Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 274

Changshu, Fushan port.

Fushan is on the north side of the Yangtze River, and crosses with Langshan. It is called the important town of Wubei, the Jianghai Fortress. In the Ming Dynasty, the patrol division was established at the beginning, and then the castle was built to set up the general. It was upgraded to a guerrilla until Wu Shengzhao, the admiral of Susong, was driven from Suzhou. here.

From the former fishing port to today's military town fortress, although it is a place where fish and salt are collected and distributed, and the business is prosperous, it can't compare with Suzhou, a paradise on earth.

"Ten Riping Chongming, this is trying to force us to death."

Wu Shengzhao had a bitter face and sighed again and again.Previously, because of the Su Song Rebellion, he was driven by Boluo to Changshu to be stationed, and then Hong Chengchou fined him half a year's salary.

In fact, he doesn't care about the fine of half a year's salary, how much is a year for an admiral on the surface?Salary silver is 81 taels, salary silver is 140 taels, vegetable candle charcoal silver is 180 taels, lamp red paper is 200 taels of silver, the total is only 50 taels, equivalent to [-] taels of silver in January.

This amount of money is not enough for him to drink.

A majestic provincial admiral, not to mention other green camps, has 5000 people for his own bid, and in this war-torn era, it is not easy to make money?He himself had to pay [-]% of the [-] town mark, which was quite a lot here.Then every time I go out to fight, I look for opportunities to rob and blackmail, and I get tens of thousands of taels of income casually.

He is not afraid of fines, and he does not rely on the little money, but if he is disliked by his benefactor Hong Chengchou, and then hated by Baylor like Bo Luo, it will be a big problem.

Although he was born in Jibei, he was originally from Nanjing. He was also a military officer of the Ming Dynasty in his early years. He led troops in Liaodong and Jiangnan. He fought the Tartars and suppressed the peasant army. Conscripted to Jiangning, so he won the title of admiral, which is also considered to be famous, but now this is not a way to survive.

Previously, there were many disagreements with Governor Tu Guobao, and it was just an infighting in the officialdom, but now it was about wealth and life, and Chongming would not be able to win in ten days no matter what.

"Yan Jinglue beheaded Zhang Cunren and Xiao Qiyuan as soon as he came, which can be described as cruel. Who is that Zhang Cunren? He used to be Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui's deputy general, and he was also very close to Hong Jinglue. Before Yan Jinglue When he was in West Zhejiang, Governor Zhang appreciated his care very much, and his rapid rise was also related to his appreciation for promotion, but now he turns his face and refuses to recognize anyone, why? Because Governor Zhang is a member of Hong Jinglue."

"And the admiral, aren't you also from Hong Jinglue?"

Dai Zhijun, who joined the army, persuaded him, "Everyone knows that the admiral and your local governor are both Hong Jinglue's people. Now that Hong Jinglue is gone and Governor Zhang has been killed, I'm afraid you will be in great trouble, admiral. Find an excuse to destroy Chongming within ten days. But how is this possible?"

"Not to mention returning to Changshu from Jiangning, it will take time to gather troops, and who doesn't know that there are many Ming army sailors stationed in Chongming now, and the big bird ship gunboat has more cannons than our entire city. With the battleship blocking the river, how did we get to Chongming?"

"Don't say that it is impossible for the admiral to gather troops to attack within the time limit. If he really goes to attack, he will be fed by the bombarded Shen Jiang."

"Extending your head is killing people with a knife, shrinking your head is a military law, and left and right will not give you a way to survive. I advise the admiral to make plans early."

Wu Shengzhao looked helpless, "What can I do? Even if I appeal to Beijing now, it's too late. I'm afraid my head will be chopped off by Mr. Yan when Beijing picks me up to play the report."

"Besides, I've been demoted to the rank of chief soldier now."

"This is not what this subordinate said about finding another way. Admiral, you were once a general of the Ming Dynasty, and now you are the admiral of a province. Why don't you take advantage of the opportunity and simply turn against the Qing and vote for Daming?"

Wu Shengzhao looked at Dai Zhijun, who was also a member of Jiangnan Juren, quite talented, he was enlisted by him as an aide, and usually drafted letters and made suggestions for him, which was quite smooth.Of course, Wu Shengzhao also knew that Dai Zhijun had private contacts with Lu Jianguo, for example, Wu Yi, Governor of Water Transportation appointed by Lu Jianguo, Shen Youlong, Governor of Su Song, Governor Wang Yongzuo, and Gu Yanwu, the inspector. .

But he opened his eyes and closed his eyes. After all, in today's troubled times, who knows who will win the battle in the end, making more friends will also leave more ways, maybe it will be useful at critical times.

On the other hand, he also needs the support of these Jiangnan gentry.

Originally I asked Dai Zhijun to come here today, but in fact there was no way out, so I deliberately asked him to talk about these things, and I wanted to contact the other side through him.

"I'm in a hurry now, and I have nowhere to go."

As Wu expected, Dai Zhijun stood up and said, "Admiral, don't worry, the subordinates have a way to contact them."

"Do you really have a way?"

"Chen Zilong, Wu Yi, Shen Tingyang and others are all related to me. Time is running out now. The admiral can immediately write a letter. I will send it to Ming Huaiyang Governor Shen Tingyang on Chongming Island opposite, and contact Zhou Hezhi, Ruan Jin and Huang Binqing in Chongming and Jingjiang. Several naval admirals came to meet him."

Wu Shengzhao was very satisfied to see that things were progressing as he expected.

Pretending to hesitate for a while, "I would like to turn from the dark to the bright, and do righteousness anyway, but so many old brothers under my command have been following me, and now I let them raise their heads to make troubles, I have to make arrangements for them, first for them Plan ahead."

"I hope that Daming can promise us that after we pass, we will still be appointed and retained with the original official title."

Dai Zhijun responded immediately, "Anyway, the admiral will confer the title of earl if the admiral is righteous. If he can make meritorious service, he will be rewarded even more."

Immediately, Wu Shengzhao took a pen and wrote a letter to Tou Chengxin, and handed it to Dai Zhijun to smuggle into Chongming to contact him.

Here, he immediately summoned all his confidants in the army.

Younger brother Wu Shengqin, nephew Wu Qi, brother-in-law Lin Kejin, deputy generals Li Kui, Wu Zhu, Yang Wenqi, generals Lu Tong, Zuo Shuai, Liu Chenggao, deputy general Zhan Shixun of the Chinese Army, and Gao Yongyi, commander of the Zuoying Central Army, etc.

"I still have 4000 soldiers and horses under my command. We are willing to surrender to Lu Jianguo and we will definitely accept it, but we can't just go to Chongming Island like this. I mean to give him a big vote. It can be used as a vote or as a vote Fight for titles and official positions.

We are now in Changshu, not far from Suzhou. We took advantage of the unpreparedness and went straight to Suzhou along the river, took Suzhou, and killed the national treasure. "

Li Kui, Wu Zhu, etc. are all old subordinates of Wu Shengzhao, and they are all willing to do whatever they want at this time.

"Anyway, righteousness is fast, and it has to be kept secret. We can discuss this matter, and don't pass it on. It is best to send troops to Chongming to suppress all irrelevant officials such as Haiphong military equipment and Changshu magistrate today. The thieves were summoned for a reason, and they were all killed."

Wu Zhu also said, "Let's kill them and take out the money and food in the treasury. Each brother will reward two liang of silver, and then give wine and meat. Let's say that Wu Risheng in Taihu Lake and Shen Youlong in Songjiang are encircling Suzhou Mansion together. Let's go to reinforce immediately. Let's lead the troops to Suzhou, and wait for the soldiers to reach the city before raising the flag anyway."

This can be regarded as the traditional method of rebellion, falsely passing on military orders and coercing soldiers.

(End of this chapter)