Capitalist of the Late Ming Dynasty

Tang Tong transmigrated, possessing the body of an unlucky Qianhu. From then on, he changed the image of that bloodsucking Qianhu, leading a group of dirt-poor subordinates onto the path of wealth. Ta...

Chapter 143: The Three Northeastern Provinces (Part 2)

Since they didn't find a chance to open the door, the family wanted to follow Zu Dashou's army to chase and kill Haoge and others, so as to gain some advantage. When they got out of the city gate, the scene in front of them stunned the family. It was the first time they had seen a battle with artillery. This tremendous power had a shocking momentum.

Although Dashou had witnessed the bombardment scenes several times after following Tang Tong, he still felt shocked when he saw it again. This scene could not be called a battle. It was simply a massacre, a massacre of hot weapons against cold weapons.

Although Tang Tong did not order the Mongolian tribal army camped twenty miles away to come over, the leaders of each tribe still sent their trusted men to inquire about the situation after hearing the sound of siege artillery. Tang Tong did not use these people because he was afraid that they would cause chaos, but he would not stop them from sending people to inquire about the situation. When those Mongolians rushed over, Zhang Yiheng and his men had already fought more than half of the battle, and the few people who were still fleeing were less than a thousand. Shells kept falling among them, taking the lives of several or even dozens of people. Under the pursuit of such shells, no matter how good a person's riding skills were, they could not play much of a role. The more than a dozen Mongolians who came to inquire about the situation felt a little scared when they saw this scene.

When there were only a few Jiannu soldiers left, Zhang Yiheng and his men stopped shelling them. Several dozen people finally escaped from the range of the horse trap. With the sound of horse hooves, 6,000 Jurchen auxiliary soldiers under Tang Tongbu rushed out. These people were the ones Tang Tongbu had sent to chase and kill the fleeing Jiannu. Although the few remaining Jiannu soldiers were not the elite among the elite, they were all killed in just one round in front of the muskets that outnumbered them by more than ten times. Not a single Jurchen auxiliary soldier was hurt.

After seeing this battle scene, the Mongols went back and told the situation. The leaders of those tribes were all glad that they had the foresight to surrender to Tang Tong. To make enemies with such a powerful person would simply be courting disaster for their own clan. The prince of the Khorchin tribe was even smarter. He sent the disciple he had detained two days ago to Tang Tong.

The current prince of the Khorchin tribe, also known as the patriarch of the Khorchin tribe, is Dayuer and her half-brother. At that time, they were stationed to the west of Shengjing City. Tang Tongrang stayed there to prevent any of them from slipping through the net, and also because he was the first Mongolian to surrender to him, so he could get some benefits.

If the disciples of the family wanted to escape from the west of the city, they had to pass through the defense zone of the Khorchin people. When these people saw the Khorchin prince and the successor prince, they became more cautious and placed these disciples under house arrest. They wanted to wait and see the situation before releasing them. Now, seeing that the weapons of Tang Tong's men were so powerful, they no longer had any evil intentions and sent their disciples to Tang Tong as a flatterer. At this time, Tang Tong was standing in front of the gate of the Later Jin Palace, which was half burned down.

After Tang Tong and his men entered the city, all the male members of the families who dared to resist were killed, and those who did not dare to resist were gathered in the small square in front of the palace gate. Tang Tong ordered his men to confiscate all the property of these people. The women who resisted were given to those who had money. Those who did not resist were counted according to their heads, and a way out was left for them with the land of ordinary people. As for

Tang Tong gave the beauties in the house to his men without any hesitation.

When the old people in the family saw that the Khorchin prince had escorted the disciples of their family over, they all turned pale. Tang Tong did not make things difficult for them. He just divided the family into several groups. However, Tang Tong would not let the traitors go easily. One group was sent to Africa, one was sent to Japan, and two were sent to the territories of Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong respectively, leaving them to fend for themselves. If there was something wrong, they would survive, and if nothing happened, it would not be Tang Tong's fault if they starved to death. Among the women in the family, there was one who was Shunzhi's empress Jia in history. At that time, she was still a cute little baby less than one year old.

All the beautiful women in the family were taken care of by Tang Tong, but no one wanted the girls who were too young, because few people in this era would set up a training program. Tang Tong knew that most of the girls born in these aristocratic families would be beauties in the future, so he asked Bilian, who had nothing to do with Tang Tong, to open a kindergarten to take in these girls who were too young, so that these girls would not grow up with their parents and become the money for their family's revival.

Tang Tong would not adopt such a policy towards the aristocratic families in the Ming Dynasty, but he had to eliminate the forces of the Jiannu. As for why Tang Tong did not wipe them out completely, it was because Tang Tong needed to stabilize this place as soon as possible. Leaving these people behind, if they caused chaos in the future, it would give Tang Tong an excuse to purge them. Besides, these people would not be able to cause any trouble after being dealt with like this.

After Tang Tong destroyed Hauge's forces, he did not immediately attack Dorgun's territory. Instead, he slightly repaired the palace left by Huang Taiji and used it as his own palace. He chose an auspicious day and proclaimed himself the King of Tang. However, according to those scholars, Tang Tong should not be called the King of Tang. It was just that Tang Tong believed that the Tang Dynasty in history was the most prosperous period of the Han people. Even in later generations, there were still barbarians who called the Han people Tang people. Tang Tong felt that he should not let this name be buried.

By this time, the power of Tang Tong's subordinates had grown very large, and many things had reached the point where they were no longer kings or officials. For example, Tang Tong himself did not have a name for those Mongols who came to surrender, and some of them came for unjust reasons. Moreover, Tang Tong's subordinates also eagerly hoped that Tang Tong could have a name. Everyone fought on the battlefield just for wealth and glory. Tang Tong gave everyone wealth, but he did not give them glory and face.

Now that Tang Tong is king, his superiors can also get certain titles, and the official positions that Tang Tong bestows on his subordinates can have a legitimate flavor. Those Mongols who come to surrender can also tell the world that they are surrendering to a king, not a rich man. No matter how rich a rich man is, he is not as glorious as a prince without money.

After Tang Tong was proclaimed king, he made Chen Yuxian the queen, Hong Niangzi the second queen, Liu Rushi, Dayuer, and Hai Lanzhu the princesses. Afterwards, Tang Tong held a large meeting in Shengjing City to determine the future course of action. At the meeting, Tang Tong first appointed important subordinates, determined the ranks and responsibilities of officials at all levels, and then made some plans for the occupied areas.

Nanyang was designated as the Southern Ming Province, which consisted of four provinces. Australia was designated as the Great Tang Province, which consisted of six provinces. The area occupied by Southeast Asia was designated as the Eastern Han Province, which consisted of five provinces. Taiwan was designated as one province. There was also the Northeast Province where Shengjing was located, which consisted of three provinces. However, Tang Tong had another goal, which was that Japan and Korea would also be one province in the future, but now was not the time to destroy them. Although Mongolia had not yet been occupied by Tang Tong, Tang Tong also designated it as a province, which consisted of twenty provinces. The governors of those provinces were naturally those Mongolians who had defected to Tang Tong. Tang Tong artificially divided Mongolia into twenty forces in order to prevent one from dominating.

The Liya area was also divided into a province by Tang Tong. The chief inspector of this province was Wu Xiang. This was the condition promised to Zu Dashou. In any case, there was no way to develop that place within a decade. Being an official in such a sparsely populated place was no different from being exiled to places like Menggurtai by the Jiannu.

After the name of Beiyang Province was decided, Tang Tong handed the position of the General Inspectorate to Zu Dashou. The place where Shengjing was located was named Liao Province, and the other two were named Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province. Tang Tong appointed personnel to these three provinces at the same time. Finally, Tang Tong also gave a speech to the Mongolian tribal leaders who came to surrender. He took out a map and divided the Mongolian grassland into twenty areas in front of them. Then he marked out the areas under their jurisdiction for these people one by one, and promised to build twenty provincial cities and ten small cities for these Mongolian provincial and regional heads.

Tang Ying built cities for them so that Han people could live in those places in the future and eventually integrate with the local people. He allocated two provinces and regions to the Khorchin people as an extra reward for being the first to surrender to him, and also as a reward for Dayuer and Hailanzhu's help.

After officials at all levels in the three northeastern provinces were appointed, Zu Dashou and his men devoted themselves to management and construction. Zu Dashou's troops were led by his generals, who continued to fight against Dorgun and his men together with Tang Tong. At this time, after the Mongolian tribes obtained the territory promised by Tang Tong, they left a part of their men and horses to become Tang Tong's mercenaries, and then returned to their own territories. Tang Tong was also worried about these Mongolians gathering together, so after selecting a part of the Mongolian cavalry, he sent these people back to their own territories to avoid any more trouble.

Dorgun has been paying attention to the actions of Tang Tong and others, counting how many days he has left. At the same time, Dorgun has also prepared a way out for himself. He will not surrender to Tang Tong. It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox. This is Dorgun's thinking. No matter what, Dorgun has been the boss for so many years, and he is unwilling to be someone else's younger brother.

Tang Tong commanded his hundreds of thousands of troops, pushing forward steadily. Meanwhile, he dispatched cavalry to outflank Dorgun from behind, cutting off his retreat. With his cavalry now outnumbering Dorgun by a factor of two, he possessed more than enough to cut off Dorgun's advance. (To be continued. For further information, please log in for more chapters. Support the author!)

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