Chapter 444 443 The thief's power is on the ground

It doesn't matter if he didn't stop Yu Dayou from relocating. After leaving the palace, Yan Song became scheming and just turned around to put Jiangxi into Hu Zongxian's management. Yu Dayou worked under Hu Zongxian, but he was afraid that he would not find a reason to manipulate him.

Before, although Hu Zongxian was known as the Governor of Jiangnan, his accurate official position was the Minister of War and the Right Censor of the Censorate, and was appointed as the Shaobao, the Governor of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fu and other departments. He could not take charge of the troops in Jiangxi, but he could be recruited and dispatched through the Jiangxi Dushi.

Hu Zongxian wanted to punish Yu Dayou, so he naturally brought people to his hands, and he did whatever he wanted.

After destroying the remnants of Wang Zhi's troops, Hu Zongxian just made an excuse to sue the person, and ordered the imperial edict to take the people with the imperial guards. Yan Song just wanted to copy it and could easily make him repeat the same mistake.

Shortly after people walked out of Xiyuan, news began to spread in the capital yamen and immediately entered Prince Yu's mansion.

In the past, Prince Yu's Mansion was weak in collecting information, but after Gao Gong entered the court as an official, this situation greatly eased.

The Minister of Rites and a third-rank high-ranking official, with a unique status, naturally more convenient behavior, and he can also come into contact with some major events in the court, which made the news about Prince Yu's mansion become more informative.

The Ministry of War’s response strategy for border towns has actually been circulated in the government and the country before. As early as last year, Wei Guangde also had a prediction, but it did not surprise the people in the palace, but it also significantly improved Wei Guangde’s status in the palace.

If you can plan military affairs, Wei Guangde will be at least in charge of the Ministry of War when he enters the court in the future, and he will not have to worry about not having a suitable position.

At this moment, Wei Guangde was naturally interested in the news that Ma Fang was rising to the ranks.

Yu Dayou was transferred to Jiangxi, but in fact, you only need to understand Yu Dayou's experience. You only need a pusher in the court to achieve it, while Ma Fang is different.

The Jiubian important town has been going on for many years, and countless generals were born during this period. In fact, most of the generals and generals in the Jiubian important town are controlled by these generals. They are the inheritance of experience in training for generations.

Ma Fang is obviously an outsider who has reached today with his military achievements step by step.

The general officer, the left governor, is already the highest military position that a military general can achieve. The rest is nothing more than a false title. When will the Sangong Sanfu be added?

At the beginning, Wei Guangde wanted to ask Ma Fang to go to Jizhen as the deputy general and make meritorious contributions to attack the position of general officer, but now it seems that there is no need, so is it necessary to help him make a transfer?

Thinking of knowing what he was thinking in his letter to Ma Fang earlier, he still wanted to go back to Datong when he was old, but he didn't want to go to the capital to join the Governor's Office for the Five Army to take up a free position. However, Ma Fang is still young and strong now, but it is not time to prepare for retirement.

When it comes to the level of general, transferring has become troublesome. After all, there are only so many generals in the Ming Dynasty, all of whom have been named by Emperor Jiajing. Wei Guangde felt that there seemed to be nothing to help him.

Let it be.

Based on his understanding of Ma Fang in recent years, he is not like an ungrateful person who has been ungrateful and has burned bridges across the river. He also needs someone to protect him in the court.

Although Wei Guangde is now of low-level and has no power, he has great potential in the future.

He was born in Hanlin and was a lecturer in the Prince Yu's Mansion. Even if he was not promoted by Emperor Jiajing, he could imagine that he had become successful when King Yu was in power. In the same year, he had always regarded him as his backbone, even surpassing Zhu Dashou, Tao Dalin and others.

Wei Guangde made up his mind and sent a letter to Ma Fang after he got home to ask if he wanted to make achievements on the battlefield.

As for Yu Dayou's side, Wei Guangde didn't plan to write, because it was not convenient to go back and forth in Guizhou, and he didn't know when Yu Dayou could take office in Jiangxi.

However, according to the past situation, it will take as soon as two months for Yu Dayou to take over the errand in Guizhou to take office as the Wan'an garrison in Jiangxi.

Time passed quietly and September soon began.

News of Zhang Lian's rebels continued to spread to the capital, but none of them were good news.

During this period, the rebels continued to conquer cities and territory, and even defeated many counties in Fujian. They even captured Nanjing County and went straight to Zhangzhou Prefecture City, broke through Zhenhaiwei City, plundered Qianshan, Guixi and other places, rushed to Jianning, and captured Yihuang County.

Bad news kept coming, causing a small shock in the government and the country again, especially the news that the Zhenhai Fiera City in Fujian was destroyed, which made the Governor's Office of the Five Army lose face.

The inspectors and censors in Fujian, Jiangxi and other places also reported that there were vacant local officials and that the new officials were unable to take office for a long time, resulting in chaos in local management.

While the Ministry of War issued an emergency order to speed up the dispatch of troops, the Ministry of War also urged the recruitment of military generals to take office as soon as possible. The Ministry of Personnel also began to verify the officials from Fujian, Jiangxi and other places to take office, and dismiss the post of the previous post on the spot for the pre-term officials.

Although there was constant bad news in the court, during this period of contact with King Yu, Wei Guangde also sensitively discovered that King Yu seemed to have become more determined to open the sea ban.

It is normal to think about it. The fundamental reason for the attack of the thieves in Fujian and Guangxi is the increase in the number of thieves over the years, which has led to the people being unable to do anything and having to take risks. If the sea is opened, the Japanese thieves can gradually be quelled. If there is no need to add thieves, there will naturally be no soil for the thieves to launch.

On that day, when Wei Guangde and King Yu were alone, King Yu said, "I heard yesterday that Li Sui, the Minister of War in Nanjing, requested to propose the addition of the governor in Nanjing. What do you think about Shandao?"

Wei Guangde thought about it and replied: "The situation in Fujian and Zhejiang is critical, and Nanjing may have already felt it, so please transfer the governor to the camp as soon as possible."

After saying this, Wei Guangde thought of the official documents from the Ministry of War two days ago, and said: "The Ministry of War has ordered the report on the war against Zhang Lian's rebels every five days. It is no longer the local officials' own affairs, but must always grasp the information. It can be seen that the Ministry of War is afraid that there will be a bad premonition."

Before this, news about the thieves in Fujian and Guangxi were reported only after they fell into a certain place. Now they have been asked to report on time, regardless of whether there is any war, it can be seen that the Ministry of War has noticed that local officials have concealed and slack tendencies, which is not conducive to their control of the situation.

"Is there any news from the Ministry of War? Who agreed to serve as the governor of the Nanjing camp?"

King Yu's face was full of worry at this time and he asked.

"I heard that it was Liu Xian who was initially determined and he had to wait for the Ministry of War to report it."

Wei Guangde replied.

Although Prince Yu's mansion cannot control the government affairs or interfere with the appointment and removal of officials, he is also closely watching the official turmoil.

Today, the officials in the yamen are willing to convey information to Prince Yu’s Mansion. After all, Prince Yu’s Mansion is no longer as good as before.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, and soon the whispers of Li Fang and the visitor came.

King Yu and Wei Guangde's eyes turned to the door of the house at the same time. Soon, the voice of Li Fang who was guarding him could be heard outside.

"Your Highness, Jizhen Emergency Army has reported to Beijing."

“Come in and talk.”

King Yu spoke.

The curtain was lifted open, and Li Fang quickly walked into the house and handed the note in his hand to King Yu.

King Yu took it and looked at it, and handed the note to Wei Guangde, but his eyes were full of anxiety.

Wei Guangde took the note and saw it, and was also a little surprised.

"The more than 60,000 cavalry invaders Juyongcha Road were captured, and the official army controlled them. The general Jiang Yingxiong advanced first and encountered the enemy in Nangou. The enemy cavalry surrounded him. Yingxiong was defeated by Wushuang. The troops of the general Hu Zhen commanded the troops to fight, and shot several enemy soldiers, captured Yingxiong and returned, and the enemy fled."

"Altan Khan still wants to raid the capital?"

Wei Guangde was also shocked when he saw this note.

Wei Guangde's previous speculation that Altan Khan's most likely target of attack should be Zunhua or Miyun. Unexpectedly, tens of thousands of people dared to walk the path to approach the Great Wall, and wanted to break through the Great Wall in Juyongguan.

You should know that once the Ming army was blocked from the investigation, the Ming army mobilized troops and horses from Jizhen and Xuanda to encircle, and the Tatars were afraid that they would not be able to escape.

However, it was obvious that Altan Khan had a right bet, and the Ming army was not prepared. Fortunately, Jiang Yingxiong led his troops to attack and rush back, shockingly retreating to Altan's army, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Do you think Altan Khan is really going to retreat or fake?"

Just then, King Yu suddenly asked.

Wei Guangde recalled the terrain of Juyong Pass, guessed the path of Altan's army to advance, and replied: "Altan Khan's advance was very risky this time. He should have wanted to sneak attack our city. Now that his journey is exposed, it is probably not easy to attack the Great Wall Pass with cavalry."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde thought for a moment before saying, "I bet Altan Khan will give up attacking Jizhen and lead his army to attack other border towns."

"Hmm? What you mean is that Altan Khan doesn't attack Jizhen, and he wants to attack other places?"

King Yu said in surprise.

"Before, Altan Khan sent several attacks on Xuanda, probably to attract the attention of the court. The elite force was this thunder strike. Now that it is exposed, I am afraid that I will not wander around Jizhen and Xuanda anymore. It is likely to turn to attack Liaodong, Shanshan and Ningxia."

Wei Guangde replied.

This is the advantage of the Mongolian cavalry. Today, they can attack Jizhen. After retreating for a few days, they may appear near Yansui and Ningxia. The mobility is indeed the fastest force in this period.

"Li Fang, find someone to stare at the Ministry of War and report it in time if there is any news."

King Yu ordered Li Fang.

After Li Fang agreed to withdraw, Wei Guangde noticed a faint smile on the corner of King Yu's mouth.

Wei Guangde only thought about it and guessed what King Yu thought. Since King Jing left, King Yu stayed alone in the capital, and actually had his life as an emperor. In addition to being unable to interfere in politics, he was actually not much different from the one in Xiyuan.

At this time, I only saw King Yu touching his chin and said inadvertently: "Shandai, you said that if the Ministry of War did not consider that the Altan cavalry might turn to attack other border towns, should we send someone to remind us?"

Time was quiet and ten days later. After the Northern Territories retreated from the Nanshan Mountain, they disappeared again. However, as the Jiangnan War Report came regularly, all officials in the capital also understood the current situation in Fujian.

From April to June, the thieves in Chengxiang, Sanrao, the Japanese thieves in Nan'an, Tangxia, and various thieves appeared in various counties, and called the police every day.

From July to September, they began to attack cities and plunder land. The five palaces of Fu, Xing, Quan, Ting, and Zhang were suffering from the suffering of bandits and bandits, and the mainland traitors assisted them. Now the two cities of Chong'an and Nanjing were captured one after another.

The successive reports were delivered, not only the government and the people were shocked, but also the people in the Prince Yu's mansion frowned as they looked at the map.

Most of Fujian, dozens of counties in southeastern Jiangxi and northeastern Guangdong may have fallen or closed the city gates, and the fourth field has been occupied by Zhang Lian's rebels.

With the news of a thief attack in Longquan County, Zhejiang, it was announced that the rebel forces had gradually begun to erode Zhejiang from Fujian.

"In less than two months, the bandits have gained a foothold in Jiangxi, conquering more than ten cities in a row, and then broke into Chong'an County, northwest Fujian from Jiangxi to plunder Longquan. How did Hu Zongxian suppress the bandits in Zhejiang? The bandits' power is getting bigger and bigger."

Looking at the constantly marked maps, King Yu's face has become increasingly ugly these days.

The prefectures and counties captured by Zhang Lian seem to be larger than the entire Fujian area, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have lost a province.

"Your Highness, don't worry. Yesterday I saw from the Ministry of War that Yu Dayou has been transferred to Jiangxi. It only takes time to rectify the troops and horses to quickly recover the lost territory."

Wei Guangde could only comfort him, but in fact he felt a little relieved at this moment.

He had no impression of the rebellion of Zhang Lian and his group, but as far as we know it, it was very bad.

Ganzhou Prefecture, Jianchang Prefecture and Guangxin Prefecture in Jiangxi were all captured several counties. If there were any bandits fighting north from Guixi and breaking down Raozhou Prefecture, they could go north to Zhili in the south, and then they would go west to Jiujiang, and the first stop was Bengshan Fort.

In the past, Wei Guangde felt that his hometown was in the heart of the Ming Dynasty and should be a safe place, but now he looked at the map in front of him and felt a little worried for no reason.

The only thing that could make Wei Guangde safe was that he knew that Zhang Lian's rebellion would definitely fail, otherwise there would be no matters between Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and Nurhaci.

Also, Yu Dayou, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, also had extraordinary trust in him.

As long as the Jiangxi troops were handed over to him, Wei Guangde believed that he would soon expel Zhang Lian's troops from Jiangxi.
To be continued...