Ming Zuo

Chapter 331 Ocean
"Cheng Yan, the commander of Lingshan Guard, occupied the land of all the military households, and also used the military household to sell illicit salt for him, without paying a penny. The military household of Lingshan Guard was impoverished and hated Cheng Yan for a long time. The military household became small. There is an ancestral jade statue in the second family. Cheng Yan has been watching it for a long time. On the pretext of Cheng Xiaoer, he went to sea without permission, violated the sea ban, and wanted to punish him. Unable to bear it, they rushed into Cheng Yan's house at night and killed his entire family. Not only that, they also arrested officers at all levels such as Lingshanwei Qianhu and Baihu, and they did the opposite."

Tang Wenhuan came back well and brought back the reasons for the rebellion of Lingshan guards.

In fact, Cheng Yan's conspiracy to seize the jade statue was just the fuse.

Over the years, the oppression and exploitation of military households by the generals of the guards is the real reason.

Otherwise, after the chaos of the military households in Lingshan guards, the military households of other guardhouses would follow the same example and make such a fuss.

"So, it's not these military households who are to blame. There is no way to survive, and I can't bear it. What else can I do if I don't rebel?"

Zuo Menggeng defined events.

Of course he wanted to protect the Lingshan guards.

These are all people who hate the imperial court to the core, and naturally they will stand with him.

Of course Mao Yuanyi had no objection, just asked: "How to deal with this matter?"

Zuo Menggeng thought for a while and said, "Put away all the artillery pieces, and the whole army retreats ten miles. Let the military households handle the matter of Lingshan Guard by themselves. Prepare another batch of food and send it to them."

Tang Wenhuan left, but the military households of Lingshanwei were still frightened.

Although Tang Wenhuan was very restrained and friendly, looking at the large army outside the city and the artillery, all the military households knew that if the official army attacked, Lingshan Guard would definitely not be able to defend.

There is only a dead end waiting for them.

"Hey, the official's artillery is closed."

Someone shouted, attracting everyone to the city wall.

Everyone saw with their own eyes that the officers and soldiers outside the city put away the racks of the artillery pieces, fitted the artillery pieces with cannon coats, and dragged them to the distance.

After a while, the officers and soldiers walked away cleanly, as if they had never been here before.

No, Tang Wenhuan was back again, driving a carriage.

"My family's general said that corrupt officials have no morals, and the people are so innocent. All the blame lies with Cheng Yan, and you should kill them as they should."

His words attracted thunderous cheers from the military households, and finally understood why the army retreated.

Cheng Xiaoer hurriedly stopped the commotion, and asked in disbelief: "Brother Tang, your general will not cure our sins, but if other officials come, what should we do?"

Tang Wenhuan smiled proudly and said, "It's a mess now, and the court is full of lack of officials. Even the county magistrates can't gather enough people. You Lingshan guards, I don't think the court has time to pay attention. Besides, from now on, I will The army is stationed near here. Except for us, there will be no more people from the court. Even if they want to come to be officials, we will not allow it."

Cheng Xiao Er heard something.

"Brother Tang, aren't you an official army?"

Tang Wenhuan smiled.

"It is now, but it may not be in the future. This Ming court is incompetent from top to bottom, and the Tartars outside the customs and the Mongolians in the grasslands can't be defeated, lost their teachers and lost their land, and the people of the world are bullied by fish and meat, which leads to the people's hardship. I can't say, for the sake of the world. Safety, what are our ambitious people going to do?"

When Cheng Xiaoer heard this, his heart was beating like thunder, and he couldn't help but say, "Your general is really a hero."

Tang Wenhuan took such compliments for granted, and pointed to the carriageway: "My general knows that you have been out of food for a long time, and he authorized me to bring food over here. You have been hungry for a long time, and you can't get enough to eat right away. These are the first to padded your stomach and recover your body. Wait. After you get used to it, I will give you food."

He was afraid that these people would have concerns, and said: "I'm here to eat food with you. If our army is poisoned, then I will die with you."

Not to mention, the military households really suspected that the new army had poisoned the food and then cheated the city.Now Tang Wenhuan took the initiative to be frank and stayed to live and die together, and immediately gained the trust of the military households.

All of them were hungry, they entered the city with their carriages, and immediately set up pots to cook rice porridge.

When the fragrance of rice filled Lingshanwei, all the military households burst into tears.

They couldn't remember how long it had been since they had tasted rice.

Cheng Xiaoer came over with a girl who looked like a leaf, carefully guarded and sat on the stone, got another bowl of porridge, and brought it to the girl's mouth in person.

The girl who was about to die, smelled the aroma of rice, and immediately swallowed it in large gulps.

A bowl of rice porridge was eaten up in the blink of an eye.

"Brother, I'm still hungry..."

Cheng Xiaoer was going to serve porridge again, but was stopped by Tang Wenhuan.

"My sister has been hungry for a long time, her spleen and stomach are not healthy, but she dare not eat more. Take it slow for now, don't worry, there will be more to come."

Tang Wenhuan had already drank porridge in front of the big guy, so that the last doubts of the military households were eliminated.

At the same time, trust brings confidence.

Tang Wenhuan warned everyone not to eat too much. Although everyone was greedy, they only drank one bowl of porridge.

A carload of rice, such a point, is just enough for everyone in the city to eat.

Cheng Xiaoer had already regarded Tang Wenhuan as an idol, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Tang, did your general say, what about the officials?"

Cheng Yan was killed by the military households, but there are still several thousand and hundreds of households in the hands of the military households.

Tang Wenhuan pointedly said: "When our army came here, all the officials in the city had died in the chaos. It was unclear who killed them for a moment."

Cheng Xiaoer understood, but instead heaved a sigh of relief.

The generals of Lingshanwei are a problem, and the new army is not easy to deal with.After all, the new army has not yet reached the point of openly breaking with the imperial court, and rashly punishing officials will bring trouble.

That being the case, it might be better to let them die in chaos.

The injustice has no head, the debt has no owner, and the court can't say anything.

Originally, the disaster of the extinction subsided smoothly, and the food was eaten, and the military households of Lingshanwei seemed to be reborn again.

"Brother Tang, we won't go hungry again, will we?"

Tang Wenhuan looked at the military households who were eagerly looking forward to it, and said loudly: "Will you still starve? It's not for others, but for yourself. From now on, no corrupt officials will oppress you, but what kind of life can you live? It's up to you to work hard. Would you like to?"

The military households all smiled and looked forward to the days to come.

They are all hard-working people. As long as they are not bullied and oppressed, they have the confidence to survive.

Zuo Menggeng didn't take care of what happened in Lingshanwei.He and Mao Yuanyi took a company of guards and came to Matou Mountain at the southernmost tip of Jiaozhou Bay.

Here and the opposite Tuan Island are like the two claws of a crab, firmly wrapping Jiaozhou Bay in them.

Zuo Menggeng held the binoculars and looked at the surrounding scenery greedily, really emotional.

"This is a unique port. If it is developed well, it will become a prosperous place."

Mao Yuanyi is also knowledgeable, pointing to Tuandao under his feet and opposite: "As long as our heavy artillery is placed on both sides, it can completely strangle the entire bay, and it is not afraid of foreign enemies at all."

Zuo Menggeng felt that he was too conservative.

"Don't think about defense all day long, the navy is an offensive arm, and it has to be attacked. This bay is just a place for the navy to rest. When we take up the sea, do we still have to worry about being attacked? ?"

Mao Yuanyi laughed.

"My lord, you don't have a boat in your hand, so you want to occupy the entire sea?"

Zuo Menggeng said proudly: "Sooner or later, our warships will always be bathed in the sun."

The earth is round, and when one half is at night, the other half must be at day.If the navy's warships can always be bathed in sunlight, it means that the entire world's seas are under control.

Mao Yuanyi was also convinced by his domineering, and said solemnly: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We must take down the bay in front of us."

Zuo Menggeng was even more anxious.

"Some time ago, when I went to Jiangnan, I told the cloth merchants in Songjiang Prefecture that one day, cotton could be transported to them by sea. Once a seaport is built here, ships will go directly south to reach Songjiang Prefecture's schedule and cargo volume. Nothing can compare to the canal.”

Mao Yuanyi looked at the other side of the bay.

"I don't know what happened to Zhang Keda. Has the Fushan Institute been pacified?"

Zuo Menggeng pursed his lips and chuckled.

"Let's go, let's go find him to fight the autumn wind. This Fushan Institute must fall into our hands."

Everyone laughed and went back to the east side of Jiaozhou Bay.

In a few days, he arrived at the Fushan Institute.

There is no need to doubt Zhang Keda's ability, the rebellion of Fushan Institute has already been quelled by him.The only bad thing is that there are a lot of people killed.

The entire Acropolis was battered and riddled with blood, leaving less than half of the hundreds of families left.

"These people would rather die than surrender. They would have no choice but to attack. Look, it's really a sin."

Zhang Keda was also unbearable for causing such a situation.

He did not order the massacre, and the people who died in Fushan were all killed during the siege of the city.But although he has strictly restrained his subordinates, the people of Fushan Institute are very tenacious in resisting, which is why the casualties are so heavy.

The rest of the living, even though they were taken prisoner, had their faces full of death wishes.

"The people are not afraid of death, how can they be afraid of death?"

Mao Yuanyi couldn't help sneering, of course it was not Zhang Keda, but the imperial court.

The reason for the rebellion at the Fushan Institute was no different from that of the Lingshan Guards. It was all caused by the oppression of the guards.

The thousands of households in the Fushan Institute were even more brutal. They drove the military households to sell illicit salt. When they were caught by the inspection department, he went so far as to kill all the military households in exchange for military merit.

This caused the military households to break out, and after killing his entire family, the city rebelled.

Although Zhang Keda knew the reason, rebellion was absolutely not allowed by the court, so he had no choice but to attack, resulting in even greater murder.

This Hundred Battles General did not dare to look into the eyes of the military households at this time, but he was relieved by Zuo Menggeng's arrival.

"Sun Zhongcheng has already issued an order, ordering this general to return to the army. In this way, the aftermath here will be handed over to General Zuo."

(End of this chapter)