Daming pirates

Yu Xiaotian took a break, took a sip of water and continued: "Sun Yuanhua has disappeared, and now the government and the opposition are in turmoil. Some people speculate that Sun Yuanhua was accidentally attacked and killed by the rebels. Some people say that Sun Yuanhua fled out of fear of crime. In short, there are many

Everyone has their own opinions, and now Sun Yuanhua's disappearance has muddied the waters.

Although the current direction of the court seems to be dominated by the main force, I dare to conclude that this time when the court deals with the rebels, the main force will eventually gain the upper hand! Sun Yuanhua's disappearance can be said to have given the main force an excuse.

Doing this can speed up the process of making the current emperor finally make up his mind. "Novel" novel chapters are updated the fastest.

Let's just sit back and wait for the news. If nothing goes wrong, the court will probably think of me for someone this time! Let the brothers strengthen their training and be ready to go. It's March now, and the sea ice will melt soon.

, the channel is expected to be opened in the near future.

Therefore, more ships are sent over to transport the refugees accumulated over the winter from Xishan Village at full speed. In addition, we must prepare to strengthen the defense force on the sea surface in the Yangma Island area of ​​Xishan Village and order the warships operating in the Jiaozhou Bay area.

After the waterway is opened, immediately go to patrol the Yangma Island area and do not allow the rebel warships to sneak attack Yangma Island by water."

"Student, please go down and make arrangements immediately! Lord, please rest assured!" Lin Yiyang no longer had the same arrogance as before, and became respectful in front of Yu Xiaotian.

The news of Sun Yuanhua's disappearance indeed caused an uproar in the capital. Both the government and the public were discussing whether Sun Yuanhua was killed by bandits on his way back to the capital after his release, or whether he escaped incognito because he was afraid that the court would hold him accountable after returning to the capital.

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No one can confirm this matter, especially in such a chaotic situation. No one can confirm it, and it cannot be confirmed. In troubled times, it is nothing at all for a few people to disappear from the world, and no one knows it.

After Sun Yuanhua was released and left Dengzhou, he disappeared somewhere.

Therefore, this incident was quite unfavorable to Xu Guangqi and other governors. It turned out that they believed that the rebel generals had no choice but to mutiny. In fact, this matter had already been concluded, and it had been verified at that time.

It was caused by the rebels robbing a chicken belonging to Wang Xiangchun's servant.

The rebels' robbery of chickens was caused by the fact that the citizens of Wuqiao County were on strike, which prevented the rebels from purchasing food to fill their stomachs. Therefore, some people impeached Wang Xiangchun and the magistrate of Wuqiao County.

Of course, there is also a group of people who are leading the suppression. The people who are leading the suppression are not purely for the sake of the country, but purely want to use this incident to disgust those Donglin Party members who are sponsoring the faction.

It's just that before this, the main suppressor side did not have the upper hand. The main supporter side was powerful and always controlled the voice in the court. But with Sun Yuanhua's disappearance, the main suppressor side finally found an opportunity, although no one knew what happened to Sun Yuanhua.

What happened that led to his disappearance?

But it was precisely because no one knew what happened to Sun Yuanhua that the main suppressor group seized the clue. This group of people insisted that Sun Yuanhua was absconding in fear of crime. Although they had no evidence and were just guessing, the main force was

What the people on the Fu side were unable to counterattack was that they said Sun Yuanhua did not abscond, but there was no evidence to prove it.

It happened that the rebels captured Zhaoyuan one after another and massacred the city for three days, killing countless people. Then they captured Pingdu Prefecture and also caused countless murders.

Seeing that the rebel forces are getting stronger and stronger, including those in Dongjiang Town, many Dongjiang troops also started to make trouble. The north and the south responded to each other, creating a mess. However, in the court, they were still thinking about whether they should suppress or appease.

Wenti, there are endless disputes. If this continues, the rebels will develop more unscrupulously, and the situation will become even more uncontrollable.

And it seems that the rebels will definitely not let go of Laizhou City. It is only a matter of time before they attack Laizhou. Sure enough, in early March, after the rebels defeated Zhaoyuan and peacefully conquered the two places, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde once again gathered tens of thousands of rebels and arrived.

Under Laizhou City, they began to surround Laizhou City and launched a fierce attack on Laizhou.

The new governor of Shandong, Xu Congzhi, and the prefect of Laizhou, Zhu Wannian, sent people to ask for help from the court again, and led the Laizhou City defenders to defend the city. They fought fiercely with the rebels under the Laizhou City.

At this point, Emperor Chongzhen finally made up his mind and decided to adopt a strategy of suppressing the rebels and no longer considered recruiting them.

Because Chongzhen now sees that the rebels have done so much this time, if they are still appeased, it will undoubtedly have a very bad impact, and even become a very bad example. In the future, if those arrogant and powerful generals,

If they are even slightly dissatisfied, they will often launch mutinies to make things worse, and then expect the court to appease them. If nothing happens, who will not do this in the future?

In this way, wouldn't the already corrupt state affairs become even more chaotic? This incident also made Emperor Chongzhen have a view on those who were in charge of the group, and he reprimanded the chief minister Zhou Yanru and others in court, completely

Suppressed the voice of the master.

In addition, Chongzhen issued an order to arrest Zhang Tao, Song Guanglan, Wang Zheng and others who were released by the rebels and fled back to the capital. They were all arrested and interrogated and imprisoned in prison.

At this point, almost half a year had passed since the rebels launched their rebellion and the court finally made up its mind to suppress the rebels. This undoubtedly provided considerable convenience for the rebels to gain strength.

Now that it has been decided to suppress the rebels, the imperial court naturally began to consider where to send troops to Denglai to suppress the rebels. Currently, there are not many troops available to the imperial court. Although Denglai is not far from the Guanliao area, Guanjin

The border troops in this area still have quite a bit of combat effectiveness.

It turns out that Tianjin Guards and Baoding also have some soldiers and horses, but in the first month of the first month these soldiers and horses were defeated by the rebels in Huang County and were completely lost. There are also some Shandong soldiers, but the performance of the Shandong soldiers during this period is really

It is disappointing. Shandong's soldiers and horses have been defeated repeatedly against the rebels, and they have never won a battle.

If we want to win the battle, I am afraid that the only one is the battle in Muping County, Ninghai Prefecture. It is the only bright spot in Denglai Shandong area after the rebels rebelled in the past few months. It is said that only here blocked the rebels and killed them.

There were more than a thousand, forcing the rebels to finally withdraw.

For this reason, Chongzhen felt somewhat relieved, and he also remembered the name of Zhao Hongzhi, the magistrate of Ninghai Prefecture. He deeply felt that this person could lead a city of soldiers and civilians to stop the rebels in another chaotic situation. He was truly a talent. As long as he

If we go back and verify that the captured rebel heads are not fake, then this matter will not be fake, and this person can reuse them.

When the imperial court determined that suppression would be the main strategy, the superior suppression officials in the court argued endlessly about which soldiers and generals should be deployed to enter Denglai to suppress the rebels.

Some people suggested that elite Ming troops from outside the Pass be mobilized to enter the Pass for suppression, while others suggested that Beizhi official troops be mobilized for suppression. However, many people suddenly suggested that Fujian officials and troops could be mobilized for suppression.

This proposal immediately aroused the interest of many people, so many people thought of the various successes that Fujian had achieved from time to time in recent years. To say that Fujian's performance in recent years is really impressive in other parts of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Fujian also suffered from a drought that had never happened in a century and had civil unrest, Fujian quickly suppressed the chaos.

He didn't even reach out to ask for a tael of silver from the imperial court, nor did he pay any extra taxes to the imperial court. In the past few years, there have been many bandits and bandits in Fujian, but whenever such rebellions occur, they will soon be

The Fujian official army was wiped out, and the Fujian official army swept away the decline of the Tianqi period. In recent years, their performance has been quite bucuo.

This reminds people again of Marshal Qi Jiguang and Qi who fought against Japanese pirates in Fujian in his early years. Fujian has never experienced such a stable situation in so many years.

As early as the Tianqi period, everyone knew that the coastal areas of Fujian were unrest and pirates were infested. They harassed the prefectures and counties near the sea everywhere. People's property and lives were severely damaged. It was just a sea wolf. Two governors of Fujian sent troops to it.

They launched a campaign of suppression and were eventually defeated by him, killing two governors of Fujian.

Only after this governor of Fujian took office and the chief governor recruited him, did Fujian become stable.

The reason why Fujian has become so peaceful in recent years should be the result of the recruitment of former pirate leader Yu Xiaotian.

Since his recruitment, according to Xiong Wencan, this person has been loyal to his duties, abided by his duties, and always went out when the police were called. Not only did he repeatedly eliminate pirates at sea, but also brought peace to the coast of Fujian. He also suppressed bandits on land.

He has made great achievements and defeated large groups of bandits many times with less. Over the years, the officers and soldiers he led or commanded have beheaded at least tens of thousands. He has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and frightened the bandits all over Fujian, so that they dare not move.

, making Fujian enjoy peace that has been rare in decades.

In the past few years, the situation in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be deteriorating. The rebel army in Shaanxi has been suppressing more and more people, and has swept not only the entire Shaanxi, but also more than half of Shanxi, and has now broken into Henan and even affected Beizhi

In places such as Southern Zhili and Huguang, there is a spark that can start a prairie fire.

The imperial court mobilized many officers and troops to suppress them. Although there were some successes, they suffered more defeats. The rebels were suppressing more and more people, and there was no sign of restraint. Although the previous governor Yang He had some success in the early stage, the rebel army failed to suppress them.

Later, the furious Emperor Chongzhen arrested and interrogated Yang He and finally abandoned the market (killed him).

Now the imperial court has ordered Hong Chengchou to preside over the campaign, but no one can guarantee whether it will succeed. After all, everyone knows privately that the roots of the rebellion lie. At present, the Ming Dynasty is financially empty, using troops everywhere, and there are slaves in Liaodong.

They are in the Covet Pass day and night. In the Central Plains, the militia has turned into a disaster for several provinces. In the south, the She'an Rebellion has not yet been settled. Now Denglai has caused such a big chaos.

The remnants of evil cults such as the White Lotus Sect are now starting to make a comeback and are likely to resurgence. The imperial court is troubled by the lack of food and salary every day.

As a last resort, the imperial court had to continue to send out additional training, suppression, and Liao salaries. However, there have been severe droughts in the north in recent years, and officials have become increasingly corrupt. They then increased salaries in various ways and went on a carnival to amass wealth.

Even in Guangdong, civil commotions occur from time to time, and rioters also appear in Jiangxi. South Zhili and Zhejiang have suffered from earthquakes and floods in recent years, and the victims have also made violent disturbances.

It can be said that the imperial court is currently trying to cure a headache and a pain in the neck. However, Fujian is the only province that has performed very well in the past few years and has never caused chaos. If there is even the slightest sign of chaos, it will

They were destroyed in one fell swoop by the Fujian army and suppressed.

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