prosperous age

Chapter 502 Chapter 501
Zhang Lian did not stay on the mountain, but took the two of them to see the harvest of this trip, and asked Tian Erzhuang to contact the boatmen who had gone to Nanyang among the boat people to understand the situation and make arrangements for going to Nanyang.

The brigade temporarily lives in Dongfan Island. On the one hand, it needs to collect the supplies needed for the voyage, and on the other hand, it is also to let the subordinates familiarize themselves with sailing. Seasick reactions of varying severity.

If such a person cannot get used to the life on board, following them on the journey will only lead to death in vain.

However, in Zhang Lian's mind, he was naturally not sorry for them, but worried that they would consume the supplies of the fleet and waste manpower to take care of them.

Therefore, if there are still seasick people at that time, he can only abandon them here and let them fend for themselves.

In addition, it is natural to think of ways to collect more ships.

They escaped in a hurry this time, and they didn't have enough ships. Collecting more ships would allow them to carry more fresh water and food, and achieve a longer voyage.

On the sea, he had already heard from Tian Erzhuang that in this vast sea, there were countless ships sailing all the time, and the business was very prosperous.

These days, in order to familiarize everyone with the life at sea, he has organized the fleet to go out for training twice, but he only snatched one merchant ship, which should be a lucky ship from a certain maritime merchant in Ming Dynasty.

But that's good too. With Fu Chuan captured, his subordinates can get started quickly, because many of them have experience in manipulation.

Naturally, a fleet of more than 2000 people can't run around casually. If they get lost in the sea, what awaits them is disaster, and fresh water alone is enough to kill them.

Every time the fleet goes to sea, the fleet must have a clear destination, follow the chart to find it, and collect supplies to the ship after arriving at the location, and go from port to port to ensure the safety of the fleet.

They were not worried that they would be discovered by the Ming court during this period. If the Ming court had still worked carefully in Nanyang, those coastal maritime merchants would have been wiped out many times.

They can still do maritime business secretly, which can only mean that Daming has little influence in Nanyang, as long as they pass by, they will become very safe.

On the other hand, Dongfan Island is too close to Mingting, so it is very unsafe.

Although there is no clear goal, Zhang Lian still knows one thing, that is to stay as far away from the Ming court as possible.

Zhang Lian had already made a choice. He didn't plan to show up on the land of Daming in a short time, for fear of attracting the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, but there were still many people in Daming who cared about him and didn't know it.

Zhang Nie has just received an imperial edict ordering him to be the governor of Fujian's military affairs. Now he is a serious governor, in charge of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian.

During this period of time, after knowing that Zhang Lian's remnants were going out to sea by boat, he ordered the coastal counties and guards in Guangdong to pay close attention to the sea surface. Naturally, the purpose was to send troops to destroy Zhang Lian's fleet as soon as he found it.

As a result, during this period of time, no trace of Zhang Lian was found, but the whereabouts of many Japanese pirate ships were found.

During this period of time, no trace of Zhang Lian was found, which made Zhang Nie feel very bad. What he was most worried about was that in such a situation, his opponent's whereabouts would be unknown.

Sitting in front of the book desk, flipping through the official documents quickly, at this moment footsteps sounded outside the lobby, and an old man in scribe's uniform walked quickly.

"Mr. Jia is here, please take a seat, come and serve tea."

Mr. Jia was a Shaoxing master invited by Zhang Nie with a huge sum of money. He was not only proficient in criminal names, money grains, and documents, but also followed his master to border towns and seen battlefields, which can be regarded as a layer of military experience.

"Boss, I just received news from the Fuzhou government that a large number of Japanese pirate ships were found heading south. This is terrible."

Mr. Jia was given up his seat by Zhang Nie and asked to serve tea, but he didn't intend to sit down. Instead, he walked to the desk a few steps, took out a volume of official documents from his sleeve and handed it to him.

"Fuzhou?"

When Zhang Nie heard this, his eyelids twitched slightly.

After taking over Fujian, I found that the place is a mess now. I really have to admire the governor You Zhen's skills. It's not necessarily so beautiful to change someone.

"So, the Japanese pirates plan to go south again to plunder Guangdong?"

After a long time, Zhang Nie opened his mouth to speak.

"Boss, I don't think so."

At this time, Mr. Jia stood in front of the book case and analyzed: "Before, General Liu Xian led his troops to wipe out the Japanese pirates along the coast of Guangdong. He reported the Japanese pirates to avoid the war and retreated to the sea. He chased the enemy all the way to the vicinity of Chaozhou Prefecture, watching the Japanese pirates. Continue north.

And there have been a large number of Japanese pirate ships near Quanzhou. It must be that the Guangdong Japanese pirates are not bad. "

"You mean, the Japanese pirates want to rob Quanzhou Mansion?"

Zhang Nie frowned when he heard that, then shook his head and said, "Although Quanzhou Prefecture is rich, the plague is not yet completely over. The Japanese pirates may not dare to go even if they eat the bear's heart and leopard's guts."

People at this time, as long as they hear that there is a plague in a certain place, they are afraid to avoid it. It is absolutely impossible to choose where to go at this time. It is really difficult for respiratory infectious diseases, even in later generations with advanced medical science. A kind of control.

"I'm talking about Xinghua Prefecture between Fuzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture."

At this time, Mr. Jia shook his head and said.

"Xinghua Mansion?"

Zhang Nie said in disbelief, "The Japanese pirates invaded Xinghua Mansion many times and were defeated by the government army. How dare they attack Xinghua Mansion?"

"The Japanese pirates from Fujian went south, while the Japanese pirates from Guangdong went north. It's hard to say that the two groups of Japanese pirates wanted to join forces. Judging from their marching route, Xinghua Mansion is the most likely target. The place is rich and rich."

Regarding Zhang Nie's doubts, Mr. Jia analyzed unhurriedly, "As far as I guess, it is very likely that the Japanese pirates in Guangdong and Fuzhou were attracted by the Japanese pirates entrenched around Xinghua Mansion."

In fact, there are traces of Japanese pirates in several coastal prefectures and counties in Fujian today, but some time ago the Ming court concentrated a large army to encircle and suppress Zhang Lian's rebels, so they had no time to take care of these Japanese pirates for the time being, but ordered the coastal counties to close their gates and guard the city strictly.

"Don't they still want to capture Xinghua Fucheng?"

Xinghua Mansion is the later Putian City of Fujian Province. This place has beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people, a succession of hairpins and tassels, a brilliant family, and a large number of talents. It is known as "a country famous for literature".

Xinghua Mansion is located in the south of the provincial capital Fuzhou and north of Quanzhou, so its language, culture and architecture are well integrated and integrated with the characteristics of eastern and southern Fujian.

Xinghua Prefecture governed Xianyou and Putian counties. The original Xinghua County was abolished in the 13th year of Orthodoxy, and its records were merged into Pu and Xian counties respectively.

At present, Fucheng is located in Putian County, near the seaside, protected by Pinghaiwei stationed on the seaside.

In the eighth year of Yongle, more than 2000 Japanese pirates landed in Pinghai with the intention of looting Xinghua Mansion. The commander of Pinghaiwei, Tongzhi Wang Mao, led the Ming army to fight back. The Japanese pirates were defeated and fled in a hurry.

Over a thousand Japanese pirates were killed in this battle, and for more than a hundred years the Japanese pirates dared not reach out to Xinghua Mansion.

It wasn't until recent years that the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang and Fujian resurged, and from time to time Japanese pirates landed and robbed surrounding villages and towns.

"Boss, the focus of Xingquan Taoism is on Quanzhou, and solving the plague is the top priority. At this time, Xinghua Mansion is empty, and I am worried that it will change."

Mr. Jia stared at the governor Zhang Nie and said, "Since the Japanese pirates ran rampant along the coast, there has never been a city lost."

Hearing this, Zhang Nie jumped up suddenly.

Over the years, many cities have been captured by Japanese pirates, but these cities are all county towns, and there is indeed no record of prefectural cities being breached.

"Don't worry too much, Mr. Jia?"

Zhang Nie didn't believe it.

"The Japanese pirates summoned so many accomplices, the picture is not small, otherwise it would never be like this."

Old Jia just replied.

I have just taken over Fujian, although it has been turned into a mess by You Zhen, but no matter what, I can't lose a prefecture in my hands, otherwise the court will blame me, and I won't show any sympathy.

With this in mind, Zhang Nie still considered it carefully and decided to send a general who can be used to fighting to sit in Xinghua Mansion.

"Mr. Jia, then write me an official document immediately, ordering Liu Xian to speed up the army to the north and go to Xinghua Mansion to sit in town."

At this moment, Zhang Nie's first thought was Liu Xian. He led the army in Guangdong to resist the Japanese pirates and won several battles.

"it is good."

Mr. Jia promised that after Zhang Nie gave up his position, he would take the position of governor, pick up a pen and start writing official documents.

Soon, an official document was written, and after handing the official document to Zhang Nie with both hands, Mr. Jia proposed again when he was reviewing: "At present, Yu Dayou, the deputy commander-in-chief of Southern Jiangxi, has no intention of breaking away from the control of this soldier, so he can be ordered to lead the army. Nangan soldiers and horses go together."

"This"

Zhang Nie was a little hesitant. Strictly speaking, the danger of Xinghua Mansion was just speculation.

Just based on a single guess, ordering the two commanders-in-chief to lead their troops there seems to be a bit of a fuss.

Fortunately, Liu Xian said that the Cantonese army led by Liu Xian was scattered to the coastal prefectures and counties because of the need to defend against Japanese pirates along the coast. In fact, Liu Xian did not have many troops with him, but only a thousand people. The horse chew can still support it, but the army led by Yu Dayou has at least several thousand horses, and once this army moves, it will consume a lot of energy in a day.

Although it is said that what is eaten is the money and food of the court, but after all, it has to be taken from his own hands.

If you can't get it out, those who are soldiers these days dare to make trouble with you.

Therefore, many times, these high-ranking figures have to think more when issuing orders.

Don't let the Japanese pirates fail to be suppressed, and your own soldiers mutinied because of money and food.

"It's better to transfer Liu Xian first, and Yu Dayou's place will stay on hold for the time being."

Zhang Nie still made what he thought was the safest decision, but he didn't know that because of this decision, the worst murder case since the suppression of the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty was doomed.

In Beijing City, in the cabinet, the ministerial meeting chaired by Xu Jie and Yuan Wei finally made a decision.

"Since everyone has agreed, then please Mr. Yuan draft the memorial, and appoint Zhao Bingran, the vice capital censor, and Ge Jin, the servant, as candidates for governor of Zhejiang."

A ministry meeting finally came to an end, and after several discussions, the candidate for the governor was selected, and the errand assigned by the emperor was considered complete.

Thinking of the news he received earlier that Prince Yu's Mansion and Gao Gong would not get involved in this matter, Xu Jie could only feel a pity in his heart.

Originally, he wanted to push Gao Gong to go to Zhejiang, nominally to accumulate military merits for him, but the real purpose of course was to hope that he would stay away from King Yu.

Disciple Zhang Juzheng had heard the news from Prince Yu's mansion for many years, His Royal Highness still thinks of finding Gao Gong first when encountering problems, which is not acceptable.

He, Xu Jie, felt that he could still work under King Yu for another 20 years. With Gao Gong at his side, he still couldn't let go of his hands and feet.

However, since people are not happy, then forget it.

Regarding Xu Jie's conclusion, the others naturally had no objection, and they all nodded with a smile.

Although the Japanese infection is weaker now, it is still the court's primary trouble. No one knows whether this job is good or not. It is very appropriate for the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to send people out of the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. None will object.

Zhao Bingran, who was recommended by Pan En, is obviously from Xu Jie, and may be the next Zuodu censor arranged by him.

As for Ge Jin, it's hard to say, he doesn't seem to be attached to anyone. Although Yang Bo recommended him, he can only say that the two are colleagues and have a good relationship.

Everyone has no opinion on the two candidates, so it depends on who Xiyuan finally decides.

After the cabinet meeting, the news naturally spread quickly.

Xu Jie arranged for someone to deliver the news to King Yu's mansion as soon as possible. Although King Yu didn't care about things for the time being, as a minister, he had to put his posture in order, and let him know all the big and small things in the court, so that King Yu could feel him The meaning is just fine.

"Your Majesty, stop the governor of Zhejiang Province and re-establish the governor of Zhejiang Province?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at the note in his hand with some surprise. Previously, Prince Yu's mansion guessed who was most likely to go to Zhejiang to succeed Hu Zongxian, but no one expected this result.

"Zhao Bingran, Ge Jin."

Wei Guangde nodded, he knew these two people, but he was not familiar with them, but for the governor of Zhejiang, these two people are suitable.

From a second-rank governor, Wei Guangde was very jealous, but he never had this opportunity, because his official position was too low.

"what."

King Yu, who was in the seat, stood up and said: "Since it has been settled, we don't need to think about it, so let's do it. If you are lonely, let's go back and rest first." '

Watching King Yu leave, Yin Shixuan chatted with Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng for a while, for example, Chen Yiqin and Ding You are about to end, and the palace has received his letter, asking about the arrangements for him in the court.

However, the three of them discussed for a long time, and they didn't expect that there were any vacant positions in the court.

Maybe Zhang Juzheng knew, but he didn't say much.

"Go back to the Hanlin Academy, or enter the Prince Yu's Mansion."

Seeing that there are no vacancies in the imperial court, Wei Guangde can only say.

"Perhaps, maybe he will also participate in the school records of the grand ceremony."

However, Zhang Juzheng guessed that Chen Yiqin and Ding You's official position at that time was the fifth rank. Of course, he would not be promoted by half a rank except for his service. .

Thinking about Chen Yiqin's experience, his time in Prince Yu's mansion was second only to Gao Gong, and longer than Yin Shizhen, so his position in King Yu's heart is naturally very important.

Emperor Jiajing is already rewarding the people in Prince Yu's mansion and arranging official positions. It stands to reason that Chen Yiqin will be reused after returning to the court.

It's just that there is no suitable official position, so the only way to reward Chen Qin is to participate in the Grand Ceremony, and wait for the vacancy of the official position during this period, and at the same time accumulate credit.

Even if there is a suitable official position in the court in the future, after Chen Yiqin is transferred, he will still be able to record his merits based on the re-recording of the main hall.

(End of this chapter)