At the end of February, after Zhao Ming learned that Duoduo had returned to Jiangnan, he immediately left Guo Zhong, Wang Deshun and Xia Wanchun to stay on Chongming Island, reclaim land, train the tun army, and build a fortress.Zhao Ming led the fleet and returned to Zhoushan to raise food and ordnance for the army.After the army withdrew to Chongming, Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong counted the battle of the Yangtze River, and their own side originally fought 12,307 people, and the seriously wounded who were killed and ineffective in treatment totaled more than 4,300 people, of which Zhao Ming's side, including the righteous army that followed, a total of 2,805 people were killed, and Li Chengdong's troops were killed more than 1,500 people.In addition, there were a large number of righteous people who joined later, and there should have been three or four thousand killed, but because there was no register, and the war was chaotic, there was no count.The Ming army achieved the results of shaking the south of the Yangtze River, but the losses were actually very large, especially the holding of the lime mountain, with many casualties and injuries, and everyone was wounded.Grief is inevitable, but the Ming army has also gained a lot of money, defeating tens of thousands of Qing troops, beheading about 18,000 people, and Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong each reported their merits and killed 9,000 enemies.In addition to killing the enemy, it was money, food and materials, and the Ming army captured a lot of money in Zhenjiang, and captured Waiguo and obtained a large amount of silver.Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong slapped the table, glared at each other, and the two fought for red faces, and finally Zhao Ming did not ask for jewelry, calligraphy and painting, but got 400,000 taels of silver, 30 pairs of iron armor, 3,000 sets of cotton armor, 5,000 battle jackets, thousands of firearms, birds, spears, shields, and 80,000 stones of grain, and the rest belonged to Li Chengdong.More than 400 ships on the sea, carrying more than 20,000 people, as well as a large amount of seized silver and supplies, sailed through the wind and waves on the sea.At this time, the waves on the sea were high and the wind was fierce, the people on the ship were crowded, the space was very narrow, a large number of soldiers were seasick, and the soldiers and civilians were miserable.Li Chengdong's department has been active on Taihu Lake for half a year, and he has no awe of entering the sea, thinking that it is similar to being in the lake, and he will know that he is powerful as soon as he enters the sea.Many soldiers were jolting on the sea, and their bile was about to vomit, and even the majestic Li Chengdong and Li General Soldiers couldn't stop vomiting, hiding in the cabin, embarrassed to come out.Chongming was close to the land, in order to deter the Qing army, the Zhenyuan gunboat and several main Fu ships were left in Chongming Water Village, and Zhao Ming returned to Jintang Island on a large Fu boat.It was night, the moonlight was shining on the sea, and Zhao Ming was standing alone on the ship's floor, thinking about the future.This expedition earned Zhao Ming a huge prestige, and at the same time doubled his strength, the two battalions of water and land expanded to more than 6,000 people, in addition, Chongming also has more than 10,000 tun troops, and the strength is close to the total army of a town.Zhao Ming's deep gaze stared at the sea, "First of all, I have to write a book to ask for merit for myself and ask for a name." ”Zhao Ming is now only a general, but a military general, and he cannot control the local military and political power, nor is he qualified to appoint officials, so it will be very troublesome.He Wencheng suddenly appeared beside Zhao Ming, fanned his feather fan, and said with a smile: "What is Brother Bo'an thinking?"
”Zhao Ming turned his head and glanced at him, and said what he thought in his heart, he wanted to continue to control Chongming and Jintang Island, he didn't want to be constrained, and he wanted to monopolize power in order to resist the Qing Dynasty.He Wencheng groaned: "Now that the imperial court is in the hands of the traitor, Brother Bo'an enters Jinling, worships Xiaoling, and is famous all over the world, and finally creates a situation, if you don't take the opportunity to consolidate, let the mediocre people intervene, or let Zheng Zhilong seize power, the good situation is bound to be ruined." ”During the Chongzhen period, the world was in turmoil, and the Ming Dynasty's talents were consumed too quickly, and most of the more capable officials were in Beijing, not Nanjing.The Ming Dynasty implemented the two-Beijing system, one team in Beijing and one team in Nanjing, the difference is that the team in Beijing is to do things, and the team in Nanjing is for the elderly.In the Ming Dynasty, only if the political struggle failed, or the ability was mediocre, he would be sent to Nanjing for retirement.After the fall of Beijing, Nanjing's pension team replaced Beijing and held the highest power in the Ming Empire.The conduct of these people may be better than that of the officials in Beijing, but after all, they are far from the center of power, and their ability is really not good.If it's a peaceful period, it doesn't matter if it's mediocre, but in the war of annihilation, mediocre ability will kill people.The old empire is no better than the new regime, and there is already a set of unspoken rules in the system that prioritizes seniority, and the ability of these officials in Nanjing is not good, but they are all old qualifications, and many people still hold high positions after escaping from Nanjing and entering Fujian.In addition, there is also Zheng Zhilong in the imperial court, if Zhao Ming does not grasp the results, he will be trampled by these people, so He Wencheng is not disgusted by Zhao Ming's idea of monopolizing power, but is very much in favor of it.He Wencheng continued: "Brother Bo'an has made great contributions this time, and the imperial court will have a reward, and Brother Bo'an wants to master the military affairs of Chongming and Jintang Island, and he can ask the imperial court for the position of commander of the capital, or according to the example of Dongjiang Town, ask for an order to open the town." ”Zhao Ming didn't expect He Wencheng to understand a lot, and couldn't help asking, "What's the difference between the two?"
”He Wencheng said: "The military households and civilian households of the Ming Dynasty are managed separately and do not belong to each other.The advantage of Brother Bo'an's request to be the commander of the capital is that all the people of Chongming and Jintang Island can be incorporated into the military households, and the commander of the capital will manage them, and they will not be controlled by local officials, and only obey the orders of the military department.Of course, in order to check and balance, the imperial court will definitely send, Tongzhi and Servant to check and balance the surveillance, but if His Majesty trusts it, the current situation is relatively special, Brother Bo'an wants to recommend it himself, and His Majesty probably will not refuse.It's just that the military household system has always been self-sufficient, and the imperial court will not allocate any ordnance and food. ”Zhao Ming couldn't help but bow his head slightly, and asked, "What about Kaizhen?"
”He Wencheng said: "If the town is opened, Brother Bo'an will be able to control the troops of Chongming and Jintang Island, and with the current situation, the military ministers are the mainstay, even if the imperial court sends officials, they must listen to Brother Bo'an."
Opening the town is to recruit soldiers, and the advantage is that you can reach out to the court to ask for money, food, and ordnance. ”The Chinese dynastic system, which has evolved to the present, has long had a complete set of checks and balances, in fact, whether it is to command the envoy or open the town, the imperial court has the means to contain it, but now the central authority has been swept away, and most of the means have failed, so there are so many warlords.Zhao Ming thought about it, Kaizhen is much more majestic than the commander of the capital, the Ming Dynasty's guard system has long collapsed, only a false name, but now the Longwu Imperial Court is also very poor, and most of the military salaries and food for recruiting soldiers are solved by the generals themselves, so warlords are formed.If Zhao Ming opens the town, he will not be able to get money and food, and Zhoushan already has a general army, and it is impossible for the imperial court to seal another general soldier, so it is better to have a commander, recruit soldiers by himself, and train troops in Tuntian.Thinking of this, Zhao Ming had a bottom in his heart, and said with a smile: "Chang Geng, you just stay by my side and do things for me!"
”He Wencheng said: "When I want to, I will send Li Dashuai not to let go!"
”After speaking, he shook the feather fan, looking very pleased with himself.Zhao Ming shook his head, and at this time, dark shadows appeared in front of the fleet, and everyone was already approaching the Zhoushan Islands.Zhao Ming looked at the outline of the Zhoushan Islands, his eyes deepened again, and he thought of another question that was bothering him.Although it was safe at sea, the Qing army had no way to take him, but the island lacked resources and was small in area, making it impossible to be self-sufficient.Although Zhao Ming is in Chongming Tuntian, it can only meet part of the food consumption, and the two islands alone cannot feed so many people, and the gap in the food that Zhao Ming needs is still very large.The grain on Chongming Island did not last until the summer harvest, and the grain stored on Jintang Island was even consumed by Zhao Ming.In addition to grain, Zhao Ming needed iron ore and coal to smelt weapons, build warships, and need wood, which were obviously not satisfied by Chongming and Jintang Island in the east.At this time, eastern Zhejiang had been occupied by the Qing army, and it was difficult for Zhao Ming to obtain resources from Zhejiang, which made him frown slightly, thinking that it was time to find a larger root base.This fast base area must be rich in resources, and it must be absolutely safe, and there is no need to send a large number of soldiers and horses to garrison, contain and spend too much money and food.Zhao Ming actually has a place in his heart, and that is Taiwan.Taiwan has a vast area, equivalent to a vassal state, if it can be developed, Chongming and Jintang Island can solve the grain problem, iron ore, coal mines, and wood for shipbuilding, can be found, and there is no need to worry about the Qing army attacking the island, it can be said to be an ideal place.It's just that at the southern end of Taiwan Island, there are Dutch entrenched, if Zhao Ming sends people to land at the northern end, the Dutch will not turn a blind eye and will definitely send troops to attack, and now Zhao Ming's sailor is obviously not the opponent of the Dutch, which makes Zhao Ming depressed.The fleet saw the Zhoushan Islands from afar, but it was not until dawn that the fleet arrived at Liegang.At this time, the fleet came to the outside of the harbor, but an alarm bell suddenly sounded in the harbor, and a group of soldiers and horses came out of the stockade as if they were facing a great enemy.
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