Chapter 847: Fujian II

The Yongjun soldiers are coming to the city.

There was a panic in the city of Fuzhou.

However, it was impossible for the prefect of Fuzhou, and even the governor of Fujian, to surrender.

It's not because they don't think about Yongguo to win, but because the beam between them and Yongguo is relatively deep and they don't dare to surrender easily.

Since Jiajing ascended the throne, a major purge has been carried out on the Fujian side, and all officials who are pro-Yongwang have been purged. All the officials who came to power regarded it as political correctness to crack down on people and things related to King Yong.

Mu Youwei because there is Mu Wangfu behind him. Therefore, he was assigned to idle duties, and the eunuchs guarding the town were inevitably cut with a knife, and even Mu Youwei's cronies, Huang Shilong, were forced to go out to Dongyong. let Zhu Houhuang get a general of the water division.

They have been cutting off the suppressed Dongyong's latent forces in Fujian.

However, no amount of pressure can resist the temptation of profit.

Dongyong's infiltration in Fujian was from the bottom up, with ordinary people, all kinds of businessmen who were in contact with Dongyong, and the backstage of these businessmen, and then infiltrating into the government.

The power of the Ming magistrates is actually not very large, and they quickly have a sense of powerlessness.

Since the second year of Jiajing, the momentum of these officials' suppression of Dongyong has gradually slowed down. The county government offices in various localities have adopted a policy of turning a blind eye.

Pretend not to see. Therefore, even if the sea ban is very strict, in Fujian, the cost of trade has increased a lot, but it can still ensure the smooth flow of some goods.

However, as the capital of Fujian Province, the place where the political envoy yamen is located. Whether it's because of the Shilin Festival, or because of the old grudges before. None of them dared to surrender.

Zhu Houhuang sent a letter of persuasion to surrender to Fuzhou, but it was only beaten back, and there was a letter behind it angrily scolding the ambition of King Yong's wolf, which was obviously the governor of Fujian who was out of bounds.

"Want to learn Tie Hyun? Do you want to see how you look? As soon as Zhu Houhuang gave the order, he began to attack the city.

In fact, Zhu Houhuang never thought of smoothly persuading Fuzhou City from the beginning, after all, when the Ming Dynasty had not yet reached the end of the road, it was absolutely impossible for a provincial city to be bloodless. However, Zhu Houhuang also has too many arrangements in Fuzhou, and it is not difficult to conquer Fuzhou.

It's not even Zhu Houhuang's deliberate arrangement, because Dongyong's team is from Fuzhou, from Fuzhou Sanwei, although for them, they are far away from Fuzhou, but this era attaches the most importance to nostalgia, so for them, even if they leave Fuzhou for a few years, then it is decades, in essence, they are still Fuzhou people. As for the local officials, all of them are outsiders, and at this moment of crisis, there are not many locals who want to be martyred for the Ming Dynasty.

After Wang Xun finished writing the letter to King Yong, as if he had used up all his strength, he sighed and sat down on the official hat chair. I don't have any strength at all.

He felt that everyone looked into his eyes with an inexplicable sense of wonder. It's not like looking at Shangguan's eyes, but like looking at a magical plaything.

Makes him feel very bad.

Wang Xun was a jinshi during the Zhengde period, but he has not been taken seriously, he was an official outside, and after Jiajing ascended the throne, he hugged Jiajing's thighs, which only got the position of governor of Fujian.

Of course, he understood what his primary political task was in Fujian. It is neither to protect the territory and the people, nor to ask for the people's lives, but to restrict the development of Yongguo.

But six years have passed, when Wang Xun reported to Jiajing, what he said was full of flowers, but he knew that his control over Fujian was getting out of control little by little.

However, he felt that he could still control Fuzhou City.

He beat his spirit, dispelled all other thoughts in his brain, and said, "Come, I want to patrol the city." ”

He wore a big red official robe, pulled up all the officials in the palace, let the Fujian political envoys, the study of politics and soldiers, the Fuzhou prefect, and the two prefects of the county, all of them with him, and also pulled up all the dependents, looking violent.

In the city of Fuzhou, the originally bustling crowd was all gone in an instant, and the streets were empty, as if it was an empty city. However, there are too many eyes secretly watching from the windows on both sides of the street.

Wang Xun went to the city first.

However, after not taking two steps, his face was extremely ugly, because the city wall was almost empty. No one is full.

Thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Many cities in the Ming Dynasty were built in the Taizu era.

Fuzhou City is no exception, although it has been a long time and there are many places that are damaged, but where the overall scale is placed, there is no problem at all.

But no matter how strong a city is, it needs to be defended by people, and a single city wall can't stop anyone.

Wang Xun said: "What's going on? Are you ready to defend the city? ”

"My lord, there is no one in Fuzhou Sanwei." The Fuzhou commander said.

His name is Lu Sheng, and he is also from the Wei Institute. Now he is the commander of Fuzhou, and there is also a record of exterminating thieves in the local area. It can be regarded as a great general.

But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

To what extent is the Southeast Guard Office corrupted, can a good general make a difference? Lu Sheng can only ensure that the more than 1,000 people under his command are first-class elites, and they can't do anything but that.

Even if he guaranteed the combat power of more than a thousand families, Wang Xun still helped a lot, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to do this.

"Lu Sheng, why is there no three guards in Fuzhou?" Wang Xun shouted. When he found out that there were no soldiers at hand, he was going crazy.

"My lord, since the arrival of the lower officials, I have reported to my lord that the three guards of Fuzhou were all assigned to Dongyong because of the rebellion, and there was a shortage, but the lord has never dealt with it." Lu Sheng couldn't care about being tactful at the moment, and said directly.

In Wang Xun's brain, something seemed to come out.

There's one thing.

You must know that all the guards have land.

And all the three guards of Fuzhou were exiled, but the land was not exiled, these lands were written in the Yellow Book of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, they had been occupied.

There is no land, no silver, nothing, how can we rebuild the guards? It's simply impossible.

Therefore, Wang Xun gave up. It's not a rush anyway. Once you put it down, forget about it.

Wang Xun couldn't care about Lu Sheng's rudeness, and said, "Lord Lu, what should I do now?" ”

The Yongjun came too fast, and it was lightning fast.

In the first battle of Dongyong, the Ming army was defeated, and the news spread, and even Dongyong issued a message. But Dongyong has not moved, even if there is a little movement, it is on the coastal islands, as well as in the direction of Guangxi.

Lu Sheng also gave an order to counterattack the guards. Of course, he knew that his orders could only exist in official documents, just as many guards in the Ming Dynasty only existed in official documents.

But for the sake of Fuzhou's safety, he still made some arrangements, such as ordering Changle to be on guard and recruiting troops from everywhere. It's just that he never expected that Dongyong would come as soon as he said it, and it was so fast, so fast that before he could react, the other party had already sent troops to the city.

At this time, Lu Sheng was only entangled with thousands of soldiers and horses.

But for a big city like Fuzhou, what use can thousands of soldiers and horses be, and even a circle around the city wall may not be possible.

This is the situation that Wang Xun saw.

Lu Sheng said: "My lord, I can't care about anything else at this moment, please ask my lord to order the lower officials to recruit troops in the city." ”

"Okay." Wang Xun said: "I will let Min County and Houguan County contribute, and all the men in the city will be recruited as soldiers." How long can you keep it like this? ”

Lu Sheng wanted to say that there was no need to recruit all of them, and the more strong men the better. It's just that in this situation, Lu Sheng can't refuse the extra troops, whether it's useful or not, he will recruit it first.

Lu Sheng said: "With the order of an adult, the lower officials can only guarantee to guard it for a month. No matter how long the food in the city is, there will not be enough. ”

Fuzhou City is on the north bank of the Min River, and there is no shortage of groundwater in the city, so there is no problem with the water source for a while, but food is a problem.

Fujian is not a grain-producing area, and the local grain in Fujian is simply not enough for the local people in Fujian to eat, so the transfer of grain from other places is very important to Fujian.

Even when Dongyong was doing business with Fuzhou, he also imported some overseas grain. This means that Fujian's grain problem is even less optimistic as far as Fuzhou is concerned.