Wan Qian refers to whether the peak can bear the reconstruction of the fifty-sixth section

On December 13 of the first year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong sent a letter to Huang Taiji again to ask for peace, and the letter arrived in Liaoyang in the first month of the second year of Chongzhen.

Dongjiang sent a letter again, this time they explained that Ma Xiucai was discovered by several enemies when he landed on Dongjiang Island, and then these enemies went to complain to Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong thought that he had no intention of helping them take revenge, and whipped them. So these people were angry and went to report to Huang Zhongse, an official of the Ming State Household Department, and Huang Zhongse arrested Ma Xiucai, well......"

Huang Taiji paused when he said this, he took a closer look at the context, and continued to read to a few brothers: "That's what I said before, that's right, and then Mao Wenlong snatched people back from the Ming State Household Department, but the matter was also exposed, so I had to hand over Koke to Huang Zhongse and take him away." ”

"Tsk!" Amin who was listening couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and as soon as Huang Taiji's voice fell, he slowly analyzed the scene at that time: "Wenlong is really careless, Huang Zhongse of the Ming State Household Department went to the island on April 4, Wenlong knew that this was a secret negotiation, and he still had to take Koke from Tieshan to Dongjiang Island...... Well, Wen Long's brain seems to be very stupid, several of Ma Xiucai's enemies went to him to complain, but he just whipped and expelled him, and he didn't expect that these people would go to Huang Zhongse to complain, and he didn't notify Koko them. ”

"Yes, the letter says that's it. ”

Amin laughed a few times and exclaimed more: "Wenlong knows that the matter of negotiating peace and betraying Ming with us cannot be leaked, and Ma Xiucai, who is in charge of translation, may leak the news. So he sent an army to snatch Ma Xiucai back from the Ming State Household Department, and then immediately killed people. But Wen Long must have thought about it again, it was too easy to arouse the suspicion of others, so he arrested Koke, who knew all the inside information, and handed it over to Huang Zhongse to prove his innocence to Ming Guo. Wenlong is so stupid, why didn't I see it before?"

Huang Taiji nodded and said: "Not only that, Mao Wenlong said that he bribed the Ming courtiers with 40,000 taels of silver to save Koke's life." He didn't seem to be worried at all that Jin Yiwei would be able to ask for something from Koke's mouth, and he wasn't even more worried that Huang Zhongse would betray him. I don't explain why he waited until the household department arrested people and then robbed and gave them away...... The relationship between Huang Zhongse and Mao Wenlong must be very good, as good as his own brothers, but Huang Zhongse would arrest Brother Mao's people without authorization, and Mao Wenlong just scolded his brother Huang Zhongse to Ming Ting for having too much conscience, and only ordered 36,000 soldiers on Phi Dao. ”

"And Wen Long's eyes are still very poisonous, that Huang Zhongse really didn't betray him, and the Ming Court also rewarded him for Wen Long tying up Koke. Amin snorted a few more haha. Then he asked Huang Taiji with a smile: "Then what are we waiting for? Why don't we parade the envoy of Wenlongdi through the streets, and then cut it with a thousand knives?"

"Because Mao Wenlong said again this time that he was going to attack the Ming Kingdom with us, he claimed in the letter that it would be easy for the Dongjiang Army to fight Shandong and Nanjing, and then he would attack Shanhaiguan with us in the north and south. ”

Amin sneered: "Isn't this nonsense? If you want me to say that I should send someone to paste this letter on the Daming Gate in Beijing, maybe it will be more useful!"

"Of course it's nonsense, but even if we give this letter to the Ming court, it's useless, I guess Mao Wenlong has already reported this letter to the Ming Kingdom, so no one can say that he plotted rebellion or collaborated with the enemy. Huang Taiji guessed not wrong at all. Mao Wenlong had indeed informed the Ming court of these letters early in the morning, and explained to the court that this was a means to paralyze Houjin, and Huangshi had also seen Mao Wenlong's reports in the Dongjiang Tang Newspaper and the Guoyu in his previous life.

And when the Shuangdao Incident happened, Yuan Chonghuan also felt that it was impossible to say that Mao Wenlong collaborated with the enemy, because no one who collaborated with the enemy would report the communication with the enemy to the imperial court in time; Yuan Chonghuan also seemed to think that it was too shameless to say that Mao Wenlong was plotting rebellion, because a traitor in his right mind would certainly not inform the imperial court of the rebellion plan.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan's accusation to Mao Wenlongan was that he used improper words in his letter to Houjin. Moreover, it is even more disturbing to listen to this kind of letter honestly, "Erzhu has a herding Ma Dengzhou to take Nanjing as a backhand, a big rebellion, no one has a subject, and three should be beheaded." Yuan Chonghuan thinks that this crime is very reasonable, and it will definitely be approved by the Ming court, the so-called "reasonable people go all over the world, and it is difficult to move an inch without reason", so Yuan Chonghuan thinks that there is no need to send Mao Wenlong to the imperial prison to go through the legal process, and after reading the charge, he immediately beheaded Mao Wenlong first and then played.

Amin thought about it and felt that Huang Taiji had a point. Mao Wenlong is in the land of right and wrong. There is absolutely no courage to conceal it and not report it, otherwise it will definitely be killed by the imperial history. He asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Mao Wenlong's nonsense is mostly to deceive us into another envoy to kidnap him, I still put his envoy back this time, let him bring the letter back to tell Mao Wenlong that we agreed to continue the peace talks, Mao Wenlong will be overjoyed and wait for us to send the envoy, we will take advantage of his paralysis to wave the army to cover up and kill, sneak attack the Dongjiang Army Tieshan camp. I heard that Mao Wenlong recently wanted to counterattack Liaodong, and he had stockpiled a lot of grain and grass there. ”

"Well, that's a good idea, so be it. "Dai Shan, who has not spoken, finally expressed his opinion, and today Huang Taiji summoned everyone to discuss things, it seems that this is for this.

Mang Gurtai, as always, did not express an opinion. After Huang Taiji arranged the military issues properly, he raised his voice and said: "There is another matter, it is about Liaoxi, Yuan Chonghuan, the new governor of Jiliao in the Ming Kingdom, has arrived in Ningyuan. ”

Mang Gurtai rolled his eyelids and said disdainfully: "Isn't that the rat generation? The former governor of Liaodong heard that he came to power again by bragging this time. ”

"Yes, Yuan Chonghuan promised the new monarch of the Ming Kingdom that he could 'level Liao in five years', so he got the command of three towns and one guard in one go. ”

"Ha!" Mang Gurtai let out a loud laugh, his face was full of disdain, he raised his left fist in front of him, and pointed his little thumb straight at the roof: "Five years of Pingliao! Why? Just don't move Yuan Chonghuan's mouth? If he dares to come to me, he will pinch him to death with one little thumb!"

Amin shook his head again and again when he heard this, and sighed with sympathy on his face: "Immovable as a mountain Yuan Chonghuan." Alas, you guys are so bad, I can't even listen to it. Sooner or later, people who have no self-knowledge will reap the consequences of their own actions, and not only will you not be sympathetic, but you will also harm others. ”

Yuan Chonghuan still seems to be a little self-aware, he has not done anything in the past few months in office, he is just bent on asking for things from the new monarch of the Ming Kingdom, obviously trying to find an excuse to solve the big words he promised. However, the new monarch of the Ming Kingdom seems to have special confidence in Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan wants power to give power and money to money. I heard that Yuan Chonghuan had already asked for more than six million taels of silver. Such an absurd request not only agreed to him, but also agreed that the silver grain would not be subject to nuclear and there would be no supervisors. It was arbitrarily acted by Yuan Chonghuan. ”

Amin suddenly realized: "Oh, it turns out that I thought that there was only Yuan Chonghuan one two hundred and five, it turns out that the new monarch of the Ming Kingdom is also an idiot, and they are really a monarch and a minister." Well, six million silver a year is not subject to the core, and the civil ministers and generals of the Ming Kingdom are not red-eyed on the ground, and Yuan Chonghuan doesn't want to live if he doesn't give everyone the silver. Alas, it is to pity the soldiers of Liao Town of the Ming Kingdom. ”

Dai Shan also nodded, and said with a serious expression: "I heard that the new monarch of the Ming Kingdom is still a child, and he doesn't know how to look at a person, the key is not to see what he says, but to see what he does." ”

Huang Taiji saw that Mang Gurtai had no meaning to speak, so he continued: "Yuan Chonghuan ripped off a big lie in military affairs, and not only did he not honestly remedy it afterwards. On the contrary, relying on more lies to cover up, the new monarch of the Ming Kingdom even imposed a large amount of agricultural taxes in order to meet his absurd demands. Once this matter is stabbed, he will not have good fruit to eat, so Yuan Chonghuan has no way out, and our opportunity has come. ”

"What chance? Relying on peace talks to win over the Mongols?"

"Yes. That's the bare minimum, but we might be able to do better, like asking him to help us get rid of Mao Wenlong, the toad. ”

After Huang Taiji finished speaking, there was a silence in the meeting hall of the four Baylors, and Mang Gurtai wanted to open his mouth to speak several times, but he swallowed it himself. Amin still had a cynical smile on his face, but the smile on his lips was a little stiff. In the end, Dai Shan spoke: "It's difficult, he can't do it for five years, and you still want him to deal with Mao Wenlong for us, how is this possible? It's like a person who is already at a disadvantage in a fight, how can he cut off his arm?"

"Yuan Chonghuan is a stubborn person. And I've always done a great job. Now he knew that he had no chance of leveling Liao by force. So as long as we say that peace is possible, it is to give Yuan Chonghuan the only chance. I guess he'll hold on to this life-saving straw and not let go. Huang Taiji smiled slightly, with a confident expression on his face:

"After the two battles of Ning Yuan and Ning Jin, I have already seen Yuan Chonghuan very clearly. We just need to let out the rumors that we have long had the intention of negotiating peace, but we are just worried that we will be retaliated against by Dongjiang Town after withdrawing from the border wall; It can also be said that we have a deep enmity with Mao Wenlong, so with Mao Wenlong, we don't dare to negotiate peace with confidence, so Yuan Chonghuan is likely to get rid of Mao Wenlong for us. ”

Amin clapped his hands and laughed, "Haha, you think well, but I have a better one." You go and tell Yuan Chonghuan that we want to negotiate peace, but the Ming court refuses, so he had better let us enter the customs once and go straight to the city of Beijing, so that the peace can be successfully negotiated, haha, isn't this better than cleaning up a Mao Wenlong?"

Huang Taiji didn't seem to hear the irony in Amin's words, and he said in a light tone: "It's not impossible. ”

Amin put away his smile, looked Huang Taiji up and down, snorted coldly and stopped talking.

"So, do you agree with me sending someone to Ningyuan to test it? We have to see if Yuan Chonghuan is in a hurry to negotiate peace. ”

On the thirteenth day of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, which was also the same day in the original history, Huang Taiji sent someone to write to Ning Yuan and began the second peace with Yuan Chonghuan. The conditions put forward by Huang Taiji are: Ming Guo will give a one-time gold of 300,000 taels and 3 million taels of silver for the negotiation of peace, in addition to this, he will also give 100,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver every year. In exchange, Houjin could withdraw from the border wall and return Liaodong. Huang Taiji claimed that this peace condition was already cheap and asked Yuan Chonghuan what he thought about it.

The letter received an immediate and enthusiastic response from Yuan Chonghuan, who, in addition to the envoys he had sent, also made Lama Li, who had always maneuvered between the Mongol tribes, an intermediary to prove his sincerity in negotiating peace. In the reply letter, Yuan Chonghuan put forward only one different opinion: "Beg to reduce the New Year's coins slightly." ”

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February 10, Dongjiang Island

"Haha. Mao Wenlong laughed out loud when he saw Huang Taiji's reply, and his palms kept patting on his knees.

Kong Youde, who was on the side, saw Mao Wenlong smiling happily, and couldn't help but ask, "Father-in-law, is Jiannu going to send a messenger again?"

"No, are you really a fool to be a slave?" Mao Wenlong slightly restrained his smile, this was originally a strategy he had come up with with a painstaking meditation. Therefore, he proudly explained to Kong Youde: "Jiannu must have thought that I was trying to deceive his messenger again, but this time I was just trying to paralyze him. Now he has made peace with me. There must be some relaxation of our precautions, so let's go and attack Uiju. ”

On 15 February, Mao Wenlong led his troops to attack the Houjin army stationed near Yiju in Korea, which mainly belonged to the right wing of the Later Jin Mongols, and the Jin army was defeated after the battle, and the Ming army was beheaded 450 corpses.

In the past history, the beheading of 450 bodies this time alone was equivalent to the total number of heads of the Liaoxi Army in the two battles of Ningyuan and Ningjin. That is, in the past eight years, the Ming court spent more than 20 million taels of silver to raise all the results of the Guanning military land. Although in this time and space because of the existence of Huangshi, the face of the Liaoxi Army looks better, but the Dongjiang Army is still quite successful in this battle, and after the four hundred and fifty heads were sent to Denglai Town for inspection, the civilian officials admitted that these heads "are true." ”

However, after returning to Dongjiang Island, Mao Wenlong was about to drink to celebrate, but he heard that the Houjin army used the envoy as a cover to attack the Dongjiang Army's Tieshan camp on 14 February, killing more than 200 soldiers of the Dongjiang Army and capturing hundreds of civilians in Dongjiang Town. and set fire to the Mao Wenlong Metro Hill warehouse.

After hearing that the rations of thousands of people were destroyed, Mao Wenlong forgot what he had just done in a fit of rage, and immediately sent an envoy to Liaoyang to see Huang Taiji. Do you know that you are full of treacherous schemes, and while you make peace with me, you come and steal my people? It seems to be reversed repeatedly. Where is the conscience?

After Huang Taiji received this letter on March 1, he wrote back to remind Mao Wenlong that he was also doing the same thing. When he received the reply, Mao Wenlong's anger had already passed, so the tone in his reply letter was a little looser, but Mao Wenlong thought that Huang Taiji's hands were not clean, "Of course I am at fault, but there are many faults over there...... Repeated deception, capriciousness, there is no such deceitful person as the sage. ”

In the end, Mao Wenlong generously said that he was not guilty of the past, if Huang Taiji was willing. He still hopes to continue the peace talks. However, Huang Taiji refused to continue to negotiate peace, and the second peace negotiation between Dongjiang Town and Houjin finally broke down.

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March 15 of the second year of Chongzhen. Xiaura,

After five months of reorganization, the naval division of Funing Town was finally formed again, and the first 24-pound cannon was manufactured by the Military Industry Department of Funing Town in the first lunar month. At the end of the same month, the first eighteen-gun battleship was completed. After repeated modifications, the eighteen-gun battleship was equipped with two 24-pounder guns, eight eighteen-pounder guns, and eight twelve-pounder guns, and the battleship was completed and launched.

The battleship weighed five hundred and fifty tons, and each had four eighteen-pounder guns and four twelve-pounder guns, and two twenty-four-pounder guns were deployed on the center line, so that the entire battleship would require ten gun crews to operate eight guntains and two medium-gun positions. Each gun crew was still six men with four porters. According to the specific tests in Funing Town, it is impossible to increase the speed of the naval artillery crew after it reaches six, and four porters can ensure that there are enough manpower to replace the gun position.

There were 220 sailors on this ship, and with the exception of 100 soldiers from 10 gun groups, the rest of the ground soldiers were mainly trained in sail handling and broadside combat, and all the soldiers were equipped with muskets and long knives, and each was given a set of cuirasses.

Compared to the original design, the ship's gun emplacements were significantly reduced, from thirty to sixteen guns, mainly to increase the speed of the ship, but also to speed up the manufacture of ships and reduce the cost of production. The weight of the thirty-two gunboats is probably more than 800 tons, and it is still a bit worthless to build such a large ship Huangshi as a one-time battleship.

By March, Funing Town had completed 12 one-time warships and produced a number of disposable small gunboats for auxiliary use, in addition to this, Huangshi had purchased 20 small sea-going ships from Zhejiang to prepare for landing.

The large wood purchased at the beginning of the seventh year of the Apocalypse has been air-dried for more than two years, according to the shipwright's calculations. By the end of this year, a few roots should be used to produce ships at the earliest, but Huang Shi would rather wait a little longer, he felt that he had already waited two years anyway, so it was not impossible to endure another year.

"This is a new weapon of our Funing Town Military Industry Division. ”

After Huang Shi finished speaking, he motioned to Bao Bowen to hand the things to Yu Zhigao. The old general took the weapon with a smile and said with a smile: "Guerrilla Bao is really capable, and we always have new weapons in Funing Town. ”

Yu Zhigao raised the fire gun presented by Bao Bowen and looked back and forth for a while. Strangely asked, "Where is the fire rope of this firebolt?"

"It's a flintlock rifle, no arquebus. ”

After a long period of modification. The Department of Military Industry finally completed the flintlock rifle, a weapon that did not require an arquebus, so it had a higher rate of fire on the battlefield, especially in naval battles. Because flintlock pistols don't use open flames, they can be reloaded faster and more efficiently. Yu Zhigao loaded the ammunition, opened the buckle plate according to the instructions of Huangshidi, and then fired a shot in a place where no one was around.

"Very easy to use. Looks stronger than the arquebus that requires a stand. Yu Zhigao made his own judgment.

"What General Yu said is that I see it the same way. The Department of Military Industry has already produced fifty rifles, and wants to ask General Yu to bring them to the battlefield to see how effective they are. ”

"Good. ”

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The area around Xiapu and Ningde is the training base of the sailors in Funing Town, and it is also the area with the strongest strength of officers and soldiers. With the rebuilding of the water division in Funing Town, a small group of Haikou was soon driven out of this area by officers and soldiers.

On March 16, the water division of Funing Town was dispatched again. All the remaining warships from the last naval battle have been scrapped. This time, Funing Town dispatched 12 newly built large ships, more than 80 small ships of various types, and 20 sea-going ships, with a total of more than 12,000 officers and men. After sending troops, the officers and troops soon entered the waters near the left of Fuzhou Prefecture, carried out a series of sweeping operations against the Haikou outposts around the Mazu Islands, and after a short rest at the Meihua Station, they went straight to Pinghaiwei in Xinghua Prefecture.

After arriving in Quanzhou on 25 March, Huangshi disembarked and went straight to Quanzhou by land. Yu Zhigao led the Grand Fleet to continue south to Yongningwei, preparing to attack Kinmen and Zhongzuo (Xiamen).

Since Zheng Jun was entrenched in the center and left, Zhangzhou's maritime trade was cut off, and the entire region from Haicheng to Tong'an had to enter a state of forbidden sea, putting huge economic pressure on the Funing army. Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng were both eager to recapture the Zhongzuo Institute, in addition to military significance, but also to unload this big burden as soon as possible.

According to the investigation of the Military Intelligence Department of Funing Town, the materials and manpower of the Haikou in the center and left have recently shown a slow downward trend, and Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi are not only unable to recruit new soldiers, but also seem to have no interest and ability to recruit new soldiers. Recent times. Both Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi dismissed some of the recruits. The staff of Funing Town believed that they were in the purpose of saving materials.

At the same time, the escape of the Haikou minions is becoming more and more frequent. Most people went to Haikou just to eat, but since Huangshi returned to Fujian. The good old days are gone forever, and the strength of officers and men in southern Fujian is increasing every day. From the beginning of the first year of Chongzhen, Huangshi ordered the ban on the sea to the present, and now a year and two months have passed, and the Haikou has gradually fallen into a regular war and a war of attrition with no end in sight. After the ban on the sea, the merchant ships in this sea area have also become extinct, and the pirates are not able to grab the merchant ships, and they have repeatedly been defeated by the officers and soldiers on land, and the supplies, resources and intelligence obtained are becoming more and more scarce, which greatly affects the morale of the pirates.

At the end of February and the beginning of March this year, Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi sent envoys to Quanzhou twice on behalf of a large number of pirates in the Minhai Sea, and when they came the first time, they had already put away their arrogance after the victory in the naval battle last year.

After hearing this, Zhu Yifeng replied coldly, if they really thought about the lives of tens of thousands of brothers, they should immediately surrender unconditionally and let the government dispose of it. After finishing speaking, Zhu Yifeng once again ordered his subordinates to beat the pirate envoys out of the sticks, and at the same time sent their requests to the palace newspaper along with the court's refusal. Although he knew that he would be embarrassed, he still sent the messenger again as quickly as he could. This time they expressed their willingness to make concessions on the issue of maritime trade, as long as "the imperial court can give their brothers a bite to eat."

At the beginning of March, Zhu Yifeng already knew that the reconstruction work of the water division was about to be completed, which meant that he was finally going to get out of the difficult days. Then Zhu Yifeng told the envoy with a pleasant face: Fighting against the imperial court is a dead end!

Zhu Yifeng announced that there was no such thing as "appreciating food", the land of Fujian is the land of the emperor, and the sea of Fujian is also the sea of the emperor. The government only accepts unconditional surrender. The envoy of the pirates had been mentally prepared to be beaten before he came, and this time the people who came to see Governor Zhu seemed to have a good attitude. hurriedly explained, saying that they were willing to return to the emperor's rule, and if Zhu Yifeng had any requests, although they could mention it, they would consider it carefully.

Unexpectedly, these words made Zhu Yifeng furious: "Who bargained with you? Are you a thief a thief in the yamen a vegetable market at your doorstep?" Then he ordered the official to beat the pirate messenger out with a stick, and then sent the conversation between the two sides to the newspaper again.

This time, when he heard that the official army had once again launched a large-scale crusade against the Central Left, the Haikou plucked up the courage to come to meet him again. Zheng Yiguan and others also knew something about the predicament of the government, and everyone knew that this kind of rapid establishment of a sailor must have cost a lot. However, if the officers and men cannot regain the control of the sea for a day, Fujian will have no revenue from sea trade for a day, so they still hope to make the government feel that the gains and losses of destroying themselves outweigh the losses, so that they can win bargaining chips.

On April 1, Quanzhou, this time when Yu Zhigao entered Quanzhou, it was really empty, and in these three days, the official army fought three fierce battles with Haikou in a row between Fuquansu and Yongningwei, and the first two were inseparable. And the third is a small victory for the officers and soldiers.

During this training, Yu Zhigao was much more cautious than last time, and the captain has matured a lot after the last experience. For five months, Yu Zhigao had been eating and drinking with the officers and men, and he had the idea of lying on his salary and tasting the shame of his courage. In addition to the factors of Yu Zhigao and the officers, the soldiers in the Funing Army Naval Division are generally much more mature this time, and more officers and soldiers of the former Penghu Naval Division have returned to serve. Besides, there was no shortage of sailors in Fujian, and the main reason for the last battle was that the recruits were too inexperienced. There is also no tacit understanding between officers at all levels.

Now, as soon as the mental state of the officers and men improves, Haikou will immediately feel very struggling. After all, the officers and men had an overwhelming superiority in equipment, and their nearly 100 ground warships were equipped with more than 600 cannons, so the first artillery battles of these three naval battles were all pressed and beaten. But on the first two occasions when the pirates sent out the arsonists, the officers and men carefully retreated to avoid their edges, and then repelled them with numerous artillery pieces. As a result, although Haikou is not inferior in momentum, he actually suffers a lot of dark losses.

After the third naval battle began, Yu Zhigao felt that the Haikou seemed to have exhausted their skills, so he did not retreat again, and as a result, the arson fleet was defeated by the officers and soldiers who were becoming more and more accustomed to the war. Because of the exuberant firepower of the officers and soldiers. The pirates' broadside battles were also less successful. It is easy to be broken up in formation, and in the final contact battle. The firearms, which were almost one of the officers and men, also caused astonishing casualties to the pirates.

In the end, because it was getting late, the two sides withdrew from the battlefield without distinguishing the winner. However, in this battle, the officers and men only lost a few small ships, but instead sank more than 20 large and small ships of the Haikou. According to Yu Zhigao's estimates, the losses of the Haikou were around 2,000 people. The artillery advantage of the officers and men was too great, especially when firing at close range, and every time the cannon salvo was fired, the pirate ship was full of flesh and blood.

This time, the Funing army suffered only more than 300 casualties, which was really nothing to more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, but the gunpowder was almost consumed, so they drove back to Quanzhou to replenish.

Huang Shi asked briefly, it sounded like Yu Zhigao did shoot hard enough, but there was no way, after all, it was a newly trained ground water division, and Yu Zhigao still didn't dare to engage in a broadside battle, for fear that the troops would collapse. Huang Shi felt that his disposal was very right, and as long as the money was spent properly, it could not be called a waste: "There is nothing about the large consumption of gunpowder, we are officers and soldiers, what we have is gunpowder, and relatively speaking, soldiers are more valuable." We've been on the battlefield before, and there are too few soldiers. ”

"Yes, yes, this official immediately asked someone to transfer gunpowder. After Zhu Yifeng heard the battle process, he immediately smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth.

"Lord Zhu, Dashuai, if the thieves dare to engage the officers and soldiers in the Zhongzuo Institute this time, the old man will definitely be able to wipe them out! If they escape, the old man will chase them to Tongshan. We will kill them all. "Not only Yu Zhigao, but also Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng are also very confident in capturing Xiamen. The three of them were about to feast and drink happily, and of course they did not forget to order the slaughter of pigs and chickens to reward the officers and soldiers of the Funing Town Water Division.

After drinking, Zhu Yifeng happily went home, and when he got home, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a while, so he went to the courtyard to admire the moon. After drinking two pots of tea, Zhu Yifeng walked back to the study step by step and dictated an article. It is ready to be published in tomorrow's Quanzhou Di newspaper.

After finishing the article, Zhu Yifeng played two more games of chess with his son. Then he went back to the house to sleep with a smile on his face. This sleep was the most soundly sleep Zhu Yifeng had in a year, and even the wind outside the house could not disturb him. In the early morning of the next day, after Zhu Yifeng woke up from his sleep, he first sat up nervously, grabbed the clothes beside the bed and sniffed it, and after smelling the wine that was still on it, Governor Zhu sighed comfortably, and fell heavily on the pillow and lay down. Had a sweet night's sleep.

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On the night of April 1 in the second year of Chongzhen, Haikou attacked Quanzhou Port at night, and almost all the officers and soldiers went ashore to drink. By the time Yu Zhigao and Huang Shi struggled to run to the port, half of the Funing Town Sailors had turned into ashes.

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Navy Division were blown away by the wind together with their commanders and generals, and Yu Zhigao looked at the boiling sea in a daze, unable to say a word.

After repelling the pirates a few days ago, Yu Zhigao's old problem of arrogance and carelessness flared up again, and he had never looked down on pirates in his heart. After a simple search and finding that there were no pirate tracks, the Funing Army did not raise the level of vigilance to the highest level. In the end, it was Huang Shi who reacted first, and he said to Yu Zhigao with a forced smile: "Old General Yu, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and there is no way to do it." ”

"The last will deserve death for sins, and ten thousand deaths for sins. ”

"It doesn't have to be said. The pirates came at night, it's really remarkable, let's retire. ”

"Marshal, our army still has half of the warships, which is enough for a battle!"

"Needless to say, as long as the soldiers are safe, as long as General Yu is safe, I will go and discuss the issue of silver with Governor Zhu, we will definitely rebuild the water division." ”

When Huang Shi walked to the door of Zhu Yifeng's house, he heard a noisy and chaotic inside. Even Menzi didn't know where he had gone. There were also a few people in the courtyard whooping in the wind, shuttling between several halls. Huang Shi had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart. He stepped forward and grabbed a man and asked him what had happened.

The subordinate's answer startled Huang Shi, it turned out that Zhu Yifeng hanged himself, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Huang Shi didn't care about etiquette and decency after hearing this, so he took three steps and two steps and ran directly in, and asked a few subordinates along the way, and ran directly to Governor Zhu's back hall.

The people of the Zhu family knew that the matter was serious, so they didn't blame Huang Shi for being abrupt, but just asked the female dependents to quickly dodge and led Huang Shi all the way to Zhu Yifeng's bed. His son stood behind Huangshi and recounted the events of the day. It turned out that Zhu Yifeng slept until the afternoon and didn't wake up, and as soon as he heard that there was a fire on the coast, he knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly sent his servants to the beach to investigate.

After the servant came back in a panic to report, Zhu Yifeng's face was like ashes, he stood up and walked to the study without saying a word, and his son called his father again and again on the way, but Zhu Yifeng turned a deaf ear in despair. When he entered the study, he locked the door. Zhu Yifeng's son was worried that something would happen, so he kept lying on the side of the door and put his ears on the seam to eavesdrop on the movements inside.

Sure enough, after a while, he heard a heavy clang, Zhu Gongzi didn't hesitate, bounced up from the ground and slammed the door open, and the old man of his family had really kicked over the bench and was hanging on the beam.

After being rescued, Zhu Yifeng woke up leisurely for a long time and opened his eyes, and then fainted again. Huang Shi sat next to Zhu Yifeng for a while, Governor Zhu finally woke up again, as soon as he opened his eyes and saw Huang Shi, he couldn't help but cry and said: "Huang Shuai, this is really the death of you and me." ”

"Why did Master Zhu say this? If the sailor is gone, we will build it again, so why give up on ourselves. Besides, the two-year deadline has not yet arrived, as long as we have been working hard, the imperial court will still give us a chance. ”

Zhu Yifeng cried and said, "How can we build a water division again? ”

"Borrow!"

Yellowstone's answer was as brief as ever.

Zhu Yifeng burst into tears and whimpered and said, "Huang Shuai, we have already borrowed three and a half million taels. If we haven't even repaid a penny, where is there any silver to borrow in Fujian Province? Let's tell you the truth, the fact that we can borrow 3.5 million taels of silver is already quite beyond the old man's expectations. ”

"Lord Zhu is too worried, how can there be no silver here?" Huang Shi smiled and said with a solemn oath: "Don't say three and a half million, we can borrow even thirty-five million taels." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yifeng looked up at Huang Shi in confusion. His face was full of disbelief.

"Lord Zhu, the silver we borrowed was not thrown into the sea. We borrowed money to buy the people's fishing boats and farmhouses; and to pay the righteous people to eat with borrowed money; to buy wrought iron and timber from merchants with borrowed silver; The borrowed money was used to pay the soldiers, and the soldiers used it to buy things from the people. The silver has come full circle and returned to the hands of the people of Fujian Province, how can we not be able to borrow the silver?"

"Oh...... Huang Shuai, you are slow, let the old man think about it carefully. Zhu Yifeng frowned and thought for a while, then clapped his hands and said, "Yes, the old man really thought about it before." Well, the old man also heard that many fishermen who moved inward did not have land to cultivate. So he saved up the money issued to them and bought it into a big loan in Jinghai. Yes, we have no silver in our hands, so it means that all the money has gone back to them. ”

"That's right, Lord Zhu, as long as the people still trust the government one day, as long as they are willing to support us one day, then we can rearm again and again. It's the same even if you fail a hundred times. ”

"Don't be a hundred times, don't! How much silver do you have to borrow!" Zhu Yifeng thought for a while, and let out a wry smile again: "But we were first defeated, and then we were attacked again, and we were defeated again and again! Even if the people have silver, will they still buy our bonds and touch the mold?"

"Why did Master Zhu talk about the Legalist dialect?"

"Oh?"

"Legalists believe that the small people are absolutely seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Therefore they can be driven away by mere rewards and punishments. If you are a famous person in a religion and a disciple of a saint, don't you believe in the merits of religion?"

"Indoctrination? huh...... Well...... Hope is as Huang Shuai said. ”

Although Zhu Yifeng said this, he secretly wondered in his heart how this Huangshi was even more nerdy than himself.

The biggest difference between Confucianism and Legalism is that Confucianism believes that everyone has "great righteousness" in their hearts, just like the righteousness between heaven and earth. Therefore, Confucius was unimpressed with the outright utilitarianism of Legalism. Confucius believed that there was a way in this world for people to be willing to pay for "righteousness", for example, people could voluntarily make sacrifices for the interests of the country, and it was not necessary to force the small people to do so with severe punishment.

However, Zhu Yifeng pondered for a while, and thought that the education work in Fujian Province was not much better than that of other provinces, and it was probably not realistic to let the people "sacrifice profits for righteousness".

......

After the sailors in Funing Town were hit hard again, the Fujian Provincial Government Department decided to issue Xindi, that is, the fourth batch of Jinghai large loan bonds. After Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shi reported the disaster to the imperial court, they also announced it to the people of Fujian. In the Di newspaper, the Fujian political secretary frankly admitted that the Funing army was once again in danger. Therefore, only here can we turn to the righteous people and righteous people of the whole province. Ask them to help rebuild the water division in Funing Town.

Shortly after the notice was issued. Many businessmen came to ask when the Fujian Provincial Government Secretary would issue bonds again. These businessmen alone planned to subscribe for bonds worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which surprised Zhu Yifeng, because this time the businessmen seemed even more active than last time.

I don't know when it started, I don't know who took the lead, suddenly a shop hung up a sign at the door that "accepted the fourth batch of Jinghai bonds", and this trend blew all over Quanzhou City at once. With the circulation of the Fujian Buzheng Division's Didi Didi, this phenomenon has also appeared in large numbers in various parts of Fujian Province, and even the snack bars on the roads between towns have said that customers can pay the bills with the upcoming fourth batch of bonds borrowed from Jinghai or the silver coins of Funing Town.

Moreover, the Funing Army in various places also reported to Huangshi that a large number of relocated volunteers expressed their willingness to accept the fourth batch of Jinghai bonds as the cost of the volunteers, and those merchants who supplied goods to the Funing Army also informed Funing Town that half of the payment could be repaid with bonds.

The continuous good news made Zhu Yifeng almost unable to believe that this was true, and he really didn't understand why this was the case. The fourth batch of Jinghai loans was another 1 million taels, and the night before the sale, people from other places rushed to wait to buy it, and even at night there was a long queue outside the Yamen of the Political Secretary.

Zhu Yifeng saw through the window that there were still old people in the queue. So he quickly ordered the officials to go out and set up sheltered tents for the people, and in order to avoid riots, Zhu Yifeng also personally went out of the gate to supervise the work of the officials.

When Zhu Yifeng walked out of the gate, the people outside the door cheered in unison:

"Zhu Qingtian!"

"Zhu Qingtian!"

An old man queuing up in front looked at Zhu Yifeng and bowed, Governor Zhu only felt confused and confused, so he walked over and helped the old man up with his own hands: "Old man." Go sleep in a tent. ”

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian. ”

"This ...... I don't dare to be an official. Zhu Yifeng felt even more confused. As the governor of a province, he rarely adjudicated cases. And over the years, he has not collected a lot of money from ordinary people, and he has never had a clean reputation, so I really don't understand how this "Qingtian Lord" place name will fall on his head.

But so many people at the door shouted at him, Zhu Yifeng decided to ask about this matter. So he personally helped the old man to the tent on the side, and at the same time inquired about the origin of his name.

Seeing Zhu Qingtian so modest, the people who came to line up to buy bonds became excited, and they shouted:

"In the past, the war spread. It was the people who suffered. When residents moved, they were often oppressed by corrupt officials. But when Lord Zhu came, he not only bought the people's houses at a high price, but also gave them silver, so that everyone could avoid hunger and cold, which is something that has never been done for thousands of years!"

"The government exterminated the Haikou in order to return the people of Fujian Province to a prosperous future, although the government lacked money, but sympathetic to the people, did not add a penny of taxes. borrowed money to suppress bandits, and also made it clear that they would pay profits......"

"No matter what the situation is, no matter how much the government is in urgent need of silver, Lord Qingtian will not bully the public in the palace newspaper, treat people with sincerity, and children will not be bullied......"

"Since Lord Qingtian has such a heart for the people, we will definitely fully support the government!"

It was easy for Zhu Yifeng and the officials to settle the enthusiastic people. By the time he silently walked back to the yamen, Huang Shi had already heard the news and rushed over. Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shi greeted each other softly, and after being silent for a long time, they suddenly burst out: "There are so many righteous people in Fujian Province, I have not known it, and I have never heard of it." ”

"It's all the work of Master Zhu's education. Huang Shi had heard the story from a servant just now, he looked at Zhu Yifeng with a smile, paused for a moment, and then said, "Lord Zhu is really a Confucian in the world!"

Zhu Yifeng was stunned for a while, stared at Huang Shi for a moment, and asked thoughtfully, "Huang Shuai must have also studied Confucianism?"

Huang Shi replied honestly: "After the battle of Guangning, the last general retreated to the mountains and seas with the late Guangning prefect Gao Gong, and on the way, Gao Gong once instructed the last general. A few books were also given to the last general. ”

"The old man drinks the name of Gao Gongxiang. It's a pity. Zhu Yifeng looked up at the moonlight, and said in a deep voice, "Huang Shuai." Well, I don't know if Huang Shuai is interested now, and if he is willing to have a discussion with the old man. ”

"It will be an honor to be taught by Lord Zhu. ”

......

Chongzhen two years leap April.

With the smooth issuance of another Jinghai loan, the Funing Army once again regained its strength, and countless artillery pieces and ship boards continued to flow out of the Military Industry Division. Yu Zhigao had also returned to Xiapu with 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Naval Division, and along the way, the Funing Army was always surrounded by the cheers of the Fujian people: "Funing Army, our Fujian soldiers! Do a good job, don't let your father down." ”

After returning to the Ningde Navy Division's base, the officers and men immediately began intense drills, and they were ready to fight the Haikou again at any time.

After a few days of carnival, the Minhai Haikou once again fell into a huge panic. Because before this battle, Zheng Yiguan, Liu Xiangqi and others, in order to boost morale, swore to their subordinates that the officers and soldiers could not withstand another defeat, but looking at the current posture, even if they defeated the Funing Army a hundred times, the Funing Army would be rebuilt for the one hundred and first time.

After entering the leap April, Zheng Yiguan once again asked for Zhao'an. This time, Zheng Yiguan did not ask for official status, but only asked for amnesty and allowed them to keep all the ships in their hands, and also asked for preferential commercial taxes. Naturally, he was rejected again by the Fujian Political Division, but this time Zhu Yifeng did not beat anyone.

When the news was transmitted back to the Central Left Office, it was already the 10th day of the leap month, and a large number of Haikou minions were in an uproar after hearing the news, and they all bitterly scolded the big leaders Zheng Yiguan, Liu Xiangqi and others for "bullying the public".

After some vigorous pressure, the turmoil finally subsided, but the undercurrent was still surging under the crowd. Physically and mentally exhausted, Liu Xiangqi walked to the front of Xiamen Port, helplessly wanting to relax. At present, the connection between Xiamen and the mainland has been almost completely severed, and the people of Fujian Province have spontaneously organized themselves to support the government's ban on the sea. Liu Xiangqi shouted incomprehensibly angrily at the sea: "Obviously, we have won the war, we have been winning, how can our morale fall to such a point? Why are all the people and businessmen in Fujian not optimistic about us?"

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