I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The news of Wu Changqing's defeat of the main force of the Eight Banners of the Qing army reached Shaoxing in just over two days.

In this prehistoric victory, Qian Sule's messenger ran to the death of two horses without stopping, in order to send the news back to the imperial court as soon as possible.

The court had already known that Wu Changqing led his troops northward, and during this period of time, they had been nervously waiting for the news of the war.

Even those who did not like Wu Changqing were praying that Wu Changqing would not fail, otherwise they would definitely not be able to resist the iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I'm overjoyed, Wu Guogong defeated the main force of the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in Changzhou, killing more than 70,000 enemies."

Zhang Guowei opened the battle report and announced the good news with trembling hands.

When Manchao Wenwu heard this caution, his surprised eyes were about to fall to the ground.

How is it possible to destroy 70,000 enemies? How could the soldiers of the Han army be so powerful?

In the past, the performance of the Ming army soldiers was so poor that Wu Changqing won a big victory, and officials in the court refused to believe it.

"In this campaign, Wu Guogong led 60,000 troops in Yu Danyang to fight against Boluo's 80,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry in a decisive battle, killing more than 20,000 enemy troops, capturing more than 40,000 people, and annihilating a total of 70,000 enemy troops. Of the 120,000 troops, less than 40,000 escaped back to Nanjing..."

Zhang Guowei read the battle report in detail, but this battle report is also a simplified version, at least it did not say that they captured the British Prince Aziger.

Qian Sule also wanted to prevent Wu Changqing and Zhu Yihai from intensifying the conflict. Now is the critical moment to regain Nanjing, so he shouldn't fight because of this.

There are too many things to fight in Daming's nest, and it can't stand the toss.

"60,000 against 120,000, including 40,000 cavalry, this can wipe out 70,000 enemy troops, is this battle report true and reliable?"

The great scholar Zhu Dadian couldn't help questioning, this battle report is really incredible.

In his early years, he was a veteran who fought many times in Liaodong and the Manchu Qing, and he knew very well the fighting strength of the Qing army.

Even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of how he could win such a battle, and it was still a big victory.

As for what the hollow square array mentioned in the battle report was, he couldn't imagine it.

"This is a handwritten letter from Yushi Qian and Xiong Shangshu. Naturally, it cannot be faked."

Zhang Guowei said.

"how did you do that?"

"Wu Guogong's army is so elite."

"Unbelievable, incredible."

Above the court hall, it suddenly turned into a vegetable market. All kinds of words of exclamation, one after another.

"With this great victory, the recovery of Nanjing is just around the corner."

Zhu Yihai didn't mind the gaffes of the ministers. In fact, he was extremely excited at this time.

"Your Majesty needs to reward and boost morale for such great merits."

Zhang Guowei reminded.

Reward for meritorious deeds, this is the most important duty of an emperor. However, when it comes to rewards, Zhu Yihai is in trouble.

Wu Changqing is already a prince, so he can't immediately reward a king with a different surname. This throne is ready to be rewarded when Wu Changqing takes Nanjing.

There is no way to reward officials and titles, and he doesn't have any money to reward them. Rewarding women is a bit outrageous, and rewarding treasures is too strange.

"Your Majesty can reward his wife as a second-rank official wife, and posthumously seal his deceased father as a prince."

Zhu Dadian suggested that since there is no way to reward Wu Changqing, then reward his family. In the past, I rewarded Wu Changqing's mother, but now I reward Wu Changqing's wife and deceased father.

This kind of award not only gives Wu Changqing enough face, but also does not require much practical benefits.

Wu Zhifan is already dead, and there is no need to pay any price to pursue a duke. As for Chen Yuyan's second-rank official wife, it was just an honorary title, with a small amount of salary every year and no real power.

"What Aiqing said makes sense."

Zhu Yihai was very satisfied with this suggestion. He even thought of a good idea. In the future, when Wu Changqing has a child, he can give his child a title as early as possible.

In short, the core point is to catch the people around Wu Changqing to reward him, not to reward Wu Changqing himself.

"Your Majesty, now that the recovery of Nanjing is hopeful, I invite you to send troops to Huzhou and go north from Xuancheng to take Nanjing directly."

Fang Guoan stood up and said that he found that there was no benefit to staying at the back, so he also wanted to go to the front to pick up bargains like Qian Sule and the others.

Now that the Qing army was defeated, morale must be low. If they can take this opportunity to break through Huzhou and Xuancheng, they can go all the way north to Nanjing.

It would be great if we could capture Nanjing before Wu Changqing, and we could take the throne from Wu Changqing.

"So good."

Zhu Yihai was overjoyed when he saw that Fang Guoan was willing to take the initiative to send troops.

He now feels that Wu Changqing is a bit too powerful. If Fang Guoan can go to the front line to develop and grow, it can also be used to check and balance Wu Changqing, and at the same time, he can regain lost ground.

In his heart, Zhu Yihai even hoped that Fang Guoan would recover Nanjing, not Wu Changqing.

For Fang Guoan, Zhu Yihai knows the fundamentals and is more familiar with it.

As for Wu Changqing, Zhu Yihai was still very unfamiliar and fearful.

Wu Changqing made some small moves in Wusong and other places, and he also knew it. All signs show that Wu Changqing is not a particularly loyal minister, at least very assertive.

It's just that now he needs to rely heavily on Wu Changqing, so he can only open his eyes

One eye closed, the other said nothing.

Seeing Fang Guoan asking for his life, Zhu Dadian sneered in his heart.

He didn't think Fang Guoan had any ability to recover Nanjing, let alone Nanjing, whether he could take Huzhou or not was a problem. One Li Chengdong could make Fang Guoan stare.

Wu Changqing's ability to defeat the Qing army does not mean that others can do it.

For example, He Tengjiao in Jiangxi, Hunan Province, who clearly has an advantage in military force, has now been defeated by Luck Dehun.

Seeing that Wu Changqing defeated the Qing army, he thought that the Qing army was easy to deal with. This kind of thinking is too naive.

Although Zhu Dadian did not think that Fang Guoan would be able to achieve the victory, he did not speak out against it, and even wished Fang Guoan to roll north quickly.

This would allow them to re-recruit an army loyal to themselves in Shaoxing.

Zhu Yihai also had this idea in his heart, and he always wanted to form an army under his direct command. However, one big problem has been plaguing him, and that is lack of money.

It takes money to raise an army, and anything without money is useless.

After the dissolution of the dynasty, Zhu Yihai left important ministers such as Zhang Guowei, Zhu Dadian, Song Zhipu, etc., and negotiated with them to officially open the trading port, and then collect taxes from them to support the army.

This is not a simple matter for him, the ancestral family law is a big problem.

Of course, as long as the ministers support it, this problem can be solved easily, and as long as it is used as an excuse to pacify the troubled world, most people can actually understand it.

But if the ministers didn't support it, and they didn't play one by one, there was nothing he could do.

"The reason Wu Guogong can afford to raise so many troops is because of the opening of the sea ban to collect business taxes. If we want to form a new army, we must also have financial resources in this way."

Zhang Guowei said that he supports the opening of the sea ban.

"I'm afraid that the Qingliu people will use the Taizu's family instructions to talk about things."

Zhu Dadian said.

"The world is almost gone, so what's the use of following the ancestral teachings. I have made up my mind that the sea ban will be officially opened in Hangzhou and Ningbo, and you can freely trade with Westerners. Zhang Aiqing, you can keep your eyes on the tax collection, you must not Missing a penny of tax silver. Our new army can count on this batch of silver."

Zhu Yihai said that in order to control the military power, he no longer cares about ancestral training or ancestral training.