Chapter 82: Hainan Island or Pearl River Delta?
What? Taking Hainan Island as the foundation for the fight against Qing Dynasty?
Can this work?
Zhu Heying was very suspicious! Although he knew about online time travel novels in his previous life, he had never read them much. Of course, he didn't know the legend of "The Five Hundred Gentlemen of Lingao". So what is there for Hainan Island, which is not very interested in Hainan Island? Is it an international tourist island?
The anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of Ming Dynasty could not rely on tourism, but on heavy chemical industries, such as Foshan's iron industry, Macau's artillery factory, and Zhu Hetian's own sweet gunpowder, black gunpowder and fire salt.
So what Zhu Hetong is thinking about is the Pearl River Delta!
However, Shang Kexi, the big tiger is still squatting in Guangzhou City, and Zhu Heying dare not fight in Guangzhou. Although his army is very strong, it is still too ruthless to fight Guangzhou with one goal.
But Shang Kexi had to squat in Guangzhou and remained motionless. How should Zhu Hetong make the situation open? You can't always use half of the county's territory to engage in Datongism in Chaozhou, right?
But Shang Kexi was still moving, what could Zhu Hetong do? It’s hard to send a post to Shang Kexi, asking him to come and challenge Jieyang?
When Zhu Heying was thinking about how to coax Shang Kexi out of Guangzhou City, Chen Shangchuan spoke again: "Criminal, in fact, this Qiongzhou Prefecture is not very bad. Although in the early years, everyone thought it was the ends of the world and a distant place for exile criminals. However, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, immigrants from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian have been on the island, so the population of Han people on the island has been growing. To this day, the population of Qiongzhou Prefecture is no less than 300,000 to 400,000, and I am afraid it is not under Chaozhou or Huizhou!"
"What?" Zhu Heying was surprised, "Why are there so many people in Qiongzhou Prefecture?"
Chen Shangchuan smiled bitterly when he heard this, "The prince is not that there are too many people in Qiongzhou Prefecture, but that there are fewer people elsewhere in Qiongzhou. Because it is lonely overseas, it is still peaceful in the chaotic times of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In addition, it is also a famous place for miasma, so the Manchus are not willing to go there, so the people of Qiongzhou were able to escape.
Moreover, the Manchus' migration boundary was also opened on Hainan Island, only a trench was established around the island, and a port in Haikou was left to connect to Leizhou.
Because there are no ports and ships in Qiongzhou Prefecture that can be connected to Guangzhou, as long as we seize Haikou Soji Ferry from the sea, the entire island will be available for me!"
It turns out that the infamous name of Qiongzhou can also bring benefits to the local area. The Manchu man is naturally unhappy and Shang Kexi is unwilling to go there to cause trouble. If the matter is serious, the imperial court sent him, the King of Pingnan, to guard Qiongzhou, would he not cry to death?
Therefore, the number one major tossing project of the Qing Dynasty also opened the coastal migration boundary to Hainan Island. Instead of moving the coastal residents, they set up a 2,700-mile trunk around Hainan Island, and only the ferry at Haikou is allowed to enter and exit.
Although this has brought great inconvenience to the lives of Hainan people, there is no need to leave their hometowns and leave their homes. Therefore, Hainan Island has not suffered a great population loss in recent years. It is just starving to death some fishermen who cannot leave the sea and cannot farm. Compared with other places, it is really a great favor!
Zhu Heying became interested when he heard Chen Shangchuan say this. Although Hainan Island is a poor place, the population of 300,000 to 400,000 Han people is still very fragrant!
Moreover, the child only did multiple-choice questions, and Zhu Hetong was an adult, so he planned to take down the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Island together.
There are two questions now. One is when will the disaster of Shang Kexi come to Chaozhou to die?
Second, how can Ding Wang Mansion swallow up the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Island?
Whether the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Island can be swallowed up is related to how much role the third prince Zhu and his son can play in the future anti-Qing war?
Thinking of this, Zhu Heying turned his head and asked Chen Yonghua: "Military Chen, do you think General Chen's strategy to seize Qiongzhou Prefecture is feasible?"
Of course, Chen Yonghua supported Chen Shangchuan, after all, Chen Shangchuan is a subordinate of the Yanping Palace.
Chen Yonghua turned his head to ask for Liu Guoxuan's meaning. Liu Guoxuan is now the lord of Huilai County, but his Huilai County is also trapped in "no one". The situation in Huilai County is similar to Chaoyang County. Almost all the land in the county is outside the boundary, and all the good land is abandoned. The people either moved away by the Qing soldiers or went to Chaoyang County to surrender Qiu Hui. Only some population in Huilai County, even if they are all owned by Liu Guoxuan, he is still a little weak, not to mention that after the Jieyang court of the Third Prince of Zhu was officially opened, he would still be appointed as the governor of Guangdong!
So he also highly agrees with the attack on Qiongzhou Prefecture!
"Military advisor, I think it's OK!" Liu Guoxuan thought for a while, and said, "Now, only Haijin in Qiongzhou Prefecture can lead to the outside of the island. If our army can attack and occupy it with the power of thunder, it will be able to control the entire island of Qiongzhou and the outside world. At that time, even if Shang Kexi is in Guangzhou, it will be difficult to rescue Qiongzhou. Qiongzhou Prefecture will have it for me!"
Liu Guoxuan finally said vaguely, but did not say whether this "I" was the Ding Mansion or the Yanping Mansion?
The current Jieyang court is clearly "the two kings rule together", but the strength of the Yanping Palace is far greater than that of the Ding Palace. Qiu Hui and Chen Shangchuan are both generals of the Yanping Palace, and the territory of the Ding Palace is only half a county in Jieyang, and there are only two or three thousand soldiers under his command. They are just the name of a state supervision, but they are difficult to be a state supervision.
Moreover, although Dingqiongzhou Prefecture is isolated overseas and only contacts the north, it has a large territory and has three prefectures and ten counties!
Even if the Ding Prince's Mansion comes out in full bloom, it is probably difficult to eat Qiongzhou Prefecture, and Ding Prince's Mansion will not give up the fundamental place of Jieyang Island to attack Qiongzhou Prefecture.
After Liu Guoxuan finished his statement, it was naturally Qiu Hui's turn to speak. Although the boss Hui was Zhu Hetian's father-in-law, he did not dare to be sorry to the Yanping Palace. Moreover, he also felt that the third prince Zhu and his son could not reach Qiongzhou Prefecture at all. To swallow the entire Jieyang County first, the correct route for the third prince Zhu and his son to achieve the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
So Qiu Hui also smiled at King Zhu Tian, and Zhu Heying said, "In-laws, son-in-law, I think the development of fighting Qiongzhou Island is good! Qiongzhou is very close to Leizhou and has a large population. For me, the Gao, Lei, Lian and other states of the Tartars, and even the coastal areas of Zhaoqing and Guangzhou are all under my military strength. The fashion is so gratifying. How can Mishan care about Jieyang?"
Is that right? Zhu Heying said in his heart: "This is the opposite! Shang Kexi, even if Mi Sihan doesn't want Qiongzhou Prefecture, he will not let the Jieyang court go!"
"Okay!" King Zhu Tian didn't know if he was really stupid or pretended to be stupid, so he smiled and said to his son, "Scared! The most important thing we are now is that you have to marry Miss Qiu Si as soon as possible for your marriage.
Second, we should consolidate Jieyang's territory and take down Jieyang as much as possible, but the actual control is only near Jieyang County! We should still make steady progress, expand our territory, and take down as many villages near Jieyang County as possible."
"What my father said is very true!" Zhu Heying of course also knew that it was impossible to assign the Yanping Palace to the Yanping King Zheng Jing, but he had not yet agreed to the "former Confucian Grand Secretary's Academic System" and "the world is the public" and "the world is the great harmony" that Zhu Heying had created!
Moreover, Zhu Hetong did take some time to calm down and consolidate the Jieyang base and expand his military and economic strength.
So Zhu Heying asked Qiu Hui with a smile: "Father-in-law, I am a marriage with Shuzhen."
When talking about this, Qiu Hui looked unhappy and didn't speak. Chen Yonghua, who was on the other hand, smiled and said, "President Qiu Ling Ai and the prince's marriage, why not set it after the New Year! Liu Guanzhen and I will definitely come back from Taiwan at the latest on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. At that time, we will first drink the wedding banquet of the prince and the prince's concubine, and then hold a meeting of the grand senators to officially establish the new court!"
Chapter completed!