I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 164 Thousands of cannons fired together, shaking the sky.

Yongle 13 years, the third day of February.

Ningbo, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"Master Wu, all these people have been summoned, so it's time to tell me what to do?"

Outside the city of Ningbo Fu, officers and soldiers of a Thousand Household Guards gathered outside the city.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the guard system had not collapsed too badly.

Coupled with the fact that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are close to the capital, soldiers are still much better than other places in terms of training vacancies.

Early yesterday morning.

The Qianhu Weisuo received an order from Fucheng to gather in Fucheng before dark on the second day.

The disciples of the guard who had just received the court's favor naturally responded positively to the court's call.

Before noon the next day, the soldiers from the Qianhu Office of Ningbo Prefecture had all gathered.

After counting the number of people and confirming that there is no shortage, the Ningbo Qianhu Office found the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture.

The prefect of Ningbo Prefecture glanced at the rough man in front of him, hesitated and replied: "I can tell you, but I don't know why I summoned you here?"

The eyes of Qianhu of Ningbo Mansion widened instantly.

Does the magistrate think his life is too long?When the army was called up, they said they didn't know what to do.

The prefect of Ningbo saw that Qianhu was about to go mad, and was afraid that this idiot would beat him up on impulse, so he quickly explained.

"Don't look at me like that, I didn't ask you to call it, it was His Royal Highness!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Chito was stunned for a moment.

The prefect nodded in confirmation.

"You should still remember the order issued by the imperial court some time ago. Now all the officers and soldiers of the guards in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi are under the command of His Royal Highness."

Chito rolled her eyes.

Although he doesn't know many words, he is not an idiot. How could he forget the order just issued a while ago.

Thinking of the order issued by the imperial court some time ago, the thousand households seemed to have thought of something, and excitedly asked the prefect of Ningbo.

"Do you think His Highness will let us fight Japanese pirates!"

The magistrate hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly: "It should be. There is a wave of Japanese pirates on the opposite island. I reported to the imperial court some time ago. Although there was no reply, I guess His Royal Highness Taisun summoned you this time to fight those pirates." Japanese pirates."

"Great, I finally have a chance to make meritorious service."

Chito punched his fist in excitement.

During the Northern Expedition last year, his thousand households were not recruited into the Northern Expedition team because they were close to the coastline to guard against Japanese pirates.

This made Qianhu, who had always wanted to make meritorious service and get promoted, regretfully sad for a long time.

Later, the north won the battle, and he heard that several thousand households who were transferred there were promoted.

This made him even more jealous.

Those guys had senior qualifications and were not as strong as him, but they were promoted after a stroll to the north, how could he not be envious of that.

In June last year, a wave of Japanese pirates went to the opposite island, and he has been applying upwards, wanting to fight this wave of Japanese pirates.

As a result, everything fell into the sea.

I don't know if it was because the higher-ups disagreed, or his application was blocked.

Just when he thought he would stay in the position of Qianhu for the rest of his life, God finally rewarded him with military exploits.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's gather the ships quickly, and when His Royal Highness comes over, we can start fighting immediately."

The magistrate gave Qianhu a blank look when he heard the words.

This guy has always wanted to fight, and the magistrate also knows about it.

"Don't be too happy, His Royal Highness Taisun came here with the Shenji Battalion and the huge navy. I reckon that you were not summoned to fight, but to let you patrol outside the front line to prevent the people from approaching. escaped with the pirates."

Qianhu laughed, and waved his hand indifferently.

"Never mind him, as long as I can beat the Japanese pirates and have military exploits, let me clean up the corpses!"

At noon, Ningbo Mansion received another order.

Zhu Zhangui ordered them to gather at the beach and wait for the next order.

As predicted, it was indeed time to fight Japanese pirates. Qianhu was so excited that he didn't even eat lunch, and the shouting crowd hurriedly set off.

The Japanese pirates with hidden clues naturally received the news from Ningbo Mansion.

Zhoushan Island was originally named Changguo.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Tang He, the general who conquered the south, to handle the defense of the southeast.

Two commanders of Tanghe's subordinates intervened in civil disputes among local residents on Xiushan Island and were beaten to death.

Tang He vented his anger on the people of Zhoushan, and asked the court to say: "The residents of Changguo are bandits on the outside, but there are many thieves on the inside."

They are uneducable stubborn people who insist on abolishing the county government and expelling the islanders.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Tang He's report, issued an edict to abolish Changguo County, and all the islanders were expelled to the mainland.

This is the first sea ban in Zhoushan's history.

After the sea ban, Zhoushan's population dropped sharply to 8800. In the Yongle Year, the population was less than 800 households.The Zhoushan Islands have been reduced to a sparsely populated and desolate place.

It is also for this reason that the residents of the island are dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, and these Japanese pirates entered here.

Its main purpose is to take advantage of the hatred of the island residents and their familiarity with the terrain to confront the imperial court across the sea.

"The chief is not well, there is movement in Ningbo Mansion."

Zhoushan Islands, in a cottage on a big island.

A group of people dressed in rags and holding various weapons were lying on the ground basking in the sun.

These people rubbed their stomachs from time to time and looked at the sky blankly.

Since being blocked by the navy, these Japanese pirates have been unable to obtain resources on the shore.

Others are better, food is the most terrible thing.

There are a large number of them who lack food. If they did not rely on catching some seafood every day to fill their stomachs, they would almost starve to death.

Many people complained about the big boss, why did he choose this poor place?

This made them, who were stared at by the navy, unable to run even if they wanted to run from the sea.

Landing and robbery, guard officers and soldiers are not vegetarians.

And more importantly, once they leave the favorable island, the navy will immediately occupy their territory, and then encircle them on the shore.

This has resulted in them being unable to advance, and unable to retreat.

In fact, what these little Japanese pirates don't know is that their big leader is stationed here, and his main purpose is to ask the court to recruit peace.

If it weren't for being forced to live helplessly, who would want to live a life like this.

The purpose of the big chiefs stationed here is to let the court know of their existence, and then fight a few games with the court's people. After showing their own abilities, they will negotiate terms with the court, and then return to the court to accept recruitment and live the life of a Shangguan master .

"What's the noise? Did God kill you? I'm making you anxious."

The door of the small room with the sign of Juyi Hall was opened, and a scholar came out wearing a belt.

The reporter took a look into the house, and saw a young lady who was robbed some time ago, lying on a wooden bed in the house, staring blankly at the roof.

"Gudong!"

Seeing it as a piece of white flowers, the little guy who reported the letter swallowed.

"Snapped!"

The scholar who fastened his belt raised his hand and slapped Qi and closed the door.

"Where to look? Is that what you should look at? Hurry up and say something."

The little guy who had been slapped reacted, rubbed his slapped face, and said aggrievedly: "Just now there was news from the shore that the guards of Jinan Prefecture are coming to our side, and the yamen on the shore has already closed. Started to collect ships, it looks like they are going to hit us."

"Ha ha!"

"A group of landlubbers also want to hit me, it's just a daydream."

The scholar smiled disdainfully.

It wasn't the scholar's arrogance, but the officers and soldiers of the guards, he really didn't pay attention to them.

If it was the Ming Navy that often patrolled the surrounding islands some time ago, the scholar would still be afraid of it.

Officers and soldiers of the Daming Guard.

He admits that fighting on shore was tough.

But in this sea, it's hard to say who is strong and who is weak.

"Bros!"

The scholar strode up to a boulder, looked at the bored Japanese pirates basking in the sun, and shouted loudly.

The drowsy pirates turned to look at their leader, the scholar.

"I believe many people are wondering why we are here."

After everyone looked over, the scholar cleared his throat and expressed the doubts in everyone's mind.

"Yes, chief, why are we here?"

"That's right, if we were still on the former island, our life wouldn't be so miserable now. I haven't had enough food for three days. I eat seafood every day, and I'm about to throw up!"

"Don't be impatient, everyone, and listen to me slowly."

The scholar pressed his hand to silence the noisy crowd.

After everyone was quiet, the scholar said loudly.

"Many of our brothers joined the group because they couldn't survive on the shore. Of course, more people want to make a fortune and then go back to the shore to buy a few acres of land to live a small life."

"But as the saying goes, if you become a thief and want to clear your name, it's difficult."

"In the eyes of the imperial court, we are all unforgivable sinners. Even if we earn money and go back to shore, sooner or later we will be found out and liquidated."

The people below fell silent.

Yes, once you become a thief, it will be difficult to live the life of ordinary people again.

The scholar coughed and attracted everyone's attention again.

"It is precisely because I understand everyone's difficulties that I want to find a way out for everyone to return to the shore safely, and not only can they live a good life, but they will not be made things difficult by the government."

When everyone heard it, their eyes lit up.

Of course, those real Japanese pirates who couldn't understand Daming's dialect looked at the people around them with puzzled faces.

What I can understand is that his face is a little ugly.

These damn smart people.

What can you do to clean us up?These guys are planning to abandon us.

Regardless of the various eyes below, the scholar raised his arms and shouted.

"The imperial court has a method called Zhao'an, which means that the imperial court does not want to fight with us, and intends to use official positions and gold and silver to make us give up resistance and return to the imperial court's management."

"The Zhao'an you mentioned, chief, is the one who sings in opera."

One of the young men who thought he understood asked loudly excitedly.

The scholar nodded with a smile.

"That's what it means. As long as we are recruited, we are no longer thieves, but officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Not only will our charges be wiped out, but we will also receive the imperial court's salary."

After the scholar finished speaking, the people below started discussing excitedly.

"It's great. I can still be an officer and get a salary. If I go to war and make some meritorious service later, I might be able to become a high-ranking official."

"That's right. In the future, you only need to train once a few days, and you can easily earn a salary every month. It's a beautiful day to think about."

"I also heard that the imperial court issued a new policy this year. Children from military households can study for free. If we can become officers and soldiers, our children will be able to excel in education."

"Oh, this is all secondary. The most important thing is to be able to marry a big daughter-in-law."

"We've been holding back on the island for so long, I'm going crazy. Now I see a mother mouse, and I feel pretty."

"Hey, it's still comfortable to be the head of the family, with a young lady by my side."

"It's all quiet, it's all quiet..."

The scholar waved his hand again to silence the noise below.

"If we want to be recruited by the court, we must show our own strength."

"As long as we defeat the imperial court's attacks a few times, the imperial court will come to recruit us soon after seeing our strength, and then everyone will be able to live a good life."

"Haha, just look at the big boss, I promise to beat the shit out of them..."

Imagining the beautiful days in the future, the pirates screamed excitedly.

"Clang clang clang clang..."

Just when everyone was looking forward to the future life, a burst of gongs sounded from the top of the mountain.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound of the gong. On the sentry post on the top of the mountain, one person was beating the gong vigorously, and the other was waving the flag in his hand vigorously, reminding everyone that there was an enemy attack.

"Haha, those landlubbers are here, come with me to clean them up and let them see how powerful we are."

The scholar thought it was the officers and soldiers from the guard station, he laughed and pulled out the sword hanging on his waist, waved it towards the shore, and ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

The Japanese pirates who had been fooled by the scholars waved their weapons excitedly, shouted and headed towards the beach, ready to face the officers and soldiers of the guard.

"Don't go...don't go, it's a big ship, a big ship!"

The two pirates standing guard on the top of the mountain saw that the people below heard the warning, not only did not hide, but went to the beach excitedly, jumped up and down, and shouted to remind the people below.

But because it was too noisy below and the distance was too far, the people below didn't hear what they shouted at all, and thought they were cheering for them.

"My minister, Ningbo Mansion, pays Wu Yan, and Qian Yu, a thousand households of Ningbo Mansion, pays homage to His Royal Highness Taisun!"

When the Japanese pirates were gathering, Zhu Zhangui had already arrived at the shore in a small boat.

As soon as Zhu Zhangui landed, the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture and the Qianhu Office of Ningbo Qianhu Office hurried forward to meet him.

Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly, looked at the two with a calm expression and asked: "There are Japanese pirates in this place, and they are stationed on an island not far from the mainland. Why didn't you report it to the higher authorities?"

Zhu Zhangui asked questions as soon as he landed, which made the two feel nervous.

Wu Zhifu hurriedly said aggrieved:

"Returning to Your Highness, when the Japanese pirates arrived, I reported to the imperial court, and applied for the mobilization of guards and soldiers to carry out the suppression."

"But until you came, there was no reply from the imperial court. In desperation, I can only strengthen patrols to prevent these pirates from going ashore to seek trouble."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Qian Qianhu. He also sent a notification to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, but he didn't get any reply!"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhangui frowned and looked at that Qianhu.

Qian Qianhu nodded quickly.

"Your Highness, what Wu Zhifu said is absolutely true, if the two of us tell lies, Your Highness can chop off our heads at any time!"

Wu Zhifu stared.

You bastard just guarantee it with your own head, why do you want to bring me with you, I've provoked you.

After listening to the report of the two, Zhu Zhangui frowned tightly.

Before he set off, his father showed him the brochures about Japanese pirates and coastal pirates from last year and the year before, just to let him know more about the situation, so that he would have nowhere to start.

Zhu Zhangui remembers clearly that last year and the year before last, only Taizhou in Jiangsu and Zhejiang reported a news of Japanese pirates' harassment.

Ningbo has not received any notification in this regard at all.

Wu Zhifu noticed Zhu Zhangui's frowning expression, seemed to understand something, hesitated, and whispered.

"Your Highness, I heard that the chief political envoy may be transferred to the capital as an official."

Zhu Zhangui glanced at him and understood what the other party meant.

The meaning of prefect Wu is to tell Zhu Zhangui implicitly.

In order to be promoted, the chief envoy deliberately suppressed the memorials in this regard, so that the court thought that he was in good order in Zhejiang and stepped into the center safely.

Zhu Zhangui would naturally not make him feel good about this kind of official who disregarded the life and death of ordinary people in order to get promoted.

Keeping this matter in mind, Zhu Zhangui said to Qian Qianhu: "You take your Qianhu to block the coast, and without my order in the next time, no common people are allowed to go fishing in the sea."

"Also, if there are ships coming over from the sea, they will be seized without my warrant, and anyone who dares to trespass, no matter who they are, will be shot to death!"

Hearing that his mission was to block the coast, Qian Qianhu felt a little unwilling.

It was not easy to encounter a war, and if he didn't go up and chop a few times, he would always feel a little uncomfortable.

But looking at Zhu Zhangui's expressionless face and thinking about the great achievements of His Royal Highness, Qian Qianhu sighed helplessly and clasped his fists to accept the order.

When Zhu Zhangui returned to the big ship by boat, Qian Qianhu gave Wu Zhifu a thumbs up.

"Brother, you dare to make a small report about the chief minister. I'm not afraid that he will kill you if he finds out."

Wu Zhifu smiled indifferently.

"I have no family background, no connections, and no money. I have reached the end of my career as a magistrate. If I want to climb up again, I don't have a chance if I don't take some risks."

"Besides, that guy is greedy. He has been the chief minister for so many years, and he has collected so much money. The relatives of the family rely on his relationship to run amok. Some time ago, the official punished a distant relative of his, and he called me over. , scolding my grandson for more than an hour."

"If he is a good official who is in charge of the people and a pillar of the imperial court who governs the region very well, I would be willing to suffer this scolding."

"But damn, he's an insatiable stinky rat. He doesn't do business all day long. He only knows how to plunder people's fat, embezzle and accept bribes. I can't calm down if I don't get him down!"

"Hahaha…"

Hearing Wu Zhifu's complaint, Qian Qianhu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Why didn't he realize that this old pedant had such an upright side before.

"Don't worry bro, I see His Highness's expression just now, this guy is probably going to be unlucky, maybe His Highness appreciates you, after you get rid of that guy, you will be promoted to chief minister."

"Brother, you will be promoted in the future, don't forget me, brother!"

"Hehe, it depends on your boy's performance. I don't know how to help the poor."

"You old man is talking nonsense, look at me, I'm full of tendons, I don't look like a wine bag and rice bag."

"It's hard to say, there are many embroidered pillows that are strong in the outside world."

"Boom..."

Just when the two were chatting and laughing, they were about to order the officers and soldiers to disperse, block the surrounding people, and seal off the periphery.

The navy ready on the sea began shelling the island where the Japanese pirates were located.

"Tsk tsk tsk, how can we compare with others, we don't have a single cannon, and others have thousands of them to play with, this is the gap!"

Looking at the sea covered in gunpowder smoke, Qian Qianhu sighed and shook his head.

Prefect Wu patted his shoulder comfortingly.

"Work hard to get promoted. If you have the opportunity, transfer to Taisun's subordinates. It's very difficult for the local guards to get ahead!"

Qian Qianhu sighed.

He also wanted to, but he also had a chance.

　Thanks to: Wendong for the 100 tip, thanks to: 666 for the 500 tip, thanks to: Xueyang for the 100 tip, thanks to: Heiran Jiangshan Yidianheng for the 200 tip, thanks to: Breathing for the 100 tip.Thank you five bosses.

　　
　
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