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.    On December 13, Chongzhen Yuan, Mao Wenlong once again wrote to Huang Taiji asking for peace. This letter arrived in Liaoyang in the first month of the second year of Chongzhen. "Dongjiang sent another letter. This time they explained that it was Ma Xiucai who boarded the  They were discovered by several enemies on Dongjiang Island, and then these enemies went to complain to Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong thought that he had no intention of helping them take revenge, and even whipped them. So these people went to the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty in anger.  Official Huang Zhongse reported, and Huang Zhongse arrested Ma Xiucai, um" Huang Taiji paused here. He looked at the context carefully and continued to read to several brothers: "That's what I said before, and you are right.  , followed by Mao Wenlong snatching people back from the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, but the matter was exposed, so he had to hand Kuo Ke over to Huang Zhongse and take him away. " "Tsk, tsk!" Amin, who was watching, couldn't help but say.  Huang Taiji sighed in admiration. As soon as Huang Taiji finished speaking, he slowly analyzed the situation at that time: "Wenlong was so careless. Huang Zhongse from the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty came to the island on April 4th. Wenlong knew that this was  They negotiated secretly and insisted on taking Kuo Ke from Tieshan to Dongjiang Island Well, Wen Long seemed to be very stupid. Several of Ma Xiucai's enemies went to him to complain, but he just whipped them.  I never thought that these people would go to Huang Zhongse to complain, nor would they notify Kuo Ke and the others." "Yes, that's what the letter said." Amin laughed a few times, and praised more: "  Wenlong knew that the peace talks with us and the betrayal of the Ming Dynasty could not be leaked. Ma Xiucai, who was responsible for translating, might leak the news, so he sent an army to snatch Ma Xiucai back from the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and then immediately killed him and silenced him. But Wenlong  He must have second thought, this would easily arouse others' suspicion, so he arrested Kuo Ke, who knew all the inside story, and handed him over to Huang Zhongse to prove his innocence to the Ming Dynasty. Wen Long turns out to be so stupid, I used to  Why didn't you see it?" Huang Taiji nodded and said, "That's not all. Mao Wenlong said that he bribed the Ming Dynasty courtiers 40,000 taels of silver to save Kuo Ke's life. He didn't seem to be worried at all that Jin Yiwei could take advantage of Kuo Ke's mouth.  Asked for something, and he was not worried that Huang Zhongse would betray him, nor did he explain why he would wait until the Ministry of Household Affairs arrested people before robbing them and giving them away Then Huang Zhongse and Mao Wenlong must have a very good relationship, okay  They have to be like brothers, but Huang Zhongse will arrest Brother Mao's people without authorization, and Mao Wenlong just scolded the Ming court that his brother Huang Zhongse was too conscientious. He only ordered 36,000 soldiers from Pidao."  "And Wenlong's eyes are very poisonous, and Huang Zhongse really didn't betray him. Mingting even rewarded Wenlong for tying up Kuo Ke." Amin beat him a few more times, and then  He asked Huang Taiji with a smile: "Then what are we waiting for? Why haven't Wenlong's envoys been paraded through the streets and then cut into pieces with a thousand swords?" "Because Mao Wenlong said again this time that he would attack the Ming Dynasty with us, he said in the letter  It is claimed that the Dongjiang Army can easily attack Shandong and Nanjing, and then it will attack Shanhaiguan with us from the north and the south." Amin sneered: It might be more useful to go up to the Daming Gate in Beijing!  " "Of course it's nonsense, but it's useless even if we hand this letter to the Ming Dynasty. I guess Mao Wenlong has already reported this letter to the Ming Dynasty, so no one can say that he is plotting rebellion or collaborating with the enemy.  "Earth." Huang Taiji's guess was not wrong at all. Mao Wenlong had indeed notified the Ming Dynasty court of these letters early in the morning, and also explained to the court that this was a way to paralyze the Jin Dynasty. Huang Shi had also seen it in Dongjiangtang Newspaper and Guoyan in his previous life.  These reports from Mao Wenlong. And when the Shuangdao Incident happened, Yuan Chonghuan also felt that it was impossible to say that Mao Wenlong was a collaborator, because no one who collaborated with the enemy would report his communications with the enemy to the court in a timely manner; Yuan Chonghuan also seemed to think that it was too shameless to say that Mao Wenlong was plotting a rebellion, because  A traitor with a right mind would definitely not inform the imperial court of the rebellion plan. Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan's accusation against Mao Wenlong was due to inappropriate wording in his letter to Hou Jindi, and it would be even more disturbing to listen to such a letter honestly. "You  "There is a report of herding horses to capture Nanjing like a slap in the face. It is treacherous and unethical, and there is no one to obey, so I will kill you three times." Yuan Chonghuan believed that this crime was very reasonable and would definitely be approved by the Ming Dynasty court. As the saying goes, "With reason, you can travel all over the world, but without reason, it is difficult to move even a single step."  Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan believed that there was no need to send Mao Wenlong to prison to go through the legal process. After reading out the charges, he immediately beheaded Mao Wenlong first and then punished him. Amin thought about it and felt that Huang Taiji's words made sense. Mao Wenlong was in a right and wrong situation and had no guts to hide it.  If you don't report it, you will definitely be killed by the censor, so he asked: "Then what do you want to do?  " "Mao Wenlong's nonsense is mostly to deceive us and kidnap another envoy. I will put his envoy back this time and ask him to bring a letter back to Mao Wenlong to tell Mao Wenlong that we agree to continue the peace talks. Mao Wenlong must be overjoyed and wait for us to send the envoy.  We will take advantage of his paralysis to use our troops to cover him up and attack Dongjiang Army's Tieshan Camp. I heard that Mao Wenlong recently wanted to counterattack Liaodong and has stored a lot of food and grass there." "Well. This is a very good plan, so let's go like this."  Daishan, who had been silent for a long time, finally expressed his opinion. Today Huang Taiji summoned everyone againThe discussion seemed to be for this purpose. Mang Gurtai remained silent as before. After Huang Taiji had arranged the military issues, he raised his voice and said, "There is one more thing about Liaoxi. The new Ming Dynasty Ji  Liao Governor Yuan Chonghuan has arrived in Ningyuan." Mang Gurtai rolled his eyelids and said disdainfully: "Isn't it that rat? The former governor of Liaodong, I heard that he came to power by bragging again this time." "Yes.  Yes, Yuan Chonghuan promised the new king of the Ming Dynasty that he could "pacify the Liao Dynasty in five years", so he got the command of three towns and one guard in one fell swoop. " "Ha!" Mang Gurtai laughed loudly, with a smile on his face.  With contempt, he raised his left fist in front of him and pointed his little finger straight towards the roof: "Five years of Ping Liao! Why? Just because of Yuan Chonghuan's mouth that is as motionless as a mountain? If he dares to come, I will crush him to death with my little finger!  " Amin shook his head repeatedly when he heard this, and sighed with sympathy on his face: "Yuan Chonghuan, who is still like a mountain, alas, you are so hurtful, I can't stand listening anymore. Aren't you just a big liar? People who don't know themselves will do it sooner or later?  You will reap the consequences. Not only are you not sympathetic, but you are also harming others." "Yuan Chonghuan seems to be somewhat self-aware. He has done nothing in the past few months since he took office. He is only focused on asking for things from the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Obviously he wants to find excuses for  He had already promised to use big words to solve the problem. However, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty seemed to have great confidence in Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Zong asked for power and money for money. I heard that Yuan Chonghuan had already asked for more than six million taels of silver. So ridiculous.  The new emperor of the Ming Dynasty not only agreed to his request, but also agreed that the silver grain would not be reviewed and that there would be no supervisors, and that Yuan Chonghuan would act arbitrarily." Amin suddenly realized: "Oh, I thought Yuan Chonghuan was the only one with two hundred and fifty, but it turns out that the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty only has two hundred and fifty.  You are also an idiot. They really get along well with each other. Well, six million dollars of silver a year is not subject to inspection. The civil servants and military generals of the Ming Dynasty are still red-eyed. Yuan Chonghuan does not want to live if he gives everyone the money without dividing it.  Well, alas, I feel sorry for the soldiers in Liao Town of the Ming Dynasty." Dai Shan also nodded and said seriously: "I heard that the new king of the Ming Dynasty is still a child, and he doesn't know how to look at a person. The key is not to look at someone.  What he said depends on what he did." Seeing that Mang Gurtai had no intention of speaking, Huang Taiji continued: "Yuan Chonghuan told a huge lie about military affairs. Not only did he not make up for it honestly afterwards,  Instead, he relied on more lies to cover it up. In order to meet his ridiculous demands, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty even levied a large amount of land and agricultural taxes. Once this matter was exposed, he would not get good results from the land, so Yuan Chonghuan had no way out.  Now, our chance has arrived." "What chance? Are you relying on peace talks to win over the Mongols?" "Yes, this is the minimum, but we may be able to do better, such as asking him to help us get rid of the toad Mao Wenlong.  Take it away." After Huang Taiji finished speaking, there was a period of silence in the four Baile's meeting hall. Mang Gurtai opened his mouth to speak several times but swallowed it himself. Amin still had a cynical smile on his face.  , but the smile at the corner of his mouth seemed a little stiff. Finally, Daishan said: "It's difficult, he couldn't have lived for five years. You want him to deal with Mao Wenlong for us, how is this possible?  It's like a person who is already at a disadvantage in a fight. How can he break his arm?  " "Yuan Chonghuan is a headstrong person, and he has always done a very good job. Now he knows that there is no chance to pacify Liao by force, so as long as we say that peace is possible, it is giving Yuan Chonghuan the only chance. I guess he will seize it tightly.  Don't let go of this life-saving straw." Huang Taiji smiled slightly, with a confident expression on his face: "After the two battles between Ning Yuan and Ning Jin, I have seen Yuan Chonghuan very clearly. All we need to do is let the wind out,  It can be said that we have long been willing to negotiate for peace, but we are just worried about the retaliation from Dongjiang Town after withdrawing from the border wall; it can also be said that we and Mao Wenlong have a deep hatred. Therefore, we do not dare to negotiate peace with confidence when Mao Wenlong is here, and Yuan Chonghuan will probably go for us.  Get rid of Mao Wenlong." Amin clapped his hands and laughed: "Haha. You have a good idea, but I have a better one. You go and tell Yuan Chonghuan, just say that we want to negotiate peace, but the Ming Dynasty court refused, so he finally  Let us enter the customs once and reach the city of Beijing, so that the peace negotiation can be successful. Haha, isn't this better than dealing with Mao Wenlong?  " Huang Taiji didn't seem to hear the irony in Amin's words. He said lightly: "It's not impossible." Amin put away his smile, looked Huang Taiji up and down, and snorted coldly.  He said nothing. "So, do you agree that I will send someone to Ningyuan to test it out?  We have to first see if Yuan Chonghuan is eager to negotiate peace." On the 13th of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, which was also the same day in history, Huang Taiji sent a letter to Ningyuan to start the second peace negotiation with Yuan Chonghuan. Huang Taiji  The conditions proposed by Taiji are: the Ming Dynasty will give a one-time payment of 300,000 taels of gold and 3 million taels of silver as the negotiated payment. In addition, it will also give the post-gold coins of 100,000 taels of gold and one million taels of silver every year as exchange conditions.  , the back money is okWithdraw from the border wall and return to Liaodong. Huang Taiji claimed that this peace condition was already very cheap and asked Yuan Chonghuan what he thought about it. This letter immediately received an enthusiastic response from Yuan Chonghuan. In addition to the envoys he sent, he also sent people to Mongolia who had always dealt with  Lama Li acted as the intermediary between various ministries to prove his sincerity in negotiating peace. In his reply, Yuan Chonghuan raised only one different opinion: "Begging for a slight reduction in annual coins."  February 10, Dongjiang Island "Haha." Mao Wenlong read.  After arriving at Huangtaiji and replying to the letter, he burst into laughter and kept slapping his hands on his knees. On the other side, Kong Youde saw Mao Wenlong smiling happily, so he couldn't help but ask, "Is the foster father, Jiannu, going to send an envoy again?" "No.  , Do you really think that Jian Nu is a fool?" Mao Wenlong slightly restrained his smile. This was originally a strategy he had thought hard about, so he proudly explained to Kong Youde: "Jian Nu must think that I want to deceive him again.  Messenger, but this time I just wanted to paralyze him. Now that he has negotiated peace with me, he must have relaxed his guard, so let¡¯s go and attack Yiju.¡± On February 15, Mao Wenlong led his troops to attack those stationed in North Korea.  The Jin army in the vicinity of Yizhou mainly belonged to the Mongolian right wing of Hou Jin. After the battle, the Jin army suffered a disastrous defeat, and the Ming army killed 450 people. In the past history, only this time 450 people were killed.  The ground kill is equivalent to the total number of ranks of the Liaoxi Army in the Ningyuan and Ningjin battles, which is the total result of the Guanning Army that the Ming Dynasty spent more than 20 million taels of silver to raise in the past eight years. In this time and space, although because of Huangshi  The existence of the ground made the Liaoxi Army look better, but the Dongjiang Army still achieved a lot in this battle. After 450 weapons were sent to Denglai Town for inspection, the civilian officials admitted that these weapons "were all genuine." However,  After Mao Wenlong returned to Dongjiang Island, he was about to have a drink to celebrate, but he heard that the Hou Jin Army used the envoy as a cover to sneak attack and break through the Tieshan Camp of the Dongjiang Army on February 14th. They killed more than 200 soldiers of the Dongjiang Army and captured Dongjiang.  He suppressed hundreds of people and set fire to Mao Wenlong's Tieshan warehouse. After hearing that the food rations for thousands of people were destroyed, Mao Wenlong was so angry that he forgot what he had just done and immediately sent an envoy to Liaoyang to meet Huang Taiji.  In the letter, Mao Wenlong cursed Huang Taiji: "I don't know that you are full of treacherous tricks. While making peace with me, you come to steal my people. If you keep repeating this topsy-turvy, where is your conscience? Where is the justice of heaven?" Huang Taiji received it on March 1  After writing this letter, he wrote back to remind Mao Wenlong that he was also doing the same thing. When he received the reply, Mao Wenlong's anger had passed, so the tone in his reply was a little more relaxed, but Mao Wenlong thought that Huang Taiji's hand was also  It is impure and impermanent, and there is no sage like this who has the power to act recklessly." In the end, Mao Wenlong graciously said that he would let go of the past. If Huang Taiji was willing, he still hoped to continue the peace talks, but Huang Taiji refused to continue the peace talks, and so far Dongjiang Town Peace  The second peace negotiation in Houjin finally broke down. ¡­ On March 15, the second year of Chongzhen, Xiapu, after five months of reorganization, the Funing Town Marine Division finally took shape again, and was produced by the Funing Town Military Industry Department in the first month of the year.  The first twenty-four-pounder gun was built. At the end of the same month, the first eighteen-gun battleship was completed. After repeated modifications, this eighteen-gun battleship was equipped with two twenty-four-pound guns and eight eighteen-pound guns.  and eight 12-pound guns, the battleship was launched. The battleship weighed 550 tons. There were four 18-pound guns and four 12-pound guns on each side, and two 24-pound guns were deployed.  On the center line, the entire battleship requires ten gun groups to operate eight broadside gun positions and two center gun positions. Each gun group still uses a six-man system and is equipped with four porters. Via Funing Town  According to specific tests on the ground, after the naval battle gun crew reaches six people, it is impossible to increase the speed by adding more people, and four porters can ensure that there are enough manpower to replace the gun position. There are a total of 220 sailors on this ship.  In addition to the 100 soldiers in the ten artillery groups, the remaining soldiers mainly conducted sailing and boarding field training. All soldiers were equipped with muskets and long knives, and each was also given a set of breastplates. Similar to the original design  Compared with this battleship, the number of gun positions on this battleship has been greatly reduced, and the number of side guns has been reduced from thirty to sixteen. This is mainly to improve the navigation speed of the ship, but also to speed up ship manufacturing and reduce production costs. Thirty-two guns  The weight of the ship is probably over 800 tons. Huangshi still feels that it is not worthwhile to build such a large ship at once. The manufacturing speed of this smaller warship is indeed much faster. By March, Funing Town had already  Twelve one-time warships were completed, and a batch of one-time small gunboats were also produced for auxiliary use. In addition, Huangshi purchased 20 small sea-going ships from Zhejiang to prepare for boarding 6. Purchased at the beginning of the seventh year of Tianqi  The big logs have been drying for more than two years. According to the shipwright's calculations, the first few logs should be used to produce ships by the end of this year. However, Huang Shi would rather wait for more. He feels that he has already waited for two years anyway, so no more.  It's not impossible to endure it for a year. "This is a new weapon from our Funing Town Military Industry Department." &nbspAfter Huang Shi finished speaking, he motioned to Bao Bowen to hand the thing to Yu Zigao. The old general took the weapon with a smile. He said with a smile: "Bao Guerrilla is really capable. There are always new weapons appearing in our Funing Town."  Yu Zigao raised the fire gun presented by Bao Bowen, looked at it back and forth for a while, and asked strangely: "Where is the match rope for this fire gun?" "This is a flint rifle, no match rope is used." After a long period of modification.  , the Military Industry Department finally completed the flint rifle. This weapon does not require a match rope, so it has a higher hit rate on the battlefield, especially in naval battles. Moreover, because the flint gun does not use an open flame, it can be faster and higher.  The loading efficiency. Yu Zigao loaded the ammunition, opened the machine buckle according to Huangshi's prompts, and then fired a shot in the direction of the unmanned person. "It's very easy to use. It looks better than the matchlock gun that needs a bracket.  Strong." Yu Zigao made his own judgment. "What General Yu said is true, and I think so too. The Military Industry Department has produced fifty rifles, and I would like to ask General Yu to take them to the battlefield to see how effective they are.  " "Okay."  "  As the Funing Town Navy was rebuilt, the small group of pirates were quickly driven out of this area by the officers and soldiers. On March 16, the Funing Town Navy was dispatched again. All the remaining warships from the last naval battle had been scrapped.  This time, Funing Town dispatched 12 newly built large ships, more than 80 small ships of various types, and 20 transport ships, with a total of more than 12,000 officers and soldiers. After the troops were dispatched, the officers and soldiers quickly entered the vicinity of Fuzhou Prefecture.  In the sea area, a series of mopping up operations were carried out against the sea pirate outposts around the Mazu Islands. After taking a short rest at Meihua Station, they went straight to Pinghaiwei, Xinghua Prefecture. After arriving in Quanzhou on March 25, Huang Shi disembarked and left.  Route 6 went straight to Quanzhou Prefecture, while Yu Zigao led the fleet to continue south to Yongning Guard, preparing to attack Kinmen Suo and Zhongzuo Suo (Xiamen). Since the Zheng army entrenched in Zhongzuo Suo, sea trade in Zhangzhou has been cut off.  , and the entire area from Haicheng to Tongan had to enter a state of restricted sea, which put huge economic pressure on the Funing Army. Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng were eager to recapture the Zhongzuo Station, in addition to the military significance, they also wanted to take this place as soon as possible.  A big burden has been unloaded. According to the investigation of the Military Intelligence Department in Funing Town, the materials and manpower of the Zhongzuo Sea Bandits have recently shown a slow decline trend. Not only are Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi unable to recruit new soldiers, but there seems to be no more.  The interest and ability to recruit new soldiers. Recently, Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi have dismissed some new soldiers. The Funing Town Staff believes that they are doing this to save supplies. At the same time, the escape incident of the pirate gangsters has also changed.  More and more people are getting more and more. Most of them defected to the pirates just to make a living. But since Huangshi returned to Fujian, the good days are gone forever. The strength of the officers and soldiers in southern Fujian is increasing every day. From Chongzhen Yuan Dynasty  It has been a year and two months since Huangshi ordered a sea ban at the beginning of the year. The pirates have gradually fallen into a regular war and a war of attrition with no end in sight. After the sea ban, the merchant ships in this area have also disappeared, and the pirates can neither  They robbed merchant ships and were repeatedly defeated by officers and soldiers. The supplies, resources and intelligence obtained became increasingly scarce, which greatly affected the morale of the pirates. At the end of February and early March this year, Zheng Yiguan and Liu  Xiang Qi sent envoys to Quanzhou twice on behalf of a large number of pirates from Fujian and Hainan. When they first came, they had already put away their arrogance after winning the naval battle last year. The pirates said they only wanted to get the ones based on the center and left, except for those who were based on the center and left.  In addition, they also expressed that they could not accept the reorganization because they had to worry about the lives of tens of thousands of brothers. After hearing this, Zhu Yifeng replied coldly that if they really cared about the lives of tens of thousands of brothers, they should surrender immediately and unconditionally.  , let the government handle it. After saying that, Zhu Yifeng once again ordered his men to beat the pirate envoys with sticks, and at the same time, he also published their requests, together with the court's rejection, in the residence newspaper. Although he knew it was embarrassing, the pirate envoys  They sent envoys again as quickly as possible. This time they expressed their willingness to make concessions on the maritime trade issue, as long as "the imperial court can give their brothers a bite to eat." In early March, Zhu Yifeng already knew about the naval reconstruction work.  It was about to be completed, which meant that he was finally getting over the hard days. Governor Zhu was in a good mood. Not only did he not beat anyone this time, but he also rewarded the envoy with a cup of tea. Then Zhu Yifeng told the envoy in a pleasant manner: Against the imperial court,  A dead end!  Zhu Yifeng announced that there was no such thing as "rewarding for food". The land of Fujian belonged to the emperor, and the sea of ??Fujian also belonged to the emperor. The government only accepted unconditional surrender. This was done before the pirate envoys came.  Mentally prepared for the beating, when the visitors saw that Governor Zhu seemed to have a pretty good attitude this time, they hurriedly explained that they were willing to return to the emperor's rule. If Zhu Yifeng had any requests, they could make them, but the pirates would consider them carefully. Unexpectedly,  These words made Zhu Yifeng furious: "Who bargained with you? You, the thief, are the yamen."Is there a vegetable market at the door?  "Then he ordered the government officials to beat the pirate messenger out with sticks. Then he reported the conversation between the two sides to his residence. This time, he heard that the government troops were once again launching a large-scale attack on Zhongzuo Suo, so the pirates plucked up the courage to come and fight again. Zheng  The first official and others also have some understanding of the government's predicament. Everyone knows that such an act of quickly establishing a navy will definitely cost a lot, and if the officers and soldiers cannot regain control of the sea for a day, Fujian will have no maritime trade income for a day, so they still hope to make the government feel  The gain outweighs the gain by destroying oneself, thereby gaining bargaining chips. On April 1, Quanzhou, when Yu Zigao entered Quanzhou this time, the streets were empty. In the past three days, the officers and soldiers fought continuously with the pirates between Fuquanshuo and Yongningwei.  There were three fierce battles, the first two were indecisive, and the third was a small victory for the army and the army. During this training, Yu Zigao was much more cautious than last time, and the captain also became more cautious after his experience last time.  They have matured a lot. In the past five months, Yu Zigao has been eating and drinking with the officers and soldiers. He has made up his mind to sleep on his salary and taste the courage and avenge his shame. In addition to the factors of Yu Zigao and the officers, this time the Funing Army Navy  The local soldiers are generally much more mature, and more former Penghu Navy officers and soldiers have returned to serve. Besides, Fujian has no shortage of seafaring sailors. In the last battle, the main reason was that the recruits were too inexperienced, and there was no tacit understanding among officers at all levels. Now.  Once the mental state of the officers and soldiers improved, the pirates immediately felt very strenuous. After all, the officers and soldiers had an overwhelming equipment advantage. Their nearly 100 ground battleships were equipped with more than 600 cannons. Therefore, in these three naval battles, the gunmen fought against the pirates at the beginning.  They were all suppressed and beaten. However, after the pirates sent out arson boats the first two times, the officers and soldiers carefully retreated to avoid their sharp edges, and then relied on numerous artillery to repel them. The result was that although the pirates were not very powerful,  He lost to others, but actually suffered a big loss. After the third naval battle began, Yu Zigao felt that the pirates seemed to have exhausted their skills, so he did not retreat. As a result, the arson fleet became more and more accustomed to it.  The officers and soldiers in the battle were completely defeated. Because of the strong firepower of the officers and soldiers, the pirates' boarding battle was not very successful, and they were easily broken up. In the final contact battle, almost every officer and soldier had a firecracker.  It caused astonishing damage to the pirates. In the end, because it was getting late, the two sides withdrew from the battlefield without deciding the winner. However, the officers and soldiers only lost a few small ships in this battle, but instead sank more than 20 pirates.  According to Yu Zigao's estimate, the pirates lost about 2,000 people. The artillery advantage of the officers and soldiers was too great, especially when approaching the shooting site. After each cannon salvo, the pirate ship was full of blood and flesh.  This time the Funing Army suffered only more than 300 casualties. This was nothing to the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, but the gunpowder was almost consumed. So they drove back to Quanzhou to replenish it. Huang Shi asked briefly, and it sounded like Yu  Zigao did shoot hard enough, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he was a newly trained navy. Yu Zigao still didn't dare to engage in boarding battles for fear that the army would collapse. Huang Shi felt that his handling was right.  As long as this money is spent in the right way, it cannot be called a waste: "It doesn't matter if we consume a lot of gunpowder. We are officers and soldiers, and we have land for gunpowder. Relatively speaking, soldiers are more valuable. We have been on the battlefield before and there were too few soldiers."  " "That's right, that's right. I'll have people allocate gunpowder immediately." After Zhu Yifeng heard about the battle, he immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. "Master Zhu, Marshal, if the thieves dare to attack Zhongzuo this time,  If you fight with the officers and soldiers, I will definitely annihilate them all!  If they escape, I will chase them to Tongshan and catch them all." Not only Yu Zigao, but also Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng were very confident in capturing Xiamen. The three of them were so happy that they had a banquet.  After drinking, of course he did not forget to order the killing of pigs and chickens to reward the officers and soldiers of the Funing Town Navy. After drinking, Zhu Yifeng went home happily. After arriving home, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a while, so he walked to  Watching the moon in the yard. After drinking two pots of tea, Zhu Yifeng walked back to the study with three steps and dictated an article to be published in the Quanzhou Residence newspaper tomorrow. After finishing the article, Zhu Yifeng and his son  After playing two games of chess, he went back to the house to sleep with a smile on his face. This was the most sound sleep Zhu Yifeng had had in a year, and even the wind outside the house did not disturb him. In the early hours of the next day, Zhu Yifeng  After Yifeng woke up from his sleep, he sat up nervously, grabbed the clothes beside the bed and smelled it. After smelling the alcohol still lingering on it, Governor Zhu let out a long sigh of comfort and fell heavily on the pillow.  He lay down and had a sweet sleep. ¡­ On the night of April 1, the second year of Chongzhen, the pirates attacked Quanzhou Port at night. Almost all the officers and soldiers went ashore to drink. Waiting for Yu Zigao and Huang Shi to struggle and run to the port.  By the time they reached the border, half of the Funing Town Navy had been turned into ashes. Tens of thousands of Navy soldiers, along with their commanders and generals, were blown away by the wind. Yu Zigao stared blankly at the boiling sea and said in one sentence  I couldn't tell. After repelling the pirates a few days ago, Yu Zigao's old habit of being proud and careless returned. He had never looked down on pirates in his heart. After a simple search and found that there were no pirates following him, Fu Zigao  Ning Jun did not control the level of alertRaised to the highest level. In the end, Huang Shi was the first to react. He forced a smile and said to Yu Zigao: "Old General Yu, there are unforeseen circumstances, and there is nothing we can do about it." "The last general deserves death.  The crime deserves death." "Needless to say, the pirates came at night, which is really amazing. Retreat." "Commander, we still have half of the warships, which are enough to fight!  " "No need to say any more, it's good that the soldiers are safe, and it's good that Old General Yu is safe. I'm going to discuss the money issue with Governor Zhu. We must rebuild the navy." When Huang Shi walked to the door of Zhu Yifeng's house.  He heard a lot of noise and chaos inside, and even the door didn't know where to go. There were several servants running around in the yard shouting in the wind, shuttling between several halls. Huang Shi felt a vague sense of ominousness in his heart.  He had a premonition, so he stepped forward and grabbed a man and asked him what happened. The servant's answer shocked Huang Shi. It turned out that Zhu Yifeng had hanged himself, and now he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. After hearing this, Huang Shi didn't care about etiquette and dignity.  , took three steps at a time and ran directly in. I asked several servants along the way, and ran directly to the back hall of Governor Zhu. The people of the Zhu family knew that the matter was serious. So they didn¡¯t blame Huang Shi for being abrupt, they just let him  The female family members quickly dodged and led Huang Shi to Zhu Yifeng's bed. His son stood behind Huang Shi and recounted what happened today. It turned out that Zhu Yifeng slept until the afternoon and didn't wake up.  As soon as he heard that there was a fire on the coast, he knew something was wrong, so he quickly sent his servant to the beach to investigate. After the servant came back in a panic to report, Zhu Yifeng stood up and walked to the study without saying a word. His son called out repeatedly on the way.  Father, but Zhu Yifeng turned a deaf ear and turned a deaf ear. After he walked into the study, he locked the door. Zhu Yifeng's son was worried that something would happen, so he kept lying next to the door and put his ear against the crack to eavesdrop on what was going on inside.  After a while, a heavy bang was heard. Without hesitation, Mr. Zhu jumped up and opened the door. As expected, his old man had kicked over the bench and was hanging from the beam. He was rescued.  After coming down, it took Zhu Yifeng a long time to wake up and open his eyes, and then he fainted again. Huang Shi sat next to Zhu Yifeng for a while, and Governor Zhu finally woke up again. As soon as he opened his eyes and saw Huang Shi, he  He couldn't help crying and said: "Shuai Huang, this is really the death of you and me." "Why did Mr. Zhu say this?  If the navy is gone, we can build it again, so why give up on ourselves. Besides, the two-year deadline has not yet expired. As long as we keep working hard, the court will still give us a chance." Zhu Yifeng cried loudly: "How can we build another navy?  There is no more money." "Borrow!  "Huang Shi's answer was as brief as ever. Zhu Yifeng burst into tears and sobbed: "Huang Shuai, we have borrowed 3.5 million taels and haven't even paid back a penny. Where else can we find it in Fujian Province?  Can I borrow money?  To be honest, being able to borrow 3.5 million taels of silver is beyond my expectation." "Master Zhu is overly worried. How can there be no money?  "Huang Shi smiled and said confidently: "Let alone 3.5 million, we can borrow even 35 million taels." "Oh?  "Zhu Yifeng looked up at Huangshi in confusion, with a look of confusion and disbelief on his face. "Master Zhu, the money we borrowed was not thrown into the sea. We bought it with the money we borrowed.  The people¡¯s fishing boats and farmhouses; the borrowed money was used to pay the righteous people to eat; the borrowed money was used to buy wrought iron and wood from the merchants; the borrowed money was used to pay the soldiers, and the soldiers used the borrowed money to buy things from the people.  The money has gone full circle and returned to the hands of the people of Fujian Province. How could we not be able to borrow the money?  " "Oh Huang Shuai, wait a minute, let me think about it carefully." Zhu Yifeng frowned and thought for a while. He clapped his hands suddenly and said, "Yes, I did think wrong before. Well, I also  I heard that many fishermen who moved inland had no land to cultivate, so we saved up the land given to them by the volunteers and bought it as a Jinghai loan. Yes, we have no money in our hands, which means that all the money has returned to them.  "That's right, Mr. Zhu, as long as the people still trust the government. As long as they are willing to support us, then we can rearm our arms again and again, even if we fail a hundred times." "  Say goodbye a hundred times, say goodbye!  How much money do you need to borrow?  Zhu Yifeng thought for a while and smiled bitterly again: "But we were defeated first. Then we were attacked by surprise, and we were defeated again and again!"  Even if the people have money, will they still buy our bonds and get into trouble?  " "Why did Mr. Zhu speak of Legalism?  " "Legalists believe that small people absolutely seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so they can be driven away by simple rewards and punishments. The adults are members of famous religions and disciples of saints, don't you believe in the merits of enlightenment?  " "Education?  WellwellI hope it is as Huang Shuai said." Although Zhu Yifeng said so, but secretly wondered why Huang Shi was even more nerdy than himself. The biggest difference between Confucianism and Legalism is that Confucianism believes that "righteousness" exists in everyone's heart, just like the awe-inspiring righteousness of heaven. So Confucius has such a strong attitude toward Legalism  This kind of outright utilitarianism is disapproving. Confucius believed that there is a way in the world to make people willing to pay for "righteousness". For example, people can voluntarily make sacrifices for national interests, and it does not necessarily have to be forced by severe punishment.  The common people went to do this. But Zhu Yifeng thought about it for a while and thought that the local education work in Fujian Province is not much better than that in other provinces. It is probably not realistic to let the people "take the relics for justice". ?¡­ ?The ground water division of Funing Town has another  After being hit hard once, the Chief Secretary of Fujian decided to issue a new loan again, which was the fourth batch of Jinghai loan bonds. After Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shi reported the disaster to the court, they also announced it to the people of Fujian. They published it in Fujian newspaper  The Chief Secretary admitted that the Funing Army once again encountered local dangers, so he had no choice but to turn to the righteous people and righteous people of the province and ask them to help rebuild the navy in Funing Town. Soon after the notice was issued, many businessmen came.  Asked when the Chief Secretary of Fujian would issue bonds again. These businessmen alone planned to subscribe for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver bonds, which surprised Zhu Yifeng, because this time the businessmen seemed more active than last time. I don¡¯t know why.  At that time, I don¡¯t know who took the lead, but suddenly a shop hung a sign at the door saying "Accepting the Fourth Batch of Jinghai Bonds", and this trend spread throughout Quanzhou City. With the announcement of the Chief Secretary of Fujian  According to the DiDi newspaper, this phenomenon has also appeared in large numbers in various places in Fujian Province. Even the snack bars on the roads between towns have said that customers can use the upcoming fourth batch of Jinghai loan bonds, or Funing Town  Local silver coins were used to pay the bill. And the Funing Army in various places also reported to Huangshi. A large number of volunteers from the inland areas expressed their willingness to accept the fourth batch of Jinghai bonds as volunteers' fees, and the businessmen who supplied goods to the Funing Army also informed  In Funing Town, half of the payment for goods can be paid off with bonds. The continuous good news made Zhu Yifeng almost unable to believe that this was true, and he really did not understand why this happened. The fourth batch of Jinghai loans was again  One million taels. The night before the land was sold, people from outside came to wait to buy it. There was even a long queue outside the Chief Secretary's Yamen at night. Zhu Yifeng saw through the window that there were old people in the queue, so he hurried  The government officials were ordered to dispatch and set up shelter tents for the people. In order to avoid riots, Zhu Yifeng personally walked out of the gate to supervise the work of the government officials. When Zhu Yifeng walked out of the gate, the people outside the door cheered in unison: "Zhu Qingtian  "Zhu Qingtian!" An old man standing in line looked at Zhu Yifeng and bowed. Governor Zhu felt confused and confused, so he walked over and helped the old man up with his own hands: "Old man, go to the tent.  Let's sleep here." "Thank you, Mr. Qingtian." "This I don't dare to be an official." Zhu Yifeng felt that he was even more confused. As a governor of a province, he rarely settled cases, and over the years, the people's laws  He doesn't take much money at all and has never had a reputation for being honest, so he really doesn't understand how the title of "Master Qingtian" fell on him. But so many people at the door call him that, Zhu Yifeng  He decided that he still wanted to find out about this matter. So he personally helped the old man to a tent aside. At the same time, he inquired about the origin of his name. Seeing Zhu Qingtian being so humble, the people who came to line up to buy bonds became excited.  They all shouted: "In the past, when wars spread, it was mostly the people who suffered. When residents moved to other places, they were often oppressed by corrupt officials. But when Mr. Zhu came, he not only bought the people's houses at high prices, but also gave them back to them.  With a mouthful of silver, everyone can be protected from hunger and cold. This is something that has never happened before!  " "The government suppressed the pirates in order to restore a bright future to the people of Fujian Province. Although the government was short of money, it cared about the people, did not add any taxes, borrowed money to suppress the bandits, and stated that interest would be paid" "No matter what  No matter what the situation is, no matter how badly the government is in urgent need of money, Mr. Qingtian will not deceive the public in his newspaper. He will treat others with sincerity and never deceive" "Since Mr. Qingtian has such a heart to love the people, we will definitely give our full support to the government.  !  " Zhu Yifeng finally settled the enthusiastic people with the government officials. When he walked back to the government office silently, Huang Shi had already heard the news and rushed over. Zhu Yifeng and Huang Shi greeted each other softly, and after a long silence, they suddenly  A sentence popped out: "There are so many righteous people in Fujian Province. I have never known it, and I have never heard of it." "It is all the result of Master Zhu's teaching." Huang Shi had just heard the story from outside from a government official.  He looked at Zhu Yifeng with a smile, paused and then said: "Master Zhu is really a great scholar in this world!  " Zhu Yifeng was stunned for a while, and then stared at Huangshi for a while. He asked thoughtfully: "Shuai Huang must have studied Confucianism?  ¡± Huang Shi replied honestlyHe said: "After the Battle of Guangning, the general and the former governor of Guangning, Gao Gong, retreated to the mountains and seas. On the way, Gao Gong gave some advice to the general and gave him a few books." "I'm just drinking.  It¡¯s a pity that Mr. Gao is so famous that he can¡¯t be seen by others.¡± Zhu Yifeng raised his head and looked at the moonlight, and said thoughtfully: ¡°Shuai Huang, well, I don¡¯t know if Mr. Huang is interested now and would like to have a discussion with me.¡±  "It will be a great honor to be taught by Mr. Zhu."  April of the second year of Chongzhen. With the smooth operation of another Jinghai loan, the Funing Army once again regained its strength. Countless artillery pieces and ship plans continued to flow.  The troops continued to flow out from the Military Industry Department. Yu Zigao had also returned to Xiapu with 10,000 navy officers and soldiers. Along the way, the Funing Army was always surrounded by the cheers of the Fujian people: "Funing Army, our soldiers from Fujian! Work hard!  , Don¡¯t let me down.¡± After returning to the Ningde Naval Base, the officers and soldiers immediately began to practice nervously. They were always ready to show off with the pirates again. After several days of carnival, the pirates in the Fujian Sea fell into trouble again.  In great panic. Because before this battle, Zheng Yiguan, Liu Xiangqi and others, in order to boost morale, swore to their subordinates that the officers and soldiers could not withstand another defeat. But looking at the current situation, they would not be able to withstand another defeat.  Defeat the Funing Army a hundred times, and the Funing Army will be rebuilt for the 101st time. After April entered, Zheng Yiguan once again asked for recruitment. This time Zheng Yiguan did not ask for official status, but only asked for  They were granted amnesty and allowed to keep all the ships in their hands, and also asked for preferential tax treatment. Naturally, they were rejected again by the Fujian Chief Secretary, but this time Zhu Yifeng did not hit anyone. By the time the news was returned to the Zhongzuo Institute, it had already been  It was April 10th, and a large number of pirate leaders made an uproar after hearing the news. They scolded the big bosses Zheng Yiguan, Liu Xiangqi and others for "bullying the masses." After some strenuous suppression, the turmoil finally subsided.  went down, but the undercurrent was still surging under the crowd. Exhausted physically and mentally, Liu Xiangqi walked to Xiamen Port, helplessly wanting to relax. At present, the connection between Xiamen and the mainland is almost completely cut off, and the people of Fujian Province have organized themselves.  Supporting the government's ban on the sea. Liu Xiangqi shouted angrily at the sea in confusion: "Obviously we have won the battle, we have been winning, how come morale has dropped to such a low level? How come all this  Don¡¯t all the people and merchants in Fujian think highly of us?¡±
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