At the end of September and early October of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the "Red and Barbarians invaded" in Guangzhou successively. Together with the Fujian Navy defeated the invading Red and Mao Yi, the chain reaction caused by the two incidents quickly spread, causing a major earthquake to the Guangdong officialdom.

When the relevant information appeared in front of Chongzhen along with the memorial to impeach Zhang Jingxin, Chongzhen, in anger, wanted to kill Zhang Jingxin with his own hands.

More than ten pirate ships and more than a thousand bandits actually attacked the Guangzhou city under the city. The walls were high and the city was strong and the moat was almost broken by the bandits. The bandits defeated more than 10,000 troops led by Zou Weilian. In the end, they gave Hongmao Yi 1.5 million taels of silver, which finally made the Red Yi retreat.

It has been less than a year since then. When the sea and rivers were clear and the world was peaceful under Xiong Wencan, Guangdong and Guangxi were almost captured by others when they arrived at Zhang Jingxin.

More importantly, these Red-haired Yi are not elite soldiers, but are just defeated by some remnants.

Fujian sent back a few days ago, defeating the invading enemy in the Jinxia Sea, and annihilated the pirate Liu Xiang and Li Guozhu's troops. They captured Liu Xiang and Li Guozhu, two pirates who were in trouble with the coast of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guang, and burned and sunk eight giant ships of the Red-haired Yi.

In addition, more than 500 Red-Fao Yi people were captured, four remaining Red-Fao Yi ships and some pirate ships escaped. After a day of fierce battle, the navy was exhausted and failed to wipe out all of them. It can be regarded as an unprecedented victory.

However, it was such a bandit army that was defeated by the Fujian Navy, who fled to the territory of Guangdong and became like an unmanned land, and they fought all the way to the city of Guangzhou.

Zou Weilian, a useless waste, personally led an army of more than 10,000 to reinforce Guangzhou. As a result, halfway through the journey, he was defeated by more than a thousand bandits, and he was almost captured alive.

Originally, there was a minister who reported whether the information was wrong, and believed that the Red-haired defeated soldiers had no courage to attack Guangzhou City, and they could not have such strong strength. Perhaps it was reinforcements from the Red-haired Yi who came from the local area, but the Red-haired who had not arrived in the Fujian waters were defeated before they even arrived, so they went to attack Guangdong.

But Chongzhen was not a fool. Based on the battle reports provided by Fujian, the distance between the two places, and the time when the red-haired attacked Guangdong, there was no doubt that the red-haired men attacked Guangzhou were the defeated red-haired men defeated on the sea of ​​Fujian, and they were not red-haired reinforcements at all.

In a rage, Chongzhen planned to escort Zhang Jingxin directly into Beijing with the Jinyiwei, but Wen Tiren and other cabinet ministers tried their best to dissuade him, saying that Zhang Jingxin was just a momentary negligence and did not expect that the red-haired defeated soldiers would dare to attack Guangdong. Wen Tiren's political enemies were not to be outdone and must be punished for the death penalty of Zhang Jingxin, trying to use Zhang Jingxin as a breakthrough point to trip Wen Tiren.

However, although Wen Tiren has a bad reputation, his level is not strong enough. Just like Xu Jie tripped Yan Song back then, Wen Tiren was also tolerant and took advantage of the chaos in Shandong to use this as a breakthrough to trip up Zhou Yanru, who was very prosperous in his saints, and became the chief minister of the cabinet.

With such a level, they will naturally not fall down easily, and the two sides started a war of words on this matter.

After several days of verbal battles, Chongzhen's head became big and finally adopted a compromise strategy. Zhang Jingxin was not pulled to Beijing to behead him. He was eventually dismissed from office, removed from his position, demoted to a commoner, and never complained about it.

In addition, Guangzhou magistrate Li Huixian was dismissed from office, left governor Wang Jikui was demoted to Henan Right Sponsor, right governor, Ganzhou magistrate, and many other officials were transferred.

The candidate for the new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi fell to Zou Weilian without any suspense. First, there was this precedent. Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the five provinces who are now responsible for encircling and suppressing bandits in Kaifeng, was also the governor of Fujian at the beginning. By resolutely recruiting Zheng Zhilong and annihilated the great pirates Li Kuiqi and Zhong Bin, he went all the way to the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and then he made outstanding achievements in his tenure as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was dispatched to the Central Plains to be responsible for encircling and suppressing bandits.

Liu Xiang, who was wiped out by Zou Weilian this time, was no less cruel than Zhong Bin and Li Kuiqi. In just one year, Chongzhen saw the memorial about Liu Xiang's troops invading the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian seven or eight times. It can be said that Liu Xiang has always been a thorn in his heart. If Liu Xiang doesn't get rid of it, the waves will be uneasy.

Zou Weilian was in good command of this battle and wiped out Liu Xiang, Li Guozhu, and the invading Hongmao Yi in one fell swoop. He escorted the two of them together with hundreds of other pirate leaders, Hongmao Yi, and made Chongzhen feel very upset.

Naturally, Zou Weilian became the new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the position of Fujian governor was taken over by the censor Chen Youlong. All this was carried out according to Kong Youde's original plan.

Of course, Chongzhen did not take it too seriously about Zou Weilian's memorial about the Tiance Army's naval command to assist in the war. In his opinion, the navy was nothing more than transporting supplies. On the sea supply line, can the navy go ashore no matter how strong the navy is?

By the time the bandits in the Central Plains were dealt with, he could free up his troops and concentrate on dealing with this group of rebels that made him lose face. As for now, let them jump for a few days first.

After Zhang Jingxin was dismissed from office, she returned to her hometown in Cizhou, Beizhili, and Zou Weilian took office with great enthusiasm. He now has many official positions and dispatches. The left assistant censor of the Inspectorate, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the governor of Guangdong.

Basically, Zou Weilian has the final say in the military and government affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, he did not go directly to Zhaoqing, where the Governor's Office was located, but came to Guangzhou City first.

Although he knew that it was Kong Youde who attacked Guangzhou City, and it was because of Kong Youde's operation that he could steadily sit on the throne of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he was still a little curious about what Kong Youde had made Guangzhou City look like.

After all, he did not witness the battle between Kong Youde and Hongmao, and Zheng Zhilong, and did not have a clear understanding of the strength of the Tiance Army.

At that time, he chose to let the Tiance army enter the city, but was completely helpless. Knowing that Zheng Zhilong had surrendered, more than 200 artillery shot towards Zhangzhou City, and he had no choice but to open the door.

After entering the city, he continued to come to the south of Guangzhou City under the guidance of local officials.

When he saw the scene of the South City Wall, he was completely shocked.

Even though it has been initially cleaned up, the remaining blood, the gaps of large and small on the city walls, and the collapsed houses in the city are still shocking.

And this is just the result of the Tiance Army's shelling in less than two hours.

Then, he thought about the officers who survived the battle with the Tiance cavalry that day, and learned about the detailed process of that battle.

When he learned that the Tiance Army had a mere 1,300 troops, and within less than half a day, he annihilated all the 12,000 troops led by Zou Weilian, including the Super Biao Battalion, that he realized how terrifying the strength of the Tiance Army was.

Now he finally understood why the imperial court mobilized more than 200,000 troops in the past year, but failed to wipe out the Tiance Army. Instead, the latter became stronger and stronger, occupying the entire Shandong, and even running to Fujian to play wildly.

Thinking of what Kong Youde said on the day, there were also his 30,000 troops in the Central Plains. As long as he was willing, the entire Tiance army would attack. At most two months, Henan, Shanxi, and Nanzhili, he would be able to take them all.

Zou Weilian thought that Kong Youde was bragging after drinking, but now it seems that they are all true, and the Tiance Army may really have this strength.

Thinking of the Tiance Army's actions southward, Zou Weilian was frightened to find that Kong Youde had a great plan.

Then he found Wu Zhenyuan, the new left governor of Guangdong, who was the former prefect of Zhangzhou, and his own aide, and secretly discussed for a day.

After another day of entanglement, he finally made up his mind to send his confidant and two hundred cavalry guards to Xiamen Island and sent a letter to Kong Youde.

There is only one word on this letter - Chen.

...

As time entered the mid-10th month of the lunar calendar, the temperature was declining day by day, and the cold was so cold that snow began to fall in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

But Luzon, located in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty, is now a scene full of spring, without the feeling of winter.

In Manila City, this day seemed particularly lively and crowded, just like the Spring Festival.

Today is the day when the new Luzon Governor Juan Serezo de Salamanca takes office.

Although the relevant appointment was issued as early as mid-July, it still took some time to come from Mexico City. After nearly three months of sea bumps, he finally arrived in Manila City. Today is the day to take office.

In the Governor's residence, it was even more lively. Almost all of Luzon's well-known people gathered here, including officials at all levels of Luzon, naval and army officers, local native Luzon's heads, great merchants from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, bishops of the Holy See, and ladies all came to celebrate the new Governor's businessmen.

The band players were excited music, and the ladies danced in the moving music, flirting with the young and handsome young officers, and the servants held cups and trays and shuttled through the crowd, providing drinks and snacks to the guests.

At the door of the official residence, there were singing and shouts from time to time, and another distinguished guest came to congratulate him. After a while, a rumor of 'Boss Shen Junru, who arrived in Lichunyuan, came from the door.

When he heard this, a burst of laughter burst out from the crowd, which lasted for a long time.

Salamanca was also confused. After hearing the insider's story, he realized that Shen Junru was a madam. He was doing business himself, and some of the guests on the court had taken care of her business. Later, when he had some capital, he redeemed himself to start this business.

Because her identity decreased, she was even more embarrassed to attend the Governor's banquet, which attracted everyone's ridicule.

However, the latter did not care too much about this laugh. This situation made her happier and made the Governor remember her. It would be much more convenient to get close to her in the future. If the Governor could also come, her business would be better in the future.

For Manila, the new governor's appointment is definitely a top priority, so anyone with some status or wealth, like the old madam Shen Junru, wants to squeeze in and make a relationship with the governor. Even if you don't seek any benefits, you won't offend the new governor. This is a lesson from the past.

For the endless stream of guests, even people like Shen Junru, the Governor Salamanca was in a very good mood. Before taking office, he was worried that he would never go to Luzon, and the original officials and local tyrants would not buy his account. Now it seems that he was completely worried.

However, his good mood did not last long and was swept away by a bad news.

Just as the cocktail party was in full swing, a young officer walked into the hall in a panic, bypassed the carnival crowd, and came to the Governor Salamanca.

After whispering, Salamanca's face became extremely gloomy. She repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of the news and ordered the band to stop.

As soon as the band stopped, the field became quiet. Everyone's eyes were focused on Salamanca, who came forward and announced, "Everyone, I'm sorry to tell you a bad news. Just now, a huge fleet of unknown origin appeared outside Manila, and the banquet had to end early."

Everyone present was shocked by the news. This unknown fleet that appeared must be hostile to allow the new governor to end this significant event early.

The officers and officials from all over the world understood what a fleet of unknown origin meant. It could not be their own fleet. The fleet that transported American silver was back to the local area more than a month ago with porcelain, tea, spices and other goods.

Now on the Far East Sea, only the Dutch and Zheng Yiguan have this strength, and Zheng Yiguan has a good relationship with them. Among them, they are the calcined Netherlands traitors. Of course, it is not ruled out that group of hateful English monkeys, they are likely to unite with the Dutch.

But no matter which possibility it is, it is not good news for Salamanca in front of you.

After the guests were gone, the newly appointed governor of Luzon had to start preparing for defense.

From the window of the Governor's Mansion, you can see the sails appearing on the sea. Although the hull is still invisible, it is enough to show that the fleet is not small in size and is likely to contain several large Garen ships.

Fortunately, he is not a novice. Salamanca was transferred from the Governor of New Spain. He originally called the head of the Nama Administrative Region, or the Governor of the Nama. The area was an area where the official pirates of England and the Dutch attacked frequently, so he did not lack experience in fighting with them.

This time, Salamanca's transfer to the Governor of Luzon was actually considered a rank transfer. However, because the journey was long, it was difficult for the Governor of New Spain to effectively manage Luzon. Basically, he, the Governor of Luzon, was the local emperor. He had the final say in everything except the judiciary.
Chapter completed!