Daming pirates
Chapter Ten Bandits
However, as soon as such an opinion was put forward, it immediately aroused opposition from others, because although the officials do not make money now, their status is really important. They currently do not have a foothold close to the Ming Dynasty coast on the coast of China. Over the years,
, they have been working hard to find such a place.
Now it was hard to get a big position. Although a group of sea wolves suddenly emerged from the sky and rose up on the sea. Originally, they wanted to use the power of the Ming Dynasty official to take the opportunity to eliminate this hidden danger, but this time they were even more aggressive.
The Dutch are disgraced and let them steal the chicken but lose the rice. As a result, the status of the senior officials is now in doubt.
If they evacuate the majority now, they will be giving up the last bridgehead along China's coast. It will be difficult to find such a place in the future!
What worries them even more is that the leader of this group of sea wolves seems to be very aware of the current situation in Europe for some reason. He knows that the Dutch maritime hegemony is being challenged by the newly rising British, and he is sure that they will take him now.
There was no other way, so he threatened them with such confidence.
If they withdraw from the high-ranking officials now, then there is no chance that Sea Wolf will really dare to rent other high-ranking officials to the British to build commercial offices. Although the British are not very powerful in Asia now, some people in the British have already seen it.
With the huge wealth here in Asia, we have tried many times to find a foothold here over the years.
A few years ago, the British united with them and tried to capture Macau occupied by the Portuguese, but because the Portuguese were well prepared, they failed.
If Sea Wolf really proposes to rent a place for the British to build a business office now, I guess the British will be happy to come and have a foot in it, as long as the British have tasted enough sweetness here.
If so, they will definitely bring more ships and troops from Europe to compete with them for the resources here. In that case, they will really attract the wolf into the house.
Nowadays, although the Sea Wolves are rising strongly, they have no plans to completely expel them from Taiwan Island. At least they are allowed to rent Damuan Port as their commercial port. If they withdraw now, they will not dare to think about the relationship between them and Ming Dynasty in the future.
trade, they can still have their dishes.
Another point is that in the message Peter sent back, he attached a relatively complete assessment report on the strength of the Sea Wolf. This report included various situations in the Tamsui City area and the current situation of the Sea Wolf at sea.
In terms of combat effectiveness, this assessment report also made the East India Company executives feel very troubled.
If Peter is not exaggerating, then with the strength they currently have at hand, it is basically impossible to easily defeat this group of sea wolves. Even if they concentrate their forces and finally win this battle by luck, it will probably be a disaster.
It will be a protracted battle, and the losses will definitely be huge.
For the company, they simply cannot afford such losses at the moment. Once they and the Sea Wolf lose both sides, it is estimated that West Bank and the damn British will definitely be very happy. At that time, they will definitely take the opportunity to attack the company.
They drive out the colonies they currently control and take away their fruits.
So after thinking about it, after repeated discussions, in the end, the senior executives of the Dutch East India Company, although reluctant, had no choice but to hold their noses and admit it. According to the agreement reached between Peter and Sea Wolf, they began to implement this agreement, and
Officially signed an agreement to lease Damuan Port from Sea Wolf.
As for the Spaniards, not to mention, when they learned that the Sea Wolves had once again defeated the Dutch and achieved a comprehensive victory in the war against the Fujian officials, they did not even bother to let them go.
The compensation previously agreed with Sea Wolf was sent to Tamsui City.
At this point, Yu Xiaotian no longer has to worry about what trouble these two families will cause in Taiwan.
Since the rebellion against Wei in the capital began, the entire government and the public were in turmoil. After Emperor Chongzhen forced Wei Zhongxian to death, he did not stop there and began a large-scale purge against the remnants of the Wei party.
After Wei Zhongxian's downfall, a large number of Wei Zhongxian's party members resigned from their posts one after another, ranging from being dismissed from office to returning to their hometowns to live in retirement, to being exiled thousands of miles away, and many even ended up being executed.
In addition, a large number of Donglin Party members who had been persecuted by Wei Zhongxian's party were rehabilitated one after another. Some of the people who were still alive and in good physical condition were given the treatment of reinstatement of their official posts. For a time, they were proud and proud of the Donglin Party members.
But all this seems to have little to do with Yu Xiaotian, because after Yu Xiaotian was favored, Chongzhen ascended the throne. After he ascended the throne, he was busy dealing with Wei Zhongxian for a long time and did not have much energy to do it.
Pay attention to more things. A Fujian coastal defense general like Yu Xiaotian is just a little shrimp at best among the Ming Dynasty officials and the military. Therefore, Yu Xiaotian's childhood was spent in collusion with Xiong Wencan.
Fujian is doing quite well.
Xiong Wencan relied on Yu Xiaotian as his arm, and Yu Xiaotian reciprocated the favor. He also carried out Xiong Wencan's orders very quickly. It could be said that he always followed orders and never delayed.
At first, Xiong Wencan's main focus was on Pingjing Sea, paying attention to various banditry incidents along the coast. Once he heard the alarm, he would immediately order Xiaotian's men to attack. Xiaotian always responded quickly to this, and basically could do it.
The officials in the coastal prefectures and counties basically had nothing to say when they heard the police. Therefore, in just over half a year, Yu Xiaotian basically gained the reputation of a general. In the coastal prefectures and counties,
Everyone regards it as a backer.
However, Fujian is not only troubled along the coast. The entire Fujian is known as having eight mountains, one water, and one farmland. That is to say, Fujian has many mountains, hills, and river valleys. Mountainous areas account for more than 80% of the total area of Fujian.
There are many mountains and few plains, so naturally there is less arable land. In addition, Fujian has a relatively large population. Furthermore, since the Ming Dynasty, land annexation has been very serious in Fujian. Most of the arable land has basically fallen into the hands of a few powerful nobles and landlords.
People's lives are quite difficult.
Therefore, when many people have no way to make a living, they take desperate risks, either going to the sea to become thieves, or occupying mountains and becoming kings, or becoming bandits through grass.
Now at the end of the Ming Dynasty, bandits are rampant throughout Fujian. There are so many bandits who cut off paths. There are dozens of large groups of bandits in Fujian alone. Small groups of bandits are even more innumerable, so that pedestrians
While walking on land, merchants' business groups would be robbed and killed by bandits from time to time.
There are even large groups of bandits, with crowds of over 10,000, roaring back and forth between the mountains and forests, making the officers and soldiers unable to suppress them, and they are exhausted. Slightly stronger bandits will definitely not be satisfied with just cutting trails in order to survive.
Therefore, bandits often gather to attack villages and towns in Fujian. Some large groups of bandits have even attacked some counties in various places many times.
Originally, Fujian officials and thieves could still maintain a state of balance. However, as Zhu Yifeng launched a campaign against the Sea Wolf, the officers and soldiers suffered a huge defeat. The strength of the Fujian officers and soldiers dropped significantly, so much so that many local officials lost their power.
In order to effectively control the territory, the bandits' momentum became more and more fierce.
After the second half of the seventh year of Tianqi, the bandits in Fujian were already in a state of semi-out of control. Bandits were rampant among various states and counties, causing local officials everywhere to lament and do nothing.
After Xiong Wencan took charge of Fujian, he took charge of military and political affairs. Naturally, he could not sit idly by. Moreover, Xiong Wencan really wanted to make a difference in this post, so after stabilizing the sea, he began to focus on the inland.
on the bandits.
As the bandits became more and more violent in Fujian, Xiong Wencan repeatedly ordered the Fujian officers and soldiers to clear out these bandits. However, the results made Xiong Wencan very troubled. Nowadays, the number of officers and soldiers in Fujian has seriously shrunk, and the number of soldiers in various guard stations has become more and more serious.
The household has basically existed in name only, and there is a serious shortage of staff.
The limited town army is in a very serious situation of being underpaid. Often the actual strength of some officers and soldiers is less than 50% of the number, and in some cases it is only about 30%. Of these 30% of the officers and soldiers, only the generals are around them.
A very small number of soldiers still have a certain degree of combat effectiveness. As for the other officers and soldiers, they are basically the armed slaves of the generals, so there is no need to mention their combat effectiveness.
In order to deal with the sea wolves, Zhu Yifeng had already used all the so-called elite troops in Fujian. However, after the Battle of Nanri Island, these so-called elite troops were wiped out, which caused the officers and soldiers in Fujian to be extremely weak.
The remaining officers and soldiers are not enough to defend the city, let alone go into the mountains to search for bandits.
Therefore, Xiong Wencan sent troops several times to suppress the bandits, but all failed. If the number of officers and soldiers sent was large, the bandits immediately fled into the mountains and forests, leaving the officers and soldiers unable to pursue them. But if there were few, the bandits would
The crowd gathered to rely on the favorable terrain and simply fought head-on with the officers and soldiers.
Although bandits are just a bunch of gangsters, these people are just trying to survive and make a fortune, and they are quite fierce and stubborn. Once they take action, it can be said that they are not afraid of death.
As for the armed slaves in the government and army, they have no consciousness of dedicating themselves to the country. They are soldiers who have been handed down from their ancestors, so they cannot do it improperly. When they are soldiers, they work as slaves for the generals, and they usually don’t even have enough to eat.
, as for military pay, it’s all year round, and I don’t know how much I can get.
In this way, when the army actually takes action, as long as the limited soldiers of the army cannot defeat the bandits in a short period of time, the number of bandits will often increase, and eventually the army will be unable to parry and will be defeated.
Even at the end of the seventh year of Tianqi, there were cases in Fujian where guards went into the mountains to suppress bandits and died in battle. There were even two thousand officers and soldiers who were killed by a group of mountain men in Yong'an County at the junction of Tingzhou Prefecture and Yanping Prefecture.
The thieves defeated the entire army and were wiped out.
Xiong Wencan had a headache because of this. Fujian was really in trouble. Yu Xiaotian had just been recruited from the sea, but there were so many bandits on the land that he couldn't fight them off.
(I’m still asking for monthly tickets! Brothers, check if you have any on hand and leave them for me! Haha!)
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