Tianjin Wei got the name in the second year of Yongle, after the success of the ancestor Zhu Dijing, he built a city here and set up a guard, took the meaning of the ferry through which the Son of Heaven passed, and named it Tianjin. 【】

However, the prosperity here did not begin in the Ming Dynasty, but can be traced back to the opening of the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty.

Tianjin is known as the lower tip of the nine rivers, which can be called the first water system in North China, and flows into the Bohai Sea in the east through Tianjin. When the North-South Canal was opened, it established Tianjin's status as a shipping hub extending in all directions.

In fact, when the city was first set up and built, there was not much difference between Tianjin Wei and Weihaiwei.

However, with the relocation of the capital during the Yongle period, the task of Caoyun became more onerous, and the population also increased, and the simple health institutions were no longer enough.

In the Zhengde period, in Tianjin Wei, the military and political yamen such as the military preparation road and the Qing military hall were all available, and it was more like a thoroughfare city than a guard.

Bingbei Road was set up in the Hongxi period of the Ming Dynasty, which was originally a temporary surname dispatch to participate in politics in the political department of the Buzheng Division, or to sort out the documents of the deputy envoy to the general military office, and finally formed a rule in the Hongzhi period, which also reflected the fashion of the Ming court to be a civil and military force.

Although this official position is not customized, it is generally above the fourth grade, and it has a lot of power.

It is said that as the top leader in the local area, Lord Shi Panshi, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, should be very moisturized, but for some reason, his eyelids have been jumping non-stop since these days, which makes Lord Shi, who has always believed in this, very uneasy.

And last night, a messenger brought an urgent message that made him feel uneasy fulfilled.

The content of the letter is very brief, but there is a mark of 100,000 urgency on the credible cover, which makes people feel frightened at first sight.

When he opened the letter and read it, he found that it was almost less than an emergency military situation, and even triumphant, and he was first shocked in his heart, and then he was worried about it, and he was at a loss for what to do.

The letter was sent from the Yamen, the governor of Shandong, and the governor Zhu Qin demanded that Tianjin Wei be under full martial law to prevent anyone from landing by sea.

If this alone is nothing, although there is a suspicion of full martial law, but Lord Shi can easily do it with just a warrant, and there will be no trouble afterwards, after all, the stakes are very high.

But the trouble also comes from this big matter, from the sea, there seems to be signs of landing from Tianjin Wei, it is actually that Xie Hong!

Although Shi Pan is not in the center, he has always paid attention to the affairs of Beijing, and he has also been on the stage and joined the tide of condemnation of Xie Hong.

However, it is not because he is bold enough to sit down, or because he has a strong sense of justice to the extent that he does not care about his own safety, and he is not afraid that he will confront the other party head-on and incur retaliation or something. You must know that even Ge Lao and Shang Shu have capsized, how can he have the qualifications and strength to compete with the other party?

Although for most of the past six months, he has also cooperated with the instructions issued by the central center and issued an order to set up a checkpoint near Weizuo in Tianjin, strictly prohibiting the private sale of grain by the public.

And he also knew that these actions were aimed at Liaodong and Xie Hong, but he still didn't think that he would run into the plague god, the entire Hejian Mansion and even Jizhen and Shandong were doing this, he was just following the trend, how could he be so unlucky and collide with the plague god?

There are also concerns in Shilin that after Xie Hong arrives in Liaodong, it is possible to privately build a ship and go to sea, if this is really the case, then Tianjin Wei is the first to bear the brunt.

However, most people scoff at this, they can't figure out the details of Xie Hong's craftsmanship, and they are not sure whether he will build a ship, but those people in Jiangnan are sure that sea ships are not so easy to build, even if they are skilled craftsmen, it will take several years from preparation to actual shipbuilding.

Xie Hong arrived in Liaodong, it took only half a year to complete the battle, and even the time on the road was counted, less than a year, in such a short time, is it possible to build a ship?

Even if it is made, there is no need for Shi Pan to worry, unless Xie Hong dares to risk the world and go to Tianjin to rob the boat, he will not be able to get food anyway, or that sentence, the card restriction is far more than Tianjin Wei.

But after receiving the news, he was dumbfounded, and the most unlikely thing happened.

The letter made it clear that at present, Xie Hongzheng is leading a large fleet of hundreds of ships and thousands of men and horses in the direction of Tianjin, and the final destination is likely to be Yanjing! In other words, not only did the other party not reach out to the capital, but instead wanted to support the capital and support the emperor, is there anything more unbelievable than this?

Zhu Qin didn't write out all the speculations, Shi Pan was on the outside, and it was difficult to know the inside, but one thing he knew very well was that he only had two choices now: either come forward and order coastal defenses to resist the plague god; Either die down and let the plague god do it.

But no matter what kind of choice, he didn't think it was a bright road, if it was possible, he would rather not see the letter, and everything was the best choice as if he didn't know.

After hesitating all night, he didn't come up with an ugly man, so in desperation, he had to resort to the most commonly used method of golden oil: recruiting people to discuss matters.

"Lord Bingxian, Zhou Tongzhi, Director Fang, and General Yuan have all arrived." Shi Pan was sighing and sighing, and someone from outside came to report, and several people he invited came.

The Qing Military Department is an official stationed in Tianjin Wei by Hejian Prefecture, and is in charge of the civil law of litigation, which is held by the Qing Army Tongzhi of Hejian Prefecture.

The household department was established in the tenth year of Xuande, and the officials were the heads of the sub-divisions, responsible for the storage, transportation, and taxation of grain.

Of course, the general army of the river transport was only a small number, and when the three major civil officials gathered to discuss the matter, he only had a part to listen and carry out the order.

"Master Shi, you summoned me so urgently, could it be something big?" As soon as he entered the door, he asked with Zhou Wen.

"Well, there's really big trouble." Shi Pan let out a long sigh, pointed to the letter on the table, and gestured: "Everyone take a look, today, no matter what, we have to discuss a solution, otherwise...... Alas, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to end it. ”

"Huh?" Tianjin Sanwei Chengping said for a long time, and the local officials were quite nourished, and Leng Ding was taken aback when he heard Shi Pan's words.

Fang Xiao, the head of the household department, was the most anxious, and without waiting for others to move, he immediately used a posture similar to snatching, snatched the letter in his hand, and swept it over with ten lines at a glance.

There is also a reason why he is anxious. Since the founding of the country, the scale of Cao Yun has reached the extreme, and more than 10,000 Cao ships are stationed back and forth every year, transporting millions of stones of grain, plus other goods carried on board, the total economic volume is a rather terrifying number.

And the household department is in charge of this, although Daming does not collect commercial taxes, but in such a large amount, the oil and water that can be distributed and the favors sent out are also quite large.

Of course, Fang Xiao, the main officer, has the lion's share, but all colleagues also have a share in the profits. Therefore, in Fang Xiao's mind, what can cause an earthquake-like effect in Tianjin Sanwei can only be that someone in the DPRK has taken a fancy to the oil and water here, and then they are going to fight corruption.

He also has a backer in the DPRK, but there may not be traces of political disputes, don't look at the DPRK and China seem to be a harmonious atmosphere in the past two years, but who knows if there will be a change in the style?

I heard that since the beginning of this year, the situation in Beijing has been quite unstable, because the ban on sales and transportation of Jiangnan Shiren has aroused the dissatisfaction of many low-grade officials. It is difficult to predict whether this discontent will widen to the point of giving rise to a new political wave, and no one can be sure.

After a rough sweep, he didn't see that Yu Shi was out of Beijing or someone impeached, Fang Xiao was relieved at first, but he was immediately attracted by two other words...... Xie Hong! Is it related to the plague god?

His heart froze, and he turned back to the beginning, and looked at it carefully, but the surprise was even worse than just now, he gasped, his arms began to tremble, and he was a little uncomfortable to speak.

"The plague god is here? He's coming to Tianjinwei! ”

"What!" Zhou and Yuan couldn't calm down.

Originally, Zhou Wen had not been in office for a long time, and he didn't care about today's matter, whether it was corruption or political disputes, he couldn't make a mistake left and right, what was there to worry about? When he saw Fang Xiao's nervous face, he even gloated a little in his heart.

But I didn't expect that today it would be such a thing, the plague god came to Tianjin Wei? And with so many people and boats!

After taking the letter in Fang Xiao's hand and reading it roughly, Zhou Wen was also stunned, isn't this a pit person? Those who fight the plague god head-on are heroes, but none of these heroes have a good end, but if they don't resist, they will obviously be abandoned by Shilin, which is also a catastrophe.

The scholars became officials and were called out of the ranks, who of the bureaucrats in the world was not a member of the scholars? The person who betrayed Shilin may be able to be proud for a while, but after all, it will never be recovered, and he will not even have a good reputation after death, not that there is no way, who would do such a stupid thing?

Not only a few civil officials, but even the commander Yuan Jie was also stunned, his river chief soldier is different from the general soldier of the border town, although he also has the name of the general soldier, but the soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction cannot be compared with those general soldiers in terms of combat power or quantity, that is, the name is good.

He has always ignored the Taoism in the stomachs of civil officials, anyway, there is oil and water, and he can only share a little bit of profit, which has to be the kind of slick work. Noble and cheap, it is a favor for people to share their profits, and it is common sense not to give it, and there is nothing to complain about.

However, if he takes less, he will not be implicated when something happens, which is why he has always been calm. Who would have thought that in the end, it would be such a result.

The plague god is coming! This is a figure that even the ministers of the DPRK and China can't provoke, how can he, a small commander, be able to contend with?

Looking at the wandering eyes of several civil officials, Yuan Jie prayed to the gods and Buddhas in his heart, you must bless yourself, let these people see the situation clearly, don't hit the stone with an egg, and don't let yourself go to the front to be cannon fodder.

Just when they were thinking and hesitating, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door, and the rapid sound seemed to be beating a drum, knocking on the hearts of the four of them one by one, making their already tense nerves even more urgent.

Shi Pan shouted, "What's the matter? ”

"Report, Lord Bingxian, there is a police in Dagu Port, there is a fleet from the east, the scale is huge, the sails are like clouds, it is difficult to count, and thousands of households are stationed to send people to Yamen to ask for instructions, how to deal with it?"

Oh, my God! Said Cao Ying, Cao Ying arrived, the plague god has really arrived! The four Tianjin officials looked at each other in amazement, their hearts full of horror and helplessness.

(To be continued)