Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 148 Uncle Loyalty

In the city of Wujiang.

Wu Yi, Sun Zhaokui, Zhou Yaoyin and the five generals of the White Waist Army, Chen Ji, Zhou Rui, Zhang Bin, Zhu Gui, and Xu Chong, visited Zhu Yihai together.

"You are all loyal people, please hurry up."

Zhu Yihai helped everyone up and looked at them one by one. The eight of them were all wearing iron armor, cotton armor and burqa. The five burly generals were also born as scholars.The eight people are all natives of Wujiang, they are both civil and military heroes, and they are good at riding a gun and familiar with water warfare.

When fighting Wujiang City before, Zhang Mingyang's striker appeared with a green flag, and the barefoot Zhang San, the skin picker who was born as a water bandit, and others immediately ran away with oil on their feet, but they were the only ones who stood firm.

Wu Yi and others could not have imagined that the admiral of Jiangnan was actually Lu Jianguo himself. Looking at this Jianguo who was a little younger than them, with a red chilong cloak over the silver mountain armor, they all admired him, let alone the person outside the city. That vigorous Northern Expeditionary Army.

"The Tartars invaded the south, and the country was overthrown. You were originally scholars, but you abandoned your pen and joined the army and formed a volunteer army to resist the captives. This loyalty can be demonstrated every day. Wu Qing, I now entrust you as the governor of the water transport, and the governor Yingtian , Taiping, Fangde, Ningguo Sifu, Chu, and Erzhou and other places.

The white-waisted rebel army led by Qing and others was reorganized into Caobiao, with five battalions in charge of the left, middle, right, and navy divisions, with a total of [-] regular soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. "

"The yamen of the General Cao Department is temporarily set up on Xishan Island in Taihu Lake."

"Sun Zhaokui, I entrust you as a Daoist of Jiangning Grain Storage."

"Zhou Yao is the patrol censor and supervisor of the army."

General Chen and other five generals of the Baiyao Army were each awarded the rank of guerrilla general and each led a battalion of Caobiao.

After this series of appointments, Wu Yi and others were shocked. Although the Governor of Water Transport had an informal position in Daming, it was actually basically fixed. Along the [-]-mile canal in the province, it is also in charge of local administration in Fengyang and other places.

Based in Huaian.

During the time of Chongzhen, the governor of Fengyang was briefly appointed as a member of the military affairs of Henan and Huguang, and he was also appointed by this Caodu.

Wu Yi was only a Jinshi in Chongzhen for 16 years. Beijing fell in the second year after he passed the Jinshi exam. After arriving and completing the task, Yangzhou was broken, and then Nanjing was broken.

So he had no choice but to go guerrilla in the Taihu Lake area. They used Changbaidang as their base. Changbaidang was surrounded by reeds and was very hidden. The Grand Canal is Taihu Lake, and the harbor branches extend in all directions. They chose to build camps, build warships, recruit soldiers and save wages at Meijiazha next to Changbaidang, and raised their flags to fight against the captives.

He also united with Shen Zibing and Shen Ziliu brothers to Pingwang Lanxi's rebel army, and they became each other's horns.

Although the main battleship of the White Waist Party is a narrow and long "arrow boat" that can only accommodate six or seven people, it is light and fast, and most of them are local fishermen who are familiar with waterways, so the two teams have thousands of people. The fishing boats, through a smooth intelligence network, have repeatedly attacked the puppet army and the Tartars, and they have repeatedly won by surprise. Although they are only small victories, they have also caused great troubles for the Tartars.

Wu Yi and the others even successfully ambushed a centurion in Boluo, and the Wu and Shen families set up an ambush, eventually annihilating all the hundred Tartars.

But in the final analysis, even King Yiyang and Huang Fei, who were not far from Chongming, didn't pay much attention to them, thinking that they were just a group of water bandits or armed by squires.

But Lu Jianguo attaches so much importance to them, and they are not surprised when they are appointed Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Jiangning as soon as they come.

Wu Yi was shocked and refused again and again, "The minister is only the head of the district, dare to accept this position, please take it back, Your Highness."

When Beijing fell, Wu Yi didn't even have a formal official position. Hong Guangli was appointed as the head of the official department, but he was only a seventh-rank censor.

Although the Governor-General of the Ming Dynasty had an informal position, it was generally held by at least a third-rank and fourth-rank official like the Vice Capital Censor and Qianshi Censor, or a third-rank minister like the Minister of War.

Wu Yi's official position was originally only higher than that of the county magistrate. This was due to the particularity of Hongguang's early childhood. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Wu Yi, who was an official in Beijing, to stay in the capital if he did not have a solid background. Those who are in charge of the six departments and waiting for these Beijing positions are most likely to go to the localities to serve as county magistrates and county magistrates.

The county magistrate does a good job, and when he goes up, he is usually promoted to the head of the capital, or the local magistrate or the magistrate of a large county. The promotion must be done step by step. Normally, it will take a long time to be promoted to a place like the prefect. After becoming a magistrate, he was promoted to be a Taoist priest, and then he was promoted to be a deputy to the third department of the province, such as deputy envoy of the inspectorate, left and right to participate in politics, etc., and then he was promoted to the six departments and nine temples in the capital, or the chief of the third department in the local province, and then again. The servants who are promoted to the sixth department, etc., have to take every step just right, and even have someone to help and support them, and then it is even more difficult to become the governor and governor.

Now step up to the sky.

Even if the four prefectures and two prefectures under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiangning are still in the hands of the Qing army for the time being, it's just the official rank and rank.

"Wu Qing don't want to refuse, when the country is in crisis, loyalty is the first choice for a lonely employer, and other things, Wu Qing came to the south of the Yangtze River to raise food and pay under the order of Shige Department, Yangzhou fell to Nanjing and died, but he didn't give up the task, he still had the courage to take on the task, The men and horses with the food raised the banner of fighting against the Qing Dynasty, and have persisted until now, this kind of loyalty, this courage, is worth using alone."

"Wu Qing, you will take over this job. Jiang Ning has not recovered yet, so he will first use Taihu Lake as a basis to patrol the canal, not only to attack the water transportation of the Tartars, but also to assist our army in the transportation of money, grain and equipment. This is a job Difficult task, can you take it?"

Wu Yi gritted his teeth, "I will go all out and never disappoint His Highness."

"Very well, I will send you some experienced officers and elite soldiers from the Northern Expedition Army, and send you some warships, guns, armored swords and guns, etc., so that you can practice your military standards well. Firmly control the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal Line.”

"Gu Zai bestows Qing with the hereditary title of Uncle Zhongyi, in recognition of Qing's loyalty and passion, and bestows on Wu Qing the prosperity of the country for generations!"

Wu Yi does not have many white-waisted soldiers, but Wu Yi and the white-waisted army have a great influence around Taihu Lake. The Wu family is also a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River. Wu Yi destroyed his family to relieve difficulties, and he never gave up even in the most difficult time Zhu Yihai admired him very much for resisting captives and fighting guerrilla all the time. He was much better than Huang Binqing, Fang Guoan, Huang Fei, Wu Zhikui and others.

Giving a loyal uncle is also to let the gentry of the Three Wus see that Lu Jianguo is generous to the righteous men of the Three Wus. Of course, Zhu Yihai did not directly include the White Waist Army into the Northern Expedition Army because the Eight Towns of the Northern Expedition have now been formed. I plan to expand it again, and I don't have the ability to digest more soldiers and horses.

In turn, he also transferred some soldiers from the Northern Expedition Army to the White Waist Army, mixed the White Waist Army, and sent generals to lead the White Waist Army with Wu Yi to strengthen the control of this army.

"Wu Qing, you are now preparing to transfer Wujiang's money and food to Xishan Island in Taihu Lake, and go north to Suzhou. You will stay in Wujiang with Cao Biao first, but you are also ready to retreat to Xishan when you receive orders at any time."

"Withdraw? Won't you guard Wujiang?" Wu Yi was taken aback again.

"Well, Wujiang won't defend it for the time being, and won't even defend it after Suzhou is captured."

Now the eight members of the White Waist Army all opened their mouths in disbelief.

"Wu Qing, don't worry, I'll let Chen Qing explain it to you in detail."

　Thank you Fengwu Yufei for your support, thank you

　　
　
(End of this chapter)