Chapter 480: Funing Mutiny
After Zhu Hao left the island, he took the "Zhiyuan" back to Fuzhou, this time he did not go to Taiwan Island again, after returning to Fuzhou, Zhu Hao immediately wrote to the imperial court, hoping to use troops against the Japanese state to prevent future troubles.
Although Zhu Hao has the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, but the use of troops against the Japanese state is a national war, and he must explain it in a book, otherwise he will have some arbitrary power.
After Zhu Hao wrote the recital, he ordered someone to send it to the capital in an expedited manner of 800 li, and then he trained in Fuzhou and waited for a reply from the imperial court.
However, Zhu Hao sent several letters in a row, but the court did not reply, and the time came to May of the fourth year of the Apocalypse in a blink of an eye.
At this time, Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, Funing Prefecture, directly under the central government, mutinied.
After Zhu Hao got the news, he quickly led people to Funing Prefecture.
After Zhu Hao and others arrived in Funing Prefecture, they saw that the city gate of Funing Prefecture was closed, and the soldiers in the city were waiting for them, as if they were facing a great enemy.
Zhu Hao did not order the attack at the first time, because Zhu Hao knew that most of the reasons for the mutiny must be due to the corruption of officials, so Zhu Hao made this trip to prepare the strategy of pacifying first and then fighting.
Zhu Hao, who had such thoughts, shouted to the city after arriving in Funing Prefecture:
"I am Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, the brothers in the city, this king knows that you have been wronged!"
"If you have any requests, you can tell the king, we can discuss everything, you open the gates of the city first, let the king into the city to speak, or you send a representative to discuss with the king!"
As Zhu Hao's shouting voice fell, on the city wall, a strong shout, poked his head out, and said:
"Even if you are the king of faith, why should we believe you!"
"You are all raccoon dogs who protect each other, when our brothers were starving, we didn't see you coming, we occupied Fuzhou City, and you came, don't you think it's ridiculous?"
Zhu Hao knew that now these mutinous soldiers were flustered in their hearts and didn't want to trust anyone, so although the other party's words were not polite, Zhu Hao was not angry.
However, who was following Zhu Hao, the guard general Xu Chu, heard that the other party was talking to Zhu Hao like this, he immediately became angry, and directly pointed to Fuzhou City with the factory director's knife in his hand, and shouted:
"Bastard, you actually talk to the prince like this, don't you want to live?"
"If you have a kind, come down and fight a certain family for 300 rounds!"
"A certain family must teach you how to respect Your Highness!"
The soldier who had just shown his head to answer, looked at the fierce Xu Chu, shrunk his neck and hid in the city wall, never daring to show his head again.
Xu Chu sabotage, Zhu Hao's idea of appeasing the soldiers in the city made Zhu Hao very unhappy, and immediately reprimanded Xu Chu and said:
"Xu Kang, you have ruined the good deeds of this king!"
Xu Chu listened to Zhu Hao's scolding, and said with an aggrieved face:
"Your Highness, where did the last general do wrong, it was these people who were disrespectful to His Highness first!"
Zhu Hao looked at Xu Chu with an aggrieved look, knowing that Xu Chu hadn't realized it yet, he took a deep breath, shook his head slightly, and explained to Xu Chu:
"These soldiers, who have tied up officials and occupied Fuzhou City, are already very frightened in their hearts at this moment, and they must not trust others!"
"This king, I was trying to communicate with them, hoping that they could let down their guard and accept the king's appeasement, but what you just said made them even more frightened and refused to believe this king!"
"Tell me, are you ruining the king's great affairs?"
Xu Chu listened to Zhu Hao's explanation, touched the back of his head, and quibbled awkwardly:
"Oh, Your Highness, what are you talking to these rebellious ministers and thieves!"
"You give the last general 3,000 men, and within two hours, the last general will be able to capture Fuzhou City, and arrest all these people to His Highness, so that they can admit their mistakes to His Highness!"
Zhu Hao listened to Xu Chu's quibble, and immediately snorted coldly:
"The soldiers in this city are also the soldiers and horses of my Ming Dynasty!"
"They just suffered unfair treatment and made this decision!"
"Now, instead of helping the king to pacify them, you let the king attack them, are you trying to trap the king in injustice?"
"If you do this, what is the difference between it and those mediocre people?"
Xu Chu listened to Zhu Hao's words, and already agreed with Zhu Hao's statement in his heart, but he still said stiffly:
"Your Highness, this mutiny is like a conspiracy, these people are all chaotic ministers and thieves, Your Highness must not be merciful!"
Xu Chu's words seem to be righteous and strict, but when he says it, it makes people feel that he is not angry.
Zhu Hao knew that Xu Chu was unwilling to give in, and then, Zhu Hao immediately opened his mouth and continued:
"General Xu, if one day, you are also treated unfairly, and then do something excessive, what do you say this king should do with you at that time?"
"Compare hearts to hearts!"
"Who is not a saint or a sage?"
"Besides, these soldiers themselves are victims, but they are just their way of expression, which is a bit excessive, how can this king not give them a chance to mend their ways?"
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he no longer looked at Xu Chu, but continued to shout to the city:
"Brothers in the city, this king assures you that this king will be the master for you, please trust this king, and open the city gate quickly!"
"This king promises you that after entering the city, he will not blame you for the past, and I ask all the brothers in the city not to hesitate, so as not to make mistakes!"
Zhu Hao's words were persuasion and deterrence, and his subtext was that if he didn't open the city gate, he might choose to attack Funing City by force.
As Zhu Hao shouted again, on the city wall of Fuzhou, two men were one tall and one short, and the two men were also talking, and the tall man took the lead in speaking:
"Brother Wang, I have heard of this King of Letters, he has just defeated the combined fleet of all countries and completely annihilated the fleet of the Japanese Kingdom, he is a very powerful character!"
"I'm afraid these brothers in my city won't be able to resist the attack of King Xin!"
"Besides, this king of letters, in the court has always had a good reputation, sympathetic to the soldiers, I have a cousin in the Fujian water division, according to him, after the defeat of the Fujian water division, this letter king also personally went to the water division to encourage everyone."
"Brother Wei thinks that such a person can be believed!"
"Brother wants to go out, talk to him!"
The short man, hearing the tall man say this, immediately shook his head and said:
"Brother Zhang, you are confused!"
"Our brother has committed a capital crime, killing his head!"
"How can the king of faith let us go, according to the foolish brother, seeing that we are now, we can only go one way to the dark, according to the city to defend it, maybe there is still a glimmer of life!"
"Although the rumors of this King of Faith are very strong, in the opinion of my brother, there may be a lot of untruths in this, and this King of Faith may not be invincible!"