Daming pirates

But those businessmen did not dare to do this. Most businessmen are very shrewd in this regard. Although they are only businessmen, their political sense is still quite keen. They know very well that Yu Xiaotian and the government will be in a very bad position next.

in a tense relationship.

However, these people have a strong sense of profit-seeking, and they can also see that Zou Weilian and the court actually have little way to deal with Yu Xiaotian now. Yu Xiaotian has a heavy army and controls a large number of naval combat forces. There is absolutely no one on this sea.

Opponents, as long as they still want to eat from Tonghaixingshang, they cannot offend Yu Xiaotian, so these merchants are very sensible and stand by Yu Xiaotian at this time and take the initiative to show their goodwill to Yu Xiaotian.

Moreover, this incident caused such a big fuss that some officials even wrote directly to the court, impeaching Yu Xiaotian for committing crimes below him and disrespecting his superiors. They asked the court to remove Xiaotian from the post of commander-in-chief of the army and take away Yu Xiaotian's military power.

This group of people can be said to be standing on dry land watching the excitement. They don't care whether the court dares to do this or whether Zou Weilian dares to do it.

They just followed the booing, feeling that a warrior like Yu Xiaotian dared to challenge the majesty of the governor head-on. This was simply intolerable. The governors were all civil servants and represented the interests of the literati group. Yu Xiaotian was a military general.

, represents the interests of the martial arts group.

For more than two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, civilian officials rode on military attachés to suppress military generals. When did military generals dare to be so arrogant, slap their noses in their faces, and directly embarrass the governor?

Therefore, this is something that those literati will never tolerate. Not only many scholars and officials in Fujian criticized Xiaotian verbally and wrote, and wrote letters of impeachment against Xiaotian, even many civil servants in other places also expressed their opinions after learning about this matter.

I sympathized with Zou Weilian very much, and also followed suit and wrote a letter to impeach Yu Xiaotian, asking the emperor to severely punish Xiaotian.

At the end of the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, Yu Xiaotian once again became the focus of discussion in the court. Almost most of the court officials pointed their fingers at Yu Xiaotian, wishing to kill him on the spot.

So many memorials impeaching Yu Xiaotian were piled up in front of Chongzhen, making Chongzhen one of the top two. A few months ago, he personally praised Xiaotian in the court as the pillar of the country, but there was no such thing.

Within a few days, Yu Xiaotian had made such a big mistake, and made himself the target of countless scholars all over the world.

In fact, after carefully sorting out this matter, he had already sorted out the context. It was obvious that the newly appointed Fujian governor Zou Weilian was not as good at winning over Xiaotian as Xiong Wencan.

When Xiong Wencan was in Fujian, although Fujian officials often wrote letters to impeach Yu Xiaotian, on the whole many things were just empty words, saying that Yu Xiaotian was domineering, but Xiong Wencan said that this was not the case, and he defended Yu Xiaotian at every turn.

, in the end, all the impeachments against Xiaotian were dropped under Xiong Wencan’s protection.

But as soon as Zou Weilian went to Fujian, Yu Xiaotian immediately turned against him and became ruthless. He stripped Zou Weilian's face to pieces in the lobby of the governor's office and made a fuss in the court.

The cause of the matter seems to be attributed to the fact that after Zou Weilian took office, due to special reasons, Yu Xiaotian's soldiers and generals were cut off from the military pay that should have been allocated by the Fujian vassal treasury. In addition, there was no money to allocate the soldiers who died in Yu Xiaotian's northward campaign to suppress the rebellion.

Finally, Yu Xiaotian broke out in the governor's office, spraying Zou Weilian until he almost vomited blood.

Only then did such a big drama happen, which caused the entire court and public officials to point their fingers at Yu Xiaotian, and they were determined not to give up until Yu Xiaotian was brought down.

But after all, there was someone in the court who spoke for Yu Xiaotian, because this time Yu Xiaotian did a good job in quelling the chaos in Denglai, showing his strong military talent and ability to run the army.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is smoking everywhere. It can be said that it is the time to recruit people. Generals like Yu Xiaotian are quite rare nowadays. If it is because of this matter, Yu Xiaotian will be dealt with severely. There is no guarantee that Yu Xiaotian will not be let go.

Tian was at odds with the imperial court, and if he wanted to use Xiaotian again in the future, who knows whether he would work as hard as he did this time in Denglai to put down the rebellion.

Therefore, there were still some sensible people in the court at this time. They did not take the opportunity to add insult to injury and jointly criticize Yu Xiaotian. Instead, they spoke for Yu Xiaotian from a more objective perspective.

Moreover, Zou Weilian was indeed at fault this time. Although the shortage of pay is very common in various places now, this shortage also depends on who is short of pay. I think people like Yu Xiaotian are going to other places to quell chaos for the imperial court.

At this time, there is a lack of salary for his soldiers and horses, which is indeed a bit chilling.

Therefore, this incident cannot all be blamed on Xiaotian. From this incident, it can be seen that Yu Xiaotian cherishes his soldiers very much, and he does not hesitate to turn against his superiors, but also strives for the interests of his subordinates. This incident is to some extent

, and also added some points to Yu Xiaotian’s character.

Today, there are not many generals in the Ming Dynasty who cherish their soldiers as much as Yu Xiaotian. In fact, Chongzhen also knew very well that among the generals, there were many who loved money as much as life and drank the blood of soldiers.

This resulted in the Ming Dynasty's army having insufficient combat power. Soldiers were often unwilling to work for the court. Even many frontier soldiers, due to a long-term lack of pay, simply joined the refugee army or even joined the slave-building industry and sang songs with the court.

A duel scene.

Therefore, Chongzhen is in quite a dilemma regarding this matter. If he does not punish Yu Xiaotian, these trolls will never let it go. But when it comes to dealing with Yu Xiaotian, he has to resort to the same tactics. Another thing is that now Xiong Wencan,

I was anxious for Yu Xiaotian to quickly lead his troops south to the sea between Guangdong and Guangxi to clear out the pirates.

If Yu Xiaotian is dealt with now, Yu Xiaotian's enthusiasm may be dampened next. Therefore, Chongzhen felt quite embarrassed about this matter. He asked the cabinet officials several times about how they should deal with Yu Xiaotian.

Everyone held their own opinions on this big commotion in the governor's yamen. Some people demanded severe punishment, while others believed that the big plan was the most important thing and it would not be easy to punish him.

In the end, Chongzhen had no choice but to adopt a compromise approach and issued an edict, verbally scolding Xiaotian, and ordered Yu Xiaotian to shut up and reflect on himself during the Spring Festival. However, on the other hand, he also asked people to inform Zou Weilian that at this time

We must focus on the overall plan, and the Fujian vassal government must provide guarantees for the military pay of Xiaotian's soldiers and horses, and do not chill the hearts of the soldiers.

Before the Chinese New Year, the imperial edict arrived in Fujian. Yu Xiaotian pretended to accept the edict and thanked the guests. He closed the door to thank the guests. On the grounds that the edict had ordered him to close the door and reflect on his mistakes, he did not receive guests and stayed at home to spend time with his family.

Yu Xiaotian is by no means a fool. Although the court issued an edict to reprimand him this time, the slap seemed to be raised very high, but it only fell gently. The whole thunder was loud and the rain was small. His punishment was not at all

Whether it hurts or not, this fully shows that the imperial court is quite afraid of him now, and also wants to rely on him and want him to continue to work hard for the imperial court.

For this reason, Yu Xiaotian even asked Lin Yiyang to write a memorial for him while he was thinking about his past behind closed doors. He pretended to submit it to the court and did some self-examination. He admitted that he was wrong about this matter, but in fact there was nothing substantive about it.

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Let’s not talk about how busy Yu Xiaotian is there, let’s talk about Xiong Wencan’s life during this period, after he took office in Guangdong and Guangxi, it was really hard.

While he was an official in Fujian, his life was quite leisurely. Although there were some thieves who caused trouble from time to time, he had Yu Xiaotian at hand. As long as he said hello, Yu Xiaotian would be able to make trouble quickly.

Help him settle things, but after arriving in Guangdong and Guangxi, he found that it was really not fun here.

Although there are many garrison troops in Guangdong and Guangxi, peace has existed here for a long time. Most of the soldiers stationed in Guangdong and Guangxi have rarely experienced battles, and the navy has not been repaired. As a result, the naval force and strength in Guangdong and Guangxi are now very weak. If you want to

It will cost a lot of money to improve the navy's strength in a short period of time.

However, in the Guangdong area, which is now quite prosperous, due to the lack of food and wages from the imperial court, the provinces of the Central Plains are now in chaos. Many places have simply become a wasteland. The government cannot collect much tax at all, let alone increase wages.

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Therefore, now the imperial court mainly focuses on obtaining fiscal revenue in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, including Nanzhili, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. Seventy percent of the imperial court's current fiscal revenue can be said to be from

from these provinces.

As a result, the burden on these provinces is quite heavy. The common people are suffering, and the officials are also suffering. Every summer and autumn, they are extremely busy in collecting taxes and raising wages.

A lot of the money and grain collected must be immediately transferred to Nanjing, and then transported by water to the capital. Although the merchants and officials here are extremely rich, and many officials took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, the local finances are not very wealthy.

For Xiong Wencan, it is an impossible task to build a navy capable of fighting in a short period of time.

Therefore, he could only place his hope on Yu Xiaotian. In August, he had already sent someone to send a letter to Yu Xiaotian in advance, telling him his thoughts and asking Yu Xiaotian to help him.

In addition, in order to allow Yu Xiaotian to lead his troops south to help him, he personally reported to the court and asked the court to allow Yu Xiaotian to lead his troops back to Fujian after quelling the Denglai Rebellion. After a short rest, he led the navy south to Guangdong and Guangxi to replace him.

Calm the sea.

Finally, Yu Xiaotian was able to lead his troops back to Fujian, and then there was an incident where Yu Xiaotian made a big fuss in the governor's office. Xiong Wencan learned the news and angrily slammed the table in the study room and scolded Zou Weilian for being confused and delaying his important event.

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When he left Fujian to take up his post in Guangdong, he specifically told his successor Zou Weilian how to treat Yu Xiaotian. However, Zou Weilian obviously did not take his words to heart.

The pay for Tian's troops has been stopped.

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