prosperous age

Chapter 74 Chapter 74
"Uncle Zhang, do you know what my father and the others are doing?"

What Wei Guangde was thinking about was still the rescue plan of the Zhenjiang army, and the most likely thing would be to go directly to Songjiang Mansion via the waterway.

But after arriving at Songjiang Mansion, what then?
Continue to go south by boat, then you will pass through the Zhoushan Islands, which is the lair where the Japanese pirates gathered this time.

Regardless of the tens of thousands of troops assembled this time, most of them are inland guards, and they are not familiar with water warfare, let alone naval warfare.

Taking a boat south from Songjiang Prefecture to rescue Zhejiang is tantamount to entering the mouth of a tiger.

The best way is to land in Songjiang Prefecture. It is safer to rescue Zhejiang by land, but it is definitely too late.

According to the past practice of the Japanese pirates, they always grab and run, and they don't love to fight at all.

But this time it seems to be slightly different, that is, the distress documents issued by the Taizhou government and Wenzhou government.

When Wei Guangde saw that passage, he guessed in his heart that the Japanese pirates might no longer plunder the countryside, and might besiege prefectures and counties. After all, there are tens of thousands of Japanese pirates this time.

This is no longer the style of bandits and robbers, and it is not far from raising the flag to rebel.

However, compared to the thunder in the north in the future, Wei Guangde still cares about his father's safety, but he must never rescue Zhejiang by boat.

A group of armies and pirates are fighting at sea, and they dare not think about it.

"The order from above is to let some of them land directly in Ningbo, and the main force will continue to go south to rescue Taizhou and Wenzhou."

At this moment, Zhang Shigui picked up the teacup on the table, no matter who had drunk it before, took a sip, and then said: "But the message they brought back, they will pass Jiaxing along the coastline, cross Hangzhou Bay and directly Go ashore in Shaoxing Prefecture.

Ugh.
I just don't know when the situation has developed like this, when Jiujiangwei will be transferred back. "

It is true, in fact, a group of people gathered tonight, except for those who stayed behind and thought they were in command, all of them were Yingshiren, that is, the children of the current chief military officer of Jiujiang Guard.

Daming has many hereditary military positions, ranging from hereditary one hundred households to one thousand households, as well as military affairs and command, but most of them can't get real vacancies at all, and can only receive a small amount of salary every now and then.

As for the generals who are already in office, they naturally hope that their children can take over their positions.

Jiujiang Guard is one of the hundreds of guards in the Ming Dynasty, but Jiujiang Mansion has a special location and has become the most rigorous guard.

The so-called tightness, of course, does not refer to the defense of the guard, but the control of the official positions here.

For this, Wei Guangde is naturally very clear.

Just kidding, when Emperor Zhengde wanted to rectify the guards, he wanted to take back the garrison, and restricted nobles and civil servants to enslave military households. According to the instructions of the people above, Jiujiang Guard staged a farce of mutiny.

Well, it's not a big deal, and it didn't enter the official history, but after that, Emperor Zhengde's military reform slowed down, and he also let go of the private soldiers.

In short, the hereditary military officers of the Ming Dynasty dare to do anything for the farmland and military households in their hands.

Most people in later generations have the impression that the military households in the Ming Dynasty were very hard-working, but in fact this has to be viewed dialectically.

For military households with hereditary military positions, the small life is still very nourishing, but it is actually the big soldiers below who are suffering.

And how much better can the households be?
Civilian households without fame and wealth are not enslaved in the same way.

Look, in the Ming Dynasty, in the 276th year of Guozuo, there were 24613 Jinshi, and there were 6506 military Jinshi, accounting for about 26.46% of the total number, second only to civilian registration.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who passed the military examination and passed the Jinshi examination, and finally ascended to the top of the civil service group, entered the cabinet, and even sat on the throne of the chief assistant. Li Dongyang, Wan An, Liu Ji, Xia Yan, Zhang Juzheng, Shen Li, Zhao Zhigao, Wang Jiaping, Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe and a large number of cabinet ministers are all children of military status.

This is also because of some misunderstandings of military households in the Ming Dynasty by later generations.

Regardless of civilian or military status, there are vested interests.

Many military Jinshi are unwilling to give up their military status even if they are the chief assistant, so you can imagine the value of it.

At this time, Wei Guangde also noticed what was said in the message, which naturally meant that they would not follow the orders, but landed after crossing Hangzhou Bay. Slower is slower, but safety is better.

Although it was still full of dangers before going ashore, there was no way.

As for Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture, where Japanese pirates are rampant, they can only ask for more blessings, and hope that the guards there can withstand more time and wait for the reinforcements to arrive.

This strategic plan has been completely bankrupt by this time. According to the extent of the harm in Zhejiang, someone must be responsible, and dismissal and investigation are still light.

Thinking that Dad and the others might have already boarded a big boat and sailed down the river, calculating the time, they might have already come out of the Yangtze River and are heading towards Zhejiang along the coastline, Wei Guangde felt nervous, if the Japanese pirates also learned the tactics of surrounding the spot , I am afraid that the tens of thousands of guards are in danger.

Wei Guangde scolded himself in his heart for worrying too much, trying to think about some unlucky things, but he unconsciously wanted to think in that direction.

In fact, everyone in the room had the same thoughts as Wei Guangde at the moment, and Zhang Hongfu murmured, "If I had known this, I should have transferred Anqing Camp and Nanhu Camp to them. They are all good at water warfare."

"Never mind the South Lake Camp. They are struggling to suppress the pirates in Poyang Lake, and they are expected to go to sea to suppress the pirates."

But Wu Dong answered, not looking down on them, but completely looking down on them.

The water bandits in Poyang Lake were said to have been raised by King Ning.

King Ning is long gone now, but the water bandits still exist and have not been completely eradicated.

"Okay, don't think so much, auspicious people have their own appearance."

What Zhang Shigui had to worry about was already worried when he was commanding the yamen, but now he was the calmest one.

Naturally, he also hopes that there will be nothing wrong with this expedition, but the respondent servants in the guard have already done the work of taking over. In fact, he has to go to the guard every day to handle official duties after his father leaves. , Started the work of the commander of Jiujiang Wei.

Jiujiang Wei has only had three commanders over the years, and there is still a shortage of one. Why?
Is there no one in the court?
Of course not, the hereditary military position is not really lacking much, it is not because there are several groups of people competing in the court to occupy this position.

And those of them who have already occupied their positions are naturally even less willing to let their real jobs be left behind.

None of the people in this room thought about the people in Zhejiang who were in dire straits at this time, they only paid attention to their own affairs, including Wei Guangde.

It's really that the position is so light, even if you say it, no one will pay attention to it, at least that's the status before you get the fame.

Relatives are relatives, but if you have no position, you are just a white man. Everyone in this house will be a fifth-rank official in the future.

Hope it's ok.

(End of this chapter)