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- Chapter 494: Wu Rongtang¡¯s Duel (First Update)
Hong Chengchou certainly did not have the ability to turn a baby into a giant, so after several tentative attacks, he could only honestly report to the Ming court that he was unable to attack the north.
After receiving the battle report from Hong Chengchou, Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he smashed everything he could see from Taiwan to pieces.
¡°He now hates those ministers who didn¡¯t take Taiwan seriously before. In more than ten years, Taiwan has become such a terrifying behemoth, but they can turn a blind eye.
"Pass on Wu Rongtang!"
After losing his temper for a while, Chongzhen remembered that no matter how angry he was, no matter how many things he smashed, it would not help the situation at hand. However, the changes in his main enemy caused him to start to change in terms of appointing people.
A large number of people who know Taiwan have been promoted. Of course, this situation has been resisted by the traditional official class, but now he has decided not to care so much.
Before he ascended the throne, Wu Rongtang advised him to boycott Taiwan. Although such a person did not contribute much when he ascended the throne, he can still be regarded as an old man.
Especially under the current circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen urgently needs to understand Taiwan¡¯s ministers, and the first choice person is Wu Rongtang, who has always been against Taiwan. Chongzhen hoped that Wu Rongtang could bring him practical strategies to fight against Taiwan.
"My lord, Wu Rongtang pays homage to Your Majesty!"
After receiving the summons from Chongzhen, Wu Rongtang immediately rushed to the platform. On the way, he had gone through all the possibilities in his mind that Emperor Chongzhen would summon him.
Combined with the recent great changes in Liaodong and the disastrous defeat of the Quartet Allied Forces, Wu Rongtang knew that his opportunity had come to flex his muscles.
"Wu Aiqing is dead! Wu Aiqing, Taiwan's military strength has reached the point where no one can control it. Our country, the Ming Dynasty, is already in danger. However, no one in the civil and military dynasty can come up with a countermeasure. I am very disappointed!" Emperor Chongzhen showed his true feelings when he said these words.
For several months, the court hall has been noisy and noisy like a vegetable market, but when asked about strategies to deal with the enemy, no one could say anything about it.
Even those ministers who have made a difference only want to deal with Taiwan in the same way as they dealt with Hou Jin. No matter how slow Chongzhen was, he understood at this time that Taiwan was by no means comparable to Hou Jin. If you still want to use those methods to deal with Taiwan, you will be the one who suffers in the end.
"Your Majesty, Taiwan is beyond the reach of thieves in the past thousands of years. Since its rise, it has devoted all its efforts to specializing in the art of Mo Zhai. Making sugar and other utensils to amass wealth, and refining steel to strengthen the army. Treat craftsmen well and let them perform their duties. There are many new types of equipment emerging one after another. In this way, it has become stronger in five years and prospered in ten years.
If we want to resist Taiwan, we, the Ming Dynasty, must learn from its strengths and use its spear against its spear to protect our country, country, and country, and to protect all people in the world from being enslaved by Taiwan's rebel bandits.
The old minister boldly suggested to the emperor to recruit Xu Guangqi into the cabinet and to use officials who are good at investigating things. Following the example of Taiwan, we established the Academy of Geosciences and treated craftsmen all over the world kindly, so that they could do their best to repair ordnance for the Ming Dynasty. Within ten years, if our Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, it will definitely be more powerful than Taiwan. "
These words were a strategy that Wu Rongtang had considered thousands of times. Originally, he wanted to advise Emperor Chongzhen to follow the example of Taiwan's commercial tax reform and support these reforms with huge commercial financial resources.
But he knew that if he said this, he would inevitably be counterattacked by those bureaucratic groups who had gained huge benefits from the light business strategy. Even the emperor would not be able to protect him by then.
That¡¯s why he started from a craftsman¡¯s shop with little profit. Although Confucianism has a tradition of looking down on craftsmen, as long as no interests are involved, the bureaucracy will not have a strong backlash. After the results are achieved, further reforms will be carried out and it will be a matter of course.
But he never thought that without the support of wealth, attaching importance to craftsmen could only be empty talk. No technological progress can be achieved without the support of massive wealth.
In addition, even if this time the reform of craftsmen really achieves some results and brings some benefits, the various interest groups that have already set their sights on money will be indifferent to the new benefits. They will divide up all the benefits brought by this reform as soon as possible. Then they will turn around and attack your reforms.
Therefore, Wu Rongtang¡¯s reform strategy was inherently deficient and lacked guarantees from the very beginning. It was even worse than the Westernization Movement. After all, during the Westernization Movement, the social status of businessmen had begun to improve, and the country¡¯s finances were not in such straits.
"This is a long-term plan, but the Taiwanese army has arrived at Shanhaiguan and may enter the customs at any time. We, the Ming Dynasty, cannot wait."What a year! "
After listening to Wu Rongtang's reform strategy, Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded. However, the imminent military threat made Chongzhen restless. He now needs an army that can withstand Taiwan's military front. Otherwise, no matter how beautiful the words are and how bright the prospects are, he can only It's a castle in the air.
"According to Shen Yourong's Taiwan travel notes, Taiwan's military strength has reached thousands of miles away. Within the four seas, there is no one who can rival it. Even those Western barbarians cannot compete with it.
However, in order to suppress the rebellion of the indigenous people in Southeast Asia and Australia, Taiwan introduced a large number of more advanced muskets to the people. In my opinion, this is a major omission for Taiwan, and it is also an opportunity for our country. "Wu Rongtang said with confidence.
"I also read Shen Yourong's book. From it, I saw Shen Yourong's loyalty to my Ming Dynasty. It's really not easy for me to always think about my Ming Dynasty in the enemy's camp! However, I didn't see that my Ming Dynasty was there. What opportunities are there in this area?¡±
Taiwan¡¯s terrorist pressure made the Ming Dynasty pay more attention to everything about Taiwan than ever before. Shen Yourong's travel notes have become the best way for them to fully understand Taiwan.
Although many people scoffed at what was said in it at first, when Jin Yiwei collected countless intelligence about Taiwan, they realized that they were looking at the sky from the bottom of a well.
However, Shen Yourong's concerns about the Ming Dynasty revealed in the book and several suggestions he made made the court discover that a few years ago, there was a loyal minister who worked hard for the Ming Dynasty without any regrets. .
"It's a pity that since Shen Yourong is not an official in Taiwan after all, he only knows a little more about Taiwan than ordinary Taiwanese people. I know very little about firearms, so I can't copy Taiwan's artillery and firearms with this travelogue.
"Your Majesty, we can't get firearms from Taiwan's military, but we can definitely get firearms from civilians!"
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