participate in this competition for the throne.

Before leaving Korea for China, Jin wanted to go back to the land, or to be more precise, she wanted to go back to Jinzhou. That was where her husband ascended the throne, but now, Busan might be enough.

What could make the master of a country more sad and desperate than seeing the people under his rule board the ship leaving their homeland with hope and longing? Jin had never suffered any hardship or been hungry. And everything in Busan shocked her.

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There was joy outside Nanjing, no, the whole Jiangnan was joyful. Because Nanjing is in Jiangnan, when the vaccination of children in Nanjing was completed, the first step to expand outward must be in Jiangnan.

But not many people know that on the 28th day of the first lunar month, Chen Hui went out to visit the first batch of students who were vaccinated at Sungkyunkwan Public School, and then she fell ill when she returned to the palace.

Fever, chills, and worsening cough, accompanied by severe chest pain, body aches, and bloody sputum.

Anyway, it didn't look like a serious illness, but it didn't get better for two days, and his legs were swollen. Chen Hui was conscious, so when the time came to the first day of February, although Chen Hui was helpless, he still issued an order to postpone the "Emperor Ceremony".

With his current physical strength, he was afraid that he would not be able to finish one-third of the agenda before he fell down. And which emperor in history held the ceremony of becoming an emperor with a cough after a cough? Where is the majesty of the emperor?

"Your Highness, Jin has arrived in Shanghai with the Korean delegation, but she did not get off the ship, but took a boat to Hangzhou."

Chen Hui's sudden illness poured cold water on the entire Chen Han. Those relatives and ministers who were waiting for the marquis with joy were all unhappy in the first few days of February. After discussing with Chen Hui, Chen Ming decided to set off north immediately to start the decisive battle in Beijing and Tianjin. At this time, another wave of North Korean envoys arrived, accompanied by the former queen of Korea and the people of the Kim family, which forced Chen Ming to divert some of his attention.

Chen Ming asked the National Security Bureau to contact the Kim family, and then carefully protect the Kim family. It was just right that she didn't come to Nanjing to join in the fun at this time.

No matter whether Kim was going to Hangzhou or somewhere else, as long as her personal safety was guaranteed, that was enough.

Jin Jizhong had already gone to Shanghai to wait for Jin's arrival. Jin Jizhong was happy that she was going to Hangzhou. Now that the envoys of the "two kings" have arrived in Nanjing, if Jin went there to get involved, there would be no benefit at all. It's good to come to Hangzhou to relax.

"I have heard of the great names of Suzhou and Hangzhou in the upper country for a long time, and I admire the infinite charm of the heaven on earth. This palace will take the opportunity to take a walk and take a look." Jin Jizhong was waiting in Shanghai with people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jin said to the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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“Bang…”

“Bang…”

“Bang…”

On the fifth day of February, the sound of gongs resounded through the streets and alleys of Nanjing early in the morning.

The roar of salutes, the long sound of horns, and the loud sound of gongs and drums, the Fu Han Army blew the horn of the last leg of the Northern Expedition on this day.

No one in the entire city of Nanjing would be angry because their morning dreams were woken up. Countless people poured out from the streets and alleys, extending from Nanjing City to Xiaguan Wharf. Under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of eyes, Chen Ming, dressed in military uniform, led the "200,000" army out of Nanjing City.

Whether it was the Second Division, the Fourth Division, the Fifth Division, and the Sixth Division in the Central Plains, or the Third Division in Shandong, the garrison troops of various provinces, as well as the First Garrison Division, the Second Garrison Division, the Guards Brigade, the Personal Guards Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade, the flags of each unit appeared in the "200,000" army behind Chen Ming.

Chen Hui did not proclaim himself emperor, and Chen Ming did not intend to take over the throne immediately. The court and the people tacitly "downplayed" this matter. However, Chen Han's Northern Expedition still had to be carried out, and it had to be carried out immediately. Chen Hui had already said that he would confer titles on all the ministers after entering Beijing. Sitting on horseback, Chen Ming's eyes flashed with endless confidence.

"The imperial edict says: In the past, the Five Barbarians disturbed the Xia Dynasty, and they were destroyed after only a few generations. Now the Eastern Barbarians have fulfilled the prophecy, and it is just one or two autumns. The clothes and hats have become dogs and sheep, and the country has fallen into the hands of the barbarians. There is no one who does not feel heartbroken and gnashing his teeth at the slave chieftains. It is true that the way of heaven is to return, and people's hearts are still thinking about the Han Dynasty. …………

I am advocating justice in accordance with heaven, and I am taking the blame for the people..."

As Chen Ming led his troops out of Nanjing City in a mighty manner, a "Northern Expedition Manifesto" written by Qin Dacheng, the former No. 1 Scholar of the Qing Dynasty, spread throughout the world.