Chapter 474: The Navy is going to be stationed in Weihaiwei!

"Your Excellency."

Sure enough, a moment later, Zhou Yanyu, the team leader of the Jiezi Battalion, came to report to Zhang Zhun.

Tonight, it was Zhou Yanyu's troops lurking outside the south gate. The sentinels of the Tiger Ben Army have always been mainly dark posts and latent posts, and there are few open posts. As a result, a small team of Jinyi guards, as well as a small group of Ming troops, broke into their control. After firing shots at the sky continuously, this small group of Jinyi guards and a small group of Ming soldiers had to raise their hands.

"Bring it on!"

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

All the torches around were lit, and the fire was as bright as day.

Zhou Yanyu beckoned to the back, and the soldiers escorted a group of brocade guards up. This team of brocade guards has a total of more than 30 people. It may be that they have been hiding in the wild for too long, and they all look embarrassed. Not to mention the sluggishness, the flying fish suit on his body was also tattered and covered with mud. Their weapons, the Embroidered Spring Knife, were all left behind, of course.

There were only six officers and soldiers in that small group, one officer and five soldiers. Their expressions looked equally depressed. The mandarin duck fat jackets on their bodies were also all torn. In some places, it can be seen that it has been broken by the friction of stones. The mountains in the middle of Dengzhou Prefecture are basically mostly stones, and they must have stayed in the mountains for a long time. Just look at their appearance and know that there is a severe lack of food.

What is even more strange is that behind this officer, there are two soldiers carrying two baskets on their backs. There was a serious problem with Zhou Yanyu's report, and he didn't say what was inside these two baskets. However, it should not be dangerous goods, otherwise, it would not have been sent here.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Which of you will report to your home first?" ”

The officer came up and said, "Lord Dudu, under Li Zhaohui, the cavalry is a thousand generals." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly, "Which unit were you in?" ”

Li Zhaohui said: "I was originally stationed at Songshan Fort in western Liaoning, and later transferred to Dongjiang Town as the commander of the cavalry. Dongjiang Town surrendered to Tartar and arrived at Dengzhou City. Unexpectedly, Dengzhou City also surrendered to the Tartars. I had no choice but to escape. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully, and turned his head to look at the brocade-clothed guard. In this small team of brocade guards, the leader of the team is a hundred households. The rest are captains, wrestlers and the like. is probably a little resistant to Jinyiwei, and Zhang Zhun's face is a little not good.

When the hundred households saw Zhang Zhun's expression, they were immediately shocked, for fear that Zhang Zhun would be unhappy, so they would pull themselves out and behead them. Even they know that in the impression of others, it is really not very good. When he was in a panic, he suddenly saw Gao Hongtu and hurriedly shouted: "Lord Gao, help!" ”

Gao Hongtu has served as a waiter in the Criminal Department for a long time and tried cases. It just so happened that Jinyiwei also had his own prison (i.e., Zhao Prison), which held many prisoners. For the sake of these criminals, Gao Hongtu inevitably had to deal with Jinyiwei. This brocade guard hundred, just know Gao Hongtu. Sure enough, hearing the other party calling for himself, Gao Hongtu said: "Are you a subordinate of Jinyi Wei, which Qianhu?" ”

The hundred households wept and said, "The little Liu Shouzhu turned out to be Feng Junling's subordinates. This time, Ruan Dacheng surrendered the city, and he wanted to pull the small ones together, but the small ones didn't agree! Tall, spare your life! ”

Gao Hongtu nodded, didn't say anything, and let the other party kneel on the ground and continue to beg for mercy.

The upright civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, no one does not hate Dongchang, no one does not hate Jinyiwei, and Gao Hongtu is no exception. The same is true of Zhang Shenyan next to him. If someone had fallen on their knees and begged for mercy, they might have opened their mouths to forgive. However, the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei ...... Then save it.

Zhang Zhun was also indifferent to Jinyi Wei's begging for mercy. Jinyiwei's reputation is really bad. His eyes fell on the top of the two baskets, and he asked curiously, "Li Zhaohui, what is inside......

"Wow, wow, wow!"

Before he could finish speaking, the child's cry came from inside the basket.

Listening to the voice, it seems to be a little girl.

Zhang Zhun's face changed slightly, and his eyes suddenly sharpened.

This Li Zhaohui, when he ran away, he was still taking a little girl with him, what was he going to do?

Li Zhaohui motioned to his companions behind him to take off the basket, bowed his hand to Zhang Zhunyi, and pleaded: "Lord Dudu, I just hand over these two children to you." ”

Zhang Zhun was stunned and said, "Child? Leave it to me? ”

Li Zhaohui nodded, and then asked his subordinates to open the basket and take out the contents inside. It was two small children, both wrapped in thick towels. One is a three- or four-year-old girl, and the other is a one-year-old boy. The little boy was still asleep, but the little girl woke up and opened her mouth to cry. Looking at the faces of the two children, it's not bad.

Li Zhaohui said to Zhang Zhun: "This is when Xia escaped from Dengzhou City, he was entrusted by the prefect Zeng Hualong to bring his child out. Lord Zeng was determined to die, and his wife also swore to follow Master Zeng to the death...... The Emperor's Grace ...... One of their sons and daughters ......"

The voice was slightly choked, and I couldn't go on.

Zhang Zhun was a little surprised again, and said slowly: "They are the sons and daughters of Zeng Hualong?" ”

Zhang Shenyan and Gao Hongtu were also a little surprised.

Li Zhaohui choked up for a moment, and said reluctantly: "Ruan Dacheng took refuge in the Tartars, but Lord Zeng did not obey and was placed under house arrest by Ruan Dacheng. He is a military man with no wife and no children, and it is really beyond his power to take care of two children. I was supposed to be fostered in an ordinary family, but I couldn't find a suitable family. In desperation, I had to come to you in the next place. Regardless of whether you and Zeng have a holiday, for the sake of everyone desperately resisting the Tartars, please take care of one or two. ”

Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice: "Okay, Da Yun is loyal and unyielding, unfortunately martyred, his children, I will adopt." ”

Dayun is Zeng Hualong's word. Zeng Hualong turned out to be Sun Yuanhua's right-hand man. Gao Hongtu is good friends with Sun Yuanhua, and he also has dealings with Zeng Hualong. Zeng Hualong was killed by Tartar, and his child was handed over to Gao Hongtu to raise, which is naturally more suitable.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "There is Mr. Lao!" ”

As he spoke, the little boy also woke up and yelled at his sister. Gao Hongtu called his family and took the two children away. Gao Hongtu himself followed. The two children were actually hungry, and the family took them down, fed them, and fell asleep sweetly.

Zhang Zhun glanced at Li Zhaohui and nodded his appreciation. He's a bloody man. In such a difficult situation along the way, I was able to take care of two small children. To put it cruelly, when Zhang Zhun started, he thought he was going to use the two children as food. In such troubled times, there is nothing sensational about cannibalism. Fortunately, this Li Zhaohui did not do such a thing that people and gods were angry about.

Li Zhaohui thanked him: "Thank you, my lordship. ”

Zhang Zhun suddenly remembered something, and said with some doubts: "Since you are the commander of the cavalry, how can you be transferred to Dongjiang Town?" Is there cavalry in Dongjiang Town? ”

Li Zhaohui said bitterly: "Actually, when I was in Songshan Fort in western Liaoning, I was a cavalry commander, and when I arrived in Dongjiang Town, I became an ordinary soldier. I accidentally offended my boss and was assigned to serve in Dongjiang Town. Alas, it's hard to put into words. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, thinking, this is right. You are wearing the fat jacket of a low-level officer, and you don't look like a cavalry commander at all. The rank of the cavalry commander is not high, but the ability is quite demanding. Because this place in western Liaoning is different, the cavalry of the Ming army directly faced the Tartar cavalry. You don't have any good skills in your hands, and you don't know how many times you've died.

And, most crucially, in Liaoxi, only one cavalry unit of the Ming army existed. This cavalry unit is the Guanning Iron Cavalry. In other words, if this Li Zhaohui is really the cavalry commander, then his original army is the Guanning Iron Cavalry. For this army, I believe that as long as it is a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, they have basically heard its name.

Zhang Zhun asked slowly, "Do you know Wu Sangui?" ”

Li Zhaohui's expression was a little surprised, and he said with a slight surprise: "The one who offended is Wu Sangui's son Wu Xiang." ”

This time it was Zhang Zhun's turn to be a little surprised.

No wonder Li Zhaohui was sent to Dongjiang Town, it turned out that he offended Wu Sangui's Lao Tzu. After Yuan Chonghuan, the military commanders of Liaodong were constantly replaced. One is worse than the other, and one is worse than the other. Fortunately, in the Western Liaoning Military Group, there are still a group of backbones that support this shelf, and in the end, the Tartars cannot take a step beyond the thunder pool. Among these backbones, Wu Xiang, the chief soldier of Jinzhou, is undoubtedly one of them.

His son Wu Sangui is even more of a dragon and phoenix among the people, and at a very young age, he has already served in the Guanning Iron Cavalry. By the time Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui had already controlled the entire Guanning Iron Cavalry, and most of the Ming army in western Liaoning was also in his hands.

The reason why Li Zhaohui offended Wu Xiang, Zhang Zhun did not ask carefully. There is no need for this. It can't be the boss's oppression, deducting military salaries, soldiers' salaries, passive sabotage, etc. This kind of thing is too common in the army of the Ming Dynasty. If Li Zhaohui is willing to say it, it is naturally the best. If you don't want to say it, that's okay.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhun said loudly: "You are also tired, let's rest first." Now that you're here, I'm not going to treat you like a prisoner. You are allies. I'll talk about the rest tomorrow. ”

He asked Shi Liwei to arrange barracks and provide them with enough food and water. Li Zhaohui and the others were obviously hungry and a little weak. However, everyone is a strong soldier, and as long as there is food and water, they should be able to recover quickly. How they escaped from Dengzhou City, and how Ruan Dacheng rebelled, these situations will have to be told after they have eaten and drunk enough.

After Li Zhaohui thanked him, he took five subordinates and followed Shi Liwei.

The brocade-clothed guard was still kneeling on the ground, and Zhang Zhun didn't say that he wanted to give them food and water. may be due to the influence of later literature, Zhang Zhun does not have a good impression of Jinyiwei. He was ready to drive them all out of Huangxian and leave them to fend for themselves.

Zhang Shenyan suddenly said: "Yulin, take a step to speak." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and followed Zhang Shenyan to the side of the corridor.

Zhang Shenyan said in a low voice: "Yulin, what do you think of these brocade guards?" ”

Zhang Zhun said indifferently: "It's not good." However, they did not surrender to the Tartars, and they were still a bit bloody, otherwise, I would have ordered them to be killed a long time ago. ”

Zhang Shenyan said bluntly: "Have you ever thought about using them?

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Why did the Duke of Despise Mountain say this? ”

Zhang Shenyan said slowly: "Yulin, don't you want to control Dengzhou Mansion as soon as possible?" The two counties of Fushan and Wendeng in Dengzhou, as well as Ninghai Prefecture, have not yet been annexed. If you let the Jinyi Guards give an order and ask them to be under your management, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort? ”

Zhang Zhun's heart moved slightly.

That's right, these brocade guards can indeed help him quickly pacify these places. Expanding the territory is not the most critical, the most critical thing is to expand the range of activities of the Tiger Ben Navy and directly hit the soft underbelly of the Tartars. What is the weakest part of a tartar? Of course, it's the water master. If it weren't for the help of the water master, the Tartars wouldn't be able to play in Dengzhou City at all.

The biggest trouble for the Huben navy is that it can only cruise along the southern coast of Shandong at present, and cannot go north. Due to design reasons, the Cangshan ship could not sail far. The eight captured pirate ships were all equipped with ordinary Franc machine guns, which were inferior to the Wyvern in terms of power and range. Therefore, without the assistance of the Cangshan ship, the combat effectiveness of the eight pirate ships was not particularly strong.

The distance from Mawan to Dengzhou City is too far for the Cangshan ship to dispatch to such a long distance. When Xue Zhidie designed the Cangshan ship, it was used for defense, not for offense. Therefore, the range of the Cangshan ship is greatly limited. However, if a base can be provided, a base close to Dengzhou City, Cangshan Ship will be able to fully exert its combat effectiveness.

The most suitable base is Weihaiwei.

Weihaiwei is an absolute good port, and all the conditions are similar to Mawan. Some of the conditions are even better than Mawan. Later, the Beiyang Naval Division, the base was in Weihaiwei. The point is that Weihaiwei is not far from Dengzhou City. In short, in order for the Huben Navy to have direct contact with the Tartars, it was necessary to establish a naval base in Weihaiwei.

It is obviously not possible to build a naval base and rely solely on the offensive of the navy itself. It must be controlled both on land and by sea. In other words, if the Huben Navy wants to establish a base in Weihaiwei, the Army must control the entire Weihaiwei. Now, the control range of the Tiger Ben Army is still hundreds of miles away from Weihaiwei. If the Tiger Ben Army pushes one state and county after another, it will definitely take a lot of time. What's more, Zhang Zhun can't draw too many troops to push flat now.

If you use these brocade guards to convey the edict, and add the deterrent power of the Huben army and navy, you can easily bring these prefectures and counties, as well as Weihaiwei, Chengshanwei, and Jinghaiwei, into your control. If all aspects are properly coordinated, in just a few days, the Huben Army and Navy will be able to enter Weihaiwei.

As for the edict......

Zhang Zhun looked at Zhang Shenyan.

The plan was proposed by you, and the edict was naturally solved by you.

Of course, it was impossible for Zhang Shenyan to say such words as a fake edict, and said with a smile: "As long as the Jinyi Guards are there, the edict can also take effect." When the official edict comes down, it will be filled. I believe that these states and counties are waiting for the Tiger Ben Army to protect them, and no one will question them. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded with a smile and said calmly: "Then everything will be done by Lao Shangong." ”

Sure enough, it's a person who mixes officialdom! Who said that Qing officials are not treacherous? Zhang Shenyan is very treacherous. Now that there is chaos everywhere, who knows the truth or falsehood of the oracle? What's more, this team's brocade guards are genuine. With such a program, there are basically no surprises.

In addition, there is a fact that cannot be ignored. Right now, these states and counties are indeed panicked, and the crowds of fleeing people have already run towards Da Songwei. Li Yi and Yan Guizang took in a lot of people from various states and counties in the east and various health centers. The Tiger Ben army arrived at these state and county guards, under the banner of fighting the Tartars, and the locals only welcomed them.

Zhang Shenyan nodded and said, "Let the old man arrange it!" ”

Zhang Shenyan is indeed very enthusiastic about this matter. It was not to help Zhang Zhun expand his territory, but to prevent the Tartars from wreaking havoc. Now things are simple. He must ensure that Zhang Zhun and the Tiger Ben Army do not fall. Otherwise, Zhang Zhun will fall, and the Tartars will drive straight in, and with Zhu Dadian's ability, he will be vulnerable at all. It's not that Zhang Shenyan looks down on Zhu Dadian, it's that he has lost confidence in all the Ming troops. Once the Tartars swept through Shandong, the entire Ming Kingdom would be destroyed.

Zhang Zhun naturally understood this truth, but he asked knowingly: "Duke Shan is so dedicated to helping me, if the court is liquidated in the future, won't Duke Shan be affected?" ”

Zhang Shenyan suffocated slightly. He really didn't think that the imperial court would settle accounts with him in the future. However, if the imperial court really wants to hold him accountable, his suggestion just now can indeed be regarded as helping the thief, even if it is to kill the head and steal the family. His face was awe-inspiring, and he said slowly: "The big husband acts, just ask for a clear conscience. Now that the Tartars are raging, how can they be restricted by the rules? ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "In this case, I will ask the teacher to write to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to appoint the Duke of Shan as the prefect of Dengzhou Mansion." ”

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but be taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "You want me to serve as the prefect of Dengzhou Mansion?" ”

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "Why not? ”

Zhang Shenyan said categorically: "The Tao is not the same, if you want to rebel, I will never follow!" ”

Zhang Zhun still said quietly: "What is the way to despise the mountain prince? What is Mou? Is it against me, or is it against someone else? The people of Dengzhou City, who have suffered from rebellion for many years, and now they are suffering from the poisonous hands of the Tartars, have not stopped for a moment. In the past five years, the people of Dengzhou have never had a quiet day. Now, here comes the Tartars again! Could it be that the Duke of Despise Shan could not bear to watch them wander upside down, leave their hometowns, drag their families with their mouths, and flee to the mainland crying? ”

"If it had been before, Gong Shan would naturally have stood by and watched. Because there is no such opportunity for the Gang of Mountains. However, now, the Duke of Despise Mountain has such an opportunity, but he continues to sit idly by, does he want to ignore the 300,000 people in Dengzhou Mansion and only care about his own reputation? If this is the case, the younger generation really doesn't want to be the same as the predecessor's scheme. ”

Zhang Shenyan was speechless by Zhang Zhun, and his face changed drastically. Zhang Zhun's every sentence hit his heart deeply. For him, Gao Hongtu and others, the people are always in the first place. The so-called people are important, and the monarch is light. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty have always had such thoughts. Otherwise, the cabinet would not have tried to limit the emperor's power.

Yes, he really won't rebel with Zhang Zhun. His conviction made him reject the word rebellion without hesitation. However, seeing the 300,000 people in Dengzhou Mansion suffering from the poison of the Wenxiang Sect, the rebels, and the Tartars, the people are struggling to make a living, and the land is thousands of miles away, it is absolutely not something that he Zhang Shenyan can do. What is the difference between letting the people suffer and ignoring the people's suffering, and those wine bags and rice bags that mislead the country and the people?

If before, he was beyond the reach of the whip, and his heart was more than enough but his strength was insufficient, and his conscience might still be passable. However, now, Brigadier Zhang threw this opportunity in front of him, and if he refused, his conscience would be strongly condemned. He was not sorry for Zhang Zhun, but the people of Dengzhou Mansion. Even if you dream back in the middle of the night, you have to endure great suffering.

If he is an official like Wen Tiren and Wu Zongda, as long as he can be prosperous and rich, as long as he can gain power, he doesn't need to care about the life and death of the people at all, he can indeed completely ignore Zhang Zhun's statement. However, he is not. He is worried about the country and the people, he wants to do things in a real way, and he wants to really save the country and the people.

Zhang Zhun took a fancy to this point and directly threw out such a choice. For Zhang Zhun, as long as Zhang Shenyan agrees to be the prefect of Dengzhou Mansion, he will not go down again when he gets on this big boat. When a person is used to being in a breezy place, it is absolutely impossible to go back to the rancid latrine. For this, Zhang Zhun has absolute confidence.

Zhang Shenyan took a deep breath and said coldly: "Zhang Yulin, tell me, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Zhun said unabashedly: "Equal fields, free from forced labor, prosper Huaxia, and build Datong!" ”

Zhang Shenyan said coldly: "You are a rebellion!" ”

Zhang Zhun said bluntly: "That's right! I am indeed going to rebel! ”

Zhang Shenyan's face turned pale, and he stared at Zhang Zhun without saying a word.

By this time, the two were finally going to go head-to-head.

Zhang Zhun took two steps and said word by word: "In this world, no one is born to rebel. If the court could keep us alive, I wouldn't have rebelled. As long as there is a bowl of rice to eat, no one wants to rise up and rebel. However, I didn't. Before I rebelled, I didn't even eat a bowl of full rice! ”

"Gong Shan, have you ever thought about why the rebellious people in Shaanxi have killed a batch of people, and they can't finish killing them no matter what? Why is it that every time the rebel army is attacked, there are only a few hundred or even dozens of people left, but when it arrives in another place, it can quickly gather thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands? Do you think that those people who conform to the crowd are fools? No! It's because everyone can't survive anymore! I had to rise up and rebel! ”

"I rebelled in Aoshanwei, and there were many military households who followed me! Aren't they afraid of death? No! They are also human beings, and they are also afraid of death! Do not the common people take their own lives for their lives? Of course not! Everyone cherishes their lives! Everyone knows that rebellion is to raid the family and exterminate the clan! However, knowing that they had raided their homes and exterminated their clans, they still joined the army of rebellion! Why? The reason is very simple, if you don't rebel, you must die, and there is still a way to live if you rebel! ”

"Who pushed them to such an extent? Is it a tartar? Of course not! The Tartars don't have that yet! Not a Tartar, then who? It's the imperial court! It is all the officials of the imperial court, large and small! It is a powerful landlord in various places! The imperial court continued to increase the amount of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, one moment of liao salary, one moment of salary, one moment of training, and all the harvest of the common people's land was taken away! The grain produced in the land of the common people is simply not enough to pay taxes! Even, even selling children and daughters is not enough! ”

"Have you thought about what the reason is? In your opinion, the amount of the three salaries is very small, and it will not affect the lives of the people. However, do you really know how much land the common people have in their own fields? Now all the fields in the world are concentrated in the hands of powerful landlords, and they do not need to pay taxes! The only people who have to pay taxes are those who have no support! More than ninety and five percent of the fields do not need to pay taxes, and only less than five points of the fields bear all the taxes in the country, this is the status quo! The rich are rich and the poor are only bones! That's the status quo! Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, this is the status quo! ”

"Duke of Shan, let me ask you, as a court, the people of the whole world can't eat, can't wear warm, and can't live at all, what is this court going to do? Why do we have to keep a bunch of wine bags and rice bags! Why should we keep a group of officials who only know how to oppress the people! Why should we have an army of insiders in civil wars and outsiders in foreign wars! Why do we ordinary people want a group of people to ride on the heads of the common people to make a fortune? ”

"Gong Shan, you are a good official. But look at what kind of officials are around you. What is the Imperial Court? The imperial court was formed by officials large and small. The image of an official is the image of the imperial court. If you look at the current officials, what kind of image are they? Why can't an official like you occupy a high position, because this court has been ruined! The current imperial court only knows about looting and deprivation, only knows about drunken life and dreams, only knows that it is drunk and drunk, and has never thought about the life and death of the people! In that case, what do we want such a court to do? ”

"I didn't say that I must be the emperor if I rebel! As the old saying goes, Qin loses its deer, and the world chases it, and only those who are high-quality and quick enough to get it first. If anyone does a better job than me, I can step down and make way for me! But, is there one? No! I dare to say that no one is doing better than me at this stage! There is no place where ordinary people can get more benefits than the people of Laizhou Prefecture! There is no place where the people can live happier than the people of Laizhou Prefecture! Safe! With dignity! ”