Chapter 292 291 Mutation

In recent years, the Wei family has been spending the New Year in Jiujiang Mansion. The eldest brother and sister-in-law will return to Jiujiang Mansion before the New Year to celebrate the New Year with their parents.

Wei Guangde has been in the capital for the past two years, so he naturally cannot reunite with his family. He finally got together again this year.

Wei Guangde was teasing his little nephew Wei Lin in his arms. With Wei Guangde's success as a Jinshi, his eldest brother Wei Wencai naturally hoped that his son would have a bright future like Wei Guangde. Although he knew that his identity was destined to inherit the official positions of hundreds of households, he still hoped to become a talented person and become a Qilin son.

The same procedure as Bengshan Fort, worshiping ancestors, listening to my father's recitation of family history and remembering ancestors, and reunion dinner

After the New Year, Wei Guangde finally got free. He was the time to go to the prefect of Jiujiang Prefecture in mid-November, and the emperor approved the wedding date for two months. Logically, considering that he would return to the capital to resume his post in early February, he would return to the capital to resume his post in early February.

However, officials in the Ming Dynasty could absent from work for three months, but were recognized by the previous emperor and approved by the imperial pen. Wei Guangde naturally chose to consciously abide by this official rule and absent from work for three months under the order, so the time to return to the capital was set in mid-April, which was not the flood season, so it would be better to take a boat along the canal north.

In mid-February, the imperial court's residence reported, which also brought about the final disposal of Wang Zhi.

On the 25th day of the first lunar month of the 37th year of Jiajing, Wang Zhi was arrested in the Zhejiang Censor Prison. The Japanese pirate leader Ye Zongman and Wang Qingxi were also taken to the Censor Prison.

The ending was completely beyond Wei Guangde's speculation. Wang Zhi was arrested and imprisoned. His future was already obvious. After Hu Zongxian's memorial to protect him and request the court to pardon his crimes, he was still taken down.

However, Wei Guangde is now far away from the capital, so he naturally doesn't know how to deal with Wang Zhi, and the court is still divided into two factions.

One of the factions supported Hu Zongxian's view and advocated surrendering Wang Zhi to eliminate the coastal Japanese siege as soon as possible, while the other factions were headed by the censors and firmly opposed the pardon of Wang Zhi, claiming that Wang Zhi was the culprit of the Japanese pirates and would never be forgiven.

After receiving the news, Hu Zongxian was anxious and quickly submitted a memorial to the court to request pardon Wang Zhi. He did not want to be called unfaithful and unrighteous in the future. Although he had killed Xu Hai in the past, if he killed Wang Zhi again this time, he would not be able to take off the hat no matter what.

However, just when Hu Zongxian was still asking for a memorial to defend himself, many people in the court claimed that he had accepted Wang Zhi's large bribes and also heard that he had tried to pardon the pirate leader's serious crime because of the large bribes.

The news came, and the ups and downs of officialdom for many years, Hu Zongxian was still shocked and sweated in a cold sweat. He hurriedly destroyed the original memorial and changed it to Wang Zhi as a crime in the rewritten memorial. He should be rectified immediately. However, the situation along the coast is tense now, but please try Wang Zhi to suppress the matter.

For Japanese pirate leaders like Wang Zhi, they are naturally not ordinary people. It is impossible for them to be tried by just the Zhejiang Censorate. Naturally, the three departments need to be tried before they are convicted.

What Hu Zongxian could think of at this time was to delay time as much as possible. If Wang Zhi died at this critical moment, the current cause of suppressing Japanese Japanese was likely to encounter huge setbacks, because the strategies used to deal with Japanese pirates before were "suppression" and "pacity". Once Wang Zhi died, he could only fight with Japanese pirates to the death. The war could not be ended until one side was completely wiped out. No Japanese pirates would believe in the path of court refusing them.

But Hu Zongxian had a beautiful idea. He hoped that after he seized Wang Zhi, the Japanese pirates at sea would collapse on their own because they had no heads. It was not realized.

More than 3,000 Japanese pirates anchored outside Cengang were extremely sad and angry after hearing that Wang Zhi was deceived and arrested by the court.

These people were all dead soldiers in battle. They followed Wang Zhi to fight bloody battles on the sea for many years. Now that their old boss has been deceived into prison, they are full of energy and want to fight the Ming army.

The most unlucky thing is that Xia Zheng, the commander sent by the Ming army to Cengang as a hostage.

When Wang Zhi's adopted son Mao Haifeng heard that his adoptive father was lured to prison by the Ming court, his eyes turned red. He immediately tied Xia Zheng, who had just been drinking together, and cursed Ming Jun Wuxin, and then cut Xia Zheng with a knife.

It is said that Xia Zheng didn't say a word until his death because he knew that the court's trick of seizing Wang Zhi was too inappropriate, but this person was also holding back his songs and could only die in silence.

Wang Zhi's death caused a new round of crazy revenge by the Japanese pirates. More than 3,000 mad Japanese under his command were red-eyed, drifting on the sea and killing wildly.

Mao Haifeng knew that at this time, a large number of Ming troops gathered around Hangzhou, and he would definitely not be able to attack the prefecture and rescue his adoptive father. He chose to plunder other prefectures and counties to put pressure on the court to release people.

At this time, the Japanese pirates first attacked Chaozhou, killed many Ming troops, and then set sail to invade Fuzhou.

However, these news were not from the official newspaper, but from Xu Bangrui, the Duke of Wei in Nanjing, sent someone to use a clutch.

The news here is chaotic, and it can only be said to be very different.

After receiving the news, Wei Guangde found the map and looked at it for a long time, he could only smile bitterly. This Japanese pirates knew how to avoid the real and attack the virtual, and attacked the weak areas where the Ming army had no defense.

At this time, the entire Zhejiang area had already made full preparations to prevent the Japanese pirates from attacking, and Fujian next door was obviously unaware of this. Mao Haifeng turned the target of plunder to Fujian, and the consequences can be imagined.

Ruan E, who had just been transferred from Zhejiang to Fujian as governor, knew that he could not fight, so he chose to defend the city and abandon other prefectures. Seeing that these bandits could not capture Fuzhou, they turned around to attack Fuhai.

At this time, Fuhai County was unprepared for the attack of the Japanese pirates again. The county town was destroyed. County magistrate Ye Zongwen was killed. The Japanese pirates robbed the ward, killed more than a thousand men and women, and burned countless officials and civilian houses.

Soon after, the Japanese pirates were divided into several stocks, and they were steep in Taizhou, Hui'an, Changle, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other places, coming and going, and poisoning the places.

For a moment, alarms arose in various places, and memorials of urgent requests for help were sent to the governor, the governor's desk, and the six ministries of Nanjing and the Censorate immediately reported the situation in Zhejiang and Fujian.

The coastal Japanese pirates that had been stable for several months have resurrected. This Japanese pirates are not the main focus of plundering, but instead attacked and destroyed them, causing particularly tragic losses to the local area. Therefore, the Japanese pirates 37 years after Jiajing were also called the "new Japanese".

Although the capital has not responded to the news, the Nanjing Ministry of War has sent military orders to Jiujiang Guards to collect troops and prepare for delivery.

Jiujiang Guard is now an important mobile force in the hands of the Nanjing Ministry of War. Its location and transportation advantages determine that it can be quickly recruited and put into the battlefield.

The situation in Jiangnan has changed drastically, and the first thing that Nanjing thinks about is naturally to recruit Jiujiang Guards to assist Zhejiang and Fujian.

A few years ago, after Wei Guangde reminded Wei's father, he told his uncle Wu Zhankui that night. The commander of Jiujiang Guard, the first-level general of Qianhuo held a secret meeting on the second day and reported the matter internally.

When he heard that Wang Zhi was captured, many military generals were happy at the beginning, but when he heard the following words, he was not calm.

If Wang Zhi’s matter is not handled well, it may lead to greater Japanese disasters. As military generals, they naturally do not want another storm on the coast that has been calm for several months. It would be great to lie at home peacefully, so why do you need to go to the coast to fight the Japanese pirates to death?

There was no eye on the battlefield. Last time, a thousand households died in the Japanese pirate garrison, and no one wanted to become the second unlucky guy.

So this year, the Jiujiang Guard's warriors suffered, and the holiday time was shortened to only three days. Although the team officer agreed to pay more military pay for compensation, but if the money was not enough, who knew if there was any in the end?

Cousin Wei Wencai and eldest brother Wu Dong were only staying in Jiujiang Mansion until the fifteenth day, and then took a boat back to Pengze to train the team of the Qianhu Office of the Right Army.

Before the Nanjing military order arrived at Jiujiang Guard, Jiujiang Guard was actually ready to start a war, although no one wanted the order to really arrive.

As the war in Zhejiang and Fujian began again, the number of ships traveling on the Yangtze River suddenly increased, and many weaving workshops located in Songjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou were shipped in large quantities to avoid losses caused by the Japanese turmoil.

The huge increase in merchant ships also brought convenience to the transmission of news. Before the Nanjing Ministry of War notice was reached, Xu Bangrui sent someone to send the latest news.

The Japanese pirates were invading Wenzhou and Taizhou prefectures in Zhejiang Province, among which Yueqing, Linhai, Xiangshan and other places suffered the most serious injuries. From Wenzhou, Zhejiang and Taizhou prefectures to Fuzhou, Xinghua, Quanzhou and other places in Fujian Province, they all landed on the shore and burned and plundered.

However, what made Wei Guangde feel a little relieved was that the latest information showed that after the Japanese pirates plundered, several Japanese pirates gathered again on the periphery of Cengang, Zhoushan, and the imperial decree was also placed at the local level.

Due to the arrival of the new Japanese, the sea disasters resurrected. The court strictly ordered Hu Zongxian to be blamed and eliminated the military positions of General Yu Dayou, General Qi Jiguang and others, and limited them to destroy the Japanese pirates in Cengang within one month.

So by chance, the reunited Japanese pirates Mao Haifeng's troops were besieged in Cengang, Zhoushan by general Yu Dayou and general Qi Jiguang's troops.

The Japanese pirates set up tight defenses in Zhoushan, especially in the confrontation with the Ming army around Cengang.

Although the Ming army was brave, the Japanese pirates relied on favorable terrain to kill and hurt the Ming army. In desperation, the Ming army had to consider siege this Japanese pirate for a long time, hoping to completely wipe out.

"The Japanese pirates were surrounded in Cengang."

Wei Guangde looked at the letter in his hand and felt incredible. Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, whom he knew, would be the ones who fought against the Japanese pirates. This group of Japanese pirates would be destroyed.

Wei Guangde issued a death sentence for the Japanese pirates he thought were the greatest threat in his heart. Then he put away the letter and planned to write a letter and ask someone to send it to Mr. Wei.

Now, he is the only male in the mansion except for the female family. Dad Wei has returned to the Qianhuo of the Later Army to prepare for war, so is the elder brother.

I wrote a letter and sent someone to send it out, and planned to go to my uncle's house to talk about it at night.

The alarm was lifted, and the news from Wei Guangde led the Jiujiang Guard to breathe a sigh of relief.

The news brought back by Wei Guangde before the New Year predicted that the coastal turmoil had resumed. Although it was valued by the senior management of Jiujiangwei at that time, of course, it was mainly because Wu Zhankui was very determined and trusted Wei Guangde completely unconditionally.

For those who are still a little suspicious, after seeing the Nanjing Ministry of War, their previous suspicion about Wei Guangde instantly disappeared.

Therefore, the news from Wei Guangde this time that Wang Zhi's main force of the Japanese pirates was besieged by Yu Dayou in Zhoushan, and no one doubted the authenticity of the news from Wei Guangde.

What they were worried about before was that Wang Zhi was capturing the remnants of Wang Zhi's troops to cause trouble, so as to put pressure on the court to release people.

Don’t underestimate the destructive power of these Japanese pirates. Merchant ships travel frequently on the Yangtze River waterway. Jiujiang Prefecture has more or less heard from the merchants coming and going, and how much the losses are.

This time, several consecutive counties were destroyed. The Japanese pirates not only snatched away property and the young and strong population, but also killed and burned the city in a large number of ways, and did their best to destroy it.

According to Wei Guangde's prediction, the Japanese pirates gathered again in Zhoushan. In addition to dealing with the looted goods, they may also have the intention of going north to attack Nanzhili, with the Shandong coastal areas.

In fact, after looking through the map, Wei Guangde put himself in his shoes. If he were the leader of the current Japanese pirates, what tactics would he use to increase the effect of putting pressure on the court, then he would naturally set his goal on the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.

Going north to enter Nanzhili, taking advantage of the dense river channels in Huai'an Prefecture to carry out a surprise attack and cut off the Grand Canal in half. The consequence will inevitably be that the whole world will shake.

In history, Japanese pirates have appeared in Zhenjiang and Huai'an many times, causing the Grand Canal, which maintained north-south transportation, to suspend operation, and also caused the officials left behind in Fengyang, Zhongdu, to be criticized by the court.

However, it is obvious that there are also court informants among the Japanese pirates. Yu Dayou seized the opportunity to surround the Japanese pirates here. The sudden war has hope of eliminating them. As long as we encircle and annihilate them here, we will encircle and annihilate them.

Time entered April without realizing it, and it was not far from the day when Wei Guangde left home again on the road to Beijing.

The offensive and defensive battle between the Ming army and the Japanese pirates in Zhoushan continued. The military newspaper sent from Nanjing made Wei Guangde unable to understand what the new Japanese pirate leader named Mao Haifeng was fighting.

According to the strength of the enemy and us, the Japanese pirates should wisely escape before the Ming army surrounded, and even if they abandoned the looted property, they would have to run away.

However, after knowing that the Ming army was surrounded, Mao Haifeng did not choose to leave, but instead fought with the Ming army in Zhoushan.

With the arrival of a new battle report, after nearly a month of stalemate, the Japanese pirates finally chose to break out when the surrounded Ming army was unprepared. Mao Haifeng chose to cut off the rear until he was defeated and killed by the Ming army in Cengang, Zhoushan. Wei Guangde slowly came back and forth.

I am afraid that from the beginning, Mao Haifeng had already had a desperate ambition. According to the news I received before, the lobbyist Hu Zongxian initially sent contact with Mao Haifeng. After convinced Mao Haifeng, he persuaded Wang Zhi through him, which led to the current situation.

He values ​​feelings and righteousness, and is a man.

Wei Guangde smacked his lips and thought about it in his heart.

However, at this time, Wei Guangde was still considering whether he should write a letter to Yu Dayou to congratulate the great event of extermination of Japanese pirates.

Although they were not eliminated within the time limit of the court, the time difference was not great. Yu Dayou was still very rewarded in terms of merit and practice.

However, the news sent by Nanjing shocked Wei Guangde again. The Japanese pirates who broke through obviously discarded most of their wealth. After breaking out, they did not choose to go north but went south to Fujian and Guangdong, and continued to burn, kill, loot and do evil.

At the same time, the news that Wang Zhi was deceived by the government also spread among the Japanese pirate group. Japanese pirate leaders, large and small, began to loot everywhere in the coastal areas under the banner of avenging the "old ship owner". For a moment, the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River fell into war again.

What stunned Wei Guangde the most was a secret letter from Nanjing at the end of April, and the court issued an order to take Yu Dayou to Beijing for trial.
Chapter completed!