Those Things in the Ming Dynasty Part 4 Whitewashing the Peace _ Chapter 12 The Wizards of the Southeast
The reason why Yan Song was sure that the two people in the memorial were bound to die was because he was the mastermind behind the two men's crimes.
These two people are Zhang Jing, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Li Tianchong, the governor of Zhejiang.
The reason why these two powerful feudal officials were killed was just because a boring person went on a boring business trip.
In November of the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), Zhang Jing, the censor of the right capital of the Imperial Procuratorate and the right minister of the Ministry of War, and a ministerial official, was appointed governor and went to Zhejiang. He shouldered a special mission - to fight against the Japanese.
Soon after, Li Tianchong, the censor of the capital, the right minister of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came to Zhejiang according to the order, replaced Wang Yan (Wang Shizhen's father) who was stationed there, and became the new governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Jing's subordinate.
These two brothers were both from the Procuratorate, and they worked well together. Facing the increasingly serious Japanese pirate rebellion, they worked hard and worked hard day and night.
Just as they were working hard, in the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554), another person also came to Zhejiang. He was Zhao Wenhua, the general envoy of the General Affairs Department and the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the deputy ministerial official.
He is neither a governor nor a governor. The reason why he came all the way here is that in addition to sightseeing, he also has a special mission - to worship the sea.
If you are asked to worship the sea, just do it honestly and bring some local specialties back to the capital. But Zhao Shilang is an ambitious man. He has become very interested in the Japanese pirates and wants to join them.
And a handful.
Generally speaking, when the leaders of the capital come to give guidance in person, it is too late for local officials to be happy. However, Governor Zhang Jing did not buy his fault and ignored him, being very cold.
The reason is simple: Zhang Jing's official position is higher than his.
In the Ming Dynasty, the governor-general was not a local official, but a leader assigned by the central government to work in the local area. His salary and household registration were all linked to the central government. For example, Zhang Jing, who was originally the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was sent down this time with the title, while Zhao Wenhua was just
I was ordered to go on a business trip and do some temporary work.
In terms of qualifications, it is even more difficult to say. Brother Zhang Jing was already the deputy minister of war seventeen years ago (the sixteenth year of Jiajing), while at that time Zhao Wenhua was just a small chief of the criminal department. Everyone is with me.
People in the capital know each other's ins and outs, and senior cadres have seen each other a lot, so their horizons are naturally much higher than those of local cadres.
I am a second-rank minister and the governor of two provinces. You are just a third-rank deputy minister. How dare you show your authority in front of me? Who do you think you are?
In the same way, Li Tianchong, the fourth-rank right-ranking imperial censor of the Central Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the governor of Zhejiang, Li Tianchong, did not want to buy into Zhao Wenhua's fault. He took care of his three meals a day and hoped that he would get out of the house soon.
However, facts have proven that Zhao Wenhua is indeed a green onion, and if you dare to bully me, I will ask my father to deal with you!
His father is Yan Song. Although his surname is Zhao and Yan Song's surname is Yan, there is no need to be surprised as the saying goes that if you have milk, you are your mother, and if you have power, you are your father.
The reason why Yan Song supported his godson Zhao Wenhua was because when he was the principal of the Imperial College, Zhao Wenhua was his student. According to his observation, although this student had no ability, he was very flattering and obedient, so he assigned Zhao Wenhua to
to the General Affairs Department.
Yan Song did not do charity work, so he appointed Zhao Wenhua as the general political envoy, which had a very deep intention.
The General Affairs Department is a deputy ministerial-level department, and the highest official, the General Affairs Envoy, is only a third-rank official. However, this department is extremely important to Yan Song because it is in charge of official documents sent to the capital from all over the country.
Due to such a bad reputation, many censor officials across the country often wrote to impeach Party Yan. Although Yan Song was in the cabinet to suppress the battle, this dear man is already over seventy years old, so it is difficult to guarantee that he will slip through the net. If the emperor is exposed, the matter will be serious. Trouble.
Brother Zhao Wenhua's main job is to stay in the office every day and delete suspicious emails immediately (destroy or suppress them) when he finds them. He is conscientious and does his job very well, and thus becomes the number one backbone of the Strict Party.
After receiving his son's letter of complaint, Father Yan made an unexpected reply. He asked someone to tell Zhao Wenhua that Zhang Jing was not easy to mess with, and it was best to be obedient until he was not completely sure.
Zhao Wenhua was at his wits' end, but this man was a rather persistent man, and he asked the central government for a pretext to observe the enemy's situation, so he insisted on not leaving. He wanted to stay here and wait for Zhang Jing's mistake.
Not long after, he discovered a strange phenomenon.
At that time, the Japanese pirates were very arrogant along the coast of Zhejiang. There were more than 20,000 people entrenched here, and they did not pay attention to the Ming army at all. Zhang Jing was not a person who took it easy. He mobilized his troops everywhere and actively deployed them for several months. But he still didn't move his troops.
Zhao Wenhua urged Zhang Jing repeatedly, but Zhang Jing remained motionless.
The reason why Governor Zhang acted like this has a lot to do with his previous experience.
In the 16th year of Jiajing (1537), Zhang Jing, the governor of the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the minister of war, was ordered to quell the Duantengxia rebellion in Guangxi. During the long and arduous mountainous battles, he developed the habit of marching troops steadily. More importantly, in this During this war, he also discovered a very terrifying and special fighting group - wolf soldiers.
The wolf soldiers are mainly from ethnic minorities, most of them are uneducated, they are brave and fierce, and their fighting ability is very strong. They made Zhang Jing suffer a lot back then, which left a deep impression on him.
After arriving in Zhejiang, Zhang Jing discovered that the so-called ragtag Japanese pirates, who were despised by the court ministers, were actually a group of powerful enemies that they had never seen before.
While the emperor and comrades were concentrating on cultivating Taoism and the ministers were concentrating on fighting, Japan was in the extremely chaotic Warring States Period. The country was divided into thirty or forty vassal states. You can run away. Japan is so big, there is not much land, and it often erupts volcanoes and causes earthquakes. It is really not a place for individuals. Therefore, many Japanese people who are looking for a living have traveled thousands of miles to come to China for the sake of the Japanese people's prosperity.
This group of Japanese people came uninvited and burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. Therefore, the classics say:
The Japanese are Japanese pirates, and they are Japanese pirates.
But their bad conduct cannot deny their combat effectiveness. Not to mention the martial arts and tactical level of this group of people, just saying that they risked falling into the sea to feed the fish and traveled thousands of miles to rob can fully explain their crimes. Determination and perseverance.
Compared with the Japanese pirates, most of Governor Zhang's soldiers were soldiers from economically developed areas such as Zhejiang and Shandong. They were soldiers just to earn a living. Even if they were not soldiers, they could still farm and there was no need to risk their lives.
So Zhang Jing decided to send wolf soldiers into Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese pirates.
This decision won him a temporary victory, but cost him his life forever.
Zhang Jing never expected that while he was trying his best to mobilize his troops, Zhao Wenhua had already designed a trap and was preparing to put him to death.
Governor Zhang has been in official circles for a long time and is not a good person. In the more than a year since he took office, he has installed his cronies in the local area, and he has also arranged for someone to monitor Zhao Wenhua. In short, the entire Zhejiang Province has become his territory.
However, in this environment, Zhao Wenhua still found an ally, and his name was Hu Zongxian.
Hu Zongxian, courtesy name Ruzhen, was born in Huizhou and was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing (1538).
Hu Zongxian's test scores were average, but he was lucky. He failed to be selected as a shujishi and was assigned to a local county as a county magistrate. Soon after, due to his excellent performance in the annual assessment, he was promoted to censor and inspected Xuanfu and Datong.
The reason why he is said to be lucky is that in the Ming Dynasty, being a censor was a good job. His main job was to scold people. He was not afraid of anything. He could scold whoever he wanted. If he was lucky, he could figure out the political direction and scold the right person.
If you marry someone, you may be able to have a prosperous official career and soar into the sky.
However, Hu Zongxian's job as censor was a bit special, because Xuanfu and Datong were the military front lines at that time, with swords and swords flashing, and those who stayed here were rough warriors. If you complained casually, you might be chopped up in the dark at night.
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So Hu Zongxian spent several years there eating dry food honestly. This experience finally made him successful, because it was in that place that this quiet censor began to enter another novel field - the art of war.
Hu Zongxian understood the laws of war on the battlefield where blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and life and death hung on the line. The tragic scenes of Mongolian cavalry burning, killing and looting, refugees' families being destroyed, and people crying for heaven and earth also made him understand the cruelty of war. After experiencing blood,
After the baptism of fire, the nerd who once chatted endlessly and spoke the words of saints has become a taciturn pragmatist.
Because of his good performance at the border, Hu Zongxian was transferred to Zhejiang to serve as Zhejiang's inspector. It seems that to test his ability, just before he left here, God arranged a graduation examination for him.
The Left Guards stationed in Datong at that time suddenly received an order, ordering them to immediately move their garrison to the Yanghe area. Facts have proved that this was a life-threatening order.
Datong is already the front line, and Yanghe is not only further forward, but also has extremely difficult conditions. Soldiers have a hard time, and it is difficult to settle down in the local area. In the blink of an eye, their wives and children are separated, so naturally they will not move until they die.
But the order had to be carried out, so everyone decided to stop making trouble and mutiny!
Now the problem has become serious. The situation was reported to General Datong and a meeting was held to collect opinions: How to solve this problem and who will solve it?
No one answered.
Because everyone knows that this is a super scapegoat. This is not a peasant uprising, but a mutiny by soldiers. They are all professional thugs who copied the guys. They are unreasonable. If they go to negotiate, they will most likely donate themselves to the country.
(The scientific name is Sacrifice for the Country).
But if left unchecked, if these people become rebels, know the truth, and bring the Mongols back to rob, they will be in big trouble. Therefore, the blame must be shouldered. Specifically, someone must take the blame, but no one will take the blame.
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At that time, Hu Zongxian stood up and said: I will go.
The general was overjoyed and asked: How many people do you want to bring?
Hu Zongxian replied: No, I will go alone.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, everyone stood up and walked outside the tent to bid farewell to the brave Yushi Hu warmly and thank him for sacrificing himself and fulfilling everyone's spirit of taking the blame.
Hu Zongxian is not an idiot, nor does he have a habit of taking the blame. He stepped forward at critical moments just because he was fully confident.
He rode a horse alone to the camp of the mutinous soldiers, and said a few words to the excited people holding weapons, and a miracle happened. The soldiers stopped making noise and returned to their tents quietly.
When everyone saw Hu Zongxian again, they were all extremely surprised and eagerly stepped forward to ask what method he had used to solve such a difficult matter.
Hu Zongxian replied with a relaxed look: It's nothing, I just told them that the order has been cancelled, and they don't need to move.
So everyone was confused again. The relocation was an order from above, and the commander-in-chief (equivalent to the commander of the military region) didn't say anything. How dare you talk nonsense? If you fooled us today, you might directly rebel in two days!
However, Hu Zongxian looked at his frightened colleagues calmly and told them: There is no need to worry at all.
Facts proved Hu Zongxian's prediction. Soon, the superiors issued an order. The previous order was cancelled, and the army was still deployed in place.
Accurate insight into people's hearts and amazing judgment of situations are Hu Zongxian's outstanding talents.
In the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554), the wizard Hu Zongxian came to Zhejiang, where he would start his great career.
In fact, Hu Zongxian was just a small figure in Zhejiang at that time because his rank was too low (Zhejiang Inspector).
Although there is only one word difference between governor and inspector, their grades are very different. Hu Zongxian is the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is ordered to patrol Zhejiang and is responsible for supervising disciplinary inspection affairs. His rank is only seventh grade. And Li Tianchong is fourth grade.
The right censor of Qiandu in the Chaoyuan was ordered to patrol Zhejiang and was responsible for the management of the entire province, which was equivalent to the provincial governor.
After all, Zhao Wenhua was a deputy minister. The reason why he fell in love with Hu Zongxian at first sight and called him brother-in-law was because he was too lonely. In the shadow of Zhang Jing, no one wanted to play with him, and only Hu Zongxian treated him with courtesy.
So he confessed his plan to this new friend and made a good wish. As long as the plan succeeds, you will be the new governor of Zhejiang!
Zhao Wenhua is a bad person, an out-and-out bad person, but for a bad person to be a deputy ministerial minister, it shows that he is a capable bad person.
Zhao Shilang's plan was this. He was going to file a black case against Zhang Jing. The charge was that Zhang Jing was afraid of Japanese pirates, took money from the court, did not help the court, and passively avoided the war.
It looks simple, but in fact it is not.
Zhang Jing was not a vegetarian. Shortly after Zhao Wenhua wrote the letter, he received the news, but his reaction was very strange. Not only did he not ask Zhao Wenhua to settle the score, he also did not write a letter to defend himself.
Because he was absolutely sure that the long-planned operation was about to begin, the wolf soldiers were already in place, and all the armies were already in place, just waiting for his order to launch a general attack.
With the help of fierce wolf soldiers, Zhang Jing believed that he would win, and by then, the good news would be the best response to Zhao Wenhua's attack.
It seems correct, but actually it is wrong.
The proud Zhang Jing did not expect that in this seemingly seamless response, there were two small omissions: he did not really understand the complaint letter, and more importantly, he underestimated Zhao Shilang's
level.
As a main member of the Strict Party, Zhao Wenhua is not a simple person. In fact, Zhang Jing's upcoming military action had been expected by him, but he still dared to submit a letter at this time because he had already expected that this letter would
First, if Zhang Jing is not victorious, he still has a way to survive; if he is victorious, he will definitely die!
In May of the 34th year of Jiajing (1555), the Japanese pirates who were short of money could not bear their loneliness and began to invade Jiaxing on a large scale, but fell into a trap.
The opportunity Zhang Jing had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived. He immediately mobilized his troops to advance by land and water, encountered the enemy at Wangjiangjing, defeated the Japanese pirates, and killed more than 1,900 enemies. It is known in history as the "Great Victory at Wangjiangjing".
This was the biggest victory in the Southeast since the Japanese Rebellion. Zhang Jing was so proud that he immediately wrote a letter of victory and sent it to the capital, waiting for a reward from the court.
Facts have proved that the efficiency of the court's work this time was quite high. It didn't take long for Zhang Jing to receive the reward he deserved. It was not gold and silver treasures, high officials and generous salaries, but two people, specifically two royal guards.
The meeting gift they gave Governor Zhang was a pair of shining shackles, and then loudly conveyed the Emperor's congratulatory message:
"Jing (Zhang Jing) deceived Dan and was unfaithful, so he was ordered to go to Beijing to investigate!"
Zhang Jing's head is a little confused. He obviously won the battle, so why did he become "deceitful and disloyal"?
Governor Zhang was confused because he did not know the mystery of Zhao Wenhua's letter.
When Jiajing first saw this black material, he didn't care at first, until he handed it to the person next to him - Yan Song.
Yan Song naturally understood Zhao's son's intention, and immediately showed off his acting skills. He looked thoughtful for a long time, then suddenly put on an expression of concern for the country and the people, and began to denounce the tragic situation of Japanese pirates harming the people, and finally pointed out the theme - supporting soldiers and self-respect.
, sitting back and watching the Japanese chaos was all caused by Zhang Jing.
Jiajing was angry, and the consequences were serious. He immediately ordered Zhang Jing to be arrested and returned to Beijing.
Shortly after the order was issued, Zhang Jing's victory document was delivered. It seemed that Zhang Jing was about to pass the test, but just as Zhao Wenhua expected, Jiajing made a very heartless judgment:
"Zhang Jing is really hateful. After hearing Wenhua's impeachment, Fang Yi will fight!"
Comrade Jiajing, who had been in the world for more than 30 years, was finished like this. After years of tempering, his temper, personality and various political tricks had long been clearly understood by the strict party, and now he can only be played without discussion.
Zhang Jing fell, and Li Tianchong had no chance. The two brothers went to the execution ground hand in hand and were killed together.
Zhao Wenhua fulfilled his promise. Shortly after Li Tianchong's death, he used his connections in the court to break the rules again and again. In just one month, he directly promoted Hu Zongxian, the seventh-rank grassroots censor, to the fourth-rank right Qiandu censor.
Governor of Zhejiang. From Zhizhiguan to feudal official, his promotion speed is comparable to that of a Scud missile.
Zhao Wenhua admired Hu Zongxian very much because of Hu Zongxian's outstanding ability and support in adversity. But Hu Zongxian did not like Zhao Wenhua, because in his eyes, Zhao Wenhua was really nothing.
Hu Zongxian was a man with an unusual background. He was born into a wealthy and distinguished family. Sixty years ago, his great-grandfather Hu Fu passed the Jinshi examination and served as a ministerial-level cadre - the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing. He was very prominent for a while.
Hu Zongxian, who came from a distinguished family, was a genius. He passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty-two and became a Jinshi at the age of twenty-six. Whether in the local area or in the army, whether in handling government affairs or quelling rebellions, he showed extraordinary talents.
Having been involved in politics for many years, Hu Zongxian knew very well what kind of people Zhao Wenhua and his godfather were. These people did not do enough work and were good at punishing people. They were really a bunch of rubbish.
However, the problem is that the power of the country is in the hands of this group of rubbish. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. Hu Zongxian is not an idealist, he is very realistic.
So when the unlearned Zhao Wenhua came to Zhejiang, and when Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong both scorned him, he realized the opportunities contained therein.
So he approached Zhao Wenhua, welcomed his arrival, ignored the contempt and comments of others, paid him a visit, curry favor with him, and patiently listened to his boasting with a flattering smile, even though he knew very well that the spitting person in front of him was
He is just a combination of a villain and an idiot.
For Hu Zongxian, who was born in a noble family and had a strong sense of morality, this was an extremely disgusting entertainment, but he still performed hard.
Because in his heart, he has the mission of serving the country and the responsibility of rescuing the people, because before he accepted the edict and went to Zhejiang, he made such an oath:
"I'm going to Zhejiang. If I don't fight against the Japanese pirates and I don't decide the southeast, I swear I won't return to Beijing!"
legendary master
Hu Zongxian watched helplessly as Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong were framed and executed, and then sat on the throne of Zhejiang governor amidst the accusations of everyone, without any shyness or shame.
On the contrary, he was very proud, feared by everyone, and the powerful Yan Dang, turned out to be so stupid. Zhao Wenhua and Yan Song were played by him, used by him, and paved the way for him. After that,
This most powerful political group will be his backing to help him realize his ideals.
He always has a clear conscience.
Because all the efforts he made were not just for his own glory and wealth, but because his ideal was to serve the country and save the people.
In Hu Zongxian's view, Zhang Jing did not do a good enough job. Although he mobilized powerful wolf soldiers, reorganized the armament, and raised food and wages, he was always a little slow in terms of overall planning and combat timing. In the end,
Only then will Zhao Wenhua have an opportunity to take advantage of it.
All in all, this is a hard-working person, but lacks talent.
Hu Zongxian believed that he was talented, so he took over the job of his predecessor without hesitation. He believed that he could do a better job than Zhang Jing.
Although everyone in the world felt sorry for Zhang Jing's innocent murder at that time, for the Japanese pirates, Zhang Jing's death was an outright tragedy because facts proved that his successor Hu Zongxian was a more terrifying enemy.
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Of course, this happened later.
Hu Zongxian, who had just taken office, finally realized the first step of his dream, but before he could take a breath, an accident happened and woke him up from his dream.
It should be said that Zhang Jing was not the only fierce man. Cao Bangfu, the governor of Su Song, was also of the same kind. After the great victory at Wangjiangjing, he recruited his troops and defeated the Japanese pirates again. Due to personnel changes, this operation was not approved by his superiors. When Zhao Wenhua found out,
, all the prisoners were brought back.
Zhao Wenhua, deeply feeling the loss of face, immediately gave Hu Zongxian an order to pursue and annihilate the remaining enemies immediately.
This was an opportunity that Hu Zongxian had been waiting for for a long time. He immediately mobilized four thousand elite troops and launched a pursuit. Then he sat at home, waiting for the news to come.
Soon, he got the battle report as he wished, which was concise and concise: a disastrous defeat! Urgent help!
The losses in this battle were extremely heavy. The so-called "more than a thousand Zongxian soldiers died", a total of 4,000 people, almost half of whom were killed. Hu Zongxian, who was greatly surprised, hurriedly ordered deputy general Liu Tao to lead the army for reinforcements. Soon after, the battle report came again - Fu
Big defeat.
This was not the worst result. The Japanese pirates, whose morale was boosted, actually turned around and attacked the eastern Zhejiang area again, plundering the area and then fled away.
The painful failure taught Hu Zongxian, and he finally realized that the Japanese pirate rebellion was much more severe than he imagined, and that there seemed to be extremely powerful power hidden in these bandits.
Hu Zongxian's general judgment was correct, but he did not know clearly that if the Japanese pirates were bandits, then they were the most terrifying bandits in history, because many of them were martial arts masters who were proficient in sword skills.
In historical data, there is such a well-known battle record:
In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing (1555), more than forty Japanese pirates entered the country from Pinghu, Zhejiang, and marched toward Hangzhou. After looting, they fled to Chun'an. This was originally just a robbery incident, and the robbery was nothing serious. But this
I don’t know if I didn’t have a guide, but after traveling for more than half a month, I ended up in South Zhili (today’s Jiangsu area). I grabbed a handful near Changzhou and Suzhou, and ended up at the foot of Nanjing City!
Finally, after being rounded up by a large army, this group of petty thieves were finally annihilated. It is said that more than 3,000 civilian soldiers were killed and wounded by them at that time.
More than 40 people wandered around under the eyes of the Ming Empire for more than a month, grabbing whatever they wanted. Hundreds of thousands of garrison troops were helpless. This was not a simple robbery, nor a simple military operation, but a serious political incident.
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Forty people would dare to go to Nanjing for a self-guided tour. If there were 4,000 people, they might even dare to go to Beijing to raise funds to build houses (they would not be able to defeat real estate developers).
This story has always been used to illustrate the decay and lack of combat effectiveness of the Ming army, but many people do not know that behind it, there is a thrilling truth hidden.
This was an extraordinary robbery, because the more than 40 Japanese pirates who participated in the robbery were not ordinary people, they were ronin.
The so-called ronin are Japanese samurai who lost their land. I won’t say much about the samurai group, but many people may not know that samurai are a very rare species even in Japan.
During the Warring States Period in Japan, the nominal supreme ruler was the emperor, and the actual controllers were the major princes, also known as daimyo, and the samurai were subordinates of the daimyo. Even the great princes such as Oda Nobunaga, their subordinates
There are only one or two thousand warriors.
As members of the samurai group, they have received strict martial arts and physical training since childhood. Most of them practice swordsmanship and have developed the skills to kill people. Even if they participate in the underworld and use watermelon knives to slash at each other, it is estimated that one person can defeat five people.
Six is no problem.
What's even more frightening is that some of them have also practiced "Yinliu", which is a unique skill in Japanese swordsmanship, passed down from Japan's top master "Sword Master" Ueizumi Nobutsuna.
Although there are not many people who practice this kung fu, and not all of them are sword masters, they can be regarded as first-class masters. They were also among the Japanese who came to China to plunder at that time.
Evidence shows that in this incident in the 34th year of Jiajing, the more than 40 criminals who participated in the robbery were not Japanese farmers who ran away from home. They were almost all samurai who lost their land after defeat and could not find jobs.
And the evidence is the special weapon they carry with them.
In fact, those robbers called Japanese pirates are a veritable multinational force. In addition to the Japanese, there are also Spanish, Portuguese, fishermen along the coast of China, pirates, etc. In short, everyone is for the same goal (to make a fortune)
) came together.
The weapons used by these people are also varied. Spanish and Portuguese foreigners generally use muskets or swords. Fishermen and pirates have no fixed equipment and use whatever they catch.
But the reason why this unorganized and undisciplined miscellaneous force has strong combat effectiveness is because it contains a group of tenacious Japanese samurai and ronin. No matter where they fight or who they fight, they will use the same weapon——
Samurai sword.
No matter in China or Japan, only samurai or ronoi are equipped with samurai swords. In fact, there is no special certification agency to control who can and cannot carry samurai swords. The real reason is that such controlled knives are very expensive.
The production of samurai swords is very complicated. It requires the use of many different iron and steel materials, which are then heated by fire and hammered vigorously by craftsmen. It can be said that it is thousands of times of hard work and time-consuming. It is purely handmade and never mass-produced.
Because this knife is well made and has a reasonable proportion of iron and steel, it has both toughness and hardness. It is quite effective whether it is used to chop wood or chop people.
But owning a samurai sword is not necessarily a good thing, because even if you can afford it, you may not be able to keep it. Since the sword is made of iron-steel alloy and is prone to rust, it must be taken good care of and must be taken out every now and then.
Finding someone to sharpen the knife (using a special whetstone is very expensive) and wiping the knife with oil every day (it is said that vegetable oil must be used) is more troublesome than applying engine oil.
It’s such a thing, not to mention it’s expensive, it needs to be maintained every day, and it’s harder to service than an old man. No one except those stubborn Japanese samurai are willing to mess with this thing. Not only that, these grandsons value their swords more than their lives.
Also, after Japan's defeat in 1945, many officers with samurai backgrounds in the Japanese invaders applied to the Chinese side, hoping to take away their family heirloom swords, saying that if they were not allowed, they would commit seppuku.
Soon I got the answer: commit seppuku and leave the knife behind.
Many famous Japanese swords have remained in China, which is why countless Japanese people have traveled thousands of miles to China with large bundles of banknotes to buy knives.
According to historical records, the group of Japanese pirates in the 34th year of Jiajing period were basically ronin carrying samurai swords. They were highly skilled in martial arts and flexible. They could grab a ticket to change places and never make an empty trip.
The combat capabilities of these more than 40 Japanese pirates can be imagined. At that time, they were roughly equivalent to more than 40 special forces. Most of the ones stationed in various places were garrison soldiers with extremely poor combat effectiveness, or militia groups. Basically,
It can be considered as a militia level.
It would be strange if the militia could win against the special forces. These robbers did not attack the city, but ran away after they robbed it. Today they are armed criminals, and naturally it is difficult to round them up. That is why there is the so-called attack on Nanjing.
Strange things.
This is the true strength of the Japanese pirates. Hu Zongxian faced such a group of enemies, sometimes concentrated and sometimes dispersed. The large group of Japanese pirates had strong combat effectiveness and was difficult to fight. The small group of Japanese pirates were flexible and impossible to fight. Thousands of troops were mobilized to round up dozens of people.
, If you really can’t afford to lose this person, you might as well hang yourself.
Just when Hu Zongxian was at a loss, a strange armed force appeared. They formed a joint militia defense team to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates. What is even more surprising is that the ronin, who once traveled thousands of miles, was unstoppable and was not even afraid of the government troops.
Japanese pirates are always wiped out when they encounter them.
Because although the ronin are masters of swordsmanship, these brothers are the masters of masters - monks of Shaolin Temple.
In the 33rd year of Jiajing's reign (1554), Tongzhi Wanbiao, the governor of the Nanjing Central Military Governor's Office, finally couldn't bear it anymore. Mobile Japanese pirates were everywhere, making him very anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
After pondering hard, he suddenly had an idea and summoned the abbots of the temples in Hangzhou and Suzhou and gave them a task.
A few days later, a patrol team composed of hundreds of monks from Suzhou and Hangzhou was formally established with only one purpose - to kill Japanese pirates.
This group of monks are all carefully selected warrior monks. They have practiced martial arts since childhood and are proficient in stick skills. Their hometowns are also nearby. When they hear the word "Japanese pirates", their hands itch. After hearing the news, they all signed up enthusiastically.
He stopped reading, picked up his stick and went to the battlefield.
Facts have proved that Chinese martial arts are indeed extensive and profound. A samurai with a sword cannot defeat a monk with a stick. No matter what "Yinliu" or "kendo" you say, just sweep them away with a few sticks and get out.
The Monk Joint Defense Team has achieved good social effects. From the 33rd year of Jiajing (1554) to the 36th year of Jiajing (1557), the team fought against Japanese pirates many times in Hangzhou Bay and Songjiang Prefecture (near today's Shanghai).
, without any defeat, which made the Japanese pirates frightened.
The most violent battle took place in Wengjiagang near Songjiang. At that time, more than a hundred Japanese pirates ran here and ran into the joint defense team before they started to rob. By this time, this group of monks had already become famous, so the Japanese pirates saw
When the bald man turned around and ran away, the joint defense team chased him without saying a word, dragging his sticks with him.
Generally speaking, the chase would be over after just a few miles, but this group of monks were more serious. They chased for six days, all the way to Jiaxing, and wiped out all the Japanese pirates (it is said that even the Japanese pirates' family members were killed)
), then he withdrew his troops and returned to camp.
However, a few monks have nothing to do with the overall situation. To solve the Japanese pirates, what Hu Zongxian really needs is the joining of a few heavyweights.