Emperor Jiajing ordered Jinyiwei to escort Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang Province, to Beijing. When the order was conveyed to Jinyiwei, the experience of Fusi in Beizhen began to get busy. At the same time, he prepared secret orders and sent them to hundreds of Jinyiwei households in Hangzhou through Jinyiwei's independent messaging system.

The other side was busy applying for a driving license. After getting the stamped and registered driving license from the Department of Ceremony and the Sixth Section, it was quickly handed over to a group of Ti riders who had already assembled.

After receiving the driving notice, the commander of the Tiqi team did not dare to neglect, and led his men and horses out of the city and rushed to Hangzhou.

Naturally, such a big news could not be hidden from the officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Especially after the driving post reached the sixth subject, the news of Hu Zongxian's downfall was basically confirmed.

Before Xu Jie, Yuan Wei and others left Xiyuan, the entire officialdom in the capital began to discuss the matter and speculated on who would take over as the governor of Zhejiang Province.

As news came out from the Ministry of War, the scope of Japanese invaders has gradually moved southward in recent years. Japanese invasions have occurred frequently in Fujian and Guangdong. Zhejiang and South Zhili have calmed down. Suddenly, in the eyes of hundreds of officials, the position of Governor of Zhejiang is

Even more tempting.

"In that case, let's see who is suitable to governor Zhejiang?"

At this time, in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing asked again.

After he finished speaking, he was greeted by a period of silence in the palace, and no one came out to recommend candidates for Zhejiang governor.

After all, things happened suddenly and they were not prepared yet.

Now that Emperor Jiajing is asking about it, it is naturally difficult to come up with a few decent candidates.

"Your Majesty, the incident happened suddenly, and I couldn't think of a suitable candidate for the moment."

At this time, Xu Jie, as the chief minister of the cabinet, looked sideways at the people in the hall and said.

Everyone was silent. As the chief minister of the dynasty, naturally he couldn't say a word. Even if he couldn't make a recommendation, he should at least say a few words to break the atmosphere in the palace.

"Then you should discuss the candidate as soon as possible."

After listening to Xu Jie's words, Emperor Jiajing just said lightly: "Select from officials in the court, not those from outside Beijing."

Emperor Jiajing selected the candidate for governor of Zhejiang in Beijing, so naturally he had his own considerations.

If the selection is from foreign officials, the selected person will have to go to the capital first and then set off south to Zhejiang.

Although the situation facing Zhejiang now is not what it used to be, it still faces the threat of Japanese pirates after all.

Choosing from among the officials in the capital naturally eliminates the need to return to the capital. After being selected, you can almost directly issue an order and immediately go south to take up your post.

"According to the decree."

Xu Jie and other officials bowed and answered at this time.

After coming out of the Yongshou Palace, everyone looked solemn, and they were all thinking about who in the capital was suitable for the post of governor.

In fact, there are not many officials in the capital who are suitable for the position of governor. Generally speaking, only officials from the third rank and above are qualified to hold this position.

The ministers of the Sixth Ministry, the ministers of the five temples, and the deputy imperial envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Considering that although Zhejiang does not have large-scale Japanese pirate intrusion, it still faces threats, and the candidate for governor must have military experience. If you think so, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of War are naturally the most suitable candidates.

In addition, the main responsibility of the governor is to supervise local officials. Although he is in charge of civil affairs, most of this is done through the Chief Envoy. Naturally, the Deputy Imperial Envoy in the Metropolitan Procuratorate can also hold this position.

Therefore, many people were secretly looking at Yang Bo, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Pan En, the Imperial Censor of Zuodu, on the road to see if they would approach Xu Jie and Yuan Wei and make peace with them.

The group of people quickly left Xiyuan and then headed to the cabinet together.

Emperor Jiajing wanted them to decide on a candidate for governor as soon as possible. Naturally, there was no time to waste, so he had to go directly to the cabinet to discuss the candidate so that he could submit the report as soon as possible.

In Prince Yu's Mansion, the main room in a small courtyard was quiet at this time.

At this time, King Yu, Yin Shizhen and others were all closing their eyes and recuperating. They had previously sent people to see Gao Gong at the Ministry of Rites and told him what the palace wanted.

Governor's job.

Now that both parties have reached an agreement, the only thing left is to inform Xu Jie not to push Gao Gong out and to be included in the recommendation list.

Although Wei Guangde guessed that Emperor Jiajing would not let Gao Gong go, he could not bear the risk of it happening.

At this time, the sun was already setting in the west. On a hill by the sea, a figure stood on it, looking at the vast sea to the west with a complicated look.

At the foot of the hill is a small bay, with countless boats of various sizes parked in it. Many people are active on the boats and on the shore, but everyone looks decadent at this time, without any energy at all.

This is a natural harbor south of Dongfan Island. Across the sea is the Fujian Province of the Ming Dynasty.

After the figure stood there for a long time, he finally sighed and withdrew his eyes that contained unwillingness, regret, and reluctance.

There was a noise behind the hill, and the man looked back and saw a group of soldiers carrying a lot of looted food and escorting some prisoners towards the bay.

Those were the men he sent out to snatch supplies from nearby natives.

He is the leader of the thief in the Ming Dynasty who once offered a high reward, the leader of the Feilong Kingdom.

Even he didn't know what was going on. He was still staying well in his own team. As a result, the news spread among the Feilong Army in various places that he had been captured by the Ming Dynasty officials. This made the rebels everywhere lose their morale. Very soon.

They were quickly defeated by the Ming troops swarming around them.

The morale of the army was shattered, so he had no choice but to bring more than a thousand of his remaining troops to flee eastward. It was no longer possible to stay in the Ming Dynasty.

In his opinion, the news that he was captured was spread by the Ming court in order to break the morale of the rebel army.

This was done deliberately. I didn't expect that just a mere rumor would coax his subordinates into running around. I can only say that I still underestimated the generals of the Ming army.

How could he have imagined that the real reason was that the officers and soldiers misidentified the wrong person and falsely reported their military exploits. Although they found out later, they were worried about being punished, so they could only find ways to cover up their mistakes.

He also understands the principle of shooting men first, shooting horses first, and capturing thieves first.

, fell into the hands of his Feilong Kingdom lord.

It's just that he can only think about it, but he can't do it.

If you can't even attack Zhejiang, how can you talk about sneak attacks on the capital?

Seeing that the situation was over, Zhang Lian had no choice but to flee to the seaside with his men, and used his boat people to find some ships and escape.

But the first time he arrived on the vast sea, Zhang Lian regretted it.

He had heard about the terror of the sea before. Even in calm conditions, according to what the boat people said, there would be strong winds at any time, and waves several feet high would come over and overturn these lucky boats.

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The sea-going ships that the boat people found for them were Fuchuan. Although the Ming Dynasty officially banned the sea, in fact many gentry families along the coast were engaged in maritime business, and they all more or less hid some sea-going ships.

But for people who are not familiar with them, it is extremely difficult to find them.

Thanks to the boat people who led the way, they were able to gather enough boats in a short time.

When he separated from Lin Chaoxi, he only had about a thousand men under his command. During the escape process, he gathered some more men along the way, so he only had about two thousand men.

These are the capital to save his life. Of course, he doesn't want to give them up casually, so he can only take them all with him.

On the sea, it's all about strength.

The reason why he thought of taking refuge at sea was because when he first selected his own soldiers, he selected a few strong men from among the boat people.

When he was at the end of his rope, only when he saw them did he come up with the idea of ​​seizing the ship and going to sea.

Although the Ming Dynasty was great, there was no place for him to settle down, and there was only one way to die.

It is better to die than to live, and Zhang Lian still wants to make a comeback.

Now that the situation is over, it is the right way to avoid its sharp edges and stay safe.

Zhang Lian is not a man who pretends to be a hero. The one who can build a country in this era will not be a man without a city.

After assessing the situation, Zhang Lian had made his own choice, but he was reluctant to give up.

After all, it was hard to leave his homeland. He would come to this hill in the past few days and look at his homeland in the distance. That was the Ming Dynasty, the place where he was born and raised.

In this era, although navigation technology developed rapidly, Ming ships could sail directly from Fujian to Japan or to the Southeast Asia, but most of them still needed to dock at nearby ports to replenish fresh water and food. If they wanted to sail a long distance, each ship would only need a few

Load people and cargo, bring plenty of supplies, and rely on God to protect you from strong winds and waves.

After entering the sea, although Zhang Lian felt that there was a vast world for him to roam around in, he still felt uneasy until the boat docked.

After asking those who were former boat people around me, I decided to come to Dongfan Island first to replenish some sailing supplies, and then choose where to go next.

Dongfan Island is actually the island of Taiwan in later generations. At this time, the island was deserted. There were only natives and a small number of Han people from the other side who came here to live and make a living, either fleeing crimes, escaping from labor or war.

In the official records of the Ming Dynasty, this large island was called Jilong Mountain, or Dongfan.

Although it is not far from the Fujian Province of the Ming Dynasty, no troops were sent to occupy it after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, it was enough for him to only recover the land of the Yuan Dynasty. As for Taiwan Island, which is very close to Fujian, because there was no official government here for jurisdiction during the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not regard it as territory, but only regarded it as territory.

Under the system of the Yuan Dynasty, an inspection department was set up on the Penghu Islands to control the Taiwan Strait.

For some Ming people who don’t understand the ocean, many people think this is the Ryukyu Kingdom.

After the Ming Dynasty and the Ryukyu Kingdom confirmed their clan relationship, Dongban Island was confirmed not to belong to the Ryukyu Kingdom. Therefore, in the official records of the Ming Dynasty, there was a distinction between the Great Ryukyu Kingdom and the Small Ryukyu Kingdom. The Great Ryukyu Kingdom was naturally the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Islands, and the Little Ryukyu Kingdom is Dongfan Island, which is Taiwan.

In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, listed the fifteen "countries that would not be conquered", including Korea, Japan, the Great Ryukyu Kingdom, the Little Ryukyu Kingdom, Annan Kingdom, and the True Kingdom.

Lak Kingdom, Siam Kingdom, Champa Kingdom, Sumatra Kingdom, Western Kingdom, Java Kingdom, Huanheng Kingdom, Baihua Kingdom, Sambuqi Kingdom, and Balni Kingdom are listed among them, and future generations are warned not to conquer at will.

However, for people who make a living on the sea, they naturally know what the so-called Little Ryukyu Kingdom is. It is just some tribes of indigenous people. There is no king, and no country has been formed here at all.

Although Zhang Lian found many boat people who had gone to sea and learned about the real situation here, he did not dare to stay here for a long time.

In his opinion, once his whereabouts were exposed, given the distance between the two places, he might not find that the Ming court's army had arrived when he woke up.
To be continued...