Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 258

When Zhu Yihai was wearing the golden dragon uniform of Jian Guo and entered Hangzhou City on a bay red horse, Lord Yan Wo was also entering Jiangning City on horseback.

In Hangzhou City, after Tian Xiong's death, more than [-] admirals guarding the city, under the leadership of Xu Xin, Fu Changchun, etc., went out of the city to line up, handed over their weapons, and collectively asked Zhu Yihai to surrender.

The standard-bearer battalion took over the defense of Hangzhou City.

Zhu Yihai entered the city, followed by the auxiliary barracks escorted by carts full of grain and vegetables, etc. The hungry Hangzhou people all crowded on the sidewalks to welcome Jian Guo into the city.

The guard of honor of Banner Bearer Town was at the forefront, with flags fluttering, and the tall and handsome members held their heads high, with shiny armor and sharp swords.

One hundred and eight guards of honor lined up neatly and strode forward in unison.

The cavalry from Jinwu Town followed closely behind. Today, a team of tall cavalry was specially selected, and a shiny breastplate made in Macau was deliberately worn over the cotton armor. A red flag was also inserted on the helmet of each cavalry.

So this majestic Daming cuirass dragoons, riding white horses with uniform coat color, really shocked the people of Hangzhou again. They didn't expect that Daming had such a strong emperor's army.

Think about it, just a few months ago, the old cabinet ministers and generals who fled from Nanjing at that time supported King Lu to supervise the country in Hangzhou city, but in just five days, King Lu surrendered the city.

The eighth day of June, then leap June, July, eighth day of August.

Calculating the time, exactly three months, less than a hundred days, King Lu called back.

Many of the gentry, officials and people in Hangzhou who resolutely surrendered to the Qing army like King Lu had experienced these three long months, especially after being starved for half a month after being besieged, now they have completely different feelings.

The Qing Dynasty was not as good as they imagined, and the Ming Dynasty was not just useless.

The musketeers from Shenji Town followed behind the Jianguo cavalry, and every time they walked a certain distance, they stopped and lined up, firing their guns into the sky.

The thunderbolt-like explosion of muskets added a bit of specialness to the city of Hangzhou.

Wherever Zhu Yihai appeared, the gentry and common people on both sides of the street knelt down and shouted long live to Jian Guo.

No matter how true or false these voices are, at least at this moment, they are so neat and unified.

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng also followed the team entering the city, looking at the familiar streets, but felt as if they had been separated from the world.

At the beginning, Ruan Dacheng and Empress Dowager Cixi accompanied Empress Dowager Zou to Hangzhou. At that time, Ma Shiying was still the chief assistant, and Ruan Dacheng was still the minister of the Ministry of War. They used the identity of Empress Dowager Zou to order King Lu to supervise the country. They even imagined that they would embrace another emperor in Hangzhou. Build another court.

It's just that when King Lu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty on the fifth day, they had to flee Hangzhou in a hurry and hid in Fang Guoan's army. In the end, they lost to the Qing army and went away to Yanzhou and Jinhua, spending a very embarrassing time.

Looking back now, everything is right and wrong, and the city of Hangzhou has been restored again, but Fang Guoan has already become a dead bone in the tomb, and that King Lu was also taken to Beijing as a prisoner. Who can imagine that they are now following King Lu into Hangzhou City Woolen cloth.

After Lu Jianguo entered the city, he really fulfilled the agreement, did not pursue the punishment and surrendered to the Qing army, did not kill the people indiscriminately, looted the city, and the city of Hangzhou was very peaceful.

With the arrival of carts of grain and vegetables into the market, various markets in Hangzhou have resumed their bustling activities. People are queuing up for shopping with bags of rice and vegetable baskets, and they are rapidly recovering.

"How does His Highness plan to deal with these thousands of surrendered soldiers?"

"All the officers of the team commander and above are drawn out and sent to the officer training camp on Yuhuan Island, Wenzhou."

Yuhuan is a large island on the coast of eastern Zhejiang, and it is also one of the coastal bases that Zhu Yihai plans to build. The newly built officer training camp here is actually a reform camp for officers who have surrendered and captured. At least half a year of training and transformation, mainly ideological transformation. After the final appraisal and transformation, they will be sent to various military towns in Daming for observation and use.

Those who are not actively reformed and unqualified will be exempted from military ranks and sent to the rear to be transferred to official positions or directly thrown into mines, workshops or military settlements for further labor reform.

In any case, Zhu Yihai believed that the officers of these troops, whether they surrendered or were captured, could never be retained. They had to be taken out first, and undergo a round of profound reform, especially their thinking, before using them cautiously.

He will never keep any army that has surrendered or captured, and will keep its establishment.

Especially officers.

As for the soldiers, after removing the officers, the original establishment will be disbanded, and these soldiers will be reassessed. Those who are strong, brave, and skilled in martial arts will be assigned to other barracks according to their abilities. As for the old, weak, and disabled, they will be dismissed on the spot. Or place the rear.

Special care was taken to deal with officers because in the future, if officers who surrendered or were captured were not used at all, they might encounter more fierce and tenacious resistance in the future, so they had to be given a chance to think about it.On the other hand, military officers are also rare talents and resources, as long as they can accept reform, they should still be used.

"Zhu Shengli suggested that they should be killed at eleventh, so as to deter them."

Eleven killing is a very fierce move. When Chuangjun fought against the Ming army, he used this move. After defeating the prisoners of some stubborn Ming soldiers, they killed one out of ten. The bloody deterrence of surrendered soldiers, after killing a batch, the rest can be directly supplemented and used in the barracks.

But Zhu Yihai didn't want to do this.

Killing people is too simple and rude, and the effect may not be good.

Sitting in the yamen of the governor's mansion, many academicians excitedly persuaded Zhu Yihai to proclaim himself emperor.

But Zhu Yihai didn't have the heart to think about it.

"There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city of Hangzhou, and the surrounding cities and towns together had a population of no less than 2 million in its heyday. The industry and commerce were prosperous, and Suning, silk manufacturing and many other industries were strong. However, considering that the Tartars might come back at any time, so I I believe that we should start immediately to relocate some workshops and craftsmen in Hangzhou and suburban towns to Ningbo, Zhoushan, Wenzhou Yuhuan, and Xiangshan Nantian Islands.”

"Ningbo is preparing to build the Zhoushan Cannon Foundry and the Zhoushan Cannon Foundry. In addition, the Zhoushan Mint is also under construction, which requires professional craftsmen and a large number of workers.

In addition, we are now trading across the sea, and silk weaving is also a sharp weapon for foreign trade. Gu thinks that we can also move looms and weavers from Hangzhou. "

The scholars persuaded Jin to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, with Hangzhou as his capital.

But Zhu Yihai was talking about moving the craftsmen from Hangzhou to Zhoushan, Yuhuan, and Lantian.

Not on a channel at all.

"His Royal Highness, the situation is very good now. After going to Hangzhou and returning to Huzhou, the whole of Zhejiang is about to recover, and it will even send troops to the Northern Expedition soon to regain Nanjing. In such a situation, why does Your Highness make such an arrangement?" Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, said angrily. The beard is shaking, what good are those islands, can they compare with Hangzhou and Nanjing?
"Your Highness doesn't want to defend Hangzhou, but take Nanjing. Why do you always think about a few islands?"

"Since ancient times, has there been a son of heaven on the sea, or a king in a boat?"

"Your Highness, ZTE is making progress, Wang Ye is not partial!"

(End of this chapter)