Section 279 The Battle of Longyan (1)
As for the reaction of the Portuguese, the Crossing Congregation was very certain that they would not compromise.
No one would agree to such a "loss of power and humiliation of the country" garrison conditions, even if it was my Qing Dynasty, it was only after the Opium War that the face was completely swollen, and the Portuguese have not been slapped in the face yet.
One thing that both sides of the negotiation now know is that they want to make trouble, and they disdain to conceal it, and the malice is on the table.
As for why the traversal crowd is so straightforward, a word is useless.
Unlike the Dutch, British, and Spaniards, like the wild dogs, the Portuguese occupied Macao, the only Ming cargo base in East Asia. They were the only colonists who could enter the city of Canton to buy goods, although this was time-limited.
In this situation, the Portuguese only need to ship their goods to Europe along the shipping route every year, without thinking too much.
And this is also the industrial raw materials that the Portuguese are unable to use in the area that has been criticized, and the trade system with Macao as the core has in fact formed a hidden competition with the big players.
The food and various populations of the Portuguese could not cross, and the existence of Macao made the idea of integrating the foreign trade pattern of Fujian and Guangdong through the crowd encounter a nail in the coffin.
This non-complementary trade pattern is the most fundamental reason why the Portuguese are targeted by a rogue force, and the Dutch wild dogs can adjust their import and export goods at any time, but the Portuguese cannot. Even if they took the time to adjust, by the day it would take effect, the people who had already entered the Pearl River Estuary would not be able to tolerate them.
In short, everyone is welcome to come to East Asia to do business. However, there is a premise for this, that is, everyone must trade on the master's territory and tax the master, and a place like Macao, which is not subject to the king's law, must be uprooted.
With Alonso's hasty departure, from this moment on, with 23° north latitude as the dividing line, the fog of war against the Portuguese has been lifted. The crossing country and Macao officially entered a state of "confrontation", and all Portuguese ships trying to go north would be seized.
And this deliberately provoked state of cold war between the two sides will continue until the day when Wang Shi comes ashore.
From Xiamen Port along the Jiulong River, less than 20 kilometers is the Zhangzhou Plain.
From Zhangzhou, continue to go deeper along the upper reaches of the Jiulong River, and after walking 200 miles of waterway, it is the county seat of Longyan.
Longyan County, which is located in the surrounding mountains, has a long history, and there is a record of human habitation in the Jin Dynasty, and it is known as Kucao Town in history. Although this place has always been remote, there are also outstanding mountains in the past dynasties, and it can be regarded as a thousand-year-old cultural city.
Longyan County, which is surrounded by a Longjin River on three sides, has beautiful scenery, quiet and peaceful.
October 1, 1628, noon. There is a Zhigu Pavilion next to the Longjin Wharf outside the south gate of Longyan County, and at this moment, a group of people in official robes are sitting in the pavilion.
The man sitting at the top was about thirty years old, with dark skin, short timber, full of heaven, a big head and a wide mouth, and bright eyes. Looking at this person's blue robe and seven-grade mandarin complement, it is naturally Yu Yinggui of the main hall of Longyan County.
Yu Yinggui, the word Erji, Jiangxi Duchang people, Wanli has been the last year of 1619 Jinshi.
Comrade Erji has left a good reputation in history, and since he took office in Longyan, he not only "cut out the beetle brush" and ruled Qingping, but also raised funds to repair the Longjin Bridge in many ways. ”
Later, after Ying Gui was promoted to supervise the imperial history, "Yi Lisheng Ancestral Hall", which was the highest level of nostalgia that parents could get in ancient times.
"Since the Ming Mansion took office, Longyan County has been politically harmonious, all industries are prosperous, and there are officers and soldiers who have come to help suppress bandits, which is really gratifying, and the Ming Mansion has a good way to govern and govern a good way."
The name of the man who opened his mouth to pat the horse was Dong Daxing. This person sat at the bottom of the pavilion, in his forties, with a mediocre appearance, big cheeks, squinting eyes, wearing a blue poplin ingots robe, and gold and jade hanging from top to bottom, which was exactly the image that a successful businessman in this era should have.
"There are only 200 people, what do you have to do, you can't even live in the camp tent, it's really an uncle from the house, looking at this style, you can't stand the slightest grievance."
As soon as Dong Daxing's words fell, a middle-aged man next to the county lord who was wearing a military attache uniform and thin cheeks answered indignantly.
Who is this unruly man, look at the five-grade Xiong Zhen in front of him, and you can know that Longyan is in the city of Qianhu Li Kai.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wengui Wu jiàn), so it is not against the peace of the Wupin military attache to sit at the hand of the Qipin county order, not to mention that this county order is still 985 genuine Jin Shi out, not those who raise people and supervise students.
After Li Qianhu finished expressing his opinion, the scene suddenly cooled down. As for why Lord Qianhu said disdainful words, it had to start from half a month ago.
Half a month ago, the officialdom of Longyan County suddenly received several official letters. The first to bear the brunt is the county order Yu Yinggui.
The official document was sent by the top boss Taishi Bangyao of Zhangzhou Prefecture, and the content was to ask Longyan County to be prepared, and the general of the Fuzhong Prefecture would send a team of soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits.
At the same time, the official document of Ting Zhang's military preparation was also sent. In addition, the military order of Shi Liangyong, the top boss of Longyan City, was also passed to Li Qianhu.
After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the system of garrison posts originally established by Zhu Yuanzhang has slowly degenerated into a semi-serf-like feudal landlord group.
The main military force that supported the Ming Empire's southern and northern wars has slowly transformed from a conscription guard to a "battalion" system of recruiting hostages.
The battalion soldiers control the army according to the order of the general army, the deputy general, the staff general, and the guerrilla, which has nothing to do with the semi-full-time production model of thousands of households in the guardhouse. The relationship between the two sides is somewhat similar to the difference between the agricultural reclamation construction corps and the field army in later generations.
Like all of Cao Chuan's subordinates, they are now theoretically the battalion soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but Cao Chuan himself is responsible for the military and weapons.
Since the battalion soldiers are all recruits, the soldiers are relatively elite, and some people are free, and they are the troops that really eat as soldiers. Of course, the high cost of a battalion whose combat effectiveness is proportional to their salary is borne by the government, and such soldiers are not responsible for farming.
For Longyan, a remote county town in the mountain col, it is naturally impossible for battalions to garrison in peacetime, so the constant anti-bandit and anti-theft is mainly completed through the joint defense system composed of soldiers and the people.
It stands to reason that the Zhangzhou government sent troops to Longyan County to arrest thieves and bandits was a good thing for the county in the late Ming Dynasty, where the public security situation was deteriorating.
However, this time the incident was very strange, not to mention that there were only 200 soldiers, and it was all the uncle's soldiers who had not arrived, and all the requirements came first.
The officials in the palace who came with the documents, after taking a turn outside the county seat, not only asked for the Tianhou Temple to be vacated for the masters, but also clearly asked Yuzhi County to mobilize people to repair the Tianhou Palace to prepare for the arrival of the masters
Tianhou Temple is the Mazu Temple, although it is dilapidated, but after all, it is the largest building outside the county. The courtyard of five entrances before and after, not to mention 200 people, 400 people can be deployed.
And Yu Daxian ordered to sit down now, and he had never seen such a domineering guest army
Fortunately, since Yu Mingfu was able to leave Wan'er in history, he was naturally not a fool, so he urgently repaired a book, and sent it to Zhangzhou Mansion urgently together with a letter from his master.
Within two days, Chang Sui returned from Zhangzhou. After reading the private messages from colleagues in Zhangzhou Mansion and the secret letters sent by the master's group, Master Yu finally knew the roots of these uncles and the new staff general Cao Chuan, who was in the limelight in the palace newspaper a few days ago
Well, since this is the case, Master Yu is not too much for himself, and the real power of the commander of the army, who has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, kindly sent people to suppress the bandits, although the matter is strange, but he can only cooperate with a sesame county order.
So, after ironizing Cao Tuhu for not understanding the rules of officialdom, Li Qianhu in Longyan City lay down and the county magistrate not only requisitioned a bricklayer to repair the Tianhou Palace, but also asked Li Qianhu to send his military households to "help with the military camp affairs".
Li Qianhu, who did not interfere with the river water in Pingli and the local wells, vomited blood this time, and the military households were all his tenants, and now he wanted to send the tenants out to serve as errands for nothing, and he had to bring his own dry food, Li Qianhu was hard to give up
However, the official letter sent by the commander of Zhangzhou Wei to Li Qianhu asking Lao Li Li to cooperate with the reception of the guest army was known to the county magistrate. Moreover, the tone of the official document this time is relatively harsh, obviously not the kind of errand that can be shirked, which is also where the county magistrate asked Li Qianhu to bleed.
Li Qianhu, who was helpless, could only send his military households to Tianhou Temple to "participate in the grand event" in the bitter scolding.
So at noon half a month later, when the officialdom of Longyan County, the "village elders" and a few "heart businessmen" sat in the Zhigu Pavilion and waited for the "pick-up", Li Qianhu, who was already unwilling, was caught now, and seized the opportunity to sarcastically say a few words about these uncles who had not yet met
When Master Yu Yinggui listened to the complaining and sarcasm that was full of complaints, he smiled slightly, and then said gently in a Jiangxi native accent, "Lord Li, the matter has come to this, so don't complain anymore." Always come to help calm the place, and a little bit of care is also the meaning of the question. ”
"Alas, my lord, you know, Li Qianhu's words are not people who don't know the overall situation. It's just that I'm not used to seeing this generation's behavior of Fei Mi Fat Cream."
After listening to this, Yu Xianling stroked his short beard under his chin, and then said with a smile, "Hehehe, Lord Li cares about Sangzi and has a heart." ”
As the county magistrate came out with a few words of rounding, the scene that was originally very cold mixed by Li Qianhu suddenly rose again. And several businessmen led by Dong Daxing hurriedly started the journey of patting horses again.
And at this moment, a loud official standing on the top of the pier suddenly shouted "The ship is coming"
After hearing the sound, everyone in the pavilion got up one after another and walked to the dock. The chapter content is being restored, so please visit it later.