In terms of coastal defense, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to it in the early years of Hongwu and even in the Zhu Di period.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di have always maintained a strong naval division, and when they recovered Liaodong, Zhu Yuanzhang used the strategy of landing at sea.

It's just that after the remnants of the sea at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty were pacified, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty were reduced again and again, and after the abolition of the Western Ocean, the center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty began to completely throw itself into the north.

In the Hongzhi period, Haiphong was even more relaxed, and it was not until after the Japanese rebellion in the Jiajing period that the Ming Dynasty regrouped and trained sailors.

For example, in the middle of the Jiajing period, the Ming Dynasty judged the situation and launched a campaign to recover Shuangyu Island, annihilating the Japanese and Portuguese entrenched in Shuangyu Island in one fell swoop, successfully recovering Shuangyu Island, and solving the Japanese rebellion at that time from the root.

From this point of view, there is no shortage of strategic vision in the Ming Dynasty, and he can clearly understand the importance of Shuangyu Island.

It's a pity that Da Ming seems to be a little hindsight in this matter, just like letting pirates entrench in the early stage, and when he realized that the situation was wrong, he suddenly realized that he hurriedly responded.

Therefore, Yan Zheng has enough initiative in this matter.

After Meng Hou left, he wrote articles entitled "The Diplomats of the Ming Dynasty Asked Our Side to Evacuate Shuangyu Island, and the Government Passed a Proposal to Discuss the Peaceful Settlement of the Dispute", "The Rise of the Piracy Problem on Shuangyu Island is a Political Issue, More Importantly, an Economic Issue".

These two articles, one is to explain the demands of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is to explain the current measures of the Eastern Qin.

At the same time, in the form of breaking news, he wrote about the development and growth of pirates on Shuangyu Island one by one, and pointed out from the political and economic aspects that the root cause of the pirates entrenched in Shuangyu Island and doing evil was the inaction of the Ming court.

The two articles echoed each other, and immediately set up the image of Daming wanting to pick peaches.

There are no accusations and abuses throughout the article, but after reading it, you will feel that Da Ming is shameless and domineering in your heart.

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Dinghai City, this place is close to Shuangyu Island, on Damoshan Island, you can overlook its main island, that is, the main island of Zhoushan in later generations.

On the island, there is the Dinghai Zhongzuo Institute set up by the Ming Dynasty, and the station is in Dinghai City, where there is no county office, and the land on the island also belongs to the military households.

When it was first established, the Dinghai Zhongzuo Institute was a full-fledged guard station, which not only had Dinghai Jiancheng, but also served as the residence of the naval division.

After the Eastern Qin attacked Shuangyu Island, the Zhongzuo Institute soon learned the news, originally thinking that it was the pirates' internal strife, but the cannon roared for half a night, so that they did not dare to take it lightly.

After inquiring, Commander Wei made Ma Jin know that it was the Eastern Qin people who had conquered Shuangyu Island.

The situation became serious all of a sudden, because I didn't know the intentions of the Huang people, if Dinghai City was also captured, then the generals of these guards, one of them would be counted as one, and they would all be punished by the imperial court.

And Shuangyu Island has been defeated, and it is easy to lay down a Dinghai City, after all, the current Dinghai Station has a total of more than 500 soldiers.

This is not because the generals are paid empty salaries, but when Tang He was stationed in Zhejiang, half of the soldiers from the Zhongzuo Institute were transferred to the coastal guards.

Since then, there has been nothing on the sea, and it has not been replenished, and Dinghai is a strong city, so the Japanese are categorically unable to conquer.

There are fewer and fewer soldiers stationed in the garrison, and at present, the more than 500 soldiers of the Dinghai Zhongzuo Station also include 500 100 households and 5,000 households, plus the Wei Commander, the Commander Tongzhi, the Commander of the Servants, the Experience Department and the Suppression Division, as well as some secretaries.

The land on the island has long been divided among these generals, and many people have been relocated to farm for them.

Ordinary military households are no different from tenants at this moment, if it weren't for the fact that there was no county government here, otherwise, these more than 500 soldiers would have to flee.

"The people of Eastern Qin are fine, why do they have to get along with pirates?" Sitting in the guard commander's yamen, Ma Jin only felt that his head was a little big.

Commander Zhao Tong arched his hand and said: "Now that the matter has come to this point, we can't go into details, there are so many pirates, they can't withstand the thunder blow of the people, if they really want to take advantage of the situation to go north, Dinghai will not be able to defend!"

The commander Shi Yan nodded and said: "We should explain the enemy's situation and explain the reason in advance, when we really can't do it, we also have a way out."

Ma Jin sighed: "It's a pity that the annual income of thousands of taels of silver is gone!"

"You can make more money when the silver is gone, this time the black man is not a pirate, you also heard the cannon sound that day! You also saw how many floating corpses floated on the sea the next day! If you really want to come, we have no place to run on this island! Zhao Tong said dissatisfiedly.

Shi Yan also said: "At the moment, we can only play as soon as possible, and at the same time, we should also write and ask the people on Shuangyu Island what kind of charter they are!"

"Makes sense!" Ma Jinmeng nodded and said, "If they want to be as safe as pirates, this is great!"

Zhao Tong also agreed: "No matter what, salute first and then soldiers, and send a letter to express our goodwill first, I see that after the Huang people captured Shuangyu, they were not in a hurry to enter the army, which means that things are still going to turn around!"

After several people discussed it like this, they all decided to send a letter and send a gift to ask for directions.

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On the other hand, the new Ningbo prefect Lu Lezhi and Hu Kang were also shocked by the battle on Shuangyu Island.

According to the words of some of the surviving pirates captured, the prestige of the Eastern Qin soldiers was unheard of, saying that the artillery stones were like rain, and I didn't know what weapon they used, only to see the fire flashing, and the people who were a hundred steps away all came in response to the sound, wailing.

Although Lu Lezhi felt that it was an exaggeration, the people of Huang were able to cross the sea and easily take Shuangyu Island, which is enough to prove that his soldiers are excellent and will not lose to the Ming Dynasty!

Such a barbarian entrenchment on Shuangyu Island is even more threatening than pirates!

In case of provocation, he will directly drive the majestic warship to the sea surface of Ningbo, and he will have to shed blood again!

"Alas, how can the old man be so miserable! The previous prefect was promoted with the benefit of the Huang people, how could it be my turn to meet the Huang soldiers? Lu Lezhi sighed.

Hu Kang arched his hand and said: "My lord, now is not the time to lament, the people can gather people and horses and set foot on Shuangyu Island, I am afraid that the momentum is not small, the location of Shuangyu Island is dangerous, if you really want to tear your face, I am afraid that the entire sea surface of Zhejiang will be turned upside down!"

"The truth is this, but at the moment, we have no other way than to play this matter!"

Hu Kang sighed and said, "My lord, if the people don't move, do you think the imperial court will allow them to entrench themselves on Shuangyu Island?"

Lu Lezhi shook his head: "The people are no better than pirates, pirates are wreaking havoc in the countryside at most, and it is impossible to attack the city and capture the land!" But the people are barbarians of a country, and their troops are not weak! If it is allowed to entrench, Zhejiang will be uneasy! ”

"Isn't that it?" Hu Kang narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Whether the people come or not, this matter of Shuangyu Island must be resolved!" Either the people go alone, or send an army to invite them to go! ”

"And these two things are indispensable to the cooperation of the three divisions of Zhejiang, and Ningbo is the first to bear the brunt!"

Lu Lezhi thought about it, and then he became nervous, no matter whether this matter is good or bad, the Ningbo government will be busy, and if there is a slight mistake, it will not be able to eat and walk around.

He secretly screamed that his life was bitter, he originally thought that he had got a fat difference, but who knew that he hadn't made a few taels of silver, but he had met such a master.

"What do you think should happen now?"

Hu Kang thought for a while, and said: "There is only one deputy general and two staff generals in the whole Zhejiang town, if you really use soldiers against the Huang people, the cold stove of these people, the adults should go and burn it early!"

Lu Lezhi pondered for a long time before nodding and saying, "You're right!" Although these Qiu Ba are useless on weekdays, if the imperial court really wants to gather troops, this group of people can use chicken feathers as arrows! When the time comes, it will inevitably harm the villagers, and this cold stove should indeed be burned early! ”

"Also, there are a lot of businessmen in Ningbo Mansion who have good relations with Dongqin, so let them inquire about what the intentions of this black man are!"

Lu Lezhi nodded and said, "This is the way it should be!"

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The entire coastal area of Zhejiang was shocked by the battle of Shuangyu Island, but the response was much the same.

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