Daming primary school students

Chapter 913
The managers of the four major families came out of the shogunate residence, and went to the Temple of the City God helplessly to discuss the next countermeasures.

At this time, there was already someone waiting in the Town God's Temple, and it was none other than Yan Shifan, the only son of Yan Shoufu.

The major families in Ningbo City have always been xenophobic, but they no longer dislike Yan Shifan.

Because the previous two times when the major families were at a loss, Yan Shifan appeared like a bright light, pointing out the way forward.

For example, the "enemy advances and we retreat" strategy proposed by Yan Shifan last time has also been proved to be effective.

After Qin Zhongtang was stationed in Ningbo, he also sent out his officers and soldiers to patrol and ban the township soldiers everywhere, but all failed.

Until now, under the high pressure of Qin Zhongtang, the township soldiers still exist on the ground of Ningbo Mansion, providing the final support for the local wealthy family, and Yan Shifan has contributed a lot to this.

After everyone sat down, Yan Shifan took the initiative to ask: "Then Qin Dewei will definitely not get in, what do you intend to do next?"

Yang Meihuang, an old gentry who was most familiar with Yan Shifan, said vaguely: "Thousands of children gathered in the backyard for the three-day exam, and I wanted to let Qin Dewei feel the hearts of the local people."

The level of education in various parts of the Ming Dynasty is very uneven. For example, in a well-developed education area with a prosperous literary style, it is normal for thousands of people to take part in an examination for the admission of scholars. Ningbo Prefecture is such a place.

With so many reading seeds gathered, it would be very difficult for officials to deal with troubles caused by people with good intentions. After all, they cannot be violently suppressed like ordinary people.

The "feeling the hearts of the people" that old squire Yang said was actually creating some trouble for Qin Dewei.

Yan Shifan shook his head first, and then nodded, "This can be done, but if you expect Qin Dewei to stumble with it, that's impossible."

Zhang Shixing from the Zhang family said, "Otherwise, what else can I do?"

Yan Shifan responded: "If you want to target Qin Dewei, you must target the key aspects! As for the details, no matter how much you target, it will not be decisive!"

Zhang Shixing asked again: "What is the key aspect?"

Yan Shifan replied: "That depends on what Qin Dewei's dispatch and duties are. As we all know, the imperial court sent Qin Dewei to the southeast, and the main task in name is to fight against the Japanese.

So only if there is a problem in this aspect, it will be a fatal problem for Qin Dewei, and then it will be easier to deal with him from the court level! "

"Should we just resign ourselves to fate and wait for something to happen to Qin Dewei?" Another questioned.

Yan Shifan said quietly: "If you don't want to resign yourself to fate and use human power to change your fate, it's not impossible. It depends on whether you have enough courage."

Everyone can feel it with their intuition, I am afraid that what Yan Shifan is going to propose is not a serious method.

Yang Meihuang looked at the other people, and said in a deep voice: "Master Yan, if you have any ideas, just say it! There are only a few people here, you can trust them, and they won't spread the word."

After thinking about it, Yan Shifan said, "I heard that you have always been in touch with Shuangyu Island? Send people to Shuangyu Island in the East China Sea immediately, or some other island!"

Zhang Shixing asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do?"

Yan Shifan continued: "This year's Japanese pirates are coming soon, and this batch of Japanese pirates must first rest and replenish on Shuangyu Island and other islands, and inquire about land news by the way.

And these Japanese pirates must also be closely related to the forces on Shuangyu Island, not to mention that there are probably nearly a thousand resident Japanese on Shuangyu Island. "

When everyone heard this, they had vaguely guessed what Yan Shifan was thinking, and they heard Yan Shifan say again:
"I ask you to send people to Shuangyu Island or other relatively large islands immediately, just to make arrangements and contact in advance, and to find a middleman who can communicate with the Japanese pirates.

Then you can make an agreement with the Japanese pirates to find a harbor near Ningbo City, and then take the Japanese pirates ashore!Immediately ordered these Japanese pirates to attack Ningbo City! "

Zhang Shixing said in astonishment: "Qin Dewei is in Ningbo City, with thousands of soldiers and horses, what can a few pirates do?"

Yan Shifan laughed a few times "hehe", "Leading hundreds of Japanese pirates to plunder outside the city first, Qin Dewei will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress, and even Qin Dewei may personally supervise the battle, this is his duty.

This is Tiaohulishan!Then do the inside and open the city gates in other directions to welcome another Japanese bandit into the city!

Then I don't need to say more, right?Qin Dewei, as the governor who guards the land, personally sits in Ningbo, but let a large number of Japanese pirates enter the city to make trouble. How big a crime is this?

Even if it is not a loss of ground, at least it is a crime of loss of opportunity!On the court side, who can cover Qin Dewei again? "

The Ming Dynasty was quite harsh on the officials who guarded the land. If the officials lost their land, it was almost the most serious crime.

Speaking of this, Yan Shifan finally stopped, picked up the teacup to drink tea, and waited for other people's reactions by the way.

It has to be said that Yan Shifan's proposal of "leading wolves into the house" still has a great impact on everyone.

Except for Yang Meihuang, who was mentally prepared, everyone else was stunned for a moment, and then they quickly made up their minds.

After waiting for a while, Yang Meihuang asked the others: "Although this is not a good idea, there is really no other way.

If you want to deal with Qin Dewei and continue to maintain the decency of our families, you have to take a slant.Tell me, do you want to do it or not? "

Then Yang Meihuang added: "If you are willing to do it, you can continue to stay and discuss the big plan; if you don't want to do it, please leave. In the future, if you disagree, you will not seek each other."

Zhang Shixing said: "Our four families have always been in the same spirit, advancing together and retreating together!"

Thinking of the bleak prospect of being suppressed by Qin Dewei, the other two families also responded: "Let's advance together!"

According to Brother Yang, if he refuses to participate this time, he will be excluded in the future, which is not very good.

The tycoons in the coastal areas have been in contact with the sea forces for a long time, otherwise the smuggling trade would have no basis.

As long as you are careful and don't leave any direct evidence, there is nothing wrong with "leading wolves into the house".

Seeing that the other three families had expressed their views, Yang Meihuang said, "Since everyone is willing to advance and retreat together, then don't hesitate to send people out today!
Our Yang family and Lu family sent people to Shuangyu Island, and Zhang family and Tu family sent people to other islands to contact as many Japanese pirates as possible!

I set a standard here, each family must contact at least [-] Japanese pirates, and then follow orders! "

Someone asked again: "What if we can't contact so many Japanese pirates?"

Yan Shifan who was quiet for a while replied: "If there is no truth, how can there be no fake?

Could it be that the four majestic families still can't get enough people?It doesn't really matter whether it's true or not, as long as people think it's a pirate! "

Someone else asked: "Is there still a need to cause trouble in the hospital examination?"

Yang Meihuang replied: "Other things that can be done are still to be done, it is also good to add a point of crime to Qin Dewei!
There is always the effect of accumulating a small amount and accumulating a large amount. When the general ledger is finally calculated, there will be one more bargaining chip.

What's more, it can also involve Qin Dewei's energy, so that Qin Dewei can't care about other things for the time being, why not do it? "

After such a matter was agreed upon, the members of the four major families dispersed.

Three days later, when the sky was getting brighter, more than 1000 children gradually gathered in the examination institute located in the northeast of the city.

Under normal circumstances, grassroots examinations are held in government offices.However, places like Ningbo Prefecture, where the education and culture are developed and the scale of examinations are large, often have separate examination institutes.

In the Tongsheng team, more than a dozen leaders have already completed the series. Just waiting for the gate of the examination hall to open, there will be two or 300 people starting to make noise on the grounds of "examination is unfair".

After all, it was rumored that candidates with the four surnames of Yang, Lu, Zhang, and Tu would not be admitted in this college examination, and the chief examiner, Qin Zhongtang, has been unwilling to refute the rumors.

After dawn, the gate of the examination hall was only opened a crack, and Hu Zongxian, the censor in charge of discipline in the examination room, got out and announced to everyone: "Because the paper is not ready, this examination will be postponed for two days!"

For a while, candidates talked a lot. If it was only postponed for two days, it would not be a big deal for most candidates.

Even if you have to wait for several days to wait for the results after the exam, it's nothing if you just postpone it for two days.

But for those who wanted to make trouble, it seemed that they had missed nothing. They didn't know whether to continue the mobilization today as originally planned, or postpone it to two days later.

The stewards of the four major families, as well as the heads of several other families, gathered at the Town God's Temple today to "supervise the battle."

After the news spread, everyone was also puzzled, wondering what the hell Qin Zhongtang was doing.

I went to the shogunate to inquire again, but received news that Qin Zhongtang had brought a large number of soldiers and horses out of the city to practice firearms early in the morning before dawn. I don't know who was in trouble this time.

Anyway, recently Qin Zhongtang used the name of practicing firearms several times to continuously humiliate the local wealthy families and blatantly hit the face of the major families. The local gentry seemed a little accustomed to this.

"Crazy! It's just inexplicable!" Yang Meihuang, the leading figure in the country gentry, couldn't help cursing.

At this time, Qin Zhongtang, who was cursed, had already arrived at Dinghaiwei Weicheng, one of the three Haiweis in Ningbo Prefecture.

In fact, Dinghaiwei is not far from Ningbo City, it is the closest coast to Ningbo City, and it can be called the sea gateway of Ningbo City.From Ningbo City to Dinghaiwei, it is a two-hour journey.

Qin Zhongtang stood on the wharf of Shuizhai, glanced at the more than 20 warships that had already started to set off, and at the same time asked Lu Tong, the general who came from Fujian, "How sure are you?"

Before today, few people knew about the plan to attack Shuangyu Island, and Lu Tong was one of them.

Others thought that Lu Ting led the troops from Fujian to help Qin Zhongtang deal with the local soldiers, and even the two thousand Fujian soldiers themselves thought so.

Until today, Qin Zhongtang personally came to Dinghaiwei, directly issued the order to attack Shuangyu Island, and allowed the officers and soldiers to plunder for one day!
Hearing Qin Zhongtang's question, Lu Tong replied loudly: "Zhongtang has done his best to create such a good opportunity! Xia Guanan dared to look forward and backward, and distracted to think about it. I have a certain degree of confidence, and I can only move forward bravely!"

Lu Tong was half flattering and half telling the truth. The two leaders of Shuangyu Island were not there, and there were still internal help on the island.

Qin Dewei waved his hand and said, "You go on board too! I'll lend you firearms soldiers, ten heavy cannons, and thirty light guns. If you still fail, you don't have to do it!"
But there is one thing, no arson is allowed, and no captives are allowed to be killed indiscriminately, except for the pirate leaders from Daming!Try to capture living people, especially Japanese and Westerners! "

(End of this chapter)