Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 839
The vassal tribute was originally a great thing to boost the morale of the people. The Ming Dynasty prepared for it for more than a month, and the gentry and common people in Nanjing were also happy for more than a month.

However, as the news about the Toungoo envoy got out, the people in Nanjing, who were still excited, were immediately drenched in cold water like the twelfth lunar month, and the enthusiasm and flame burning in their hearts were extinguished immediately.

This made some people frustrated, while others became angry. Affected by the incident, Nanjing's streets became a little deserted, but the number of customers in various restaurants and restaurants skyrocketed. Attack Toungoo's words.

Regarding this, the Ming court remained silent, but soon after, the news that the three kings of Lizheng would parade the troops at the foot of Zijin Mountain began to appear in the court newspaper.

At the same time, the mission that was planning to leave Nanjing was invited by the Ming Dynasty to stay temporarily to watch the performance.

The matter of reviewing has existed since ancient times. The largest scale was undoubtedly the grand review at the foot of Lishan Mountain that used 20 people shortly after Tang Xuanzong succeeded to the throne. It was the 18th year of Yongle, when Chengzu mobilized [-] elites to hunt around Beijing.

The method proposed by Wang Yan is to parade the troops, show off their muscles, and deter the barriers.

Dongyu is far in the southwest, and Yunnan is in the hands of Sun Kewang. The Ming Dynasty said that it would be impossible to send troops to attack him, and even if the road could be passed, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to abandon Manqing and go to the southern wasteland. Hitting Taungoo, so it shows that Chaona Toungoo actually has nothing to do.

Killing the emissary, in addition to leaving a bad reputation among the Nanyang vassals, what to do with Dongyu, or what to do, will make Dongyu gain a certain prestige because he dared to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and will make his future relations with the Ming Dynasty even stronger. As a result, the small Nanyang National Congress of the enemy fell to Toungoo, and the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, because of fear of Toungoo's strength, were at both ends of the snake mouse between Ming and Toungoo.

The purpose of parading the troops is not only to frighten Dong Yu, but also to show the envoys of other vassals, let them see the strength of Ming Dynasty, so that Fan Ping dare not give birth to two hearts.

In the cabinet, in the political affairs hall, the three rulers and cabinet ministers gathered together.

Originally, Wang Yan had already spent more than 20 taels to renovate Bauhinia City, but now he will spend another 50 to [-] taels. The account is on Dong Yuguo's body, and when he has leisure in the future, he must ask for it back.

At this time, everyone was seated in the hall, and Wang Yan began to ask, "Can the new armor of the Ministry of War and the new blunderbuss be transferred to Nanjing before the grand parade?"

"Your Highness, last year the armor stored by the imperial court was sent to the Huguang Battlefield. The armor in the Ministry of War is not much in stock. It can only equip 8000 to 3 people. There are some new guns. Among them, there are more than 1000 Lumi guns. Refer to the Netherlands. There are more than 300 self-generating firecrackers made by people, and more than [-] electric firecrackers." Chen Bangyan replied aloud.

The purpose of this big review is to restore the scene, and what we want is to save face.

After listening to the reply, Wang Yan thought for a while, "All the new blunderbusses have been shipped to Nanjing. As for the armor, it is already mid-February, and the preparations are completed. It is estimated that it will be around April, when the weather has warmed up, and the soldiers can barely change into it." The armor, the double-breasted armor of the Ministry of War, there should be some reserves!"

"There are still some cloth armor and cover armor. In addition, the ones that were taken back to the workshop for repair after the change last year should be able to come up with [-] to [-] sets."

Wang Yan nodded, "Then change into summer clothes, let the soldiers suffer a bit, and prop up my Daming's face."

After finishing speaking, Wang Yan looked at King Tang again, "Is there any problem with the three large ships dispatched from Zheng Guo's surname coming to Nanjing in early April?"

"It should be no problem for the lonely letter to be rushed by the Ministry of War." After Tang Wang finished speaking, he added: "However, Lord Chen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, made an appointment with Guo Xing to attack the officials, and Guo Xing has already begun to send people to sneak into Taiwan Island. , collecting information about the Dutch on the island, and recruiting sailors and pilots who are familiar with water patterns and routes, I am afraid that they will soon go to war with the Dutch, and these three large ships need to be returned to Fujian as soon as possible after review.”

Wang Yan understood what he meant, and the strategy of conquering Taiwan and compounding the imperial court's southward movement could just be used to resettle a group of refugees, so he supported it, "Tang Wang can rest assured that the ship will be returned to Fujian immediately after the reading."

This grand parade is a matter of honor, and the participating troops must change their costumes. King Lu said: "Now, there are 8 people in Yangzhou City, and it is difficult to transfer them. It is not convenient to transfer too many people from other provinces. At present, there are only 3 loyal people in Nanjing, do you want to wither some people from Jiangbei to fill the scene?"

Great reading can boost morale, and a large number of people can have momentum. Wang Yan pondered: "I wanted to send some chieftain wolf soldiers from Guangxi, and Sichuan to send white poles, but the distance is too far, so I will send more than 1 people from Jiangxi to Jiangbei." 3, Nanyang sent 7 cavalry back, plus [-] horses from Nanjing, there are more than [-] people, and then I took out the sharpest firearms of my Ming Dynasty, which should be able to deter the Nanyang feudal clans."

Tang Wang heard that Jiangxi only transferred [-], but Jiangbei transferred [-]. He couldn't help saying: "There is no war in Jiangxi, so you can transfer more. It doesn't matter even if you are a new soldier. It's better to make up [-]."

Wang Yan waved his hand, and instead of going back to King Tang, he said to King Lu, "Jiangbei sent Xie Qian and soldiers from Shandong to come here. The imperial court has decided to send a large army to North Korea to threaten the Manchus outside the customs, Shandong, Beizhi and other places, so that the imperial court can restore the two Huaihe Rivers in the future. North Korea is also a place of bitter cold, and the southern armies may not be able to adapt. After thinking about it alone, only Xie Qian's department is suitable. Let them change their equipment. After participating in the grand parade, they will directly Go to North Korea. The imperial court will allocate cotton armor, cotton clothes, and food, grass, money and food as soon as possible, and send them to North Korea together."

After hearing this, King Tang didn't wait for Wang Yan's answer, just pretending that he hadn't said anything just now. King Lu frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Since the court has made a decision, and Gu has no objection, However, Xie Qian was born as a bandit after all, and the banditry is hard to tame, Gu suggested that Ruan Mei be sent as the deputy general, and it would be better to send a supervising army to cooperate."

"Yes!" Wang Yan said: "Then the matter will be decided in this way. If there is another mistake in the matter of Dayue, Gu will definitely investigate to the end, and whoever is at fault will be the one who will go to the end."

"Your official and others, obey your orders!" Except for Tang Lu, the other ministers all bowed.

Wang Yan nodded, "Is there anything else? If there is nothing else, we will leave!"

"Your Highness! Do you want to invite the envoys of the Qing Dynasty during the grand reading?" Gu Yuanjing suddenly asked.

By the way, there are also envoys from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but this time it made them watch a joke.

After thinking for a while, Wang Yan replied, "Invite me together, and let Manqing see my Chinese majesty!"

"King Chu, something is wrong! It is said that the Ministry of War has prepared a lot of new equipment for this grand parade. If the envoys of the Manchu Qing spy on it, it may be bad for my Ming Dynasty." Tang Wang questioned.

But Wang Yan said: "It doesn't matter at all, just like the fire blunderbuss and the electric blunderbuss, which are recorded in the Wu Bei Zhi and the Divine Artifact Book, they were invented long ago, and they can be found in the Qing Dynasty, but if you want to make them However, it is not that simple to equip. It requires experienced craftsmen and a lot of money, just like the armory workshop in Guangzhou. After four years of investment and the help of the Portuguese and the Jesuits, we now have It was only made so little, so don’t mention it in the Qing Dynasty.”

Wang Yan paused, and then said: "Furthermore, this time Gu also wanted to bluff and scare the Manchus. The envoys of the Qing Dynasty must have been more eager to seek peace when they saw my Chinese weapon. They wanted to exchange Yangzhou for peace. They cannot retreat with tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, and once the court recovers, they can wipe out these tens of thousands of Qing soldiers in Yangzhou. It is easier to deal with the Qing soldiers hiding in Yangzhou than after retreating to the north!"

(End of this chapter)