Shanghai at that time was under the rule of Songjiang Prefecture. Since it was separated from Huating County at the end of the 13th century, the place has been using the organizational system of "Shanghai County".
Speaking of which, I don’t know when it started, but there seems to be a saying circulating throughout the country, that is, the impression that "Shanghai was a small fishing village before it was occupied by foreign powers in the mid-19th century." But in fact, if you think about it, you will know that this is
Unlikely...
According to the "Shanghai Chronicles" compiled by scholar Tang Jin during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty - "Songjiang County, a county, has a capital of 800,000 yuan per year, which is unique in Shanghai.
, Kapok silk, clothes and quilts all over the world, can be said to be rich."
In addition, there is another chapter in this annals: "In the 28th year of Yuan Dynasty, when the people and things were prosperous, the five townships in the northeast of Huating were divided into counties and towns, and they were attached to Songjiang Prefecture."
It can be said that several towns in the north of the Yangtze River are now famous in the southeast. "It belongs to Songjiang Prefecture. It has been here for one hundred and fifty years and has become more prosperous and prosperous. Among the people in the world who are called counties, starting from Huating, no one can be the first." and other comments
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When you see this, some people may want to say, is this Tang Jin full of rainbow farts because he is determined for his hometown?
Then I can answer you with certainty: probably not.
First of all, most of the eight volumes of this book are about astronomy, geography, local customs, and various maps. In fact, there are not many things that can be regarded as "rainbow farts"; secondly,
Tang Jin has a good reputation in compiling chronicles. He often writes a small preface at the beginning of the volume, which contains some principles and theories for compiling chronicles, such as "give both praise and blame, praise in detail and criticize in detail", which means that he himself
I don’t want to see the behavior of making rainbow farts in Fang Zhi. Moreover, this book was published in that year, and the preface to the Zhi was written by Wang Hao. If the content of the book is all kinds of nonsense, this Tang Jin
I'm afraid I won't live to be eighty-one...
Of course, the most important point is that in ancient times, most of the people who were invited or had the ambition to compile records and scriptures, except historians (this question is too long to expand on, forget it)...anyway, those who are engaged in humanistic geography are all
They are relatively high-level and have a more rigorous attitude; generally they don't write what they don't understand, or they write in the article "I didn't find out about this, I only know about a few ways to say it"; if they don't write
Ming, maybe someone will add marginalia to them in the future.
After all, this is not about talking about cross talk at a party.
Someone must be complaining when you see this. You wrote such a long paragraph, but why did you leave it here waiting for us?
Damn, I’m not just setting up this joke, I’m also using this little piece of popular science to draw a conclusion—Shanghai in the future, even if it’s not as prosperous as those major towns in Suzhou and Hangzhou, is definitely a wealthy county.
, definitely not a small fishing village.
So what was the situation in Shanghai County in the 20th year of Yongtai?
Pretty much the same.
The cotton textile industry and shipping are particularly developed here. In addition, the city also has the most famous brothel "Xinghui Building" in Dashu as we mentioned before.
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Early morning, seaside.
A sea ship is slowly coming from the sea.
Looking from a distance, one can see that the ship's sail is in tatters and has basically lost its ability to sail far. At this moment, it can approach the coastline largely due to the rising tide.
"Line up! Show off your moves!" On the coast, a group of soldiers responsible for coastal defense were waiting on alert. The leader of the soldiers shouted at the top of his lungs to cheer up the soldiers behind him.
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For them, this kind of large ship that goes directly to the coast without going to the port is a huge potential threat, because no one knows whether there are Japanese pirates hiding on the ship, or even... the whole ship is full of Japanese pirates.
Shanghai County is quite experienced in fighting against Japanese pirates. The city wall here was built during the Jiajing period when Japanese pirates were most rampant. The "beacon" and "post road" systems that were launched in Dashu Coast Defense a hundred years ago are still in use today.
Complete, so when the officers and soldiers on duty today saw a large ship of unknown origin on the watchtower about to land on the coast, they immediately sent a signal to the nearest guard station to send troops.
As the ship approached, the soldiers became more and more nervous. However, their nervousness did not last long, because they soon saw clearly that the dozen or so people standing on the side of the broken sailboat in front of them were all the same as those standing on the side of the broken sailboat.
They wear the same military uniform.
Of course, based on this alone, they would not take it lightly. After all, it was not impossible for the Japanese pirates to kill the officers and soldiers Qiao Zhuang and then disguise themselves and then land... What really reassured them was that the person standing on the bow of the ship at the moment, they were
Known...
A few minutes later.
When the person at the bow of the boat stepped off the boat and came to the beach, the soldier leader who was leading the team on the beach came forward, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and bowed: "I see you, general!"
"Oh? Do you recognize me?" The man called "General" said while helping the other person up.
"What did you say, General? Who among our veterans here doesn't recognize you, General Fan?" the soldier leader replied in a very respectful tone.
"Ha..." General Fan smiled bitterly, "Since you recognize him, don't call him 'general'. I am no longer a general."
"No, no matter what position you hold now, you will always be our general." The soldier leader said again.
The words of these two people can be understood by the soldiers around them, because most of the soldiers in this area also know the ins and outs of this matter.
This "General Fan" was indeed a general, and a famous general with outstanding military exploits. However, because of his outspoken words, hot temper, and his pro-soldier attitude, he was slow to serve as an official. Therefore, he was framed and falsely accused, and was eventually demoted.
I came to this coastal defense station near Shanghai County to work at the grassroots level.
Seeing this, some people may want to ask, as a general, even if he offended someone, would he be in such a state of despair?
Damn, in those days, if you offended someone who shouldn't be offended in the court, being "down to this point" was considered a relatively good result, but what would be worse... there were many; after all, what kind of general is not a general?
To Lao Zhu's family, you are just a person with a foreign surname. Your mother's family has been raped and executed. Are you a piece of cake?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If General Fan had not had a good reputation among soldiers and civilians, he would not even be able to retain his current position as a non-commissioned officer, and it would be hard to say whether he would still be alive.
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"Oh...you can scream if you want." General Fan sighed, turned around and directed the soldiers on the ship to carry out the wounded first.
"General, this ship doesn't seem to belong to our army, and how could the brothers on the ship..." Seeing this situation, the soldier leader couldn't help but wonder.
"Hmph!" General Fan became even more angry when he heard this, "It wasn't Master Wei who came up with a good idea. Let the man surnamed Qiao lead the brothers to chase the Japanese pirates. Look, there are five ships of people.
, just came back with a boat...and even this boat was stolen from someone else."
"The surname is Qiao?" The soldier was stunned for a moment when he heard these three words, and then said, "'Ma Qiao'?"
Everyone, don't get me wrong. This "Ma Qiao" is not really called that. He is actually a man named Qiao. Because his riding skills are poor and his posture is weird, the soldiers gave him this name.
Such a nickname.
As for this guy, although he didn't have the ability to run an army or lead troops, and could only reap benefits, but because he had "someone above him," his official career was quite smooth, and he once even led the border troops.
Later, because his abilities were gradually exposed, he could no longer stay in the border army, so he was transferred to the navy army, where he held the title of Chief Inspector.
Here, we have to mention that in this parallel universe, because the power of Japanese pirates has declined and Japan's Warring States Period has been postponed, the Dazao Dynasty, which lasted for more than three hundred years, has long lacked strong maritime threats.
, its navy has also gradually declined, so many guys like Ma Qiao who can't make it in the army will go to the navy and continue to work.
Two days ago, this Miao Ma Qiao was ordered to go out to sea with five ships of soldiers to pursue a ship of Japanese pirates.
Originally, this was supposed to be a "war merits" type operation. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad the Dashu Navy is, you are still a regular army with more troops than others. You can destroy a ship on the sea at your doorstep.
Are Japanese pirates a problem?
Who would have thought that after chasing...it would be like this.
"Isn't it him?" General Fan didn't have any objections to the soldier leader's behavior of calling Ma Qiao his nickname. He just replied, "But it doesn't matter now, everyone else is already feeding the fish at the bottom of the sea."
"This..." The soldier leader's expression changed after hearing this, "How can I explain to my superiors such a loss?"
"The boss? Do they still have the nerve to explain?" General Fan frowned when he heard this, "You said that the coastal defense commander, one term after another... how many chief inspectors have been changed? Have they changed their ways?
La? Change the soup but not the medicine!
"Miao Ma Qiao also has a reason to say, who did I lead before, the frontier army! Who are your people? You asked me to lead them? What is the current level of Dashu Navy? There are only a few people, then
Xiao Zhao is also becoming a captain, can he be one?
"I can't do it! You don't have the ability, you know?"
"If we continue, we will lose to the Koreans. Hey~ After the Japanese pirates have been defeated, they will lose to the Koreans, and then they will lose to the Vietnamese. If we continue, no one will lose."
At this point, General Fan already had a tone of hatred for steel, and spread his hands.
"Well..." The soldier leader was helpless after what he said. At the same time, he was afraid that General Fan's blunt words would be used as a snitch by some people, so he hurriedly handed him to the next step, "Then the other one
On the one hand... the brothers who have returned from our ship have experienced great battles. If there is another war in the future..."
"Oh! Thank God!" General Fan didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and bowed to him with clasped fists. "Only the people on this ship, including me... are lucky enough to come back alive today, all thanks to the help of noble people."
', If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet Sun Shaoxia, we would have died at sea."
"Sun Shaoxia?" When the soldier heard these three words, he looked confused again.
It just so happened that at this moment, a young man with small eyes, about 20 years old, stepped off the boat.
"Hey, that's him." General Fan also pointed at Sun Yixie, pulled him over and introduced him to the soldier leader, "This Sun Yixie, Sun Shaoxia, who is known as 'Dong Xie' in the world, is the brother of our brothers.
A lifesaver."
Sun Yixie was also very polite. He walked over and said to General Fan with a smile: "No, no, no, you are my benefactor. If the ship of the military masters hadn't happened to pass by and fished me out of the sea the day before yesterday, I would have
It has sunk along with that little broken ship."
"Hey~ that's not a big deal, it's just a simple effort for us." General Fan said, "But Sun Shaoxia, you used that trick of 'changing ships' and used that strange weapon to help us break through, it really helped us a lot."
Otherwise, the people on this ship... I'm afraid we'll all end up at sea."
"It turns out to be Sun Yixi, Sun Shaoxia, whom I have admired for a long time!" The soldier leader was not just making up his words. He had really heard of Brother Sun, so his tone seemed more sincere, "Since the young hero has done such a righteous deed, he should be more generous.
Report it and reward it."
"Thank you for your kindness, military master, but..." Sun Yixie declined politely, "It is really an accident that I am drifting at sea this time. I was supposed to return home a month ago, and the letter was sent long ago. I wanted to come home now.
People are in a hurry, I have to leave immediately and I won’t be able to stay longer.”
What he said is true. It is said that he set out from Guangzhou in early March, taking the waterway, and should have arrived in Hangzhou long ago. Now that he has been missing at sea for nearly two months, it is impossible for the people of Sun Mansion not to be anxious.
To be honest, Brother Sun doesn't care much about the awards from the army. He doesn't want to join the army and get a full-time official position. The most they can do is reward him with some money... That little money doesn't matter to him.
Therefore, although General Fan tried to retain him several times, Sun Yixie still declined. The two sides said something like "meetings in mountains and rivers" and "great kindness must be repaid", and then they parted ways.
This Shanghai County is not too far from Hangzhou. After Sun Yixie entered the city, he bought a horse and quickly set off on the road back home.
At this time, he still doesn’t know that when he returns to Hangzhou this time, what awaits him will be a series of shocking... drastic changes!