Zhaofu silver has been levied for almost a year, Fuzhou Mansion, Xinghua Mansion, Yanping Mansion and Funing Prefecture, the land of three prefectures and one prefecture, within the county seat, the people beg along the streets, insert bids and sell their heads; Outside the county seat, the fields are barren, and the people have left their hometowns and gathered in the mountains and forests. In the eyes of many locals, such a situation is that the food shortage of thousands of dollars in Fujian in the second and third years of Yongli has not been able to achieve. In front of the corrupt officials who are mad, no matter what natural disasters, military disasters or bandits, they are just a group of war scum!

After receiving the money, the soup soup is still going on as usual, and the local Confucian students can also receive a sum of silver every month to motivate their studies. However, the economy of these state capitals has fallen into a state of collapse, and even the surrounding Tingzhou, Shaowu, Jianning and Wenzhou are also under the pressure of the influx of refugees.

In mid-July, a new sum's money was issued, and a large number of Fujian gentry rushed to the Zhongzuo Institute to see Zheng Chenggong. The intention of their trip is still to confess to Zheng Chenggong the bad impact of Zhaofu silver on the livelihood of the people in Fujian.

However, this time it is no longer the same as before, these people who have kept money rat tails for many years, when Lu Jianguo, when Zheng Cai Zheng Lian brothers, when Zheng Hongkui, when Zheng Chenggong and others launched a counteroffensive operation, they still felt at ease in the county and the countryside to the Qing court The scholars and doctors who were good gentry met Zheng Chenggong one by one, and even if they were indignant, please send troops as soon as possible to recover the lost territory, otherwise the province of Fujian will be finished!

"There are pros and cons to Zhaofu Yin, and some of them have been heard. However, when it came to the field you mentioned, I would repair the book as soon as possible and discuss with Liu Zhijun about the adjustment of Zhaofu Yin. ”

Zheng Chenggong's words were conclusive, but those gentry were very rude, and they only begged Zheng Chenggong to send troops as soon as possible. As for the matter of appeasement, they all did not mention it, and only asked Zheng Chenggong to recover the lost territory and restore the Han family clothes of the gentry and common people in Fujian Province.

"Look, there are still a lot of potential supporters of the dynasty."

"You didn't force it out yet."

As he spoke, Zheng Chenggong glanced at Chen Kai, who had just arrived, and then burst into laughter in the study.

In the current situation in Fujian, Zhaofuyin has evolved into a jackal and a hungry tiger, local agriculture and handicraft production have stagnated, the economy has collapsed, and ordinary people have not even been able to eat. From the point of view of political class and economic class, the common people at the bottom have collapsed, and the existence of middle-class rich peasants, small landlords, and small and medium-sized businessmen who lack official background is basically finished, and the rest are the gentry with official background. And this bloody mouth of Zhaofu Yin is indiscriminate, and they are the next ones who will be unlucky.

If you want to break the situation, there are nothing more than two: first, Zheng Chenggong of the Qing Dynasty successfully negotiated peace, Zheng Chenggong accepted the Qing court's appeasement, and the additional appeasement silver naturally had no reason; Second, the Qing Zheng negotiated peace, Zheng Chenggong continued to fight against the Qing court, the two sides made a big move, and there was no reason to appease Yin.

However, in the former, Zheng Chenggong accepted the appeasement, then the Qing court had to feed Zheng Chenggong's army with Fujian finance, and also raised an army to guard against Zheng Chenggong, and in addition, the local government had to subsidize the central finance, and the local tax pressure could not be reduced much. Moreover, the economy has collapsed, the bottom and middle-class families are finished, and the officials can still only use them under the knife, which is nothing more than lighter than Zhaofu Yin, and the essence has not changed.

As for the latter, Zheng Chenggong swept Fujian, so Zhao Fuyin went away. Fujian's finances do still need to feed Zheng Chenggong's army, but there is no need to feed the army that guards against Zheng Chenggong, and there is no need to subsidize the central government's finances. After all, the Zheng Group still has sea trade to subsidize military supplies. For them, that's the real solution!

Both of them are delicate and clear people, and this point, there is no need to say it, as long as you look at each other, you can think clearly. Just like Chen Kai said to Zheng Chenggong earlier, all problems are economic problems, if not, then turning him into an economic problem is easier to solve than others.

In fact, more than 2,000 years ago, Guan Zhong, who assisted the princes of Qi Huan and Jiuhe, the Spring and Autumn politician who was highly respected by Confucius, had already seen through the essence of all this - he knew etiquette and righteousness with sufficient food and clothing, and knew honor and disgrace when he had enough food and clothing. It's a pity that the later they go, the more people can't understand the deep meaning of the sages, but instead regard the wisdom of the sages as decadent and outdated, and they want to trample these things in the mud.

"We have to do it, we won't be able to last for October."

As he spoke, Zheng Chenggong handed over several reports from Pan Gengzhong, Ye Yiyun, Zhangquan Dao, and the two prefects of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to Chen Kai. After the latter saw it, he also nodded heavily.

"It's really unbearable, don't think about it in October, even if it's September, it is estimated that these people are enough to eat us down."

"Then let's do it!"

During this time, the Manufacturing Bureau went all out, and Chen Kai also collected some weapons and armor from the troops in Chaozhou, plus the production capacity of the Ordnance Bureau, the army in Fujian was already fully armed, and only Zheng Chenggong made up his mind.

Economic warfare has always been a double-edged sword, and sent someone to invite Chen Kai back to the Zhongzuo Institute, and Zheng Chenggong immediately issued a secret order to summon the town lords stationed in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to come to the military meeting.

The generals arrived one after another, and during this time, they were all busy training troops, and even the matter of collecting the money was handed over by Zheng Chenggong to others. Seeing that Chen Kai was already here at this moment, he was also mentally prepared for what was about to happen, and a few stirred things inevitably poured out of his chest.

Soon, the generals were assembled and the military conference began. Zheng Chenggong first mentioned the matter of the Qing Zheng Peace, told Chen Kai about his earlier plan to set up the bureau, and pointed out the false discussion and the huge economic benefits he had gained.

In terms of economic interests, the generals basically have this concept, but the benefits are far greater than they imagined, so huge that Zheng Chenggong said this, and the generals present were already sitting there dumbfounded, completely stupid.

"The purpose of the peace negotiation has been achieved, and our army has not only recovered its vitality during this time, but also carried out the largest expansion of the army since the formation of the army in South Australia. Now that everything is ready, the east wind has arrived, and it is time to send troops to regain the lost territory! ”

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On the third day of the eighth month of the eighth year of Yongli, in the capital of Fuzhou, the provincial capital of the Fujian Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division, the curfew had already begun at night.

On the streets and alleys, there are very few people, all of them are hurrying home. But there are always some lonely ghosts, and the more it is night, the more active they become.

At the residence of Feng Junrui, the deputy general of Fuzhou City Guard, a man with a hat knocked on the back door. The porter knew this person, and I heard that it was a subordinate of a maritime merchant who specialized in helping several green camp generals to do maritime trade, including his master Feng Junrui.

Those who can run on the sea are used to licking blood from the edge of the knife to make a living, the man looks at people as if he is carrying a knife, the porter naturally does not dare to talk much, and hurriedly invites him in, closes the back door and asks the little guy to inform Feng Junrui. As for Feng Junrui, who had been busy assisting other green camps in suppressing the rebels in Fuzhou Mansion in the past few days, he was a little tired when he came back and was about to rest, but once he heard that this person was coming, he quickly dressed and sent someone to invite him to the study to talk.

"General Cai?"

Feng Junrui swallowed his saliva, and looked at Cai Qiao, who had been sitting there without saying a word since he came in, just looking at him with a serious face, and his heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

"There is only one thing that will come."

"Tell me, the villain will do his best."

"Very good, the surname of the country and Chen Fujun said that it is time for Vice Admiral Feng to be promoted to chief military officer."

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At the same time, a Ming fleet was stationed on Langqi Island. When the sky was completely dark, the fleet pulled anchor and set sail, entered the waterway of the Minjiang River, traced the river, and went straight to the capital of Fuzhou.

It was not too far from the capital city of Fuzhou, and with the help of the cover of the night, the ships of the Ming army moved slowly, and when they reached the end of the day, they had already arrived at a wharf.

The army quickly disembarked, Rongqi Left Town, Rongqi Right Town, Qinding Town, especially Chen Liuyu's North Town and Lian Biao's Che Cavalry Town, these two cavalry towns were assembled at the fastest speed, waiting for Zheng Chenggong's fate. When I got off the boat, it was already time to go. This month, it is about dawn, and the time is not much.

Zheng Chenggong did not give Feng Junrui time to hesitate, and the army arrived in Fuzhou. This city resembles a "convex" character, which is due to the fact that the Fujian warlord and the mighty military festival of the five dynasties made the king of Fujian to judge the construction of Luocheng and Jiacheng, including Pingshan, Wushan, and Yushan in Fuzhou City. Therefore, Fuzhou Fucheng is also called Sanshan City.

The three mountains are in full swing, Pingshan is in the north, Wushan and Yushan are divided into east and west in the south of the city, and they arch the acropolis together. In the Ming Dynasty, the city of Fuzhou is 3,349 zhang, open seven gates, the north gate is at the top of the word "convex", clockwise is the Jinglou door, the soup gate, the east gate, the water department, the south gate and the west gate.

The army landed downstream and marched to the city of Fuzhou. When approaching the city, according to the plan, the code was called, and then, the south gate was opened, and the north town and the Cheqi town took the lead in rushing in, and then, the left town of Rong Banner and the right town of Rong Qi swarmed in, and Qin Ding Town temporarily guarded outside the city gate, thinking that it would respond.

"Vice General Feng, your merits will not be forgotten."

"Don't dare, the villain only wants to be able to atone for the sins of this body, and he doesn't dare to say anything." Kneeling in front of Zheng Chenggong, Feng Junrui kowtowed a few times in a row, and then, Zheng Chenggong helped him up, Feng Junrui knew that he had passed the test, and immediately expressed his willingness to divide the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to lead the way for the Ming army.

"No need, the situation in Fuzhou City, the generals know better than you."

After entering the city, Beizhen and Cheqi Town immediately went north along Nanmen Street and raided the Fujian governor's yamen, Fuzhou government and warehouses, while Rongqi Left Town and Rongqi Right Town rushed to Fuzhou General Military Mansion, military camp and other key points with Feng Junrui's city defense association and quickly launched a strike. On the south side of the gate, only Qinding Town was left to defend the back road for the Ming army.

When the Ming army entered the city, the signal was released, and the fleet continued to go north to control the waters of the Minjiang River, while the Ming fleet and the soldiers and horses of the towns that followed further behind continued to follow up and went straight to the capital of Fuzhou.

At this time, the Qing army in the city had already realized that it was the Ming army that broke through the city, and nine times out of ten it was because of internal ghosts. The Eight Banners of Fuzhou garrison in the Qing Dynasty were established after the rebellion of the three feudatories, at this time there were only three soldiers and horses in the city of Fuzhou, Fuzhou Fubiao, Fuzhou Zhenbiao and Fuzhou City Defender Association, but only 7,000 soldiers, of which 2,000 Qing troops had already turned back, and the 7,000 Ming troops who entered the city fell into a one-sided bitter battle.

Liu Qingtai returned to Zhejiang some time ago, after all, Quzhou in Zhejiang is where he governs. In the meantime, the governor Tong Guoqi was the mainstay, and when he heard that the Ming army was raided, Tong Guoqi was stunned on the spot, and the dream of appeasement was shattered, such a blow made him almost cut himself to thank the world, if it weren't for the alertness of the pro-soldiers around him, the sword would have crossed the neck.

"What to do, what to do, what to do?"

The Ming army attacked at night and had already entered the city, so the only way to keep the city was to launch a counterattack as soon as possible and drive the Ming army out of the city. Otherwise, the Ming army will have reinforcements, and if nothing else, it will arrive at dawn, and then these thousands of green battalions will definitely not be enough.

Having said that, at this moment, Tong Guoqi was worried about this raid or the failure of the appeasement, but he was afraid that even he didn't know.

He was born as a civilian official, and he was a military officer, an envoy, a political envoy, and a governor, and he did purely civilian duties, and he was already weak in the army. It took a while to ease up, but the Ming army had already entered the city, and they knew the city very well, coupled with the existence of Neiying, this kung fu had already captured several key points, and the Fubiao and Zhenbiao were defeated and retreated.

"Fu Jun, let's withdraw first, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, and you can't fight with that Haikou."

Tong Guoqi was very aggrieved, obviously he and Liu Qingtai had shown so much sincerity, but Zheng Chenggong still refused to accept the appeasement. Could it be that all this is just teasing them?

"Haikou, you are treacherous, who will dare to believe you in the future?!"

After shouting and scolding, Tong Guoqi did not dare to stay for a long time, and hurriedly took his cronies out of the city from the north gate, and sent someone to Liu Qingtai in Zhejiang to report to him - the appeasement has failed, and the Qing army in Fujian alone is afraid that it will be difficult to be the opponent of the Ming army, and the Qing army in Zhejiang must enter Fujian to have any hope of recovery. Otherwise, this province will be lost.

The governor ran away, and Fubiao and Zhenbiao were even more unable to cooperate, and they were soon broken by the Ming army. By dawn, the follow-up troops entered the city, and the remnants of the two green battalions had fled out of the city from the north gate and the Jinglou gate, and the Ming army quickly took control of the key points, and put up a list to calm the people, and restore order in Fuzhou City.

The raid on Fuzhou was won, and the scam of appeasement was over. However, this time the benefits were far from over, and on the day the army took Fuzhou City, Zheng Chenggong quickly issued a follow-up order.

"According to the original plan, the right commander Huang Shan unified the troops and horses of Hao Wenxing, the former town of Huang Dazhen, the left town of Huang Chang, the right town of Hong Chengzhong, and the Wang Jinsuo of Xiaoqi Town, went out of Longyan County, the capital of Zhangzhou, and attacked Tingzhou Mansion; Later, Admiral Wang Xiuqi commanded Hongshan in Zuochong Town and Yang Chaodong in Youchong Town to go out of Hui'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, and attacked Xinghua Mansion and the southern part of Fuzhou Prefecture; The Central Governor Gan Huitong Qianfeng Zhen Yu Xin, Zhengbing Town Chen Xun, Qibing Town Yang Zu, and Yingbing Town Huang Wu sent troops and horses out of Dehua County, Quanzhou Prefecture, and attacked Yanping Mansion and Shaowu Mansion; The prerequisite governor Huang Tingtong Wu Hao of Renwu Town, Chen Peng of Yiwu Town, and Chen Ze of Xinwu Town went out of Fuzhou Prefecture and seized the northern counties of Fuzhou and Funing Prefecture. ”

"By the general system of eastern Guangdong, Chen Kai, the governor of the four prefectures of Zhangquan and Chaohui, sat in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to supply military supplies and think that he was the backing of the army. The country's father-in-law led Lin Sheng in the left town of Rongqi, Yang Qi in the right town of Rongqi, Guo Ting in Qinding Town, Wanli in the left pioneer town, Liao Jing in the right pioneer town, Chen Liuyu in the north town, Lian Biao in Cheqi Town, and He Mingxuan in the artifact town to go north to Jianning Mansion. ”

"Target: Xianxia Pass!"