Chapter 376: New Year, New Atmosphere, Play Big If You Want to Play!

When the sound of firecrackers in Fushan City continued to sound, in Yangjiatun, the most lively was naturally Yang Kaide's family. At the invitation of Yang Yinghan, Xue Zhidie, Xue Ningying, Ning Lingwei, Shen Lingfei, Sisi and others all celebrated the New Year at Yang Yinghan's house.

Because it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and there were no men present, a group of women were together and happy. Among them, the most active is naturally the active Shen Lingfei. During the meal, Shen Lingfei drank a little wine, and the whole person was drunk, and after letting go of the firecrackers, he fell asleep in a daze. In my dream, I seemed to see Zhang Zhun's appearance. Zhang Zhun was riding a horse and followed her all the time. She didn't know why, she ran forward desperately, as if she wanted to escape from Zhang Zhun's clutches.

When he was in a daze, Zhang Zhun's figure suddenly disappeared. Shen Lingfei breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, all of a sudden, the soles of my feet were empty, and I fell off the cliff. Shen Lingfei woke up suddenly, and then heard Sisi's voice, "Miss, wake up, Miss, wake up, Lord Du sent someone to find you!" ”

Shen Lingfei woke up in a trance, and said suspiciously: "What do you do?" ”

Sisi said with a strange expression: "Miss, what else is Lord Dudu?" Zhang Zhun! Didn't you just shout the name of Lord Governor in your dream? How did you forget it now? ”

Shen Lingfei was full of excitement and subconsciously sat up from the bed.

Zhang Zhun!

Lord Governor, isn't it Zhang Zhun?

He sent someone to find him at this time, what was the matter?

Could it be that he had the same dream as himself? Or was it not a dream at all, but he was really chasing after him? Now it's finally catching up?

"Shame on you!"

Shen Lingfei's heart suddenly hit like a deer, her face turned crimson, and she hurriedly got up.

After a simple grooming and dressing, Shen Lingfei came to the living room outside.

It turned out that Zhang Zhun sent Zhang Haibin as the new deputy commander of the Huben Navy.

Zhang Haibin said apologetically: "Miss Shen, I'm sorry to disturb you." On the shore of Xiazhang, on the orders of the Governor, I have come to seconded you three merchant ships. ”

Shen Lingfei said in surprise: "Huh? Do you want a boat at this time? What do you want a boat to do? ”

Not today Chinese New Year's Eve...... Oh, it's already the first day of the first month. What does Zhang Zhun want to do on the boat at this time? The Shen family's fleet is all pure merchant ships, which have no combat use, and can only be used for sea transportation. Last time, when Zhang Zhun came back from Jiangnan, he snatched back the Gu family's fleet. The five big ships of the Gu family have a large carrying capacity, which can basically meet the needs of the daily cargo transportation of the Tiger Ben Army. What does Zhang Zhun want to transport? Five merchant ships of the Gu family are not enough? Why do you want to borrow your own merchant ships?

Zhang Haibin said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Miss Shen, it's a matter of military secrets, and I can't disclose it below." ”

Shen Lingfei nodded and said, "Oh, good! ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of jade pendant from his bosom and gave it to him.

With this jade pendant, Zhang Haibin can call Shen Lingfei's three merchant ships.

"Thank you!"

After Zhang Haibin thanked him, he turned around and left, quite quickly.

Shen Lingfei's face was full of suspicion, and she said to herself: "What happened again?" The Gu family's boat is not enough, do you want my boat? ”

When Yang Yinghan and the others heard the movement, they all got up.

Hearing Shen Lingfei's explanation, everyone felt very puzzled.

Zhang Zhun wants the Shen family's fleet at this time, what is he going to do?

Shen Lingfei shrugged helplessly, and said in wonder: "I don't know what's going on, something must have happened." Let's go to bed first, tomorrow we will go to the Governor to pay New Year's greetings, and then ask him what the hell is going on? ”

Of course, when she gets up tomorrow and brings gifts to Ziyuan to pay New Year's greetings to Zhang Zhun, Zhang Zhun is no longer in Fushan City. It was a matter of military secrets, of course Ji Yuqing would not tell her the specific situation, and Shen Lingfei did not learn that Zhang Zhun had been killed in Huai'an Mansion until a few days later.

After leaving Aster, Zhang Zhun quickly mobilized his troops.

Sun Ronglu dared to burn and kill and plunder in Huai'an Mansion, and also used his own name to not shave this kid raw, I don't know how many people are ready to pour dung on his head in the future! There have been examples of him bombarding the city of Nanjing, and if this matter is not quickly clarified, maybe many people will really believe it. Zhang Zhun still attaches great importance to his reputation. If the reputation stinks, it will be troublesome to wash it up in the future.

Since you are going to Huai'an Mansion, then simply have a big one!

New Year, New Weather, Let's have a big battle and celebrate the New Year in full swing!

Zhang Zhun quickly ordered that in addition to the First Association and the Second Association guarding each important place, the other five associations, including the Artillery Association, the Marine Corps, and the Huben Army Navy, were all dispatched. Huai'an Mansion is not somewhere else, there are not enough troops, and Zhang Zhun does not dare to go rashly.

Seriously, Huai'an Mansion is really a special place.

It's not just a house.

There are many prefectures in Nanzhili, most of them, in addition to the relatively developed economy, there is nothing special, and the prefects are all civil officials of the four grades. Only this Huai'an Mansion is the most special, and even Yangzhou Mansion is not as special as Huai'an Mansion. Why? Because the two major yamen, the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, are in Huai'an Mansion. In modern terms, Huai'an is a municipality directly under the central government. Nominally under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, in fact, most of the relations are directly under the city of Beijing.

Some readers may find it strange, why is the governor of Fengyang not in Fengyang Mansion, but in Huai'an Mansion? In fact, the governor of Fengyang is indeed not in Fengyang Mansion, but in Huai'an Mansion. As for the reason, I am afraid that only the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang knows, because he set such a setting at the beginning. Later emperors have not changed.

When it comes to Huai'an Mansion, it is necessary to mention the official title of Governor of Caoyun. The full title of the governor of Caoyun in the Ming Dynasty is very long and difficult to remember. Under normal circumstances, it is "the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Governor Caoyun, the Governor of Military Affairs, and the Governor of Fengyang". For this name, it is necessary to explain it well, because Zhang Zhun will often encounter it in the future.

The first title is "Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace". Most of them are imperial histories with the word "right". Because under normal circumstances, it is the Zuo Du Yushi who presides over the normal affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Beijing, so the word "left" cannot be given to them. Sometimes it is the imperial history of the capital, and the imperial history of the capital is lower, probably because the new person is less qualified. Although the title of Imperial Historian is a bit false and cannot participate in the normal affairs of the Imperial Procuratorate, he can impeach and punish the civil and military officials under his jurisdiction like other Imperial Historians.

Because the Governor of Caoyun was an inter-provincial and inter-provincial official, this title was very important to him. To put it simply, whoever does not cooperate with me in my work, I have the right to impeach you, no matter what province you are. Well, similar to today's inter-provincial pursuit, but the power is much more powerful than the inter-provincial pursuit. If you don't have this title, the governor of Caoyun will be an empty shelf. Anyway, you can't help me, what are you doing with my bird? After hanging this title, others will not dare to be arrogant!

The second title is "Governor Cao Yun". It's his core job. The governor of Caoyun was stationed in Jieshanyang County (now Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province), and was the governor of the world's Caoyun affairs. The provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Nanzhili set up grain routes, which were controlled by the governor of Caoyun and were responsible for collecting the grain that should be recruited. The grain ships of these provinces can only go north from the canal to Huai'an, and they can only go north from the canal after being inspected by the chief inspector of Caoyun. Although the grain ships of Shandong and Henan provinces do not pass through this place, they must also be supervised by their subordinate officials in accordance with the unified requirements of the Cao Governor, and do a good job of carrying the grain on time.

The third title is "Admiral Military Affairs". The Governor of Caoyun, like the governors of other provinces, had a certain amount of military power. The governor of Caoyun in the Ming Dynasty commanded Yingzhou Bingbeidao, Xuzhou Bingbeidao, Huaiyang Haiphong Road, Zhongdu left behind to guard Sizhifengyang and other 7 guards, Hongtang guarded the imperial office, and the southern Zhili Luzhou Wei, Yangzhou Wei, Gaoyou Wei, Yizheng Wei, Chuzhou Wei, Xuzhou Wei, Huai'an Wei, Dahewei, Pizhou Wei, Yizhou Wei, Sizhou Wei, Shouzhou Wei, Suzhou Wei, Haizhou Zhongshou Imperial Station and other guards were also under his jurisdiction.

These various guards add up to about 100,000 people. The number of troops is not small. Despite the abolition of the guard system, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers. Therefore, the governor of Caoyun is called Shuai, Dashuai, and Caoshuai, and he has a military gate, a middle army, a left battalion, a right battalion, and a city guard camp. In addition, there are a large number of Caoding, who can be regarded as the private soldiers of the governor of Caoyun, and their main responsibility is to be responsible for the safety of Caoyun.

The guards of Huai'an City, where the Caoyun Governor is located, do not need to be managed by local governments such as Shanyang County and Huai'an Prefecture, but are responsible for the city guards of the Caoyun Governor's Office, and the local government only assists. In the event of a war, the army within its jurisdiction can also be mobilized, such as the Yangzhou battalion, the Xuzhou battalion, etc. In general, the military power of the governor of Caoyun is still quite large.

Sometimes, the imperial court also expanded its military power due to the need, "Ming Shilu" volume 21 records, the first year of Jiajing (1522) in December Bingxu, because of the Shandong peasant uprising, the emperor ordered the governor Caoyun to the imperial history Yu admonished, "may as well be the original affairs, and the chief military officer Lu Gang, together with the military affairs of Shandong, Henan, North Zhili and other places, to control the town patrol and other officials at a cheap, try to suppress, select the regiment battalion habitual war officers and soldiers 300 people, people to give two taels of silver, with the outline to listen to the levy." ”

The fourth title is "Governor of Fengyang and other places". That is to say, he also served as a governor, and managed a place like an ordinary governor. Because Fengyang was the emperor's hometown in the Ming Dynasty, although it was clear that Huai'an was opened, it was not called Huai'an but Fengyang. However, sometimes people still call him "Huaifu" instead of "Fengfu". "Other places" refers to Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, Hezhou, Chuzhou, and Xuzhou, collectively referred to as the Four Prefectures and Three Prefectures.

Luzhou Mansion, Hezhou, and Chuzhou are in present-day Anhui, and Luzhou Mansion is now Hefei. It includes the entire middle and lower reaches of the Huai River north of the Yangtze River. Although his jurisdiction intersected with Nanzhili, he was still responsible for the affairs of his jurisdiction. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong burned Fengyang, and Yang Yipeng, the governor of Cao, lost his head because of this. When there was a war, his power was much greater than that of the Nanjing Military Department.

Therefore, Huai'an is like a province, the governor of Caoyun is not only a professional official, but also a high-ranking official, and Huai'an is a quasi-provincial city. Like other governors, the governor of Caoyun should prime minister the military and political affairs of the whole province, including supervising the management of money and grain, training soldiers and horses, repairing the city, pacifying the army and the people, and prohibiting the reform of treachery. If there is a war, you can select generals to transfer troops and organize preparations for war. For officials who are incompetent or do not obey orders, they can be investigated, questioned, or even engaged in military law if they have a civilian rank of five or less, and a military rank of four or less. As for the impeachment in the letter, causing a certain lower-level official to be demoted and killed, it is even more of a piece of cake.

In fact, Huai'an has the governor in front and the governor of Caoyun behind. Before the governor of Caoyun, there was a governor in Huai'an. "Ming History Chronicle" volume 24 "Hecao Transshipment" contains: Geng Jiuchou, in October of the first year of Jingtai (1450), the right attendant of the Criminal Department served as the governor of Fengyang. He said: "In the past, he ordered Er to patrol the salt law, and now he is also the governor of Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Chu, Xu, and Sanzhou, and pacify the soldiers and people." "The scope of its scope is the same as that of the later governor of Caoyun.

The affairs of the governor of Caoyun are already busy enough, and he often can't be busy with such a large area, so he often has a separate governor. If Chenghua was divided in eight years, it was cut and merged in the second year, and Zhengde was divided in thirteen years, and it was combined in sixteen years. In the 36th year of Jiajing, due to the harassment of the Japanese invaders, a separate governor was appointed, and Li Sui was appointed as the governor. After the Japanese were quelled, they were again annexed in 40 years. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, it was divided until the death of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the power of the governor of Caoyun is more than that. It also has a number of titles that have been held or are held from time to time: such as river management. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the governor of Caoyun was first established, he was also in charge of the river, that is, he was also in charge of the management of the canal, the Yellow River and other rivers. Later, there was a governor in charge of the river, and it was no longer concurrent, but when there was a dispute over the river, the governor was often in charge of the river. The Qing Dynasty was also like this, when the governor of the river was absent, the governor of Caoyun was often concurrently served.

Such as coastal defense. This title in the Ming Dynasty began with Yang Yipeng. In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), when he was the governor of Caoyun, the title ended with the words "concurrently managing coastal defense". In the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635), after he was arrested, his successor Zhu Dadian also had it. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Tian Yang also had this title when he served as the governor of Caoyun. But in the Qing Dynasty, it became a fixed duty.

Having said all this, there are actually only two words at the core: difficult.

Huai'an Mansion is a huge muddy pond, and Zhang Zhun stepped into it, and the consequences were difficult to predict.

The current governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang is Yang Yipeng. If history has not changed, in the first month of next year, well, it is wrong, it is the first month of this year, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others will capture Fengyang Mansion, burn Huangjue Temple, and turn Zhu Yuanzhang's Longxing land upside down. Yang Yipeng and the eunuchs of the prison army were both beheaded by Emperor Chongzhen. After Yang Yipeng was executed, it was Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, who took over the governor of Caoyun.

Due to the power to supervise military affairs, the current Huai'an Mansion and the number of Ming troops are still quite large. Yang Yipeng's hands, in addition to the guards and soldiers, there are also a large number of Cao Ding. The so-called Cao Ding is the soldiers who ensure the safety of Cao Yun, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the Cao Yun Governor. Because the governor of Caoyun has money in his hands, Cao Ding's equipment is better than that of the ordinary Ming army, and the will to fight is also stronger than that of the ordinary Ming army. Cao Ding is an armed force that cannot be ignored.

When he was in Zhenjiang Mansion, Zhang Zhun's troops had already clashed with Cao Ding, and as a result, dozens of Cao Ding were killed, and even Cao Ding's generals were killed. Coupled with the precedent of bombarding Nanjing City, this Yang Yipeng, Governor Yang, and Governor Yang obviously will not treat Zhang Zhun very well. According to historical records, Yang Yipeng is actually a very good local official, except for his poor military ability, whether it is in internal affairs or personality, he is second to none.

Yang Yipeng, the word Dayou, the name Kuncen, Hunan Linxiang Yunxi (now Yunxi District, Yueyang City), Mingshenzong Wanli 38 years (1610) Jinshi, the first Chengdu Si Li. During his tenure, there was turmoil in the area of Banzhou (now Zunyi, Guiyang), and the imperial court wanted to transfer troops to encircle and suppress it. Yang advocated a policy of pacification, but as a result, Banju was pacified without a single army.

Soon, some officials who procured imperial wood in Sichuan took the opportunity to extort the local people, causing resentment among the people. After Yang Yipeng heard the news, he immediately ordered the price to be unified, not to allow disorderly factions, ruthlessly cracked down on illegal acts, and ruthlessly killed several officials who did evil, winning the trust of the people of Sichuan.

Hehe, if he's in charge of cracking down on today's house prices......

Due to his outstanding political achievements in Sichuan, Yang Yipeng was soon promoted to the rank of minister. He was in power, awarded officials based on his talents, refused to seek personal gains, and was promoted to Dali Temple. Yang Yipeng's behavior made corrupt officials grit their teeth. Wei Zhongxian, who has always framed Zhongliang, formed a party to frame him, and later Wei Zhongxian was executed, and the court trusted Yang Yipeng even more, saying that he was highly virtuous and virtuous, and was awarded the left and right squire of the military department, and signed the book.

Yang Yipeng was not afraid of power, risked death and gave direct advice, wrote "Zhichen Dynasty Political Sparseness", and inspected some ** behaviors among officials. During the Chongzhen period, Li Shouqi, the governor of Xiangcheng, falsely reported the number of soldiers and embezzled military salaries, and Yang was angry and wrote a letter of impeachment. Therefore, Chongzhen promoted him to the head of the household, the governor of Caoyun, and the governor of Fengyang. In the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635), the peasant rebel army conquered Fengyang and burned the imperial tomb, and the emperor was furious. Li Shouqi and others took the opportunity to write a letter to accuse Yang Yipeng of dereliction of duty. As a result, Chongzhen ordered Yang Yipeng to be beheaded.

Yang Yipeng's death is definitely a big loss for the imperial court. Except for the fact that this person is not strong in military ability and is not good at dealing with war, he can serve as a model for officials in all other aspects. It is a pity that people in later generations only know Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, but they don't know Yang Yipeng. In all the places where he ruled, the people benefited.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen himself regretted that he had executed Yang Yipeng and wasted a talented official in vain. So, he issued an edict to restore Yang Yipeng's official title and give him a thick burial. At the same time, an edict was issued to put Li Shouqi in prison. It's a pity that by this time, the imperial court has no power to return to heaven.