The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wu Zhankui reminded Wei Guangde to prepare well for the government examination. A servant came in to report and a messenger came.

"Guangde, you continue to eat, let's go out and take a look."

Wu Zhankui stood up and said to Wei Guangde who was eating, and then led Wei Meng out of the room.

Upon hearing the messenger, Wei Guangde guessed that it might be the Zhang family from Fucheng who sent the news.

Continuing to immerse himself in eating, Wei Guangde knew that his children could not get involved in these matters. He was afraid that he would be scolded if he tried to get involved. Anyway, he would not take the next county examination. His father had already agreed, so he might as well review his homework with peace of mind. .

When Wei Guangde came out after breakfast, he saw an uncle's soldier leaving with a messenger. Wei Guangde nodded to the man and walked into the next room by accident.

There were only two people in the room, uncle and Wei Guangde, but Wei Guangde felt bad when he saw them. Both of them looked gloomy, so the news brought by the messenger must be bad.

"Uncle, dad, what's wrong with you?"

Wei Guangde still asked with concern. In fact, he was already sure in his mind what happened. He was afraid that what he said last night was true, and he wanted to go north to defend against the Tatars.

"You should go back to Bengshan Castle tomorrow and study hard with Master Sun. Only then will there be a way out."

When Wei Meng heard his son ask this, he said with a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Is the news confirmed? North?"

Wei Guangde asked tentatively. Although he knew what he was thinking, he still asked.

"no."

Unexpectedly, Father Wei immediately denied it. It didn't look like he was faking it.

Not going to the north?

Wei Guangde is already familiar with Dad Wei's habits. Dad's straightforward answer must not be false. It must be wrong to worry last night.

But now my father and uncle are acting as if they have received more terrible news than going north, which is strange.

"Just tell me, it's nothing. The news will probably spread soon."

Wu Zhankui looked at Wei Mengdao with a wry smile.

"What on earth is going on?"

Wei Guangde's curiosity was really aroused. What else could he do if he didn't go to the north?

Could it be that someone in Huguang has rebelled, or is there a big commotion in Guangdong?

Worst of all, big troubles have happened in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, and the chieftains there seem to be unsettled and rebel from time to time.

Southwest seems to be really good at things.

Wei Guangde remembered seeing reports that mentioned that during the Ming Dynasty, leaders of ethnic minorities in the southwest often rebelled.

There are high mountains and dense forests, and it is very troublesome to encircle and suppress them. Whenever trouble occurs, it often takes several years or even longer to delay the counter-insurgency.

That's all Wei Guangde could think of, and he felt like he had guessed the truth. However, Wei Guangde was not complacent. If he really went to the southwest to quell the rebellion, it would be a job that no ordinary person could do.

In fact, Wei Guangde also knew in his heart that there was actually another scourge in the southwest, and that was Myanmar.

I remember reading an article on the Internet that both the Ming and Qing dynasties fought with Myanmar, and both seemed to have suffered a lot.

During the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong's several battles with Burma were met with huge defeats. That is to say, he relied on his strong family background to force the other party to surrender. However, for the sake of face, internal propaganda said that the Qing army had won a complete victory and claimed that the Qing army had won a complete victory. It's "Old Man Shiquan", it's just made up anyway.

In fact, the Qing Dynasty started playing this trick since the time of Kangxi. During the war with the Rakshasa Kingdom, they said several times that they would defeat the opponent, but the treaties they signed ended up constantly ceding land. From this, we can also see that the so-called victory will end in the end. What happened?

Thinking a little far, Wei Guangde is still concerned about where his uncle and father will be sent this time.

"It's not decided yet. We will go to Zhenjiang to gather. We may go north or east."

Wei Guangde's words confused Wei Guangde.

Going north is easy to understand, but what does it mean to go east?

"A large group of Japanese pirates appeared in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, as well as a large number of sea ships. A few days ago, a small group of Japanese pirates landed in Ningbo. The Nanjing Ministry of War is worried that the Japanese pirates will go up the river to wreak havoc in South Zhili and Zhejiang, so they asked us to move to Zhenjiang. There are also Plans to send reinforcements after the war in the north begins.

However, there is news from Jiujiang Prefecture that Japanese pirates may make big moves this spring. It is even said that Japanese pirates have gathered tens of thousands of people on coastal islands.

The news is false and true, and there is no certainty over there. "

"Japanese pirates? Tens of thousands of Japanese pirates?"

Wei Guangde was really shocked when he heard what his father said.

Japanese pirates, Wei Guangde often heard people mention them after passing through, mainly because of the busy traffic on the Yangtze River, and the merchant ships that came and went were able to quickly spread news along the Yangtze River.

In Wei Guangde's impression, he had only heard about dozens or hundreds of Japanese pirates before, but he was really frightened when he heard his father talking about tens of thousands of Japanese pirates.

This is Jiangxi, far away from the sea, but that doesn’t mean we are unprepared for Japanese pirates.

Historically, of course, Japanese pirates have never been to Jiangxi. Not to mention the Taicang Guards guarding the estuary of the Yangtze River downstream, and the Zhenjiang Guards behind them, there is also the Anqing Water Camp in Anqing. It is impossible for Japanese pirates to reach Jiangxi.

However, there are many water bandits in Jiangxi, and that is Poyang Lake. In order to exterminate the water bandits in Poyang Lake, the Nanhu Camp was specially formed.

Well, because he was from the Wei Institute, Wei Guangde knew a lot more about the Ming Dynasty Wei Institute than outsiders.

To be honest, this is also because Wei Guangde traveled along the Yangtze River, so he has a good understanding of the location of cities along the Yangtze River.

Although times have changed, the location of cities and counties in later generations is definitely different from the current prefectures and counties, but the difference is still roughly the same. Therefore, although he has not seen a map of this era, Wei Guangde still has an idea when he hears people talk about it. Location.

In this regard, he is much better than his elder brother or even his father.

Although they can skillfully name the health centers in various places, they only know the general direction and cannot be specific.

However, Wei Guangde also knew a lot about the guards through hearing and seeing. He said that the Taicang Guard was actually called Zhenhai Guard before. There was also Zhenjiang Guard along the river, but the name was changed decades ago because it was related to the Fujian Dusi. The names of the following health centers overlap.

"There are so many guard posts in Zhejiang, why do we, the Jiujiang guards, need to go there?"

Although Wei Guangde knew that fighting against Japanese pirates was a national war and should not be said so, he still didn't want his father to go there.

He had read a lot about the Japanese pirate rebellion in the Jiajing Dynasty in novels and analytical articles about the Ming Dynasty. Before, it was just a small fight, but by the Jiajing Dynasty it was a big mess, and it seemed that it took a lot of effort to solve it.

However, through the battle to suppress the Japanese, Qi Jiguang, Yu Da and so on, and there must be some military generals who also received promotions based on their achievements in suppressing the Japanese.

Relatively speaking, the risks outweigh the benefits.

This is Wei Guangde's opinion. To suppress the Japanese, we should leave it to great masters like Qi Jiguang. His father probably doesn't have that ability.