Chapter 967: Frustration

Qian Fenglin didn't care about the change in the attitude of the political envoy Hu Mao and the Fuzhou prefect, some people were just interested, if they were not interested, he had a way to deal with them.

Three days later, the rebels finally attacked, Qian Fenglin convened the officials and squires in the city to discuss the strategy of resistance, coerced the squires to donate money and materials, and sent the amount of money to each hometown gentry with the order of the governor of Fujian, from thousands of taels to tens of thousands of taels.

With the money and grain extorted to recruit strong men to defend the city, the officials of Fuzhou Prefecture who were in charge of this matter went up and down to make a big profit, and there was very little money and grain in the hands of the strong men.

Finally, a thousand households guarding the west gate rebelled under the "persuasion" of the rebels, opened the west gate and let the rebels enter the city, Fuzhou City fell instantly, and Fuzhou officials from Qian Fenglin and below fell into the hands of the thief army.

"Master Qian, it's finally time for you to take charge."

Governor Yamen, Chen Mo, who led the troops into the city, said to Qian Fenglin with a smile.

Qian Fenglin shook his head: "Alas, from a feudal official to a chaotic minister and thief, what a damn thing!" ”

Chen Mo smiled silently, all of this is manipulated behind your Qian Fenglin, and now even if you scold, you are scolding yourself.

Qian Fenglin was just emotional, now that the situation is like this, he can't help but not come to the stage. Although Chen Mo is also good at fighting, his ability to take charge on his own is much worse. The next thing to be carried out was too important, and Qian Fenglin had to preside over it himself.

But even so, he had to pretend to be a prisoner to the outside world, and did not dare to defect directly to the rebels. Of course, in the future, all the affairs of the rebels will be decided by him, and Chen Mo will be responsible for the implementation, of course, he will still retreat to the front of the stage and act in the name of Ainengqi.

Immediately, Qian Fenglin ordered to go down and ordered Chen Mo to send troops to attack various prefectures and counties in Fujian, and be sure to include the entire territory of Fujian in his hands. After conquering the prefectures and counties, the first thing to do was to open warehouses and release grain to win the hearts of the people, and then to raid the homes of the gentry and wealthy families in the territory, and use the money and grain confiscated by the gentry to recruit troops and buy horses to expand and support the army.

"The army cannot be expanded blindly, and a battalion of soldiers is recruited in each county, and the recruits of each province are formed into a town, and elite officers are appointed as battalion generals. You also know the criteria for recruiting soldiers, and we are very mature in the way we train soldiers. You are responsible for nominating the relevant candidates for the camp and town generals, and report to me for approval.

Give you a month to attack various prefectures and counties, and we will send troops to Zhejiang next month! ”

Qian Fenglin assigned the next tasks one by one. It takes a lot of time to get through Fujian, and a month is simply not enough. But now it is necessary to invade Zhejiang as soon as possible to coerce the imperial court, and as for the operation of Fujian, it can only be carried out slowly in the future.

In order to attack Zhejiang, Qian Fenglin will have to take most of the troops, and then defend Fujian can only rely on the newly recruited new army.

Most of the officials in Fuzhou City were willing to surrender, and Qian Fenglin did not choose these Jinshi officials, but selected some followers from miscellaneous backgrounds, and first conducted strict military training for these people, and then added them to the army, or held less important positions in various prefectures and counties.

It took a month to sort out the various affairs, and thanks to the large number of officials transferred from Dongfan, there were enough officials to manage the occupied area.

And in this month's time, except for a few remote counties in Tingzhou and Zhangzhou, most of them

Prefectures and counties are occupied. In fact, many places have already experienced a rebellion of the Western Thieves, and the imperial court's rule over the local area is very weak, when they hear that the rebels are coming, the people in many places take the initiative to come and join them, or gather to open the city gates, or blatantly kill officials and rebel.

However, the officers and troops in Fujian had already been crippled, and the remaining tens of thousands of troops retreated to the coastal islands of Xiamen in Kinmen under the leadership of Wang Yin, without the slightest idea of recovering the lost territory.

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Fujian fell, and the new governor of the southeast, Zuo Maodi, fled to Hangzhou in embarrassment, and as soon as the news reached Nanjing, it immediately caused a great earthquake in the imperial court.

No one thought that Ai Nengqi, who had been exterminated, would resurrect from the ashes, and the rebels advanced so violently that in just over a month, Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, was killed, and the whole province of Fujian was eroded.

If it is just a defeat, it is enough, and it is enough to continue to deploy troops to encircle and suppress. Now that the external troubles of the Ming Dynasty have been eliminated, how much can Ainengqi make waves. However, the Ainengqi rebellion was too weird, and there was too much conspiracy behind the matter, which made the officials of the DPRK and China shudder one by one.

The former governor Wang Yin sat on the rise of the rebels, and then led the troops out of Fuzhou before the new supervisor Zuo Maodi arrived in Fuzhou, hiding in Kinmen, Xiamen and other islands to support his own troops, refusing to accept the dispatch of the new supervisor Zuo Maodi, and evading the punishment of the imperial court, which was in fact equivalent to rebellion.

It is rumored that the rebellion of Ainengqi has a close relationship with Wang Yin, or the rebellion promoted by Wang Yin, it is said that the main composition of the rebel army is not the original thieves of Ainengqi, but a well-disciplined and powerful army, so it can sweep through Fujian in just one month.

As for where this powerful army came from, many court officials knew it, but they didn't dare to say it in their mouths, and everyone knew what serious consequences would happen if they said it!

As for Wang Yin, the court no longer dared to give him heavy responsibility, for fear of forcing him to the rebels again.

Of course, the most angry is Emperor Chongzhen, he didn't expect some people to be so bold!

"Have you found out where the rebels are coming from? Is it Chen Yue's territorial Dongfan? Chongzhen roared.

The new commander of the Jinyi Guard made Lu Zonghan kneel on the ground, sweat rolling down his forehead, "Your Majesty, please ransom the ministers are incompetent, and the details of the rebels have not been found." It's not that the minister doesn't do his best, it's really that the minister has just taken over Jinyiwei, and he hasn't had time to clean it up, and the original Jinyiwei doesn't know how many are Liu Neng's people, so they can't be used at all. The minister sent dozens of spies to Fujian and Dongfan, but there was no reply, and these people seemed to fall into the sea, and they disappeared after being sent. ”

"Incompetence! Rubbish! Chongzhen scolded angrily, but he was helpless.

The original Jinyiwei was controlled by Liu Neng, and Lu Zonghan encountered such a thing as soon as he took office, and it is understandable if he can't find out.

After scolding angrily for a while, Chongzhen had to send Lu Zonghan out, feeling powerless all over his body.

In the past years, even if the situation in the Ming Dynasty was too critical, Chongzhen could firmly control the power by strong means.

But now, Wang Yin, a mere southeastern governor, dared to openly disobey him, and the court was helpless against him, which made Chongzhen's heart full of frustration.

Wang Yin is still like this, if the one in Beijing openly opposes him, what will he do?