Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Huang Yingying walked slowly to Zhu Jing'an's desk and placed the tray in her hand on the desk.

She personally filled a bowl of Tremella, Wolfberry and Snow Pear Soup for Zhu Jing'an. She took a sip herself first, checked the temperature, then brought it to Zhu Jing'an and spoke.

"It's still a bit hot, please be careful when drinking, Your Highness."

In fact, Huang Yingying took a sip on the surface to determine the temperature, but in fact it was to test the poison.

Zhu Jing'an's identity is very sensitive. Even if he trusts Huang Yingying as his pillow, his food must be tested for poison before he can eat it.

And Huang Yingying doesn't mind taking on the role of testing drugs.

Firstly, because the food was made by her own hands, it wouldn't matter if she tested poison or something.

When the meal is ready, the cook takes a bite before serving it. How normal is this?

If the cook himself doesn't dare to eat it, can the food still be eaten?

The second reason is that Huang Yingying understands that since ancient times, those who can test poisons for the superiors are the absolute confidants of the superiors.

Seeing this, Zhu Jing'an also took the small bowl from Huang Yingying's hand, scooped up a mouthful with a silver spoon, and put it into his mouth.

In an instant, the sweetness of snow pear and the sweetness of white fungus spread in his mouth.

Zhu Jing'an narrowed his eyes with enjoyment, nodded after a moment and said.

"Not bad!"

"Yingying, your craftsmanship is still as good as ever!"

As he spoke, he started eating in big mouthfuls.

After a while, the bowl of Tremella, Wolfberry and Snow Pear Soup was completely wiped out. Zhu Jing'an picked up a silk handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth.

Then he spoke.

"Yingying, please sit down for a moment. I still have some military matters to deal with today."

"When I finish handling the military affairs at hand, I will love and care for you when I come back."

When Huang Yingying heard this, her pretty face turned red, but she still lowered her head and said.

"Listen to His Highness!"

When she said this, Huang Yingying stared at Zhu Jing'an without blinking. Her eyes were full of love and admiration, and her moist eyes were quite beautiful.

The look in her eyes was very helpful to Zhu Jing'an.

Zhu Jing'an gave her a warm smile, then lowered his head and continued to deal with military affairs.

For Zhu Jing'an, apart from military reform, the most important thing in recent times is the war in Zhejiang.

Although the Ming army was continuously winning victories in the war in Zhejiang, Zhu Jing'an needed to make decisions about local management and the arrangement of local garrison after the war.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Immediately, someone outside Zhu Jing'an's study was heard speaking.

"Your Highness, there is urgent military information sent back from Zhejiang!"

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an raised his head and said hello.

"Come in and talk!"

After he finished speaking, the study door was pushed open from the outside. Zhang Jin walked to the desk with a military newspaper in his hand.

The general report was submitted to Zhu Jing'an!

Zhu Jing'an was not polite and took the military report and started reading it.

Looking at the news described in the military newspaper that the Ming army was blocked at Xianxia Pass and the offensive was temporarily frustrated, Zhu Jing'an couldn't help but look thoughtful.

"What's the current situation in Fujian?

Zhu Jing'an raised his head and asked.

In front of him, Zhang Jin recalled it and said.

"Your Majesty, as of now, Fujian is also in a stalemate."

"Although our Ming Dynasty took over Zhangquan Prefecture from Monk Wan'er, the Qing army stationed heavy troops in Jianning Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture, Funing Prefecture and other places to defend the passes and block our Ming Dynasty's offensive."

"If our army wants to march into Fujian now, the resistance will still be considerable."

Zhu Jing'an thought for a while, then touched his chin and said.

"Now in Fujian, the Qing army relies on the terrain to deploy defenses layer by layer."

"If our army wants to capture Fujian, the resistance by taking the land route will be very high."

"But what if we go by sea?"

Zhu Jing'an said this, stood up from the chair, walked to the map hanging in his room, picked up the baton on the side, and clicked on a few positions on the map.

"From the Guangzhou water diversion division to the north of the Yangtze River estuary, the main force of our army boarded ships from the Yangtze River estuary, went south along the coast, bypassed the Jiancheng Pass on the land, and directly attacked Fuzhou..."

Zhu Jing'an's thinking was very clear. Didn't the Qing army attempt to use the terrain of Fujian as a barrier to resist the Ming army's attacks?

If that's the case, wouldn't it be better for the Ming army to go around by sea?

It’s not that the sea route is impassable, why did the Ming army have to go to the Jiancheng Fortress when they were so full?

Anyway, Fuzhou is also located on the coast. As long as the Ming army lands in Fuzhou, it can completely defeat the Qing army.

As long as the Ming army can capture Fuzhou City, the Qing army's troops deployed in key areas in Fujian will be nothing more than groundless duckweeds.

If the Ming army wants to deal with them again, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.

After Zhu Jing'an finished speaking, Zhang Jin's eyes lit up and he spoke.

"Your Highness is wise!"

If it weren't for Zhu Jing'an, who bypassed the Qing's Jiancheng fortress in Fujian and took the sea route to directly raid Fuzhou, he would not have thought of killing the Ming generals.

Because the current thinking of the Ming army generals is basically the thinking of the mainland army. In their impression, in war, the navy can only play a side drum at most.

The only thing that can truly determine the outcome of a war is the main force of the army.

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that the Ming army did not think of attacking Fuzhou by sea, even though the city of Fuzhou was right on the seaside.

But Zhu Jing'an's thinking was different from that of the Ming army generals!

In his thinking, ocean and land are of equal importance. If a country loses its ocean, it is equivalent to having a leg cut off.

Compared with people of this era, Zhu Jing'an's marine thinking is very outstanding.

Seeing that Fuzhou is right on the coast, he naturally thought that I could take the sea route!

Zhu Jing'an put down the baton in his hand and turned to Zhang Jin.

"Send the order to the General Staff and ask the General Staff to immediately formulate a corresponding plan for a surprise attack on Fuzhou by sea."

"Send the completed plan to Gu Gu for review as soon as possible!"

Zhu Jing'an can set the general direction strategically, but specific tactical issues, detailed plans, and how to implement the plans are best left to the staff department.

One person counts short, two counts long!

Zhu Jing'an believed that the combat plan formulated by a group of people on the staff complement each other and criticized each other, which would definitely be more detailed and comprehensive than the combat plan he formulated behind closed doors.

Hearing this, Zhang Jin cupped his fists and said.

"The subordinate understands!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jing'an waved his hand to indicate that Zhang Jin could retreat.

Immediately, Zhang Jin said goodbye and left.

Zhu Jing'an looked at Huang Yingying, closed the military report on the desk, and then waved.

"I'm pretty busy with things today. Let's go back to bed..."

……

On the second day, Zhu Jing'an got up early.

Huang Yingying on the side was about to get up. Zhu Jing'an reached out and patted her round and upright buttocks, and then spoke.

"Just rest, there's no need to get up!"

"I have some important things to deal with today, otherwise I would just want to sleep in."

Zhu Jing'an has now discovered that the emperor's job is not done by humans at all.

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There is no reason why most emperors in history were short-lived. They were all born out of exhaustion.

He is still just a prince, not an emperor, so he doesn't even have time to sleep in.

If he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, would that be a big deal?

He had heard that Zhu Jiazhuo had suffered from overwork and illness several times since he came to the throne.

Huang Yingying heard this, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and said in a coquettish voice.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

"But I'd better get up, because my husband has already gotten up, so why should a woman continue to sleep in?"

Huang Yingying has been with Zhu Jing'an for such a long time and knows Zhu Jing'an's character.

He is usually very tolerant to the people around him and has no airs about him, and he doesn't think it's disrespectful for a woman to get up behind him.

He meant it when he said to give himself a break.

However, Zhu Jing'an can be arrogant to them, but they can't push their noses in their faces.

Huang Yingying has been trained by her father as a good wife and mother who can be used for marriage since she was a child.

She never goes over the line in what she does!

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an turned around and kissed Huang Yingying on the forehead, and then spoke.

"Okay, get up when you wake up!"

"Go to bed early and get up early for good health!"

After saying this, Zhu Jing'an got dressed under the service of the maid, washed up, and strode towards the dormitory.

After walking out of the dormitory, Zhu Jing'an walked towards the flower hall.

After arriving at the Flower Hall, he had breakfast while flipping through the reports submitted by the Nanjing Arsenal.

With Zhu Jing'an's intervention, Nanjing Arsenal has now obtained technical authorization from Foshan Arsenal.

Foshan Arsenal not only provided relevant technical drawings to Nanjing Arsenal, but also sent several core technical backbones to Nanjing Arsenal to guide the work.

Help the Nanjing Arsenal build a production line for flintlock rifled cannons!

The price was that the imperial court allocated a sum of money from the financial budget of the Nanjing Arsenal and handed it over to the Foshan Arsenal.

Used to reward Foshan Arsenal for its outstanding contributions in technological breakthroughs!

And now the work report of the Nanjing Arsenal that Zhu Jing'an has received is about the establishment of the production line of flintlock rifled cannons.

From the current point of view, Nanjing also has the initial ability to produce flintlock rifled cannons, but Song Quan has not yet given Zhu Jing'an an accurate answer as to when the finished product will be produced.

Zhu Jing'an picked up a fried dough stick, tore it in half.

Then he took the fried dough sticks and dipped them into the tofu. He put the fried dough sticks soaked in soup into his mouth and took a bite. Zhu Jing'an's face was full of expressions of enjoyment.

Beside him, Zhang Jin respectfully introduced today's itinerary to him.

"Your Highness, your main schedule today is to attend the opening ceremony of Nanjing University in the morning, host a banquet for the newly attached chief officials of Zhejiang Province at noon, and in the afternoon you will take time to meet with Kong Shixi, the contemporary head of the Nankong family in Quzhou." (End of chapter)