The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 375: Can Shunguo surrender?
The Shun people wanted to surrender, but they soon found that under the current circumstances, surrender was a very difficult thing.

Ming Dynasty planes appeared in the sky from time to time, and would launch attacks if they saw people below.

Moreover, plague was raging in inland India, and it was difficult to ensure safety when sending people out.

However, Li Qianguang and others knew very well that they could not continue to suffer just because it was difficult to contact them, as that would be truly waiting for death.

The Ming Dynasty now wants to let the Shun people die slowly.

If you don't take the initiative to surrender, the Ming people will not come in to contact you.

You have to risk going out to have a chance of survival.

So after a round of heated discussions, the high-ranking nobles and officials of Shun State formulated a surrender plan.

Each household sent out a few trusted servants or warriors, who then gathered together and divided into ten groups, all carrying the same letter of surrender and white flag.

And use a large enough cloth to write the words "Please Surrender" as large as possible, hoping that the planes in the sky can see it.

Then let them set out separately and go to the front line to seek peace.

Their approach could be said to be basically correct. Not long after the ten groups of servants left Delhi, they were discovered by Ming Dynasty patrol aircraft.

The patrol plane did not come into direct contact with the Shun people, but it observed the situation and sent the news back to the combat command.

Liu Biao, the governor of the Ming Dynasty's Indian war zone, was not happy to hear that Shun State might ask for peace.

Liu Biao actually does not want Shun Kingdom to surrender so quickly.

Liu Biao originally wanted to spend a few years in India, killing most of the Indians, which would also slow down his own combat speed so that he would not be too conspicuous among the generals.

You surrendered too quickly. Wouldn't it make me look too powerful? Wouldn't it increase my prestige?

Originally, he had basically succeeded. Yang Yuchun first destroyed Russia and captured the Russian Tsar and his family. The progress on the Indian battlefield was already the last.

In the end, something went wrong. Yang Yuchun had sex with the Russian queen, turning himself into a criminal.

At the same time, Liu Biao was a little hesitant to accept Shun State's surrender.

The Indian peninsula has just been hit by a plague, so we have to stay behind closed doors and observe for a few years at least.

Only after all the Indians infected with the plague have died and the plague has naturally subsided can we send a large army in to take over the peninsula.

During this period, Indians are not allowed to leave the peninsula at will.

It would be troublesome if the plague was brought outside.

However, Liu Biao came from the Wu army and was one of the earliest ministers directly under Zhu Jianxuan. He had direct contact with Zhu Jianxuan many times and for a long time.

Liu Biao knew his king's preferences better than any other general.

In addition to the reminder from his old boss Cao Zhendong, Liu Biao was accustomed to asking Zhu Jianxuan for instructions whenever he was in doubt.

However, before asking for instructions, I have to make sure everything is completely clear. If the report is not clear, my king will not be happy.

As for knowing that the other side had raised the flag of surrender, they pretended not to see it and deliberately sent planes to bomb them to death.

This plan is indeed not difficult, and the commander can be easily exposed, so the king will most likely be angry.

He was not angry because of the death of a few Indians, but because he, as a subject, was disobedient and acted on his own without his knowledge and approval.

Even if it was something that should not be said publicly, he would not allow his subjects to guess his thoughts and do it on their own.

He would not be happy even if his ministers took the blame for him.

During the Japanese campaign, Tian Yiming and himself proposed to summon the daimyo of the Japanese feudal states to Shuntian Prefecture to pay homage in the name of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Then he arranged the navy's ships to sink the ships carrying the daimyo on the road and kill them directly.

Such sinister schemes were encouraged and rewarded because they were reported.

Although the plan was ultimately not approved for execution, this reward illustrates Zhu Jianxuan's attitude towards similar matters.

If a minister wants to do something bad, he must be made aware of the situation.

Liu Biao ordered the Air Force to arrange planes to guide the Shun Kingdom's envoys to the front line, clean up the isolation area and observe them for a few days, while also asking about their situation.

Zhu Jianxuan had experience from his previous life, so he naturally knew how to control the plague, how to isolate and deal with pollutants.

The key is the experience and precautions in dealing with these matters, which have been accumulated by medical workers and biologists of previous generations at the cost of human lives.

These experiences were directly conveyed to the craftsmen and soldiers involved in the related work.

If the Indian theater wants to wage a plague war, it will be impossible to completely avoid contact with people and objects that may be contaminated, so naturally preparations must be made for isolation and cleanup.

Therefore, all military camps and front-line combat areas have special isolation areas.

Responsible for controlling pollutants, cleaning and disinfecting things that need to be taken out, and not trusting people who have been in contact.

The ten groups of envoys sent by Shun Country were found one after another by patrol planes of the Indian Theater Air Force and were guided to these quarantine areas one after another.

And was temporarily detained in the pollution management and communication area at the farthest corner of the isolation zone.

Inquire about the situation through recording, video and broadcasting systems.

These envoys did not hold back at all and immediately explained the situation in the Shun court.

This means that Li Celing, who insisted on resisting, is dead, and now it is the eldest prince, the nobles and the old ministers who are maintaining order.

The princes, nobles, and old ministers neither wanted nor dared to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

It was all because of Li Celing's stubbornness and self-righteousness. For his own power and status, he went against the Ming Dynasty on his own and brought great suffering to the people of Shun State.

Now they are all willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Their master just wants to survive and has no other conditions.

The results of the inquiry were quickly sorted out and sent to Liu Biao.

After reading it, Liu Biao suddenly realized:

"It turns out that old man Li Celing is finally dead. No wonder the Shun Kingdom, which was so stubborn, finally surrendered."

But there was no surprise, but some regret and annoyance:

"Why doesn't old man Li Celing live a few more years? Wouldn't it be better if he could live until most of the Indians are dead?
"The key point is what you guys mean, how can you surrender without conditions?

"If you don't set any conditions, this will be easy to accomplish."

Liu Biao's last fantasy was that these Shun people would put forward some unrealistic conditions, and then his king would definitely not accept their surrender.

Then the situation in India will remain the same, and he will have to continue to watch his men bring disaster to India.

There is no way to continue in this situation.

Liu Biao was helpless, but there was nothing he could do. Knowing Zhu Jianxuan's preferences, he did not dare to take the initiative to cause trouble like Yang Yuchun did.

He could only write a report on the situation honestly, and also attached his own suggestion, asking whether he could just kill the messengers and pretend that they had never been there.

Then it was sent to Shuntian Prefecture using an encrypted telegraph system used to handle military intelligence.

Zhu Jianxuan was not very happy when he saw this report, and he himself did not want Shun Kingdom to surrender like this.

Zhu Jianxuan's personal desire for surrender was similar to Liu Biao's. He also hoped that India would continue to resist for a few years and then take over after most of the local humanoid creatures in India were killed.

But now we can't pretend not to know. Liu Biao's suggestion can indeed be used, but it is not worth it. The Ming Dynasty's use of plague tactics against India can be regarded as a revenge for Shun State's practice of clearing the countryside and polluting the water source with corpses.

But Li Celing, who insisted on resisting, has died, and the remaining subjects of Shun State are willing to surrender unconditionally. If he continues to do so, it will be a massacre.

Zhu Jianxuan always kept the Ming court on the moral high ground as much as possible.

This seemingly useless moral stance is actually a very useful spiritual blessing for an organization or even a country.

People who believe that they are on a just and noble side will naturally be more bold and confident in what they do.

If all members of an organization maintain this mentality and principles when doing things, the efficiency of the organization will naturally improve.

If an organization always maintains this attitude, it will be able to attract people of relatively high character to join in and continue to maintain and strengthen this mentality and atmosphere, forming a virtuous circle.

Once there is no moral support, once everything requires connections, things have to be done through exchange of interests and compromise.

Then the overall operating efficiency of this organization will naturally drop drastically.

But simple spiritual blessing cannot last long. Ordinary people need to have enough food and clothing before they can know honor and disgrace. Therefore, the organization must also provide these people with relatively rich living security.

In fact, during the revolutionary era in history, the actual welfare benefits received by the soldiers of the workers' and peasants' army were actually higher than those of the opposition soldiers.

The able-bodied men forcibly conscripted by the reactionaries could only struggle to make ends meet, while their opponents not only had enough food and clothing, but also had lofty ideals and spiritual blessings.

When the soldiers from both sides stood together, they were two completely different people, both in terms of their physical and mental states.

Naturally, the performances of the two sides on the battlefield were very different.

As a monarch, Zhu Jianxuan’s political ideas could not be exactly the same as those of others, but his way of doing things could be as close as possible to theirs.

The officers and soldiers under him must be in a superior state both materially and spiritually.

After a brief assessment, Zhu Jianxuan felt that it was not worth destroying the positive mental state of the Ming army just to clear out a few more humanoid creatures from India.

This is similar to the logic behind Zhu Jianxuan's inability to allow Yang Yuchun to defile himself.

Zhu Jianxuan wrote a reply letter to Liu Biao.

Since Shun State is willing to surrender, the Ming Dynasty's military operations must be gradually stopped.

Now, we will follow the advice and guidance of the craftsmen, and, while ensuring safety, contact the royal family, nobles, and officials of Shun State to begin the process of accepting surrender.

The Air Force stopped supplementary bombing of the interior of Shune, but control over entry and exit to the interior of the Indian peninsula had to be strengthened.

Ordinary people will not be allowed to enter and leave the Indian peninsula at will for at least the next three years, so as to prevent the plague that has not yet subsided on the peninsula from spreading through people and supplies.

However, under the guidance of craftsmen, you can slowly and carefully expand the occupied area.

Take over an area and clean up an area, observe for a while to confirm that the current area is safe, then move on and deal with a new area.

Although we no longer need to actively kill Indians, we cannot let the Ming people sacrifice themselves in order to save the Indians.

They had deliberately opposed the Ming Dynasty in the past and had to bear such uncontrollable consequences.

The Ming Dynasty soldiers went to India to hunt down the remnants of bandits and to punish the Shun Kingdom which resisted, not to help the poor and save lives.

Therefore, how many Indians can survive depends on their own luck.

After receiving the telegram, Liu Biao felt that this response must have been written by his king himself, and it contained some unchanging principles and logic.

The Ming court cannot actively do bad things, but it also does not need to do good things for foreign races. The interests of the Ming people should be the top priority.

Although Liu Biao, as a rough man, could not describe it simply and directly, he could fully understand it in his heart.

As long as you act according to this principle, you will not make your king unhappy.

Liu Biao felt helpless yet relieved. He let out a sigh and went to do his work.

Liu Biao personally went to the broadcasting room and used the broadcasting system to speak to the ten groups of envoys from Shun State, conveying the will of the Ming Emperor to allow them to surrender.

Let half of the people go back and inform Li Qianguang and others that they can arrange people to handle the surrender procedures.

They didn't need to ride horses back anymore. Liu Biao arranged several off-road vehicles and took a tanker truck to take them back to Delhi.

When the delegation returned to Delhi, the high-ranking officials of the Shun Kingdom, including royal family, nobles, and officials, headed by Li Qianguang, immediately gathered together.

With a feeling of nervousness and excitement, he listened carefully to the envoy's report on the Ming Dynasty's response.

After their servants explained the situation, all of them breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Ming Dynasty could accept surrender, it would be fine.

This shows that the Ming Dynasty did not really want to wipe out all the humanoid creatures in India.

What they feared most was that the Ming Dynasty would not accept their surrender, or even directly kill the envoys, thus completely ignoring them.

Li Qianguang decided without hesitation and went to the front line in person to preside over the surrender ceremony.

He really didn't want to stay in Delhi, a place full of death, or even in India, a place ravaged by the plague, for even a moment longer.

They are still barely healthy now, but they may fall ill at any time.

This group of people had actually experienced a round of plague, and a large number of their former companions had died, so they were already survivors.

Li Qianguang wanted to escape, and other members of the Shun royal family, nobles, and officials did not want to stay either.

No one wanted to stay, so there was no need to discuss anything in detail. After they were sure they could surrender, they all went back to pack their things.

Take your family and valuables, prepare as quickly as possible, and set off for the border area to surrender.

They naturally thought that they would just cross the blockade and live in a safe place controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

But the Ming Dynasty would never allow them to do that, as these people might now be the source of the plague.

In particular, with Zhu Jianxuan's reminder, although some people themselves will not get sick, they carry the seeds of plague in their bodies, and other people who come into contact with them may be infected.

So as soon as Li Qianguang arrived at the front line, all the high-ranking officials of Shun State were naturally blocked behind the blockade line.

When such a large group of people left Delhi, Liu Biao had already learned about it through the reconnaissance plane, so he arranged for personnel to cordon off an area inside the blockade line.

A temporary tent was set up inside, and disinfection and inspection facilities were prepared.

After this group of people arrived, they were sent directly to this temporary isolation area, where they were required to go through the surrender procedures and then live here for a while.

According to the requirements of the Daming craftsmen, they dropped all their belongings and disinfected them, changed into simple clothes provided by Daming, and underwent regular inspections.

The Ming Dynasty's craftsmen kept speaking through loudspeakers, telling them the internal logic of the plague.

Tell them that this is being done now to kill bacteria and viruses, preventing them from surviving and continuing to spread.

They have to live here for a period of time to ensure that they do not get sick again before they are allowed to move freely.

At the same time, they were also told that this isolation circle was the safest place in an epidemic outbreak environment.

Li Qianguang and others certainly did not want to be locked up in such an isolation circle, but when they decided to surrender, they were already prepared to be placed under house arrest.

As long as I can stay alive and escape the threat of the plague, nothing else matters.

Besides, the Ming Dynasty's guns were right in front of them, and there were machine guns mounted around the isolation circle. Even if they didn't want to accept it, it was useless, and in the end they could only obey the arrangements obediently.

At least the Ming Dynasty did not intend to kill them, but detained them here to prevent the spread of plague.

(End of this chapter)