Volume III Chapter 23 Integration
The pirate Zheng Zhilong has returned to the imperial court!
As soon as this news reached Yuegang, the entire Yuegang was boiling.
In the past few months, Zheng Zhilong led a group of pirates to occupy the Zhongzuo Institute and blocked the entrance to the sea of Yuegang, and the entire Yuegang was paralyzed.
The merchant ships that went out couldn't go back, the merchant ships inside couldn't get out, the orders from various countries couldn't be delivered on time, and the maritime merchants in Yuegang were dying.
Not only them, but also the common people of Yuegang City can't stand it, most of them rely on maritime merchants to make a living.
For example, those who sell coolies and carry sacks;
Another example is a car or mule or horse to transport goods;
In addition, it provides food and accommodation for merchants and so on.
Zheng Zhilong blocked the entrance to the sea, everyone had no way to work, and many people couldn't live happily.
Now it's okay, Zheng Zhilong has returned to the imperial court, and Yuegang can do business again.
Soon after the news came back, hundreds of large and small warships appeared at the mouth of the Kowloon River in front of Yuegang, and this was the governor who came with the imperial army and pirates who returned to the imperial court.
The residents of Yuegang City rushed to the riverbank on both sides of the port, and Yongningwei commanded Yu Zhigao and Han Zhiliang, the magistrate of Chenghai, to also rush to the dock with his men.
Soon, a big fortune boat came out of the crowd and directly approached the dock, and in the cheers of the people on both sides, Zhang Bin rushed down with a kind of general, and the number was nearly twenty!
Of course, this also includes Zheng Zhilong and his generals.
Seeing that the governor had come down, Yu Zhigao hurriedly took the lead and stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and said, "Yongningwei commanded Yu Zhigao to meet the governor." ”
Seeing this, Zhang Bin hurriedly ran up to help: "Old General Yu, how can this be done, hurry up, hurry up." ”
Yu Zhigao thanked him and stood up, Zhang Bin helped Han Zhiliang up again, and then said aloud to the officials behind him: "No courtesy, everyone get up." ”
He was smiling on the surface, but he was very annoyed in his heart, because Gao Cai, the eunuch of Fujian City, did not appear, and this dead eunuch dared to stand up!
However, at this time, he didn't have time to care about Gao Cai, and there was another person who offended himself before Gao Cai, and now, Zheng Zhilong has returned to obedience, and it's time to clean up this guy who is yang and yin.
This guy is naturally Chen Eryi, the commander of the capital of Fujian.
Zhang Bin also thought of a way to clean him up, that is, set up a Hongmen banquet, lure this guy over, and then take it directly, whether it is torture to extract a confession, whether it is framing him, or whether it is tortured into a trick, in short, he will be charged with a whole bunch of crimes, and he will be directly punished.
It's time for these Fujian officials to see their means, Zhang Bin directly ordered someone to notify the post station, and immediately urgently notify the Fujian Political Envoy Division, Fujian Capital Division, Fujian Xingdu Division, and Fujian Criminal Prosecution Envoy Division:
The pirate Zheng Zhilong returned to the imperial court, and he wanted to hold a celebration banquet in Yuegang!
As for the people involved, the Fujian Political Envoy Department and the Fujian Provincial Punishment and Prosecution Department did not force it, but only sent a representative, but the principal officials of the Fujian Metropolitan Department and the Fujian Provincial Metropolitan Department had to be present because they had to discuss the next major plan to suppress the thieves.
After arranging these, Zhang Bin followed Yu Zhigao and Han Zhiliang into Yuegang.
Yuegang is actually Chenghai County, the scale of the county is not large, there are only a few streets, a total of less than 1,000 households, Yuegang County is completely built in accordance with the regulations, because this Chenghai County is established after the Longqing switch, there is a big source of wealth in Yuegang, the county government is naturally repaired in a good way.
Looking at the familiar county government building, Zhang Bin couldn't help but feel more cordial, it was still the old rule, he stayed in the right wing room in the backyard, the other generals temporarily lived in the guest house, and the entire county government became his temporary office again.
At this time, the most urgent thing was to reorganize the guards and pirates, due to the delay of the Fujian Xingdu Division, Zhang Bin could only start the reorganization of the water division first.
The naval division now has a total of more than 400 warships, more than 10,000 garrisons, and more than 20,000 pirates.
The more than 20,000 pirates must be streamlined, and the requirements of the officers and men of the naval division are relatively high.
First of all, Zhang Bin eliminated all kinds of idle people such as Dongying, Ryukyu, Luzon, and Annam, and only the people of the Ming Dynasty remained.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong's power has not expanded rapidly, most of the pirates are still the people of the Ming Dynasty, and after being eliminated, there is not too much attrition, and there are almost 20,000 people left.
Then, Zhang Bin ordered someone to screen all the Ming people among the pirates, and those who could operate ships, cannons, and arrows were left behind, and the others were temporarily incorporated into foot soldiers.
With this screening, there are more brushed down, and only about 10,000 pirates can stay in the sailor.
Finally, there is the compilation of the water division, and this Zhang Bin has done it in more detail.
The guerrilla general Yu Chenglong and the guerrilla general Zheng Chenggong each commanded more than 200 warships and about 10,000 officers and men of the naval division;
Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Zhang Guan, Zheng Cai, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Xing, and Zheng Ming were all promoted to generals, each in charge of 50 warships, more than 2,000 officers and men of the naval division, and the rest were directly led by guerrilla generals.
In addition, some of the pirates of the Thousand General and the General Banner were promoted, and most of them were transferred from the various guards of the Fujian Metropolitan Division to fill the positions.
With such an arrangement, Zheng Zhilong seems to have taken a big advantage, because all the generals are always his original subordinates.
However, except for Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, I don't know if anyone else will listen to him, most of the Qian Zongqi and Zhang Bin are drawn from Yongningwei and Dajin, and they are basically his and Yu Chenglong's cronies.
The reorganization of the sailors was over, and Zhang Bin directly asked Zheng Zhilong and Yu Chenglong to pull all the sailors back to the Zhongzuo Institute, where they practiced at the mouth of the Jiulong River, and at the same time guarded the safety of Yuegang.
Next, it is the reorganization of the foot soldiers, thinking of this foot pawn, Zhang Bin gritted his teeth, if the Fujian Xingdu Division transferred 15,000 guards on time, then the two groups of people and horses on land and water will be considered to be together, and after the reorganization is completed, you can consider the problem of exterminating other pirates while practicing.
However, now, Zhang Bin has two generals, Cao Wenzhao and Qi Yuangong, but his subordinates have a total of 5,000 guards and 10,000 pirates, and he can't complete the reorganization at all.
He thought about it for a while, and could only let the staff general Cao Wenzhao command the 15,000 people first, and the guerrilla generals Qi Yuanfu, Qi Yuanbi and Cao Bianjiao were in charge of 5,000 people, as for the general Qi Yuangong, he could only let him slowly select among the 15,000 people, and wait for all the 30,000 foot soldiers to get together, and then select about 5,000 people to practice the mandarin duck formation.
More than 10 days have passed since this reorganization, and the people who participated in the celebration banquet have arrived one after another.
Hong Xianchun, the commander of the Fujian Dusidu, was miserable by Zhang Bin, and the eunuch almost kicked him, so he could only honestly listen to Zhang Bin's dispatch and rush over with two commanders.
The Fujian Political Envoy Department and the Criminal Envoy Department were not so honest, they just sent two little minions to make up the number, and they didn't take Zhang Bin seriously at all.
Zhang Bin doesn't care, now, just wait for the command of the Fujian Xingdu to make Chen Eryi in place, and the Hongmen banquet can be staged.