Lao company also said that the ban that China companies can’t own land must be abolished, otherwise they can’t buy land at all. Stanford will never give in. He said that Lao company can designate companies and individuals to take over the land.
In the end, Stanford reluctantly agreed that it needed 300 thousand people to send it out, while Lowe agreed to Stanford’s price
The agreement was reached with great heart. Stanford was very happy and friendly. The company advised them to prepare some weapons when they immigrated to Huada Mountain. He was worried about where the security was not good.
Lao company thanked Stanford for waking up and said that Lao company has rich experience in dealing with public security problems because Chinese people are the biggest victims of public security problems in California.
Stanford paid off his debts and got a large amount of railway shares. Everything was perfect. He took 21% of railway company shares without paying a penny, and now these shares are worth 40 million dollars. Of course, he doesn’t think that China people helped him do it. He thinks that all this is because of his intelligence. China people are just playing a chess game.
Lao company got new land in California, although most of them are in the mountains of Huada Mountain, but one thing Stanford didn’t lie to sell to Lao company is that most of them are arable valleys and mountains and forests, but Lao company is not interested, but Stanford thinks it is more valuable because there are mines in the mountains.
Now Lao Company has obtained new land, and as many as two million mu are located on both sides of the railway, 32 kilometers. The government land price transfer subsidy land area is more than 15 kilometers long. It is a good place to go from Mentor, Sakala to Huada Mountain. In the past, the geographical position was not very good. With the railway, the traffic problem was solved.
What is lacking now is to find 300,000 owners for these lands as soon as possible.
China’s disaster relief workers are still going on, and the Pacific Railway is also good for disaster relief workers, because the time to the United States is short, which means that the transportation price has dropped greatly, and the freight rate of a load of flour has dropped from $3 to $2 in an instant, and there is a further downward trend as the route from the sea to San Francisco continues to expand.
Transportation is the largest part of grain, which greatly reduces the financial pressure, but it seems that the power of famine in the disaster area was greatly released last year, and nearly 10 million people were transferred out, and 40 million people were also rescued along the railway. It seems that the loss of 50 million people has made the disaster area unbearable
Of course, the days are still very hard, but for China people, especially the more conservative people in the north, they are not willing to go overseas to be abandoned people if they can live even a little bit. They have to stay in their ancestral graves and be buried with their ancestors after death, so that they can continue to enjoy Sun Feng’s blood food after death. Once they are exiled, they will become ghosts.
The difficulty of recruiting immigrants at that time has greatly increased. Last year, five million people immigrated to Northeast China, one million people from America and Southeast Asia, and nearly one million people cultivated in the Pacific Ocean, totaling seven million. But this year, half a year has passed, even though the drought this year is as severe as last year, less than one million immigrants have been recruited.
Although the migrant workers have caused trouble, Zhu Jinglun is actually more happy. It is said that the people in the disaster area can live. They have finally survived this disaster, even if production can be resumed for a while, but they are no longer threatened with death. This is the good news that is really gratifying.
However, bad news came from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom region. After the Xiang army repelled the Taiping rebels’ Northern Expedition, after half a year’s rest, it recruited new soldiers to buy weapons, and the troops resumed their efforts to drive Nantong Taiping rebels out of the Yangtze River. Ceng Guoquan destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Jiangpu Camp and all the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom strongholds in Jiangbei were uprooted.
The real bad news is not this, but that Xiang crossed the river again. They won a great victory, but the troops did not withdraw. Instead, they retreated to Wuhu. Li Xiucheng forced Yang Fuqing to recapture Wuhu, and Yang Fuqing refused to consume troops in part, so he finally let Xiang have a strong stronghold in Jiangnan.
Li Xiucheng’s own strength was greatly damaged at this time, and he couldn’t afford to compete with Xiang to see who would restore his strength first. However, Li Xiucheng’s military forces haven’t recovered Xiang, but once again he hit the Yangtze River, and tens of thousands of people feinted and hit the victory. This time, the main force was dispatched to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was really critical.
Section six hundred and twenty Xiang Jiangnan
Last year, the army stood still, and there was no place for soldiers, but it was also immersed in its own adjustment
It doesn’t make sense to have done ideological work for senior generals such as Wen Yuan. Don’t they advocate the western system? Which country is directly under the control of the emperor in the western countries? Their mental obstacles or their interests are mainly because they don’t want to be controlled by the civilian government. But Britain is like this, France is like this, and the German army is also the largest in the General Staff. Zhu Jinglun’s kindness and kindness can’t be accepted.
It’s hard to say whether the minions of the army have been cut off, but at least they have been given a halter so that they won’t come with the civilian government, otherwise the budget will have no logistical supplies and the civilian government will be able to decide not to cooperate with the promotion of officers, and the army will be unified into the government
Therefore, the situation in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has changed, and now the Ministry of War has made an absolute statement. Last year, the General Staff made a plan for them. Once the situation in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom deteriorates, the big goal is to divide the territory of a province in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom less. Of course, it is most realistic that Zhejiang can capture Zhejiang from northern Fujian and be integrated with the big territory. It is not bad to get southern Jiangsu as well as Jiangxi. Of course, it is most perfect that all the ministries are so large that they control the entire Jiangnan area in the Yangtze River tour area.
If you need to divide a province, you don’t need to do anything. Wait for Xiang to annihilate the main force of Taiping rebels, and then the army will pick peaches in the north. If both provinces want the army to do a good job, wait for Taiping rebels to fail, and then adjust their troops to fight with Xiang for Jiangnan.
However, if you want to figure out how long it will take for the two provinces, no one knows how long Xiang will be entangled with Taiping rebels in Jiangnan. These two sworn enemies have been fighting for more than 20 years, and no one is sure whether they will continue to fight. Given this protracted situation in the military plan, then the army can choose to capture Taiping rebels in Zhejiang and fight against Jiangsu. Maybe the last army will fight Taiping rebels first and then fight with Xiang.
Now the army is not afraid of fighting, let alone fighting in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if it is fighting in the north, it doesn’t feel difficult. The Central Plains has never stopped calling in the Northern Expedition.
But will it be so easy for the powers to unify the country? Don’t say that the unified country is probably in the south of the Yangtze River. They can’t accept being occupied by the military.
In addition, Zhu Jinglun also saw that unifying the country at this time is not good for the big countries, and it is likely that a disaster relief will make some of them unable to survive, and the whole national economy will be greatly affected. If the country is unified, it will carry hundreds of millions of people with low education and backward economic development areas, not because it can’t afford to carry the problem, but because the chances of carrying this burden are too great when the industrialization is developing.
Zhu Jinglun’s early strategy was that the foundation of the economic provinces in the southeast coastal areas is the easiest to develop, and industrialization can be completed as soon as possible to accumulate the strength of unifying the country. Nearly 20 years have passed, and the level of great economic development is still the second in the world. It is probably possible that Italy’s poor imperialism is better than that of southeast European countries such as Greece, and it is far from advanced countries such as Britain, France and Germany.
Another worry is how many people will die if we launch the Northern Expedition now. How much more will China lose its national vitality?
It is necessary to contend with the Xiang army for the south of the Yangtze River. Obviously, the strategic concept of giving priority to the development of economic areas is echoed here. However, it is unacceptable for Zhu Jinglun to swallow Jiangsu and Zhejiang in one gulp, regardless of whether it will cause interference from foreign powers.
There is no doubt that the elite area in the south of the Yangtze River in China has lost 70% of its population after years of tug-of-war between the Taiping Army and the Qing Army. Although many of them fled, I am afraid half of them died. This is the elite area, not the economy and culture, and it is therefore difficult to estimate the loss of China elites caused by the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River.
Therefore, after listening to the Ministry of War’s report, Zhu Jinglun told them that it is worthwhile to restore stability in this region in the shortest time, even if no province is occupied. Therefore, it is necessary to plan for the shortest time to restore regional peace.
According to the revised plan, once the Xiang army gained a decisive advantage over the Taiping rebels, it immediately intervened to capture Zhejiang, where the defense was weak, before the Xiang army destroyed the Taiping rebels, and then sat down with the Qing army to talk about the division of territory.
Instead of talking to the Qing army about Zeng Guofan, Zeng Guofan wrote a letter to Zhu Jinglun. After staying for many years, Zeng Guofan had a certain understanding of Zhu Jinglun’s character. Although he sometimes felt that Zhu Jinglun had some reputation, he believed that Zhu Jinglun was holding Shi Renzheng’s thoughts in his heart.
So Zeng Guofan told Zhu Jinglun about Renyi Avenue in his letter. Since the cult of worshipping emperors advocated fooling around, there were more than ten people in the war-torn south of the Yangtze River, and one was also a ceremonial state. Wu Zeng Guofan also bluntly said that maybe in the future, the Qing Dynasty would fight for heaven, but it would also fight for a heaven with benevolence and morality, loyalty and filial piety, rather than a heaven with benevolence and righteousness. He suggested joining forces with the army to destroy bandits (Taiping Army). Zeng Guofan said that Qing Dynasty was willing to fight with the big ones in the south of the Yangtze River and rule forever friends.
Zhu Jinglun really wants to give Zeng Guofan a hand, for example, to divide the territory with this private letter, but the name of Zeng Guofan will stink again. I don’t know if this old man can withstand this blow. What’s more, Zeng Guofan can reply with a letter saying that if it is to divide the territory with Zeng, it is very willing. If it is to divide the territory with Manchu, it will never be promised. I am afraid that this reply will completely ruin Zeng Guofan.
But how could Zeng Guofan have never thought of this? He dared to take risks and write to Zhu Jinglun. That is to treat Zhu Jinglun as a benevolent gentleman. It would be too much if he gave him a hand.
However, Zhu Jinglun really wrote a letter back to Zeng Guofan, instead of talking about dividing the territory, he expressed the hope that Xiang could make fewer killings during the war.
The most difficult thing for Zeng Guofan to understand is that he slaughtered a man who had read a lot of poems. How could he do such a heinous thing? Anqing Massacre is very telling.
Xiang captured ten thousand people after entering the city. Zeng Guofan asked the Ministry to kill Ceng Guoquan. Instead, he didn’t have the heart to write to appease his younger brother and said, "Since you came out to lead troops, you should’ kill thieves’ and your ambition will kill more regrets." This’ thief’ takes people captive, kills people and is poisonous. The so-called’ Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother’ in the south teaches the’ Heavenly Yan and Heavenly Yu’ official. Even if Kong Shengsheng, the king of Zhou, is today, there is no reason why he is ineffective in seeking to destroy them! Since I am determined to exterminate, I have no regrets! "
Zeng Guofan’s reply expressed his attitude, that is, he disagreed with the Taiping rebels’ belief and judged that Anqing Taiping rebels had been surrounded for two years before they were defeated. This is obviously that it is better to win over hard-core long hair than to kill it.
There is also a saying that Zeng Guofan was leading troops for ten years and lamented many times that he did not want future generations to lead troops again, so he had to do everything thoroughly, that is, he could not leave the future trouble to eradicate the roots.
Judging by one way, once Zeng Guofan captured Tianjing, I’m afraid there would not be a good scene for Taiping rebels and their families, either one of them was killed or the other was slaughtered, which is why Taiping rebels fought the Qing army bravely because they knew there was no way out.
Now the population of Tianjing is said to have reached one million, because the economic conditions in the south of the Yangtze River are really good. In the past few years, the economy has recovered quite well in peacetime. The commerce and trade in Nanjing’s capital has developed rapidly, and it is not impossible to add a million people to live. The Taiping Army has a custom of plundering craftsmen everywhere, and I am afraid that the whole Jiangnan craftsmen will win here again.
The loss of 1 million craftsmen is a method to estimate how many long-lasting crafts may disappear, so Zhu Jinglun can’t accept the fact that Xiang Jun’s bloodbath in Tianjing wrote this letter to Zeng Guofan
However, he believes that Zeng Guofan’s firm belief is that he will not be moved by him in a few words, and there must be substantive actions.
Changes in the south of the Yangtze River soon forced the army to put military action on the agenda.
After the Xiang army crossed the river, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom horse panicked. For the first time, King Hong summoned all the first-class princes who were leading troops. At this time, the princes of Taiping Army were divided into five classes, and Li Xiucheng and others were the first-class princes to govern other small and medium-sized princes.
Hongxiu severely criticized Yang Fuqing and Wang Haiyang because they didn’t respect the loyal king’s 9000-year-old order. Today’s defeat requires them to respect the king’s life. Hongxiu is obviously trying to appease Li Xiucheng. I really don’t recognize why these two people went to Li Xiucheng early. How many times did he come forward to suppress Yang Fuqing? He turned a blind eye.
It’s really urgent to jump out at this time, but it’s too late
Yang Fuqing also saw that the situation was extremely unfavorable, and he gave up fighting with Li Xiucheng for the sake of not having the strength to protect himself. He launched an army and fought a bloody battle with Xiang, but let alone recapture Wuhu, which made Yang Fuqing’s department defeated again. Less than 30,000 troops have already lost their fighting capacity.
Wang Haiyang’s department was not much better. Li Xiucheng sent him to rescue Yang Fuqing. He was defeated and fought faster. It was only over a month before the Taiping Army had soldiers except the loyal king’s department.
Li Xiucheng had high hopes for the navy, but when he asked Liu Shunde to take the navy to seize the back road of the Xiang army, Liu Shunde was defeated, and ten armored ships were sunk. At this time, Taiping discovered that there were armored ships in the Xiang navy, and the number was more, the speed was faster, and the guns were more.
The news that Xiang was equipped with armored ships was learned from Taiping rebels that Li Xiucheng sent someone to ask if Da was sold to the armored ships of the Qing army, but it was really not that Da refused to sell them, but that the Qing army did not buy them.
Taiping rebels soon found that those sailors wearing Xiang Yong were all blond and blue-eyed, which was very obvious. Zeng Guofan probably formed an Arth fleet again, and I’m afraid the Arth fleet was not so simple. The officers and soldiers were directly transferred from the British army, and the warships were all retired British officers and soldiers. Because they were able to skillfully manipulate armored ships and form combat effectiveness, it was not overnight, and only the British in the world could transfer such a large-scale armored fleet to others without hurting the bones.
Seeing that Britain spared no effort to support the Xiang army actually means supporting Zhu Jinglun, the Manchu court, to guess what the British might get from Li Hongzhang, and they really don’t want to see the interests of Jiangnan monopolized by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
At the same time, it is obviously impossible for them to support the annexation of Jiangnan to the whole of China, which is even more impossible
Zhu Jinglun knows very well that the big army should be dispatched, and I’m afraid even half of the south of the Yangtze River can’t live any longer.
Section six hundred and twenty-one Two ways to send troops
After the last visit to Li Xiucheng, the ambassador to Tianjing quickly left this uncertain place on a big warship.
Even at this time, the docks are very busy, because war munitions should be the best business, and most of them are big businessmen.
It is the most important base in the Yangtze River, which was originally excavated by the big army. The wharf is a big construction site. Since the successful rescue of Tianjing, the city has been the Taiping rebels’ site, while the city has been under the management of the big navy, which painted it on the map of the big military base. It is not once or twice that the Yangtze River fleet stopped here when cruising.
Dressed in a scholar’s robe and wearing a black hat, the minister couldn’t help sighing that the country is selling everything to save lives, but these businessmen are thinking of making a fortune. It’s really important to value profit over righteousness. Don’t they know that the materials they send will have to be filled with lives in the end? Isn’t it a little conscience to earn such bloody money?
Huang Zunxian, a diplomat from Jiaying Prefecture, Guangdong Province, left Tianjing with full regrets. He has no nostalgia for this place. He doesn’t like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He is just fulfilling his duties.
He didn’t tell Li Xiucheng when he left, saying that he was ordered to leave Li Xiucheng and asked if he was worried about danger and promised to try his best to protect him. Clear The Demon couldn’t stand the kingdom of heaven. Please rest assured that Li Xiucheng was very low-key at the last meeting. Obviously, he himself knew that the situation in the kingdom of heaven was not good.
Huang Zunxian didn’t tell Li Xiucheng that he was going to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is not in line with international practice, but international practice doesn’t work here in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The foreign company told him that once the facts were exposed, Li Xiucheng would probably kill him. Huang Zunxian was not afraid of death. Diplomats would take risks if necessary, even if they sacrificed their lives, they wouldn’t humiliate the country. He disapproved of the foreign company’s decision. Can the personal safety of the minister be ignored? In those days, Su Wu herded sheep and the North Sea didn’t fall into the Han Dynasty at the most dangerous moment, which made Huang Zunxian dignified, but he was deeply ashamed of his personal safety and made the country rude to foreign countries.
But he still didn’t tell the truth. He had to follow orders. At the same time, he suspected that this was what the army meant. The army wanted to sneak up on the undeclared war so as not to let the company startle him.
Huang Zunxian really underestimated the popularity of the group who controlled the army. When these young people went to Europe to study for five years, they talked about the procedure of declaring war more than anyone else. They thought it was chivalrous to declare war first and prepare you for the war. I was hitting you. This is a sign of confidence.