Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 35 Red and Black
"Has Huang Binqing from Zhoushan not replied yet?"

At the foot of Zhaobao Mountain in Dinghai, in the Xinli Bannerman Battalion, Zhu Yihai ate in the same cauldron as the recruits.The food is not bad, the rice is served with some sweet potatoes, with bean melon and other seasonal vegetables, and some salted fish and bacon for flavor.

Zhu Yihai didn't want to put on airs at all, and squatted on the ground holding a large bowl, which was full of a large bowl of rice, covered with many vegetables, and a large piece of bacon and salted fish.

He didn't pretend at all, but he really ate deliciously.

Since coming to this time and space, he has no time to run around. Lu Wang is also 26 years old and has a healthy body, and Zhu Yihai is not that picky person.

The officers, instructors and recruits of the banner battalion drawn from each battalion glanced at His Highness Jian Guo from time to time while eating.Surprised, but also deeply cordial.

Zhang Mingyang, the deputy general of the Banner Bearer Battalion, was Zhang Mingzhen's second younger brother, who was borrowed by Zhu Yihai from Zhang Mingzhen to serve as a deputy general with the rank of deputy commander in chief.

Compared with his eldest brother Zhang Mingzhen, Zhang Mingyang is a bit dull, but compared to his rough-and-tumble third brother Ming Bin, he is more stable.

Although he also ate with a sea bowl, he tried his best to maintain the etiquette of his courtiers and did not make any noise.Hearing Zhu Yihai's question, he immediately put down the bowl, even wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and swallowed all the food in his mouth before replying, "I follow His Highness's order, and send people to Zhoushan by boat. Leaving the mouth of the Yongjiang River, we met Huang Zongbing's patrol boat at Yumen..."

After Zhu Yihai successfully met Wang Zhiren in Dinghai, he immediately considered Zhoushan Huang Binqing and his troops. He originally planned to go directly to Zhoushan, but Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen strongly opposed it.

It turned out that Huang Binqing was originally a general in Zhoushan. Hong Guangchao was promoted to the general of Jiujiang, and then he was appointed as the general of Guangxi.

Wang Zhiren, as the general of Zhejiang Province, was stationed in Dinghai and Zhoushan across the sea, so he sent people there immediately, and even sent some food and money there.

But Huang Binqing was not polite when he received the money and food. He insisted on talking to Wang Zhiren, the general of the Zhejiang army who suppressed the Japanese, as the general of the Guangxi army, and said that he was a guest army, and he was only temporarily taking a rest in Zhoushan, and he didn't want to have too much with Wang Zhiren. touch.

Obviously, he was also afraid that Wang Zhiren would take the opportunity to annex his people.

Later, Huang Binqing sent people to Dinghai, Yincheng and other places to collect food and recruit troops, causing many complaints. Wang Zhiren was also annoyed, and sent troops to drive away Huang Binqing's people, and the two sides settled the dispute.

Afterwards, Wang Zhiren accepted the envoy from Hangzhou and handed over the seal of the general army, but Huang Binqing refused the Northern envoy's envoy to surrender. After that, the troops of both sides clashed several times because of the recruitment of food and soldiers.

Huang Binqing also directly scolded Wang Zhiren for surrendering the thief, and said that he would lead troops to recover Ningbo.

Wang Zhiren persuaded Zhu Yihai not to go to Zhoushan. The reason was that although Huang Binqing refused the Northern envoy's recruitment, he was actually a bandit. The master had no resistance, and then fled all the way east, robbing wherever he went, harming Su Song and other places, and then harming Huhang, and then came to Zhoushan to occupy the land and become king.

Not only was he rude to him, the landlord of Zhejiang, but he also harmed the people.

If Zhu Yihai went directly to Zhoushan, no one knew what the consequences would be.

Seeing their strong opposition, Zhu Yihai did not persist. Huang Binqing did not have a good reputation in history. Emperor Longwu was named Zhengshuo.

In history, he attacked friendly forces and annexed troops several times.

Even when Lu Jianguo defeated the Qiantang River and the defeated soldiers returned to Zhoushan, this guy not only did not help, but even sent troops to attack Lu soldiers, robbing ships, money and food.

It can be said that this person is indeed a lawless warlord in troubled times.

Of course, Zhoushan is close to Dinghai, especially as it is an island in the sea. In Zhu Yihai's plan, this is a very important rear base. It is very important to fight against the great cause of the Qing Dynasty, and it must be obtained.

What's more, Huang Binqing's men are leading a navy army from Nanming, which is quite a number and is a regular army.

It is too dangerous to let them stay on the side of the couch instead of recruiting them.

Zhu Yihai did not go directly to Zhoushan, but sent someone to announce the decree first.

He granted Huang Binqing the title of Uncle Su, and made a special arrangement for Huang Binqing and his troops. In Zhu Yihai's will, he praised Huang Binqing for his loyalty and bravery for the country, and then worshiped Huang Binqing as the governor of the right army. The governor, worshiped as Cao Jiang Wuchen.

The position of Caojiang Wuchen was very important in the Ming Dynasty. The official name came from an edict issued by Zhu Di. Nanjing is the foundation of the country, and Jianghuai is where the wealth of the southeast lies.

As a result, the Daming Naval Forces that guarded Nanjing had two special chief officers, Cao Jiang Du Censor and Cao Jiang Wu Chen.

Cao Jiang Wuchen, therefore also called Admiral Cao Jiang, led the upper and lower rivers to prevent incidents.

Caojiang, the last admiral of the Ming Dynasty, was Liu Kongzhao, Chengyi Bo.

After the collapse of the Hongguang small court, Liu Kongzhao did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Instead, he led his troops and ran along the river like other naval generals Huang Fei, Huang Binqing, Zheng Hongkui and others.

At this time, Liu Kongzhao should still be wandering in the sea near Susong with his men and horses.

The records of Liu Kongzhao in the history books are very bad, saying that he killed his uncle and even his grandmother, how he colluded with traitors, disrupted the court and so on. Most of them are descendants of Donglin, and they were hostile to Liu Kongzhao and other so-called eunuchs and ministers, so it is normal to discredit them. Anyway, it is true that Liu Kongzhao died and did not surrender. Even after the Northern Expedition of Lu Jianguo, Zhang Mingzhen and When Zhang Huangyan went to the mouth of the Yangtze River to pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing, Liu Kongzhao was among them.

Admiral Cao Jiang is the commander of the Yangtze River Navy. It has always been held by Nanjing honored ministers. Just like Wei Guogong of all dynasties served as the Nanjing garrison minister and the commander of the Chinese Army Mansion, Admiral Cao Jiang has always been served by these honorable ministers of Dukes and Earls in charge of.

Zhu Yihai directly named Huang Binqing the earl, and also worshiped him as the admiral Cao Jiang, which is definitely enough for Huang Binqing.

But the envoy went over with the edict, but Huang Binqing did not come to see Jian Guo, not even a letter of reply.

Even those sent there were still left in Zhoushan and never released.

"Your Highness, the final general thinks that Huang Binqing has ulterior motives and disrespect for disobedience to the order of the supervisory state. Such thieves should be killed as soon as possible. Please lead the bannermen to climb Zhoushan, capture Huang Binqing, and listen to His Royal Highness."

Zhu Yihai took a piece of dried salted fish and took a bite. It was very salty. It was actually a small yellow croaker. It was a waste of money to use it to make dried salted fish, especially since the soldiers of the Bannerman Battalion made it themselves. Instead, they take turns cooking. The skills of a group of big men are average.

The dried salted fish has not been soaked for enough time, not only salty but also hard.

But sweet potato rice is not enough, especially to save salt.

No reply, which in itself is a big problem.

It's just that Zhu Yihai doesn't want to make matters worse right away. Huang Binqing probably doesn't like him as a supervisor who suddenly became self-reliant, so let's put it down for now.

"Let's talk about Huang Binqing after the matter of Yincheng is settled. Maybe Huang Binqing will change his mind by then?"

Zhu Yihai was willing to fight for every force that was willing to resist the Qing Dynasty. Even those gentry and common people who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he did not want to go too far. Doing so would only push people to the enemy.

Although people like Huang Binqing, Wang Zhiren, and Wu Kai are old soldiers with all kinds of bad habits of warriors, we can only rely on them for the time being, and we will slowly find ways to reform them in the future.

Zhu Yihai made a silent note for Huang Binqing in his heart. He had a small book in his heart, and now he had many names on it, which were divided into red list, white list and black list.

Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Xiang were on the red list, while Huang Binqing was on the black list first.

Shaking his head, Zhu Yihai continued to chew the salty and dry salted fish. The sweet potato was cooked with the early rice. A lot of bran and silt are also there. This kind of miscellaneous grain rice is a proper healthy staple food for future generations, and even many diabetics eat it this way.

But right now, I'm a little bit throaty while eating.

Swallowing a large bowl of rice into his stomach like swallowing jujubes, Zhu Yihai got up and patted his buttocks, "Vice General Zhang, remember to tell the camp in the future, and remember to cook some soup for cooking."

"I will write it down at the end." Zhang Mingyang replied seriously.

Zhu Yihai was not in a hurry to put the bowl away, but held the bowl behind his back, patrolling the past, saying hello to the soldiers from time to time, "Are you full?"

"It's not enough to add more!"

"Where is your hometown?"

"How did you come to join the army?"

As the new emperor's pro-army, the treatment of the standard-bearer guards is good. Anyway, the battalion head has just been erected. Zhu Yihai not only personally hand-written the word "banner-bearer" to bestow it as the military flag, but also gave each soldier two taels of silver as a reward. Yu Anjiayin.

In addition, a monthly salary of three taels of silver was set, plus a monthly ration of two stones of rice.However, because the current situation is difficult, Zhu Yihai personally asked the soldiers of the Bannerman Battalion to pay half of the salary temporarily, and the half owed will be recorded in the account, and the other half will be paid when the situation is better. In fact, it is once a month Two halves of silver and a stone of rice.

But if this half can be obtained, it will definitely be very generous. During the Chongzhen period, in Shaanxi, many troops owed their salaries and had not paid a penny for more than ten years.

Fortunately, although the Bannerman Battalion was newly built, there were only 550 people for the time being, but the soldiers were all drawn from the officers and troops of the various battalions in Zhejiang.

"Are you all full? When we're full, we'll do some activities. We'll bring the birds and guns. We'll shoot targets. The top ten players who hit the guns will be rewarded with one tael of silver and a brocade robe!"

As soon as Zhu Yihai finished speaking, the soldiers of the Banner Bearer Battalion couldn't help but get excited. The Banner Bearer Battalion really didn't come in vain, and the emperor's pro-military treatment is good.

The people who came here were all veterans and even elites of the battalions, all of whom had the ability to beat the guns. Although they were competing against each other today, everyone was eager to give it a try, and they were unwilling to show weakness and admit defeat.
The atmosphere suddenly became hot.

"Bring the blunderbuss, I'll fight alone!" Zhu Yihai laughed and shouted.

(End of this chapter)