Smuggling Daming

The tenth year of Zhengde was really an eventful year. First, King Anhua rebelled in Ningxia, and then Liu Jin was overthrown by Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong. Unfortunately, before Liu Jin's party members were cleaned up, Liu Liu and Liu Qi were in Bazhou After the rebellion was finally put down by Shenying, there was another rebellion in Jinan. Although this caused the Ming court to suffer, it was ordinary people who suffered the most. Countless people lost their lives in Zhengde's ten-year war. Everything, some people died in the war, some people had no choice but to join the rebellion, but more people ganged up and became refugees, becoming the most unstable group of people in Ming society.

Fortunately, the Ming court was not completely decayed, and the cabinet responded very quickly. After quelling several rebellions in succession, they sent the last anti-rebellion army in November of the tenth year of Zhengde. This army was led by Xianning Bo Qiuyue He led the army to march day and night and soon arrived at Jinan Prefecture.

At that time, Yang Hu attacked Jinan City repeatedly, but all of them returned without success.

In fact, at this time, Yang Hu was also riding a tiger. He planned to take down Jinan City in one fell swoop, and then recruited troops with the power of a big victory. At that time, he would definitely be able to expand his army to more than ten times. The victory or defeat of the great army is unknown, and he firmly believes that with the decay of the Ming army, he has a high degree of confidence in defeating the Ming army.

It's a pity that although Yang Hu's plan was very good, there was a big accident in the execution. He never thought that he would be able to take Jinan City smoothly.But he didn't expect to kill Xu Liang halfway, which frustrated his plan to capture Jinan. At the beginning, he was really unwilling, so he organized the army to attack. Unfortunately, with Xu Liang joining in Jinan City, the entire city was well defended. Strong, and in the end, he lost his troops and failed to step into Jinan City.

But at this time, Yang Hu suddenly realized that it was too late for him to retreat. His soldiers were all except the brothers from Hei Niuzhai.The other armies were impoverished people organized temporarily, and some were even forced into the army by him.These people are doing well in a smooth battle, but now they encounter a slight setback, and the morale of the army is immediately shaken. There are often cases of soldiers running away in groups, which makes Yang Hu understand immediately.If he retreated at this time, most of his troops would be dispersed immediately, so he dared not retreat no matter what, he could only desperately organize his men to attack Jinan City day and night.

Although Yang Hu's ambition is not small, but he did not have the ability to support his ambition, since he decided to attack Jinan City.He has already made a fatal mistake, that is to underestimate the strength of the Ming court too much.He thought that he could eat the Jinan Mansion in one bite and gain momentum, and he will compete with the Ming court ever since.

But Yang Hu forgot that no matter how corrupt the Ming Dynasty court was, it was still a country whose foundation was so deep that a small rebel like him could not shake it. Therefore, when he rebelled, the most correct strategy was to build a country in each of the Ming Dynasty. There is constant movement and combat between state capitals.Then grow yourself in the movement, even if it is by coercing the people.

As long as he grows up slowly.Then the strength of Daming can be weakened little by little. If Yang Hu can persist for long enough, then it is very likely that one day Daming will be dragged to death and disabled. At that time, the whole world may really change hands again. Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty The others used this method to grind Daming to death. Of course, this method would also allow countless people to be buried with Daming.

When Qiu Yue rushed to Jinan with a counter-insurgency army, Yang Hu was in a dilemma.If he advances, he will not be able to capture Jinan City in a short period of time, but if he retreats, his army's morale will be scattered. I am afraid that the army in his hands will flee in a few days. With his heart, he will never be reconciled.

Although Qi Yanming and others have repeatedly persuaded Yang Hu to retreat, even if his army has dispersed, as long as they are still alive, there is hope for a comeback, but Yang Hu has a donkey temper, and it is useless to persuade them. He could watch the arrival of the counter-insurgency army, and then start a decisive battle with Qiu Yue's army under the city of Jinan.

Even before the start of the war, Yang Hu still had an extravagant hope in his heart that the counter-insurgency army led by Qiu Yue would be as weak and incompetent as those guards, so that he could defeat the counter-insurgency army, and then win the victory Wei, taking Jinan City in one fell swoop, his reputation will grow faster than simply taking Jinan City.

It is a pity that Yang Hu is destined to be disappointed this time. Qiu Yue used to be a general in the Ningxia frontier army, and he also put down the rebellion of King Anhua. It can be said that his talent is not inferior to that of Shenying, and he leads the well-equipped Beijing army. battalion, so Yang Hu's army was defeated in a decisive battle with Qiu Yue's army.To make matters worse, Xu Liang in the city also seized the opportunity at this time, and brought his Dongchangwei to fight out of the city, making Yang Hu even more defeated, and finally escaped from the battlefield by Qi Yanming and others .

In the official history of the Ming Dynasty, the battle in which Qiu Yue and Xu Liang defeated the main force of Yang Hu was called the "Jinan Great Victory". It was he who led three thousand Dongchang guards to keep Jinan intact, and restrained Yang Hu under the city of Jinan. This created an opportunity for Qiu Yue's counter-insurgency army, and defeated Yang Hu's rebel army in the final battle. Although Yang Hu and other anti-thief leaders escaped from the battlefield, half a month later, Yang Hu and others were successively defeated in Qingzhou and Yanzhou. It was only surprising that the fateful Qi Yanming was killed again. Even the captured Yang Hu and others did not know his whereabouts.

For Qi Yanming's disappearance again, the Ming court also paid great attention to it. After all, this rebel leader had participated in the rebellion twice, and the last time he was allowed to escape had already disgraced the local government. Make the cabinet furious, even His Majesty the Emperor will pay attention to this matter.So since Qi Yanming disappeared, the government in Shandong and other places almost tried their best to find Qi Yanming's traces. Unfortunately, in the end, many people suspected of Qi Yanming were arrested, but none of them were the real Qi Yanming.

At the same time that Yang Hu was defeated, Zhou Zhong had already dealt with the matter of Shuangyu Port, and after Xie Da's guidance, he was full of confidence. Now he brought Wu Shan and other Jinyi guards to Ningbo Mansion by boat, and thanked him. Tatsuya also walked with him.However, because of the distance, Zhou Zhong did not know the news of Yang Hu's defeat for the time being.

Ningbo was originally called Mingzhou, and it was upgraded to Qingyuan Road in the Yuan Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang established Daming, he changed Qingyuan Road to Mingzhou Prefecture. However, because he wanted to emphasize the country name of Daming, it was finally changed to Ningbo Prefecture. , which is also the official name of Ningbo, which has been used until later generations.

Two big rivers, the Yuyao River and the Fenghua River in Ningbo Fuzhong, meet, and then discharge the river water into the sea through the Yongjiang River. The place where the three meet is commonly known as the Sanjiangkou, and Ningbo Fucheng is located at the Sanjiangkou.In the era of the Ming Dynasty, Ningbo Fucheng was not a coastal city. Ships on the sea had to pass through the Yongjiang River to reach Ningbo Fucheng. However, near Dinghaiwei on the coast of Ningbo, there is a bustling port on both sides of the Yongjiang River, which is the traditional one. Ningbo port.

After Zhou Zhong's ship left Shuangyu Port, it circled the sharp corner of the land protruding from Dinghai and soon arrived at Ningbo Port.After the Daming sea ban, in order to facilitate the berthing of overseas tributary countries, the two ports of Guangzhou and Ningbo were opened. It is precisely because of this that compared with other Daming ports, Ningbo Port has been in use, so the port facilities are very complete. Moreover, the scale of the port is also extremely large, allowing people to know the status of Ningbo Port at a glance.

The reason why Ningbo Port was opened was mainly for the convenience of the Wa State to pay tribute, and the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the Wa State could only pay tribute once every ten years. There shouldn't be ships coming in and out, but when Zhou Zhong's ship arrived at Ningbo Port, they saw a steady stream of ships coming and going, and the cargo on the port was piled up like a mountain. All kinds of goods, as well as merchants and various small vendors, make the whole port look very prosperous.

There are reasons why Ningbo Port can remain so prosperous.Ningbo is not like Guangzhou. There are many countries that pay tribute to Nanyang, and the tribute is more frequent, so Guangzhou can maintain a considerable prosperity all year round, but Ningbo only receives Japanese countries that pay tribute every ten years, so the rest of the time can't Let the people who rely on the port to eat starve to death?

It is also the special situation of Ningbo Port, coupled with the huge profit temptation brought by Shanghai Trade, so smuggling first appeared on Ningbo Port, and Shuangyu Port was originally a sea merchant from Ningbo. If there is a shortage of people over there, they will come directly to Ningbo to recruit, and food also needs to be transported from Ningbo. In a sense, Shuangyu Port was originally a special extension of Ningbo Port during the sea ban period, and even Shuangyu Port It originally belonged to an outer port of Ningbo Port.

It is precisely because of this special relationship that the connection between Shuangyu Port and Ningbo Port is extremely close. Ningbo Port not only provides the population and resources needed for the development of Shuangyu Port, but also serves as a gateway for the circulation of goods between Shuangyu Port and Daming. Every day, a large amount of goods are transported to Shuangyu Port through Ningbo, and then transported to Japan, Nanyang, North Korea and other places through Shuangyu Port. Therefore, Zhou Zhong and the others saw so many ships entering and leaving Ningbo Port. Strange.

After Zhou Zhong and his fleet docked at Ningbo Port, they rented a few boats on the Yongjiang River after boarding the port, and then headed upstream to Ningbo Fucheng. Want to meet Yu Wenyuan, the magistrate of Ningbo, and find out how deep the water is in Zhejiang's officialdom? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)