The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 551
Wang Shouren still has prestige in South Zhili and even the southeast coast, especially after the victory at Nanqiao Wharf.

Many officials' attitudes towards Wang Shouren have changed, from being respectful at first to admiration.

They are really convincing, the governor is as good as a god to lure the enemy to go deep, and the big victory over the Japanese pirates is to raise the military prestige of the Ming Dynasty's army.

It's much easier to do things with prestige.From the implementation of the general policy to the scheduling of personnel, it is obviously easier than when Wang Shouren first arrived in Songjiang.Of course, all this changed completely after the emperor issued a decree to grant Wang Shouren the king's command flag.This thing is equivalent to the emperor himself, Wang Shouren can replace the emperor to make random decisions, life and death are all in his mind.

Even if someone wanted to challenge Wang Shouren's authority, he had to admit it obediently now, otherwise it would not be impossible to be taken out of his home in the middle of the night and beheaded for public display.

What Wang Shouren is pushing is nothing more than one thing, and that is to conduct a thorough search of wealthy merchants along the coast, not only limited to mansions, but also other farms.The object of inquiry is not only the relatives of rich businessmen, but also servants and book boys who are long-term workers and short-term workers.

There are too many people asking, and it is inevitable that some people have slipped their mouths.Wang Shouren sent people to follow the vines and found a lot of evidence of collusion between these rich businessmen and Japanese pirates.

The wealthy businessmen couldn't tell even under the conclusive evidence, so they kowtowed and begged for mercy.Wang Shouren didn't care about these things, he just wanted to kill people to build his prestige.

At the order of the governor, these wealthy businessmen who are domineering and collude with Japanese pirates to harm the village will be kidnapped by the officers and soldiers and taken to the execution ground to beheaded.

Wealthy businessmen colluding with Japanese pirates are uncovered every day, and the number is astonishing.

One after another, their heads were chopped off and hung on the city gate outside Songjiang Prefecture as a warning.

As for the properties of these wealthy businessmen, they will all be taken over by the government.

Tongbo is a felony, and the family members of these rich merchants can't escape. Those who should be exiled should be sent to the Jiaofang Secretary as prostitutes.In this matter, Wang Shouren resorted to thunderous tactics and showed no mercy.

These wealthy businessmen are the benefactors of the Japanese pirates, and it is they who support these Japanese pirates and allow them to wreak havoc along the coast.

Now the benefactor has been removed, and the Japanese pirates have lost their support, and there is chaos for a while.

The Japanese pirates entrenched on the small islands along the coast had different opinions, and some thought that they should leave and return to Fusang as soon as possible.Others think that they should continue to fight with the Ming Dynasty officials and army to the end.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are all cowards, and the South Bridge Wharf just caught them by surprise, and the Ming army has no chance of winning if they fight again.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and no one would accept the other. The last part of the Japanese pirates left in anger, while the rest of the Japanese pirates rushed to the coast and launched even more crazy looting to retaliate against the Ming army.

This is exactly what Wang Shouren wanted to see.

If the Japanese pirates hid on the small island and did not show their faces, it would be difficult for him to send troops to exterminate them.

First of all, it is difficult to determine the specific location of the Japanese pirates, even if it is determined to land on the island, it is not an easy task.

These small islands were originally the strongholds of the Japanese pirates, and the fortifications were naturally not weak. The losses of the Ming army would be huge, and the losses would be in vain and would not be converted into gains.

And if the Japanese pirates came to the coast to plunder on their own initiative, it would be another matter.

In the past, the Ming army was most afraid of field battles with Japanese pirates.But now it's the other way around. The Ming army has the sharpest flintlock guns in their hands. Facing the ronin wielding a Japanese sword, he only needs to pull the trigger lightly to watch the Japanese pirates stare in surprise, and then fall heavily to the ground. .

This feeling is really fucking cool.

Facts have proved that Wang Shouren's strategy has worked.

On the beach where the eyes could see through, the Japanese pirates had nothing to hide. Facing the Ming army's volley, they had no choice but to parry and were unable to fight back. They were soon shot into a sieve and fell to the ground.

The soldiers of the new army did not rush forward to cut off the heads of the Japanese pirates but continued to shoot until the last Japanese pirate fell to the ground.

One wave after another of the Japanese pirates was defeated by this new army, which caused a great change in the Japanese pirates' attitude towards the Ming army.They were puzzled why the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, who used to be docile like sheep in the past, became so fierce now.Is it because of the firearms in their hands?

The remaining small number of Japanese pirates entrenched on the islands and reefs did not dare to take the initiative to attack again, but they were unwilling to return to Fusang just like this, so they gritted their teeth and stuck to the islands and reefs, hoping to find a chance to make a comeback after the limelight passed.

But Wang Shouren would not give them this chance.

He felt it was time to launch a general attack to cut off these Japanese pirates in one fell swoop.

The reason why he didn't take the initiative to fight before was because he hadn't figured out the strength of the Japanese pirates, and there were a lot of Japanese pirates, and the damage would not be small.

After several confrontations with Japanese pirates, he found that although Japanese pirates were ferocious, they were helpless against flintlock guns.In addition, a large number of Japanese pirates fled back to Fusang, leaving only a small part, and the damage caused by the storm will not be as great as before.

It is the most ideal to wipe out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, and there will be hidden dangers if the remnants are left behind.

Wang Shouren will not make mistakes in such a big decision.

Landing on an island and fighting on the beach are two ways of fighting.

Landing on the island needs to take into account the sea conditions near the island and the deployment of Japanese pirates on the island, and start from the easiest place to break through.

Wang Shouren summoned Pei Yan and other thousands of households to discuss countermeasures and finally formulated a detailed plan to destroy the remaining islands and reefs occupied by Japanese pirates one by one.

This is because these islands and reefs are completely isolated from each other. Even if the Ming army stormed one of the other islands and reefs, Japanese pirates would not come to reinforce them.

In this case, why did Wang Shouren disperse his forces to give the Japanese pirates a chance?
The number of the new army is several times that of the Japanese pirates, and they have the advantage of flintlock guns, as long as they are pushed flat, they can crush the victory.

As the governor, Wang Shouren did not personally supervise the battle, and Pei Yan was in charge of commanding the battle.

Wang Shouren fully trusted him and granted him full power to make decisions.Pei Yan did not disgrace her mission, and took over the islands and reefs occupied by Japanese pirates time and time again.

With Pei Qianhu capturing the last island reef opposite Jinshanwei, the Japanese pirates along the southeast coast of Daming were completely wiped out, and the problem that had plagued Ming for many years was solved.

Wang Shouren wrote a memorial to report to the emperor. The emperor was overjoyed and awarded all the meritorious officers and men, and even bestowed titles on these officers and men for the first time.

As for Wang Shouren, he was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang Province and was fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Nanzhi in Zhejiang Province.

This is something everyone is happy about.Wang Shouren's personality is not suitable for being a Beijing official, and it is the perfect thing for him to be able to show his fists in Zhejiang Straight.

What's more, the governor of Zhezhi is already the same as the existence of the six Zhengyin hall officials, and his status is extremely prominent.

The southeast Japanese plague was eliminated, and Zhu Houzhao's heart disease was also healed.Now he wants to focus all his energy on the north and northwest. The Turfans and Tatars are not good people!
(End of this chapter)