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Chapter 142 The Fragment of the Gate of the World is in hand

Emperor Xianfeng looked at the reports from all sides, and his expression on his face felt like he was not reflected in his expression.

But in fact, at this moment, he only had anger and no joy in his heart. The reason why he did not show it was because even if he squirted at the courtiers, it would be useless.

It is even possible that these courtiers will be allowed to turn to the Ming Dynasty.

Compared to the belief in God's religion and the unity of religious theocracy and regime, none of the major leaders had a serious background in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At this time, the area controlled by the Ming Dynasty was much smaller than that of the Qing court and much smaller than that of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which made Emperor Xianfeng even more afraid.

It’s not just fear, but fear.

Not only because the Ming Dynasty was too capable, but also because the Ming Dynasty's Martial Emperor Zhao Wuji was definitely not a simple military general who only knew how to fight.

"The hope of China lies in the Ming Dynasty, the hope of Ming Dynasty lies in him, Zhao Wuji, and Zhao Wuji's hope lies in the 400 million Chinese people."

Emperor Xianfeng said this sentence without any expression on his face, and then asked the court officials: "When our Qing Dynasty had the strongest population, there were 40,000 people?"

The court officials did not want to answer this question, but under the pressure of Emperor Xianfeng's eyes, the Minister of Revenue still had to stand up and answer: "Report to Your Majesty, there should be a record of accounting. Although the accounting record is 330 million, considering that there are many refugees, tenants who cannot calculate, and the population of villages that live in the world, it is reasonable to have 40 million."

The ancient population census was too difficult, so the official cannot clearly understand the total population, and it is very likely that the error of tens of millions is even more likely.

For example, in the early years of Shunzhi, the national population was said to be 70 million, but by the Kangxi period, it had exceeded 100 million.

In decades, with the productivity and fertility conditions in ancient times, how could it be possible to suddenly increase tens of millions of people? It was not that the Qing court did not really control the land of China during the Shunzhi period, and it was difficult to count the population within the corresponding territory.

"Four thousand." Emperor Xianfeng suddenly laughed, and when the court officials were a little panicked, he said, "That is to say, Zhao Wuji has counted us, the Manchus, the Miao people, etc. as Chinese. If you look at it this way, Zhao Wuji, the Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, has indeed cared about the world."

Most court officials thought Emperor Xianfeng was crazy under pressure, but before they could think of anything, Emperor Xianfeng on the dragon throne put away his smile and continued to say in a cold tone: "I asked Zhao Wuji to form the top scholar camp at the beginning, but you said that Zhao Wuji was a Han Chinese who could not trust him. After that, Zhao Wuji led the top scholar camp to win the battle. Whether it is Manchu or Han Chinese, you want to get a share of the pie, and even want to take the top scholar camp away from Zhao Wuji."

Emperor Xianfeng, who didn't even call himself, recalled that he had a lot of regret at the beginning. At this time, looking at the court officials who were mixed with Manchus and Han people in the court, he continued to say: "Later, Zhao Wuji was invincible in the battle, and he killed the general among the troops. I named him the general and general to suppress the rebellion, but you still disagree. When I forcibly named him the general under the order, you and others actually obstructed the Jiangnan Camp, Jiangbei Camp, Songjiang Prefecture, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of War, and Ministry of Works to transport food and grass to the top scholars and pay silver for their own interests."

"Not to mention that Zhao Wuji's martial arts skills are the best in the world and his prestige is unparalleled. Even if he becomes a general under order, he would not give up. Therefore, he killed Qishan for food and food. In fact, in my opinion, Zhao Wuji's approach is understandable. After all, the purpose of I asked him to form the top scholar camp was to let him attack the Western barbarians."

"But I was wrong after all, I was waiting for you. I was still reporting military information by you, so I asked Senggelinqin to remove Zhao Wuji's military power. Even if I learned the results of the battle later, I ordered people to chase Senggelinqin and wanted to take back my own imperial edict, but I was still blocked by you and ignored by Senggelinqin."

"I was so surprised. Senggelinqin led his troops to Songjiang Mansion. The journey took me more than half a month. I was in a hurry for 800 miles. Why couldn't I catch up with him?"

Emperor Xianfeng looked at the representative of the Manchu court officials and asked, "Tell me?"

"I am guilty of my crime, but I am aware of my crime."

Emperor Xianfeng looked at the representative of the Han court officials again and asked, "Tell me?"

"I am guilty of my crime, but I am aware of my crime."

Emperor Xianfeng looked at the court officials and said, "The officials forced the people to rebel, but the people had to rebel. You asked me to force Zhao Wuji to rebel. Zhao Wuji rebeled out of a Ming Dynasty. It was really just because of the dispute between Manchu and Han?"

"I am aware of the crime."

A large number of people were poured out.

Emperor Xianfeng actually had no intention of blaming anyone. If he really wanted to blame him, he would still have to blame himself and Zhao Wuji.

"After all, I was wrong to pay Zhao Wuji." Emperor Xianfeng said: "If he had no intention of rebelling, with his unparalleled martial arts, how could he be forced by Senggelinqin? After taking Senggelinqin on the spot, he only needed to report to me. How could I seize his military power again?"

What this said is half true and half false.

Judging from the situation at that time, even if Wu Yan really had no intention of rebelling, he had to rebel. He was a powerful prince with the imperial envoy and was still a powerful prince. How could the court forget it?

"What Your Majesty said is that Zhao Wuji has a rebellious mind. I saw that he was not worthy of His Majesty's entrusting."

"Yes, yes, Zhao Wuji has a very high opinion of himself. Why do he say that he is invincible in the world? Wouldn't he even take His Majesty seriously?"

"Your Majesty, you should immediately prepare a large army and attack Zhao Wuji and other rebel thieves."

Emperor Xianfeng gave the eunuch next to him a look, and the eunuch shouted to calm the court down.

"I will not talk about the rebellion today, I will only talk about it..." Emperor Xianfeng glanced at the entire court and said, "From today, my Qing Dynasty will no longer be divided between Manchu and Han. All the ancestral system will be changed, and the Manchu and Han will be integrated. The Eight Banners Army and the Green Camp should enjoy the same treatment. Manchus should be the ministers, and the Han people should also enjoy the same treatment as Han people."

As soon as these words were spoken, the court was in an instant.

The Manchu ministers were about to speak out to dissuade him, but they felt the threatening gaze of Emperor Xianfeng and the excited gaze of the Han ministers beside them.

The smarter ones immediately chose to shut up.

Although this is damaging their interests, they do not have the power to fight. If they really want to fight against Emperor Xianfeng, what will happen to them?

If the Han court officials had the opportunity to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they were even one of the 400 million Chinese people mentioned by Zhao Wuji. They would not have the opportunity to surrender to the Qing Dynasty before the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

Even if a very small number of people succeeded in seeking success, their treatment was not the same as in the Qing court, so why bother to seek refuge?

When court officials were talking a lot, Emperor Xianfeng, who had already prepared, directly asked the Minister of Personnel to read out the relevant changes and details one by one.

Only then did the others realize that the Minister of Personnel had known about this matter for a long time, but he didn't say anything. There were also some important court officials who had a look of indignation or shock just now. At this moment, listening to the Minister of Personnel reading these details, he actually felt that he had known it for a long time.

The Manchu court officials who wanted to oppose it finally understood that this time Emperor Xianfeng was determined to compete with Zhao Wuji of the Ming Dynasty for the loyalty of the Han people.

There is no way. If Emperor Xianfeng does not do this, the person will be snatched away by the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, that's exactly the case.

During the reform of Emperor Xianfeng, tens of thousands of people came to pay tribute to Tokyo, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Many people dared not come before, after all, they were in the war zone, and they were very likely to face the bombardment of the Western barbarian navy and the Qing Dynasty navy. However, after Tokyo City gave up a certain distance from the coastline and occupied the areas within the Changzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, Tokyo City was no longer the main war zone.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty's troops have reached 100,000, and when 30,000 Hunan troops have been laid off, it is conceivable how elite these 100,000 people are.

Including the first prize camp and the five hundred white horses, sixty heavy artillery pieces and more than 50,000 muskets, the already invincible Ming Dynasty has greatly improved its strength.

More than 50,000 muskets, some of which were originally owned by the Hunan Army.

Don’t worry about safety issues, so naturally there are many knowledgeable people coming to join us.

"Those people are regular troops of Western barbarians? Have they defeated the Qing court's 200,000 troops before?"

Everyone who came to Tokyo City saw more than 17,000 prisoners from the prisoner-of-war area outside the city, and was very excited.

In ancient times, news was blocked and it was difficult to circulate. Some fake news would be spread as real news for a long time.

Therefore, these people who came to join the Ming Dynasty were also worried that the news they heard was fake.

But when I saw that more than 10,000 foreigners were huddling there like quails, I had no doubt about the rumor.

"Yes." A Tokyoite said proudly: "In the past few months, foreigners walked sideways on the streets, no one dared to provoke them, and there was also the concession area, and we and the Ming people were not allowed to enter. But now, look at the foreigners on the street, no matter whether they were rich businessmen, ministers, consuls, military generals, etc., who dared to walk sideways? They bought things on the street and didn't dare to speak loudly, and the concession was pushed directly by His Majesty."

Is this the person who calls himself a Ming Dynasty?

Thinking that he would also become a Ming Dynasty person, the outsiders who asked him a little worriedly, "If we had registered later, would we be bullied by the local snake in Tokyo?"

"Local tyrant? There are no local tyrants in Tokyo, nor do locals or outsiders. As long as you have registered in the Ming Dynasty, everyone is a Ming tyrant, all Chinese, and all their own people. Besides, if you really think that the soldiers who inspect the streets are not arranged? You must know that it is the soldiers of the Guangdong helm leader of the Tiandihui, the chief helm leader of the Xiaodaohui, and the current Minister of War Liu Lichuan. He is the most loyal person. He is righteous and his brothers never oppress the good."

"You mean those people wearing patrol uniforms? I thought they were yamen runners who patrol the government office."

"Then you are ignorant. They are called the Patrol Army, which is said to be on the same level as Your Majesty's top scholar army, but Your Majesty's top scholar army is the outside and they are the inside, so they are also called the Wen Zhuang Army."

"I can't do it, all of these soldiers are good."

"You are right, but it's not good. The consequence is to deal with military law. Do you know how many people have been dealt with by military law in the past four months? That's really a person who killed them. Fortunately, you came at this time, and it's not as easy as it is now."

After reading the foreign prisoner camp and inquiring about some information, people who came to visit other places went to the relevant departments to enter the Ming Dynasty's household registration.

This is the first step and a must-have.

Then he took his household registration information to different departments to look for work. Some people with specialties and relationships, such as Brother Li and Brother Wang from Guangdong, were directly arranged to be in the Ming Academy of Sciences.

Others who want to enter the corresponding department need to undergo the corresponding qualification test.

There is no need to worry if the test fails. Under the influence of Wu Yan's modern concept, a knowledgeable person like Zeng Guofan also deeply felt the backwardness of the talent training and selection system before the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty established the Ming Academy, which is temporarily considered an affiliate of the Academy of Sciences, and is specially used to train corresponding talents.

But there are too many people coming, and they are almost all "talents" that do not meet the times. A Ming Academy is definitely not enough, and Tokyo Imperial College came into being.

Although the name is Taixue, the corresponding teaching system is the same as that of later universities.

It not only cultivates military talents, scientists, but also trains workers.

It is obvious that it is unrealistic for all the 30,000 Hunan troops to farm, and factories are born.

The first one to be built was a military factory, which is called a military factory. In fact, it only has three functions now. Clothing factories, steel mills, forging factories, and new military uniforms, helmets and cold weapons are manufactured for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

The concept of helmet has not been popularized in this era. The combat effectiveness of the Ming soldiers equipped with helmets will definitely be improved again.

With Wu Yan's technical support, the steelmaking quality of the Ming Dynasty's military factory has reached the top level of this era. It is just that because equipment such as lathes has not been developed, it is impossible to manufacture large-scale guns and ammunition.

But the commonly used flintlock flintlock muskets now can be manufactured.

"I would have a scientist to help me."

As the end of the first phase of the world mission in six months is getting closer, Wu Yan hopes to travel to a modern world.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally could not do research and teach students every day.

So he wanted to go to modern society and bring an expert back to this world.

"Your Majesty, the war reparations for Britain, France and the United States have arrived."

Qian Jiang, the Minister of Revenue, finally brought good news and said: "I am guilty and wanted to ask for 12 million taels, but in the end I only had 10 million taels, and I was betrayed the entrusted by His Majesty."

Of course, Wu Yan would not blame Qian Jiang. He said 10 million taels before, which was also based on the relevant knowledge of Zora's character card. The maximum ransom that these three countries could obtain at this time.

"Then let people go. If you raise nearly 20,000 people, it's a waste of food."

After Wu Yan issued the order, all the prisoners returned to their warships. At the same time, the 1st century battalion and martial arts division also arrived near the coastline and were ready for battle.

If the coalition forces want to fight, they will definitely take action after they get the prisoners of war. Even if they don’t fight for a while, they will definitely fight afterwards.

But what Wu Yan didn't expect was that after more than 100 warships and more than 100 merchant ships, they even ran away without looking back.

"Are you really scared of being beaten, or is the war in the Cromia region tight and the situation in the United States tight?"

Wu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Without these threats from the coalition forces, the first stage of the world mission would be completely fine.

He didn't take it seriously, neither the Qing court nor the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Moreover, these two sides are now fighting to the death. The Qing court must have revenge when the battle between Shi Da, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, started.

In addition, the Qing court did not dare to fight the Ming Dynasty and wanted to make merits and to explain the Qing court, the Qing generals who could only find persimmons to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

When six months arrived, when Tokyo City and the Ming Dynasty felt a new look, Wu Yan also heard the system prompt.
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