Chapter 74 74 Disobedience

"Uncle Zhang, do you know about my father's actions?"

What Wei Guangde was thinking about was the Zhenjiang army's rescue plan, which would most likely go through the waterway and go directly to Songjiang Mansion.

But when we get to Songjiang Prefecture, what happens next?

If you continue to take the boat south, you will have to pass the Zhoushan Islands, where the Japanese pirates gathered this time.

Although there are tens of thousands of troops assembled this time, most of them are inland guards and are not used to water warfare at all, let alone naval warfare.

Taking a boat from Songjiang Prefecture to the south to rescue Zhejiang Province is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.

The best thing to do is to land in Songjiang Prefecture. It is safer to rescue Zhejiang along the land route, but the rescue will definitely not be enough.

According to the past practice of Japanese pirates, they would just grab something and run away, and they would not be willing to fight at all.

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

When Wei Guangde saw that paragraph, he guessed in his mind that the Japanese pirates might no longer plunder the countryside and might be sieging prefectures and counties. After all, there were tens of thousands of Japanese pirates this time.

This is no longer the style of bandits and robbers, it is not far from rebelling.

However, compared to the future thunder in the north, Wei Guangde is still concerned about his father's safety, but he must not take a boat to rescue Zhejiang.

A group of soldiers and pirates were fighting on the sea, and they didn't dare to 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 and took a sip, regardless of who had drank from it before, and then continued: "But the message they brought back is that they will pass through Jiaxing along the coastline and directly through Hangzhou Bay.

Disembarked at Shaoxing Prefecture.

well.

I just don’t know when the Jiujiang Guards will be transferred back if the situation develops like this.”

That's right. In fact, a group of people gathered tonight. Except for those who stayed behind and thought they were in command, they were all descendants of Yingshe, that is, the children of the current chief military attache of Jiujiang Guard.

There were many hereditary military positions in the Ming Dynasty, ranging from hereditary 100 households to 1000 households, as well as military service and command, but most of them could not be filled at all and could only receive a small amount of salary every now and then.

And military generals who are already in office naturally hope that their own children can take over their positions.

Jiujiang Guard was one of hundreds of guard posts in the Ming Dynasty, but Jiujiang Prefecture had a special location and became the most rigorous guard post.

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

Wei Guangde is naturally very clear about this.

Just kidding, Emperor Zhengde wanted to rectify the garrison, take back the farmland, and restrict nobles and civilian officials from enslaving military households. According to the instructions of the people above, Jiujiang Wei staged a farce of mutiny.

Well, it wasn't a big deal, and it didn't enter the official history, but after that Emperor Zhengde's military reforms slowed down, and he also opened up the door to private soldiers.

In short, the hereditary military attachés of the Ming Dynasty now dare to do anything for the sake of their farmland and military households.

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

For military households with hereditary military positions, their small life is still very nourishing, but the hardship is actually for the big-headed soldiers below.

And how much better can households be?

Households without fame or wealth are not just enslaved.

Look, in the Ming Dynasty, in the 276th year of Guozuo, there were 24,613 Jinshis, and there were 6,506 Jinshis with military status, accounting for about 26.46% of the total number, second only to civilians.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who passed the Jinshi examination with military status, and finally reached the top of the civil service group, entered the cabinet, and even sat on the throne of chief minister. Li Dongyang, Wan'an, Liu Ji, Xia Yan, Zhang Juzheng, Shen Li, Zhao Zhigao, Wang Jiaping, etc. A large number of cabinet ministers, including Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe, were all children of the military.

These are also due to some misunderstandings of later generations about military households in the Ming Dynasty.

Regardless of nationality or military status, everyone has vested interests.

Many Jinshi with military status are unwilling to give up their military status even though they have the honor of being the chief assistant. You can imagine the value of this.

At this time, Wei Guangde also noticed what the message said, which naturally meant that they would not act according to the order, but would land after crossing Hangzhou Bay. Slowly, but better than safety.

Although there are still dangers before landing, there is nothing we can do.

As for Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture, where the Japanese pirates are raging, we can only hope for the best. We hope that the guards there can withstand more time and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

This strategic plan has been completely bankrupt by this time. Based on the magnitude of the harm in Zhejiang, someone must be responsible. Removal and investigation will be light.

Thinking that his father and the others might have boarded a big boat and sailed down the river by now. Counting the time, they might have already left the Yangtze River and were heading towards Zhejiang along the coastline. Wei Guangde felt nervous. What if the Japanese pirates also learned the tactic of encirclement and reinforcements? , the tens of thousands of guardsmen are probably in danger.

Wei Guangde secretly scolded himself for worrying too much and thinking about unlucky things, but he unconsciously wanted to think in that direction.

In fact, everyone in the room had the same idea as Wei Guangde at this moment. Zhang Hongfu murmured on the side: "If I had known this, I should have sent Anqing Camp and Nanhu Camp over. They are all good at water fighting."

"Forget it about Nanhu Camp. They have struggled to suppress the water pirates in Poyang Lake. We still expect them to go to the sea to suppress Japanese pirates."

Wu Dong responded and said that he didn't look down on them, he looked down on them completely.

The Poyang Lake water bandits were previously said to be raised by King Ning.

Now King Ning is long gone, but the water bandits still exist and have never been completely eradicated.

"Okay, don't think so much, lucky people have their own destiny."

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

Naturally, he hoped that nothing would happen during this expedition, but the recruits in the guard station had already done a good job of taking over. In fact, he had to go to the guard station every day to handle official duties after his father left. , started working as the commander and advisor of Jiujiang Guards.

Jiujiang Guards has only had three commanders in recent years, and there is still one missing. Why?

Is there no one in the court?

Of course not, there is not much real shortage of hereditary military positions, and there are several groups of people competing in the court to occupy this position.

And those of them who have already occupied positions are naturally not willing to let their actual duties fall by the wayside.

No one in this room thought about the people of Zhejiang who were in dire straits at this time. They all only focused on their own affairs, including Wei Guangde.

It's true that my position is so low-key that even if I say it, no one will pay attention to it. At least that's the status before I get the title.

Relatives are relatives, but if you don't have a position, you are just a white man. Everyone in this room will be a fifth-rank official in the future.

Hope it's okay.
Chapter completed!