The day after Dasu's memorial arrived in Beijing, Shunzhi held another imperial meeting to discuss the war situation in the south. In the memorial to Shunzhi, Dasu said that the navy suffered a considerable loss, but the armored soldiers together only lost more than 10,000 yuan. Judging from Dasu's report, the Qing army in Fujian was only slightly hit, at most it was damaged, but it was definitely not a serious injury to its vitality. The more than 200,000 Qing troops concentrated in Fujian before the war had 60,000 armored soldiers, and nearly 10,000 sailors could also be used as armored at critical moments. The loss of 10,000 may have a great impression of morale, but it is not impossible to recover.

The problem is that Shunzhi didn't know whether he should believe the content of this memorial. According to his experience, Han officials liked to exaggerate the results of the war and reduce losses. Shunzhi had heard many ministers talk about the habit of civil and military in the Ming Dynasty in a sarcastic tone since he was a child, and he always laughed.

However, Shunzhi has always regarded this as a unique bad habit of the Han people. The fierce Manchu soldiers will not deceive the emperor and bewitch the emperor. However, the more Shunzhi read Dasu's memorial this time, the more uneasy he felt. The Eight Banners sent to Fujian suffered heavy losses. The Manchu troops suffered such heavy losses, and nearly two thousand people lost in Xiamen, but the northern Green Camp was all good, and together with the sailors, they only lost less than 10,000 people. Shunzhi felt a little confused.

"What is the loss of ten thousand armors, at least 30,000, but the Eight Banners of the Banners of the Banners cannot be concealed. The Green Camp's losses can be said less." Sony guessed in his mind, but all the Eight Banners officers in the Southern Expedition insisted that Xiamen suffered only 10,000 losses in one battle. Sony would not jump out and expose the lies of so many Manchu officers. Anyway, no matter whether the Green Camp died seven or eight thousand, or 30,000 or 40,000 deaths, they were all Han people, and Sony did not need to ask for pensions for them.

But when the emperor's inquiring eyes swept to his face, Sony said that he agreed with the reports of Dasu and other southern expedition troops. The Quanzhou navy was at most a small setback described in the memorial, and the losses of the Green Camp were easier to explain, that is, the Manchu soldiers were too brave, which led to them taking on Zheng Chenggong's main blow power and thus suffered huge casualties.

Before Dasu went south, Shunzhi had explicitly ordered that the Eight Banners of Manchuria were not allowed to take the lead, but only used as a supervisor. Sony pointed out that Dasu's biggest sin was not obeying Shunzhi's orders. However, Sony thought this was understandable. After all, all the Manchurian warriors were full of enthusiasm for fighting and had never fought a strong battle since they headed south. It was not uncommon to occasionally not suppress the enthusiasm for making achievements.

Oboi listened without saying a word, and he knew that Sony was giving him a favor.

If it were other people, Oboi might have jumped out of loyalty to his master and blamed Sony for lying. But today's situation is different. Dasu and Oboi once stood guard at Huang Taiji's tent together. Since their youth, they have been comrades who share life and death. Later, their relationship has always been very good.

Therefore, Oboi could only agree with Sony's view, insisting that although this failure was the main force of the Qing army was still there, Dasu did seriously violate Shunzhi's prior orders. If Dasu could suppress the enthusiasm of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, it would not lead to a decline in the ability to supervise the battle. The failure of the Eight Banners of Manchuria led to a large number of Green Camp soldiers fleeing in panic. This is the whole process of the failure to attack Xiamen. Most of the tens of thousands of Qing troops landed were able to retreat back to their starting positions, which is enough to prove that Dasu's statement was not false. The Qing army navy did not suffer any losses and could still control part of the sea control of Xiamen.

Since Sony and Oboi had the same views, Shunzhi dispelled the little doubt that had just risen in his heart and discussed with his ministers the next move.

Originally, Shunzhi expected Dasu to return to Zhoushan after the extermination of Zheng Chenggong to help Jiang Guozhu eliminate Deng Ming and Zhang Huangyan's troops who were harassing Liangjiang. It seems that he could not count on it now. At least in the short term, Fujian troops could not return to Liangjiang. Fortunately, Shunzhi also had a way to make up for it. He had issued an order yesterday to Wuchang, allowing Zhang Changgeng to quickly send Chu troops into Liangjiang to cooperate in the fight. Until now, Zhenjiang is said to have been under the control of the prefect, and Jiang Guozhu had long reported that Zhenjiang Prefecture was extremely empty, and even such a city that the governor's yamen in Liangjiang could not take over. It can be seen that Deng Ming's strength was limited. Shunzhi felt that concentrating the troops of Liangjiang and Lianghu would not drive him away.

Since Dasu's losses were not very large, Shunzhi still hoped that he could launch another attack and eliminate Zheng Chenggong in one fell swoop. As long as Zheng Chenggong was eliminated, a large amount of maritime defense military expenditure on the southeast coast of the Qing Dynasty could be saved, and there was no need to spend millions of taels of silver every year to repair turrets, boats, and training sailors. Eliminating Zheng Chenggong means saving millions of taels a year. Moreover, in order to concentrate 200,000 troops in Fujian this time, Shunzhi has still spent a lot of money in. If Dasu returns, all his efforts will be wasted.

After discussing with Sony and Oboi seriously, the losses of the Eight Banners of Manchuria must not be ignored. Shunzhi ordered the accompanying Gushan Ezhen Suohong to be dismissed and punished - a person with a banner lord level can be considered as a confession. Besides, this is a person from the White Banner, and Shunzhi has no psychological burden to clean up. As for Dasu of the Yellow Banner, he made a meritorious service, and the position of General Annan was handed over to Beiziluotuo. Shunzhi hoped that the two of them would continue to work hard and take Zheng Chenggong down in one fell swoop.

After the big strategic discussion was completed, Shunzhi retreated to the harem to rest. Sony and Oboi left the palace side by side. After walking outside the door, Oboi hurried forward and thanked: "Thank you for your kind help just now."

"This is a small matter." Sony waved his hand and signaled that Oboi didn't have to take the matter of his words for Dasu just now. Joke, Luo Tuo and Dasu have many relatives and friends. Not to mention that they were defeated by a big defeat, even if they fought a few more Sony, they would not get into trouble.

"But what happened in Fujian is? You must explain it to me clearly, otherwise you can't share the worries for the emperor." Sony knew that Dasu would definitely report to Oboi as soon as possible. Maybe Dasu's messenger would send a letter to Oboi's house first and then go to submit the memorial. Sony estimated that Oboi was the one who knows the situation in Fujian the most clearly in the whole of Beijing.

"As for the order." Obai replied respectfully, his sedan chair followed Sony back to the latter's mansion, and then followed Sony to his study.

In the Battle of Nanjing, Jiangning suffered heavy losses. The Qing court attached great importance to this battle in Xiamen, intending to avenge the previous shame. Dasu and Suohong brought a total of nearly 10,000 Manchurian troops. For the Shunzhi Dynasty, which had a population of only more than 50,000, this was of course a luxurious lineup. Because of the strong lineup, the Qing court could not afford to lose, because if the Eight Banners were repeatedly frustrated, it would shake the reputation of the Manchurian soldiers as invincible in the world.

When Aoboi spoke, Sony was also very nervous, afraid that the other party would spit out half of the result of destruction as soon as he opened his mouth.

"The loss is the nearly two thousand children," Oboi said with a deep face: "No matter how brave Dasu is, he dare not deceive the emperor in this matter."

Sony let out a sigh of relief. What he feared most was that Dasu concealed the losses of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. If he really made such a mess, even if Sony, Oboi and other confidant ministers joined forces, he would not be able to hide it from Shunzhi.

"The green camp suffered a loss of more than 30,000 yuan. Dasu did indeed follow the emperor's instructions. We did not let our people go to sea first. The 4,000 people brought out were all ready to supervise the battle behind the battlefield. After more than 30,000 yuan of green camps landed, Dasu let our people go up, but he did not expect that the Han navy was defeated in the blink of an eye. The two thousand people lost were lost because they had no time to retreat." Oboi relayed Dasu's report to Sony in detail, and cursed the green camp's navy: "No,"

Thanks to Tong'an Shi Lang, this man was good at commanding the army and was very capable. When he found that the navy could not resist, he immediately decided to organize the retreat. The two thousand children who boarded Xiamen on the north road did not fall behind, and were all brought back by Shi Lang. On the return journey, Zheng Ni's ship chased behind him. The situation was extremely critical, but Shi Lang was able to command all the sea boats to fight the case in time. He also cut off the back himself and left the ship until the last child escaped. Dasu praised him."

"Hmph, I finally made up for the merits. I remember that he was the one who strongly advocated the strong attack?" Sony said coldly, and asked again: "How is the loss of the navy?"

"Wu Liuqi didn't come at all. Dasu said he had issued a proclamation to him long ago, but he had not arrived for a long time, so he did not hurt a single hair in his headquarters. As for the military ships sent by Wu Liuqi, they were all destroyed by Zheng Ni. Now the navy from Shandong, Liangjiang, Zhejiang and Xiamen are gone."

"All are gone?" Sony asked in disbelief.

"It must be gone. I guess I don't know what advice Huang Wu had made." Before Sony asked, Oboi immediately told the other party: "He suggested to Dasu, first, from Shandong to Guangdong and Guangxi, evacuate all living people within fifteen miles of the sea and burn all houses; second, including Wu Liuqi's remaining naval forces, burn all warships and abandon them on the shore; third, confiscate all merchants engaged in maritime trade, and leave no one left!"

"Oh." After hearing this suggestion, Sony was extremely shocked. In order to deal with Fang Guozhen's remnants, Zhu Yuanzhang also carried out similar sea bans in order to deal with Fang Guozhen's remnants, but it was mainly around Zhejiang, and the target was also small islands that were difficult to control overseas - that is, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that these small islands were difficult to control, so instead of spending energy to compete and defend, it would be better to withdraw all the situations above. However, Huang Wu's suggestion was to go from Shandong to Guangdong. Not only overseas islands had to be given up, but even the coastline had to be given up. This undoubtedly shows that in Huang Wu's heart, the Qing court is now unable to defend all coastal areas; and the suggestion of burning the remaining navy to go ashore also shows that Huang Wu judged that the Qing army was unable to rebuild the navy in the short term to compete with Zheng Chenggong. Since this was the case, it would be better to destroy them all by themselves, so as not to waste military spending or be seized by the Zheng army.

The last one is even more critical. The Qing court has been in the detention zone for more than ten years, and Sony also has some understanding of the profits of maritime trade. From Shandong to Guangdong, countless merchants made a living by engaging in maritime trade, and the Qing court also drew taxes from their business banks. The subtext of Huang Wu's suggestion is: this thousands of miles of sea area is destined to be controlled by Zheng Chenggong, and any maritime trade is no longer safe, but will become Zheng Chenggong's help.

"Darsu agrees with this suggestion?" Sony asked.

Oboi nodded: "Dasu hopes that the court will summon Huang Wu to Beijing, and he will explain the sea ban policy in detail."

"It seems that the five provinces of the navy no longer exists," Sony sighed. If Dasu, Huang Wu and the others still had any hope of destroying Zheng Chenggongbao, they would never have made such a large-scale ban suggestion. If the navy was indeed completely destroyed, Sony probably would have agreed to the ban on the sea. What needs to be done now is to confirm whether the five provinces of the navy were damaged to the point of no hope to rebuild in the short term, and whether they have no ability to defend coastal defense at all: "Let Huang Wu come."

Destroying the navy by himself and evacuating the coastal residents would cause considerable economic losses to the Qing court, but at least it could save millions of dollars on the military expenses of the coastal defense. If the navy did not exist at all, the coastal defense would all rely on building fortresses. If the garrison was garrisoned, it would probably not be enough for millions of military expenses. And although this was harmful to the Qing court and was also fatal to Zheng Chenggong. Without maritime trade, it was just a lack of tax source for the Qing court, but it was cut off for Zheng Chenggong.

"Severe off the sea trade and make a lot of money to lure surrender." Sony pondered for a moment and took out a supplement: "We completely banned sea trade. Zheng Ni was in vain. How many days could more than 100,000 followers stayed alone overseas? When his subordinates couldn't afford to eat, they would sooner or later surrender when they saw us offer rewards and greetings.

However, even if the navy's condition is not as bad as Sony imagines now, there is no need to expect Dasu to attack Xiamen again within one or two years. Oboi anxiously said Shunzhi's order: "What should we do if the emperor ordered the re-attack of Xiamen again?"

"Let Luotuo and Dasu stay in Fujian for a year or two now. When the emperor was angry, he reported to have a great victory." Sony quickly came up with a countermeasure: "Just say he defeated Zheng Chenggong, and then he would go to the team again."

"What if the emperor is happy and let them take advantage of the victory to attack Xiamen?" Oboi was still a little worried.

"It's okay. Then I'll report that I'll kill Zheng Ni." Sony was confident: "Since Zheng Ni might be dead, the rest of the matter will be done, and our children will not need to stay in the hot Fujian. Even if we find that Zheng Chenggong is not dead after a few days, it's still Xiamen where he pretended to die, and our children would have returned to the capital long ago."

The next thing that can be fought in Xiamen has nothing to do with the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and it will not damage the reputation of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. After all, they returned to the court after the great victory. In this way, the emperor's face will be preserved, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria can leave the front line happily. A large number of officers such as Luotuo and Dasu will have rewards, and no one will be unable to overcome this plan.

The two discussed some details and decided on the general plan.

In Deng Ming's previous life, after Luo Tuo took charge of the General Annan Seal, he stayed in Quanzhou with Dasu until the battle of Xiamen passed, and then announced the victory of the Qing army. He heard that Zheng Chenggong was dead and he returned from Fujian. In Deng Ming's previous life, it was still said that Luo Tuo defeated Zheng Chenggong. Everyone of the Eight Banners of Manchuria who had conquered and received rewards. After achieving these merits without time and location, the Qing army in Fujian took advantage of the victory, and Zheng Chenggong was going to Taiwan at that time.

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In Guazhou, 20,000 Ming troops had completed crossing the river, and Deng Ming's headquarters was ready to attack Yangzhou. As for Zhang Huangyan and Ma Fengzhi's troops, in addition to a small number of left-behind, they would also come to Jiangbei one after another and follow Deng Ming along the canal north.

"This time our army went to fight to eliminate the river troops of the Governor of the Grain Transport, occupy the docks and shipyards on both sides of the canal, and go directly to the city of Yangzhou to isolate the internal and external transportation of Yangzhou, and force the Governor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to agree to our request." Deng Ming made the final pre-war mobilization to the officers: "Our army must try its best to keep the seized ships, occupied docks and shipyards. Properly preserving these things can put greater pressure on the Governor of the Qing Dynasty and force him to bow his head earlier. If there is no absolute necessity, we will not attack Yangzhou, but if our requirements are not met, the army must also be prepared to attack the city."

At this mobilization meeting, Deng Ming also announced to his captain officers: "In addition to the previous ones, our request would also add at least one million taels of silver to the military compensation. If Lin Qilong had not stubbornly insisted on the position of fighting against our army, this military operation would have been completely avoided. In order to use all the strength of our army, Zhang Shangshu and Admiral Ma's friendly forces were also forced to participate in the operation. Therefore, Lin Qilong of course had to bear all the military expenses of our army, which was a completely reasonable requirement - in this million military compensation, the food and grass consumption and medical expenses we went to fight were deducted from the extra punitive compensation. If Lin Qilong had not deliberately provoked the incident, our army would have studied, trained, or used it for rest, but now we had to spend precious time to march into Yangzhou. Therefore, punitive compensation was also a reasonable and legitimate requirement."

Most of the officers under Deng Ming knew to read in the Sichuan Army, and had never been exposed to any other values ​​except Zhongjun and Aiguo. It is always easier to paint on a piece of white paper. After hearing Deng Ming's speech, the officers in the audience nodded one after another, and each nodded seriously in agreement.

"Be sure to inform the entire army of the above so that our officers and soldiers can fully understand the rationality and justice of our army's requirements." Deng Ming said loudly. It felt really good to train a group of emperor officials and an imperial team.

"Robber!" Ren Tang stood behind Deng Ming with a solemn expression and commented silently.

"The next is our army's manifesto." On the issue of the manifesto, Deng Ming had a debate with Ren Tang. Just like the confrontation between "urgent things to follow power" and "the law of ancestors is immutable", Ren Tang failed without any suspense.

Ren Tang hoped to use the court's righteousness to expel the Tartars as the theme of this manifesto of attacking Yangzhou. Deng Ming believed that people would not stand without trust. Since the Ming army had a great possibility that they would not attack Yangzhou and would not be able to be stationed near Yangzhou for a long time, then do not promote the gentry's revival and lost territory, so as not to expose those scholars who had the Ming court to meaninglessly expose them, and to avoid not being able to win the trust of others when they really wanted to restore Jiangnan in the future.

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"...I heard of it and hated him, so I promoted the righteous army and went to Yangzhou to seek justice for the people, vowing to repay wages for the elders and seek pensions for the victims..." Deng Ming loudly recited the manifesto in his hand. In his plan, the governor of the grain transportation yamen and the prefect of Yangzhou also had to pay a sum of silver to compensate those who had been forced to recruit. Deng Ming would not interfere in the specific distribution. He would distribute the money to the local gentry and elders of Yangzhou local townships, and they would be responsible for finding the victims: "...Lin Qilong will not refund the ICBC for one day, and will not commit any rebellion without a settlement. This admiral will not return to the army for one day!"

Ren Tang once fiercely opposed the manifesto, believing that it was simply a bare-headed claim that he was a bandit who came to blackmail. Do you have the embarrassment to call him an officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty after taking it out? Deng Ming asked back: "What are we going to Yangzhou this time? Aren't we going to ask for money? If we go out to wander around the world, we have to keep our word. If we say that we should restore the prefectures and counties, we should get the money. Only then will the whole world know that we have faith."

"...There are also Hui merchants who rely on their power to bully the elders of Yangzhou..." Deng Ming has been firmly implementing the policy of cracking down on Huai Yan, so this time he brought the salt merchants in his manifesto, saying that they relied on their power and colluded with the river officers and soldiers, and also forced the people to pull the fibers of their salt ships. In fact, Deng Ming did not wrong them. Relying on his relationship with the Qing court, Hui merchants also did a lot of things to strengthen the men on both sides of the canal. In addition, the salt merchants and the foreman of the canal were closely related to the foreman of the canal. Many canal workers were recruited coolies, and were usually bullied and oppressed, and even died on both sides of the canal.

"...... It is tolerant to deal with good people as slaves and treat human life as grass, which is tolerant, who is unbearable?" Deng Ming announced in the manifesto that he believed that in addition to compensating the people on both sides of the canal like the governor of the canal, salt merchants also need to pay hundreds of thousands of canal workers along the canal a settlement fee of 100 taels of silver per person. As long as there is a canal worker who has not received the compensation he deserves, no salt ship of Huizhou salt merchants can pass through the canal.

Deng Ming hopes to use this manifesto to show that he is only targeting salt merchants, not wealthy merchants, so that other operating merchants can rest assured and not all turn to their opposite side - the Qing court.

"...I informed the Jianghuai River and Huai River, and all the envoys heard it." As for the signature of the manifesto, Deng Ming had also considered it. His title was the Admiral of Sichuan. Although many of the gentry in Liangjiang knew what Deng Ming was about, he probably felt strange in some places and did not understand how the Admiral of Sichuan came to Yangzhou. In order to have a better publicity effect, Deng Ming modified his title without hesitation. While sending people to inform Zhang Huangyan and Ma Fengzhi who were still on the south bank, he also sent people to inform Gaodong and Fengjie.

"Admiral of the Yangtze River Deng!" Deng Ming ended his recitation vigorously. Someone had opposed this title before, saying that he thought of the navy general, but Deng Ming still thought this title was good and his description was very appropriate.
Chapter completed!