Paper cannot contain fire.
Many powerful officials and gentry in the pass soon learned that Jue Chang'an, Takshi, Nurhachi and other Jianzhou Zuowei nobles were bloodbathed by the Li family in Liaodong, and even the scribes in the Li family's house in Liaodong were also bloodbathed.
"What are you talking about? Mr. Lanyang and Mr. Qinghe were executed by Marquis Ningyuan in the name of Tongyi?"
Lu Guangzu, the left minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, learned about this from Feng Jinglong, the Nanjing minister.
Feng Jinglong nodded solemnly: "The Jue Chang'an clan, the former commander of the Zuowei capital in Jianzhou, who became slaves in his house, was also purged by his Li family!"
"Marquis Ning Yuan is truly a loyal and good minister!"
Lu Guangzu spoke with a strong smile, but the Japanese fan in his hand was squeezed tighter and tighter.
"Yes, he is truly loyal! It must be because His Majesty has no suspicion of him and is not willing to kill him to remonstrate with Duke Zhang."
Feng Jinglong said.
Lu Guangzu sneered: "Good loyal minister!"
Snapped!
Lu Guangzu suddenly slapped the Japanese fan on the table and said seriously: "It's just that he is too loyal! As a result, the Jianzhou left guard and Jianzhou right guard are gone, and the Jianzhou three guards are left with only one Jianzhou guard." State Guards, Liaodong’s restructuring will be easier!”
"You're right."
Feng Jinglong replied.
Lu Guangzu's face darkened and he said: "Ning Yuanhou is so bloodthirsty, he will be punished by God!"
Feng Jinglong nodded.
Lu Guangzu suddenly asked again: "Is there any news from Beijing?"
Feng Jinglong said: "Here we come, the leader is Liang Zhending (Liang Menglong)."
Lu Guangzu said nothing after hearing this.
Feng Jinglong then added: "In addition, Wang Taicang has also gone south to inspect the maritime trade."
Lu Guangzu still said nothing.
Wang Xijue has indeed begun to go out to Beijing to inspect maritime trade on orders.
And the first place he went to was Hao Jing.
He will work with the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to solve the problem of the Francois in Haojing, take back its autonomy, and determine how to establish a formal system for foreigners to trade and reside in China in the future.
This is what Zhu Yijun specially told Wang Xijue to do.
If it weren't for the Francois in Haojing, the Portuguese would have obtained autonomy and residency in Macau through legal procedures, and would also be paying taxes to the Ming Dynasty, and gradually building the camp in a peaceful way. To seize Macau, Zhu Yijun had already ordered the army to encircle and suppress it.
However, in order to make Xiyi understand that honest and polite contact with the Ming court to discuss related matters would be more friendly to the Ming court than a rough direct invasion, Zhu Yijun did not directly choose to use the army to directly and violently drive them away.
certainly.
Wang Xijue's inspection of maritime trade was only a matter of internal affairs and did not attract much attention.
In terms of military affairs, the extermination of Burma is proceeding with great vigor.
It also makes more people pay attention.
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Nandu.
Large ships and large granaries containing 300,000 shi of grain and 200,000 shi of fodder for the conquest of Burma appeared on the river outside the city.
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And these large ships and granaries are also carrying the lanterns of the Nanjing Ministry of War, and are guarded by soldiers transferred from Zhejiang. It seems that they are just being transported to Zhejiang.
In June of the eleventh year of Wanli in Shiwei.
Under the fire sun.
The entire Nandu seemed to be scorched by fire.
These large ships and granaries also seemed to be on fire at the next moment.
The sergeants guarding the ship didn't even stand on the ship for a while. They were all soaked as if they had just come out of the river.
The Qinhuai River is also full of people shaking fans and eating magnolia jelly.
Lu Guangzu also wore only a white shirt and played chess with Feng Jinglong, a student from the Nanjing Engineering Department, in the shade of a private garden by the Qinhuai River to make up the day.
As soon as Feng Jinglong played a game of chess, he asked Lu Guangzu: "A few days ago, the Nanben soldier Yin She County (Yin Zhengmao) transported a lot of property back to his hometown. He must have intended to become an official. Do you think I should take a leaf out of him?" "
Lu Guangzu said: "His Majesty is very tolerant and considerate towards the old ministers nowadays, so it is better to put aside his outspokenness for the time being!"
"He must have sold his official position to get a title! Otherwise, he would not have been able to transport so much money back to his hometown when he was the Minister of War in Nanjing. Such a corrupt official will not be able to serve the country if his charges are not exposed!"
Feng Jinglong said.
Lu Guangzu said with a smile: "It's better to wait until the fire breaks out and then use God's will to remonstrate."
Feng Jinglong nodded after hearing this: "That's fine!"
At this time.
On the river outside the city, on the hot ship's deck, the Zhejiang sergeant who was guarding the cabin had just taken out his fire sickle and was about to boil water to cook fish. Suddenly, a fire broke out in his cabin, and soon engulfed the entire grain ship.
"Nan Bing's grain ship ran into trouble!"
Soon, someone spread the news to Qinhuai River.
On the banks of the Qinhuai River, the officials, gentry, and even the elite fans stood on their boats to wait and see. Suddenly, they saw thick smoke coming from the city, like a big dark cloud.
"It's true!"
Feng Jinglong, who was studying engineering here, smiled and talked to Lu Guangzu.
Lu Guangzu then smiled and said, "Someone should issue an order to burn the unloaded grain in the granary."
Feng Jinglong nodded and then pointed in the direction of Nandu Sanshan Gate: "Please take a look!"
Lu Guangzu looked over and immediately saw a red firework shooting into the blue sky.
"Come on, let's go out on a boat and take a look at the fire!"
As Lu Guangzu said that, he and Feng Jinglong took a boat out of the city, and then came to a high place along the river outside the city. They watched a large number of soldiers holding fire cannons and carrying kerosene rush out from the houses outside the city and rushed towards the granary. past.
Among them, the soldiers holding fire cannons fired directly at the Zhejiang soldiers guarding the granary, killing the Zhejiang soldiers guarding the granary gate on the spot, and then rushed over.
At the same time, the soldiers carrying kerosene also rushed in and began to pour kerosene on the granary, obviously hoping to set the granary on fire before a large number of Zhejiang soldiers arrived.
"When all these grain ships and granaries are burned to ashes, let's see how they will destroy Burma."
Lu Guangzu looked at this scene and said with a smile.
"When the time comes, I will tell you that this is fire from heaven! It is a warning from God to stop the large-scale conquest of Burma!"
Feng Jinglong said.
Lu Guangzu said at this time: "After these Japanese people are burned out, they must be dealt with cleanly!"
"Do not worry."
"Our people have been prepared for a long time and will ensure that they are all eliminated before the inspection department and Zhejiang soldiers arrive."
Feng Jinglong said.
At this time, Lu Guangzu saw a large number of Zhejiang soldiers suddenly appearing in the granary, and the archers among these Zhejiang soldiers were obviously ready. When the Japanese rushed in, they fought back.
Because the Japanese were outnumbered, many of them were captured.
Lu Guangzu's face darkened.
“There is no food in the granary!”
"It's actually a human being!"
Feng Jinglong also spoke to Lu Guangzu in surprise at this time.
Lu Guangzu also looked at the grain boats by the river at this time, and suddenly saw that when one of the boats was burned and overturned, a large amount of sediment was dumped out!
Lu Guangzu's face became more and more ugly, and after a long while he asked Feng Jinglong: "Did you just say that Yinshe County transported a large amount of property back to his hometown in the past few days?"
"That's right!"
"According to people I know, the Yin family has recruited tens of thousands of civilians just for transporting goods, and hired thousands of civilian ships. The boxes containing the goods are all very large, and these large boxes are inspected before boarding the ships. I kept a close eye on it once, and according to the people who moved it, it was all filled with silver!"
Feng Jinglong said.
"Fell into a trap!"
"The box must be covered with silver on top and grain on the bottom!"
"And he has no intention of using official ships to transport food. Instead, he uses the freight costs to temporarily hire civilian ships!"
"In this way, we can also save transportation costs. After all, there are many landless and propertyless people in the south of the Yangtze River, and the cost will definitely be less than asking the canal transport officers and soldiers to transport food so hard that they need to be rewarded with a lot of silver!"
